Chapter 3
Later in the afternoon a little after lunch, Persia decided to do some "Spring-Cleaning" which really means she was just going through her stuff and getting rid of the unnessecery. It had been years since she had cleaned out all her junk to sell, give to charity, etc. She had been WAY too busy to do that, with all the work, dealing with peers, catching up on a life, training, bla bla bla. Anyways, the titans really didn't know this, but she had brought along a small pinkish-reddish bubbly suitcase. (If u paid attention to the first chapter, you will see this is true) Persia had left her suitcase in the alley when the titans took her in, but during that time, she quickly teleported back to the alley to get her stuff, a little dirty, but still good. Now I know what you are thinking, how could all her belongings fit into a small pack? Well Zaragon created this new technology where with the press of a button on a remote of yur shape and color, whatever object you pointed at, it would shrink to a really small size! And when you point the remote at that same object and press the button again, it would grow back to its normal size. No wonder Zaragon was in the "Golden Ages" for a long time! Ok, I know, back to the story. Persia dug through her suitcase, thinking what to pull out next. She picked up what looked like a photograph. She used the remote to turn it to normal size, and when she did, she must have felt a pain go through her heart. "Oh Lixy......."
"Do it again! Do it again!!!" Lixy's little sister kept saying over and over, clapping her hands for the sheer joy of it. "Ok fine Raki, but only one more time. I kinda got tired after doing it 285 times already!"
Persia was in her best friend Lixy's front yard with Lixy's younger twin sisters, Raki and Raka, demonstrating her psychic powers for the 4 year old twins. The 11 year old girl was levitating all kinds of things all afternoon, and making energy orbs and such. She did this while she and Lixy were talking about what girls talk about. Boys, jr. high, fashion, etc. "Omg, did you see what Kaylem was wearing today?!" "I know, he looked so fine today. Like, no other day ever mattered." Persia made a small energy orb and bounced it around a little. "Man, any girl would be lucky to have him! I know if i had him, then..i dunno, i'd just be so lucky!" "Persia, you are just OBSESSED over him!"Persia twirled the orb around with her fingers. "That obvious?" Suddenly Persia and Lixy were in a gigglefit, not able to hear Raki complaining to see more of Persia's tricks, while Raka was playing with her pet.
"Oh look at the cute little girls gabbing about the boys!" Persia and Lixy turned to see who it was. "Oh great, the possy is here." Lixy said sarcasticilly. "Shut up you! Alright Persia, I know you got that new perfume for me, right?" See, Persia's mom drilled and killed her on her education, something that not alot of kids really work much on. Persia's best and favorite subject was science, so she could whip up alot of things, including the formula for the new perfume of the week. Some of the popular peers had asked Persia to make the new perfume for them to impress the guys, including Kaylem. Persia answered with confidence. "What if I didn't make it?" "Look Persia, the only way we can insure that you get into all the right places at all the right times, somehow being popular as us, is if you do your end of the bargain!" Now the head girl of the possy was getting a little agitated. "Look, for the 100th time, i'm fine doing things on my own! Besides, I had 6 tests, 3 book reports, and I had alot of hw and other junk that day! I had no time for yur stupid perfu-" "Stupid?! I see that YOU are stupid for not doing one little thing, so prepare to pay the price!" See, this was some of the peer pressure that Persia had to deal with. To you, it may be nothing, but to her, it was everything. Suddenly the weeds turned neon green, and they wrapped around Persia's ankles. Persia sent an energy orb hurling at one of the girls, sending her flying to the other end of the house across the street. "YOU WITCH!" Then more weeds came and grabbed on to her wrists and mouth. Persia screamed for help in a muffled tone. "Lixy, HELP!!!!!!!" Lixy rushed over to Persia's side, telling her sibs to go in the house right away and trying to break Persia free from this trap. But more weeds whipped out at Lixy and sent her skimming back to the other side of her yard. The girls gathered around Persia, cracking their knuckles, all the while Persia was freaking out. Lixy's eyes then turned sky blue, and in a flash a bolt of lighting hit the head girls boot. She shreiked and said franctilly "My boot! Look what you did to my boot!!!" "Oops, I missed, I was aiming for you head." Lixy smirked at them. The head girl looked at Lixy, then at the still tied down Persia, threatning "We won't forget this you witch!" And with that she and the rest of the girls scurried away.
The weeds stopped glowing neon white, and then went back to their normal lifeless state. Persia broke free and hugged Lixy and thanked her, she even shed a tear. "No problem. I'm not going to let those THEM be on my best friends back forever!" Lixy said as she wiped away Persia's tear. Then she realized "Hey, you know that girl Jalene?!" "You mean the tall one with the short blonde hair?" "Yea, her. I heard that she heard from a friend of hers that she has this cool trick that would be perfect for you!" "Really, what?!" Persia was really excited about this. "It's called Energy Explosion, it hasn't been used for a while, but if I pull some strings, then I can get her to teach me how to teach you!" "Oh Lixy, thank you thank you thank you!!!!" Persia leapt into Lixy for another hug. Lixy returned the hug.
Tears fell onto the photograph of her and Lixy. "Thank you Lixy, thank you so much...." Just then Beast Boy walked in unexpected. "Hey Persia, waz up?" Then he saw her quickly wipe away her tear-stained face. "Is everything ok?" Persia looked up to see him. "Oh, yea, everythings fine. Just getting rid of some junk." Beast Boy squatted down next to her suitcase, looking at the photo in Persia's hand. "Whos that?" He asked. Persia looked back down at the photo. "My best friend Lixy. She sure was 'one in a million' as you guys would say. Yep" BB looked at Persia's face again. "You must really miss her." "Yea, i do." There was a silence in the room. Then Persia asked "So why did you come here anyways? I'm sure not because to hear my boring storys." Then Beast Boy got a weird look on his face, like he was hiding something. "Oh, um, just uh, wanted to see what you were doing. Uh.....later!" BB sped out of the room before Persia could read his mind and see what he was up to. "Hmmmm...." Persia didn't realize till just then she was still holding the picture. She shook her head and told herself "Better get back to work." She sighed, and continued on.
Meanwhile Beast Boy was walking down the hall relieved. "Phew, close one. Thought she would find out......"