Nope. I still don't own the Teen Titans. But I do own....um...wait...A- no,
wait, that's not mine...um.....This fic! ^-^;;;;;;;
Dedication: The silence button on my phone (hey! I own that!) . No more phone calls during Spanish class....
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"So...the Titans are sending up transmissions? Man! I thought they'd give up after finding out her communicator didn't work!" Flame said, completely annoyed with these so-called 'superhero Teen Titans'.....
"And why doesn't Star's communicator work?" Flame turned around in shock, looking up at Blaze.
"Um....because......she's so far from earth?" Blaze gave him a 'whatever- you-did-you-better-fix-it-now' look. Flame got that look from his older brother often, and he rushed out of the room before Blaze could yell at him. Blaze sighed and looked at the screen. He saved the transmission and decided to tell Star about it as soon as he saw her. Right now, he was working on figuring out more about this 'Prince Jacob IV of Connera'...
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The Titans wondered back into the Tower.
"Still no answer from Star?" Robin shook his head.
"Well, it hasn't been that long. I'm sure she'll answer soon." Cyborg's words didn't seem to comfort Robin as he had hoped. Instead, their leader wandered off to his room without a word.
Closing the door behind him, he sat down on his bed, wondering.
'Why hasn't she responded? And why isn't her communicator working? She said it would be... Maybe she isn't responding because she can't... Oh Starfire, where are you?'
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Starfire looked around groggily. Soon her eyes focused and she could see her room, just as it was before she had cried herself to sleep. She sat up, looking around, letting herself wake up more before standing. She looked at her communicator. Nothing. Silently she begged them to forgive her, not that they could hear her.
Starfire looked at the time. It was a pretty decent time to go to bed anyway, so she laid back down and fell asleep.
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Flame cracked the door, peeking inside. She was asleep. Good. That would make his job easier. He tiptoed over to his older sister and quietly reconnected some small wires on her communicator (and turned the sound off) before deciding to look around her room. He quickly found her diary (it was easy to find in her room; there were only three real hiding places. Under the mattress, in the dresser, and under the floorboards.) So, after replacing the loose floorboards, he opened up her diary.
'Hmm...she ate a pink ball of cotton because some guy named Robin told her too? Man, she's more of a loser than I thought....wait...she liked eating cotton?!?!?' Wrinkling his nose, he skipped a few pages. 'Hmm....She talks a lot about this Robin guy...ok, now she's talking about her and Raven...switching bodies? Is this her diary or a science fiction novel?' He skipped to the end. '"Though I said I would earlier, I failed to follow through. I had plenty of time to talk to him. We watched movies all night. And now that I'm going back to Tamaran tomorrow, it weighs down on my heart the more I think about it. How I may never see Robin again, and how I'll have to live without ever having let him know that I lo-"' He jumped as she stirred. He dropped the diary and ran from her bedroom without reading the rest.
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Star awoke quickly the next morning, hearing the commotion out in the hall. She walked across the hard wood floor and opened the door slowly. Blaze was coming towards her.
"Blaze? What's going on?" He grabbed her arm, dragging her down the hallway.
"I was just coming to get you. It's Flare. She's gone." Star's heart stopped, along with the rest of her. Blaze gave her arm a tug. "Starfire! C'mon!" She shook her head and continued.
"What do you mean gone?!?"
"I mean gone. As in, not here. Dad is trying to get into her room. Bet he's sorry he put in those voice activated locks now..." They stopped a few steps from Flare's door. Their father was trying to pound the door open, knowing it was no use. Star looked past him and saw her mother, Flame, and 'Prince Jacob' standing there. She jumped and turned her attention back to her father as he gave the door a hard kick before stepping back.
"Did you try the lock?"
"OF COURSE I TRIED THE LOCK STARFIRE!" She took a step back, standing behind Blaze.
"Here, let me try." Blaze hit the open button.
"Name?" Star almost laughed at hearing a door talk.
"Blaze Fire." He hated how that sounded. His first and last name just didn't work together...
