...T E M P T I N G F A T E...
- Chapter 1: Saving Lives Means Getting Rewards
Stomping angrily around the Titan Tower, the green changeling known as Beast Boy started growling at the girl dressed in a purple body suit and cloak. "Raven, I'm going to ask you one more time. Hand over the DAMN REMOTE CONTROL!"
"Raven, just make him shut up and give him the remote control." Cyborg added, putting on an apron and heading for the kitchen. "And while be babbles, I'll be making breakfast." Raven stared after her hybrid teammate and rolled her eyes.
"Beast Boy, I'm going to tell you one more time. I don't have the DAMN REMOTE CONTROL!" Raven said, getting a bit heated from his constant nagging. She sat peacefully and calmed down as she started reading her mystery book, completely minding her own business when Beast Boy ran through the room and searched for his thing-a-ma-bob for a good 3 seconds, before turning to her and accusing of stealing.
Beast Boy stared into Raven's eyes, looking for signs that she did indeed take his precious item. He was disappointed to see nothing but anger.
"OH DAMN!" Someone yelled from the kitchen. Seconds later, Cyborg flew out of the kitchen whacking his head, which was now on fire. Even though he yelled loud enough, the disgruntled changeling and the emotionless goth ignored it. Beast Boy continued looking and constantly asking Raven for the remote, and Raven continued reading her book, ignoring Beast Boy and the fact that Cyborg was on fire.
"For the last time I don't have the remote." Raven calmly said.
"HEY! HELP!" Cyborg continued yelling.
"Feh. You're lying." Beast Boy huffed, throwing himself on the couch. He shot up instantly and let out a yelp. "What the?" He turned around and blushed. "Oh I guess you weren't lying. Me, heh sitting on the, well ya know I just thought you took it because, well yeah."
"Beast Boy, do me a favor and shut up." Raven said tonelessly, scanning the words on her novel's pages. Beast Boy watched her for a second before turning to the large television screen and turning it on.
"Boring, stupid, corny, oh this one is a tear jerker." He leaned in close towards the screen and watched as the black and white show displayed a young girl speaking in a different language to an older man, possibly her older brother or father.
"Please, let me see him! I swear I will harm myself if you don't let me see him!" Beast Boy mumbled, watching the girl's lip movements. Raven glanced at him and raised an eyebrow.
"Beast Boy, what are you doing?"
The green boy pretended to blow his nose on his sleeve and wiped an imaginary tear from his eye. "It's a tear jerker. This is what's happening. Josephina's father won't let her see Hose because Hose's family comes from a long line of rowdy cowboys. She begs her father to let her see him, but he refuses. She's now engaged to Tino, a Spanish boy with a cold heart. OH! He hit her! Josie's father hit her! What a punch Hose gave the father! Go Hose!"
"BB, you've only been watching this show for merely 5 minutes. How do you know all this?" She asked curiously, watching her green friend and then to the show before her. At the moment two men were wrestling on the ground as a young girl tried slapping them away from each other.
"No papa, don't! Don't! You will hurt him!" Beast Boy said in a girlish voice. "Don't worry Love, he will not hurt me!" His voice suddenly turned manly as he took the roles of the actors. "But Hose, My love! My father will kill you! NO PAPA DONT!"
"BEAST BOY!" Raven snapped her fingers into the boy's face to get his attention. "Earth to Beast Boy. Rocket Crazy should land back to sanity now!"
"Hmm wha?" He asked turning his attention away from the television screen. "Oh, I know this because I've watched it twice before. Heh, who knew I'd get into soaps."
"Yeah who knew." Raven muttered, before laying back in a more comfortable position on the couch and burying her nose deep back into her novel.
THUD! The Cyborg who was on fire was now lying on the ground, behind the couch.
Turning the channels, Beast Boy surfed through the shows oblivious to the weird looks he would get from Raven now and then. Suddenly, they both hear a grunt from behind. At the same time, the two turned around and saw Cyborg.
"Dude, what happened to you?" Beast Boy asked, not noticing the burn marks on his friend's head.
"I was over there, yelling for a good 7 minutes. You guys could've at least helped me!" Cyborg waved his arms up.
"We didn't hear any yelling." Raven said, putting her book down.
"Yeah, exactly." Beast Boy complied.
"Maybe because you two were ARGUING about some stupid remote control! And... never mind." Cyborg stomped over to the other side of the couch.
"What was that about?" Beast Boy cluelessly asked. At that moment, two other figures walked into the living room.
"Whew, that was a great practice. You did great Star. Hey, next time we should practice out in the-"Robin stopped in his tracks when he saw Cyborg sitting on the couch. His baldhead was now full with burnt marks. "Cy, what happened?!" Robin asked, keeping in a laugh. Starfire ducked behind Robin to hide her giggling face, even though she was concerned.
"I got burned. Cooking. You know, you should never turn the stove to anything higher than eight." Cyborg complained, rubbing his head.
"Ouch." Robin joked.
"Yeah. Anyway, WHAT were you two doing?" Cyborg asked, sneakily.
"Me and Star were practicing this new move that I came up with and- hey!" Robin explained, but stopped when he caught Cyborg's drift.
"We were training and that's it." Robin explained.
"Sure..." Cyborg said.
Robin rolled his eyes at his friend's sarcastic voice of thought and popped a squat on the couch. "Yeah, yeah whatever Cyborg." He grinned.
Starfire watched her friends have their amusing little argument with pure curiosity. Why had Robin gotten tense when Cyborg didn't believe him? She shook the thought off instantly when the Titan Alarm system went off in their Tower.
"Again?" Beast boy groaned. "Damn, we just had a fight two days ago with Plasmus. If that's plasmus again, I am going to personally slaughter those pesky guards who are to weak to hold him in."
"Well aren't you just the sweetest sugar in the pack. Tell me Beast Boy, who would take care of Plasmus while his GUARDS are dead?" Raven glowered.
