I've wanted to do a rewrite of the series for a long time, so though I promise my other story will continue to be updated, I will also be doing this story. There are some Teen Titans episodes I think should remain the same as they will not affect the Robin/Raven storyline here, but there are some episodes that I will change completely. For some episodes, maybe I'll add a few lines or do some character thoughts and be done with it. I've seen three fanfic writers attempt this, but I haven't seen anyone finish it and do the whole series. I want to be ambitious and say I will finish… but time will tell. As always, I encourage criticism and if someone is OOC, please tell me and I will do my best to fix it, I promise! I won't go through every second of the episode because I plan to jump around, fixing what I want so I hope you guys like the work overall.
Ok, this was long. I will begin with the second episode of the series and leave the first episode (Final Exam) as it is. Here we go.

Sisters

Raven hated fairs and carnivals and festivals and all those events which brought the loud enjoyment of crowds and culminated in explosions of emotion that made her empathy taxing. That was why she was currently miserable, trailing behind the four Titans who were overjoyed at the lights and attractions of the annual Jump City Fair.

Beast Boy had heard about the fair when he visited the video game store for the latest Mega Monkeys game and ran home at the speed of a cheetah (literally) to inform the others. Robin thought the fair would be a good opportunity for team bonding. He seemed dead set on constructing an indestructible unit of the Teen Titans and Raven suspected his mysterious past with the Caped Crusader had something to do with his obsession with control. Robin had them training for hours every day, not including nightly patrols around the city. The Titans had only been together two months and Robin sought to solidify all their relationships to ensure success in battle.

Robin and Cyborg got along great, becoming almost instant best friends. Beast Boy and Cyborg got along even better, sharing a love for inhaling buckets of food and playing video games at obnoxious volumes. Robin and Beast Boy weren't necessarily close, but guys got along easily with handshakes, nods, and competition. Starfire was adored by all because of her naïveté and sweet temperament. She was new to Earth and dependent on others to guide her through daily life. This was some sort of turn on to men. Robin and Starfire seemed to have a relationship that went above friendship and they engaged in some flirting every now and then though Starfire seemed more into it then their masked leader did.

Raven was the odd one out, but she felt a familial connection with Cyborg. He acted the part of the big brother, giving her friendly advice and bringing her out of her constant gloom and doom to help him with his car or with the grocery shopping. Beast Boy annoyed her to no end and knowing this, he bothered her incessantly. If she didn't know any better, she'd think he had a crush on her. Starfire (possibly because she watched The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants) wanted to be best friends with the only other female on the team. She tried coaxing Raven out of her room to join her at the beauty salon or clothing stores but Raven always refused and Starfire's green eyes would sadden. Raven felt bad that she was hurting the alien girl, but she really didn't know how to get along with her and thought the Tameranean's emotional outbursts were dangerous to her power control. Finally, there was Raven and Robin.

The two birds were not close, in fact they barely spoke two sentences to each other on a day to day basis, but each recognized unbridled intelligence and seriousness in the other. As the leader, Robin wanted the team to help him coordinate attacks and give input on battle strategy, yet no one except Raven had the mentality to do it. They had spent some time together looking through dossier files on villains in Jump and nearby towns, discussing defensive and offensive strategies, but that was it. They never spent quality time together doing anything non-work related. But, Robin intended to change that.

Robin had not chosen the fair to use as a team bonding experience, he had chosen the fair to use as a get to know Raven experience. He had the whole thing planned. He would usher the other three off and get the dark sorceress alone. Maybe then she would reveal her true self. Robin knew the girl was hiding more than just hey body under that cloak. Raven was more than the antisocial one and Robin wanted to know more about her. He couldn't rationally explain his interest in his petite teammate. It could be that Robin, trained by the Great Detective himself, loved to solve every puzzle that presented itself, which Raven was. It could also be that as the leader, Robin was responsible for harmony between all his teammates and he had yet to find any with Raven. Still, a little voice in his head whispered another possibility.

She interests you because she's beautiful but unattainable. She has a darkness to her that could rival yours, something Starfire could never offer you. You want Raven for yourself.

Robin cursed those thoughts away as the Titans reached a food stand. Cyborg and Beast Boy ordered popcorn, nachos, and humungous sodas, while Starfire timidly chose cotton candy, staring at with wide eyed wonder as the other two urged her to taste it without fear. Robin chose funnel cake for himself and turned to Raven, who had her hood up and her gaze trained on the floor.

