"Last night was the best," Cyborg said as I walked into the kitchen the
next morning. He was talking to Robin and Beastboy and when I saw Beastboy,
I blushed and several glasses shattered and threw their contents over the
three boys. Condor and Crow, who were making herbal tea in the corner,
cracked up. Even I began to laugh at the shocked faces of Robin, Cyborg and
Beastboy.
"Complete accident. I swear," I said, between laughs. I walked over to Condor and Crow.
"Happy Birthday you two," I whispered, as I poured myself some tea.
"Happy Birthday Kestrel," Condor whispered back. I smiled.
"I left your presents in your rooms," I whispered. They both grinned and darted out the door with their tea. Robin looked at me.
"What did you say to them to make them leave so quickly?" Robin asked me.
"Nothing," I said, a little too fast. Noticing the non-believing look on Robin's face, I grabbed my tea and headed for Rae's room where we'd agree to go. I opened Rae's door. Condor and Crow were already sitting there, on her floor and Rae was sitting cross legged on her bed, each with a small pile of presents in front of them. I grinned as I shut the door and spotted my pile of presents; the same size as everyone else's. I sat down on Rae's rug.
"Open mine first," I said. They each opened the packages to find brand new silk cloaks, each of our own colours and with silver embroidered birds at the hem. I could tell from their shocked yet pleased faces that they were not gutted.
We opened Condor's next. He'd got us each some crystals from our local New Age shop. They were perfect for meditation, which is mine, Rae', Condor's and Crow's favourite hobby.
Crow's present was excellent. He'd got us each a new communicator cover. They were black with our nicknames and our own respected birds on the back with beautiful silver outlines. We each voiced how excellent they were and we put them on our communicators instantly.
But we all had to admit, Raven's presents were the best. She'd gotten us each a pendant, each in the shape of our individual chakra. (A.N Mine is a silver eight point star, Raven's is a red diamond, Crow's is a blue circle and Condor's is a golden sun.)
We disposed of the wrapping paper (In other words we put on a firework show in Raven's room by blowing the wrapping paper up) and we silently left Rae's room. We were lucky no-one noticed the stuff we were carrying. You see, our birthday is a special time because it had been about 11 years since we'd last celebrated our birthday with all 4 of us together and we didn't want everyone else making such a big fuss about it.
I was still tired so I went back to my room and went straight to bed. I'm always tired, but any way, that doesn't really matter. I was asleep within a matter of seconds.
I was suddenly on Azarath. Demons were rampaging through the villages. Everyone was screaming. I saw people trying to fight them off with spells, including grandpa but they were losing to someone who looked too familiar. I woke up screaming.
I sat up. I was panting heavily. Everyone came rushing in.
"Kestrel, are you alright?" Beastboy asked. I was still panting too hard to reply. Everyone walked me into the living room.
"Ok," Robin said, "While we wait for Kestrel to calm, we will get back to our previous conversation."
"Yeah," Cyborg said, "As I was about to say, where on Earth do you think the Teen Terrors are now?"
"They're not on earth," I said, finally regaining my voice. Everyone stared at me. I looked up at them.
"They're on Azarath..." I finished.
"Complete accident. I swear," I said, between laughs. I walked over to Condor and Crow.
"Happy Birthday you two," I whispered, as I poured myself some tea.
"Happy Birthday Kestrel," Condor whispered back. I smiled.
"I left your presents in your rooms," I whispered. They both grinned and darted out the door with their tea. Robin looked at me.
"What did you say to them to make them leave so quickly?" Robin asked me.
"Nothing," I said, a little too fast. Noticing the non-believing look on Robin's face, I grabbed my tea and headed for Rae's room where we'd agree to go. I opened Rae's door. Condor and Crow were already sitting there, on her floor and Rae was sitting cross legged on her bed, each with a small pile of presents in front of them. I grinned as I shut the door and spotted my pile of presents; the same size as everyone else's. I sat down on Rae's rug.
"Open mine first," I said. They each opened the packages to find brand new silk cloaks, each of our own colours and with silver embroidered birds at the hem. I could tell from their shocked yet pleased faces that they were not gutted.
We opened Condor's next. He'd got us each some crystals from our local New Age shop. They were perfect for meditation, which is mine, Rae', Condor's and Crow's favourite hobby.
Crow's present was excellent. He'd got us each a new communicator cover. They were black with our nicknames and our own respected birds on the back with beautiful silver outlines. We each voiced how excellent they were and we put them on our communicators instantly.
But we all had to admit, Raven's presents were the best. She'd gotten us each a pendant, each in the shape of our individual chakra. (A.N Mine is a silver eight point star, Raven's is a red diamond, Crow's is a blue circle and Condor's is a golden sun.)
We disposed of the wrapping paper (In other words we put on a firework show in Raven's room by blowing the wrapping paper up) and we silently left Rae's room. We were lucky no-one noticed the stuff we were carrying. You see, our birthday is a special time because it had been about 11 years since we'd last celebrated our birthday with all 4 of us together and we didn't want everyone else making such a big fuss about it.
I was still tired so I went back to my room and went straight to bed. I'm always tired, but any way, that doesn't really matter. I was asleep within a matter of seconds.
I was suddenly on Azarath. Demons were rampaging through the villages. Everyone was screaming. I saw people trying to fight them off with spells, including grandpa but they were losing to someone who looked too familiar. I woke up screaming.
I sat up. I was panting heavily. Everyone came rushing in.
"Kestrel, are you alright?" Beastboy asked. I was still panting too hard to reply. Everyone walked me into the living room.
"Ok," Robin said, "While we wait for Kestrel to calm, we will get back to our previous conversation."
"Yeah," Cyborg said, "As I was about to say, where on Earth do you think the Teen Terrors are now?"
"They're not on earth," I said, finally regaining my voice. Everyone stared at me. I looked up at them.
"They're on Azarath..." I finished.