AN: Nope, no ownership yet… deal with it

Things Do Change

Dr. Light chuckled to himself as he exited the bank. The lights inside were burning so brightly that no one could see anything, so they lay on the ground with their hands over their eyes. He swung his large bag full of money of his shoulder and proceeded to leave. He took one step and then saw the five Titans. Wait a second, five?

"Sorry, Dr. Light, but I'm going to have to ask you to return the money and come quietly," said Robin in his deep, authority filled voice.

Dr. Light opened his mouth to say something, but instead turned and made a run for it.

"Titans go!" Robin commanded.

"Hold on," said Raven. "I'll take care of this."

The other three members of the group instinctively looked to Robin. "Okay, it's your mission," said Robin, handing all the responsibility onto Raven. She smiled and flew off after the reoccurring villain.

Dr. Light thought he was in the clear. He had gotten pretty far and he still hadn't been attacked. He looked behind him and saw the four Titans standing there, watching him. Wait, four? He turned back and saw a white clad figure in front of him. He came to a stop and stared at her.

"You?" he said. "I thought I'd gotten rid of you!"

"Now why would my leaving have had anything to do with you?" asked Raven with a smirk.

"Well, uh, you know," said Dr. Light. "Because we're arch nemeses."

"Sorry, but I didn't leave because of you," said Raven.

"Oh, I guess I owe Mumbo an apology… and ten dollars," he said, thinking for a moment. Then he shook his thoughts away and realized that he was still trying to make a getaway. "Well, this reunion has been fun, but I really must be going."

"Again, I'm sorry, but I can't allow you to do that," said Raven.

"Then I shall make you!" said Dr. Light and he shot a blast of light at her.

Raven easily avoided the blast of light. She then closed her eyes, her hands pressed together in front of her. She opened them and they were completely white. "Azarath metrion zinthos," she said calmly. A wave of white energy spread from her hands and enveloped Dr. Light. He gave a short scream as he was being covered, but as soon as he was completely within the light became quiet.

The other four Titans watched all of this, quite confused and shocked. They ran over to the two to see what had happened. The light faded away and Dr. Light sat on the ground, looking quite… relaxed.

"So… so beautiful," he said with a dazed grin. "So bright… so wonderful."

"I think you can place him under arrest now," said Raven.

"Uh, what did you do?" asked Robin as he put the cuffs on Dr. Light.

"He's always asking me to see the light," said Raven. "So I gave him a dose of his own medicine. I showed him the purest light to be created."

"Is he… alright?" asked Starfire.

"Yes, he's just in a sort of shock," said Raven. "He'll be fine in a few minutes."

"Man, Raven, that was awesome," said Cyborg, patting her on the back.

"So, you're magic is like white now?" asked Beast Boy.

"Yeah, do you like it?" asked Raven with a smirk.

"Uh, yeah," said Beast Boy. "It's much better than that dark stuff."

"It was so perfectly beautiful," Dr. Light rambled on.

"Alright, let's go," said Robin, helping the dazed villain to his feet so he could walk him to jail. "You guys heading home or staying out?"

"I was going to stay out for a little while," said Raven. "I wanted to get a cup of tea at my old café."

"Uh, it wasn't that café that was at the corner of Main and Third, was it?" asked Beast Boy.

"Yes, it was," said Raven, her brow furrowing.

"Oh, they kinda moved it," said Beast Boy.

"They did?" asked Raven.

"Yeah, there's an insurance company there now," said Cyborg.

"They replaced my café with an insurance company?" said Raven. "Who thought of doing that?"

"I would believe it was the owners," said Starfire.

Raven sighed and said, "Well that sucks."

"Don't worry, I know where they moved it," said Beast Boy. "I'll walk you over there."

"Really? Thank you so much," said Raven, smiling again. "I really need a cup of tea."

"Sure, no problem," said Beast Boy with a smile.

"Well, I'm headin back home," said Cyborg. "I've got some work to do on the T-car."

"You just did work on the T-car," said Robin.

"So?" asked Cyborg.

"Anyway, what are you going to do, Star?" asked Robin.

"I shall go with you," said Starfire, flying over to him.

"Alright, see you guys later," said Robin walking Dr. Light off with Starfire next to him. Cyborg jumped into the T-car and drove his baby home. Now Beast Boy and Raven were alone.

"Well, which way is it?" asked Raven.

"This way," said Beast Boy, pointing and walking.

The two walked side by side as they made their way to Ravens café. It was a little odd, since Beast Boy was now taller than her. Once in a while he was glace over and see that he could see over her head.

"Did anything else change in the city while I was gone?" asked Raven.

"Just a few small things here and there," said Beast Boy. "You can't expect things to stay the same for five years, especially not in a city."

