The next few weeks were pretty boring. We fought a guy who claimed to travel through time—Warp, he called himself. Starfire came back with this huge story about how she'd gone twenty years ahead and we'd all broken up. I don't remember the entire thing, because I really hadn't been paying attention. Personally, I think she was just trying to scare us because of her Tamaranian friendship holiday thing.

Then, we dealt with this alien two-year old and his green dog that resembled Beast Boy. Beast Boy played a Prince and the Pauper and accidentally traded places with the dog; meanwhile, the dog was having too much fun running its tongue over my face. I thought it was Beast Boy, and while I outwardly said that I would kill him, I was honestly a little disappointed when I realized that it was just some space dog.

Beast Boy did, however, end up spending more time with me. I'm not sure what made him react this way so suddenly, but I don't really mind. Of course, I would never tell him that.

I would never tell him a lot of things.

We got a distress call about a giant scorpion chasing a young girl. We came upon the scene just as the blonde girl was cornered by the monster.

"Titans, go," cried Robin.

Suddenly, the girl's eyes began to glow yellow. The large rock bridge beside us lifted into the air and crushed the scorpion in front of her. The blonde girl smiled and brushed some of her hair out of her face.

"She was not in trouble," said Starfire.

Cyborg said, "She was leadin' it into a trap!"

Robin said, "Question is—"

"Who is she," Beast Boy asked.

The girl looked up at us and used her powers to make a rock float up to us. "What," she said as she jumped onto our level. "Haven't you guys ever seen a superhero before?"

"I'm Robin," he said as he stepped forward. "We're the—"

"Teen Titans," she cried. "Rock on!" Was that supposed to be a joke? "Cool to meet you guys! I'm Terra. And you're.." She pointed at us respectively as she called out our names. "Cyborg, Raven, Starfire, and—"

"Boy Beast," said Beast Boy. "Uh, I mean, Bath Boot. No!"

"Beast Boy?" she said with a smile.

Beast Boy turned into a turtle and spun around in his shell.

She laughed. "Dude! He's hilarious!"

He morphed back into his human form. "Hilarious? Me?"

She winked at him.

A frown settled on my face, deeper than usual. I looked over the skinny, lanky girl and found myself comparing her to me. I tried to shake away my emotion. When you're jealous, your spit turns into acid. When you're jealous, you eat yourself from the inside out.

Starfire flew up to her. "Curiosity abounds! Please, where do you come from, how did you get here, what is your favorite color, and do you wish to be my friend?"

Terra seemed a little uncomfortable, but she answered anyway. "Earth, walked, red, and sure."

Starfire crushed her in one of her hugs. "Hello, new friend!"

"How's it goin'," said Terra in a strained voice.

"So," said Beast Boy, "what brings such a cool little chicky to our big groovy city, huh?"

Cool little chicky? Big groovy city? I've never heard him use these words before.

Terra put her thumbs in her shorts and gave a cool shrug. "I go where the wind takes me, ya know? I get to see new places, meet new people, stomp a few bad guys here and there."

"Cool."

"Fascinating," said Starfire.

"Well, alright," said Cyborg with a smile.

I said nothing. I didn't want to speak to her. I already didn't like her.

Robin glanced at me and then looked at her. "You mean, you don't have a home?"

"The Earth is my home," she replied. "I've been crashin' in a cave on the other side of the hill."

'Unacceptable," Starfire screamed. "I cannot permit my new friend to slumber in a lonely cave of darkness."

"I have a flashlight," said Terra quietly.

Starfire grabbed her arm and pulled her toward the Tower. "You will stay with us."

"Really, I'm—"

"Come on," said Cyborg, "we got plenty of room."

Beast Boy smiled. "Yeah, and I can make you laugh some more. I'm hilarious, remember?" He raised an eyebrow at her.

I frowned again.

Terra laughed. "Well, I guess I could stay one night."

I turned away from the four of them and looked at Robin, who was examining the dirt. "Everything okay?"

"Not sure," he replied. "Something just doesn't feel right." He got up and walked back to the Tower with me.

Back at the Tower, Terra looked at everything. "Whoa! Nice digs! And check out the view!" She jumped back onto the couch. "I can't believe you guys actually live here."

Beast Boy slid into the seat beside her. "Su casa es me casa. So do you want the grand tour or…"

"Got any food," she asked suddenly.

She went through half of our groceries. She even was brave enough to try some of Starfire's homemade glorb; and she asked for more. "So where's the tub," she asked us when Starfire went to go make more.

She left so much dirt in the tub afterwards that Cyborg called it a "mud bath".

"Sorry," she said with an innocent smile. "Guess I was due for a rinse. Mind if I use your sink?" She washed her dirty clothes in our sink.

I frowned again as everyone stood around watching her. "Well, she seems…comfortable."

"Wonder how long it's been since she had a decent place to crash for the night," Beast Boy said.

I looked up and realized that the girl was now sleeping on our couch.

"She needs more than a place to crash," said Robin.

Starfire nodded. "She needs a home."

"Why not our home," Beast Boy suggested. "She could stay here with us."

"Yes!"

"I don't know," I said quickly.

"She would make a good addition to the team," said Cyborg.

"Maybe," said Robin. "Let's ask her to train with us tomorrow. We need to see what she can do."

I frowned, but they didn't want to talk about it anymore. Later that evening, Beast Boy came by my room, asking me for a blanket. "Will I get it back," I asked him as I folded one up in my hands.

"Of course. If you want, I'll even wash it."

"You washing something? What's the occasion?" I shouldn't have asked. I didn't really want to know.

"I just thought Terra might need a blanket out there. Starfire didn't have one, and if I wanna borrow one from you again, I'm guessin' I should probably take care of your stuff."

