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A/n: sweet! The third chapter, just for you people that want me to continue with the story so much. Thank you oh so much for the reviews! Continue to review and I'll continue to update, not at the speed of light, but I'll update one day or the other.

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"She's a rebel
she's a saint
she's the salt of the earth
and she's dangerous …"
- Green Day "She's a Rebel"

A Little Bit of History

"Alazar Enlentrinel Nalthoras Lincon Sev!"

The power coursed, I can feel both or our energies combine like when Starfire and myself "switched", but it wasn't our soul's it was our power. Hers was exactly intone with mines and vise versa, and for the moment I actually felt this was going to work, but then a falter. The power, the magic, it was slipping from me. I tried desperately to hold on to my power and I felt her do the same, but it was of no use.

With out my power to help me concentrate I can only hold for a short period of time. I had no choice but to release it as my soul-self vanished, I opened my eyes to see Jinx's soul-self a shimmering pink cat's upper-body reaching for the sky vanished just like mine. She cursed, "Fuck! That was the third damn charm! I thought it was in the Scrolls of Glenthax!"

I shook my head and started to clean the magic up, I honestly thought it would work as well, but the Scrolls of Glenthax are more used for illusionary tricks then powerful curses. So I already had my doubts, "It was a long shot, Glenthax means trick in the human English language. There was reason to second-guess."

Jinx shot me a cold look, which turned to a tired one. She was just too wasted to fight any more; we had been going through this thing since the dawn of morning and stopping only to get something to eat or rest a bit. Yet so far the only luck we had was with Glenthax.

So this was where I began to wonder, what the hell was she thinking of studying such a powerful curse. I hated to think it, but I was actually considering speaking with Malchior about this whole thing.

After all he was what? Over a thousand years old? I said it earlier I've been relearning everything Malchior taught me, though I've learned that there are lighter-sides to the dark side he'd studied me in. I've just had yet to touch upon curses, I'm not the cursing type of sorceress.

"So what now?" I looked up to Jinx who had plopped down on the training room floor in lotus form resting her elbow on her knee then her head on her palm. Staring down trotted at the far wall. I had to sympathize with her distorted feelings, I was missing my power to, "Not to be Jamie Rain Cloud here, but we're screwed if we don't find a counter spell soon. I mean your team needs your abilities and I … well … my power other than the boys are all I have left."

I sat down with her, clutching the book we've been studying for the past hour to my chest. Sighing I shrugged, "I guess I know what you mean, but when you do get your power back you already swore on your life that you'd never go back to being a villain. Robin will see to it that you keep that promise."

She scoffed and rolled her eyes, "That nit-wit can kiss the fattest part of my gray ass, like I'd ever listen to him. Unlike you dweebs I wasn't born with a conscious, promises are not my thing."

I chuckled; I couldn't have agreed with her more – about the promising thing – promises I've learned aren't things you can keep unless you put your heart into it. Me? For the longest I've lived I was always told I have no heart, and they're right. Even if I'm free to feel now I find that I was born never to actually feel freely. I always have to force myself to feel something other than smug, anger, or lust. Not the lust of sex, the lust or addiction to something that could very well tip the scale of my "heroic" life.

My addiction to the night.

I already said it once before, so I'm not really going to repeat myself again, my night addiction was always there since I first entered life. Say it's my demon side or something else, but I always loved the night, it only took a certain someone to push me closer to the general area of what I'd like to call Hazy Peak. Where the line blurs, and barriers drop to show and confuse the vision of good-and-evil you once thought you were comfortable with.

Robin once said the line between good-and-evil was a "haze".

Well, it looks like anyone that's Red-X or rolls with him are confused, lost and temporarily blind. Maybe it's the suite, maybe it's some other form of higher power, I don't know and I don't care to know. Right now all I want to know is how to counter act this damnable curse, with out my power it's hard to tell when Boy Wonder will walk into the room and catch me off guard. Damn sneaky little human, he's done that more than once during the period I've been like this. Leaving me to wonder if he's actually enjoying that little power over me at the moment.

Damn Jinx for her stupidity.

