Dreaming Of Love

Disclaimer: I don't own the Teen Titans, but the story is copy righted to me, so don't steal my funny sayings…if there are any.

Hey this is WildKat 25 here, okay so I've finally got around to typing up a story and I'm so proud of myself.(puffs out chest).

Kai:(From Beyblade) took you long enough, and where's your first three stories!

WK 25: I'm working on it…okay I'll probably get back to doing it after I've done a couple other short stories. Okay originally this story was going to be a one-shot, but I decided against it later, and I have a couple ideas for this story, but miracles take time so relax! Breath in. Breath out. Ummm…I'll try to update once every week or so, so be patient, taking Science and Math 11 Enriched in grade 10 is hard you know, so check every one to two weeks for an update, and check out my favourite authors list, tons of

good writers and stories there. My cuzin(I know its spelt cousin) ShadowWolf 13 should start to write some short stories in the near future, but I'm not exactly sure of her plans. Please note that my cuzin can write and make the stories flow better, but I usually am better at thinking of good ideas for that plots, so yeah. Well have fun reading the first chapter of "Dreaming Of Love"

Note that all the Teen Titans are older, like all of them are 18, except Cyborg and he's 20. What, I've always thought of him like the big older brother of the team.

"…" Speaking

'…'Thoughts

: sighs, growls, yelps, etc. or Flashbacks

(…) Actions when speaking.

Places

Dark clouds gather around the Titan Tower as a lone figure stands on the roof, staring at the storm forming above her. Her violet eyes are mixed with emotions as she walks to the edge of the roof. The pensive face looks over to Jump City as lightening flashes bringing on the rain. The wind playfully tussles both her wet hair and blue cape, closing her eyes as if to enjoy the feel of the rain as it softly falls on her figure. Memories flash through her mind as claps of thunder are heard above, making her heart wretch and chest tighten.

"Do we all simply live to die?" softly voiced the figure to the sky.

"No," replied a deeper voice from behind the half-demon, "life would be too cruel if that were true."

Raven whipped around to find herself face-to-face with a pair of deep forest green eyes, dark green hair, and a small smile gracing the young man's face. A green finger pressed against her lips before she could utter a word.

"Raven…there's something I need to say to you before-"

BEEB,BEEB,BEEB BEEP! BEEB,BEEB,BEEB BEEP!

A pale hand shot out from beneath dark silken covers to turn off the offending sound. Unable to find the snooze button, the hand glowed black along with the clock and with a mere flick of the wrist the contraption fell to the ground in pieces.

Raven smirked at the silence and snuggled deeper into her covers, until a beam of light shot itself in her face. Making her attempts to go back to sleep futile.

Violet eyes glared at the sunlight that dared to sneak past her dark navy curtains. Sighing and getting off her bed she walked over to her dark chestnut drawers to put something on.

"Now I know why Tameranians have a day solely for berating drapery," darkly mumbled Raven as she changed into daily attire which had slowly changed over the years along with her physical features. She still adorned her famous black leotard, blue cape and jewelled belt, but the sleeves changed to black fish-netting, light-weight black and silver armour with small shoulder-pads fitted against her fully-developed chest, lean back, and slightly muscular abdomen, knee-length torn black spandex pants to protect her small waist, curved thighs and long legs and shin-high black leather boots for her feet. Brushing her shoulder-length, dark violet hair that framed her more sharp-looking face, she listened to her emotions as they chattered excitedly amongst themselves in Raven's head.

'I wonder what Garfield was going to say?' wondered Curious.

'Whatever it was, it sounded important,' stated Intelligent.

'No, really? I would've never guessed that one!' retorted Sarcastic.

'Yo Captain Sarcasmo! Chill alright?' snapped Brave.

'Do you think Beast Boy was going to say we couldn't be friends anymore?' softly asked Timid.

'RAGE SHALL CONSUME AND DESTROY ALL!' shouted Rage.

'I think someone needs a hug!' giggled Happy.

'Not that I care or anything, but aren't we getting a bit off topic?' yawned Rude.

'Yes so if you'd all SHUT UP!' yelled Raven.

Silence

'Thank you, now could someone tell me why I've kept having that dream for the past week?'

'It's not a dream, it's a vision,' said Intelligent while fixing her glasses.

'A vision?' (Raven)

'Yes, a vision.' (Intelligent)

'Of?' (Curious)

'The future most likely.' (Intelligent)

'Meaning?' (Brave)

'How the heck should I know?' (turns to Sarcastic), 'Don't answer that.' (Intelligent)

'Well you guys sure are a lot of help,' Muttered Raven.

'Aren't we though!' giggled Happy.

