A/N: Before I get started I want to tell you guys thank you for the constructive criticism. I'm not joking it was actually really helpful and really nice. Martenzo thank you for the review, I'm sorry you don't like Raven's shapeshifting ability's. I'm trying to have Raven develop further into her powers, what if she never fully knew the full access of her powers when the show was around. I completely hate Meghan's character, hence why I removed her completely. Though some of you my like this, I really don't care she'll never be in this fan-fic. I'm going to try my hardest to keep each lesson learned in the original episodes in each chapter. I'm going to try to progress Raven and Superboy's relationship as quickly as Meghan and Superboy's relationship did. Alaska thanks for the review, Raven will never get back home. I like to think that they will be mourning the death of Robin and Raven. I believe that the Teen Titans will think that Raven died with her teleportation. Robin was killed by the one of the Jokers men, to anger Batman.

I love all the questions, so if you guys want to ask me anything please do so.

Without further ado let's get on with the story.

Chapter 6: Day at the Beach

Raven's P.O.V.

A lot have things happened since our scuffle at the power plant. Our group dynamic hasn't got any better. We keep trying to do group activities but always fall short due to our lack of experience with one another. But at least we improve with each failing we have.

Red Tornado suggested that we should keep trying to do group things. With our conflicting schedules it's a lot harder than one might think. Robin is always busy, being the ward of Batman and all. Wally is busy being an actual normal kid who has to go to public school all the way in Central City. Kaldur is literally at the bottom of the sea, so getting in touch is kind of difficult. The only people who can do anything are the most socially awkward and introverted people in existence, Superboy and I.

Our bond was getting stronger but one little thing after another was stopping us from becoming actual friends. It was like a cycle; we would get closer, one of us would get mad at the other, and then we would waste a whole bunch of time making it up to one another.

Our current argument is about Superboy's name, he hasn't chosen one yet. I was trying to urge him to start thinking of a name. The last time I talked to him was last night, but all he did was get flustered and storm off. So at the moment we weren't talking to one another.

Now let me get one thing straight, I have no idea who thought of the idea of a beach day but here we are. We really needed a stress free group bonding thing. Today was Saturday so everyone could make it.

At this exact moment I was sitting on the beach right outside the Cave. I was wearing a black bikini and a black pair of sunglasses. The sun was out, the sky was clear, and there was a slight breeze. It was perfect weather for a beach trip. The boys were being boys; I could hear them off in the distance arguing about Robin's constant disguise. I was joined today by Robin, Wally, Kaldur, and Superboy.

Robin and Wally were playing in the water, Kaldur was sitting with me, and Superboy was floating in the ocean. I still found it hilarious that Robin wouldn't take off his sunglasses. Wally at the moment was wrestling him in the water to try to get them off.

About 20 feet out in the ocean Superboy was in his inner-tube with his eyes closed. I was wondering if he was asleep or was he listening in on conversations but either way he seemed rather peaceful from this distance.

Kaldur sat next me, trying to get me to talk. He was trying to see what was up with me, but my mood was downright dreadful at the moment. I was sitting on my dark purple towel just staring off into the distance. I was thinking about the argument from the night before.

"Raven are you alright?" I heard eventually.

"I really don't know anymore." I replied.

"Is it Superboy?" Kaldur asked in a knowing voice, like knew that was exactly what the problem was. Kaldur was most definitely the most mature out of the 5 of us.

"We got into another argument."

"What is it this time?" This is not our first fight, and definitely not our last. Our personalities are so similar that we bump heads a lot. One of Kaldur's many redeeming qualities is that he listens to our problems and tries to figure out a way to resolve them.

"I asked him if he wanted help picking a name. And he looked as if he was seriously was going to ask for my help, but then he just got this confused look on his face and stormed off. We haven't talked since the argument."

"You know that he was just embarrassed that he needed help choosing a name. Just give him time."

"I know. I know. I'm just tired of the arguing. Will Superboy and I ever get over this part of our relationship? I know that I shouldn't bug him but I really just can't help myself. He honestly reminds me of my old boyfriend Richard. By getting closer to Superboy I feel like I can still talk him. I miss him so much, and there's nothing I can do about it." At this point I realize that I'm beginning to ramble, and my walls were starting to fall down. I haven't been able to meditate as well as I could in the Tower. I really should have expected this; from the moment that Robin died I was a ticking time bomb and I blowing up right now.

I started crying, which haven't out rightly done in what feels like forever.

Then I just talking, and talking and I won't stop until I get it all out.

"He was murdered, shot by a sniper. He died right before my eyes. My life has been so fast pace since then I never got to deal with it. I'm really sorry that I'm just shoving this onto you but I feel like I'm going to explode."

