Hey! Remember me? *dodges tons of garbage, gets hit in the face with a rotten tomato* HEY!

Alright, maybe I did deserve that last one. *quickly wipes face* Anyhow, I'm pretty sure ya'll have been wandering where I've been, right? Well...

Yeah, I've got nothing. Besides going through the usual cr*p that is my family's boring Summer Vacation, I've been rather inactive in the whole writing-for-fanfiction deal. Think not, I have been writing stuff! Just... Not the stuff I should be writing.

(God have mercy for my drafts have sinned)

Now, the only reason I'm so late with this chapter is because, mostly, I... I forgot. Yeah, I know, stupid excuse. Forgetting is human you know! I'm only a mere mortal too!

Anyways, now that I've got that behind me...

Disclaimer! (always seem to forget somehow) I do not own any of the characters of either Teen Titans or Danny Phantom!

Enjoy reading folks!

Apparently, getting in contact with the rest of the Titans was a lot more of a hustle than they first thought.

When Raven had tried the conventional way, using her communicator, it simply gave static and nothing else. The same went with the large computer they normally use to keep tabs on the city and the various crimes that might be going on right now.

She tried different frequencies, taking a few hints from Nightwing's book on how to get back in contact with anyone if something had happened and the coms were down. Nothing changed, and at the end Raven was sure she would need a meditation session of at least a few hours to get herself back together and completely calmed down.

Worst was when she discovered that her girl's adopted parents, something the black-haired girl hadn't known until yesterday ("You didn't know?" "No, they weren't really very open on the subject.") are looking for their legal daughter, who is reported missing. Putting the fact that her daughter ran away from her adoption home and parents in the back of her mind for now, Raven only gave Sam a reproachful look before continuing with getting any sort of contact established with the other Titans.

Then there also was the subject of Samantha's 'friend', Danny Fenton. He did have some people who know where he went (who he won't tell, though, just 'some friends'), but Raven had a variety of questions for him. Like how they got on the island (both her daughter and him), how he got into the tower and past Cyborg's defenses, and also how the two their relationship worked (she wasn't about to accept 'he's just a friend' from her daughter. They're obviously something more if the boy was willing to protect her with his life, and judging by those looks she's very familiar with after having lived with Starfire and Nightwing for years).

Also, she wanted to ask him about the strange feeling of spiritual energy radiating from the teen. It was different then when she sensed the departing of souls or the presence of ghosts, a lot less strong yet very, very focused and sturdy. And she could feel the anxiety radiating off him as well, but also the powerful sense of love towards Sam.

In the way he's been protecting Sam and keeping her daughter safe, and also by the way she's noticed that her daughter is very fond of the teen boy, Raven could concede to let their relationship blossom. She knows for a fact that Garfield will lay the rules down at some point. Once they're all back, of course. That first.

Augh, she's already rambling in her mind.

It was close to nighttime when Danny pointed out he was getting tired, and Raven had to admit she was starting to feel the sleep tugging at her mind as well. Sam didn't say anything, and when they turned to her they saw the raven girl sleeping soundlessly on the couch, arm looped around a cleaned-up pillow. The two teens had busied themselves with cleaning up the room, so the couch was clean as well.

"She always fell asleep on that couch." Raven whispered softly, a wistful look in her eyes as she undid her cloak and laid it over her sweet girl like a blanket. She noticed Danny coming closer from the corner of her eyes, a pleasant smile on his face as he watched Sam sleep without any worries.

'She always worries so much, she even showed it in her sleep whenever I caught her dozing.' He thought with an internal chuckle, his mind finding some peace in seeing his love sleeping deeply.

"So…" The woman started softly after she was sure her daughter was tucked in to the best of her ability, turning to face the boy teen. "Am I going to have to ask Sam if she's dating a ghost, or what?" She wasn't one for the round-about way of asking. Being blunt is something that comes with keeping your emotions in check, and growing up among the monks of Azarath.

Danny tensed, casting her a slightly fearful and anxious glance before plastering a grin on his face that could make Starfire wince. Far too forced, not reaching his stark-blue eyes at all. It's almost like he's trying to get the muscles in his mouth to snap.

"Ghosts? What about ghosts?"