"How's everything going?" I inwardly froze, the bastard did it again! Even Jinx jumped to her feet, me? I was trying to play it cool as I slowly turned to glare at the masked wonder before getting to my feet. Sneak up on me again eh? Watch once I get my power he'll be so scare out of his tights he won't want to sleep with the lights on or by himself for a month. Ha!

Dusting my cape I sighed tiredly as I looked up to face him again, "Failure so far, we haven't been successful at anything and I'm afraid to go into deeper magic thus risking a switch like Starfire and I had."

He nodded and gave Jinx a wry look as she turned and walked around the gym, "Well, you'll get it sometime, I know you will. We've been through worse right?"

Yeah, always the optimistic one aren't ya? That speech will work on Starfire Robin, but me? No. He should know by now that I don't look on the bright side, to "fluffy" for me. Giving him a dry look I shook my head and opened the book giving him the hint to leave, "Right."

"Well," he was getting nervous, something I knew every time he reached over and scratched the back of his neck or shifted his perfectly still position, "the Titans East will be arriving anytime to stay for the weekend … or more. Looks like things haven been quiet at Steel City."

I looked up and raised a brow, what the hell? "Robin, did you not tell them about our little predicament with Jinx?"

He sighed and nodded slowly again looking over to Jinx who was stretching in all her yoga forms being as patient, silent, and out of the way as a cat. Though knowing a cat she was also eavesdropping and playing the cutie act as a distraction. Robin knew, cause I knew and if I knew then what's stopping the grand detective Robin Boy Wonder from noticing?

Nothin' that's what.

"They insisted," he answered distantly, "they were never going to call, but Speedy ruined the "surprise" I guess."

I rolled my eyes and returned to the book, count on Speedy to have the short attention span. An amazing feat considering this choice in weaponry, "Well, no comment from me, they're coming that's fine, but keep them from interruptions thank you very much."

"I will, good luck," with that he turned and exit, leaving Jinx and me alone again.

"There's more of you dip-sticks?" I turned book still in hand to Jinx and snapped it shut. Giving her a pointed look as she stretched back from doing the splits on the floor than rolled to crouch and titled her head. Like a damn cat.

I shrugged, "I suppose, but that's not our problem. Now, what should we study this time?"

I watched as she stretched her body forward on the ground then rolled and got to her feet on her tiptoes then slowly lowered down feet firmly planted on the floor. Her cat-like smile and mischievous glimmer to her catty eyes, "Let's not study, but train, you know so to keep up with combat skills."

I smirked and turned to the door with Jinx in tow, "Normally I'd have to decline do to my status as a hero – "

" – But with your line of work at the night I'd have to say your heroism is – "

" – Questionable," I stopped to turn both our smirks playful as I nodded, "I guess we could pause our searching for one night, let's go get suited into more comfortable attire, you look like you could fit my clothes."

She scoffed, "Whatever, I just know I'm gonna' be sick of magic by the time we actually find the counter curse. So break time!"

I rolled my eyes, "Sure, yeah, break time, whoopy."

With that we went to my room and got into more moveable clothes, than went back down to the training room evading the others watchful eyes and began to warm up. Simple things at first, but then evolved into more complex moves and for the moment I could have swore I felt someone watching us through the window, but brushed it off. If it was someone than it had to be Red-X, after all it was 8:00 at night, he's probably wondering where I am.

Sorry X, but tonight's meeting is canceled (I think) I got issues to work out.

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"There you go
you never ask why
it's all a big lie
whatever you do

You think you're special
but I know, and I know, and I know
and we know
that you're not"
- Simple Plan "Shut Up"

BUZZZZZ

Robin sighed, Damn, and here I was hoping they wouldn't show, just goes to show you can't have your cake and eat it to. Walking to the main computer he turned it on to see the whole Titans East standing outside with Bumblebee impatiently tapping her foot and an irritated look crossing her sassy features.

Aqualad just standing looking around, but mostly at the water sneering at the boats and other floating object in the bay, Speedy was using the Titan steel doors as a mirror checking his hair and the twins. Well they were just talking in Spanish to one another.

The bottom line was that the Titans East had come as Speedy said.

Much to our dear Robin's dismay.

"Hey," Robin greeted, "Let me buzz you guys up."

"Well hurry up or I'm gonna' blow my lunch on your door," Bumblebee glared, "Speedy's hair spray nearly killed us on the way here! Goddamn conceded SOB."

