Oookay, well, I'm sorry that I didn't get this up sooner, but here it is! I tried to make this longer than the last chapter, 'cause thatwas kinda short, but anyway, I hope this is better. Now, on with the story!

"Aaaaaaauuuhh!"

Beast Boy tumbled out of the swirling portal, which immediately closed up, leaving nothing but the red-starred night sky.

He stood up, brushing himself off. "Dude, not again! Okay, so…how do I get offa here again?" He turned around, finding himself floating on a rock in the middle of nowhere. Slowly, other rocks drifted together to form a path. "Well, better get going," he muttered to himself. He walked in silence for a few moments before he came across something: a dead tree, upon the branches of which were perched several ravens with large, glowing red eyes. He recalled the last time he met up with these creatures and attempted to sneak past them, walking on his tiptoes and biting his tongue. But soon…

"Turn back…turn back… " He ignored these warnings, but the birds hopped down in front of him. "…Turn back…"

"Okay, birdies, just gotta get through…I really need to get out of here…" The ravens' eyes divided so that they each had four, their beaks gaped open to reveal several sharp teeth. So Beast Boy did the only thing he knew how in these situations: he ran screaming.

"EEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!" He ran frantically down the rocky pathway, sparing a glance back. The birds were gaining on him, their beaks snapping menacingly.

"Oof!"

Beast Boy smacked into something in front of him and was sent sprawling to the ground. "Dude, what the-" Then he heard the familiar giggles.

"Nice going, BB," the pink-clad Raven look-alike snickered. She held her hand out to him, helping him up. "Whatcha running from?"

"The birds, they were-" He turned around to find that the demon birds were no longer behind him. "Uhh…nevermind."

She giggled again. "Man, you should have seen the look on your face! You are one sad, strange little green dude. So, Beast Boy…what's up?"

"Uh…nothin', I guess…" It was, of course, uncommon for Beast Boy to be so quiet, but he still felt weird around Happy Raven. It was just so…freaky, to see Raven wearing pink, smiling, and giggling, even if this was just one of her emotions. "Look, I'm dead meat if Raven, er…you…well, not you but…whoever! If she finds me here, I'm toast. So, could you, like, show me the way out?"

She chuckled. "Sure thing!" She started off down the path, with Beast Boy close behind. She slowed so that they were walking side-by-side. "So, how did your plans for today go? Didja beat Cyborg at video games? Pick up any ladies?"

"Eh, well…um…I-" His eyes widened as they passed through a stone arch and the landscape changed. "Dude! We're in air-freshener land again!"

"Yup!" She laughed. "C'mon, let's go!" She grabbed his hand and started skipping through the flowers. Letting go as she twirled around, she seemed oblivious to the fact that he was blushing and looking at his hand. No, he really couldn't get used to this Raven.

"Come on, BB! Last one there is a rotten tofu egg!" She ran ahead toward another arch.

"Dude, wait up!" He hurried to catch up, only to see her pink cloak disappear through the arch. If only the real Raven could be like this. That would be so cool! he thought. She would play video games with me, and laugh at my jokes. He recalled the last time one of her emotions had grown strong; when her Rage had grown too powerful for her to contain. Dude, if only that had been Happy instead, we might have a fun Raven instead of- The metaphorical lightbulb turned on over his head. Hey, as long as I'm in Raven's head, I might as well have a little fun. She'll never know…

Beast Boy was thrown out of the mirror, and he landed with a thunk on Raven's floor. To his horror, he realized that Raven was now in her bed, fast asleep. He quickly morphed into a fly in case she woke up, but she just stirred a little. Glancing out the window, he saw the moon was high in the sky. He had been away for hours. He buzzed over to the door, where he changed into a spider and crept under the door.

The door whooshed open. "Mornin', dudes!" Beast Boy said, stepping into the main room.

"Hey."

"Good morning, friend Beast Boy!"

"Morning."

All three replies had come from the couch, where Robin, Starfire, and Cyborg sat. Cyborg and Starfire were both eating cereal; Cyborg, a bowl of sugar-frosted corn flakes, Starfire, a bowl of some multicolored sugar-coated-sugar type cereal with mustard drizzled on top. Robin held a half-eaten piece of buttered toast. Beast Boy poured himself a bowl of chocolate puffs and emptied a carton of soymilk onto it before plopping down on the couch next to Cyborg. For a moment, all that could be heard was the clanking of spoons and munching sounds. Then there was the whooshing noise of the door, and the Titans turned.

