A/N: I know Trigon destroyed Azarath and all, but after Trigon was defeated Earth was normal again, so lets just say that's what happened to Azarath too. I hope I cleared that up for you. COMMENCE READING NOW!
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Chapter Thirteen: An Old Book With Bad Memories
Raven flew through a swirling vortex towards a large glowing symbol. When she reached the symbol the gem in her forehead began to shine a dark red. Then, she disappeared into the large symbol and landed on a gigantic floating rock. In front of her was a brilliant gleaming city with large buildings.
"Home, sweet, home," Raven mumbled to herself. She loved this place almost as much as Titan's Tower. The giant 'T' would always be her favorite place to be.
Flying over the tall buildings Raven went straight to a tower like building that had a large white bird symbol on it. The tower had a large balcony and Raven could see one person standing on it. The woman was looking over the side of the tower at the large city. Raven landed next to the woman on the balcony. She wore a cloak like Raven's, but white, she was a bit taller than Raven.
"Hello Raven," the woman greeted, not even turning to look at her.
"Hello Mother," Raven replied. There was an awkward silence that followed her greeting.
"How have you been?" Arella never was the best at making small talk, but she tried.
"I have been better," Raven responded in her monotone. "I wanted to know if I could stay here for awhile."
"You will always have a home here. You may stay as long as you like," Arella answered in her wise voice.
"Thank you, Mother."
"I still can not believe you that succeeded," Arella said, not really talking to anyone.
"Huh?" Raven questioned.
"Raven, you saved Azarath, you are a our savior."
"You mean from Trigon," Raven answered her own question.
"Yes, I do not know how you did it, Raven. It was impossible, no one could ever beat your father."
"Well, I did. I myself am not even sure how I did it, but I did, it has ended. Trigon is never coming back."
"You are like a god to the people of Azarath."
"I am no god, I am just a demon."
"No. You are not the demon, your father was and you destroyed him. You save lives and your father destroys them. You are nothing like him, you are a hero." Arella turned to face Raven, she gave her a small smile.
"Thank you, Arella." Raven returned the small smile.
"It is good to have you back, daughter." Arella walked over and gave Raven a small hug.
"It is good to be back," Raven said, gently hugging back.
-Back at Titans Tower-
"We have searched every book in here! It's not here! None of these even mention the white ring!" Beast Boy whined. They had looked through every book in Raven's collection.
"We checked The Endreal Verses, The Bursean Chronicle, The Book of Azar, and the hundreds of other books she has. What are we going to do now?" Beast Boy cried. All hope was lost for Beast Boy, he was the verge of tears.
"Wait, there is one book we haven't checked yet," Robin interrupted. Lifting hand clothed in a green glove he pointed at a large chest that rested against one of the walls of Raven's room.
"Malchior! You can't be serious!" Beast Boy yelled in disbelief. "No way! We can't trust him. Why would he help us, anyway?"
Robin reached for some thing on his utility belt. A small black lighter with the same R symbol as on his shirt was in his hand. He lit the small ignitor, the other Titans watched the small flame dance. "He won't have a choice," Robin stated as he shut the lighter and slipped it back into one of the pouches around his waist. Beast Boy wasn't completely sure what Robin planned to do, but he didn't dare question his leader.
They surrounded the old chest and stared down at it for several seconds. After another moment the Titans looked up at one another and gave a silent nod. Slowly Robin reached for the lid of the antique trunk and gently lifted the heavy top. Inside the chest lay one solitary book, which was rather large. Robin hesitated before softly picking up the book and setting it down on Raven's bed. The others Titans followed close behind Robin and silently watched. They stared at the book as if waiting for it to do a trick and if they blinked they might miss it. Beast Boy began to grow anxious. "So... what now?" Beast Boy asked the group.
Everyone returned their gave to Robin, who shrugged. "Maybe we should open it," he suggested. He reached over and flipped the book's cover open. The pages began to flip as if being blown by a nonexistent wind . Robin jumped back and joined the others in watching the book with a look of awe. Finally, the pages stopped on a page that appeared to be torn in half and over the page were two eyes looking up at the Titans. "What do you want?" Malchoir asked.
Beast Boy began to fume, he hated Malchior for what he did to Raven. A small tornado appeared behind the Titans and they turned around to watch it. When the tornado disappeared a man made fully out of paper appeared, he had the same eyes as in the book. "We need your help," Robin forced out, he was disgusted with having to ask this dragon for help. "Raven is gone and we need your help finding her," Robin explained.
"So, that slut finally ran away," Malchior said with a chuckle.
"Raven isn't a slut," Beast Boy growled.
"She was so easily manipulated," Malchior replied with a smirk on his face.
"She trusted you and you betrayed her. Now she won't even trust her friends anymore!" Beast Boy yelled. Cyborg had to hold Beast Boy back so he wouldn't go and rip Malchior into shreds.
"Should I care?" Malchior said insolently. Beast Boy was so furious, he wanted to kill Malchior.
"Why would Raven ever like someone like you?" Beast Boy snapped.
"She liked me a lot better than she could ever like you. She may be pathetic and desperate, but she isn't desperate enough to date you," Malchior answered casually.
"I am going to kill you!" Beast Boy snarled. Blinded by such rage, Beast Boy didn't even think about turning into an animal to attack him. Cyborg held on tight to Beast Boy not letting him attack the paper creature.
"Beast Boy, stand down," Robin ordered.
"Do you here what he is saying about Raven?" Beast Boy stated in disbelief that his leader would let Malchior get away with bad mouthing Raven.
