Chapter 2: Family Reunion

AN: Alright, really only one thing to point out here and that's the fact that I changed Glacies name to Glacier. Decided that the Latin word for "Ice" didn't really work as well as the Latin name for "Earth". (Terra)

Glacier POV

As Me, Raven, BB and Cy walk down the pier; I get a few glances from people in the crowd. It wasn't really a surprise; Robin had just announced to the public that I was joining the Titans a few days ago. Of course, nothing major had really happened yet. I helped them stop a few bank robberies, as well as bring a few car chases to an end. And now me and the rest of the team were taking a break from all the crime fighting by going to the pier while a carnival was going on. Robin had gone to the Ferris wheel with Starfire, while the rest of us went off in our own group. Although, I could tell that Raven wasn't too happy about the fact that she was in a group with the other two. As we pass by a game, I take the time to look at the prizes. I notice that off to the side were two stuffed animals. One of which was a black raven, and the other was a white dove. Both of them had loops on their backs in case you wanted to hang them somewhere.

"Hey guys, you go on ahead. I'm gonna go ahead and do something real quick." I tell them, not really sure why I want to stop and win the plushies, but getting nods in response non-the-less. Although Raven seems a bit reluctant. Again, probably because of being stuck with the two jokesters and not having anyone else around with a level head. Heh, if only she knew. As it turns out, the game was the one where you take a baseball, and you have to knock down the tower of three bottles. However, I knew that this game was rigged so that not only was there a weight in the ball, but the two bottles on the bottom were also weighed down so that it was more difficult to knock them down. "How much for a single game?" I ask the guy in charge, happy that I had asked Robin for some money before we arrived. Although it was a bit of an awkward conversation.

"One dollar for three balls. For each bottle you knock down, you get one prize." He tells me. I nod, and hand over a dollar. I weigh the ball in my hand, taking into account the fact that if I knocked down at least one of the bottom bottles, I could get the two plushies because gravity would take down the top one. I take aim at the bottom right and throw the ball. It hit, but the bottle stayed on the platform. Luckily, by shaking the bottom one, the bottle that was on top was shaken off. I pick up another ball, and try to aim for the middle of the two bottles left. I throw it, and end up hitting them. Unfortunately, they stay upright and on the platform. The only difference is that the two of them have moved closer to the edge. I pick up the final ball and took aim at the right bottle one last time. I throw the ball, and get a lucky hit. I knock the ball into the left side of the bottle, causing it to move over and fall off the platform.

"Well, looks like you got two. So, what'd you like?" He asks. I point out the two plushies and the man gives them to me. I thank him, and make my way through the crowd, trying to find Raven, BB and Cy. After a few minutes, I find them at another game, BB tossing a ring and landing it on one of the bottles near the middle.

"Yes!" He exclaims. "Told ya we'd win you a prize." He tells Raven, handing her a giant, white, egg-shaped chicken plushy that the person in charge of the game hands him. Raven takes the chicken and rolls her eyes.

"A giant chicken. I must be the luckiest girl in the world." She tells them, her voice oozing with sarcasm. I chuckle lightly as I join their little group again.

"Well, if you don't like that, then how about this?" I ask, handing her the small raven plushy that I had won. She takes it with a surprised look on her face.

"You… won this? For me?" She asks. I smile a bit, lowering my hood, and nod. Still not entirely sure why I did. One glance at Beastboy and I can tell he's a little annoyed that she took it without complaint, unlike the chicken. But before anyone can say anything else, Robin lands in front of us after jumping off the Ferris wheel.

"Titans, trouble!" He exclaims, turning around to run off.

"Where's Starfire?" Cyborg asks. Robin turns and looks at us over his shoulder.

"That's the trouble." He replies, everyone following him. I clip the dove onto my belt, and notice Raven doing the same with her plushy. While she promptly tosses the chicken off to the side. I don't know why, but that makes me feel… good, in some way. Unfortunately, I don't really have time to ponder about it as we run down the dock, stopping when we reach the end. I look out across the ocean and see Starfire flying towards us. But following her is some sort of… pink, grey, and black robotic squid thingamabob. It tries to attack her using its tendrils, but misses. I see her turn around and try to retaliate by hitting it with her Starbolts, only for them to have no effect.

