Raven's eyes opened slowly as she woke up. She sat, then looked down at the sleeping child. She remembered the events of last night and blushed slightly, smiling to herself.

'Guess I've been going soft since I beat Trigun...' She thought to herself. Smiling, she hovered out of her bed and touched down on the floor. 'I'll just go get the little guy some food then..

She walked out of the room to cook breakfast.

'Okay, what have we got...?' She thought, looking around carefully. 'Hmm...I think I'll let him pick what we have...'

She went back upstairs.

"Harry?" She called out.

A pained scared sound greeted her ears. Her eyes grew wide and she flew to the room and opened the door to see the little boy trashing in his sleep.

"Harry!" Raven said rushing to the little boy and trying to shake him awake. "Come on buddy, wake up. Harry wake up please." Yet the little boy would not awaken. Her eyes narrowed lightly and she decided to do this the direct way.

She placed a hand on his forehead and entered his mind. She felt the pull and was soon landing on a hard floor. She looked around and raised a brow at where she was. It was dark…dark and not all that spaces.

She narrowed her eyes before looking around and finding a small door. Using her powers, she phased through the door and looked out to see a dining room. Raven blinked. 'I entered his mind. Why am I in a house…in a cupboard no less?' she asked herself only to freeze when she heard a scream, the scream of her soon to be son.

Her eyes widened in horrible realization...She knew EXACTLY what was going on now. Her charge was having a nightmare.

And that nightmare was about that monster he called an uncle beating him.

Gritting her teeth, she flew at top speed in the direction she heard the scream come from, blowing right through walls to get to him.

"YOU STUPID FREAK!" She looked into the room. Her eyes widened. This was...This was all wrong...

There were five people there, hurting the dream Harry. One of them, was of course, the fat man. There was also a horse-like woman and a fat little boy. The fourth one, however, was more disturbing. It was a redhead woman with the same emerald green eyes Harry had. But what REALLY got her was the fifth one...

It was her.

She stared with wide terrified eyes at the image of herself hurt the dream Harry. She had him in caught in her magic and was crushing him with it all the while laughing at his pain filled screams.

"STOP THIS!" she shouted at them but they ignored her, all but her clone who paused and tuned to her causing the real Raven to gasp as she saw the demonic four red eyes and a cruel smirk on her face.

"Look who decided to join." She said coldly as her grip on the boy tightened.

"You…how…how are…?"

"Alive?" The clone said then chuckled softly. "I'm always with you Raven…death means nothing to me…my little gate."

"SHUT UP! LET HIM GO!" Raven shouted her powers lifting her off the ground her cloak billowing by an invisible wind.

"Why? He is my son now." She said darkly.

"ENOUGH!" she shouted having her magic push the attackers back and into the wall holding them their all but the clone who smirked at her.

"Temper, dear daughter. You don't want to hurt him now do you?" she asked her with a dark smirk.

"You-"

" …please… …"

The two looked over to see the boy was curled into a ball and was crying. Raven felt a pain in her heart at that and the clone only frowned at the boy. She turned to the girl only to be blasted back and into the wall by the hero.

"You are dead…I'm never going to be you…leave!" she demanded in her cold tone.

The clone smirked and slowly disappeared in a burst of flames. Raven wasted no time and flew over to the boy and hugged him tight.

"Shhh..." She whispered. "It's okay, Harry..." She wrapped him up in her cloak, leaving his head poking out. "I've got you now..."

"M-Miss Raven...?" He asked softly.

"Yeah. I'm in your dream now." She said with a sad smile. "You were having a bad dream...I came to save you from it..." The boy sniffled and buried his face into her chest. "It's okay..." She whispered. "You're safe now..."

"I wanna wake up..." Harry sniffled.

"Then just focus." Raven replied. "Concentrate, and you'll wake up."

Harry closed his eyes and focused...

He opened his eyes and found himself in the room he fell asleep in. He looked around with wide eyes before he felt a pair of arms wrap around him and lift him up in a comforting hug. He looked up into the eyes of his caretaker. "Ms. Raven…" he mumbled before snuggling into her arms with a pained sigh.

