Me: Fourteen years….FOURTEEN YEARS AND NOT ONCE HAVE I WROTE A STORY ABOUT THE TEEN TITANS! ARE YOU KIDDING ME?! I used to watch that show religiously when I was a kid, I've been writing fanfiction since I was fourteen (conveniently) and I've been writing my own stories since I was twelve… AND NOT ONCE DID I EVEN THINK ABOUT WRITING A STORY ABOUT THE TEEN TITANS!
Sorry about my little rant there. I felt like I needed to include it to show my frustration at myself for not writing about this sooner. Anyway I started rewatching it cause I kinda went on a clip watching spree on youtube. And as per my usual thing I am writing an OC for this story. Now if you hate OC stories then do us all a favor and leave without telling us about how much you hate it. It's in the fucking description so there's no reason for you to be reading the story anyway. And for all of you flamers out there, since I'm pretty sure most of you haven't read my other stories I am going to give it to you straight. I have a HUGE anger issue, I can handle constructive criticism but if I feel you are flaming me then I will flame you back in the next chapter. Anyway I hope you like this story because I am really excited about it.
Disclaimer: I wish I owned Teen Titans but unfortunately I don't.
Summary: It's been two years since the Titan's have formed and a figure from Robin's past emerges. Secrets unfold, trust is broken, and the Titans find out a new definition for the word "family". Their biggest challenge yet is coming but with all the drama, will they survive? One thing is for sure...the past is truly a pain in the ass.
Pairings: Rob/star, BB/Rae, Cy/Bumblebee (I didn't realize I put BB in it till now...oops ^_^'), and many more. Hey, I don't have to tell you everything. ;)
The rays of the early morning sun glossed over a young spiky haired boy looking over the city he has sworn to protect. Even though he was optimistic about today, as he always is in the morning, he had a strange feeling boiling in the pit of his stomach. His eyes narrowed slightly hating that he didn't know what that feeling meant. Sighing in frustration he decided to not think about it too much as he headed back towards the elevator to head back to the living room knowing that there is only one person who could possibly cheer him up now and that she wakes up with the sunshine. The elevator doors slid open revealing the living room that needed a major clean up. The sink was filled with dishes that looked like they were going to collapse at any moment, Beast Boy's sweat stained socks littered the floor, and the food from last night sat on the coffee table now covered in flies. The room overall would make anyone who didn't live there be sick. But Robin and the others were used to it after getting locked in Beast Boy's room one unfortunate day.
Sitting on the sofa eating her home planet's food, that Robin was unable to identify, sat a beautiful red haired woman wearing her usual purple uniform. Hearing the sliding doors open the woman turned around and smiled seeing who it was. Robin knew that Starfire was his weakness. He had figured out his feelings when he found out that she was going to be married a few months back. Luckily the wedding had been stopped allowing her to come home with them. But knowing the kind of lifestyle they lived, he knew it would be dangerous to act on those feelings.
"Good morning Robin!" She cheered flying over to him gracefully not noticing that the closer she got the redder his face was. "Would you like to eat some of my Tamaranian food for breakfast?" He laughed nervously scratching the back of his head. No matter how much he liked her, the food she ate sometimes scared him.
"I'm actually not that hungry right now. But thanks anyway Star." She looked slightly disappointed but understood nonetheless. They both sat down on the couch quietly watching as the sun continued to rise up into the sky. Robin snuck a glance over to Starfire. No matter how many times she has watched the sun come up her facial expression makes it seem as though she is watching it for the first time. Yet today was different. Her eyes still looked over to the sun but they looked distant. He was about to ask her about it when she spoke first.
"Robin. We are friends, correct?" She asked as though she was speaking her thoughts outloud. The question maked his masked eyes go wide in worry. Oh no. What did I do this time? He cleared his throat making her head snap towards him.
"Of course we are friends. What made you ask that?" She shrugged pulling her legs up to her chest.
"It is just that...well...you know so much about my past but I know nothing about yours. I have always heard that best friends tell each other everything. I have always considered you my best friend. I just wish I knew more about you besides you are from Gotham and you used to be partners with the man of bats." Robin had to hold in a chuckle from the name Starfire just called his adopted father. He knew that the topic of his past would come up eventually, but he still felt weary of sharing anything. Even if that person is Starfire. She was the most honest person he had ever met. She told him everything from what her childhood was like to how she was claimed as 'prize' before she crash landed on Earth. She still held her secrets on what exactly they did to her, but it still made him feel guilty that he couldn't share that much about himself.
Before she could go any further about wanting to know his past, thankfully for Robin, Cyborg walked in as energetic as ever.
"Morning love birds," Cyborg said with a suggestive tone in his voice wiggling his eyebrows knowing full well that it was going to tick Robin off.
