"Hey, y'all!" Cyborg singsonged. "Guess what I've got?" He rattled
the box enticingly. "Super Ultrasonic Crash Bang Mayhem III! Am I good, or
am I good?" He burst into the room and stopped dead in his tracks. "What
the heck are you people doing?"
"Reading," Raven said. "You'd be surprised, Cyborg. It wouldn't tax your brain quite as much as you think."
"Greetings, Cyborg!" Starfire beamed. She sat on the floor surrounded by books. "They have been teaching me about the legends of the teeny tiny winged people."
"Fairy tales," Robin explained. "Star found a book of them and insisted we find all the books we could."
"But what about Super Ultrasonic Crash Bang Mayhem III?" Cyborg wailed. "I finally got it! C'mon! Somebody! Hey, B.B., you'll take my side, right?"
"Not today, Cy," Beast Boy said. "These stories are actually pretty cool." He rapidly shape-shifted into a young green elf creature. "See?"
"No," Cyborg griped. "I'll be in my room." He clomped all the way there, muttering and complaining to himself. "Fairy tales! How can fairy tales possibly compare with Super Ultrasonic Crash Bang Mayhem III?"
"How, indeed?"
No heard the piping little voice, or saw the tiny girl with long purple hair and glistening wings. She rubbed her miniscule hands in glee. "Just a few minutes, and my spell will be completed!" The fairy played her miniature silver flute and danced in malicious joy on the crossbeams of the tower.
*****
It was ten o'clock at night when Cyborg clomped back downstairs. "Okay, you people!" he said. "I don't care how late it is. I wanna play Super Ultrasonic Crash Bang Mayhem III!" He plugged in the controllers, flipped on the TV and turned on the game.
Beast Boy must've forgotten to turn down the sound last time, because the pounding techno beats and flashing laser grinds from the game's soundtrack flooded out of the speakers. "AUGH!" Cyborg screeched, fumbling for the volume controls. He gave himself and his wildly vibrating audio sensors a moment to calm down. "Sorry, guys," he apologized. "Didn't mean to- guys?"
All of his friends were fast asleep- no, more than fast asleep. They were frozen in time. Cyborg flicked Raven's ear. "Hello! Wake up, y'all!"
"They're not going to wake up!" a perky little voice giggled. A tiny being materialized in front of Cyborg's face. He batted at it wildly, but she only chortled again and darted out of the way.
"What have you done to my friends?!" he demanded. "Who are you?"
"My name is Alabasterai
I've come to play a little game," she recited.
"Break the spell and you shall find
Your friendship's tie will ne'er unwind
But lose the bond and you shall fail
And all your tears have no avail."
"That makes no sense!" Cyborg yelped.
Alabasterai laughed and poked him in the nose with her flute. "See you in my world, robot boy."
The world dissolved into purple sparkles before Cyborg's eyes. "Ooh, lookit the perty lights," he mumbled. The inside of Titans Tower faded and went black.
"Ack," he groaned. "Last time I play video games so late at night." He sat up. "Where am I?"
The Tower had disappeared.
He was sitting in the middle of a field of daisies, while a happy fawn frolicked near the edge of the forest. "Okay, cut the cute and cuddly!" Cyborg barked. "It's like going into Starfire's room, only worse!"
Suddenly the sunny blue sky split apart with lightning.
"That's not good," he mumbled.
Author's Note: My very first Teen Titans fic...and surprisingly my most popular! *happy review dance* I love fairy tales, and I love Teen Titans, so this was sort of meant to be. Originally I was going to do it with, I think, the YuYu Hakusho gang, but this is better, ne?
"Reading," Raven said. "You'd be surprised, Cyborg. It wouldn't tax your brain quite as much as you think."
"Greetings, Cyborg!" Starfire beamed. She sat on the floor surrounded by books. "They have been teaching me about the legends of the teeny tiny winged people."
"Fairy tales," Robin explained. "Star found a book of them and insisted we find all the books we could."
"But what about Super Ultrasonic Crash Bang Mayhem III?" Cyborg wailed. "I finally got it! C'mon! Somebody! Hey, B.B., you'll take my side, right?"
"Not today, Cy," Beast Boy said. "These stories are actually pretty cool." He rapidly shape-shifted into a young green elf creature. "See?"
"No," Cyborg griped. "I'll be in my room." He clomped all the way there, muttering and complaining to himself. "Fairy tales! How can fairy tales possibly compare with Super Ultrasonic Crash Bang Mayhem III?"
"How, indeed?"
No heard the piping little voice, or saw the tiny girl with long purple hair and glistening wings. She rubbed her miniscule hands in glee. "Just a few minutes, and my spell will be completed!" The fairy played her miniature silver flute and danced in malicious joy on the crossbeams of the tower.
*****
It was ten o'clock at night when Cyborg clomped back downstairs. "Okay, you people!" he said. "I don't care how late it is. I wanna play Super Ultrasonic Crash Bang Mayhem III!" He plugged in the controllers, flipped on the TV and turned on the game.
Beast Boy must've forgotten to turn down the sound last time, because the pounding techno beats and flashing laser grinds from the game's soundtrack flooded out of the speakers. "AUGH!" Cyborg screeched, fumbling for the volume controls. He gave himself and his wildly vibrating audio sensors a moment to calm down. "Sorry, guys," he apologized. "Didn't mean to- guys?"
All of his friends were fast asleep- no, more than fast asleep. They were frozen in time. Cyborg flicked Raven's ear. "Hello! Wake up, y'all!"
"They're not going to wake up!" a perky little voice giggled. A tiny being materialized in front of Cyborg's face. He batted at it wildly, but she only chortled again and darted out of the way.
"What have you done to my friends?!" he demanded. "Who are you?"
"My name is Alabasterai
I've come to play a little game," she recited.
"Break the spell and you shall find
Your friendship's tie will ne'er unwind
But lose the bond and you shall fail
And all your tears have no avail."
"That makes no sense!" Cyborg yelped.
Alabasterai laughed and poked him in the nose with her flute. "See you in my world, robot boy."
The world dissolved into purple sparkles before Cyborg's eyes. "Ooh, lookit the perty lights," he mumbled. The inside of Titans Tower faded and went black.
"Ack," he groaned. "Last time I play video games so late at night." He sat up. "Where am I?"
The Tower had disappeared.
He was sitting in the middle of a field of daisies, while a happy fawn frolicked near the edge of the forest. "Okay, cut the cute and cuddly!" Cyborg barked. "It's like going into Starfire's room, only worse!"
Suddenly the sunny blue sky split apart with lightning.
"That's not good," he mumbled.
Author's Note: My very first Teen Titans fic...and surprisingly my most popular! *happy review dance* I love fairy tales, and I love Teen Titans, so this was sort of meant to be. Originally I was going to do it with, I think, the YuYu Hakusho gang, but this is better, ne?