Disclaimer: I don't own Teen Titans. I don't own the episode "How Long Is
Forever", which is what this story is based off of. I'm only using the
characters and plot of this episode for my own wants and needs. Don't sue
me.
A/N: I'm back! I have one more story for Teen Titans, and it's going to be another short story. Again it's the romance between Starfire and Robin. In this, I'm taking off after Starfire jumps into the future and drawing it out longer, adding parts between Starfire and Robin/ Nightwing. Hope you guys like it!
Chapter One
Starfire walked slowly and helplessly along the snow-covered streets. Tears began to fill her eyes as she realized that she had nowhere to go now. Cyborg wanted to help, but couldn't thanks to the fact that his battery went out long ago. Poor Beastboy was now old and bald and had no intention on fighting anything. And Raven? Well, Raven was Raven. Nothing more to say about that.
But where was Robin? She didn't know where to look since no one had seen him since the Titans had broken up. She was sure that if she had found him, he'd help her. But it was hopeless. Finding Robin was like finding a needle in a haystack, as the people of Earth would say.
She was just about to give up entirely when [A/N: I don't remember the guy's name, so we'll just say Chronos] Chronos suddenly appeared in front of her. Anger swelled inside of her as she realized that it was his fault that this had happened in the first place.
"You!" she growled, taking fighting stance.
"You have something of mine," Chronos said with a scowl. Starfire lunged at him, great green balls of energy being hurled at the man who had ruined everything. But for all of her fighting and anger, she realized that the man had the upper hand. She was out of control with her anger and without the others there to help her.
"I must go back to the past and fix what you have ruined!" Starfire screamed as she continued to fight.
"I didn't ruin the past!" Chronos countered, making her stop. "You cannot ruin the past! I went back in time to steal this because history says I did! It's all written in stone: past, present, and future."
Starfire stopped in her tracks, his words sinking in. No. NO! This was not the way things were supposed to be! They were supposed to be friends forever, like Robin said!
Thinking about Robin made tears come to her eyes. She missed him terribly, and wished that she could see him again. She wished she knew where he was so that she could get his help. She also just wanted to see him just because she missed him so much. She wished that she could be with him again. He wasn't just her best friend. He was so much more special than that.
Chronos apparently still wanted the battery thing, and he lunged at her, saying, "So, I'll take that now!" She couldn't really fight him; she was in such a daze. What was the point in fighting if this was how history was supposed to be? What was the point in struggling to keep this if life was going the way it should, despite how horrible it was?
Right after Chronos took the battery, something flew out of the air and hit him. Starfire had seen what it was, and she caught her breath. She stared at the two objects as everything seemed to move in slow motion and stood stiff with her eyes wide open, her heart thudding in her chest. There was only one person who used weapons like that.
"Could it be?" she breathed to herself.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Twenty years had passed since he had seen her last. Twenty years had gone by since she last saw her face. Twenty, long, horrible, lonely years had gone by since he could be graced by her presence.
And now here she was, roaming the streets and fighting the one being who had caused this great destruction. When he saw her, he first thought that it couldn't be possible. She had disappeared in a fight between Chronos twenty long years ago. But after staring at her and watching her fight and hearing her cry, he knew that it was she.
He leapt through the air with his long iron rod extending in his grasp. He lunged at Chronos, who had been so surprised by the attack that he was unable to move. He fought, trying to achieve some unknown goal. All he knew was that he needed to get complete control over the man, and they could all work from there.
But that was not meant to be. Chronos disappeared from his view, sinking into the ground with a scowl on his face. Irritated by the failure, he stood up straight, retracting the iron rod in his hand. He had other matters to deal with right now -matters that needed to be settled right away.
"Robin?" said the gentle, familiar voice that immediately warmed his cold heart. He turned slowly, her word ringing in his head like the most beautiful song. Oh, how he had missed that voice all these years. Oh, how it brought him great joy just to hear that word come out of her mouth. It brought back sweet memories of how everything had once been right in the world.
"No one..." he said finally, "... has called me that in a long time. Now they call me Nightwing." He looked into her eyes at last, coming out of the shadows to look her in the face. She hadn't changed a bit. He, however, had aged twenty years. He was now 36 years old, but he felt no different than how he did when he was 16 as he looked into Starfire's eyes.
"It's been a long time, Starfire," he said with a small smile as he saw relief wash over her features.
