Beep beep beep beep beep beep beep…
The annoying sounds of the alarm clock echoed in Raven's head. She whined and turned over on her side, putting the covers over her head. The alarm sounds still went on "beeping". Raven finally gave in and slammed her hand on the clock, silencing the alarm. 8:00am. She rubbed the sleep out of her eyes and rose up out of bed. She sleepily walked into the bathroom and stopped at the sink, staring into the window. Raven's eyes were half closed, half her storm eyes hidden. Her ghostly white skin shone in the sunlight breaking in through the window. Her red jewel glistened upon her forehead. Raven opened the medicine cabinet and took out a toothbrush and toothpaste. She brushed her teeth quickly and spit out. She had taken off her pajamas and took a morning shower. Hanging on the towel rack was her trademark Teen Titans costume: a black leotard, long blue cape with a hood, a gold belt that hung loosely on her hips, and black boots. She stepped out of the shower, dried herself off, and slipped on the costume. She quickly brushed her hair and exited out her room. Raven slowly walked through the faded halls, shadows lurking in small corners. As she turned a corner, something hard slammed into her.
"Argh!" Raven yelled as she fell to the ground and landed on her behind.
"Whoa, sorry Rave!"
Raven shook her head and opened her eyes.
"Oh Beast Boy. . .So. . .where's the fire anyhow?" asked Raven sarcastically.
"Very funny," said Beast Boy.
Raven rose from the floor and dusted herself off.
"BEAST BOY!!! I'M GONNA KILL YOU!!"
Cyborg's raging voice echoed throughout the halls. Beast Boy's green face now formed the color of a ghost at the sound of Cyborg's yells.
"I'm so dead, man. . ."
"What did you now?" asked Raven.
"Well, it was just some joke, you know 'ha ha'? He was asleep right? So just for fun I borrowed some of Starfire's makeup, went over to Cyborg, and as gently as I could I put everything on his face. Lip gloss, blush, eye shadow, what Drama Queens wear. Just as I started on the mascara he opened his eyes and "I'll kill you" was the look he gave me. I ran as fast as I could and just as he looked in the mirror he screamed like a girl and then yelled death threats at me and so. . .here I am now."
Raven shook her head. "Haven't I told your practical jokes aren't exactly 'good ideas'."
"I think so."
"Maybe you should listen to Dark Girl next time, green boy."
"Eep.."
Cyborg picked up Beast Boy by the collar, glaring straight at him with blue eye shadow smeared on his eye-lid and red lip gloss spread onto his lips. Fire gleamed in his eye.
"Cyborg ol' buddy…Hey, that's a good look for you," said Beast Boy.
"You call this (pointing to his make-up face) a 'good look'? I know a good look for you, how 'bout a bloody nose and a black eye."
"How 'bout no."
At that point Beast Boy transformed into a cat and scratched the living hell out of Cyborg's face and ran off as a cheetah.
"Ah!!. . Get back here, freak boy!!" he yelled as he chased Beast Boy down the halls. Raven just stood there, sweat dropping anime style. She sighed.
"Immature fools. . ."
She continued her way out of the halls and into the living room, where Robin was found playing video games. Starfire was out visiting her sister Blackfire in jail.
"Yes! High score!" Robin cheered.
Raven floated over to the big blue couch.
"Enjoying yourself?" she asked.
Robin paused the game and turned around with a smile on his face.
"Oh hey, Raven, what's up?"
"Nothing, as usual."
Robin un-paused the game and continued battling computers. Raven studied the moving characters on the big screen. One character, controlled by Robin, was muscular, wearing a purple body suit, a scarf and a red helmet with a somewhat falcon symbol on it. Another character, controlled by the computer, was small, round and pink with big blue eyes shining. 'Cute,' thought Raven. And the last computer controlled character was short in height, wearing blue over-alls, red shirt, and a cap that had an "M" on it. Raven saw all these characters fighting, throwing energy balls, punches, kicks, etc. A curious look came upon Raven's face.
"What is this battle game with all these crazy made-up people?"
"It's a video game called Super Smash Bros. Melee, it has all the Nintendo characters and you battle each other on it, it's cool," replied Robin, trying to knock off Mario off the stage.
Raven continued to study until the battle ended and Captain Falcon posed and yelled in victory. 'Foolish battle,' Raven thought. Robin turned around towards Raven.
"Hey, do you want to play with me?"
Raven looked in his direction.
"I have no interest in foolish computer generated game battles, it wastes energy."
"Oh c'mon, have a little fun for once."
Raven shook her head.
"Please?" asked Robin, puckering his lower lip jokingly.
Raven would usually just walk away and do whatever she pleased, not being effected by this "cute" look.
