Hey everyone, this is a re-posting of sorts of my story "New Love, New Beginnings". Unfortunately I forgot the password to my old account and the email it was connected to was discontinued, so I decided to start back up all fresh and new. Let me know what you think, I've made some changes. (disclaimer: don't own the Teen Titans, although if I did that'd be awesome!)
(Start Aelis' POV)
(pit pat pit pat) Ugh, it's raining…again. The fifth day in a row. Oh well, time to start the day. I groan as I get out of bed, feeling the cold floorboards against my feet. As I am walking down the stairs of the old house the floorboards creak sending echoes through the halls. It was unusually quiet. Then I realized, why isn't Grandma up yet? She is usually up by 4 am, and it's now 9. She probably went to get some groceries, there wasn't much left last night when I fixed dinner. I came into the kitchen and opened up the refrigerator to get out some bacon to fry up, putting the package on the counter and starting to turn to grab the left over grease to fry with. That's when I saw the note across the kitchen's worn counter top. I cautiously walk over to it, ever so quietly, scarcely breathing. I glance over the blue writing. Oh, no. Not again, NO, not again…
(End Aelis' POV)
(Start Raven's POV)
Why, oh why, do we have to come here? "Why are we going to help this kid again", I dully asked.
Sigh, "Because, this person needs help. Although, I don't see why the police couldn't handle it. She is just a kid and we have training to do", Robin replied.
"Oh, rriigghhtt", I responded dully. We all get off, out, or land in front of the old house. It looked like all the others around it, dreary and sad. Only, no one was in the windows staring at us like we just ate Starfire's sadness pudding as the neighbors were doing. I guess they aren't used to a motorbike, rocket car, a green eagle (that just turned into a boy), and two flying girls around here.
As we approach the peeling gray door I glance around the porch. Old withering plants in pots are scattered everywhere. A rusty rocking chair sits in the morning sun, looking oddly inviting amongst the depressing rest of the house. In one of the windows is a girl, but as soon as I look up she darts away. I caught a glimpse of blondish-red hair and dull blue eyes. Something about her seems scared. Like a cornered mouse…
I have no time to think on it thoughh, as Robin rings the doorbell. It's faint dinging can be heard from somewhere inside. The even fainter sound of light footsteps answers. The door slowly creaked open and the girl's face can barely be seen in the darkness of the house. As soon as she sees us she closes it.
"Well, this couldn't have been better. She's scared of us and locked herself in! How can we help some half-wit kid who is scared of us", Cyborg sarcastically remarked. Nice Cy, real nice.
"I am NOT scared", the girl angrily mutters. The door is flung open to reveal not a girl as I had thought, but a teen, about our age. Her eyes were not filled in fear as I had thought, but a lifetime of hurt and betrayal. Just meeting her gaze threw a feeling of hopelessness on me that I had not expected. She's not afraid of us, just, alone.
(End Raven's POV)
(Start Aelis' POV)
"Who are you? And…what do you want," I finally managed to say.
"We are the Teen Titans. This is Cyborg, Raven, Starfire, and Beast Boy. I'm Robin. We were sent to help you", Robin coolly responded. They all nodded or simply say 'hey' as their name was said, as if making house calls is a normal part of work.
Hmm. I have never heard of them before. They see all right...I guess. The one, Cyborg I think, is very tall and he is half robot. COOL! Raven, the one I have been watching as they were coming up the walkway is a bit different. She wears a dark blue cape and hood, and has a dull expression with searching eyes. She doesn't seem too thrilled to be here and won't stop staring at me like she wants to drag my thoughts out into the open.
Starfire is a pretty girl, only a little perky, yyeeaahh, just a little bit perky. Her red hair hits her mid-bac…
"Sooo…the police said that you had some special thing about you. Is that why everyone in your family was..," Robin began to say.
I cut him off before he could say more. It was too soon to talk about that. "Yes, I-i do. But it really isn't a problem, I have things under control.", I confidently said.
"Um, well ok, but we're supposed to make sure that things are alright. So, you are"?
'Aelis, but most people call me Ali. My grandma left and now I'm on my own until..", no. I couldn't go on. My eyes started to tear up as memories flooded back.
"Um, do you wanna come in", I said trying to regain my composure.
"Sure", they all said in unison. All except Robin, "No, you guys stay out here. I need to talk to her alone", Robin solemnly stated. They stared at him in disbelief. I stepped back to allow him into the house. As soon as he was in I shut the door and lead him to the living room, wondering why he wanted to speak with me alone.
(End Aelis' POV)
(Start Raven's POV)
As the door shuts we all sigh and sit down somewhere on the cramped porch. The rain had stopped and the pools of water shimmered in the morning light. Now all we had to do was wait…for what seemed like eternity.
(Half an hour later)
Finally! Seriously, could he have taken any longer? Beast Boy and Cyborg were starting to play eye spy for heavens sake! Oh boy, the girl, Aelis was it (?), was with him.
"Well there are some things that need to be taken care of, one of which is that she definitely can not stay here alone while all this is going on.." Robin started to tell us before Cyborg cut him off with the concern we were all feeling, "What IS going on here Robin? I know the police said there was some trouble going on but what exactly is it? She's just a lonely girl, it's sad, but there's nothing to do about it!"