"Sorry. You may not enter."
"Stupid door..." Blaze stepped back and, surprisingly Jacob stepped forward.
"Name?"
"I am Prince Jacob IV of Connera. I command you to open!" He stood proud, as if that solved everything.
"Sorry. You may not enter."
"What do you mean I can't enter?!? I'm Prince Jacob IV of Connera!"
"Sorry. You may not enter." The door repeated. He stepped away in defeat. Star came forward and presses the button.
"Name?"
"Star Fire." She waited. Nothing. She took a step back, turning away.
"Accepted." She turned back to the door as it swung open. She walked inside, looking around her. Behind her, the door slammed closed as Flame tried to follow her.
"Sorry. You may not enter." She could hear Flame complaining, but ignored it, stumbling around for a light.
"Flare? Are you in here?" No response. She flipped the newly found light switch and looked around. A horrified gasp escaped her lips.
Her little sister's things had been thrown around the room. Looking around she realized in relief that it looked more like Flare had been looking for something, rather than someone looking for Flare. Star dug through her sister's papers, hoping to find a clue.
Pushing aside useless papers she found a small pink book with a broken lock. After a moment of hesitation, Star reluctantly opened her sister's diary, guiltily flipping to the last page, reading it aloud.
"'I have just talked to Star. She doesn't want to marry Jacob! But unless she gets a plan, and fast, she'll be stuck with him. Which is why, dear diary, I must travel to earth to seek help from these 'Titans' she is always speaking of. Until my return, goodbye dear diary.'"
Star finished the passage in horror. Dropping the diary, the rushed from the room. The door closed behind her.
"I need a ship to earth."
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The Titans read the transmission for the tenth time, but it wasn't getting any easier to grasp.
"Star's getting married?" Cy asked in disbelief. Raven just shook her head and went to make some tea, a few random objects exploding on her trip to the kitchen. Cy ran after her, trying to calm her down before she blew his beloved game system up. Beast Boy looked over at Robin. The green boy knew how their leader felt about the Tamaranian girl, and knew he must be hurting.
"Robin I-" Robin turned to Beast Boy, grabbing him by the shoulders.
"B. Tell Raven how you feel." Beast Boy stared at him in shock.
"Robin I-"
"No. Tell her. I never told Star how much she means to me and now I've lost her. Don't loose Raven."
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Flare wandered around the ship. Well, it was actually more of a pod, if she thought about it. It wasn't as fast as a ship, and much smaller that one, but it would get her to earth all the same. She looked out the small window and saw earth for the first time.
"YES! There it is! That's where I'll find help for Star!"
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Star loaded her things into the ship.
"Are you sure you want to do this alone?"
"Positive. Obviously if I was the only one able to enter her room, she must not want to see the rest of you." She met her older brother's eyes. "No offence." He hugged her and helped her into the ship. She waved goodbye then walked into the cockpit, starting up the ship and heading for earth.
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Cyborg couldn't believe what he was hearing.
"YOU WHAT?!?!?!?"
"I sent Robin out on a date." Cy stared at him.
"HOW COULD YOU DO THAT!?!?!?!" Beast Boy shrugged.
"It wasn't that hard. I called up one of those dating places and-"
"HOW COULD YOU SEND HIM ON A DATE WHEN YOU KNOW HE LOVES STAR?!?!?!"
"And how can I meditate with all your yelling?" Raven glared over at them from her place before the window across the room. Cy lowered his voice.
"What were you thinking?!?"
"What's so bad about this? He's not moping around the Tower now is he?"
"Fine. I'll let this go for now. But when this blows up, I'll make sure to let you know." Cy headed for the door.
"Where are you going?"
"Out..." B smiled.
"Tell Melissa I said hi. That is, if you're not to 'preoccupied'." Cy threw a pillow at him.
"I'll deal with you later..." The door slammed closed behind him. B looked around the silent room, his eyes stopping on Raven. He sighed.
'I promised I would...' He walked over to her silently.
