Earthen Wonder

Prologue

It was all an accident, really, just running into Mammoth. She'd been in the park with a book when she heard a few footsteps up the path that sounded huge against the ground. She had peeked her head up, only to see a pair of angry eyes notice her stares, a fist coming around the bushes she had ducked under before she scrambled away. The chase had taken them into the city, her sandaled feet slapping again the pavement in her desperate escape. On the other side, Mammoth's orders had been simple. Sway her, bring her in and hopefully enroll her into the academy to become part of the Hive.

Pain screamed at every inch of her being as the large beast of a man came hurtling towards her, knocking her body against the asphalt so it went catapulting along the ground and into an alley. She had done nothing but live her normal life, nothing bothering her until it came down to her powers. In her own hands, she could create new life with plants and trees just by a simple touch. Even with the splatter of her blood against the pavement, small posies started to raise out of the concrete jungle. Yet this person want to hurt her to try and take her away from where she was content with living.

Against the brick walls, her head got damaged, knocked around as her body flailed into some trash bags before she was finally unconscious, her face smothered with a bit of rotten banana...Just as something exploded into the back of the mammoth man...and a shadow stepped into her fading vision.

Chapter 1: New Journey

The Titans had gotten alert early that morning that Mammoth of the Hive Academy had started wreaking havoc on Jump City. When they arrived, they saw who they thought was just an innocent bystander, but really the victim of the attack get thrown into an alley into a pile of trash. Starfire had flung a starbolt into Mammoth's back, catching the huge teen off guard before he went off, chasing both she and Raven around as attacks of dark energy and green attacked from either side as the boys came in their efforts to catch up.

"Oy, Beast Boy! Check on the girl!"Cyborg said as his arm shifted into his sonic cannon, firing at the feet of the other teen who jumped back and narrowly dodged a force of dark energy.

"I thought we agreed it was Changeling?!" BB shouted back as he ran into the alley. Stupid, Cy, and his mistakes. It had been several years since he was a child and now, he was almost eighteen, almost an honorary adult. He wanted nothing more to be referred as such and thus why he wanted 'Changeling' instead of 'Beast Boy'. As he ran into the Alley, his nose was struck with the stench of fresh blood and garbage. In the midst of it all, he caught the sight of blood-stained white. His jade eyes widened like a deer in the headlights before he dug through the trash, pulling out a soft, chocolate-haired girl out of it, lifting her up and settling her down sitting up in his arms.

"Hey, Hey girl, are you okay? Say somethin'..."He said, shaking her lightly only to see her head lull back against her arm. Yep, she was out colder than ice.

Meanwhile on the other front, the others had manage to knock Mammoth down and for the count, the police coming by and arresting him with massive restraints to prevent the juggernaut of a teen from escaping. Which he probably would later on when he got the momentum he needed at the holding area in the jail. The others found Changeling with the girl, Starfire asking repetitively if she was alright.

"Oh, is the young earth woman alright? Is there anything we can do?"She asked, kneeling down. Cyborg's robotic eye looked and examined the young woman up and down before giving the results to Robin in a low whisper.

"She's got some real damage done to her...And that ain't else either..." He whispered before indicating that small blades of grass were starting to poke where the blood was in various patches on the ground, vines spilling from the wall where she had hit. "She's got powers."

"Then we can't let the hospital have her. Just because, they'd see it and send her to STAR labs just to test her. We really don't need the trouble. We'll take her to the tower and see about getting her wounds treated."

It was agreed. The white-clothed woman was picked up gently, Robin's cloak around her as she was gently placed into the T-car. Robin felt a little awkward without his cloak, but he knew it was for the benefit of the injured one. Cyborg drove as quickly as he could but cautiously to avoid hurting the woman's already agitated wounds. At the T-Tower, the girl was brought to the infirmary, bandaged and attached with IV and something to read her temperature and mindset. It was a few hours before she would actually awaken to the sight of a pair of green eyes staring at her.

"Hey, she's awake!"Changeling said ecstatically as he waved Starfire and Robin over, Cy having already been by the bed to check her normal vitals. "How are you feeling?"

The girl stared in wonder. Who were they? Where was she? This was all coming too quickly for her as she groaned, sitting up with a pained expression, her hand removing the monitor from her head. The bright colors from the room and the costumes of the people around her was dizzying.

"What's your name?"Robin spoke up, silencing the other voices. Her hazel eyes turned to him, her eyebrows furrowed as she tried to focus again, finding it hard.

"Wh...What?"She asked, trying to get what he said more coherently.

"Your name."Robin said shortly.

"Willow...Mathers..."She said in a slightly pained voice before Cyborg helped her lay back.

"Hey, you need a bit more rest before doing anything. Just lay back, get some more sleep."Cyborg said as he turned his attention to the others. "And don't use such loud voices."

The others heads bowed a bit guiltily before Changeling started to slink away since his voice seemed to had bothered their new attendant in the T-tower. Robin and Raven however stayed as Starfire, the other boisterous one, left as well to wait in the hall.

"Raven, I want you to get into her thoughts and try to figure out more on her. We'll have to contact her family to tell her she's alright."He said, the violet-eyed halfling nodding before she went to work. Inside Willow's mind, she could hear the thoughts of doubt echo through it.

"Why...Why did I get these powers..."

"They only get me into trouble..."

"I'm not human.."

"I'm...A freak..."

"I should have let that man kill me today..."

Raven pulled back, looking to Robin. She'd gotten other glimpses into her past, finding her name and address as well as her parents easily. She told Robin such information and the Boy Wonder went to immediately contact them. Cyborg and Raven discussed things a little further than what Robin knew.

"She's got problems...concerning her powers. Willow can't control them well due to some emotions. Fear, anxiety, sadness and anger trigger it. However, happiness can trigger a fair smelling aroma that does some...awkward things to people."Raven said, recalling the memories she'd seen in Wilow's head.

"What kind of things?"Cyborg inquired, looking down at the sleeping patient.

"They get...'Spring fever'. Their drive for arousal is increased some for the person that their close with. However, it's brought her some sadness just because of people she's cared about going off to be with someone they desire...leaving her standing alone."Raven explained before turning to leave.

"Wait Rae, where you going?"Cyborg asked.

"I don't want to be around her when she's...happy. Something might happen that might destroy the tower."Raven said dryly, not wanting her emotions to go haywire if some of that aroma started to spread around the tower. The last thing she wanted was becoming happy and horny because of some sweet smell and have the tower destroyed because she couldn't control the emotions of love and lust.

Cyborg blinked. Just that smell could do that? Out of curiosity, he sniffed, finding no sweet smell but the smell of sanitation around the room. "Guess she's not happy about something."He concluded.


Meanwhile, out in the living room area, Changeling or 'BB' Cyborg called him sometimes was contemplating on what he'd overheard in the infirmary with Starfire.

"So she doesn't have control of her powers...So what?"Changeling muttered, his arms behind his head.

"Well, Friend Raven had the same problem because of her emotions, didn't she? Perhaps new friend Willow is the same way?"Starfire pondered before their spiky haired comrade Robin came into the living room.

"What are you two talking about?"Robin pondered aloud, joining them on the couch and not to mention, a little one on one beat-down with BB on the video game system.

Starfire explained in an awkward way, BB filling in the blanks as much as he could so Robin wouldn't get confused. The leader Teen blinked behind his black strip of a mask, nodding with his hand on his chin. So, Willow had a emotional problem like Raven...and not to mention, after talking to her parents, she was practically left to fend on her own at twelve...and she was now 17 like most of the Titans nowadays. This could turn out interesting for the next few days...