Speedy snorted, "Say whatever you want Bee, you know I look good."

"Robin! Open the damn door or there's gonna' be a slaughter!" Robin sweat-dropped, if there was one thing he didn't want to deal with right now it be the sting of a sassy Queen Bee.

"Welcome in," he greeted dryly as the doors open and in flew the fuming bee, the "conceded SOB", the bored Atlantean, and the speedy Spanish twins.

"Dude, we better get a spa ready or somethin' cause Bumblebee looks ready to kill," Beast Boy quivered as he nervously transformed into a cute kitten in a vain attempted to sooth the raging bee. Robin sighed and shrugged as he waited next to Starfire at the kitchen after turning the computer off to properly greet the Steel Titans.

"Let's just stay out of their way," Robin suggested, and glanced at Starfire knowing he was going to regret asking but he was curious, "what's that you're making Star?"

She blushed at his acknowledgement, "Nothing much, just the pudding of friendship to strength the bond between the feuding East Titans. They do not always get along as well as the rest of us, would you like to try?"

Robin cringed, yep, he knew he'd be regretting it. Opening his mouth to protest he got the gross out of the year when she suddenly shoved the food into his mouth. His taste buds suddenly died at a young age as a shiver went up his spine and chilled at the thought of swallowing the disgusting gunk.

Oh the joys of having an alien as a friend.

Just then, as if the god up above were good to him the door slid open and Starfire directed her attention to the doomed Steel Titans, "Friends! Come! Gather! I've made the Tamaranian Pudding of Friendship, let us feast!"

Robin quickly reached over to the trashcan and disposed of whatever was in the "Pudding of Friendship" before he could throw it up later. No offence to Starfire, but as a human he had to say alien food was too much too out of this world. Quickly standing up and clearing his throat he put up a straight face, "Whasup."

Speedy gave Starfire's gunk a strange look before discreetly ditching it's contents in a near by trashcan, he may not have known what was in it, but he knew enough not to eat something that looked like hair gel. Lucky for him Starfire was to busy forcing the food down Aqualad's mouth to have cared about her discarded food as Speedy put the dishes in the sink, "Nothin' much, told ya Steel City's been sleeping like a baby. It's like the heat from summer is just to hot for any of the thieves to do anything."

Robin raised a brow, "Summer? Already? I thought it didn't start until a week from now."

"Where the hell have you been? Sleepin' in a hole?" Bumblebee snapped as she came and dumped Starfire's pudding, "Summer's been happenin' for quite some time, we came over cause we thought you guys knew about the Beach Feast next week."

The confused Robin shook his head, "Nope, didn't hear that, we were busy with things you know."

"Mm, the whole Jinx thing right?" Bumblebee pointed and Robin nodded.

"Yeah, so you see you caught us at a bad time."

"I'll say," everyone's attention turned to a woozy looking Aqualad as he held his stomach and tried not to hurl right then and there.

Starfire came floating round, "Have you all like the seconds of my pudding?"

"Uh," Robin cleared his throat and everyone practically turned green, "No thanks Star, we're all good here."

She twirled in the air, "Wondrous, then we can partake in the catching of the things we've all done during our long period of no see."

Bumblebee relaxed, "Cool, so where's Sparky? I still got a score to settle about who's the most skilled here."

"It's Cyborg," Cyborg steamed, too concentrated on the screen where he, the twins and Beast Boy were all gathered around the couch playing multiplayer, "and I can beat you anytime I want, just not now I'm tryin' to even a score with BB and the twins, so lay off."

"Sure," Bumblebee rolled her eyes and flew to the top of the overhead cat walk at the edge of the room, "So is this where the rooms are?"

Robin nodded, "Yeah, why?"

"I gotta' go find me a room and get me some shut eye before I kill over, damn Speedy trying to suffocate the hell out of all of us. Why if he weren't a valuable member of the team I'd so shove that spray down his god forsaken throat."

Speedy sneered, "Ah go suck on a flower your majesty."

Before Bumblebee entered the hall she flipped him off and shouted, "Fuck you bitch!"

"Stop talkin' to yourself!" Robin shook his head as Speedy mumbled something along the lines of, "Damn mood swinging hybrids."

