Yay! I'm finally back in the game... I suppose! Oh well, I'm just happy to be writing again!
Anyways, this is my version of a season 6 (WE MISS YOU TITANS!). The first arc is a series of narrations from the perspective of the original 5. It's set up so the first half of each chapter is a present tense overview of what going on, while the second half is in past tense. Italics is for narrated parts in the first half, and narrated thoughts in the second half.
There will be some songs in the story itself, but I'll also list songs that would go well with the chapter at the beginning along with reviews I get (if any). Make up your own soundtrack to it too, if you like!
Disclaimer: I DO NOT OWN THE TEEN TITANS. WARNER BROS/DC DOES.
Songs Featured: "Voulez-Vous" by the ATeens
Songs Recommended: Anything Halloween-y or Dance-able
To Be Continued
Arc 1
Chapter 1: Welcome Back
Narrated by: Beast Boy
(the camera zooms in on the familiar tower looming over the bay; Titans' Tower. The sun is beginning to go down on October 31st at 6:05 pm)
Halloween again? Man, it seems like forever since last year; like centuries. It was around this time when Rae's emotions went outta whack, huh? Wicked Scary..., heh, never again will you see the inside of our DVD player! Though, we could use that kind of excitement today. Fear, Halloween, they sorta go hand in hand, right? Oh well, the candy's enough for me. But we've got more than that planned.
Today is the first annual Halloween Bash. We've planned on having one for a while now, but never got around to it. Too mush shit went down...
But, in a way, it's also a victory bash. You know, for the defeat of the Brotherhood and all that. I think we deserve that much for saving the world and stuff.
Anyway, it's gonna be huge! Like, mega awesome! The Titan's Eastern team's gonna be there, and some of our close friends. Robin also invited some of his 'dads' friends... Kinda nerve-wracking... I'm actually gonna meet the Dark Knight himself...wow.
So... I guess we should check in, see what everyone's up to.
(camera goes through window into living room where the Titan's Western Team is preparing for the upcoming festivities)
There goes Star. She's setting up the lights and garlands of orange tinsel and cut out skulls. Not exactly sure what she's humming... something from a Tim Burton flick? As long as it's not an X-mas carol... wrong season, babe.
She always looks so happy when everyone's together. The way she looks around the room is like a little kid in an amusement park. She's happy just to be there in the middle of the excitement. The others, though, are not looking back at her. They don't want to look at the person helping Star stringing up the lights, Jinx.
She just recently joined, like, officially. She's finally got the communicator and everything. But not everyone has softened up to her yet. Not like Starfire and Kid Flash. The three of them have become best of friends already. But you can tell that (for the most part anyway) that Kid and Jinx try to ditch Star as nicely as possible for some "alone time". I think she's okay, and I know Cy's good with her too. But the official leaders of our team, Rob and Rae, are still shooting death glares, still scrutinizing her every move. It's almost like they're waiting for her to slip up, to reveal the tidbit they need to bring her down.
Speaking of the birds, they're in the kitchen... -sniffs- Is that meat?
"No way. Rae, are you cooking?"
Oop, there goes her patented death glare. How many times is that today? Five... Six? I should start keeping tallies.
"Um, yeah, I am. It's spaghetti with meatballs... or brains and eyeballs, just for tonight."
"Oh awesome, Tasty and disturbing... except for the MEAT! What am I gonna eat?!"
"I don't know..." She's smiling now, an evil grin. "I figured that you'd gorge yourself with so much candy, you wouldn't need any dinner."
"Now, now, you two," says Robin as he strides to Raven's side. "No fighting allowed."
Robin, our man among men, turns to Rae and crumbles at her batting eyelashes as she says "I'm ever so sorry." He starts shaking his head, saying he was kidding and asks if she needs something, anything, from the fridge, a desperate attempt to escape the view of her amethyst orbs. I try to hold back a smile.
You know, I'm not exactly sure how this got started. Probably during the whole Trigon escapade. I thought they were being lovey-dovey backstage... Then again, Robin's a hero. He's drawn to the 'damsel in distress' type... not that I would consider Raven a 'D.I.D'
She can hold her own. But, they do make a good pair anyway you look at it. And besides, Star hasn't freaked out yet, so it's not like they're serious.
