THE NEXT MORNING

Sarah walked up and down the hall. She was wondering why her heroes where acting so weird. She didn't know what happened to Robin's hair, but he looked pretty upset when he left. "It might've been a bad hair day," she said quietly. "But the hairgel he uses… It could fix anything!" She knew this because she had used it a couple of times and everything she used it on worked perfectly.

"Bring! Bring!" It was the telephone ringing on the table at the end of the hall. "I'll get it!" Sarah shouted and ran for the phone. "Hello?" she asked into the mouthpiece, "May I ask who is calling, please?"

"Yes," a voice answered. "I'm looking for a Miss Jerry Mcallister,"

"One moment, please," Sarah said, then she looked at her Mom's bedroom door. "Mom!" Sarah shouted. She put her ear against the top part of the phone and waited for her Mother to pick up. She put it down and ran to her room.

Sarah picked up her bright yellow backpack and placed it on her bed. She then searched in the large toy box in her closet hoping to find one of her five favorite dolls. After searching for a few seconds, she found what she was looking for and emerged from the top of the chest. "Yes!" She said happily. She slipped the doll into her backpack. "I can't have you getting lost again," Sarah whispered.

Sarah ran to her Mom's bedroom and told her, "I'm going to Lesley's," and hurried out.

AT LESLEY'S HOUSE

Sarah took out the doll in her backpack and propped it up on the small chair on Lesley's desk. "Starfire is so pretty," Sarah sighed. "I hope that when I'm a teenager, I'll be just like her." Lesley gave Sarah an odd expression. "Except for the powers," she added. Lesley nodded and handed Sarah the hairless Robin and the pink-panted Cyborg. "Lets pretend Robin has hair," Lesley said as Sarah stood Robin next to Starfire and placed Cyborg by the little fake TV set where Beast Boy already stood.

"Alright, BB," Sarah said in a deep voice, moving Cyborg closer to the Beast Boy doll. "Let's play video games!" Lesley grabbed a tiny controller that was connected to the TV. "Okay, Cy," she said in return. "What about Super Ninjas 8?"

"Boo ya!" Sarah yelled. She also grabbed a mini controller and pretended Cyborg was playing it. "Oh," Lesley said suddenly facing Sarah. "What's wrong, Les?" Sarah asked her friend. "I forgot to tell you," Lesley started, "Billy's coming over." Her happy face had turned into a worried expression. "Billy the Bully?" Sarah asked alarmed. "Yep,"

"Oh no!" Sarah said. "Why does your brother hang out with that menace?"

"Because he thinks Billy's cool," Lesley said. "How? Billy is twelve and Joe is eleven. Plus, Billy is just so mean!" Sarah said. "He just does, Sarah," Lesley answered sadly. "And there isn't that big a difference between their ages," They both sighed. "When is he coming over?" Sarah asked. "Any minute now," Lesley said, turning her head to face the door. And as if their worries had called him, Billy now stood in the doorway.

"Hello ladies," Billy said menacingly. "What evil deed should I do today?"

"Nothing." Lesley stated flatly. "You wish," Billy said and walked through the door. "Oh boy, what do we have here?" he said, looking down at the Starfire doll in the chair. "A Teen Titans doll collection?" He picked her up and examined her closely. "I think I'll take her," He started to turn but Sarah jumped up and pulled on the doll.

"Hey you little punk!" Billy said trying to take the mini Starfire out of Sarah's hands. "Let go!" The saga continued for a few more seconds, until... "Snap!" The Starfire doll's leg had broken apart. "Billy!" Sarah and Lesley whined. Tears started dripping from their eyes. "What's going on!" Lesley's Mom's voice could be heard from down the hall. "I'd better leave," Billy said to himself as he slipped out the door.

"What is the matter?" Mrs. Charts asked appearing in the hall. "Billy broke Starfire's leg!" Sarah and Lesley sobbed, holding the doll up so she could see. "Oh my," Mrs. Charts said, taking Starfire from Sarah's grasp. "I'll have to call Billy's mom and tell him about this." She left the room.

TITANS TOWER

Starfire pressed the channel button on the remote again, watching the images flicker on the screen each time. She had been worried about Robin all day. She couldn't rest, he hadn't come out of his room for a while. In fact, she hadn't seen him at all this morning. It was scaring her. She had tried several times to get him to come out. But he didn't even speak.