"Good morning Cyborg!" Starfire cheered not noticing Robin's eye twitch. Though she has gotten used to the nickname their friends have given the pair (even though she is still confused about why they do it when they know the pair aren't dating), Robin still gets irritated whenever it's brought up. He learned not to say anything since he still has nightmares of what he likes to call the 'girl friend incident'. "How are you on this glorious day?"
"Not too shabby lil lady. Just got a call from Bumble Bee and she says the Titans East are getting themselves ready for their trip over here in a couple weeks."
"Glorious! I cannot wait to see our friends! Bumble Bee, Raven, and I shall go to the mall of shopping upon their arrival to do the talking for girls!"
"Star," Raven said appearing in the common room levitating towards the kitchen with a newspaper under her cloaked armpit. "how many times do I have to tell you? I don't do shopping and I especially don't do girl talk so stop trying to force me into it." As she started making her herbal tea and ignoring Starfire's exuberant speech about quality time together, Raven passed the newspaper she had been carrying to Robin as she did every morning. Muttering a quick thanks Robin opened up the newspaper quickly scanning for anything that would catch his eye. Luckily for him that didn't take long. The first thing that caught his eye were two pictures on the front page.
The first one was three figures standing on the street: one was a petite girl wearing a one sleeve purple leather shirt that went down to her elbow, matching shorts and mask, the red highlights in her waist length ebony hair glowed from the fire behind them. A fire that they had started from what the description said. She smiled looking down at someone that lied beneath her combat boot covered feet as she held up something that was too small to be caught on camera. That one is named Belladonna. The next one was the tallest out of all of them, she wore a strapless leather bodysuit that had the boots attached, her medium length hair was tied up in a side ponytail showing her dark blue roots fading into a soft teal at the bottom. In the picture she was looking at the fire and laughing. Though her eyes were covered up by her mask Robin doubted anyone would see a hint of remorse in them. Her name Ataxia. The last one wore a bodysuit as well but instead hers was half black and half red, the top was covered by a leather jacket with the colors opposite from the bottom half, her combat styled boots were attached to the suit just like her other friend, her rose gold colored hair flowed to the middle of her back, she stood in the middle of the picture basking in the glory of the chaos around her as she was smiling towards the sky and from the indents in her mask her eyes were probably closed. Her name is Ember.
The second picture was of someone Robin knew all too well. He found that he couldn't look at the picture for more than two seconds without his heart being filled with immense guilt. If I didn't leave then this wouldn't have happened. Robin thought to himself before turning to the article below.
Is Gotham Truly Safe From the Daughters of Darkness?
Almost two years during a party hosted by Commissioner James (Jim) Gordon, the group known as the Daughters of Darkness made their final appearance killing four people including the Commissioner's daughter, Barbara Gordon. Rumor has it that Batman had taken the three young women into custody after the leader of the group killed Miss Gordon: though nothing has been confirmed. If that isn't the truth we have to wonder where the group is now? And what would they be planning? We can only hope that Batman truly has the women in custody-
"Robin, who are the 'Daughters of Darkness'?" Starfire asked bringing Robin out of his concentration. Robin took in a deep breath trying to calm down from reading the article. He heard about Babs' death the day after it happened and has always been a sore spot since their last encounter wasn't very pleasant. If he could redo that day all over again there's no doubt in his mind he would.
"They are a notorious group of criminals in Gotham who have committed crimes from thievery to murder." Robin muttered glaring at the photo of the three girls when he said 'murder'. "Unfortunately I don't know much about them since they showed up not long after I left. They were only active for a few months before they disappeared but they definitely made an impact."
"Whoever these people are I am sure that the man of bats will be able to kick the butt if they return." Robin chuckled slightly putting the paper down just as Beast Boy finally showed his face in the common room. It didn't take long for Beast Boy to realize Cyborg making bacon and the usual meat vs tofu debate to begin. Raven has since moved over to the couch trying to get away from the noise as much as possible without exiting the room. "Today looks to be a most wondrous day to go outside. Do you not think so, Robin?" Robin looked out the window not seeing a cloud in the sky which gave him a strong urge to go out. He couldn't figure out if the urge to hang out with his team was because of being reminded of Barbara's untimely death, the fact that Starfire wanted to go out, or the strange feeling in his stomach that won't go away. He turned back to her with a small smile on his face.
"Yeah, how about we all go to the park later?"
"Come on Rae," Beast Boy pleaded holding a disgusting ball of his own clothes "just one game of stankball and I'll never ask you again." It took less than a second for the ball of clothes to be wrapped in black energy and ram itself in his face so hard he flew back a few feet. Starfire giggled next to Robin as they watched the exchange happen from the swing set swaying ever so slightly while Cyborg was making lunch on the grill.