"This is going to be an interesting summer," Robin sarcastically commented as he watched the game taking place with so far Cyborg winning, gee what a surprise (insert sarcasm).

Noticing movement towards the training room Robin saw Speedy and Aqualad chatting, he sighed, Better warn them, jogging to catch them before they disappeared Robin called out to them, "Hey! Where you guys headed?"

They stopped and turned Aqualad jerking a thumb to down the hall, "Training room, gonna' get in a little work out before we relax."

"Oh, well, just stay out of the meditation chamber, Raven and Jinx are busy if you know what I mean."

Speedy nodded, "Cool, you comin' with?"

Robin sighed and shook his head, "Gotta' make sure the others don't tear the living room apart after the games won."

"Shoot, your loss," with that they turned and continued down the hall, leaving Robin to rush back into the room when he heard Beast Boy shout something along the lines of, 'Cheating Bastard!'

((-))

"So that's where Atlantis is?"

Aqualad rolled his eyes, "No, and I'm not telling you either."

Speedy glared, "Aw come on man, it's not like I'll sell the information of e-bay or anything."

It was Aqualad's turned to glare, "You sold a lock of my hair off e-bay you little redheaded dib-shit, and I'm suppose to trust you with the location of Atlantis? Go to hell!"

The redhead shrugged innocently, "What? Not my fault, I lost a bet to Mas and Menos, and I always keep my promises."

"Man, Bumblebee's right, if you weren't a valuable member of this team I'd shove that hair spray you love so much down your throat and watch you chock on it!"

"Shut-up," Speedy held up a hand his face suddenly becoming serious, Aqualad gave him an exasperated look before realizing there were noises coming from the training room, actually they were voices. Female voices.

"I thought Robin said they were in the meditation room?" Aqualad narrowed his eyes in suspicion.

Again Speedy hushed him in time to hear what Raven had to say as they both slowly made their way to the entrance, "No, no, no, it's called O'Sirus or Elemental Attack, you're suppose to put everything combined of nature into it. It's just a basic."

Jinx spoke next and sounded exhausted, "Well then miss thing, show me again cause I don't get it."

Raven huffed and by the time the guys got to the training room they saw Jinx standing arms crossed with a wooden stick in her hand as Raven stood a few feet from her in perfect view of the boys. Though if her wearing a black sports bra and matching gi pants weren't strange enough, then in her hand she held what looked to be a sword. Not a wooden one, but the one Robin had.

Was she allowed accesses to Robin's things? Why was she teaching a villain? Those were the few questions that ran through the two hero's mind, but when they saw her get into perfect form of a real swordsman from old times. These questions were grounded to a temporary stop to make room for the new. Since when did Raven know swordsmanship?

As she moved she explained, "You have to swipe like the wind –" with a simple stroke she cut the air, " – then flow like the water –" she mesmerized them when she moved liquefied into the next step, " – intimidate like the earth –" she stomped on the wooden ground hard enough to hear the thud through out the room, " – and finally strike fierce like fire."

In a flash she stabbed the air and if it were possible they could actually see the air part as if sliced like she explained, she turned to smirk at Jinx, "That's the O'Sirus Strike, not big, but when in trouble it could help evade danger and hit the target at the same time."

Jinx shook her head and leaned to the side giving her a look of confusion, "How do you know all this stuff? I mean, couldn't you have used it on any of your battles? I honestly didn't take you for the physical type."

Raven shrugged and retracted Robin's blade swirling the bird-a-rang around for a bit she tossed it up and caught it with the other hand. Flipping it open and with the grace of a robin let it fly through the air and impale itself into the far wall. Jinx, Aqualad, and Speedy looked on clearly impressed as she softly explained, "They were techniques of the past that I wish to forget. If you held the status of priestess/protector of the royal family, no matter if you knew magic, you were forced to endure harsh training sessions. Even if I was meant to destroy the world, it's our way of life."

Jinx smiled and nodded in admiration, "Sweet."

She sighed, "Yeah right, look it's late, I'm tired let's go to bed."

"I hear ya there."

Walking to the far wall to grab Robin's bird-a-rang she tucked it casually into the hem of her gi and followed Jinx to the only other exit of the training room, Aqualad and Speedy panicked when they saw they were coming their way. Quickly running down the hall and ducking into the infirmary they waited for the girls to walk pass before stepping out again.

