Now that introductions are done, it's on to problems!
I've been waiting for this!!
Too bad it's only the introduction of the problems.
And I don't like my beginning of this chapter.
I don't know what I was thinking.

Disclaimer: I know that you know that I don't own Teen Titans. What else do I know that you know?


Genie Book

"Yahoo! It's Friday!" shouted Garfield as he ran out of the school doors. He felt trapped inside that school, and the weekends were the perfect days to forget about those. He wanted to do a little jig, but Victor came up behind him.

"Sorry, Gar, but we have to go to that magical library Rachael goes to." Garfield slumped. Research again? They've already been doing that, taking away all their lunch time. Now it has to take away their weekends, too?

"Aw dudes! Can't we take a break! I'm tired of all the schoolwork!"

"If you hadn't made that stupid wish we wouldn't be doing schoolwork," Dick said coldly. "The faster we can find a solution to this problem, the faster we can get our powers back and get back to our lives before all this."

"Hey, don't talk about our you-know-what out in the open!" Roy said. Dick's eyes slightly twitched, but it was barely noticeable.

"Let's go."

Like all the other students, they walked to their cars. But then someone tapped Kori's shoulder. She looked behind her to see a tall tan boy with red-brown hair and a charming smile. "Hi, I'm Jordan," he said, with a lovely deep voice. At the sound of the name, Kori remembered about those girls who were giggling about "Jordan." Was this the same Jordan? If so, Kori could now see why they were in to him.

"Yo, Dan!" Victor also turned around at the name. He was surprised to see his new friend just behind them.

"Yo, Vic!" They slapped high fives. "I didn't know you were in this group." While he was talking, Jordan took a quick look towards Kori. Dick noticed that. He went to stand slightly in front of her.

"Yeah, I am. What're you doing here?" Victor asked.

"Oh, nothing. I just came to see the new girls."

Vic was confused. Why would he do that? Jordan walked past him and went to see the people he was just talking about. He could see Kori, who was the prettiest, a girl with purple colored hair who was also pretty, but not quite to Kori's, and a black who was just as pretty as the purple-haired one. Since they were all beautiful, he smiled his charming smile. Immediately, not able to hide her feelings anymore, Rachael blushed and looked away. She was desperately wishing for her cloak that had a hood. The hood would protect her from any more embarrassing scenes. (A/N: I don't like blushing Raven, but it's part of her new normal life.)

Jordan noticed the purple-haired one looked away. He got one of them, but he wasn't interested in her. He was more interested to the one standing nearest. Even though Kori was a new student, she was quickly known throughout the school for her charm and beauty. The Spring Dance was coming, and the boys couldn't wait to ask her out, whether they be older or younger than her.

Jordan's making sure he's going to be the first to ask. "Is that it," asked Vic, who was now standing next to him.

"Hm? Oh yes, that's it." Jordan smiled one more charming smile at the girls. "Good bye!" With a wave, he walked off.

From the corner of his eye, Garfield saw Rachael's blush and got a sudden pang of jealousy for no reason. Well, no reason he could think of. "What a creep," he muttered.


Raven and her friends walked into the library/bookstore she always went to back when she still had her powers. She said hi to the clerk, who didn't recognize her, and then led them throughout the store to get them to see what it looked like.

"Wow this bookstore is old!" commented Garfield. "It's covered in cobwebs!"

"Like your brain," Rachael said. Garfield snorted, but he didn't say anything. Instead, he went to the fiction side of the store. He scanned the old books for something that would interest him. At the end of the shelf, he found one. It was called 10 Ways to Make a Girl Laugh: A Guide for Boys. Immediately, he thought of Raven. He slowly took it out while looking over his shoulders to make sure no one was looking. Fortunately, all the Titans were looking at other things.

Beast Boy could never make Raven laugh. She seemed so stoic. When he tells a joke, Raven would almost always never respond, and when she did it would be something insulting. He carefully opened the thin book to see what they have that he hasn't already tried.

"1st Way: Tell Her a Joke."

Garfield snorted at the idea. That was like a big "duh!" He skipped to the next idea.

"2nd Way: Make a Face."

Beast Boy thought about this one. I don't think I've done that to Raven before, he thought to himself. He continued reading.

"The first way didn't work, huh? Well try this one. Make a silly face and your girl MIGHT laugh. It's not a guarantee, but there's always that slight chance she'll at least giggle. The other chance is that she'll think you're wierd and might dump you . . . Just kidding about that. But she will think you're weird. If your girl likes that, then go ahead and try it. It might make your relationship tighter."

Beast Boy had a slight blush as he read the sentence. This book was for boys who had girlfriends; he didn't have one. At least, not yet.

"Hey, Gar, whatcha got there?" Beast Boy almost yelped at the voice. Behind him stood Victor, towering over the young Titan.

