Lost Memories

Terra stirred awake, trying to focus in on her surroundings. Where was she again? She suddenly felt panicky. Had she been kidnapped?

She snapped back into attention when she heard Cyborg lumber down the hall. She blinked a couple times.

Right, I'm at Titans Tower.

Terra hopped out of her bed and walked out of her room. She glanced down the hallway, trying to remember the way to get to the main living room. She closed her eyes and tried to visualize it. It all seemed so vague…

"Terra?" Raven walked over to her. "You're awake so early?"

Terra cocked her head. "What time is it?"

"Ten A.M."

She blinked a few more times. "Isn't that… late?"

Raven chuckled lightly. "It's called irony, Terra."

"Oh." Terra nodded. She then remembered what she was thinking about. "Uh, Rae, think you can direct me to the living room? I kinda forgot where it was."

Raven gestured for Terra to follow her. The two walked down a long hallway until they came to the living room. Robin and Cyborg were playing videogames, with Larry cheering like a cheerleader. Starfire and Beast Boy were nowhere to be found.

"No cheatin'!" Cyborg huffed when his car blew up.

"I didn't! I WON!" Robin pumped his fists in the air.

Larry clapped. "Robin, Robin, he's our man! If he can't do it-"

"CYBORG CAN!" Cyborg finished, quickly restarted the game, and beat Robin before he even had a chance to play.

"Now that's cheating," Robin said accusingly. Cyborg smiled innocently and then shut the game off.

"Can you teach me how to play?" Terra asked, sounding enthusiastic. "It seems like a really sick game."

Cyborg and Robin exchanged glances. Robin shrugged. "All right, we'll teach you later."

Terra cheered silently and then wandered over to the refrigerator to help herself. She then paused, wondering if she should be doing this. If they wanted me to stop, they would say something. She grinned and then picked out some leftover tofu.

Beast Boy walked out from God-Knows-Where and toward Robin, Cyborg and Larry. "Hey guys, what's up?"

Robin nodded toward Terra, who was pouring ketchup on tofu. "Seems like she's making herself at home."

Cyborg grimaced, sticking out his tongue. "A little too at home. Who eats that crap anyway?"

Beast Boy narrowed his eyes. "I eat that crap."

"With ketchup?"

He sighed in defeat. "So it's a little weird, but if you've forgotten, she has been trapped in stone for the past year!"

Cyborg shrugged thoughtfully and then walked away out of the living room. Robin glanced down toward Larry, who had suddenly started to sob madly.

"Uh... you okay there?"

Larry sniffed, wiping his eyes with the backside of his hand. "I have to go home…"

Robin smiled widely. "Really? How terrible!"

"I know, I know!" He sobbed louder. "I'm going to miss you so much DNA buddy!"

"Uh… when are you-" Beast Boy started, but was cut off by Terra, who shoving mouthfuls of tofu in her mouth.

"When are going home?" Terra asked, pausing to chew.

Larry stopped crying, and thought for a moment. He pouted. "I guess I have to leave now."

"Oh. Well, see you later!" Terra waved and then walked off. Beast Boy chased after her, finding it a great opportunity to escape the awkwardness of what was about to happen.

"Hey, Terra, I didn't know you liked tofu," he pointed to the bowl in her hands.

She nodded vigorously. "This stuff's great!"

He laughed weakly. "Even with ketchup?"

She nodded again. He made a mental note to try it out sometime.

The two continued to walk down the hallways in silence; the only noise was that of Terra chewing loudly. Beast Boy racked his mind for conversation starters. Nothing came to mind. He never thought well under pressure.

"You know, Beast Boy," Terra started, "I had a dream about you last night."

He felt his face heat up. "R-really?"

She nodded, but she wasn't smiling. "It wasn't a good dream, though. I mean, well… I was about to kill you with something, but I can't remember what. Then I turned around and I hit some other guy. It was odd, really."

Beast Boy stopped in his tracks. "T-Terra, that really happened."

"What?"

"I mean, the whole thing with you about to kill me. It happened." He saw her expression fall. "But the past is the past, and we're through it now, right?"

"Beast Boy," Terra started slowly, "Was I a bad guy?"

He nodded half-heartedly. "Yeah."

She frowned and then glanced at the ground. "But I thought I was a titan."

"You were, but then…" He trailed off. "You know what, it's not important. You're good again, and that's all that matters."

Terra pondered this for a moment, but then decided that Beast Boy was right – it was in the past. Even if the past was still hard to decipher.

But Terra knew that at one point in time, she was against them. The titans. Her friends. She wondered why, but then let it blow over.

That night, she had a dream about Slade, and suddenly her evil ways seemed to click.