"C'mon, just one try, if you don't like it I won't ask you to play the game anymore. I know you want to play," he said, grinning.
"Oh. . .Alright, one try," replied Raven, hiding a smile that was beginning to form.
Robin handed Raven a purple controller and switched the battle screen to the character select screen.
"What do you do here?" asked Raven.
"You choose a character that you want to use in battle. Here, watch me."
Moving the joystick, Robin moved the red icon onto Captain Falcon's icon and pressed A.
"Captain Falcon!" announced the computer.
"Like that."
Raven tried to follow exactly what Robin. She tilted the joystick on her controller and saw the blue icon moving. She looked at all the characters that were up for choosing. 'Now which one would be good in battle. . .the little red man seems to weak . . .the girl in pink who keeps smiling scares me. . .Hmm. . .I like that one girl who is looking away. She seems modest and powerful.'
Raven had chosen Princess Zelda.
"Zelda!"
"Ready to battle?" asked Robin.
"I'm ready when you are," replied Raven.
Robin pressed start and chose the Hyrule Castle battle field.
"READY?. . .GO!"
The battle began. Robin quickly pushed all the possible buttons on his controller. Raven did the same as well, testing Zelda's psychic abilities. Captain Falcon threw a Falcon Punch right at Zelda causing her to fall back to the farther left of the field. Zelda rose from the stone floor and attacked Captain with Din's Fire, damaging Falcon. The battle went on, punches here, Nayru's Love there. As Zelda performed the last magic attack, the battle was over.
"TIME OUT!"
" AND THE WINNER IS. . .ZELDA!"
"That means I won, correct?" asked Raven, pointing to the screen.
"Yeah, that's right," said Robin. "And on your first try, too. That's pretty good."
Raven rose from the couch.
"It was nothing, really."
Raven began to leave.
"Hold on, wait."
Robin reached out his hand and lightly grabbed Raven wrist. Her heart began to race lightly as she turned towards him.
"I just want to tell you, we're all meeting at the Pizza Place tonight for dinner. Also, I have an announcement to make."
"Ok, I'll be there."
"Thanks."
He let go of her wrist and continued playing video games.
Raven continued on her way and lightly smiled, touching the wrist where Robin had his hand on. 'He's so gentle.' She snapped out of it, mentally slapping herself. 'Get a hold of yourself Raven, he's just a team mate, nothing more.' She decided to change the subject of her mental conversation. 'I wonder what announcement Robin will make.'
The annoying sounds of the alarm clock echoed in Raven's head. She whined and turned over on her side, putting the covers over her head. The alarm sounds still went on "beeping". Raven finally gave in and slammed her hand on the clock, silencing the alarm. 8:00am. She rubbed the sleep out of her eyes and rose up out of bed. She sleepily walked into the bathroom and stopped at the sink, staring into the window. Raven's eyes were half closed, half her storm eyes hidden. Her ghostly white skin shone in the sunlight breaking in through the window. Her red jewel glistened upon her forehead. Raven opened the medicine cabinet and took out a toothbrush and toothpaste. She brushed her teeth quickly and spit out. She had taken off her pajamas and took a morning shower. Hanging on the towel rack was her trademark Teen Titans costume: a black leotard, long blue cape with a hood, a gold belt that hung loosely on her hips, and black boots. She stepped out of the shower, dried herself off, and slipped on the costume. She quickly brushed her hair and exited out her room. Raven slowly walked through the faded halls, shadows lurking in small corners. As she turned a corner, something hard slammed into her.
"Argh!" Raven yelled as she fell to the ground and landed on her behind.
"Whoa, sorry Rave!"
Raven shook her head and opened her eyes.
"Oh Beast Boy. . .So. . .where's the fire anyhow?" asked Raven sarcastically.
"Very funny," said Beast Boy.
Raven rose from the floor and dusted herself off.
"BEAST BOY!!! I'M GONNA KILL YOU!!"
Cyborg's raging voice echoed throughout the halls. Beast Boy's green face now formed the color of a ghost at the sound of Cyborg's yells.
"I'm so dead, man. . ."
"What did you now?" asked Raven.
"Well, it was just some joke, you know 'ha ha'? He was asleep right? So just for fun I borrowed some of Starfire's makeup, went over to Cyborg, and as gently as I could I put everything on his face. Lip gloss, blush, eye shadow, what Drama Queens wear. Just as I started on the mascara he opened his eyes and "I'll kill you" was the look he gave me. I ran as fast as I could and just as he looked in the mirror he screamed like a girl and then yelled death threats at me and so. . .here I am now."
Raven shook her head. "Haven't I told your practical jokes aren't exactly 'good ideas'."
"I think so."
"Maybe you should listen to Dark Girl next time, green boy."
"Eep.."
