Aloha guys! So, I'll be gone all of August. :/...Yeah, I know. Vacation and all that! Sorry 'bout that you guys.

So, you've probably noticed that this doesn't update overly often. That's because each chapter kind feels special to me, and I don't know...Bigger I guess. Even though they're not longer then my usual chapters, I don't mean it in that sense. It just kind of feels right.

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1. On my profile, near the end, there is a link to my tumblr. I swear it's safe. No viruses. All you have to do is copy and paste it, then go to the link address. It goes to a part of my tumblr with pictures of all my OCs. Well, alot of them anyway! All the Teen Titans ones, Fairy Tail, and Rise of the Guardians.

2. The poll for my username will only be open until Wednesday. I'm not sure I want to change it back to Pixiedustmagic anymore, as I kinda like this username, but the poll is still open!

Disclaimed!

Robin POV

Kumo sprinted towards the door, frustratedly wiping away tears. When she reached the door leading to the garage, she paused, but didn't turn around. She opened her mouth, but then took a deep breath and entered the door without looking back. I frowned at her back as the door swung shut. I made to follow her and the rest of the team. I paused as my hand rested on the handle, glancing back at the two dimension skippers.

Pixie was simply staring off out the window, a distant, slightly cold look on her Asian face. Comet had stretched out on the couch, yawning as she made a pillow with her arms. I raised my eyebrow at them. "Are you two...Coming?"

Pixie snapped to attention, furrowing her brow slightly. "Well...We're not Titans are we?" Her voice was slightly icy, the surface frosted over, like when you wake up on a morning in late October, to find the grass covered with chill.

"Besides," Comet added, closing her eyes as if she was getting ready to take a nap. "We should rest. You know, tearing a hole in the universe, dimension skipping like that, it takes alot out of a person." While her words made sense, I didn't quite buy them. She was on the couch, trying to look like she was ready to drop off at any moment, but every muscle was tense, and she didn't look tired. She actually looked downright alert.

I crossed my arms. "Okay, sure. But, what are you two actually going to do while we're gone?"

Pixie sighed. "Yeah, okay. We have to go meet up with our operatives."

"I..." I wasn't quite sure how to respond to that. "Operatives?"

Comet lazily waved a hand from the couch. "Don't worry your little bird brain over it. Just go fight the monster, save the day, we'll do our stuff too." I hesitantly opened the door, but hovered outside it.

Pixie crossed her arms and rolled her eyes. "Get. You don't have to keep with the habit of not trusting me." I was about to chuckle at the reference to The Past, but realized her expression was not teasing at all. I settled for nodding, and exiting, hurrying towards the T-Ship. I looked back through the closing door, catching a glimpse of purple and yellow.

I wasn't sure what to make of Pixie's new demeanor, as cold and unforgiving as it was. She had mentioned in The Past that her 'whole peppy act' was just that. An act. But I couldn't believe she could make such a switch so easily. She may not be the peppy, bubbly, never fazed host from The Past. But I didn't think she was the cool, distant person she seemed to be now.

So who was she?

Kumo POV

I sat quietly the entire trip, my cheek resting on one hand, the other occupied with absently drawing patterns in the air with mist. I barely noticed the buzz around me as the Titans tried to gather information about what was happening in town. I would deal with it later, when we got there.

When I first got to this dimension- that is, when I first came here intending to stay for good, I felt so isolated. I wasn't a Titan. This wasn't even my home world. I constantly had to close myself off, hiding behind a mask. I knew I didn't belong. But as time passed, I felt like maybe I could someday. And I made an effort. Tried to take my mask off, bit by bit. I wanted to be a Titan so badly. I wanted to feel like I was included, like I could be counted as a citizen of this world, even if I really wasn't. I thought I was succeeding. Luring myself in with the false illusion that I was making progress, that I forget them. That I forget Flower, Earth 16, everything, and could just be a Titan.

And now, here they are. An abrupt reminder that, no, I wasn't a Titan. I could never be a true one. Like I had been swimming in warm water that suddenly turned cold, taking all the air right out of me.

