Quick notice: This could possibly turn into future Spaqua. Nothing is set in stone, but I only write what the voices tell me to. So if it isn't your skull of goat blood, just don't read it. I'm only posting because (actually I'm not fully sure why. Though I digress.) So don't get any panties in a wad over it, k? But if you do enjoy, tell me, I take advice.

Disclaimer; I own the voices in my head (barely, those frikkers loath me) but I do not own Teen Titans or anything else of considerable value.

"Mmnnn~" Aqualad stretched his arms over his head, trying to work the sleep from his bones. He twisted, feeling oddly sore. Maybe that fight last night had really taken its toll? I hate being thrown into things. Especially walls. He thought as he finally sat up. Aqualad put one hand to his neck and the other to his chest, in an attempt to pop his shoulder, when he finally took notice of the reason he was feeling so off. And as his mind short-circuited, only one option seemed plausible.

"AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"

"Al! Open this door or I'm breaking it down!"

Bumblebee took up her listen-to-me-or-get-your-ass-whooped tone of voice she used when the boys' got out of hand. The leader and three other boys were currently standing outside Aqualad's door, not making much progress.

They had all been woken by an ear piercing scream, and after grouping in the main room and coming up one Atlantean short, the team of groggy hero's had rushed to Aqualad's room on the bottom floor. Only to be denied entry from a very panic laden voice.

"He sounds strange. Maybe he caught some rare fish disease?" Speedy offered, only mildly sarcastic. He was still miffed at being woken up early.

Bee wasn't buying it. Time to resort to Plan B.

"I'll give you till three 'for I bust this door down. Consent or not."

No answer.

"One-"

Still silent

"Two-"

No reply

"TH-"

"WAIT!"

Bingo.

Bee smirked in triumph. A perk of having the ocean dweller meant he hadn't grown up knowing the 'on three' bluff (not that she had been bluffing) and was susceptible to it.

"But-" he spoke through the door, still sounding weird, "I only want you to come in Bee." She sighed and -supposing some cooperation was better than none- sent the redheaded boys' upstairs.

"Their gone." She stated as the door slid open on its tracks and she stepped into the relatively plain room. There was a bed with a black bed spread, a dark wooden nightstand, and oddly enough, a neon orange lamp. The only light currently in the room was the iridescent glow coming from the glass wall that seperated the room from the ocean. Bee flipped on the lamp, and saw she was alone. A voice came from behind the bathroom door.

"Bee?"

Wow, he really did sound sick.

"Al,what's with all the hiding? Just come out here!" She said, starting to get miffed with his behavior.

"Just one thing first..."

"Yes?"

"Please don't laugh. I woke up like this and don't know what to do."

"Aqua," Bee was getting worried, "of course I won't laugh, what's wrong? I'm sure we can fix it."

There was a sharp humorless laugh from the door.

"Somehow I doubt we can. I thought it was just a folk legend from Atlantis, but apparently it holds true!" Now she was really worried. Aqualad never mentioned his birth place unless it was necessary.

"Please come out Al, this is serious, we have to talk!" He must have heard her desperation, because he stopped stalling. There was a sharp intake of breath followed by the door sliding open. Aqualad had his eyes screwed shut and was holding his breath. Bumblebee, on the other hand, had wide open eyes and couldn't seem to draw enough oxygen into her lungs for a breath. True to her word, she didn't laugh.

Because after he stepped out, Bee found nothing humorous when instead of the handsome, well-toned boy she was used to seeing, she saw a delicate-looking young female, with her friends features.

"What the hell?"

She managed before collapsing back to sit on the bed.

"Please stop staring at me." Aqualad said to Bee, his (her?) eyes cast down.

"Sorry." She responded, but still flicked him (her? ugh!) glances.

Bee had to admit, as a girl, Aqualad could give Starfire a run for her money. He had lost a few inches and was now shorter than Bumblebee by a foot or so. Shiny black hair reached down to mid-back rather than broad shoulder. Speaking of shoulders, it seemed his whole physique had changed. With slim shoulders and waist, complementing curves (not to mention rather well in doweled, which made Bee only sort of jealous), and heart-shaped face, Bee noted that he could pass as Asian. If not for his orb-like violet eyes. Eyes that were on the verge of outright panic.

"Calm down Al," Bee tried to comfort, "it's not that bad" As soon as that left her mouth she regretted saying it, knowing exactly what would come next.

"Not that bad? Not that bad?! Bee. I woke up A DIFFERENT GENDER!"

she cringed.

"Okay, point taken. But you mentioned something about a legend? What about that?"

Aqualad nodded.

"It's an old tale, until now assumed to be myth, but as it-"

"Yo bee! You get fishy out yet?" A yell came from the bedroom door, punctuated by a pounding fist.

"Al," Bee started softly, so Speedy wouldn't overhear, "we'll have to tell them."

It wasn't a question. He paled but nodded in agreement.

"I know."

Bee was grateful for the lack of resistance.

"You should wait to explain the story till we're all there."

He nodded again. Bee got up to warn Speedy his insensitivity would have dire consequences (mainly his leaders wrath) when the boy-turned-girl got her attention one more time.

"Uhh, Bee?"

"Yes?"

"My clothes won't fit me anymore."

She looked back at Aqualad's' burning face and finally took note of what he was wearing; a pair of black boxers and a white T-shirt. Both of which were way to big for him had a hand clutching the boxer shorts so as to keep them from falling off.

"Don't worry, you can borrow some of mine."

"Thank you."

"And Al, is that what you sleep in?" Curiously, she had never seen him before suiting up in the morning. He sometimes wore civilian cloths on free days, if he wasn't planning to spent them in the ocean. It was amazing how quickly he managed to change from pale white to beet red.

"N-not exactly, it was just all I could find. I sleep without the restriction of clothing." It took a second to click, and when the mental images popped up, she willed them away.

"So in the nude?"

"Today is going to be a long day."

Then Bee laughed.