Raven sighed as she closed off the connection to her emotions, and set the hair brush down. Walking out of her room she started her way down to the kitchen thinking about the dream.

'That Vision is…going to cause me problems, isn't it? Why can't the Fates just be happy that I admitted to Star and myself that I love Garfield, and leave it like that? Humph. I practically went through heck to accomplish that feat!'

:FLASHBACK: In Raven's Mirror about 3 years ago

Rage had grown enormous since Denial, the silver cloaked one, fused with it for the simple reason that every time she was about to admit to herself that she liked Beast Boy, she thought of something that he did to anger her all the time to avoid admitting such a horrible truth (in her mind anyways). Rage currently had Raven in its grasp and was crushing her and she attempted to free herself.

"Rage shall now rule both you and this world!" rumbled Rage/Denial, as she proceeded to squeeze Raven like a rubber toy. Suddenly green starbolts temporarily blind the monster thus dropping Raven into Starfire's awaiting arms.

"Friend Raven are you injured and in need of medical assistance?" asked a worried Starfire as flew them behind a rock and helped Raven stand up on the ground.

"I'm fine," grunted Raven as she rubbed her head, "What are you doing here anyways?"

"Well I simply wished to ask if you would accompany me in a trip to the mall of shopping when I noticed that your door was in the 'act of being ajar' and decided to investigate. As I enter your forbidden room I found a strange glowing object in the middle of your room. Before I could inspect the strange object of reflection a black and red hand shot out and dragged me inside of it. Thus bringing me into this land of strange talking birds, laws that defy gravity and other coloured yous. Please explain friend where and what this freaky place of strange things is and why a larger version of yourself in red is attacking you?' inquired the confused Tameranian.

"What is it with you people and entering my room and going into my meditation mirror!" growled a ticked Raven, ":Sigh:… this 'freaky place of strange things' is the inside of my mind, you know the place I go to every time we do our morning meditations. And the 'Larger version of myself is and other mes' are my emotions. And as to why it's attacking me…well its just complicated."

A large red hand punched through the rock they were hiding under, knocking them away from each other. They both flew off in different directions so the monster couldn't catch either of them and attack it with starbolts and magic.

"How is the reason for it attacking you complicated?" asked Star as she duck a swing aimed at her.

"It just is," grunted Raven as she forced Rage off a cliff only to have it cling onto the cliff and start to climb back up.

"Maybe if you just told me what emotion this is, we could then find a way to defeat the large, red you," shouted Starfire as she let out a continuous stream of energy at the monster, knocking it down a couple of stories.

"It's Rage and Denial fused together," yelled Raven as she also continued to blast Rage/Denial.

"But why would Rage fuse with Denial unless- (Starfire turned towards Raven) What are you not admitting to Friend Raven?" asked Star looking straight into violet eyes.

"…."

"Well?"

"If I say it, it will complicate things between Beast Boy and me," said Raven.

"But Friend Beast Boy is not here to hear this sentence of complication, so would it not be best if you just said it? Besides I will not say anything to anyone if you don't wish it so," comforted Starfire.

"I guess… (Star gave an encouraging nod) fine, but if you tell anyone I'll tell Robin that you like him more than just a friend," Threatened Raven as she then flew down the cliff to be eye level with Rage.

"I Raven Metrion Roth admit that I…sort of like? (Rage shrinks only a little)…care about? (Rage shrinks a quarter-size)…like a lot? (shrinks a third)…alright… I love… (shrinks halfway back to normal size) …Beast Boy," sighed Raven as Rage split into three cloaked figures, one red, one silver, and one gold.

A caged suddenly formed around Rage as all of Raven's other emotions came out around the cage. Starfire flew up beside Raven and flew back down to the ground with Raven as her emotions crowed around them.

"Why were you embarrassed to express such feelings towards Friend Beast Boy," asked a semi-perplexed Starfire.

"Well why don't you admit your feelings to Robin!" snapped the Brown cloaked emotion Sarcastic, causing Star to blush.

"Star meet Sarcastic (points to the Brown cloaked Raven), Brave (Green), Rude (orange), Intelligent (Yellow with glasses), Timid (Grey), Happy (Pink), Curious (Purple)…and you've already met Rage and Denial," introduced Raven as she pointed to the red and silver cloaked ones.

Starfire gave each emotion a giant smile and bear hug, but she then noticed the gold one and asked, "Raven who is this gold cloaked version of you?"

"Why I'm Love," Grinned the gold Raven.

