"Crap, crap, crap, crap! I knew I should've worn a watch!" Raven scolded herself as she ran. She and the titans had played an intense game of basketball, and as a result, Raven had lost track of time. It was now around 11:53 a.m. and Raven knew that right at 12:00 her mom would com out to tell her lunch was ready. So as a result, the five were now running full speed toward Raven's house.

They finally screeched to a halt at the same spot they'd jumped/flew over the fence. It was now approximately 11:58. Raven hurriedly grabbed a branch from the same tree she'd climbed before. The branch was hanging over the fence and the nine year old used it to hoist herself over the fence. Robin did the same as Beastboy and Starfire flew over, Starfire carrying Cyborg like last time.

Raven had just enough time to grab the CD player, hit stop, and hide it the bush before Arella opened the door and poked her head out.

"It's lunch time. I ordered pizza." she informed them, before shutting the door. Raven sighed in relief before grinning.

"How fun was that?" she said, grinning from ear to ear at their expressions. Beastboy and Cyborg seemed to be the only titans grinning like Raven.

"Man, that was awesome!" Cyborg said.

"Dude, high five!" Beastboy said, both he and Cyborg holding their hands up for a high five from Raven. She high fived Beastboy while she stood on her tiptoes, but all three had to chuckle when Beastboy lifted her up to high five Cyborg.

"Whatever, let's just go inside." Robin said, heading inside. The rest followed quickly. Raven's smile instantly faded as she saw who was in the living room.

Meadowlark was on the couch, watching TV quietly. She smiled innocently at each of the four titans before looking a Raven mischievously. Raven was in front of all four of the titans, and as they passed Meadowlark to get to the kitchen, they all witnessed Meadowlark's true colours as she stuck out her good foot and tripped Raven. Raven gasped before falling, landing with an 'Oof!'. Meadowlark just smirked and went into the kitchen.

"You fricking loser!" she yelled at her sister, not caring if her mom heard her or not. She was grounded already, what did it matter?

"Whoa, Rae, are you okay?" Beastboy asked, rushing to her side and helping her up. She instantly turned to face all four titans.

"Tell me you did not just see that!" she growled. The titans exchanged glances. They'd seen it, they just didn't know what to say.

"We saw it…" Robin said.

"We are just unable to believe it." Starfire said. Raven sighed before heading into the kitchen, the titans following her. When they got in there, they were met with an angry looking Arella.

"Raven. What did I hear you call your sister?" she asked, sounding ready to snap. Raven sat down, surprisingly calm.

"A fricking loser." she said plain as day as she reached for a piece of pizza. Arella's face went red.

"Raven! Apologize to your sister!" she yelled.

"For what?" she asked.

"For being mean to her!"

"Oh, yes mother. I'm being mean to her." Raven rolled her eyes.

"Raven!" Arella yelled.

"Mother!" she imitated. That's when Arella lost it. She stomped up to Raven and slapped her across the face. Raven jumped up from the table, causing her chair to teeter and fall over.

"Ow! What the hell?!" she yelled, holding her now red hand printed cheek. Arella looked at her hand, then her daughter, terrified at what she'd just done.

"Raven, I-I'm sor-" she was cut off.

"No! You know what? I don't care if you're sorry! I'm tired of getting in trouble non-stop because of stuff I didn't even do! Yeah, okay, this time I did actually do what I'm getting in trouble for, but that loser tripped me! I'm sick of getting grounded for no reason! I'm sick of her always getting off the hook! And right now, I wouldn't care if I never saw either of you again!" she yelled, indicating to Meadowlark and Arella. Her monologue left everyone speechless, and before anyone regained their ability to speak, Raven grabbed a piece of pizza and darted upstairs. Arella slowly sat down, taking everything her daughter said.

"Meadowlark, go watch TV please sweetie." Arella said. Meadowlark obediently hopped out of her chair and went into the living room. She looked calm and quiet on the outside, but deep down she was horrified. What if mom believed Raven?

Arella glanced up at the titans. "Is what she said true? About Meadowlark, and Raven being innocent… Is it all true?" She asked, almost fearing the answer that would surely upset her.

The titans exchanged glances silently before they all slowly nodded.

"Meadowlark… isn't as innocent as she appears." Robin said. Arella looked up at them sadly, as if expecting an explanation.

"Remember what Meadowlark said Rae did to her when you guys got back from the doctors? She said Rae had called her stupid for spraining her ankle. You only told us Meadowlark's ankle was sprained. Raven heard nothing of it." Cyborg said. Arella put her face in her hands, a few tears leaking from under her eyelids.

"Oh, I'm horrible." She mumbled to herself. Starfire floated up behind her, originally going to hug her, but deciding on rubbing her back in circular motions soothingly instead.

"You are not the horrible, friend Arella. You did not know Raven was innocent." The Tamaranean said. Arella stood slowly.

"I need to go apologize to Raven." She said, wiping away her tears. Beastboy took a slight step forward.

"We'll go with you." He said, indicating to himself and the rest of the titans, who nodded eagerly. Arella nodded slightly before slowly starting up the stairs, the titans close behind. As she reached the top, she took a deep breath before nervously knocking on her daughter's door.

There was no answer.

"Raven? I want to talk to you please." Arella said, knocking a but louder.

Still no answer.

Arella sighed, turning to the titans.

"She's too upset with me." She sighed, slowly heading back to the stairs. Beastboy suddenly stopped her.

"No, something isn't right." He said. He knew from last time that if there was just a knock, Raven wouldn't have known who it was, and therefore would have asked who it was, instead of just ignoring it.

FLASHBACK

He stopped in front of the young girl's door. With his animal hearing he could hear her sniffling from inside. He slowly lifted his gloved fist and knocked. The sniffling immediately stopped. After a few seconds if silence he knocked again.

"Go away." she said, her voice wavering.

END FLASHBACK

Beastboy silently walked up to the door. He knocked. No answer. Hesitating only for a second, he grabbed the doorknob and turned it, slowly pushing the door open. Everyone peeked in curiously. Raven was nowhere to be seen. Arella entered cautiously, glancing around, before looking back at the titans.

"She's not in here. Where…" She trailed off as her eyes caught on a piece of paper; a note. It was then when a feeling off dread climbed up into her stomach, yanking at her heart forcefully. She ran up to Raven's bed, where the folded white piece of paper lay innocently, almost tauntingly. The titans were soon behind her. She quickly unfolded it and held it up so the titans were able to see it from over her shoulder.

I'm gone. Simple as that. Don't look for me, cuz I'll just run further away.

To the masked dude: You are awesome, though a bit uptight at times. Try at loosen up dude. If not for me, then for the red head. I think she digs you;)

To the cyber man: You are like the big brother of the group. You seem to protect everyone while being cool. And that's cuz you are cool. Stay cool man.

To the red head: At first you seemed naïve, but I soon learned you are wise and smart. But I have one thing to ask you to do for me; Ask the masked dude out! He totally likes you back;D

To mom and Meadowlark: Maybe now that I left you can be happy.

To Beastboy: You are the most coolest, funniest, awesome green dude I've ever met. And even though I've only known you for like 24 hours, I feel like you're my best friend. I'll never forget you.

To all; Good bye.

Raven

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A/N: I purposely spelt some stuff in Raven's letter wrong because she's a 9 year old, remember?