I do NOT own Teen Titans! neither does Breanne i am sure X-D
Chapter 1:
Beast Boy yawned as he sat up in bed stiffly. The green teen boy let his curled fist make its way to his eyes. He was dead tired, why? Uh maybe because he stayed up too late playing video games... Nah. His mouth gaped open as he looked over at the clock hanging limply on his wall. It blinked the numbers 10:00 am.
Cyborg was already downstairs. Okay ha had been down there for at least an hour making waffles. Since everyone in the tower ate waffles they were an ideal breakfast food. Or, maybe brunch from the looks of it.
"Starfire, hand me that batter would ya?" He said looking over his shoulder at the alien girl with the bowl full of Cyborg's waffle batter. Starfire nodded and handed it to her friend then turned back to her little pet silk worm sitting on the counter and looking at her with big hungry eyes.
A girl the age of sixteen was in her room. She was sitting in a cross legged position, hovering a little ways off the floor. She was chanting softly to herself, "Azarath Metrion Zinthos... Azarath Metrion Zinthos..." she had been meditating for a few hours, part of her daily routine. Raven's feet touched the floor lightly, and she opened her eyes. That was enough for now.
Down in the training room, there was a boy with spiky black hair, punching away at a punching bag. Robin had been training for the past hour. He finally decided that was enough. He was beginning to get hungry anyways. He wiped his face off with a towel, and threw it to the side. He quickly left the training room as his stomach let out a hungry growl.
"Morning... gah. I hate mornings" Beast Boy muttered to himself, still half asleep as he pulled on his gloves, the last part of his uniform. He took a step back and looked at himself in the mirror
"Yep, you're one handsome dude" he told himself grinning before jogging out of his room towards the kitchen area. The smell of waffles lingered in the air, B was hoping Cyborg had been considerate enough to make some non-dairy waffles.
Cyborg whistled as he piled four more waffles onto the growing stacks. And if there was anything left over from breakfast... Or erm brunch then Silkie would have something to eat other then Starfire's weird food. Not that Silkie complained.
Raven walked out of her room, the smell of waffles filled the air. She saw Beast Boy up ahead a bit. "Beast Boy!" she called after him.
Robin also smelled the waffles. That smells really good... he thought. He went into the kitchen. "Waffles!" he said, taking a seat on one of the stools. "My favorite breakfast!"
Beast Boy stopped his jog and looked over his shoulder and smiled "Hay Rea!" he greeted waving a bit then waiting for her to catch up. "Thought you would already be down stairs" he said still smiling.
"Greetings, Robin!" Starfire said as soon as she spotted him.
"Yo Robin" Cyborg said, not stopping his professional speed making waffles. He had long learned waffles needed to be made fast or else he would have to hear complaints like "Dude! Where are all the waffles?" or "Aww c'mon! Hurry up with those!"
Raven caught up to him, she was actually smiling. It had never been a common thing for her to smile. But... lately, she'd been smiling a little more then usual. "I was meditating," she replied.
"Hey Star," Robin said with a soft smile. "Hey Cyborg!" he said looking back up at his friend. "Anyone seen Raven or Beast Boy?" he asked.
Beast Boy kept on now at a walk beside Raven. "Eh, should have figured" he joked, stretching his arms and yawning. His arms sagged back down to his sides, weighing him down.
Now that Robin was down Starfire took a seat at the bar next to him and served herself waffles then handed a few to the begging silk worm next to her plate.
"Nope" Cyborg told Robin simply before he slid more waffles onto the stacks. "Sure could have used green beans help though" Cy joked as he took his chef hat off and threw it to some total random place
Robin stared, nearly drooling. He rubbed his palms together excitedly, and picked up a fork, beginning his pig out of waffles.
Raven continued on her walk downstairs. She enjoyed the time with Beast Boy. She made herself a cup of herbal tea, and drank some of it down.
Robin noticed her. "Hey Raven," he said.
"Hi," she said.
"No need to fear! Beast Boy wonder is here!" He declared, walking in with his hands in the air and having that joking idiotic but cute grin up his face.
