Okay...this is my first try of a Teen Titans fanfiction...I know it's short but the next chapters will be better ^_^

The action is situated after the last episode, I guess, even though I used a conversation from the first season.

Robin's POV

That was the fist time I had ever seen her.

It was a cold night, the streetlamps blinking hesitantly around Jump City, and I was riding my motorcycle back to the Titans' Tower. I had just stopped a minor jewelry theft by my own, and, as I was speeding back home, I saw a quite alarming commotion in the street. Just a gang of drunken teenagers, and there was nothing (too) wrong with that, yet. But apparently, they were harassing a girl.

"Stop it! Leave me alone!" she asked in a high-pitched tone, which signified panic, fear. She looked about my age, with black hair, a long coat of the same color which fluttered in the wind, and a pair of glasses reflecting the lights of the city. I had never seen her before. "I mean it!"

"So what" one of the guys replied, clearly from his tone that he lost the control of his actions to alcohol. "Common, why don'cha gimme a kiss, cutie? Eh?"

The others laughed, and began to circle the "target". I stopped my motorbike, and got off it, preparing to interfere. But she got them before me:

"That's it guys, you're DOOMED" her voice echoed trough the night. Now she didn't seem afraid anymore- more like resigned, like she wanted to avoid what was going to come. And then, raising her right hand, she snapped her fingers.

Simply that. And then a whirlwind surrounded her, sending the drunkards away, into walls or pylons. I could hear a little sight of relief, and then everything turned black. And by that I mean that a piece of paper flew in my face, covering my vision. I took it- it was the map of the city. And it apparently belonged to that girl.

"Hey, are you okay?" I asked, retrieving the map. She looked suspicious at me with her obsidian black eyes, but took it. And then she apparently recognized me and exclaimed:

"I guess I am…Hey, aren't you Robin? From the Teen Titans?"

"Yes, I am. Nice trick" I added, referring to the whirlwind.

"Thanks…I guess. Hey, I don't want to bother you" the girl said, fighting with the map in a typical helpless tourist manner, "but can you please TELL me where the Star Hotel is? I mean, my train just arrived here one hour ago and since then I've been searching for it almost everywhere!...Sorry, I guess I'm a bit desperate" she laughed, uneasy.

I looked, hoping she wasn't trying to make fun of me. A tourist?! And, even if she was…

"It's right in front of the train station." I said after a few seconds. "And it has a big banner pointing at it."

"Oh"

She looked embarrassed, but didn't say anything more. Who knows, maybe she was used to this kind of accidents. I've met people like her before- some of them were geniuses, but couldn't make a sandwich.

"So…erm, can you at least tell me where we are? I'm afraid I got a bit lost too…"

Really now. Was she serious?

"We are…" I said, and paused. The girl looked sincere, and if she did spoke the truth, then it means just telling her won't be too helpful. This kind of persons can get lost even in their own home. "…near the docks" I continued. "It can be a dangerous area at night, so it'd be safer not to walk here on your own. I could give you a ride to the hotel, if you want". Don't start imagining things now (especially if you're Starfire), I just didn't want to have her on my conscience in case she got attacked again.

You could see she was unsure of what to say. But just looking one more time to the gigantic unfolded city map seemed to drain all her strength, so she agreed.

"Well, if it's not too much of a bother…"

I didn't want to mention that it was 3 in the morning, and had probably a lot of other things to do in that moment than helping helpless teenage tourist girls. So I lied a bit "No, not at all", and asked if she had any luggage.

"No" she replied, with disarming sincerity. "I knew I would get lost, I always do. So I left my luggage at the station"

"Well, all right then". I got on the motorcycle, followed by her in a few seconds, and used my communicating device to call the police and the ambulance- after all; I couldn't just leave those guys lying there. After wondering one more time how did she mange to survive in everyday life, I started the engine, and the instant, tight, panicked (and still somewhat nice, though I'd never admit it) hug that almost stopped me from breathing told me she had never been on a motorbike before.

We got in front of the hotel in a few minutes, and then I remembered I didn't even know her name yet. When I asked her, she replied "Alex. Actually it's Alexandra, but I like Alex better". As she put her feet back on the ground, and let me finally breathe, she continued: "Thanks a lot, Robin. I can't imagine what I could've done if it hadn't been for you. But…I must ask you something. Please."

"What?"

"Don't tell anyone about my powers. Anyone. It's a secret. Please" she repeated.

And before I could ask anything or even agree, Alex disappeared behind the glass walls of Star Hotel, and left me wondering what was wrong with her.

***

Nobody's POV

"Can we please just order something?" Raven asked, bored. They had been arguing about half an hour already, and the black-haired girl was beginning to wonder if they'll ever eat again.

"As long as it's vegetarian." BB replied, quickly contradicted by Cyborg:

"Come on man! How can you deny me the all-meat experience?!"

"Dude. I've *been* most of those animals."

"I suggest a large pizza with Pickles, bananas and mint frosting." Starfire interfered, trying to calm down the atmosphere. Too bad it didn't succeed….

"Uh, Starfire? Not everything on the menu's a pizza topping." Robin explained to the alien girl.

"Oh..."

And so they kept arguing. Biting her lip in an attempt to prevent her laughter when hearing them, Alex gave up on reading the same sentence the 9th time, and, putting the books she was reading , "The Neverending Story", on her knees, she took one more bite of the delicious pizza calzone in her front. She loved it- in fact; she was beginning to like almost everything about this city.

Meanwhile, at a table nearby:

"Double pepperoni" Cyborg proposed.

"I'm not eating meat!"

"There's not meat in pepperoni!"

'Lol….these guys are simply hilarious' the girl thought, wondering briefly how five persons so different could be so close friends. It wasn't just about the looks- the serious Robin, the exuberant Starfire, the dark Raven, the half-machine-man Cyborg or the…well, green Beast Boy. It was visible in their minds too- at least for those who could see it, like Alex. She couldn't read minds, her ability being described more accurately as empathy, the feeling of other's emotions. But still, she could see enough.

At the other table, Raven blinked, surprised. She had a weird feeling in her head, something as light as a feather, but still present. She wondered why she was suspecting the unknown girl nearby as having anything to do with it.

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Slade's POV

My, my. Look who just came to Jump City.