Here you go! My attempt at fluff. Of some kind. Thanks to my reviewers! I give you temprary tatoos that look like a bright orange crooked number 5. (They look like the markings on Raven's wrists in "Birthmark")
Quiet Hermione: The river does run in a circle! I plan on using that in my X-Men story. Watch for it.
"So, you never really explained, what are your powers?" Robin turned to Ty from the front seat. She was sitting in the middle in the back, between Beast Boy and Starfire. Raven was back at the tower, she hadn't wanted to come along.
"Well, I can do a lot of things with time. Then also, anything that comes from nature (directly or indirectly) I can shape, form, melt, set on fire, move, or make disappear entirely." She looked at Beast Boy's admiring face, "If I'm not careful though, I can end up with a huge mess."
"Where did you get your powers?" Beast Boy asked.
"From my parents I guess. They died when I was little. All I remember are their faces looking at me, then a bright light and the words "I pass the responsibility to you" from both of them at the same time."
"Wow."
"Did whomever raised you not tell you who your parents were?"
"Whoever raised me didn't care a whit about my parents." She stated simply before looking out the window.
"We're here!" Cyborg expertly parallel parked the car on the side of the road. "I figured we could walk around."
They all got out of the car. Ty was glad to be away from the tower. Beast Boy seemed protective, like an overgrown watchdog. She was glad for that to, it felt good to have someone worry about her.
She then noticed that they were on the exact street corner where she had met Beast Boy. She grinned. "I know where we are."
"You do?" Robin lifted an eyebrow.
"Yeah, this is where I met you guys." She pointed at the pizza parlor across the street. "Remember?"
"Oh Yes! I do remember the meeting!" Starfire squealed excitedly. Beast Boy handed Thyme her crutches.
"I was thinking we'd have lunch first." Cyborg waved a hand at the place. "Same table?" He questioned.
"Oh yes! I will go save us a table of eating!" Starfire then flew off to the balcony, where she sat at a table and smiled down at them.
"If you don't want to walk, I can take you up there." Beast Boy pointed his thumb at the roof, and grinned.
"Um, sure." Ty wasn't to sure about it, but she was willing to try.
He then morphed into a large green Pterodactyl and picked her up by her shoulders, flew over and dropped her gently on the roof. He resumed normal form, and stood next to her.
She tucked her hair behind her ears and saw Robin and Cyborg come running up the stairs. Robin looked disappointed. "You beat us." He said, sitting down next to Starfire.
"Well we did fly." Ty said sitting on Starfire's other side. She smiled. It felt good to smile again.
"Friend Thyme?"
"Yes Star?"
"Do you know about the human ritual of 'Sleeping over'? I hear it is customary for friends who are girls to participate."
"Yeah, I know about sleepovers." Ty looked at the expression on Star's face in horror. Starfire had become so excited, that she looked like she would explode.
"And is it not customary for these 'girlfriends' to participate when one invites the other to stay at her place of residence for an extended period of time?"
"Yes, usually overnight."
"And do you also know how to perform braiding maneuvers on hair?"
Thyme was trying to hold back a laugh. "Yes, I know how to braid hair."
"Could we not then participate in the 'sleep over' ritual? Since we are friends who are girls and you are staying at my place of residence and you understand the braiding of hair?"
"I guess we could have a sleepover. We would have to invite Raven though. It is only fitting."
"Oh Yay!" Starfire hugged Ty with her usual eye-popping death grip.
Beast Boy only now tuned into the conversation. Having won half the pizza as vegetarian. "What's this?"
"My new friend Thyme and I are going to participate in the ritual of 'sleeping over' and she is going to teach me braiding maneuvers for my hair!"
"We will need supplies." Thyme cut in. She hadn't had a sleepover in her life, but she knew more than Starfire.
"That means we must go to the mall of shopping!" Starfire squealed. Robin and Cyborg rolled their eyes. This wasn't the afternoon on the town they had been expecting.
"It's only fitting. If you guys haven't noticed, this is the only outfit I have, and it is getting pretty ratty." Ty looked at the waiter who had just brought their pizza.
"Half meaty supreme, half vegetarian." He looked at the group as if their pizza had mint frosting on it.
"What do you want Ty?" Robin began cutting the pizza.
"One of each please." He lifted an eyebrow at her.
"What? I'm hungry. Is it so wrong to like both meat and veggie foods?" She took the plate he handed her and began eating. Beast Boy was chowing down on veggie pizza and Starfire was drinking mustard. Ty still didn't understand this, but by the look on Robin's face, he didn't understand either.
"I'm going to go make a quick call." Robin said as he got up from the table.
"Alright, but we aren't guaranteeing any pizza will be left when you get back!" Cyborg called after him.
Several minutes later, the boy wonder walked back in with a smile on his face. "I just called Bruce. I explained the situation to him and he said that you could buy whatever you wanted. He told me I could use the credit card."
At these words, Beast Boy's face lit up. "You mean the Wayne card?" His eyes were as big as saucers. "She can use the unlimited access card, get anything she wants and Wayne is going to pay for it!" He waved his arms excitedly.
"You told him my situation?" She asked quietly. Robin could barely hear her.
"Well, yeah. He has offered to take you in too. He is more equipped to handle this than we are. And he can help you, while we try and track down Slade."
"No. That's not what I want!" She put her hands on the table, and Beast Boy stared as it began to melt around them. "I don't want to go live with some strange rich guy! I don't want to be ignored, and only paid attention to when it was most convenient for him!" There was a large hole in the table now, and her plate went crashing through. She jumped as it hit the ground and shattered.
She stuck her hand under the table and repaired the plate. Then she fixed the hole in the table and put the plate back. She sat down quietly, noticing that half the restaurant had heard her.
"Well. Now we know what your powers can do when you're angry." Robin tried to laugh.
"Do you think I am just some charity case? Do you think I can just be pawned off on someone else?" She looked down at her lap, and then whispered, just loud enough to be heard by Beast Boy. "Or is it just because I'm pregnant."
"No, it's not that!" He said, placing a hand on her back. She flinched, but didn't ask him to move it.
"Well you were perfectly willing to have me before you knew."
"Friend Thyme, please do not despair! I am sure Robin meant no harm in asking Mr. Wayne for assistance. But please, forget this for the time being. Let us depart and go to the mall of shopping, we have unlimited resources now for the purchasing of clothing and other such items." She wrapped her hands around Thyme's arm and began dragging her off down the stairs.
Ok, for me that was a long chapter. Be happy! Please!
I'm sorry about my desire and addiction to ruining fluff. I promise there will be some unspoiled fluff in the future. Maybe.