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Also I have a little treat for you guys enjoying my story. I have drawn a visual reference for you to see at the end of this chapter. Hope you like.

"RAVEN!" Robin called out but there was no answer. He cursed himself for letting one of him teammates be taken by Slade. Beast Boy morphed into a dog and started sniffing the ground in hopes of catching Raven's scent.

"ACHOO!" BB was sent hurtling backwards from the power of his sneeze. Cyborg helped him up.

"Got anything BB?"

"Nope.. too much dust around here.." Beast Boy sniffled a bit. Starfire descended from the sky and landed on the ground next to her friends.

"I have surveyed the area and could not find any sign of friend Raven." She looked down sadly.

"Maybe I can get a track on her communicator." Cyborg pressed a couple of buttons in his arm and it started beeping.

"I got a track on her!" The Titans got into the T-car and drove off into the outskirts of the city.

"Good you're awake." Slade looked at his captured victim. Getting ready to fight Raven was about to jump and attack him but found out she couldn't move.

"I have injected you with a paralyzing potion. Should last for about 10 more minutes. Just enough time for me to purpose my offer to you."

"I don't want any of your offers. Nothing you say to me will accept whatever you have planned." Raven glared at the villain.

"Oh, is that so?" Slade walked up to Raven. Raven just kept glaring at him. She would of probably lost control if it hadn't been for the potion keeping her still.

"You have noticed the thunderstorm this morning, correct?" Raven thought back to the conversation she and Beast Boy shared earlier. Beast Boy's voice hung in her head. 'I don't know, maybe this storm isn't natural….'

"Yes."

"And I believe you hadn't been feeling well for a while, also correct?" Slade was right. Every morning for the past 4 days Raven had numerous headaches or had woken up in the middle of the night coughing, with cold sweats and chills. She didn't bother to tell the others because the illness was temporary and short lived. Once Beast Boy came close to finding out though…..

It was the 2nd night Raven had been having these symptoms. It was 8:00 p.m. and Raven had gone to her room to retire early for another headache had started. Cy and BB said good night to her as she left the room.

'Hmm…something seems different about Raven…her scent has changed." Beast Boy wondered while looking towards where Raven had just left.

"Yo B, you playing or spacing out?" Cyborg looked at his friend who was not concentrating on the game but looking in another direction.

"Huh? What? DUDE!" BB looked at the game on the T.V. seeing he had just lost the game that he was so close to winning. Cyborg started doing a victor dance while BB fumed.

"I never liked that game anyway.." Beast Boy threw down his control and walked off.

"Yeah you don't like it because you can't win it heh heh." Cyborg mentioned before Beast Boy left the room. BB was walking down the hallways with his hands behind his head. He was in the hallway where Raven's room was. Looking around to see if Star and Robin had come back from shopping ( a trip in which Robin was suckered into just from a smile from Starfire, might I mention) Beast Boy put his ear on the door. He heard the rustling of blankets from within the room.

Meanwhile inside Raven's room, Raven was tossing and turning. She was half asleep but she starting getting a cold sweat and couldn't drift off into a peaceful deep sleep.

"Unh.." She moaned. No position whatsoever made her bed feel comfy. It seemed as though her mattress had turned into a hard slab of rock. After trying countless positions Raven moved her arm and accidentally hit a vase on one of her nightstands making it crash and shatter. Completely waking her up.

Beast Boy jumped at hearing the shatter. He wasn't expecting a noise like that.

"Rae, you ok in there?" He heard a slight cough from behind the door.

"Uh yes I'm fine." BB didn't buy it.

"What happened? I heard a crash. And also are you sick? I heard you cough.." Thinking quickly Raven thought of an alibi.

"No I was just meditating. One of my candles fell on the floor and in my rush to get water to put it out I knocked over a vase, everything is fine."

"Ok then.." Defeated BB walked away. Raven slumped inside her room. She didn't need to have the others worrying about her.

Snapping back into reality Raven remembered she was with Slade.

