Thanks for the reviews! I appreciate them. And, to Moonlit Haze and all the other confused reviewers, I'm not exactly sure where this story is going either. I have an idea, but besides that, I'm making it up as I go. Yeah, but it will turn out good... I hope.
Oh, and I know that I'm really making Raven sound like a mean person, but she's my fave character besides Terra! It's just that this whole T&BB thing and R&BB is making me hate her! But I still like her! Well, here's the new chapter!
Terra hung on to the edge of the boulder. She slowly climbed to the top of it. She landed and just sat there. Everything that happened out there went too quick. Then, she remembered what she saw when she opened her eyes after she'd gotten out of the water. Beastboy... was he kissing me? Terra asked herself. It happened so quick that she just ran away from it all.
"He couldn't have been... it just couldn't be. He barely trusts me. Something was happening and I want to know what." Terra thought. Somehow, thinking about this made her feel better. It kept her mind off the fact that she was hungry, thirsty, cold, tired, and had no money at all. The more Terra thought about Beastboy, the better she felt.
Meanwhile, back at the Titans Tower, the Titans had cleaned up all of the rubble and were resting on the couch. They were talking about Terra. They were trying to decide what to do about her. They weren't sure if they should or shouldn't trust her. They all had different opinions.
"She just attacked us with that barrage of rocks! We can't trust her." Raven said. Starfire shook her head.
"I do not think she was attacking. She may have lost control of her powers." Starfire suggested.
"It's a possibility." Cyborg said.
"I don't know. There are a lot of possibilities and only one of them is right. The problem is, how do we know which one?" Robin explained.
"She could have been attacking us, but she could have just as well of lost control of her powers. She could still be working for Slade, or she might have quit just like she said." Cyborg explained.
"So basically, it is either she's telling the truth..." Starfire began.
"...or telling a lie." Raven finished off her sentence.
"I believe she is our friend. I do not think she wishes to hurt us." Starfire declared.
"I agree. She seemed so scared and alone. I don't think she wants to fight us anymore." Cyborg said.
"I think it's all a part of Slade's evil plan. I bet she's helping him just like before. I don't trust her." Raven announced her opinion. Robin shook his head.
"Slade pulled a trick just like this on me. I bet he's only manipulating her somehow. But I think she's broken away from him and wants to rejoin the team." Robin explained his idea.
"It can't be. She betrayed us. Once a traitor always a traitor!" Raven said. It was clear that she wouldn't change her mind.
"What do you think, Beastboy?" Cyborg asked. Beastboy had been silent for the whole conversation. He hadn't said anything for a long time.
"Of-course he's going to believe her! He's probably in love with her by now!" Raven said. She didn't actually mean that he loved her. She only wanted to make her point.
"I think you have stretched it a bit too much." Starfire said, looking at Raven, then turning her head back to Beastboy. He didn't say anything. He was still a little ... you know... about what had happened with Terra on the shore. He only meant to help her breathe. But Terra must have taken it the wrong way when she opened her eyes. But it didn't really feel like a life-saving medical method. It felt more like a real, erm, a real kiss. Beastboy sighed. Then, he mixed those emotions with what Raven had just said. Was that feeling a sign of love? Or was it just a hospital method? Whatever it was, Raven interrupted Beastboy's thoughts.
"What are you thinking about?" Raven asked, harshly.
"Nothing." Beastboy said simply.
"So what do you think about Terra?" Robin asked.
"I don't know. I just don't think she was attacking us. I don't know. She, she, she, she..." Beastboy started, but he just didn't know how to end. She what? Sometimes, Terra just confused him.
"She isn't to be blamed." Robin said, finishing off Beastboy's sentence. Beastboy nodded.
"Yes, she is!" Raven yelled. Everyone looked at her
"Why are you so mad at Terra? You've been acting up ever since she claimed she left Slade!" Beastboy yelled. Raven turned her head.
"What is it?" Starfire asked. Raven kept silent.
"We know what she did was bad, but she's saying sorry, now! Won't you at least give her a chance?" Robin asked. Raven didn't say anything. She just walked away and went to her room. Everyone else sighed.
"I don't get her. She's acting so weird." Cyborg said once she left.
"Yes. I wonder why." Starfire replied.
"Beastboy, I saw you talking to her before the jailbreak. Did you say anything to her?" Robin asked. Beastboy thought.
"Oh, is that what this is about? And she's taking her anger out on Terra?" Beastboy asked, angrily. He walked towards the elevator to go to Raven's room.
"Beastboy, go easy on her. She's probably just upset." Cyborg added in. Beastboy nodded, as the elevator door closed. Beastboy knocked on Raven's door. Raven opened the door a little and looked to see who it was. She saw, and then shut it tightly.