The green changeling went to protest, but was hushed. "Enough!" Cyborg hissed. "You two and you're fighting is childish. I'd expect that from you Beast boy, but from Raven?" Beast Boy glared.
"Do not expect anything from me Cyborg. I am merely making a point. He is right Beast Boy, hush." Raven said, putting down her novel to watch Robin check the map.
"Who is it this time Robin?" Starfire asked kindly, coming up right by his side.
"Cinderblock." Robin glared up at the screen. "He's attacking a large bus full of high school kids."
Starfire gasped. "Then we must rescue these poor kid lings!"
"Teenagers Star, they are teenagers." Robin helped. Clapping his hands together, he smirked. "Okay! Teen Titans GO!"
Everyone cleared out, making their way down town. The Titans stopped dead in their tracks as Cinderblock was slowly lifting the large yellow bus up in the air.
"Cinderblock, how many times do we have to keep putting you in your place? Damn! It's like they LOVE to let you out." Cyborg said, pumping up his robotic arm for a mega punch.
Screams of fear from the kids could be heard on the bus as Cinderblock faced the hero's before him. He let out a deep rumble from within him and tossed the bus towards the teens.
"I got it! I got it!" Cyborg chanted, getting ready to catch the falling bus filled with kids.
"Cyborg! You cannot just catch a bus!" Starfire gasped right at his side.
"Better then letting them fall!" Cyborg felt the bus' metal head roughly land in his robotic hands and instantly groaned from the weight.
"See what did I tell you?" She scolded. Cyborg was turning purple from all the weight on his body.
"Star, please...help!" He yelped, but she continued barking at him.
"Now Cyborg, you could have hurt them, or worst, hurt yourself."
"Star, HELP ME OUT!" The hybrid grunted as Star gasped and went to the other side of the bus.
"I am sorry! I did not mean to make you wait in pain!" She grabbed the back of the bus and helped him put it down. An Alien's strength and a Hybrid's robotic strength could do wonder's to heavy objects.
The high school bus let out a loud cheer for the two saviors and immediately exited the bus. Teenagers in all different sizes, colors and sexes walked out and crowded around Starfire and Cyborg.
"Y'all need help over there?" The half-robot asked. He watched as Robin was on top of the cement monster's head, swiping at it with his pole. Beast Boy had changed into a large octopus, using its tentacles to wrap around their enemy's body and bring him down. Raven used her powers to summon a large pole to wrap around Cinderblock and keep him in place.
"Naw, we're good." Beast Boy called back, unwrapping himself from the cement body. Cinderblock was tied to the ground by the metal pole and couldn't fidget an inch.
"I'll call the police." Raven said in her usual toneless voice and walked off.
Walking up to the crowd around Starfire and Cyborg, Beast boy and Robin tried ignoring the gawking stares they were getting from the kids their age. Well rather Robin tried ignoring, every pretty girl Beast boy would see, he would say seductively, "See something you like?"
"Don't flatter yourself green boy." Raven flicked his head and walked in front of him. "The police will be here shortly, until then, all we can do is wait."
"Mimimi me me mah mo." Beast Boy muttered, obviously trying to mock Raven in the rudest way possible. Raven glanced at him, and he immediately stood straight and shut up.
"That's not a problem, until then we can see how the people are doing." Robin said, walking towards the nearest adult. "Excuse me Miss, but we are the Teen Titans. And we were wondering how all of you are-"
"OH!" The woman screeched. "You are the Teen Titans!?" She took a step towards him in excitement, causing him to fall back from the sudden movement. "My name is Mrs. Sadwah, and I am the headmistress of the Jump City High school, 'Jump City High school'."
"Pleasure." Robin shook the overly excited woman's hand and smiled nervously. "My name is Robin and this is Starfire," The alien smiled kindly. "Raven," She gave a scowl, but a slight nod. "Cyborg," The robot pretended to nod his not-quite-there cowboy hat forward in respect. "And Beast boy."
"Nice meeting you." Beast Boy said, eyeing all the pretty girls before him.
"Oh we are SO thankful for you saving us!" Sadwah said as she watched the Jump City police stock Cinderblock bash in the large van then drive off. "Is there anyway we can repay you?"
"Nah, we are just doing our duty ma'am." Cyborg answered.
"Oh but please! This kind of saving must NOT go unrewarded." Sadwah said, brushing back her brown and gray strands of hair out of her face that once was into a sophisticated bun.
"Well whatever you feel is right." Beast Boy grinned, still watching the beauties before him.
The headmistress made a motion to think, but suddenly her facial expression became lighter and filled with glee. "Oh you ALL must join us in our winter ball dance program! Do you agree children?"
Each teenager nodded or cheered. "Well then, that's settled. You all must find a date, and I'm sure none of these fine kid's would turn down your offer. The dance starts tomorrow at 7:30 to 11:30 pm. Don't be late." She drawled in a sickening sweet voice.
Before the teens could protest, Head Mistress Sadwah gathered her children back on the once flying through the sky bus and drove back to school.
"Well that certainly went well." Raven said amused.
"Um... Robin. What is Winter Ball? Is that another season from earth gathered all into a sphere? Do we all gather around it?" Starfire asked perplexed.
Everyone gave her an odd look. Robin sighed and groaned into his hand. "Not quite Starfire. Winter Ball is like a dance. You know kind of like Prom, where I had to go with Kitt-" He stopped when he saw her slightly glowing angered eyes.
"It's merely a dance that we shall attend to Starfire. We have to get dressed up," Raven stopped to think of that. "Me in a dress? I'll pass."
Beast Boy smirked. "Haha! Raven in a dress! This is going to be good."
"I said I'll pass you half-wit." Raven hissed.
"Sorry Rae, but we gotsta go!" Cyborg teased, throwing a friendly arm around her shoulders. Raven groaned and walked back to the tower with the rest of her crew.
"Haha! Raven in a dress?!"
"Shut it Beast Boy." Instantly at her words, Raven's black power sealed Beast Boy 's mouth shut the rest of the way back home.
