I do not own the Teen Titans or anything related to them, however I do own this story and all of the non-original characters except for Isis, who I have been given permission to use by a friend of mine and all are copywrited. This means you can not copy the story or any of the characters or use them without permission from their original owners. Check out the mini-fics by my friend, Starfire Fury, called Teen Titans: Alpha Humor, they're mini-fics about these characters and they're really good and absolutely hilarious, so go read them!

The chapter is about Phoenix and how she hides who she really is, mainly behind her mask like her father did, well like they say, like father like daughter. Thefic was inspired by a song called 'Naked' by Avril Lavigne,

Teen Titans: The Alpha Five: The lost one shots

Phoenix

As Phoenix finished adjusting her mask she sighed heavily. She looked into the mirror, staring so hard she could see her eyes behind the mask as if they were not hidden. She ran her hairbrush through her jet black, scarlet streaked locks one more time before heading for the door. It was early, not just early, mega early. The sun hadn't even thought about rising yet, the digital clock that she glanced at before she left her room read 5:00 AM. Phoenix hadn't always been an early riser, but she'd found at the Academy that it was safer to be awake rather than asleep - especially when pranksters like Zeru and Li are around.

She walked down the corridors quietly, watching her feet move and for once not flying. She always did when she was preoccupied. She reached the common roon and opened the door, she hadn't expected someone else to be awake and even in the darkness of the room she recognised the outline.

"Taiyou?"

The boy turned round as Phoenix turned the light on and he yawned.

"Phoe? What are you doing up this early?" Phoenix shrugged.

"I couldn't sleep. You?"

"Nah me neither. What's bothering you?"

"Nothing's bothering me."

"You look like you've been up all night thinking... again."

"It's nothing honestly. Just thanks, for still believing in me."

"I'll always believe in you Phoe, you should know that."

Phoe blushed slightly as she smiled back. 'He doesn't realise how much that means to me.'

"Tae?" She said suddenly, taking herself by surprise, though Taiyou didn't seem to notice her sudden and surprised tone.

"Yeah?" He turned to look at her and as she looked at him she just smiled, losing the confidence to say what she had been about to say.

"Just, thanks."

Awww bless :) Lol. Ok, another one coming your way in a sec, I've suddenly had a flow of inspiration with these, the first two I've held onto for a while, but the ones that come after it I've got the ideas for, just have written them yet :)