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From the authors: This is a joined project between ZK Chromedragozoid and Phantom Soldier.

An orange, red and purple streak flew past a corner, in pursuit of a strange darkly attired figure, obviously male. As fast as the streak was going, this man was running at speeds that could only have been inhuman. This man was a criminal and he had robbed and killed a convenience store clerk. The streak in pursuit of him was none other than Starfire of the Teen Titans. The golden skinned, emerald eyed, scarlet haired beauty who, despite her innocent exterior, possessed strength that could crush steal.

"I am in pursuit of the criminal, Robin," Starfire reported into her communicator. "However, he is quite fast."

"Wait for backup, Star!" Robin replied. "We're right behind you!" She shook her head.

"I believe I can catch him, Robin. He is only human." Oh, how wrong she was. The man darted into an abandoned building and she followed him, landing on the dirty floor with her eyes glowing green. "Please, surrender," she pleaded. "If you do that, we can only promise that your punishment will not be too heavy." She did not notice a dark figure coming up behind her. When she heard footsteps, she turned around, her eyes too slow to see the blow that connected with her head, pain wracked her senses as she wanted to scream for help, she couldn't believe the sheer force the blow carried, then, the darkness grasped her senses and blinded her from the light…

Tonight, something would change in Starfire…she will be cursed.

TEEN TITANS: FALLING STAR

Night 1: Extinguished Flame.

"Starfire! Starfire, wake up!" Robin shouted.

"Ugh…" the Tamaranean princess groaned. "What happened?" she sat up, her friends hovering around her and she had a very nasty bruise on her head.

"You were taken by surprise, Starfire," Robin said with a frown, "I told you to wait for backup." Starfire looked down shamefully.

"I apologize, Robin." Robin shook his head.

"That's alright. As long as you're safe," he helped her up.

"The guy got away though," Beast Boy said, making Starfire whimper. She was upset that she had lost the criminal, evident by the expression of failure etched across her face. Raven elbowed him roughly, glaring at him for his insensitivity.

"We better get you checked out, Starfire," Cyborg said and then he noticed something on Starfire's neck. They were barely visible, but there all the same, "Hey, what are those?" he pointed. Starfire touched her neck, rubbing her fingers around her neck. It was only then when she felt two small twin punctured wounds did she gasp in shock.

"What? What are these!?" she cried out in horror. Raven's eyes narrowed.

"They look like puncture wounds," The witch analyzed.

Starfire looked woozy and Robin had to keep her steady, bringing her back to her feet, however shaky. She told them as her face turned slightly green like Beast Boy's, "I believe I am nauseous. I wish to lie down now, please."

"Okay, Starfire," Robin nodded, helping her walk. As they walked out of the abandoned building, a pair of red eyes had been spying on them and in a blink of an eye they vanished.

Starfire could not sleep. The alien princess tossed and turned but could not gain any rest whatsoever. Her eyes then popped open as she muttered eerily, "I am hungry…"

She then stepped off her bed and went to her door. She hovered outside her room for a bit before she took a direction. Following on instinct alone where she could find some "food"…

Robin was in his room, going over the case files diligently when he heard the sound of knocking at his door. Grumbling, he then calmed down and went over to open the door. Starfire stood there, twiddling her thumbs innocently, almost child like, to the Boy Wonder, the girl looked frightened.

"Starfire? What's wrong?" he asked.

"I could not sleep," she admitted, sheepishly, "May I come in?"

"Sure, Starfire." Starfire entered. She looked extremely tired. "What's wrong?" he asked in concern.

"Oh, my slumber is plagued by frightful visions," she told him worryingly, pouting as she did.

"They are just nightmares, Star," he assured her. "They can't hurt you."

"Oh, thank you for your concern," she said happily before engulfing him in a hug. And then…she froze. Her nose twitched. Something smelled delicious and it was close by. Her ears picked up on Robin's breathing and heartbeat and her eyes could see the blood flowing through his jugular, like they were streaming red wine just ready to burst out of the body. She licked her lips hungrily and opened her mouth to reveal two very sharp fangs. She leaned her head down to bite him, unknown to the oblivious Boy Wonder, her newly gained fangs elongating to reach his neck…

But then, she suddenly saw the horrible thing she had tried to attempt. She practically jumped back, appalled at what she had just tried to do. Tears of shame welled in eyes and she turned around to bolt out of the room in a flash, palming her face to cover the tears that swam down her cheeks.

"Star? Star, what's wrong?" he approached her but she was too far away for him to reach.

"Please, friend, I believe something is wrong with me!" She then flew out of his room with great haste.

Starfire was on the roof of the Tower, looking over to the city. She held her head. "What is happening to me?"

"You were sired," she heard someone say and she turned to see a black cloaked and hooded individual. From the height and the sound of the deep, dark voice, she could tell that it was not Raven.

Frightfully, she asked, "What do you mean? Please, identify yourself."

"I am someone who can relate to what is happening to you," he answered, "And I can help you."

"Please, tell me what is going on," she begged. "I nearly wanted to…drink Robin's blood." He stepped forward and she stepped back in fear, only for a birdarang to cut in between them. "Robin!" she cried out as she saw all her friends standing there.

