Raven's Old Friend(feedback welcomed and apperacited)

[Aquagirl15]

Ok theses of you who know about my fanfic will be happy that I’m posting it. It’s a little confusing 'cause I tell some of the beginning through Sparrow's point of view and some of the parts are told by the author (me). I hope you like it!!!!



Chapter1 Introduction


I cannot tell you all the facts about me for I know there is someone who knows me better than I know myself. But I can tell you about my past and about who I am today. I live on Azerath (or is it Azareth?) a different demission than earth. It is on earth but is like a planet within a planet. I was about three when I met the wonderful girl that would become my best friend. She was cursed with a terrible father bent on destroying Aerate and her. As far as I know he is still living but my friend has driven him from Azerath.Her name is Raven.Raven has powers that no one can imange.She is beautiful and i will confess to you that i have more than feelings of friendship for her.My heart was broken when she left Azerath for what reason i do not know.i miss Raven very much but when i turn 18 i will be able to go find her.My past is important ot this story as well as my friendship with Raven.i can control people.i can make them do whatever i want them to.My parents saw problems as soon as i was born. They taught me to do nothing but good and didn't tell me my powers until I was six. I cannot remember how I reacted, but I suppose I was excited and angry. Angry at my parents for not telling me sooner. I am an expert at using my powers now. Most of the time I just use them to kid around with my friends. Sometimes I pretend to not have these powers so I don't take advantage of them. I don't really think I am special. A lot of people on Azerath have powers more spectacular than mine. Like Raven.... she describes her powers as a burden and hard to manage. I think her powers are fantastic and interesting.


Chapter 2 "No Turning Back"



"HAPPY BIRTHDAY SPARROW!!"

"Uh Zara," I said sleepily.

"Get up, get up, get up!" Zara screamed at me.

I looked at the small, black clock by my bed. 6:00 in the morning. Why did my annoying little sister have to wake me up so early? And on my birthday!

"Zara, you really should try and be nicer to me today. It's my birthday after all," I told her.

"I know that! But Mom told me to wake you up so you can tell her what kind of cake you want!" Zara said exasperated. Zara is 12 and I am 18 in .... four hours. I stumbled out of bed. Zara just stood there looking at me.

"What do you want?" I asked her. She sniffled at me and said: ”You’re the best big brother I ever had…..and you’re going to leave us to go find your friend Raven.” I looked at her pitiful face and felt a lump in my throat. I picked Zara up and swung her around. Her face brightened as I sat her down again. Zara then skipped out of my room so I could change my clothes. My room and clothes are a lot a like; dark. My room is black, dark blue and dark green. Mt clothes contain: a dark green cloak and a black full length suite. There is a symbol on my chest that I drew when I was very little. It is a sparrow (duh like my name) but it looks like a bird with tails of fire. On my clothes it is dark blue across my chest. I hurried down stairs; my mom greeted me at the bottom of them. Behind her I saw a black sign that said: ’Happy 18th Birthday Sparrow’.

“Oh honey sorry about the early awakening but I waned to make sure you wanted a chocolate on chocolate cake”. Mom rushed. My mom always wants to be on time.

“Yes mom just like every other year” I told her. My Mom nodded and hurried into the kitchen. My father walked up to me.

“Son, no more kid stuff. You’re a grown man now.” He shook my hand. I felt mature. We all milled around until the party started. My Mom only stopping her work to have a quick breakfast. Then she was on her feet again. ******

The party was fun. Laughing, jokes, wrestling around. But now it is time to pack, so I can go find Raven. I carried only a small bag on my shoulder. Mother sobbed, Father was serious, Zara, well Zara was happy, sad, mad, and hurt all at the same time. I hugged and kissed my mother, received a hug and pat on the back from Father. Zara was the hardest one to say good-bye to. Her big orb-like eyes were shining with tears. I picked her up and held her to me.

“I’ll always be thinking about you,” she whispered in my ear. I wiped a tear from her face and she must’ve wiped one from mine. I put her down.

“You know if you want to, you can…. come back,” my Mom said.

