"I… AM NOT… EVIL!" Raven screamed as yet another vase blew up behind her. Vic didn't take time to think, he vaulted over his desk and ran toward Raven. The rest of the class was unnaturally still and quite.
"Raven, calm down." Vic told her desperately as her eyes began to take on a very slight reddish tint.
"All I said was Trigon was evil." The professor mumbled weakly behind them.
Raven screamed again, but this time no words were heard, only a great cry of pain. She grabbed her head as if fighting an inner battle with herself, which in truth, she was.
"Everyone out of here, NOW!" Vic yelled, then not caring that many were still looking at him, he reached into a compartment in his arm, pulling out his communicator, as he did so, the illusion covering his body disappeared, revealing him for what he truly was, Cyborg.
Dick had finally been allowed out of the hospital wing and he was looking forward to getting back into the swing of things to take his mind off of his rejection from the Quiddich team. Malfoy had argued hard in his favor, saying that he had shone the best performance, but the team captain had flatly refused saying that he couldn't afford to have team member who froze up during a game.
He was now in his charmed class, which he shared with the Hufflepuffs. Malfoy was sitting on his right and Kory on his left, Gar was sleeping about three rows behind them. The others had slightly objected to him and Kory now openly showing their friendship, but not greatly. He had been a little worried about how his fellow Slytherns would react to him being friends with a Hufflepuff, but after Malfoy showed no objection, most just shrugged and forgot about it.
"Cyborg here, Robin, Beast Boy, and Star, get to the defense against the dark arts class." Cyborg wasn't using the special magic devices that only the five Titans could hear, he was using the real T-communicators, ones that everybody could hear, thus only to be used in a real emergency. Judging on how he had used their battle names and the tone of his voice, it was definitely serious.
"It's Raven." Cyborg finished.
Yes, it was definitely serious.
Robin's eyes widened as he heard the cause of the disturbance, "Beast Boy! Starfire! You heard the man! GO!" he yelled as he pulled off his school robe revealing his uniform underneath, he reached into his pocket and pulled out his mask which he then switched with his sunglasses while Beast Boy and Starfire were doing the same.
Without further adieu he raced into the hall followed by a flying Starfire and a green leopard which quickly outdistanced him, oh, and a crowd of very confused students.
Cyborg finished speaking into his communicator and turned to see that no one had moved, they were still staring at his metallic body and the screaming Raven.
"GO!" he yelled at them again, grabbing two by their robes and throwing them out into the hallway. Others quickly followed as one of the walls exploded, showering them with bits of stone and wood.
As students ran for the door, a green leopard jumped for them, transforming into a hawk to fly over their heads. Seconds later, another figure flew over their heads, actually, two figures. Starfire was carrying Robin so they could easily get past the crowd.
Just then Raven's scream stopped and a cold, harsh, laugh took its place.
"D-Demon." A weak voice said next to Harry's ear. Harry, Ron, and Hermione had stayed unnoticed in the classroom rather than run like the other students, and it looked like they were not alone, the professor was backed into a corner, eyes wide and staring.
That's when it started, the laughing, that sound of pure evil and glee that rang through the halls of the school, sending shivers to all who heard it. Harry, Ron, and Hermione turned their heads to see what was causing the sound, "Raven." Harry breathed, his voice portraying horror and fear.
The thing floating in the center of a cloud of darkness looked like Raven, but she was wearing a long, dark purple cape and a black leotard. And she had four eyes, four red, glowing eyes.
"You're too late." Raven informed the other Titans in a voice as full of evil as her laugh, "I already have control."
"No, don't give in, come-on Rae, come back to us." Robin pleaded with the dark figure, "Fight back."
He was answered with another sharp laugh, and the same heart-wrenching voice, "Don't you understand, I am the real Raven, this is who I was born to be, this is who my father, the demon Trigon wanted me to be." She paused and turned to face the corner where the professor was quivering, "Speaking of Trigon, I would like to thank you for bring up his name. My human self always kept a tight control over her emotions and feelings so this wouldn't happen, but the anger you invoked by calling on the name of my father was too great for her to altogether control, thus allowing me to gain the upper hand."
Tendrils of darkness spread from her body to rap around the now quivering teacher. He screamed as the blackness touched him, enveloping him. Just as his head was disappearing, a bolt of green light struck the darkness, shredding its grasp. The professors screams changed to whimpers as he dropped to the floor and curled into the fetal position.
"So, I guess you want your death now rather than later." The demonic Raven said turning to once again face the Titans, "But wait, there are others in this room."
As she spoke, Robin's eyes fell on Harry, Ron, and Hermione, all staring at Raven with expressions of terror evident on their faces. He reached into his belt and pulled out three special disks. He hurled them at Raven as she reached out once more with her dark energy to grasp the three figures. Raven screamed as the Holy Water hit her body, burning her skin and causing her to fall to the floor.
"Star get them!" The leader yelled. Starfire had anticipated this and she was already over by the three students. Grabbing Harry and Ron's robes in one hand and Hermione's in the other she sped past the quickly recovering Raven and threw them out into the hallway.
Raven drew herself back up and reached for Robin, but a blast of blue light from Cyborg's cannon blew her backward. Beast Boy turned into a giant ape and threw himself at her, pinning her to the floor underneath him. Robin knew what would happen next so he was already holding two more of the special disks in his hand when Beast Boy was blow back, slamming into a wall and returning to human form. Robin threw the disks only to have them come short on a black shield that was surrounding Raven.
"You insolent bastards." She snarled at them, lowering her shield to pick up the classroom furniture and throw them at the Titans.
"Raven listen to me!" Beast Boy yelled as he dodged a flying chair, "Fight it, we're your friends, not your enemies, fight your demon half, not us!"
