Chapter 1- Green Loving Machine

"Oh Robin! This mission sounds delightful!" Starfire beamed at her leader whose cheeks had been coloured red slightly by a blush. The rest of the team blinked several times at the boy wonder, their minds processing what he had just told them.

"I wouldn't exactly call it delightful" Raven deadpanned from beneath her hood. When Robin had announced their mission for the evening Raven had felt her heart plummet.

"Dude, you mean that we can actually go to a dance?!" Beast Boy gawked his eyes wide.

Robin looked to each of his teammates in turn, studying each reaction. Starfire was evidently gleeful, she had already decided on her outfit and she had played out several scenarios within her head about how Robin would ask her to the dance. Cyborg seemed laid back, he wasn't bursting with enthusiasm but he was happy to accept his leaders mission to them.

"If ya want us to go to a dance Robin, then that's what we'll do" Cyborg proclaimed speaking for the team. Robin nodded his thanks to him and then turned to Raven after coming to the conclusion that Beast Boy was on board after witnessing a huge beam grow on his face at the mention of the dance. Of course there was still one person who was going to be hard to convince.

"Raven?" Robin asked, his white mask moving as he raised an eyebrow.

Raven looked to her leader, her friend and crossed her arms. Going to a dance, for her, was like asking an elephant to climb a tree, it was highly unlikely. She inhaled deeply, the Titans holding their breath as they awaited the empath's answer. Raven did not enjoy being the one who, in her own opinion, usually spoiled the fun. But this is not supposed to be fun, she reminded herself, this is a mission. She pulled back her hood,

"If it's a mission Robin, then I can't refuse" She said.

Robin smiled a little, Beast Boy and Cyborg clapped hands in a high five as Cyborg let out an infamous "Booyah!" Starfire rose into the air in joy and glided toward her dark friend.

"Friend Raven, let us partake in the active of making over!" Starfire cried as she took hold of Raven's wrist. Pushing the alien off of her Raven frowned,

"That won't be necessary"

Starfire's eyebrows creased, "The make up is not necessary?" Starfire enquires, turning to Robin who had become her personal translator as well as being her boyfriend.

Cyborg folded his arms, "C'mon girl, it couldn't hurt" He said directly to Raven.

Starfire's hands flew to her mouth, "Oh no, I do not wish to hurt you Raven. I am quite sure the nude powders and black liquids are harmless" Starfire assured turning back to Raven.

Raven's emotions swirled around within her threatening to escape from her control. Inhaling deeply she attempted to calm herself,

"Star you might not have a color pale enough for Raven" Beast Boy joked, cutting through Raven's attempt at inner peace. A mug that had been discarded on the kitchen table creaked and suddenly exploded, the Titans instantly shut up. They were all perfectly aware of Raven's powers and the severity of them if they got out of hand. Raven turned her back on her teammates heading for the sliding doors, "Starfire you better come with me before I change my mind" Raven murmured without looking back. It took a moment for her to realise what was being said but once she did, Starfire flew towards her friend excitedly.

"Hold on" Robin requested, his hand out in front of him, "I haven't gone over the mission"

Beast Boy scratched behind his head, "is there anything to go over? Like dude, please tell me you are not going to have some rule that we can't flirt with the ladies?" He said wiggling his eyebrows.

Cyborg shook his head, "C'mon BB, it's always couples who go to High School dances! Ya really think that you'd be able to pick a girl up at one of these?!"

Beast Boy considered Cyborg's words, "Dude, when the ladies catch sight of this green loving machine they forget the even have a boyfriend!"

Raven stifled a laugh at this, she hated to admit it but Beast Boy could be hilarious, but only when he didn't try.

"Whatever man" Cyborg dismissed the changeling.

"As I was saying" Robin began irritated at Beast Boy's comments, "for the last three weeks we have been getting reports of disturbances at school dances across the city, which we haven't been able to get to on time. We don't know anything about the criminal, nor what he is capable of so the only way we are going to catch him is if we are at the scene when an attack happens to ensure that this criminal is apprehended. However there is one slight problem…"

"And what might that be?" Raven asked in her usual monotone.

Cyborg backed away from the circle that the teens had formed, looking worriedly at Raven. He did not know what the catch was, but he was almost certain that it would anger Raven and he did not want to be in close range of the demoness when he wrath was unleashed.

"Well, tonight is the end of semester dance, which means more than one school are having one. We cannot be sure which school could possibly be attacked, so we will have to split up." Announced Robin giving a weary glance to Cyborg as he moved away. Cyborg had expected something worse but was pleasantly surprised at the added information.

Starfire's face fell, "So I may not accompany you to the dance?" She pouted, her posture slouching.

