Hi guys this will be the will be the last chapter I'll be posting for over two weeks. I'm going away on holiday on Saturday to the middle of nowhere. Anyway here is chapter six and I hope you enjoy. I do not own teen titans but I do own Dove


Okay, I know Robin doesn't exactly trust me but that doesn't mean that he and the rest of the team can go and save the city while I have to baby-sit the damn tower. What was going to happen to the tower anyway? You can't steal the tower.

I sighed and sat down on the couch/ my bed. I still haven't been given a room. I think Robin is behind this.

I had only been on ONE mission ever since I became a Titan and that was because I refused to look after the Tower while they got to go save Cyborg. After that everything went back to normal. I really need to stand up for myself more but then again; Robin would probably send me away.

I don't get how he is the leader. Cyborg is older than he is. Heck, I probably am older than him. I really need to find out what date and year it was.

I walked to the training room, where a punch bag hung from the centre of the room. Robin always used it, so no-one else really got a turn. In fact, most of the thing used in this gym are used by Robin.

I grabbed the cd beside me and walked towards the cd player. Maybe some music would stop my ranting. I really wish Whisper and Zelli were here. They would know how to cheer me up. Though they would probably make fun of Robin. That would really cheer me up.

Fall Out Boy blasted through the speakers and I started to punch the bag as hard as I could.

Punch.

Honestly who does he think he is?

Punch.

I mean, he is the leader of the team I am on. Surely he would trust me.

Kick.

And why does he always have to wear a damn mask, dark past or something?

Punch.

I'm actually starting to wonder if he even has eyes

Kick.

That pattern continued for two songs before I heard a floorboard creak. I turned around and turned off the music.

Quiet, too quiet.

I know cliché but true.

I went outside and stopped when I saw a puppet of me lying on the floor, I bent down to pick it up when a small figure lunged at me. I fell into the gym and looked up. I dark haired boy lurked over me. The weird thing was he looked like a puppet. He was holding on of those weird things that you control puppets with minus the puppet.

I punched him in the face and grabbed his arms and slammed him against the wall.

"Who are you?" I snarled.

"I am puppet King and I am here to seek revenge against the Titans!" He said. I held back a giggle.

"Sorry but you can't right now. They're all away fighting some guy called Plasmus." I smirked at him.

"Who said I was going to fight them like this?" He asked and my smirk fell off my face when I saw him press a dot on the stick. I punched him before I felt myself being lifted out of my body and heading straight towards Puppet King's lifeless body.

No! I was not going to be stuck in some puppet's body. I turned around and saw a grey ghost-like figure enter MY lifeless body. Puppet King was entering my body.

No way was he going to enter my body. I flew after him and entered my body before everything went black.

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"Wake up." I heard a familiar monotone voice. I groaned before opening my eyes. Raven was standing above me but the scenery behind her surprised me. It was a dark purple room, with a grey locked door behind her.

I looked down at my arms and saw bruises on my arms.

"Why do I have bruises on my arms?" I asked. They weren't there before.

"Because when you got back you started attacking us yelling something about revenge. We tried not to fight you but Robin started having a one-on-one fight with you. Though you're not the controlling your body then who is?"

"Puppet King, he got into my body , he must be the one controlling my body." I said. Raven nodded her head.

"Sure. Do you think you can unlock the door, I tired using my power but it didn't work. It needs some kind of key." I raised my eyebrow.

"And you think I can unlock it?" I asked incredulously.

"I don't know but it's you mind." she said. I sighed before getting up. As I walked towards the door I started hearing circus music. As soon as I got to the door a grey key appeared in my hand. I moved my hand so that the key was in the padlock.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the flying Graysons!" A heard a deep voice yell. My hand froze.

"Dove? What's wrong?" Raven asked.

"I can't go in there." I replied, closing my eyes.

"Dove, we have to go in there. It's our only way out of here." I sighed before opening my eyes and twisting the key until the padlock unlocked.

The door swung open and we walked in.

The room we were in was very familiar. Well, it had to be. We changed here before performing.

"Is there a reason why this costume has to be so colourful?" I saw Richard complaining. Oh god no! Not this memory! Anything but this memory!

"Because when I see you up there, Richard, you make me think of a little robin." Mom said.

"A Robin? Like the bird? You know, kids my age get beat up for nick-names like that." Dick pointed out.

"Personally I think you should've named him Robin." I looked over at my younger self. I was sitting on a red bean-bag. Dick stuck his tongue out at me.

"How about we call you our flying squirrel? Better?" Dad said, I giggled.

"You know, dad? I'm not the only one who looks like a loser... And at least I don't have a name like Dove." He said, looking at me. My past self shrugged it of.

"I'd rather be called a bird that was graceful than I multi-coloured one." I had retorted.

"Guys, quit arguing. We go on in two minutes." Dad scolded us.

"Sorry dad." We said simultaneously, giving him the butter-wouldn't-melt smile.

"I'm just curious though. How come Richard got a new costume and I didn't?" I had asked. Mom smiled and flicked my nose.

"Because you are getting…" she said while taking off her dove necklace and put it round my neck. "My good luck charm."

"Mom! What about your good luck?" I had questioned.

"I don't need it. I have you three." She smiled at me.

"Ladies and Gentlemen! The Flying Graysons!" The deep voice of the ring-master spoke.

"That's our cue." Dad smiled at us before grabbing my hand and walking out to where the trapeze were. He stared going on the trapeze's. After he did a few tricks mum joined him and he grabbed her ankles.

