A/N: Ugh, I feel awful. I have a killer headache and I have my first day of school tomorrow. Yuck. Thankfully, Avatar: the Last Airbender is on having a marathon, so…
I don't own TT or any fairytales/Disney movies/stories/anything else in this!
By the way, you're in for a big treat here! XD
Warning: One bad word. The 's' word. Just saying in case there's any younger readers out there. If anyone feels the rating needs to be upped, just let me know :D
Note: Name time! Yes, in this story, they know each other's real names. They still mostly go by their superhero names. However, just in case I mention any…
Richard "Dick" Grayson is Robin. Bruce Wayne is Batman. Garfield Logan is BB. Victor Stone is Cy. Rachel Roth is Raven. Princess Koriand'r (commonly known in the comics as "Kory Anders") is Starfire.
Starfire
Starfire sighed and sat on a small cot. The place was now spotless, but she had no idea what to do! She'd searched everywhere for anything that could help her get to her friends. Get her to Robin…
She rested her head on the small pillow and closed her eyes. Perhaps they wouldn't be too upset if she took a small nap. She yawned. She was much too tired to reposition herself to sleep like she normally did, with her head off the bed, so she curled up like a small kitten and soon feel into a dreamless sleep.
-:-
Beast Boy, Raven, and Cyborg
Beast Boy tried changing into many different animals, but he never got the energy off of his mouth. But the food looked so tasty…
Raven was caught at the door. It seemed as if the ball gown was made extra poufy, just to annoy her. She couldn't even get in the darned house!
Beast Boy laughed at her. "Oh, shut up and help me out, here." She said, annoyed.
Beast Boy shook his head, pointing at his mouth.
Raven gave him a glare. "Garfield!" She hissed through gritted teeth.
He paled. Ever since she learned his name because of Rita, she made a point to him when she was angry by using it.
Her eyes changed from large violet ones to two sets of red slits. "If you are not over here in three seconds, I will keep that energy on your mouth for the rest of your miserable life!" She snapped.
Beast Boy quickly shuffled over to her, pulling her arms several times. Finally, she made it through the door, but her footing betrayed her and she toppled over, right onto Beast Boy. "Oof!" She said. "Beast Boy, I can't get up! This dress is probably twenty pounds of pure glitter!"
He changed into a gorilla and picked her up.
"Great. Now put me down." She muttered. "And I need to find my old clothes."
Beast Boy pointed to his mouth again. She could practically see it watering as he looked at a cherry pie.
She grabbed his pointed ear and dragged him away from the table. "We have to be quiet," she warned. "We don't know when she'll come out. We're lucky she had some kitchen appliance running."
Beast Boy nodded. His eyes widened.
"What?"
He pointed at the wall, which had a small, square hole. "There is no way I can fit through that in this." Raven noted.
He rolled his eyes and tried to say, "It might be a lead!" However, it came out as a string of incoherent words.
He pushed her into the square, and turned into a baby elephant. Stuck in the small space, she could feel the floor creak as he transformed. She huffed. "This is going to hurt." Beast Boy rammed into her back, sending her flying through the hole in the wall. He turned into a human quickly, and shut the trap door (or whatever it was) behind him as he walked.
Raven glared at him. "Garfield, you are going to pay for that!" She yelled.
"Yo! Rae? BB?" A voice yelled.
Raven and Beast Boy looked behind a giant cauldron.
"Alright! My wish came true!" Cyborg celebrated. "Hey little lady, I need your help. There's all this freaky voodoo stuff and spell books. But I can't read 'em!"
"What languages are they in?" She asked, walking towards him.
"Most in German, a few in Latin. There's even one that I have no idea what it is."
"Give me that one first," Raven commanded.
They walked slowly into the other side of the room. That was the side that was lit by a few candles. Cyborg then saw Raven and Beast Boy clearly.
"Yo, grass stain, what's up with the band around your mouth?" Beast Boy gave him an annoyed look and pointed to Raven. Cyborg turned to face her, and when he did he guffawed loudly. Raven cast her energy around his mouth, as well.
"Shut. Up. I was in Cinderella. Can we please move on?" It was more of a demand than a question.
Both boys nodded.
