Aqualad had taken Sapphire back to the Titans East Tower with him. Turned out that when she reached close to land she had the ability to split her fin and turn them into long, slender legs. Not only that but her hair turned a dark brown and the purple streaks turned to the usual light blue from before. She looked very pretty on land, almost more pretty than when she was underwater. She seemed to magically form a loincloth skirt that matched her wrap top when her legs formed. Aqualad introduced her to the rest of the team when they walked in.
"So…" Speedy started, "She just formed in front of you."
"Yeah, it was amazing! Have you ever heard of anything so cool?" Aqualad gushed. Bumblebee looked at her and shook her hand.
"Welcome to the titans' east tower."
"Thank you." She said. "You guys got any food, I'm kind of hungry?" Sapphire asked as she blushed.
"Do we ever, Speedy eats a grocery store everyday." Bumblebee teased.
"Great, well, what do you have?" Sapphire inquired and she followed everyone over to the kitchen.
"There's hotdog sandwiches on the counter." Bumblebee pointed out.
"Eww, don't eat those, Sapphire." Speedy said. "They're gross. She makes them whenever she doesn't feel like cooking."
"So I burnt them a bit, no big deal!" Bumblebee fussed with Speedy. They were about to start fighting again when they looked over and saw Sapphire wolfing down two hotdog sandwiches at the same time! They looked in awe as she took one bite after another. "I guess being magically created really makes you hungry."
"Well she had started from scratch, so that must take up a lot of energy." Aqualad offered. "I still think it's amazing. How did it happen?"
"Maybe you should look up some stuff about Atlantis and see what you can find about magical mermaid-slash-human-people." Speedy stated. They all looked at him funny. "What? You know Mas y Menos couldn't think of anything better."
"We can't even understand what they're saying…so how would what they say help?"
"Where are they, anyway?" Bumblebee asked. Just then, a flash came in and took a seat on the stool next to Sapphire. It appeared to be Mas y Menos. One sat on either side of her and just watched as she went on munching down every bite.
"Hola, bonito chica!" they both said at the same time. Sapphire just looked at them both and grabbed her fourth hotdog sandwich.
"Who-are-they?" she asked in between bites.
"Sapphire that is Mas y Menos. They have super agility when they are touching." Aqualad explained. She just looked at them again.
"What did they say?" she asked.
"We never know." Bumblebee stated. Sapphire grabbed a nearby pitcher of water and drank out of it, and everybody gasped.
"Santo vaca!" Mas said in awe.
"Ella yo un cerdo!" Menos finished. Sapphire burped loudly and smiled as she covered her mouth in a feminine matter.
"Excuse me." She said while blushing. Then she yawned.
"Are you tired?" Aqualad asked.
"A little." She said and she stretched. "But before I go to sleep, I would like to get to know all of you." She stated. They all sat down in front of her and smiled.
"Well, my name is Bumblebee, and I was schooled in H.I.V.E academy, which has been dubbed a school for villains but don't let it fool you, I'm a good guy…er, girl." She said and she smiled. "I use B stingers when I fight."
"My name is Speedy and I'm the best teen titan there is!" he said, and Bee hit him. "Ouch!"
"He's a show off!" Bee stated. Sapphire giggled.
"I'm an archer." Speedy told Sapphire. "Mas y Menos only speak Spanish and we never understand a word they're saying. And Aqualad is an Atlantean."
"I know." Sapphire said while smiling at Aqualad. Then she frowned. "Humans know about Atlantis?" she asked.
"Only some and they are the good guys." Aqualad said. Sapphire nodded.
"Human? What are you then?" Speedy asked, rather rudely. Aqualad hit him with the back of his hand on his arm. "What?"
"I'm a humanoid." Sapphire simply replied. "I look like a human but I don't have the same origin of you humans…people." She corrected herself, trying not to sound like an alien.
"Enough about us, we want to hear about you." Aqualad stated, "We don't know anything about you as it is."
"Well…" she started, "I'm from the four waters. Those are the four currents that met. This sapphire is my motif. I know I have a purpose, I just don't know what it is yet."
"What are your powers?"
"I have the same abilities as any other Atlantean; however I have the ability to change into what you would call a mermaid at anytime. I also have healing powers."
"How do you know that?" Speedy questioned her.
"I just do. Unfortunately I don't know very much. I love to swim, and I'd like to see what your people do for fun."
"Let's see there's eating, music, dancing, pranking…all sorts of stuff." Speedy told her.
"Oh si! Ese yo excitante!" Mas said with a big grin.
"What is pranking?" she asked.
"Pranking is when you pull a trick on someone. Like if I put glue on Aqualad's seat." Speedy said and gave his friend an evil glare. Aqualad looked at him annoyed.
"I'll make sure to check where I sit." He replied.
"The way of you people is fascinating. Perhaps you could show me a few things."
"With pleasure, you know; when we're not fighting crime." Bee told her.
"You guys do that?"
"Of course we do, we're Teen Titans! We fight criminals and bad guys all the time." Bee said with a proud smile.
"Sometimes we fight Trident." Aqualad told Sapphire.
"So, my work has been done for me before I got here?" Sapphire asked him.
"Pretty much."
"Oh, well then, I guess I can just hang out and have fun with you guys. But first I need to get some sleep."
"Of course." And Aqualad led her out of the room.
When the door closed, Sapphire could hear the rest of the team talking to Speedy about how rude he was being. A smile crossed her face as she followed Aqualad into the hallway and turned the corner. He walked up to a door and pressed a button and the door opened. Sapphire stepped inside and looked around the room. There was a bed and another door that led to a bathroom. On the nightstand near the bed was a lamp and a phone. She turned to her friend. "Thank you again for bringing me back to…" she stopped to think.
"The Titans East Tower." He finished for her.
"Right. Thanks."
"Make yourself at home, and uh, give me a shout if you need anything. My room is down the hallway. We'll be waking up at six for combat practice."
"May I watch?" she asked. Aqualad smiled at her.
"Sure, but you don't have to wake up early if you want to." And he turned to leave, "Well, uh…good night."
"Good night Aqualad." She replied and the door closed. She walked over to the bed and curled up under the covers and fell asleep.