I finally snapped back to reality as we neared the source of the mayhem I had faintly registered before. This monster was...Unique. It wasn't anything like the big ugly ones I had fought in the past. It's skin wasn't murky blue like the monster I had fought when I first met the Titans. It was a strange glowing white. it wasn't hunched over, a grotesque imitation of an ape. Instead it looked somewhat like...A bird. Yes, a large, graceful crane, about half the size of an apartment building. It beak was half a shade darker, like cream. It eyes sharply contrasted with the rest of it's body, a shiny, dark, black.

It was beautiful.

And with every wing beat, it was bringing the city closer to destruction. I heard Cyborg and Robin curse quietly. This wasn't like anything they had ever faced before. Starfire was gazing at it, slightly mesmerized, and Beast Boy was examining it closely, looking for any similarities to an actual crane, for any weaknesses. Raven had been taking in the whole scene dispassionately when she announced, "There's a different feeling here. Like the feeling that's always following around Comet. This creature definitely came from a rift."

"Do you think that's why it looks kind of...Like it's glowing?" Cyborg asked as he typed some letters into his arm.

Raven shrugged. "Maybe. Maybe it came through like a normal bird, but mutated during the ride."

Starfire sighed. "I hope that is not the case. I would not like to take it down if it was so."

"Sorry Star. We have to." Beast Boy broke the news to her quietly. "I don't really want to either." Many of the others nodded in agreement. Me? I didn't care either way. This creature was something from a different world. A sore reminder of what I had been through.

And more importantly, I was extremely angry at the world at that moment. I would gladly use anything to take my anger our on. And as far I was concerned, this giant crane was anything. (Flower, save me! Kumo is scaring me here! I can't even control her here. I'm actually a bit worried about what she's going to do.)

By the time Robin cried, "Titans go!" I was already wired, anxious for battle. I leaped out of the ship before anyone else, a cushion of clouds forming around me to break my fall. I didn't land without impact though, roughly scraping my knee. I hardly felt it, the pain numb compared to the what was coursing through me. I immediately got up, springing at the huge crane.

I don't remember what happened next. I didn't black out. But I wasn't conscious of what I was doing. A haze was surrounding my thoughts, blocking me from them. All I could feel was anger. Anger at the two of them, anger at myself, anger at every cropping thing in the world. I felt clouds completely cover me several times. I felt my fist sting once, and I guess I hit it's beak.

I felt a solid pattern emerge from under my safe brain haze. Cloud, fly punch, duck, repeat. Then, the thought of Comet and Pixie came into my mind, and I broke the pattern. Kick,kick,kick, cloud, kick, cloud. Red, fog, anger, kick, who's screaming? Was I screaming? No, it wasn't me, so what was this white noise that was filling my ears? And my mind? And my...Clouds. It was filling my clouds, like angry water. Was it going to spill over?

Why didn't any of my thoughts make sense?

Robin POV

We all stood, rooted the spot, unable to speak, or react, as Kumo went wild. She had flown at the crane with surprising fierceness. It had let out a startled chitter as she began to attack it. A thick blanket of clouds almost constantly surrounded her, but we could see her assaulting the bird as it flapped around confused. At one point she let out a feral sound, a cross between a scream and a strangled sob.

The crane fell, desperately screeching, but Kumo continued to kick at it. We stared in horror as she wailed, as the crane lowered it's head. She crumpled down to her knees, breathing heavily, her entire face soaked with tears. Slowly, her posture became more...Balanced, and I could tell reason was returning to her mind. But she was still crying, tears falling onto the fallen creature's snowy feathers.

Raven winced, and stepped towards her. I realized that her head must be splitting with all the overwhelming emotion Kumo was projecting. She approached to where the cloud maiden was kneeling.

"I'm sorry..." Kumo breathed out, wiping away salty tears to no avail. "I'm so, so sorry...I..." She choked.

Raven knelt in front of her, her dark violet eyes serious. "Kumo, calm down." Her voice was monotone, yet somehow calming. "You just viciously attacked that bird. That is a fact. You had an internal emotional breakdown. That is also a fact." Kumo nodded, taking a deep breath. "Now, why?"

"I..." Kumo shook her head. "It's just...It's..."

