"Shadow! Come on Shadow! Play some football with us!" yelled Techna,

"Sorry no," she replied,

"Kids, get in here and have lunch," called Katie, their babysitter,

"Why do we need a babysitter anyway? We're eight!" Techna complained,

"She plays video games with you at least so stop complaining," said Shadow,

Katie is 12 and almost 13 years old with blonde hair and blue eyes, then again, a lot of people with blonde hair have blue eyes.

"We have breaking news…."

"Hey! My favorite channel was on!" complained both Techna and Katie,

"Yup, they're alike," said Shadow to herself,

"An incident has occurred and a boy has been injured. While doctors were healing him a few hours ago, we discovered something that is not human…"

"Weird," said Katie,

"He somehow has got the ability to freeze or make things colder. More research is being taken on him until he and his family has run off in fright. Be on a lookout with a boy at age nine with brown hair…"

"They show us a picture so why do they have to describe him to us?" Katie complained,

"That is sad! Why should they do research on an innocent kid that is only one year older than me!" it was Techna's turn to complain,

"Katie, you have promised us that we should go downtown together," Spirit reminded,

"Alright, let's go!"

They went shopping and it was almost late afternoon so they started to head home. Katie went to get some ice cream for the kids so the three waited, until Techna saw someone sitting alone on a bench and ran there,

"Where are you going Techna?" asked Spirit as he and Shadow followed,

"Hi!" she said to a boy wearing a hood.

"Hi," he said softly,

"Want to come to our house?" she asked,

"We can't just ask a stranger to come over," said Shadow,

"He's not a stranger, he's that boy we saw on the news," she said. Everyone fell silent.

At their house, the boy known as Ray, and his parents explained what has happened,

"Cool," Techna complimented,

"Techna!"

"Sorry…"

"You can stay here until things cool down," Katie offered,

"Um yeah, about that…. Why should we let them stay here in Titans Tower!" yelled Shadow, "Especially when they're not even related to the team!"

"Katie's not on the team either," Techna pointed out,

"I need to meditate," said Shadow quickly as she got up in frustration.

Next day, Techna wouldn't leave Ray alone. She kept asking constant questions and Ray was too stubborn to answer any of them. But he did eventually. Ray was a very smart kid with good grades, but after his accident while snowboarding, he got surgery and he somehow got the powers of snow and ice. Except he has no control over them and people are afraid of people with superpowers unless they are super heroes. But Ray became good friends pretty fast and learned more about them,

"No way! Your dad is the Robin! The Robin that was leader of the Teen Titans!"

"Um, yes," Spirit answered,

"I'm his biggest fan! I've been learning karate since I was very young and I'm studying how his gadgets work!"

"Sheesh, you are a fan," said Techna,

"Your hair is turning light blue," said Shadow reading a book,

"It is!" Techna pointed and jumped up,

Ray ran to the closest mirror and looked,

"Oh my gosh!"

"Pretty cool if you ask me," complimented Techna,

"Tell you what, tomorrow is training day. We'll help you control your new powers!"

"You will?"

"Yeah, I mean, we all have powers and our parents aren't going to stick around forever," said Techna with confidence,

"What do you mean?" Ray asked as Shadow and Sprit were also wondering what she means,

"Open your eyes people! Don't tell me you never thought about this! I think we should be the new Teen Titans!" she exclaimed,

They looked at her, but it may not be such a bad idea. Then again, these eight to nine year-old have no idea of the responsibility to be Teen Titans.

Please R and R.