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Chapter 1: Anger Problems

Robin

"Good evening, everyone." Starfire's voice wasn't as bouncy and enthusiastic as it should be.

Raven, Robin, and Beast Boy all glanced up in confusion. "Um, are you ok Starfire?" Beast Boy asked uncertainly.

Starfire turned hard eyes on Beast Boy. "Fine… why do you ask?"

"Because you're not…you. You look a bit…" Beast Boy searched for a word. "..gloomy. That's Raven's job." The comment got him a sharp snap on the back of the head.

Starfire stared at him for a moment before turning silently to the kitchen. She searched around in the refrigerator and resurfaced with a bottle of mustard. She shook it, eyes narrowing, and threw it at the wall where it exploded. Starfire growled softly and stalked out of the commons area, muttering numerous curses under her breath.

The three titans stared after her, shocked (even Raven) to see Starfire in such a foul mood. "I'll go talk to her." Robin offered. He stood and made his way to the door. As the door opened, a wave of noise hit everyone like a speeding train. It was a mixture of angry screams and objects crashing.

"Good luck." Raven told him.

Robin gulped, slowly approached Starfire's door and knocked softly. The sounds immediately quieted into heavy pants, then there was a short pause where a rustling of fabric could be heard and the door slowly creaked open. Starfire stood in the doorway holding a neatly folded towel over her arm.

"What?" she snarled.

"Um, is everything ok with you?" Robin asked nervously.

Starfire blinked and said, "Yes, everything is fine Robin." She offered him a smile but it lacked her normal glow of happiness.

"Come on, Starfire. There's something bothering you and, as a team, we deserve to know what." Robin crossed his arms and planted his feet.

Starfire blinked at him again and looked around before leaning close to him. "Be careful what you want to know, Robin, for it may get you hurt." She breathed and slammed the door in his face.

Robin stood there for a few seconds before knocking again. When there was no answer, he began banging on it. Finally, after ten minutes of consistent banging, Robin sat down and thought a minute. A smile formed on his lips as a plan formed in his head.

He rushed to Cyborg and yelled, "Cyborg! I can't get into Starfire's room and I think there's something wrong with her. Are you able to bust down the door so we can help her?" Well, Robin thought. It was mostly true.

Cyborg perked up from drilling a hole into a metal box and his eyes widened. "Let's go!" he ordered. Cyborg and Robin rushed to Starfire's room and Cyborg busted in the door. Robin peered in and gaped. The room was empty; on the opposite wall, the curtains fluttered tauntingly at him. "She's gone!" Robin growled in worry.

Just then, the crime alarm rang. The two teens sprinted to the commons area and went to the computers.

"Looks like some weird cat animal, Robin!" Beast Boy shouted.

"Titans, GO!" Robin cried.

They hurried out, the problem with Starfire put aside for later.

Starfire

Starfire was at a small café eating spaghetti with mustard on top when she saw a giant, black cat-creature run past the window. A split second later, she saw the rest of her team chasing after it.

Starfire hurriedly rushed out to help them. As they fought the cat-creature, Starfire was briefly distracted by the grace with which Raven took down the huge animal.

She paused for a few seconds too late. A blinding flash shot across her vision and Starfire cried out. There was an excruciating pain in her abdomen. She looked down to see the cat-creature biting deep into her stomachs.

Starfire just barely managed to stay in the air as she fought against the huge animal. The cat clung for dear life as she flew higher and higher. The higher Starfire flew, the deeper the cat bit and the shriller Starfire's screams of pain became. The creature began switching between a human and a creature.

Starfire finally gave up on shaking it loose and began floating back down to earth. The pain in her abdomen reached its peak and Starfire began to fall from not being able to control her limbs or anything else, including rational thought. As she touched down on the ground, Starfire saw that the human was now full human. She kicked him away disgusted and collapsed to the ground as the man looked down at himself.

"I'm me!" he exclaimed. "The curse is broken! I'm finally free!" "And now you're going to prison." Robin snarled, grabbing the man by the arm and handing him to police officials nearby.

Raven and Beast Boy glanced at each other in confusion and shrugged, while Cyborg scratched the back of his head with a frown.

No one noticed Starfire, slowly bleeding out in pain. She attempted to call out, but was swallowed up by darkness.

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