Hey hey ya'lls. I'm so excited about my fic!! I thought of another thing to put in my story... which probably won't be for a while, so I'm not going to tell you what it is!! ahahahahaah... yeah you probably don't care... so yeah here's chapter 3! (oh and I changed my penname from Mistys Shadow08/Starfire Titan to Red X Girl, as you can see.)

(Oh, and just to let you all know ahead of time, there may be some BB/Starfire moments in this chapter, but don't worry, it's only meant to be a brother/sister thing. ROBIN AND STARFIRE ALL THE WAY!! lol)

Chapter San (Three): Remembering the Past

"We would have aided you but, you see, the laser The Hacker possessed-" Starfire said.

"-took away our powers," Cyborg finished.

Robin grumbled and was silent for a moment.

"And I'll give you one guess who's behind all this," Robin said sternly.

The Teen Titans were back at Titans Tower two hours later. With no one able to fly, they had to walk to the docks, get on a boat to reach the island the Tower was on, and walk up the long path to the Tower. Everyone was silent the whole way. They were exhausted by the time they set foot in their home; but they knew there was no time to rest. They had to find a way to get their powers back.

"How did Slade even manage to come back?!" Beast Boy exclaimed.

"I don't know, but it's something we don't have time to figure out," Robin said calmly.

"Perhaps we could go to my home planet and go through a difficult training procedure in the land of the Normblenacks to regain our strength-" Starfire said.

"How is that gonna work?!" Beast Boy spewed.

"I do not know," Starfire sighed and lowered her head. "I have always had my powers, and I am sad that they are gone."

"Yeah, I know what you mean. The Hacker hacked my system!! The only thing I can do is move, talk, and eat!!" Cyborg yelled, obviously stressed.

"It only seems natural that I have my powers. I have had them all my life," Starfire continued quietly. "Until now."

"I know what you mean," Raven said. "It seems weird that I don't have my powers..."

"We HAVE to find a way to get your guys' powers back, a whole city is counting on us," Robin said, frustrated.

"Dude! Without us, Slade'll take over the whole city!" Beast Boy exclaimed. "Remember what happened last time we were-" Beast Boy stopped then lowered his head. Memories of a true friend, frozen in stone, filled his mind.

"Do not worry, Beast Boy," Starfire said soothingly. "We shall find a way to release Terra from her stone configuration-all of us shall."

Raven, Cyborg, and Robin all nodded respectfully at Beast Boy.

"Yeah, I know," Beast Boy said, still downhearted.

"Well, we won't even have a chance of freeing her if we don't have our powers," Cyborg pointed out.

"He's right," Robin said to the others.

"Uh, guys? Do you think there's a chance of figuring all this out in the morning? It's really late, and I'm tired," Raven said, exhausted.

Robin was about to object, but then realized how tired he really was. "Yeah, time for bed. Rest will do everyone some good," Robin said, then everyone headed to their rooms.

--LATER THAT NIGHT--

After everyone was asleep, Starfire awoke to a sound. It sounded like someone was walking down the stairs and making their way towards the front entrance of the Tower. She hopped out of bed and silently went downstairs to see what it was all about.

She peeked around a corner and saw Beast Boy put on a light jacket (a/n: Beast Boy has a jacket? Shot down again . ... lol) and walk out the door. Curious, Starfire soundlessly followed him.

After crossing the lake via a boat, and Starfire crossing using a canoe, Beast Boy made his way down a sidewalk, then stopped at a sewer hole that led underground. He lifted up the lid, and climbed down a ladder.

Where could he be going? Starfire asked herself, as she, too, went down the ladder after Beast Boy was out of sight.

At the bottom of the ladder, there was a mine car and miles of tracks going either way. Starfire saw Beast Boy already making his way down the tracks. Still curious, Starfire followed in the shadows.

Beast Boy then stopped at a mangled, destroyed, and once working mechanical door.

This place looks familiar... Starfire said to herself. And in fact, it was familiar.

Beast Boy slid through the door and walked down an earth-walled hallway to a large opening. Black ashes and blue and gray rock lined every inch of it.

