Fire and Ice
After Hotaru rescued Raven and brought her to Crystal Tokyo Raven became a practitioner of ancient magics.
The first magic that Raven learnt was water magic. She learnt to manipulate the water already available in the air and morph it into the shapes that she wanted. She learnt how to make it dance around her in glittering swirls gathering it in her fingers in blue ribbons and she blew bubbles as easily as kisses. Reflections hidden in rippling water became mirrors to other places in the galaxy.
But she never mastered it.
The first magic that she mastered was ice magic.
After learning how to wield water it became obvious that Raven needed to learn control and so she was thrust into Ami's tutelage.
The cold frost clicked with Raven in a way that water never did. She discovered it the first time she danced on the ice with Hotaru. Gliding on the frozen water she felt a beauty and elegance that she had only felt before when she was Princes Tutu. Ice magic was less fluid than water magic it was more stable. The cold was comforting to Raven and she appreciated the sharper shapes of the frozen water, the uniqueness of each snowflake that she conjured.
Mercury was a harsh instructor expecting nothing less than perfection as she moulded and carved the frost into shields to protect and spikes to pierce.
Ice magic called to her with a siren's song and she answered it eagerly.
The second magic that she mastered couldn't be more different.
Fire.
Ice magic was rigid and controlled. It had a cold and meticulous beauty that reminded Raven of the dances that she sought to master when she was Ahiru.
Fire magic on the other hand was passion. It was creativity and wild inspiration. It was moving to the sound of music that only she could hear and it was unstoppable. It was all consuming and fiercely, terribly beautiful in its ambition to end everything. And when she danced the ancient Martian dances she had the untameable elegance of a phoenix.
Fire was freedom.
It was breaking free from the chains of rules and expectations and Rei taught Raven to burn with the passion and courage of a thousand suns.
Fire flowed out of her mouth like dragon's breath and sparks flew from her fingers. Ash the same dark black as her hair was left in wake of her anger as the sacred flame whispered its secrets in her ears.
Raven was the mistress of ice and fire.
Raven Hakuchou the Frost Dragon.