Author's note: this is the first story that I have written for I wrote this story in particular because the other stories about what happened in the 20 years since Starfire's (during How Long is Forever) leaving just didn't seem… realistic, and I'm sorry if the comment offends the authors of these fics, but that's how I feel. I you feel the same way about mine, please feel free to beat me over the head with various rotten vegetables for my hypocrisy. All I ask is that if you flame, be creative, no "No! These 2 people belong together, not them!" The same goes for just reviews, please tell me what I can do to get better, or what I'm doing right, please don't just say, "I love this story!" and leave it at that. (On second thought, you can just tell me it's good, but constructive criticism would be nice, thanks)

Thank you for your time and now, on with this fic!

Chapter 1

Robin hadn't really noticed Starfire earlier that day; he had been far too busy being angry with everyone else. What had stated it was the argument that Beast Boy, the insufferable comedian, and Raven, the reclusive psychic. It was stupid really, Beast Boy was going to trim his toenails, and Raven felt it was rude to do that in the living room of all places.

"Dude! Raven, give 'em back, I need those!" Raven merely sat on the couch, the clippers hanging in mid-air next to her head, reading her book.

"Give them back so you can clip your toenails in here, I don't think so."

Then when Beast Boy and Cyborg had started arguing over the video game, Robin had almost had it, he couldn't hear the song that he had been trying to listen to, and the more he turned the music up, the more the argument escalated. It got so loud that he had his stereo on the highest volume but almost couldn't hear the music over the argument, even though he was sitting 2 feet away from the speaker.

Raven through the whole ordeal simply remained in the room reading her book; though Robin had no idea how she could concentrate on the written words with all the noise.

By the time Starfire made her appearance, the noise had reached decibel levels that by rights should have knocked her back ten feet. But she stood there, listening to the yelling and loud music until she had finally had enough of the strife that seemed to permeate the room.

"Friends should never behave like this! And especially on Blorthog! Do you wish to invite the Rekmas?"

"Gesundheit?" Starfire ignored Beastboy's comment.

"On my planet, Rekmas means The Drifting, the point at which close friends drift apart, and their friendship begins to die."

Perhaps he should have listened more carefully to what Starfire said, but before he had a chance to say too much, the alarm rang and it was off to the museum to stop the burglary.

They arrived to find two soldiers encased in ice of all things, and a man in a black costume about to steal the eternity clock, on of the most valuable artifacts in the Jump City Museum. The Titans waged an epic battle against this new villain, though they soon found that he was much more formidable than he seemed.

"You cannot defeat Warp. I am from the future!"

Finally, he had beaten the titans enough to give him the opportunity to open a portal that would take him one hundred years into the future. Starfire was the only one who had any hope of getting to him before he entered the portal, and with a vicious roar, she launched herself at him. Unfortunately, the impact sent both of them hurtling in the portal, which vanished in a flash of white light.

"Starfire!"

The first thing he could think of was that in all the excitement of the battle, he had never once tried to help her when she fell from his attack. Yes, he had been busy, but that shouldn't have stopped him, it never had before. Beast Boy broke the silence that permeated the entire museum now that the battle had reached an abrupt end.

"Um… Where did she go?"

Raven floated over to rest beside the green shape-shifter and nudged him not-so-gently with her elbow. Robin shook his head and instantly snapped into action.

"Cyborg, can you figure out where… when she is?"

The mechanical man frowned but held up his right arm to consult his built in instruments. After several minutes of muttered swears and buttons pressed in rage and frustration he finally bowed his head in sorrow.

"Well?"

"Man, I can't tell anything. It's like she's vanished." Robin hardened his gaze at that and shook his head.

"Titans, search the city. She could still be here!" And with that he ran out of the museum and leaped onto his R-cycle. As the other titans watched in astonishment, he gunned the engine and roared down the street, leaving the other titans standing in the museum, alone save for the company of the frozen police officers. Raven snapped out of her reverie first and immediately began using her powers to free the two frozen men.

"Cyborg, Beastboy, go, I'll join you in just a moment." Cyborg nodded and nudged his nearly catatonic green friend.

"C'mon BB, let's go."

Once the two were out of earshot Raven asked a soft-spoken question to herself.

"Where did you go?"

Three days of intense searching later, Robin growled in frustration.

"Urgh! Titans, where haven't we searched?"

"Dude, we've looked everywhere! She's gone." Robin slammed his fist on the computer console in front of him.

"NO! She has to be here! No one can travel through time!" Raven, her pace slightly paler than normal and lips tight spoke up.

"Robin, you haven't slept in three days. You need to rest. We all need to rest. Even if we do find her, we won't do Starfire any good in our condition." Robin appeared to be ready to protest when a huge yawn escaped his gaping mouth instead.

"Fine. Rest, but we start again at O six-hundred tomorrow!" he stormed out. The other male titans looked at Raven, Cyborg spoke first,

"You seem to be taking this well." Raven shook her head ever so slightly.

"I haven't been able to meditate in three days, her presence… calmed me, these days have been as difficult for me as for you, I however, cannot show it." Beastboy broke the uncomfortable silence that followed.

"Do you think she's okay? I mean, are we gonna find her?"

"I believe that wherever Starfire is is unreachable to us, but she is strong, she'll be alright. For now we must accept her loss and move on as best we can."

End note: I appologize for the length of this prologue, I hope to make the other chapter's longer, untill then, happy reading (and pressing blue buttons hint hint)