-Chapter 1: Welcome to the Team-
In the woods outside of Jump City, a boy, about fifteen, was cooking a fish he just caught by a camp fire. Including his fire, he had a tent and only his backpack in his tent. The boy is wearing dark blue jeans, black converse, a black t-shirt and a black hoodie. His hood is up, so his eyes hide in the shadow of the hood, but his mouth can be seen. His skin is also very pale. His stomach growls as he waits for the fish to cook.
"Ugh, hurry up and cook. I'm getting hungry here." He said to the fish, not expecting a response. He sighs and lies on his back and gazes at the full moon. "When was the last time Nevermore showed up?" He thought to himself.
The fish still hasn't fully cooked yet, and Danny started to doze off to sleep, which is the last thing he wanted. He begins to dream about that awful night years ago and woke up with a gasp and in a cold sweat 20 minutes later. A cold breeze blew through the woods, but Danny never minded the cold. He checked the fish to see if it was cooked and finally it was.
"Finally!" He said as he grabbed the fish on a stick and started eating. Within a few minutes, the fish was nothing but bones. "That'll keep me good until morning."
He then climbed up a tree to get a good look of the city in the distance. He'd always liked to see all the lights of the city at night and admired its beauty. He sighed to himself, remembering how long it's been since he's actually lived in Jump City, or even if anyone has moved into his old house. What has caught his eye recently for the past few months was the strange "T" shaped building in the water in the middle of the city.
"What kind of building is that anyway?" He'd always ask himself. What he didn't know is that his answer was about to be answered. He heard explosions coming from the close end of the city, and they were coming into the woods.
He decided not to get involved because he didn't want to have another accident and hurt others anymore. The explosions kept coming and he saw flashes of light green, blue, what looked like dark blue energy, and even heard the sound of an elephant.
"What the hell is going on?" He asked himself, and soon, the commotion came to him. A man, wearing a metal helmet, a faulty jet pack, and armed with guns flew into Danny and they both landed to the ground. The man shook his head after falling and saw Danny, groaning and holding his head after the fall.
"Get back here, Firefly!", yelled a female's voice coming this way. The man looked at Danny and ran to him, putting him in a headlock, faced the other way and held a gun to his head. His chasers arrived and stopped when they saw he held a hostage, but they were a little strange. The group consists of a flying woman with orange skin, red hair and green eyes, a pale girl with a dark blue cloak with the hood up and dark blue energy around her hands, a humanoid blue beetle with cannons for arms, a green lion, and a boy with a sword, cape, mask, and the letter "R" over his heart on his uniform.
The boy pointed the tip of his sword at the man. "Let him go, Firefly" he said and the man tightened his grip on Danny.
"Take another step and I'll blow this kid's brains out!" Firefly threatened.
The boy growled but the flying woman put her hand on him. "Don't try it, Robin. We don't want to risk this boy's life." She said and Firefly chuckled.
The woman then went to the girl in the cloak and whispered in her ear, but Danny was able to hear it. "Raven, do you think you could be able to use your powers to free him from Firefly?" She asked her and the girl nodded.
"No need," said Danny, and the woman and Raven looked shocked, "I can handle this myself."
The girls still looked surprised. "How did you..." Raven was about to ask, but Danny shook his head.
"Don't ask." He replied and elbowed Firefly in the gut hard, causing him to drop his gun. Danny then began to use his power. The darkness solidified in his hands and made black rope. He then bonded Firefly tightly and handed him off to the others, who looked extremely surprised.
"Here. He's all yours." Danny said. The blue beetle guy turned his cannons back into arms, and the green lion turned into a teen boy in a red suit.
"What was that? How did you do that?" He asked.
"It's one of my powers. I can control darkness." Danny replied.
"Like umbramancy?" Raven asked.
"Yes, but it's not magic. I control the actual element. I guess you could call me an elemental that way."
"What's your name?" The orange woman asked.
"My name is Danny Blackheart"
"Well, my name is Starfire. This here is Raven, and the blue one is named Blue Beetle. The green one is Beast Boy, and this is Robin," she said, and the boy with the sword, named Robin, sheathed his blade.
"Thank you for stopping Firefly."
"It wasn't really a problem. Now, I don't mean to sound rude but can you guys get the hell back to the city now?" Danny requested.
"Ok, but first I wish to speak with you. Titans, take Firefly to the authorities and head back to the tower. I'll be there soon." She said and the rest went back to the city.
Danny sat by the fire. "Why do you need to talk to me? There's nothing to talk about." he said and Starfire sat across from him.
"Why are you by yourself in these woods, Danny?"
"It's the only place I won't be made fun of, and where I can't hurt anyone else."
"It's because of your powers, isn't it?"
"Yeah, let's go with that."
"Well, I believe I could help you with that. If you come back with us, we could help you gain better control of your powers. These kids are still learning to control theirs and are getting better, not to mention improving their teamwork." She said and Danny just laughed.
"Me? Go back to the city? Yeah right. Besides, I can't control my powers. I'm fine for a while, but something eventually goes wrong and I hurt everyone around me." He said as he looked at his hands and looked down.
Starfire leaned closer to him. "Danny, I promise you, nothing bad will happen and you will learn to gain better control of your powers." She said and Danny looked at her.
"You promise? Are you sure you can help me?"
"I give you my word."
Danny thought about it for a little while then sighed. "All right, I'm in." He said and held his hand out for her to shake, and she did with a smile.
"Welcome to the Teen Titans, Danny."
-end of chapter-