"I'm always happy to listen. You should have come to me earlier; maybe we could have dealt with it in a healthier way." He says in a serious but friendly voice. He wraps his arm around me. I lean into his chest and just let it go.

My blood like tears just seems just to spill out.

Superboy's P.O.V.

I never realized how relaxing floating on an inter-tube in the ocean could be. I have literally have never floated before today, and I love it. It is as if all my worries and stress are just floating away. I'll probably do this every day now.

Of course with all this time my thoughts lead towards Raven. We kind of had an argument last night. She asked me again about picking a name for myself. It's been about a month since the team got me out of Cadmus. From the moment of my birth, which I like to start when I got out of my pod, I was known as Superboy. I've been looking at baby name books, online, and have been reading everything I could get my hands on but nothing seems fitting. So whenever she asks all I feel is my stupidity, that I can't decide a name. I know she's just trying to help, or trying to start a conversation but all I feel is embarrassed. This last time she asked I was debating on whether or not to ask for help, instead of voicing my frustrations I just walked away.

I know this was childish of me, but sometimes getting things off my chest can be harder than lifting a cement mixer (which I have done).

I can solemnly say that I am horrible at talking; in any aspect of life to friends, acquaintances, and of course random people. I would rather talk to all of those people than talk about the difficulties of picking a name with Raven. Those big eyes just looking up at me, asking with that friendly expression I just get tongue tied. I really don't mean to come off mad, but I'm just frustrated with the whole ordeal.

But enough of that.

Floating on the ocean is relaxing, but can be boring. So I start to use my 'super-human' hearing to eaves drop on my friends. Robin and KF were splashing in the water. I could vaguely hear them arguing over Robin's decision to where sunglasses into the ocean. I quickly decide that I should focus on Raven and Kaldur's conversation instead.

"…we could have dealt with it in a healthier way." I hear Kaldur say. I sit up and look over to them. Raven was sitting on her purple beach towel with Kaldur. I feel a burst jealousy but that melts away when I see blood on Kaldur bare chest. Raven's face was lying right below his head in a strong embrace, her shoulders were shaking and I think she might be crying.

I jump out of my inner-tube, grab it and run up to the shore. Robin shushes KF and they quiet at the sight of Raven crying.

Once I'm within a couple feet of them I freeze. How am I supposed to help someone in a situation like this? Before I know it I was just staring at them. Kaldur looks up and gives me a pitied look, as if he understood my dilemma.

I finally work up the courage to say "Uh… "But then Robin buts in with a "Raven are you okay?"

My face twists into anger and of course that's the exact moment when Raven looks up. Her pale face covered blood; she looked as if she jumped out of a horror flick.

Her expression contorts into anger, but then she replies with "I'm fine." She then wipes her face and walks angrily up to the Cave.

"What up with her? Is it PMS?" Kid says stupidly. I then hear Robin face palm, and I have to agree.

Robin P.O.V.

I had been looking forward to going to the beach for the last week. Living with a paranoid driven night owl doesn't leave a lot of time to hang out with friends, or have the opportunity to make friends in general. Thankfully I was able to make friends on the job. Wally and I clicked the first time our mentors worked together, and the rest is history.

This leads me to what I'm doing right now, hanging out with friends. Raven, Wally, Superboy, Kaldur, and I were all at the beach right behind Mount Justice. I personally brought a towel, sunscreen, my trusty shades, and of course a bucket. One of Batman's rules is to always keep my identity a secret, I haven't told anyone my name and that just makes me incapable of getting close to anyone. I want to change that, I actually want friends.

At the moment I am in the ocean, and fighting with Wally. We get into this argument at least once a month; it's what my identity is. I haven't told him anything yet, and I've known him the longest. If anyone deserved to know it's most definitely Wally. In the beginning we were actually arguing but now we were just splashing around. He kept trying to take off my sunglasses, and failing each and every time.

It may be wrong but I love it when I beat Wally, it really just makes me feel good.

My eyes get called away when I see Raven rest her head against Kaldur's chest. At first I thought they had some kind of relationship or something. But then I see streams of red liquid run onto Kaldur's chest, like he had a cut on his chest.

"Hey… Hey wally stop it." I say as I push him towards where they were sitting.

"What. Oh…"

We then walk slowly over. Superboy beat us to them and just stops there.

By the time we get there I hear him say "Uh… Raven are you okay?"

I then realize that she was crying. I remember from when that whole 'rae' fiasco when she mentioned later on that she cried blood.

Why was she crying?

I hear her mutter "I'm fine." Into Kaldur's chest.

Then Wally says in all his intelligence "What up with her? Is it PMS?"

Raven's head lifted up, her eyes were dark blood seeping down her face. Then Wally flew back, he went about 10 out in the sea, hitting the water with a loud thump. Once the deed was done she returned her head to its former position.

