As the Ball Drops
Chapter 3-Wings
By Anubiana
6:30 AM
"Do you think he's gonna wake up?"
"Nah man, it's New Years Day, you know, National Hangover day."
"Alright dude, but if he wakes up, it's all your fault."
"Point taken."
Beastboy and Cyborg crept up to the side of The Boy Wonder's bed. Suddenly, Beastboy's foot got caught in a snare and he was hanging upside down. They hadn't anticipated that there would be booby traps in Robin's room. Cye snickered, and then stopped, only to be caught in another snare. Beastboy turned into a fly and got out of his snare quickly. He then transformed back to his elfin form and bit the rope that was holding the half man-half human. Cye fell on his head with a dull, clunking sound. Beastboy giggled.
"Sounds like there isn't too much in that head of yours."
In retaliation, Cyborg gave Beastboy's head a sharp rap. All that could be heard was a dull thud, then Cye's laughter.
"Yo, you shouldn't be talking, boy."
"Hey, Shut up! I'm a man now, not a boy. I've been trying to convince you all to call me Beastman ever since I saved Raven from Adonis, but noooooo, you all have to call me 'Beastboy."
Then Cyborg shushed BB.
"Look, we're not supposed to be arguing with each other, we're supposed to be playing a prank on Robin. Look, just get out the pitchers and get to work. I have the paint."
Beastboy looked a little skeptical. "What kind of paint?"
In return, Cyborg gave him a mischievous grin.
"Acrylic."
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7:00 AM
Robin the Boy Wonder woke up feeling strangely wet. Maybe he was sweaty from the heat that was turned up in his room for the wintertime. Yawning, he swung his legs over the bed and rubbed his eyes awake. His legs now felt wet too. However, he paid no heed to it and jumped out of his bed and onto the floor. Before he knew what was happening, he was immersed in bright, electric pink paint up to his neck. Looking around his room, he noticed that the whole room was submersed in the pink paint. His voice rumbled angrily when he yelled.
"BEASTBOY! CYBORG! YOU HAD BETTER RUN AS FAST AS YOUR PUNY LEGS CAN TAKE YOU BECAUSE I AM GOING TO PERSONALLY HUNT YOU EACH DOWN AND KILL YOU BOTH!"
Outside of Robin's room, one could hear two pairs of feet racing to their rooms. I, wondering what the ruckus was about, had been making my way to Robin's room. I stood right in front of the door and raised my hand to knock when all of a sudden, the door slid open and gallons of smelly pink paint poured out all over myself. Following closely behind it was a very pink Robin. He looked me over then said,
"You take Cyborg and I'll take Beastboy."
With her eyes glowing a slight shade of red, I replied, "That's fine by me."
5 minutes later, Star woke up to hear Beastboy and Cyborg's voices whine pitifully.
"Nooooooooo! Not the yellow, anything but the yellow! Please don't hurt me—AHHHHHH—!"
Curious, Starfire woke up and made her way to the kitchen. When she got there she saw that Raven and Robin were both pink, and Beastboy and Cyborg were yellow. A confused look crossed her face.
"Robin! Raven! Why ever are you covered in the putrid pink substance that you would call 'paint?' And Beastboy and Cyborg, why are you covered in mustard?"
The alien girl went up to Cyborg and dipped her finger in the still wet paint (not mustard) that was on Cye's face. She looked at it for a second, then licked it from her finger. Immediately, she brightened up and said, "Wow! This tastes just like Gl'norfkor Juice from back home on Tameran! She immediately found the two bottles of yellow housepaint and began to guzzle them down. The rest of us sweatdropped as we watched her, with a yellow stain around her mouth, chugging large cans of paint. While this was happening, I took advantage of the situation by running towards the bathroom and yelling, "I've got first shower!"
The boys followed closely behind. The first in line was Robin, then Cye, then Beastboy. Lately, the water system at the Titan's tower had not been working in the private bathrooms, and they all needed to use the public one that guests normally used.
"Dude! Why do I always get last?"
Robin and Cye smiled at the green elf and said, "Because you're a slowpoke!"
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I had just finished my shower and was in the process of tightly wrapping a towel around myself when I noticed something in my reflection from the steam covered mirror. I wiped it off to make sure that I had really seen what I thought I had seen; I had. Spreading across my back were two large, white wings. They looked very out of place on my ashy, pale body. I took a moment to admire them. They were as white as the filmy foam that covered Robin's eyes. I thought to myself.
Eyes that just happened to be gold. . . with grey flecks.
I had read of certain chosen people, all of them with qualities that were shared with a certain animal deity. I, being half demon, had two. I was the Raven, from my father's side, and the Dove, from my mother's. In other words, I was a paradox.
It has been said that these chosen ones were tamers of their deity. At a certain period of time, they could shift between their mortal forms and their immortal forms, their second skins as they are called. However, it takes a great deal of energy to morph from skin to skin. I had never really thought that it was true though. I just thought that it was a pretty story that was to be told around a blazing hot fire. If this was true however, then I would be starting my first transformation soon. The wings were a sign of that.
Another thought occurred to me. What if Robin would have a second skin, and shift into a wolf? His eyes were one way of showing that he was wolflike. I started to think about other wolfish qualities that he had. He was unnaturally swift, with very strong legs. He also has a quite ravenous appetite, and seems to love eating meat even more than Cyborg at some times. He has even eaten it raw a few times when he was just too lazy to cook it. Also, even with this appetite, he never gets fat at all . . . and he eats more than the entire amount of occupants in the Titan's tower sometimes. No matter what, he always keeps his rock hard abs. Finally, I thought of the two clinchers. His hair was starting to turn a silvery black color (the color of a wolf's fur) and he had growled at Beastboy today, showing pearly white teeth that seemed to be getting sharper.
I gasped. If all of the legends about werewolves were true, then he would be changing for the first time. . . TONIGHT AT MIDNIGHT.
I thought to myself for a second. Wow, that's really cliché. Immediately, I left the bathroom with the towel covering the illustrious white wings that were under it, and I made my way to my room to look at ancient books, and be sure as to when Robin's first transformation would be. Today would be a really long day.
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A/N: Well, here's two chapters for you all to check out. Hope you enjoy the next. . .
Preview: They will FINALLY have their date! However, just as Raven is about to drop the bomb on Robin that his second skin is that of a wolf's, Red X shows up to spoil the night. However, Raven's plan backfires and she will fall into the clutches, or should I say claws of another. I'm going to give you all one guess as to who it is. (Here's a hint: This person has been a hero once, but in many more ways than the former, is not one.)