"Happy mornings friends!" Starfire greeted Raven and Beast boy before stuffing a waffle in her mouth that was fallowed by near a whole stack in just a few bites. Hay, if you had nine stomachs to fill you would be eating like that too.
"Oh yea, I was so scared without you" Cyborg joked with his green best friend.
Raven smiled at Beast Boy's joking as she brought the cup up to her mouth again. She had to admit… he was pretty cute.
Robin looked up and grinned. "Hey Beast Boy," he said through yet another mouth full of waffles.
Beast Boy walked over and jumped onto the bar stool, letting himself spin around a few times before looking up at Cyborg. "So... any non dairy?"
"Well... maybe" Cyborg laughed
"Dude..." Beast Boys face flattened as he half glared at Cyborg.
"Here ya go" Cyborg said giving Beast Boy a stack of his own "Jeez, not like I don't know you would flip if your waffles weren't on dairy. I still don't see how you can taste the difference though"
"YAY!" Beast Boy cheered then grabbed his fork and started digging in at record speed.
Starfire had finished two stacks of 15 waffles, she wiped her mouth with her gloved arm "That was most delightful" she complimented
"Thanks" Cyborg said then grabbed some for himself
Robin had finished about seven waffles. Not nearly as much as Starfire, but he was used to it. "Yeah, that was an awesome batch!" he said.
Raven took the last empty seat, on Beast Boy's other side. She took only two waffles, and poured a bit of syrup on her plate. She wasn't a big eater.
Cyborg nodded at Robin then said "Well, bout time I ate some of the waffles I made" he joked then sat down on Ravens other side then also started digging in.
Beast Boy stopped with his fork in mid air with a waffle hanging off it. He had already devoured 3 of the dang things... could he ate one more? No not really "uhg" B let the fork drop down on his plate and patted his stomach before opening his mouth and burping.
"Oh so weak!" Cyborg laughed then burped
"Like that was any better?" Beast Boy laughed, looking past Raven at Cyborg, though stealing a glance at her.
Robin laughed a little at Cy's comment. He set his own fork down. He was full up… for now.
Raven finished her two waffles and set her own fork down, and taking a sip of tea again. She looked over at Beast Boy. "Here we go again," she said, referring to the conversation Beats Boy and Cyborg were having.
"Is that a challenge?" Cyborg laughed
"Sure" Beast Boy grinned then puffed his chest up. Both boys knew the rules to there little burping game. The person who could go furthest in burping the ABC's won. "A, B, C, D, E" Beast Boy burped, stretching out some of the letters, he took a deep breath but couldn't burp anymore
"OH ha-ha, weak sister" Cyborg shook his head in a laughing joking way then burped all the way to G.
"Aww" Beast boy hung his head in a play pouty way.
Starfire sort of just tuned the boys out. Yes she thought the burping rather disgusting but after awhile anyone would get used to it. She grabbed her plate and fork then walked to the sink filled with hot water and soap spuds
Robin laughed and also got up. He also put his plate and fork into the sink, purposefully getting a little bit closer to Starfire then usual.
"Boys," Raven muttered, although she once again couldn't help looking at that seriously cute way Beast Boy hung his head.
Cyborg was laughing in a 'in your face!' type way as he took his plate and BB's to the sink.
Starfire blushed slightly and moved a little more to the side so Robin had more room.
"You just got lucky, you know that right?" Beast Boy joked... sort of.
"Mm hmm" Cyborg hummed, dumping the dishes over Starfire's head and into the sink. Starfire brought up her arm in a weak attempt to keep the suds and water from splashing up on her.
"Watch it," Robin half joked, as her lifted his arm to block the water from his face.
Black energy surrounded Raven's plate and fork as she guided them to the sink. They were set gently atop Cyborg's plate, making a slight clattering. She glanced over at Beast Boy and then back to her half full tea cup.
"Well, I cooked, y'all can clean" Cyborg laughed then left the kitchen area towards the TV and the almighty video games.
