Aloha guys! First chapter! I'm really excited for this anniversary story! Remember, this is the sequel, so go read the first one, or else you will not understand. The Past.

If you read the last bit of The Past, you will see my freak out about how I forgot my anniversary date, and figured it was June 2nd, except it was July 7th. I asked you guys if I should wait until my actual anniversary, or post this on the 2nd as I said I would when I was under the delusion that this was my anniversary. Well, some people didn't want to wait until July, because I got them all excited for the sequel, and to be honest, I don't either. But, I kind of want the date to be related to my anniversary. So I'm posting it now! June this is still my anniversary story! I'm celebrating my anniversary! Just a month earlier!

Notes about the cover image: Credit to gen8 on deviantart. I made it with her chibi maker. Also, credit to cartoon princess for helping me with it. So, the girl in yellow is Pixie. The one in the top hat is Kumo. The one with the goggles and braid is Comet. For Comet and Pixie, it's not what they wore in The Past. In red is evil!Pixie, with the ball and chain thing is evil!Comet, and with the cool grey dress is evil!Kumo. Me and CP made those partly for fun, but also, for another reason...

Okay, so just to be clear. The three main characters, my OCs, are based off of me and my best friends.

Comet= Smiley Salami. (Go check out her stories!)

Kumo= cartoonprincess (Her's too!)

Pixie=Me (What the heck? Go read mine as well!)

CP and Smiley are helping me a bit with this. Hope you enjoy!

Kumo POV

Do normal people usually wake up with their face stained with tears and stormy rain clouds hovering above their bed? I hardly remember what it's like to be normal, back in the days when my biggest problem was if I was going to wear my sparkly fedora or my Domo hat. I know so many people wish and yearn for something special to happen to them, some adventure. To escape the normal. But, if you ask me, normal was underrated. Then again, I used to be one of those people who looked for the special, one of those people who saw fairies in every flower bud. Possibilities in every book.

Imagination in every cloud.

Now, all I see in clouds are mirrors. Clouds are made of water vapor, something fundamental that floated away. Just a part of a whole. I am just a piece of what I used to be, and sometimes, not even all of that is there. And clouds change. Sometimes a fluffy cumulus. Me, when forgetting was a bit easier that day. Sometimes a thick grey sheet of stratus. Me, when the despondency completely covers me. A dark nimbus, stormy, threatening overcast. When I'm in one of these moods, the team knows to avoid me. I'm almost spilling over with anger, and also with tears. Also, it seems calmer when I'm not there.

I placed my head in my hands, running my fingers over my face to get rid of the tears. I took several deep breaths, trying to ward away the miniature storm cloud.

Crash.

I only succeeded in making them thunder, the gloomy murk flashing with light for less then a second before a deep rumbling noise answered. I buried my head deeper into my hands, sobbing quietly. It's too much sometimes... And I don't even know if it will get better or worse once they get here.

Probably worse.

Kole's head snapped up from her cereal as she heard a light bout of thunder from the upper story. She bit her lip and looked at Bushido, who shrugged. A frustrated yell came next, followed by a loud crash, as if Kumo had thrown something.

"Oh, Kumo..."Jinx sighed wearily looking up at the ceiling with worry. Bushido, Kole, and Gnaark nodded and-in Gnarrk's case- grunted their agreement.

"Should we...?" Kole started, pursing her lips. She was cut off by a snap of thunder, and a stomp that rattled the room.

"I would not." Bushido remarked, biting into a bagel.

"Gnaark!" The caveman slammed his hands on the table, nodding vigorously. "Gnaark, gnarrk gnaark!"

"He says, 'No! Kumo is scary sometimes! Leave her alone!'" Kole translated with a shake of her head. Jinx glanced at the ceiling, then out the window and up at the sky where grey clouds were rapidly forming above the Tower.

"...Fine." She conceded. "We'll leave her alone. I don't want to risk dying today. But if she isn't out of her room by noon, we are sending someone in."

The four team mates peered at eachother suspiciously, before all shouting out in unison, "Dibs out!"

Robin's POV

I sat with my elbow's on my knees, slowly turning the bracelet over in my hands. I glanced at the window, overlooking the oceanic waters, and bustling city, the view which I had admittedly missed over the last few years.

Robin, Miss Martian's voice said in my mind. We had been communicating telepathically ever since I had been transported here instead of Happy Harbor. It's been almost two weeks. When are you coming back?

