From Raven to Beast Boy
Summary: 25 words. One letter at a time. When you start with Raven, you end with Beast Boy. BBRae, with hints of onesided Berra and MalchiRae.
A/N: This took me forever to do! I couldn't find a way to make it work at first, but after playing around with letters and words enough, it finally managed to make sense. With each word I add or take away one letter from the word before it, and shift it around to form another word or two words. If you want to make sure it works, I list each word in order in my A/N at the end of the fic.
Disclaimer: I don't own anything from here on out except for the ideas. :)
UPDATE: This piece is now on hiatus due to my schedule being packed with school work. :/
1. Raven -complete-
When Raven stated she had never seen the bird that was her namesake in real life, she meant nothing by it. But she was pleasantly surprised when, while meditating on the roof one day, a flock of ravens lead by one stunningly green one flew nearby her in a breathtaking display of beauty.
2. Rave -complete-
Beast Boy thought he would enjoy the rave, but he found it dull without the thrill of trying to impress a certain violet-eyed girl who had refused to attend.
3. Rate -complete-
Raven had to think for a moment when asked to rate on a scale of one to ten how well a certain green shape-shifter kissed, but she finally smirked and answered "Infinity."
4. Rat -complete-
Beast Boy never told her, but after the day she shifted him into a rat he never could use the form without thinking of her smile after she had successfully shifted him.
5. Ran
Raven ran around the Tower every morning to wake herself up, but she never really put any effort into it unless she was passing by the window of a messy green room.
6. Rain
Beast Boy usually didn't like the rain, but his mind quickly changed after he saw the sorceress standing out in a deluge with the most beautiful smile he'd ever seen on her face.
7. Gain
Raven always insisted that she had, if anything, gained weight while recovering from the Malchior incident, but the emerald eyes of the shifter saw the ribs beneath the uniform and knew the only thing she had gained was a broken heart.
8. Pain
Beast Boy wasn't really sure what it meant when you say your heart clenches, but he did know that he get a strange, tight feeling in his chest whenever he hears the half-demoness cry out in pain during a fight.
9. Paint
Raven knew that one member of the team hadn't really wanted to repaint Terra's room, but she also knew that the same member soon felt a sense of relief and acceptance that grew with the new paint smell.
10. Pant
Beast Boy didn't mean to do it, but sometimes when he saw the purple-haired maiden with her cloak off he had to act like he had just come from a run so they would mistake his sudden panting as caused by energy exertion, and not raging hormones.
11. Pane
On bad days, Raven wasn't sure if the droplets of water on the window pane came from the sky or her eyes. The green-skinned teen knew, but he wisely chose not to say anything for fear of being thrown through the same window pane.
12. Wane
Beast Boy wasn't sure when his feelings for Terra began to wane, but he was even more unsure of when his feelings for the empath began to wax.
13. Want
After sensing the emotion she had, Raven never really expected that she would ever want to be able to feel. But the more time she spent with a certain team jokester the more she wanted to be able to feel without anything blowing up.
14. Won't
Beast Boy had worried about the violet-eyed girl for some time, but he grew even more concerned when her eyes filled after he tried to make her promise to never give up, and she had hesitated before replying, "I wont."
15. Don't
Raven stood on the edge of the cliff, ready to let everything go and just jump, but unbidden came the voice of the shifter pleading "Don't," in her head. She took several steps back from the ledge, collapsed, and began to cry, and he came down from the skies and held her tight.
16. Dent
Beast Boy knew that things had changed between them when she, without comment, telekinetically fixed the dent he had made in the T-Car before Cyborg saw.
17. Bent
Raven bent down and collected very penny she saw in the streets now, but there will always be one marked 1964 that she will never forget.
18. Bet
Beast Boy didn't know how to convince her that he really did care for her, and that it wasn't all for a bet, but he did his best and she eventually came to realize the truth.
19. Beat
When Raven managed to knock him to the ground without her powers during a training exercise, she smiled and whispered in his ear, "Beat you again."
20. Bet Ya!
Beast Boy should have known better that to say "Bet ya!" to the sorceress gifted with a bit of foresight, but he did anyway and happily handed over the money owed when he lost.
21. Betray
Raven got over Terra's betrayal in time, but it still stung to know that the shape-shifter had betrayed her greatest weakness, and in arguments she never let him forget it.
22. Best Ray
Beast Boy grinned up at her and told her that he would be the best ray of sunshine she'd ever seen/
23. Best Bay
Raven had always thought that Jump City had the best bay, and the sight of a green eagle flying above the still waters at dawn only confirmed her suspicions.
24. Best Boy
Beast Boy was surprised when he was voted "Best Boy in the Titans," but he hoped that one of the votes came from the violet-eyed empath.
25. Beast Boy
Raven secretly thought that Beast Boy was too fierce a name for the caring soul that was her love, but when she told him so his suggestions for a new name where even more immature than after the Beast incident, so she merely gave up and called him Beast Boy until the day he told her his real name.
A/N:
Raven
Rave
Rate
Rat
Ran
Rain
Gain
Pain
Paint
Pant
Pane
Wane
Want
Won't
Don't
Dent
Bent
Bet
Beat
Bet Ya!
Betray
Best Ray
Best Bay
Best Boy
Beast Boy
See, it does work! :) Lol...
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Regards,
Guardy