Author's Notes: Hello again everyone! Here's my response to a review challenge! Due to all the raven (as in the bird, not the sorceress) involved lines in from this challenger, I decided to put it into a pet shop. Don't ask me why, it just popped into my head. Anyway, from what I've already seen of my challenges...Please give me non-canon/non-normal couples! I love weirdness! But, let's get on with the show now, shall we?
Challenger: IroAo
Character(s): Raven, Robin, Star, Beast Boy, Cyborg (friendship)
Challenge Details: Raven: "I don't care if he's a bird, I LOVE MY RAVEN!"
Beast Boy: "Great... she falls in love with a black bird, what was ever wrong with a green one?"
Disclaimer: I do not own Teen Titans. If I did, I would have already seen all of Season Five. Oh, and I don't own "Paws For Thought" either. That would be from the webcomic Chugworth Academy.

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Paws For Thought

It's not every day you see five superheroes strolling through a mall. Today, though, was one of those rare times. Starfire had been pestering her teammates for an outing to the "mall of shopping" for two weeks now. Robin had finally relented: Crime rate had been down for a while and the team really needed a break. That's how on a sunny Saturday the Teen Titans found themselves, still in full costume, walking through herds of weekend shoppers. Starfire wanted to go into every store, Raven just wanted to get out as soon as possible. Beast Boy and Cyborg were going into all kinds of electronics shops and Robin was checking the bad-guy alert impatiently.

"Come, friends! See the abundant fauna in the containment boxes!" Starfire called cheerily, waving her hand.

She stood before a store called Paws For Thought. Many animals inside glass aquariums and metal cages lined the walls and windows. It was a reletively small store that somehow fit a large amount of pets, ready for the buying. The Titans obidiantly followed Starfire's call and walked into the store. The team marveled at everything from exotic birds to adorable hamsters. But Raven stood before a cage of dark birds, not bothering to look at the other pets. Beast Boy came up beside her.

"Hey Ray! Whatcha looking at?" He asked, bending down to see the sign beneath the cage.
"Ravens." She replied in a monotone voice, putting a finger up to one of the birds. It nipped her affectionately, and the sorceress's look softened,
"Yeah...hey, didn't you have one for a pet a while ago?"
"Yes."
"What did you call it?" He asked, amazed that this conversation was continuing. Raven usually would have told him to leave her alone by now.

She paused to pat one bird on the head, waiting a moment before she answered. She wished Beast Boy would shut his mouth, but the presence of the beautiful black birds softened her resolve.

"It was named Zinthos."
"Really? But that's part of your chant and I thought that it was supposed to produce power in you. A stupid bird wouldn't give you that much emotion." Beast Boy chuckled, not noticing Raven's clenched fists. Her eyes were squeezed shut and beneath her hood her hair began to fly up from rage.
"I don't care if he's a bird, I LOVE MY RAVEN!" She yelled, turning on the changling with four firey eyes.

Beast Boy leaped back in shock. He hadn't ever seen her angry because of such a tiny thing. Over built up stress: maybe. Over talking about her father: Definately. But over a little raven? Not that he'd known. Now that he saw her so mad, he felt kind of bad for making fun of something that was so important to her. He shuffled his feet uncomfortably, not really knowing how to apologize. She had turned her back on him, but Beast Boy was pretty sure she had calmed down. An idea popped into his head, and the green boy morphed.

"Caw!" Cried the green raven, sitting on Raven's shoulder.

Just when raven-transformed Beast Boy thought he was safe, black energy surrounded his legs and hung him upside down in midair. He cawed and flapped his wings and changed back to his human form. The energy dissapeared and he fell on his head. By the time Beast Boy had gotten himself upright and stopped seeing stars, Raven had disappeared.

"Great...she falls in love with a black bird, what was ever wrong with a green one?" He mused to himself, rubbing his head.

The Titans eventually left the store, Starfire with a new goldfish and feed in arms. Raven still had her arms crossed, so Beast Boy took this as a signal to stay away from her. But on the next Christmas morning, there was a stuffed toy raven, complete with a bow in front of Raven's door. She picked it up carefully and read the tag attached. It wrote: Zinthos. The sorceress took it into her room with a kind smile on her face. Beast Boy hid around the corner, and grinned too. He was glad that she liked his present.

.:End:.

End Notes: Yes yes, I'm aware that they don't sell ravens in pet shops. It's a story device, and it couldn't be helped. And I'm 99 sure that her pet raven was called Zinthos, but if I'm wrong, please forgive me. And you can take the BB/Rae as friendship or romance, I don't care. I wanted to keep it level, cause I didn't know if it was the challenger's intention to have a bit of romance. But even so, I hope you enjoyed this story. Please give me a review! And I would really like to give a big thanks to every single one of my reviewers. You guys honestly keep me going (sorry if I'm getting mushy, but I mean it). And so, I will answer every one of you:

Replies To My Reviews:
Koneko-Firefly - Now now, Hime-chan. It's just a fanfic. You can still be an Aqualad fangirl, I promise.

Shadow929 - The script form was for the challenge; That's what the challenger told me to do, so I obeyed. And I'm really sorry about not being able to do the Kid Flash/Jinx, from what I've heard I think I'll ship 'em. And your challenge is on the way! Thanks for reading!

RaeRaven - Sorry I couldn't do your first challenge. Your second one is coming up though! Thanks for reading!

Xx Tsuki 0o - Thanks Tsuk, you know I'll always do a challenge for you!

IroAo - GET BACK HERE WITH MY COOKIES! -chases with a spatula- I hope you enjoyed this chapter!

Meiriona - I'm really really really sorry. Thank you so much for reading, and I promise that the second I see Lightspeed, I will write that for you.

Bunnigal - Thank you very much! I am currently working on your challenge, so stay tuned!

Cattigirl - I changed the format? Anyways, thank you so much for reading and for the encouragement.

Doodlepenz - Thank you! I'm glad you liked your challenge! I was worried about Star, thanks. -

Girsfavoritetaco - I'm really sorry, but I can't do your challenge (for details see chapter six, after the disclaimer). I will keep it until I see Lightspeed though, I promise!