"Good. I need your help, Cyborg." She let go of the darkness around both boys mouths. "And Beast Boy, if you laugh again, I won't hesitate to shut you up once more." Beast Boy and Cyborg gave each other worried looks. "Now, where's this unidentified book? Maybe I can read it."
Cyborg handed it to her. "I have no idea what it is. Just looks like scribbles to me."
Raven flipped through the book. "Strange."
"What?" Beast Boy and Cyborg both asked.
"It's a combination of Ancient Samarian and Sanskrit. Who would take the time to write in two different ancient languages?" Raven pondered. "No problem, I can read it. As well as the others. Just give me a few minutes.
So they sat, watching Raven read a multitude of books. Occasionally, she would mutter something like, "weird," or, "I've seen that before…"
After a while, the boys got bored and started a new game of "Stank Ball". It was random objects from the room squished together, so Beast Boy and Cyborg actually had no idea what it was.
Raven looked up. She looked at them, horrified. "What in the name of Azar are you two dolts doing?"
"Playing Extreme Stank Ball!" Beast Boy yelled in a commercial-like voice.
Raven shook her head. "Boys…" she took a deep breath. "You are playing with rotten human flesh."
Cyborg dropped the 'ball' and backed away, his face as green as Beast Boy's skin.
Beast Boy immediately wiped his hands on his sides. "Ew! Dudes, that's totally gross!"
Raven rolled her eyes. "You two deserved that. But don't touch me, or you'll wake up tomorrow in my mind."
Both boys nodded, never wanting to return to the crazy emoticloned world of Raven's mind.
She shook her head. "All I can gather from this is that she's a witch. She's practicing ancient satanic spells and rituals. It looks like you two just squished her newest one." She crinkled her nose. "And wherever we land next, you're washing your hands."
"Next? You mean you can get us out of here?" Cyborg asked. "Well alright!" he boomed.
Raven nodded. "I've found an old spell used to transport people. I just have to name a place…but where would they be?"
"Not in The Lion King," Beast Boy said. "I was there all alone."
"And I was here alone," Cyborg added.
"No one but Lady Tremaine and her annoying daughters were around where I was." She sighed. "Should we go with a Disney movie or a fairytale?"
"Well, why don't we try a Disney movie? Seeing as two of us were in one, and only Cy was in a fairytale." Beast Boy said.
"Alright. Uh…Little Mermaid? 101 Dalmatians? Sleeping Beauty?" Raven tried to think where they could be.
Suddenly, she thought of something.
"Of course!" She said. "I share an empathetic bond with those whose mind I enter. I've looked into Robin's. We can find him and try to get to Starfire together."
They nodded in agreement.
Robin…Robin! Are you there?
-:-
Robin
Robin was walking towards the castle. Maybe Jafar would be there! He knew that he had at least one part of the beetle, and he would claim to "help him" if he could give the other to Robin.
That would be a great idea!
Now…how to get to the palace? A commoner just couldn't walk in…
Robin…Robin! Are you there? A voice asked. Raven…?
Raven?
Yes! Which fairytale are you in?
Err, Aladdin. How'd you get in my head?
I'm an empath. We have an empathetic bond from the time I looked into your past. But that doesn't matter. Just don't move.
Robin stopped walking. He heard Raven mutter some more things in her head and suddenly, she, Cyborg, and Beast Boy were in front of him. "BOOYAH!" Cyborg pumped his fist in the air.
"Dude! What's up?" Beast Boy asked. "It's good to see you again!"
"Don't touch them," Raven warned as Robin went over to pat the small boy's head.
"Why…?" Robin asked, scared to know the answer.
"We ended up in the cannibal from Hansel and Gretel's place. We found this old lair and…this book. We can transport anywhere now. This book was among many other satanic things and rituals."
Robin nodded. "That's great, but what'd they do?" He asked her.
She shot the two boys an 'I-think-you're-so-stupid' look. "They played their game of Stank Ball with rotting human flesh."
Robin backed away from the group with a disgusted face. "Guys! It's irresponsible enough to be playing when Starfire's in trouble—"
Cyborg grinned. "You're just worried 'bout your girlfriend!"
Robin's face flushed. His heart beat rapidly. "She's not my girlfriend!"