Beast Boy's eyes glanced over at Raven; a few things had changed as of maybe a month ago. He and Raven were a little more then friends. Though it did sound weird he had to admit. Since a good deal of the time the two teens would fight over anything and everything.
As for Raven, she had noticed the changes as well. They didn't bother her… It took her awhile to realize that the changes were actually what she kind of wanted. She realized there was something special about Beast Boy, even though he was kind of a pain in the neck sometimes.
Robin stared at the sink full of dishes. "Who's turn to do dishes?" he asked.
Beast Boy was cleaning his teeth with his tongue, still side glancing at Raven until Robin had mentioned the dish duty thing. It had been his job a few times but he kept wiggling out of it. This time wasn't going to be any different. Beast Boy morphed into a cat and slowly did his best to sneak off before anyone remembered it was his turn again.
"It is not mine, for I did them the day of yester" Starfire pointed out, hay she didn't want to do the dishes anymore then the next teenager.
"Yeah, I did them the day before Star," Robin said to his team.
"I did them the day for that," Raven said before taking another drink of tea. She noticed Beast Boy slipping off once again, but said nothing.
"Same here!" Cyborg shouted from the couch and over the noise of the video game.
Beast Boy was now dashing for the stairs. No way was he going to do dishes; that would require cleaning!
"Then that would leave friend Beast Boy" Starfire said now looking around for her green skinned friend.
Robin looked around. "Anyone seen where Beast Boy went?" he asked. Raven didn't answer, which Robin automatically took for a 'no'. "He seems to be getting out of dish duty quite a bit lately." Robin added a bit annoyed.
Starfire nodded in agreement.
Cyborg had now tuned out all the other Titans; he was busy working on a new record to rub in Beast Boy's and Robin's face.
Beast Boy was going on a fast walk down the hall towards his room. He by now had morphed human and no one could find him in that room. Heh, no one wanted to go near his room anyways! He was grinning to himself over his escape from dishes, marching proudly down the hall like he was in a parade. Till he came to a door that hadn't been open in forever. He stopped his proud march and looked up at the name tag that boldly read 'TERRA' on it. The grin left his face and his eyes seemed glued to the name tag. He stared at it for what seemed hours before shaking his head and taking back his jog though no longer grinning anymore.
Robin sighed again. He knew he should quit letting Beast Boy get away with it, yet he picked up the dish rag anyways and went to work on the dishes.
Raven held her hand up and a book surrounded by black energy flew into her hand. She cracked it open and started reading.
Starfire grabbed a drying rag and dried the dishes for Robin, though while waiting for him to wash, she also floated around the kitchen and wiped the counters free of waffle batter and crumbs.
Beast Boy walked into his over junked up room. He was always being told to clean it up, and always ignoring whoever told him. It would take a work crew to clean this mess up!
Robin smiled a smile that clearly said, 'thanks'. Starfire was a big help. It was nice someone helped.
Beast Boy walked over and threw himself on an old broken chair in his room. It used to have rollers on it until he broke it one day some how. His mind started to flood with old memories of Terra after being reminded. He tried to forget about that part of his life. Odd as it was, it was both the most painful and most pleasant. Beast Boy growled to himself and pushed the memories aside like he often did. HE wondered how long it would take for the other Titans to forget it was his job to do the dishes. Hopefully not too long! He had pranks to pull and stupid jokes to tell today.
Starfire gave scarps to Silkie who waited on the counter for her to todd him something. A few times he tried to bite the waffle iron its self but she had gently slapped him on the head as a warning then giving him something he was allowed to eat.
Robin had spent two minutes longer on this particular dish then the rest. He was watching Starfire, absent mindedly, of course. One thing was for sure, this dish… was definitely the cleanest so far.
Raven was giving Robin a questioning look. She thought she knew what was up. "Robin!" she said kinda loudly.
"What?" Robin finally snapped out of it.
"I think that dish is good," Raven said in her monotone voice, yet she had a 'quit drooling!' tone in her voice.
Starfire was done with the counters; they beamed in the kitchen light. She piled a few more plates up with the others Robin was cleaning, or lack there of.
