The Unexpected
By Lady Hood Chapter 1
When Raven awoke on a fresh, happy Saturday morning, she didn't know why her friends were bending over her with faces of happiness and glee.
"You are in my room, why?" asked Raven, knowing that she'd at least asked for peace in her own room. Starfire giggled with excitement. Beast Boy looked at Robin to blame if Raven had any sudden outburst of "Get out of my Room!", but she hadn't said anything else.
"Do you not know what today is, Raven?" Robin asked, surprised that Raven didn't know.
"No, and I want you all out, now." Raven replied.
"Don't be silly Rae, it's your Birthday!" Cyborg burst out. Raven gave a look of surprise, but quickly hid it under her usual mask of expressionless. She sat up and nearly wanted to cry seeing what they did to her room. A banner of pink that said Happy Birthday! in neat cursive writing hung over the door, colorful balloons floated boucing across the ceiling, and the usual stuffed ravens that stood on her bookcase were replaced by pink bunnies with floppy ears. But that wasn't all. On top of her chest was a frog singing happy birthday (again it was pink) and the only stuffed raven she could see was again, pink.
"Err.... Starfire did decorations this year. Nice, isn't it? We thought you needed some color in your room...." Robin told her, watching while Raven's eyebrows lifted and lowered at the different decorations. Starfire blushed, hoping her gothic friend enjoyed her work.
"It's nice Starfire..... Thank you." Raven managed to say. Starfire squealed with delight.
"If I remember, on birthdays," Cyborg started, "that we let the special titan order the others around for their day." Robin and Beast Boy nodded, but they were actually worried. What on earth is Raven going to make them do?
"Oh goodie....." Raven sighed.
"First thing," she started while everyone looked up at her," is out of my room." They vanished within seconds. 'Oh dear god, how could I have forgotten?' thought Raven.
Later that day when Raven entered the living room, all titans stood up, ready for orders. But Raven merely sat down on the couch, and grabbed The Book of Azar from the table. Seeing her friends looking at her, she decided something simple.
"Today, I want the Tower quiet. No arguements about where the remote has gone, nothing." All titans nodded. "And...... I want herbal tea...... Cyborg, I've shown you how I like it, please make it for me." Cyborg walked into the kitchen, where you could hear "Hmmm...... Where is that blasted cup?" from around the corner. Then Raven opened the Book of Azar and all went quiet. She looked up to see Starfire, Beast Boy, and Robin still standing there.
"Yes?" she asked them.
"We can go?" Starfire questioned. Raven nodded, and they ran from the room. They were all sulking about the quietness, a group of 4 teenagers trying to be quiet isn't always a good thing. Cyborg handed Raven her cup of tea, nodded, and left her in peace. 'If only it were like this every day' thought Raven sadly. I could do with more silence.
2 Hours went by, and Beast Boy wanted some fun. He saw Raven, now meditating in peace, near the window. He wanted to act. He told the others his plan and Starfire would only reply with "A quote I learned from Raven, you are Soooo Doomed". Robin and Cyborg just grudged and went to do some weight lifting. Beast Boy looked around the corner to see Raven was reading again. 'Perfect' thought Beast Boy as he slipped into his room to do some planning. This will be fun.
He came out later and wanted to choke Raven. Still reading? Beast Boy sighed softly so she couldn't hear, and turned into a rat and ran swiftly across the room under the coach where Raven was sitting. He extra quietly created a small hole, and unraveled some rope down it and tied it to an edge. Then he waited for Raven to move. She did, into the kitchen, because Robin and Cyborg finished training and wanted check to see if she was enjoying herself. During this time Beast Boy turned into a robin and flew up to the ceiling holding the rope in his claws. He somehow managed to create a very small hole in the ceiling, and flew into it. Then he went to where he thought the coach was and poked a hole through the floorboards. 'Hurray!' he thought. Got it right the first time. He attached a big balloon to the rope, (It was filled with oil), and lowered it through the hole. Then he quickly got down onto the floor, and looked at his creation. The rope entirely blended in with its surroundings, as did the balloon. It looked like he never did anything. He laughed, then realized that Raven was returing.
He turned back into a mouse and scurried under the coach. Raven sat down again, reading once more. 'Raven, of all people, didn't notice!' he thought with glee. He tugged the rope, and let his creation take action. He heard it drop, heard And saw it splatter, but Raven didn't curse or anything! Beast Boy came out of the couch and ran straight into Raven.
"Thought it was funny, did you?" asked Raven angerly.
"Uhhhh..... About what?" He asked innocently.
"I knew you were planning it. Being a telepath has its rewards, doesn't it?" Beast Boy cursed. Of course she knew he was there!
"And now, it's payback..... Heheheheheh...." Raven laughed. Beast Boy gulped. This wasn't going to be pretty.
TO BE CONTINUED