"Oh, come on, Raven. Just open the door and let me in! It's not like I've never seen the inside of you're room!" Beastboy said, knocking on the door again.
"Come on, I need to talk to you!" Raven opened the door, came out, then shut it quickly.
"What?" she asked.
"As much as I don't want to admit it, I was being a little harsh before the jailbreak. But that doesn't mean you have to take it out on Terra!" Beastboy said, trying his best not to be mean. Raven looked at him, but said nothing. Beastboy waited for a bit, but she didn't say anything.
"Well, aren't you going to say something?" Beastboy asked.
"What do you want me to say?" Raven asked.
"Uh, maybe you could say sorry for your behavior, too!" Beastboy said, raising his voice a bit.
"My behavior? I have nothing to apologize about!" Raven said, raising her voice a bit, too.
"What? You are completely overreacting and are being so cruel to Terra!" Beastboy said, getting louder. Raven didn't say anything. She went back into her room and slammed the door.
"Whatever, Raven! You're acting so different as if you're a different person! We don't care about you're opinion about Terra! We'll let her back in and kick you out!" Beastboy yelled. He stormed back downstairs and sat down on the couch next to everybody.
"What did you do now?" Robin asked, seeing the angry expression on Beastboy's face.
"Forget her, let's go get Terra back." Beastboy said, angrily.
"I'm going to go talk to her." Cyborg said. He went Raven's room and knocked on the door. No one answered.
"Raven! It's Cyborg! I'm coming in!" Cyborg yelled as he opened the door. No one was there, but the room was a mess. All of the lamps, light bulbs, and furniture were broken. They looked like dynamite was put in them and they exploded. Everything was messed up and broken.
"She was angry at someone. She was holding in her feelings around us and letting them out in here. And I'm guessing they weren't the happiest feelings." Cyborg said in a whisper.
Cyborg found a note on the bed. He read it and gasped. He ran downstairs and showed it to them. He read it out loud:
Dear Titans,
If you like Terra so much, bring her back. But I won't tolerate her. I've left and I don't intend on coming back. Don't look for me... I'm heading down my old path so that's it for us.
-Raven
P.S. Beastboy, I hope our paths never cross again. I expected higher of you.
"What did you say to her, Beastboy?" Cyborg asked.
"Who cares? She's finally gone so that's that. Let's just go find Terra and forget about her." Beastboy said.
"I cannot. Raven was my best friend. What did you say to make her so upset?" Starfire asked.
"I told her, um, that we didn't need her," he gulped, as he continued, "and we'd bring back Terra and kick her out." Beastboy said.
"Why would you say that?!" they Titans asked in unison.
"'Cause we don't need her." Beastboy said.
"Dude, how could you say that? We have to find her!" Cyborg yelled.
"Let's split up and look for her." Robin declared.
"No! She said told us not to look for her and we won't!" Beastboy yelled.
"What is the matter with you two? Why do you both hate each other?" Starfire asked. Beastboy didn't answer.
"I'm not going to look for her. You can go, but I'm going to look for Terra." Beastboy declared as he walked out the door.
"We'll get him later. I'm sure we'll find him and Terra somewhere. First, let's find Raven." Robin declared. The other two nodded and they went to look for Raven.
Meanwhile, Terra was where she had met Beastboy, where she met the Titans. She was sitting down. Things were going through her mind. She was thinking about Beastboy and the Titans. She was thinking about why Raven hated her so much.
"Why does she hate me so much? I know what I did was really horrible, but she seems extra mad. The others don't seem as tense as she is." Terra thought. Raven was her best friend besides Beastboy. She was always quiet and calm, but she had something that Terra liked. She had everything Terra wanted. She had good friends, a good home, a family, control over her powers, control over her feelings, trust, but most of all, she had courage. She wasn't afraid to do anything. Truthfully, Terra envied Raven. She wanted everything Raven had.
Terra walked to a small lake. She looked at her reflection in the water. Her hair was messed up, her face was dirty, her skin was bruised, and her clothes were ripped and dusty. Terra looked at herself and knew she didn't even compare to Raven.
Terra sighed. She had nothing. She didn't have friends, no family, no control over her powers, no control over her feelings, no trust, and no courage. She was afraid of so many things.
Terra went to the cave she stayed in right before she met the Titans. She sat down and looked at the never ending tunnel that was her only home for now. She sighed, but tried her best not to cry. But her eyes got watery.Meanwhile, the three Titans had split up to find Raven. Beastboy went to look for Terra. He searched in everywhere, literally. But he didn't think of looking in the cave Terra had once mentioned when they met. He didn't even know where it was, for that matter.