“No, Mother. As soon as I walk out this door there is no turning back. I will find Raven no matter what.” With one last look at my wonderful family, I took a slow step out the door. Soon I was out the door and looking in at my family. They all smiled and waved. I waved at them and walked down the road. I dragged my feet and turned back to look at the light the size of a post stamp that was my front door. ******

Raven sat alone in her room. She was thinking about the day. Today was the day that her old friend celebrated, but she didn’t. Sparrow’s birthday. She flipped through a photo album and stopped on one picture. Ignoring the picture in the front, Raven reached for the hidden picture behind it. This would be a funny picture for some, but for Raven it was unusual. The photograph showed Raven and Sparrow about eight. Sparrow had his lips on Raven’s cheek. This had been the first time that Sparrow had showed Raven he cared for her more than just a friend. Raven in the photo was surprised and two windows shattered behind her. Raven replayed the day in her mind. Sparrow had walked up to her very nervous. He took a step forward and kissed Raven’s cheek. He had drawn back quickly. Raven was unprepared as the windows broke. Sparrow’s face had gotten so red with embarrassment you couldn’t imagine it. Raven’s mother had taken the picture and given on to her just to make the embarrassment last. Raven smiled slightly at the memory. She hadn’t told any of the Titans about her friend Sparrow. Nor was she going to. But something inside her told Raven that Sparrow was closer than she thought.

As told by Sparrow….

I had killed many miles by flying. Now I was in a city called Gotham. I remembered from Raven’s letters that her friend Robin was known in Gotham. I saw a man, older than me, sitting on a bus bench. I steered myself through the crowd surrounding me to get to him. He saw me and could tell I wanted to talk to him. All he could see were my eyes as I had my hood up.

“Excuse me sir…”

“Oh, call me Jason,” the man interrupted.

“Ok, Jason, do you know about Robin?”

“Robin… yes the young teen who trained with Batman a few years ago. I think he left Gotham and went to JumpCity, not far away. Calls his new team the Teen Titans.”

“Thank you very much, Jason. This information will make it much easier to find my friend”. I turned to leave.

“Good luck… uh, I did not receive your name,” Jason said.

“Sparrow. I’m Sparrow.”

“Right. Good luck Sparrow!” Jason told me.

I smiled at Jason as I was pulled into the crowd. ******

Raven snapped her book shut. She couldn’t concentrate with Beast Boy and Cyborg yelling as they played the Gamestation. Robin saw Raven get up and looked darly at Cyborg and Beast Boy. He didn’t want Raven to get angry. Robin’s look silenced Cyborg, but Beast Boy kept on shouting.

“Dude, I passed you! I’m going to win, I just know it! Time to change your name to the formerly undefeated….”

“Yo BB!” Cyborg said.

“What?” he asked.

“Shut up,” Cyborg told him, nodding towards Raven. Raven had been acting different, no doubt about it. Ever since she got a vision at dinner a few nights ago. They all knew it was a vision because Raven’s eyes had turned black for a minute. Raven had said she was going to the roof to meditate. She had a vision about Sparrow coming to see her. Raven hoped with all her heart that he was. She wanted to see her old best friend so badly.

As told by Sparrow….

I reached JumpCity in a matter of hours after talking to Jason. I would have gotten here quicker, but I had no idea where I was going. I had to follow the street signs, which slowed me down. But anyway, I’m going to find out where these Teen Titans are. Robin will know where Raven is, I’m sure. I walked into the town and looked around. It was night and all the buildings had bright lights on them. I passed a large building and was able to see the ocean. Right by the coast line was a really big building shaped like a T. “Why not?” I thought. I flew over to the coast and up to a big gray door. ******

The security alarm jolted Raven from her sleep. She used her powers to get her cloak and rushed out of her room. Cyborg, Robin, and Starfire were already out in the hall too. Beast Boy stumbled in rubbing his eyes. He was still half asleep. Everyone but Beast Boy ran down the stairs. He just stumbled slamming against the wall every now and then. They got into the living room and heard a banging on the door. Raven used her powers to see who was outside. She was astounded when she saw Sparrow smiling at her. ******

As told by Sparrow…..

“Raven!” I said smiling at her.

“Sparrow?” Raven said. She was very surprised. The big grey door opened. I was faced with a very pretty alien girl, a half-asleep green changeling, a half man, half robot, and a boy wonder.

“Raven,” the boy with spiky black hair said. “Who is this?”

“This is… Sparrow,” Raven said slowly.

