Must include
a cactus
some animal (can be BB)
a love letter
Must include at least 2 of the following
an eclipse
pizza
a car ride
a pumpkin
corn bread
a necklace
Challenge Numbuh Two:
A fic consisting of a love letter, a cactus and a raven.
It was the perfect day. The sun was perfectly shining, the birds were perfectly singing, the grass was perfectly growing the sky was perfectly blue-
This story would be closer to perfect if you would stop this!
Yeah, yeah. Anyway, it was the perfect day. Many people were strolling in the park, taking advantage of this perfect day.
Beast Boy was no exception. The green Titan was sitting on a bench, talking excitedly to a raven.
As you would imagine, many people looked at him strangely, wondering why he was talking to a raven. But the Titans were well respected throughout the city, and so they continued on their way, determined not to let the thought of this boy who was talking to a raven protecting the city enter their minds and ruin their perfect day.
They were lucky that they weren't listening closer, because if they were, they would have requested the mental hospital to pick up this poor individual. For Beast Boy was not only conversing with the raven, he was inviting it out.
"C'mon Ravey - it is okay if I call you Ravey right?" Beast Boy asked.
The raven looked murderous at the mention of calling it Ravey, but Beast Boy, being Beast Boy, didn't notice and continued talking.
"Okay then, Ravey, why can't you go out with me? I mean, we can borrow Cyborg's T-Car and go out for pizza...okay, then I'll get the pizza and - alright, you can get something else - and then...and then..." Beast Boy thought hard for a moment as the raven perched on his finger rolled its eyes, "...and then we can, uh, do whatever you want to do!"
Ravey squawked and flapped its wings.
"Aww, c'mon, please? Don't make me use the face!"
Ravey shivered and settled down. It wasn't the face, although that was the thing it should have been afraid of because it could change her judgment, but rather the fact that Beast Boy became a cat to give the face. Sighing, it gave in and nodded.
Beast Boy pumped his fist in the air. "Alright! It's a date. I'll pick you up at...ummm, well, why don't we go right now?"
The raven sadly nodded, wondering what its torture would be.
"...And two root beers please." Beast Boy finished, looking over at the raven sitting on his shoulder and smiling.
"So you want one small vegetarians pizza, one loaf of corn bread and two root beers." The cashier behind the counter repeated in a bored tone. "Your total is eleven dollars and forty-nine cents." Beast Boy handed her the correct amount and she gave him a receipt. "Thank you and have a nice night."
"You bet we will! Right Ravey?" Beast Boy beamed. Ravey just nodded its head sadly.
They made their way to their chosen seats and sat down, waiting for their food to come up. Ravey preened her feathers, while Beast Boy chatted away.
Meanwhile, in heaven...
"FIRED?! How can I, Sombrero, be fired from the Love department?!"
"Easily my friend, easily."
An angry cactus, yes, cactus, stood in front of her Southern superior's desk, yelling with a Spanish accent.
"No way am I, Sombrero, being fired from Heaven! I, Sombrero, am your best C.U.P.I.D. agent!"
The yellow pumpkin sighed. As head of C.U.P.I.D., Cacti Undercover Pinpoint Individuals Divine, he had to deal with the often hotheaded cacti. And for the mellow vegetable (and practically everyone else), it wasn't easy.
He sighed. "Look, you know what C.U.P.I.D. stands for, right?"
The cactus puffed up furiously. "Si!!! Do you take I, Sombrero, as a estupido idiot?!" she spat. "It stands for Cacti Undercover Pinpoint Individuals Divine!!! Even the smallest bebe cactos know it!!!"
Her superior nodded and spoke to the fuming cactus with a Texan accent as if it were a five-year old. "Yes, that's right Sombrero. Now, the D in C.U.P.I.D. stands for Divine, right?" Without bothering to wait for an answer, the pumpkin plunged on. "You got fired for putting a vagabond with a king! Thus, leading it to heartbreak! Making it crash the wedding of the king and queen! We were working for months trying to clean up the mess! That is why you were fired!"
The cactus calmed down suddenly and looked down. "But señor...the poor vagabundo was so hungry for love and the king was the only thing it had feelings for..." Sombrero shuffled its feet. "I only wanted it to be happy..."
The pumpkin sighed again. Sombrero was hotheaded and overdramatic, but she had a good heart. "Alright Sombrero, I'll give you one last chance. If you mess this up, you won't be getting another chance." he said sternly.
The cactus looked up. "You are giving I, Sombrero, another chance to prove herself? Oh, gracias, gracias señor!!" she exclaimed, throwing herself at her señor's feet. The pumpkin shifted back a bit, wary of her thorns and handed her a scroll.
"Yes, now stand up. Your assignment is to make this homebro," he sounded out the word, as he was not familiar with Spanish, "and get him to fall in love with a certain girl. The boy's name is Garfield Logan, and the girl's Raven. He is currently at the Jump City Pizza Parlor. Now, go! And no accidents this time!"
The cactus immediately jumped to her feet and saluted, relaying the orders. "Assignment No. 621. Target: Garfield Logan. Location: Jump City Pizza Parlor. No accidentes. Got it señor!" She readied her bow and prepared to jump down from the clouds. The pumpkin watched her, arms crossed. Just before she descended, she turned around, a cheeky smile on her face.
"Oh, and señor, it's hombre, not homebro." She giggled and jumped down into the world.