:FLASHBACK ENDS:

'Yes what fun-filled memories, now things blow up, melt, or float every time I think about B.B.' thought Raven darkly as she had now reached the kitchen and started to open the cupboard, realizing that she just called Garfield 'B.B.' she mentally kicked herself and realized her favourite mug wasn't in its normal spot in the cupboard but on the kitchen table with herbal tea in it and the sugar and honey bottles beside it.

"What the…"started Raven until she noticed a shadow taller than herself come up behind her.

"Your teas on the table," chuckled the shadow's deep voice from behind her.

Startled she pinned whoever was behind her to the ceiling with her powers, only to find a green young man grinning down at her from his spot on the ceiling.

"Good Morning to you too Rae," lightly laughed Beast Boy at the sight of Raven's surprised face.

"Could you let me down or are you going to keep me up here so you can look at me all day?" teased the cheeky Beast Boy.

Blushing, Raven quickly dropped Beast Boy watching him land on the ground with a

'Thump.'

"Sorry," blushed Raven as she used her powers to stand him back up.

Standing upright he stood half a foot taller than Raven now, his attire and physical features also changing over the years. His green hair had darkened and was spiked in the front and top of his head and was 3 inches long in the back. Deep forest green eyes had become deep set with slit pupils, like those of a cat. His overall face design had become longer and sharper like a wolf's face. The child-like lower fang still protruded out of his mouth but was longer, as if what he had before were just his milk-teeth. His attire still consisted of spandex, but the tight-fitted short-sleeved shirt and shorts were black with green and purple tiger stripes on his shoulders, sides, and thighs. His chest had deepened over the last three years, not as much as Robin or Cyborg, but he had the same wash-board abdomen as them. Overall, his once lanky and stork-like look had filled out to a more of a lean, cat-like body. He got rid of those large, clumsy work gloves and now wore black and purple biker gloves, exposing sharp, 2 cm long claws on each finger. His shoes had the same design as his old shoes, but were now steel-toed with four metal claws sticking out. As for armour, it consisted of silver, rounded shoulder, elbow, and knee pads with purple paw-prints painted on them. And lastly, which was an 18 year old birthday gift from Raven, was a green and purple striped nylon dog collar, with a metal raven claw where a dog tag would be. Beast Boy rubbed the back of his head and grinned goofily at Raven.

"I guess I kind of deserved it. I should know better than to sneak up behind you but… (starts to burst out laughing) you look so funny when I do it!" laughed Beast Boy, only to be met with a smack on the back of the head by Raven, as she then sat at the table and poured sugar and honey in her tea. 'That's the Raven I know and love,' thought Beast Boy as he turned back to the stove to finish cooking his tofu breakfast.

Watching Beast Boy cook his breakfast through the corner of her eye, she quickly looked down at her mug every time B.B. turned to look back at her. She soon began to wonder why this mug was her favourite one. Looking at it more closely, she realized it was the one Garfield gave her on her 17th birthday, it was navy blue with a black raven on it and around the raven were the names of her emotions with the colours of the font matching her emotion's cloaks. She blushed a bit at the thought, but calmed her self taking a sip of her tea as she noticed the honey bottle turn black and float.

"So…What day is it today Rae?" asked B.B., trying to strike up a conversation as he had too noticed the bottle turn black and float for awhile.

"I believe that it is… (glances at the newspaper near her.) Thursday," stated Raven in a semi-monotone voice, taking another sip.

"Tofu eggs?" asked B.B. holding up his frying pan with tofu eggs.

"Sure Gar, but only a little," replied Raven as she used her powers to open the cupboard and lay down two plates in front of B.B.

"What are ya thinking of doing today if nobody attacks the city today?" questioned B.B. as he scraped tofu eggs on two plates and walked over placing one plates in front of himself and one in front of Raven.

"Well, Robin is going to take Star on a date at the planetarium, Cyborg is going to a car show with Jinx so I thought I might just stay here to read and meditate-(sees B.B.'s ears droop in sadness) but I also thought about going to the movies and seeing 'Constantine.' It sounded interesting," breathed Raven as she ate her tofu eggs slowly, watching Garfield's reactions to what she had just said.

"Do you mind if I tag along for the movie?" inquired B.B. hopeful.

"No…I want you to stay here all alone to get into the lord only knows type of trouble," sarcastically responded Raven.

"Sweet, thanks Rae," smiled B.B as he wolfed down the rest of his eggs, put the plate in the sink, and sat down once again opposite of where Raven sat. "Do ya like the tea?"

"Yes I do thanks…but I got one question… (Leaned in towards B.B. a bit) How'd you do it?" smirked Raven, sitting back down.

"What? You mean make tea without burning down the house? (Raven nodded) Love the faith ya put in me Rae," retorted B.B.

