AN: I do not own the Teen Titans, for if I did I would never let it go off the air for no

apparent reason!

Chapter 6

The movie was over and all five of the Titans felt very tired. They each yawned and could feel themselves drifting off into sleep as they sat on the couch. Slowly Cyborg slithered off his seat and landed on the floor.

"Time for bed," he said in half of a yawn.

They each crawled off the couch and dragged their feet towards their rooms. Robin could barely keep his eyes open and nearly walked into many of wall and corner. Starfire had her dolly instinctively wrapped in her arms, right under her chin. Raven kept herself up by supporting herself on the wall. Beast Boy was just about sleepwalking when he reached his room.

The next morning Raven was the first one up, nothing strange there, but she went straight to the television and turned it on. She sat in front of it was a bowl of cereal and and watched. Robin got up next and did that same as her, only he sat on the couch.

"How'th your head?" he asked, rubbing the sleep from his eyes.

"It still hurts," said Raven touching it gingerly. "I think I have a bruise."

"Are you thtill mad at Beatht Boy?" he asked, placing a spoonful of cereal into his mouth.

Raven thought for a moment. "I don't know," she said almost pouting.

Just then Cyborg entered, stretching and scratching himself. "How can you guys get up so early?" he asked, dragging his feet into the kitchen.

"Old habits, I guess," said Raven.

Cyborg soon took a seat next to Robin and began to eat a blueberry muffin he had found in the bread box. Starfire entered next, her doll in the same place it had been when they left for their rooms. She floated in, quite sleepily, and sat on the other side of Robin.

"Morning Thtarfire," said Robin.

"Morning of goodness," said Starfire yawning. It wasn't long before she fell asleep again and had her head resting on Robins shoulder. Robin quickly pushed her head off and she slumped over onto the arm of the couch.

Finally Beast Boy entered. He was a little more awake than the others and hopped over the back of the couch and sat down. All this commotion caused Robin to spill the milk in his cereal bowl and it went all over the couch and his lap.

"Beatht Boy!" yelled Robin.

"Oops, sorry," said Beast Boy.

Robin growled and got up to grab some paper towels. Beast Boy noticed that there was no more room for him on the couch and he slid onto the floor. He hadn't even noticed that he was close to Raven. Robin returned, cleaned his spot up, and sat back down. Starfire was curled up quite comfortably on the arm of the couch and would occasionally kick Robin.

"Thtar, cut it out!" said Robin pushing her feet away. This, of course, didn't wake the Tameranean up and cuddled up with her doll.

"Ya know what we should do today?" said Cyborg in more of a statement than a question.

"What?" asked Beast Boy.

"We should go to the park," said Cyborg getting excited.

"But we can't leave the tower," said Raven.

"Well… why not?" asked Cyborg. "I mean, no one is gonna know it's us. I'm not half robot anymore and Beast Boy's not green."

"But Starfire's still an alien and I still have purple hair," said Raven.

"You can wear a hat," said Robin.

"I guess," said Raven, still not too thrilled with the idea.

"And Starfire doesn't look that different," said Cyborg. "Other than her green eyes, she looks like she's from Earth."

"She can wear thunglathes," said Robin really getting into this idea. He turned to Starfire and began to shake her awake. She groggily woke up and looked around.

"Oh, did I fall asleep?" she asked innocently.

"Thtar, how would you feel about wearing thunglathes?" asked Robin.

Starfire wasn't really all that sure about what was going on, but she thought about this. "I do not mind wearing the glasses of the sun variety. Why do you ask?"

"We want to go to the park," said Beast Boy jumping up in excitement.

"Oh that sounds wonderful!" she said quickly waking up. "But what does that have to do with the glasses of the sun?"

"You'll have ta wear 'em to cover your eyes," said Cyborg. "That way no one will recognize us."

"Wonderful idea!" she said clapping her hands.

"I'll wear thome, too," said Robin. "Thince I'm not about to leave the tower with my mathk on. Tho, Raven, you in?" asked Robin.

Raven thought for a moment. Usually she would object to this whole idea and say that it wasn't worth the risk of being found. But that part of her mind was suddenly else where and she couldn't see anything wrong. "Okay, let's go," she said with a smile.

They all jumped up and ran off to get dressed. As they ran to their rooms Beast Boy caught Raven by the arm and slowed her down.

"Hey Raven?" he asked hesitantly.

"What?" she asked, trying to sound like her normal, cold self.

"I'm, uh, sorry… about yesterday… when I pushed you," he said looking at the floor.

"Well… you should be," she said crossing her arms and looking away from him as well.

"I was just mad when you stepped on my foot," he said, kicking the floor aimlessly. "Anyway, I'm sorry."

Raven looked back at him out of the corner of her eye. He sounded so sincere and so sweet. She couldn't help but melt. "Well, I'm sorry I stepped on your foot," she said finally. "I didn't mean to."

"I know," said Beast Boy.

