Another new story. Wow. I should update my other ones…

Dedicated to KT, who helped me design the characters and pairings, and is the best friend I could hope for. Thank you!

Resurrecting the Legacy

"Immediately after the monsters, die the heroes" Robert Calasso, The Marriage of Cadmus and Harmony

Prologue: Desire

"Those who restrain desire do so because theirs is weak enough to be restrained." William Blake, The Marriage of Heaven and Hell

Robin sat in his workroom, shuffling through articles, pictures and stories. Slade was gone. The thought could not process in his mind.

"Dammit, Slade, I know you're out there!" he yelled, slamming his fists into the table.

The door to the room whooshed open. Starfire stood in the door, her face plastered with an expression of uncertainty and sorrow. "Friend Robin, I have something I must tell you."

"Starfire, what is it?" The last time she had looked like this was when she had come to tell him of her mother's death. "What happened?"

She sat down on his bed, staring at her hands, and took a deep breath, "I have been called back to my home planet. The war there is terrible, and the people need their princess. I must leave today."

"But…Starfire…why…?"

She stood abruptly. "Suffice it to say that I am the heir to the throne, and am very powerful." Then, in a softer voice, "Goodbye, friend Robin. May we meet again."

She walked out, and he was filled with a desire to run after her, to tell her that he loved her. But no, that would just make it harder for her to leave. She would come back, he knew she would, and he could wait for her to come back to him.

He walked to the living room of the T-Tower. Raven, to whom Starfire had been like a sister, was crying in her best friend, Joey's (known also as Jericho) arms as he stroked her hair soothingly. Donna Troy (aka Wonder Girl) who had become fast friends with Starfire since joining the Titans, also had a tear-streaked face and was holding tightly onto Speedy's hand. Cyborg looked bewildered, and Terra, who had been brought back to life and rejoined the Titans, was hugging Beast Boy, both crying.

Robin was confused. "Why are you all so sad?" he questioned. "She'll come back eventually."

Raven looked into his eyes, wiping her own, "That's just it, she won't. Her father died, and Tameran needs a monarch. And she's the…the…heir…" with that she broke down crying again.

Robin felt his heart being ripped out. "What!"

Wonder Girl looked sadly at Robin, "That's the truth. She told us."

Robin looked from one Titan to the next, panicked, hoping one would shout "April Fools!"

"You were in love with her, weren't you," said Wonder Girl, and Robin nodded mutely. "Oh Dick, I'm so sorry."

The Titans sat together in silence, holding onto each other for the rest of the day.

Nineteen years later

"Moooooooooooooommmmmmmmmmm!" yelled a black-haired girl. "Ty took my diary! He won't give it back!"

Five rooms away, Barbara Grayson, former Batgirl, now known in the superhero world as the information broker Oracle, rubbed her temples, and spoke to her husband. "Sweetie, Dick, can you go make Marissa shut up?"

Her husband, Dick Grayson, former Robin, now known in the superhero world as Nightwing, got up from the couch, stretching. "Sure, hun," he said, kissing her swiftly.

"You're a lifesaver," said Barbara, kissing him back.

"Don't I know it," he said, sauntering out, and minutes later, the Grayson household was quiet, and Barbara could finally get some work done.

That was, until…

"MMMMMMMMMMMMOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMMMMMM!"

Barbara Grayson groaned. Oh how she hated weekends.

So, good, bad, mediocre? This is about the next generation of Titans, this, thus the title, is the prologue. I'll update, but only if I get reviews. The next chapter will be longer, I promise!

-AlyRaven, Out!