- Back at Titan Tower
So you mean to tell me, that you and I, meaning, you and me... together...have to go to the mall and pick out," Raven gulped. "Dresses?"
"That is what Cyborg said. He said to me that we have to go to the mall and pick out the stuff we need. Is that not correct Cyborg?" Starfire turned to the straight face hybrid.
"Yeah, that's exactly right. Well have a nice time you two!" Shoving them out the door, even the protesting, irritated Raven. He locked it and walked straight to the couch. "HAHAHAHA! Raven in a dress is gonna be priceless!" He snickered. Playing the role of a serious guy in front of Raven almost made him go insane.
"Where's Star and Raven?" Robin walked in a second later, noticing Cyborg on the couch by himself and Beast Boy in the kitchen.
"Mall." Beast Boy said, plopping down next to his friend with a bowl of popcorn and sodas. "Football anyone?" He said with a huge grin graced upon his lips.
"You betcha!" Robin laughed, jumping over the couch and getting comfortable, only to jump back up and cheer for the opposing team's low score. Boys being boys, and girls being girls.
Unfortunately, the girls weren't going so well. "Raven, it is only a dress for one night! Can you not bear it with me?" Starfire asked pleadingly to the refusing girl.
Crossing her arms, she glared. "Starfire, as much as I hate to say this, I know we have to go to that ball, and I will pick out a dress." Raven shuddered. "But I will NOT wear that huge fu-fu dress made of pink peacock feathers!"
Both girls looked at the revolting dress in distaste. It was thigh length that fluffed out sort of like a tutu with BIG feathers flipping out, and had a tiny pink corset that held the upper body in. Definitely not Raven.
Starfire looked at it and scratched the back of her head in apology. She smiled big and sweat dropped. "You are right. Sorry about that, Raven."
Walking down more aisles of stores and more shops of prom dresses, they finally came across one shop that was named, "Enchanted Ball". It looked old century like, and inside it was filled with all kind's of dresses.
"Oh! Let us go in there!" Starfire squealed in delight. Taking Raven's arm, she pulled them in the huge shop and looked around in awe. It was more than any girl could believe. That store had EVERYTHING. From dresses, to purses, to hair clips, to accessories and even shoes!
"I hate shopping." Raven grumbled, walking around dresses once she detached herself from Starfire's grip. "I hate it, I hate it, and I hate it." Trying to keep her focus clear to see what dress she could pick out, she finally came across a beautiful dress that instantly caught her eye.
Not even checking the size, she walked calmly up to the dressing rooms and locked herself in. Stripping her clothes off, she tried on the gorgeous dress. Like silk in her hands, she carefully fumbled with the straps and small stuff that took time.
Stepping out to look in the mirror she gasped. *The dress was long that flowed to ground in silk and fit perfectly on her hips. The upper body was tight, snuggling it for just the right amount of cleavage.
The dress was purple silk that had thin strips to hold up around her chest. Over the top of the purple silk dress was a thin over dress that was see- through material. It flowed to the bottom of the dress as well in what looked like black lace weaved together.*
"Wow, you look beautiful." A voice came up behind her. Raven turned around quickly and saw a tall boy dressed in a black and white tux in her gaze. First thought that came to mind was, "Beautiful."
"Um, thanks." She said tonelessly.
"Do you go to Jump City High School? Cause if you did, then I wonder how my eyes never caught site of your beautiful being." He said charmingly. The mysterious boy was tall with dark black hair and dark long eyelashes that showed baby blue eyes before them. His face tan and smooth, flawless was his feature. The thing she liked the best about him, was the spike earrings he had in his left ear.
"No I don't." She responded smoothly. Raven watched the boy's face smile lightly.
"Oh, well I hoped that you did. I was going to ask you to the Winter Ball, but since you don't-"
"I am invited, but I don't have a date yet." She replied quickly.
"Really?!" He said excited. "Well, my name is Neo. What's your name?"
"Raven."
"Nice name." Complimenting did wonder's to girls. Raven blushed somewhat and turned to look at her reflection.
"Thanks, yours is nice too."
"So um... Raven... I was wondering if you, well did you have a... well..." Stuttering pathetically, Raven read his mind.
"I don't have a date, if that's what you're asking." She smiled slightly. Her heart started to race, was this Neo guy going to ask her to the ball?
"Really!?" He asked excited again. Neo cleared his throat and his voice became lower. "Neither do I. So, so... do you... do you want to go...with me?" He smiled brightly but nervously.
"Sure."
"Oh um okay then! Well um... I'll pick you up...at 6:45?" Neo trailed off.
"That's perfect. Oh the address!" Raven hesitated. "Well it's near Jump City harbor, you cross the island to Titan Island and that BIG large T is my house. Hope to see ya there! Bye!" Slipping back into the dressing room, she paused to wait for him to let out a small, "Yes!" then walk away. Raven never noticed the mirrors she broke from her nervousness.
"Oh god." She breathed. Stripping herself of the dress and into her old clothes, she stepped out of the changing room and walked into Starfire.
- Back at Titan Tower
"This is what you get for rooting for the loosing team!" Robin cheered as he was sitting on Beast Boy, who was on the ground, showing that he was the winner.
"Did I say I was going for this team?! I meant to say-"
"BB, shut it. I heard you loud and clear." Cyborg said as he used Beast Boy's head as a footrest. "And on top of that, you owe me 20 bucks now."
"Great..." Beast Boy mumbled as he searched under the couch for his wallet. "Football's getting kind of boring, how 'bout we go to the mall and pick up the girls?" The embarrassed green teen asked, looking for a way out from under his friends.
"Mmk... they've been gone for a good 30 minutes anyway, so they have to be done by now." Cyborg said as he dusted off his metallic pants.
"SHOTGUN!" Beast Boy jumped up.
- Back at Jump City Mall
"Did you find a dress of your liking, Raven?" Starfire asked anxiously. Raven simply nodded as she showed Starfire the dress. The alien examined the dress with a smile on her face.
