Disclaimer: DC ain't mine, and either are them pesky kids the Teen Titans, neither.

The Big Scare

Starfire lay on her belly and peered under her bed, being careful not to disturb the slumbering Silkie that lay on top. Earlier that day Cyborg had introduced her to the fruit known as a banana, and after she had stopped laughing at the highly amusing name, she had eaten one. And promptly felt more foodly joy than ever before. And so, she had immediately gone out and bought as many bananas as she could carry, buying so many it was night by the time she had returned. She had eaten them all in her room, glad that Silkie had not taken a liking to the fruit. However, the last one had slipped from her grip and bounced under the bed, and that was why she was now looking into the dark abyss that existed underneath her bed.

She felt concerned when she realised just how dark it was underneath the bed, and considered going to get one of the other Titans for help. She quickly nixed the idea, resolving to get the banana herself, or die trying. She lifted her hand and lit the underside of the bed with starbolt energy, bathing everything in a green light. She looked from left to right, but could see no sign of said banana. She frowned, and was about to go deeper into the bed when she heard a noise. Panicking, she let out a small 'eep' before quickly removing herself from under her bed. She looked around the room, surprised at how dark it had become. She could have sworn the lights were on before she went underneath her bed.

She checked the bed to see Silkie still sleeping soundly and cautiously checked around the room. As she passed her cupboard, she heard a shuffling coming from inside, and turned in time to see some kind of strange monster emerge.

"BOO!"

Starfire fell backwards in fright and fired a starbolt, prompting a familiar sounding voice to yell in protest.

"Star! Careful with those things! I was just tryin' to scare ya!"

Starfire stood and walked over to the monster, finding it was simply a white sheet draped over someone. Removing the sheet, she found a slightly charred Beast Boy sitting on the floor.

"Beast Boy! What are you… why would you wish to scare me in such a way?"

"Because it's Halloween, Star!"

Starfire frowned and put a finger to her chin. "Halloween?"

Beast Boy leapt to his feet, wrapping an arm around Starfire's shoulder enthusiastically. "Yeah! It's only like the greatest holiday ever!"

"Even better than the 'Chris' Mast'?

"Oh yeah! On Christmas you just get presents. On Halloween, you get to scare people!"

Starfire looked even more puzzled. "But why would you wish to frighten your friends in such a way?"

Beast Boy shrugged, scratching his head in thought. "Because it's fun!"

"Well I do not think it is fun, so please do not do it again," Starfire said, a stern look on her face as she put her hands on her hips.

"Okay, Star, I won't scare you again," Beast Boy said, putting one hand on his chest and raising the other. "I promise."

Starfire calmed. "Thank you Beast Boy. Now if you will excuse me, I wish to find my banana."

Beast Boy raised an eyebrow and watched in confusion as Starfire crawled under her bed, disappearing completely. He shrugged and left, looking for his next targets.

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Cyborg carefully tweaked the knob to the left and winced as the high pitched noise from the speakers almost made him pass out. He turned the knob back and looked around the room, ready to apologise to anyone in listening distance. He found no-one was there, and shrugged. They must have left after the first five incidents or so. Cyborg was rigging up these one-of-a-kind Cy-Speakers (complete with logo) for the Halloween party that he had spent most of October trying to convince Robin to have. Finally, he had relented (once Cyborg got Starfire on his side, Robin crumbled) and the party was on; tonight, if all went to plan.

He had set up in an otherwise unused conference hall, where, if there was ever enough members of the Titans, meetings would be held. But for now, it was the home of 'Cyborg's Halloween Bonanza Party'. Cyborg leaned over the back of the speakers and fiddled with some wires, reconnecting some and disconnecting others. He was about to try another test when he heard a noise come from the other end of the hall. Suddenly, the lights went out. Cyborg switched to infra red and growled irritably.

Beast Boy must have switched off the power. Again.

He checked for his little green companion, waiting for some pathetic attempt to scare him, and, finding no trace of him, sighed and set off to go downstairs and turn the power back on. Just as he reached the door, a huge snarling spider suddenly fell from above him. Panicking, Cyborg activated his sonic cannon and opened fire, causing the spider to explode into green goop which covered Cyborg from head to toe. He tried his utmost to hide his anger as he attempted to wipe the slime from his once gleaming metal frame. Much to his annoyance, he found that his hand was now stuck to his thigh. Growling, he tried to pull it off, and then found that his other hand was now stuck to the already stuck arm. He roared in frustration.

Outside the door, he heard the familiar noise of Beast Boy's laughter.

"Oh, now you've done it! I am gonna PUT THE BIG HURT ON YOU, LITTLE MAN!"

He limped as fast as he could out of the room, heading to his room to effect repairs.