The three Titans searched everywhere, too. But they had no clue where to find Raven. The note said that she was going down her 'old path', but no one actually knew what her old path was. She was always so mysterious, never talking about her past.
"Did anyone find her?" Cyborg asked, as they met up again in the middle of the city.
"No luck." Robin replied, keeping it simple.
"Let us keep searching. I am sure we will find her." Starfire said. So they split up again.
Meanwhile, Raven was wandering around a familiar, rocky valley. She hoped that it would be quiet there so she could concentrate on meditating. She thought that it might rid her mind of Beastboy. She was mad at him and he was making her emotions go haywire. She destroyed her own room just from the power of her feelings. She needed to stay calm. She needed to concentrate and keep her feelings low again.
Raven went into her meditating position and closed her eyes. She tried to concentrate. She tried to get Beastboy out of her mind.
"Raven?" a voice asked. Raven opened her eyes. It was Terra.
"You!" Raven said, her voice getting louder. She stood up. Her eyes began to glow and several rocks behind her exploded. She didn't try to hold in her hatred towards Terra.
"Raven! What are you doing here? Did you come to get me?" Terra asked, getting her hopes up.
"Why would I come to get YOU?" Raven asked. More boulders exploded. Terra stepped back.
"I've never seen you like this before. Wha-what's wrong?" Terra asked. Raven tried to calm down.
"I think I'll keep that to myself." Raven said, calmer.
"What are you doing out here?" Terra asked again.
"I quit the Teen Titans."
"What!? Why?" Terra asked, in shock.
"That's my own business." Raven said.
"Why would you do that? I'm trying my hardest just to get back in!" Terra yelled.
"Well, there's a difference from you and me."
"I know... don't remind me." Terra said, dejecting herself. Raven's angry look was gone, replaced by a very confused one. Terra turned around and began to walk back to her cave.
"What do you mean by that?" Raven asked. Terra didn't answer. She went back into her cave without a word. Raven followed her into the cave. She looked around at the cold, dark cave that went on and on for miles. It was more of a tunnel than a cave. This must be where she stayed before she met us. How could she actually live here? Raven thought. She kept walking down the tunnel until she finally found Terra sitting on a small boulder.
"Terra! What did you mean by what you said?" Raven asked.
"'That's my own business.'" Terra answered, mimicking what Raven had said before. Raven sighed as she sat down on a rock across from Terra.
"That's just a secret that I don't want anyone to know. I can't tell you." Raven said.
"Same here." Terra said, looking down and refusing to look at Raven. Raven sighed again. There was a long awkward silence. Raven wanted to speak up, but she really had nothing to say.
She examined the tunnel. It was cold, quiet, and very dark. There was barely any noise. It must have been lonely for Terra to stay here all by herself... Raven thought. She realized that Terra really was alone then. And she was very much alone now, too. Raven sighed again.
"You WERE my best friend before that whole thing with Slade happened. You can tell me." Raven said, breaking the silence.
"I just can't." Terra replied, still refusing to look at Raven. Raven tried several times to break Terra, but it wouldn't work. Terra wouldn't say.
"Fine. I'll tell you my secret if you tell me yours." Terra said. Raven paused for a second, but then nodded.
"Fine." Raven said. Terra stood up from her rock. She looked strait at it and tried to pick it up with her powers. It rose, but in a second, it broke into a bunch of pieces. Terra tried to lift a few more rocks, but they all ended up braking.
"Do you see that?" Terra asked, "I can't even pick up tiny rocks." Terra yelled. She looked down at herself.
"And look at me! I'm a mess!" Terra yelled.
"So?" Raven asked.
"I ran away because I thought Beastboy lied to me. And I went with Slade because I was too scared to do anything by myself. Then I came back to you guys just to give you back all the trust you put in me. I gave all your weaknesses, security codes, and everything else to Slade. Then I went back on him and lost his trust, not like I really wanted it, but still." Terra yelled.
"What are you getting at?" Raven asked.
"But look at you." Terra said.
"What?"
"You have everything. You have a family, you have friends, you have a home, you have everybody's trust, you have control over your powers, you have control over your feelings, you have courage!" Terra yelled. Terra felt all her loneliness rush back into her. She wanted to cry, but not in front of Raven.
"I envy you." Terra said, as her eyes watered. She turned and ran deep into the tunnel. Raven was silenced.
"She envies me?" Raven asked herself. She stood up and ran after Terra.
"Terra! Where are you?" Raven asked. But she was still so surprised to find that Terra envied her. Raven thought all about herself until she finally saw Terra.
"I have something to tell you." Raven said to the crying girl, "You're wrong."
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What do you think? Not bad huh? R&R ASAP!