With Or Without You (fourth in Destiny Series)

10) Traitor

Raven slowly got out of bed. She pulled on her leotard, and paused. Outside her window, she saw the sun rising. Morning, a fresh new day.

Raven caught herself wondering what the green Titan was doing now. She shook her head, those types of thoughts didn't concern her; they shouldn't, but they did nonetheless.

Raven pulled on the rest of her costume and made her way out of her bedroom. As she walked down the hallway she heard voices. Raven crept up to the door and pressed her ear to it.

"I still don't see why you thought that attacking Titan's South was necessary," Raven heard Slade say. She pushed the door slightly open and peered in.

She could see Slade standing with his arms crossed. Across from him, sitting on the table, was Terra. Raven frowned.

"Now she'll listen better to you, now that she knows what you are capable of," said the traitor. "She'll do anything you'll ask."

"And what exactly am I going to ask her for?" Slade enquired.

"There's got to be a spell to help me," Terra replied. Slade stared down at her unmoving. "A spell to reverse what she did to me."

Raven blinked. Before she could help it, a flashback took control of her mind:

The rock hurtled towards the green Titan in slow-motion. Every fiber of her being screamed at her to get up and help. With what little strength she had, she staggered to her feet.

She gritted her teeth and willed the rock to stop. Black energy encased the rock and stopped it inches from the green Titan's face.

"I thought I took care of you!" Terra exclaimed.

"Think again," she replied. Terra glared at her, and fought for control over the boulder. Nothing happened. The traitor gritted her teeth, and struggled to break Raven's hold on the rock.

"It'll be the last thing you ever do." Raven heard herself warn. Terra ignored the threat.

"She took something from me." Raven focused back on the scene in front of her. Terra was furious. Her backpack was sitting on the floor, and she reached up and loosened her tie.

Raven watched as the traitor kicked off her shoes, and crossed her legs under her skirt. Raven frowned. Hadn't Terra once worn yellow shorts and a black t-shirt with a T on it?

"And if she remembers what happened?" Slade asked. There were a few minutes of silence. Raven could see Terra frowning.

"I hadn't thought of that," the blue-eyed girl muttered.

"You usually don't," Slade replied.

Terra scowled. "What about Jinx?" she asked at length.

Raven frowned. She knew the name. Wasn't Jinx a sorceress too? A sorceress with white skin...

"She might still be too weak after bringing my new apprentice back from the dead," Slade replied.

Raven blinked. She had been dead? Was it possible that she had had a life before this one? 

"Besides, we need her to be strong when she takes care of Raven's memory for good."