Every rock had it's own unique, unorganized shape. But there was one rock in particular that was truly special.

I now understand Starfire said to herself sadly as she saw what Beast Boy had come here for.

Beast Boy walked over to the special rock and faced it, looking down upon the flowers and plaque that lay there:

Terra. A Teen Titan. A True Friend.

"Hey, Terra, how's it goin'?" Beast Boy asked the statue, almost as if expecting Terra's sweet voice to reply.

Starfire's eyes filled with tears as she watched Beast Boy from the shadows.

"Yeah, well, I wish you were here. We could really use your help, now. Slade's really not gone after all, go figure. He got this dude to take away our powers, so now we're defenseless," Beast Boy paused and looked up at Terra's cold, stone face, his eyes filling with tears also.

"Terra? I've never really told you how I feel. But now, I think it's too late..." Beast Boy paused then laughed.

"That's what you said before, wasn't it? But I told you that it was never too late, and I guess it still isn't," Beast Boy said as he reached up and touched Terra's frozen hand. "I'll never give up on you Terra."

"And neither will I," Starfire said quietly as she stepped out from the shadows.

Beast Boy looked back. "Star? What are you doing here?" Beast Boy asked, startled, trying to wipe away any trace of tears from his eyes.

"I followed you here, I wanted to see where you were going," Starfire explained as she walked closer to Terra's statue.

"Just coming to visit Terra. I haven't really gotten the chance to come down here since this first happened, ya' know?" Beast Boy said.

Starfire nodded. "Everything will be ok, Beast Boy. We will find a way to release her. No matter how long it may take us," Starfire said as she touched Beast Boy's shoulder. "Someday, Terra will be with us again, and everything will be back to normal."

Beast Boy sighed. "What was normal?" Beast Boy asked. "It seems like it's been so long since then."

"Well, we took frequent trips to the park and went out to eat pizza a lot," Starfire said with a smile.

Beast Boy smiled then his face turned mournful.

"It does not matter what Terra did in the past, it only matters what she had done to try and fix the past. Even when she did those horrible things, you told her it was never too late to change, and you were correct," Starfire said. "And no matter what happens, we, The Titans, are a family."

Beast Boy sighed. "You're right, Star. But I just can't help missing her," Beast Boy said.

"I know how you must feel, Terra was special to me too," Starfire said. "She was my friend. She was everyone's friend."

"I know, but I've always wondered if it never turned out like this; maybe her and I could have been more. If only-" Beast Boy started to say.

"Do not say that. Everything must happen for a reason. This is merely a test we must take to become stronger," Starfire said. "But one day, everything will be right again. You'll see."

"Thanks, Star. You really are like family to me," Beast Boy said with an innocent smile.

Starfire gave a joyous smile back at him. "Well, it is very late, we should be getting back home. We shall need our rest for tomorrow, our powers hang in the balance," Starfire said as she made her way towards the exit.

"Okay-" Beast Boy paused then looked up at Terra's face. "Hang on a minute, Star."

Starfire turned around and walked back. Beast Boy embraced the frozen Terra. "Bye, Terra," he said.

"Yes, good-bye, friend," Starfire said.

And with one last look at their friend, Beast Boy and Starfire left the cave.


Isn't that adorable? I was actually thinking of changing the chapter and posting THIS version as a one-shot fic about Starfire and BB's brother/sister relationship because I thought it was soooo good. But I decided to just keep it in my story. Maybe after I finish this fic, I'll post this chapter as a one-shot... I dunno what I'm gonna do. Heck, I don't even know what the next chapter is going to be about!! Ah, the glory of making things up as you go along...

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Starfire: I understand your pain, Cyborg. When I was small, my favorite Zarnick was eaten by a rampaging Glorg. Believe me, once your Zarnick has been inside a Glorg, you do no want it back...

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LOL, Starfire's the best!! Well, gotta blast.. (ugh, I hate Jimmy Neutron..)

Domo kotsu uru mamoru yo

Teen Titans!

Suki kidai naku randemo taberu yo

Teen Titans!

--Red X Girl-- (f/k/a Mistys Shadow08/Starfire Titan)