"Damn, that was close," Aqualad sighed and leaned against the wall while Speedy gazed after the girl's disappearing shadow.

"Hey Aqualad."

Aqualad glared, he knew that tone. It meant trouble, especially coming from Speedy as he looked up to see the redhead's gears turning he pushed off the wall and crossed his arms over his chest, "What is that conceded mind of yours cooking up this time half-wit."

Speedy ignored the taunt and tilted his head to the side, "Raven was given the power to destroy the world, or at least bring the destruction. She said she was born a "priestess-protector" and she hid her techniques from all of us … doesn't it make you wonder what else the little demoness is hiding?"

"Lay off Speedy, that's Raven," Aqualad warned sternly, "You don't go messing with something you have no idea what you're going to get yourself into. Besides, if she found out you were snooping in things you shouldn't be snooping around in you'd be dead before you the hit the floor."

He shrugged, "Just curious is all and why does she have to always where that damn cape to hide her fine ass. That's a damn shame."

Aqualad rolled his eyes, Trust Speedy to have the short attention span, "Hey, we training or what?"

"Whatever, let's get it over with."

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"She's a rebel
vigilante
missing on the brink
of destruction"
- Green Day (continued) "She's A Rebel"

As I was walking to my room after escorting Jinx to hers I couldn't shake the feeling of someone talking about me, or watching me. At first in the gym I knew it was Red-X because when I suggested we – Jinx and myself – fool around with Robin's "toys" I found a cell phone lying in the middle of the floor. It was a phone I knew it was from him because it had a distinct red slash on the back.

Ego maniac, I thought, but shrugged it off and before I began to train Jinx I put the phone with the book we were studying. After that the feeling of familiar eyes watching me were beginning to get on my nerves so I suggested we go to bed, but now that I'm here in my room I still feel insecure.

The feeling only got worse when the cell phone rang and a feeling of dread twisted my stomach and numbed my body. Calm down Raven, it's just the phone … the cell phone that Red-X slipped you, just answer the stupid thing, listening to the voice I set the book down on my drawer and flipped the phone up and slowly brought it to my ears.

"Hello?"

"You're first test to see if you're worthy enough to work for Benu Phoenix is in the list Red-X gave you. Figure them out, you got an hour to deliver the answers, starting now."

Not one to waste time, I snapped my mind into overdrive and flipped the phone off. Dashing across the room to throw on a skin clinging dark blue tang top and leather skintight jacket and leather pants. The thought of them being real, non-shinny leather like a lot of other super hero's I knew had crossed my mind for the briefest of moments. However was blocked when I ran to my desk and snatched the paper Red-X gave me.

Glancing at the nightstand where my alarm clock sat I noticed it was already 10:02 at night. The others were probably lolling off to sleep about now and the guy gave me an hour, so time to get to work. Looking over the list I turned it over and saw there was two riddles, a dry look was needed for this occasion, Oh great a riddler, where's Batman when you need him? I rolled my eyes sarcastically and began to read while I zipped up the jacket.

"What force and strength cannot get through

I with a gentle touch can do,

And many in the street would stand

Were I not a friend at hand?"

I glared, what the hell kind of shit is this? Don't get me wrong I'm not a dim-wit or a hater of riddles, I rather enjoyed them, but this to me took me back a bit, what was it trying to say? I shook my head; I'll come back to it later. Moving on to the next riddle I hoped it wouldn't hurt my head as the last one.

I was sadly mistaken.

"Black we are, and much admire,

Men seek for us if they tire.

We tire the horses, but comfort man,

Tell me this riddle if you can."

Cue in anime drop, goddamn it! I glanced at the clock, 10:04, not much to worry about, but solving these riddles are going to take a while and I have to met with these bozos in about an hour with the answer. Hold up, I stared wide-eyed at the riddles; they were something to hold and take!

They wanted something for me to steal, but what?

Okay, "force and strenth cannot get through, I with a gentle touch an do … friend at hand." Hmm, think Raven! What can't get through without force but is a friend and gently gets you through the door. Door … doors are usually locked … you can't get in with force – feh not if your Starfire or Cyborg, or even Aqualad – but to get in without trouble, you use a … key … a key?