Did he really think that'll fool her?

"I can feel it, you know. My powers let me sense things. I can feel your spiritual energy like a fire in the cold."

He cast her a confused look for a second before he seemed to make the connection. Fear flashed over his features before being drowned out, and was replaced with steady eyes and a determination she had only ever seen from her own husband whenever he defends her from those who aren't a fan of her and her powers.

She found a rise of respect for the teen in that reaction. He's at least ten years younger than her, and most likely not strong enough (yet) to face her without knowing the true extent of her powers. And she was sure he knew this as well, judging by how he was in a defensive stance and not one where in he could strike first. His eyes darted around for a moment, taking in the room and whatever it holds. 'Looking for weapons or means of escape. Clever.'

"What are you going to do?" He asked her, voice hinting lightly to hidden fear and a great sense of anxiety. She could feel as such, despite the confident determination overclouding everything. Why would he have the confidence of a hero, though? He seems almost trained for battle. "Kill me? Try to destroy me? Get rid of me just because all ghost are evil?"

Woah, what happened in all those years she was gone? Where did this fear of prejudice come from? Raven couldn't just hear the venom at the last statement soundly, the feeling that rushed over her from the teen was filled with loathing, and judging by his tone he clearly doesn't agree with it one bit either.

And neither does she, but he doesn't know that yet.

"That isn't what I said," She eased slowly, keeping her hands up and in show, pulling her powers inwards as much as the focus she has right now allows, which isn't as much as she had hoped for. "I just wanted to be sure. I'm not against it, I really am not. I just want the best for my little girl. I can feel the love you two share." She allowed a small smile to grace her lips, eyes communicating the truth in her words

Danny his face was confused for a moment, his stance slackening as he took that in. After a few tense moments he relaxed completely (well, almost, that's good enough for now), offering the older goth a sheepish smile and a quick "sorry" before accepting her point.

"How are you hiding it?" She asked after a beat of silence, genuinely curious. Danny frowned at her, doing a quick scan of her features. She showed trust and assurance that he isn't as used to, besides with Sam, Tucker, Jazz and his parents of course. After a moment he sighed, shaking his head lightly at her, not a negative but just in small exasperation. She really is Sam's mother.

Raven was momentarily startled when a pair of white glowing rings -that she could sense were made up of the same concentrated, focused spiritual energy the boy radiated outwards- appeared around Danny's waist. They slid over him, and the feeling of a dreadful tingling crossed her neck and passed her spine, reaching to her entire body and almost causing her to shiver. It wasn't like the change she feels when a soul turns into a ghost, it felt too alive to be that. It was like he changed sides, his human part taking a backseat row and letting his ghost-side take control. Yet, she could sense that mentally he hasn't changed, although the older goth did feel the sudden formation of specific barriers, holding back a part of his mind.

'Why is that?'

When the rings were done and gone, she was faced with a very different-looking Danny. White hair as stark and bright as pure winter snow. A black-white HAZMAT suit that covered his entire body asides the face, white gloves and boots, black inner part and a unique D-symbol on his chest. 'Huh, like a true hero.'

He opened his eyes to reveal green glowing pupils that seemed to stare into her soul.

"Like this, I'm Danny Phantom. I… Protect Amity Park from frequent ghost-attacks. I'm a half-ghost, unlike what you and everyone else thinks." Danny explained, hovering in the air for a moment before swinging around and taking a perch on the head-rest of the couch, legs in a meditative position and chin resting in a hand. "Satisfied?"

"Very." She monotoned, and he blinked at her for a moment, not used to seeing her stoic and monotone appearance so suddenly. She cracked a small grin at the surprise on his face. "So you're a hero?"

"Pretty much. Saved the Earth once from being turned into space-rubble." He shrugged like it wasn't a big deal, but Raven her eyes had gone wide in shock. The Earth had been in danger? And they weren't there to help! Her eyes narrowed murderously, mind already thinking about all the ways she can make Slade suffer for locking them in that twisted dimension.

"Once I find Slade he'll wish that he wasn't born." She ground out, and somewhere in the tower a lightbulb sprang into pieces. Danny shivered, a feeling of dread passing through him for a moment before disappearing as quick as it came. 'Alright, don't anger your girlfriend's actual mother. Dully noted.'