"N-nothing!" He quickly hid the book behind his back as he turned to face his best friend. Victor wasn't fooled.

"You know that trick never works." He reached out behind Garfield and grabbed the book out of his hands.

"Hey give it back!" cried Garfield, desperately trying to reach Vic's height. Meanwhile, Victor was examining the book. It was called How to Keep Your Car in its Best Shape! Surprised, he looked down at the squirt who was still trying to steal the book back.

"Why are you reading this?" he asked. At last, Garfield stopped his trying and looked down. He'd been caught, and what's worse, by Cyborg, who was the teaser of the group. He was about to say his excuse, when Vic suddenly shouted, "Oh mighty book, where have you been all my life! This is perfect! Now I can keep the T-Car safe when we're fighting bad guys!"

"Huh? What're you talking about?" Gar asked. "That's not a book about cars!"

"Uh, yeah it is!" Victor showed Gar the book. Gar could see the same title, and didn't say anything about cars.

"Dude, are you blind?! It's not about cars!"

"What are all the cries of anger for, friends?" Starfre asked. She was just behind the section that Beast Boy and Garfield were in.

"Kori, what does this book say?" both the gentlemen asked in unison. Starfire squinted at the book. She instantly lit up.

"The English Dictionary for Foreigners!" she cried. With this book, she would know all about Robin's language. She would be just like them. But Beast Boy and Cyborg had a different look on their face. And English Dictionary? Beast Boy was sure he would have never picked a book like that off the shelf. And Cyborg was sure the book said something about keeping his car safe.

"May I please see it?" Kori asked, excited. Cyborg turned the book to face him again. There it was: the same title about keeping his car in its best shape. Nothing about dictionaries there. Just then, the head of Raven popped in.

"Could you be any louder?! We're in a library/bookstore. You need to be quiet!" Once again, Cyborg showed the book to Raven.

"Rae, what does this book say?" he asked. Raven examined the words printed onto the book. Feeling Your Emotions. No. Way. It was the perfect book for her, now that she's normal. She was tempted to steal the book from the older boy from him and start reading it, but instead she looked all over the cover. Something was missing on it. There was no author.

"That's not a real book," she stated. She could sense rather than feel the confusion of her friends. "I mean, it's a book, but not a real written one. Look, there's no author." She took the book from Cyborg and showed it around. Indeed, there was not "Written by . . ."

"So what does that mean?" questioned the blond boy.

"It means that this book is magical," explained the purple-haired teen. "Magical books usually have no author because they're either a cursed book, or the book itself is so old the author is unknown. This special book is fairly old, but not three-hundred-years-old old. It doesn't have an author because there can be many authors to this particular book. This publication is supposed to alter to your heart's desire seeming it to be the perfect book for you to get. However, it's a cheap design because the magic fades a day after purchase."

Raven could tell she had lost her audience. "This book will change to whatever you want it to be, but soon it will turn into a boring old book." Her audience nodded.

"So it's like a genie book." Beast Boy slightly winced at Cyborg's comment. "Oh, sorry!" he quickly apologized.

"Rachael? Kori? Victor, where are you guys? I found the book we're looking for!" came Robin's voice. As the members went to join him, Raven put away the "genie" book, but not before taking a quick sneak peek.

"Chapter 1: Know Your Emotions
Before you even start to feel your emotions, you should know them. Every morning, when you wake up, do you still feel sleepy? Tired? Or are you happy and energetic? Once you know what you're feeling, try and expressing them. However, try not to express anger. Anger could be a dangerous thing. Sadness can be okay, but try not to be sad all the time. These emotions you should try to hide unless you want to talk about it with someone else. You'll learn how to express more feelings later on in the book." (A/N: I seriously don't know how a book about feelings would start. -_-')


Back at the tower, Robin called his teammates to the common room. "Okay," he started, "I found a book at that library Raven showed us. It's about magical beings. It talks about everything and it's in alphabetical order, too. It's pretty helpful."

"So, it's like a dictionary about magic creatures," said Aqualad. Later, he would try to find Loch Ness monster. They count as magical, right?

"Yeah, sort of like that." Robin then led walked closer to them and then sat between Starfire and Raven to open the book. The rest of the Titans looked over other's shoulders to see. Poor Mas y Menos had to keep jumping for a spot until finally Starfire took both of them and sat them on her lap, to which both fell happy to. Beast Boy, who was sitting next to Raven, rested his chin onto the purple-eyed girl. Raven, again, fell uncomfortable to the touch of her teammate's, but she let it go. Whenever she was around Beast Boy, she found it harder to control her feelings. And every time he would look her way with that goofy grin of his, it took all her energy not to smile with him. She almost faints at the concentration!

