Disclaimer: -stare- Yeah. You get it already right?
I luff all of my reviewers. Where did you -come- from? So SO sorry for the delay, I just, ergh. Sorry. And this chapter is rather short too, mostly talking, but it had to be done, and I hope you will tolerate it.
A lot of people took guesses at what Raven is. In body she is either a gryphon (feline and bird combined) or a sphinx (some are winged cats). In body and mind she's a sphinx (sphinxes are also portrayed as winged cats with human heads) because she's a cat, a bird and a human (well some demon in there, but I think sphinxes are immortal so they're not totally normal either).
Zodokai: Thank you, and yes, it's her.
Dannyphantomsgf: Griffin, Gryphon, Gryffin, Griphon. Lots of names for one thing. Ah, I'm being side tracked. Thank you.
dana1313: Heh, sorry for the delay, I just got stuck, but here it is, and I hope you likes!
punk-god: I thought it was a kinda odd twist, but I'm pretty sure it is totally original. Thankies muchly!
Lotus Cat: One of your questions gets answered in this chappy, but I have to take things one at a time. We'll get to swift, don't worry. So sorry for the delay in updates. -dies-
RavenKitten: Hehe, yes it is. That's cool though. So sorry for the delayed update, I died, sorry sorry. It's here now though.
Zoe Rose: Me too! Love cats, and Raven rocks. I just had to put those two things together. Thank you and I hope you like this chappy!
Da mann: I'm not sure she's going to fight, it'd be pretty hard the way she is and I'm hoping to get her fixed before then, though maybe I'll throw in a villain just to see how it would work.
me: Odd name, but anyways, you'll have to keep reading to find out, I don't reveal secrets that easy.
Raven4Ever: Thank you! . Well, here's the chappy, hope you like.
Shannon-of-Tameron: Hm, heard of them, never read them. The golden cat title though, hehe.
The Dark Azar: Why thank you very much. I love long reviews. Yes, the demon battle ect ect stories can be nice, but they're so many. I just decided to take a new twist to it. Thank you so much, really though. That's so odd that they look the same, but black cats with wings just sound so cool looking. I couldn't resist. Has to giver her the iridescent ruff though, since Raven is subtle.
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As the room shook slightly, the titans in the room (the human ones), looked around curiously, distracted from the winged cat. So a moment there was silence, then Starfire spoke carefully.
"Does anyone know what has so bothered friend raven so much to use her powers?"
"Yeah, dude, where is she?"
As a matter of fact, Raven was standing on light cat's feet before them, and may have given the group a glare if she hadn't been so lost in thought.
She was confused. From her only experience with this sort of thing (and what scared her was that she had experience) she had been switched in Starfire's body, Starfire into her's. When that had happened, she had also left her powers with her body. But just then, she had stressed and let her control slip, making things shake. With her powers. Then again, had she really thought that she had switched bodies with this thing? They didn't exactly have winged cats lying around.
Raven wings. Yes, whatever this was, she had carried over at least her powers and part of the image she represented herself with. Okay. So what did that means?
Did I do this? She considered. Maybe it's the fact that the cats have been about. But why now? They'd been around for a while now, nearly a month!
Whatever it was, she had to deal with it. Taking a moment to calm herself, she sat back into a position that was surprisingly comfortable. This body was very odd, but was graceful. Closing her eyes, she breathed deeply, going from her toes to her head and relaxing, finding her center. She had to get contact with the others. And if she had her powers...
'Starfire?' Said a quiet voice in the Tamarianian's ears. Looking about with kiwi green eyes, she blinked in confusion.
"Raven?" She asked, but there was no response. Instead, she watched as one by one her friends gave similar jumps of surprise and looked about for someone who they had heard, though all was silent.
"Um..."
"Did anyone else, er..."
"Dude, was that Raven?"
'Yes, it's me.' This time everyone heard it, and they realized that they weren't hearing with physical ears, rather inside their heads.
"Um, why are you, talking or whatever like that?"
'I don't think that my voice can handle english anymore.' Raven's mental voice was dry.
"Are you injured friend Raven?" Starfire asked in worry.
'Not in the terms that you're thinking.' She said vaguely. 'Look, everyone sit down, I don't want anyone freaking out.'
With confused expressions, everyone grabbed a chair and sat down, looking confused.
"Are you invisible?' Beast Boy guessed.
'No.' Was the flat response. 'Now everyone look at the cat on the table.'
Eyes turned to the winged creature to find it was staring back with those eerie violet eyes, the color matched also, no not almost, exactly with...
'Hi.'
A couple of seconds of silence elapsed, then at slightly different rates, they all caught on. Once again the kitchen was filled with loud and surprised voices.
"RAE!?"
"What? Wait, er, what?"
"How did this happened, I am confused."
"Oh, wow. Who, er?
"Is this a JOKE?"
The cat, no, Raven managed an exquisite glare in Beat Boy's direction.
'Do I joke?'
There was pause. No, this was not a joke, the closest thing to a joke she had ever told was insulting Beast Boy. But ever paranoid Robin interjected.
"Prove it. How do we know it's you?"
Raven found her eyes narrowing, a natural signal of irritation in both cats and humans.
'Fine.'
At that she tried to raise her hands (or rather paws) and gather pitch energy around them, but she found this was difficult. Wobbling, she settling down and tried again, this time with one paw. Bunching up her shoulder, she bend her elbow in an un elegant for that looked more like a hand shake, and formed a globe of her power around it.
'Does that make you happy?'
This time, no response. It was really sinking in now. This creature, this cat was Raven. Dark, mysterious, emotion suppressing, complex, Raven.
"How did it happen?" Robin asked carefully.
'I have no idea. I think I may have. By accident. Like when we watched that idiotic movie.'
"You were freaked out by wicked scary." Beast Boy put in tactlessly. Slitted purple eyes turned towards him in anoyance.
'Yes. But that doesn't make it any less mindless.'
"But it was cool."
"Why are we are straying from the subject of Raven's odd change to a cat form?" Starfire put in. She still looked worried for her friend, but much more comprehending.
"Ah, yeah. Well, we have to fix it. I'm not sure how, but we'll think of something. Cy could you do a few tests maybe (they're painless, don't look at me like that), and someone check on the cats."
But right at that moment, there was shuffling in the hall. Thin fingers curling around the edge of the kitchen door and hauled up a human form. It was female, with wavy auburn hair, near amber complexion, and distinct golden eyes, looking to be anywhere from nine to eleven years old. Stark naked, she stumbled forward, her legs giving under her as if not used to supporting her weight and gave a piteous cry, a cry that sounded oddly like that of small kitten meowing.