The Hybrid

Identical

The two children pulled the hands of the teens to their halls and rooms where they could see the wondrous artifacts of Jade Palace. "And here is the Sword of Heroes. It's said to be so sharp that just looking at it will give you a cut."

"Really?" Beast Boy asked, about to touch the sharp object. "OWW!" Beast Boy cried out, sucking on his index finger. Raven rolled her eyes as Lueduo and Lei-Lei giggled. "Ah, well, that happened."

"Anyways," Raven said, "What is your life like here in the Jade Palace?"

"It's great! You get all the food you could ever want!" Lei-Lei grinned genuinely.

"The only hard thing is the training," Lueduo sighed, rolling her arm a bit at the soreness. "It's a lot but you get used to it."

"Has your father gotten used to it?" Raven smirked the question, knowing the panda's tendency to be lazy.

"Weeeellll, kind of," Lueduo mumbled. Raven covered her mouth with her hand a bit, covering a chuckle. "but he's been more serious since the emperor has gone bad."

"Maybe you could you tell us something about that," Beast Boy said, squatting to their level, "What's going on with the emperor?"

"We don't know," the young panda girl replied, "Our parents don't say anything to us."

"Hmmm, what about the villagers? Do you two go into the village a bit?" Garfield asked.

"We do but not without our parents or one of the masters. We do have some friends there," Lei-Lei piped up. Garfield smiled, tussling the panda's head fur and causing her to laugh.

"I bet you do," Garfield smiled. He noticed a little small box on a pedestal. "What's in there?" He asked.

"Oh, those are the Shift Stones. They allow people to be in disguise and look like someone else. But one of them was stolen and we don't know who took it." Lei-Lei explained as Tigress came into the room.

"Well, we have to go, you two. It was great to meet you two." Garfield smiled.

"Very much so," Raven smiled, bowing to the two. The two white and black children bowed and left the two with the tiger. "They're beautiful, Master Tigress."

"They are. I hope to see yours shortly," Tigress said with a sly smile. Garfield nervously scratched the back of his head while Raven hid her face by looking at some object on the wall. "Anyways, we'll get things ready by nightfall. That way we'll be able to find the emperor and figure out more about the situation."

"Let's not do anything rash, though," Garfield replied. Raven and Tigress eyed him with raised eyebrows. "What? I don't want to have some good guy convicted of doing something wrong."

"Why do you have that feeling now?" Raven asked more suspiciously, narrowing her eyebrows at her green teen wizard. Garfield shrugged. Raven pondered.

"What are you thinking?"

"Sometimes an omen may happen or may occur. A bad feeling or cautious one. The fact that Beast Boy has it is a bit concerning. It may mean-"

"There's more to the story than just meets the eye?" Tigress asked. Raven nodded her head. Tigress looking at the ground, rubbing her chin. "Let's scope the area and see what we can gather. For right now, you two get some sleep. Raven will sleep with me while you sleep with Po, Beast Boy." Raven thought about that and winced a bit. "What?" Tigress asked, seeing her face.

"Are you sure you want that?" Raven asked. "Po used to snore a lot when we were going on that journey and Beast Boy isn't any better."

"Hey!" Garfield shot back. Tigress smiled.