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Chapter Six

The sun shone through the windows of Titan's Tower, bringing

with it a bright new day, but Beast Boy did not share its cheerfulness.  His head hung in shame as he dragged his feet

to the tower's main room.  After speaking

with Raven the previous morning, he'd locked himself in his room and refused to

come out.  Now, almost a full day later,

he'd finally emerged out of need to eat something.

He found his friends waiting for him, going about their

normal morning routines.  As Beast Boy

trudged to the kitchen, Robin spoke up.

"Morning, Beast Boy," he greeted his friend.

Beast Boy nodded weakly in reply, but said nothing.

The green changeling pulled a box of Super Happy Frooty

Puffs from the cabinet.  Looking at the

box, though, he decided he wasn't in the mood to eat something so colorful and

happy, so put it back and pulled out the Boring Bran Flakes instead.  He poured himself a bowl and drenched them in

soy milk and raised a spoonful to his mouth.

"Um, Beast Boy?" a voice said behind him.  It was Terra's voice.

Beast Boy spun around in his seat to find the green girl

standing there, a nervous look on her face. 

Her hands were clasped behind her back, and she couldn't seem to meet

his gaze.

"Yes?" he asked, unsure of what to expect.

"I was wondering if you'd be willing to try and teach me

again today..." she said, but quickly added, "If you want to."

Beast Boy dropped his spoon, splashing soggy bran flakes all

over the floor.

"Yeah, sure!" he agreed, his eyes wide with surprise.  "When do you want to start?"

"How about right now?" Terra suggested.

"Okay, come on!" Beast Boy said, leaping from the table,

bran flakes forgotten, and running towards the door, Terra close behind him.

As they left, nobody noticed Raven's discreet smile.

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A green furred golden retriever bounded across the rocks on

the tower's beach, wagging its tail happily. 

Beside it, a mutt kept pace, ready to assist if the retriever needed

help.  They raced three laps around the

tower before stopping to catch their breath. 

The retriever morphed into Terra, and the mutt changed into Beast Boy,

who was wearing a grin that stretched across his whole face.

"Terra, you were great!" he exclaimed.

Despite herself, Terra couldn't keep a small smile from

appearing on her face.

"That was really cool," she admitted.  "It was so different from my real body, but I

still knew exactly how to use it.  Is

this what every day is like for you?"

Beast Boy nodded, "It never gets old.  You can experience the world in so many different

ways!  I can't wait to teach you how to

dig as a gopher, or swim as a fish, or..."

"Or fly as a bird?" Terra cut him off, a new look appearing

in her eyes.

"Ooh, you'll love flying!" Beast Boy agreed, hardly able to

keep from shouting in happiness.  "It's

so cool!  It's freedom like you've never

felt before.  You get to feel the wind

flowing between your feathers, see the world hundreds of feet below you!"

Terra grabbed Beast Boy's hand and pulled him towards the

Tower, "Let's try it now!" she suggested.

"Um, are you sure you're ready for that?" Beast Boy asked,

though he didn't resist.

"If you're teaching me, I am!"

Within minutes, they were both standing on top of Titan's

Tower, overlooking the ocean.

"Okay, just imagine exactly what you want to turn into,"

Beast Boy instructed.  "And don't

panic.  Your body will know exactly what

it needs to do.  Are you ready?"

"As ready as I'll ever be," Terra confirmed.

"Then let's go!" Beast Boy ran at the edge and threw himself

off, Terra only two steps behind him.  He

immediately transformed himself into his falcon body and flapped his wings,

bringing him higher into the air.  Looking

back, he saw Terra morph into a hawk. 

For a single terrifying moment, he thought she had panicked and would

fall to the ground, but then she flapped her wings and rose to join him, two

green birds of prey flying side by side over the ocean.

Beast Boy let out a shriek in excitement, and banked right,

Terra directly behind him.  They flew

over the water for several minutes, Beast Boy displaying all the different ways

to ride the wind.  They hovered on

updrafts, spun in corkscrews, and dove towards the ocean at blinding speeds,

pulling up just in time to avoid crashing into the waters below them.

When they were high above the water, Beast Boy saw Terra get

a mischievous look in her eye.  Suddenly,

she morphed back into her human form and began to plummet towards the

ocean!  Giving a screech of fright, Beast

Boy dove after her.  When he caught up,

he too morphed back.

"Terra, what are you doing?" he shouted over the wind

whistling past his ears.

"You'll see!" she responded.

Beast Boy fought the urge to morph back and save himself,

but he forced himself to stay with Terra. 

When they were only twenty feet above the surface of the water, she promptly

transformed herself into a dolphin, falling towards the water nose-first.  Instantly catching on, Beast Boy transformed

as well, and they splashed into the water simultaneously.  Terra swam back to the surface, poking her

head out of the water and let out a series of happy chitters, which Beast Boy

eagerly responded to.  Then they dove

beneath the waves once more and set out to explore the ocean floor.

The sun was setting by the time they finally arrived back at

Titan's Tower.  The two of them had found

the mouth of a river and swam halfway to Gotham City as trout before climbing

out and heading back, leaping from tree to tree as squirrels before flying the

rest of the way in their falcon and hawk forms. 

Now they reclined on the tower's beach in human form, resting their

tired muscles.

"That was amazing," Terra said, watching the sun set once

again.

"I'm glad I finally got to share this with someone," Beast

Boy agreed.  "Up until now, I've had to

do this all alone."

There was a pause, and then Terra asked, "So, you really don't

know how this happened?"

"I really don't," Beast Boy said, turning to look at

her.  "I've never heard of something like

this happening before."

Another moment of silence, and then Terra smiled, "Well, I'm

glad it did.  It took me a while to

realize it, but you gave me a gift. 

Thank you, Beast Boy."

With that, she leaned in and kissed the green changeling on

the lips.  Without hesitation, Beast Boy

reached up and cupped her cheek in his gloved hand, pulling her closer to

him.  Then, as before, Terra pulled away.

"Race you back to the tower!" she challenged, morphing into

a cheetah and running away.

Author's Note: I could

keep the story going, or I could end it here. 

Not sure which I'm going to do. 

If you enjoyed it, leave me a comment so I'll know!