"BOOYA!" Cyborg boomed from the TV area "NEW RECORD! OH YEA!"
Beast Boy looked down at the floor when he heard Cyborg, well it sounded like he had a record to beat! He ran down the hall, forcing himself to keep straight and not look at Terra's door. Maybe he should start taking the other way around it.
"New Record?" Beast Boy asked, jogging in. "Well, it probably didn't take much to beat your old one" He joked
"Okay Booger Boy, lets see you try" Cyborg tossed the controller towards Beast Boy who caught it.
A girl with blonde hair was sitting with her back to a stone. She was breathing heavily, but she had a grin on her face, nonetheless. It was a triumphant grin, the grin of someone who had been fighting a battle for a long period of time, and had just defeated their enemy. Her ocean blue eyes scanned the cave… it was once an evil lair, belonging to Slade. Why was she here… of all places? Her name was Terra. She used to be a Teen Titan. They were a great team, and even better friends. She had betrayed them to go with their arch nemesis, Slade. She hadn't wanted it to turn out that way, but she thought she couldn't stop it. But when one particular Titan, Beast Boy, had showed her she could change what she'd done, she did. She had killed Slade, broken free from his control. But, in the process, she triggered a volcano, and she felt it was her responsibility to stay behind and stop it. In doing so, she enclosed her self in a stone prison. Not really dead, but not alive. So, how did she get back?
FLASHBACK:
Terra could feel something in her body changing. For some unknown reason, she had awoken. She could feel something different. Inside the stone case, her eyes glowed yellow, as did her hands, and there was a blast of yellow light. Shards of rock flew everywhere, and a slim girl with blonde hair, and the bluest of eyes, fell from a statue stand type looking thing. She hit the rock hard ground, and lay there for a few moments, before she passed out, weak. She had re-awoken a while later. She tried to stand but fell to her knees. She breathed in a bit, still too weak to walk, or stand. She scooted herself back a bit, until her back hit a solid object, where she leaned against, resting.
END FLASHBACK
Beast Boy stared at the TV in deep concentration. his jaw was set tight so his tooth was higher up his face. His fingers moved rapidly over the buttons on the controller as he struggled with the game. He HAD to beat Cyborg's record. Okay maybe not HAD to. His life didn't depend on it but still!
Cyborg had crossed arms and looking pretty cocky. He honestly didn't think Beast Boy could beat his record and was amused watching his little bud try
Terra had been sitting there quite awhile. If you didn't already figure it out, she is a geomancer. It means she can control any form of rock or earth. Dirt, mud, rock, you name it. It was these powers that had caused her to go with Slade in the first place. She was both gifted, and cursed. She finally decided to try standing again. She stood up and rested for a moment. She looked down and saw she was still wearing that suit that Slade had made for her. How she hated it. She began walking. So far, so good. She came to the edge of the cave and saw it was, as she knew, on a mountain. She didn't trust her powers when she felt this weak, so that meant she'd better start climbing. She got on her hands and knees, and put her foot down, feeling around for some kind of small ledge she could fit it in. She found one and started her climb down the mountain.
Beast Boy moaned as he lost the game while Cyborg laughed.
Starfire dried another dish then looked over at the boys. She watched the TV screen for a moment as Beast Boy went to try and beat the record again. She then looked at Raven, considering asking her darker friend if she was busy later. Seeing how she lived with 3 teen boys Star tended to want to spend time with Raven a lot. Not that she didn't enjoy time with her male friends, it was just that being around boys that prefer to burp and beat each other up rather then talk or go shopping did get a little old.
Terra continued climbing, making well enough progress. She put her foot down, and the small ledge piece broke off, just as she was letting go with her hands. "AHHH!" Terra screamed as she rolled down a little ways, till her body met a big ledge, and she fell on her stomach. She groaned and pushed herself onto her hands and knees. She rubbed her stomach and legs. That had hurt… She shakily stood up, looking at how far she had left to go. Not very far. She continued her climb, annoyed with just everything at the moment. Where am I gonna go? A thought crossed her mind. I dunno if I could face the Titans again… Not after what I did. Where else do I have to go? She was silently debating with herself. Finally, she felt her foot touch ground and she looked down. She was on ground level finally. She let go of the giant rock and looked around. It looked just as she remembered.
