A/N: Err... Hi! Uh, does anyone remember me? Heh, you know, from two years ago? Yeah, been awhile, I know. I've decided to discontinue most of my stories, because if I wanted to continue them I'd have to rewrite most of them since my writing style has changed quite a bit in the time I've been absent. But, I feel that I can still get something good out of this. I realize OC characters are never really a good idea, especially for TT, where there is such a limited number of canon characters. But, I felt it necessary for the story, since this is really more about Raven and her past (and thus her future) than anything else. So, I needed a character from before her TT times, someone who would stimulate a new awakening for her. I hope you like him.

That doesn't mean that there won't be anything about the other canons though, I'm planning a considerable amount of attention to be focused on Robin and Starfire and the development of their relationship. I don't plan for it to be simple for them, but compared to Raven's relationships of past, present, and future I fear the love of Robin and Starfire may pale. I'll work to see that that doesn't happen.

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Just a Little Advice

Chapter 3

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Raven woke with a start out of the blackness of her unconscious mind. As she realized what her eyes were seeing, she wondered if she had woken up at all and was in fact still dreaming.

"Cerin," she said to the icy eyes gazing down at her.

The eyes came closer as the cloaked man leaned down to look into her face. "You okay?"

"I'm fine." She answered. Raven sat up, never taking her eyes from his face lest he disappear in that moment of her inattention. "You're alive." She said, slowly realizing that she was not fantasizing.

"Yes." He replied.

"You're here."

Cerin nodded.

Raven cocked her head. "Why?"

He seemed to take pause at that, either for reflection or surprise, Raven could not tell.

"I missed you." He said at last.

Thoughts and memories raced through Raven's half-demon mind as she attempted to grasp the situation she was currently experiencing. "Where have you been?" She almost took difficulty in holding the emotion and suffering she had felt over the years from her voice.

"I've been many places." He paused, then continued as he decided he needed to say more. "I've been looking for you."

Raven stared at him. "For how long?"

"Years," Cerin shrugged, then looked at her with his calm eyes. "Ever since I lost you."

Raven opened her mouth. She had so many questions, she could ask so many more. But, she realized she didn't need to know anything, all she needed to know was that he was here with her, at last.

Raven closed her mouth and stared at him for a long time. She took a deep breath, and calmed her mind; but at the same time, she let open a gate in her heart that she had closed and forgotten so many lonely years ago. She remembered, she hadn't forgotten a thing, all that she had shut away.

And something inside her relaxed for the first time in a long time. Raven pressed her face to Cerin's broad chest, as she had done before, and Cerin embraced her with his gentle touch.

"I missed you, too." She said into his collar bone.

Raven did not cry for joy or pain, or laugh, or smile, nor did she feel any inclination to. She simply leaned into Cerin's warm body as he stroked the back of her head, and Raven felt truly calm for the first time in years.

"STOP RIGHT THERE!"

A voice bellowed, causing them to jump apart. Cerin was on his feet in an instant, his old quarterstaff in hand. But Raven simply looked up, for she recognized the voice.

Robin descended gracefully from his place in the warehouse's rafters, landing on his feet and at the ready with his own arsenal of inventive weapons. The other Titans appeared from their own hiding places behind crates or in the shadows.

Cerin growled softly deep in his throat as he realized they were surrounded.

"We ask that you please let Raven go—" Starfire was saying.

"Release her and you will be treated courteously." Robin snarled, a birdarang raised in his fist.

"Stop it!" Raven exclaimed, the danger and power of her anger behind her voice, as she rose from the ground. "This is nonsense, I am perfectly safe and free. This is no enemy of mine." She said, placing a hand on Cerin's shoulder.

He was looking at her questioningly out of the corner of his eye, and Raven knew he would attack on the instant she motioned for him to do so, if she so wished. But Raven simply gave him a cool look, with the mental message that all was well. Cerin lowered his weapon slowly but his eyes still held suspicion.

Starfire flew to her side, instantly overjoyed and curious at the same time. "Oh, Raven! Are you well? We have been so frightened."

"I'm fine." Was her uniform reply, she watched as Robin, Beast Boy, and Cyborg ventured nearer, doubt on their faces.

"What's going on exactly?" Robin asked, his eyes still focused on Cerin.

Raven opened her mouth to reply, but closed it again, wondering what she could say. She looked at Cerin, still tense and ready for a fight. She stepped closer to him and put a hand on his shoulder. "I'd... like you all to meet Cerin Valhallo. He's... an old friend." Raven managed to get out.

Starfire gasped with pleasure, "Oh! The warrior you told me about!" She cried before flinging herself at the startled man for a hug.

Cyborg and Beast Boy were quiet, still digesting the new information. But Robin was possibly the quietest of all as he stood aside and watched Cerin flinch away from the zealous Starfire. Robin remembered the night before; and inwardly, he wondered whether he should be worried or happy for Raven.

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A/N: Short, I know. But at least it's another chapter. Please, tell me what you think.