Raven looked at him strangely. "What? After that whole deal in Tokyo you two aren't dating? Stupid!" She slammed the heavy book on the Boy Blunder's chest. "You idiot! The past two weeks I've felt her emotions going crazy. You're the reason for that!"
Robin was confused. "How?"
Raven just sighed. "Robin, Starfire is sensitive. She was on cloud nine after you kissed her, and I expected her aura to stay like that for a while. But as soon as we got home, she turned…sad."
"How is this my fault?" Robin asked.
"Dude," Beast Boy said. "You kissed her and acted like it was nothing?"
Robin blushed. "Uh, was it?"
Raven slapped him with her energy. "Idiot. You don't kiss a girl and act like it was nothing."
"But that was in Japan! We were on vacation. Now we're heroes. It's not good to get in a relationship with a teammate!" He defended himself.
Raven advanced on him, her anger showing. "It doesn't matter. She's been a mess of emotions and because we have such a strong friendship, I can feel her emotions!"
"So?"
"So, that means half the nights she's up tossing and turning so am I!"
"Dude, you don't want an angry Raven on your hands."
Cyborg nodded.
Raven calmed down. "Whatever. When we see her again, you're fixing this. I don't care what shit Batman fed you about not dating a teammate. Starfire would never hurt you, and she wouldn't let her relationship with you get in the way of her duties. She's a princess. She's shared her past with us. She knows what has to be done when it needs to be." Robin could only stare at the ground. "I don't care what Bruce said to you, Dick. Just remember what I just told you."
She walked away, muttering something about meditating.
Beast Boy scratched his neck nervously. Ever since they learned his name, the small team shared their names and past with each other after the whole "Brotherhood of Evil" fiasco. It made them a much stronger team, but now things got much more personal in fights when they called each other their names. And Raven was one to use them often when she is mad. And it always got uncomfortable after Raven had a banter with anyone.
Cyborg glanced at Robin. "Rob…"
"What?" Robin snapped.
"Yo, Dick. Don't feel bad. I mean, I've done some stupid stuff when it comes to girls, too. Just fix this with the little lady when you see her again, alright? She's a keeper."
Robin sighed. "I know. It's just duty comes first."
"I thought you two settled this!" Beast Boy said. "I mean, all I heard that day was Starfire gushing to Raven about what you said. You told her you could be more than heroes…but you went back to just Robin at home."
"Listen, Beast Boy, I'm trying, okay? I'm just so used to hearing Bruce remind me of everything I did wrong. Telling me what not to do in the future. And that one's always stuck out. 'Don't date a teammate.'"
Cyborg laid a cybernetic hand on Robin's shoulder. "Dude, it's alright. We all screw up. Star'll understand. Just tell her this when we see her."
Robin nodded. "Okay. But I need your help finding something. I have an idea on how we can get out of here."
Beast Boy shrugged. "I dunno, Raven has that cool magic transport-y thingy that can take us anywhere. We could just use that!"
Robin thought about this. "Is it safe? If it's satanic like the rest of the witch's stuff would be, it might be best not to use it."
"Dude," Beast Boy reminded, "Rachel Roth is half demon."
Robin nodded. "Right."
A few minutes later, a slightly calmer Raven came back to the boys. "Alright, let's go."
-:-
Starfire
Starfire woke up shortly after falling asleep. The dwarves were still gone. She was beginning to get hungry. Lazily, she grabbed the apple off of the table by the cot. Without even opening her eyes, she bit into it.
He breathing hitched. It felt as though someone had stuck a knife in her throat. Like poison spreading…
Poison!
The apple was poisoned!
She attempted to sit up, but was too weak. Her body couldn't move. She choked on air. Forget how resilient Tamaraneans were, or how she could breathe in outer space! Whatever this was affected her species, too.
She survived longer than a normal human would, but that only made her suffer more.
Finally, after what felt like long hours, but in reality was only a few minutes, Starfire's breathing stopped. Her fingers let go of the apple.
The only sound in the room was the apple rolling away on the floor.
A/N: Heh…
Hi.
Hope you enjoyed this chapter! I know I enjoyed writing it, even if I have a horrible headache and have school (WAAAAAAAAAAAH!) tomorrow!
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~Suzie
