A/N: This fanfic is set RIGHT after "The End." Just a note.

I saw a lot of Starfire/Robin romance in the beginning, but around the middle of season 3 I started to notice Robin and Raven getting closer. When I watched 'The End' and the episodes before it, I fell in love with the idea of that romance. To me, it makes a much more interesting story, because of both of their personalities. So this will be a Robin/Raven romance (Eventually)

I can write this two ways; How I originally wrote it, excluding most of season five and creating my own plot, or work season 5 and the brotherhood of evil into it. It would make the updates a little slower because I'd have to re-watch season five and write around it, and slow down the romance, action and plot I had in mind. But either plot will work out just fine in the end.
So, should I skip to my interpretation of season 6, or re-write season five? Let me know.

Again, sorry this chapter is so short, but I need to know what YOU want before I continue further.

Also, thank you to F. for alerting my story, and a double thanks to CRaveRob for favoriting and alerting! Love you guys!

~PoRaD

Everything was back to normal.

Outside the titans, no one knew what had happened. All of the events of that day were just a dream, a taboo dream. It kind of threw her off how normal everything was.

She'd told herself for sixteen years that she would be the cause of distruction. Raven felt light, having that burden lifted off her shoulders.

The teen stuck a piece of pizza in the microwave, watching her breakfast rotate on the glass plate. There was a conspicuous absence from their gang; Robin was nowhere to be seen.

She ate her pizza leaning against the counter.
Wherever Slade was concerned, Robin went haywire. She didn't blame him- Slade was easily the most powerful villian they had ever come up against. In a fight, Robin could easily take all five of them in the right situation, and Slade beat Robin several times.

She wasn't worried about Robin- no, he could handle himself. What she was worried about, though, was Slade.

The masked villian had gotten a taste of her father's magic. She'd heard stories, even had books, detailing how that kind of corruption could change someone. Slade had gotten a hint of that power, and it would never be enough. She wondered what he would do in his quest to find it.

"Hey, Raven."

She glanced up. "Yeah, Cyborg?"

"You seen Robin? I've been looking for him all morning."

"He's probably off brooding somewhere." She answered easily.

Raven looked at her fingernails, bitten short. She frowned in disgust. On the days leading up to her birthday, she'd gotten even more tense and nervous than ususal.

Beastboy was playing video games on the couch, his feet crossed on the coffee table. She couldn't see Starfire around. Cyborg shrugged, walking over to the couch and ripping the controller out of Beastboy's hands.

She couldn't get it out of her head.

Raven remembered every painstaking detail of that night. When Robin told her her own story, when she reverted to her childhood body, She remembered everything. How close she was to all of them, and why she was willing to sacrifice everything for them. How he readily leapt to her defense, when the others were frozen in time.

Her friends didn't ask questions when she needed them. They were willing to go through anything with her- and she was determined to do the same.

She threw her pizza crust in the trash. Her head whipped up as she heard footsteps coming down the main hallway. "I cannot find Silkie!"

Raven sighed, stomping away. Not more mutant worm problems.

"Starfire, I thought you were taking care of Silkie." Robin sighed. He threw himself down on the couch.

"I do apologize. Perhaps he just went for an afternoon walk?" The red-haired alien touched her chin. "Perhaps you can help me look for him?"

Raven frowned. She hated bugs.

"I'll help you, Star." Beastboy stood up. "Um, Robin, Cyborg, Raven?"

"Nope." I cited.

Robin shrugged. "Maybe later, Beastboy."

"Yeah, what he said." Cyborg waited for them to walk away. "That bug thing gives me the creeps. Especially after it exploded, UGH."

"What's bothering you, Robin?" She asked him, sitting down.

He frowned deeper. "Nothing."

"I want to talk to you about Slade." She said.

Cyborg glanced at her. "You wanna talk about Slade?"

"He's going to come after me." She said.

Robin blanched. "How do you know that?"

"He got a taste of true power. My father's magic is very addicting. It takes a strong mind, like me or him to control it. Now that he knows what that power feels like, he's going to figure out a way to replicate it or come for me. Starfire can tell you how my powers feel."

"So you're in danger?" Robin asked.

I shook my head. "He won't come after me right away. Slade's going to try to figure out a way to reproduce it, and he can't. After that, he'll attack us, and that's our chance to capture him."

The other two stared at her. "What?"

"Um, nothing. It's just that... you normally wouldn't share this kind of thing." Robin said.

"Well, I am. Unless you don't want my help-" I began angrily.

Cyborg took a step back. "Um, I'm gonna go help Star and BB. Bye, now!"

Raven watched the cyborg edge away. Robin's voice brought her back to reality. "Are you okay?"

"I'm just fine." I responded.

"It's okay to be shaken up about this kinda thing. If you want to talk about it-"

I pulled my cloak around me, crossing my arms. "I don't like talking."

Robin smiled. "Alright. Just remember all of us are here for you."

I stared at the bay outside. "Am I acting weird?"

"Not really, no." He answered. "I'm going to go help Cyborg, too. I don't want to have to buy new matresses again."

He left me sitting on the couch. I sighed, getting to my feet.

So, life was shifting back to normal. It was a jarringly dizzy change, for me. A whole kind of normal to adjust to. But for the rest of the world- even for my friends, today was just another day. The events of the end of the world were over and done with, leaving behind a lot of relief and jumbled emotions. I promised myself to stop thinking about it.

Starfire carried the slimy worm into the room. Her and Beastboy cooed over it.

I sat back down.

"No, you're the one that left Silkie alone!" Beastboy said crossly.

Starfire held up a finger. "Silkie does not need a babysitter."

"He only needs a babysitter from YOU! Don't feed him anymore of those crazy alien berries!" The green shapeshifter waved his hands.

"Yeah, what he said. Is anyone else hungry?" Cyborg opened the fridge.

It's so easy to throw yourself into the balance of things. Bickering with my friends like a normal kid. It's so easy to feel like I belong here... and maybe I do. I might have not been born in this world, but I belong here just as much as they do. Everything was going to be alright now.

"Raven, aren't I right?" Beastboy protested.

"You're never right." I drawled, covering up a smile.

He spluttered. "How can you say that, you don't even know what I'm saying?"

I opened my mouth to make a response. The communicator on my hip beeped.

"Titans," I looked up at Robin's grave face. "Trouble."