(Ravens POV) Azarath metreon cinthose, azarath metreon cinthose, azarath met- I need you. My eyes pop open. That voice. Was it? No, it couldn't be. Impossible. I need you, it is time. No, it can't be time. I can't choose now, not yet. No, I won't choose. It IS time, and you WILL choose. No. I won't! I can't just yet. Why now! Why here? I am finally part of the team. They trust me, they accept me. Come to me, now. No! Choose wisely, daughter, you must come now or you will pay. No. I don't care. I will not abandon my team, they need me, Slade is going to strike soon, I can't-if you do not come, it will be your team who is in danger. You wouldn't. No! No, you can't! Please, I am not ready. Please. Come. Not yet, just some more time, please father I beg of you. Now. Or there will be consequences. I hesitate, I don't speak, I just sit in my room. I sit and I wait. Then I hear a scream.

Oh no. Star fire? Robin is out. Your little friend just found him. What! Out? What do you mean! Please, don't hurt them! Please! Your friend is fine. They all are. Star fire will take care of them. She will be there for them. Now come. No. Not until I know that they are ok. Choose wisely. I am. Just let me know that they are-I feel a cover over me. Darkness in my eyes, a ringing in my ears, numbness in my head. I feel myself hit my floor. Wait I can see myself hit the floor. I am… floating? I'm above me? This must be how the others look. I must be seeing what was happening to the others, and now me. Star fire zooms in here, spots me and carries me out. I watch as she places me next to Robin. Then she brings out Cyborg and Beast boy. We all lay in the hallway. I must help Star fire. I float over to my body. And after a few seconds of concentration I am me again. In my body. I try to stand but fogginess still clouds my head. My whole body aches. A fire, deep within starts at my core. It's spreading. Oh my god it's so hot. Too hot. I'm burning. "Star fire help me!" I yell. She just stares at me. The fire is too much. I feel tears wet on my checks. That's when I feel it. The energy again. Just like last time…with…Ray. (If you read "A Lighter Time" it makes sense)

The fire burns through me and I am nothing. A scream of agony escapes me and then I transform. I see Star fire crying and I am gone. The fire slowly leaves me and I am back. Not at the tower, but at my home. I am back at Azarath, and right in front of me is mother. Mother and father.

(Star fires POV) Oh god. It's been a week. Everyone in a faze, Raven gone. What do I do? What do WE do? Just sit here and wait. I feel like we abandoned her. But what can we do. We have no idea what has happened. All we know is what I saw. And for the first time, I think almost everyone is starting to worry. Raven is brave and strong, we know that. But now we are all getting frightened. It shouldn't take Raven this long to get back to us. We have searched the city, five times, and nothing. No locator, no message, no threat from a villain. We need to know. Just so that we can fix this. We don't know if she's in real trouble, but any of us would give our lives to save another member, and right now, just to know where she is, I would.

(Ravens POV) "Ok. I will." I agree to my parents deal. I will choose light or dark by tomorrow. I just need to warn my friends. They just need to know where I will be, what I will become. They need to know my decision. I can't leave them this way. Not after all they have done. I will go back, just to explain, then I will return with my decision. Or at least that's what I told them. They believe, they think they have my trust. But no. They lost that when they told me what was to come. That I was to create some portal to end the world. No. I won't. Instead I will choose. I will become what I want.

(Star fires POV) "Robin? Perhaps we should search the city just one more-" I try to ask. "No. If Raven comes back she will. We have searched, she's not out there. We just have to wait." I sigh and return to my room. As soon as I enter I collapse in my bed. Raven. Where are you? How could I have helped? We need you. Please, just come back. I'll take and deal with whatever consequences, just come back. I start crying. Then I hear the crackle of the speaker. Its Robin again. "Star fire! Living room now!" I shoot up and speed off to the living room suspecting to see Slade or cinderblock or another villain, only to be confronted by a girl in a purple cape.

(Ravens POV) Robin instantly calls Star fire here, and as soon as she sees me she tackles me in a very large and very strong hug. I gently push her back, and start the plan. "I don't have much time. Basically all I can tell you is that I'm not who you think I am. I have very strong powers and I can't always control them. You must understand that I will be leaving the team. But first I need to tell you all the truth." "Raven." Robin asks, "Where did you go? What happened?" I look at all of them. "This is my story." And I tell them. I tell them my whole story. I tell them every part about me. I even tell them about my parents, my powers, and the choice. I tell them about light and dark. The only part I did not mention was that no matter which one I choose, there always will be a consequence.