I don't know Miss M. I sighed back. Pixie sent me to Jump for a reason. She said I would have to stay here for a few weeks.

Robin, you don't know why, and-

I know, I know. I answered, slightly weary. If nothing happens in a few days, I'll come back. Tell everyone that, and also tell Wally not to go in my room.

Miss Martian was silent for a moment. Sure, I'll relay the message. But Wally...Already went in your room. He raided your cookie stash. I widened my eyes, and was about to respond, before she hurriedly said. Signing off now Robin! See you soon!

I rolled my eyes from behind my mask before returning my gaze back to the silver linked charm bracelet. I fingered each charm, noticing that most seemed hand painted. Over the past two weeks, The Past seemed like a dream, and this bracelet was some of the only proof I had that it happened. It was proof of the girl who had thrown it to me with a few cryptic words as I was teleported.

She had told me that I needed to be in Jump City for some reason, instead of going back with the rest of the Team. I remembered her mysterious grin as she said it, he dark eyes sparkling with hope, mischief, and somehow regret.

She told me to give this bracelet to Kumo, one of our honoraries. I had made the trip to Nova to visit her almost as soon as I returned from The Past. Kumo...Hadn't taken it well.

"Friend Robin, how does Pixie know Friend Kumo?" Star asked, nervously wringing her hands.

"I don't know Star," I answered my companion slowly. "But...She obviously does, and she wanted us to give her the bracelet. I feel kind of obliged to do it, don't you?"

I looked back up at the colossal Tower, it's wide roof making it look like a T. The Nova City recreation of Titans Tower had a few variations. The front door was customized to show the visitor who exactly inhabited the space. A pink spark next to blue crystal, a large club, a pair of swords, and a cloud decorated the entrance. The windows did not dominate the walls as they did in Jump, but alternated with iron panels.

I took a deep breath before raising my fist and knocking it against the metal door. I could hear the sound resonate through the Tower, and almost immediately after, there came an alarmed yell of,

"Gnaark!" Star clapped her hands over her mouth to keep from jumping at the loud sound.

"Calm down Gnaark!" Jinx's voice was somehow half irritated, half kind.

"We just have visitors!" Kole's voice agreed. The door swung open to reveal the pinkette smiling over her shoulder at her large friend. She turned her cobalt blue eyes towards us. "Oh, hi Star!" Her expression grew confuses as she looked at me. "...Robin?"

"Friend Kole!" Starfire flew at the teenage hero with a smile. "It is most wonderful to see you!" I looked over Star's head to see Jinx standing with her arms crossed.

"Hey Boy Blunder." She greeted. "Pixie did end up sending you to Jump, huh?" I nodded and she shrugged. "She sent me straight back to Nova. Anyway, I'm, guessing you're here to see Kumo?"

Star looked over Kole's shoulder, as the other girl made strangled sounds. "Oh, yes! Is she here?"

Jinx nodded. "Yeah...Good timing. She's in a good mood today." She glanced my red haired team mate. "Er...Star, you're kinda killing one of my team members."

"Oh!" Star let go of Kole, who promptly fell to the ground. "I am most sorry!"

Jinx ran to help up the other heroine. "Ah, no problem." As she hoisted Kole onto her feet, she looked over her shoulder and yelled up the stairs. "Bushido! Could you get Kumo?"

"Hai!" Bushido's voice rang out. "Kumo-san! Jinx-sama is calling you!"

"Got it Bushido!" Kumo called as she raced down the steps, her sunglasses glinting. "And you now, you can drop the 'san'! I've told you a hundred times-" She broke off abruptly as she saw me. "Robin. You're...Back."

I wasn't sure what she was referring to. She was one of the honoraries we had found before I left, so she could be indicating to my disappearance from Jump. However, from the few hours I had been back from The Past, I had gathered that the information that I, the Team, and a few Titans had disappeared had traveled through the Titan grapevine quickly, so she could also be mentioning that. But I had a feeling, that it was neither.

I shifted my weight from foot to foot. "Hello Kumo." I risked a look at Star, not sure how to proceed. She cocked her head quizzically, subtly motioning with her hands to keep going. "Ah...So, how are you doing?"

I could make out Kumo's strange eyes narrowing behind her shades. "Fine. So, you came all the way from Happy Harbor to Nova for pleasantries?"

I cleared my throat. "No. Listen, Kumo, do you know anyone named Pixie?"