"Get away from her!" Robin said threateningly. The cloaked figure sighed almost in pity.

"You do not understand what is going on," he told them calmly.

"All I understand is that you're not welcomed here," Cyborg said as he aimed his cannon. "Now, get off our Tower!"

"Unfortunately, that is a request I cannot obey," the figure replied coldly, red eyes glowing under his hood like two dull scarlet stars.

"Then we'll force you off," Robin retorted boldly and then yelled, "Titans! Go!"

Starfire just stood back and watched as her friends attack the cloaked figure.

"Azarath, Metrion, Zinthos!" Raven chanted, using her dark energy to bind the intruder, only for him to warp away and appear behind Robin. Robin spun and kicked him only for his leg to be blocked and a palm strike sent the Boy Wonder staggering back. The cloaked figure heard trotting as a green horse came running at him before spinning and kicked him hard in the back. Cyborg waited as he came flying at him and swung his fist as hard as he could and sent him flying and tumbling over the ground, hearing a satisfying THWACK as hard steel met cold flesh.

"Booyah!" Cyborg cheered only to gasp as the figure slowly got up. "Okay…"

"That won't stop me," The figure narrowed his eyes warningly. "And you have no idea what you're doing!"

"No way, dude!" Beast Boy said. "You mess with one Titan, you mess with all of us."

"Listen, if you are concerned about your friend, you must listen to me!" He then noticed that Starfire's eyes held an unearthly glow as she panted, her eyes trained on Robin. She then flew right at him and the figure made a dash and pushed the Boy Wonder out of the way and caught Starfire in his arms. Robin narrowed his eyes and prepared an explosive disc but gasped in shock at what he saw.

"Here, drink!" the figure pulled back his hood to reveal a teenage boy, appearing to be 18, with moon white skin, shoulder length night colored hair and eyes the color of blood. Starfire then leaned her head down and opened her mouth, revealing a pair of sharp fangs before she plunged them into his neck. He held onto her as she drank.

"Dude!" Beast Boy exclaimed, shocked as all hell. "Star…she's a-she's a," he stammered, but Raven finished for him,

"She's a vampire," Raven said equally surprised, judging by the bewilderment in her violet eyes. Starfire pulled back from her feeding exhaustingly before she dozed off and fell asleep in the figure's arms, looking somewhat more at peace than she was recently.

"You poor fledgling," he said sympathetically. He frowned sadly, and stretched out a finger to caress the girl's cheek. Robin, wanting answers, stepped forward and grabbed the guy's shoulder and spun him around to face him. There was just no way in Hell he would let some stranger touch the girl he loved that way!

"What did you do to her!?" Robin accused. Anger roared from his vocal cords, and the young man was seemingly unimpressed, but he held his ground, and brushed him off.

"I did nothing to her," the man replied calmly, "And you should be thankful. If she had fed on you, you'd be dead, especially since she's just a fledgling right now. They are particularly feral."

"You did this to her!" Robin accused. "Change her back!" the cloaked young man just sighed irritably.

"I didn't sire her," he said. "All I can say is some vampire just did this for the fun of it, siring her and then leaving her. I bet he thought that Starfire would drain all your blood and kill you." He glared at Robin, revealing he had all black eyes with red irises. "So, are you going to move so that I may take her to her room or are you going to stand there glaring at me?" Robin did not move, simply glaring with anger and jealousy, but also hesitant and anxious. "Oh, fine!" He vanished into his shadow, along with Starfire.

"Where is he!?" Robin yelled angrily and Cyborg checked his scanner. He blinked.

"Starfire's back in her room, and I'm willing to bet our newest houseguest is in there with her," Cyborg told him.

"Let's go!" Robin ordered, running back into the Tower, angrily.

He lay Starfire gently down on her bed, resting her head on her pillow as he stroked her hair. He frowned sadly and said, "So young, so innocent," and added, "What kind of monster would dare sire a creature such as yourself?" He then pulled his gloved hand back as Starfire's door swung open. He did not need to see who it was to know who they were. "Oh, it's you lot."

"What did you do to Starfire?" Robin growled, hands on his belt, ready to strike with his weapons.

"I fed her," the person answered. "Or is that not the answer you were looking for?"

"Get out of her room," Robin threatened.

"Make me," the person responded and Robin charged, only for chains to erupt from the ground and restrain the Boy Wonder.

"Let me go! LET ME GO!" Robin shouted out. The stranger looked up to see the other Titans who were ready to fight. He sighed.

"You know; if you drove me out, you'd have to take care of her," he pointed behind him at the sleeping Starfire, "And I doubt you understand how to take care of a fledgling."

"Why do you keep calling Star a 'fledgling'," Beast Boy asked curiously. "She's not a bird."

"No," the stranger replied, "She is something else. She is asleep now, resting as her body changes. May we speak outside?"

"What about Robin?" Raven questioned, her glare still trained on their 'guest'.