“Oh a lot of help that does us! Hurry up, I’m losing valuable sleeping time here!” the changeling shouted. Raven rolled her eyes. Apparently she didn’t like the green boy.

“Come up to my room. We’ll have to talk about this in the morning,” Raven told me. I followed her up millions of stairs to a door that said ‘Raven’ on it. The door opened automatically and we stepped in.

Raven’s room was dark, like mine. That was one of the things we both liked – dark. Many unusual masks seemed to stare at me as I looked around the room. Raven brought me a cot and some blankets. She found a spare pillow in her closet and handed it to me. I threw my cloak off and pushed it under the cot. Raven too removed her cloak. Now I could see the beauty of Raven’s eyes that had always been one of her best features, in my opinion at least. I pulled up the covers and got in, the cot I guess.

“I’m going to meditate before I get in bed. It’s the only way to keep me from dreaming,” Raven told me. I nodded. After my three day journey I was very happy to have a comfortable place to sleep. Raven’s quiet chanting of “Azerath…Metrion…Zinthos… Azerath…Metrion…Zinthos… soon made me drift off to sleep. ******

I woke up early, as I normally do, and heard the water running. Raven was in the shower. I retrieved my now wrinkled cloak and put it on. As I left Raven’s room, I hoped I wouldn’t get lost on my way to the living room. To my fortune, the mechanical teen was also leaving his room.

“Hey!” I said, running up to him. He looked at me with a puzzled look. “I’m afraid if I try and go downstairs by myself I’ll get lost. Raven’s in the shower and I didn’t want to bother her when she gets out,” I explained.

“Don’t worry, I’ll show you the way down. I’m Cyborg,” he said, holding out a hand. I shook it and said: “I’m Sparrow.”

“So you’re a friend of Raven’s?” Cyborg asked.

“Yeah. I met her when I was three. She was only two. Our parents worked together, so it was planned for us to be friends.” We started walking down the hall.

“Do you know who Trigon is?” Cyborg asked.

“He’s Raven’s father. A demon who wants to destroy Azerath. Yeah, I know about him alright, big problem for Raven.” I stopped, wondering something. “How do you know about him?” I wanted to know.

“Oh, uh, well, that’s a long story. BB went into Raven’s room and made me come with him. We got stuck in a mirror that was a portal into her mind. We helped her fight Trigon.”

“Um… who’s BB?” I asked.

“Oh right, BB is Beast Boy. He’s the green one.”

“Oh, ok. Raven doesn’t seem to like him very much.” I wanted Cyborg to know I had found something out.

“She thinks he’s loud and his jokes are annoying, but she does like him. I mean, he’s Raven’s friend.” I nodded. Zara and I are like that. I can really hate her but then I love her to death. I know it’s weird for a guy to admit he loves his little sister, but it’s true. We got downstairs and to a grey door. This one opened automatically like Raven’s bedroom door. We walked through it and Cyborg walked into the kitchen which was connected to the living room.

“What do you like for breakfast?” Cyborg asked me.

“I’ll wait until Raven comes down. Chances are I’ll like what she’s eating.” I didn’t want to make Cyborg go to the trouble of fixing me breakfast when I wasn’t really hungry. Raven came through the door. As usual she started making her herbal tea. I walked over to her.

“What are you making?” I asked her.

“Herbal tea.” She replied as she helped herself to a steaming glass.

“Can I…” I began.

“Help yourself.” Raven interrupted.

“Thanks.” And I too got a mugful. Soon the spiky-haired boy and the alien girl arrived and started eating the breakfast Cyborg had prepared. A half-hour Beast Boy entered. Turning his nose up at the breakfast on the table, he made what looked like tofu waffles. As soon as he had stared eating a loud alarm went off.



There, happy now? I will try and keep you as updated as possible so you don’t have to wait. I know how much I hate waiting so I don’t want to make you guys suffer. More tomorrow probably!

[nevermore]

(thousands of people start clapping) Wait I'm the only one in here. IT WAS AWSOME!!!! PHENOMINAL!!!!! I LIKE IT, I LIKE IT, I LIKE IT. WRITE MORE. IT IS EXCELLENT!!!!!

[T.T.Raven4]

I THINK it's Azarath. I might be wrong.

