Alternate Universes Can Break Your Brain
By Shyro Foxfeather
(Note: AU ficlet everyone. They aren't the Teen Titans, however, everyone does have powers and yet they go to an almost normal High School. Yes, so very original. Meh.)
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"New student? I thought they didn't allow that here…" Trailed off Garfield 'Beast Boy' Logan as he stared at Richard—or as they all called him after that bird incident—Robin. Beast Boy had on a plain white T-shirt with jeans and All Stars and wore a necklace with a shark fang on it. Tooth fairy be damned, it was cool fashion statement. (AN: They're wearing clothes! Yay!)
"That's what I was told. Who knows whether it's true or not." Robin replied as he leaned forward on the desk. He wore a red shirt with some Japanese logo on it and black jeans with sneakers. Because he was sneaky.
"I think a new peer is a wonderful idea!" Grinned Kori—or Starfire—as she bounced in her seat. She was adorned in a jean skirt and a purple blouse with flip-flops.
"Yeah, well I just hope it's not another one of those snobby chicks. Geeze, I can't stand them!" Victor 'Cyborg' Stone grouched. He was decked in… metal. Because, who would of guessed it, he was a Cyborg.
"Students!" Mrs. Jankin scolded, "As many of you may have heard this school usually doesn't allow mid-term new students but today they've made an exception." This startled a minute fraction of the classroom. "Please be very gracious to your new classmate; Raven Roth!"
A very despondent looking girl walked in the front door wondering why it was that she had to wait out there until the teacher called her name. Stupid overdramatic weirdo.
She was wearing baggy-ish jeans that weren't too long and were tight at the waist, a large black T-shirt with the words 'If I don't get my way, everyone suffers.' On it in red letters, and wore black All Stars that had ravens hand-sown into the stitching. She had a black one-strap backpack slung over her shoulder and she looked like she wanted to be anywhere except there.
"So, Ms. Roth, tell us something about you. Like where you came from?" The teacher, Mrs. Jankin, asked her. She stared at the mere perkiness of the teacher and wondered idly if the teacher would appreciate her telling the class about Sex Education.
"Well, I recently moved here from Hawaii. I'm originally from someplace, somewhere far, far away. And no, we did not have a sun there." She said grimly. The students wondered if she was lying or not. She could be telling the truth seeing as they all remember the 'Starfire' incident.
The teacher sweat dropped and pushed Raven toward the empty seat in the back. "You'll be sitting in the empty desk next to…Jinx for the time being." (AN: Let me allow a momentary pause for the readers to gasp and yell in outrage at Raven not being sat next to any of the other Titans.)
Jinx—as she was called for giving people immense bad luck—waved and smiled from her seat. She wore a black and blue dress and long black and blue striped tights with boots. Her hair was an unusual shade of vibrant pink. (AN: In other words the same outfit from the series.)
Raven walked over quickly and slid into her seat. Jinx grinned and leaned back in her chair. "Jinx." She said stretching out a hand to her new neighbor.
"Raven." She replied. "Nice dress."
"Nice shirt." Jinx pointed out.
"Thanks. Hot Topic. You?"
"Same."
"How about I show you around here? Tell ya who's who." Suggested Jinx with an air of mischief.
"Why not." Raven shrugged.
The teacher who had begun babbling on about Hydroponics was promptly ignored. "That guy there-," Jinx began in a hushed whisper pointing to the seat next to her. "-is Robin. Thinks he's a ninja, I think. Rather strange really."
Raven nodded. "Knew a guy like that once. Wore spandex everyday. Creepy, just plain creepy."
"Heh. Robin wouldn't be caught dead in spandex luckily." Jinx giggled. "The guy who sits in front of him is Cyborg. Half human half robot. Why? Who knows. The green kid in front of you is Beast Boy. Odd name to want to call yourself if you ask me. He's kinda comedian punk and poser at the same time."
Beast Boy's heightened hearing ability heard every word perfectly and he stiffened as they mentioned him. 'I'm not a poser!' He internally growled.
"That girl in purple next to Robin is Starfire. She's an alien from Tameran. Sadly no one believed her until she suggested that they visit her planet for the school field trip. The expenses were terrible for the teachers. Actually it was rather funny." Snickered Jinx.