"Raven?" He spoke quietly so not to startle her too much. She opened an eye and looked over at him. "Can I talk to you?"
Dedication: The silence button on my phone (hey! I own that!) . No more phone calls during Spanish class....
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"So...the Titans are sending up transmissions? Man! I thought they'd give up after finding out her communicator didn't work!" Flame said, completely annoyed with these so-called 'superhero Teen Titans'.....
"And why doesn't Star's communicator work?" Flame turned around in shock, looking up at Blaze.
"Um....because......she's so far from earth?" Blaze gave him a 'whatever- you-did-you-better-fix-it-now' look. Flame got that look from his older brother often, and he rushed out of the room before Blaze could yell at him. Blaze sighed and looked at the screen. He saved the transmission and decided to tell Star about it as soon as he saw her. Right now, he was working on figuring out more about this 'Prince Jacob IV of Connera'...
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The Titans wondered back into the Tower.
"Still no answer from Star?" Robin shook his head.
"Well, it hasn't been that long. I'm sure she'll answer soon." Cyborg's words didn't seem to comfort Robin as he had hoped. Instead, their leader wandered off to his room without a word.
Closing the door behind him, he sat down on his bed, wondering.
'Why hasn't she responded? And why isn't her communicator working? She said it would be... Maybe she isn't responding because she can't... Oh Starfire, where are you?'
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Starfire looked around groggily. Soon her eyes focused and she could see her room, just as it was before she had cried herself to sleep. She sat up, looking around, letting herself wake up more before standing. She looked at her communicator. Nothing. Silently she begged them to forgive her, not that they could hear her.
Starfire looked at the time. It was a pretty decent time to go to bed anyway, so she laid back down and fell asleep.
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Flame cracked the door, peeking inside. She was asleep. Good. That would make his job easier. He tiptoed over to his older sister and quietly reconnected some small wires on her communicator (and turned the sound off) before deciding to look around her room. He quickly found her diary (it was easy to find in her room; there were only three real hiding places. Under the mattress, in the dresser, and under the floorboards.) So, after replacing the loose floorboards, he opened up her diary.
'Hmm...she ate a pink ball of cotton because some guy named Robin told her too? Man, she's more of a loser than I thought....wait...she liked eating cotton?!?!?' Wrinkling his nose, he skipped a few pages. 'Hmm....She talks a lot about this Robin guy...ok, now she's talking about her and Raven...switching bodies? Is this her diary or a science fiction novel?' He skipped to the end. '"Though I said I would earlier, I failed to follow through. I had plenty of time to talk to him. We watched movies all night. And now that I'm going back to Tamaran tomorrow, it weighs down on my heart the more I think about it. How I may never see Robin again, and how I'll have to live without ever having let him know that I lo-"' He jumped as she stirred. He dropped the diary and ran from her bedroom without reading the rest.
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Star awoke quickly the next morning, hearing the commotion out in the hall. She walked across the hard wood floor and opened the door slowly. Blaze was coming towards her.
"Blaze? What's going on?" He grabbed her arm, dragging her down the hallway.
"I was just coming to get you. It's Flare. She's gone." Star's heart stopped, along with the rest of her. Blaze gave her arm a tug. "Starfire! C'mon!" She shook her head and continued.
"What do you mean gone?!?"
"I mean gone. As in, not here. Dad is trying to get into her room. Bet he's sorry he put in those voice activated locks now..." They stopped a few steps from Flare's door. Their father was trying to pound the door open, knowing it was no use. Star looked past him and saw her mother, Flame, and 'Prince Jacob' standing there. She jumped and turned her attention back to her father as he gave the door a hard kick before stepping back.
"Did you try the lock?"
"OF COURSE I TRIED THE LOCK STARFIRE!" She took a step back, standing behind Blaze.
"Here, let me try." Blaze hit the open button.
"Name?" Star almost laughed at hearing a door talk.
"Blaze Fire." He hated how that sounded. His first and last name just didn't work together...
"Sorry. You may not enter."