She quickly flies by us, followed by the squid thing. Which for some reason…Honks at us? But I don't have time to dwell on it as Beastboy asks, "Who's her new best friend?"

"I don't know. But I can't wait to meet him." Robin replies, punching his right fist into his left palm. We get ready as Starfire comes flying back over to us with the squid hot on her tail. Beastboy is the first to try and do something by turning into a crocodile, or alligator, I can never tell the difference, and trying to bite it. Only for the thing to fly by before he can snap it in his jaws. Raven is next as she picks up a hot dog cart, and throws it at the thing. Only for it to burst apart against the squid. Which takes no damage. Cyborg is the first to actually successfully do something, grabbing onto one of its tendrils and holding it still. He struggles to keep it in one place as it continues to try and fly towards Star.

"Don't know what you did to get this thing angry Star, but it wouldn't hurt to apologize!" he grunts out. Pulling on it with all his strength, but still having a bit of trouble.

"I am… Sorry?" She says it more as a question than a statement. Which shows that she doesn't really know what it is that she did to anger it. And honestly, I can't really see her doing anything to anger either. The squid promptly whips the tendril that Cyborg had grabbed onto, making him let go. As it flies towards Starfire, Robin whips out his telescopic staff and swings, hitting it into the ocean. Before it hits, I shoot a freeze ray at it and encase part of it in ice. Beastboy runs over to the edge and looks down.

"So… Did we just win?" He asks. I facepalm at this.

"Beastboy!" I yell out in annoyance, making him turn to look at me in confusion. But before he can ask what he did, the squid breaks through the dock and flies towards Starfire again. "That's why you never ask that." I growl out. Luckily, the ice that I had shot at it hit the tendrils and kept them from being able to attack any of us. Robin jumps up, lands on it, and starts messing around with it. After a few seconds, he jumps back down and lands next to us, holding what looks like part of the things main power source. This is proven to be correct as it flies about in a random pattern, before exploding along with the fireworks going off in the sky.

"Whatever that thing was, it can't hurt you now." Robin tells Starfire. In response, she looks over at him in confusion.

"But, why did it wish to hurt me at all?" She asks. To her question, we have no answer.

We return home, me and Raven quickly going to our rooms to drop off our respective plushies first, and then joining up with everyone in front of the doors to the ops room. As the doors open, Starfire is the first one in. "Come friends. I shall thank you for my rescue by reciting the poem of gratitude." She tells us dancing slightly as the backdrop somehow changes into flowers all over. "All six thousand verses." She continues. This causes us all to stare at her with wide eyes, fearful expressions, and somehow have the sound of a car crash go off in the background. But we're broken out of our stupor when a new voice starts talking.

"I see you haven't changed a bit." Everyone looks over at the couch to see someone who looks very similar to Star. The only differences are that she has black hair, purple eyes, and had on a black and purple outfit that also had armor attached. Starfire's reaction to this new person is to squeal and wrap her in a hug.

"Sister!" She exclaims.

Ahhh. That explains why they look so alike. I think to myself.

"Brought you a present." Starfire's sister tells her, pulling out what looks like a green emerald. Starfire gasps when she sees it.

"A Centauri moon diamond?" She asks, her eyes widening at the sight. "Where did you get-?" Her sister cuts her off.

"On the Centauri moons of course." She tells her, wrapping the string that held the moon diamond around Starfire's neck. "Oh look, it matches your eyes." She says with a smile. Starfire's response is to smile widely and have her eyes somehow turn into Centauri moon diamonds.

"You must meet my friends!" Starfire exclaims, dragging her sister over to us. "I wish to introduce my big sister." Starfire tells us, her sister then leaving Starfire's grip and walking towards us.

"Blackfire. And since Star told me all about the Titans in her transmitions, let, me, guess." She then goes on to introduce herself to the rest of the Titans. Guessing each one correctly. She gives Cyborg a handshake that leaves his hand smaller, talking to Raven a bit about meditation and Chakras for a few seconds, actually laughing at one of Beastboy's jokes, and tried flirting with Robin. Which, to me, obviously annoyed Star. Then she reached me.

"Starfire didn't tell me about you." She says, holding out her hand. I make sure to encase my hand in permafrost when I shake her hand.

