Robin and Raven stare at me worriedly.

"Luna, you're not going to try to kill him?" asks Raven.

I say nothing.

She walks over to me and waves her hand over my eyes.

I don't respond.

"I think she's in shock," Raven says.

I transform and lie down.

They look at me.

"Maybe we should move her to another room," Robin suggests.

I get up and leave. They follow me. Still in wolf form, I walk slowly to Robin's room and sit at the door. Raven looks at Robin.

"Don't take advantage of her," she says.

"Why would I do that?" he asks.

"I know there's something going on between you two," she says. "I just don't want her getting any more hurt then she is right now."

He nods and presses in the code for his door. It opens and I walk inside. I hop onto his bed and curl up by the pillows.

"We'll leave you alone for a while," Robin says.

The door shuts and I'm all alone.

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I wake up in the middle of the night. I look around the room. Robin is no where in sight. I get up and leave the room. I walk to the living room and scan it with my eyes. No Robin. I go to the roof and I see him sitting on the edge. He turns around when he hears the door open. I know he can only see a small black figure and a crescent moon so I walk closer. I get next to him and sit.

"Not going to transform?"

I answer by licking his hand. He lifts it and starts to rub my back. I look at the moon.

All of a sudden, I howl. He gets so startled her nearly falls off the edge. I keep howling. I howl a song of sadness. A song of loneliness. A song filled with so many emotions, I feel overwhelmed. As I finish, I start weeping. I return to human form and Robin can hear me crying. He pulls me into his arms.

"I'm so sorry," he says. "I don't know if you were saying anything with that howling, but it sounded sad."

I bury my face into his chest and cry like a child. Feelings of depression sweep over me. I feel a sudden urge to jump over the edge of the roof.

"Don't, Luna," he says.

I realize I had been leaning towards the tip of it.

"Why not?" I say. "I've lost my mother, my home, my best friend. Who knows what I'll lose next."

I continue crying. He lifts my head up and stares deep into my eyes.

"I think I'm falling in love with you."

I pull back from him.

"What?" he says confused.

"I told you to promise," I say quietly.

"Luna, what's so bad about me falling in love with you?" he asks.

"You can't!" I scream. "He'll kill you! Or worse!"

"There's something worse then death?" he asks, teasing me.

I glare at him. "Ever heard of Hell on Earth?"

He nods, still slightly amused.

"Worse then that," I say.

He still looks unfazed and I search my brain, looking for some way to describe what Slade could do to him.

"Alright," I say. "Think of a red rose. This is what Slade would do to you if he caught you. I'm using the rose as an example. First, he would turn you white, then blue, then black. Then he'd pick all your petals off, but leave one on. Then he'd turn you yellow again and make your roots shrivel up, but keep you alive. Then, when you think he can't do much more to you, he'd turn you back to red and beat the shit out of you."

"You can beat the shit out of a rose?"

"Robin!"

"Okay!"

"No, it's not okay," I say, the dam bursting open again. "I told you to promise and you didn't! Now look what's happening!"

"Why is it so bad?"

"Where you not listening to the rose story?"

"It's hard comparing myself to a rose."

I bow my head and rub my forehead, still crying. He pulls me closer to himself and holds me gently.

"Don't worry," he says quietly. "Nothing will happen."

"You don't know that though," I answer. "He could…"

"Luna, stop worrying about what Slade could do and just enjoy your life!"

I nod and lean against his chest.

In the distance, we hear the sound of a wolf, howling to the night.

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The next day is much harder. I wake up on the sofa in the living room. I walk to my room and inspect it, running my fingers over every upset item. I go to the spot where Yoki's body was and kneel. Tears fall from my eyes onto the spot. They spread out and make a circle. I transform and stand in the middle of it. I bow my shaggy head and sniff the scent on the carpet. I pick up his scent and someone else's. Slade's. I transform back into my human form and start to clean up the room. I hear a noise behind me and ignore it. I hear steps being taken towards me. Then I feel someone grabbing my arms.

"Cleaning up someone's mess again? Aren't you, Luna?"