Hey guys thanks for the reviews. I just wanted to let you know that I have updated my earlier chapters AND I STRONGLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO READ THEM. THEY ARE A LOT BETTER AND YOU'LL UNDERSTAND THE STORY MORE.

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If the story is already complete when you read this, it doesn't apply to you.

Info you should know: I added a prequel and other things to the first chapter that will help you understand the story more. There is something added to each chapter that is important. You'll have to reread them to know what happens.

"This is completely absurd," they heard Maxwell saying to Lord Falconer, "I did nothing wrong."

"Maxwell," Lord Falconer told him, "Raven doesn't feel safe around you. And she insisted that you go away for a while. And the prison released her friend Robin, and they found you guilty and not him of abusing her."

"Well who would've-" Maxwell said looking around the room, and he spotted Raven and her friends with Jackson with them.

"You little traitor!" Maxwell shouted as he stormed over to Jackson, "My own kin sold me out!"

"Maxwell it was wrong what you did!" Jackson shouted back at him.

"How dare you talk to me in that manner!" Maxwell shouted and slapped Jackson hard across the face. Jackson fell onto the floor and all the Titans, except for Raven, ran to his assistance.

Raven stood there with all four of her red eyes glaring at Maxwell. Her Titan uniform appeared on her body with tendrils of dark magic coming from underneath her cloak.

"It is time for you to be punished!" Raven shouted in a deep airy voice.

Maxwell's eyes began to glow white and dark energy formed in his hands. And he looked up at Raven who stood about three feet above him. Maxwell was obviously no match for Raven, but he wasn't going to give up without a fight.

"No dear," he taunted Raven, "It is time for you to be punished."

Raven barely let him finish before she formed a huge ball of black magic and struck Maxwell with it. He blocked it with a last second force field. Maxwell through a thin bolt of magic at Raven. Raven slowly tilted her head and dodged it easily.

"Azerath Metrion Zenthois!" Raven shouted. Maxwell became fully engulfed in her aura and couldn't move a muscle. Raven clenched her fist together and made her power constrict Maxwell until he couldn't breathe. Raven was not about to let Maxwell live after hurting someone she loved, not again.

"Raven Stop!" Jackson yelled.

Raven heard his voice and her powers dropped Maxwell and she collapsed onto the floor. Guards came running up to them. They picked Maxwell up off of the floor and took him away. And Lord Falconer followed them. Raven's friends came running over to her. Robin grabbed her in his arms and rested her head on his forearm. "Raven!" he yelled. Raven eyes began to open and she hurriedly sat up.

"Are you alright Jackson?" she asked.

"I'm fine," he assured her, "Are you?"

"Yeah," she said, "Jackson, why did you stop me from killing Maxwell?"

"Because," Jackson said with his skin turning pale and tears welling up in his eyes, "No one, not even Maxwell, deserves their life to be taken away." Before Raven could reply, Jackson teleported himself away from them.

"Raven," Robin said helping her up off of the ground, "You should go talk to him."

"But I don't know where he is," Raven told him.

"He's in his room," Robin told him.

"How do you know?" Raven asked.

"Because," Robin told her, "He wouldn't go somewhere that nobody could find him, because then no one would be able to talk to him and make him feel better."

"Thanks Robin," she said to him, "I'll be back in a little while."

They all nodded, and Star and BB went to Star's room. Cy and Robin went to find Maxwell and Lord Falconer.

Raven approached Jackson's door and knocked lightly. "Jackson sweetie," she said, "Can I come in?"

Raven didn't hear an answer so she just walked in. She looked around and saw Jackson sitting on his bed staring into nothingness. His skin was pale white and he sat there, motionless.

Raven sat down very close to him on the bed. "Jackson," she said softly, "What is it?"

"Raven," Jackson said so softly she could barely hear him, "It's nothing."

"Jackson what aren't you telling me? You can trust me like I trust you. Just tell me whatever it is, I'm here for you."

"I can't tell you," Jackson said still staring straight ahead, motionless.

"Jackson, you can trust me."

"He said he'd kill me if I did," Jackson said.

"Jackson, you know that I won't let anything happen to you. I love you I will never let anything happen to you."

