Doppelganger

I don't own Teen Titans

Author's note: I know, the note looks long, but it will really help you understand the character if you read it. Doppelgangers are able to change their form into the exact likeness of any humanoid creature up to eight feet in height. This duplication even extends to the target's clothing and equipment carried, although overall quality is often somewhat inferior. The transformation into the chosen form only takes a matter of seconds to complete but the doppelganger must prepare itself by observing its target for ten minutes prior to the change. Once the new identity has been assumed the creature will usually murder its victim and devour it before finally taking the unfortunate being's place. A doppelganger has no problem reproducing the speech and mannerisms of its victims to a very high level. Even close acquaintances are likely to be fooled, with only the more observant amongst them possibly noticing "something odd" about the personality or appearance. Through employing patience and strategy a doppelganger can easily infiltrate, unnerve and eventually dispatch members of a community without their presence ever being detected. In addition to the talents mentioned above, a doppelganger's highly magical nature renders it immune to all magical effects including spells. While a doppelganger can duplicate the appearance of other humanoids with amazing accuracy there is a limit to this ability. The racial and magical abilities of the target in question are beyond the creature's power to reproduce and this can help to undermine the authenticity of the doppelganger's mimicry

The character Doppelganger isn't a full blooded doppelganger so there are a few of the doppelganger's abilities that she doesn't possess. She has the ability to transform, but before she can she must touch the person first in order to absorb their DNA and mannerisms. When she absorbs the person's DNA and mannerisms there is a side effect. She also happens to absorb the person's memories. Once she has absorbed their memories any other time she touches them nothing will happen. The absorption only happens that one time. Because she is half human her digestive system can't devour the person she is going to mimic so she often has to dispose of their bodies in other ways. Also as a side note, she doesn't have a reflection.

Sorry that was so long. On to the story now…oh wait, one more note, the above paragraph in italics was written by someone else on the internet. I would provide a link, but doesn't allow for URLs. The information came from a site named Creatures of Chaos, A Selection of Creatures from Fantasy Realms. If you would like the URL I'm more than willing to give it to you, just email me.

Chapter 1 – Watchful Eyes

From the edge of the woods just outside of Jump City two green cat-like eyes watched as four super powered teens engaged in battle with a strange rock headed looking creature. From where the girl watched she was unable to make out completely what was being sad, but every once in a while she would hear something like "Soto SMASH!" The girl continued to watch casually. It wasn't until a green boy came on the scene that her attention was really captured. He was in the form of a green elephant as he crashed head on with Soto. The rock headed creature stumbled backwards a little; as he did so, the green elephant transformed back into the green boy. The silent watcher's eyes lit up with amazement. The other teens had been exceptional in their abilities, but this boy was extraordinary. He suddenly took the form of a T-Rex, and then a pterodactyl and then a kangaroo. With each form he landed another blow on the stone headed creature. The enemy was easily defeated. As a green dog, and the stone headed creature got into the ship and flew away, the green boy turned to his friends.

It was apparent to the watcher that the teens wanted the green boy to come with them some where, but he had decided he'd rather just be by himself. His friends smiled at the request and left him alone. He watched his friends disappear over the horizon and then he turned and walked in the direction of the woods.

Her heart skipped a beat as she watched him walk in her general direction. He was handsome…and different. She smiled at his green skin and bright eyes. Inside she longed to speak to him. She fought against the urge as he calmly walked into the woods just a few feet from where she crouched. Like metal to a magnet she felt pulled by him. She began to follow him. He walked quietly with a small smile on his face as he looked at his surroundings. It was apparent to his stalker that he was very connected with nature. Every once in a while he would transform into some sort of creature and walk around as it for a while and then turn back into his human form. Every time she watched him morph it left her breathless. It was so smooth and beautiful. 'I wonder if I look that graceful…' she thought to herself as she continued to silently follow him.

No matter what creature he turned into she knew there was no way for him to detect her presence. She was like a shadow self following its owner. She made no sound as she walked over the leaves of the forest, and she barely breathed. She was made for camouflage and there was no way that anyone could ever know she was there.