She was Raven after all. She was the teammate who never shows any emotion whatsoever.

"It says here genies are rare, but some do live in Earth," explained Robin. "Some are like fairy godmothers/fathers and show up when a citizen is in need. They like to be private and secretive so they just lure their person to them using something that the person would easily fall to, like a toy store if it was a child, or a shopping mall for women."

"Or a carnival for me," added Beast Boy.

"Right; and that's why Raven couldn't see you when she flew over the docks, because you were the only person who could see it." Robin continued to read the rest but Beast Boy wasn't listening anymore. Instead, looking at the book reminded him of that other book back at the library, the one about making a girl laugh. Since he was already next to Raven, and since he knew this idea would never work, he decided to try it. It won't work, so she won't laugh, so he won't bring attention to himself or Raven.

"Hey Raven," he whispered into the girl's ear. It tickled, but Raven didn't say anything. "Raven look here." With that, he took his head out of Raven's shoulder, preparing for a good face.

Not feeling the weight of Beast Boy, Raven curiously looked to see what he was doing. She looked behind her (because her back was to him if she were facing Robin) and found Beast Boy with crossed eyes and tongue sticking out at the side. His head was slightly tilted to one side and his hands were in the shape of antlers, with his thumb at his temples, his fingers wiggling.

Instantly, Raven laughed.

It was a sudden burst, but it wasn't a loud one. It was those that one would start when told of a good joke.

Raven couldn't help it; she just had to laugh! Meanwhile, Beast Boy was stunned. Raven laughed! He knew this was a new Raven, but nonetheless she LAUGHED. And he found her laugh to be somewhat . . . pleasant . . . to hear. Ther other Titans turned to see what was so funny. By this time, Raven had calmed down.

"Again, Raven?" Cyborg asked.

Suddenly, the big screen of the Titans Tower turned on with the screen static. After a few more buzzes, it stopped, revealing a light brown-haired chubby man with freckles all over him. "Greetings, Titans!" he shouted through the screen. "Your number one nemesis has returned once again!" He laughed maniacally. During that time, Raven had thanked once again that she was disturbed.

After a while, though, the guffaw stopped suddenly. The man in the screen looked at the teenagers in front of him. "What the--? You're not the Titans!" With that, he buzzed himself from the screen into reality. "Are you like that time again when they were gone and a different set of Titans came over to guard the place? What did they call themselves? Titans Treat? Titans Tree? Titans Yeast?"

"It's Titans East, you dope!" cried Karen. The chubby man looked at her direction. The girl struck him as familiar, yet at the same time he didn't have a clue as to who she was.

"Uh, who are you?" he asked.

"I'm Bum--!" Cyborg had managed to cover her mouth and shot her a nasty look. She gulped with fear as she remembered.

"I'm Dick Grayson and you are . . .?" asked Robin.

The man slumped with a gaping mouth. "What?! You don't know who I am?! I'm the Teen Titans' most feared villian! I am their number one nemisis! I am"--the man buzzed himself back to the screen, his face one big zoom--"CONTROL FREAK!!" it shouted. He pressed something on his remote and the sound of clapping vibrated through the room.

"Riiiiight," Dick said slowly. "So, um, why are you here?" Next to him, Starfire suppressed a giggle from Robin's acting.

The man frowned. "I don't know. I thought this was the Teen Titans' house."

"Well, the Teen Titans aren't here. You must have the wrong tower." Robin hoped Control Freak didn't catch that last part.

Fortunately, he didn't. "Oh, okay." After muttering to himself for a while, he added, "Um, sorry to bother you. I'll be going now." Control Freak still had a confused face when he went back into the TV and traveled somewhere else.

"That was close," said Speedy.

"We can't keep sending these bad guys away," Robin said. "First Mad Mod and then Control Freak. Those were just minor villains who happened to be gullible. Soon, more powerful villains might show and they won't be as easy to trick. They might treat us as normal civilians and attack us. We need to get our powers back as fast as possible."

"So continue on with the reading, please," stated Raven, who was hoping that everyone forgot about her latest outburst. Robin nodded and looked at the book to find out more. The rest of the Titans crowded over him once again. But of course, only Beast Boy was the one who still had Raven's effect on him. He looked at the girl curiously.

"I wish Raven could accept her feelings more," he mumbled. "That way, she won't have to hide them all the time."


Please review!
Wow!! This chapter has the most words!
It's the most words I've ever put on one chapter EVER!!
It was hard picturing Raven's laugh.
I tried to imagine her laugh from when Malchior made her giggle, and the laugh her Happy self made.
I got a wierd combination. o_0
Starfire's book was going to be How to Get Your Boyfriend to Open Up to You.
But instead I made it the English Dictionary... because we already have BB getting Raven to open up. =)
Question: should I make the chapters shorter?