Thanks everyone for your reviews and story alerts so far.
To answer the questions that arose, it is M rated for possible future contence, if i will add lemons concidering where i am going with this story is unlikely, heavy reference to lemons are bound to appear however, so i am going to leave the rating just in case for now.
Raven looked into the pages of the specific spellbook that she had picked from among the other books on the once hidden shelf, she was hesitant at first to use a spell that did not seem to have much description and decided to double check upon it through the contend of the book.
According to the note beneath the spells however, the spell was the same as the one she had used to morph Beastboy into a rat, but to change the animal, one of course had to change the words, which on further investigation revealed that she could decide upon the specific subspecies of animal, in this case, what kind of wolf she would want to turn into and while curiosity took her thoughts briefly, she expected that Beastboy would have a good answer for her.
The spell did not require any ingredients, just concentration as any other spell did, her eyes darted back and forth among the pages, the spell page and the animal index page to make sure there were no hidden catches magics tended to have and could only find a minor footnote stating that there may be some minor discomfort. What was to be expected by ones body being changed in such ways, 'Beastboy does it everyday, can't be that bad.' She thought to herself.
Of course she would not turn herself into an animal before researching the counter spell, another person would be required to do so as wolfs lacked the vocal cords and lips to pronounce the spells properly.
Raven could have left this up to her friends but, with the number of books in her room and their lack of an attention span, it could take them weeks, months to find the right spell and if she couldn't control her instincts or emotions, who knew how...grumpy, she could become.
One would think why Raven agreed to such a ridiculous thing, to be honest to herself for once, there were two reasons that she could think of.
The first was that animal instincts were known to be stronger than their emotions, they knew when to back off, when to show pride or respect, a form of control in Ravens opinion and experiencing this herself may allow her to control her own emotions and therefore powers better. That was the logical excuse that she would tell the other Titans in the morning.
The second, was slightly harder to admit to herself, perhaps it was that Beastboy suggested it, the way he looked at her when mentioning an animal and the apparent slip of the tongue which by now she knew to ignore, causing a slight smile to curl the corner of her lips as the scene replayed in her mind, with Beastboy admitting that he thought she was beautiful.
Raven sudden cleared her throat with the sound of the bookshelf shaking from the lack of concentration on her part, encased in her power but dissipating as she regained control. She had been replaying the scene in her head for what seemed to be the better part of an hour though only a few minutes passed and begun writing down both spell and counter spell on several sheets of paper to hand to each of her fellow Titans. They were all trustworthy, she trusted them with her life, but better safe than sorry.
Beastboy was in his room, for once it was more or less tidy, there were still piles of clothing, stacks of pizza boxes, comic books etc. but they were perhaps half their usual size and Beastboy was sat at his desk, pencil in hand and paper before him, having written down the names of all the different species of wolf he could remember, but a few were crossed off already, such as the Ethiopian wolf.
This was probably one of the few things he actually took serious, he wanted Raven to see the world from his point of view and while her disliking it was quite high, he wanted her to at least enjoy the form that she would take.
He was trying to think of the perfect wolf species for Raven, one that would suit the time of year with their fur coats, that would not look too out of place with the area around them though wolfs around Jump City were a rare sight indeed.
The Eurasian wolf would look far too out of place, the arctic wolfs thick fur would have Raven panting from the heat before taking even a single step outside.
The Tundra wolf, Beastboy pondered for some time, a species of wolf that lives high in the mountains but were more common close to Russia. One by one he was crossing them off, because of environmental issues such as the thickness of their fur and their usual sighted locations and those that he did not consider worthy for someone like Raven until he stared at the last name and smiled.
Large, Beautiful, indigenous to North America, good social structure and a wide array of ways of communication, it was settled, Raven would become a Grey/Timber wolf.`
He circled the name and put the pencil down, laying down on his bed, having gotten rid of the bunk beds last year and replaced it with a large double bed as it was always nice not to hit the floor when rolling around in his sleep.
Hands resting behind his head, smile still on his lips, closing his eyes as he tried to remember everything he could about the Timber wolfs, about the slight webbing inbetween their toes, the number of teeth and the curvature of them, something in the back of his mind starting nagging him however as he sifted through the information he retained, he was unsure what it was, was he forgetting something?
He tried going through everything again but half way through darkness took him and the green teenager fell asleep.
Morning had come and the Titans one by one woke, making their way to the common room once ready, though the other Titans did not know what to expect, Beastboy did and had taken some measures on making this easier, if they were for him or Raven he wasn't quite sure but, it was a nice thought anyway.
As usual, by the time one of the other Titans made it to the common room, today it was Cyborg, Raven was already sat on the couch, tea in one hand, book in the other, on occasion setting her cup down to take a bite from a piece of toast from a plate next to her.
Beastboy was the last to enter, yawning slightly, heavy bags under his eyes, if they had to guess, they would have suspected Beastboy to have stayed up all night for another movie Marathon.
Raven waited, everyone was sat at the kitchen table, Beastboy and Cyborg had gotten their meat vs tofu fight out of the way fairly quickly this morning, Robin and Starfire were sat opposite one another, making small talk about possible events that would happen today, whatever they were talking about was cut off as Raven had levitated over to the table and put a large piece of paper before each of them without saying a word.
