Disclaimer: I don't own Teen Titan's or this song but the plot and non-Titan Characters are mine.

Note: The POV changes between Raven and Beast Boy.

A.N. Alright folks I'll give you a warning. I originally wrote the following story as a one shot but I didn't think you'd want to read 26 pages all in one sitting so I've split it into a prologue and five chapters. I hope you enjoy it. Review and let me know!

(male voice)

Night,

and the spirit of life

Calling,

Flash

"Its time cub." a man stood in silhouette against the sun rising at his back, none of his features visible to me.

"It's no use asking for one more day is it?" a voice answered from behind me, it sounded familiar and I turned around and stared as another form stood in the shadows of the night and because of the glare of the sun on the building behind him he was a featureless silhouette as well.

"The tests begin today cub, you knew they were coming you have had many years to prepare for them." the man answered not moving, the cloak around his shoulders ruffled in the breeze and for a moment I saw glimpse of Siberian tiger fur then it became a shadow again. I was trapped where I was my gaze flickering back and forth between the two speakers.

"What happens to me then?" the smaller one spoke calmly a child questioning an impatient elder.

"The same thing that you were told in the beginning. If you pass you are welcomed if you fail then you don't have to worry about it." the man replied and reached out a hand.

"Come cub the Mother is waiting, and it is time for you to step into the light as you were meant to. It is time to find your place in the cycle." The boy, I was sure that's what he was now hesitated then stepped forward and placed his hand in the others-

Flash

"Come child I won't hurt you." a woman spoke softly and held out her arms to a form hidden from me in the rough scrub bush. The bush rustled but that was the only response. "Come child, come here." her voice was soft and musical, I could sense an aura of great power from her and the sort of timelessness that people see when they gaze upon a place untouched and unspoiled by civilization. Her hair hung down around her shoulders a rich sapphire blue that complimented the metallic, ancient gold of her eyes.

"Leave him, he is not worth the time. Many like him have come before why do you wish save this one?"

"Because my protector, there has never been one like this and will never be again." she answered and cooed softly to the thing in the bush.

"I've never argued with you before but I fail to see why this one is so special. If you want another one you can simply do as you did with this one." the man insisted, his hair shone silver and fell to below his shoulder blades and he had the same timeless sense as the woman his eyes were a pale tiger eye blue and a small sliver of gold nestled in his right eye. A cloak made of a white Siberian tiger skin hung off his broad shoulders and his hand rested on the bone white hilt of a slender sword his eyes watching their surroundings suspiciously. For the first time the woman showed impatience as she shot a glance up at him.

"Because no other soul but his could work. He called out to me, you felt it yourself, the virus should have killed him as it killed all the others but he fought it, for a year and a half he held it at bay while all before him died within days. It was through the will of his soul that his heat continued to beat and his lungs drew breath. For that will alone I gave his father the means to save him-"

"Our blood! You gave him our blood!" the man interrupted and the woman's eyes narrowed on his, I could see that this was an argument that they'd had before.

"Yes our blood beloved, the only possible cure. You did not object at the time." she held up a hand stopping him when he opened his mouth to say something, "Yes I know the two were not supposed to die but I can't take it back, they were beyond my powers but this little one is not." she glanced at the bush and so did I and saw now a small shadowy figure blended into it. Watching them warily, but at the same time it seemed to be leaning closer to them.

"Come little one, come to me. Nothing will harm you." slowly it took a step forward. I saw that it was human shaped and at the same time something about it seemed to say that it wasn't human. "Yes little one," the woman held out her hands, "come." The child, if that's what it was, puts it's small hands in hers and she slowly led it out of the safety of the shadowy bush and into her arms. I gasped but I was watcher and they were ignorant of my presence.

The child wasn't human. It's skin was a rich emerald green it's hair a darker shade it's teeth were too sharp and it muscular structure visible in his naked starved out state was far from human. Quickly the woman stood clasping the child in her arms and turned to the man. For a moment his face was visible to me his eyes an almost metallic green, with a fire the seemed to burn behind them, were entirely human and the sorrow and fear in them tore at me. Then he turned to look at the man and snarled at him gripping the woman tighter. She chuckled and shifted her grip on him.

