Rise of the Titan Warriors

Chapter 1: What do you mean the wrong book!?

Raven felt herself lying in the grass, her eyes closed. Something cold pressed against her neck as it nudged her. "Rae… you might want to wake up… Rae?"

Raven lashed out at him, eyes still closed, and said, "Not now, Beast Boy…"

Beast Boy poked her again and said, "Come on, Rae.. Get up."

Raven growled and opened up her eyes, "It's Ra-ven. And why d-" She looked up at his green face- well, lack of green to be exact. She narrowed her eyes in thought and said, "Beast Boy? Why are you a cat? Err- a non-green cat to be exact."

Beast Boy shrugged, "I could ask you the same thing." Raven was about to snap back, but his words registered, and she looked down. You could've said Raven jumped back 10 feet, but that would've been an understatement. She sat on her haunches, looking at her black paws, and her violet eyes were widened in shock. She finally shook her head and looked at her surroundings.

She noticed the others were starting to stir as well. She took a look at their pelts and slightly guessed who was who. She stalked over, a little shaky on four paws, and mewed, "Robin? Robin, we have a problem."

A black tomcat yawned and stretched out his lithe legs. He blinked open his eyes, a bright blue, and then blinked them a few more times. When their leader realized he wasn't dreaming, he jumped back and yowled, "What happened!?"

Raven had gone over to Cyborg, a big blue tom splayed across the grass, and Starfire, a ginger tabby cat. She nudged them up, and a few shocked reactions later, everyone was gathering around Robin. Robin had no words, and was simply taking in what was happening. No one had ever seen him speechless, much less without a plan. He finally opened his muzzle, "Anyone cares to explain?"

Raven, who was starting to remember her mishap of a spell, turned to Starfire. Her violet eyes were sharp as flint as she mewed in an icy voice, "Starfire.. Which book did you hand me?"

Starfire's vibrant green eyes widened and she stuttered, "F-friend Raven, I handed you the book you asked for."

Raven pressed her paws to her temples in a human-like manner and growled, "Why did you come to my room in the first place?" The ginger tabby shifted uncomfortably and replied, "To tell you about the new book I was readi.. Oh." Starfire realized she must've handed her the book she got from the bookstore.

Raven let out a breath, "Well.. That explains it." The three tomcats all looked at them with confusion and Raven went on, "I was preparing to go into my book to finish something.. I asked Starfire to hand me the book and she must've handed me her book instead." When they still looked blank, she mewed with annoyance, "That means we're stuck here until we complete whatever we're here for."

Cyborg's brow furrowed and he said, "And what do we have to do to get back?"

Raven shrugged, "I don't know.. I knew what I had to do, but it could be anything here." She paused and then added, "We may have to complete a lifetime here to return home."

"What!?" the group exclaimed.

Robin jumped to his paws and added, "What about Jump City!?"

Raven looked at him, eyes narrowed, and said, "If everything else in the spell went as planned, we should all be asleep. It would be as if time stopped in that dimension for us to complete whatever we have to here. Not an entire day would've passed if we go through an entire lifetime in this world." Raven, not waiting for their response, continued, "What shouldn't have happened is, of course, becoming cats; we also shouldn't all be here. If anything, it should've been just me. This means that everyone in the tower was affected, and it may have affected 'others' who we know." She shook her head as she added, "I don't know if they'll remember anything about the other dimension; it might just be us since we were present in the tower."

The black she-cat's information must have been finally registering in their brains, for Beast Boy finally spoke up, "So, we have to complete whatever we've been… sent.. here for?"

Raven nodded, "Not exactly sent, but everything has a purpose. If we had no purpose here, we wouldn't have ended up here." Robin nodded thoughtfully and turned to Starfire, "It was your book… Why don't you tell us more about it now?"

Starfire's eyes lit up and she purred, "Well.. There are the cats of the forest that live in groups and survive." She flicked her tail towards the nearby buildings, "We must be near the place of two-legs."

Cyborg cocked his head, "We know you're still working on Earth language, but what's a two-leg?" Starfire smiled, "Oh, it's the warrior term for 'human,' friend Cyborg." The blue tom blinked his gray eyes and turned to Beast Boy, "So, you can't turn back human?" The brown tabby shook his head.

Raven said what everyone was thinking, "We must not have our powers." The others nodded in confirmation.

"Well, lookie here Tiger, what are some kittens doing wandering these parts?" A big ashen colored tom who spoke was lying on top of the white picket fence while another plump tomcat lay near him. They were watching the newcomers with an almost bored expression.

Tiger replied, "They look barely out of the nest! They might be forest cats with those pelts." He snickered as the two eyed the titans' ragged coats.

Robin cleared his throat, "Where are these forest cats that you're talking about? We're not from around here."

Tiger looked to his friend and said, "How 'bout we tell 'em Smokey?"

Smokey replied with a grin, "I don't know… I bet they'd be torn up pretty quickly, don't ya think?"

Raven rolled her violet eyes and mewed coolly, "Why don't you just tell us and then you can find out?"

The two cats looked at her in surprise and Smokey snickered, "Feisty young 'un ain't she? Well, alright. They live in the forest behind you. But if you're really thinking about going in there, be careful, some cats aren't as welcoming as others."

Raven dipped her head politely and turned to Robin, "Well, lead the way fearless leader." Robin growled slightly. He looked up at the two kittypets and said, "Thanks," before turning away. The rest followed behind; Starfire at Robin's side, Cyborg beside Beast Boy, and Raven on the other side of the brown tabby.

Raven sighed, this is going to take a while…