Raven floated into the room. She hummed softly as she landed in the kitchen. Her teammates watched as she started opening cabinets, apparently searching for something. She rifled through the various items on the shelves, pushing aside boxes and cans. After watching this for a few minutes, Cyborg pointed up to one of the cupboards. "Uh, Raven? I think the tea is in that one…"

"That's nice," she said, continuing to search, humming all the while. After a few more minutes, she turned to her friends, frustated. "What does a girl have to do to get some decent waffles around here? I'm starved!" She turned back to the cupboards, tossing the other items over her shoulder in pursuit of the waffle mix.

"Uh…waffles? Since when do you eat waffles?" Cyborg asked, puzzled.

"Uhh…since I woke up, really, really hungry. Oh, here it is!" She pulled out a box of waffle mix. She started to measure the powder out in a measuring cup, then turned back to them. "Who else wants some?"

"Oh, dude, I do!" Beast Boy exclaimed, waving his hand in the air. Cyborg and Robin murmured that they guessed they'd have some too, still watching Raven quizzically.

"I would also like some, friend Raven, and it is most kind of you to offer. Tell me, are you feeling alright? You seem to be…unusually happy." Starfire looked at her friend with concern.

"Of course I'm alright! The sun is shining, the birds are singing…Oh, and I know you wanted to go shopping, so why don't we hit the mall this afternoon?"

The male members of the team gaped at Raven, but Starfire just gazed sadly at her friend. "Raven, I understand that the shopping is not 'your thing', but please, I like the mall of shopping, and do not wish to hit it."

"It's just an expression, Star," Raven explained, giggling. "What I mean was, do you wanna go to the mall with me today?"

Starfire blinked confusedly for a moment, then smiled. "That would be most wonderful, friend Raven! We must travel to the mall of shopping and partake in the joys of Earthly hair ornaments!" The alien princess was excited, already forgetting that there was something quite…amiss with her friend.

"Yeah, and we can get a buncha cute outfits!" added her violet-haired teammate. "Y'know, it's kinda depressing to always wear the same uniform every day. We should get, like, lots of new clothes that we can wear when we're not kicking bad-guy butt!"

"Glorious!" Starfire exclaimed. "That is a most wonderful idea, do you not agree, friends?"

"Uh…sure…" Robin said, still staring disbelievingly at Raven. Cyborg shared a similar expression, as did Beast Boy, though the latter also had a knowing smirk on his face, proud and surprised that his plan had worked so well.

"Ooh, and we can get lotsa make-up, and shoes…oh, and nail polish!" Raven was chattering as excitedly as Starfire now as she plotted out the shopping excursion. At this last comment, Starfire turned to her in confusion.

"Nail polish? We are to…polish some nails? We are to do some of the hammering?"

Raven sweatdropped. "Uh, no…nail polish, as in fingernails." She held up her own hands and wiggled her fingers. "Nail polish is like paint for your fingernails."

"Oh..." Starfire blushed at her mistake, but then smiled. "Joyous! I was not aware that Earthlings had such interesting means of decorating themselves!"

"Oookay, the waffles are ready!" Raven exclaimed, flipping the waffles out of the waffle iron (she had been making them during this conversation). "Breakfast is served!" She set out a plate for each of her friends, then sat down with one for herself. She grabbed a butter knife and scraped up a huge glob of butter with it, then spread it all over her waffle, then drowned it in syrup. Her fellow Titans followed suit.

Cyborg hastily shoved a good-sized portion of his waffle into his mouth. "Mmm, tis eff euhwisus, wehwen!" Cyborg said through the mouthful. Raven stared at him. He swallowed, gulping down the sticky mush in his mouth. "I said, 'This is delicious, Raven!'"

"Oh, thanks! And by the way, you just stuffed half a non-dairy waffle into your face."

He looked shocked. "You mean…?"

She nodded and giggled. "Yup, these are made with soymilk!"

"Ha ha, dude. I TOLD you!" Beast Boy took a bite of his own waffle. "Soy milk waffles are just as good as regular ones. Whaddya say to that?"

