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soaring-bright-flame: Glad to hear your enjoying my story so far. To answer yoru question: no, Raven is not a witch. She's been called that but she is most certainly not a witch. She was rasied in a place called Azerath, a nation of pacifists. If you want more info on her just go to And I completely forgot about the stairs folding up, it's such a huge book. Good but huge. Anyway sorry about that, won't happen again.
shax: Quite frankly I'm surprised you came this far too. If you didn't like it at first sight then why come all the way to chapter three, LOL. Alright here we go: Raven could not sense Malchior's precense because you haven't let the story to pregress far enough to know why. I can't see how Raven was ooc, please point that out to me. Of course Hermione was ooc she was being captured by Malchior's allure, again not letting the story progress far enough. About the book, just wanted to add a little drama to the scene, please forgive me. And of course the chicken came before the egg. I am happy to have explained things so blaitantly obvious to everyone else. I do however thank you for reading my story as far as you did. Laters.
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Chapter Four
Run in with a dragon
Hermione entered the bathrooms and as she walked she put on a rather sly grin. She bent over the sink and washed her face lightly.
"Well it's a start," she said. She looked up into the mirror and her eyes glowed a faint red. "Dear sweet Raven it will be just like old times. You have no idea much I'm going to enjoy this." Unknowingly possessed Hermione curved her mouth into a malicious grin and she walked out of the bathroom.
THE NEXT DAY………………
Robin stared down into a large red pool swirling around in a pewter cauldron. "Is it supposed to look like that?" Harry added a handful of chopped ingredients and nodded.
"Yup, blood red." Robin continued to give him a funny look. "What?"
"Nothing it's just kinda creepy." Harry shrugged and went back to his work. "What exactly are you making?"
"Well it's"- WHAP! A wand slapped down on Harry's desk interrupting his explanation. They looked up and saw Professor Snape glaring down at them.
"Engaged in a conversation are we Potter?" Harry shook his head while continuing to stir his potion. "Then in the interests of passing this term I suggest you keep your mouth shut, and your eyes on your work." Harry gave no particular acknowledgment but went back to work all the same. "And you," he turned his attention to Robin. "It does not concern me who you are or what place you and your friends hold with the headmaster, do not become a distraction in my class." Robin eyed him with growing defiance. Snape gave one last glare and went back to prowling around the other desks.
"What's his problem," asked Robin.
"He and my Father go wayyyyy back," said Harry as Snape was busy terrifying Neville for his poorly done potion. Robin looked around noticing for the fifth time that Cyborg, Beast Boy, and Starfire were elsewhere. "I thought you, Ron, and Hermione all had the same classes together."
"We do, its just that Dumbledore wanted you guys to get a good feel for how things work around here. Seeing how you might be here a while."
"Where are they?"
"Ron and Hermione are probably at Charms, that should be a sight later," he added with a chuckle.
"Why," asked Robin shifting his eyes.
"Because we're starting a charm that induces giddiness." Robin tried to picture Starfire anymore happy and cheerful than she already was. The thought made him smile and slightly scared.
"Attention class!" All heads turned to face Snape who stood over Raven in the corner. "It baffles me how a muggle could concoct a potion of this complexity with such accuracy and my students," he shifted his eyes from a number of Gryffindors and especially on Neville. "Have such difficulty when being in practice since their arrival to this school." Raven tried not to look around the room. Robin arched an eyebrow in surprise; he had no idea Raven was even the slightest bit knowledgeable in this kind of stuff. "Perhaps you should take notes on her work." With that Snape walked swiftly back over to his desk, a quill ready to give out detentions remained in his hand. Everyone had looked around at each other in disbelief at Snape's last remark. Even Malfoy noted the strange and inexplicable liking that Snape had apparently taken to Raven. Harry made sure Snape didn't have his eyes fixed on them.
"Listen Robin, I want to apologize." Robin turned from looking out the window.
"What for?" Harry ran a hand through his hair.
"I haven't all too welcoming toward you and your friends. I know I've been nice and all that in your presence. But alone or with my friends I felt mistrust toward you." Robin wasn't quite sure how to respond to this. "It's really nothing personal, its just that things that happened in my last year and the year before that; you can't hardly tell what intentions someone has at heart." Robin thought about this for a moment.