"I was young when it happened," Jackson said finally turning to look at her.

"When what happened?" Raven asked.

"When my parents died," Jackson had tears welling up in his eyes as he spoke, "No, when my parents were killed."

"How were they killed?" Raven asked.

Jackson's skin was paler than Raven's now, and he was looking deep into Raven's eyes, with terror filling his.

"His parents were killed," Jackson told her, "And he came to live with us. My parents were good to him, and he seemed to care for them. One day I followed him around, and watched him. First, he showed me a trick with his magic and a candle. He took the flame from the candle in his aura. And he took me to where my parents were, underneath a tree in the backyard. Then he said to me, watch when the rain and lightning start, the flame will still be lit. And he made the flame grow and grow with his powers. And when the storm started, he lit the base of the tree on fire. And he pushed it over on top of my parents with his mind. And he made me watch as their flesh burned and they cried for help. I can still hear their screams of agony and pain in my ears. I wanted to help them, but he said, move and you'll have their same fate," tears were now flowing down Jackson's face. "I listened in the shadows of our home, as he told everyone lightning stuck the tree and fell on them. I wanted to tell them the truth, but he said if you tell anyone what really happened, you'll suffer just as they did. And I haven't spoken of it until now. Because I've lived in fear of him."

"Jackson," Raven cried with tears flowing freely down her face, "Who killed them?"

"He killed them. All three of them." Jackson said.

"Three of them?"

"My mother was pregnant when he killed them. My baby sister was murdered as well."

"Jackson, who killed them?"

"He did. Maxwell."

"Oh Jackson" Raven said taking him in her arms.

"He….he killed your…..mother as well. And….and his parents," Jackson said through his muffled sobs.

Raven felt her heart break in half when she heard this. 'Maxwell killed my mother?' she thought, 'He was her friend.'

"Jackson we have to tell someone," she told him, "Or else Maxwell will continue to take the lives of others."

Jackson sat up and looked her in the eyes. "Do you promise I'll be safe?"

"I promise Jackson, no harm will ever come your way," she promised him.

"Then tell someone," Jackson told her, "Maxwell should be punished."

"Alright Jackson," she said getting up off of the bed, "I'll go tell Lord Falconer. And Robin will come and stay with you."

"Thank you Raven," Jackson thanked her.

"You're welcome Jackson," she said as she left the room. She ran down to the main room.

"Charles," she called him.

"Yes madam Raven?" Charles answered her.

"Where's Lord Falconer?" she asked in an urgent tone.

"He is at the Azerath prison," Charles told her.

"Thanks Charles," she said, "Azerath Metrion Zenthios!" She appeared on the inside of the prison. Cyborg and Robin were standing in the waiting room.

"Robin," she said running into his arms. Raven's face and eyes were puffy and red from her crying.

"Raven," Robin said, "Have you been crying?"

"Yes," she told him, "Maxwell he.…he killed Jackson's parents, his parents, Jackson's unborn sister, and he killed Arella."

"Oh Raven," Robin said hugging her tighter.

"Robin I need you to go to the castle and stay with Jackson," Raven told him.

"Sure Raven," he agreed.

"Azerath Metrion Zenthios," Raven chanted and Robin disappeared.

"Cy I need you to come with me," Raven told him.

"Sure Raven," he agreed, "Lord Falconer is talking to the guards that arrested Maxwell."

"Come on Cy," Raven said running to where Lord Falconer was.

When she reached him he was talking to the same man that Raven scared so badly. And Maxwell was in the same prison cell Robin had been in.

"Lord Falconer!" Raven shouted.

"Raven what is it?" Lord Falconer asked concerned.

"It's Maxwell," she replied panting, "He's lied to you. He is a murderer. He killed his parents, Jackson's parents, Jackson's unborn sister, and he killed Arella. I refuse to marry him whether I'm summoned by the council or not. I'm sick of people telling me how to live my life."

And before Lord Falconer could respond, there was a quick wisp of black smoke and Raven disappeared into thin air.

Raven felt as if she was hurdling through space and time. All she saw was an endless tunnel of black. It was like she was being sucked into a black hole. Until finally it all disappeared and she fell onto an alter.

