Wow. I can update. For the National Park guess, the reviewers who got it right were TeenTitans4evr, Swizz, Shalista K, and BlackbirdXx. They were correct in saying Yellowstone National Park! Thanks to all who took a guess! You guys get an A for effort! (That's my dad's favorite saying) Now For your characters, I will put them in the order that the review showed up, but none in this chapter, for I am an idiot. I forgot to mention that you need to say the name your character gets. If you already requested and didn't put a name, please do so. One more thing, I will be updating more often, because school ends this Thursday so I'll have the whole summer to write!
Disclaimer: How many times do I have to say it? I do not own Teen Titans. I do not own Teen Titans. I do not own Teen Titans. I do not own Teen Titans……………….
Robin awoke the next day hearing a slight sneeze. He looked down to see Cargan sniffing some dandelions. Cyborg, Hachi, and Amayeta were grazing on what the grass that was there. Some purple wild flowers swayed slightly in the breeze, and the sun was slowly rising.
Amayeta lifted her head and faced Robin. "You are awake. You should eat something before we leave. There will be little food the farther we go up." She looked down again and began grazing again.
Robin bent his head and grasped some grass with his teeth. After a moment he realized that he was hungry and began to eat more.
Soon Amayeta announced that they should leave. Robin glanced back to the ground. His hunger had only started to fade, but he had to get through the mountains if he wanted to find Starfire. The group walked on.
After an hour or two of walking Robin noticed that the temperature was dropping. There was more stone and little vegetation up here. Above him the clouds looked a little closer. From time to time Hachi or Cargan would ask a question, or want to stop and rest, or announced that they were thirsty. They found a stream and the group stopped to drink. Then they carried on.
After a while Robin's vision began to go a little blurry. He looked around and noticed that fog was setting in. He then began to panic as he realized that the others were disappearing.
"Wait!" He cried as he ran forward to reach them, but they were gone. Robin looked around, but he could not catch anybody's scent. The fog grew so thick that he could barely see five feet in front of him.
A chill was sent down his spine as he heard a voice call out "Robin." He turned but could see no one.
"Who's there?" He neighed. After a moment the voice repeated his name, but the sound was closer. Still Robin could find no one.
Then he noticed that the fog was doing weird things. It was shifting around in different patters, seeming to make shapes. Then he saw the snout of another horse form. The fog built around it, soon making a head, then a neck, then legs, a body, the tail, and it was soon a horse that Robin did not recognize.
The horse was ghostly white except his mane, tail, muzzle, and legs were blacker than Robin's coat. There also seemed to be black flecks on an odd oval on both of his sides. Even stranger was the horse's scent. He seemed to have none, yet at the same time have every scent there was. He smelled of lightning, rain, dust, grass, stones, and even like fog. The scent confused Robin.
"Robin," the horse said, revealing himself to have been the mysterious voice, "greetings."
"Who are you?" Robin asked, a little nervous and curious as to how this stranger knew his name.
The horse shook his head. "That is not important now. I have a request of you. I know you pursue Inameron's herd in search of Starfire."
Robin's ears pricked forward at this statement. "How do you know?"
"I know many things," the horse said, "and I know of what lies ahead. A great battle approaches, Robin." Robin gave a confused look. "Perhaps I should explain this."
"Thousands of years ago, when there were not many humans here, there were shadow-creatures. They killed for pleasure, and destroyed everything. Their physical appearance can not be described, for they were many things. They were a threat to everything, and one day they declared war, for they wished to take our land as their own. They vowed to kill everything that deified them, but let some live to hate the shadow-creatures. The shadow-creatures were born of hate, and if hate survived, so would they. Soon came the day of an enormous battle on the great-plains. There, I fought them, to protect my herd."
"I was not alone in the battle. All of the horses fought as well, and many gave their lives. Back then all horses belonged to my herd. Bears, wolves, elk, buffalo, eagles, fox, and others gave their lives as well. Soon we banished the shadow-creatures, but we made a mistake."
"What was your mistake?" Robin inquired. He had no idea where this story was going, and did not know how it involved him.
The horse sighed. "Though we were all an enemy of the shadow-creatures, we were not together. Wolves, bears, and cougars still preyed on the elk, horses, and buffalo with no respect. The buffalo argued with everything. All of the animals though that their race was the greatest, and there was much anger that grew into hate. AS I have said before, shadow-creatures were born of hate, and now to this day there is finally enough. There is enough hate now that they can return."
"After my death, my son took my place at the head of the herd, but he could not keep them together. Soon many left, and the herd was dwindled down to a small few. That herd has stayed together, descendants of me. Today your Starfire is with that herd. Robin, when the shadow-creatures return, I want you to protect my herd."
Robin stood there flabbergasted. "W-W-What!" He finally managed to choke out. "I can't just walk up and take command of somebody's herd!"