"That's why I asked if anything changed," said Raven. "I know things never stay the same."

After a few minutes of walking they came upon the café. Loud music was blasting out of it and there was a shady looking characters within it.

"This is my café?" asked Raven, shocked.

"Yup," Beast Boy sighed.

"What have they done to it?" she asked, upset.

"Turned it into a punk hangout," said Beast Boy. "Sorry, I know I should've told you, but I thought it'd be better if you saw for yourself."

Raven was quite upset by this and she hung her head. "Now where am I going to get my tea?" she asked, sadly. "Where am I going to go to read? This was my little place to get away from everything."

"Sorry," said Beast Boy, unsure of what he should say. "You wanna go look for someplace to get some tea?"

"I suppose," Raven sighed.

"Come on, I think I know of a good place," he said with a kind smile.

He took her down the block to a very 'natural' looking place. She knew just by the site of the people inside it was a vegetarian hangout. This was not what she had in mind. Of course, she had nothing against vegetarians. She just detested how preachy they got.

"You know, I think I'll just go back to the tower," said Raven, turning to leave.

"Come on, don't you trust me?" he asked with a smile.

"No more than usual," said Raven.

Beast Boy rolled his eyes and grabbed her hand. "I promise, I'll fend off any loud mouth vegans," he said as he dragged her towards the restaurant.

"And who's going to fend me off from you mister 'king of the loud mouths'?" she asked with a smirk.

"Har har," he said sarcastically.

The moment she stepped through the doors she could feel all eyes falling on her. They were all curious as to why this outsider who was far too curvy to be vegetarian had entered their domain.

"Hey guys," said Beast Boy with a smile as he led her in.

"Hello Beast Boy," said a young woman behind the counter. She had long, blond hair that reached her behind and she wore what looked like a homemade dress she was rather proud of. "Who is your friend?"

"Oh, this is Raven," said Beast Boy. "You know, she left the team five years ago."

"Oh yes," she said after staring blankly at Raven for a moment. "I remember now. Tell me, is she a child of nature as well?"

"Uh, not exactly," Beast Boy chuckled. "Her café's been totally taken over by punk rockers so she's gonna hang out here today."

"Well, you're table is vacant," she said with a smile and pointed to the table near the window.

"Awesome, I'll be right back to order something," he said and led Raven over to the table.

"Child of nature?" asked Raven, cocking an eyebrow.

"That's what she calls people who put nature above technology," said Beast Boy.

"And she calls you one?" asked Raven, suppressing a laugh.

"Well duh! I'm the entire animal kingdom in one cute package," he said with a smirk.

"You obviously haven't told her about your infatuation with videogames," said Raven. "And you're not cute."

Beast Boy's smirk faded and his ears drooped. "Gee, thanks," he said. "The menu's up there."

Raven looked up and over at the wall. She saw a large sign that said everything was organic. This was certainly not her crowd. She could still feel eyes upon her and it made her feel uncomfortable.

"Just get me what you think is good," said Raven.

"Are you sure?" asked Beast Boy.

"Sure," said Raven, shrugging. "What's the worst that could happen?"

"Alright," said Beast Boy and he headed back over to the counter.

While Beast Boy was placing his orders Raven decided to get a little more comfortable. She knew that if she looked like she was comfortable the others within the restaurant would feel comfortable too. She slowly took her hood down and pulled her long hair out from within her cloak.

"Hi!" said a young woman from out of nowhere, causing Raven to jump. And she wasn't alone. She had another young woman and a young man with her. They took a seat at Ravens table and the one who spoke sat next to Raven. "I'm Holly."

"I'm Amber," said the other girl.

"I'm Derek," said the young man.

"Hello," said Raven, shocked by their intrusion into her personal space. "I'm Raven."

"Raven, that's such a wonderful name," said Amber.

"Definitely natural," said Derek, nodding.

"Can I help you?" asked Raven.

"We just saw you enter and we felt we needed to talk to you," said Holly.

"Why?" asked Raven.

"You're hair," sighed Amber.

"Excuse me?" asked Raven.

"Do you know how many chemicals are in your hair right now?" asked Derek. "Especially to get that shiny, realistic quality?"

"Really, if you're going to come here, you must respect what nature gave you," scolded Holly. "And you must not use anything with chemicals."

"I don't die my hair, if that's what you're insinuating," said Raven. "This is my natural hair color."

"It is?" asked all three.

"Yes," said Raven, nodding.

"Oh, it is like the color of violets!" said Holly, taking a lock of Ravens hair and playing with it.

Raven looked to the counter where Beast Boy was still standing. She wished that he would come back and save her from these three, but she saw that he was busy… flirting with the girl behind the counter.