As the warmth of the tower engulfed Marlis she shivered violently, wrapping her wings around her body. Her body was so used to the outside winter coldness that it was not used to the sudden warmth. With one last shiver, Marlis sighed shakily and looked around. "Nice p-place you have. Better than the couch I called home," she said softly. Starfire bounded over to Marlis and smiled at her. "Please, what is your name, age and other powers?" she asked quickly.
After thinking a bit, Marlis responded, "Umm, my name is Marlis, I am 15 years old and other than the wings I can control fire and heal myself." With a few "Cool", "Sweet dude" and a few other exclamations, Marlis smiled a bit. She finally felt as if she belonged somewhere but she couldn't feel as if she were missing something."Well, let's give you a full tour of the Titans' Tower," Cyborg said enthusiastically, followed by Starfire's "Glorious!"
Marlis nodded, following the other Titans. Robin, Raven and Beast Boy did not move though. Raven looked at the Boy Wonder.
"Do you think we can trust her?" she asked. Robin shook his head before looking at Beast Boy.
"Beast Boy, what do you think? You're usually pretty good with people. Do you think we can trust her?"Robin asked his green friend. Beast Boy sighed a bit before shrugging.
"I don't know. We should give her a chance and hope that history won't repeat itself." The other two nodded in agreement before following behind Marlis.
After the full tour, Marlis was shown to a large room. "Well, this is the guest room. You can stay here for a while. Tomorrow we all start training at 10 am," Cyborg said.
"May I use your bathroom? I can't remember where it is and it's been a while since I had a decent bath,"she said a bit embarrassed. Cyborg smiled and pointed her in the direction of the bathroom; after she got out of the shower she wiped the mist from the window. In the mirror she saw not herself but a man in a bronze mask, one eye staring back at her. He whispered her name before she closed her eyes .As she opened her eyes she saw herself; a young woman with soft black hair and unusual gray eyes, her features soft and kind. As she began to hum, Marlis quickly dried her wings off both with the towel and by shaking them violently. She quicky dried the rest of herself off before wrapping the towel and her wings around her body and quickly darting into the guest room.
On her bed, Marlis found a white dress and a note that read:
Marlis,
We know how old and dirty your other clothes are so we found this in Starfire's closet. If it doesn't fit you can just tell us and maybe Starfire could go shopping with you. She's up for anything, especially hanging out.
Signed,
The Teen Titans
Marlis had to chuckle a bit before looking at the dress. "I think my wings gave them an...impression," she muttered before pulling the dress on. Strangely enough, somebody had cut holes for her wings and she looked in a long mirror at herself. "White is not my color," she said to her reflection before she walked from the guest room and back into the main room. Starfire flew up to her and gave her a large hug. "The dress fits, yes?" she asked.
"Yeah. I was wondering about all of your names. Well, because you guys know my name but I don't know any of your names," she responded with a small shrug. Starfire made all the titans line up and then recited almost robotically," This is Robin, Beast Boy, Cyborg, Raven and I am Starfire. And this is my beloved Silkie!" Marlis looked at the large mutated worm and grimaced slightly.
"Adorable yet creepy. He won't eat me, will he?" Starfire shook her head vigorously.
"No. He only likes...Cyborg," she said somewhat quietly. Marlis laughed a bit before looking around and then looking down at her dress. "Well Starfire, would you like to go shopping with me? I don't have a lot of money tho-"
"Oh yes! That would be glorious! I have some of the money and we can share!" she said, hugging Marlis more. Marlis' wings twitched a bit before she was put back on the ground. With a large inhale, Marlis smiled before ruffling her feathers."Well...does anyone else want to come? Raven? It could be a girl-shopping-only thing,"she offered. To much of the team's surprise, Raven nodded.
"Sure. Maybe we could go grocery shopping. We're really low on food," she said. Starfire gasped and Marlis somewhat figured that this must have been unusual for the girl.
"Friend Raven, you are not kidding? You will indeed partake in the hanging out with me and Marlis?" As Raven nodded, Starfire grabbed Raven and Marlis' hand and flew from the tower quickly, calling back,"We shall return shortly!"