"Ummm...Raven, what is this?" Cyborg said with confusion as he looked at the paper, the words did not make any sense to him. By their looks she could tell that the others did not know either and stared at her.
"Its a counter spell, that i need one of you to perform later when requested." She simply stated without any emotion in her voice.
"A counter spell? To counter what exactly?" Robin asked, worry evident in his voice, Raven was their magical expert, it must be serious if she was giving this to them.
"Friend Raven, is everything not all right?" Starfire asked with concern.
"You actually..." Ravens attention shifted to Beastboy who stared at her with disbelief, he had loved the idea, he had spent all night thinking about it but had not expected her to go actually through with it.
"Yes." Raven replied in her monotone voice.
"Why don't you start from the beginning Raven and tell us what is going on." Robin said calmly, not wanting to jump to conclusions.
"Beastboy, as hard as it is to believe, brought to my attention a valid way of possibly controlling my emotions better." Raven started.
"I did?" Beastboy said confusingly.
"Yes, you did." Raven said, minor annoyance in her voice about having been interrupted. "As i was saying, he made a valid point, so, with the same spell i used on Beastboy before, i am going to turn myself into an animal." Raven finished.
The Titans simply stared at her with disbelief of what they had just heard, Beastboy made a smart suggestion? Raven took him seriously? Raven was going to do what? She could sense all these thoughts running through their heads, trying to ignore the feelings and thoughts spewing from the Titans. The strongest ones were comming from Beastboy, did he know she was lying?
"I knew you had a wild side." Cyborg suddenly blurted out laughing, he should have known better, the legs of his chair suddenly snapping and sending the mechanical man to the floor with a loud thud.
"Raven, you aren't being serious, are you?" Robin asked hesitantly.
Raven sighed silently inside, this was the kind of reaction she had expected from the other Titans, even Cyborgs comment wasn't unexpected as he was almost as bad as Beastboy when it came to saying inappropriate things.
Raven continued, explaining to the other Titans as she had before, in bits and pieces, about how her powers were controlled by emotions, strong outbursts of any emotion would cause her powers to lash out.
Since animals had better control of their emotions because of their natural instincts for survival, intentionally or not, they had a strong control over their emotions
"So when i tell Beastboy that i want to change back, he will tell you and one of you will need to say the counter spell, there are no ingredients required." Raven said.
"If you're sure Raven, but what if we need your help when the city is attacked." Robin asked.
"As you've seen before, the spell is almost instantaneous, if the alarm goes, just speak the words and that will be the end of the problem." Raven answered.
The Titans continued asking Raven about this sudden turn of events, some hit too close to home when cyborg for example mentioned the possibilty of Raven wanting to spend quality time with Beastboy and got a rather violent reaction from Ravens powers, nothing too serious however.
Raven had each of them, even Beastboy, repeat the counter spell until they were pronouncing it correctly, she did not want to be stuck in a potentially disliked form but as expected, Beastboy took the longest to pronounce the words properly.
The three titans, Robin, Starfire and Cyborg, watched curiously as the last two Titans stood a few feet apart, Ravens face as emotionless as ever, but Beastboy had a sincere smile on his.
"So, what shall it be?" He asked, his form suddenly turning into a Tundra wolf, Grey wolf, Arctic wolf, going through the various wolf forms until returning to his human shape with a grin.
"I think the Timber wolf would suit you the most." Beastboy said.
"Was that the second wolf form you took?" Raven asked and Beastboy nodded. "I agree." She said with a faint smile that the shadow of her hood hid from all but Beastboy.
Raven reached to the back of the couch, the spell book was resting on top of it, turning to the bookmarker page, Raven begun speaking the words required for the spell, slowly, clearly, a single mistake could end up with her becoming a flee, memorizing the last few words, her hands quickly turning to the animal index page and continued along the lines required for the wolf form and finally finished. Closing the book and setting it back onto the couch.
Raven stood there, she had expected the changes to happen already but Beastboy slowly took a step back, he knew what would happen.
Ravens hand suddenly slapped to her mouth, trying to hold it shut, the tea and toast was trying to escape, eyes clenching tightly, tears swelling in the corners as her insides felt like they were being torn apart.
She tried to remain standing, her form convulsing slightly, the other Titans went to aid her but Beastboy held out his hand for them to remain where they were.
Sudden bursts of black energy hit random objects as Raven was loosing control.
Ravens hand was covering her mouth, the other was grasping tightly to her sides, with her arm against her body she could feel the horror, she could feel her insides moving and the pain was unbearable.
Her form dropped onto its hands and knees, she couldn't hold back any longer, her stomach emptying through her mouth and onto the floor, her form trembling, convulsing.
Beastboy noticed the look on the face of his fellow Titans, it was pity and disgust, Ravens form starting to look more and more deformed as bones were breaking and reshaping, when in a similar manner to Beastboy, her form vanished in a brief blur of dark blue.
Unlike Beastboy, they heard a scream one would expect from a horror movie, of pure pain and distress.
The blur faded, before them stood a wolf, its fur was unnatural like Beastboys would have been, the fur looked pitch black until light shone against it and a faint blue could be seen but with that, the wolf collapsed.