"Hey Star," Raven said in her usual tone, walking over to where Starfire sat. She knew that Starfire was worried about Robin (she was, too), so she was trying to be as nice as she possibly could. "What are you watching?"

"Nothing, friend," Starfire said downheartedly. She pressed the button again and a man in a white chef's coat appeared on the screen. Raven looked down at her feet then over at Starfire's. But something was missing.

"Ah!" Raven screamed, eyes black, and furniture flying every where. "What is it, friend?" Starfire asked alarmed, jumping off the couch as it flew into the air. "Your... Leg!" Raven shouted. Starfire looked down at her feet. There was only one! "Ah!" Starfire screamed, shooting up to the ceiling and bumping her head. She withered down to the floor as Cyborg and Beast Boy rushed in. Even Robin came in to see what the trouble was.

"What's wrong, Star?" Robin asked worriedly, running over to Starfire's side. "Oh my god!" he yelled backing off slowly, then a bit faster 'til he was in the hallway. "Woah, Starfire," Beast Boy said with a look of terror on his face. Raven had calmed down a little, so the furniture landed back on the floor. "What the heck happened!" Cyborg asked, also backing up. "I do not know, friend," Starfire said. "I fear that someone has put the Hogsarthian curse on me. But it has never been like this." She closed her eyes. She didn't dare see what it looked like again.

AT LESLEY'S HOUSE

Sarah and Lesley were still crying. Mrs. Charts tried several times to shut them up, but its was no use. But then she got an Idea. "Why don't we go to the doll store," she suggested. "I'm sure they'll be able to fix Starfire's leg." The girls looked up with hope in their hearts. Then they looked at eachother and said, "Okay!"

Pretty soon they found themselves at the doll store waiting for the manager to repair Starfire's leg. Sarah and Lesley sat in a chair by the door and watched the small TV up on a platform attached to the wall. The news was on and it showed an old barn bursting with flames. Animals were stampeding from every direction as fireman and farmers started hosing it down with water.

"Oh, my," Mrs. Charts exclaimed as she joined the girls. Then what looked like a group of people came flying into the picture, some running on the ground. "The Titans!" Sarah and Lesley shouted happily as they came into view. But in their minds they were still wondering what had been happening.

AT THE FARMHOUSE

"Titans go!" Robin yelled, pointing his finger toward the burning barn. Raven floated over to it and put a force field over the flames to make them disappear. Beast Boy turned into a sheepdog and herded all the animals to safety. Cyborg and Robin searched for the nearest source of water. And Starfire hovered over the ground nearby, watching the others extinguish the fire.

She knew that there were news reporters close by. She could see them with their cameras and video recorders. Starfire didn't want them to see her, but since there were usually five Titans and now there were only four, the reporters had to find the fifth. And they did.

"Oh my god!" one of the newscasters screamed. "Starfire! Is that you? What happened!" But her words came out in mumbles, obviously stupefied by the fact that Starfire had only one leg. "I…I…" Starfire didn't know what she could say. She glanced over to where Robin was and saw him watching her. Robin whispered something to Cyborg who was holding the fire hose from the fire truck. Then he hurried to the reporters.

"Look, people," Robin said as he approached the crowd. "There is a fire going on. It's pretty dangerous, so I suggest that you leave." The reporters didn't do anything for a moment wondering if they should go. But they retreated muttering until they couldn't be seen. Starfire gave Robin a look of thanks, and he returned a smile. They then went to help Cyborg.

THE DOLL STORE

"Oh, my," Mrs. Charts said, putting her finger to her lips. Sarah and Lesley didn't know what to say or do. Starfire was missing a leg. And what was even weirder was she wasn't in a hospital. "What do you…" Sarah mumbled. "I don't know…" Lesley said. "But don't you think it's kinda…"

"Kinda what, Lesley?" Sarah asked, her eyes still fixed on the TV. "Odd." Lesley said. " I mean, Cyborg's pants are the same as the one's the doll has. Robin's hair is gone like the mini version of him. And now Starfire's leg has… Vanished."

"I guess you're right," Sarah said thoughtfully. "Do you think we have like… powers?"

"No." Lesley stated flatly. "I really doubt it."

That's it for now! Hope you liked this chapter! Jennifer