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Robin tapped the buttons as fast as he could, grunting as he twisted and turned on the couch, attempting to get his car to veer just a little bit more to the left. Finally, his car crossed the finish line, and he jumped to his feet, standing on the sofa as he pointed at the TV.

"YES! In your face, Challenger 53!"

He whooped in victory, pumping his fists in the air before pausing in mid pump to check for anyone else in the room. Finding no-one, he continued his little celebration. He would never allow any of the others to see him like this, but he tried to enjoy doing this whenever possible. He turned to face the door in mid dance, when something suddenly leapt out at him from behind the sofa.

Robin yelled in fright and fell over backwards, landing on his back and banging his head on the table that lay in front of the sofa. Growling in annoyance, he stood in time to see a green blur running out of the room, laughing the whole time.

"Beast Boy…" Robin growled, thinning his eyes beneath his mask.

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Raven looked down at the small stem coming from the soil and allowed herself a slight smile. When Starfire had talked to her about 'the joys of gardening', she hadn't really given it much consideration. After all, Starfire thought that pretty much everything was either 'joyous' 'wonderful' or 'glorious'. But, after some encouragement from Starfire and the others, she had decided to 'adopt' (as Starfire had called it) a plant from her Tamaranian friends' garden.

Raven was aware it wasn't exactly usual for someone to be out in the dead of night looking at a barely alive plant (especially when a party was starting in close to a few hours), but she had been busy most of the day, and curiosity had drawn her outside to look at the plant. It was something else for her to do besides just meditating and reading. But that wasn't exactly true; she did quite a few girly things with Starfire, such as going to the mall and having…

Raven audibly groaned.

…girl talks.

Her thoughts were interrupted by a rustling noise from behind her. She turned to face it, black magic ready to attack, when a large noise came trumpeting from behind her. She jumped up in the air, unable to hide her surprise as she fell backwards, landing on her small plant. She looked up and saw a green elephant standing above her, which quickly changed back into a laughing Beast Boy. He made a quick getaway, turning into a fish and going into the sea. Raven swore she could hear Beast Boy's laughter coming from the water.

She stood and looked down to see her squashed plant. She looked up and her eyes thinned.

"And now you pay."

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Beast Boy walked back into the Tower after waiting for what seemed like an eternity for Raven to leave. When she hadn't left after about an hour, he had gone for a swim, hoping to maybe run into Aqualad and scare him, when he realised that he wouldn't be able to sneak up on him because of his fish telepathy.

Stupid fish-mind-reading pretty boy…

Beast Boy banged the side of his head, spurting water out of his other ear. He looked at his watch and realised that the party would be starting soon. He morphed into a cheetah and quickly made his way up the stairs, going to the party hall and stopping at the doors. He morphed back to normal and slicked back his hair, waiting to make his grand entrance. He pushed the doors open, and was stunned to find no-one there. In fact, the entire room was empty, Cyborg's speakers gone, and the lights turned off. He looked around, suspecting some kind of prank, but there was no-one there. He quickly checked around the tower, looking for any signs of life in the Tower.

He checked all places except one; the basement.

Beast Boy didn't like going into the basement. He had seen too many horror movies to trust them. Having found no-one else in the tower, and being unable to think of any other option, he sighed and went downstairs. As he opened the doors, he heard a muffled moaning noise. He slowly tip toed down the echoing metal stairway, trying to ignore his trembling legs.

"H-hello?"

He felt something drip on his shoulder and he leapt away, screaming. He fell backwards and rolled painfully down the stairs. He sat up, shaking his head to remove the stars blurring his vision before quickly standing. He looked around, cowering in fear as he did so. The he felt something on the back of his neck. Something… warm. Like breath. He turned slowly, and became petrified with fear.

Stood before him was some kind of horrific monster, silvery black with tentacles writhing slowly. One slithered across the ground and slipped past Beast Boy's leg.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH!"

Beast Boy ran up the stairs, his scream fading into the distance.

Cyborg emerged from his hiding place, pushing a switch on the back of the monster to deactivate it. He smiled in evil pleasure as the other Titans emerged from their hiding places, an evil smile plastered on each of their faces. All except Starfire, who had little idea what was going on.

"Please, why did we scare friend Beast Boy?"

Robin turned back to face her. "Vengeance, Starfire!" he said, adopting a 'wicked witch' scary voice.

Starfire didn't understand, but giggled at Robin's use of such a silly voice. Raven turned back to face Cyborg.

"Shouldn't we get back to the party? It'll be starting soon."

Cyborg winked. "Right. Maybe we should tell BB…"

The Titans looked at each other.

"Nah," they all said in unison.

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(A/N: Yes, a Halloween fic… it's not very original, but hey… I like it. Did you? Review and tell me!

Oh, and happy Halloween!)