"The name's Glacier. Residential Cryokinetic. I ended up helping these guys out a few days ago when some mad brit decided that he wanted to 'educate' us." I tell her, putting air quotes around 'educate'. "I ended up joining them after leaving. Speaking of which…" I trail off and look at Robin, Cyborg and Beastboy. "You three still aren't safe." I warn them. They just wave it off, though Cyborg seems a little nervous after what I already did to him. Blackfire looks at me quizzically. "Oh nothing major, it just has to do with the initiation I had to go through." I tell her with a wave of my hand. Starfire chooses that moment to walk over.

"So, beloved sister, what brings you to earth?" She asks. Blackfire walks over to the couch and vaults over it.

"I was in the quadrant and decided to see if earthlings liked to party." She tells us. "Besides, I needed a rest. Nearly got sucked into a black hole on the way here." She says almost offhandedly. The three other guys are immediately by her side listening to her story. "Okay, I'm cruising through the dracones nebula and-" She's cut off by Starfire.

"Sister. That nebula is full of black holes. You know travel there is forbidden." She says, crickets chirping being the only answer she gets until Blackfire responds.

"Most fun things in life are." She says as if it's a fact. "Now, be a dear sweetie and bring me one of those soda's I've heard so much about. So, anyway, I'm zooming over an event horizon approaching light speed when all of a sudden," I stop paying attention to the story and watch as Starfire walks over to the fridge to grab a soda for her sister. I narrow my eyes slightly. Just watching this I can tell that Blackfire isn't as much as a loving sister as Starfire seems to think. I walk over and stand next to Raven as Starfire brings Blackfire her soda.

"Anything seem amiss to you?" I ask her. She raises an eyebrow at my question.

"What do you mean?" She asks. I shrug and think about it.

"Well, after Blackfire gave her sister that moon diamond, she seemed to stop being the 'loving sister bearing gifts', and changed to the 'sister that acts cool to steal her sister's friends'." I tell her. Raven shrugs at my observation.

"Or maybe you're analyzing things too much." She says. This time I shrug.

"Maybe…" I trail off. Watching as the other three guys pay adept attention as Blackfire's story about how she got here. "But I'm still not entirely sure."

I'm in my room the next morning with the hood on my cloak down, checking the closet and all the extra outfits that Cyborg and Robin had helped me make. Making sure that they had gotten it right all the way down to the secret pockets. After I was done, I heard a knock at my door. I opened it to see Starfire standing there. But she seemed a little different than usual. "Hey Starfire. What are you doing here?" I ask curiously.

"I was perhaps wondering if you would like to do the 'hanging out' with me." She asks. I raise my eyebrow a bit at this.

"I would have assumed that you would want to do that with one of the others seeing as I'm still new here." I tell her. She seems to deflate at this.

"The others are… Spending their time with my sister." She told me. I narrow my eyes a bit at this before they go back to normal.

"Sure thing Star. Just let me get a few things ready." I tell her with a smile. She smiles back as I close the door to get a little privacy. I walked over to my bedside table and grabbed my telescopic staff; along with the T-com that Robin gave me when I officially became a Titan. When I open the door again, I find Starfire waiting on the other side. "Ready?" I ask her. She nods her head eagerly. However, before we had a chance to leave, Blackfire walks over to us.

"Ah, there you are Glacier. Everyone's been talking about your Cryokinetic powers and I thought that I'd see them for myself. Come on." She said, grabbing onto my wrist and pulling me away from Starfire. Despite my protests about leaving behind the now-saddened red-headed alien.

Later that night, after being forced to show Blackfire my Cryokinetic powers, everyone was doing their own thing. BB and Cy were playing their own handheld videogames, Robin was sitting there on a tablet working on something, and Raven and me were each reading our own separate books. Raven's was some horror book, while mine was about a zombie apocalypse that took place in Europe. A little while later, Starfire came walking in with various movies and snacks.

"Friends, I invite you to join me in the togetherness of a stay home movie night." She says. "I bring you popcorn, and non-cotton candies. Tell me, what sort of movie shall we view?" She asks.

"Action."

"Comedy."

"Sci-fi."

"Horror."

"Post-Apocalyptic based." I say after Robin, Beastboy, Cyborg, and Raven's respective answers. Everyone turns to look at me. I shrug in response. "What can I say? It's a phase I'm going through right now." I tell them, lifting up the book I was reading to further my proof. Starfire drops the different assortment of videos and candies at the varied answers we give.

"Perhaps, a double feature?" She asks.

