The more and more I think about it, the more and more I'm not sure if I want to put this story in my "fan fiction universe." I think I'll just let this be a stand alone, with no real connection to any of my stories. I dunno, what do you guys think? Should I make this story an alternate universe or keep it in continuity with my other stories? (NOTE: And yes, I did blatantly rip off a certain part of this story for another more famous author, but dammit, I HAD to use it! PLEASE DON'T SUE, OK?)

"Rae...Rae...wake up..." Beast Boy said as he gently nudged his sleeping beauty.

Raven stirred from her sleep and opened her weary amethyst hued eyed to see her green beau's face smiling down at her.

"It's almost 10 AM, Rae. That's like, way late for you."

Raven sighed to herself, despite the blankets and sheets over her and despite sleeping so close to Beast Boy, her body still felt cold no matter how hard she tried to warm it. She sat up slowly, her face expressionless and empty, but smiled slightly at seeing how happy Beast Boy was to see her. "I...I don't feel so good today, Gar. I'm just going to sleep in."

Beast Boy frowned at this news, not wanting to see her sick and alone. The Titans were scheduled to cut the ceremonial ribbon for the grand opening of a brand new Jump City Police Station and he wanted her to be there.

"What's wrong...are you fevered? Sick stomach? ...woman problems?"

Even Raven had to smirk at the unsure tone of his voice when saying 'woman problems' as if he were speaking of some horrible disease. "It's none of those things, Gar.." she said quietly "I just don't feel well and I'd like to sleep in." Beast Boy sighed as his shoulders sagged, realizing he'd have to go to the ceremony alone. "Well...ok. But it's gonna suck without you." and finished this off with a kiss to her chakra, a habit he was starting to enjoy.

Raven managed to eek a smile on her face, but it quickly disappeared once he had left the room to go downtown with the other Titans. She fell straight back onto her bed staring at the ceiling for the longest time, never moving, never blinking...just staring.

"What do I do?" she finally thought. "I can't stay here..."

The empath stood up and wiped another tear that was now traveling down her left cheek. Her body shivered slightly as she could feel the hunger start to make it's presence known. Right now it was just a dull ache that spread throughout her, but she knew it would only get worse and worse till she found sustenance.

"What happened to me?" she thought "I used to be so strong...and now look at me..."

"Having troubles, dear Raven?"

His voice sliced Raven's psyche, sending waves of fear and guilt through her body. The empath sat straight up to see a smiling Dominic sitting on the foot of her bed.

"Dominic!" she hissed. Dominic just smiled an eerie grin back at her. "Raven, how are you this wonderful day?"

"Azarath Metrion ZINTHOS!" was how she replied, her hand encased in a black orb as a bookcase full of ancient texts flew across the room smashing right into Dominic with a loud crash. Splinters and books spread across the room in random directions, knocking Dominic back several feet. Raven soared straight into the air and cast her powers upon a large wooden chair, hurling at the vampire with all of her strength. It smacked him square in the chest, plowing him right into her wall creating a bit of a small crater. Dominic bounced off the wall and fell to the ground, laying there on the floor neither moving nor stirring in any way.

Her eyes returned to normal and almost immediately she fell to her knees, her powers draining her drastically in this state causing the hunger to escalate it's constant barrage on her senses.

Dominic chuckled loudly, as he stood up dusting off his finely groomed black suit. "Now was that any way to treat your guest?" he taunted.

"...go to hell..." she croaked.

With a blinding speed that even Kid Flash would be envious of, Dominic shot across the room and in one swift movement pinned the tortured girl to her bed, grinning like a demonic Cheshire cat. He used his body to weigh her down, his hands pinning her wrists to the bed, her head struggling on her pillow.

"And to think I even brought you a gift!" he mockingly scoffed. Raven tried her best to summon something, anything to hurl at her assailant but found that he had again nullified her powers.

"Get it over with..." she said, her voice withdrawn and defeated, preparing for the worst. Dominic leaned down and licked her chakra, the same place Beast Boy had kissed, before kissing her on the lips, forcing his tongue into her mouth, swishing it around as it probed the delicate opening. When he had his fill, he lifted his head back up, feeling a bit of satisfaction from the hurt in her eyes.

"I would be lying if I were to say that in my younger days, I would not hesitate to completely ravage you here in this very bed we lay, but I must admit I took greater pleasure from tasting the heavenly blood in your veins than I could ever from such a deviant act." and planting one more kiss on her chakra, crawled off of her, sitting on the foot of her bed.

Raven slowly sat up, clutching her knees to her chest again, tears flowing down her face for the umpteenth time since the bite.

"What do you want from me?" she finally begged, her voice heavy with sorrow. "Why do you keep torturing me like this?" Dominic shook his head slightly, before standing up to pace around the room.

"Are you so blind that you cannot yet see what has happened to you? You have been blessed, child! The dark gift is yours! Think about it...you can live forever! The entire world is your playground. Never again must you worry about sickness or health or death, you are favored among the favored!"

"...you never answered my question..." Raven said as sternly as she could muster, her body wracked with the crippling pain of the hunger.

"Quite the sharp one, aren't we?" he mused. "My actions my seem cruel to the narrow minded, but in reality there is a method to my supposed madness. I am merely trying to break you of these infantile whims of the living you still foolishly cling to."

"...but...but...why me?..." her words were becoming harder and harder to form, the pain leaps and bounds above what it was the day before.

Dominic leaned forward and stroked the side of her face delicately with his hand. "Because, my dear sweet Raven, you are my fledgling. I created you and it is now your destiny to follow me, to stand by my side as we travel the world absorbing the sights and sounds it has to offer." The Azarathian mustered all the strength she could could to slap his hand away, defiant to the very end.

"So full of spite. A shame, as it looks like my 'lessons' will have to resort to more drastic measures...but not yet. No, I'm afraid it'll be time for me to leave soon, but fear not my Dark Rose...for I shall return soon enough."

Raven didn't respond, as she had collapsed on to her bed in a fetal position and in the back of her mind, she began to pray for death. Anything to end this suffering. Dominic stroked her lavender hair, which had started to fade slightly, smiling to himself.

"But before I go, I wish to leave you with a parting present. A snack, if you will." and from his pocket produced a small white mouse. Sitting the mouse down on the bed next to the shivering Raven, he blew her a kiss before disappearing into the shadows of her room. As the girl lay there antagonized by her own thirst for blood, the mouse approached her and sniffed her as if he was inspecting her somehow.

The sheet where Raven was laying was soaked with her bitter tears. The mouse letting out a playful squeak as if he was attempting to cheer the sorceresses up. The hunger meanwhile decayed at her spirit and then at that moment she knew what she had to do.

"...I'm sorry..." she whispered to the squeaking mouse and with a shaky, unstable hand, picked him up. The mouse looked at her with a curious glance, unsure of where, why, or what was going on.

She took a deep breath and fought back the tears, trying to focus on the task at hand.

With a slight hesitation, she took the white mouse closer to her mouth and, closing her eyes, sunk her fangs into it's flesh.

The mouse let out a loud squeal as it frantically attempted to free itself from her clutches, but her slowly bubbling vampiric instincts had taken over as she sank the teeth in further, drawing out the red wine from it's tiny body. Her eyes rolled back into her head slightly as she could feel her pain subside again, but not to the point where it was entirely gone, but to a level of comfort. No, she would need more blood for complete comfort.

"Raven?"

It was Beast Boy's voice as he stood in front of her door staring at her.

"What are you doing?"