This is the next chapter to my story. I would like to thank the people that have reviewed. You have given me a little heads up on what I need to improve. Oh, and I would like to state something. I have a knack for trying to put myself into a story I write. Not as a narrator but more like an invisible entity that watches over everything that happens and comments on things. You could call me a ghost. I think it gives my fan-fiction some originality. But that's my own personal opinion. Please enjoy though.


Step One: She would never again make tea while in his vicinity.

Step Two: She was going to murder a certain metal man.

Step Three: She was going to murder a certain mutant moth

Step Four: She really needed to meditate.

Step Five: She would eventually apologize for what happened, in truth it wasn't really his fault.

"Azerath Metrion Zinthoss...Azerath Metrion Zinthoss...Azerath Metrion Zinthoss..." she repeated, floating a couple feet over her floor

Her hair wafted ever-so-slightly, brushing up against her shoulders every-so-often. Calmness came to her as the outside world disappeared and was replaced with the solitude of 'her' space. A small comet whizzed by, adding to the tranquility that bore through 'her' space. She felt her breathing return to normal and her heart rate decrease to its normal function rate. This is what she needed, though tea would have been better. Sighing inwardly she knew that the rest of her day would be filled with the snickers of Vic. The metal man loved to make fun of Dick (Robin) and Kori's relationship; if you could call it that. They didn't officially become steady, but with all the time they spent with each other as of late you would think otherwise. And because of this Vic would tease the two lovebirds with a passion. Now should he get even the littlest inclination of something going on between his best friend and the girl he saw as a little sister then his attention would be turned to the mocking of the Goth and changeling. And from what he witnessed in the kitchen area not to long ago, he got an inclination. Opening her eyes she let the dimness of her room wash over her. It gave you a eerie notion that something lurked in the shadows, waiting to strike on its unsuspecting prey. And even though Raven has spent years living in this room it still sometimes gives her the willies as she surveyed the many strange ornaments, statues, and books with strange symbols and languages. She always thought about changing her decor but, she never go around to doing it. Maybe she just didn't care, or maybe she was lazy? Who knows? But once again the thoughts of the future of her day came across her mind and she sighed again, outwardly this time.

"Today is just going to be super." she said to herself, almost wishing that the sentence wasn't coated with sarcasm.


She stood outside the clothing store. It was nothing like the one at the mall, with clothes that were meant for show and not durability. The store was open, but with the dense fog that had rolled into the city nobody decided that today would be the best day for clothes shopping. She looked on, into the window and saw clothes hanging from hooks or folded across tables. Shoes and boots lined the walls in the far back and above them laid socks and other unmentionables. How she wished to wear them. Sure, the cloak was keeping her warm, but only enough to keep her from catching her death of pneumonia. Even with the large, heavy clothe she was freezing her butt off. She decided then and their to fully cloth herself. Even if it meant committing a crime. Something that she wasn't to thrilled for but survival was necessary.
"And then we tried on the many clothes that the shopping mall presents." came a sweet voice

Though the years had matured the young princess into the alien woman she was now, Kori still had that sweet innocence she had in her younger days. This was the reason Dick adored her so. She would still latch onto him should she have a question that needed answering and he was more than willing to oblige. He was lovesick, and he knew it. He just couldn't bring himself to express that because of what he called 'preservation of the team'. He stated that a relationship within the team might cause the team to fall apart should that relationship turn sour. Now everyone on the team knew that when, oh yes, when Dick and Kori finally admitted their feelings for one another there relationship wouldn't go sour. As long as Kori kept Dick from working too hard. And trust me, she could. As of right now she was flirting with him on the way to the common room; cleverly disguising it as idle talk about her and Raven's trip to the mall recently.

"Did you find anything nice?" Dick asked

"Oh yes, I discovered a beautiful dress that was necessary for me to purchase." she replied

"Oh, that nice."

"Oh yes, and I wish to wear it. Very, very soon." she replied, lowering her voice to an almost seductive level

Dick's face flushed.

"Well I hope you do too." he replied

"Would you wish to see it?" she asked innocently, though her green eyes betrayed something else...

"Well maybe, but since you just bought it I wouldn't want you to get it wrinkled by showing it to me." he replied

"Oh it is no trouble. I shall simply try it on and show you, then I shall return it to the protective plastic that came with it on its purchase." she replied

"What!" he yelped, then he felt really stupid. The thoughts of Starfire in a seductive dress running their course in his brain "I-I-I mean...uh..."