"I know what you mean," he said. Harry pitched in his last ingredient and gave Robin a sideways glance. "Back home I've spent a long time fighting a very ruthless criminal. There were even times when I felt alone in my battles against him. But I think you'll find we're more alike than you think." Harry put on a small smile and nodded in agreement. Raven acme over and sat down next to them.
"So, need any help?"
"That's funny Raven," said Robin. "By the way, where'd you learn to whip up potions and such?"
"I do more in my spare time than read and meditate Robin." The heard the bell ring and they all began packing their books away into their bags. (I can't remember if there were school bells in the books or not. Please correct me if I'm wrong.)
"Right then, let's find the others. I have a feeling they're going to be a good mood," said Harry. Raven threw Robin a questioning look but Robin shrugged in untruthful ignorance of the comment.
A FEW MINUETS LATER………………………
Harry, Robin, and Raven walked down the large staircase where they saw Ron and Hermione waiting for them at the bottom. "Hey," said Harry. "How'd charms go?" Ron and Hermione gave each other amused looks.
"Well it went very swimmingly actually," said Hermione. "But I thing Cyborg, Starfire, and Beast Boy go a little too into it."
"What are talking about," asked Raven. "Where are they?" Raven looked around for them but saw no sign of their fellow Titans. Ron decided to give Hermione a break.
"Well they said they would catch up with us in a second, and that was about fifteen minuets ago." Robin approached Ron.
"What did you say this charm does again?" Ron gave him a weak smile. It was then that they heard a madly happy laugh from down the hall. Out of no where a green ball came spinning down the hall and collided with a group of first years. They younger kids scattered and the green ball turned out to be an armadillo who morphed back into Beast Boy.
"DUDE! THAT WAS SO AWSOME!" He shouted down the hall. Cyborg and Starfire came up laughing their heads off. The three of them seemed to have difficulty walking in a straight line. "Hey Robin, was up Raven!" Raven gave Robin a bemused glance. "Wanna play?"
"Play what," asked Robin. Beast Boy threw up his arms as if Robin had asked the dumbest question in the world.
"Beast Boy Bowling of course, sheesh Robin where were you when they were passing out brains? Though I'm not really sure if I was, or I wasn't then where was I? What was I saying?" Robin and Raven both looked back at Harry, Ron, and Hermione who shrugged apologetically.
"WHY HELLO ROBIN!" Robin turned back around just in time to see Starfire jump into his arms. He held her up as though carrying her across some large mud puddle. "So how has your day been progressing?" She added a witty giggle following her question. He almost got lost in the moment by the fact that he was holding her up and she had her arms around his neck. Then again Starfire wasn't really in the right frame of mind, needless to say the whole situation made Robin feel pretty nervous.
"Uh, great. How was your day," stampered Robin.
"Me?" Starfire gestured to herself with slight surprise. "Why Robin how thoughtful of you to ask!" Robin smiled sheepishly while struggling to keep her off the ground. "Cyborg and Beast Boy introduced me to the wonderful sport of Beast Boy Batting, or….or was it Brawling. Hmmmm, I am unable to recall the name right now but it is most delightful!" Robin nodded.
"Tell you what Star, why don't I put you down so you, Cyborg, and Beast Boy can see a teacher about these charms your under. How's that sound?" Starfire scratched her head adorably and gave Robin a suspicious look.
"Why?"
"Your drunk."
"I, am, not!" She sounded affronted.
"Yes your are," said Robin adding a laugh to his rebuttal.
"Intoxication is in the eyes of the beholder Robin, and…..and……oh all right we will do things your way." He let Starfire down and she motioned for Cyborg and Beast Boy to follow her.
"Hey I've got a great idea! Let's go find Professor Snape!" Hollered Cyborg as they moved toward the dungeons. The others cast a frightened look around at each other form picturing their friends walking into Snape's office while under a charm of giddiness.
"Uhh guys!" Harry and Ron ran to catch up with the three and steer them toward a less tempered teacher. Hermione gathered up her books and walked back up to their common room. As she passed Raven felt a faint and eerie presence. She looked up at Hermione and narrowed her eyes. (A/N: sorry if I go a little carried away with this scene)
LATER THAT DAY……………..