At this moment Superboy and I are just standing there with our mouths hanging open. Kaldur glances at us and then whispered something into her ear. He then picked her up bridal style and walked her inside.

Wally appeared at my side once again and muttered to me "I think Raven just had a nervous breakdown."

"For once I believe you are actually right." I say as we watch Kaldur slowly walk her.

[_[-]_]

Raven's P.O.V.

I opened my eyes to see that I had suddenly appeared in my room. I also noticed that all of the boys were sitting in chairs they dragged from the living room. They all seemed to have nodded off, even Robin fell asleep. They were all quite cute and rather innocent looking while asleep. Superboy looked at peace, which is most definitely a new expression for him. Wally looked like the little kid that he and the entire team knows is true. Kaldur looked as if he hadn't slept in a long time, he really does carry the weight of the world on his shoulders sometimes. Robin looks so much younger, his sunglasses were slipping down his nose and if he just opened his eyes I could see those cerulean eyes I've missed for so long.

It was honestly a very touching scene, until I realized that I was still in my bikini. Its odd how different one feels wearing a two-piece bathing suit at a beach or a pool to how it feel wearing it at home. I feel like I'm just wearing underwear and in a room full of boys that just feels weird.

I get up and put on a beautiful purple silk robe and then start to make my rounds waking them up. Superboy pretended like it never happened, Kaldur looked refreshed, Wally looked more tired, and Robin jumped up as if he was shocked. I got a small glimpse of his eyes and quickly avert my eyes because I knew they were starting to tear up.

"Hey, Raven. What happened out there?" Robin asked quietly.

Wally scooted away from me. Ah, I remember now. I kind of chucked him out into the ocean, I really hoped he didn't land on his stomach. It would have been the worst cannon-ball ever.

Superboy was the exact opposite. He tried to look nonchalant but I could tell that he was interested. Kaldur tried to look supportive but I he looked worried, but he covered it pretty well.

After my meltdown they deserved answers, I guess it was time for me to come clean "I think it's time we had a talk."

[_[-]_]

Surprisingly it was Wally's idea to make a bonfire. He said it was how family liked to do discussions around; I think that story is total bullshit. He was just trying to have an excuse to make s'mores. But it was a good idea none the less.

Superboy tried to help and literally smashed a tree into pieces. Kaldur and I picked out the usable pieces while Wally ran to the store and picked up stuff for s'mores. Robin was making a pit of sorts and put chairs around where the fire would be, I think he was really excited. I thought back to my Robin, from what he told me he never really did a lot at the beach. This was most likely Robin's first time make a bonfire. By the time we all finished it was about 8 o'clock and it was pitch black outside. We let Robin do the honors of lighting to fire, he really happy, its times like this where you try to give him these moments cause Azerath knows that he hasn't had many happy memories like this.

"I'm going to treat this like a circle of confessions. I'm going to get some things off my chest and you guys can ask questions and if you feel comfortable enough you can share some things too. Sounds good?" They looked slightly uneasy at the thought of sharing something that intimate but thankfully Kaldur came to rescue once again.

"That sounds like a great idea. You said you had some things to say Raven?"

"Well, I'm going to start from the beginning. But guys please keep an open mind. I've dealt with a lot of wacky shit over the years."

"Open mind? Come on. I can run like a bolt of lightning, Superboy is literally super, Kaldur is from Atlantis, and Robin is… Well he's flexible, I guess." Wally ended sheepishly.

"Just giving you guys fair warning. You know of the possibility of other realities. Like one decision different and a whole word could be changed kind of thing. Well, I'm not from this reality. In my world we had a team just like this but it was about 5 years ahead of this one, and I was dating Robin."

"Wait. Hold the phone, you come from an alternate reality. Like in Doctor Who?" Wally asked.

"We were dating? I mean, that great… ah I mean that's interesting.. . how am I supposed to process this. Do you know my identity?" Robin said at a speed I only thought Wally could achieve.

Kaldur and Superboy just sat there, waiting for me to continue. Kaldur I was fine with, while Superboy was kind of setting at ease.

"Yep, Robin. You know you can be a real Dick sometimes." I gave him a wink trying to laugh of the tension emitting from the group. He just stared at me with an open mouth, but at least he believed me now.

"I am the daughter of the Demon Trigon and Aurelia. My mother was of earth but after she pregnant with me she fled to Azerath for sanctuary. I was raised and trained there. They taught me how to control my emotions. I was punished for the slightest display of emotion, even for crying when my mother died. She died when I was only 7, and I didn't have full control of my powers yet. I brought down the tower in which held my mother's funeral, that was the last time I cried for almost 10 years.

My father, Trigon had given me a purpose and unfortunately it was something horrible. On my sixteenth birthday I was supposed to be used as a portal for Trigon to come to wherever I was and destroy that place. I found out about the prophecy when I was 14 and I was still in Azerath and I freaked out. My powers imploded and I ended up destroying the entire city. Instead of staying I fled to Earth.

