The next day, Sapphire awoke under the covers and stretched. She got up and walked to the bathroom and turned on the light. It was very bright and hurt her eyes at first, but when she walked up to the sink she got used to it. She looked around and then walked over to the shower. She turned the knobs and water began to run. She pushed a button and then the shower came on. She had never seen such a thing before and began to play with the knobs. At first the made the water boiling hot, and then with another turn it was freezing cold, but another twist made it just right. She stripped of her clothing and stepped in. But as soon as both feet hit the water, they formed together into a fin and she slipped and fell, screaming and gripping onto the shower curtain and taking it down with her! There was a loud knock on the door of her room. "Who is it?" she asked as she pulled the curtain from over her head.
"It's Bee, are you okay in there? We heard a crash." Bee yelled into her room. Sapphire blushed, how embarrassing.
"I'm fine, I just…fell. That's all." And then she looked down at her fin.
"Okay, just checking. We'll be out in the back if you need us." And then Sapphire listened as they all walked away. She sighed and flipped around her fin.
"Come on, come on! Turn back into feet!" she scolded. And she concentrated really hard until her feet formed again. "There, now stay that way." And she stood back up. She seemed to have everything under control now and went on with bathing. After her shower, she walked out and dried of with a towel. She got dressed and wrapped the towel around her head to keep her wet hair out of her head. She picked up a tube that had the words toothpaste on it and looked at it. She figured that it must have gone inside your mouth, since it said tooth. She took off the cap and squeezed some into her mouth. It tasted like mint and it burned her tongue. She moved it around as her eyes watered to sooth it and it just began to cool and foam. She had a mouthful of foam and looked around. What next? She didn't want to swallow it, so she leaned over and spat it out into the sink. She looked at the back and noticed that she knew how to read what it said. "Hey, I can read this!" she exclaimed to herself with a smile and read it. "It says, put amount desired on toothbrush bristles. Move brush in circular motions on teeth to clean them to a minty fresh stated that will be irresistible." And she looked at it funny. "Oh, you put the toothpaste on this thing." She said picking up a red toothbrush and readied to put it on. But then she remembered her burning tongue and put them both down where they were. "I think I've had enough toothpaste for one morning." She said and she walked out of the bathroom and out of her room.
There was nobody in the hallway, so she went to the back where they said they would all be. When she stepped outside she saw Bee fighting some robots and dodging lasers. She finished by jumping over some hurdlers and Speedy told her the time. Sapphire grew curious and ran out. "Hey guys, what you doing?" she asked.
"Combat training." Bee informed her.
"May I try?" Sapphire gave them a grin. They all looked at each other and then back at her.
"But, you've never fought anyone or anything in your life." Aqualad pointed out, "Maybe you should wait."
"No, I'm good. Come on, let's try." She begged them.
"Okay, but we're putting you on level one to be safe." Aqualad said.
"Great!" and Sapphire ran out to the middle of the backyard and stood there. "Ready!"
"Strike a fighting pose." Speedy yelled out to her. She just shrugged and knelt down with one fist touching the ground.
"Ready…begin!" Bee called.
"Vaya Senorita Sapphire!" Mas y Menos cheered.
Robots came out and circled her, but she didn't move. They came closer until they couldn't see her anymore! "I think she doesn't know what she's doing, end the transmission!" Aqualad told Speedy. But Sapphire knew what she was doing, because she jumped out from the circle and landed behind a robot and with a quick spin she tripped it and did a back handspring. "Nevermind." Aqualad said and watched. And then she summoned water to her fists and created water balls. She threw them one after another and a robot, causing it to spark and fall over. Then she took one ball and flattened it out into a disc and sent it flying at the robots; it sliced them into two pieces! She did the same and took out three more robots behind her. The team watched in awe as she began to jump and kick the robots, knocking them over or breaking their circuitry. She finished by throwing a gigantic wave at them and making them explode! Then she did back flips over the hurdlers and crossed the finish line. Speedy dropped the remote and looked at the rest of them. But Aqualad had already run over to congratulate her. "That was INCREDIBLE!" he gushed. "Where did you learn to do all that?"
"I dunno…it just sort of came to me. Can I do it again? It was a really fun game!"
"It wasn't a game." Aqualad chuckled, "It's a computer simulated attack pattern that we have to beat and we get graded on our performance by the other team members." Aqualad looked over and saw the rest of the titans holding up papers with a big number 10 on them, except for Speedy who held up a 9.5. Typical Speedy. "Looks like you win." He finished.
"So it's not a game…it's practice."
"Right. And you did great." He placed a hand on her shoulder. She smiled.
"I could have done better." Speedy grumbled.
"You wish." Bee teased him.
"Si, ella le batio malo!" Mas y Menos said and began to laugh.
"Ella no pasa tanto tiempo en ella las miradas!" Menos said and they laughed harder.
"Hombre de Girly!" Mas stated and they laughed until they fell over. Speedy growled at them.
"It's a good thing I don't know what you guys are saying." He hissed.
"Ay, buen trabajo." Menos yelled out Sapphire with a thumbs up.
"Si, muy bueno!" Mas did the same. Sapphire smiled.
"Um, thanks…I think." She replied with a thumbs up.
Speedy was making lunch for everybody at noon. He was in an apron and a chef's hat out at the grill. He was cooking steak with barbeque sauce. Sapphire walked out with Aqualad and Bumblebee and up to the grill. "Steak again? You always fix something from a cow." Bumblebee pointed out. "What's the problem, do you have an obsession with cows?" Bumblebee placed her hands on her hips. Aqualad laughed and Sapphire cocked her head.
"Well we can't eat fish!" he complained.
"How come?" Sapphire asked.
"Because Aqua-loser doesn't eat fish." Speedy said, and Aqualad gave him an agitated look.
"Neither do I." Sapphire said, "It would be wrong to eat fish, it could end up being one of my friends." Aqualad smiled at her.
"See, someone who understands." Aqualad motioned to her.
"Yeah, yeah, yeah. Whatever." Speedy said and turned over a steak and it sizzled.
"What's that?" Sapphire asked as she pointed to something in Speedy's pocket.
"That's his mirror." Bee told her.
"You carry a mirror around with you?" Sapphire asked.
"Everywhere he goes." Aqualad told her.
"Si, el yo un bonito hombre." Mas said and Menos laughed.