"Horror and Post-Apocalyptic based then." I say with a shrug. Getting a raised eyebrow from Raven with my answer. Before I can elaborate, Blackfire comes walking into the room.

"Forget the flics kids, we're going out!" She exclaims, spreading her arms while wearing… Starfire's clothes? She comes walking down towards the couch. Passing Starfire on her way.

"We are? Where did you…? Are those my…?" Starfire doesn't finish either sentence as Blackfire just walks past her without paying any attention.

"Heard about a party downtown. Hot music." She tells us. I roll my eyes, never one for parties.

"Yeah."

"I'm in."

"Why Not?" Are Beastboy, Cyborg, and Robin's respective answers. Blackfire then turns to Raven.

"And it's in a creepy run down warehouse." She says, Raven lifting her eyes from her book to show she was interested. Then everyone got up and started walking towards the door. Beastboy turning into a gorilla after saying he was a 'party animal'. "Hey sweetie, raided your closet. Hope you don't mind me borrowing your look." She says. Starfire looks at her with sadness.

"Why not? You have already borrowed my friends." She says. I walk over and put a hand on her shoulder.

"Hey Star. What was that about a stay at home movie night?" I ask with a slightly sad smile. After she hears this, she starts smiling again. And then proceeds to give me one of her bone crushing hugs. Well, bone crushing if I didn't encase my upper body in a thin layer of permafrost so that she didn't accidentally snap my spine.

We ended up watching a historical movie so that Star could learn a bit more about Earths culture. I made sure it wasn't one that had any wars in it because I didn't know what the others wanted Star to know about good old Terra Firma yet. Afterwards, I went to my room to work on a little project of mine, while Star went to her room to do whatever it was she was doing. I was brought out of my project a few minutes later when I heard a crash come from the direction of Star's room. I ran through the halls until I reached her doorway, and typed in the code to open it. What greeted me was a hole that led through the glass and out into the open air. I looked up to find Star fighting against another pink squid thing.

I quickly ran towards the stairs leading to the roof, pulling out my T-com in the process. I tried to reach another member of the team, and after a minute connected to Robin. "Glacier? What is it?" he asks, I can hear music in the background and assume he's still at the party.

"Get your asses back here! Turns out Squidward had a friend!" I yell out, and then notice another one flying towards me as I exit onto the roof. "Make that friends!" I yell out before the thing flew into me, knocking the communicator out of my hand. Off in the distance, I could make out Starfire fighting against her own metal squid. I quickly turned towards mine and glowered. "Get your f*cking tendrils off of me!" I yell out, freezing said tendrils, along with the rest of the squid, and causing it to fall to the roof. After it lands, I unfreeze part of the side, and rip out some of its wires. Unfreezing the tendrils so that they would let me go as it flew up into the air and blew up. I then turned to face the squid that was attacking Starfire.

"Hey! Squidward! Over here!" I yell out, causing the metallic squid to pause for a moment. That moment was all I needed as I create an Ice Kunai and throw it at the stopped squid. The kunai slices cleanly through one of the squid's tendrils. As Star comes flying back over to me, I notice yet another squid flying towards us. Just as I'm about to create another kunai to throw, two different purple beams come out of nowhere and blow up the remaining squids. Making them spark before actually blowing up. I turn around to see the rest of the Titans, as well as Blackfire, standing at the entrance to the roof. I sigh in relief. Then walk over to them with Starfire floating besides me.

"Aw yeah!" Yells out Cyborg. "Good times!"

"Nice shootin' Tex." Beastboy compliments.

"Very nice." Raven comments.

"How did you know where to hit them?" Robin asks. Blackfire shrugs in response.

"Lucky guess." Though to me it sounded more like she was questioning her own answer. I narrow my eyes a bit, but they shoot open when Cyborg says his next sentence.

"We could use luck like that! Maybe you outta join the team." Cyborg suggests. Blackfire seems surprised.

"Me? A Teen Titan?" She asks in surprise. Though to me it sounds more like she was acting it. Especially when she sends a glance over her shoulder at Starfire, who gasps at this latest development. I narrow my eyes a bit. This just doesn't feel right. And I'm gonna find out why.

