Disclaimer: I do not own the Teen Titans or any of the characters

The next few days were interesting for Rachel. The morning after Garfield had accepted to stay with her, they decided to go for a small walk in the woods surrounding the house. They tried to stay relatively close to her… their house. He was an interesting boy. Granted, she found him to be a bit annoying at times, particularly when he would tell some of those awful jokes, but he had such a pleasant personality as well.

The forest was remarkably quiet that day, which was not something that Rachel disapproved of. She didn't hate hearing a few birds singing or the sound of the leaves rustling in the gusts of wind, but she always did prefer more quiet surroundings. As it was the beginning of fall, many of the trees had started the process of changing colour. Some still had some fruit that would be worth picking if they wanted.

"Look" Rachel said while pointing to a bush "We could gather a few berries from that"

Garfield laughed "Not a good idea. I know those berries too well. They'll make you sick for days."

Rachel looked at him with a slightly surprised look

"Trust me" he continued "I learned that the hard way"

She smiled a bit before they continued their walk. While the two of them were starting to bond, they still had some trouble maintaining some conversations. They were silent for a few minutes before Rachel started another conversation.

"So Gar, do you believe in coincidences?"

He turned to face her "Kind of a direct question don't you think?"

She nodded

He sighed "Well… I'm sure it is possible that two convenient things could happen. Like, I don't know, two random people meeting or something like that"

"Interesting choice for an example" she noted

He laughed softly "Okay Rae, where are you going with this? Hm. Do you think that the two of us meeting was just a coincidence?"

"Maybe" she answered "But it seems awfully convenient that in this enormous forest, we managed to meet."

"Yeah" he agreed "On the other hand, it did take years of me wandering for me to meet you."

Rachel took a step closer to him "You keep talking about how you travelled this forest for years. I take it you must have seen some very nice places"

He nodded "There were one or two places that I really liked and I would've loved to stay, but I had to keep moving to find more food" He smiled lightly "What about you, you been to any places around here that were nice?"

"No" she replied "Other than a few walks every now and then, I've always been around my house"

He looked surprised "You mean you've never gone much further from your house than this?"

"Actually, this is the furthest I've ever been from my house"

"You've never went to another spot in these woods?"

"No"

"Tell me you've at least flown into the skies to see the forest from a birds eye view?"

"Never"

"Well" he said "We better change that… and quick"

In an instant, he transformed into a falcon and took flight high up in the air

Rachel barely had time to realize what had happened "Wha- Garfield, get back down here!"

The falcon cried back, but soared even higher. She then flew up after him. He was very fast, so much so that she had trouble even keeping her eyes focused on him. He started to slow down, giving her the chance she needed to catch up. When she did, she looked at him with a frown.

"What do you think you're doing?" she asked, mildly annoyed at him

The falcon pointed its head towards the ground

"What are you-"

She stopped herself when she saw what he was pointing at. She saw an ocean of green beneath her feet, with spots of blue which were lakes and rivers and tiny dots of yellow and orange on some trees. In the distance, she could see her house. It looked so small from where she was, like it would easily fit in the palm of her hand. she saw some majestic trees in the distance that towered over the others. On another side, she saw mountains that seemed to reach all the way up to the sun. A bit closer to her home, yet still a considerable distance away there appeared to be a all of her time here, she had never seen a sight more breathtaking than what lay before her eyes at that very moment.

"It's beautiful" she whispered, before turning her head to face the falcon. "Thank you… for showing me this"

The falcon slowly flew towards their home. The young witch followed Garfield, her eyes attempting to not leave the beautiful sight that she, up until this point, did not even know existed. They slowly started to descend when they approached the house, Rachel still not believing what she just saw.

Garfield changed back into a human "So, did ya like it?"

At a loss for words, Rachel hugged him as hard as she could. She felt his arms wrapping around her as well.

"I'll take that as a yes"

She smirked at his comment before reverting back to her normal stoic expression.