"That is a beautiful dress, Raven!"
"Thanks. Now you go pick a dress so we can leave already." Raven said tonelessly as she sat on one of the chairs in the area near the dressing rooms. Starfire grinned as she zoomed to the other side of "Enchanted Ball".
Starfire glided through the aisles of prom dresses that hung before her. She gave each one of them a look before seeing one that caught her eye. She smiled in satisfaction as she grabbed the dress and went back to Raven.
"Raven, I have chosen a dress!" Starfire held up the dress with pride.
"It's pretty. Not my favorite shade of that color, but pretty. Aren't you going to try it on first?" Raven raised an eyebrow.
"Oh, yes!" Starfire sweat dropped and blushed.
At the mall's food court, the boys wandered around aimlessly.
"Where could they be?" Robin asked.
"Man, this mall is huge. How can girls shop here and come home with what they want?" Beast Boy complained.
"I see what you mean. I got it, aren't they looking for dresses? They must be in one of those fancy stores or something." Cyborg concluded. "I see three, split." The boys went their separate ways.
Robin casually walked into a store called "This Night" and whistled coolly as he walked. The girls he passed occasionally gave him smiles and a wink or two. He gave them a wave, and nothing more. A few stores down, Beast Boy did a front flip and landed in a crouching position right in front of the entrance of "Thrift On".
"If any girl sees me here, they're gonna think I'm shopping for a dress." He said in a worried tone. He quickly crawled behind a rack of dress tops.
"Heh. Mission Impossible." Beast Boy smirked. He then started to hum the theme song while diving behind things.
"Enchanted Ball..." Cyborg muttered as he looked up at the store's title.
"Sounds fancy enough." The half robot said as he walked in. A dark mysterious boy walked passed him that was mumbling something strange.
"Titan Island, 6:45, Titan Island, 6:45." The boy mumbled as he walked on.
"Gilligan's Island have sick mimes?" Cyborg brought a finger to his chin. "Must be insane." He walked inside and scrolled around hoping to find his two teammates. Cyborg went straight to the dressing room, thinking that they would already by trying on their dress.
"Raven, Starfire! You best have chosen a dress already! I'm missing another football-"Cyborg turned the corner and stopped. The first thing he noticed in the lobby of the dressing room was Starfire. She was happily modeling her dress for Raven by twirling around slowly. *The long, pastel purple colored dress touched the floor. There was only one strap that started from her left side and went over her right shoulder and went back to her left shoulder in the back. There was a type of thin material that went around her neck twice and was draped down her back like a scarf.*.
"Wow, nice dress Star." Cyborg complimented as Starfire turned in surprise.
"Hello Cyborg. I thought you were at home enjoying unhealthy snack food with Robin and Beast Boy."
"Yeah, what are you doing here?" Raven stood up.
"You guys took forever! I mean you're only-"He stopped when he saw that Raven was getting mad. "I mean, we decided to practice our gentlemen skills so we decided to pick you up instead of making you fly home with your lovely dresses." Cyborg quickly covered.
"Yeah... anyway, once Starfire dresses out of that, we'll be ready." Raven said.
"Robin's gonna be surprised." Cyborg said softly, crossing his arms.
"Excuse me?" Starfire said. "Who is going to be surprised?"
"Robin!" Cyborg sneezed, disguising Robin's name.
"He sure is." Raven agreed.
"Cy, did you find them?" Robin's voice was heard coming straight towards them. Raven quickly turned towards where Robin's voice coming from then to Starfire. When Cyborg saw Robin turn the corner, the hybrid lunged at Robin, tackling him out of the dressing room lobby.
'Can't let Robin see her dress.' Cyborg thought as he wondered what it would look like once he saw it at the Winter Ball.
Raven pointed at the confused alien and then at the dressing room. Starfire quickly caught on and went into a dressing stall with a confused face.
"I will never get the ways of humans." Starfire mumbled.
"WHAT was that for?!" Robin pushed Cyborg off then rubbed his head.
"It's um... the way we say Hello now." Cyborg lied.
"Huh?" Robin cocked his head to the left.
"Hey guys what's up? AH!" Beast Boy's eyes bugged out just as Cyborg jumped on him.
"Hehe, see?" Cyborg said, pathetically trying to cover for his stupid mistake.
"Dude! What are you, on Prozac or something?" Said the swirly-eyed changeling exclaimed.
"It's our new greeting apparently." Robin explained.
"Friends! Raven and I did not expect to see you here." Starfire said, walking out of the stall with her normal attire.
"Hey Star, what dress did you pick out?" Robin curiously asked.
"Well, I-"
"LET'S GO HOME YOU GUYS! I'M GONNA MISS MY GAME!" Cyborg jumped in front of Starfire and falsely yelled. Raven rolled her eyes as she leaned close to Cyborg.
"Are you really going to keep Robin from seeing Starfire's dress?" She whispered.
"Only until the dance."
"Just to see him go... 'Ah woo ga'?" The hooded girl questioned.
"Of course. I've got three rolls of film ready, just for the occasion." Cyborg said confidently.
"Can't wait." Raven sarcastically added.
"Me neither."
-Back at Titan Tower
"So... the Winter Ball is tomorrow... what are we gonna due until then?" Raven asked when they were all on the couch. Cyborg turned towards the clock.
"Actually, it's tonight. It's 12:01 in the morning."
"WHAT?! We didn't get OUR clothes for Winter Ball!" Beast Boy jumped up.
"Aw man. I guess we didn't. Now we can't go." Robin said.
"Don't wig out of this Robin. I already called some boutique and I told them to bring our tuxes this afternoon at 3. We're set." Cyborg put his hands behind his head.
"Cy, why do you want to go so much?" Robin suspected.
"You know, dancing, food, girls, surprises."
"Right... well, I'm off to bed. Night you guys." Robin headed off, one by one, the Titans headed to their separate rooms, waiting for the Winter Ball that night.