The horse shook his head. "Not just that herd. All of them. Every horse you can find must join you. And then you must start gathering others. I suspect the elk will help, as they were always our allies, and the eagles, but the bear and wolves will be a little tricky to rec-"
"That's nearly every animal out here!" Robin neighed. His head was starting to spin. Maybe this was all a dream. Maybe he hadn't woken up yet from last nights sleep yet. He bit a leg, just to check, and he felt pain.
"This is all true," the horse said recognizing the disbelieving movements the Robin was making, "Now, Cyborg is still with you, and Starfire is not far ahead. That leaves Beast Boy and Raven who by now should be with the humans."
"Humans? What happened to them?" Robin asked. Worry pricked at him as he realized that he could have sent two of his team mates into doom by making them take the wrong direction in searching for Starfire.
"Worry not, young one. They are in good hands," then the horse's eyes clouded over, "though I have foreseen else. Through this journey, one of your team mates will perish."
Robin froze. This was not good news. "Who! Which one!" he asked frantically.
The horse shook his head. "I can not tell. I only say what the wind speaks. But I do know this, if you accept my request, and you defeat the shadow-creatures, they will not have died in vain."
Robin was not going to accept that answer. "Do you have any idea? How will they die? May be I can save them-"
"Believe me, if I knew I would try to save them myself." Just then a wisp of fog blew by the horse's ear. He looked at it, staring for a moment and then looked back. "The wind has told me. There may be a way I can help. But that is for a later; right now I need to know. My time here is limited."
"Is there anything else I should know?" Robin asked quietly. He was not in the best of moods, knowing that one of his friends could possibly die. His mind refused to let him think that it could be Starfire.
The horse shook his mane. Robin sighed. He had protected his city, and after a moment of though he deducted that this would be no different. "Yes," he said finally, "I will help you."
There was a bright look in the eye of the horse. "Then there is hope for the world yet," he muttered. Robin looked up, but the horse pretended that he had not said it.
"Now, normally if you were to get within sigh of Inameron's herd, you would be cleanly chased off, but I give you this." The two ovals on the side of the horse suddenly began to stretch out, and they revealed themselves to be two luxurious wings. Robin was speechless.
The horse searched a moment, and then with his teeth he plucked out a white feather with a black spot in the center. He approached Robin, and laid the feather in his mane.
"The feather will stay, and Inameron is a horse of honor. The moment he sees that, you will be inside his herd without a problem." The winged horse then plucked out two more identical feathers, and placed them on Robin's tail. "When you see Cyborg and Starfire place them in their manes as I have done yours. It is a sign, that you are under my protection, and that no animal is to harm you. I doubt that it will ward off any shadow-creatures though. I will make sure that Beast Boy and Raven receive one."
"That day at the lake," Robin said, "You were there. You were watching us, and you dropped a feather. Didn't you, Pegasus?"
Pegasus bowed his head. "Yes, I was watching you. The feather meant that I knew that you were the ones to save us, and I rather like the explanation you gave to Starfire about me in the constellations. I remember when I found the mare for me. You're lucky. Starfire is a good soul, she is."
Robin had expected to feel heat in his face, but there was none. This whole experience was too shocking for him to be embarrassed about a stranger noticing that he was closer to Starfire than the other Titans.
Suddenly Pegasus looked to the sky. He neighed shrilly. A flash cut threw the fog, and lifted higher into the sky. In seconds it was gone.
"I have sent a message, that our saviors have been chosen. All five of them." Then Pegasus rested his head on Robin's. "Go safely young one. I trust that you will find all the courage and strength you need when the time comes. The fate of the west lies in your team."
Robin felt a power surge through him, like he could fly just as Pegasus himself. He felt stronger, and wiser, and suddenly he felt that he could do anything. It was all interrupted with another voice.
"Robin! Yo, Robin! Where are you?" Robin recognized Cyborg's voice. He looked up and noticed that Pegasus was gone.
"Robin!" Cyborg galloped up to his leader. "Where have you been?"
Just then Amayeta, Hachi, and Cargan all ran up, but Cyborg was still talking. "It was like the fog just swallowed you up and-" He stopped as Robin placed a feather into Cyborg's mane.
Amayeta gasped. "It is a blessing. The winged horse has been here."
"Say what?" Cyborg was confused.
"Cyborg," Robin began, "There's something I have to tell you…"
This chapter was where the plot was really revealed. Now you heard Pegasus announce that somebody was going to die, but if you keep reading you'll see why, and who, and how, and if you keep reading after that maybe ya'll won't hate me. I'm not going to let one of the Titan's disappear just like that. I'll even be nice and give a hint. It's not Robin. That leaves four for you to guess, so have fun with it. Oh Yeah, like I said, if you haven't told me the name of your character then please do so, and I will start putting them in the order the reviewers requested them. The next chapter is around Starfire. Please review.