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Chapter 1: Well Then, There You Go

I can't believe I'm doing this. The hooded figure crept along the edge of the house, eyes bright underneath the shadows. This is just asking for trouble; I mean, anyone else would just let it go. Pressing her hand against the wall, the hooded figure melted through into a living room. A man was passed out asleep against the wall.

Raven, this is possibly your worst idea yet, the girl scolded herself, slipping by the unconscious man. She peered down the hallway, and spotted what she was looking for. A small book, with a large clasp keeping it shut. Scratch marks against the cover showed that someone had attempted to pry it open, but the firmly shut lock testified that they failed.

Picking up the book, Raven gave a grin and slipped back down the hallway. Opening the book about halfway, she stood over the man. He had stolen her book, accusing her of being in league with the Devil and dragging her down to the courthouse to be judged. Apparently it never occurred to the man that there was a slight possibility of the book not being a spell book, but a journal. Of course, it did hold spells but in a very small quantity.

Chanting a few words, Raven made a thick black goop coat the floor of the room. Closing her journal with a snap, she smirked. What I would give to stick around… Sadly, Raven had somewhere to be. Sliding through the walls of the house, and out onto the street, she slipped the book inside her cloak.

Looking up at the sky, Raven smiled at the moon. It was peeking shyly out from behind the clouds, like a child from behind a door. Raven felt herself becoming lighter, almost feather soft. It took only a moment for her body it shoot into the sky, and for her to become nothing more than a dot to the small village.

There were few ups to being what she was, but this was definitely one of them.

It is amazing to just fly….. To be free, float among the stars and clouds…..To-DUCKS! Raven figure veered away from the squawking, irritated ducks. Not that she blamed them; to them, humans had no place among the sky's winds. Too bad she wasn't human.

Raven looked down at the world below though her amethyst eyes, peering for a good place to land. Her powers were almost exhausted from the long flight across the sea, from Russia. She had been staying in a small village, before that idiot man had blown her hopes of hiding. At least he would be having a hard week cleaning that mess up; he deserved after convincing the town she was a dark witch.

Snort.

They don't even know the half of it. Raven looked around some more, and sighed. Of course she wouldn't be near land; nothing was ever easy. Raven was about to just give up and drop into the ocean for a nap, when she spotted a light. A large set of lights, all on a small island; beyond that island was what appeared to be a shore side city. It was still a bit off, but it was close enough that she would be able to land for some rest.

As she got closer, she saw the island had a sole building. A tower in the shape of a T, it loomed over what appeared to be the bay of the city, which appeared to have a light show going on. Seemed kinda pretentious though, between the giant tower and the lights.

Raven landed on a rooftop, falling to her knees. She was so tired… that flight had been way too long. Raven closed her eyes, lying on her back; she began to drift off, but never finished. A huge boom shook the building Raven was lying on, and yelling ripped away any hope at sleeping she had entertained. Peering over the edge of the building, not bothering to sit up, Raven's jaw dropped.

A metal man was shooting pulsing blue waves of light at a magician. Great, I went from one magic hating town to a whole city. A scrawny green boy ran at the magician, his body rippling into a rhinoceros. Okay, maybe not totally against magic? The magician whipped off his hat, and a vortex formed. It pulled the boy into the hat, along with the metal man. Their voices were yelling in shock as they were swept inside the hat.

An orange girl with purple clothes, which looked almost painful to see, floated down to just above the ground, "Beastboy! Cyborg!"

Beastboy and Cyborg, huh? Fits, I guess. Not very creative though. A boy in what looked like…. IS HE WEARING A TRAFFIC LIGHT?! OH, MY EYES! The boy jumped forward, throwing a boomerang at the man's hat.

"Give them back, Mumbo!" he cried, as the boomerang ricocheted back to him. The man, Mumbo, simply grinned and pulled the orange girl into the hat.

The traffic light stepped forward, "Starfire!" He turned towards Mumbo, "Give them back, Mumbo." His voice was deadly quiet. It reminded Raven of a child throwing a temper tantrum.

He raced forward, and tried to kick Mumbo, but was pulled into the hat as well. It was definitely not the most affective attack Raven had ever seen. That was just sad….

Well, they didn't really look professional in the first place. She stood up from her position of lying on the roof. Her shadow fell across the magician, causing him to look up.

"Ugh, another bothersome teen hero, hmmm? This will be a quick fight as well, kiddy!" He laughed as he pulled off his hat, starting the vortex again, this time aimed at her.

She slithered to the side, her magic reaching out in thick black tendrils and pulling the hat from his grasp. "Hey!" The vortex slowly let up, with the hat in her hands.

Mumbo turned to flee, but tripped over a piece of concrete. "Going somehere?" Raven's voice seemed to boom to the magician, who knew he wasn't getting out. The magic wrapped around him, as she listened to the hat.

