Wrote some stories here a few years back under the name JustAnotherMutant, finished a couple, left my favorite dangling, never to be completed. Pissed some people off, disappointed the rest (myself included) but these things happen. Time to start over and I'm not looking back. New name, new account, new stories. Same old subject matter.

I write about the Teen Titans. I use the cartoon versions, with added elements from the comics. I assume Teen Titans and Justice League Unlimited take place in the same world and write my stories accordingly. Robin and Raven are my favorite characters, you can take that for what its worth.

I might seem cold, but its just a front. I love my readers and feedback means much more to me than I'll ever admit.

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Currently Writing: "Never Thought It'd Come To This" (working title)

Story takes place soon after the end of season five, then jumps about five years into the future.

"What do you mean, 'you're stepping in'?! If you think for a second that-"

"I mean just what I said. Your judgment is clouded and your team is spiraling out of your control! I let you have your chance, Robin, but now play-time's over. I'm taking the reigns."

"The only thing you'll take is my foot up your-"

"Watch it, Robin."

"Well what gives you the right?!? I thought we were partners! I thought we were friends!"

"This is work and there's no place for friends here. If you understood that we wouldn't be having this conversation in the first place."

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"Rob, slow your roll, man. What are you talking about? What does this mean?"

"It means it's over, Cyborg. This is the end of the Titans."

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"I can't believe she really left..."

"Why not? The team was all she had here. Take that away and what's left?"

"Not to mention, she lost you."

"I don't think that had anything to do with it..."

"You're saying it, but you don't believe it."

"Why are you, of all people saying this to me?"

"I don't know. Guilt?"

"Heh. Yeah, I think I know that guy. My old friend..." A sigh escapes from his lungs like a prisoner. One whose spirit was broken long ago, and crawls rather than runs for his freedom. "At least she has a purpose now. She's got a whole planet-kingdom to protect. I still don't know what I'm going to do..."

"Do you miss her?"

"Alright, why are you doing this to me? Are you mad at me? If you're having second thoughts about us-"

"No! No. Ugh, you're so dramatic. It's nothing like that. I miss her. I never thought I'd actually say it, but I do..."

For a moment, silence covers their conversation with its blanket of black. Then, "Hey, Raven."

"Mm?"

"Want to go for a ride?"

"What? Why?"

"Why not? It's not like we have anything to do or anywhere to be. All we have here are ghosts and memories..."

"You want to go right now?"

"What better time?" He smiles.

"Corny." She looks first to him, then out to the world around them as the evening wind blows her hair ever so slightly. "Where would we go?"

"I don't know. Anywhere. Somewhere that isn't here."

She half-smiles. "What better place."

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"Robin?? That you?! It's been-"

"Years. I know. But there'll be plenty of time for reunions later, Cyborg. Or maybe there won't. Right now, time is something we really don't have."

"So what I've been hearing is true..."

"As far as I can tell. We're in danger, all of us. Everyone. We have to do it."

"You mean?"

"Yeah. We need to get the Titans back together."

"Man...I been waiting for you to say that since the day you told me it was over."

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The skeleton of the story seems typical enough. The team breaks up, flash forward to some "where are they now"-vignettes, leading up to the crisis that brings them back together. I know. You've all seen it a thousand times before. I promise, this will be different. Just give it a chance. I mean, I made an amnesia story work once. Whoops. Perhaps I've said too much...

I'm also trying something new with this story as well. I'm setting it to a soundtrack. Not like a songfic, because its not always the lyrics. Sometimes its the music that helps carry the mood of the story. Sometimes the lyrics will reflect the character's feelings, sometimes they'll contrast them. I'm approaching it like a movie. I know setting a story interpreted by different people to a single person's taste in music might come off as a bit...i don't know, arrogant? But music often helps me find the emotions I use in my stories, many of these songs helped inspire their scenes. So I implore you, if you think you might be interested in reading my story, leave me your email in a message or review and I'll send you the soundtrack to whatever chapters I have uploaded via YouSendIt. I'm hoping to have at least the first chapter or two up by around Christmas. Thanks for reading. Cheers.