lostmoonchild: Okay, here's the sequel to "Twins!" I wasn't thinking about a sequel before but then I discovered one of my stories that I was having difficulty with and got to thinking that maybe it'd be a good idea after reading reviews.

Disclaimer: I don't own Teen Titans.

Prologue

The truth is a hard thing to ignore. Authors always confess some kind of truth in their stories and leave others to determine what's the truth from what are lies. Some authors are successful at hiding the truth. Others simply aren't.

It was the truth that Raven feared the most. She wanted to pretend that her sister, her best friend, wasn't dead and that none of them were suffering from nightmares. Would it be easier to lie and say that they weren't suffering from nightmares regarding everything that they had seen and done?

No, probably not. Lying wasn't easier when you knew the absolute truth. She could already see that her friends weren't sleeping as well as they once had and could hear their screams as they awoke from the nightmares. What they had witnessed was probably mixing with whatever nightmares that they were having before.

A sigh left her lips as she thought about her friends and the little boy that had come to Earth with them. Meys was used to seeing people killed but he was still a little boy. He would still get scared and after watching a few of his older siblings being murdered in front of him, she wasn't surprised that he was even having nightmares.

It was her friends that she was worried about. None of them had ever been in that kind of situation before and they didn't know how to handle the aftermath. Did they think of themselves as criminals because they had killed and stolen to survive? She hoped not seeing as they had been in a kill or be killed situation.

Raven wiped the tear that had rolled down her pale face away and stared at the salty drop of water that rested on one slender finger. Who was she crying for? Her friends or for her all of her siblings that had been killed because of some idiot's idea of keep the half demon population down? Was she even crying for herself?

As the tears continued to fall, Raven wrapped her arms around herself while sobs shook her body. She was crying for everybody, she decided. She was crying for her friends and family, both living and dead. Maybe she was even crying for herself as she tried to move past her twin's death.

A startled gasp left her lips when she felt someone put their hand on her back and she darted away, baring her teeth as she spun around. "Beast Boy." Raven breathed upon realizing who it was.

Beast Boy waited a moment before going to the half demon woman. "You're crying." Beast Boy said as he touched Raven's tearstained cheeks.

Raven's amethyst colored eyes closed as she softly leaned into the changeling's touch. They had made their first moves towards being a couple while Alynn had been alive and now they were waiting for a while. Why they were, she didn't know but she had a general idea. Maybe he didn't want to take advantage of her while she was trying to pick up the pieces.

Heh, and there were those that said chivalry was dead.

Raven looked away for a moment before answering, "It just hurts more tonight."

Beast Boy nodded in understanding as he held Raven close, feeling her body shake against his as sobs left her lips. It hurt him to see her hurting so much since he couldn't do anything to take away her pain. All he could do was hold her through her tears and keep her from drowning.

As they went to the couch, Beast Boy could hear the kitchen cabinets slamming shut and various objects being thrown onto the floor. He paid no attention to the destruction in the kitchen. That was something minor. He could take care of that later on. Right now, his main center of attention was comforting the sobbing angel in his arms. No matter what it took, he would make her tears stop falling.

lostmoonchild: Right, that's the prologue so I'm hoping that no one's going to stop and say "Hey, that's short." I know it's short but all of my prologues are short. Read and review, flames will be accepted!