Coming Home
Chapter One: Return to Earth
Princess Cesia of Azarath smiled to herself as she packed the black bag she would take with her.
"Are you sure you wish to do this, Cesia? Leave Azarath?" Her mother, Queen Arella of Azarath, asked. She nodded without hesitation.
"It's been long enough. I promised them I would come back. Even though it's been four years, I always keep my promises, Mother." Cesia answered. Today was the day that she was returning to them. Her friends and family.
The Teen Titans.
Well, they weren't teens anymore. But the last Raven had heard they were still a team. Now they called themselves the Titans, and were lead by Nightwing. Cyborg and Terra were the only ones to keep their names. Starfire shortened her name to Star, and Beast Boy became Changeling.
Yes, they had changed. They'd grown up. But they were still her family. Her loved ones. The people she left four years ago to help rebuild the destroyed planet of her birth. The planet her mother and stepfather ruled.
"We will miss you," King Tol of Azarath, Cesia's stepfather, told her. "Goodbye, Cesia."
"No," She told him, smiling happily, "My name is Raven."
Raven, once again taking her old name, decided not to tell the Titans that she was going back. She would surprise them. The anniversary of the founding of the original Teen Titans was in two weeks–that was the day that she would go back to them.
Until that time, she needed a place to stay.
She had taken money with her, and she used some of it to rent a hotel room. It would do nicely for a week, she decided, laying down the bag of things she had brought with her.
Yes, she wanted to see her friends. But until then, Raven decided, she would do some soul-searching.