Hi! I am excited to start my new story! I have had this idea for quite a while, and am happy that I am finally able to write it! To all of my loyal readers, I hope this lives up or above my normal standards. To all my new readers I hope that you enjoy my writing. Please no flames, I just don't like them. By the way I based this story on Faint by: Likin Park and Secrets by: Good Charlotte.

Summary:

An ancient book, a mysterious voice, and the same recurring dreams. Starfire is confused by all these things happening to her but keeps them from the other titans. But as a new villain comes to town Starfire finds that her dreams and everything else happening might be real. She digs closer to find the truth, but what is to come is bigger than her or any other Titan has ever expected. " There is a woman's voice in my dreams...I think she's trying to tell me something."

Faint Secret

Forward:

" Every single one of us that is born has the capability to be either good or evil. But in the end it can only be ones decision of what they shall become…"

Chapter 1: Mere Dreaming?

"Starfire…" a distant, yet close voice whispered.

" Come Starfire…"

The stoned walls that surrounded her lit, almost magically, with torches with every step she took. She stopped at a door as the last torches lit themselves.

A door. A stone door stood before her. With markings she could not clearly see as her vision was suddenly blurred. Instinctively her head turned towards a stone block that emerged from the wall. Her hand pushed it in and the door opened.

" Come Starfire," the whisper sounded more unguent.

A light at the center of the room caught her attention. She wanted this light; nay need this light for some reason. She was so close and the excitement grew within her. The room was blurry but from what she could make out, she found her way to the light. There she was so close. She could feel something…strange. Power is what she felt.

The light brightened by itself when she was only a few inches from it, making her stumble backwards. She smiled. It was in the rightful hands. But the hand that suddenly appeared on her shoulder let her know she was no longer alone. She turned her head in surprise and then---------------------------------------------------

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Starfire bolted up. The 18-year old rubbed her eyes with the back of her hands, sleepily. She turned to her right to look at the small clock she had next to her rounded purple bed. 3:30am, it read. Beads of sweat covered her forehead and she wiped them away. Lately she hadn't been sleeping well. This was just one of very many nights she had awoken from the same recurring dream.

Starfire swept her long red hair behind her neck as she laid back down, claming herself.

It had started out a few months ago, about 4, as just pieces of dreams. They came as the usual incoherent dreams in between the normal major ones of a person's slumber, which are forgotten the next morning. But then after a week or so more and more started to add on to these small dreams. Soon they became longer, detailed, and vivid. These dreams were so realistic…almost as though she was there. But there was one that stood out amongst all others and, oddly enough, it was this one dream that was the least detailed. This dream, the one she just had, was blurry, but the only one who had "the voice" in it, which made it the most important and the one the accrued most often.

When the dreams first started to happen, Starfire's first instinct was to tell her friends. But something stopped her. Maybe it was because she already knew the answer she would receive: " Starfire it was just a dream." They were only dreams, of course, so she kept them to herself. But now there were faint circles under her eyes from the lack of sleep. But still she refrained from telling her friends. There was no need to worry them, plus she needed to learn how to deal with her minor problems. She feared losing their respect, being naive was not all as great as it sounded.

She was new to this planet, Earth. Tameran was her home planet, but she had joined up with the Teen Titans and came to Earth. Things here were different; she was an alien. It took a while to figure out what things were and she was still learning, but she had been here two years now. Two years was meant that she had learned much about Earthly ways, it was her appearance that made her somewhat different. Her skinned was tanned and had a slightly orange-ish tint. Her eyes were pure jade, and she had crimson red hair that went to just above her waist. Different yes, but her appearance turned heads.

She sat up once more. She needed to walk around. Tea. That was a good idea. Raven, a fellow Titan drank tea often to clam she. Starfire slipped on her pink bunny slippers that matched with the silk purple pajama set she wore.

She walked down the halls of the tower and into the common room. She then took a kettle out of its storing place, filled it with water, and put it on the stove. She sat stood leaning against the counter, one hand under her chin as she watched the water boil.

All was dark except for a small overhead light above the stove. She heard footsteps behind her and she quickly.

" Robin! You scared me!" she exclaimed.

" Hey Starfire, sorry. " He apologized rubbing the back on his neck.

" It is alright. What are you doing up at this time of night?" Starfire asked.

Robin smiled and leaned, in the same position, on the counter next to her. " I could ask you the same question."

Starfire smiled sadly, "I had the craving for tea." She didn't want to lie, so she told part of the truth. " And you?"

" I couldn't sleep. Ya know, bad dream." Robin sighed.

Starfire looked at him inquisitively, " You have been having the mares of the night?"

Robin shrugged, " Kind-of. But it's okay now." There was silence for a few minutes then he spoke again, " So tomorrow's the museum tour."

" Yes, I am very excited about it. I have never been to a mausoleum before." Starfire said happily.

Robin laughed, " Museum not mausoleum, Star."

" What will we see there?" Starfire asked.