Despite knowing that she could not enjoy it too much, Rachel knew this was only the beginning of a fantastic friendship.

Rachel was in a somber room. Dark flames surrounded her, keeping her from going anywhere.

A man approached her, his mere presence sending chills down her spine. His skin was a hellish red, like he was completely drenched in blood. He had horns on top of his head that slightly resembled deer antlers. Even without speaking to her, Rachel felt an evil presence from the being.

"Hello Rachel" he said in a deep, menacing voice

Rachel was petrified when she saw him. "How do you know my name?"

"The time is approaching, Rachel" he continued, not answering her question "MY time is approaching"

"Who are you?"

"You know that answer"

A horrible realization came across her mind "No… you're not-"

"Yes Rachel" he interrupted "I am Trigon. I am your father"

She dreaded this day "No"

Trigon took a step towards her, reaching out his hand.

"You know it is unavoidable" he told her "Nobody can protect you from me"

She tried to use her powers to repel him, but she then realized that she was unable to conjure a single spell. Trigon approached his hand to her shoulder. The mere contact shot pain through Rachel's body.

"Don't touch me!" she yelled "NO!"

Rachel jerked awake, screaming at the top of her lungs. She tried to calm herself down, but the images of her nightmare were too horrible for her to do that.

She started to panic when she heard footsteps approaching her. She could not see anything, but the footsteps grew closer and closer. Her hand began to glow with magic, prepared to defend herself against whatever was coming towards her. Every muscle in her body tensed as she saw the moonlight reveal a figure slowly walking towards her.

"Rae, are you alright?"

Hearing the voice of her friend, Rachel completely calmed down.

"Sorry" she said, embarrassed at her extreme reaction "It's just a nightmare. Did I wake you up?"

"Yeah" he said "Don't worry about it." He slowly walked towards her "You wanna talk about it?"

She sighed heavily "Okay"

Garfield sat down on the edge of her bed

"You remember when I told you about my father"

"Yeah" he replied "And from what you told me, I don't think anyone envies you for having that dude as your dad."

"Well" she swallowed nervously "In my nightmare, he told me that his time was coming, and that it was inevitable. I couldn't look away" She shuddered "Then… he touched my shoulder. It felt like an animal was biting me."

Garfield was silent for a moment "Well, I'm not gonna lie, that is pretty scary"

She nodded "All this time… I thought that I was hidden from him." She started to cry "That he… would never find me. Guess I was wrong"

He put his hand on hers "Rae, it's alright. It was just a nightmare"

She wiped away her tears. "I know but… there was just something about it that just disturbed me"

"Well, you're gonna be okay. That's a promise"

She felt an immense sense of comfort when he said those words "Thank you Gar"

"You're welcome Rae." He replied "Now try to get some sleep, okay."

She separated herself from his hug and laid down on the bed "I'll try, but it won't be easy"

She heard him sigh, but it was his next action that really surprised her.

He gently lifted the blanket and lay down next to her.

Naturally, she was alarmed "What the hell are you doing?"

"You're scared" he whispered "I thought you might be a bit less with me here with you"

"I could also launch you halfway across the forest"

He chuckled "You sure could, but you'd have a hard time sleeping would you? Besides, I'm not feeling you up or copping a feel or whatever. You'll just be on one side of the bed and I'll be on the other"

"Ummm… ok?"

"Don't worry" he continued "It's only for tonight"

Rachel was more confused than anything else, but she decided to try and sleep. He wasn't wrong, him being there definitely made her feel less scared.

"Gar" she said quietly

"Yeah"

"Don't get any ideas."

She could almost feel his smile "I won't Rae, we're still just friends"

A/N: Sorry that this took a while to publish, unfortunately school has started again, so I have a lot less time to work on this.

Also, thank you so much for everyone who has followed, favorited and reviewed this. I really didn't think many people would like it.