It was only about six o'clock when the snow started to fall. The Titans were seated on the couch as if in a meeting; Marlis had gone out to stretch her wings.

"So, what do we do? She's got potential," Cyborg said.

"She's been living her life as a thief and thieves lie. We can't trust her," Raven responded coldly.

"She needed all that stuff. The most she's ever stolen were some clothes," Robin said. "But I agree with Raven. After Terra, how cam we trust anyone?"

"Please, if we do not trust anyone anymore, are we not becoming the 'paranoid'?" Starfire asked. Beast Boy nodded.

"Yeah dude. I knew Terra more than anyone but Marlis isn't like her. She's...I dunno, different," Beast Boy said.

"As much as I hate to agree with him, I have to. Marlis doesn't have the same thoughts as Terra did. Most of the time she thinks about her family and brother," Raven said. At that moment, Marlis flew back into the tower.

"Oh...am I interrupting something?"she asked. Before looking to each other and slowly nodding to one another, they looked back to her.

"Nope, not at all,"Cyborg said as Beast Boy held up a movie he had rented.

"Movie time!" Beast Boy cried as he dimmed the lights and jumped on the couch with popcorn. They all seemed to have a place on the couch: Cyborg first, then Robin and Starfire, followed by Beast Boy and then Raven. Marlis sat on the floor near an end, making sure her wings weren't in anyone's way. "What are you doin' down there?"Cyborg asked, crossing his arms over his robotic chest.

"Umm...I-I was just going to sit here," she stammered. He patted the spot next to him and she smiled before climbing back onto the couch. As they watched, Starfire hid behind Robin's cape and Raven kept her hood up' Beast Boy hid behind the couch while Cyborg and Robin actually watched it; Marlis kept herself hidden behind her wings, only moving them to glances at the TV.

"Is it over?" Beast Boy asked as he slowly peaked from behind the couch. Marlis removed her wings from over her and sighed a bit.

"Holy fudge...that was the scariest thingamabob I've ever seen!"she said with a laugh. As the Titans began to discuss the movie, Raven seemed to retreat to her room after explaining that yes, she had found it scary. While Cyborg, Robin and Beast Boy stayed up to play video games, Starfire and Marlis retreated to their rooms. "Friend Marlis, was that not the most frightening movie you have ever seen!"Starfire exclaimed gleefully. Marlis nodded before saying Good Night to Starfire and walking into her room.

"Hooray! It is the day of Christmas!" Starfire's voice woke Marlis up with a start. Remembering what the day was she jumped up and stretched her back and wings. Hearing a knock on her door she said,"Come in." Starfire opened her door and smiled.

"Friend, I hope I did not wake you. Breakfast is ready though when you come out," she said with a never ending smile.

"I'll be there in a second." With that, Starfire closed the door and left Marlis to get dressed. Picking a pair of jeans and a red long sleeved shirt and pulling her hair into a ponytail, Marlis walked from her room and smiled at everyone. "Merry Christmas,"she said while handing out the pressents she had gotten for everybody with the little money she did have. She gave Starfire a $20 gift cirtificate to any store (Her way of paying her back); Robin was given karate equipment; Cyborg was given a computer game; Beast Boy was given a video game (Cyborg and Beast Boy could always trade); Raven was given an Edgar Allen Poe book and another book on witchcraft.

"How did you know we'd like all of this?" Robin asked.

"A lot of people in the city know you guys, so I pretty much just asked them...Or, if worse came to worse, I asked the cashiers," she said with a smile. "You guys are more famous than you think."

"Well, here you you go Marlis. From the team," Robin said as he tossed her a small little box. She raised an eyebrow at them before opening it and finding a Titan communicator inside.

"I don't get it," she said, becoming very confused.

"We want you to join the team. Your skills can come in handy when coming up against villains and we'd really like it if you joined," he explained. With a smile, Marlis jumped up and hugged each of them as if trying to squeeze the life out of them. "You guys have no CLUE what this means to me! Wow...I have a home. And an awesome one at that-" Marlis began to ramble to herself while the other Titans just laughed.

The day dragged on as the Titans played with the new things they had gotten for Christmas until the alarm went off. The famous masked face appeared on the screen. "Merry Christmas Titans."

"Slade," Robin growled in the usual way he did. 'Why does that name sound so very familiar?' Marlis asked herself mentally. "What do you want?" Robin asked.

