Disclaimer – I do not own Teen Titans, Eragon, BloodRayne, Deltora Quest, Soul Reaver, Dark Stalkers, The Legend of Dragoon, or any of the other things that I took little tidbits from.

Hey everyone!!! I'm back with the sequel to The Phoenix and the Black Bird!!! I got enough votes to write this and I am very happy (although more is always nice). I'm gonna need your encouragement to write this story cuz writing ain't an easy thing to do when you have homework. Haunted Tower will probably come out in a little while. I'm gonna try and finish it before I start Chapter 2.

Chapter 1 : The Plan of a Predator

The War

Cri's eyes glowed red as she did a flying, no handed cartwheel, the sounds of her twin dhampir guns being muffled with screams of agony from her enemies. She hit the ground hard, and rolled, shooting bullets all around her. After about 10 long bloody minutes of fighting, she had single handedly wiped out an entire troop of human solders. She pulled her fangs from a soldier's neck, and dropped him to the ground. She ran one gloved hand through her blood streaked hair and sighed heavily. She missed her friends and her pet, but she couldn't go back to them until her mission was complete here.

There was a soft rustling in the bushes behind Cri. She turned in an instant, guns and blades at the ready. It was a stick with a blood stained white cloth at the end. Someone seemed to be waving it in an 'I surrender' fashion. She slowly walked up to the bush and pushed aside the leaves. There, crouched among the sticks and dead leaves, was a boy. He was no older than she had been when she had come to this accursed dimension. His attire was that of a solider, but he had no gun. Little spots of matted reddish brown hair, streaked with black, poked out from under his cracked helmet. His eyes, a rich forest green, were wide with fear.

Despite all her training, Cri pitied him. This enemy boy, who was probably dragged away from his family to fight in a war from hell. She couldn't help herself when she put her hand on his shoulder. He cried out in fear, and her vampire half seemed to smile, urging her to drink the boy's blood. She shook off the feeling and gently shushed him. "It's ok…You surrendered and you're defenseless…I'm not going to hurt you. I would never dream of that."

The boy looked up at this strange girl. What he saw was an evil creature who needed to feed of blood to survive, but this one seemed different. Her ice blue eyes were soft, and her smile was real. He couldn't help but slowly calm down as he gazed into her piercing, but gentle eyes who seemed to despise this war almost as much as he did.

"Could you do me a favor?" she asked, her voice light but without a hint of the lust that showed in the voices of all other vampires he has met. He could see her fangs when she talked. They were short and unextended. "Could you help me end this war? Once and for all?" The boy looked up into her eyes again, and they were filled with a gleam of excitement.

Titans Tower

It had been 7 days since Cri, the dhampir, left to fight a war in another dimension. Spike, her pet who had been left in the care of the Titans, often sat on the roof gazing out over the city. The Titans had been rather depressed without her around…And have had to order take out or pizza every day since she left. "Oh I do miss Friend Cri." Starfire said sadly. "Her homemade pizza is a lot better than this one from the Hut of Pizza." Everyone nodded their agreement. "Dude," Beastboy said. "Video Games just aren't the same without Cri kicking our butts all over the place." Robin gave him a weird look. "I can't believe you just said that Beastboy." Beastboy just nodded and kept playing. "She'll be back." Raven said nonchalantly. "Sooner than you think."

"Awwwwwwww I'm glad everyone missed me." Everyone turned towards the sound of the familiar voice. "CRI!!!" They all shouted. She seemed to be at least 3 inches taller and her body was more toned. Her left fang was a little crooked and hung over her lip in a rather cute sort of way. Her hair had to be a lot longer and she had her 'bangs' pulled back in a ponytail so they were out of her face. Everything about her was at least a little changed, except her eyes and chakra gem. They still burned with blue fires of life and ambition.

Starfire ran up to her and gave her a hug, although she couldn't seem to crush her. "Sorry star I'm wearing very strong body armor. She smiled and Spike ran up and started licking her. "Spike!" She said between giggles. "Stop, that! It tickles." Beastboy ran up to her and gave her a crushing hug in gorilla form that actually started to bend her body armor. "BB let go or else you're going to crush my body armor and I will never get this suit off again!" Robin just smiled and waved. The second Beastboy put her down, Cyborg started patting her on the back, making her fall over.

Raven walked up to Cri and helped her up. "How long has it been?" Raven asked smirking. Cri smiled back at her. "At least 7 years." The Titans gasped. "What? It has. 7 years this very day." Robin looked up at her nervously. "Cri," he said. "You have only been gone for a week." She gives him a funny look. "Well that shows how much of a time difference there was…"

"Oh," Cyborg exclaims. "I have your computer. I didn't let BB touch it at all." As Cyborg gets up to get her computer, he is stopped by a small whimper near the couch. He raises an eyebrow and all the Titans quickly look towards the couch. Cri smiled, "Everyone, there is someone I would like you to meet." She crouches near the couch and looks under it. "It's okay Nightingale, no one is going to hurt you." A shadow slides out and forms into a small girl. She runs and hides behind Cri's silk cape. The Titans lean over to try and see who this new girl is. From the glimpse they saw of her. She was dressed in a black short sleeved cotton top. Her black leather pants were tucked into a pair of heavy knee high snow boots. Her skin was deathly pale, contrasting her raven black hair. Her eyes were softly glowing, and a piercing ice blue. There was something familiar about those eyes.

Cri stepped aside revealing the girl again before she dived behind her cape. She sighed and took her cape off, throwing it onto the couch. The girl eeped and clung to Cri's leg. "Sorry guys…Untill she becomes less shy around you you're gonna have to make due with this. I want you all to meet Nightingale, my daughter."

This is so mean of me huh? Leaving you on a cliffie like this…Oh well, your just gonna have to DEAL WITH IT!!!!!! MUH HA HA HA HA!!! ::coughs::