Later on, as I'm sitting in my room, I look out the window when I see a shadow pass over it. I'm surprised to see some sort of ship of alien origins. I'm even more surprised to see that there are two men in red suits on board. And that one of them is kidnapping Starfire! I immediately run towards the window and, pressing a button the wall, open it. I jump out as I see Robin start to fall towards the ground after having failed to grab onto Star's foot. Guess I'm gonna be doing a test run for my little project. I think to myself, focusing on controlling ice around me.

Robin POV

Robin leaps off the building and reaches towards Starfire's foot, hoping to grab on and pull himself up to free her. But instead, he misses and starts to free fall. His eyes widen, shown by the whites of his mask, as he falls towards the unforgiving ground below. Suddenly, he feels someone grab onto him and start to lift him. Immediately, he thinks that it's Raven or Beastboy in one of his animal forms. What he doesn't expect is for it to be Glacier. He stares in surprise at the tornado of snow that's formed at his waist that's allowing him to fly.

"What?! Glacier?!" He yells out in surprise. He looks up to see a grin on Glacier's face.

"Hey. Like my little project that I was working on?" He asks. Robin just nods in response. "Good. Now, how about we get to saving your girlfriend?" He asks. Robin blushes at this.

"S-She's not my girlfriend!" he exclaims. The grin on Glacier's face widens.

"But you want her to be your girlfriend. Don't you?" He asks. Robin decides not to dignify that with a response. After a few seconds, Glacier shrugs his shoulders and starts to fly faster.

Glacier POV

I create some Permafrost spikes on the bottoms of my combat boots so that I can stick into the bottom of the spacecraft when we arrive, while Robin uses his boots to metallically connect to the bottom. We listen as the red alien dude talks about bringing Star back to the Centauri moons to face punishment for all the crimes she's committed. I'm confused by this because once you got to know her; Star was not the type that you would think of as a law-breaker. Robin seemed to think the same thing. "No one's taking her away." He says. That or he has it bad. He then proceeds to flip up onto the top and face off against the giant dude with the claw arm. "Our friend stays here!" He exclaims as I flip up behind the driver.

As those two fight, I tap the driver on the shoulder. He turns around to find me waving, before I promptly punch him in the face. This causes him to fall to the ground clutching it. A few seconds later, the ship starts to lose altitude as Robin frees Star after one of those green tendril things strikes one of the engines. While those two jump off with Star flying, I jump off and create the tornado of snow from my waist down. Landing alongside Robin and Star to look on as the spacecraft falls onto its top.

"Star! Robin! Glacier!" We turn around to find the rest of the team running towards us. Beastboy being the one to call out our names.

"You guys alright?" Cyborg asks. We nod in response as the two red alien dudes walk towards us.

"In the name of the great Centauri Empire, you are all under arrest!" The one with the claw arm exclaims. Holding out what looks like a badge. At this point, Starfire, Cyborg, Robin and Beastboy look on in shock, I facepalm, and Raven just looks on with the same facial expression as ever.

"Uhh… You can't be the good guys. We're the good guys." Beastboy states. I facepalm once again.

"There can be more than one group of good guys Beastboy. Or did you forget?" I ask him sarcastically.

"We are the Centauri police." The claw alien says.

"The Tameranian girl is a liar and a thief. She's committed high crimes across the entire Centauri system." The other one states. Starfire is still shocked.

"But I have never even been to the Centauri system." She says in confusion. Robin looks on in equal confusion, while my eyes are drawn to Blackfire's 'present'. I walk over and take off the Centauri moon diamond from around her neck.

"But I know someone who has." I state. I throw the moon diamond to the police and turn around to face the rest of the team. "Anyone know where Blackfire is?" I ask. They all look at one another, until Beastboy points at a shadow moving in the sky.

"Uh, dudes." He says. We all look up and Robin walks over to Starfire.

"Don't worry Star. She won't get away with this." He tells her. She looks up as her eyes start to glow green.

"No she will not." She states, flying up towards her sister. The next minute or so is filled with flashes of green and purple as the two sisters fight it out. Until the Centauri police fly up with a fixed ship and trap Blackfire in one of those green rope things that seem to disable Tameranian powers. Then they fly off with their new prisoner in tow. The rest of us leaving and going back to the tower to go to bed after I showed the rest my new 'invention'.

While I lay in bed, I continue to try and figure out what it was that pushed me to win those two plushies the night before. Deciding I'd worry about it tomorrow, I fall asleep.