Truly sorry for the wait everyone, I hope this chapter is up to par and all that.When I say 'Palace', think Prince of Persia Sands of Time palace. Anyway, thanks for the reviews, keep readin'!

Disclaimer: No, I don't own anything but the storyline. (sobs)

As they landed on the marble floor, Robin heard a snort from Blackfire.

"So this is what your head looks like. Starfire, you really need to give it a break." Wondering, Robin looked up, ready to see a replica of the pink wonderland Starfire had made of her room, or even a landscape of her 'beautiful' Tamaran, but what he saw took him by surprise.

It was a palace, an old palace of marble and stone with carvings covering every inch of the walls and pillars that surrounded them. There were dragons, Tamaranian monsters, villains they had battled, all being defeated by the people Starfire knew-Raven, Cyborg, Beast boy, some of Blackfire and as Robin turned, he saw himself, battling Slade.

"So this is how your memories are recorded-the whole place is a story, right?" Raven ran a hand along the carving of her battling Malchior far above the rest-the ceiling, which was covered in even more images of battle, seemed to take place of the sky, it was so tall.

"It's the same way that the records of Tamaran are kept in the old palace. We used to hang out there when we were kids," Blackfire answered, running her fingers over the image of her sparring with one of her servants. She was much shorter at the time, as she was merely eight years old, but her powers were strong even then. She was enveloped by a glow in the carving, as Starfire had looked up to her sister. She grinned before turning to the girl.

Starfire was walking ahead, through the halls of memory to a set of large doors that were closed, with the main carving showing a young Starfire learning to control flight. It was a funny sketch-she had levitated but at the same time, crashed into one of the dishes for dinner. Whatever the goop was that covered her, she found it tasty; one of her food-covered fingers was sticking out of her mouth, and she had a goofy smile. Cyborg laughed at the image as they walked through the doors, and Starfire gave him a knowing smile as they walked into the next room.

It was a circular room with doors everywhere, all with different carvings of memories. Each door had a different meaning-one showed Starfire in a state of absolute terror; another had her bouncing for joy, while yet another had her stooped over, crying. But of all the doors, none showed any sign of Starfire's anger-but one had no image of her or her friends, just a seal painted in red…

"So Starfire, how does this work? I mean, Raven's emotions have to be bottled up, so they're all separate. But what about you? What's with all the doors?" Beast boy nodded towards a door that had Starfire floating, surrounded by trees. Raven noted that it looked suspiciously like the forest that housed Blackfire's mind.

"In the mind, all of the parts of a person join together," She explained, turning to look at all of the images. "Starfire must have created a separate habitat for each set of memories. Which one are we entering, anyway?" They turned to look at Starfire, who was staring up at the door with the red seal. Blackfire whistled as she stepped forward to touch it.

"Finally something interesting. That's blood, isn't it?" Starfire flinched as she murmured a quick "yes" and reached for the handle. Turning to face her friends, she frowned.

"These are not pleasant memories, and I do not wish you to see them before the rest. Could we please take a little longer before entering that door?" The other Titans nodded as Blackfire eased away from the door. Instead, she watched as Starfire opened all of the doors in turn-first, one with a carving of her being scolded by her k'norfka. The area was all in a light tinge of pink- a Starfire with a pale pink uniform took baby steps out into the open. This was Timid.

Timid was followed by a dark green Courage, a sunny yellow Curious, a midnight blue Sorrow, fluorescent orange Gross, lavender Sensitive, magenta Happy, and a strange Starfire in a deep, dark violet who was known only as Duty. Courage and Gross ran towards Beast boy; Courage was fascinated by his color while Gross sensed the weird smell that lingered in Beast Boy's room. Curious, Duty and Sorrow all ran over to crowd Cyborg and Raven; Curious poked at Cyborg's parts while he eagerly named and explained them, Duty spoke quietly to Raven about her need to control her emotions, and Sorrow hung on to Duty, nodding as she made each new point. Happy tackled Blackfire while Timid apologized for her behavior-Robin was left alone with Sensitive. She slowly walked closer to him until they were barely an inch apart, and leaned into his shoulder, her breath falling onto his neck. She had her arms around him and pulled him close with a smile, not noticing that he had turned the most interesting shade of red…

Starfire had wandered back into the open, not concerned with what her emotions were doing. What bothered her was that one was missing-when she had opened the door to Anger, she had not come forth. Which meant that she was wandering through another, more dangerous batch of memories…

"Starfire, one is missing." Raven was searching for the missing Starfire, the one who had worn blood red. What she did not expect to find was Starfire's reaction. The room froze as Starfire turned to face Raven, her eyes permeating with red, her voice booming.

"I KNOW where she is. She is trapped in the Ritual Room."

FINALLY we enter the Ritual Room With the Oddly Sealed Door in the next chappy! Stay Tuned!