Bee has transferred into our division, so Cy and her have been getting all cozy. Ever since the Blood incident ended, they got to talk more and form a relationship. They act like newlyweds... and it's so sweet that it makes me wanna hurl. All my friends are getting caught up in love.
As for me... I'm not going anywhere with Terra. I mean, I've got her digits, we chill and stuff... but with her newly 'amnesiated' self, there's no spark on her end... and mine's totally running out. Even so, I invited her to the party. I just hope she stays...
"Yo, Beast Boy, did you take the candy, I can't find it!" Cy yells at me like I'm on the other side of the universe.
"Dude, if I had it, I would be bouncing off the walls instead of dragging my ass around like a snail..."
"Ch, you're right about that." He's smirking at me now. "Come help Bee and me set up you lazy punk!"
I drag myself over to Cy, only to get run down my the terrible triplets. Well, okay, they're not actually triplets, but they are terrible.
Melvin, Timmy, and Teether have successfully attached themselves to Raven's leg, all babbling at once about costumes, candy, juice...
"Guys, I'm trying to cook-"
"But.. Waaaaay-veehn..." they cry in unison...
She doesn't do anything, just goes back to chopping up bell peppers. They decide to run around with her apron strings in hand, tangling her up.
"Hahaha! Rae, you remind me of a maypole," Rob snickers. But karma's a bitch, the kiddies start circling him to, until the strings get to short and Rob realized that he's smack against Raven.
Cy waves towards the littles. "Hey guys," he says in sing-song. "I found the candy!"
They left a cloud of dust behind them, a cloud in which the birds were trying to untangle themselves still.
"I'm sorry, I'm so sorry," she begins, a red flush spreading across her face.
"No, I shouldn't have laughed... it's 'karmatic reciprocation', or whatever..."
I wonder if he notices how frazzled he gets around her now, how his face goes cherry and he makes up stupid words...
Rob's nearly hysteric now, forlornly trying to get even an inch apart from her. She just stands with a small smile on her face, having
already given up.
"Calm down, will you? We'll never get untangled if you keep spazzing."
"Oh...," her replies, looking to the side. "Right... sorry."
God... I'm so done with this... It's not even fair.
"BB, it's almost six! Don't you think you should be getting ready by now?"
Uh-huh, whatev... I'm not even excited anymore.
I don't know what I was expecting as I walked down the halls of the tower. Maybe a small er gathering, a quiet murmur of friendly voices chatting the Witching Hour away. So, as I continued my trek, donning my newly altered Jason costume, I was surprised that the noise reached all the way to the outer most security door in the corridor. I was even more surprised by the turnout. More than a hundred, no two hundred people were in the living room, which was getting pretty damn cramp. I walked around trying to find Cy amidst the crown.
He and Bumblebee were by the snack bar (big surprise there) drinking punch. They matched... Dracula and his mistress from the old movie... gross.
"There you are, man! I didn't think you'd show," he said, stupid smile on his face.
"How could I miss this? I live here!!"
"Hm.. True 'dat... true 'dat..." he mumble and took another swig of punch. He promptly spit it out onto the floor as some intense microphone feedback filled the room, piercing the ears of two hundred already agitated supers.
Rae and Rob walked out in front of the main panel/window to make an announcement. Rob looked cool in his shredded punk tux while a hot green Stratocaster hung over his shoulder. And Rae, she hadn't even taken off her cloak, but the make up around her eyes was totally mystic, drawing everyone into her face.
"Excuse me, everyone? Can I have your attention please?" Robin questioned. The audience stopped talking respectively.
"As you can probably all tell, it's quite the zoo in here," Raven began. "So, I've moved most of our main attractions up to the roof for a more relaxing atmosphere. So if you please, the stairs are to the left in the hall, elevator to the right, and, if you must, the windows open by panel control at the left corner of this room."
The crowd laughed, though I could tell she was seriously considering that option of exiting herself. She smiled graciously and continued. "Also, the dining table and it's delicacies will be brought up by seven fifty, so dinner will be served promptly at eight. Be ready to indulge in an array of frightful delights. Thank you, and no shoving on the way up!"