... A U T H O R S N O T E...
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- Chapter 1: Saving Lives Means Getting Rewards
Stomping angrily around the Titan Tower, the green changeling known as Beast Boy started growling at the girl dressed in a purple body suit and cloak. "Raven, I'm going to ask you one more time. Hand over the DAMN REMOTE CONTROL!"
"Raven, just make him shut up and give him the remote control." Cyborg added, putting on an apron and heading for the kitchen. "And while be babbles, I'll be making breakfast." Raven stared after her hybrid teammate and rolled her eyes.
"Beast Boy, I'm going to tell you one more time. I don't have the DAMN REMOTE CONTROL!" Raven said, getting a bit heated from his constant nagging. She sat peacefully and calmed down as she started reading her mystery book, completely minding her own business when Beast Boy ran through the room and searched for his thing-a-ma-bob for a good 3 seconds, before turning to her and accusing of stealing.
Beast Boy stared into Raven's eyes, looking for signs that she did indeed take his precious item. He was disappointed to see nothing but anger.
"OH DAMN!" Someone yelled from the kitchen. Seconds later, Cyborg flew out of the kitchen whacking his head, which was now on fire. Even though he yelled loud enough, the disgruntled changeling and the emotionless goth ignored it. Beast Boy continued looking and constantly asking Raven for the remote, and Raven continued reading her book, ignoring Beast Boy and the fact that Cyborg was on fire.
"For the last time I don't have the remote." Raven calmly said.
"HEY! HELP!" Cyborg continued yelling.
"Feh. You're lying." Beast Boy huffed, throwing himself on the couch. He shot up instantly and let out a yelp. "What the?" He turned around and blushed. "Oh I guess you weren't lying. Me, heh sitting on the, well ya know I just thought you took it because, well yeah."
"Beast Boy, do me a favor and shut up." Raven said tonelessly, scanning the words on her novel's pages. Beast Boy watched her for a second before turning to the large television screen and turning it on.
"Boring, stupid, corny, oh this one is a tear jerker." He leaned in close towards the screen and watched as the black and white show displayed a young girl speaking in a different language to an older man, possibly her older brother or father.
"Please, let me see him! I swear I will harm myself if you don't let me see him!" Beast Boy mumbled, watching the girl's lip movements. Raven glanced at him and raised an eyebrow.
"Beast Boy, what are you doing?"
The green boy pretended to blow his nose on his sleeve and wiped an imaginary tear from his eye. "It's a tear jerker. This is what's happening. Josephina's father won't let her see Hose because Hose's family comes from a long line of rowdy cowboys. She begs her father to let her see him, but he refuses. She's now engaged to Tino, a Spanish boy with a cold heart. OH! He hit her! Josie's father hit her! What a punch Hose gave the father! Go Hose!"
"BB, you've only been watching this show for merely 5 minutes. How do you know all this?" She asked curiously, watching her green friend and then to the show before her. At the moment two men were wrestling on the ground as a young girl tried slapping them away from each other.
"No papa, don't! Don't! You will hurt him!" Beast Boy said in a girlish voice. "Don't worry Love, he will not hurt me!" His voice suddenly turned manly as he took the roles of the actors. "But Hose, My love! My father will kill you! NO PAPA DONT!"
"BEAST BOY!" Raven snapped her fingers into the boy's face to get his attention. "Earth to Beast Boy. Rocket Crazy should land back to sanity now!"
"Hmm wha?" He asked turning his attention away from the television screen. "Oh, I know this because I've watched it twice before. Heh, who knew I'd get into soaps."
"Yeah who knew." Raven muttered, before laying back in a more comfortable position on the couch and burying her nose deep back into her novel.
THUD! The Cyborg who was on fire was now lying on the ground, behind the couch.
Turning the channels, Beast Boy surfed through the shows oblivious to the weird looks he would get from Raven now and then. Suddenly, they both hear a grunt from behind. At the same time, the two turned around and saw Cyborg.
"Dude, what happened to you?" Beast Boy asked, not noticing the burn marks on his friend's head.
"I was over there, yelling for a good 7 minutes. You guys could've at least helped me!" Cyborg waved his arms up.
"We didn't hear any yelling." Raven said, putting her book down.
"Yeah, exactly." Beast Boy complied.
"Maybe because you two were ARGUING about some stupid remote control! And... never mind." Cyborg stomped over to the other side of the couch.
"What was that about?" Beast Boy cluelessly asked. At that moment, two other figures walked into the living room.
"Whew, that was a great practice. You did great Star. Hey, next time we should practice out in the-"Robin stopped in his tracks when he saw Cyborg sitting on the couch. His baldhead was now full with burnt marks. "Cy, what happened?!" Robin asked, keeping in a laugh. Starfire ducked behind Robin to hide her giggling face, even though she was concerned.
"I got burned. Cooking. You know, you should never turn the stove to anything higher than eight." Cyborg complained, rubbing his head.
"Ouch." Robin joked.
"Yeah. Anyway, WHAT were you two doing?" Cyborg asked, sneakily.
"Me and Star were practicing this new move that I came up with and- hey!" Robin explained, but stopped when he caught Cyborg's drift.
"We were training and that's it." Robin explained.
"Sure..." Cyborg said.
Robin rolled his eyes at his friend's sarcastic voice of thought and popped a squat on the couch. "Yeah, yeah whatever Cyborg." He grinned.
Starfire watched her friends have their amusing little argument with pure curiosity. Why had Robin gotten tense when Cyborg didn't believe him? She shook the thought off instantly when the Titan Alarm system went off in their Tower.
"Again?" Beast boy groaned. "Damn, we just had a fight two days ago with Plasmus. If that's plasmus again, I am going to personally slaughter those pesky guards who are to weak to hold him in."
"Well aren't you just the sweetest sugar in the pack. Tell me Beast Boy, who would take care of Plasmus while his GUARDS are dead?" Raven glowered.