"Pixie and Comet." Raven guessed patiently. Kumo nodded again. Her gaze trailed down, and she clapped her hands over her mouth. She ran her hands over the feathers of the mutated bird.

"I..." Tear were running down her face again. "I love animals. I...Did this." She shook her head.

"Why do they anger you so much?" Raven asked with the composure of a therapist.

Kumo suddenly got up. Her black sunglasses glinted. "Look, I...I kind of lost it there, but I don't need a shrink." She gave the bird one last regretful stroke, before walking back towards the T-Ship. "It's just," She said over her shoulder. "We have a history no one could ever really understand. We went from strangers, to friends, to best friends, to each other's only supports, then suddenly we enemies. No, it was worse then that. We were strangers again."

She hurriedly walked into the T-Ship, her posture shaking.

Comet POV

I observed the fight as best as I could from the Titans window as Pixie searched the book shelves. (...Even in another life...) I watched as the giant crane screamed, as a girl flew around it, loosing control of herself. "Well," I announced. "She's a mess."

"Aren't we all?" Pixie asked rhetorically, running her finger over the spine of a brown book. "Me, you, Kumo, every one we ever touch."

"Well, you're depressing." I noted, tracing a pattern in the glass with my finger. A mess, depressed. I guess that made me the one who could never rest. Even now, at that moment, behind my eyelids, I saw the flickering of thousands of worlds being born, thousand dying...

"You're being unusually civil." Pixie frowned.

"Don't get used to it." I laughed without humor. "It's just being in this world is putting me in a bit of a better mood. Memories." Ah yes, memories. Pizza, death,laughter, destroyed lives, companionship.

"Speaking of," I saw Pixie turn her head towards the door out of the corner of my eye, her tied up hair swinging. "We should go visit our 'operatives' right?"

I almost snorted. "Yeah. I can't believe you used the word 'operative'."

Pixie scowled. "I was on the spot! Besides, whatever to keep him on edge, right?" She laughed, and I was about to laugh with her before I stopped myself. She saw and smiled sadly. "Well, anyway, I say we don't talk to Aquaman."

"He might be less then happy to see us." I agreed. We didn't actually destroy his life, but we didn't try to keep to sadness out of it either.

"Well," Pixie headed towards the door. "I'll go see Jaz."

I crossed my arms. "What is I wanted to see Jaz?"

I couldn't see her face, but I knew she rolled her eyes. "Too bad, you're going to see Jason. And if he's in the middle of a crime-"

"I'm not stopping him." I informed her. "I'll just wait until the heist is over. I'm not a hero anymore."

Pixie paused. "No. You're not, we're not. But..." She took a deep breath. "Do you think we could be again. Someday?"

I walked past her, not looking back as the door swung shut behind me.

Pixie POV

I stood in front of the Steel City Tower, tapping my feet as I listened to the commotion inside.

"Mas! Menos! I swear to-"

"Lo sentimos, pero tenemos que ir!"

"You little twerps! Get back here with my comb!"

"Get those tacos away from me or I will-"

"Guys, we shouldn't fight!"

"Be quiet Jaz. I mean, no offense but-"

"Why is the archer even here?"

"Why am I-Why am I here? I'm here because-Ack! Jaz, what was that for?"

"I'm not letting anybody down until you all start playing nice!"

"...Yes mother."

"That's it Bee, you're getting an extra twenty minutes."

I couldn't help smiling-maybe smirking- a bit as I heard the exchange. I leaned forward to press the door bell, laughing as I heard the argument about who should get it. Eventually, Jaz said they would all have to hang upside down while she went to answer the door. She was still trying to keep a stern look on her face, but slightly laughing as she opened the door.

As soon as she saw me, her smile faded. "Hello Jasmine De Silvia." I gave a wry half smile. "You're looking well." She had grown out her thick dark hair, and her smile was brighter then we first met her. Of course, I had seen two weeks ago when I kidnapped Aqualad, but I hardly had the chance to look at her.

I turned up one edge of my mouth as I saw her costume. Oh, the days when I used to wear those too. The dark blue bow in her hair was placed a precarious angle on the side of her head. She had a light blue tank top with a sweater tied on over top. Her Gravity uniform was better with most. At least there was no spandex.