" Well it's an Egyptian exhibit, so we'll be able to see things from ancient Egypt and mummies and stuff like that. Raven would know more than I would, it was her choice to go there." Robin explained.

Starfire nodded then asked, " And why will our mothers be there?"

Robin shook his head and laughed, " Mummies, Star. You know dead people."

"Oh." Was her answer. Then a few minutes of silence once more before she asked, " Robin?"

He looked at her, " Yes?"

" Robin…what are your dreams about?" She asked slowly.

He turned his head away from her and looked straight, as though looking at something see could not see. " Why do you ask that?"

She felt guilty. Guilty for the fact that she was asking him to share what she would not. " I just…noticed that you often 'can't sleep.'"

He nodded and squinted his eyes, " Just past things."

She looked at him and for the first time noticed the 19 year-old was not in his suit but in normal pajama pants and an overgrown t-shirt. He wore no gloves but his mask was still fixed on his face as usual. " Past things?"

He started to fidget, she noticed, then he ran his fingers through his black hair. He started to speak but then hesitated, then spoke again, " You don't want to know. It's nothing important." There was a finality in his voice that told Starfire he didn't want to talk any further about it.

She looked at him and put her hand over his and whispered, " It is important. You can always tell me anything, Robin."

He placed his other hand softly on her cheek, " Starfire I-" He never finished for both of their eardrums exploded with the sound of the whistling kettle. Starfire hurriedly turned it off.

She then turned back to Robin and asked, " Would you like some?"

Robin shook his head, " No thanks. I'm just going to go back to bed. I'll see you in the morning. Night Star."

" Goodnight Robin." She murmured as he left the room, but she had doubts if he had heard her. She took a sip of tea, somehow it just didn't give her what she needed.

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A knock on the door awoke her the next morning.

" Hey Star! Rise and shine, girl! I made waffles!" Cyborg called from the other side then she heard receding footsteps. Her clock read 9:08am. She stretched her arms and yawned happily. After she had returned to her room last night sleep came easily and she had no dreams.

She skipped over to her dresser drawer. She took out the usual purple skirt and halter-top. After getting dressed she brushed her long red hair. Then she put on her knee length purple boots. She then made her bed and walked out the door.

When she reached the kitchen she saw Raven already sitting at the table reading her book. Beastboy and Cyborg were busy in the kitchen finishing up breakfast.

She happily sat down next to Raven. " Good morning friend Raven!"

Raven cast a glance at her, " Morning."

" What is the book that you read?" Starfire asked.

Raven sighed and held the cover up to Starfire. Death to Us All: The Fourth Killing. Starfire nodded and smiled.

" Morning Titans!" Robin announced a she walked into he room. He took a seat next to Starfire. " Morning Star."

" Good morning Robin! Did you sleep after our confrontation last night?" Starfire asked. Next to her Raven's eyebrow went up and she smirked.

" Yeah. You?" He answered.

" Oh. Yes." Starfire said happily.

" Breakfast is served!" Cyborg said proudly as he sat huge plates of waffles, eggs, bacon , and sausage before them.

Beastboy shook his head in disgust, " How can you guys eat that!"

" Easy see." Cyborg answered the rhetorical question by shoving a waffle and some bacon into his mouth. " Good." He finished with his mouth food.

Beastboy frowned and put down a plate. "Well I have something ,tofu waffles! Dig in!" They all looked at it in disgust. It was greenish.

Starfire, feeling bad for Beastboy took one. " It is always good to try new things, yes?"

Robin also took one, but Raven and Cyborg didn't. Starfire put a piece of it into her mouth and her face turned as greener than the waffle and so did Robin's.

" I am not feeling the hungriness anymore. Excuse me and I will go get prepared so that we many leave to the museum." Starfire said practically running from the room.

Robin held his stomach and stood up, " I'm going to go puke now." And he too quickly left the room.

Raven and Cyborg looked at Beastboy. Beastboy put a bit into his mouth and shrugged, " I think it's okay."

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" We, here at Egyptian Mobile Museum, are so honored to have the Teen Titans come pay a visit." The tour guide said happily in front of a columned stone building.

" Uh, glad to be here." Robin answered.

" Well then lets start the tour. We'll start in The Hall of Hieroglyphics." The tour guide said leading them into a big room with walls and cases filled with symbols.

" She is so cheery!" Raven moaned quietly to Starfire, which made her giggle.

" Egyptian writing was called Hieroglyphics. Hieroglyphics are pictures that were used to write the ancient Egyptian language. In the beginning hieroglyphic signs were used to keep records of the king's possessions. Scribes could easily make these records by drawing a picture of a cow or a boat followed by a number. But as the language became more complex more pictures were needed. Eventually the language consisted of more then 750 individual signs. Archeologists used different languages to decode them, and have successfully decoded words" The tour guide explained.

The Titans all looked around before moving on to the next room. " In this room we have all the objects found in agrological digs from jewelry to even books. Feel free to look around."