Harry, Ron, and Hermione told the Titans about a Hogsmede visit that afternoon and they all seemed eager to go, except for Raven who nonetheless agreed to go also. The carriages stood outside the school and prepared to take them along with a good number of other students away from the school and towards the village. They sat in their carriages waiting to go. Starfire, who just recently had been cured of her strange behavior, leaned over to whisper to Robin.
"Robin?"
"Hm?" He picked his head up from nodding off.
"I am sorry if I said anything to humiliate or otherwise anger you and Raven."
"Oh! No of course not," he said waving his hand through the air. "You mean you don't remember any of it?"
"Well I do, it's just that I'm afraid I may have said something I did not intend or mean."
"Don't worry about it Star, Cyborg and Beast Boy didn't really act out of the ordinary," he said with a smile. Starfire nodded and Robin went back to taking a nap. Starfire had come to her senses some time in the hospital wing along side Cyborg and Beast Boy. Once they had gotten over a large light headed feeling they each wondered how they would be greeted later. 'I let you roll me down the hallway!' was Beast Boy's first words after a long silence. Since Starfire left the hospital wing she had been hoping, nay, praying that Robin would not be angry or embarrassed by her. She had quickly scribbled the ordeal in her diary before they came back down and felt slight relief.
"Where is Raven," asked Starfire quietly, not wanting to disturb Robin. Cyborg shook his head.
"I don't know, she said she'd be right out but I can't tell what's keeping her." Harry and Ron walked up and knocked on their carriage door. Cyborg opened it. "Hey guys what's up?"
"Hermione hasn't been this way has she?" They all shook their heads. "The carriages are about to leave and she's still not out," said Ron looking back at the school. Beast Boy cast a nervous glance at the school and hopped out of the carriage.
"Yo where you going?"
"I'll be back in a sec," said Beast Boy running off.
IN THE GIRL'S DORMITORY…………………
Raven was busy going through her trunk looking frantically for a certain book. She pulled away a discarded cape and found the while book from the other night. She carefully took it out and set on the floor. "Alright Hermione, let's see if your you." She flipped through the numerous pages until she came to the one she was looking for. Her eyes widened in horror. She had turned to the picture depicting the climatic battle between Rorek and Malchior; the only problem was Malchior was missing from the picture. She slowly closed the book and confirmed her recent suspicions. "I have to warn the others." She put the book away and quietly closed her trunk. She stood back up and upon turning around found a wand pointing directly at her heart. She froze and put her hands up. Hermione took a step closer to her and smirked.
"Why Raven, what are you up to?" Her eyes gave off a fleeting hint of red. It was also very strange to hear Malchior speak through Hermione's voice.
"I don't know how you've been blocking my empathy but it's over! I banished you once, I can do it again. You can't stay in there forever."
"Can't I? I need only move to another host, it's not all that complicated my dear." Raven glared at Hermione/Malchior.
"Why her, why now?"
"She her position among certain friends she seemed to be the most worthy host. Indeed Hermione has proven to be quite the pawn, just as you did." Raven's eyes were blazing and she took a step forward. "Careful now." Hermione/Malchior tightened her grip on the wand. "As for the now; that's none of your business."
"What is it that you want?"
"To be free! I grant you I can only go so far as a parasite, but mark my words it is only a matter of time before I gather the necessary items for the incantation."
"Not if I stop you first!" Malchior let out a series of snickers.
"Oh my sweet Raven, you never cease to entertain me. Maybe perhaps I should have inhabited you instead."
"You can't and you know it."
"I can, and you know it. In fact there is really only a handful of people in this place whom I can't touch." Hermione's hand reached inside her robes and pulled out a watch. Malchior quickly glanced at it and pocketed it. "Well I must be getting back, else Harry and Ron will be missing me." Raven twisted her face into a look of disgust.
"Your sick!" Malchior shot at powerful blast and sent her flying up against the wall. Raven slid to the floor and rubbed her head. She looked up and saw Hermione/Malchior standing over her.
"This is a pity Raven, but you should have stayed out of this." With that he raised his wand and brought it down with nothing short of an evil curse in mind.
Darn I hate cliffys. Even when I write em'. Sorry about that, I'll hurry along as fast as I can. Thanks for reading so far. Laters!