"Ah. M-" I cut her off.

"You don't have to say my real name. We can skip that part."

She nodded. "Right. Okay, well then. Pixie, it's good to see you when you're not kidnapping my team mates." I acknowledged this with a gesture of my head. We were both silent for a moment before she spoke up quietly.

"What's with you hair." She gestured to my head. "You know...All of that. The lack of..."

"Glitter?" I finished. "Yeah, it draws to much attention from little kids."

"And it reminds you of your home." Jaz inferred quietly. I smiled coldly.

"Something like that." I pulled the yellow ribbon from my hair, dismantling the glamour. As it fell to my shoulders, certain strands, and all the ends, became sparkly, like they had been dipped in golden glitter. "Better?" I asked, as I ran a hand through it, almost shuddering. She was right. It reminded to much of, well everything.

The days on Earth 16, when I had to lie to cover it up, so confused. The days travelling when it marked who I was. The days training, the days I had left behind.

I ignored Jaz's sympathetic, studious gaze, as I said, "So, we're all here. Me, Comet, and Kumo. Just thought I should tell you."

Jaz nodded. "Good to know. The universe isn't going to implode is it?"

I kept my face grim, knowing this wasn't teasing. "Hopefully not."

"Good. I've had enough of that for a lifetime." Jaz's face was so devoid of her usual humor, it was sad.

"Me too." I conceded absently. I turned away, walking back down the front steps. "See you, Jaz."

"Yeah, see you M...I mean, Pixie." Her voice was followed by the slam of the door.

Robin POV

"She...Took the T-Ship..." Cyborg said in disbelief as he watched the receding shape of the ship. "She took the T-Ship."

"I don't think she's thinking straight." Beast Boy remarked. "It's no problem."

"Yes, we can just fly back!" Starfire encouraged. Cyborg and I gave her dry looks, and she wilted. "Oh...That is right."

"Robin." Raven said suddenly, watching the sky. "The Nova Titans sometimes talk about how weird her eyes look. What do they look like?"

"You've never seen them?" I asked surprised.

Cyborg shook his head. "Nah man. I think there's a limited number of people who have. Let's see..."

"Friend Jaz." Starfire started.

"The Nova Team." Beast Boy added.

"You and Starfire." Raven said, looking thoughtful. "Probably Pixie and Comet. And...:

"That's it." Cyborg finished.

I looked up at the sky. "Ah, well. If you haven't seen them...Well, they're very strange. For one thing, they're sky blue."

"I thought she was Filipino." Beast Boy furrowed his brow. "That makes absolutely no sense."

"Well, yeah. But that's not the weirdest thing." I continued. "They have these white spots in them. Like clouds." Raven was about to say something, but I kept going, looking up at a passing air plane. "And the oddest thing about them, is that there are flecks of dark brown."

"That part does not fit in with her sky...Theme? Yes, her sky theme at all." Starfire pointed out.

"No, it doesn't. I think...It's probably her natural eye colour."

I waited for a reply, but all I heard was stunned silence. I wordlessly agreed. What could have happened to turn dark brown eyes blue? Something that might have given a girl sky powers. Every time I tried to come up with an answer for the mystery of these three girls, all I got were more questions.

"So," Cyborg fiddled with his metal arm. "How are we getting home?"

So, I made a mistake with Speedy. In the Past, he was with the Titans, when I specifically said in Old Friends, that Jaz became his replacement when he left for Happy Harbor. Oop...Yeah, so I'm going to try to fix that.

So, we've had quite a bit of character analysis for Pixie, and for Kumo too, but not alot for Comet. She's basically the biggest mystery of the group. I'll probably do a character analysis for her sometimes later, but for now...

For now, I would suggest you base your questions on Comet if you're curious. Remember the question thing? Come on guys, shoot! ASK ME ANYTHING.

Okay, so again, those things at the top of the chapter. Very important. VERY. And that's it!

So, submit ALL you questions, they will ALL be answered, and,

Peace and Pixies

~ Pixies Between The Pages