Disclaimer: I do not own Teen Titans. But I do own Melanie. I'm writing this because I feel like and am weird enough to write it.


Titans' Tower was abandoned long ago. Now it is most likely to be dusty and outdated, with broken windows and no one living there. It's been more than twenty years since we all went our separate ways. By now we've all probably started our own families and found jobs to fit our life styles. Still, I can't help but wonder what the others are up to, who their children are, and what they are doing with this new life. My own small family was torn apart many years ago. Now all I have worth living for in my fourteen year old daughter, Melanie.


Melanie looked out her window at the waves that were gently slapping the shores of the beach. Her short black hair was swaying in the cool breeze. She stared at a small cloud and wished that it would rain. After a few minutes she gave up and watched the cloud float on with the others. I could tell something was bothering her.

"What's the matter?" I asked.

"I'm tired of being in this house. I've been home schooled all my life and I've never really been anywhere in this city," she answered.

"Tell you what," I said, "I'll take you to the aquarium today, it always was one of your favorite places when you were younger."

"Thanks mom," Melanie said.

I gently closed the door behind me and walked to my room. I opened my closet and pulled out a photograph hidden at the back, a family portrait taken when Melanie was three. I traced the outline of the man standing next to my photographic self. "I miss you so much," I whispered, "So, so, much."

A tear rolled down my cheek. It seemed like just yesterday that he left me. I put the photograph back and closed the closet doors. Then I decided that today would be the time to tell her the truth about me.

"Are you ready to go?" Melanie asked.

"Come in," I said. She entered and sat on my bed. I sat next to her, "There is something I have to tell you. Those stories I used to tell you, the ones about the Teen Titans. They are true stories. I know them because I was a Teen Titan. In fact I was the Titan named Raven. Melanie, you have inherited some of my powers,"

"Does that mean?"

"Yes,"


I know it's short… the other chapters will be longer. I promise. Please review. Please? I'll give you a lollipop….