Raven continued reading her book, feeling quite bored. Every now and then, she'd glance over at Beast Boy.
"Give up while your ahead" Cyborg mocked
"No way man" Beast Boy snorted as the boys started another round. Dang it just irritated Beast Boy to no end that Cyborg was better at video games.
Terra sighed and started walking. She still didn't want to use her powers that had caused her so much chaos. She looked around at her surroundings, memories filling her mind, both the good… and the bad. She walked, and walked… and walked for what seemed like a long time. Once in awhile she'd stumble and either catch herself, or fall. She finally made it to the park. She remembered this park. She'd come here with the other Titans before, taken walks with Beast Boy. She knew she had to be close to the Tower now, but she was having second thoughts. What if… they don't like me? What if they don't want to be my friend? What if… they hate me? I can't blame them… I deserve it. Then again… maybe they won't. Maybe I should go back… just to see what happens. At least ask if I can change into my old clothes. Yeah… I'll do that! …Maybe…
She sat down on one of the park benches, and continued thinking. She tilted her head forward a bit and her hair fell into her face. Typical. She moved it again, not that it stayed.
By the end of the 10th round Beast Boy was on his knees crying
"HA! CYBORG RULES THE GAMES!" He shouted after shooting up off the couch and thrusting his hands into the air.
"Congratulations!" Starfire half laughed.
"This isn't fair" Beast Boy whined, letting the controller drop to the floor
Terra was almost in tears she was so frustrated. But, she refused to cry. She stood back up. She had to go back. She knew they wouldn't be so cold hearted as to refuse to at least let her change. She began her walk again. When she finally came to the lake's shore, she realized she had no choice but to use her powers if she wanted to get to the Tower. She stared at her hands accusingly, as if to say it was all their fault. She sighed and let one of her hands glow yellow. She pulled up a piece of earth and stepped on, almost losing the steadiness of the rock. She flew the piece of earth up wards, and then over the lake, going steady so she wouldn't fall. A few minutes later, she was more then half way across. Suddenly, the rock shook a bit, and tipped Terra into the lake. She hit the water, and surfaced seconds later. She gave a frustrated, "Ugh!" she splashed at the rock, knowing it would do nothing. She now had to pull herself back onto it without slipping, which she did once. She sat on, no wet, and cold. Finally, she was on the other side. She landed the rock and kicked at the sand, annoyed.
Beast Boy's ears perked up at the sound of something either falling or being thrown into the water. He looked out the window instead of the TV screen. Was it just him? Well no one else seemed concerned over it so why should he? Eh, who cared what the others thought. Beast Boy stood up and set the controller down on his seat.
"Where you going?" Cyborg asked as he paused the game
"I thought I heard something" Beast Boy replied, glancing over his shoulder at Cyborg.
"I didn't hear anything" Cyborg said.
"Well I did" B insisted, still looking at Cyborg.
Terra looked up at the Tower. "Aw man…" she said, getting nervous already. She sighed and sat down to rethink her actions. This is the last place you should be part of her was saying. They're the first people that should know you're back though… the other part of her said. She pulled her knees up to her chest, and rested her arms on top, burying her head to think.
Beast Boy walked over to the huge window and looked out it. His green eyes scanned the area. He noted that the water was still rippling faintly so he had been correct. He looked over the little island that the T tower was set on, everything seemed okay. He then spotted some one down there, but, who would be on there island? B looked closer, pressing his face on the glass.
"Find anything yet? C'mon let's play" Cyborg whined. He let out a bored sigh when Beast Boy didn't even say anything back "Yo man, what are you looking-" He started but was cut off by Beast Boy screaming
"IT'S TERRA!" Beast Boy had screamed.
Ha-Ha, a bit of a cliff hanger for ya:-D So like it so far? Reivew PLEASE