"Say WHAT! But what-…how-…why the heck did you make these with that nasty not-milk milk?" He eyed the waffles suspiciously. "Are you sure you put that in here? Cuz these are pretty darn good…"

Raven nodden again. "Hey, BB asked for 'em, too, and I had make them so he could eat 'em. But I guess this puts an end to your stupid morning waffle-fights, at least. Now eat up!" Cyborg grumbled under his breath and begrudgingly ate hi breakfast.

"So what are everyone's plans for today?" Robin asked, looking around, but still shooting Raven a questioning glance.

They all gave a brief decription of what they hoped to do; Cyborg was going to work on the T-Car, Starfire was going to prepare for her journey to the 'mall of shopping', Robin was going to train (surprise, surprise), and Raven was going to "Hang around, dudes…play some games, grab some lunch, and hit the mall, duh!" After they finished gawking at her, the Titans turned to Beast Boy.

"Well, I was thinking I'd go to the carnval today. We haven't been there since Starfire's sister came, and I thought it would be fun."

Raven dropped her fork, finished, and carried her plate to the sink. "Omigosh, that would be soooo fun! Can I come too?"

"Uh, sure, if you want to…" He gave her a mildly surprised stare, but it was nothing compared to the shocked look the others were giving her. "I was gonna leave in an hour, so if you wanna come, well, then, sure…we'll leave then. Anyone else want to come?" They all shook their heads and explained that they all had the things they had wanted to do, to do. Beast Boy shrugged and brought his dishes to the sink.

"Okee-dokee, then, see ya later!" Raven skipped off to her own room.

"Titans, meeting. And I think you know what about." Robin pushed his own emply plate aside. "Raven's acting…well, really, really weird. I worried about her."

"Worried? Worried why? I don't think anything's wrong. She's just happy. Why should anything be wrong? Why should we be worried? Don't be. She seems fine." Cyborg raised his eyebrow at Beast Boy's rapid blabbering.

"Do you know something about this, B?"

"Huh? Me? No! Why would I? And really, Robin, why do you think something's wrong?" The green teen tried to put an innocently questioning look on his face as he looked at his leader.

"Uh…because the last time she woke up acting like this, she was under the influence of an evil dragon who was intent on destroying us all?"

Beast Boy sweatdropped. "Oh…yeah…hehe…"

"So," Robin pressed on, "what do you guys think is up with her?"

Beast Boy shrugged. "I dunno. I hafta go get ready now, see ya dudes later." He skedaddled before they could ask him any more questions.

"Oookaaay…well, I hate to say it, but what if Beast Boy's right? I mean, I know Raven's being really weird, but what if they're really is nothing wrong with her?"

"I agree with friend Cyborg," Starfire chimed in. "Perhaps Raven is just going through a 'phase', as you call it. This behavior is unusual for her, but I am looking forward to going to the mall of shopping with her, and her going willingly. I enjoy this…new Raven."

"Yeah, well, it's not just her I'm worried about. It's what she could do. I mean, look at what all her giggling did to her fork." He picked something up out of the sink and held it up for the others to see. It appeared that it was merely a twisted piece of metal, though if one looked closely enough, they could see the warped points that had once been prongs. Their eyes widened at the mangled utensil. Obviously, Raven's emotions had a definite effect on her control over her powers. "I'm just worried…if a bit of laughter can do this, what could she do to something else? Or someone else?" He looked back at the closed door. "And what just happened there? I mean, normally Raven would rather eat nails than go somewhere with Beast Boy."

Starfire stared at him, confused. "I do not understand. I have seen many humans partake in the 'eating of the nails'." She examined her own fingernails. "I have not ventured to taste mine yet, but-"

"Not that kind of nail, Star," sighed Robin. "The hammering kind."

"Oh. But…the nails of hammering are sharp and pointy, and I do not imagine eating them would be very pleasant. Friend Raven is…odd, yes, but why would she-"

"That's kinda the point, Starfire," explained Cyborg. "Raven normally is ready to bite his head off. Why would she go to the carnival with him?"

"I don't know," Robin said, turning back to the door where he had watched his friends retreat, "but I'm going to find out."

Woot, der it is! Yeah, ok, sorry 'bout that. Anyway, I'll try and have the next chappie up later this week. I love input, so if ya have any, GIVE IT TO ME! Er, I mean...please share any thoughts you have on it. Hehe...