The past

"Nice" I said as I let my eyes wonder there living room/kitchen.
I turned and made my way over to the huge window and looked out over the ocean and city with my hands on my hips. "This is a nice view", I put my hand over my eyes, "I think I can see my apartment building from here." I turned and faced them where they were all still standing by the entrance, watching me wearily.
I sighed a deep and tired sigh. Smiling kindly at them I went and sat Indian style on the couch. "Well come on, don't just stand there, this is your house."
Being very couscous, they all came and sat on the other side of the couch away from me. Once again I smiled at them as innocent as I could. I didn't blame them for not trusting me, after what Terra did it made sense.
After a moment of silence, I spoke. "I assume you didn't invite me here just to sit in awkward silence, right?"
Before any of them could speak, Beast Boy cut to the chase. "How did you know Terra?" Every one of his team mates turned to look at him as if he just said he was from mars. Probably from the way he said it, so bluntly. He didn't seem to even notes the looks, he kept his face neutral completely, trained on me.
I kept my smile on, even thou it slipped some from the past tense.
"Well that's easy. I'm guessing you want me to start from the beginning, yes?" They all nodded.
I sighed once more. "Very well."

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A little girl stood clutching her teddy bear in front of the estates doors.
One of the men beside her opened the door and ushered the girl in. In side looked like a mansion, it had a grand stare case leading from the fore to the second floor and so on, the living room and dining room were down the hall to the left and kitchen to the right.
But of course the young girl didn't notes this at that moment for her eyes were to fixated on the ground. To scared and nerves to look up. That is till the girl heard a squeal of joy and looked up to see a blond haired girl about her age, sliding down the railing of the stares. When the girl reached the bottom she raced up to the new arrival and stood in front of her.
Smiling great big she announced proudly, "I'm Terra!" But her effort was wasted for the other girl did not understand English. And she told the blond such, "Мне очень жаль, я не понимаю."
Terra did not understand what the other girl was saying either, but she kept her smile up none the less. But before the girls could attempt to say or do anything ells one of the men grabbed Terra by the arm and started to talk to her in a low growling voice. The other girl did not know what was being said, for again she did not understand, but she could tell by the sneer on the man's face and the slight guilt on the blond girls that she was being lectured.
When Terra showed no sign of being sorry let alone apologizing for whatever it was she had done wrong the man seized her wrist again and dragged her out of the room.
The other girl watched them go till the other man started to nudge her up the stairs.
The two girls did not see each other again till lunch.
The new girl was still clutching her Teddy as she entered the dining room, her eyes shifting nervously around the loud and busy room. Looking at one of the tables in the back she saw the young girl she had met earlier, who was waving her arm in the air, trying to get the new arrivals attention.
The girl smiled gratefully and went to sit by the girl called Terra. When she sat down Terra broke her cookie in half and gave half to the other girl as a sign of friendship.
From that day on the girls were inseparable. They grew and learned together, not just your simple school work but also control. Control over the body, mind, spirit, and more important, there powers. Of course one of them found it easier than the other. Eventually the girl was given the name Nightmare by her fellow students.
Her and Terra got into trouble, for they did not like the rules of the estate. They pulled pranks on the other kids, save a few friends, mimicked the teachers and stole food from the pantry. They were hardly ever caught but when they were, they were punished.
Over the years the students learned to use their powers with few beak outs. All but Terra. The others teased her about being so weak she couldn't control it.
One night there teasing got to her so bad that she lost control to the point where half the estate was damaged. That same night she confessed to Nightmare that she thought the others were right, maybe she was to weak. Nightmare tried to console her, telling her that they were just jealous, that she was not to weak, her powers were just stronger.
Terra just smiled at her best friend for so many years and claimed she was going to bed.
The next morning Terra was long gone.

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"And I never saw her again." The now 16 year old girl sighed.
The Titans stared at the girl, none of them knowing what to say.

I didn't stop talking to her.

Suddenly I was crushed in a hug by Starfire. "Oh my poor friend, you have surfer a tremendous loss!"
I was starting to get uncomfortable and it was not because my lungs were being crushed, oh no I was train to go without air for half an hour at least, it was because I was being touched. "Um thanks Starfire, but uh... if you could let go, please."
She immediately let me go and started to look worried. "Oh, I did not hurt you did I?" She looked generally upset by that thought. Talk about innocent...
Not wanting to deal with an upset Tamaranean, I worked quick to defuse that thought. "No, no, no... It's just I'm not good with being touched." This only made her look confused. I had no idea what to do now, I did not want to explain more of my past any more then I had to.
Luckily I didn't have to.
Beast Boy came over and held out the note I left the first night I saw Terra. "How did you know I would get this?" I smiled lightly. "It was Terra's birthday, why wouldn't you have come to visit?"
The rest of the team came over and stood in a half circle around me, each just the tiniest bit suspicious.
"How did you know she was involved with us?"
I gave the Boy Wonder a sly smile. "Well aren't we just the interrogation type." He did not look amused. I huffed. What happened to make him so serious? Oh yeah, the whole raised by Batman thing, I swear the man just has no emotions. I sighed and looked out the window to see the sun setting. "Fine I'll put it bluntly." I started to head to the door; once I was there I turned to look back at them. "Just because I never saw her again, doesn't me I stopped talking to her." Then I started home.
Leaving them, I'm sure, with more questions than answers.

```3rd point of view````
As Nightmare left, the Titans started at the door for a few more seconds each not knowing what to think of the girl. "She's hiding something." The team all turned to look at Raven, who's eyes still lingered at the door.
"What?" Robin asked.
Raven gave a small shake of her head, "I don't know. But whatever it is she doesn't feel like it's worth sharing."
"Y'all think we should keep an eye on her?"
"Yes," Starfire agreed, "does friend Nightmare, as you say 'pose a threat'?"
Robin went to answer his friends when Raven interrupted, "Where's Beast Boy?" Each one of the team mates turned to find that there little green friend was most defiantly not among them.