A/N: Sorry it took me so long to update, I have no excuse but that I am
very lazy. Hopefully I wont take so long on chapter three, that is if
anyone is still interested by then.
Disclaimer: Just so you know I don't particularly like the plot line where Starfire goes missing for twenty years (she is my favorite character after all), but after I saw "How Long is Forever" this story just came to me, and I decided to get this story out of my head, rather than wait for the voices to start yelling at me for taking up precious space that could easily be vacated. By the way, I do not own Teen Titans nor anything else in this fic besides the Authors Notes and the plot.
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Recap
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~Stars POV~
"Star.Oh my god, Star!"
"Where have you been?"
"Do you have any idea how worried we were about you?" Everyone seemed to be talking to me at once, everyone except the one person I wished would continue. He had threatened me when he first walked in, though I would have expected no different, and after I spoke once, he said my name and hasn't said a thing since.
"Where were you?" His quiet voice broke through my thoughts as well as the others ramblings.
"Robin." I paused not sure whether or not I should continue. They would probably be upset with me when they found out. But, on the other hand, they would be upset if I didn't tell them and they did have a right to know. I sighed.
"Is there someplace we can all go and talk?"
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A half an hour latter the former Teen Titans were all settled at what can only be described as Nightwing's "cave," all staring expectantly at the girl who had so abruptly left them in the past.
"I am not sure where to begin." Starfire mumbled, looking anywhere but at the four seated in front of her.
"How 'bout the beginning? That's always a good place to start." Nightwing interrupted.
"Hum, still in a rush to get the answers I see. All right then, the last time I remember seeing you was when we were eighteen. About four years after I came and saw this. I was going to go for a walk in the park.
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Sixteen Years Ago
"Friends, I am now going for a walk in the park, would any of you like to join my on this most glorious afternoon?"
"Sorry Star, I'm a little bit busy beating his Royal Highness." "You better believe I'm better than you. Wait, that was a crack about my powers, wasn't it?"
"Well duh."
"Oh man, that's it."
"Ah, it's on Jungle Boy."
With that the two teenage boys went back to playing their game and almost completely ignoring the girls. Starfire sighed; there would be no reaching them the rest of the day.
"Raven, what of you, would you like to come walk with me in the refreshing sunlight?"
"I don't do sunlight."
"You say that about almost everything."
"I mean that about almost everything. Go now before you really start to annoy me, we'll call you when Robin gets back from Gotham. Then you two can go spend some.quality time together. Alone." She said; somewhat suggestively at the last part.
"Raven, I would not tease so if I were you. Especially now that I have, I believe the term is ammunition to fire back at you."
This was one of the few things that could draw the boys attention away from their game, and it did. Both heads whipped around hopping to find out what it was that Star knew that they didn't. Raven want ramrod strait upon hearing Stars statement, her eyes as wide as the saucers she set her tea on.
"You wouldn't." Was the only thing the teen could whisper through her now dry lips. She cast a side long glance at Beast Boy before realizing her lips were beginning to chap.
Starfire could only giggle at the sight her friends made.
"Would you care to make a wager on that?" She asked.
Raven scowled. "Just go. I'll have Robin find you when he gets back."
"Very well then."
Before she left, Star looked back at the boys again. They both had very confused looks on their faces; after a few moments though they just looked at each other, shrugged, and went back to their game. She shook her head and walked out the door.
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"That was the last time I saw any of you in person. The guards from the prison where my sister was being held came and found me in the park; they told me that Blackfire had some how escaped and that they required my assistance in recapturing her. I told them that if I were to go, I would need to go back to the Tower and inform the rest of you. They said there was not enough time; if I needed to tell you they would allow me to use the communication device upon their ship. I knew how dangerous my sister could be, so I agreed. I went with them and called the Tower from their ship. I remember talking to all of you, Robin you had just returned and were about to go out in search of me when I called. I told all of you of the situation and we agreed that the best course of action would be for me to go alone for the time being, so that there would still be someone hear to protect our city. Also, we assumed that my sister would head back to earth to get her revenge. Before we disconnected, though, you made me promise to check in with you as regularly as possible, and to call you if things got to out of hand for me. I tried calling you about three months after I left, but it was to no avail. I guess that the long range transmitter must have already been damaged, and Slade must have already manipulated your minds."