"Do you want anything, Raven?" he asked and she jumped, most likely surprised someone was addressing her.

"No." the careful monotone replied.

He didn't push her, knowing there was enough of that coming later.

"I wish to take home one of those giant yellow creatures." Starfire pointed at one of the game booths where the prize was an oversized chicken the color of the sun.

"I think I can arrange that." Beast Boy made a show of cracking his knuckles.

"I'd like to see you try, grass stain. You need precision and timing to win those games-two things you definitely don't have." Cyborg teased, causing the changeling to glare.

"I'm getting that chicken."

"I doubt it." The half-robot smirked.

Beast Boy snarled.

"Come on, Star, I'm getting you that chicken." He pulled the girl along and she gave Robin one final glance before turning to the ring toss booth.

"You guys coming?" Cyborg asked.

Raven shook her head and Robin hid a grin.

"Nah, you go and keep an eye on them for me."

"So where are you going?"

"Ferris wheel."

Cyborg raised an eyebrow and looked over at Raven, who made no sign of agreement or disagreement.

"Are you sure about that?"

"Positive." Robin smiled broadly and Cyborg shrugged before muttering.

"Your funeral."

After the tall Titan had joined the other two, Robin took a few casual steps closer to the hooded girl.

"Are you up for it?"

"What?"

"The Ferris wheel." He nodded towards the spinning attraction.

"You're joking." She deadpanned.

"I'm not."

Even with the hood shielding her face, her eyes revealed her confusion.

"What are you trying to achieve?"

"I just wanted to spend some time with you. Is that so wrong?"

"I just don't understand why you didn't ask Starfire."

Ah, so she's noticed that. Robin thought to himself. I should be more careful. Starfire's a great girl but there's no chance a long-term relationship will work. We're just too different. I may be accidentally leader her on.

"I can answer any questions for you if you ride the Ferris wheel with me." He said cheekily.

She eyed him warily but finally she sighed.

"Fine."

The view from the top of the Ferris wheel was wonderful and Raven could see the faint glow of Titan Tower in the distance, a permanent emblem in Jump City that reminded people they were protected from evil. It was too bad, no one knew what kind of evil resided in one of the heroes trusted to save the world. Raven hadn't told anyone about her prophecy or her father's identity and she was not planning to do so anytime soon. She could control her powers, her emotions, and her future on her own. There was no need to drag her teammates (friends?) into it.

"Enjoying the ride?" Robin's deep murmur broke her out of her thoughts and she turned to the boy next to her as if seeing him for the first time.

Up here, in the gentle breeze of late summer, everything seemed more beautiful. The night sky was ethereal in its navy shades. The city was a concrete paradise, stretching on endlessly. Robin, already handsome in regular circumstances, was illuminated by the moon, making his features quite impressive. The strong jaw and high cheekbones, the soft looking pink lips, the spiked ebony hair. Something exploded in the fair and Raven winced, surveying the ground for the destruction. Thankfully, it had only been a lone trash can and no one had been close enough to be injured or covered in garbage.

"Raven? Are you okay?" Robin's brow furrowed in concern and she cursed her lack of control.

This was why she didn't allow her emotions to reign. Yes, she found Robin attractive but no, she couldn't act on it so what was the point?

"Fine." She said curtly and he sighed inaudibly.

"You don't have to lie to me, you know. I may be the team leader, but I care more about being your friend than your boss."

"Sure."

"I'm serious. I care about you-all of you." He paused, hoping she didn't notice the slip. "I know you like your privacy and your silence but I'd like to know you better and really be your friend. Someone you can talk to and hang out with. The same way you do with Cyborg."

He felt a small sting of jealousy at the thought, but that was the truth. Cyborg was the only one who could speak regularly with Raven and actually joked around with her, even if she didn't react. The fact that the android could get close enough to ruffle her hair and poke her to annoy her was amazing. When Beast Boy tried, he was smacked with household objects, courtesy of Raven's powers.

"That's different." She said and he was surprised she was responding to him.

"How so?"

"Cyborg is… like the older brother I didn't get to have. He's overprotective and nosey but he means well. It's actually kind of nice."

"Oh." Robin felt stupid for envying a relationship that was clearly one of sibling affection and nothing more.

"Why do you care now? The team formed two months ago, so why now?"

"I don't have an answer for that. I should have approached you sooner. The only time we speak is when we're planning for battles and even then it's minimal."

"Yes. You save your conversations for Starfire."