"Yes I haven't been feeling the best lately, but how would you know?"

"I have my sources." The way Slade said that kind of creeped her out.

"Now back to my proposition.…as you know I have been looking for an apprentice. Sadly Robin and Terra didn't work out, but you have great potential.

"You have to be kidding, after everything you have done to me and my friends, how could you even consider asking me a question like that?"

"Ah but you see Raven, after the prophecy had been completed I had felt guilty as to what happened to the earth. I wouldn't wish that upon anything. But I fear it might happen again." Raven was slightly confused about that.

"What do you mean happen 'again'"? Raven desperately awaited an answer.

"Well Trigon may be gone for now but you, you are still here."

"I'm still not following…" Raven was getting a bit annoying with Slade.

"You don't get it do you? Trigon was afraid of you. Why do you think he wanted to use you as a portal and then obliterate you?"

"Afraid of me?" Everything just started getting more confusing for Raven.

"Let me tell you a little about history….back when demons used to roam the Earth freely, they used to hide in fear of humans, yes mere mortals. Back then humans were one of the strongest beings in the universe. Not very smart but indeed quite strong. Demons saw this as an advantage. The demons would perform tricks such as making fire for one, making the mortals impressed by the unknown. Therefore the demons became known as gods, like as the Egyptians used to believe in." Raven couldn't believe what she was hearing. She was never told about anything like this before..

"And once the demons became known as gods, mortals starting looking up to them. As the mortals progressed in society with the help from demons, their strength decreased, so the demons predicted. And after the mortals became no threat whatsoever, the demons went off to the other planets in the universe to try the sametactics there, for the demons quest was to become the strongest creatures in the universe. Today the regular human being could be slaughtered by a demon instantly. That's because the humans ancient strength had been locked away since conveniences such as fire, irrigation, and electricity had been created, making it easier for humans to become lazier. Only a special few have been able to unlock that strength, such as Robin and I, and you.

"Me?" Raven asked.

"Yes. When Trigon was looking for a host to carry his seed he had chosen the humans, knowing what they were capable of. He needed someone strong enough to open the portal. He couldn't think of anything stronger then a half human, half demon blooded child. Therefore he chose Arella, or should I say Angela as his host." Raven just sat there in shock continuing to listen to what Slade had to say.

"But then Trigon noticed something. After you had left Azarath and became a Titan, he noticed your powers and strength were increasing. That's why he had to kill you after you became the portal. But as we all know he had failed and was sent to hell. Since Trigon hadn't defeated you, your powers had increased even more by then. That's the reason why you have been getting sick. Your powers are growing so rapidly your body can't keep up with it. Also that's why there was that weird thunderstorm. The Earth cannot contain a being with so much power that you posses so little by little it has been dying." Raven gasped.

"I can help you control the power within, and stop the Earth from being destroyed altogether. But I will only help if you become my apprentice." Just then the paralyzing potion wore off. Raven stood up. After hearing what was happening to the Earth she didn't have any choice.

"I will…become your apprentice.." Raven said sadly.

"I figured you would, that's why I had made the outfit for you."

Raven put on the outfit. On her neck, hip, and feet were black gems. She had armor on her arms and legs. The mark of Scath was across her chest.

"The gems will help control your power. The armor is for protection. And last but not least the mark of Scath is for you to remember your heritage. Also.." Slade held up a red gem.

"Nekriah Ester Caldor!" Raven started to scream as pain erupted in the right side of her head. Her right eye transformed into two red eyes. The pain then stopped. Raven looked at Slade.

"Your eyes will help remind you why you fight. Now you really should get some rest my child. Tomorrow will be a big day. This room will be your sleeping quarters." And with that Slade left the dark room. Raven sat down on the bed and one tear slipped from her human eye.

I do think this is my best chapter B) I hope you guys liked it as much as I did writing it! Now here's the picture of Apprentice Rae I promised. It's not the best but you get the idea what she looks like in my mind )

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