"Get us out of here, dude!" a tiny, annoying voice raged. She guessed it was the green one; he seemed like the only one who could say 'dude' with a straight face.

"Hold on. I can only work so fast." The deeper voice snapped back at the green one, making her smile. It's not like they were going to be doing anything. She turned to Mumbo, taking a light pole and wrapping it around him. As he struggled and yelled, she turned back to the hat, and began to shake it. Hey, anything she tried was better than trying nothing

"Hey, watch it, BB!" This sounded like it came from the metal man, same as the last sentence. A thick clang came from inside the hat.

"Not my fault, Cyborg! The floor moved!" Beastboy answered, and more clanging commenced. The hat began jerking side to side, the sounds of arguing coming from inside.

She sweat dropped, and whispered to herself, "Oops." Mumbo had been yelling almost constantly now, so she took the piece of concrete he had tripped on and shoved it in his mouth, as a gag.

She began to shake the hat more and more, and a green foot stuck out of the hat. She shook it harder, and a whole green boy popped out. He landed face first, groaning in agony. Sighing, Raven picked him up, and handed the hat to him.

"Shake it to get them out." Beastboy began to shake it enthusiastically, and out plopped the rest of the group. The traffic light had stood up and was asking Beastboy how he had gotten out.

"Huh? I didn't get myself out, she did." He pointed to where she had been only moments before. "Where did she go?"

Cyborg walked over to Mumbo and looked at the light pole wrapped around him. "Must have been pretty strong to do this."

She watched all this with amusement. They hadn't noticed her atop the roof a little ways away from their location. She smiled as the police pulled up, taking Mumbo into custody, and grimaced as he swore he would "find and get revenge on her". Lovely, have fun with that. It's not like I was planning on staying long anyways.

Watching Traffic light interrogate the green boy, Raven smiled. She slipped away, to find a place to rest for the night.

I think I might just stay here a while, if just to find out if everyone here dresses like that.

Beastboy

Her eyes, they weren't right. They had returned to the tower and after being debriefed by the rest of the team, he had retired to the couch to play against Cyborg in video games.

"You lose again, BB!" Cyborg crowed. Beastboy's ears droop in disbelief. Cyborg notices his disappointment, and gave a wry smile.

Patting him on the shoulder, Cybrog grinned. "Don't worry, we'll find out who it was. I want to thank them for getting us out of there personally."

"Ye-eah. That would be great." Beastboy stuttered out. He stood up and slumped to his room, shutting the door behind him. Trudging through the mess of his room, thought about his savior; or rather her eyes.

What was with those eyes? So sad, so cold. Does she ever laugh? Beastboy sat up straighter as the light bulb went off. Laugh…..laugh….I'll make her laugh!

He threw back his head and began to laugh. He stopped suddenly, and fell back on the bed, snoring slightly.

Robin

He took off his mask as he entered his room. He sat down at the main table in his room, putting his mask in easy reach. Who did Beastboy see? She doesn't sound like anyone we've met before….. So, someone new? Great, with our luck it's another villain.

Footsteps in the hall draw his attention, and he peers out his door. He sees Beastboy slumping down the hall to his room. Robin opens his mouth to speak but Beastboy just closes the door to his room. After a few minutes, he hears maniacal laughter, and then light snores.

Robin sweat drops and closes his door. He looks at his room, thinking. More important than who she is, how do we find her? And what is wrong with Beastboy?

Starfire

I wonder what is wrong with Friend Beastboy? I heard laughter. Maybe it is about that mysterious person? I wonder if they are a new friend? Oh I hope so!

She skips happily out to the main room, where Robin has returned to and Cyborg never left. "What ya doing, Star?" Robin asks as she skips into the kitchen.

"I am making the pudding of hope." She sang happily.

Robin and Cyborg blanched. "W-what for?" Cyborg shuddered.

"To hope that the person Beastboy saw is a new friend! Would you like some Friends Cyborg, Friend Robin?"

Cyborg jumped up. "I need to start on something in the garage." He stumbles out, fleeing from the horror.

Starfire turns to Robin, with a bowl of a moving gelatinous mix that growled at him. He gave a nervous smile.

Cyborg

Phew, dodged the bullet on that one. Poor Robin….

He stepped into the garage and began working on his newest invention. Under that tarp was his current pride 'n' joy, and was top secret to the rest of the team.

On a small screen a joke he had played on Beastboy was playing.

He was boasting about himself to the team. "Look, I'm silent but deadly."

Cyborg flipped channels on the Tv. "You mean like a green fart?" Beastboy turned and whipped a stink-bomb at Cyborg's head. It bounced off up raised metal hand and smacked into Beastboy's face.

Cyborg chuckled as he re-watched Beastboy's expression of disbelief. He stopped chuckling as he remembered BeastBoy's earlier depression. It was probably caused by the events of the evening. Who was our little champion, huh?

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So this is the redone Chapter One.