The green changeling went to protest, but was hushed. "Enough!" Cyborg hissed. "You two and you're fighting is childish. I'd expect that from you Beast boy, but from Raven?" Beast Boy glared.
"Do not expect anything from me Cyborg. I am merely making a point. He is right Beast Boy, hush." Raven said, putting down her novel to watch Robin check the map.
"Who is it this time Robin?" Starfire asked kindly, coming up right by his side.
"Cinderblock." Robin glared up at the screen. "He's attacking a large bus full of high school kids."
Starfire gasped. "Then we must rescue these poor kid lings!"
"Teenagers Star, they are teenagers." Robin helped. Clapping his hands together, he smirked. "Okay! Teen Titans GO!"
Everyone cleared out, making their way down town. The Titans stopped dead in their tracks as Cinderblock was slowly lifting the large yellow bus up in the air.
"Cinderblock, how many times do we have to keep putting you in your place? Damn! It's like they LOVE to let you out." Cyborg said, pumping up his robotic arm for a mega punch.
Screams of fear from the kids could be heard on the bus as Cinderblock faced the hero's before him. He let out a deep rumble from within him and tossed the bus towards the teens.
"I got it! I got it!" Cyborg chanted, getting ready to catch the falling bus filled with kids.
"Cyborg! You cannot just catch a bus!" Starfire gasped right at his side.
"Better then letting them fall!" Cyborg felt the bus' metal head roughly land in his robotic hands and instantly groaned from the weight.
"See what did I tell you?" She scolded. Cyborg was turning purple from all the weight on his body.
"Star, please...help!" He yelped, but she continued barking at him.
"Now Cyborg, you could have hurt them, or worst, hurt yourself."
"Star, HELP ME OUT!" The hybrid grunted as Star gasped and went to the other side of the bus.
"I am sorry! I did not mean to make you wait in pain!" She grabbed the back of the bus and helped him put it down. An Alien's strength and a Hybrid's robotic strength could do wonder's to heavy objects.
The high school bus let out a loud cheer for the two saviors and immediately exited the bus. Teenagers in all different sizes, colors and sexes walked out and crowded around Starfire and Cyborg.
"Y'all need help over there?" The half-robot asked. He watched as Robin was on top of the cement monster's head, swiping at it with his pole. Beast Boy had changed into a large octopus, using its tentacles to wrap around their enemy's body and bring him down. Raven used her powers to summon a large pole to wrap around Cinderblock and keep him in place.
"Naw, we're good." Beast Boy called back, unwrapping himself from the cement body. Cinderblock was tied to the ground by the metal pole and couldn't fidget an inch.
"I'll call the police." Raven said in her usual toneless voice and walked off.
Walking up to the crowd around Starfire and Cyborg, Beast boy and Robin tried ignoring the gawking stares they were getting from the kids their age. Well rather Robin tried ignoring, every pretty girl Beast boy would see, he would say seductively, "See something you like?"
"Don't flatter yourself green boy." Raven flicked his head and walked in front of him. "The police will be here shortly, until then, all we can do is wait."
"Mimimi me me mah mo." Beast Boy muttered, obviously trying to mock Raven in the rudest way possible. Raven glanced at him, and he immediately stood straight and shut up.
"That's not a problem, until then we can see how the people are doing." Robin said, walking towards the nearest adult. "Excuse me Miss, but we are the Teen Titans. And we were wondering how all of you are-"
"OH!" The woman screeched. "You are the Teen Titans!?" She took a step towards him in excitement, causing him to fall back from the sudden movement. "My name is Mrs. Sadwah, and I am the headmistress of the Jump City High school, 'Jump City High school'."
"Pleasure." Robin shook the overly excited woman's hand and smiled nervously. "My name is Robin and this is Starfire," The alien smiled kindly. "Raven," She gave a scowl, but a slight nod. "Cyborg," The robot pretended to nod his not-quite-there cowboy hat forward in respect. "And Beast boy."
"Nice meeting you." Beast Boy said, eyeing all the pretty girls before him.
"Oh we are SO thankful for you saving us!" Sadwah said as she watched the Jump City police stock Cinderblock bash in the large van then drive off. "Is there anyway we can repay you?"
"Nah, we are just doing our duty ma'am." Cyborg answered.
"Oh but please! This kind of saving must NOT go unrewarded." Sadwah said, brushing back her brown and gray strands of hair out of her face that once was into a sophisticated bun.
"Well whatever you feel is right." Beast Boy grinned, still watching the beauties before him.
The headmistress made a motion to think, but suddenly her facial expression became lighter and filled with glee. "Oh you ALL must join us in our winter ball dance program! Do you agree children?"
Each teenager nodded or cheered. "Well then, that's settled. You all must find a date, and I'm sure none of these fine kid's would turn down your offer. The dance starts tomorrow at 7:30 to 11:30 pm. Don't be late." She drawled in a sickening sweet voice.
Before the teens could protest, Head Mistress Sadwah gathered her children back on the once flying through the sky bus and drove back to school.
"Well that certainly went well." Raven said amused.
"Um... Robin. What is Winter Ball? Is that another season from earth gathered all into a sphere? Do we all gather around it?" Starfire asked perplexed.
Everyone gave her an odd look. Robin sighed and groaned into his hand. "Not quite Starfire. Winter Ball is like a dance. You know kind of like Prom, where I had to go with Kitt-" He stopped when he saw her slightly glowing angered eyes.
"It's merely a dance that we shall attend to Starfire. We have to get dressed up," Raven stopped to think of that. "Me in a dress? I'll pass."
Beast Boy smirked. "Haha! Raven in a dress! This is going to be good."
"I said I'll pass you half-wit." Raven hissed.
"Sorry Rae, but we gotsta go!" Cyborg teased, throwing a friendly arm around her shoulders. Raven groaned and walked back to the tower with the rest of her crew.
"Haha! Raven in a dress?!"
"Shut it Beast Boy." Instantly at her words, Raven's black power sealed Beast Boy 's mouth shut the rest of the way back home.