(^)(^)(^)(^)(^)(^)(^)(^)(^)(^) A/N: Yeah, I know. I made this a really short chapter compared to all my other stories. But change is good, right? Tell me! I need reviews! ^_^
A/N: I'm back! I have one more story for Teen Titans, and it's going to be another short story. Again it's the romance between Starfire and Robin. In this, I'm taking off after Starfire jumps into the future and drawing it out longer, adding parts between Starfire and Robin/ Nightwing. Hope you guys like it!
Chapter One
Starfire walked slowly and helplessly along the snow-covered streets. Tears began to fill her eyes as she realized that she had nowhere to go now. Cyborg wanted to help, but couldn't thanks to the fact that his battery went out long ago. Poor Beastboy was now old and bald and had no intention on fighting anything. And Raven? Well, Raven was Raven. Nothing more to say about that.
But where was Robin? She didn't know where to look since no one had seen him since the Titans had broken up. She was sure that if she had found him, he'd help her. But it was hopeless. Finding Robin was like finding a needle in a haystack, as the people of Earth would say.
She was just about to give up entirely when [A/N: I don't remember the guy's name, so we'll just say Chronos] Chronos suddenly appeared in front of her. Anger swelled inside of her as she realized that it was his fault that this had happened in the first place.
"You!" she growled, taking fighting stance.
"You have something of mine," Chronos said with a scowl. Starfire lunged at him, great green balls of energy being hurled at the man who had ruined everything. But for all of her fighting and anger, she realized that the man had the upper hand. She was out of control with her anger and without the others there to help her.
"I must go back to the past and fix what you have ruined!" Starfire screamed as she continued to fight.
"I didn't ruin the past!" Chronos countered, making her stop. "You cannot ruin the past! I went back in time to steal this because history says I did! It's all written in stone: past, present, and future."
Starfire stopped in her tracks, his words sinking in. No. NO! This was not the way things were supposed to be! They were supposed to be friends forever, like Robin said!
Thinking about Robin made tears come to her eyes. She missed him terribly, and wished that she could see him again. She wished she knew where he was so that she could get his help. She also just wanted to see him just because she missed him so much. She wished that she could be with him again. He wasn't just her best friend. He was so much more special than that.
Chronos apparently still wanted the battery thing, and he lunged at her, saying, "So, I'll take that now!" She couldn't really fight him; she was in such a daze. What was the point in fighting if this was how history was supposed to be? What was the point in struggling to keep this if life was going the way it should, despite how horrible it was?
Right after Chronos took the battery, something flew out of the air and hit him. Starfire had seen what it was, and she caught her breath. She stared at the two objects as everything seemed to move in slow motion and stood stiff with her eyes wide open, her heart thudding in her chest. There was only one person who used weapons like that.
"Could it be?" she breathed to herself.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Twenty years had passed since he had seen her last. Twenty years had gone by since she last saw her face. Twenty, long, horrible, lonely years had gone by since he could be graced by her presence.
And now here she was, roaming the streets and fighting the one being who had caused this great destruction. When he saw her, he first thought that it couldn't be possible. She had disappeared in a fight between Chronos twenty long years ago. But after staring at her and watching her fight and hearing her cry, he knew that it was she.
He leapt through the air with his long iron rod extending in his grasp. He lunged at Chronos, who had been so surprised by the attack that he was unable to move. He fought, trying to achieve some unknown goal. All he knew was that he needed to get complete control over the man, and they could all work from there.
But that was not meant to be. Chronos disappeared from his view, sinking into the ground with a scowl on his face. Irritated by the failure, he stood up straight, retracting the iron rod in his hand. He had other matters to deal with right now -matters that needed to be settled right away.
"Robin?" said the gentle, familiar voice that immediately warmed his cold heart. He turned slowly, her word ringing in his head like the most beautiful song. Oh, how he had missed that voice all these years. Oh, how it brought him great joy just to hear that word come out of her mouth. It brought back sweet memories of how everything had once been right in the world.
"No one..." he said finally, "... has called me that in a long time. Now they call me Nightwing." He looked into her eyes at last, coming out of the shadows to look her in the face. She hadn't changed a bit. He, however, had aged twenty years. He was now 36 years old, but he felt no different than how he did when he was 16 as he looked into Starfire's eyes.
"It's been a long time, Starfire," he said with a small smile as he saw relief wash over her features.
(^)(^)(^)(^)(^)(^)(^)(^)(^)(^) A/N: Yeah, I know. I made this a really short chapter compared to all my other stories. But change is good, right? Tell me! I need reviews! ^_^