Slade offers Raven an apprenticeship, Raven loses control of her powers, a mysterious girl called The Shepardess comes to town, and something, or someone, is uniting the Teen Titan's enemies into a dangerous force. Implied Slade/Raven. Written for a friend. There are some mature themes in the story, just a heads up. WARNING: I began this story for a friend when Teen Titans was still on air, and after many threats and rewritings I am finishing this so I can be done with it. I'm including this warning because a lot of this is from years ago, and although I have touched it up I left the story as close to the original as I could, which means things will sound like things written by an angsty young teenager (because it was). Given how long the story is, you will probably notice a distinct difference as the chapters go on, as there are literally years between when I wrote the chapters. I'm hoping there is a noticeable improvement between chapter 1 (rewritten two or three times, the last time when I was about 17~18) and chapter 20 (written at the age of 22). While I could restart the entire thing, I really don't want to rewrite the first 100 pages. Again. And so, I apologize for the quality of the writing and the story, and I hope you will forgive me and enjoy the story regardless!