Chapter two: The leading voice

Raven made her entry into the livingroom in which all the titans sat watching TV. She made her way to the kitchen, leviatting herbal tea towards her. With one sigh, all the titans looked over at her.

"Friend! You are healed!" says Starfire. "We have all missed you dearly! How are you at the moment?" she grinned widely.

"I'm fine I guess" she lied.

"Well, we tracked down whoever it was we never got to fight yesterday; it was Slade."declared robin. "This morning, after tracking him, we found out he was gone. Cyborg, Beastboy, and I went to that old werehouse were he thought we tracked him right. It's as if we he can move at te speed of light"

"Dudes! That's like, impossible!" screeched Beastboy.

Interupting the titans conversation, Raven drops her herbal tea to the florr and runs out of the tower screaming, "I can't take this anymore!" ;leaving the titans left in a confused position.

"Will be she be alright?i do not wish for our friend to be filled with such emotions." cried Starfire.

"I hope she will. She'll probably feel better later today once she has time for herself. I mean, doesn't she always?" said Cyborg rubbing his head.

Leaving the tower and still going to the city, Raven knew she shouldn't stay long. She had to leave her friend before they beging to get second thoughts; before they begin to think it's her causing all this trouble, even though it's someone else causing it, using her as the dummie!

She knew she couldn't stay. It wasn't too safe and her friends would be better off without her. She also remember the words of terra back when she was alive, 'Getting mad, Raven? Beastboy told about your tempers. Or, are you just jealous that your 'friends' liked me better than you!'

She tightened her grip as she squeezed the life out of her hands as she levitated over the water. After sometime of thinking, she reached land. She pulled her hood of her blue cloak to hide herself, even if everyone knew who she was. As she looked at the great deal of crowds infront of her, she closed her eyes. She sensed slade in the crowd. Instantly, she flew back to the tower. She ran insied, slamming the door to her room. All the titans looked up at the sound of the slam.

"Fine cyborg; you win" the green one tossed a dollar coin towards cyborg. Just as he was about to get it, Starfire caught it. "How dare you do such a thing; both of you! Betting on our friend. It is not right!" screamed Stafire so loudly that even raven could hear as she began to pack up.

Throwing the huge sack on her bed filled with books and everything she'll need while she's gone she moved her hand up, equal to the bag. "Asarath metrion zynthos!" The bag shrunk down to the size of her palm. "Much better."

A knock came to her door and she hid the bag under her pillow. She opened up her door to find a dissapointed Beastboy waiting at her door.she opened her door up only a little bit, so only her eye would show through; she didn't want Beastboy to find out she was leaving.

"Uhhh, listen Raven. I'm sorry for using you as a bet. It was wrong and not the right thing to do." said the stumbling beastboy.

"Listen, you picked bad timing to apologise. I...I just need to go right now" Raven slammed her door on him and he mopped as he walked away from her door.

Frowning, Raven attatched the little pouch to her belt and opened her window. She just noticed it began to rain. She looked up at the grey skys and then entered in her room and went to her chest. She got a peice of paper and began to write on it.

'My dearest friends,

I can't say how much you've helped me, but it time for me to leave you now. I will miss you all, but I fear I have caused too much and I don't want to put each of your lifes in danger because of me.

-Raven'

As she was about to crawl out her bedroom window, a voice came calling to her. It was a soft, shy voice. Raven thought she only imagined it, but it was coming from her book.