Hello again, just like I said earlier, here's my Blue swap Teen titan's idea. When I came up with this idea, it was initially justbecause both Blue Diamond and Raven wear cloaks, but the idea of this universe crossing over stuck with me, because Raven would have quite a lot in common with any Steven Diamond. Both are half human with one parent of very dark orgin(one more than the other, I know), both would be constantly reminded of such, of the things their parents are and what that means for them in their future. I'm really playing up the angle here on Steven's, and everyone else's, initial concern on whether or not Blue Diamond truly changed herself after meeting Greg, because, in this story at least, no one was really sure, so that leaves this Blue Steven with an inner conflict. Well, hope you like this. Please Review.

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When it came to emotions, Raven felt it was something she exemplified in. Not so much as controlling them, she knew for a fact that she was no master, but more to the point of understanding them. When the Titans first came together, she felt tons of emotions in the air, the most common of which was fear and rage. The anger was everywhere, coming from Cyborg, Robin, and of course Starfire, the very one attacking them. But what Raven was able to read from her, underneath all the fury she held in front of everyone, was someone who didn't want to cause fear, panic, and destruction. Underneath all of the rage she was pouring out, the strongest of which was fear. Starfire was merely scared and confused, something that she was far too familiar with. Who would've thought that the same girl trying to smash them all that day turned out to be the biggest teddy bear in the universe?

Once they all started to live together, it was pretty easy to read everyone's feeling. Whenever Slade was a problem, she could read all of the hate and bloodlust that Robin held within, and how it all originated from sadness and tragedy, something she never tried to press an answer for, but could tell it was clearly personal. Whenever Cyborg tried to improve himself, she could read his sense of confusion and sadness, not quite knowing whether or not he needed to be more man or more machine, or which was more important. Beast Boy, well, there really was nothing much to read other than his outburst of frustration whenever he ended up the butt of a joke, which just came from general pity.

As for what she was feeling right now, sadness. No doubt about it, it was straight out sadness. But she could, at least for that moment, figure out why she was feeling like that. She did had a reason, well, tons of reasons, to be sad, but none of them had come to the surface today. But it hit her like a freight train as the tears began to poor out. Sure enough, her team, Beast Boy, Starfire, even Robin who she's never seen shed a tear in pain before, was exhibiting the same reactions as she was.

As it turned out, the entire city was experiencing the same thing. For about 15 minutes, a giant wave of blue light flowed over the city, enveloping everyone in it, and as such, started to make everyone sad. Not just sad, miserable, awful, horrible just to stand around and breathe. It took much will and power for Raven to shield herself and her friends from its effects. Cars crashed, people began to fall to their knees and crunch up in the corner. Luckily, thanks to some advance science on the computer, as well as some empathic help on her apart, they were able to tack down to the city pier. Earlier reports noted that a strange blue structure came and settled down their a few moments before the light shined onto the city. Following all of this, the 5 heroes closed in on it, noting its grand and rather royal like design. It looked like some sort of machine as seen by the metallic legs sticking from it. Cyborg tried to approaching, thinking maybe a simple hack would solve their little problem, but that's when things started to get all the more complicated.

Four figures came up, each one of them colored in various shades of blue. Their attire looked more like something they would wear to a gala rather than a fight. The first of them was the tallest, with cone shaped buns on the side of her head. The second of them was the shortest, with a much more detailed and 'fancy' outfit than the rest of the group, as well as hair that covered most of the top half of her face. The third was the second tallest, with a sort of ballerina like outfit with a clear transparent top right on top of it, and also had her hair cover her eyes. The forth and last one of them had a pixie cut with a long blue dress, though unlike the rest of them she was barefooted. Each one of them had a stern face on them, somehow able to hold back the tears from the blue wave of light. But something was a little off about it. Raven, being the reader of emotions and feelings, didn't read anything threatening off of them.

Robin, of course didn't really get that memo, neither did the tallest of the blue group. "We don't want any trouble. Leave us, and nothing malicious will come to you." The tall one ordered. She sounded very commanding, and it sounded like she was all too use to this. Clearly the leader of the group.

"Turn off whatever that thing is doing, and we'll go." Robin countered, staring at the old blue woman straight in the eyes, each of them matching the amount of anger in each on of them. The other three were taken back a little, and slowly, tiny bits of contempt began to rise in their faces.