They moved to the kitchen after that, Raven asking some things about Amity Park and the Manson's. Danny had an inkling as to why she wanted to know the people who adopted her daughter, but he was somewhat confused.

"You said you left her with friends." He asked after Raven finished getting the kettle going for some late tea to ease her nerves. She was still reeling a little from everything she's finding out since being free. The woman gave a nod at his question, not turning from the kettle. "Why did she end up with the Manson's then, if they aren't your friends."

Raven honestly had no idea, and knows for a fact that as soon as she's got contact repaired tomorrow she's going to ask those particular people why her daughter ended up being adopted and left clueless about her parents and the Teen Titans and everything else.

Raven felt a small spike in power from her daughter's sleeping form, and the empath mentally added a note to see what has happened to the blocking spell she had cast all those years ago. She didn't have the chance to check it in all of that time. 'Great, another thing for the growing list.'

"I honestly don't know, and tomorrow I'm going to find out either way." She said in the end, a sense of finality in her words before changing subject. She asked Danny about some of the fights he's had to face and which ghosts he knows. She was a little confused when he talked about the Ghost Zone and the things inside, but when he started calling names like Clockwork and Pandora he had her full attention.

No one knows the Master of Time or a God without reason.

Danny wasn't so open about the reason for him and the Ghost of Time meeting, though. She didn't press, either. He gave of an air of fear and doubt, and his face spoke of having seen things no one should of that age. Raven decided it was better to change subject to something easier or she could lose her only chance of getting to know the boy (half ghost? She isn't so sure yet) better.

As they continued talking, the level of conversation growing friendlier with every word, neither Danny nor Raven noticed the happy, not-so-sleepy smile appearing on Sam her face, a hand purposefully reaching out to clutch the cloak draped over herself a little closer.

The next morning, Raven was faced with the first sign of trust from Danny, the boy telling her about something useful.

One of his friends (and also apparently Samantha's friend), Tucker, is apparently quite the skilled techno-geek, and if he were to get his hands on the communication systems of Titans Tower, the teen could most likely get everything back up and running. At first she was skeptical, after all the only person to ever have meddled with the Tower's systems is Cyborg, the one who made the tower in the first place, and everything within.

It was the confidence Sam showed in their friend's skill that did it for her, and the fact she was growing rather desperate. Raven reluctantly agreed, letting Danny leave so he could pick up the other teen, who was still in Amity Park waiting for news from his best friend.

"Are you sure that your friend can fix our communications?" She asked, still a bit uncertain. Danny had already left the tower, phasing through the window before vanishing into the sky above Jump City. She at least now knows how the kid got inside the tower unnoticed.

Sam gave her a look like she was starting to doubt if her mom was even being serious, but the clear concern on Raven's face placated the thought itself.

"I'm sure, mom. Tuck can fix anything. If he can't, then no one can."

Smiling lightly at being called 'mom' by her daughter, even after hearing it before, Raven sighed in resignation. 'I suppose, if she can really trust him…'

Silence fell. Not one that was awkward or unwanted, just a silence that spoke more words than anything else. Both were still dealing with many new discoveries, and they needed time to process this.

Raven moved from the console to the kitchen, grabbing the kettle she used from yesterday to boil some more water, whilst her powers opened the cabinet and grabbed a teabag. She was at the least grateful these were those special ones Cyborg stocks up on. The ones that last for decades.

When she reached for the cups, though, she paused for a moment, turning to see what Sam was doing. The blackhead was watching her, eyes focused intently yet in a way staring at nothing in particular. Raven shrugged, taking two in the case her daughter wants one as well.

At least the fact she's finally with her daughter again, even if she missed out on practically all of her little girl's childhood, is settling in better now. It might take a while before she's fully over it, though. But it's getting better, ever so slowly.

After waiting for the water patiently she pours the two cups and puts a teabag in each. Taking both Raven heads back to the lounge-area, wordlessly offering one cup. Sam her eyes widen for a split-second at the offer before a warm smile forms on her face and she takes the cup with a nod.

Another likeliness. They both like tea. Good to note.

Both take a side of the large couch, occasionally sipping from their tea whilst pondering their thoughts.