Robin flushed at the reminder of the pretty alien.

"Yeah, well, that's a mistake."

"Pardon?"

"I don't like Star that way. I mean, I admit I flirt with her but it's not serious."

"I see. I think you should make that clear to her."

"I know."

There was an uncomfortable silence that Robin had to break.

"Want some funnel cake?"

Raven looked at the fried dough in his outstretched hand and frowned.

"Why is it called funnel cake?"

"I'm not sure. But, it's good, trust me. Try it." He insisted and she slowly reached out to tear a piece off and pop it in her mouth.

He watched her chew it, chastising himself for lingering on her lips for so long and waited.

"Good?"

"Yes." She admitted.

"Want some more?"

She nodded and they ate the pastry in a pleasant silence, watching the sky. Before Robin could ask Raven anything about herself, there was a loud bang as the display of fireworks commenced.

"Beautiful." Raven whispered, pushing her hood down to fully see the light show.

"Yeah." Robin breathed, eyes trained on her and oblivious to the fireworks. "Beautiful."

He'd never been so close to her with her hood down and her emotionless façade broken. Raven was stunning with her bright amethyst eyes aglow matching the exotic shine of her skin.

A scream broke the serene moment and the birds recognized the feminine tone to be Starfire's.

"What is that thing?" Raven asked, standing in the box and gaping at the tentacle creature that had wrapped Starfire in a death grip and was dragging her away into the sky.

Cyborg and Beast Boy had jumped into action with the latter in pterodactyl form, holding the robot man in his claws as he blasted sonic beams at the purple creature.

"We need to help Starfire. Can you carry me?" Robin asked and the empath gave a brief nod, levitating above the Ferris wheel and extending her hands to him.

He grabbed the slender hands and held on as she flew after the others.

The fight had been difficult but Robin had finally ripped the animatronic creature open and destroyed its circuits with Cyborg's help. The Titans had arrived home, tired and worried at the new threat. Cyborg had just flipped the lights on when Starfire emitted another scream, though this one was not of fear but of happiness.

"Sister!" the redhead jumped into the open arms of a black haired girl dressed in armor similar to Starfire's.

The introductions were made and soon Blackfire was the hit of the room. The boys were thoroughly enchanted by the older Tamaranean and though Raven admired the girl's knowledge of chakras, she suspected malicious intentions in her demeanor. As Blackfire recounted a trip around the Centauri moons and other planets, Raven tentatively probed Blackfire's mind. She gave a silent gasp at the images she was able to grasp.

Blasts of pink energy. Screams of pain. Heavy, gray shackles. An alien with stern features and a gun extended.

"So who's up for a party?" Blackfire spoke up and Raven turned back to the scene in front of her.

"That sounds cool!" Beast Boy exclaimed.

"But, Sister, I thought we could do the catching up tonight. We have not seen each other in many gorthags."

"Yes, the years have been many. I have missed you, little sister, and I brought you a present from my travels to prove how much I thought about you." She presented Starfire with a large green gem. "It matches your eyes."

Starfire gasped at the necklace, thoroughly complacent, and Blackfire didn't hesitate to convince the other Titans of the party. Though she told Raven it was in an abandoned warehouse, that wasn't what made Raven want to go. She needed to keep an eye on Blackfire and discover the real reason she was on Earth. There was something off about her and the images Raven got from her mind made her more suspicious.

"Everything okay, Sunshine?" Cyborg asked her as the Titans left the tower.

"We'll see."

The party was pointless. The music that blasted was irritating and the lyrics were vulgar and repetitive. There were too many people crowded in the musty room and Raven felt the swirl of her emotions threaten to choke her. She couldn't investigate Blackfire with her powers because she felt like her head was about to burst from the emotional onslaught of the room. Besides, the older girl had pulled Robin and the other guys to the dance floor to begin a variety of inappropriate dance moves Raven had only seen on MTV (and only because Cyborg forced her to).

After saving Starfire from a verbal misunderstanding about shovels, Raven retreated to the roof of the club for some air. She sat in her preferred lotus position and chanted her mantra softly to block out the mix of emotions downstairs. Unfortunately, she was interrupted by a certain sniffling Tamaranean.

"Friend Raven?"

"What's wrong?"

The taller girl sighed and took a seat next to Raven.

"It is my sister. She was always the favorite growing up. Our parents made their preference clear. They seemed to forget about me. Just like everyone else has now that Blackfire is here."