Cyborg picked up Beast Boy by the collar, glaring straight at him with blue eye shadow smeared on his eye-lid and red lip gloss spread onto his lips. Fire gleamed in his eye.
"Cyborg ol' buddy…Hey, that's a good look for you," said Beast Boy.
"You call this (pointing to his make-up face) a 'good look'? I know a good look for you, how 'bout a bloody nose and a black eye."
"How 'bout no."
At that point Beast Boy transformed into a cat and scratched the living hell out of Cyborg's face and ran off as a cheetah.
"Ah!!. . Get back here, freak boy!!" he yelled as he chased Beast Boy down the halls. Raven just stood there, sweat dropping anime style. She sighed.
"Immature fools. . ."
She continued her way out of the halls and into the living room, where Robin was found playing video games. Starfire was out visiting her sister Blackfire in jail.
"Yes! High score!" Robin cheered.
Raven floated over to the big blue couch.
"Enjoying yourself?" she asked.
Robin paused the game and turned around with a smile on his face.
"Oh hey, Raven, what's up?"
"Nothing, as usual."
Robin un-paused the game and continued battling computers. Raven studied the moving characters on the big screen. One character, controlled by Robin, was muscular, wearing a purple body suit, a scarf and a red helmet with a somewhat falcon symbol on it. Another character, controlled by the computer, was small, round and pink with big blue eyes shining. 'Cute,' thought Raven. And the last computer controlled character was short in height, wearing blue over-alls, red shirt, and a cap that had an "M" on it. Raven saw all these characters fighting, throwing energy balls, punches, kicks, etc. A curious look came upon Raven's face.
"What is this battle game with all these crazy made-up people?"
"It's a video game called Super Smash Bros. Melee, it has all the Nintendo characters and you battle each other on it, it's cool," replied Robin, trying to knock off Mario off the stage.
Raven continued to study until the battle ended and Captain Falcon posed and yelled in victory. 'Foolish battle,' Raven thought. Robin turned around towards Raven.
"Hey, do you want to play with me?"
Raven looked in his direction.
"I have no interest in foolish computer generated game battles, it wastes energy."
"Oh c'mon, have a little fun for once."
Raven shook her head.
"Please?" asked Robin, puckering his lower lip jokingly.
Raven would usually just walk away and do whatever she pleased, not being effected by this "cute" look.
"C'mon, just one try, if you don't like it I won't ask you to play the game anymore. I know you want to play," he said, grinning.
"Oh. . .Alright, one try," replied Raven, hiding a smile that was beginning to form.
Robin handed Raven a purple controller and switched the battle screen to the character select screen.
"What do you do here?" asked Raven.
"You choose a character that you want to use in battle. Here, watch me."
Moving the joystick, Robin moved the red icon onto Captain Falcon's icon and pressed A.
"Captain Falcon!" announced the computer.
"Like that."
Raven tried to follow exactly what Robin. She tilted the joystick on her controller and saw the blue icon moving. She looked at all the characters that were up for choosing. 'Now which one would be good in battle. . .the little red man seems to weak . . .the girl in pink who keeps smiling scares me. . .Hmm. . .I like that one girl who is looking away. She seems modest and powerful.'
Raven had chosen Princess Zelda.
"Zelda!"
"Ready to battle?" asked Robin.
"I'm ready when you are," replied Raven.
Robin pressed start and chose the Hyrule Castle battle field.
"READY?. . .GO!"
The battle began. Robin quickly pushed all the possible buttons on his controller. Raven did the same as well, testing Zelda's psychic abilities. Captain Falcon threw a Falcon Punch right at Zelda causing her to fall back to the farther left of the field. Zelda rose from the stone floor and attacked Captain with Din's Fire, damaging Falcon. The battle went on, punches here, Nayru's Love there. As Zelda performed the last magic attack, the battle was over.
"TIME OUT!"
" AND THE WINNER IS. . .ZELDA!"
"That means I won, correct?" asked Raven, pointing to the screen.
"Yeah, that's right," said Robin. "And on your first try, too. That's pretty good."
Raven rose from the couch.
"It was nothing, really."
Raven began to leave.
"Hold on, wait."
Robin reached out his hand and lightly grabbed Raven wrist. Her heart began to race lightly as she turned towards him.
"I just want to tell you, we're all meeting at the Pizza Place tonight for dinner. Also, I have an announcement to make."
"Ok, I'll be there."
"Thanks."
He let go of her wrist and continued playing video games.
Raven continued on her way and lightly smiled, touching the wrist where Robin had his hand on. 'He's so gentle.' She snapped out of it, mentally slapping herself. 'Get a hold of yourself Raven, he's just a team mate, nothing more.' She decided to change the subject of her mental conversation. 'I wonder what announcement Robin will make.'
