Raven thought she didn't have any guests at graduation (though she had hoped a little that her mother would appear). It was a relief, since everyone else related to her tended to be evil, and since her dream about her brothers and her brush with her father, she'd felt especially wary ( Read more... )

Not having a roommate meant Raven had plenty of room. She was taking advantage of that now, laying out a circle of candles and sweet-smelling incense (frangipani was her favorite) on the floor. It was a daily ritual, and she meant to relax herself and still her mind before watching Rumor Gal tonight. Though, on second thought, since she didn't ( Read more... )

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Trigon had risen, his strength now restored. He was too late to save his daughter, and her death filled him with anger. She would be avenged.

"I FEEL THE POWER NOW, FOUR BILLION SOULS ALL IN MY POSSESSION," he said, relishing the suffering all around him. "I FEEL THEIR ENERGIES AND THEY GIVE ME STRENGTH. THEY CRY OUT TO ME, PLEAD ( Read more... )

[Follows this.]Raven felt the tides of each dream turning, and smiled coldly. "I am victorious!" she gloated to Tara and Arella. "One by one, they give into their dark sides. And one by one they fall under Trigon's sway. Trigon has won!" The ground around them began to shake, and stone exploded into smaller shards as a bolt of lightning struck the ( Read more... )

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Raven teleported herself atop a building that overlooked her former friends, watching over them as they laid upon the ground, bodies thrashing as they fought against their darkest fears. She smiled and drank it all in, savoring their suffering. Soon they would be hers. Soon they would serve her father. ( Just as she did, they would have no choice. )

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Black storm clouds roiled overhead as the group appeared on the streets of New York, and thunder boomed as lightning split the sky. All the people around them were looking upward in confusion and fear when Raven appeared floating in the air far above, red and terrible"Humans, hear me now!" she shouted. "They call me Raven -- and ( Read more... )

Raven sat on the floor of her room, completely dark but for a single candle. "Azar, I beseech you," she prayed. "Hear my words, answer my prayers. I need you, Goddess. I need you. My mind is a battleground, whipped and ripped asunder, torn from the very fabric of reality. He, that demon who is Trigon, that demon who is my father...he calls for me. ( Read more... )

Raven hadn't slept at all the night before, but despite how tired she was, she decided to go out for a walk in the Preserve, hoping the peace and quiet would calm her troubled mind. And the cold might help wake her up. She didn't need as much sleep as others did, but no sleep at all plus the restlessness of the two previous nights was wearing on ( Read more... )

Raven was prepared for her father this night, or at least she thought she was. It took her awhile to fall asleep due to being so tense, but eventually she managed to relax enough to slide into sleep.

( She shouldn't have been surprised about drifting into a dream about something that had been on her mind for the past several days. )

It was good to be back in Fandom and back in her own bed. Being crowded in a room at Sookie's had been like an extended slumber party, but she was happy to have her privacy again. The presents she'd received had been set lovingly atop her bureau and desk, all except Jono's bracelet. That was still around her wrist and would rarely leave it ( Read more... )