A/N: I don't own the Teen Titans. I do own Terik and Leila. Please review.
Chapter Three
Raven lay in the bed of leaves that Leila had fastened for her. She thought about all of the things she had been through and prepared for over the years. The prophecy, leaving her home, the evil dragon, the end of the world, and the Brotherhood of Evil. Nothing had prepared her for being sent back in time to be the leader of an ancient cult. Leila walked up to her and sat down. " What troubles you Raven?" She asked.
" I don't want this." Raven said placing a hand on her forehead.
" My lady if I may say so, I believe that on some deep dark level you liked what you saw yesterday." Leila said. Raven looked at her like she had gone insane. " Well, the way you looked at the sacrifice last night, it was as if you were looking at a beautiful piece of art." Raven thought about it for a moment. It was true, her demonic side had enjoyed the killing and it was all she could do to keep her from breaking out and drinking the woman's blood. But, her human side had been disgusted by it and had wanted to save the woman. The two forces inside of her had fought until the woman had died. Rage had lost interest after that and the other emotions sank back into her mind in deafeat.
" I admit that part of me liked it but the other part hated it, I'm so conflicted." Raven said with tears in her eyes. Why was she letting this woman get to her? Maybe it was the way the woman treated her and talked to her. She didn't know but she was both comforted and frightened by her. Leila looked at the dark girl with sympathy. She had been just like Raven once. But after a few months she saw things so much more clearly.
" Do not worry yourself Raven, everything will be alright." Leila said placing a hand on her shoulder. Raven looked into the witch's eyes and saw only kindness in them.
" Thank you." Raven said. " I'd like to be alone now." Leila nodded and went to the ritual site. Terik stood over the pentagram he had drawn earlier that morning.
" What are you doing High Warlock?" Leila asked brushing her red hair out of her eyes.
" I am preparing a ritual just in case Raven tries to leave." He answered. Leila looked at him strangely.
" What do you mean by that Terik?" She asked.
" If we can't have Raven as a whole then we'll have her demonic side as our leader."
" So if she doesn't chose us then your going to separate them?"
" Yes but hopefully it won't come to that."
Present
" So have you seen a girl in a blue cloak around here?" Beast Boy asked the girl he had hit on the other day.
" Why, I thought you liked me." She said.
" I do, it's just that she's my friend and she's missing."
" Last time I saw her she was in that shop over there." She said pointing over at the shop Robin had visited. Beast Boy thanked her and gave her a kiss on the cheek. He ran up to where Robin and the others stood.
" Dude, my girlfriend, Kristal, said that she saw Raven in that store over there."
" Are you sure?" Robin asked. Beast Boy nodded. A look of rage crossed Robin's face that would have made Satan himself cringe in fear. He told them about the old woman and the same look came upon his teammates' faces. They walked over to the store and broke down the front door. The woman was at the register. Robin leaped at her and pinned her against the wall.
" Where's Raven?" He screamed at her.
" So you figured it out." The woman said with an evil smile. Lightning bolts surged through Robin and sent him flying back into the wall. The Titans ran to Robin to make sure he was ok. The woman floated into the air. Her gray hair became blonde, her wrinkles smoothed into beautiful silky skin, her back straightened, her teeth grew into nice pearly whites, her breasts which had been sagging now were large and perky, and her blue eyes shined brighter than ever. " Now you see me as I really am." " How do you like it?" Starfire's eyes glowed and a flurry of starbolts flew toward the witch. The witch created a barrier and made a mocking yawn. " Oh please I am Correa, the high witch of the Lords of Salem. Do you really think you can beat me?"
" We can try." Cyborg said.
" Try all you want, it won't do you any good." Correa said.
Past
Raven had made her decision. No! She would not lead this group of lunatics. She marched up to Terik and said, " I am flattered by your offer, but I can't except."
" I had hoped it would not come to this." Terik said grimly. A dozen warlocks grabbed her. She tried to fight them off but they were using some type of magic to drain her of her strength. She fell to her knees and was drug into the pentagram. The Lords of Salem surrounded her and began to chant. The pentagram began to glow. Raven felt her human side being ripped from her demon side. After that Raven sat on the ground in a slump. She looked up and saw a red cloaked version of herself standing over her like an evil shadow. Lavender eyes looked into four red ones. A maniacal laugh rang out through the forest and Raven began to cry.
A/N: More chapters are coming soon. Please review.
