Ok, my first attempt at a Teen Titans story. This story is actually a present to a friend of mine called Wolf of The Darker Cloud, who herself writes amazing TT stories.
Which is why this one features her own character, Wolf, Raven's sister (only as a cameo).
Well, anyhow, hope you guys enjoy it!
Equal Opposites
First Encounter
We start by looking at space. A small galaxy
slowly moves closer, closer until we're focused on one small blue and
green planet next to a sun.
Moving downwards still, we see a city,
and next to the city an island with a "T"-shaped building
on it.
Heading towards the entrance we make our way up the stairs,
past the wide living room with two heroes, Cyborg and Beast Boy, busy
playing games.
As we leave we can hear them say:
"Hey, no
fair! Who says you can do that!" - Beast Boy
"I do! and
there's nothing you can do abo- Hey!" - Cyborg.
Their voices
fade as we move down the hallway, past the exercise room in which the
leader, Robin, can be seen excersing. "30... 31... 32..."
we hear along with the clank of iron.
Continuing on we move past
Starfire, cheerfully playing with her pet Silky as they head towards
the kitchen.
Finally, we arrive at a closed door, and now...
the story begins.
"Azarath..Metrion..Zinthos ...
Azarath..Metrion..Zinthos"
Raven's forehead creased in
aggravation. For the last half hour she had been trying to meditate,
as she always did this time of day, but something was wrong,
something that kept nagging at her, trying to get her attention
anyway possible.
"But what?" she wondered.
"Something
in the tower?" she did a quick scan. Nothing.
No, she
realised, it wasn't something physical.
"Ok, let's try this
one more time" she muttered.
Taking a deep breath, she closed
her eyes and focused, repeating her mantra over and over, trying hard
to find the inner peace she needed to figure out -
"That's
it!" she gasped, her eyes popping open.
"Robin!"
"Huh?
Raven?" The boy wonder glanced to his side as the dark girl
materialised out of the floor. "Raven, what's wrong?"
"Robin,
I did it. I finally figured it out! It's been staring me in the face
all this time!"
"Woah, slow down" Robin said,
holding up a hand.
"Now, deep breath, and tell me what's
up"
"It's Terra" Robin said, smiling, "I know
how to free her"
"...and that's how it's going to
work" Cyborg said, patting a large oblong machine.
"Do
you get it now BB?"
"Uh, yes?" Beast Boy grinned
hopefully.
Everyone stared at him with arched eyebrows until he
sagged and said "No"
Cyborg sighed. "Ok, one last
time. Raven's found a spell that'll free Terra, but it's too powerful
to use directly"
"But when I cast it through Cyborg's
machine" Raven said, waving in it's direction.
"It'll
diffuse it, making it safe enough not too kill her"
"Get
it?" Cyborg asked.
"Uh..."
"I'm not
going to explain it again!"
"Oh, I cannot wait to see
friend Terra's smiling face again" Starfire said, clasping her
hands together. "Tell, when shall we go down to free
her?"
"There are still a few final items I need"
Raven said, "But it won't take too long.
We should be ready
to go at suns-" Her eyes widened and she spun around.
The
other Titans stared at her as she scanned the large open window
looking out at the sea and the city.
"Uh, Raven, is something
wrong?" Robin asked.
"No, I just thought a saw something
in the corner of my eye. Probably just a bird" she said, turning
back to her friends. "I'd better get started on those
items"
"Right. In the meantime we'll get ready for the
trip down to the cave" Robin said.
As Raven left she heard
Robin giving a few orders, his voice slowly fading away.
As she
approached her room she stopped, closed her eyes and did a quick scan
of the entire tower, trying to pinpoint the presence of the aura she
had felt.
"What was that?" she wondered, "And why
did it feel so... familiar?"
"So, are you really
going to go through with this?" Wolf asked as Raven collected
all the stuff she needed. "Yeah, of course" Raven said,
putting everything in a satchel before placing it on her shoulder.
"Why?" Raven asked, giving her sister a questioning
look.
"Oh, I don't know, maybe because it might get in the
way of your love with Beast Boy?
No, let me rephrase that: Will
get in the way"
"What are you talking about?" Raven
asked, acting innocent while blushing slightly.
Damn she's
good...
"Oh come on, you know I'm too good to fall for
that act" Wolf said, floating closer.
"I just want to be
sure you're not going to get hurt"
"What he doesn't know
can't hurt me" Raven said, unable to look her sister in the
eye.
"Besides, Terra's the right girl for him, you know how
they are"
"Ok, if you're sure" Wolf said, floating
away.
"But I still think you're making a mistake. If it was
me it grab BB by the a-"
"Bye Wolf!"
Wolf
grinned and vanished.
Raven sighed. Sometimes having a ghost
sister could be such a hassle.
Sunset, and down in a volcanic
cavern the Teen Titans stood and stared at the statue of their
friend, still frozen in stone and time.
Behind them came a series
of metallic clicks, a snapping of struts being opened, a clack of
connecting servos, and then Cyborg said "All ready over
here"
Robin, Starfire and Beast Boy turned around to find
Cyborg standing next to the cannon shaped machine, now glowing with
life and purpose.
A few feet behind him Raven sat in a meditative
pose, chanting under her breath as she mixed herbs and elements
together.
"Finished" she said, as the bowl in front of
her gave of a small explosion and started glittering. She scooped up
a small amount between her hands and floated towards the group. As
she came closer she heard Beast Boy say "I can't wait to see
Terra alive again. Oh, this is going to be the best day of my
live!"
Raven felt a sadness in her heart, but didn't let her
face betray her.
"All set Raven?" Robin asked.
She
nodded. "Then good luck" he said, and moved back.
Raven
stood at the open end of the machine, staring up at the statue of
Terra.
"Welcome back Terra" she thought, and closed her
eyes.
"Azarath... Mentrion... Zinthos!" she started to
chant, a glowing black energy sphere around her hands. "Refero
Vita Potior Haec Spiritus Enrito!"
The dark magic flared,
and with a soft roar the dust flew into the machine, which went from
a dull humm to a high pitched whine before expelling a massive large
cloud of glittering particles.
Suddenly a wave of white energy
with a dark edge arced down and slapped away the magical glittering
particles.
"What?" Raven gasped, shock coursing through
her system.
A figure came floating down, hovering next to the
Terra statue.
It was definitely a girl, her tight uniform leaving
no doubt to that.
Her uniform was white with a black line running
up the one side.
A white robe, similar to Raven's covered her
shoulders and masked her face.
From inside the shadow of her hood
two dark blue eyes gazed at them with a smile underneath them.
Time
seemed to slow down to Raven as the stranger lifted an arm, touched
Terra and making a coat of white energy run over her, her outlines in
black.
With a bow the girl wrapped her cape about her and vanished
in flash of white.
And then Terra's statue cracked and crumbled to
pieces.
Ok, it'll be continued soon again.
Just a little note:
the spell Raven casts, translated, means:
"Bring back life to this spirit entrapped"