"Beast Boy cannot...take the hint?" Starfire asked. Robin nodded at the correct wording and situation of the phrase. Beast Boy has been trying for five minutes to get Raven to play stankball with him to no avail. He mostly tuned the conversation out like usual after a few minutes. "It is odd, their exchange." Robin raised his eyebrow at her in a silent question. "It is just that Raven has been allowing Beast Boy to converse with her longer for the past few days and she usually throws him instead of an object when he calls her 'Rae'. I have also made the observation that Beast Boy has been trying to do the 'hanging out' with her more often. Do you think it strange?" The Boy Wonder thought about the question for a moment before he shrugged.
"They might just be getting along a bit better Star. I don't think there's anything to worry about." Now it was her time to raise an eyebrow in question.
"Why should I be worried? I was merely hypothesising that Raven and Beast Boy might have the feelings for each other." He almost fell out of my swing laughing when she said that. "Have I said something humorous?"
"A little bit," Robin said trying to compose myself. "Out of all the people I ever expect to pair up: those two are the last on my list."
"Please Robin, why do you make a list of the people you expect to 'pair up'?"
"It's an expression. It's basically a mental list like for working on a project you would say that it is 'on the top of my list'." She gave a nod of understanding right before a small bird started circling them. Starfire followed it with her eyes giving a small smile. Robin could tell she was confused though so was he at the unnatural behavior of the bird. It looked like it was waiting for something. Robin decided to hold out his hand to see what would happen. Almost immediately it landed on his gloved index finger. Starfire clapped smiling even bigger than she was before. Robin could tell that Starfire was asking him a question but he didn't listen. More like he couldn't listen as his main focus was on the the type of bird it was. Old, regretful feelings welled up in his chest the more that he looked at it. Luckily Starfire broke his concentration by waving her hand in front of his face. Robin gave her a small smile before lifting his hand signaling the creature to leave. It took off to the sky probably to confuse someone else.
"Are you the o and k?" Robin nodded putting his hands on his legs and forcing himself up.
"Just a bit hungry is all." He said holding his hand out to her. "You coming?" She flew off her swing and happily held his hand forgetting all about his strange behavior moments before. Of course, just like every other time, electricity flowed through his body by her touch. Though he would never tell her that. Or anyone else for that matter. His friends would never let him live it down. They reached the picnic where Cyborg was just finishing up cooking the food, Raven sitting on the picnic bench reading one of her books higher than usual covering her whole face, and Beast Boy was trying his best to make someone laugh more than usual. Thinking to Starfire's question earlier Robin couldn't help but notice his demeanor since his rejection from Raven. Somewhere in Robin's brain he heard Batman's voice saying to stop it before it's too late, but Robin decided to shake it off till he knew what was going on for sure.
"May I ask the species of the bird?" Starfire asked.
"I think it was a blue jay. Don't really see those much around these areas." It wasn't until they sat down for lunch did they realize they were still holding hands.
A little further away hidden in the trees surrounding the park a figure stood watching the scene unfold as Robin blushed taking his hand out of the red head's and rubbing his neck nervously. The half man half robot said something to start making the said boy stumble on words before he gave up and started stuffing hot dogs in his face. While the green boy laughed, the redhead looked at the cloaked girl in question. There was a silent conversation between the two girls before they started to act as though nothing happened. The figure held up their hand as wings fluttering caught their ears. Two seconds later the same bird that was surrounding the Boy Wonder and his friend landed on the figure's hand.
"Things seem to be more interesting than I thought." The figure turned over to the bird in their hand. "Thank you for helping me find them. You may go find your family now." The bird took off as the mysterious person looked back to the group for few more moments before leaving.
It was around eight at night before the Titans decided to head back to the Tower after stopping by to get a slice of pizza. There wasn't many people out tonight which was only a tad unusual but still welcomed. If you would've asked anyone they would've said it was fine. Anyone besides Robin. The weird feeling in the pit of his stomach felt more powerful than before. He knew something was going to happen tonight. Good or bad? He couldn't tell.
His suspicions were confirmed when an explosion happened only a few blocks away from where they sat.
"Titans, go!"
Me: Woah! Finally done with this first chapter! I've been struggling with this thing for months! I was actually hoping that I would be able to post this before Christmas so I'm very happy right now. Hope y'all liked it and if you didn't then it's not my problem. It's only the first chapter and I know it's not the best but at least be proud I actually finished the chapter after months of wanting to rip my hair out. But I got a lot of great ideas for this story and already have some stuff written. In fact I already got the end of the next chapter done, but I need to write the rest of it. If you look close enough there is a BUNCH of foreshadowing going on in this chapter so don't just skim it. There was some random moments where I put something you might be confused by but it will all make sense in the end. So tell me what you guys think! Remember criticism not flames. I will roast the fuck out of you if I have to and I won't hold back. I have enough stress in my life to lash out to anyone. I love you guys!