Kumo made a sound equivalent to a choked cat. "P-Pixie?" Her voice was full of disbelief. "I...No...Yes? Why?"

I took the charm bracelet from my belt, examining the links rapidly before tossing it to her. "Here. Do you know what that is?"

Kumo's breath had caught as the piece of jewelry landed in her hands. She formed a drowned noise somewhere in her throat. "W-Where...Where did you get this?" Her voice was deadly quiet.

"This girl-"

"Pixie." She interrupted me, barely breathing out the name. " She gave this to you." Two tears leaked out from her hidden eyes. "She was the one who took you."

I nodded uneasily. "Listen, I don't know what it meant, but she said to tell you that they're coming-"

The cloud maiden didn't let me finish, throwing the circlet on the ground. "I have to go." Her sunglasses had slipped, and I could see her eyes. Caged, wild, desperate. "I can't stay here."

I sent Star an alarmed look. She fiercely stepped forward, and grabbed Kumo's arm. The dark haired girl looked as if she wanted to run, or fly, to get away from here. "Friend Kumo." She said gravely, her green eyes blazing. "I am afraid you cannot do that." Jinx, Kole, Bushido, and Gnaark watched, slightly fearful. "Friend Pixie said you might try to this."

"That's right." I remembered. "She said you might try to be stubborn and run."

Kumo made a disgusted sound, and opened her mouth, but I cut her off. "She said if you tried to, to tell you that they don't have long left." Her mouth closed, and she furrowed her brow.

"Not long...Not long left?" She raised her head to me, and for a moment, she seemed like a lost child. "What does that mean?"

I shook my head. "I don't know. But, she said to open the locket on that bracelet." Kumo glanced at Star, who cautiously removed her arm, before kneeling down to pick up the ornament. She didn't bother getting up, but instead looked at it on her knees. She slowly fingered very pendant, her facial expression changing at each one. Her sunglasses had been discarded, and I could read her strange eyes easily.

As she looked at the clock face, she slowly closed her eyes and took a deep breath, as if she sensed what it meant, even if I myself had no idea. As her finger traced the red phone, her face became pained, as if she was relieving a moment that she wished was buried. She almost dropped the locket as she reached the pink and blue cloud, and she made a small whimper. Her eyes scanned over the green and purple star, and one hand clapped over her mouth, as if to keep her from shouting out. Tears started to form as she turned to the yellow and blue rune. She started rocking back and forth, trying to calm herself.

Lastly, she came to the golden heart locket. Her thumb rubbed over it's surface slowly before it came to the hinges, and the small doors opened. There were no pictures in it as usual lockets had, but instead, a single piece of paper, folded up. Looking as if she were about to have a breakdown, Kumo unraveled it. Her unusual eyes scanned over each printed word, and the tears spilled out.

She jammed the paper back into the pendant before throwing the entire bracelet back at me. "Keep it!" She shouted as she got back onto her feet. "I don't want to look at it! I'll see them if they do come, but, I'm not explaining anything. And, if they are even remotely the same people as I remember, neither will they. Take the bracelet away. I don't ever want to see it again."

With that, she stomped up the stairs, tears falling from her face she did.

"And she was in such a good mood..."Jinx sighed regretfully. "Bushido, get the damage control kit, would you?"

As I turned the bracelet over in my palm, I pressed my lips together. What was in that locket? Pixie never said I couldn't open it, only that Kumo had to. It might help me figure them out. Pixie, Comet, and Kumo...

I slip my finger over the golden catch, and the hinges creaked open. Holding my breath, I reached for the note, the tiny slip of paper. Feeling like a small child stealing extra cookies, I unfolded the parchment.

The words were small and slanted, looking as if each word had been carefully printed out.

Kumo,

I know you hate me. I know you hate us. I don't even know how to start this letter, how to write it at all. But, you can't leave. I'm dying. She is too, but she won't admit it. I don't know if you are, but we need your help. Please. Please. Kumo, you once swore on the River Styx that if you knew my life was in danger, you would try to help. I'm calling that in.

-Pixie.

First chapter done! Yay! It's not very long, but hopefully that's okay! Happy anniversary to me! (A month earlier, but whatever!)

Alright! Go visit cartoon princess's account, and Smiley Salami's. They are my best friends, and as you know, inspiration for my OCs.

Peace and Pixies

~Pixies Between The Pages