"Can't I just say hello to my favorite little crime-fighters?"Slade asked in mock innocence.

"No," the original Titans said in unison, followed by Marlis' squeaked,"No?" She edged her way over to Starfire. "Who's that guy?"

"That is Slade. He is the one who made Robin his apprentice, but we got our friend and leader back. Unfortunately he is also responsible for us loosing Terra," she explained.

"Well, in the spirit of the holiday, I've got you all a little present." As the villain said the last word a loud explosion in the city made the Titans look out the window. The TV clicked off and Robin cried out, "Titans, GO!" Quickly, Marlis flew into her room and put a regular top on, putting the communicator in her pocket. The titans flew from the tower, Starfire carrying Robin and Beast Boy flying as a pterodactyl and carrying Cyborg. As they realized that the explosion had come from a old abandonned sugar factory. "Why would Slade destroy a sugar factory?" Robin asked through the communicator.

"Don't know but we're coming close," Cyborg responded. Spying an army of Slade robots, Starfire flung Robin at them while shooting at them with her starbolts. Marlis saw the robots and the question popped in her head again: 'Who is Slade and why is that name so familiar?' But she shot flames at the robots nontheless; trying to dodge the many discs and such they threw. "Azarath, Metrion, Zinthos!" Raven picked up two large buses and crashed them into the army of robots. While Cyborg hit them with his sonic cannon, Beast Boy turned into a large T-Rex and began to easily pick them up and crunch them between his jaws. As Marlis watched this whole scene she caught sight of the man in the mask. "Robin!"she cried, pointing towards him. Suddenly she couldn't move her wings and began to fall; Marlis closed her eyes and braced herself for the painful and not-so-pretty fate but something caught her. As she opened her eyes she saw that Beast Boy has returned to a pterodactyl and caught her on her fall. "Thanks. I owe you big,"she said as he let her down. Transforming into a large bear he used his claws to break the ropes that held her wings; as she took flight once again Marlis saw that the robots had been destroyed. "Where is Robin?" Starfire asked somewhat urgently. Hearing the grunts and yells of two people fighting their attention was drawn to Robin and Slade fighting. Robin was soon kicked off another building's rooftop. "ROBIN!" Starfire flew as fast as she could and managed to catch him before he hit the ground. Marlis flew towards Slade and blocked his path. "Who are you?"she growled as flames engulfed her cold hands.

"Slade. You should know that though. Usually I'm the only thing Robin talks about. But you'll learn that sooner or later," he said calmly. Marlis narrowed her eyes at him and shuddered a bit. As she shot flames at him he quickly dodged them. "Come on Marly, you don't want to hurt me. Not like you can," he said with a smirk. Taking flight once again she dove and tackled him. "Marly! Get off!" It was a flashback. Marlis could remember when her brother stole her bear and she had tackled him. "Gimme Mr. Snugglesworth! "

"No!"

"Give him back S-" End of Flashback.

Slade kicked her off and was about to strike a blow to her head when she quickly rolled over, causing him to make a large dent in the ground. He was consumed in black and thrown against the ground while Starfire hit him with starbolts. Standing up the villain fled. "Dude, way to take on Slade!" Beast Boy said while giving Marlis a high-five.

"How bad is he?" Marlis asked, rubbing her back a bit.

"Bad," the Team said in unison.

The day ended shortly after that and the Titans soon fell asleep. Marlis tossed and turned in her bed.

"Come on sis, try to catch me!" A little boy of about ten stuck his tongue out as his small six year old sister ran to catch up with him. Using her large angelic wings she tapped him on the head. "You're it!" she said with a giggle. Her brother jumped on a bench then onto a car and then into a tree. He had never taken gymnastics and yet he could do amazing backflips and frontflips without meaning to. As he hid from his sister she flew closer and closer to the tree. He pushed her and yelled, "Tag!"

"No fair!"she yelled and watched as he ran back into the house. He grabbed his sister's bear and almost screamed when she tackled him. "Marly! Get off!

"Gimme Mr. Snugglesworth!" As he brother struggled her hands seemed to suddenly ignite with flames. The two gasped but the ten year old did not give the bear back.

"No!"he screamed.

"Give him back-" Marlis snapped awake and finished her own sentence."Slade!"