She hurriedly stood up and looked around. She stood before three men and two women and all were people of Azerath. They all seemed to be floating on their own individual cloud of nothingness. They all bore a strange medallion around their necks, and wore robes of gold and black. Raven immediately knew what had happened, she'd been summoned by the Council of Azerath.

"Raven," the man in the middle bellowed her name, "Why have you questioned our decision on your rule?"

Raven felt her heart drop and beads of sweat formed on her face. "I don't feel that someone should be forced to rule."

"What do you mean forced?" one of the women asked her in a deep voice.

"When Arella died," Raven told them, "I was told to leave my home on Earth and take over the throne."

"Your home is Azerath," another man told her.

"I was born on Azerath," Raven disagreed with him, "But I left a long time ago, and went to Earth and found my true home. With people who love me for me, and not because of who my mother is."

"Your mother would have wanted you to be queen," the other woman said to Raven.

"My mother would have wanted me to be queen, if I wanted to be queen," Raven told her.

"Arella would want what was best for her people," another Man said to her.

"Arella knew that what was best for her people, was not what was best for her and the other rulers of Azerath before her," Raven told them.

"You are the first to disagree with your rule," the man in the middle said.

"And I won't be the last," Raven said, "If you continue to do this, there will always be a soul who disagrees. It only takes one snowflake to start an avalanche."

"Raven I understand that you don't want to be queen," the woman said, "But there is no other to take your place."

"Oh yes there is," Raven told them, "And she is the right one to rule. Not me."

"And why not you," the other man said, "You are brave and you speak out for what is right. You are truly the daughter of Arella."

"And as the daughter of Arella," Raven said winning them over, "I ask you to let my cousin Dawn be queen instead of me."

"Tell us Raven," the man in the middle said, "Why should Dawn be queen and not you?"

"Because Dawn has what it takes to rule with no one by her side," Raven said, "With me at the throne, I would always have to have someone guiding me in the right direction."

The woman that first spoke to Raven took it upon herself to make her own decision without the rest of the council. "Raven," she said, "You are right. It isn't right to be forced to rule. And you don't have to. Dawn shall be queen, and you may go back to your true home, on Earth."

The rest of the council smiled as Raven disappeared.

Raven reappeared in the main hall of the palace. Everyone was there: Lord Falconer, Robin, Starfire, Cyborg, Beast Boy, Charles, Dawn, Jackson, and all the servants.

"I have an announcement," she said in a joyful voice, "I have talked to the Council of Azerath. And as it turns out, I will not be queen."

Everyone had surprised looks on their faces, and Dawn had a sad look on her face. Raven grabbed Dawn by the hand and took her up to the front of the room.

"I give you," she announced, "Your future queen of Azerath, Dawn Elizabeth Roth."

Everyone clapped and cheered and Dawn was smiling from ear to ear. "Thank you, Raven," she thanked her cousin and gave her a heart filled hug.

Raven ran into Robin's arms and hugged him tightly. "We get to go home," Raven told him, "It's over Robin. It's over."

"I told you it would all work out," he said back to her. Robin lifted her and spun her around in circles. Everyone smiled and laughed. People went about congratulating Dawn and hugging and laughing with Raven. All was great until Lord Falconer mentioned Maxwell.

"Raven," he told her, "What am I to do with Maxwell?"

"Kill him," Robin chimed in.

"No," Raven disagreed and looked over at Jackson, "Someone once told me that nobody deserves to have their life taken away. Not even Maxwell."

Jackson smiled and Raven smiled back at him.

"So what am I supposed to do with him?" Lord Falconer asked.

"Lock him up and throw away the key," Raven said, "He is sentenced to 1,000 years or until he's dead, whichever comes last."

Lord Falconer nodded and teleported himself to the prison where Maxwell was.

Raven, the titans, and Jackson all were together in a group talking amongst each other. They where asking Raven what happened at the council and talking about how happy they were for Raven. The day ended soon and they all went to sleep. And for the first time in a long time, everyone had sweat dreams.

This is not the end. There's still more to the story. And it will continue soon. Please review and tell me what you think about this chapter and the updates on the other chapters.