"That's not true. I haven't forgotten about you."

"But you do not care for me as a friend. I am a bother to you, correct?" she asked sadly and Raven shook her head.

"No, Star, that's not correct. I do care for you as a friend and you don't bother me. We're just… different that's all. It's hard to get used to you, but I can try harder."

"Oh, thank you, friend!" she pulled her into a bone-crushing hug.

"Starfire-air-please."

She released her.

"I apologize, friend."

"It's okay." Raven gasped, adjusting her cloak.

"Why are you here all alone? Is it due to my sister's presence?"

"No, it's just all those people. I'm not good with… people." She said lamely, choosing not to go in detail about her powers.

"I understand, friend. If you do not mind, I shall stay here and keep you company."

"You don't want to join the party?" Raven was surprised the exuberant girl wasn't enjoying the music and liveliness.

"Blackfire has chosen Robin as her partner in the dancing and I…"

"And you wanted to dance with him because you like him." Raven said it without question and Raven sighed.

"Yes, I believe I do."

Raven had not forgotten about her friend's feelings towards their leader. It was a precarious situation at the moment. Blackfire and Starfire wanted Robin's attentions and though Raven wanted a place too, she could never display her emotions or fight for what she wanted. As if he'd been summoned, Robin suddenly appeared on the roof.

"There you two are. I was wondering where you'd gone."

"Really? Last I saw you were wrapped up in Blackfire. How kind of you to notice our absence though." Raven said, a trace of anger in her usual monotone.

Robin looked confused and Raven didn't blame him. She hadn't meant to reveal any of her thoughts, but the words had left her mouth before she could stop them. Thankfully, Starfire took over and captured Robin's attention.

"Yes, Robin, you are getting along very well with my sister. I did not think you noticed anything else. Or anyone else." She said sadly.

"What do you mean by that, Star?"

Before the conversation could continue, Blackfire appeared in a pink wig to drag Robin back to the party. He had no chance to protest before he was whisked away. Starfire sighed.

"Your sister's not so nice. How did you live with that through childhood?"

"It was not easy, but I love my sister and cannot fault her for being better than I am."

"She isn't better than you, Starfire. Why would you think that?"

That night no conversation could be finished. At that moment, another tentacled creature came up behind the alien girl and pulled her away screaming.

"Star!" Raven quickly phased through the floor, searching for her teammates.

She saw Cyborg first and ran to him.

"Cyborg! Starfire's been taken again!"

He stopped dancing and moved into action.

"You stay on her trail. I'll get the others."

Raven phased outside and found Starfire in the alley, fighting the creature on her own. Raven let her power flare to her arms and threw dumpsters and crates alongside Starfire's starbolts. The creature didn't back down, though, and with one tentacle it threw the girls apart causing Raven to land hard against the wall and recapture Starfire. Before it could get far, the rest of the team and Blackfire appeared. Cyborg helped Raven up and the others attacked the creature. Blackfire flew behind the attacker and shot a single starbolt at a spot on its back. It crashed to the ground, releasing Starfire, who landed upside down in an open dumpster.

"Good job!" Beast Boy praised Blackfire.

"How did you know where to hit it?" Robin asked.

"Lucky shot?" she shrugged innocently.

"We need that kind of luck around here! How do you feel about joining the Teen Titans?" Cyborg asked excitedly.

Starfire gasped from her spot in the dumpster and Raven's eyes narrowed under her hood from her position behind Cyborg and Robin.

This wasn't right. Blackfire's innocent face was false and Raven saw right through it. There was something going on here and she had to inform Robin about it.

The next morning Raven woke up and took a quick shower, ready to visit Robin's room and tell him about her suspicious regarding Blackfire. She was halfway to his room when she came across Starfire.

"Friend, have you seen Robin today?"

"No, but I can help you look for him."

"Many thanks, friend." Starfire smiled and Raven led the way to the training room, the only other place their leader could have been so early.

Raven wasn't sure what Starfire had to say to Robin, but it was best to get that out of the way so that Raven could mention what she saw in Blackfire's mind.

The girls were about to round the corner to the training room when they heard Blackfire's haughty voice resonate.

"That's right, hold me like this and now-

The shadows of Blackfire and what had to be Robin merged in a kiss and Starfire's hands flew to her mouth, suppressing a gasp or sob. She ran down the opposite hallway, tears raining from her emerald eyes and the noise must have alerted Robin of their presence because he came out of the training room, sweaty from some workout and saw Raven standing there.

