Teen Titans Fan Fiction ❯ The Pheonix Chronicles ❯ Premonitions ( Chapter 1 )

O.K. so this is my first fanfic based on Teen Titans. It is being written with much idea and insight from my other half StormRaven. It has some OOC of major characters, namely Starfire. Let me know what you think!

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Standard Disclaimers apply: I don't own anything except the idea for this story and the original characters that I have come up with. Sue me if you want, but you won't get anything but dirt and dustbunnies...

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The Pheonix Chronicles Chapter 1: Premonitions

 

Jump City, Home of the Teen Titans. It had seen quite a bit of action up to now. It was about to see alot more...

 

Teen Tower

As per her normal, Raven was levitating in the middle of her room, meditating. The Titans had been so busy lately that the last few days peace had felt like an uncommon reprieve. Raven had taken this chance to quiet her mind and find her inner calm. It should've been easy, but there was something not quite right. An uneasy feeling had crept into her mind and hovered there the last couple of days. She wasn't sure what it was or why, but it was Really starting to annoy her!

 

A growl issues from her throat as she starts to clear her mind again.

"Azareth Metrion Zinthos...Azareth Metrion Zinthos...Azareth Metrion Zinthos......"

After a while she achieves the calm she's looking for, turning inward, for all appearances floating in a black nothingness of her own quiet contemplation. And then...

 

"Raven. Raven, we need to talk."

 

Raven 'opened her eyes' to look at the calm darkness around her and sensed a shadow therein. Her eyes narrow as she tries to identify it.

 

"You're not one of my emotions...Who are you?"

 

"I am called Amalthea, among other things. You would not know me, but I know a little of you. That is how I know you are the right person for this task, little one."

 

Raven frowned at the diminuitive endearment.

"How do you know me if I don't know you?"

 

The shadow floated forward forming a feminine figure hidden within a cloak of shadows. She could almost make out the face beneath the hood. The figure shook her head saying,

"There is no time to explain. Here, take this. It's all I have left."

 

The figure holds out her hand to Raven and in the palm Raven sees a small spindle-like crystal, floating and slowly revolving to flash it's slightly blue/black color in her mind's eye. And though the shard is beautiful, Raven backs away, not trusting the Shadow or her gift.

 

The Shadow sighs and the crystal explodes into crystalline dust that re-forms on Raven's forehead in the place usually held by her red diamond. Raven's hand feels the jewel just as a myriad of colors, sounds, pictures and feelings whisper into her mind. The onslought is soft but too quick for her to grasp anything as it files into her subconscious.

 

"What have you done to me?" she demanded.

 

"Nothing that will hurt, I assure you. You will find what I've given you to be invaluable in the tasks ahead. Now, for the important part. Soon one will arrive that will desperately need your aid. Everyone else is gone. He will be alone, hurt, and disoriented. He will need your friendship, your understanding..."

 

"Then you've picked the wrong Titan, Lady. You want Starfire. I'm not exactly the friendly type, if you haven't noticed."

 

"NO, Raven! While he will need ALL of the Titans, this task can only be done by you! Only YOU, have the insight! ONLY YOU will be able to understand him!"

 

The shadowed figure shudders visibly and Raven gets the distinct feeling that she's in pain. She looks at the Titan again and Raven can actually see her eyes this time, pale blue, full of pain and pleading.

 

"He'll be here soon, Raven. Help him! Help him where I couldn't..." Another shudder and spasm of pain. "My time is up," she whispers. "My world just died."

 

And with that the figure drops to her knees and explodes into crystalline dust. And in the fragments' tiny glinting lights Raven sees a world destroyed, exploding like the shadow figure, and feels the void left behind as all life there is snuffed from existance.

 

Raven opens her eyes to find herself sitting on the floor in a heap, tears flowing down her cheeks, feeling the sorrow left behind in the wake of her hallucination. She notices various objects around her room glowing black and takes serveral calming breaths, trying to rein in her emotions before she blows up half her possessions. Slightly annoyed, but in much more control, she swipes at her eyes trying to dry her face.

 

"What the...?"

 

She climbs to her feet to go look in her vanity mirror. And there, on her forehead, is a blue black jewel glittering with an inner sparkle. And she knows then that it was real, not a hallucination, but a real vision.

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O.K. So what do you think? Do you think I should continue? Watch for Chapter 2: Descent of the Pheonix