Hello, and welcome to my story. This is RobRae centric, but it will include a wide cast of DC Universe characters in it. Well, take a look, hope you like it and ill say more at the end of this chapter.

The dark haired empath stirred as sunlight crept into her room. She blinked the sleep out of her eyes as she tried to remember what she had dreamed of the night before.

"Whatever it was, it must have been pretty good." She mused seeing how she awoke fully energized and ready for the day to come. There was one thing that troubled her. Since the defeat of Trigon, her dreams had a way of starring Robin in a whole new light. Every so often, her dreams would revolve around the fearless leader. Him going to rescue her. His gentle voice as he reassured her that everything would be okay. Flashbacks of her, in her younger state, being held and carried out of the hell she was sentenced to. There were also other dreams now that her emotions were free. Some that, as far as she could remember, were of her and Robin in a more "intimate" light. Never anything explicit, just a simple hug here, holding hands there, so on and so forth.

The girl summed it up to admiration. I mean really, who wouldn't look up to the guy that went to hell and back to save her?

"He would do the same for Starfire..or anyone for that matter." Sighing, she threw her thin blankets off of her and decided that a shower would help clear her thoughts.

It had been a rough week. Today was the day the team had decided that they would make the life-changing decision. Little did she realize that the object of her thoughts was having a similar conversation in his head.

Robin, always the first one up and the last one to go. Hard working? No doubt about it. Determined? Try borderline obsessive. But no one could ever fault him or say that the non-powered hero held back the team. He was the one who pushed their limits. For all the powers that his teammates had, none could match his will, nor the skill he possessed in battle. Robin was the protégé to the legendary Batman. Even among the older heroes in the Justice League, he was known as a true protector. Superman in particular had tried on more than one occasion, to approach the Titans and offer them membership into the league. He knew that the Batman would not approve, of that he was sure. Bruce had made it quite clear that Robin was not to be approached by the JLU. Still, they figured that Bruce's warning was only extended to Robin, so they talked to the other Titans. Superman knew it was not an easy decision to make so he told them to take some time and consider the offer. That was a week ago. Any day now, the JLU would receive an answer from each of the Titans. As it stood, Robin did not think his team would disband. Although it felt good to be acknowledged by the higher ups, the young leader had no intention of joining a team where he had no control. That was one thing he learned from Batman. The lack of any real super powers was a big disadvantage for them and as his teacher had taught him, they needed to be on top. They wanted no real attachment to any team, for if they wanted to leave, they could do so without compromising how they worked. That all changed when Robin formed the Titans. Tired of living in the shadow of his teacher, Robin "spread his wings" and left Gotham. After meeting his friends, he decided to ask Bruce for help in building his very own team. For some reason, Bruce had but one condition: allow Raven to be in the Titans. It didn't make much sense until after the defeat of Trigon when Batman revealed that Raven had come to the JLU for help against her father which they clearly refused. Batman was the biggest part of the small fraction of the league that wanted to help Raven. From there it was easy. Robin wanted a team and Raven needed help, kill two birds with one stone.

'Which leaves me where I am today.' Thought Robin. During his time with the Titans he had grown considerably. The mirror showed the once small, skinny, brightly green/red/yellow colored costume, now changed to a dark shade of green and red, with slight yellow and a lot more muscle, but not disgustingly so or to the point where the agile Robin was slower. (Think Tim Drake's costume but instead of black, its dark green, almost black. Don't worry, it'll change soon^^)
Looking into the mirror he wondered about his dream last night. It was weird at first he was alone, but then he felt comfort as if someone was there. He was broken from his thoughts by the sound of bickering in the kitchen.

"Guess its time for Beastboy and Cyborg to decide whats for breakfast." He smirked.

Surprisingly the kitchen wasn't a total battlefield today. Then it hit him. Today was the day.

"Morning Rob" said the mechanical giant. Age had only made Cyborg bigger than what he already was, a mix between muscle and machine.
"Morning Cy, I'm surprised you and BB already quit arguing about whats for breakfast." He teased to try and lighten the mood, to no avail.
"Nah, figured everybody wanted to have what they want so we called a truce for today" said the changeling. He too had changed, though not as drastic as others. He was still the same Beastboy that they had met all that time ago, but he matured a tad bit, and got a lot taller.

'Why are they so down? They wouldn't seriously consider leaving the team…would they?' Robin shook the thoughts from his head. 'Of course not, your just over thinking things.' With that Robin grabbed a piece of toast with orange juice and sat down.

Soon enough the last two members joined them. Starfire had grown to be quite a beauty, catching the media's and quite a few other heroes eyes, however, it still seemed she had a soft spot for Robin.

Raven too had grown. While more conservative when standing next to Starfire, Raven exuded an aura of exotic beauty, untouchable to anyone. Her personality changed aswell, now free to express feelings she had taken on a more positive outlook, though she was still the loner of the group.

Since they were finally all together, it was time.

"Well guys, todays the day we tell the Justice League our decision." Robin said calmly.
"No point in delaying it, lets just get it over with and tell them we're not interested." As the leader of the Titans, he felt he shouldn't mince words with how he felt on the subject.

"I agree." The empathy said. She was co-leader, so she too felt a bit defensive about the team.
"Yea..about that…BB and I decided to accept the offer…"
All eyes fell on the tall mechanical man. The room went silent...

A bit of a cliffhanger? R&R?

Ok, first of all, HI everyone! I've been around on the internet scene for quite awhile now, more notably for my online gaming. Maybe some of you guys know me from when Counter-Strike 1.6 was big? I still get on from time to time. More recently, you might know me from a little game called 9dragons? If you do, great, if you don't know me…well…its no big deal, I'm not really anyone big or important in particular, lol.
Anyways, this is my first "attempt" at fanfiction. I started reading fanfics when I was a sophomore in high school. So…..that was…2005-06? Meh, the point is, I finally mustered up a bit of courage to post something on here. Lately I've been into TT fanfiction (partly due to playing DCUO a lot when it came out about half a year ago) and thought, What the heck. I'm a HUGE Dick Grayson fan, in all of his forms, but especially his Nightwing persona. I'd like to give credit to where this story is coming from.
I have my own story in my head, but for me to say that I did not use these two other stories as a big springboard would be cheap and in my opinion dishonest. The biggest influence on making me write this goes hands down to "The Cruelty of Hope" by NomadicOne. Its still being written, he updates a bit randomly and it has been quite awhile since the last one, but its ALWAYS worth the wait.
The second story is "Defiance" by inuyasharbd15fan09. It was a oneshot that was just soooo good, it ended up turning into a full-fledged story which has everything I want in a TT fanfic. Sadly, I do believe it has been abandoned =/.
My story, takes a few bits and pieces from both, mixed in with my ideas to create what you have just read. Anyways, enough blabbering on my part. I'm new to writing so any feedback would certainly be appreciated though I'm definitely not forcing anyone to. Let me know what you think about the size? Too short? Just barely enough?
So anyways R&R if it floats your boat, hope you guys like the story, and ill try my best to make it worth reading.