I could have slapped myself right there, no duh shit-head!

Of course it's a fuckin' key!

Sorry for the language kids, but really, wasn't it obvious?

Moving on …

"Black we are, and much admired, men seek us if they tire. We tire the horses, but comfort man …" I frowned, ooookaaaay. What's black, can comfort man when they find it, yet for the animals carrying it or transporting it get tired. Black … what's black? Rocks can be black, but how can they comfort man? Unless it's some form of rock, then the question would be what kind of rock?

Coal?

Coal can light fire, coal burns long, and when transporting heavy amounts of it the horse can get tired. Okay, the answers coal we all know that, but why the hell would they want me to steal coal? Wait a minute, coal can not only be used for fire, but they have a coal mine in Africa, and were there's a coal mine there's … I gasped, "Diamonds! The Diamond Key in Emerald Museum!"

Ha! Ha! Put that in your pipe and smoke it Benu Phoenix!

Jumping off my chair I walked to my door and gently opened it up wide enough for me to slip through. Giddy about my small victory at figuring out the riddle, I had to stop in the middle of the hall to wonder for the briefest of moments, Was that what Jinx and her crew were after at the museum? Were they working for this Benu Phoenix? That thought alone sent a shiver down my spine, if I were to go and snatch that diamond, would I trip the alarm thus calling forth the Titans to take me down?

I shook my head, Snap out of it girl, you have to do this, Titans or not this is a cool chance to test your skills. Besides, those pea-brains of a pack of idiots don't know how to be stealthy. Nodding I continued down the hall to set myself up for the night, the Titan in me no more, at night I was Sis, supposed sister to Red-X. I smirked and made a quick stop at Robin's room, Red-X's sister my ass, we're nothing blood related, it's so amazing what the world would do just to out a name on you. I bet Red-X didn't even know he was Red-X until Robin came around.

I slid into Robin's room, silent as the grave and made quick glances to his bed hating the curse that was put on me. I didn't know if he was there or not, cause his sheets were rustled, but the curtains were drawn so the moonlight was not even a help to see. It was totally pitch black. If I wasn't careful –

The door slid open, shit!

Bounding to his closet I ducked into the corner where the sliding door slid into the wall and prayed to whatever god was out there that he wouldn't open the door. I heard voices, him and Starfire.

"Don't worry Starfire it's just a childish story, the bogyman's not real."

What the fuck? Starfire was scared of the bogyman?

Her sweet innocent voice echoed in his semi-empty, yet immaculately clean room, "Yes as much as I would love to believe your soothing words friend Robin, the man of boggies that Beast Boy told the tale of is more convincing, especially with all the things that has happened to us. Please my friend, one last look around my quarters and I shall leave you be."

Okay, weird, but I'll go with it, come on Robin I know you want nothing more than to make a move on that sweet thang, go get it boy! Please, please, please whoever's out there help me!

"Starfire – " he sounded like he was losing, yes!

"Robin, please, for me." You go girl, save my dumb-ass!

Stern voice, he sounded ready to tell her to grow up, no! "Starfire, don't you trust me? I mean you've been sleeping by yourself for a while now and nothing's tried to take you, kill you, steal you're soul, or anything the boys' said. You're going to be fine, now go to sleep, you need it, and besides how can anything get under your bed?"

Oh shit I was in trouble, he used that leader commanding voice on her, and she usually never defies that.

"I guess … you are right … but what about the closet monsters? I'm sure they are just as horrifying as the snothex on Glombox 4." She shook and quivered, I was still praying for them to disappear, oh what I wouldn't give to have my powers right about now!

He sighed and groaned tiredly, "Alright fine I'll check, but you have to go to sleep after this."

I'm gonna' pull a Starfire here, oh joyous be!

Starfire clapped her hands together, "Wonderous, come so you can get your rest!"

"Whoa! Not so fast! Starfire my arm!"

Swoosh …

The door slid shut and I was home free baby yeah! Standing up from my cowering position I straightened myself out, snatched one of Robin's masked and hightailed my ass out that room! Good god, I thought I was dead caught for sure … now to get down to business.

Diamond Key, ready or not, here I come.

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