((disclaimer: As much as I want to, I do not own Teen Titans...yeah...))
-Chapter One-
A dark graveyard,
its 'tenants' quiet in their rest, lies behind a small church. The
Teen Titans were gathered around one elaborately decorated grave. All
but one of them stood before it with tears in their eyes. They stood
there in silence, the memories of the time each had spent with their
departed comrade swirled before their eyes. Eventually, Robin looked
away from the grave.
"We have to go team. It's getting late."
he said sadly, trying to hide his grief.
"But...what about-"
Starfire began but Robin interrupted her.
"We cant do
anything about it now, Star. We tried all we could but we couldn't
save..." Robin's throat felt tight. He couldn't bring himself
to say the name of the deceased Titan.
"C'mon man. Let's go
home." Cyborg put a reassuring hand on Robin's shoulder and led
what was left of the team out of the cemetery.
As they walked
away, Beast Boy took one last look at the grave before turning away
from it. "Good bye, Raven." he said quietly.
Raven's eyes opened
suddenly. A bright light shined in her eyes. She lay on the cold
hospital style bed that she found herself on and blinked the stars
away from her eyes.
"Well...this isn't my room, that's for
sure." She sat up and looked around the room. Its walls were
painted white, so was the floor, ceiling and everything else in it.
She spotted a lone white-cloaked figure sitting on a chair beside the
doorframe. Its face hidden in the shadow of the hood.
"Arella?
Is that you?" Raven asked curiously.