Yep. Safe to say he was feeling pretty stupid now. Kori just had that effect on him.

"Okay you two, stop flirtin'." came a voice

The two tore away from each other to lock eyes with Vic, who had been standing at the door of the common room. Apparently done with breakfast and heading about his day. Both their faces went red as Vic eyed them. But strangely he didn't push the subject. He simply said.

"Well Kor, I hope for Dick's sake ya don't wear that dress anytime soon. Don't think he could handle it."

Then he walked past them and down the hall before he disappeared around a corner, mumbling something about Gar and Rae.

"That was very, very strange. Why did friend Victor not do the teasing when he overheard us?" Kori asked

"Don't know?" Dick shrugged "He has an annoying habit of doing just that." Dick replied, sneering a bit

The two pondered the question a little more before finally giving up and concluding that Vic was a little off today. Upon entering the common room they happen to spot Gar sitting on a stool at the kitchen area staring at his tofu eggs and bacon with a mortified look on his face. A face which was tinged with red.

"Hey Garfield." came Dick

Garfield mumbled his acknowledge meant continuing to glare at his food. If he had Kori's powers green lasers would have shot out of his eyes.

"You okay?" Dick asked

Garfield just wasn't acting like his happy-go-lucky self.

"Yes friend. Are you not feeling well?" Kori asked, concerned

Anytime one of her friends acted strangely she was concerned. And by the looks of it Garfield was acting very strangely indeed.

"I'm fine." he replied, that red tingle never leaving his face

"Okay?" Dick comment, not thoroughly convinced. Then he absentmindedly asked "Wonder where Raven's at? She's usually down here drinking her tea by now."

"I didn't do anything with Raven!" Gar blurted out, scaring his two friends completely

Then...he jaw dropped. Real smooth Gar. Real smooth.

"I didn't say you did." Dick replied trying to regain his senses. That wasn't too hard in his case. That's when his tone got serious. "But, did you do anything to Raven?" he asked

Raven was a good friend of his. Of course he would be protective. And once again, not thinking on how he was going to say it Gar blurted out...

"No!"

Robin's masked eyes narrowed and burned into Garfield. If he had Kori's powers they would have burned a hole clean through his head.

"BeastBoy?" Dick asked in a threatening tone

Recently, the only time anyone on the team referred to each other by their super-hero names it meant one of two things. They were in public or someone was in trouble.

"Did you do anything to Raven?" Dick asked slowly, his tone never wavering

Gar squirmed uncomfortably in his chair. Kori noticed. She had noticed throughout the short conversation that BeastBoy looked...embarrassed for some reason. Then she thought how Victor had acted when he left the common room. Then she put two and two together and got four. Dick was only getting about a two, or one half. Dick was about to push further but Kori interrupted him before he had a chance to reply.

"Dick. I believe that Garfield is suffering from the teasing from friend Victor and it somehow involved friend Raven. Please, there is no need to be angered with Garfield. If he does not want to share the experience then we should not push him into trying." she calmly and surely, sounding like one of the people in the many documentaries that she watched.

Dick looked at Kori, then back to Garfield. That's when he noticed the flushed look on the green bean's face. Smiling slightly he responded...

"Right Kori."

He was given a bright smile by Kori which melted him like butter. He had just enough self-composure to head to the kitchen area to make himself some breakfast. Garfield looked up and silently thanked her for the quick save, which she acknowledge with a slight nod before finally digging his fork into his plate and eating. His mortified expression was gone but his face was still slightly flushed. Kori smirked. Something very juicy must have happened and the mischievous little girl that loved to hear gossip started to rise in her. She would ask Raven about what happened later. Right now she wanted some of her homemade pudding. Pudding she so rightly named 'Breakfast Pudding of Merriment'. Although to anyone else it wouldn't be so merry. On her way to the kitchen area she noticed something on the floor. Bending down to pick it up she examined it momentarily and came to the conclusion of what is was.

"Why is this tea cup on the floor?" she wondered

She shrugged after another moment of thought before heading over to join Dick and Garfield in breakfast.


Well that's chapter two ladies and gentlemen. This was pretty much a self explanatory chapter about chapter one. But in chapter two you will see the plot of the story unfold. So please read and review. Its the little button at the bottom of the screen. Thank you!