Immediately after she finished talking, the crowd dispersed in waves, winds, and wisps of cloaks. Silence was all that occupied the living room now. Raven leaned against the window and sighed. "Being a hostess is hard... Why didn't you talk more?"
Robin leaned against her. "I'm not good with people."
Raven pushed him over. "Shut up..."
"Hey guys," I interrupted. "Need any help?"
"Raven looked up at me. "Yeah, you and Rob can go take the stereo up to the roof, I need to change."
Rob got up and bumped my shoulder. "Ready to rock?" he asked.
"You know it!"
Once we got everything set up, Rob got busy loading the crate of CDs into the stereo set. Cy was across the roof from him connecting the subwoofers together. Cords were placed clandestinely around the partiers to avoid tripping. It was starting to look more like a party.
'Hm... time for punch' I thought to myself. It was a feat to make it through the crowds, though. Everyone was walking around, talking to anyone and everyone them came across. And, being super heroes, they wouldn't move for just anyone. I transformed into a bat and flew towards to refreshment tables. Somehow, Rob had beat me there, and was chatting with Speedy and Aqualad.
"Wassup, guys?"
Aqualad put out his fist for me to pound, then Speedy. "Not much, it's all good," they mumbled. Speedy tried to say more, but the music started. I burst out laughing.
"The Ateens? Who chose this?"
Robin smiled. "I told Rae to chose something dance-able."
"Since when does she dance?!"
"Well," Aqualad replied, pointing to the others, "It's got them moving!"
He was right. It was like they were programmed or something. They began dancing like crazy, swinging their hips and waving there arms. It was like a rave...
And here we go again
We know the song
We know the end
Masters of the scene
We done it all before
And now We're back to get some more
You know what I mean
Voulez-vous?...
"God, 90's music sucks."
Speedy punched my arm. "Shut up, I wanna dance! Come-... on..."
His sentence faded and his jaw dropped. We whipped around to see Rae walking over, getting stopped by the guests every other step to receive compliments and other praises.She was hella decked out, if you call a corset, frilly lace mini and witch hat decked out.No wonder Speedy was practically drooling.
She sashayed over to us, a small smile, but confident smile on her face. "Why are all of you just standing here? Go dance!"
Robin grinned. "Would you honor me with one? A dance, I mean..." Insert blush here...
Raven grabbed his arm and led him into the middle of the crowd. The rest of us stood there for a bit, staring at where she just was.
"Damn..." sighed Aqualad. "I wanted to dance with her."
"You'll get the chance..." I spotted the two of them through a rift in the throng. They were laughing their heads off, having a great time. "...maybe."
Star walked over to our table with Jinx. They were both princesses; Star was in a Cinderella outfit, Jinx's dress was more Victorian-styled.
"Hello Gals!" Speedy said to them, even though he was staring intently at Starfire. "How's the night treating you?"
"The night...?" she replied, slightly confused.
"Jinx smiled. "It's going great, we've been having a lot of fun! What about you guys?"
Aqualad shrugged. "We're alright..."
The girls giggled, turning for a second to get some candy. When they turned back, they noticed Roy and were looking at the birds.
Starfire raised her eyebrows. "Is that Robin?"
Jinx nodded, amazed. "Yeah! And look at Rae!" She giggled. "She's such a hottie!"
I nodded. She was gorgeous... but there's only one beauty I was looking for that night.
I decided to leave at that point, heading towards the door down to the living room. Wishful thinking began to get the best of me.
'Maybe she was late and didn't hear the announcement. Maybe she was on her way up... Maybe she wasn't even here...
When did I become such a nervous wreck? A love-sick puppy... Maybe approaching her was a bad idea... The stupidest one of my entire life. Why couldn't I just drop it?! Why-'
Then the bell of the elevator sounded. And as soon as the door opened, my heart fluttered. A wisp of blond fell from the bowler hat on her head, trailing down to the leotard she was sporting, complete with fishnets and heels. I smiled, giving her the once-over. She didn't protest it.
"Who the hell are you supposed to be?"
"It's from Chicago, duh!"
"Heh, right..." 'My night is complete.'
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