Chapter 2

Sitting at home, Ellie was now eating a tofu burger made by Beast boy. She hummed happily as she chewed, and when she swallowed, she looked around. Everyone was sitting at the table with her, staring. "What?" she asked. It was silent for a moment until Beast boy spoke up. "You just made friends with the entire hive five team in less than five hours, and every single male on that team is in love with you. They just met you. How do you do it?" giggling, She responded "I just be myself. And they're not in love with me." Finishing her burger, she got up, and walked over to the couch. Flopping onto it, she got comfortable, before saying "I'm going to have a nap." And she promptly fell asleep. "This girl is something else." Cyborg said, stating the obvious. Robin had been silent the entire time, grumbling to himself, looking deep in thought. Leaning over, Cyborg whispered to Beast Boy "I think he's jealous." Robin snapped to attention and argued "I am not!" stifling a laugh, the robot said "And he's in denial." Huffing, Robin chose to ignore this, and went back to his grumbling. Standing up, he kept grumbling, even while he was putting a blanket onto Ellie.

Patting her head, he walked off towards his room, and once he was gone, Cyborg and Beast Boy burst out into laughter. Even Raven gave a chuckle. It was hilarious to see the boy wonder so oblivious to how he feels, even though Ellie is exactly the same way. Star fire was feeling slightly left out, not getting the joke, but thought it was sweet that Robin had found his match. He and Ellie would be a very good couple. Raven was very aware of what was going on, because she had taken a peek into each of their minds. Right now, Ellie was dreaming of herself and Robin holding hands and walking together through the streets of jump city, laughing and acting like an actual couple. That was a no brainer to see if she liked him or not. And with Robin, it was extremely obvious for him as well. The entire time Robin was sitting at the table while Ellie was eating, he was imagining himself kissing Ellie on a Farris wheel somewhere. It was almost pathetic. Each one was scared of rejection, but liked each other so much. It almost hurt to watch. But she was disturbed when she accidently saw into beast boys mind. There was Ellie, and the green changeling, sitting in a park, eating a picnic under the shade of a tree. They were feeding each other, and girls as well as guys that passed by them sent jealous looks towards the couple.

Just to make sure, Raven checked Cyborgs mind, only to see plenty of images of Bee, as well as lots and lots of food. He was safe. Cyborg apparently only thought of Ellie as a little sister, like he did Raven. Standing up, Raven announced "I'll be in my room. Do not, under any circumstances, disturb." And with a swish of her cape, she was gone.

ELLIE'S P.O.V

Dream world:

I giggled, and said to the boy walking beside me "You're so weird Robin!" I laughed again, and wrapping my arms around his arm, I placed my head on his shoulder and sighed. "But that's what I love about you." I looked up at him, to see the boy wonder smiling down at me. He gave me a small kiss on the forehead, and said "I love you too Ellie." We both were in a comfortable silence, until Robin asked "Hey, you want some ice-cream?" I grinned at him, and we both changed direction towards the ice-cream store across the road. As we walked in, Robin quickly ordered two double scoop ice-creams, both in waffle cones. Once he received them, he handed the chocolate chip cookie dough one to me, and kept the peppermint with chocolate bits for himself. I licked it gratefully, and looked up in confusion when he started laughing. "You are probably the messiest ice-cream eater I have ever seen." He told me.

I blushed, and taking a napkin from him, I wiped off my mouth. "You missed a spot." He informed me. "Where?" I asked, rubbing off all corners of my mouth. Leaning forward, he pressed his lips to mine, and held it there for a moment. I kissed back, and when we separated, we were breathing slightly harder, and I was blushing even more. "Right there." He finished. Looking at him through my lashes, I smiled shyly at him, and grabbing the front of his shirt, I pulled him into another kiss.

Real world:

I woke up to see the ceiling above me, and found a blanket that wasn't there before on top of me. Sighing, I rolled off of the couch, and stood up. "Guys?" I called, but there was no answer. There was no-one in the room, and it was unnaturally silent. Shrugging, I knew this meant they were all in their rooms, or in different parts of the tower. Taking a step forward, I suddenly stopped, and dropped to my knees in pain. I once again felt an excruciating sensation that something had taken my heart, and was squeezing everything out of it. I was in horrible pain. Looking around for anyone, anything that could help me, I saw no-one. My vision was getting blurry, and when I tried to move, I let out another ear drum shattering cry. Finally, I saw five blurry shapes rushing towards me, and all of them yelling in panic. Tears made their way down my cheeks, and I coughed up a bit of blood, which nearly made Robin faint. And then, thank god, the pain disappeared, and the world went black.

NO-ONES P.O.V

No-one had heard Ellie calling out for them, but the ear splitting cries of pain easily reached their ears. Dropping everything they were doing, they rushed to the main room that Ellie had been sleeping in, and found her on her knees, clutching at her heart, and screaming in agony. Her breaths were harsh, and tears were streaming down her face. No-one knew what to do, and everyone was in a panic, trying to do something, anything, to make the pain go away. Poor Robin was clutching at her upper arms, trying to find out the reason for the pain, but no answer came forth. The boy wonder nearly fainted when she coughed up blood, and then went limp in his arms. Star-fire was full out crying now, and in a quiet voice she asked, "Is she… still living?"