I ended up in Jump City. It turned out that there was a team being set up by none other than our Boy Wonder. Our group would consist of Cyborg, a football player turned robot. Next is Starfire a warrior alien princess who had a messed sense of taste. Then last but not least, Beast boy the youngest and most rambunctious, he was green and could turn into any animal. These people would become my family over the next 4 years. I ended up dating Robin, and I lost him the day I ended up in this world. He was shot by a sniper and I ended up killing the sniper. I never wanted to kill anyone but I lost control once again. One of the hardest things coming here was that I'm never going to see my family again, and I've been moving so quickly that I haven't been able to grieve properly and it kind of just hit me today. That explains why I had my mini meltdown this morning. "I tried to be as brief and I just wanted it to be over. I look around our little circle and I just see everyone taking it in.

"Wait, what happened to the world endy prophecy?" Wally asked once he recovered from my bombshells.

"Oh, yeah. My team handled that a couple years ago. I'm 18 by the way. We killed Trigon, so we're good on the evil demon aspect." I quickly explain trying to end this portion of the conversation over with.

" You dated Robin?" Superboy said kind of out of context. I could almost laugh at how confused he looked but I just smiled instead.

"It was the Robin from my reality. We dated for a year and half, and it was the best time of my life." I ended it with a sudden stop. I ended up crying silently, I could feel the tears running down my face.

"My name is Dick Grayson and my parents were murdered while they were doing their routine at the circus." Robin admitted. We all just stared at him, I never expected him to talk about his family like this. It was a good while into our relationship when he admitted his past to me.

"Batman offered me the chance to get justice for my family, and I took it. The rest is history." As quickly as he offered his information he stopped. He took off his sunglasses and smiled as if the weight of the world was off his shoulders.

" I guess it can be my turn. I don't know if I should stay or should I go home to Atlantis. Like Raven I literally had to leave my world to join this team. I'm worried that our team will never get that traction. What if we never acquire it? But I am willing to wait a bit longer before I make any decisions." Kaldur says, and as he's talking I can see the tension that I didn't even know he had just ease off. Sometimes we don't give Wally enough credit; this was a great team bonding idea.

"I take over this side show now. Everyone knows my name, and I don't have any major issues. I may be the class clown but I never lost anyone or was faced with the choice of leaving my world to look for something new. Is this where I belong? Will I be able to live up to my uncle and my grandfather? Just another day to day worry and all I can do is just do my best and hopefully things will turn out. You know?" Wally says his goofy facade fading a bit; I could see the want of acceptance in his eyes. He was truly unnerved by the fact that he feels like a square peg in a round hole.

So far this confessional was going in a clockwise direction. We only had one person left, Superboy. Like the graceful group of people that we are we were just staring at him, waiting. I eventually just leaned over a whispered to him "It's your turn."

"What do I say?" Superboy whispered back.

"Anything that is bugging you?" I say back a little bit louder.

"Then I guess it's my name. I'm embarrassed that I can't even think of a name for myself. I mean come on who can't think of a name? I know you're trying to help Raven, I do appreciate the help. I just end up being frustrated and I never get to an answer. "Superboy admitted.

I nod with understanding. It all makes sense now; I'll try to back off on the questioning. I smile now that we all got something off our chests we can learn to bond more efficiently. I smile at Superboy, catching his eye. He looked relieved that he could finally talk about his issues. He gives me a small smile, and I feel all warm inside. I'm finally getting to him; maybe staying here with him won't be as abrasive as before.

We were all drinking soda, hot chocolate, and tea. I'm personally drinking some oolong tea. Everyone looked a little looser and a little happier all together.

I stand up wrapping the blanket I brought around me like a shawl. I glance at the guys and say "Okay guys I would like to make a toast. Let's raise our cups to new team, no… new family and to the hope that we will fight one hell of a fight. I came to this world alone, scared and grieving. Meeting all of you saved my life literally and emotionally and I can't thank you enough. To us!" With those last words we raise our cups, coffee mugs, and soda cans.

At moments like this I feel like nothing can get in our way.

A/N:

I'm so sorry that I haven't posted anything in the last couple weeks. I'm also sorry for how short this chapter is I will get started on the next chapter as soon as possible. I had midterms last week, and I unfortunately thought it would be the best time to make a non-scripted chapter. A mistake I won't be making for a while now. Next chapter will be back on track. Thank you MariashaAziza, B00kfan, Snow413, New Moon9889, D-MINI-Q, Mako27, dah1507, Insane Blood Prince, Wolfy-Queen, zeona last, FlopsyTheStingyDingo, Katr5432, Regin, TuTsXxX, and Alaska.