"Yes friend Raven, come back to us, we need you!" Starfire called blowing up a desk that was hurtling toward her.
The Titans continued to yell things at Raven while slowly circling around her to form a tight ring. There words made her think they wouldn't attack her and she could finish them off easily, but as the Titans completed to circle, Robin raised his arm and yelled out, "NOW!"
All at the same time, Robin threw three Holy Water disks, Cyborg blasted her with his energy gun, and Starfire hurled starbolts at Raven. Beast Boy waited a split second before turning himself into a snake and winding himself tightly around her body.
Raven screamed as the Holt Water, energy blast, and starbolts hit her, she tried to thrash but found herself unable to move. The separate attacks had weakened her and she was no longer able to break free of Beast Boy's tightening grip as he squeezed the air from her lungs. Her demonic half had not yet gained complete control, and with the war waging inside of her and her weakened state she was no longer able to retain that control. With one last scream, the demon receded inside of Raven, and four red eyes became two purple ones.
"I'm sorry." Raven, the human version of Raven, said before she collapsed into an unconscious state from the tax on her body and her ever greater need for air.
Beast Boy unwound himself from her just in time to catch her falling body. He gently lowered her to the floor and checked to make sure she was breathing properly again.
The other Titans turned to face Dumbledore who was standing in the doorway, but Beast Boy stayed by Raven's side. When he was sure the other's weren't listening he leaned down and whispered into her ear, "No Raven, I'm sorry." Robin stepped forward to face Dumbledore followed by Cyborg and Starfire, "I think we should get the professor some medical help, Raven attacked him with the pure darkness that her magic attains when she transforms, and her touch can be most painful to the mind."
Dumbledore turned toward the crying man huddled into the corner, "Yes, we will talk of this later, and Raven-"
Cyborg cut him off, "It wasn't her fault. This professor decided to give us a lesson on the evilness of demons, and he started talking about her father."
Upon hearing these words Beast Boy looked up from where he was sitting next to Raven, his voice etched in furry, "You didn't tell them? You didn't tell the teachers to be careful around her? You knew what she was, you said you had taken precautions!" Beast Boy was now yelling at the headmaster.
"A mistake on my part, I admit, I thought that since the topic of demons is not generally taught at this school, his knowledge of her, along with most other staff members, need only be as of a normal student attending the school. As for what I was going to say before, we should get Raven to the hospital wing as well, it would be better not to be surrounded by such, uh, prying eyes." As Dumbledore spoke several of the students looking past him into the room drew away looking down.
Dumbledore flicked his wand at the professor and stilled his movements as well as lifting him into the air. He was about to levitate Raven as well, but Beast Boy picked her up and glared at the Headmaster, daring him to comment.
Students cleared a path for them as they made their way to the hospital wing, unfortunately they had to go single file as the pathway was rather small. By then, the entire student body had gathered and was crowded into the hallway. Students shrank away as Beast Boy walked past, he wasn't entirely sure if it was because he was caring Raven, or because he was glaring at anyone who dared stare at her.
When Starfire had thrown Harry, Ron, and Hermione out into the hall, they happened to land on Malfoy who had been one of the first to follow Robin, Beast Boy, and Starfire to the scene. For once they didn't share the usual air of resentment, instead they watched the battle play out in silence, and after Dumbledore and the Titans had gone, the four of them walked into an empty classroom, not necessarily as friends, more as temporary business partners.
"What do we know?" Harry asked matter-of-factly, they all turned to Hermione and she rattled off all the facts.
"There are five new students this year, they belong in some sort of superhero group. The leader is Dick Grayson, or Robin, he seems to have no superhuman abilities, but is very well trained in martial arts. Victor Stone goes by the name of Cyborg, he is half human, half machine, his robotic-self giving him greater abilities. Garfield Logan goes by the name of Beast Boy, his skin appears to be green, he has pointed ears, a single fang, and he is able to change into animals at will. Kory Anders or Starfire can fly and shoot green light out of her hands and eyes. And lastly, Raven. Raven is half demon, half human, her father is the demon Trigon who is known to be the worst and most powerful demon existing to date. It appears she is required to withhold all emotion from herself to keep her powers in control and to prevent her demon half from taking control. What we have seen of her abilities so far is the ability to levitate and the creation and controlling of black energy, but as she is part demon she likely has other abilities that have not yet been revealed." Hermione finished and looked around at the group, waiting for someone to comment.
"That day on the Quiddich field, when it was Dick's turn, he had such good reflexes it was amazing. I should have realized there was something going on. Especially when he woke up and was talking to Kory, they acted like old friends, I don't how I didn't see it." Malfoy said sadly.
Harry nodded in sympathy, "We asked Raven about why she was so closed-off all the time and she said it was too dangerous to show emotion and then she ran off. When we asked Gar about it he got mad and told us not to push her. We should've seen that he knew what was going on."
Harry stopped talking and Ron continued, "Sometimes things would explode around her, and it would always happen when she showed any emotion at all."
"So can we trust them?" Hermione asked the question that was weighing most heavily on everyone's mind.
Before anyone could answer, Malfoy spoke up, a wry smile etched on his face, "I guess this is where we part ways. Your idea of who you can trust differs greatly from mine after all." With that Malfoy turned and headed out the door, as he passed the barrier a change came over all four of them. Malfoy's face reverted to his usual sneer and he stalked off in his normal swaggering way. The three Gryfindors still inside the classroom lost their stiffness and became just a normal group of three friends, that is, three normal friends with a very un-normal topic.
Thus the two groups separated much as they had come in, temporary business partners. Two groups of people who put aside their differences for a brief amount of time to handle matters concerning both parties. The thing is with those kind of people, when the deal is over with, the alliance is gone.
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