Great story! But like all other fics are, would3 the Titans really be soquick to accept this dude they dont even know? He walks in, and goes up with raven. Do they just think, ok! Probbaly not. But My fics like that too, and I made the same mistake. Besides that little thing, Great start! Please write more!

[nevermore]

But Sparrow is her friend. If Raven trusts the dude after the Terra incident, I think that this guy will be accepted by the others. Masterfully written Aquagirl. I'll definetly read this.

[T.T.Raven4]

Point Taken. It'll be interesting. Can't wait to see rest.

Over and Out

[Sproxie]

definetely can't wait to see more, great job!

I loved the part about Raven and Sparrow in the picture, it was adorable! (don't ask)

[Raven37]

Very nice. (Although I didn't take time to reread it 'cause you read it to me over the phone)

P.S. Yes, it's spelled 'Azarath'

[RavenBlackfire3]

ya, i started reading the one that only had half on it and i thought that was the real thing and i was thinking, " thats a weird cliffhanger...." i found the rest though, so im a happy camper! anyways, VERY VERY good. i cant wait to see what happens!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Aquagirl15]

Originally Posted by nevermore

But Sparrow is her friend. If Raven trusts the dude after the Terra incident, I think that this guy will be accepted by the others. Masterfully written Aquagirl. I'll definetly read this.

Yeah and they were friends for like 6 or 7 years in my fic. thanks for the compliment i will cherish your posts!

[Aquagirl15]

MORE!!!! i am not good at writing fight scenes just so you know




As told by Sparrow:

Everyone ran to the TV that took up most of the living room. It took me long enough but I realized that Robin is the black-haired boy. He pushed some buttons on the control panel and a sludge monster appeared.
“Let’s go.” Robin said. Everyone but me ran towards the door.

“You coming?” Raven asked. I didn’t think they needed me so I nodded, happy to be like part of the team. We found the monster at a toxic waste dump. He was drinking the waste and getting bigger and bigger.



“Plasmus.” Robin said. As if the thing knew its name it looked up at us. He threw sludge at Robin and Cyborg but it missed. The fight was on. The pretty alien girl shot her green bolts at Plasmus and many holes formed in his middle. Plasmus just looked down and filled the holes with sludge. Then, he threw sludge at her. It hit right on target and the alien girl was stuck.

“Starfire!” Robin yelled rushing over to her. While Robin tried to disentangle Starfire from the sludge, I drew my sword. I had to help one way or the other so I tried slicing Plasmus’ head off. Before I could get a clean cut he grabbed my leg. I was dangling about six feet off the ground; in danger of being dropped on my head. Raven took charge.



“Azarath…Metrion…ZINTHOS!” she said her magic words. Plasmus was forced to drop me as he was engulfed in black energy. Beast Boy seeing, me fall, grabbed my shoulders as an eagle. He put me down and then transformed into a bull that charged Plasmus. To my surprise this hurt Plasmus and stunned him. Cyborg took the opportunity to blast Plasmus with the cannon on his right arm. Robin had gotten Starfire out of the sludge and threw an exploding disk at Plasmus. When the dust that had swept up after the disk hit him Plasmus was nothing but a small man. He seemed to be knocked out. I guessed that Plasmus was only a monster when he was awake. We dropped him off at the jail and went back to the tower.



“Man you looked ready to kill with that sword!” Beast Boy told me. I removed the sword from its sheath and showed it to him. It was a good sword, very light and it could be considered a work of art. In the hilt there were black and red stones. The blade was nice and sharp. I took really good care of it and was trained well.

“So how come Raven’s from Azarath and has powers but you don’t?” BB asked me.

“Who said I don’t?” I shot back.

“Well it wasn’t like you did anything out of the ordinary when we were fighting Plasmus.”

“That’s because my powers wouldn’t have helped much in that setting.” I told him. Now I was ready for some fun. Beast Boy looked at me for a second. Then he was jumping up and down, flapping his arms like a chicken.

“Uh…Beast Boy what are you doing?” Robin asked.

“He’s not doing anything, I’m the one making him.” I said. Robin gave me quizzical look. Beast Boy stopped jumping around.

“Whoa dude… what was that? I heard your voice in my head telling me to jump and flap my arms and then I did it.”