"I thought that wasn't real. That it was all a dream." Ravens somewhat hollow voice rang out as Starfire paused.
"What Ray?" Beast Boy asked.
"I remember being happy, and content. Long after the time Star 'disappeared.' I thought that it was all just in my head."
"It's probably because of that freaky mirror of yours." Cyborg put in.
"Yea, your emotions are in the mirror; so you remember feeling that way."
"But your actual memories from that time have been altered." Starfire interrupted Beast Boy.
"What makes you so sure it was Slade?" Nightwing suddenly asked.
"That is the next part of my explanation. After fifteen years of chasing my sister around the galaxies, it finally came to me why she had not yet returned to earth. Even if she knew that I was tracking her, she had still sworn revenge on the rest of you as well. When I finally realized that she could not have gotten out of that prison on her own, I went back and asked to see the hologram files from the time she escaped. The prison wards were very kind and immediately let me, they had apparently not known who her accomplices were and therefore assumed that I would not either. Even after all these years, the moment I saw those who aided my sister, I recognized them as Slade's robots. I immediately started back for Earth and got here just in time to see my past self land in the snow in front of the Tower and so knew what was going to happen next. So I waited until first she, then Cyborg left the Tower. After I saw Cyborg go, I went in and you know the rest."
Everyone say in silence for a few moments, letting everything sink in, until finally, as usual, Beast Boy just couldn't take it any more and decided to speak up.
"So basically, Blackfire's still on the loose, Slade's still on the loose and has somehow altered our," he said pointing at the four Titans who had remained on Earth, "memories, and were all back together now. Right?"
Everyone looked around at everyone else for a moment before the silence was again broken; this time by Raven.
"I'm not sure that we are."
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A/N: So how was the second chapter? Please tell me what you think and help me improve for the next chapter.
Disclaimer: Just so you know I don't particularly like the plot line where Starfire goes missing for twenty years (she is my favorite character after all), but after I saw "How Long is Forever" this story just came to me, and I decided to get this story out of my head, rather than wait for the voices to start yelling at me for taking up precious space that could easily be vacated. By the way, I do not own Teen Titans nor anything else in this fic besides the Authors Notes and the plot.
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Recap
"I have missed you, my friends." ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------
~Stars POV~
"Star.Oh my god, Star!"
"Where have you been?"
"Do you have any idea how worried we were about you?" Everyone seemed to be talking to me at once, everyone except the one person I wished would continue. He had threatened me when he first walked in, though I would have expected no different, and after I spoke once, he said my name and hasn't said a thing since.
"Where were you?" His quiet voice broke through my thoughts as well as the others ramblings.
"Robin." I paused not sure whether or not I should continue. They would probably be upset with me when they found out. But, on the other hand, they would be upset if I didn't tell them and they did have a right to know. I sighed.
"Is there someplace we can all go and talk?"
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A half an hour latter the former Teen Titans were all settled at what can only be described as Nightwing's "cave," all staring expectantly at the girl who had so abruptly left them in the past.
"I am not sure where to begin." Starfire mumbled, looking anywhere but at the four seated in front of her.
"How 'bout the beginning? That's always a good place to start." Nightwing interrupted.
"Hum, still in a rush to get the answers I see. All right then, the last time I remember seeing you was when we were eighteen. About four years after I came and saw this. I was going to go for a walk in the park.
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Sixteen Years Ago
"Friends, I am now going for a walk in the park, would any of you like to join my on this most glorious afternoon?"
"Sorry Star, I'm a little bit busy beating his Royal Highness." "You better believe I'm better than you. Wait, that was a crack about my powers, wasn't it?"
"Well duh."
"Oh man, that's it."
"Ah, it's on Jungle Boy."