Sam was still getting used to the fact she was together with her real, biological mother. And that was the other part she was still confused about. Sure, being with her real mom is nice and all, but… She couldn't help but still feel that same connection with her adopted mother. Mostly because her adopted mom was the person she's not only been calling 'mother' for over a decade, but also because Pamela is the one who, technically speaking (especially since she's been quit a rebel for a long while now), raised her.

Raven at the other hand was pondering other thoughts. Besides the usual elatedness of being with her daughter, her little girl, she was starting to form an actual plan for when communications are restored, and also how to explain a few things to her little girl. But, first getting the Titans back. She'll need someone who knows how to handle portals. Herald, perhaps? Or maybe someone who knows magic like Jinx or…

Their thoughts lasted at least a good while, close to an hour, before they were (rudely if you asked Raven) interrupted by a phone ringing. Sam nearly jumped from her seat, but quickly recovered and takes her phone from her bag, quickly answering once she sees the number. It was Danny. 'Why would he call me? Did something go wrong?'

"Yeah?"

"Hey, uh, Sam…"

She did not like the sound of Danny's voice.

"Danny. What happened?" She asked, eyes darting to her mom. Raven had put her cup away for now, turned towards her and obviously listening in on their conversation.

"Well, I got here as fast as I could and firstly went to try to see if Tuck was at his place, but then his parents said he was at my place, and there Jazz told me he was at your place and now-"

"Danny, slow down! You're not making any sense."

She could hear Danny take a deep breath at the other side.

"WhenItriedtogetTuckertocomealongyourparentsinsistedoncomingalongandnowthey'recomingandI'msosorry!"

She blinked a few times, head reeling to puzzle together what exactly he had just spilled out. It took Sam exactly ten seconds to piece together the jumble of words, and another five to realize the implications of what her boyfriend had just vocalized past the phoneline.

Her adopted parents are coming to the tower. They're going to meet her mom, and chances are they'll be at the other end of a sharp spear or some other kind of weapon her mother might conjure up because of the fact they didn't ever tell their adopted daughter anything about her real parents or the Titans.

Alright, time for damage-control.

Sam inhaled slowly, taking the moment to recollect herself and keep a calm face (and vocals). She exhaled softly, the cleansing breathe taking all her worries away (for the moment), allowing her to start focusing on the first part.

Calming down her hyperventilating boyfriend.

"Danny, you still with me?"

"Y-yeah, Sam. I'm still here. Although Pamela is kind of getting impatient glaring at me talking on their phone."

Pushing aside how much easier Danny had called her adopted mom by her real name, Sam instead focused on getting Danny's thought elsewhere. If he didn't, she could already picture the half-ghost boy spiraling down into his own guilt.

"Okay. Look, Danny, I understand that this wasn't the initial plan, but don't worry. We'll handle this as it goes. Just make sure that all three of them make it here safely. Don't worry about what they might say. Just get Tuck to call his parents and explain why he has to leave, make sure your parents know whats going on as well, and then bring the three of them here. Okay? You got me?"

She heard the halfa take a few calming breaths at the other side, and when he spoke again she could tell he had a wry smile on his face.

"Quite something for today, isn't it?"

Sam couldn't hold in the small snort at Danny's words. They had only realized it this morning after waking up, but today is their two-month anniversary of being together as a couple. Not to mention it's a Monday. She should be at school right now! Both of them, actually.

Wait, why wasn't Tucker at school? Nah, she better not ask. Who knows what the answer might be with him.

"Yeah, I know. So, see you in a few hours?"

"Yeah, in a few hours. Bye, Sam… Love you."

She smiled warmly, deciding that if her real mom wanted to prod, she already could have, and so it didn't really matter if Raven found out this way or another.

"Bye, Danny. Love you too."

The call ended. Sam took in a breath as she put her phone away, letting it out slowly again before turning to face her mother. Raven hadn't moved from her spot on the sofa, but her cup of tea was gone and she had a very neutral look on her face.

It matched the pictures Sam found of her online a lot better. She wasn't so keen on it herself, though. It gave her the chills, and not in a good way.

"So…"

She waited for a few moments, anticipating the way her mother might react. Seeing no change on the surface, she took her chances.