“That’s because my power is to control.” Robin looked uneasy at this news. I had expected that as it was hard for someone to trust a guy if he can control people. He had no way of telling that I wasn’t controlling Raven.

Raven was holding a small book and not listening to a word of what was going on. I think you can guess the odd thing about that. I said a small book. Usually, Raven reads long drawn out books. I ignored Robin’s stare and went over to Raven. She snapped the book shut as I tried to look at it. From the short glance I found that it was a photo album Raven was looking at. Raven didn’t realize she still had a picture in her hand, and I saw it. I turned bright red at seeing Raven with this picture. It had happened so long ago that if she was looking at it… that meant that she had feelings for me… maybe.

[nevermore]

For your first battle scene, it wasn't all that bad. It was a bit short, but had good detail. (It's spelt Plasmus) It was good how you explained how Robin reacted when he found out Sparrow's powers.

I don't think that Raven would be looking at a photo album of her past outside of her room though. Oh well. Still a very well writen chapter.

[Aquagirl15]

what are you talking about? i have always spelt it P-l-a-s-m-u-s. JK! i changed it after i posted it w/ the help of Raven37 who is at my house.

[Sproxie]

I really like this chapter! i like this whole fic actually!
its...uhh, "sweet".....well, i dunno how to explain it, but i really like it.

[Aquagirl15]

it's really that good? surrounded by so many other great fanfics i thought mine wasn't going to be this popular.

[nevermore]

No one ever really thinks that their fanfic will be that good at first. It just turns out that yours is one of the rare ones that is really good right from the beginning.

[Aquagirl15]

Ok the reason Raven was looking at the photo album outside her room was because I‘m trying to give signs about Raven feeling.



As told by Raven…

Sparrow had seen the picture. I didn’t care, when Sparrow sees something that has to do with us I don’t have to make excuses to cover up for things. He doesn’t care. I can be with him and feel like I’m by myself. I put the picture back in its spot, I didn’t care if Sparrow saw it but if Beast Boy saw it we would never hear the end of it. Sparrow had turned red, as it was him that made the picture embarrassing.

“I’m going upstairs.” I said. Sparrow watched me leave the room. I mounted the stairs and climbed them to my room. Once inside, I started to meditate.

“Azarath… Metrion… Zinthos….Azarath…Metrion…Zinthos…” I chanted. By the time I was done and went back down to the living room, everyone was ready for dinner; the only problem was what to have? As usual the only thing we all could agree on was pizza. We drove to the pizza place in the T-car Sparrow was rather impressed that Cyborg had built this all by himself. We ordered our usual, me garlic, Cyborg a meat combo, Beast Boy veggies with no cheese, Starfire anchovies and mint frosting, Robin olive, and Sparrow ate a little of everyone’s except Starfire’s. Once we were done we stopped by the video store to get a movie for each of us. I didn’t get one; I planned to read in my room while the others watched their movies. But as we drove back to the tower I noticed something weird. It was two glints of red light in an alley. They looked like eyes but I couldn’t tell. Then in an instant they were gone. I don’t think anyone but me saw the ‘eyes’; still I was worried. It as if the eyes were a sign of danger.

As told by Sparrow…

My hands balled themselves into fists. I knew that those eyes belonged to someone who I truly hated; someone I never wanted to see again.

Why hadn’t I gotten rid of you when I had the chance? Now he would probably try to wreak the perfect life I had just pulled myself into. My nails dug themselves into my palms and my hands started to shake.

“What’s wrong?” Raven asked me. I just shook my head, unable to speak about the person who had just entered my life once again.


cliffhanger!!!! Hehehehehehehe

[nevermore]

Yay!!!!!:d Cliffhangers!!!!!:d I Like Cliffhangers!!!!:d

[Sproxie]

you must be insane to like cliffhangers! oh, yea....
good chapter! shorter than usual but, hey, it was still great!

[Aquagirl15]

cliffhangers are the writer's own personal weapon so you will stay hooked. FUN,FUN!!!

2 pages! YAY!!! thanks guys, i feel so special!

[T.T.Raven4]

No Fic is ever complete without a Raven relationship I mean that to be funny, and kinda seriouisly. I love Raven relationships.

Now, for the death threat

Ahem, WRITE MORE OR I'LL SKIN YOU ALIVE AND EAT YOUR VITAL ORGANS!