"Raven? What happened? Were you… crying?"

"I wasn't. But Starfire was."

"Why?"

"It might have something to do with her sister kissing the guy she likes."

"Her sister kissing-wait that didn't happen." Robin almost stammered and Raven raised an eyebrow.

"That's what it looked like."

"But I didn't kiss her. She was teaching me a battle move and she moved in close, but we did not kiss." He said with finality.

"You don't have to convince me. Starfire's the one crying."

Robin bit back the first thing that came to his mind which was that he cared more about Raven's opinion of him than Starfire.

"I'll talk to her."

Raven knew she needed to talk to him about the grand troublemaker that was Blackfire, but she sensed Starfire's deep melancholy and felt her presence on the roof.

"Now would be good. She's planning to leave us." Raven announced and Robin didn't question how she knew.

"Can you teleport us there?"

She touched his arm.

"This may feel strange." She warned and a second later her black aura deposited them on the roof, where Starfire was floating in the air with a knapsack on her back.

"You weren't going to goodbye?" Robin said and Starfire whirled, wiping her eyes of a few stray tears.

"I did not think you would care."

"Of course I would. You're a Titan, Starfire. The team needs you. You're our friend and we care about you."

Starfire's face brightened.

"You care about me, Robin?"

"You know I do, Star."

The alien girl smiled her usual megawatt smile and was going to step on the roof again when a mass of purple tentacles grabbed her from behind, pulling her away from her friends once more.

"Seriously? How many of these things are there?" Robin asked rhetorically, throwing explosive discs at the creature.

Starfire cried out as she flew farther and farther away.

"Starfire! I'm coming!" Raven shouted, levitating and flying rapidly after the creature.

"Raven, wait!" Robin called but it was too late and he was left staring after them.

When Raven caught up to the creature, it had reached a large ship that opened to allow the creature access inside. Raven flew after it, waiting until it slowed down to summon a black energy disc that cut all its tentacles off and freed Starfire.

"Friend Raven! You saved me."

"I had to, Star. You're my friend, remember?"

"Thank you." She said with a gentle smile.

"Stop right there! You are interfering with international justice!" a voice growled from behind her and when Raven turned she recognized the alien as the one from Blackfire's mind.

"But we are the good guys, are we not friend Raven?" Starfire asked confusedly.

"This is finally falling into place. These are international police and they aren't after you, they're after Blackfire. She was running from the law and my guess is it has to do with this gem." Raven unclasped the necklace and handed it to the guard.

"Smart girl. This is the Centauri moonstone that was stolen from us weeks ago. We have been tracking it since and searching for the thief. You know of her location?"

"Oh yes." Raven grinned. "And we can help you retrieve your prisoner too. Right, Star?"

Starfire, now caught up with the situation and her sister's lies, had her green eyes aglow with fury.

"Yes, friend. It is time for my sister to pay for her crimes."

Blackfire was zooming towards the clouds, thinking her journey to Tamaran was guaranteed. The three male Titans were fooled by her act and the only people who could stop her were miles away, either caught or captured by the very people after her. The plan had gone down without a hitch and when she arrived on Tameran she could simply take the throne as hers. Life was good.

Or so she thought before a green starbolt hit her in the face and sent her reeling backwards.

Raven watched the sisters' battle with a satisfied smirk, knowing Starfire would defeat her easily and then Blackfire would be sent to intergalactic jail far far away from all of them.

"is that a smile I see?" Robin asked, his breath touching her sensitive earlobe, making her jump and something in the distance explode.

He laughed and she glowered.

"I'm not smiling, though I am glad she's leaving."

"Not a fan of Blackfire?"

"Certainly not as much as you are."

He chuckled.

"It was momentary interest, nothing more."

"Be careful with your interests, Robin. Someone could end up getting hurt." she threw a pointed look at Starfire, who was waving goodbye to her handcuffed sister.

Robin knew what the undertone of her words meant and he frowned. He hadn't meant to care for any girl again after his failed relationship with Barbara Gordon/Batgirl. Still, despite Raven's warning he was preoccupied not with Starfire but with the dark girl herself. And that might turn out dangerous for everyone on the team.

The heart wants what it wants. Robin thought, his eyes wandering back to Raven's exotic features.

(Phew, that was crazy long! Ok, the next episode I will rewrite using this storyline will be Nevermore. However, I will do small chapters for the three in between just to add more Rae/Rob moments so expect those soon.)