Starfire looked at all the cases filled with all different types of things. She smiled at all the fascinating things she found. She was about to go find Robin as something caught her eye.

It was just a flash of light reflecting off a case but it called to her. Curiosity took over as she walked towards it. She touched the glass case slightly. It was a book with gold case and binding. But she could not read the front cover for it was in a different language. She looked over to the information stand and read it aloud, " Book of O-O-"

" Book of O' Sirius." A voice said from behind her.

Starfire turned to see a handsome man standing in front of her. He wore a red t-shirt with blue jeans. His hair was short and brown. But what caught her attention were his deep blue eyes. She lost her breath and couldn't speak.

" Some say the book contains curses and spells. Others think it might contain the history of early kings. But no one has been able to decipher it so we don't know." He continued.

She looked at his shirt for a nametag of some kind but found none. He noticed and said, " I'm Adain. Sorry I don't work here."

" Oh! I did not assume that- well yes I did but only because you knew so much about the book and it didn't have to do with how your appearance is. Not that your appearance is bad, actually it's quite nice! Not that I am looking in that sort of fashion-" Starfire tried to explain herself.

" It's alright! I should've introduced myself. I do this sometimes. And it's perfectly fine. I know so much about it because I'm the one who found it." He explained.

She gasped, " You are!"

He nodded modestly, " Yeah."

" But you don't look-" She stopped. She was going to say old.

" Old. No you can go ahead and say it. I know that most archeologists are in fact old. Actually I'm 23." He said blushing.

" Oh." She whispered.

" Adain Sinclair." A man said coming up to him. "Not bothering are guests, now are you?"

" I hope not Mark." Adain answered.

The man who had come up to them was old. At about 65 years old, he was short, slightly fat, and had gray hair with a receding hairline. He wore a black suit with a white over coat. The man then looked towards Starfire as though wanting her to also confirm that he wasn't bothering her.

" He isn't bothering me." Starfire said shyly.

Adain smiled, " This is Mark Valderas a fellow archeologist and an old professor of mine."

Mark smiled and shook Starfire's hand, " It's nice to meet you young lady."

" So Adain how long has it been? Has to be about a year since I've seen you last. I believe we were in Cairo, Egypt on some kind of dig." Mark said.

" Yes, it was in Cairo. On the dig a few hundred miles from Alexandria. It's were we found the book." Adain replied.

" Oh yes…the book." Mark murmured walking over to it. " One of the greatest mysteries of our time." He walked over to it and started to look.

Adain moved closer to Starfire, making her blush.

" This book is truly an amazing discovery, Adain. And it is my job to research it." Mark said happily.

Starfire looked at Adain, " You will not be researching?"

Adain smiled, " Well I'll be doing some, but mostly I'm the guy who finds the stuff."

A pager started to beep and Mark looked down, " I'm wanted. Well better run. Talk to you later Adain." Then he left.

Adain turned back to Starfire, " So alone again." Starfire giggled.

" I want to see you again." Adain impulsively.

Starfire was shocked, " Here?"

" No, someplace else." He answered smiling.

" Like a…date?" Starfire asked eyes wide.

" Yes a date." He answered still smiling.

" I don't know…" Starfire murmured.

" Now before you say no let me make an argument. You—you've got to be the most beautiful woman I have ever laid eyes on. Now I know all of this sounds superficial. But you seem like a great person and just standing here for five minutes talking to you has been an experience that I will never forget." He said.

" You seem nice too it's just…" Starfire started to say when a voice called her.

" Hey were moving on to the next exhibit." Robin said coming up to her and Adain.

" Who's this?" he said eyeing Adain wearily.

" Robin this is Adain. Adain this is Robin." Starfire introduced them.

" Hey, I was just telling her about this book." Adain explained.

Robin nodded and narrowed his eyes at Adain.

" Adain was the one who had found the book." Starfire explained.

" Oh really." Robin said annoyed at the fact Adain was still there.

" Yeah." Adain said. He looked at Starfire, " I've better get going." Then to Robin's shock and anger he kissed Starfire's hand, " Maybe a different time?"

Starfire nodded, " Yes, a different time."

Adain smiled then walked away.

As Robin and Starfire started to walk towards the others Robin asked, " So what did that guy want?"

Starfire looked at him, " Nothing."

Robin's eyes narrowed again as he said, " I don't like that guy."

Starfire smiled, " Do you have the jealously that I was talking to another man?"

Robin looked at her and shook his head, " No! Why should I! That guy is probably a liar anyways!" Then he stalked off.

" Hey!" A voice called from behind her. She turned to see Adain. " I never did learn your name!"

She smiled, " It's Starfire!" Then she turned to catch up with the others.

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Hi! It's me again! Okay, so now it's time to review! Reviews always make me feel better! And please no flames. Some of you must be like, " What the hell? I thought this was a Robin and Starfire fic." It is, don't worry.

Well The End premieres tomorrow night at 8pm on Cartoon Network!

See you later,

Hailey