Her superior sighed and leaned back into his chair. He couldn't wait until he retired and some other unlucky vegetable got to oversee the crazy, overemotional cacti in the Love department of heaven.
Sombrero scanned the busy Pizza Parlor from her hiding place in one of the empty pots on the ledge. "¿Dónde está él?" she muttered in Spanish as she unraveled the scroll the pumpkin had given her. It had the picture of the boy on it. She studied it and looked back at the tables. Too tall...too short...too young...too thin...too old...too fat...too pink..., she mentally crossed off everyone in sight except a certain green boy in the back, talking to a raven. "¡Aha! Éxito!", she exclaimed as she saw that the picture matched the appearance. "¿Ahora donde es el Raven?" Suddenly she saw a bird beside him. "¿A raven?" Sombrero stared for a moment, but then shrugged. She had been expecting a human, not a bird, but oh well. Her job was at stake and she had to do this right. Drawing back her bow, she pulled a sharp thorn off of her body and strung it. Sombrero aimed at the boy, who was just turning towards the raven. She let it fly, and it hit, right on target. Smiling, she saw his eyes widen at the sight of the bird, and then soften lovingly. Sombrero always had been the sharpest shooter in her class. She looked up to the sky and prepared to be beamed up back to heaven. Another success for Sombrero.
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Beast Boy felt a sharp prick on his back. He started to turn around, but saw Ravey first. He felt a familiar, and yet not, feeling wash over him, and his eyes widened. Why had he never seen how beautiful Ravey was? With its pure ebony feathers and sharp, perfectly manicured beak, it was the very picture of elegance. He scooped the bird up, ignoring its cries of protest.
"I'm sorry my love, but we must go! Let us proceed to the Tower, where I can shower you with my gifts of everlasting love!"
The raven looked at the boy strangely as he proceeded to transform into an eagle. With gentle claws, he picked the bird up and flew towards the Tower.
"Aha! I have finished the letter to Ravey!" Beast Boy shouted with glee in his room. Ravey, who was standing next to him looked around, disinterested. The green Titan sealed the letter up in a green envelope, signed it and sealed it shut. Turning to the raven, he dropped down on one knee and presented the letter to the bird. "Ahhh, my love, this is a love letter from me! I have perfected it and I hope that it displays my feelings for all to see." The bird pecked at it.
The door to Beast Boy's room slid open and Cyborg appeared, standing in the doorway.
"Hey BB, I was wondering if you wanted to play some video..." he trailed off as he saw Beast Boy bending on one knee towards a raven. "Uh...BB? What are you doing?"
Beast Boy stood up, enraged at the interruption. "Can you not see the burning love that burns beneath this frail exterior?" he demanded angrily. "For I am but a poor beast, with nothing worthy for one such as this." he pointed to the bird, which was looking at the hybrid shrugging. "All I have is a heart full of love, for this picture of beauty. Alas, this is not enough to win over a heart such as this, and to express my innermost feelings, I conducted a letter for my love. But you have interrupted this delicate process of my feelings! Begone with you, you cad!" And with a wave of his hand, Beast Boy turned back to the confused bird.
Cyborg blinked. Whoa. Had he heard what he thought he heard? Beast Boy using words that even he didn't recognize?
"O...kay. Well, I'll be in the...uh...kitchen if you need me." Cyborg backed up, and the door slid shut. He stood in shock for a moment before taking out his communicator and pressing a button. Man, good thing I had this on speed dial, he thought as the device rang. "Hello? St. Mary's Psychiatric Ward? Yeah, this is Cyborg. I think we have a problem with one of our teammates, Beast Boy..."
With the distraction of Cyborg gone, Beast Boy continued with his serenade of love.
"And this is for you, my queen." He whispered as he slipped a black necklace onto the raven. It rolled its eyes, but accepted it anyway, and smiled when it saw that it fit perfectly.
Ravey took a glance at the time, and upon seeing it, squawked in alarm before flying and sitting on Beast Boy's bed. Beast Boy attempted to follow it, but stepped back when he saw that the bird had become outlined in a black aura. The raven slowly shifted forms before settling on a very familiar body.
Beast Boy observed all of these changes, pouting slightly, his 'love' disappearing with the bird's form. When the transformation was over, he spoke up.
"What took you so long to change?"
The said object stood up and brushed herself before answering.
"I told you; when there's an eclipse I have to shapeshift into that form for a day."
Beast Boy smiled. "Well...did you have fun?"
Raven rolled her eyes. "Eating corn bread and drinking a root beer in the form of a bird? Oh wow, what fun." she said sarcastically.
Beast Boy's expression deflated. "Oh....But...I thought..." He looked down at his shoes, shoulders drooping.
Raven sighed. Might as well humor him. "Yes Beast Boy, I had a great time. It was very..." she struggled for a word, "...interesting."
Beast Boy instantly perked up. "Really?"
"Really."
He smiled, and led the way out of his room. "'Cause y'know...if you liked it that much, let's go out again!"
"...I don't think so."
High above in heaven, a pumpkin watched, his natural yellow complexion turning red.
"SOMBRERO!!!!"
The End
I swear, I have NO idea where these ideas come from. I liked Sombrero; she was pretty cool in my mind. Although I don't know how she can jump to her feet if she's a cactus...and sorry for the Spanish words. I looked them up, and I'm sorry if they caused confusion to some of you.