That was when Richard grabbed my arms and pointed to where the trapeze was hooked.

"Sophie, look!" The trapeze's weren't on properly. It was about to come off.

Mom swung towards us before seeing the trapeze come off it's hooks.

"Sophie! Richard!" She yelled before she and dad went tumbling towards their death. There was no safety net because they never had needed it when we performed but then they did need it.

"Mom!" My past self screamed whereas I stood there frozen in horror. I had locked this memory in the dark corner of my mind because I didn't want to remember my parent's death but now I was forced to watch.

"Dove." Raven said, her voice full of sympathy.

"Don't pity me, don't try to sympathize with me. That was why I didn't want to go through that door. Just say what you were going to say." I snarled at her.

"There's the door." she said. I turned around and saw behind the audience the grey door.

"Let's go." I said walking onto the ramp and sprinted towards the door. Raven flew after me.

The door flew open and as soon as Raven had flown through I slammed the door shut. I leaned against the wall fighting back the tears.

"Are you okay?" Raven asked. I nodded my head.

"Let's just go and find Puppet King." I said , fighting back the tears that were threatening to arise. I had to get control of my body back.

I ran forward, not really knowing where I was going. Black walls whizzed by me until I was in a grey room. There were panels on the walls displaying various things. Two of them were my eyes as I saw Robin charge towards me while everyone else watched. Raven was with them. She had left my mind, probably to tell the others what was happening.

The other panels were memories. Zelli and Whisper teaching me Spanish, mom, dad, Richard and me bowling, Richard and me arm-wrestling, Zelli and Darksoul fighting and the very last panel was my parents death.

"You have a very interesting past, dove or Sophie. Which do you prefer?" Puppet king asked, I hadn't noticed him before, he had been lurking in the shadows.

"It's Dove." I snarled at him.

"Of course, you don't want to be reminded of your parents death." Fuelled by anger I charged towards him and kicked his jaw. "Aw, did I hurt your feelings? Poor little Sophie losing her parents." He mocked.

I growled before kicking him right in the chest and made him fly a few feet away from me.

"Don't you there mention my parents." I snarled.

"Why not? It's not as if you can actually stop what I'm going to say. You don't even know if your brother is alive." I noticed the puppet stick in his hand. The controller. Maybe if I broke it he would leave my mind.

"I mean. even if he is alive, he'll probably think you abandoned him." I snatched the remote and chucked it onto the ground before lifting my right foot and stamping on it.

"As you were saying?" I questioned as Puppet King screamed. Everything went black once more.

I opened my eyes and was met with a fist colliding into my right cheek. My hand instantly went up to my stinging cheek.

"OW! Robin what was that for?" I asked, rubbing my cheek. Robin was glaring at me (at least I think he was, it's always hard to tell with that mask)

"Why couldn't you defeat Puppet King sooner?" He demanded.

Well robin, you try having to face your darkest memory and not break down in tears. You try having to face a guy who keeps brining up the fact that your parents are dead.

I didn't say that though , didn't really want to get into trouble.

I leaned against the wall and looked around the room. What room was this? I hadn't been here before, it looked like someone's bedroom. Well, actually, it looked more like a desert.

"Where are we?" I asked. They all avoided my gaze, they all looked sad but beast Boy looked the most upset.

"Why is no-one answering me?"

"Why couldn't you fight Puppet King?" Robin asked, his voice hard. Instead of answering him, I tried to stop the tears that were rising. My parent's death kept repeating itself in my head, along with Puppet King's taunts. Unfortunately, a few tears rolled down my cheek.

"Dove? Are you crying?" Beast boy asked.

"No!" but everyone could see the tears. I ran out the room, I didn't want their sympathetic looks. How would they understand, they've probably never lost anyone they were close to.

I kept on running 'till I was outside the tower. The sky was black which made the full moon stand out.

I grabbed a rock and skipped it across the water. Just like dad had taught me to.

Dad.

I sat down on the hard and ground and pulled my legs up to my chest before crying my heart out.

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"Are you okay?" Beast boy asked. I rubbed my eyes before turning to look at him.

"I will be."

"Why were you crying in the first place?" He asked, sitting next to me. I sighed, I had to tell them eventually.

"Raven didn't tell you?"

"Nope."

"How about this if I tell you why I was crying then you tell me whose room that was." Beast boy sighed.

"Sure." He sounded sad.

"I was crying because to get to puppet King , I had to face a memory I had locked away. My parents' death." Beast boy looked at me sympathetically. "don't give me that look. Now tell me whose room that was."

"Terra's." I was confused.

"Who's Terra?" I asked. Beast boy looked out to the water.

"Terra was a girl, she was our friend. When we met her she couldn't control her powers so she ran away. A couple moths later she returned, having managed to control her powers and she joined the team. Except she was actually working for this guy named Slade and she betrayed us. But then she killed Slade by pushing him into lava and managed to stop a volcano that was erupting."

"So where is she now?"

"She's… she's stone." He looked upset.

"How?"

"When she stopped the volcano she turned into stone. We are still trying to find a way to turn her back to normal."

"She wasn't just you friend though, you loved her." I pointed out. Beast boy nodded his head. "I'm sorry."

Beast boy stood up and picked up a stone and flicked it across the water. It jumped three times before falling into the water.

"I could do better than that." I said. He raised his eyebrows at me.

"Is that a challenge, Miss Dove?"

"I believe it is." I smiled before picking up a stone and flicking it across the water. Beast boy smiled at me before picking up another stone.

We were skipping stones for the rest of the night.


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