For a moment they were quiet, both looking in other directions. Finally Raven rolled her eyes and gave him a friendly slap on the arm. "Come on, let's get ready to go to the park." Beast Boy gave her a smile and the two departed.

Once they were all dressed they met back in the common room. That's when a new problem cam up.

"How are we gonna get there?" asked Cyborg. "I can't drive anymore."

"And I can't fly," said Raven. "And even if I could we'd definitely get noticed."

"I suppose that means that I can not fly as well?" asked Starfire.

"I gueth not," said Robin.

"Wait, what if Starfire just takes us to the mainland?" asked Cyborg. "We can walk from there."

"But will not the people see us?" asked Starfire.

"Don't worry, I'll tell you where to go," said Cyborg.

"Then let'th go!" said Robin running off. The others quickly followed and they went up to the roof. One by one Starfire flew each of them to the mainland without anyone seeing them. Once they were all there they started to walk to the park. Starfire slipped on a pair of purple sunglasses with green rims, Robin threw on some plain black sunglasses, and Raven stuffed all of her hair under a sun hat. She just hoped her pale skin wouldn't draw too much attention.

Within the hour they had made it to the park, quite tired but happy none-the-less. After a few good drinks from the water fountain they were refreshed and ready to play. They had each worn a backpack full of things for them to play with.

Cyborg took a football out and began to toss it to Robin. The two played a one on one game of football and soon were rolling around in the grass and dirt, screaming with fun. Cyborg couldn't remember the last time he had felt his whole body hit the ground, getting dirty and bruised. He was having the time of his life. Robin had never done anything like this when he was a kid. He was happy just to play around with one of his friends and not have to worry about being the leader.

Starfire sat on a blanket under a tree and played with her dolls and the puppets. She sat speaking to herself, sometimes in her own language, and made up whole stories with them. She soon took out cups and a bottle of juice and had herself a tea party. She remembered that when she was this young she would beg her sister to play with her, and back then she would actually play with Starfire happily.

Beast Boy sat in the sandbox digging like there was no tomorrow. He had brought a few spoons and cups and was making himself his own little sand palace. He stuck twigs in the top of the towers to represent flags and even grabbed a few stones and leaves to play little knights and kings. He had never really played in a sandbox before. The last time he was this young he was running around the jungles of Africa. This was certainly a large change.

Raven sat alone on the swing set. She pumped her legs back and forth and slowly lifted into the air. She always made sure not go so fast that her hat would fly off. She could see Starfire sitting under the tree with her dolls right in front of her. Beast Boy was to her left in the sandbox. Cyborg and Robin were playing in the field to her right. Raven had never played when she was little. It just wasn't allowed. She had to get ready for when her powers emerged, so she was constantly disciplined and told to keep herself from getting excited. Now a warm feeling was creeping into her body and she wasn't sure what it was. Whatever this feeling was, it made her smile for no reason at all.

"I bet I can climb to the top of the jungle gym before you!" said Cyborg running towards the playground.

"Oh no you can't!" said Robin running as fast as he could.

Cyborg made it first, since his legs were slightly longer, and started to climb. But Robin was a better gymnast and climbed up faster that Cyborg. He sat at the top and let out a yell of victory.

"Wow, you're fast," said a voice from below them. The two looked down and saw a little boy standing underneath the jungle gym.

"Uh, thankth," said Robin.

"Me an my friends are about to play hide and seek," said the boy. "We're trying to play the biggest game of hide and seek ever! Do you and your friends want to play with us?"

"Sure!" said Cyborg and Robin hopping down off of the jungle gym. They ran over to Beast Boy and told him about the game. He quickly abandoned his post at the sandbox and went with them. They asked Raven and she agreed as well. Even Starfire decided to join in, after they secretly told her what the game was exactly.

They joined the boy and all of his friends at the top of the hill in the park. "My name's Billy, that's Jainy, Mark, David, Sarah, Kayla, and Brian. What's your names?"

Suddenly the five realized they had a problem. They had never really told each other their real names, other than Beast Boy, and now they had no choice but to say their names.

"I'm… Richard," said Robin nervously.

"I'm Victor," said Cyborg.

"My name's Garfield," said Beast Boy proudly.

"And I am Koriand'r," said Starfire happily. The other kids looked at her, quite confused. Starfire realized that her name could not sound normal so she did some quick thinking. "Uh… but you can call me… Kori?" she said in almost a question. The other kids seemed satisfied with this, although they weren't sure why she spoke funny.

"Kori jutht moved here," said Robin quickly, seeing that the kids were getting suspicious of her accent.

Now Raven was the only one left. "I'm Raven," she said plainly. This made the other four's hearts stop. They looked at her in shock and anger.

"Okay, I'll be it first," said Billy taking no notice of the looks the four were giving Raven. "I'm gonna count to fifty and then come looking. The tree over there is home. Whoever I tag last will be it. Ready?" All the kids nodded and the game began.