Chapter One

The dream was finally leaving, thank the gods. It was the same dream he had been having for the past two weeks. Still, more questions spun in his head from the dream.

Who was the girl with the other woman?

Who was that dark looking man with a mask on?

And what was that...

His thoughts were interrupted as someone collided into his legs, knocking him back onto his bed.

"What the...?" he said, looking onto the floor to see what it was that had collided into him. He blinked his eyes, seeing a short boy sitting on the floor. He was stubby, had two large buck teeth hanging in front of his bottom lips. He struggled to his feet so he was directly level with Robin's face.

"Hey, Robin!" said the boy. Robin's jaw dropped down, "What? You've never seen a kid from another dimension?"

He shook his head, "Obviously not."

The boy rolled his eyes, "The Great Mammoth sent me to look after you...the name's Larry."

Robin shook his head in disbelief, "The Great Mammoth sent you for me?"

Larry nodded, "Yep, and he demands you to go up there and see him."

"Why?"

"How should I know? Get dressed and get moving!"

"Jinx! Jinx!" the small, girlish voice rung through the halls of the castle. The woman with purple hair shot up from her bed, swinging back the covers, and thrusting herself to her feet. She took one quick glance at the mirror before running to Starfire's room.

"Princess, Princess Starfire..." she opened the door and ran in. Starfire was sitting up in her bed, her large green eyes wide in obvious fear. She sat down next to her, "What is it?"

She turned to face her, "Jinx...I had that dream again, about the boy with the mask."

Jinx rolled her eyes, "Isn't this the second time tonight?"

"Third," Starfire corrected.

She sighed, "You're thinking about it too much, you need to have something to keep your mind off of it," she got up, preparing to leave, "I'll go fetch you some herbal tea so you'll keep calm and go back to sleep."

Starfire pointed out the window, "I think it's a little too late to go back to sleep...it's morning."

Jinx glanced out the window and smiled, "Guess your right," she started out the door anyway, "My hair is standing in all directions, get dressed and we'll go out in the courtyard for a while."

Starfire smiled and nodded, "Yes, of course."

She jumped off from her bed and ran to the closet, fetching an outfit then running down the stairs, passing the throne room, hearing a small conversation. She stopped upon catching a glance of a man who was speaking with her father and stood at the door, her eyes wide.

"That man..." she said to herself, "That man resembles something in my dream, I can feel it...but what is it?"

Robin opened the door and walked outside, into the hallway. So Mammoth's lair was up on the roof and the stairs leading to the roof was down the hallway to the right. He turned to the right and began walking down.

Another door opened and a young girl, about his age, walked out. She wore a long, dark blue cloak that covered her entire body. Her hood was draped over her face, hiding her eyes. Robin smiled at her as she pulled down her hood, revealing her face and dark purple eyes.

"Hello, Robin," she said in her low voice with no expression on her face. She bowed courteously.

"Hello, Raven," he said, mocking her bow, laughing a little.

"Are you making fun of me?" she asked.

He shook his head, "No...it's just funny sometimes how you can act so proper."

She smiled only a little, "Are the rumors true? Did Mammoth really summon you?"

He nodded and pointed to Larry, "Yeah, this annoying thing came and told me this morning, nearly snapped my shins in half while doing it."

Larry kicked Robin in the leg, making him fall over, "You're asking for it!" he said.

Raven shot Larry a glare and grabbed Robin by his arms, helping him up, "It seems very annoying," she said, watching him brush his shirt off.

"I'm a person...not a thing, you raging demon!"

Raven's eyes glowed, "What did you call me?" she said.

Robin grabbed Larry by his arm, "I'm sorry, Rae...he's been calling me a few things as well," he dragged Larry down the hall, "I'll see you later!"

Raven's nerves calmed and her eyes went back to its normal color, "See you," she said, then walked back into her room to meditate.

Robin turned to Larry and yelled at him in a scolding manner, "Don't call her that! She doesn't like it."

"And why not? It's not like she is a raging demon."

"Well...actually..."

"You mean?" Robin nodded and Larry's eyes went wild, "Whoa! Never thought I'd knew. You must like her a lot, to know so much about her."

"She took care of me since I was a baby, you think I wouldn't know."

"Robin and Raven...sitting in a tree...K-I-S-S-I-N-G! First comes love, then comes marriage, then comes..."

Robin slapped Larry forcefully on his cheek, "She's my friend, and I'd like to keep it that way."

Larry rolled his eyes, "Whatever you say."

"Ah, Starfire, come in," the king said, seeing his daughter was at the door. She shyly stepped in.

"Hello, father," she said, smiling, "I was going out to the courtyard to meet Jinx there. I will be going..." she attempted to walk out, avoiding eye contact with the man standing next to her father.

"Well hold on there, Star," the king said, Starfire stopped halfway out the door, "I want you to meet my new advisor, Slade."

"So that is his name," she said to herself. She smiled and nodded and then retreated to the courtyard, "Why is it I feel so wrong when I'm in his presence?"