It happened that night after she watched some T.V. the last person to lie down in the tower. She gave a snap in the dark hallways so that the flame resting on her thumb lit her path. The smell of mint arose from the leftover tea. She yawned, trying to compose herself fully as she flopped down into her bed. She smiled as her eyes became heavier and heavier trying to keep herself awake by only the light of the candles surrounding her bedpost. Images began to fill her head. She saw herself riding on Cyborg's shoulder, happily holding onto his neck. But then the ground started to soak in blood, coming from on top of a steep cliff. She told herself not to go but somehow it was being attracted to the site. The force lifted her body right to the source of the blood which showed to be her parents. A kind voice arose, "So you are the other elemental controller huh?"
A dark figure came from the shadows, and she could only see that it was a female with blue eyes. A hand reached out as Ruby shivered by her parents and cocked her head slightly. "Come on. I won't hurt you."
The figure shifted the backgrounds to a hospital room, just before the maternity ward. She raised her hand up and it allowed Ruby to see into the room. The doctors shook their heads over Ruby as a baby in her mother's arms. Her small tail was wagging and she played around with a small binkie while blinking her giant blue eyes "How is this possible? A human that bore a fox child?"
"Ms. Lucy do you know any reason why your child is like this?"
She looked down at the baby and lowered her head slowly to kiss her on the forehead. "My husband and I finally conceived but the cells were dying. We had assistance from a DNA doctor called Dr. Eternal and he gave me an injection that helped the baby to grow."
"It must've been a very strong serum for the cells to mutate like this. Her body temperature is also very high yet she moves and acts as if she is very healthy."
Ruby looked to the messenger that brought her to the past and asked confused, "A DNA laboratory? Is that why…?"
"Yes, both your parents were humans."
Suddenly the area began to fade as light entered the window in Ruby's room. She held her hand up and shook her head desperately. "Wait, you know about me!"
"Yes. But I will find you sometime later in the future. Until then, farewell my friend."
Ruby gasped opening her eyes and leaping from her bed with flares covering her hands in defense. Beast Boy silently dropped the plate of food he had prepared for her and yelped, "woah! What's wrong?"
"Bad dream…but that's the worst of it. Anything planned for today, cause I feel like crap."
"No…Robin is on a date with Star, Cy's on the Gamestation and I was just making you some breakfast."
"What's Raven doing?" She wanted to speak with her about the dream…
He looked at his watch and smiled towards her, "She should be making her tea right now. Usually after that she meditates. What do want to talk with her for. You two seem to not like each other."
"She has information I think that I may want to know."