"Its not that simple." The shortest of them said with a clear coldness in her voice. It was blunt and clearly holding back anger. "We did not foresee this unfortunate incident, but we're doing what we can to stop it. This is a situation of personal business, so I strongly suggest you leave before any more unforeseen accidents happen." She threaten.

This of course only fed more fuel to the fire as both groups were know on guard, knowing farely well what was about to happen next. The one with the pixie cut seemed to be the most angered as the water from the pier began to rise and surround her in some kind or orbit around her. "You will not take our Diamond." She announces with ferocity. "Now leave." The shortest one raised her right hand, which had a dark blue crystal on it, and somehow froze the surrounding water, allowing the pixie cut lady to morph the water into icicle blades. She launched them in their direction. The titans of course were able to dodge them, not out of skill or reflex though, the lady didn't seem to be aiming to kill, just hurt.

Not that it matter. As soon as they all made it to safety, Robin yelled his signature phrase, 'Titans, go!', and with that order, the two groups began to clash. The hydrokinetic charged towards Starfire and herself, somehow able to fly by making wings from pure water. Starfire was always the go to when it came to flight situations, being fast and agile in the air. The Hydrokinetic seemed to share this, having a natural grace in the aerial domain. This didn't limit her control over water as she summoned gigantic balls of water in the shape of fist. She was strong, probably the strongest in the group, but she and Starfire weren't exactly the big pushovers of the team either.

Cyborg was the first to get the closest to the large device, but in his way was the quiet, lanky lady. She said absolutely nothing, but from her sadden expression, it could be thought of as a way of saying, 'stop please." Cyborg did nothing for a moment, right there being a little hesitant with advancing, before, out of the small circular stone placed on her chest glowed brightly, and before he could register what had happen, a sudden slash was made all across his left arm. The skinny woman had stuck him with a blue straight bladed saber, though her sadden and silent gaze remained the same. She struck again, hitting her mark, leaving the mechanical teen no choice but to counter. Bursting out the sonic cannon, her fired in her direction, only for her the swiftly dodge it, and moved in some sort of dance like pattern before striking once again.

Beast boy, surprisingly, had very little trouble with facing the tall cone haired lady. The expressions on her face became more and more annoyed as Beast boy constantly shifted his form to avoid the attacks from some sort of lightning whip that was pulled from the back of her head. With each attack, she kept murmuring to herself about it being 'familiar', and whatever that was, it clearly brought up a few, unpleasant memories.

And that left Robin with the shortest of the group. Obviously Robin wasted no time as most of his focus was put on destroying whatever the device was rather than fighting someone barely half his side. He tried to end it quickly, but to his surprise, the birdarang didn't even come close as the little blue lady jumped into the air and grabbed it, freezing it until it shattered into pieces. Ronin's next move was taking out his signature bo staff and smashing it bit by bit. He jumped in the air, hoping to avoid another counterattack. Though this time, as he reach the peak of his jumping, the little blue lady somehow jumped at the halfway point, and with one well place strike in the torso, Robin was sent flying down, almost as if the short statured woman was able to know before hand what to do.

"Stop focusing on them! We need to take that thing down!" Robin ordered, knowing fully well that they were putting their attention on the wrong thing here. The team without question agreed as they tried their best to get out of the way of their attackers. All took their place. Raven blasted it with her magic, Starfire basted as many star bolts as she could, Cyborg prepped his cannon, Robin fired another birdarang, and beast, changing to a gorilla, through whatever debris there was nearby as it seemed as if they were gong to succeed.

They were wrong. Faster than any of them could've registered, the one with the water wings raced right in front of it, summoning as much water as she could to created a dome of protection, the short blue one helping her once more as she made the water into ice.

It held. It ended up shattering on impact, but the dome had served its purpose. Staring at the group once more, each of them help out a strong fighting stance, showing the teens that they didn't so much as tire them one bit. "We are of the court of Blue Diamond, and you will not get pass us." The leader announced proudly.

"We have served and protected our Diamond for years. This is merely our duty. As long as we stand, as long as our Gems hold together, we will never falter." The one with water wings added. "You will never harm our Diamond. We won't ever let you take him."

That made the Titans flinch a little as they dropped their own fighting stance and took the time to process what they've said. They spoke with much regal and authority, but the way they talked and fought, it was telling something us. Raven sensed it, it was something she use to feel while in the arms of her own mother. They were fighting to protect someone, fighting for someone that they loved truly and dearly.