"Look, it's a personal subject for her, but she has some, interesting, things that have been happening around her. There seems to be some people who have been kidnapping members of her family trying to get to her, and her grandmother was the last person she had. She's not safe here so I have an idea. What if she came back to the tower with us and we can watch over her for a bit and maybe see what is so important about her. Something is causing all of this, and she isn't very open. I think we need to keep her close, I don't want her to get kidnapped on our watch.", the boy wonder merrily announced, " Now all in favor say 'Aye'".
Four eager members of our group said 'Aye' immediately. Looks like I had no choice. She was coming no matter what. "Aye", I hesitantly answered.
(End Raven's POV)
(Aelis POV)
As we are heading down the roads toward Jump City I can't help but wonder at these people who were going to take me in for the time being. After they all agreed to keep me we started off for wherever they live, I rode with Cyborg in his car. No one has ever done anything like this for me, even my own family had issues when they were called upon to care for me after someone was taken. I hope the Titans are left alone, they seem pretty decent, I would hate for my problems to hurt them.
"Hey so you're really gonna love the tower, it's amazing! We have the best view of anyone in the city, look it's right ahead!," Cyborg excitedly said while pointing to a massive 'T' building in the bay. While I lived in the outskirts of Jump City I had never actually been in the city, my grandma kept me in the house and made sure that school was the only place I went to outside of the home. Not that I minded, I needed protection with them on my tail. I was becoming so engrossed in my own thoughts about the size of the building that I didn't even notice when the car started driving over the water. When I did look down I thought I might have a heart attack and began sputtering, struggling to make a sentence.
"Haha, yea Raven carries the car over the water since there's no road. Scared me the first few times! Thought she might just let go if she didn't feel like dealing with me anymore!, "Cyborg cheerfully told me before noticing my shocked expression, "But she wouldn't so don't worry. Raven's cool, just sends out the wrong vibes a lot."
I know one thing, I DON'T want to make her upset, I get the feeling that she would just as soon chop my head off if I so much as looked at her the wrong way. I had no time for thinking as we approached the tower quickly. It was much bigger than I had thought, towering up into the sky overlooking the city and bay. Once we had parked in what seemed to be the basement, with Robin joining us after carefully covering up his motorcycle, we started up the stairs to join the others.
Their main room was HUGE!! I had never seen such a large room, or such a large TV for that matter. With the kitchen and eating space on one end and the tech stuff on the other, it was the perfect hang out for a bunch of teens. Starfire, Beast Boy, and Raven were all waiting for us, Starfire was bouncing up and down with joy over I don't know what.
"Welcome new friend! I am so glad that you will be staying with us, maybe we could have a time for girls later?!" she burst out with while racing over to wrap me in a big hug.
"Yea sure, that sounds like fun!" I happily replied as Robin awkwardly said, "I think she would probably want to spend sometime alone…" at the same time. He understands how I am, but it's been years since I've had the chance to have some girl time, or people in general time for that matter.
"Hey! You like video games? We gotta GS2!', Beast Boy excitedly proposed. He ran over to the semi-circle couch, hopped on, and yelled back, "Ya know ya wanna".
I joined him on the couch. Cyborg followed, obviously Beast Boy's usual gaming partner. After I'd sat down I cheerfully asked, "Do ya have Super Monkey Smack Down? That's my favorite".
The green boy slowly turned his head to face me, his eyes shining a brilliant green, "Mine too", he whispered obviously astonished. "Haha, well who would have thought it!!" Cyborg exclaimed, giving me a sound pat on the back.
An hour later a depressed Best Boy dragged himself off to his room. I had soundly beaten him 15 times in a row. "Boo-yah", Cyborg happily cried, " She just kicked your green butt". We both laughed and high-fived. Wow, I can't believe these guys are so awesome! I've never had friends like this, or real friends for that matter.
"I think it's time we all went to bed. Come on, I'll take you to your room", Robin said, equally as tired. He lead me down the dark hallways as the others went to their rooms, except Beast Boy, he was already in there sulking about his defeat. Starfire and I decided to have our fun the next day, both agreeing that it had been an evenful day. The hallways came to an end and I found myself facing a metal door. Robin placed his hand on the touch pad next to it and the door parted to reveal the dark room within.
It was simple with a large bed, nightstand, closet, apparently large window (the curtains were drawn shut), and a dresser with a mirror. The tan-brown carpet accented the mahogany furniture as though Martha Stewart had designed it herself. I gleefully ran over to the bed and jumped up onto the red comforter.
"Glad you like it. If you need anything just knock on one of our doors", Robin said, "I'm going on the bed. See you in the morning for training".
"Good night. Thank you so much for taking me in", I said as the door slid closed. I don't know how I will ever repay these guys, its so much to just take in a stranger like this, but I'm not complaining. I'd much rather impose on their hospitality than end up being taken. Shuddering at the thought I slipped into the PJ's I had brought from home and cuddled up under the covers, easily finding sleep in my new home.
(End Aelis' POV)
Well that's the first chapter! Hope you enjoyed, let me know what you think! xoxo, em