"Danny told me that my adopted parents are coming as well. You… Alright with that?" Sam asked, silently cursing the way her voice cracked near the end, or the way she seemed to flinch slightly. Gods, why is she suddenly so nervous being around her mom? Is it because she knows from the articles she read that her mom can be rather cold in certain situations? Or is it the way that Raven's facial expression hasn't even twitched a muscle, merely blinked on auto.

It was a little bit unsettling, and somewhat nerve-wracking.

"Yes." The empath answered after a few more terse seconds, face relaxing after a seemingly internal debate, and Sam silently slacked a breath of relief. She tensed slightly when a hand grasped her shoulder, but relaxed when seeing the soft look in her mom's eyes.

"Sam, I understand that you're worried. I'm not going to hurt them, at least not yet. I want answers just as much as you do. Besides, it has to happen at some point, right? How else am I ever going to get my baby girl back?"

Sam had relaxed after hearing that her adopted parent are going to be fine, at least for a little while, but when she heard that last part her eyes went wide before a feeling of anxiousness settled in her stomach. She nervously rubbed at the finger with the ring. Her mind silently wondered why Raven hasn't asked anything yet about the ring...

"About that… I'm… Not so sure yet if I really want to come back…"

For her account, Raven only as much as arched an eyebrow, hiding the sudden spikes of fear rising up in her heart at hearing the uncertainty and sensing the anxiousness of her daughter.

"I… It's just… I've lived in Amity for almost my entire life, I have friends there, and I don't know if I can live so far away from Danny, and I… I just don't know yet, mom. I'm thinking about it, so… Not now, okay? At least let me talk about with Danny and Tucker first?"

Raven offered her little girl a warm, understanding smile before pulling the younger goth into a hug. Sam sighed slightly into the hug, but looped her arms around her mother's waist nonetheless, basking in the warmth and love she's feeling through it.

They talked a bit more after that, stupid little things like how Sam's life in Amity Park was like, how its like when living the life of a hero in such a big and busy city. They talked about nothing and everything, and before either knew it the perimeter alert from the Tower's defense system's activated, showing a clear visual of Danny holding (somewhat awkwardly) onto a group of three.

Raven, after making sure that the Tower wasn't going to end up shooting the halfa and his passengers out of the sky, moved to the kitchen, suspecting that at some point they're going to need something to eat. It's already a bit late for lunch, but dinner might still be an option.

Sam watched with relief as Danny phased through the ceiling, touching down gently in the center of the common room before letting go of the three people he was carrying. Tucker immediately made some space before crouching to kiss the ground.

"Land! Sweet solid land!"

The couple rolled their eyes fondly at the antics of their friend, but the Manson's were a lot less focused on that.

Instead they were staring wide-eyed at the form of Raven walking out of the kitchen.

For a moment nothing happened. The married couple simply stared, whilst the empathic woman silently observed the two, mentally judging them for what worth they were as Sam's parents, adopted that is.

Finally, violet met green and blue, and the Manson's snapped out of their stupor.

"You… You're… How can this be?" Pamela asked, speechless beyond anything else but what she managed to force out. Her husband was just as shocked, but more talkative.

"You were missing… No one has seen the Titans for thirteen years now. How… How… Since when did you get here?"

"Since yesterday." Raven answered coldly, not exactly willing to show much kindness to the people who've kept her daughter in the dark for over a decade, but she also had to begrudgingly admit that they seem adequate enough to have taken care of Samantha, as failing as they've been at times.

"Where… Where are the other four?" Jeremy asked after a few tense seconds, eyes darting around the room as if anticipating an ambush. He was so deep in shock that the man didn't notice the trio of friends whispering in a corner, discussing what Tucker has missed and why he's actually here.

"We're working on that." Raven answered swiftly, in no way hoping to tell the married couple what exactly is going on. What plans are being made. "I'm not wrong when I'm saying you're the Manson's? The people who cared for Samantha?"

The couple shakily nodded their heads, slightly afraid with the way Raven was sizing them up. Unlike what common believe might dictate, the older Manson couple can in fact get scared, and right now they're scared shitless of the purple-haired woman looking them over like they're going to be send to the slaughterhouse after this is all said and done.