- Back at Titan Tower
So you mean to tell me, that you and I, meaning, you and me... together...have to go to the mall and pick out," Raven gulped. "Dresses?"
"That is what Cyborg said. He said to me that we have to go to the mall and pick out the stuff we need. Is that not correct Cyborg?" Starfire turned to the straight face hybrid.
"Yeah, that's exactly right. Well have a nice time you two!" Shoving them out the door, even the protesting, irritated Raven. He locked it and walked straight to the couch. "HAHAHAHA! Raven in a dress is gonna be priceless!" He snickered. Playing the role of a serious guy in front of Raven almost made him go insane.
"Where's Star and Raven?" Robin walked in a second later, noticing Cyborg on the couch by himself and Beast Boy in the kitchen.
"Mall." Beast Boy said, plopping down next to his friend with a bowl of popcorn and sodas. "Football anyone?" He said with a huge grin graced upon his lips.
"You betcha!" Robin laughed, jumping over the couch and getting comfortable, only to jump back up and cheer for the opposing team's low score. Boys being boys, and girls being girls.
Unfortunately, the girls weren't going so well. "Raven, it is only a dress for one night! Can you not bear it with me?" Starfire asked pleadingly to the refusing girl.
Crossing her arms, she glared. "Starfire, as much as I hate to say this, I know we have to go to that ball, and I will pick out a dress." Raven shuddered. "But I will NOT wear that huge fu-fu dress made of pink peacock feathers!"
Both girls looked at the revolting dress in distaste. It was thigh length that fluffed out sort of like a tutu with BIG feathers flipping out, and had a tiny pink corset that held the upper body in. Definitely not Raven.
Starfire looked at it and scratched the back of her head in apology. She smiled big and sweat dropped. "You are right. Sorry about that, Raven."
Walking down more aisles of stores and more shops of prom dresses, they finally came across one shop that was named, "Enchanted Ball". It looked old century like, and inside it was filled with all kind's of dresses.
"Oh! Let us go in there!" Starfire squealed in delight. Taking Raven's arm, she pulled them in the huge shop and looked around in awe. It was more than any girl could believe. That store had EVERYTHING. From dresses, to purses, to hair clips, to accessories and even shoes!
"I hate shopping." Raven grumbled, walking around dresses once she detached herself from Starfire's grip. "I hate it, I hate it, and I hate it." Trying to keep her focus clear to see what dress she could pick out, she finally came across a beautiful dress that instantly caught her eye.
Not even checking the size, she walked calmly up to the dressing rooms and locked herself in. Stripping her clothes off, she tried on the gorgeous dress. Like silk in her hands, she carefully fumbled with the straps and small stuff that took time.
Stepping out to look in the mirror she gasped. *The dress was long that flowed to ground in silk and fit perfectly on her hips. The upper body was tight, snuggling it for just the right amount of cleavage.
The dress was purple silk that had thin strips to hold up around her chest. Over the top of the purple silk dress was a thin over dress that was see- through material. It flowed to the bottom of the dress as well in what looked like black lace weaved together.*
"Wow, you look beautiful." A voice came up behind her. Raven turned around quickly and saw a tall boy dressed in a black and white tux in her gaze. First thought that came to mind was, "Beautiful."
"Um, thanks." She said tonelessly.
"Do you go to Jump City High School? Cause if you did, then I wonder how my eyes never caught site of your beautiful being." He said charmingly. The mysterious boy was tall with dark black hair and dark long eyelashes that showed baby blue eyes before them. His face tan and smooth, flawless was his feature. The thing she liked the best about him, was the spike earrings he had in his left ear.
"No I don't." She responded smoothly. Raven watched the boy's face smile lightly.
"Oh, well I hoped that you did. I was going to ask you to the Winter Ball, but since you don't-"
"I am invited, but I don't have a date yet." She replied quickly.
"Really?!" He said excited. "Well, my name is Neo. What's your name?"
"Raven."
"Nice name." Complimenting did wonder's to girls. Raven blushed somewhat and turned to look at her reflection.
"Thanks, yours is nice too."
"So um... Raven... I was wondering if you, well did you have a... well..." Stuttering pathetically, Raven read his mind.
"I don't have a date, if that's what you're asking." She smiled slightly. Her heart started to race, was this Neo guy going to ask her to the ball?
"Really!?" He asked excited again. Neo cleared his throat and his voice became lower. "Neither do I. So, so... do you... do you want to go...with me?" He smiled brightly but nervously.
"Sure."
"Oh um okay then! Well um... I'll pick you up...at 6:45?" Neo trailed off.
"That's perfect. Oh the address!" Raven hesitated. "Well it's near Jump City harbor, you cross the island to Titan Island and that BIG large T is my house. Hope to see ya there! Bye!" Slipping back into the dressing room, she paused to wait for him to let out a small, "Yes!" then walk away. Raven never noticed the mirrors she broke from her nervousness.
"Oh god." She breathed. Stripping herself of the dress and into her old clothes, she stepped out of the changing room and walked into Starfire.
- Back at Titan Tower
"This is what you get for rooting for the loosing team!" Robin cheered as he was sitting on Beast Boy, who was on the ground, showing that he was the winner.
"Did I say I was going for this team?! I meant to say-"
"BB, shut it. I heard you loud and clear." Cyborg said as he used Beast Boy's head as a footrest. "And on top of that, you owe me 20 bucks now."
"Great..." Beast Boy mumbled as he searched under the couch for his wallet. "Football's getting kind of boring, how 'bout we go to the mall and pick up the girls?" The embarrassed green teen asked, looking for a way out from under his friends.
"Mmk... they've been gone for a good 30 minutes anyway, so they have to be done by now." Cyborg said as he dusted off his metallic pants.
"SHOTGUN!" Beast Boy jumped up.
- Back at Jump City Mall
"Did you find a dress of your liking, Raven?" Starfire asked anxiously. Raven simply nodded as she showed Starfire the dress. The alien examined the dress with a smile on her face.
