Teen titans "Chosen"

Disclaimer: I do not own Teen Titans or the Heartless of Kingdom Hearts. However I do own my feathered lizards and NEW Heartless I invent. (I'll tell ya when!)

Chapter 1: Those Without Hearts

"So I'm guessing that big swirlly vortex thingy isn't supposed to be there." Said Beast Boy.

"Whatever it is, it doesn't seem to be made of anything we know about, it's drawing a total blank on my scanners!" exclaimed Cyborg.

"But from where did it come?" asked Starfire.

"On a wild guess I'd say another dimension." Said Robin.

"Looks cool." Said Raven.

"Yeah you say that about anything black, especially if its black and blue, pun not intended." Said Beast Boy.

"That's a first." Raven sneered.

"Hey!" said Beast Boy.

The Titans had picked up a disturbance in the city and had come to investigate, and now stood before a deep black portal. Suddenly the vortex began to pulse and grow.

"What's going on?" asked Raven.

"I'm picking up heat signatures coming from the vortex, six small ones, three medium sized ones, and one really big one!" answered Cyborg. Then a small shape rocketed out of the vortex.

"Get clear! Whatever those things are, they're moving fast enough to take your head off!" Robin shouted. A second shape rocketed out, then three more. A sixth bright shape zoomed out and slowed slightly before Starfire, she had a short glimpse of bright eyes filled with innocence white as snow, and then it continued on. Another larger shape swooped by, and Beast Boy thought he could see wings.

"What are these thi…" Beast Boy began when a VERY large shape shot by, almost bowling the titans over with it's passing shockwave. It hurtled through the air then, with a shriek, fell and crashed into the mountains out a ways from Jump City.

"What were th…" Robin began, but was cut off as two more shapes leapt through the portal. However these shapes did not continue on, they remained for all to see, and they were a sight to behold. Both were black as pitch, but had glowing feral yellow eyes. They moved as if composed of the very shadows themselves and antennae sprouting from their heads twitched in the air as if looking for something.

The air around the titans seemed to grow cold. "Huh? These were giving off heat a second ago but now the heat sensor can't read any body heat whatsoever!" said Cyborg.

At the sound of Cyborg's voice the creatures' heads snapped toward him. As one they advanced toward him. One creature opened its mouth and a ball of green fire erupted from its jaws and slammed into Cyborg's chest, knocking him to the ground. Cyborg began to rise but a heavy weight slammed on his chest, forcing him back down. It was the other creature. Pressing Cyborg's arms to the ground, the creature lowered it's head toward his chest.

"What the…" Cyborg began but stopped short and began to scream. A red glow appeared at his chest and began to pull away from him. Then in a yellow-green flash, the creature flew off him, Starfire had shot her bolts just in time. The creature rose and made a snarl that turned the blood in the titans' veins, even Raven's, to ice.

"Titans! GO!" Robin shouted. Raven began by summoning a nearby motorcycle and sending it whipping towards one of the creatures. The motorcycle itself passed through it without causing so much as a murmur, however, the heat from the explosion when it struck ground behind the creature seemed to bother it. "Titans! Physical matter doesn't seem to touch em', but energy does! Raven! Starfire! Cyborg!"

Cyborg's cannon, Starfire's star bolts, and Raven's conjured energy all acted in unison, and the two creatures were drowned in a veritable torrent of energy fire. The smoke cleared and only two black spots signified the creatures had even been there.

Gathering some smudge, Robin turned to the others, "lets go back to the tower and try to find out what these things were made of." The titans left and so did not see the smaller creatures leap out of the portal, yellow eyes following their departure.

The Titans had been unable to learn more about the creatures. When they reached the tower Robin checked the vial he had put the smudge in only to find that the substance had completely disappeared in the container meant to hold it.

Later in her room Starfire turned in her bed. "Oh! I wish we had been able to find something out about the nasty black shadows." She said.

'But' she thought 'what was that white thing with the oh so cute eyes?'

A soft clatter sounded outside her door. "Hello" she called. When no one answered she got up and opened her door. Looking down the hall she saw a tail quickly disappear around the corner.

"Who is there?" she asked. She went down the hall and turned the corner. There, huddled against the wall was what appeared to be a small, white, feathery winged lizard. The lizard's eyes were the exact same eyes that Starfire had seen before.

"It's you!" she exclaimed, "You were one of the fast things that came from the portal!"

Later in Starfire's room she was studying the strange lizard. It swiveled its head from side to side and chirped at each new thing it saw.

"What are you small white lizard?" Starfire asked. Then in her mind sounded a voice from the creature.

'I am one of eight.' The voice was that of a young boy.

'One of eight…hmm.' thought Starfire.

Suddenly a squeak announced the arrival of Starfire's silkworm Silkie. "Silkie be careful…" Starfire began but stopped as the two creatures began to play. The lizard would raise his tail and Silkie would chase after it. Whenever Silkie caught his tail the lizard would turn and pounce on Silkie and the two would roll around and laugh in their own creature like way.

Starfire thought the creature seemed friendly enough and she was about to go to get her friends when the lizard stopped and began to shiver.

"What is wrong?" Starfire asked.

'Those without hearts…they are coming!' the voice sounded again. The creature began to shake violently and uncontrollably

"Who is coming?" Starfire asked.

'Those without hearts! THE HEARTLESS!' The voice was shrieking in her head. The lizard began to squeak loudly and to Starfire it was as if he was screaming in terror. Then she saw them.

By her door were what appeared to be black pools. Then shapes began to emerge. To Starfire they looked like the creatures they had fought earlier only smaller (Shadows). They seemed to twitch at regular intervals and would at times sink into the shadows as they advanced towards the three with an all too familiar look of malevolence in their feral yellow eyes.