"I don't like what he is saying either, but we need him to help us find her," Robin responded. Relaxing in Cyborg's grip, Beast Boy stopped fighting the metal man, he knew what Robin had said was right.
"So, will you help us?" Robin asked Malchior, quickly changing the subject off of Beast Boy.
"If I do help you what would I get out of it?" Malchior inquired.
"You don't get burned," Robin replied. Snapping the lighter from its pouch on his belt Robin lit the small flame.
"A tiny lighter that's your plan? You must be joking," Malchior chortled.
Robin turned and grabbed the book off of the bed. Holding the large book over the small flame, he held the flame only a few centimeters away from the book's corner. "Does it look like I am joking," Robin retorted.
"What do you want me to do?" Malchior responded, admitting his defeat. Robin shut the lighter and slipped it back into a pocket and set the book back down on the bed.
"We need to know what this ring is for," Robin pointed at the ring on the floor next to them.
"That is a teleportation ring, used to teleport to other dimension," Malchior answered instantaneously.
"What dimension?" Robin asked looking skeptically at the dragon disguised as a man.
"Teleportation rings are mainly used to reach one of the magic dimensions, but it could virtually be any dimension," Malchior replied nonchalantly.
"There are billions of dimensions. How would we know which one she went to?" Cyborg questioned.
"The number of dimensions is endless and there is no way of knowing which dimension she is in now. If I knew the incantation she used it would be easy for me to find her, but without that I can not help."
"Wait, Raven told me she was born in the magic dimension of Azarath," Starfire told the group, remembering back to the time Raven and her had switched bodies. Maybe she has gone back to her home."
"Good work Starfire, we should check there first. So, how do we get to Azarath?" Robin interrogated.
"You must first know the incantation to reach that specific dimension and you must have magic. I believe I know the incantation for Azarath," Malchior was interrupted by a very hopeful Beast Boy.
"You have magic, right?" Beast Boy said, thinking he would get to see Raven again soon.
"If I did have magic, I wouldn't still be a book. I only have magic when I am in my true form. So sorry I guess I can't help," Malchior chuckled. Robin walked over to the bed and slammed the book shut, the paper man then disappeared out of sight.
"How are we ever going to get Raven back?" Beast Boy whined.
"Don't worry B.B. we will find away to bring her back here," Cyborg said comfortingly.
"How can you be so sure," Beast Boy mumbled to himself.
A/N: Okay, I am not completely sure where I am going with having her go home, but it is better than having her get pregnant and run away to work at a café (no offense to anyone who did that, but it starts to get extremely predictable). And I know nothing about Arella, so I am not sure how she talks and how she acts. I am making my own version of Arella, so you better like her. lol. COMMENCE REVIEWING NOW!
FAINTbattleCRY: Wow ! I am really glad that you seem to take my story so seriously. You are more into it than me, which is GLORIOUS, lol go Starfire!
bb-and-raven-rock: Thanks! (Bows to the cheering audience). Yeah I know what you mean, Raven wouldn't give up like that. But I didn't feel like dragging that part out and I couldn't think of what it would take to get the real Raven to run away. Whatever, I will still continue with my version of Raven, which is about as close as I can get to the real one.
DreamerGir102: All of my friends think I am crazy for liking Teen Titans and they always make fun of me. But I don't care, they just don't see the genius of it. I can't believe there are only two more episodes left EVER. It is surreal, I will cry for a week, which is pathetic. I NEED MY TEEN TITANS, at least they will keep making the comics. GO PIE!
BlackoutHart: I always liked fortune cookies, although my fortune always says something like "The devil hides in your soul" or "Your future is grim" or "You are filled with evil." I think you get the idea. Cookie Kid YOU ROCK! You can be my muse, all you have to do is give me a cookie after every chapter. Yeah, that sounds good, lol.
ravenmasteroftele: Well you have to at least have half of a brain to be able to just type that review. lol Come you are a genius, remember I bow down to you. That comment earlier made me start a cult to worship you, I am your minion, you better be a genius. lol Man that sounded pathetic, now I know why my friends call me a psychotic loser.
hide-because-its-me: I will promise you that Raven will have her revenge on Terra, but that is all I am going to say. So, are you like the Grim Reaper with a scythe or do you just play one on t.v.?
Monitor Supreme: Are my plans that obvious or can you read my mind? Wait, I already know the answer to that. You shall have your battle, but I am not going to say how it turns out, that information is for me to know and you to find out.
DreamHaunter: I know what you mean, I hate having to wait for updates. Sorry I am trying my best, but it is hard to find time between school, homework, and drum lessons and sometimes I just don't know what to write. I will try harder to update sooner. I won't fail you!
gregthezombie: I hoped you like the chapter, if it didn't answer all of your questions hopefully the next chapter will.
Moon's Darkness: I know what you mean. Let's just say all business must be finished in the end, if you know what I mean. Wait, I didn't even know what I meant when I said that, but maybe you did.
Anjeli: Chinese Dictionary? Well good luck with that, I myself always wanted to learn Japanese, but I am to lazy. It doesn't snow near me, it's pretty dry here, but I would rather be hit with a snowball than a mace. Uh, what's a master? I like the name Spunky, though. Please explain to me what a master is, I am probably the only person who doesn't know, so I must know before anyone can use my arrogance against me. I couldn't imagine any animal looking like a cream filled donut, implying Spunky is an animal of some kind.
Blondepunk62442: Thanks and no that wasn't the last chapter and neither is this one. I have many more chapters up my sleeve, I won't stop until I have fully finished this story.