"Stupid door..." Blaze stepped back and, surprisingly Jacob stepped forward.
"Name?"
"I am Prince Jacob IV of Connera. I command you to open!" He stood proud, as if that solved everything.
"Sorry. You may not enter."
"What do you mean I can't enter?!? I'm Prince Jacob IV of Connera!"
"Sorry. You may not enter." The door repeated. He stepped away in defeat. Star came forward and presses the button.
"Name?"
"Star Fire." She waited. Nothing. She took a step back, turning away.
"Accepted." She turned back to the door as it swung open. She walked inside, looking around her. Behind her, the door slammed closed as Flame tried to follow her.
"Sorry. You may not enter." She could hear Flame complaining, but ignored it, stumbling around for a light.
"Flare? Are you in here?" No response. She flipped the newly found light switch and looked around. A horrified gasp escaped her lips.
Her little sister's things had been thrown around the room. Looking around she realized in relief that it looked more like Flare had been looking for something, rather than someone looking for Flare. Star dug through her sister's papers, hoping to find a clue.
Pushing aside useless papers she found a small pink book with a broken lock. After a moment of hesitation, Star reluctantly opened her sister's diary, guiltily flipping to the last page, reading it aloud.
"'I have just talked to Star. She doesn't want to marry Jacob! But unless she gets a plan, and fast, she'll be stuck with him. Which is why, dear diary, I must travel to earth to seek help from these 'Titans' she is always speaking of. Until my return, goodbye dear diary.'"
Star finished the passage in horror. Dropping the diary, the rushed from the room. The door closed behind her.
"I need a ship to earth."
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The Titans read the transmission for the tenth time, but it wasn't getting any easier to grasp.
"Star's getting married?" Cy asked in disbelief. Raven just shook her head and went to make some tea, a few random objects exploding on her trip to the kitchen. Cy ran after her, trying to calm her down before she blew his beloved game system up. Beast Boy looked over at Robin. The green boy knew how their leader felt about the Tamaranian girl, and knew he must be hurting.
"Robin I-" Robin turned to Beast Boy, grabbing him by the shoulders.
"B. Tell Raven how you feel." Beast Boy stared at him in shock.
"Robin I-"
"No. Tell her. I never told Star how much she means to me and now I've lost her. Don't loose Raven."
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Flare wandered around the ship. Well, it was actually more of a pod, if she thought about it. It wasn't as fast as a ship, and much smaller that one, but it would get her to earth all the same. She looked out the small window and saw earth for the first time.
"YES! There it is! That's where I'll find help for Star!"
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Star loaded her things into the ship.
"Are you sure you want to do this alone?"
"Positive. Obviously if I was the only one able to enter her room, she must not want to see the rest of you." She met her older brother's eyes. "No offence." He hugged her and helped her into the ship. She waved goodbye then walked into the cockpit, starting up the ship and heading for earth.
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Cyborg couldn't believe what he was hearing.
"YOU WHAT?!?!?!?"
"I sent Robin out on a date." Cy stared at him.
"HOW COULD YOU DO THAT!?!?!?!" Beast Boy shrugged.
"It wasn't that hard. I called up one of those dating places and-"
"HOW COULD YOU SEND HIM ON A DATE WHEN YOU KNOW HE LOVES STAR?!?!?!"
"And how can I meditate with all your yelling?" Raven glared over at them from her place before the window across the room. Cy lowered his voice.
"What were you thinking?!?"
"What's so bad about this? He's not moping around the Tower now is he?"
"Fine. I'll let this go for now. But when this blows up, I'll make sure to let you know." Cy headed for the door.
"Where are you going?"
"Out..." B smiled.
"Tell Melissa I said hi. That is, if you're not to 'preoccupied'." Cy threw a pillow at him.
"I'll deal with you later..." The door slammed closed behind him. B looked around the silent room, his eyes stopping on Raven. He sighed.
'I promised I would...' He walked over to her silently.
"Raven?" He spoke quietly so not to startle her too much. She opened an eye and looked over at him. "Can I talk to you?"