"Oh, fine," he then banished the chains and Robin came flying at him, only for a hand to grasp him by the throat. He could feel a sonic cannon trained on his back and then let go of Robin. "You best behave, boy, or else I won't be merciful. I am the only one here who can help you so you should best listen, you little bird." He then turned and walked out the door, leaving a shamed Robin.

He sat down on a chair in the living room, surrounded by the Titans. He had removed his cloak and neatly folded it and placed it on his lap. He was dressed in a black jacket with black gloves and matching black khaki pants with shoes. He looked at the Titans who looked back at him distrustfully.

"Who are you?" Robin asked, growling under his breath.

The stranger answered, "You may refer to me as 'Shadow'," he replied.

"Well, Shadow, what's happening to Starfire?" Raven asked.

Shadow answered, "She's going into a little change and soon join the darkness as one of its denizens. I came here to help her."

"We can handle it," Robin said confidently. Shadow raised his eyebrow.

"You, boy? I doubt it. Vampires who are sired from humans are nearly 5 times as strong. I can tell this girl was strong to begin with and as she changes she will become stronger. Can you stop her when she hungers? What will you do if that happens? To be merciful would be to kill her, can you do that?"

"Kill her?" Beast Boy repeated, terrified.

"More often than not, fledglings are killed because they do not have a proper teacher. I am that teacher."

"What's in it for you?" Cyborg asked, still not trusting this guy. It's not everyday a "vampire" comes into your life…

Shadow was getting increasingly irritated at the questioning. He had a fledgling to care for after all. He sighed and warned wisely, "When a miracle comes by your door, don't chase it away. You're lucky I'm even doing this out of the goodness of my own undead heart."

"How do we know you didn't do this to her?" Raven asked.

"You don't," he answered, "But I'd be damned if I let an innocent creature like her turn into a feral beast." He then paused, appearing to be listening in on something and got up. He said, "She's waking up again. I must go to her. This has to be done privately so I do not wish to be disturbed." With those parting words, he vanished, leaving several confused Titans and one jealous and equally angry Robin.

Starfire stirred as she awoke from her slumber. She yawned and stretched and looked to the window to realize it was still dark out.

"Had a good sleep, fledgling?" she heard and Starfire whirled around to see the cloaked man again, only without his hood. Starfire blinked. He was admittedly handsome, in a strange kind of way. Starfire could have sworn that perhaps his face was carved to appear as melancholic angel, unable to smile, but only frown with sadness for all eternity.

"What happened?" she asked, as she placed her hands on her head, massaging her temples after the strange, frightening and horrific ordeal.

"Don't you remember?" he asked. She shook her head.

"Who are you?" she asked.

"Call me Shadow, fledgling."

"Why do you call me this 'fledgling'?" she asked, confused.

"It's what you are," he answered and then he added, "Permit me to explain…"

The other Titans were outside of Starfire's room, waiting. Beast Boy had his ear pressed on the door.

"You hear anything?" Cyborg whispered.

"No," Beast Boy said.

"If he hurts her…" Robin growled.

"Robin, I think he was telling the truth," Raven told him plainly. Robin glared.

"You trust him!?"

"I could feel the honesty in his words. He really wants to help Starfire and I think we should let him. He is a vampire and if Starfire has become one then we have to trust him to guide and take care of her."

Robin grumbled.

"You are now a creature of the night," Shadow explained, "You tether between the realm of the living and the realm of the dead, but belong to neither. You, like me, are now a vampire." He frowned sadly, "I am sorry this had to happen to you."

"So…I am dead?" she questioned. "But I can still feel my hearts beating."

"My heart beats too," Shadow replied. "Just a bit differently. It's barely noticeable."

"Why has this happen to me?" she shuddered, scared and confused.

"Just some sick vampire's idea of a joke," he said to her. "The honorable ones usually stay with their sires but this one only turned you for the fun of it. I already dealt with him." Starfire gasped in shock.

"You…killed him?" she questioned.

"It's one of the things you must learn to understand, fledgling," Shadow told her seriously, "It's kill or be killed in this world. There is a lot of evil so you must be prepared to deal with it necessarily."

"This is just too much," she said, holding herself and crying. He embraced her and pulled the girl close to him, pressing her against his chest. He gently stroked her hair.

"Just calm down, fledgling," he said, stroking her hair tenderly. She found she enjoyed the attention. She then yawned sleepily. He lay her down on the bed and wrapped his cloak around the both of them as he lay down beside her. "Good night, fledgling." He kissed her forehead.

ZK: I got this idea in a dream. I read a lot of TT/Vampire fanfics and it's either Robin or Raven being the main vampire character. I want to take a different approach. Tell me how it is and review. This is only an experimental fic. So, please tell me if you like it.

Phantom Soldier: Due to a request from my good friend ZK, I've agreed to help him co-write this story, since I myself have read TT/Vampire fics and I'm currently reading the Vampire Chronicles, rather inspiring for this story, plus I might re-read Cirque Du Freak, but that's not important now. We are trying to be original with the fic by transforming Starfire into a vampire, so, I believe that we can officially say that this fic is no longer experimental. It's on now! So please, read and review, it will keep us motivated enough to work on this developing work of art, savvy?