Robin smiled, "Actually Starifre, that can still happen" he looked the others who were hanging on his every word, "there are a total of three separate dances taking place tonight at different schools. That means that we need to double up"

Starfire's eyes yet again lit up in happiness and she zoomed over to Robin and dropped down beside him. With her hands clasped in front of her drawing a circle with her right foot,

"So may I accompany you to the dance Robin?" Starfire asked sweetly.

Robin took the girl's hands gently, "It would be an honour if you would accompany me to the dance" The boy answered.

"Uh, Robin, I thought you were like super smart but, er, there is five of us… And I'm pretty sure five doesn't go into three evenly" Confused, Beast Boy counted his fingers several times, double checking his mathematics was correct.

Cyborg chuckled "Chill BB, I can ask Bee, I'm sure she'd help us out!"

"That was my plan Cyborg" Robin nodded to the robot man, "so is everyone clear about tonight's mission"

Raven had been observing her friends silently, and when Cyborg had mentioned he would ask Bumblebee, Raven realised that there was only one Titan left that she was going to be left with. Why Beast Boy? Raven questioned herself. She could have put up with any other Titan, even the likes of Speedy who Bumblebee always complained about as he apparently had an obsession with his own reflection. But, as Raven repeated, he would be better than Beast Boy. Raven could just imagine Beast Boy's childish remarks about her dress, or his cocky behaviour around the girls who would be attending the dance. She mentally facepalmed, she was in for a long night.

"Sooo Raven, looks like you have a date with this hot green…" Beast Boy began but was quickly cut of by black magic covering his mouth.

Raven, with her fist clenched turned to the changeling, "if you want to keep your tongue I suggest you don't use it" She warned letting her magic disperse.

Beast Boy gave off a nervous laugh as he scratched the back of his neck.

Raven turned and proceeded to the sliding doors, repeating her mantra in her head.

Realising her friends departure, Starfire bid farewell to her friends and then briskly followed Raven out of the room.

"Is this not wonderful?!" Starfire sang as she soared down the hallway behind Raven.

Raven stopped outside of Starfire's room, shuddering slightly knowing that she was about to enter a sea of bright pinks and sweet smells. "Yeah, so wonderful" Raven said dryly folding her arms.

Starfire opened the door to her room, causing Raven to squint at the brightness which radiated from the alien girl's room, she raised a hand over her eyes as if blinded by the light.

"You are not excited?" Starfire enquired, flying to a stack of drawers and dragging out pallets and pallets of make up. She gestured to Raven to sit down on her bed while still awaiting her reply. Carefully, she piled up stacks of make up in her arms, carrying them to the dark girl and discarding them on the fluffy bedsheets.

"I am not excited" Raven said coolly not looking at Starfire who was listening with intent.

Starfire rummaged through the colourful pallets and produced a long black one with several natural colours, going from light porcelain to deep mocha.

Raven's eyes widened at the sheer amount of make up that Starfire owner, she had never considered Starfire to be someone who even owned a drop of make up, never mind bags and bags full.

Starfire took a brush, dipped it in a light color and painted a streak on Raven's cheek, taking her by surprise. Starfire's face dropped a little and then her tongue came out in concentration as she applied a streak of another color onto the empath's cheek.

"Oh, but friend Raven, you must be excited to do the dancing!" Starffire squealed, roughly rubbing her fingers in circles on Raven's cheek, attempting to create the perfect foundation color for her friends pale complexion.

Raven once again repeated her mantra in her head, calming herself,

"I'm not the type of person who dances" she pointed out.

Starfire bit her lip, still roughly rubbing powder over Raven's faces,

"Perhaps you will enjoy it. I have heard that Beast Boy is someone whom is talented with the dancing" She said attempting at being positive.

Raven almost laughed, imagining a clueless Beast Boy trying whole heartedly to dance well but just not quite grasping it.

"I highly doubt that Beast Boy is good at dancing"

Starfire shrugged, "Do not be too fast to come to such a conclusion" she said finishing off the base of Raven's make up.

"Are you enjoying the make over so far?" Starfire enquired, setting the make up brush down for a second to scan over the other liquids and bottles scattered over her bed.

Raven kept her face as she always did and showed no emotion, but gently said,

"It could be worse"

"Dude? What do I even wear to a dance?!" Beast Boy asked as he rummaged through his closet where literally none of clothes were ever kept but it was his last resort. He had dug through the heaps of clothing discarded on the floor, which mainly consisted of his uniform and underwear and had not found anything suitable for a school dance. Beast Boy was alone in his room, so his question was not aimed at anyone yet he felt disappointed when there was no answer. How had he lived his whole life without ever having to need to wear anything fancy, except from that wedding he attended when he was around ten? He felt his eyes search for this specific item of clothing from this date, a blue suit, before he realised that it would now be several sizes too small for him. What we're all the hot girls going to think if he didn't turn up looking his best? If he was going to impress he had to find the perfect outfit.

