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// Power Ponies 
// Story: Replacement 
// by Mlp Kitty 
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	Raven had now been in Equestria for a few weeks and every day it became easier to pretend she was Twilight. The voice from the mirror had been correct in saying that Twilight's Diary would be helpfull, and as much as she hated to say it she wished Twilight would never come back. Rarity, Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie, Rainbow Dash, and Applejack were amazing friends. However there would be times when she'd feel a pang of homesickness. Rainbow Dash's exclamations of AWESOME reminded her of how every time they defeated a villain Cyborg would yell BOOYAH at the top of his lungs. Applejack's stubborness reminded her of how determined Robin always was when it came to Slade. Pinkie Pie's joyful spirt reminded her of the many times Starfire had asked her to go to the "mall of shopping" with a hopeful expression on her face. But none of them were really the Titans, they were only kind to her because they thought she was Twilight. And so it was with a heavy heart that she headed off to the castle of the two sisters. 
Spike was already inside, looking as down as she felt. "What's the matter Spike?" She asked as she sat down beside him. 
Spike glanced up at her. "Nopony seems to need my help." 
Feeling his saddness she had an idea. "Well I need your help!" 
Spike jumped up and spun around to face her, "You do?" 
Raven nodded, "I sure do! I've been feeling stressed lately and I heard that reading  a comic book is a great way to calm down. You mind if I borrow yours?" She guestered toward the rolled up power ponies comic he was carying. 
Spike handed it over to her, "Sure thing Twilight!" 
Raven smiled and used her magic to carry the comic over to a nearby room. She wasn't actually intrested in reading it, she had only wanted to help Spike. But so long as she had it here...  She skimmed over the book not really keeping track of the plotline, just missing jump city where she had been like these ponies, a hero deticated to fighting crime. She reached the end of the book and was about to close it when she noticed writing on the back cover. Squinting she slowly read, "You can return to the place you started, when the mane-iac is defeated." At the same moment she could hear Spike and the others calling for her. Just then the comic book started glowing and pulling everything nearby into it, including Raven. Suddently she felt a strong pull on her tail. Turning arou nd, she could see Spike hanging onto her tail so hard he was causeing the dye to smear. Behind him she could see the rest of her, no Twilight's friends hanging on as well. But all the horsepower in the world couldn't stop the book from consuming them.  
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Raven was the first one to come to after being sucked up into the comic book. She looked around only to see that they were on top of a tall building, much like the businesses she'd normally see in Jump City. She then turned to look at Twilight's friends. They all seemed to be fine, execpt for the fact that they were all in ridicoulous costumes. Looking down she saw herself in a brightly colored violet, pink, and blue ensamble. Frowning Raven used her magic to pull the offending garment off. 
"If they want a hero, I'll give them one!" Raven mumbled as she retreated into the shadows and rifled through her saddle bag until she found what she was looking for. For a brief second she smiled. "Now that's more like it." She levtitated a familair blue cloak out of the very bottom of her saddle bag. Pulling the hood up so it concealed her face, she turned to see Twilight's friends slowly getting up. Raven started to walk towards them, then she stopped herself. "What am I doing? I can't risk them figureing out that I'm not Twilight!" She said to herself. She glanced back at where the dye on her tail was smeared. She smiled, "Maybe they won't have to." It wasn't hard to remove the dye, Raven simply used her magic to break a rain gutter and rinsed it off. The hard part was still aheaad of her. 
She arived back at the rooftop to hear Spike exclaim, "You're the heros from my comic book! But..." 
"But what Spikey Wikey?" Raven heard Rarity ask. 
"But one of the Power Ponies is missing," Spike said looking down sadly. 
The rest of Twilight's friends looked around until finally Pinkie Pie blurted out who their missing member was. 
"Twilight! Right? Did I get it wrong? Do I get three guesses?" She said as she began pacing at an alarming rate.
"What could've happened to her?" Applejack asked looking to Spike as their resident expert on the Power Ponies. 
"The Mane-iac must have kidnapped her!" Spike said as he pounded his first into his palm.  
Raven took a deep breath, "Here goes nothing. Azarath Metrion Zinthos!" The rush of relief and homesickness she got from finally having an oppertunity to chant her mantra almost made her turn around. But she continued her walk out of the shadows. "What are you doing up here?" She asked the Power Ponies. It was then that she finally got a good look at their uniforms. Applejack's traffic light colored outfit was all too similar to a certain spikey haired titan's. 
"I reckon we can ask ya the same question." Applejack asked her, as she stared her down suspiciously. 
"I don't recgonise you from my comic book." Spike mumbled in confusion.  
