The Return of Bunny Raven Epilogue

Epilogue: Happily Ever After

One year later...

Beast Boy sat in his chair, staring down at the bundles in his arms, a bemused smile on his face.  He still couldn't believe just how much his life had changed.  Thinking back, he knew the moment when everything changed: that night a year ago.  But it didn't truely sink in until two months later.

Flashback...

Raven lay on the med table in the Tower, and Cyborg was checking the results of her physical.  Beast Boy held her hand gently.  CYborg turned back, a bemused expression on his face.

"Raven, I've got a few bits of news, some good, some bad, some...I don't know."

"Well, let me have it Cyborg."

"Raven, you're pregnant."

Raven looked at him for a while.  "And?"

He looked shocked.  "You knew?"

"Why do you think I scheduled this physical.  I'm two months along, right?"

"I...guess.  Here's the good news then.  If my projections are right, you've only got another four months to go."

"How does that work?"

"Your guess is as good as mine.  I'd guess your altered physiology might have something to do with it."

"I suppose."  She smiled.  "Yet another good thing the change has for me.  What's the bad news?"

"You're not having a baby: you're having a litter.  I count four heart beats."

Raven stared at Cyborg, then turned towards Beast Boy, her eyes red.  "BB, I'm going to kill you!"

End Flashback...

Standing up, Beast Boy carried the two little boys in his arms towards the crib.  While he and Raven weren't married yet, every instinct they both had had them acting it: same room, same bed, and overprotective over the two boys and two girls they had together.

All four babies had green fur and purple hair.  The two girls, Emerald - called Emmy - and Diopside - called Dio - were in Raven's arms, and were so completely identical it was impossible to tell them apart, each with their mother's purple eyes.  The smallest boy, Tourmaline - called Tor - had his father's green eyes.  Then there was Topaz.

Topaz was the first out, and was definately the alpha of the four.  He kept an eye on his siblings, made sure they spoke up when they needed something, and kept them in line.  HE had his father's green eyes, but there were purple flecks in them that glittered like stars with the strength of his emotions.

Carrying the two boys over to where Raven stood with the girls, Beast Boy heard his lifemate begin to sing.

"La la lu, la la lu
Oh, my little starsweepers
I'll sweep the stardust for you"

She lay the two girls down gently in the center of the crib.  As she continued to sing, Beast Boy stepped up with the boys.

"La la lu, La la lu
Little soft fluffy sleepers
Here comes a pink cloud for you"

Beast Boy lay them down, one on either side of their sisters, their preferred sleeping positions.  They all curled up, four little green bunnies with purple hair, eyes closed.  Beast Boy rocked the crib gently as Raven continued to sing.

"La la lu, la la lu
Little wandering angels
Fold up your wings, close your eyes"

Soft breathing came from all four, sounding just like a purr.

"La la lu, la la lu
And may love be your keeper
La la lu, La la lu, La la lu"

Beast Boy looked down at the sleeping angels, and smiled.  "There now, little star sweepers.  Dream on."

He and Raven stood watching the center of their new lives, wrapped in each others arms.

The End