Raven gazed down at him and wrapped her cloak around him like in his dream and just held him. To make him feel safe and to reassure herself that he was okay. "I'm here buddy." She said softly.

Harry nodded into her arms and let out a tired sigh. She slowly stood up and walked out of the room and down the stairs to the kitchen. She looked down at him and smiled sadly. "What are you hungry for?"

He looked down. "Um...Can we have...eggs and maybe...bacon...?" He asked hopefully.

"Sure. Anything you want." Raven replied with a smile, ruffling his hair. She went to put him down, but hesitated. "...Harry..." She said. "Do you wanna help me cook?" Harry's expression brightened up.

"Y-Yes please." He said happily. Helping Ms. Raven sounded fantastic right now...

Raven, for her part, was deep in thought.

'What WAS that thing...?' She thought to herself. 'Trigon's dead...He's gone. I beat him...He can't REALLY be back...Was I just seeing things...? And...what was that thing he was talking through...? It was a demon version of...' She gulped. 'Me...' Her eyes widened. 'Will I...actually turn out that way...?'

"Ms. Raven?"

Raven shook her head lightly and looked down at Harry who was staring up at her with confusion and concern. "You…okay?" he asked her.

Raven forced a smile and nodded. "Just thinking." She spoke as she sat him down on the table.

Harry's worry seemed to grow slightly at that. 'Why did she look sad and scared? Dose…dose she hate me now since she saw my nightmare…dose…dose she not want me around anymore' he thought sadly with a small frown.

Raven looked at him and smiled before hugging him. "I love you, little guy. You know that, right?" Unknowingly, Raven had shut down that train of thought almost as soon as the boy had had it. He smiled at her.

"I...I love you too, Ms. Raven..." He replied shyly. Raven found herself blushing.

"G-Good..." She said, smiling. "Glad we're on the same p-page then." She ruffled his hair. She felt such a foreign warmth inside her chest. This feeling was totally different from the one she got from her friends. She couldn't explain what was so different about it...But the difference was there...And she LIKED it.

Shaking her head, the half demon smiled. "Let's...have breakfast then." She said calmly.

"Okay!" Harry was now in a chipper mood.

The hero smiled lightly as she grabbed all they needed to cook and got to work. The two worked in tandem Raven working the stove as little Harry worked on cracking the eggs. Raven place the bacon in the pan and smiled over at Harry who had placed some eggs into a separate pan.

Soon the food was done and the two sat down in their seats. Harry smiled over at Raven and watched as she took a bite of eggs and smiled at how well it tasted. "It's delicious Harry." She praised him.

Harry's smile grew. "It is?" he asked hopefully.

Raven nodded with an amused smile. "It is, how's the bacon?"

Harry took a bite and smiled in bliss causing the hero to chuckle at him. "I'll take that as you liked them?" she asked with a grin.

"Uncle Vernon didn't let me have bacon." Harry admitted. "I cooked it all the time, but I couldn't eat it or he'd be mad at me." Raven sighed deeply.

"I should have known he'd do something like that..." She mumbled. "But that's over now, right?" Harry nodded slowly.

"Uh-huh..." He replied, still a bit uneasy. Raven frowned. She had to get his mind off of it...

"Want me to take you flying after breakfast?" She asked with a smile. He snapped his head up to look at her.

"Really?!" He exclaimed excitedly. She nodded her head.

"Yes, really."

"Yay!" he cheered causing the hero to chuckle.

They finished their breakfast and Raven grabbed one of her extra cloaks and wrapped it around the small child. She lifted him up in her arms and exited her house locking it on her way out.

She took to the air flying high.

Harry smiled wide as they flew. He loved flying, it was so much fun! He felt freedom! He extended his arms out to his side and mimicked a pose he saw on the telly once.

Raven was looking over the clouds with a soft frown. 'Will that happen to me?' She thought to herself. 'Will I become someone like my father…?' She shook her head. 'I won't let it! I won't become that monster! I care to much for the little guy to hurt him like that.'

She looked down at him and laughed in amusement as she saw him posing like Superman when he fly's. 'oh that is just amazing' she thought and kissed the top of his head. 'I vow to you know, to forever hold you and aid you in life. I will care for you for all time, my son.' She thought warmly.