Chapter 1: My Birthday

I had only been with the Teen Titans a couple weeks and while I very much enjoyed feeling like a piece of a greater whole it was very different to how I had been operating the past five years. Before the Titan some people would say I was a lone vigilante a scourge on the particular city I was in while others would say I was a hero someone for people to look up to but no matter what people called me I still continued doing what I did and over the past weeks I had come to a conclusion I needed a vehicle of my own. Whenever the team had a call for a mission in the city while Raven, Starfire, Bumblebee and Beast Boy could fly I was reduced to only two options I either had to ride in the T-car with Cyborg and Terra or I had to ride on the back of Robin's R-cycle with him. In my mind I would more useful being able to get myself to the location we were headed to by having a car or bike of my own. One day at breakfast I brought my idea up to the team.

''Hey guys I was thinking about maybe possibly getting a vehicle of my own for getting to missions and saving time and space so I'm wondering what you guys thought?''

I looked around the kitchen island at everyone as they thought about the question I had posed to them.

Robin was the first to speak by saying ''I think that'd be okay and I can see where you're coming from with wanting to more self reliant.''

''What were you thinking of getting Blaze a bike or a car?'' Raven asked.

''I was thinking a bike and no offense to you Robin but I prefer the look of Harley, Victory and Triumphs over crotch rockets.''

''That's cool everyone has their own style and aesthetic.'' Robin said indicating he wasn't offended.

''So do you have a license or a permit for a bike?'' Cy asked.

''Yeah I have a permit it's from Washington but I've had it for about six months.''

''You'll have to get a California permit before you can get your license.'' Cyborg said.

''Okay do you think we could do that tomorrow then?'' I asked.

''Sure but since you have no parents out here we'll have to talk to the Mayor of Jump City and see what he can do if anything.'' Cyborg explained.

The next morning after breakfast Cyborg and I went to City Hall and talked to the mayor who explained that since I was a defender of the city and under eighteen I could get a special license that the city would issue me and all I had to do was take the written test for a permit, return it to him and he'd take care of the rest. He gave me the book to study and over the next few days studying was all I did during my free time and then I returned to the Mayor's office so I could take the test for the permit. I sat at his desk and took the test and he ran it over to the DMV section in City Hall and explained the situation to them and about fifteen minutes later he returned with the paper permit that I would hold onto until my plastic one came in the mail about a month later. Cyborg and I returned home to the tower and then we gathered the rest of the team so I could go look at bikes for me to hopefully purchase.

We started off first at the Harley-Davidson dealership in town and once there we browsed looking at the different bikes they had and after a while a salesman came up and asked the usual questions and after talking to him for a bit I showed him the bike I liked the looks of and asked if I could test drive it. After about ten minutes of back and forth I talked him into it and minutes later we were off for a test drive course they had around the back of their building. After the test I was sure the first one I tested was the one I wanted after a few different bikes. I asked about customization and he directed me towards their website which he showed me and I played around with it for a while getting used to the design and asked him about my situation of owning one and showed him my paper permit to which after talking to his supervisor told me it'd be no problem.

Once back at the tower I used the computer in the corner of the GPS Room to get on the site and I started to design my bike the way I wanted it to look. I then ordered it and had it sent to the dealership in town and waited for their call that it was ready.

After browsing all the bikes I decided upon a 2012 Harley-Davidson Super Glide which I customized on the Harley-Davidson's website. The Super Glide was reminiscent of an of the first Custom bike they sold from 1971. I had ordered a customized one from their website. I had ordered a vivid black Super Glide with a lower profile seat that curved back up onto the rear fender to cradle you in the seat. The exhaust pipes were matte black from the engine to tip and flared out for a bigger looking hole. The wheels were black with chrome accents and looked like water heading towards a drain and about a week later the dealership called me and said it was ready for pick up. Cyborg drove me to the dealership and I set up my payment plan for it as well as buying a helmet with a face shield. I then got handed the keys to it and I walked back to the garage where it was waiting for me. I hopped on the bike, put on my helmet and started it making the engine roar to life. I rode it the entire way home and I parked it next Robin's R-cycle in the vehicle hangar and the rest of the team was there ready to see it and me when we arrived back. After about an an hour talking about my bike we all returned to the top floor and had dinner.

Once we were done eating dinner and it was bed time we all adjourned to our rooms. Once I was in my bed in nothing but my boxer-briefs I laid awake thinking of the day I had had along with some guilt about not telling any of my new found friends and teammates that today was my birthday. I didn't tell any of them this because I felt as if I was still so new to the team and I wasn't sure of my place in it besides being the new guy they didn't really know me. But as I drifted off to sleep I sang Happy Birthday to myself as I had done the past four years when I was new to a town and I smiled at all that I had now before closing my eyes and falling asleep.

(Note if you have an OC hero that you'd like to to submit I'd like to see them and will do my best to add them to some chapters in this story and maybe in my Romance story as well.)