Disclaimer:

I don't own the Teen Titans or their villains. They are the rightful property of DC Comics and Warner Bros. I can only claim ownership of Furball, a.k.a. Darian Bailey. Nothing else.

Flashback:

"I've been waitin' for the chance to use this new bit I wrote for some time, anyway."

---------------------------------------------------------------Later, in the Titans' Tower Main room--------------------------------------------------------------------------

Robin walked up to Beast Boy and Furball, saying: "We've been invited to another big dance party. Public appearances, you know. Both of you are free to come, if you choose."

"FINALLY! I've been ITCHING for an excuse to set foot outside the Tower for a long time now!" Beast Boy replied enthusiastically. Raven, in her usual manner, said under her breath: "You've been stuck in here for only a day. And technically, you were asked to stay and train your willpower." Beast Boy made no response to her comment.

BB was the first one inside the T-car, but he poked his head out the window, and shouted: "C'mon, Darian; we're all going!" After a few seconds, Furball climbed into the car and sat right next to Beast Boy.

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------At the Dance----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

The music, and the disco ball, stopped so the DJ could welcome the Titans over the microphone. People cheered when he did.

Thunder and Lightning were the first to arrive. The former clapped his hands together, creating a harmless sound-burst that echoed throughout the room, making everyone shout in approval. He then shouted, with humor obvious in his booming voice: "Why did the music stop? You know it is Sound that I like!"

Lightning followed this up with "And why are there no lights? This event's festivities must wait for no one!" And with that, he launched a bolt of lightning into the middle of the room, creating fireworks that awed the crowd.

All of the Titans entered one by one, each with their own gimmick: Bumble Bee seemingly appeared out of nowhere in the middle of the dance floor, Mas y Menos ran in along the walls, Speedy swung in on a grapple-arrow (from the upper window), Raven pulled herself up from below the floor, Starfire carried Cyborg through the air, Aqualad and Robin seemingly glided in along the floor, Beast Boy flew in as a fly, and Jericho hopped out of Cyborg's body.

Cyborg, as soon as Jericho exited, shouted "Allright! Let's get this party STARTED!"

A hip-hop song started playing, and almost everyone walked out onto the dance floor. Beast Boy got into an argument with an attendant over the prescence of dairy-based cookies at the snack bar, or at least tried to. As he tried to chase the attendant down, he noticed Furball off in the corner, wearing headphones made out of hair.

Concerned for his new friend, he walked over to Darian. Putting his hand on Darian's shoulder, he asked "Hey, dude. Why are you over here?"

Furball noticed Beast Boy's attempt at conversation, and beckoned to an area where it was rather quiet. After they entered that area, Furball opened up his ear-protection and asked "What were you gonna say? I couldn't hear you between my earmuffs and the music."

"Why weren't you out there having fun?"

Darian paused for a few seconds, and then answered:

"I may have powers, a new name, and a costume, but I still don't feel like a Titan. It really doesn't feel right that I'm here."

As Beast Boy took in what was just said, Furball asked: "Why are you so interested in helping me?"

"Well, I've met a lot of people with problems. Ever since Terra, I've been something of a part-time therapist. You ever heard of Terra?"

After Furball shook his head, Beast Boy said "Well, she was wandering the country, trying to do good things with her dirt-moving powers, but she always wound up causing a disaster. We took her in briefly, but she left when Robin learned she had little or no control over her powers."

"She got taken in by Slade, our archenemy, as an apprentice, and after she gained control of her powers, she came back to our team to spy on us for Slade. When her deception was revealed, she left again. We never saw her again until she turned completely villain."

"She took us down, one by one, and then took over the city for Slade. We soon got the strength to fight back, and I took the fight straight to Slade himself-and I practically walked in on him beating her up for failing to get rid of us! She turned back into a good guy, and helped us defeat Slade, but then her powers caused a volcanic eruption. She surpressed it, but was turned to stone in the process."

"Recently, her statue had disappeared, and a girl looking exactly like her appeared in a local High School! I tried to get her to remember who she was, but she either is not Terra, or she doesn't want to remember being Terra. If that's true, very few of my friends would blame her."

Furball paused for another few seconds, and then said "And ever since then, you have tried to keep people from ending up like her?"

Beast Boy nodded.

Darian looked down at the floor, and after a small pause, said "No wonder you want me to be happy. You don't want me to become another Terra."

"Yeah, dude. She had very little friends, like you. That left her vulnerable to Slade's lies."

".....I guess I owe Terra some gratitude."

"How? You've never met her!"

Smiling as he did, Furball said: "If it weren't for her, I wouldn't be talking to you, my very first friend."

Beast Boy smiled back.

"Let's head back to the dance. Here. Take these." and he handed a set of technological-looking ear-plugs to Furball. He continued by saying "These were developed to be deaf-communicators. Even if we can't hear anything else, we can hear each other. So, If you don't want to hear the music, we can still have more conversations like this if you want."

Furball took them, and after installing them (Behind earwax and hair-muffs), they walked back into the chaotic scene.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Back at the dance---------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Beast Boy and Furball walked around, trying to find a suitable dance partner/teacher for each other.

However, they found something strange going on....

….Raven was dancing all over the floor!

Beast Boy immediately rushed over to her, and asked "What the...Why are you dancing?"

He grabbed her and turned her around, finding an expression not of joy, as he expected, but rather one of desperation!

She struggled to get out of his grasp in a rhythmic fashion, in time with the music. With some effort, she said: "Get out of here! Something in the music is forcing me to dance! You don't stand a chance against hypnosis this strong!"

Letting her go slightly, He said "I'm still in control of myself. My earwax must be blocking out the hypnotic audio signals. I'll stop the music for you."

Just then, someone appeared on the Stage, right next to the DJ's stand, and the spotlight illuminated him: Punk Rocket!

The prison-rockstar pulled his signature guitar off of his back, and shouted into the microphone:

"I hope y'all enjoyed this lovely evenin'. Because it was your last day of being un-enslaved by my new song!"

Everything stopped, as a crowd of hypnotized dancers and Titans awaited their first orders from their new master.

What do you think? A Terra analogy fit in my opinion.

I might be taking a break sometime soon, to line up more concepts and take notes.

Until then, expect an update within one or two weeks!