Raven/Beastboy

Here is ze first chapter of my Shipping Challenge, started by Nightlark. I must thank her for coming up with zis idea. Now, ON WITH ZE SHOW! Or series of one-shots. Whatever.

WELCOME TO….

THE GREAT SHIPPING CHALLENGE!

Do you want to stop the shipping wars and help people to CELEBRATE our DIFFERENCES? Join the great shipping challenge and you can play a part!

Every week, I will be adding a new one-shot, each with a new pairing within the Teen Titans fandom. Some of these, I do ship- some of these, I don't.

WEEK ONE: Raven/Beast Boy

WEEK TWO: Robin/Starfire

WEEK THREE: Robin/Slade

WEEK FOUR: Cyborg/Raven

WEEK FIVE: Raven/Robin

WEEK SIX: Beastboy/Terra

WEEK SEVEN: Cyborg/Bumblebee

WEEK EIGHT: Beastboy/Starfire

WEEK NINE: Beastboy/Aqualad

WEEK TEN: Beast Boy/Robin

WEEK ELEVEN: Terra/Slade

WEEK TWELVE: Cyborg/Jinx

WEEK THIRTEEN: Raven/Starfire

WEEK FOURTEEN: Raven/Aqualad

WEEK FIFTEEN: Kid Flash/Raven

WEEK SIXTEEN: Jinx/Raven

WEEK SEVENTEEN: Cyborg/Starfire

WEEK EIGHTEEN: Raven/Terra

WEEK NINETEEN: Kid Flash/Jinx

WEEK TWENTY: Robin/Terra

WEEK TWENTY-ONE: Raven/Red X

WEEK TWENTY-TWO: Jinx/Speedy

If you want to participate in this challenge, please review this chapter and state 'I want to participate' in your review. I'm creating a C2 and I'll put all of the Shipping Challenge Fanfictions in it so people can read them. PLEASE JOIN!

Maybe you're a Star/Rob and you don't want to write about Rob/Rae, or something along those lines, but doing so can help you understand WHY other people like it! It really helps…trust me.

Guidelines: Your fic should be primarily romance, but it can have a secondary genre like humor or action. Don't include secondary pairings, for example, no Robin/Starfire in a Raven/Beastboy fic. All of these fics should be one-shots, but they can be as long or short as you want.

SCHEDULE:

Week One begins Sunday, February 19, 2006. You may submit your first story, "Raven/Beastboy" from the 19th to Friday, February 23, 2006. Saturday is a reading day so you can view other challenge member's stories. Week two begins Sunday, February 26, 2006. You may submit "Robin/Starfire" from the 26th to Friday, March 2nd. Saturday- reading day. And so on the pattern goes- get it? If not, message me for an explanation.


Titans' Tower, Beastboy's Room...

The green changeling, once known as Garfield Logan, now Beastboy, paced in his room. He had several pictures in his room. Two in particular bothered him. One had a blonde skinny gal by the name of Terra (her real name unknown to him), the first girl to steal his heart. Even when she had betrayed them, he had loved her. The second photo that bothered him was of a gray girl in a black leotard and blue cloak, Raven Roth. Somehow, someway, he had fallen for the empath. But he hated himself for it.

"Terra, I'm so sorry," he muttered to himself.

Then, he decided on a trip to the cave.

Terra's cave.

Titan's Tower, Raven's Room...

The empath we saw in the photo was performing a mantra.

"Azarath, Metrion, Zinthos. Azarath, Metrion, Zinthos," she chanted.

She shook her head and sighed. The gray gal stood up and walked over to a small collection of pictures she had. Various ones, but one stood out in particular to her.

"Garfield. What have you done to me?" she asked herself.

It was hard for her to take her thoughts of the oddball. All he ever did was try to make her laugh with those stupid... okay, she was lying. She secretly enjoyed the little guy's jokes. She smiled at one of the more recent ones. Raven had begun to feel grateful for being free of Trigon more so than she thought she ever could. She could laugh, cry, get scared, all without a single thing blow up.

She had been doing the second one a bit, though. She felt Beastboy's love. But she couldn't pinpoint who. And since she "knew" it couldn't be a witch like her, she "knew" it was Terra. Every so often, when she was alone and looking at her scrapbook, she'd see the picture of Terra and Beastboy. No matter how happy she felt, a tear would fall down her face. She could never be happy.

She no longer hated the blonde geomancer. Lord, no. She had forgiven her of what she had done. How long had it been? A month? A season? A year? She didn't care. All the team had managed to forgive her, and so did she.

So, she felt traitorous to Terra for loving Beastboy. She had no way of letting out her emotions, she just couldn't. She would start cutting on February 33rd, if she had anything to say about it. She was good at poetry, but it no longer relieved her. Not reading, not meditation, not fighting, nothing would work.

She realized something. She felt she had to do this, for what seemed like a stupid reason. She decided to go to the cave.

Terra's cave.

Terra's Cave...

Beastboy flew in the dark terror of a den to where Terra's statue, no, Terra THE statue, stood. He looked at her, afraid, yet courageous. He wanted to turn away, yet he wanted to stare at it for eternity.

He remembered why he was here and fell to his knees, his head in his hands.

"Terra. I'm so sorry. It just happened," he said, "I'm in love... with Raven."

Raven melted out of the shadows and floated to the side opposite of Beastboy.

"Well, Terra, I'm not so good at words as others, but, I need to say this," she said in barely a whisper, "Terra, I know you and Bea- Garfield love each other. Is it right for me to love him, although he could never love me back? If you came back, would you despise me if you had this knowledge? Would you take Garfield back?"

Then she heard light sobbing.

"I know you probably hate me now, Ter. For falling in love with her. You two never got along. I sometimes wish I hadn't, but she's the only one who can make me happy, now. I wish to say that I am so sorry. I just hope you can forgive me for loving Raven," the voice... Beastboy said.

Raven gasped loudly. Did she just hear right.

"Who's there! Show yourself!" Beastboy shouted, walking around the frozen earth maiden.

"Raven? When did- How did- Why-" Beastboy rambled.

"Is it true?" Raven asked, a bit of anxiety in her voice.

"What? That? What I just said... umm... kinda... yeah," Beastboy said, his head down.

"Chin up, Beastboy," Raven said, lifting his head with her finger and leaning in.

"You probably ha-" Beastboy said, before being cut off by Raven's lips meeting his.

If Raven would have tried this before, the entire cave would have been destroyed. That's just how powerful the emotion Love is. She deepened the kiss, needing it, almost moaning for it. If this had been one of those cliche flicks, her leg would have lifted up.

The green changeling and the demon empath. His dark princess. Her green beauty. A clowny outcast and a solitary rebel. Now, eternally bound by love.