Raven smirked a little. "I wonder if they'd fall for going to Azarath. That's another dimension." Jinx's eyes widened and she burst out laughing hysterically. Why, Raven didn't know. Of course everyone was staring at them by now. The teacher—annoyed at being interrupted—marched over to their desks.
"Ms. Catalyst I suggest you cease your shenanigans this instant! You already have two weeks of detention, so you wish it longer?" She said angrily.
Jinx blinked and titled her head, "In what era did people commonly say shenanigans?" She asked innocently.
The teacher's face turned beet red and she huffed angrily. "That's it! Three weeks it is!" And with that she strode over to the whiteboard like she had won some fierce and epic battle.
Jinx sighed, "What a freak. Gets angry over nothing. Doesn't even know the meaning of sarcasm." She shook her head to shake of those thoughts. "Now where was I?"
"Starfire." Raven told her.
"Ah, yes. She hasn't properly learned English yet but she's nice enough. Stay away from her puddings though. Last person to eat one had to stay home a week and if she says anything about poems, run. Three thousand verses are the smallest they come."
"Whoa." Raven gaped. "Really?"
"Yep. A person can only hear so much of 'The Ode To Pretty Pink Things' without having a seizure. We know, we've tried it."
"Ouch."
"Yeah." Jinx looked around the room a bit before pointing to a short boy with green clothes. "That's Gizmo. He follows me around a lot. Kinda scary." She then pointed out a large fellow next to him with long hair and black and yellow clothes. "That's Mammoth. He's super strong so he's good to have around. Lot's of freaks like to hit on people here. Not like that's different from any other school, it's just these freaks have powers and stuff."
Raven took out a notebook, as the teacher demanded the class to do so. Jinx whipped her book out as well to give the appearance of working. Although Raven merely sketched and ignored the note taking process whilst Jinx just went on talking quietly. "The blonde chick over by the window is Kitten. I don't think she has any powers but her fathers a moth. She's been trying to get Robin to go out with her since she saw him but everyone knows he likes Starfire." She paused a moment. "Those are the only people in this class worth mentioning."
Raven was almost finished drawing the sketchy crow's tail feathers when her interest was piqued. "What powers do you have?" She asked Jinx.
Jinx grinned. "Bad luck!" She giggled. "I can give anyone the worst of luck and it's devious fun. And you?"
"Not sure how to classify it." She shrugged. "Levitation and few other things. Kind of like control over black magic in a way. Just not evil."
"Ah cool-," a shrill bell sounding its toll through the classroom cut Jinx off. Everyone was relived to leave the Science classroom. "What do you have next?" Asked Jinx as she scooped up her large black, blue and pink backpack. Raven sensed a pattern in her style of fashion.
"Art." She read off the schedule she had been given in the office.
"Oh, Damn. I have Math. Let me see your schedule." With that it was handed over and Jinx scanned it swiftly. She handed it back with a sigh. "You and I have fourth period together which is cool. Do you know where the Art room is?"
"I'll find it." Raven replied calmly.
"Suit yourself." Said Jinx as she walked off.
Raven pulled out a school map she'd also gotten from the office. She began walking down the corridor as the map instructed but in her moment of distraction she collided with someone. The two tumbled to the ground hard and quiet snickers were shared at their expense. "Ow." Muttered Raven as she picked herself up.
Two dark greens eyes met hers as they were attached to lightly tinted green skin. "Ack! I'm so sorry!" He yelped, leaping up in shock. He fiddled with his backpack straps nervously as she helped herself up.
She stood in front of him for a moment and raised a quizzical eyebrow. "Are you going to move or not? I have a class to get to… Beast Boy, right?"
"Yeah, um, sorry again." He stood aside and let her pass. As she walked by he caught the faint scent of lavender. Wait, He recognized that scent! He turned to where he thought she'd be by now but was greeted by a new crowd of students bustling past. Sighing, he weaved through to crowd and on his way to English.
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Raven took a seat at her large art desk and was startled as a girl wearing almost nothing but orange took a seat next to her (there weren't any seat charts in this class, after all). She couldn't help but stare. Short orange tinted hair, light orange shirt, dark orange jacket, orange socks visible under blue jeans, an orange one strap backpack with another, smaller, bright orange backpack and orange All Stars with sharpie drawn smileys on them. Great.
