Hello, FanFiction, old friend!

It's been forever since I've written anything at all. This has been a very busy year for me and I had to focus on my studies, but I'm finally back! I hope now I'll be able to post new stories and chapters regularly.

For the sake of this story, imagine that the Teen Titans aren't a team. Let's say for now they're just solo heroes and they don't know each other. So this is a story about how they meet each other. Some of them sooner than others. Also, take into consideration that the characters are a bit older.

Enough talk for now... Story time! So grab an ice cream and enjoy the story! :)

Chapter 1 - The beginning

It was a mostly peaceful evening in Jump City. Seventeen year old Garfield Logan, known as Beast Boy by the public, was just returning home after a night of fighting crime. He was walking slowly, with his shoulders slouched, clearly showing how tired he was. Beast Boy had just stopped a heist at a jewelry store on main street. Fighting five armed men alone wasn't as easy as he made it look. He was sure one of them managed to scrape his back.

As he reached the stairs to the apartment building, a shadow passed in front of him. Beast Boy instantly got into his fighting stance. He looked around, relying on his enhanced senses to locate any danger, but whatever it was, it disappeared completely. He straightened out, letting his arms fall to his sides. He looked around one more time, but he was alone in the middle of the street.

"Must've been my imagination. All this crime fighting is getting to me." he grumbled as he searched his pockets for his keys.

He quickly made his way to the third floor and unlocked the door to his apartment. As he closed the door behind him, he took off his mask and left it on a small shelf next to the door, along with his keys.

Beast Boy headed straight for the bathroom. He needed to asses the damage and take a shower. He took off his hero outfit and positioned himself in front of the large mirror above the sink. He could see the end of a small gash on the left side of his back and frowned. He had a rather vast collection of scars that reminded him of every mistake he did in battle and he hated adding to them. Beast Boy hated the tiny one on his right brow the most. He could've lost his eye that time.

"Well... At least it's a small one this time." he sighed.

After a quick shower, he put on a white t-shirt and a pair of grey shorts. He headed to his small kitchen and prepared a tofu sandwich and a small tomato salad. He ate in silence, thinking about the strange shadow that passed by him. He saw it. He was sure of it, but still... It disappeared as soon as it came. He couldn't find an explanation. 'What could move so fast and mask it's presence so well? Maybe another superhero? Or maybe a villain?'

He thought it best to not think about it for now. No sense in worrying yet. The best decision at the moment would be to go to bed and get some rest.

A few blocks away, on a roof overlooking a rather popular street of Jump City, now almost deserted, stood a cloaked figure. From under the hood of the cloak, cold eyes gazed at the few people still out at the late hour. Some were enjoying a night out with friends at a restaurant, others were heading home.

"What a waste of time and energy." stated the mysterious person. The figure's voice had a monotone, uninterested tone to it, as if it was devoid of any emotion.

"Aww, I think it's adorable. They're so happy and carefree." came a cheerful, girly voice from behind the cloaked figure.

"What are you doing here?" asked the darker person turning to face the girl. She was short, but wore black boots with tall heels to compensate. She was wearing a very dark orange dress with black trims and a black long coat with a hood, that hid most of her face. One could only see her yellowish irises shining under the hood and her ever present mocking smirk. There were a few strands of orange hair that escaped the shadows of her hood.

"Straight to the point as usual, huh?" commented the girl. "I could ask you the same thing." she said chuckling as she came closer to gaze at the street below.

"I am not in the mood for your games, Vixen."

"Oooh... Touchy aren't we?" she purred poking him. The other person growled and let out a small cloud of dark smoke. "Okay, okay! You're no fun today!" she grumbled. "I'm here for the same reason you are."

"I'm only going to say this once... This. Is. My. Prey. Got it?"

"Listen carefully, Dragon boy! If you think I'm letting you take all that power for yourself, you're completely deluded. Every lowlife with a weapon will try to get their hands on it. Still, in the end, it's going to be mine! Got it?" she growled. There was no trace of the cheerful girl from a few seconds ago. Now she was literally bearing her teeth at the taller figure. She had very sharp teeth, much like a predator.

"We'll just see about that, Whiskers." came the menacing answer.

"What did you just call me, you piece of-" she couldn't finish her reply before he disappeared in dark smoke. She narrowed her eyes at the spot where the other person stood. "It's on, Dragon!" she said with disgust in her voice before jumping through a bright orange cloud of smoke.

Another cloaked figure sat on the rocky shore of a small island just off the shore of Jump City. It was a pale young woman, about seventeen or eighteen years old, looking at her reflection in the currently still water. She pushed back her hood, letting her short, violet hair frame her face instead. She hugged her knees and sighed.

"Well... This isn't turning out quite how I hoped..." she thought out-loud. "And I almost revealed myself to that boy earlier... I can't risk it."

The next morning, Beast Boy started his usual patrol around the city a few hours early. He was sure there was something wrong, he just couldn't figure out what exactly. As he passed a narrow alley he spotted a hooded figure sitting in the shadow. He approached the person with caution. He could tell it was a girl. She was hugging her knees and she held her forehead propped on them, making herself as small as possible. He had seen people like this before, but there was something different about this girl. He approached her with a great caution, not sure what to expect.

"Are you all right?" asked Beast Boy softly as he knelt in front of her.

The girl instantly tensed up. Her head shot up revealing a startled expression only partially hidden by her hood. She quickly pulled her hood over her forehead, hiding her face from him. He could tell she was scared, so he kept his distance for now, trying to show her that she didn't need to be scared of him.

"Don't be scared! I'm not going to hurt you!" he said.

If she believed him, she wasn't showing it. Actually, she looked like she was going to run away any second. Before he could say anything else, she was engulfed in dark energy that took the shape of an eagle and flew away, melting in the shadows. Beast Boy stared at the dark bird as it slowly disappeared. He made up his mind. He needed to know who that girl was.

'Him again... Can I trust him? Can I risk it?'

That's it for the first chapter!

Reviews are welcome, as always.

I'll be back with chapter two shortly. Happy reading and writing until then, guys! :)