"Is he doing this on purpose?" Raven at last spoke out, shocking her teammates a little more, since she's usually the quiet one, especially when it came to stuff like this.

"How, how dear you talk down our mighty, glorious , loving Diamond like that, he would never.." The tall one said, being very, very offended by this tone. The short one stuck out her hand in front of her, her silence telling her to stay quiet for the moment.

"Is he doing this on purpose?" Raven asked again, this time in a quieter, slightly less miffed voice as she slowly floated her way towards the group.

"No." The lanky lady answered, surprising all the ladies of the 'blue court'. "We, we were merely teaching him something, a family matter, but, but than he, we didn't account for his feelings after, and her, he didn't take the information well." She said in a quiet and slightly scared tone. Raven saw a few bits of her own timidity in her.

"He barely has a control of his emotions, much less his powers. We were trying to get him out of the city so we could be better suited to calm him down, but then we were interrupted by your untimely attack." The short one continued with a lot of concern, despite the monotone in her voice. "But now we're running out of options. If we don't do something about it now, Steven could irreparably damage his own mind."

This situation felt all too familiar to Raven. "He's an empath, right?" The blue group could only nod in agreement. "I, I can help him. I have experience with out of control emotions." That time when Beast Boy and Cyborg invaded her head was still very fresh in her mind.

"Why, why would we trust you? After you threatened to destroy out Diamond? After you attacked an.." The one with water wings began to tell her off, before the short lady stuck out her other hand in front of her.

"It's okay, Lapis. Her words hold truth in them. Besides, we don't have many other options now. Now is not the time to turn down a solution." She said, though this still left a lot of reluctance from the tall leader.

"Are you sure, Sapphire? There must be another path that we've haven't looked into yet. We can't leave everything we've worked for in.."

"Don't you dare question me now, Agate." 'Sapphire' announced loudly and coldly, making 'Agate' shrink back a little. "And don't confuse your former position for actual skill. Blue may have left you in charge of us, in charge of our missions, but when it comes to her son, to Steven's future and his protection, she entrusted only me to that. So don't pretend you have power here, because you don't."

Waiting for nothing else, Raven began to approach the large blue structure, but not before the lanky lady put her hand on her shoulder. "Please, please help my di, my Steven. Please be careful." She said, letting Raven go once she confirmed with one final nod.

The inside was definitely nothing that she was expecting. On the inside, it kind of looked like a upgraded version of a mobile home. Their was a make ship kitchen area along with a table, and their was a throne that was really large, though it seemed to have made into some sort of bed.

One the walls, their were many pictures, photos of the blue people outside, most in varying degrees of happiness. Their was a forth lady in the pictures that she hadn't recognize. She had long and flowing white hair with just a tint of blue in it. Like the others, her skin was blue, and her clothing of choice seemed to be a long, dark blue cloak. In a few of them, there was a man, a human man that walked, sat, and or stood right beside her. They seemed to be really happy in each other presence, if the smiles were anything to go by.

The affect of the blue wave seemed to grow stronger in here, so she knew that she was close. The sound of a sniffle confirmed it as she neared towards the throne/bed. A large bulge stuck out from the blankets and the sheets. Raven closed in, placing her hand on it, though all this did was make whoever it was sink deeper into the depths of the bed. "Please. Go away." The bulge said in a pleading and young voice.

"I'm here to help." Raven said back, keeping her voice as steady as she could, fighting off the affects of the light. "Your, your, friends sent me in here because I know how to handle this sort of problem."

"They're my family." The bulge corrected as he stayed in his position. "And they've should've left me to be, to wallow in my own wave of sadness. Causing sadness, creating pain for others, being a burden, that's all I'm good for."

Raven eyes begin to soften. It was starting to remind her of her own story. "Why would you think like that?"

"Because it's true!" The bulge shouted rather out of nowhere, finally emerging from the blankets, where Raven was finally able to get a better look at him. He looked about 10, 12 at the oldest, with a coat of messy black hair on his head. He wore a blue shirt, where in the middle a whole was cut for a rather big blue gemstone that somehow stuck out of his chest. He also seemed to wear a smaller version of the cloak from the pictures. His eyes were a bright blue, with pupils that were somehow shaped into forms of Diamond. "They think I haven't noticed it, but I know what they talk about. Every time I try to bring up my mother, they get quiet, they murmur among themselves. And they keep saying how she was a grand and loving being, that no one could ever compare to her!" He shouted in anger, the wave coming out of him seeming to get stronger.