Though I appreciated him taking care of my things, I didn't appreciate the fact that it was going to Terra. I knew for a fact that she wasn't even in the building anymore. The blanket would be completely useless to her if she was out in the warm air.

I shoved the blanket into his chest. "Keep it," I growled before slamming the door. I hated being mean to him, but I didn't know what else to do at that moment. Beast Boy's been dumb before, but I think that only a real idiot would come to me to ask me to do something for Terra.

After a few moments, I watched him walk out and join Terra on the shore. I'm not sure why I watched, but I couldn't bring myself to tear my eyes away. At first, they just skipped rocks, then they made faces at each other, and then that awkward silence came—the one the occurs between two people when they're attracted to each other; the one that occurs between Starfire and Robin.

Suddenly Beast Boy's rock flipped him over. At first I thought that I'd done that, but then I realized that Terra was apologizing to him. It was at that moment that I figured it out: Terra couldn't control her powers.

The next morning, I was scheduled to run the timer while the Titans went through training. Cyborg went first. We watched him go through the obstacles with ease. He didn't even really seem to break a sweat. He finished with two minutes and seventeen seconds.

"Boo-yah," he yelled. "New course record!"

I rolled my eyes. "Well, yeah, you're the first one to do the course."

"Okay, Terra," said Robin. "Ready to show us what you can do?"

I watched Beast Boy try to give some words of encouragement to Terra, but she seemed to shrug them off.

It was completely obvious that she had no real control of her powers. She crashed into and destroyed every obstacle that was thrown at her. I glanced at Robin and said, "We're gonna need a new obstacle course."

He frowned.

One good thing came out of her: she beat Cyborg's time. "Looks like we have a new course record," I told him.

He smiled at me. "I must've softened it up for her."

What would've been a smile turned into a frown as I watched Terra hug Beast Boy.

"A little rough around the edges," said Robin, "but you've got some real talent there."

She smiled. "Ya think?"

"With a little more training, you could—" He was interrupted by the distress signal from our T-communicators.

"Okay," said Terra, "why is everybody blinking?"

"Trouble."

We went inside to see what the trouble was all about. Our answer was not pretty.

"Slade," Robin growled. "He's back."

"Slade," Terra asked.

Beast Boy lowered his voice. "Bad guy. Way bad."

"Got a fix on his location," said Robin. "Titans, move out!"

I was less than enthused when Beast Boy invited Terra to join us. Last time I checked, she wasn't even an Honorary Teen Titan.

We reached the mines in record time and found Slade's drones attacking some of the minors.

"Tell your boss we'd like a word with him," said Robin. "Titans, go!"

"Azarath, Metrion, Zinthos," I cried as I sent a mine cart into a group of drones.

"Raven, look out," Beast Boy warned me.

I didn't allow my joy to distract me as I turned and shielded myself from one of the drone's lasers. It shot back at him, drawing attention to myself. I flew upwards, dodging the shots that came my way.

Suddenly I heard Terra scream, "Beast Boy!"

I immediately stopped what I was doing and turned to see the large pile of rocks that blocked the mining entrance. Any drones that crawled out of there were damaged beyond repair.

I flew forward and furiously tore through the rocks, trying to find him. Robin helped me, but he didn't see him either. Suddenly, I freed a large rock, which Beast Boy, in the form of sasquatch, managed to get out from underneath. My heart filled with relief to the point where I thought I might cry. I wouldn't of course. Witches don't cry; I don't cry in public.

"You okay," Robin asked him.

The sasquatch nodded his head and then morphed back into his original form. "Where's Terra?"

Terra. Of course he asked for Terra. Normally, he'd have thanked me for helping him out. Normally, he'd stay with me and help fight Slade's drones. But not anymore. Terra's here.

Beast Boy ran after Terra while we finished off the drones. Somewhere in the midst of the fight, I felt the rumbling of the mines. I flew over to my friends and said, "We need to get out of here."

"Slade's tryin' to bring down the whole mine," Cyborg exclaimed.

I frowned. If only he knew.

Robin did. "I'm not sure he's the one doing this."

"I cannot locate Terra or Beast Boy," said Starfire.

Suddenly the rumblings stopped.

I frowned. "I think Beast Boy's located Terra," I mumbled. We went through and found them embracing in a deeper part of the mines. Great, so while we were working our butts off trying to fight off Slade's drones, they were getting cozy in the caves. This time, I didn't let my jealousy slide off. I let it bubble and boil.

When we got back to the Tower, Terra said, "Well, guys, it's been real. Seriously, thanks for everything, but I should—"

"Don't even think about it," said Cyborg.

Actually, I'd prefer she did.

"Okay, what's going on," she asked us.

I frowned. "Well…"

Cyborg said, "We talked it over and—"

Starfire jumped up and down. "We wish for you to stay here."

Robin smiled. "We think you'd make a great addition to our team."

"So," said Beast Boy, "wanna be a Titan?"

Robin handed her a T-communicator.

She took it in her hand and stared at it. "Me? A Titan?"

"Of course," said Robin. "You'll need more training." Idiot. Didn't he know what these words would mean to her? Didn't he know that he was saying the wrong thing? "I know you have trouble controlling your powers, and we can help—"

Terra dropped her T-communicator and turned on Beast Boy with fierce blue eyes. "You told him?"

"I didn't," he swore. Even an imbecile could tell that he was telling the truth.

"You promised! You lied to me! You lied!" She ran out of the room.

"Terra, no," he cried as he ran after her. "Wait!"

He didn't return with her. For a moment, I was torn. I hadn't wanted her to be here, but I also didn't want to see him sad either. So I decided at that moment what I would feel for Terra: hatred.