"Well in my experience teaching you to cook anything that isn't tofu-based, is like teaching an old dog new tricks," sipped Raven as she looked at the newspaper's cinema showing times.

"Well I decided that it couldn't be that hard since I've watched you do it for the past 4 years so I tried to mimic your actions that you do every morning. (Raven raised an eyebrow) And yes I admit that I burned Robin's precious 'R Oven Mittens' in doing it but it wasn't too hard to do if you got past the boiling stage," said B.B. leaning back on the chair.

"Well, thanks for the effort anyways I-"

"Good Morning Friends Raven and Beast Boy!" exclaimed Starfire's overly cheerful voice as she, Robin, and Cyborg entered the Kitchen.

Starfire's attire had change also, light, see-through pink sleeves now extended from her Tameranain armoured purple shirt, connecting to her silver gauntlets. Her purple skirt had gotten shorter, much to Robin's approval and disapproval, and a purple and silver with green emeralds in it, thin headband adored her forehead. Her chest had also filled out along with her hips, but kept a small waist. Steel-toed, knee-high boots protected her long legs and feet, finishing off her new look. She still stood taller than Raven but was now shorter than Robin, Beast Boy and Cyborg.

Robin as mentioned earlier had grown a deeper chest and wash-board abs that filled a slightly different version of a Robin suit. It still had the black and yellow cape made of high-density polymerized titanium that is ten times as strong as steel, but the spandex suit now had black sleeves and black sides for one third of the shirt on the sides and shorts, a thin 1 inch line of yellow following and the rest of the chest area was a dark red colour With a big black R on the red chest section. Black and silver steel-toed boots that were knee-high along with black biker gloves and silver knee and elbow pads finished off the new look. He stood half a foot taller than Starfire but is an inch shorter than Beast Boy and a foot and ¾ shorter than Cyborg.

Cyborg had the least changes done to him because he is half-robot and never wore any clothes to begin with. He upgraded himself a couple times as the parts of his organic body grew, so he tried to match the growth. He had gotten a lot taller over the years making him stand up to be 7 and 9 inches tall. His chest was the largest out of the male titans, almost twice the size of Robin's, making him look VERY intimidating to most bad guys.

"You did it again, didn't you," Cyborg glared at B.B. as he noticed the plate of tofu eggs in front of Raven.

"What? Is giving someone else breakfast a crime?" glared back B.B. as he stood up in front of Cyborg.

"It is when its tofu! How could you corrupt innocent carnivores into eating this tofu crap!" snapped Cyborg as he snatched Raven's plate of tofu away from her, making her fork meet table.

"Whadda mean corrupt! She wanted some tofu and I gave it to her! So why don't-" Beast Boy was interrupted as Raven snatched back her plate of tofu from Cyborg, eating the rest and leaving the kitchen towards her room.

"We'll watch the 12:00 matinee Garfield, see you at 11:00 in the living room," said Raven as she left the room, cape flowing as she closed the hallway door behind her leaving a couple of bewildered titans.

"You actually asked Raven out on a date?" asked a surprised and slightly taken aback Robin.

"Yes, I mean no…uh…do you think that she'd say yes if I did?" stuttered Beast Boy, blushing a little pink.

'Not only that, she'd also blow up the Tower too,' thought Robin darkly.

"I could not see any reason why she would reject such a proposal," chattered Starfire, "In any case I think she would gladly accept!"

"Well…I didn't invite her, I sort of invited myself to tag along," blushed Beast Boy, "Besides, I'm probably not even Raven's type."

"No, your better than that, you're her counter-balance, which is what ever one is looking for in a soul-mate," said Cyborg smartly, as he sat on the table.

"Right, well…I gotta go so I'll catch ya later. See ya!" and with that Beast Boy bolted out of the room.

"Man that was pretty deep, where'd you here that from Cy?" asked Robin, also pulling up a chair at the table.

"What, can't I be a sensitive guy, with deep philosophical inner workings?" responded Cy, only to receive stares from his two companions, "Fine, Raven told me that when I was debating whether or not to admit my feelings to Jinx, are ya happy now? Geez!"

"I wish she would take her own advice, and maybe I wouldn't have to go shopping for new appliances every darn week," muttered Robin, as he got up to make some breakfast for them. Opens a drawer to find his 'R Oven Mittens' burnt, "BBEEEAAASSTTT BBBOOYYY!"

"Heh heh heh…opps?"

End of Chapter.

Okay dudes, how was that for a first chapter? I'm open to any suggestions, comments or complaints so review away! And I'll finish the next chapter in a week or so. Until then Ja Mata!(means 'see you later' in Japanese).