"That is a beautiful dress, Raven!"
"Thanks. Now you go pick a dress so we can leave already." Raven said tonelessly as she sat on one of the chairs in the area near the dressing rooms. Starfire grinned as she zoomed to the other side of "Enchanted Ball".
Starfire glided through the aisles of prom dresses that hung before her. She gave each one of them a look before seeing one that caught her eye. She smiled in satisfaction as she grabbed the dress and went back to Raven.
"Raven, I have chosen a dress!" Starfire held up the dress with pride.
"It's pretty. Not my favorite shade of that color, but pretty. Aren't you going to try it on first?" Raven raised an eyebrow.
"Oh, yes!" Starfire sweat dropped and blushed.
At the mall's food court, the boys wandered around aimlessly.
"Where could they be?" Robin asked.
"Man, this mall is huge. How can girls shop here and come home with what they want?" Beast Boy complained.
"I see what you mean. I got it, aren't they looking for dresses? They must be in one of those fancy stores or something." Cyborg concluded. "I see three, split." The boys went their separate ways.
Robin casually walked into a store called "This Night" and whistled coolly as he walked. The girls he passed occasionally gave him smiles and a wink or two. He gave them a wave, and nothing more. A few stores down, Beast Boy did a front flip and landed in a crouching position right in front of the entrance of "Thrift On".
"If any girl sees me here, they're gonna think I'm shopping for a dress." He said in a worried tone. He quickly crawled behind a rack of dress tops.
"Heh. Mission Impossible." Beast Boy smirked. He then started to hum the theme song while diving behind things.
"Enchanted Ball..." Cyborg muttered as he looked up at the store's title.
"Sounds fancy enough." The half robot said as he walked in. A dark mysterious boy walked passed him that was mumbling something strange.
"Titan Island, 6:45, Titan Island, 6:45." The boy mumbled as he walked on.
"Gilligan's Island have sick mimes?" Cyborg brought a finger to his chin. "Must be insane." He walked inside and scrolled around hoping to find his two teammates. Cyborg went straight to the dressing room, thinking that they would already by trying on their dress.
"Raven, Starfire! You best have chosen a dress already! I'm missing another football-"Cyborg turned the corner and stopped. The first thing he noticed in the lobby of the dressing room was Starfire. She was happily modeling her dress for Raven by twirling around slowly. *The long, pastel purple colored dress touched the floor. There was only one strap that started from her left side and went over her right shoulder and went back to her left shoulder in the back. There was a type of thin material that went around her neck twice and was draped down her back like a scarf.*.
"Wow, nice dress Star." Cyborg complimented as Starfire turned in surprise.
"Hello Cyborg. I thought you were at home enjoying unhealthy snack food with Robin and Beast Boy."
"Yeah, what are you doing here?" Raven stood up.
"You guys took forever! I mean you're only-"He stopped when he saw that Raven was getting mad. "I mean, we decided to practice our gentlemen skills so we decided to pick you up instead of making you fly home with your lovely dresses." Cyborg quickly covered.
"Yeah... anyway, once Starfire dresses out of that, we'll be ready." Raven said.
"Robin's gonna be surprised." Cyborg said softly, crossing his arms.
"Excuse me?" Starfire said. "Who is going to be surprised?"
"Robin!" Cyborg sneezed, disguising Robin's name.
"He sure is." Raven agreed.
"Cy, did you find them?" Robin's voice was heard coming straight towards them. Raven quickly turned towards where Robin's voice coming from then to Starfire. When Cyborg saw Robin turn the corner, the hybrid lunged at Robin, tackling him out of the dressing room lobby.
'Can't let Robin see her dress.' Cyborg thought as he wondered what it would look like once he saw it at the Winter Ball.
Raven pointed at the confused alien and then at the dressing room. Starfire quickly caught on and went into a dressing stall with a confused face.
"I will never get the ways of humans." Starfire mumbled.
"WHAT was that for?!" Robin pushed Cyborg off then rubbed his head.
"It's um... the way we say Hello now." Cyborg lied.
"Huh?" Robin cocked his head to the left.
"Hey guys what's up? AH!" Beast Boy's eyes bugged out just as Cyborg jumped on him.
"Hehe, see?" Cyborg said, pathetically trying to cover for his stupid mistake.
"Dude! What are you, on Prozac or something?" Said the swirly-eyed changeling exclaimed.
"It's our new greeting apparently." Robin explained.
"Friends! Raven and I did not expect to see you here." Starfire said, walking out of the stall with her normal attire.
"Hey Star, what dress did you pick out?" Robin curiously asked.
"Well, I-"
"LET'S GO HOME YOU GUYS! I'M GONNA MISS MY GAME!" Cyborg jumped in front of Starfire and falsely yelled. Raven rolled her eyes as she leaned close to Cyborg.
"Are you really going to keep Robin from seeing Starfire's dress?" She whispered.
"Only until the dance."
"Just to see him go... 'Ah woo ga'?" The hooded girl questioned.
"Of course. I've got three rolls of film ready, just for the occasion." Cyborg said confidently.
"Can't wait." Raven sarcastically added.
"Me neither."
-Back at Titan Tower
"So... the Winter Ball is tomorrow... what are we gonna due until then?" Raven asked when they were all on the couch. Cyborg turned towards the clock.
"Actually, it's tonight. It's 12:01 in the morning."
"WHAT?! We didn't get OUR clothes for Winter Ball!" Beast Boy jumped up.
"Aw man. I guess we didn't. Now we can't go." Robin said.
"Don't wig out of this Robin. I already called some boutique and I told them to bring our tuxes this afternoon at 3. We're set." Cyborg put his hands behind his head.
"Cy, why do you want to go so much?" Robin suspected.
"You know, dancing, food, girls, surprises."
"Right... well, I'm off to bed. Night you guys." Robin headed off, one by one, the Titans headed to their separate rooms, waiting for the Winter Ball that night.
... A U T H O R S N O T E...
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