The girl turned to her and grinned, "I'm Edward but everyone calls me Ed!" She proudly stated.
Raven stared, unsure as to whether she really wanted to tell this girl her name. "Erm, Raven."
"Ah, cool." And with that the girl named Ed pulled out a hardcover sketchbook and flipped through it to her current sketch. Raven caught glimpses of pictures of kelpies, dragons, horses covered in blood, and maniacal chibi comic strips. And not the fluffy princess kind either.
'Looks are so deceiving.' Thought Raven to herself.
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Art had gone smoothly enough. No one really talked to Raven except the girl named Ed who made a few unusual comments once in a while. Such as 'Beware the cheesy cheese nips! They will suck the soul out of your pastels!'
Raven was on her way to Physical Education when pink nail polished fingers gripped her shoulders roughly. She was spun around to see the blonde girl Jinx had pointed out—Kitten, wasn't it? —grinning viciously. She was flanked by two other girls. Both were also blonde, one with straight hair, a midriff, shorts, and hiking boots, and the other with curly hair, a pink blouse, and way-too-tight pants with pink sneakers.
"Hello Rae." Smirked Kitten. "I'm glad to finally get a chance to talk to you. I'm sorry you have to set next to that nasty Jinx girl." She feigned sympathy.
"Uh…Yeah. Bummer." Raven muttered sarcastically.
Kitten didn't catch the hint, "Isn't it? Why don't you sit with us at lunch? We'll be sitting in the hippest spot in the Café."
Raven tried to push past them, "Yeah, right. Well, sorry but I got to go to class. Basketballs to toss and dodge balls to dodge and all that."
Kitten frowned and snapped her finger. In an instant the two other girls had grabbed her by the arms and held her restrained for Kitten's tireless rant. "I am the most popular girl in school. I can make your like hell so you better-,"
Raven had enough by now. She cut Kitten off by initiating her dark magic and phasing threw the floor. She repapered a few hallways away and was relived to see the area somewhat empty. Although she could still hear cries of outrage echoing from down the hall and quickly sped off to class.
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Raven stared at the atrocity the female PE coach had handed her. "This is too small." Raven stated grimly.
The coach sighed. "I know that. We never get new kids so we don't actually keep extras. We can't get any new ones until next week and unless you want to lose points you have to wear gym clothes."
Raven groaned and traipsed over to her locker. She was able to get a nice, normal sized shirt, but that shorts were ridiculous! She was somewhat happy to note that they stretched so they would be moveably. However, they would also be skin frickin' tight!
Dejectedly she slipped into the attire and walked out to the line up area outside. The teacher scooted her into position between a tired looking girl and a short boy with red hair.
From down the line some ways the same dark green eyes as before were alit and the owner was bouncing with glee. Cyborg who wasn't too far down the line walked over and jabbed him in the shoulder with one large finger. "Calm down man. What's got you in such a perky mood today? Someone actually ask you out?" He asked skeptically.
"No!" Beast Boy said indignantly. The paused. "Dude, that's not funny!"
Cyborg laughed, "Yes it is!"
"C'mon! I'm serious! That girl is the same one that I saw when I stayed at that beach house in Hawaii last summer."
Cyborg faltered. "You mean the girl who sat underneath a beach umbrella everyday reading? That girl? That's her?"
"Yup! I didn't recognize her this morning. She seemed more depressed and was wearing black. At the beach she was happier looking and wore white."
"How very… observant of you." Cyborg pointed out. "So, how long'd ya stare at her for?"
The guy next to Beast Boy snickered and whispered 'Busted' under his breath. They ignored him.
"Dude, I was so not staring!" He exclaimed defensively.
"Heh. Yeah. Riiiiight." Cyborg snickered. He then noticed the PE coach approaching and snuck back to his spot leaving a flustered Beast Boy behind.
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"Class!" Began the overzealous coach. "Today we play tennis! Grab your partner and get in line for a racket!" She announced.
Raven sighed as she watched all the other people—people with friends—team up rather quickly. There were a few left that looked as lost as she did, however, that didn't make her feel any better. A pretty, tall, blond girl who wore little to no makeup and, of course, PE clothes walked over to Raven. "Hey, want to be my partner Raven?" She asked kindly.