"Easy little one," she murmured then looked at the man. "This is the child of all and the child of none," she told the man looking him square in the face, "There is a time when he will be needed and letting him die is not an option."

"You've watched others die." the man pointed out and she closed her eyes.

"Yes I have and mourn for them all, they were my children as this one is, but they died when their time came, his time hasn't come and he is a infant. Would you abandon one of your cubs so easily?" then man sighed and looked at the boy.

"He knows nothing of what will come does he, nothing of what he is."

"No, he doesn't but he will learn, but he would learn better if someone taught him how to survive." she gave him a pointed look and the man raised his eyebrows.

"It is not the place of the male to raise a cub such as this," he pointed out. The woman gave a small smile.

"No but you are the warrior, you are the one who could teach him to survive without." the man looked at the child with the same wariness that it watched him.

"He should go back to the humans." he pointed out, "I can teach him our ways but not theirs."

"True but he will not age as they do, they learn quickly for they have but a short time before they are gone. He will learn quickly as well but he will not live the short flash of their lives, he will live as long as the longest lifespan, maybe even our own. Take him to the mountain. Teach him the ways, then you will have had him for years while the next week passes, by then he will be ready to return to them. He will be easier to teach now then when he gets older." the man watched the two before him and his shoulders sagged. She was right, I could see he knew that and he finally backed off.

"Alright I will teach him and when the time comes to give him back he will have learned what I can teach." she smiled and then the two of them disappeared in a flash of light-

Flash

I sat straight up with a gasp as I felt the visions leave me, the blanket clutched tight in my fists. The door to my room opened and Robin and the others burst in.

"Raven what's wrong we heard you call out?" he asked his body language concerned.

"N-nothing just a-a vision." I stammered to shaken by what had just happened to deny what I had seen.

"Is it a bad vision friend Raven?" Starfire asked concerned, I shook my head as I looked over the others. Cyborg's face was relived but there was still a faint concern in his eyes. Beast Boy peeked over his shoulder plain worry on his usually cheerful face, I had a flash again of the eyes of the child in the woman's arms but already both of the visions were fading away form me. I noticed that both Beast Boy and Cyborg were leery of stepping into my room.

"It, it was just surprising I guess guys, I didn't mean to wake you." I told them and they all shared a look then Robin nodded.

"Okay everyone, let's get back to bed." Robin ordered and they all pulled out of my room and the door slid shut, Robin remained.

"Raven?" he asked and I nodded. I knew he wanted to know what I had seen but respected my privacy too much to ask.

"There were two, one seemed to be the future while I'm positive that the other is something from the past." I told him and he sat down on the edge of my bed.

"Were they of your father?" I shook my head quickly.

"No, they weren't even about me…" I thought back then shook my head.

"The-the one of the future I can still remember but, the second one, the one that seemed to be the past, it-its fading. The one that I can really remember is just of two people talking. One's got his back to the sun so his face is hidden and the other one, is facing the sun but there's a building behind him reflecting the light so I can't see him either. They're talking about something, sort of an inside subject. It's about a test of some kind. The man with his back to the sun has come to pick up the other for some sort of test. The only definite thing that they said about it was that if he failed then he didn't have to worry about what came next."

"Meaning failure means death?" he asked and I nodded.

"Yeah, um, Robin? Has Beast Boy ever told you anything about his past?" I asked, he looked at me quizzically.

"Was Beast Boy in the vision?" My eyes unfocused off in the distance.

"I think it had to be him I don't know anyone else who's green. I-I saw a little boy who was green like beast boy and had his eyes and a man and woman were arguing about something." I paused struggling but the vision slipped away. "It's gone." I said shaking my head, "I can't see anything else from it now." Robin nodded and put a gloved hand over mine.

"I trust you Rae, we have a bond so I'll tell you what I know about Beast Boy. I don't know his real name but, he came from Africa, two crooks kidnapped him when he was about seven, they forced him to steal things for them then he ran away a year later. He hasn't told me about what he did between then and when he joined us but," he hesitant then spoke softly. "There was a warrant out for his arrest for a little while so I think that whatever he did it might or might not have been legal." I nodded.

"Thanks Robin." I said and he nodded and stood up and left the room leaving me alone in the darkness.