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Author's notes: I have only seen the CARTOON and in the CARTOON Beast Boy's origins are not defined beyond the Doom Patrol. Flames will be ignored, but constructive criticism is welcomed.
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Ch.2- Home Sweet Home
The next morning it was decided that the fastest way to travel would be to fly with a very surprised Luella, for she had not known the extent that Beast Boy had strengthened his powers to, on his back. It would take a full day to get there, but fortunately there were many small uninhabited island on the way there. Where, if they got tired, they could lay down and rest.
"Your powers have grown so much since you left." Luella said staring at the giant green pterodactyl in front of her. An almost impersevablse smile passed the dinosaur's mouth as she climbed on his back, making sure to steer clear of the wings.
"Report as soon as you get there so we know you made it." Robin said, and with a nod the group set off.
The flight was pleasant if uneventful, the sun shown hot and several times they had to stop to drink some water and reapply sunscreen. But even Raven, who normally avoided outdoor adventures, thought the fresh air that blew past her face was fairly enjoyable.
"We're almost there!" Luella cried suddenly stirring Raven from her mobile meditation (aka meditating while being pulled by a rope attached to Beast Boys tail), "Look!" Luella continued pointing ahead. A large hill loomed in front of them, a happy squawk-ish sound came from the dinosaur bellow her.
"Beyond that hill is the forest we lived in." She continued almost as if to reconsider her previous excitement and Raven caching the word "lived" asked "So is it close to your new home?"
Luella visibly gulped and suddenly with evident worry called for them to land. Once on the ground Luella jumped off Beast Boys back and said "From here we should travel on foot, they will see us from the sky."
"Who's they?" Beast Boy said switching forms and copying, in slight mockery, her serious tone, but he was silenced by her glare that he was obviously unused to for his mouth slightly fell open in surprise. Raven noted to herself to ask how Luella shut him up so easily later.
A few hours later found a very exhausted group of three walking on a bush strewn path, "Are we there yet?" Beast Boy asked for the 50th time, "Almost just be patient." Luella answered for the 50th time, but this time she added a
"We're very close you should be able to recognize some of the area now."
And as Beast Boy looked more closely at the forest he realized she was right, "Wait a minute, is that the old Kapok Tree?" he asked looking few yards away at a tall, but still young looking tree, Luella smiled "I knew you would recognize him first, we used to always play here all the time and you loved to practice your shifting here because the sun came through the canopy and warmed the grass." she paused for a minute looking at the tree, "It missed you." she said her smile growing as a warmth seemed to surround them no doubt from a chemical reaction.
"Wow it's huge, It was barely my height when I left." BB continued, Raven looked on mildly amused.
"Hey, wait, does that mean. . ." Beast Boy trailed off looking around then bounding off to the right, Luella laughed waving for Raven to fallow and took after her overly excited twin.
Beast Boy hurled himself through the forest until he reached a cave, his smile grew, he stood still listening to the sounds around him. A crack sounded above him "You never change do you, Ilesh?" said Beast Boy as another monstrous crack sounded.
Luella and Raven soon heard a series of pops and snaps, "Sounds like it started." Luella said picking up her pace "What started?" asked Raven, but her question was soon answered, for as they rounded the corner two enormous jaguars rolled in front of them.
The two spun apart panting "To bad Ilesh looks like you lose." Luella said pointing to the back of the orange jaguars neck where a thick line of mud was traced. The jaguar, Ilesh, growled and stomped his feet in obvious disappointment, but soon gained a much more happy demeanor, prancing over to the green jaguar, Beast Boy, and began to yip and nuzzle his presumably good friend.
Raven raised an eyebrow at the sight, "How did you come to be on such good terms with a jaguar?" she asked. "Oh!" said Luella "We were raised together, Dad was excavating a ruin when he came upon some poachers who had killed a female jaguar for her pelt and who where going to sell her cub as an exotic pet. Dad bartered with them and was able to save the cub who he named 'Ilesh' meaning 'Lord of Earth'. Dad knew Ilesh wouldn't last in the wild so he brought him home to us thinking that Garfield could show him the ropes as a jaguar, but Dad soon found that just because Brother can turn into a jaguar doesn't necessarily mean that he can teach others how to be a jaguar so Ilesh became part of the family."
"Of course." said Raven with a slight flare of sarcasm, Ilesh turned toward Raven, his eyes where guarded, but with a reassuring nudge from Beast Boy Ilesh bowed to Raven showing his acceptance of her help.
"Good" Luella said "It's best we all get along, now forward to home" Beast Boy, still in his jaguar form nodded. They all fallowed Luella to where the edge of the forest became a jagged cliff, where Luella promptly jumped off. They all looked down to see her catch herself on a hanging tree root, clamber half-way down the cliff wall and then suddenly disappear, sending the previously calm Beast Boy into a hissing fit that turned into a twittering chatter as he shifted into a bird and dove off the cliff. Raven turned to Ilesh, who gave the jaguar equivalent of rolling his eyes, and jumped down to a jutting rock several feet below where Luella had been when she had disappeared and motioned with his tail for Raven to fallow. Raven gently floated down to where the jaguar was standing and looked to where Luella had gone, she gasped, only a few feet above her a the entrance to an enormous cave that had been created by the roots of the nearby forest. The roots were beautifully woven together in such a way as to hide it from anyone looking from above but also, when looked at more carefully, Raven found that it also doubled as a drainage and rain catching system. Loud voices echoed from deeper in the cave stirring Raven from her analysis of the entrance, she made her way into the cave Ilesh close behind. As the voices quieted Raven was stopped by Ilesh who had bitten firmly into her cloak and stood silent, it wasn't in her nature to eavesdrop, but if Ilesh wanted the two to sort out their problems with out interruption she wouldn't disrupt it, even though she had know idea why the resolution to a sibling squabble was important.
"Your being way to reckless, what if one day that branch where to break?" Beast Boy was saying, almost seething,
"It won't and you know it! I reinforce the trees every day to make sure that I can use them as tools when needed." Luella said back, her tone calm, but still with a bit of anger in it. There was a pause then Beast Boy sighed
"I know, just be more careful okay?" his tone was quieter now and almost pleading "I can't lose you, I can't go through that again. I. . ." he trailed off, Raven sneaked a peak around the corner. Beast Boy was sitting on a tree stump, Luella a few feet away looking sorrowfully and understandingly at her brother. She then walked over, kneeled before him and took his face in her hands, gently forcing him to look at her, "I'm not going anywhere." she said, looking him straight in the eye, "I'm going to live in this forest until I'm old and wrinkly, and pass on my knowledge to my nieces and nephews," she said soothingly " if you ever actually mature enough to have kids that is." and with a playful smack on the cheek she got up and went into what looked like a kitchen. Raven felt the release of her cloak, but stayed still watching Beast Boy who sat for a minute seeming to think over what she had said, a wide smile broke onto his face and he looked up at her "Please tell me your not making that nasty stuff you call tea." he said, with renewed and teasing cheeriness.
"What's wrong with tea?" Luella said mock offense in her tone,
"Yeah, what's wrong with tea?" Raven said coming around the corner with her arms crossed.
Author's Commentary: I'm so sorry about how long it's been since I put up the first chapter, I can't believe it took me almost a year to update this story TT_TT
Please forgive me! I'll try to update sooner so PLEASE REVIEW. I want to know If I'm wasting my time or not.