"But, but guess what?" He said in a sad laugh. "She, she was a tyrant! One of three in a conquering race of bad gems. They take, they destroy, they literally suck the life from everything and leave everything else to die!" He got up from the bed to better explain himself. "She, she hurt a lot of people, both human and her own, just because of a stupid difference in beliefs. Dad said that she regretted what she did, that she became different once she met him, but, but I, I don't know if I can believe it." His voice grows a little softer as his head begins to drop.

"And now, now she gave up her life, her gem, so that I could be born." He manages to squeeze out. "And she left all of her problems for me. Gems, people I've never met before, blame me for what she did, some have gone as far to try and 'poof' me." Raven was a little confused by what he meant by that, though with the added epiphysis in the word, it was a little easy to guess.

"And them, my family, I, I don't know what they think of me." He says as the tears in his eyes started to poor out even stronger. "If I ever say anything that disagrees with them, they begin to fear me, like I'm going to punish them. And, and I truly don't know what's going to happen to me. Will I have to take my mother's place in her court? Will I have to be like her, cruel, dominating, evil? Is that what I'm destined to bring?" He doesn't say anything else as he drops to his knees.

It truly scared Raven with how many similarities there were. "I know what that's like." The boy stared up at her with a mixture of suspicion and curiosity. "My father is, not a good person. By all means, he's the literal definition of evil." She sat down as she took off her hood, revealing more of her sadden and miserable features. "I was fortunate to be raised by my mother." Her eyes began to sadden even more. "But still, I, I'm still haunted by my father's influence on me. My power, what I can do, it scares me because I'm capable of being so, so very, very dark." She finally sit on the bed as the boy sits right next to her.

"Whenever I lose control, whenever I let my anger uproot me, I'm constantly reminded of how much of my father's daughter I'm really am. And everyone sees it, people who don't know me, the people closest to me, they all see it, and they all fear me. And they're justified." The slightest hint of a tear forms in the corner of her eye. "And one day, one day I'm suppose to do something for my father, something truly evil, something that'll hurt a lot of people, something no one, no one will be able to stop."

"Its not an easy life to live, is it?" the boy simply asked. "Its not easy to live a good life that's always haunted by past sins and mistakes." He sighs heavily as Raven does the same.

"It isn't." The girl confirms. "But I can't accept it." The boy gets confused. "I left the safety of my home, because I wanted, no because I believed that I could escape this, this path my father set me on. I'm not just his spawn. I chose to be a hero along side my friends." Her face begins to lighten up. I believe that we're not bound to what the past gives us. And I don't want to be the one who completes his task, I want to be the one who stops it."

Raven looks at the boys face, which was a whole lot less sad than it was at the beginning. The sniffles begin to decrease as well as the tears. "You know, whenever I meet something bad or see someone hurt my mother's actions, I always begin to doubt my self. I hold myself responsible for them, blaming myself for them happening. And all those burdens, all that strife, really, really begin to eat me away on the inside." The light around them begins to dim a little, the tears coming out of everyone in the city begins to stop flowing. "But I guess it isn't my responsibility to take the blame, or to be like her."

"What do you want to do?" Raven asked.

"I want to help those who've been hurt by her." He says almost immediately. "I want to fix whatever mess was made, no matter who's a fault, I will fix it. I will." He smiles as her wipes away the last of his tears. "Thank you." With that said, the boy leans in for a hug that caught the goth Titan off guard. All the titans knew never to invade her personal space, as well as never go in her room, read her diary, and so on without facing unholy terrors that have never been seen by the human eye, but this, this hug was a little more welcomed then most. Slightly blushing, the girl simply responds with a light tap on the back before her let go. "I, you, you said that you could help me with my sadness wave, didn't you?" Raven nods. "So would, would you help with it, I, I really don't want to cause another panic like this again."

"Yes." She answered with a small smile. "Tomorrow we can start exercising it." Both cloaked beings started to make their way outside. "Your name is Steven, right?"

"Yep!" He confirmed with a bright smile. "Steven Diamond Universe. What's yours?"

"Raven."

I really wanted this to end a little better, but I didn't know how without dragging it out to long.