Robin checked her pulse to find that it was still there. Weak, but still there. Gently picking her up, he put her face into the crook of his neck, before ordering everyone to do something. "Cyborg, you come with me." was the last thing he said, before disappearing. He went straight to the hospital wing, and put her carefully on the bed. Smoothing the hair away from her forehead, he frowned at the obvious signs of discomfort on her face. But suddenly, it relaxed, and her face turned into one of a sleeping angel. When Cyborg came in with the test results to why she might have been in pain, he was not smiling, and had a very serious look on. "I can't seem to figure this out. She's stable now, but just a second ago, every single warning light on the system was up, listing every single problem there was to do with the heart, and now there's nothing. It doesn't even look like her hearts beating." Robin checked her pulse again, and it was fine. But when he looked at the monitors, it showed no reading whatsoever.

"We need Raven. She'll have an opinion on this. Perhaps it's a magical problem." Cyborg suggested, and Robin nodded his head, not responding. Cyborg rushed from the room, and soon arrived again the gothic half-demon. Walking silently over to the bed where Ellie lay, Raven placed a hand on her forehead, and started chanting her usual magic words. Soon the words turned into more of a whisper, and everyone else sat and watched silently. After about three minutes, they heard a cry of pain, and the boys rushed over to the bed. Raven was clutching her head, and gritting her teeth, but still kept her hand on Ellie's forehead. Ellie, on the other hand was perfectly quiet, with a serene face, but still not conscious. When Raven, with force, removed her hand, she let out a breath of relief, and composed herself. "Her powers are growing. And every time she has a heart attack like this, her powers grow stronger. But it's eating her from the inside. The power is slowly consuming her. I've heard a prophecy in one of my books about this; I'll go look it up after I meditate. But for now, I need to rest. Her powers did not like having an intruder in their territory." And with that, she left.

Robin looked down at the sleeping girl, who had no idea of Ravens pain, and sighed. Caressing her cheek with his hand, he nearly fell over backwards when a small voice asked "feeling affectionate are we?" he snatched his hand back like it was on fire, and asked "O-oh! You're awake?" Ellie gave a weak laugh, and reached out her hand. He took it, and sat on the edge of her bed. "I had a dream." She stated, and he looked at her waiting for her to continue. "A person, dressed all in white, with completely white eyes and hair, was telling me something." She let out a small breath, as talking was difficult for her. "She said, that without another half, one cannot be whole. Thus never being complete, and that without its other half, one will die, and slowly wither away." He frowned at this, and asked her, "Do you think it means anything?"

she smiled sadly, and nodded, responding "She told me, after that, that if I did not find my other half, or partner, as we would call it, that I'll wither and die. Apparently my partner would be the one to know how to help Me." he let out a grunt of confusion, and said "Partner, as in, boyfriend? Or Husband?" She nodded, and closing her eyes, she put her head back against the pillow. "I have a year." She said, before drifting off to sleep.

-E-L-E-M-E-N-T-R-A-#-2-

As soon as Ellie could leave the bed, and was strong enough to fight, she insisted on meeting the other teen titans, seeing as she hasn't met them yet. The boys weren't keen on leaving their video games, and training, and for Raven to leave her books, but Ellie whispered some words of encouragement into people's ears. "Why not Cyborg? Don't you miss them? I hear that Bee is getting pretty lonely!" that in itself made him agree to going right away. It took a bit more convincing for the other ones though. Sitting down in front of beast boy who was playing videogames, she tapped her fingers on the coffee table, and pouted. "You know, I really, really, really wanted to go see the other teen titans. Pleeeease beast boy? It would mean a lot to me!" and with an enthusiastic nod, beast boy agreed, with red cheeks, and a goofy smile. Moving on to Raven, she plopped onto the half-demons bed, and lying on her stomach, kicking her legs in the air, she said "hey, Raven, you'll never guess what book I found the other day in the bookstore." Glancing up from her novel Raven was currently reading, the Goth girl asked "what?"

Taking it from behind her back, she dangled it in front of Ravens face and said "the ultimate guide to every single gloomy and depressing book there is out there, with a full summary of each one." Raven raised an eyebrow, and said "I suppose it would be quite useful." She was going to reach for it, until Ellie pulled it out of her reach. "You have to come visit the other teen titans with me and the rest of the team, and then I'll give it to you." frowning, Raven reluctantly nodded, so now she only had one more person to convince. Running up to the training room, she found Robin beating up a punching bag. She actually felt pretty sorry for it. Waiting until his back was turned, she pounced at him. Being Robin, he knew that someone was coming, so he turned around to face his assailant. What he got was a girl flying at him, and the next thing he knew, he was on the ground. She sat on his stomach, laughing her guts out. "Surprised you?"

She asked, and opening her mouth to say something, she realised she didn't know how to convince him. She hadn't thought past the tackling. Oh well, this should be pretty easy.