Ah… the end of my fanfic. I want to send out one final thanks to everyone who helped this fic be- all my readers, reviewers, and helpers.

Chapter Seventeen: The Beginning

The morning after the whole incident, Cyborg pulled Robin, Starfire, Shadow, and Nightmare out of their respective rooms, and put them in the T-Car, leaving a note saying that he was going out for breakfast and that they didn't feel like waiting around cause they were hungry now.

'Course, this wouldn't have been quite as strange as it was then if Cyborg hadn't done all of this at five in the morning.

So, as soon as the (rather groggy) Titans were in the car, Cyborg gunned the engine and sped off of the island and into the city.

There, they all sat in a park on that dewy, chilly morning. Cy had promised them breakfast, so he brought a few cups and a pot of coffee with them, as well as a box of donuts.

"Wh-what's all this about?" Robin said, trying and failing to stifle a huge yawn.

"Our… fellow Titans," said Cyborg, starting to grin.

"Not this again…" muttered Shadow.

"No, I'm serious!" Cyborg said, now sounding serious and replacing the grin on his face with an equally serious look. "I think… no, I know that they both like each other."

"Yeah… so? It's more than just a bit obvious…" said Shadow. "Everyone knows that."

"I concur," said Nightmare, speaking up.

"Yes, that's the thing. Everyone knows… except the two of them. Beast Boy doesn't really think that Raven likes him… and vice versa," said Cyborg.

"So… you dragged us out of bed and into a freezing cold park at five AM to tell us something that we all already knew?" said Nightmare, looking a tad annoyed.

"No. I brought you here to tell you of my brilliant plan. It came to me last night, just before I powered down…"

Back at the Tower, Raven had been meditating on the roof since about four AM-- she hadn't been able to sleep as soon as the sun started to rise.
However, she came out of her trance when she saw the T-Car racing away at top speed at 5 AM.

Wanting to investigate, (and still thinking that most of her fellow Titans were still asleep in their beds) she crept down to the main room, where she found Cyborg's hastily-scribbled note.

It read:

Hungry. Going out for donuts. Hungry now. Don't want to wait. Be back later.

Ok. So the rest of the Titans were still in the Tower, right?

A quick trip to Beast Boy's room made her think so. She leaned her head against the door, she could just hear him breathing.

She was thinking about him. Last night, when she was sure that everyone else was asleep, she had hacked into the Tower's security system and gotten the footage of what had happened…

And, instead of feeling angry or violated, she felt…

How did she feel? She was an empath who was forced to suppress her own emotions… so she could feel for others better than she could feel for herself.

She didn't know how she felt, honestly. Which made her feel empty, which made her feel a tinge of sadness, which reminded her of the fact that she was the only one in Titans Tower without a best friend, which reminded her that she was all alone.

But she also was reminded of one other thing…

Beast Boy was always the one who reached out to her. Comforting her when she was heartbroken, always trying to make her laugh and have a good time with the others, understanding her ups and downs…

She understood how she felt now.

Complete.

And she was still standing there, leaning against his door, and letting the feeling of completeness wash over her.

Until, apparently, that feeling got a bit too strong. There was a shriek of surprise from within, and in under 5 seconds, Beast Boy had come bursting out of his room, only in his boxers.
Of course, Raven was still leaning against the door.

She fell directly into him, and on instinct, he put his arms around her protectively.

"What's happening?" he asked quickly, looking directly into her eyes.

"Um… nothing, really," she said, starting to blush and trying to look over his shoulder.

"Uh, no offense," he said slowly. "But it's a bit… unlike you to be standing outside of my room blowing stuff up unless something's up…"

"Oh!" she said, blushing harder. "Well… you see…" she explained all about Cyborg rushing off so early.

"Ok… well, if he's gone, can I make you breakfast or something?"

"Well… ok."

"Great!" he said, smiling broadly. "Lemme just put a shirt on or something…"

As they walked down, Raven identified another emotion she felt when she was with him.

Love.

"…so your master plan is basically to get BB and Raven together by any means necessary?" asked Shadow, summing up what Cyborg had been going on about for the past twenty minutes or so.

"Oh, and that's only the beginning of my plan," Cyborg finished. "Only the Beginning…"

THE END?

Look for the sequel to The Beginning: Strange Happenings! Coming soon to a computer (or cell phone) near you.