Missing You:

Night Time on Tameran:

Starfire looked at her framed picture gently cradled in her hands--the only possession she had left from Earth. She missed her friends dearly, but knew that she could never return to the planet she loved.

Right after the titans last battle—and the takedown of brother blood—she had been called back home to her planet, being informed that Galfore, the man who raised her, was now dying. Somewhere in the two months that she left Earth to see Galfore, she had been tangled up in a messy conflict, finally ending in the death of Galfore and the crowning of a new empress: Queen Koriander of Tameran.

Starfire had definitely felt this feeling before. Her heart being torn in two, half of it on Tameran and the other half stuck on Earth, longing for things to go back to the way they were. But unlike the last time, when she was able to return to her friends, she knew that now it was her duty to remain on Tameran to help get her confused and mourning planet back on its feet.

She only planned to stay for a couple months, but a couple months dragged to a year, and a year slipped into the next. The titans waited for their friend back on Earth, but knew in their hearts that no matter what they did, their optimistic teammate would never be returning.

2 YEARS LATER:

"Azerath Metrion Zinthos."

"Azerath Metrion Zinthos."

'Need to concentrate'

"Azerath Metrion Zinthos."

'Need to concentrate…Need to—

The toaster suddenly became surrounded in glowing black energy, and without warning, exploded, into the faces of two very surprised teammates.

Ever since Starfire left the team had become…dead…

Raven was having more and more trouble keeping her emotions in check. She had to meditate more than ever, just to keep the explosions to a minimal. No matter how much she told herself that Starfire had to leave, because she had a duty to her planet, no matter how much she knew it was true, she couldn't shake the sickening feeling of betrayal. Transmissions every other week just weren't good enough. Raven wanted her friend back, and as much as she hated to admit it, she missed that cheerful ear to ear smile that brightened rooms.

On top of everything, crime rates had gone up by at least 10 times since Star left. The team was going to have to get a replacement.

On Tameran:

"I should have told him…"

Starfire sat in her room, trying her best not to re-live past.

"My duty is on Tameran with my people." Starfire croaked

"With my people!" She said with more confidence

"MY DUTY!"Starfire screamed, standing up suddenly, knocking her picture off her bed. She watched with wide eyes as it crashed to the floor shattering.

'Just like my heart'

Starfire gently scooped up her beloved picture and gazed longingly into the faces of her teammates. She looked at a younger version of herself--smiling and happy beside her teammates.

'Why?'

"Why did I have to leave?" Starfire whispered to no one in particular.

She sighed, slipping the picture into a secure place in one of her many drawers.

'Robin….'

Starfire bolted up realizing what she had just thought.

'No. No. No.' She repeatedly scolded herself.

She knew it was pointless to dwell in the past for too long. It would just make her sad. She also knew it was pointless to think of her leader like that.

"He never liked me." Starfire's voice was laced with pain. "Never…" her voice fell to a soft whisper, as she buried her head in her hands.

Suddenly the depressed girl was consumed with rage. Her eyes began to glow green as she fired starbolts around her room, watching them bounce off her strong walls. She ducked, starbolt just missing her head. That's when she decided….

She was going home. Her real home. Home to her team. And him.

Beast Boy's POV:

Beast Boy wasn't one to be mean, but this was getting way out of hand. His world was falling apart in front of him, and all he could do was watch. With Starfire gone, the titans just weren't the titans…

Cyborg didn't play videogames anymore, he didn't cook, he didn't argue, all he did was stay in the garage in his own little world of mechanical gadgets, loosing himself in his work.

Raven wasn't much better. She was gaining less and less control over her powers and instead of letting her team help her, she shut herself away in her room--adding more frustration the already tense house.

Then there was Robin. It was obvious that there had been something going on between Robin and Starfire, and when she left, he became bitter. His lips were pulled down in a constant frown. Every morning, he'd lead the team into battle, and every night he'd stay up researching new criminals, new facts. It seemed to Beast Boy that he was trying to bury himself in papers—drowning himself in a sea of sorrow and hate. That why he was very surprised when Robin announced to the team that he had found a replacement for Starfire.

Beast Boy didn't like to be mean—he didn't even want to be mean, but the first thing he thought of when he saw Robin's replacement girl was, "Cheap imitation."

He knew exactly why the boy wonder had picked 'Victoria' to be a teen titan. Let's see…maybe it was her tan skin or her bright green eyes. Or maybe it was the hair--her long red hair. Beast Boy didn't know why he was so mad, but he was. So what if she looked like their long lost teammate? She could never take her place.