Finding nothing decent in his closet, Beast Boy marched out of his room in search of the one person who could help him out.

Beast Boy wrapped on the door, not too softly nor slowly for that matter. His knock was rushed and out of beat, exactly like his personality.

"Hey, erm could I come in?"

Raven had froze when she heard the irritable changeling's voice outside Starfire's door, automatically beginning to whisper Azarath, Metrion, Zinthos, Azarath, Metrion, Zinthos…

Starfire, still plastering Raven's face in powders cried out "I am sorry, friend, but I cannot allow you to see your date before the dance, it will ruin the surprise!"

Raven cringed at being called Beast Boy's "date", rubbing her temples as Starfire ran to the door opening a crack so Raven was hidden from Beast Boy's view.

"Well, could you come out here then Star? I need your help with something." Beast Boy asked, his ears flattening.

Starfire let out an exasperated breath, she was already exhausted from preparing Raven, but she could not refuse to aid her friend.

"Of course Beast Boy" She smiled, and turned back to Raven to signal that she was leaving,

"I promise to return within five of the minutes!" She called back before closing the door, finally leaving Raven alone in the silence.

Beast Boy inspected Starfire with a worried look. Her bright pink hair was mangled with blacks and beiges and she had streaks of reds and pinks and browns down her arms and her clothing. Her face was flushed but her expression was peaceful.

"What can I assist you with?" Starfire asked her green friend, attempting to wipe some of the make up off of herself.

Beast Boy nervously scratched the back of his neck,

"I don't know what to wear tonight" he confessed.

Starfire's hands flew to her mouth in surprise and then she stifled a giggle.

Confused, and a little irritated Beast Boy raised an eyebrow at the giggling alien, how was it he was funny when he never meant to be?

"What?!" He enquired.

Wiping her eyes, Starfire smiled sweetly,

"Oh, friend Beast Boy, I cannot help as I am not very familiar with the clothing of boys, I was imagining you in dress, that is what caused me to have the giggles. I do apologise, friend, but you will have to ask either Cyborg or Robin for their help"

Beast Boy groaned, "I was really trying to avoid that…" His shoulders slumped over and he bowed his head, "anyway, thanks Star" he said and then began walking towards the ops room where he knew a certain spiky haired teen would be.

Raven opened one eye when she heard Starfire re-enter the room. Raven had ended up cross legged hovering over Starfire's bed in meditation while her friend was absent from the room. A wave or irritation washed over her as she knew she could no longer meditate.

"What did he want?" Raven queried letting herself land softly on Starfire's bed.

"He wished for me to assist him in the choosing of clothing" Starfire smiled, returning to the pallets discarded on her bed,

Raven raised her eyebrows. Beast Boy didn't know what to wear? She hadn't expected him to not have anything in that room of his. The last time she had glanced in, she could not make out the floor for the clothes. Surely he must have had something amongst that cluster?

"You find this surprising?" Starfire asked, yet another small brush poised beside Raven's face.

"Mildly" the empath remarked, squeezing her eyes shut to allow Starfire to paint her eyelids.

"Friend Raven, you should not be too quick to judge Beast Boy; you do not know what to wear either" she said, applying a thick layer of black on Raven's eyes.

I hadn't thought about clothes, Raven thought to herself, trying hard to keep her face straight, both not to show that she had startled herself slightly and also to prevent Starfire from creating a black smudge on her face,

"I will find something" she dismissed the subject.

Cyborg's fingers hammered down on the circular buttons of his remote, his human eye wide in concentration. He didn't look away when he heard the doors open.

Robin was checking over the systems, and glanced up when Beast Boy walked in. He noticed the redness in his cheeks that signalled his worry.

"Everything okay, Beast Boy?" He enquired.

Beast Boy looked to Robin and shrugged,

"I don't have anything to wear tonight" he confessed.

Robin glanced at the clock and shook his head,

"You do realise that we have to leave in two hours?!" He stated.

Attempting to look innocent, pushing his ears back and rounding his shoulders, "Dude, I didn't realise I didn't have anything good to wear!"

Robin was already at the doors, having stalked past Beast Boy,

"Well you better hurry up, the mall closes in an hour. Cyborg, do you want to come?"

Cyborg raised a hand bending his wrist, signalling that he was too absorbed in his game.

"Your loss dude" Beast Boy called as he exited the room.