With that the two teenage boys went back to playing their game and almost completely ignoring the girls. Starfire sighed; there would be no reaching them the rest of the day.
"Raven, what of you, would you like to come walk with me in the refreshing sunlight?"
"I don't do sunlight."
"You say that about almost everything."
"I mean that about almost everything. Go now before you really start to annoy me, we'll call you when Robin gets back from Gotham. Then you two can go spend some.quality time together. Alone." She said; somewhat suggestively at the last part.
"Raven, I would not tease so if I were you. Especially now that I have, I believe the term is ammunition to fire back at you."
This was one of the few things that could draw the boys attention away from their game, and it did. Both heads whipped around hopping to find out what it was that Star knew that they didn't. Raven want ramrod strait upon hearing Stars statement, her eyes as wide as the saucers she set her tea on.
"You wouldn't." Was the only thing the teen could whisper through her now dry lips. She cast a side long glance at Beast Boy before realizing her lips were beginning to chap.
Starfire could only giggle at the sight her friends made.
"Would you care to make a wager on that?" She asked.
Raven scowled. "Just go. I'll have Robin find you when he gets back."
"Very well then."
Before she left, Star looked back at the boys again. They both had very confused looks on their faces; after a few moments though they just looked at each other, shrugged, and went back to their game. She shook her head and walked out the door.
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"That was the last time I saw any of you in person. The guards from the prison where my sister was being held came and found me in the park; they told me that Blackfire had some how escaped and that they required my assistance in recapturing her. I told them that if I were to go, I would need to go back to the Tower and inform the rest of you. They said there was not enough time; if I needed to tell you they would allow me to use the communication device upon their ship. I knew how dangerous my sister could be, so I agreed. I went with them and called the Tower from their ship. I remember talking to all of you, Robin you had just returned and were about to go out in search of me when I called. I told all of you of the situation and we agreed that the best course of action would be for me to go alone for the time being, so that there would still be someone hear to protect our city. Also, we assumed that my sister would head back to earth to get her revenge. Before we disconnected, though, you made me promise to check in with you as regularly as possible, and to call you if things got to out of hand for me. I tried calling you about three months after I left, but it was to no avail. I guess that the long range transmitter must have already been damaged, and Slade must have already manipulated your minds."
"I thought that wasn't real. That it was all a dream." Ravens somewhat hollow voice rang out as Starfire paused.
"What Ray?" Beast Boy asked.
"I remember being happy, and content. Long after the time Star 'disappeared.' I thought that it was all just in my head."
"It's probably because of that freaky mirror of yours." Cyborg put in.
"Yea, your emotions are in the mirror; so you remember feeling that way."
"But your actual memories from that time have been altered." Starfire interrupted Beast Boy.
"What makes you so sure it was Slade?" Nightwing suddenly asked.
"That is the next part of my explanation. After fifteen years of chasing my sister around the galaxies, it finally came to me why she had not yet returned to earth. Even if she knew that I was tracking her, she had still sworn revenge on the rest of you as well. When I finally realized that she could not have gotten out of that prison on her own, I went back and asked to see the hologram files from the time she escaped. The prison wards were very kind and immediately let me, they had apparently not known who her accomplices were and therefore assumed that I would not either. Even after all these years, the moment I saw those who aided my sister, I recognized them as Slade's robots. I immediately started back for Earth and got here just in time to see my past self land in the snow in front of the Tower and so knew what was going to happen next. So I waited until first she, then Cyborg left the Tower. After I saw Cyborg go, I went in and you know the rest."
Everyone say in silence for a few moments, letting everything sink in, until finally, as usual, Beast Boy just couldn't take it any more and decided to speak up.
"So basically, Blackfire's still on the loose, Slade's still on the loose and has somehow altered our," he said pointing at the four Titans who had remained on Earth, "memories, and were all back together now. Right?"
Everyone looked around at everyone else for a moment before the silence was again broken; this time by Raven.
"I'm not sure that we are."
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A/N: So how was the second chapter? Please tell me what you think and help me improve for the next chapter.