Hey! Chapter one, Improved version! I was going back through my reviews and thought to myself, 'Self, I need to improve my story.' So here I am.

I walked through the empty side-street of Jump City. I busted a fire hydrant with shadowy telepathic and calmly walked away. Was I a villain? No. But my plan caused me act like one. I snapped a few telephone wires with my shadow telepathic powers. I thought of lifting up a boulder and smashing it through a store window but that would alert the police and that was not how I wanted this to go.

It was the Teen Titans I was after.

Back at the Tower, an alert flashed on the screen in the living room and alarms sounded loudly.

"Titans, trouble." Robin said to the others. "Downtown."

The titans left the tower and headed downtown. "Search the streets." Robin ordered.

"Um, we don't have to," Raven said montonely, pointing down the street.

Out of the corner of my eye, I saw the Titans. I gave them no sign that I had though. As they got within four yards of me, I rose up into the air as fast as a bullet. I hovered there, looking down at them. Starfire and Raven leaped up and joined me for air melee. Suddenly, Starfire hands glowed a neon green and shot jade-colored star bolts at me, and I dived to avoid them. Cyborg fired shots at me me with his laser cannon. I swerved them, but a piece of my cape got burned, a black, charred section of my bright white cape.

Beast Boy launched himself in to the air as a giant bird and brought me to the ground. I slid a few feet and as I was righting myself, about to fly again, a streak of red and green pushed me to a wall. It was Robin, the infamous Boy Wonder.

"Who are you and what are you doing here?" He demanded. The other four titans gathered behind him, all of them watching me with narrowed eyes.

Before now, I had kept my hood on, to viel my face in shadow. I pulled down my hood and shook my head, my long purple hair fell down past my shoulders. "I-I'm Ezerra. I-I need your help."

Behind Robin, Beast Boy said, "You could've walked up to the Tower and--" He didn't finish because Raven elbowed him in the ribs. Point one for Raven.

"I thought if I acted villianish you guys would come," I said quietly, my barely above a whisper. Now, my reason sounded so stupid as I said it.

Robin stared me in the face and I looked back at his mask, praying my amethyst gaze would not betray my fear inside. "Whatever it is you need, you can explain at the tower."

My eyes widened. A few words and I was going to the Titans Tower! Robin let go of my shoulders and began heading back to the Tower. I followed in the back beside Raven.

"Hi," I said quietly.

"Hello," she replied, her monotone voice sounding a bit cold. "Why are you here?"

"I'm going to explain a bit now and the rest at the tower."

I talked to Raven as we headed to the Tower. More like she nodded or said a short reply of a couple words after me saying a sentence or two; she isn't talkitive and I was nervous.

I was sitting on the couch with the Titans sitting around me. I felt closed in, and like I had commited a huge crime. Does wrecking part of a city count as huge crime?

"Why are you here?" Robin asked calmly. The Boy Wonder's voice was flat, emotionless, and his masked eyes were narrowed.

I took a deep breath and began, "I lived in an orphanage a few miles from here. I knew I was different from the other kids. It's obvious why. The orphanage woman knew I was different too. Two weeks ago two of the kids went missing and I went looking for them. I found them but… they were dead. The caretaker called the police on me when she found me so I fled. I have no where to go, I tried looking for a home but the news spread that I was a criminal.

"I didn't hurt those kids—they were like sixteen but still—but no one believed me." I finished and looked at my feet.

"So every person you have come across thinks you're a criminal?" Robin asked.

"Yes."

Raven spoke up. "She's from my dimension, Robin. Don't you see the resemblance? No wonder everyone thought she was criminal."

I was shocked that she said this; why should she stand up for me, a stranger? A known criminal? Someone with the kind of power she had? Someone dangerous? I noticed how similar we looked. Same dark purple eyes and hair, same bone structure. I was slightly tanner and my hair was longer.

Robin obviously just noticed this. "Well, you're right Raven. As for your story, I don't believe you have done anything wrong. You can stay at the Tower for now; that is, until we can find you somewhere else."

His tone was not welcoming; rather, it was coated with unwant for a guest in the tower, espically a powerful stranger. Nervertheless, I suddenly just wanted to throw my arms around him and thank him but I smiled instead. "Thanks!"

"So new girl-"

"Ezerra," I corrected.

"Is staying?" Beast Boy asked.

"Yep." Raven replied.

"We should make breakfast for dinner to welcome our new guest!" Starfire said.

"Oh yeah!" Cyborg agreed. "Sorry 'bout the cape." He said, eyeing the burnt piece.

"Its fine and I love breakfast for dinner."

"Tofu waffles tonight!" Beast Boy shouted.

I looked at him like he was crazy. Cyborg stole my words: "Dude, nobody likes tofu waffles!"

We joked and laughed together as if I had known the Titans all my life. They were the coolest people I had ever met. They were nice and funny. I wished I could be one of them. At least then I'd have real friends and family. Well, at least most of the Teen Titans were interacting with me. This excluded Robin and Raven, who sat silent and almost broodingly away from me, Beast Boy, Starfire and Cyborg.

"So what are we doing tomorrow?" I asked, half wondering if I should've spoken.

"Um, well I was going to do some battle training," Robin answered.

"And I planned on kickin' BB's butt at video games," said Cyborg.

"Nuh-uh!" argued Beast Boy.

"Cool," I said. I yawned unexpectedly.

"Today has been an interesting day," said Starfire. "Maybe it's time for sleep?"

"I think so," I muttered, suddenly feeling tired at the mention of sleep.

The guys walked away towards their side of the Tower while I followed Starfire and Raven toward their rooms.

"Where do I sleep?" I asked.

"Would you like to sleep in my room?" Starfire asked. "It is a bit creepy in the room of Raven."

"Sure," I said and followed Starfire into her room. She had a wide open room with lots of space and a giant bed. I ran across the room and hopped onto the bed.

"You're bed is comfortable." I commented.

"Thank you." Starfire said. "Sorry about the firing of star bolts at you. I thought you were..."

"It's fine," I replied while curling in to a ball on one side of the bed. I was half-asleep when Starfire murmured, "Good night, Ezerra. I think we will be good friends."

"Night," I whispered. "I think we will too."

I have added a few more details and such. I'm revising all of my chapters, 1-14. Thanks to all my reviewers who helped me continue to write this story and have stayed with me since the beginning last year and even when it has sucked.

Ezerra