The green boy morphed again, this time into a squirrel. He quickly climbed a tree and sat on a limb. He surveyed the forest floor. Unknowingly, he looked directly at his stalker, but noticed nothing unusual. She smiled in the dark. She knew that her skin made her completely invisible. Nothing short of a heat scanner could detect her presence, especially in the dark. She continued to follow the little green squirrel through the forest. She paid no attention to her whereabouts and would have surely been lost if she had lost sight of the little green changeling. He shape shifted back into his normal green self. The girl considered his strange coloring. She looked down at her own strange colored hands. They were a dark gray. So dark in fact it was even a little hard for her cat-like eyes to see them in the night. 'Two of a kind' she warmly thought to herself, 'We're two of a kind.'

She followed the boy for hours, weaving in and out of the trees. He was the most fascinating creature she'd ever come across and she couldn't help but be intrigued. Eventually, he transformed into a bird and began to fly back the way he'd come. She ran silently over the ground so quickly she seemed to be flying herself. Within minutes they were out of the forest and looking out over the bay toward Jump City. He continued to fly toward a "T" shaped tower on an island in the bay. Almost admitting defeat, the girl spied a small dingy on the beach. She quickly jumped into the boat and began rowing after him.

He reached the tower a few minutes before she did, but he didn't notice a boat seemingly rowing itself on the water. He landed on the roof and went inside. She reached the island, she would have been tired from the rowing but the excitement of seeing someone so much like herself had her adrenaline going and she didn't have time to notice her arms were aching.

It was surprisingly easy to sneak inside the tower. It was a simple matter of crawling into an open window in the kitchen. She was surprised at how easy it was. Normally it was much harder to get into houses, but this time she didn't have to do a thing.

The tower was quiet as she made her way through its living room and into its corridors. She would need to find a hiding place and quickly. It was already 1 am and who knows how early these people would get up? She crept down the hall, glancing at the names on the doors: "Robin", "Starfire", "Raven", "Beast Boy". The moment that she saw the name Beast Boy it was obvious that this was who she was looking for. She listened outside the door for a moment. The only sound coming from within was snoring. 'Perfect'. She crept inside the room.

The girl took a deep breath. She could smell his presence all around her. He was sleeping on the top bunk of a bunk bed snoring away. He was sleeping on his stomach and his right arm was dangling over the edge of the bed. She longed to reach out and touch him, but she feared she'd wake him up. She stared at his room. It was insanely messy. There were pizza boxes everywhere, and his underwear was strewn about his floor. She smiled, 'Two of a kind' she thought again. She journeyed to his mirror. As she looked at its blank surface she wondered what she looked like. Was she pretty? Was she ugly? Was she tall or short? She wondered what it was like to have a reflection. As she looked in the mirror, she spied the green boy's hand once more. The urge to know more about him was totally overwhelming. She turned and gently clasp his hand within hers. Suddenly a shock of information struck her. NAME: Garfield Logan, OCCUPATION: Superhero, CODE NAME: Beast Boy, FAVORITE COLOR: Green, FAVORITE FOOD: Tofu, FRIENDS: Robin, Starfire, Cyborg, and Raven, LOOKS UP TO: Raven and Robin, LIKES TO: slurp his soup…and the information continued to flow through her. She let go. Now she knew everything about him. The wave of information left her a little weak kneed. It was always this way. Absorbing the DNA and memories of a person was stressful and she really didn't like doing it often because it made her stomach hurt, but she knew that if she ever wanted to get anywhere sacrifices had to be made. Clutching her stomach she looked at Beast Boy once more. She couldn't help but smile. He was fascinating, wonderful and perfect. She would do anything for him…anything.

She made her way back down the corridor and back into the living room. She wanted some place that she could hide, but still see most of what was going on. After looking in air vents and a place behind the TV, she finally decided to simply pry off a panel on the wall, and hide in the hollow space behind it. The panels were detachable so that Cyborg could easily get to the circuitry behind them (incase he needed to rewire the security system). The panel popped out easily and she settled herself inside.

She realized that she'd just met the person that she'd always been looking for, and the realization brought a type of piece she hadn't had in a long time. That night she fell asleep with the image of his face in her head.

For those of you that are reading/keeping up with my other story "Touching the Dark" I have to warn you that I'm putting that story on hold right now to finish this one. You see, I had this one completely written, only I needed to check a few things b/c if you notice this story goes directly into the season 2 storyline. Well I was checking on a few things, you know to make sure that I knew the correct animals BB turned into and when different people said what, but somewhere along the line of looking this stuff up I somehow lost the floppy with this story on it, so now I'm having to rewrite the entire thing from scratch. I promise, the story gets much better as it goes along. Thanks for being patient, I'll try to update as soon as possible :)