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A Story Behind Every Art (A.S.B.E.A.) based on pictures I found on deviantart. I do not own any of the following arts in this story, unless I claim them. Anyways I will provide images for each part here. This is a 6 part story, but it is unrelated with any other story of this project. Enjoy! :D

Genre: Friendship/Angst

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Everyone was surprised when Raven decided to step forward and tell her story, even herself. Raven wasn't the type of person to tell anyone about her past, but after listening to all her friends tell their life story she couldn't help but grow comfortable around them. She knew that she could trust her friends with her life. Her mind was in deep thought, debating whether she should or shouldn't tell her friends everything. But she settled on the latter. She was afraid if she told them everything, her friends would think differently of her.

"I honestly wish that I had your lives instead. Trust me, it's better than what I had to go through…" she said in her monotone voice.

"I only had a mother when I was born. Father had abandoned us when he knew of mother's pregnancy. He only used her. Mom had lost her mind and tried various ways to kill us. She settled on overdose, but instead of dying she was sent to Temple Azrath. The people there were very hospitable and willingly accepted my mother. They took care of her throughout her labor until I was born. Mom gave me away to the monks of Azrath, because she couldn't take care of me."

Starfire flew towards Raven immediately. She had heard of her life story before when they had been recently switched by the puppet king. She reached out towards her, but gently pulled back, afraid that Raven would scold her for her actions. Instead, Raven reached out and placed one hand over Starfire's and gave them a light squeeze. It was all Raven could do to offer her gratitude. She dropped her hand while Starfire nodded before flying back to her seat.

"When I found out that my mother was never coming back, I knew that she had abandoned me. I felt unloved. The monks of Azrath raised me, especially Azar. She was the leader of the temple who taught me how to use my powers." Raven glanced at her palms sadly as her dark powers radiated from it, flickered, and disappeared.

"She taught me how to submerge my emotions when she realized that my powers were controlled by my emotions. She insisted that I meditated daily to help keep them under control as well. That's why I can't have anyone disturb me while I'm meditating," she glared at Cyborg and Beast Boy.

The two boys shrunk from her glare and rubbed the back of their heads as a sweat drop rand down their faces.

"Azar passed away when I turned ten and my mother took me under her guardianship. Let's just say my mother and I haven't had the best relationship after I came back. When I was fourteen, I left Azrath to come to Earth. I hid in the alley when I heard a commotion at the pizza parlor. That's when I saw Robin and Starfire fight followed by Beast Boy and Cyborg. I realized Starfire wasn't a threat the moment I saw her arms bound together." Raven turned her focus to their leader. "Boy Blunder, you should have noticed that first before throwing a birdarang."

Robin rubbed the back of his head embarrassed and guiltily before looking at Starfire. "I'm sorry," he apologized.

"I believe that it is I who should apologize. I have harmed innocent lives in the process of breaking my bonds," Starfire replied.

"Well, that was a great first impression," Beast Boy chirped.

Starfire smiled gratefully at his joke. Even Raven shared a small smile.

She was grateful for her friends. She was happy although she couldn't fully express it to them. Her friends had become very important to her. Although she could trust them with her life, she couldn't risk losing her friends once they know the truth about her and her existence. Her story had many flaws for a reason. There was more to her life story than it seemed. It was best that they knew nothing about Trigon and her destiny. She didn't want her friends to get involved with her own problems.

The real reason she fled from Azrath was because she felt Trigon's presence through her powers. She was afraid of him and like any ordinary frightened child who was afraid of their angry parents, she ran away. She ran away from her destiny. She wanted to be good, not evil like her father. She was willing to do anything to change her destiny. She dared to try and change her future.

Deep in her heart, she hoped that by leaving Azrath, she would also leave behind her destiny.

A small voice at the back of her head told her: Maybe there wouldn't be any reason to share this. Sometimes it's better off to leave some things unsaid.

After sharing another laugh, Starfire stopped to look at Robin. Everyone followed suit and fell silent. There was only one person left to tell their story.

Remember when I said I would make 5 parts? Well I lied... I made 6 parts! Because I wanted each Titan to have their own story, plus the fact that part 2 was mostly about Mother's Day.

I honestly had to watch The Prophecyjust to get some info for my story. I remembered that Raven was a really closed-off person and she preferred to keep things to herself. I almost spilled every detail of her life on my story, but thank goodness I remembered the episode

Well you don't need much detail about Raven, since the episodes: The Prophecy, Birthmark, The End Part I, II, and IIIfill you in about her real storyso I'm pretty sure you know everything about Raven from that point.

The only thing they didn't cover was how Raven was born. Well she came from a human mother named Angela - Arella in Azrath- who married Trigon and bore him Raven. Anyways, she was left under the monks of Azrath (in The End part 3, she told her father she was raised by the monks, not specifically Azar). But during that time, Juris (one of the monks) tried to kill her, but ended up killing himself (I wanted to squeeze this detail in the story, but I found no use for it).

Another detail I missed: Trigon, in the cartoon version, spoke to Raven through her dreams and spared her and her mother's lives because he knew that his daughter would fulfill her destiny by her next birthday.

And I just realized how Raven is like a cat. She dies so many times in the comics and comes back to life. And it so turns out that she manipulated Robin to believe that he loved her when sheTHOUGHTshe loved him. But by her third life she reallyLOVES BEAST BOY.
And shestill loved himwhen she left the team for her own personal purposes.