Raven racked her mind for an explination he would believe. "Of course he manages to remember every minisule detail of that clique comic." She growled in annoyence, as her  mind went back to a certain battle between an evil fanboy with delusions of granduer and a green shape shifer. Why did everything seem to be reminding her of the Titans nowadays? Clearing her throught she answered Applejack's question in her usual monotone. "I'm from the reserves, when we recieved word that the Masked Matterhorn was missing they dispached me." 
Everypony but Spike seemed to completely buy her explination. But before he could question her authenticity a large object flew into the side of the building they were standing on. Raven watched quietly as the Power Ponies tried and failed to catch the Mane-iac.  However even an expert  at ignoreing catastrophies like her couldn't stay quiet after being sucked up into a tornado. 
"These are your powers, shouldn't you be able to control them?" She asked, fighting nausia. 
Rarity chuckled nevously, "Well, about that..." But before she could finish the tornado suddently evaporated. Out of instinct Raven levitated before hitting the ground.  "They're not really our powers persay."
Raven replied in her typical monotone. "What do you mean? You are the power ponies right?"
But before Rarity could respond Spike walked up to them, a bucket on his foot. " I let her get away, she was right there and I let her get away!"
Raven moved to comfort him before remembering, I don't look like Twilight anymore! He doesn't know me! And for some reason, this made her, sad. That's impossible! Raven thought, I hardly know these ponies and they don't even know me! How can I feel things for them? How can I feel things at all without blowing something up?
"Don't ya worry Spike, I'm sure you'll get another chance to give that Mane-iac the what for!" Applejack said as she patted Spike on the back, hard. 
Spike's mask creased in concentraion, "i do know where her hideout is." 
"And where's that?" Raven asked.
* * * 
The Power Ponies stood outside a shampoo factory. "I really should've seen this coming." Raven muttered.
"She's in there." Spike said pointing. 
"Personally," Raven started. "I think we should try a surprise attack." But just as she finished speaking she noticed Rainbow Dash yelling threats at the neon sign of the factory.  "There goes that idea." 
"Allright ya'll," Applejack shouted as the Mane-iac and her minoins flooded out of the factory. "Time to Power Pony up!"
"Titans go!" Raven mumbled.  
She started running forward along with the others only to hear Spike suddently shout, "It's the hair spray ray of doom! It stops you in your tracks and renders your powers useless!" Raven slid to a halt and focused on avoiding the ray as it froze the other power ponies. 	She came to stand beside Spike just as he yelled out, "Don't spray!" 
The Mane-iac laughed in his face. "Why Humdrum why would I waste the hair spray ray of doom on you?" She laughed insanely again before turning to Raven. "I  don't waste my best weapons on hero wannabes either."
* * *
Raven and Spike sat in the rafters of the Shampoo factory watching as the Mane-iac refroze the Power Ponies every three minutes. "Why don't you go down there and help them?" She asked Spike.
Spike sighed, "Because I'm Humdrum, I have no powers, and I can't do anthing right. Everypony only keeps me around cause they feel sorry for me."
Raven had to chant to keep herself from feeling sad for Spike. "You know some the world's best heroes have no powers."
Spike lifted his head to look at her. "Really?"
Raven nodded, "Honest. I once knew a hero who had no powers at all and you know what?" Spike shook his head. "That hero went to a place called Jump City and formed his own team of heroes. And even though he was the only one out the team with no powers, it was him they chose as their leader."
Spike looked at her skeptically, "You're just telling me this to make me feel better."
Raven shook her head, "No. That hero's name was Robin and I was a part of that team."
Spike smiled, "You know, you know our names what's yours?"
Raven allowed herself a small smile, "It's Raven."

* * *
Raven stood in the main hallway of the castle of the two sisters mane and tail re-dyed. She looked behind her at the five ponies surrounding Spike and praising him for his heroic actions. Raven remembered the moment directly after she had defeated Trigon, how her friends had crowded around her the same way, how Beast Boy had hugged her. She had hated that hug, but now she'd do anything to return to that moment.
"But I couldn't have done it without Raven's encouragement." Spike finished. 
"That's quite the story!" Raven said, reminding herself to sound cheerful. 
"Ya know Twi, we never did find out what happened to ya." Applejack said. Raven could hear the suspicion in her voice.
"I was held captive  by some mare with the strangest hair." She responded. "Do you not trust me anymore Applejack?"
Applejack blushed, "Nah Twilght, it's just you've been actin kinda odd. I can't put my hoof on it though."
She's on to me, Raven realised. Then again, Robin would notice imedatly if someone else replaced her. Even if she looked exactly the same. I just need to fool them until the real Twilight comes back. But she would soon face something far more frightning than being discovered.