Lonesome Surprise

"Maybe you should stay here?" Robin said as he looked down at raven, besides her hair growing, other strange things had occurred during the night. One night she had changed so much that when she woke up she did not recognize herself. She was so skinny! So grown up, her pale arms showed as she took her cape off, her stomach hurt so much that she had to change her outfit. As she did she noticed that her hips curved out ever-so-much making her look beautiful, she shivered and almost screamed but the thought of her friends kept her from doing so. Somehow the thought of having Robin enter her room as she was hardly dressed did not seem inviting at all.

She finished putting on her clothes and realized why they did not fit right…her stomach had grown taller as well as thinner. She sat down on the bed to think about this. Why is this happening to me she thought. I know that this is not the way I am supposed to grow, why is this happening…what do I do? What do I do? She thought. Then she decided that there was only one thing to do. She went out into the fall, in her clothes that hurt her as she walked for they were too small. "Starfire" she called hoping that it would only be Starfire who answered. She did not get a reply so she went to Starfire's room.

As she reached the door and knocked she thought better of what she was doing and thought to turn back but Starfire opened the door and there was no turning back. "I…that is…I mean…my clothes don't fit" she said awkwardly. Starfire looked at her strangely, "you do look different" she said. "Please come in" she invited. Raven stepped into the room feeling awkward around Starfire's bright things. Starfire's room was decorated in bright flowers all the way up the green flower mirror that hung on her wall.

"I am not sure if I understand" Starfire commented. "You say that your clothes just don't fit" she asked. "Yes" Raven replied nervously "Well, I changed, my whole body did, my stomach is thinner, and my hips are well … different" she finished lamely. Starfire laughed "on my planet, this happens as we get older" Starfire said. "It does for me too, but it does not do such in one day" she said trying to explain as her face blushed fiercely.

Then Raven thought of something. This happened before, once before I came here, but I looked like this all the time, then when slade gave me my father's message, and once after that when I fought my father. But why is it happening now? My father is gone. Only he has the power other than myself, to change me like this. Raven told herself these things and then repeated them to Starfire. "I do not understand it either. Perhaps we should tell Robin…"she started. "NO!" Raven cried "I do not want this to be known by them, it is personal, I should not have told you. Do not tell them." She said.

"I shall not but perhaps I should fix your clothes. So that you can wear them." Starfire suggested. "no" Raven said, "I will simply change this one into an outfit similar to the one I wore when I first came here. I will hopefully be back to normal soon" she said.

But now, Raven felt strange. She felt doomed. Although she had not changed much more she had not gone back to normal and had been forced to tell Robin the truth. Now Robin feared for her and would not let her leave the tower. "Whoever is doing this will think you are vulnerable. We agreed after your father was defeated that if anyone had any power over us we would not go out and put ourselves in danger. And you will not" Robin said giving an order.

Raven slammed closed her book and looked at him. Now that her hair was long and she looked different no one feared her as they had before. When Robin took them all out for pizza or to dance men actually flirted with her. She hated this but knew it was part of life. Now this was just one other thing to blame on her changed body.

"Fine" she said as she took off to her room again. It was well after the other titans had left before she came out. She went to the windows in the hangout room and looked out at the rain. She saw the reflection of the girl she had become. Her long hair fallind over her shoulders and she punched the window. Glass shattered all over her. She looked at it shocked.

"My, my. Someone has quite the temper", came a voice through the dark tower. Raven turned to see Slade jump down in front of her. "They aren't here. Robin isn't here" Raven said, fed up with Slade's games. "You think that was an accident. I did not come here for Robin. There is another priceless person I am here for. A girl that had quite the past and has obviously grown into quite the Daddy's girl" Slade taunted his haunting voice ringing in her ears. "Do you know where I might find such a girl" he said stepping toward her.

"What do you want?" she said hoping to take up time until the titans returned for she knew that she could not defeat him with or without her father's powers in him.

"I decided that you are worth investing in. I told I was surprised to find out what your past was and all that power that lay inside of you. I also learned another legend from your father, one which tells of a king rising to power through the daughter of your demonic father". Raven stared at him backing away, "you're the one who made my hair grow" she said.

Slade smiled, his mask not covering his enjoyment at her torment. "And other certain changes as I noticed last time that you took this form." he said. Raven looked at him in horror, "it does not matter, for you will never catch me nor will ever have me" she said her voice shaking with the same fear that had drove her to run from him when he delivered her father's message. She turned and took flight out of the now shatters window.

Slade simply smiled "I do enjoy a good challenge" he said.

Yes I realize that my twist to this story is rather annoying but I hope you enjoy it.

-thanks for reading