Raven was startled. How did this girl know her name? 'I suppose it doesn't matter.' She thought to herself before muttering a small "Sure."
The girl smiled and pulled her over to the line. "I'm Samantha but everyone calls me Sky." She said.
Raven wondered idly is she should introduce herself seeing as the girl already knew her name. "Raven and that's what everyone calls me."
From way ahead in the line Beast Boy watched as Raven was pulled over by Sky. He grinned and congratulated Sky on being the nicest person to Raven thus far. Except maybe Jinx. But Jinx didn't count. That was his logic and he was stickin' to it!
He was abruptly handed a racket as Cyborg hauled him over to tennis court six. They were faced against a couple guys who looked like they really didn't care for tennis. Or anything.
The line of people diminished and soon Raven and Sky got their rackets too. The coach looked to her clipboard and frowned. "Seems I've skipped a court. You'll be on side A of court five."
The girls nodded and wandered over to wear Sky told Raven that court five was. Next to it, of course, was court six, where Beast Boy watched with wide eyes as the girls walked over.
Cyborg snickered. "Man, you got it bad." He taunted. Beast Boy just waved his racket threateningly in his direction.
"Great." Murmured Sky as she saw who their opponents were. A girl with long black hair that looked to be coated with hairspray and way too much make up was chatting with a girl with dark brown hair and looked identical to the first girl. "'The prick sisters'." She told Raven. "Their from the meanest clique in the school. Not nice people."
"Bullies?" Raven asked.
"In a sense. They get other people to do their dirty work for them."
'The Prick Sisters' saw Sky and began hollering mindless jeers of insulting lines they probably got of the Internet.
"Yeah well bring it on!" Sky yelled back.
The black haired girl threw the ball down and thwacked it with all her strength. It flew towards Raven who hit it back with much more force. The green ball flew so fast it caused the passing wind to ruffle their clothing.
The first point had been scored. Raven and Sky cheered as the black haired girl—Raven was later told was named Brit—glared. The brunet, Alice, bitterly threw the ball over and Sky caught it with a quick hand. She tossed the ball down a maneuvered her racket to send the ball spiraling back at the enemy.
Brit ran forward and hit it right back. This went on for some time and not one of the girls noticed that the boys beside them had ceased playing to watch the fierce competition. Beast Boy watched in awe at Raven movements. She seemed do poised and perfect as she glided across the court. Much more different than Sky's jerky startled movements (no offence to Sky).
Then he saw it. Brit grinned and turned to get the ball as they lost another point. She reached into her shirt and pulled out a metallic device and placed it one the ball (Beast Boy really didn't want consider where that came from). She smirked and tossed the ball down to hit it and the green boy panicked.
He'd seen this before! 'The prick sisters' had done that to a basketball once and it blew up when it was passed to the next person! That kid was in the hospital a month!
His breath hitched as he watched the ball spring back up. Brit struck it dead center towards the unknowing Raven. A small light blinked red quicker and quicker until it just barely touched Raven's racket. A brilliant white light burst open and a cloud of dust erupted with a loud, terrifying boom.
And Beast Boy could almost feel his heart stop…
…To Be Continued…
Disclaimer: Don't look now, the kiwis will eat your soul with their cheese plushies of doom! Beware the shoelace! Despite what information the rabid frogs may have informed you with, I do not own Teen Titans, which means we will be busy trying to take over the company running it and unclogging our chimney.
Aren't cliffies a pain in the ass?
The girl who wore a lot of orange is based on a person—who is called Ed—who does, indeed, wear that much orange. Sky is based on a nice girl in my Science class who, when I floundered around for a partner, asked to be mine. Which was nice seeing as my class is filled with mean people. You'll be seeing a good amount of both of them though. They're cool.
Surprisingly, I like Jinx. She rocks! So I suppose that's why Raven and her will be good friends.
I think I kept everyone in character. Did I? I hope so. Raven may seem a little OOC but that's because she just moved and she's kind of in an 'I'm new and I hate it' mood. Besides, she doesn't have such a dark past as in the series and she has a much better grip on her powers. I think she's pretty in character for the circumstances.
Re-reading this I feel kinda stupid. Does anyone think this is worth continuing?
