I dont really know where this idea came from. I was thinking about my two favourite cartoon pairings (BBXRae, BJXLyds) and I realised the characters have a lot of similarities. Raven and Lydia are both dark, misunderstood, diginified, quiet and they both play babysitter to a more 'wild' friend of theirs. Beast Boy and Beetlejuice are both pranksters, weird looking, constantly wearing a happy facade, painfully jealous and both have powers that they use mainly for fun. Then the thought came to me..."WHAT IF THEY MET!?!"

So here we go, feel free to flame, Im just having some fun! ;)

A pile of ancient magickal books in a dark room. A few blue candles burning softly. A heavy silence in the air, punctured only by the soft sound of a girl breathing. Perfect conditions for a spell.

Raven floated in the air, not a sound coming from her. Before her floated an ancient book, the pages slowly turning as she read. Each page held a new spell, a new gateway to a different world, a new way of manipulating others to love or hate each other, a new outlet for Raven's dark powers. She smiled slightly, comfortable with the small display of emotion in the sanctuary of her room.

People rarely saw Raven smile. It was her curse to hide her smile from the world. No emotion could slip through the cracks of her deadpan facade, otherwise her father could take control of her and try to rule the Earth again. Her friends understood her curse and didnt force her to show her carefully hidden feelings. Well...most of them did.

Ravens smile grew ever so slightly at the thought of the green changeling, her best friend in the Titans. He knew damn well that she could not show how she felt. But this didnt stop him trying to make her laugh, smile, feel. He constantly sought after her hidden smile and, despite the insults and sarcasm she threw at him, she was secretly pleased. He cared enough about her to try and make her happy, despite the possible consequences. And despite everything she said, deep down it did.

Knock knock knock.

Well, there go the spell conditions, Raven thought sadly. She would just have to meditate later to relax her powers slightly.

She walked over to her door and opened it slightly.

"Hey Raven, whatcha doing?"

Raven sighed. Speak of the devil. Beast Boy stood before her, hands in his pockets, grinning sheepishly.

"What do you want?" She droned monotonously.

"Well, I was kinda bored, Star and Robin are being all smoochy on the couch and Cy's polishing his baby. So I was wondering if...er...I could hang out with ya for a while?" He said. The last part was muttered nervously as he averted his eyes. Raven felt a small satisfaction in knowing that he worried about invading her privacy. And she didnt have anything better to do than humour the changeling.

She sighed loudly. "Though I was looking for a spell, I suppose you could come in for a little while. But you mustn't touch anything, play any pranks, disturb me if Im meditating or do anything repulsive. Understand?" She said. His eyes instantly lit up and he grinned.

"Sure, sure, OK!" He said happily and walked into her room. Raven had been letting him into her room more and more lately, she found herself strangely enjoying the company of the green boy. He was crude, gross and unbeleivably childish. But he wasn't afraid of her and she respected him for that.

"Hey, Rae? I dont suppose I can help you look for the spell?" He said, staring at the pile of books. Raven was about to protest when he piped up again "I wont read any aloud and I wont try them later."

She groaned and floated in the air cross legged. Her book floated in front of her again and returned to the page she had left it at.

"You can I suppose. But be very careful, some of these books are over 3000 years old."

Beast Boy eagerly picked up a large book and settled down, skimming the spells. He had always been fascinated by Ravens powers. And even though reading was REALLY boring, he felt it was worth it to get a glimpse into Ravens world. He looked up for a moment and watched her floating in the air, her large purple eyes slowing passing over each page of her book. She's....pretty when she s concentrating, Beast Boy thought uncertainly. He knew he shouldn't think things like that about her but he couldn't help himself. All he wanted was to spend time with her, to see her, to be part of her life. And it looked like she was slowly letting him in. He grinned and turned back to the book.

Maybe....one day.....we could be more than friends......

Beast Boy got more and more confused as he skimmed through the books pages. Ravens spells weren't in english, plus he didnt know what she was looking for. He wanted to ask but he didn't want to disturb her.

Raven read each spell, realising slowly that Beast Boy didnt know what she was looking for. Come to think of it, she didnt know what she was looking for. She glanced over at him and watched him slowly turning a book, probably trying to make sense of a spell in hieryogliphics. She was happy to have someone to share her books with, even if he didn't have a clue what was in them.

"You having some trouble there?" She said, floating over to him. He smiled up, a blush creeping onto his face.

"Duuude, I dont understand half of these." He said, clearly embarrassed. Raven looked at the book and fought the urge to laugh.

"Well, obviously not, you picked up a book of spells written in Sandscript. It took me twelve years to learn to read, I cant imagine that you can."

"Why cant you just read English book? They're easier!" He said, waving his arms in confusion. Raven felt a twinge of anger but ignored it. He was stupid, not mean.

"That book is 2987 years old, Beast Boy. They didnt speak English. Besides, they have it in a complicated language so that any unsuspecting fool doesn't.." She quickly looked at the spell on the page "...blow up a star." Beast Boy threw the book in fear. Raven caught it easily with her powers and landed it safely. She passed Beast Boy a smaller, leather bound book.

"Here, these are all English and they're not as strong. You should be ok with these." She allowed a small smile slip past her defences and felt her heart flutter a small amount when he returned it. Maybe he isnt so annoying, she thought as she settled into the air to carry on reading her latin spells.

....She took back her thought when Beast Boy rushed over ten minutes later, waving the book happily in the air.

"Rae! Rae! I found something!! This spells so weird, its like a halloween kiddy thing!! You GOTTA do it!!"

Raven sighed and took the book from him, ignoring him bobbing excitedly up and down next to her. She suddenly frowned and turned to him, confused.

"This is a summoning spell, but I've never seen one like it. It can't be that powerful but I dont know what I'd get. I've never seen one with this phrasing before."

"Try it! Try it try it c'mon c'mon c'mon!" Beast Boy squealed happily. He was desperate to see what this silly spell did. He turned into a kitten and mewled, blinking his large eyes at her. The old cute kitty face, never fails......

"Fine!! But only if you stop looking at me like that!" Raven sighed, turning her attention back to the weird spell. Beast Boy changed back and jumped up and down happily. Raven had to stop herself smiling, it was kinda cute. Wait, CUTE?!? I did NOT just think that!!! She nervously stared back at the spell.

"Er...we'll need an oil lamp on a table. The table needs to be in the middle of the room." She muttered. Beast Boy ran around her room, finding a lamp on her bereau. He looked at her, silently asking her permission. She nodded and he carefully laid the lamp on her small bedside table. Then he dragged the table into the centre of her room. Raven nodded and he stepped back. She brought her arms out so her hands were close to touching the lamp and she slowly recited the odd spell.

"Though I know I should be wary,

Still I venture someplace scary,

Ghostly hauntings I turn loose

Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, BEETLEJUICE!"

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