"I… I can't lie and say I'm not glad that she had people caring for her." Raven admits after a few more cold glances, her lips tugging slightly downwards at the bad taste that sentence left in her mouth, shoulders slumping in self-loathing. She hates admitting these kind of things, Beast Boy would have been in stitches if he knew what she was going through right now. And it also gnawed at her consciousness knowing that her daughter was raised by pure strangers.

The married couple slacked a breath of relief at hearing that, but their moment of peace was quickly cut short when Raven gave the two a fierce glare, mood switching into something she's more accustomed to.

"But, asides of that, I'm not happy after hearing that you kept so much secret from Sam. Or the very fact that my daughter was in the care of people I know virtually nothing about."

They gulped, legs suddenly feeling a little weaker as they faced down the temper of the pale titan. Raven held her glare for a few more moments before taking a calming breath, eyes going over from the couple to the trio now gathered around the console connecting to the Tower's main systems and the large computer screen behind the console.

Sam looked away at that moment, and she smiled at her mom before giving a gesture for her to come over. Raven was relieved at seeing that things might be getting better soon, and took a few approaching steps before taking the couple standing in front of her by surprise when she lifted off the ground and flew the short distance towards the console, passing overhead of the Manson's and leaving them utterly stunned at the display of finesse and control in her powers.

The three teens though weren't even fazed, having seen enough floating ghosts worth a lifetime to no longer find it abnormal for someone to suddenly float away, even if that person is considered human (or half-human, though none know this).

"There were a few programs that needed some updating, and a bug had worked it's way into the comms, but I've cleared that out as well. There are still a lot of things that need updating or some minor fixes, but that's all for now." Tucker quickly explains when he moves from the seat so Raven could take his place. The cloaked titan gave him a kind nod, keeping the introductions for later, and instead focused on getting contact established with the other Titans.

"Sam, take the Manson's and make sure they don't cause any trouble. Danny, you too. I'd like to keep Tucker here so he can help if something else goes wrong."

The empath receives three nods of understanding, and then they're on the move. Tucker causally saunters over to the kitchen, mind going over the possibility of finding food in the fridge. Sam grabs her adopted parents, pushing them out of the room so her mom has some privacy, and because she wants to have a good word with them as well. Danny trails behind his girlfriend, an amused smug look on his face when seeing that the Manson's are yet to snap out of their dazed looks.

The sound of a hiss announces the closing of the door, and Raven heaves a silent breath of relief. She didn't want to deal with the other Titans asking a thousand and one questions, all the whilst her daughter was in the room.

Not to mention what might happen if they saw Sam all grown up like that. The poor girl would have been crushed by the amount of questions send her way.

Taking a final guarded breath (and a glance behind her with her senses to make sure that the boy, Tucker, wouldn't cause any problems), Raven presses the call button on the first number that might help.

She's relieved at seeing the call connect this time around, and soon the screen is alight with the symbol of the Titans, glowing in and out.

After a few tense seconds it connects through, the screen changing from black with the large yellow T-symbol, to a scene that would have greatly amused the pale titan if her situation wasn't so vastly different from what she's used to.

The common room of Titans East was on the screen, and all the members of the group that had been founded all those years ago were on there as well, if older. What was so amusing was the fact that they were all staring at their own screen with wide eyes, gaping mouths, paused in whatever action they'd been doing before that.

The first to react was Bumblebee, the dark-skinned woman blinking her eyes, silently closing her mouth, and then coughing to try and salvage her pride for being caught in the middle of her reading.

"R-Raven. W-what's going on? You… You're back?"

Raven smiled at the sight before here, inside relieved that no one has forgotten. She focused on the people in front of her, her eyes already darting across all the familiar-yet-changed faces on the large screen. Her smile slowly fades, replaced with the pale and emotionless façade she always carries with her.

"I'm back. But, I need your help. Any of you know where Herald is?"

Time to get to work.

And that's done. I'm not sure how long it will take for me to finish the next chapter, but don't keep up hopes too much. College is starting up soon, and I might not have the time (or endurance) to work on the story for a while.

Anyways, do remember to review, fav and follow! And I'll catch you guys, on another day.