Sorry that it's taken me so long. I experienced MAJOR writer's block-bows head- please forgive me….

Disclaimer: Don't own so shut up….

Disclaimer: I do not own any Barlow Girl songs and so on and so forth…


Chapter 4: Almost There

Mirror, Mirror, on the wall

Have I got it? Cause Mirror

You've always told me

Who I am

I'm finding it's not easy

To be perfect

So sorry, You won't define me

Sorry, you don't own me

Who are you to tell me that I'm

Less than what I should be?

Who are you? Who are you?

Ye…ah…ye…ah

I don't need to listen

To the list of things I should do

I won't try, no, I won't try

Mirror I am seeing A new reflection

I'm looking into the eyes

Of who made me, And to him,

I am beauty beyond compare

I know, he defines me

Who are you to tell me that I'm

Less than what I should be?

Who are you? Who are you?

Ye…ah…ye…ah

I don't need to listen

To the list of things I should do

I won't try, no, I won't try

You don't define me

You don't define me

You don't define me

You don't define me…

Who are you to tell me that I'm

Less than what I should be?

Who are you? Who are you?

Ye…ah…ye…ah

I don't need to listen

To the list of things I should do

I won't try, no, I won't try

Raven looked up from where she had been sitting on Sandy and Ricky's couch when the radio had begun to play the song. It was the most recent one she had recorded in the last week, and she had heard a loud crash in the kitchen as Sandy came running out to stare at the radio as if it had feet and was glowing green.

"Omigod…Omigod!" Sandy shrieked as she went to go grab Ricky and Robin from the spare bedroom. "They played Mirror on the radio!" she shrieked, causing Raven to cover her ears over the sound of the girls' hyper voice.

"That was the song Mirror by the brand new group, Mirror. They haven't yet released a CD, but I'm sure it's not far down the road." The announcer said as it went into an older, less popular song. Sandy was still hyperventilating though and was jumping up and down like a kangaroo.

"Calm down." Raven said with a smile on her face. "We still have to make the money, and that won't happen if my drummer goes and gets herself killed by some person trying to save their eardrums." Raven said laughing.

"I can't believe it." Robin said plopping down on the couch next to Raven. "You're gonna be number one soon enough. Can I have your autograph now or later?" he asked jokingly.

"I'll give you an autograph after we rescue the others." She said, the happiness in the room dropped with her words as everyone calmed. "We'll get them soon enough as I can finish filling out these papers." Raven muttered as she looked at the pile of papers in her lap.

"Those the papers from the guy who owns the mirror?" Robin asked warily eying the stack.

"Yup. Want to give me a hand?" She said innocently smiling at him.

"Nope, I…uh…I gotta help Ricky with the uh…laundry!" He said quickly as he jumped up and grabbed Ricky, quickly fleeing the hours of work she still had left to do.

"Chicken!" She called after him as she went back to the one she had currently been signing.


"Two-hundred…three hundred…four hundred…five hundred…"The man continued to count until he got to one thousand before he finally gave the roll of cash to Raven who smiled, thanked him, and with the others left.

"Wow…"Whistled Ricky as the group sat down to lunch in a little café'.

"What?" Raven asked, obviously not as thrilled by the grand as the others.

"We made a thousand for working not even a day, not to mention the other five thousand that is now in the bank." He replied, annoyed at her un-excitement.

"I'll be excited when we get the other fifty four thousand to rent the mirror." Raven muttered as she sipped her tea.

"You never cease to bore me…"Ricky muttered, but quickly shut up when she glared at him.

"Stop fighting you two." Sandy said trying to keep the peace between the two headstrong people.

"We're not fighting." Raven replied coolly and when Sandy sighed and relaxed, she added with a smile, "We're merely expressing two opposite sides of a one sided problem."

"I give up!" Sandy rolled her eyes and leaned back in the booth, trying to ignore the comments now passing between Raven and Ricky.

"Are they always like this?" Robin asked as the two were practically screaming insults at eachother.

"Yup." Sandy muttered as she focused on her menu and when the waitress arrived she ordered for herself, Ricky, and Raven, and Robin also ordered his food.

Raven and Ricky didn't stop arguing until their food came. Even then, they continued to fight, although it was a battle of the silent wills. Robin was about to start laughing, and Sandy was glaring at the two as Ricky shoveled the food into his mouth and Raven daintily picked at the french fries.


Raven was sitting on the couch once again filling out the papers that remained. She had gotten through almost all of them, and now there were only four left, and to her relief, all they needed was her signature.

Robin came in and joined her as she signed the last one and fell back onto the cushion of the sofa with a loud sigh of relief.

"Shut up." Raven said before Robin could utter a word, but he smiled none the less.

"Finally done I see. When are you going to send them? How long will it take to process the papers?" He started to ask questions.

"I don't know. I'll send them out tomorrow, then when we get the money I'll send that out as well." Raven muttered closing her tired eyes. Robin chuckled and handed her the cup of tea he had originally intended to give her when he had come out.

"Thanks…"She muttered sipping the lukewarm contents in utter contentment. She sighed with a small smile as she closed her eyes and relaxed against the comfortable sofa.

She looks like an angel…Robin thought, but quickly scolded himself. She's your friend, and she's no more sweet than you are around Slade, he quietly argued with himself.


"Awake I see…" Slade said as he looked at the chained Terra who looked exhausted from trying to use her powers.

"You won't get away with this." StarFire said as she did her best to glare at him even though her eyes were covered. "Robin and friend Raven will save us." She said confidently.

"Robin? He's enjoying his time with Raven, away from your stupidity." Slade said cruelly. Star was shocked. She didn't, couldn't, wouldn't believe anything Slade said, but she still wondered what he meant by that comment.

"Leave her alone. She's not stupid." Terra said angrily as she tried once again to break the bonds that held her. "You won't get away with this." She muttered under her breath.

"As soon as I have the mirror, I will let you all go. Your lives are insignificant to me in the grand scheme of things. Just pesky, very annoying little flies that show up where they are not wanted." Slade said sitting in his massive chair and chuckling.

"Man, I got one massive headache." BeastBoy groaned as he looked around. "Dude! This is not cool." He said looking at his own problems. He was in a cage, chained with size changing shackles. What more could he hate. He tried changing shape but to no avail and gave up in defeat as he made sure Terra and Star were alright before he started glaring at Slade.

"Four little Titans in my cage, how many more do I need?" Slade asked himself grinning as he turned the chair and began typing on his computer.

"I only need one more." He whispered before pressing a button and all the Titans were zapped with electricity and knocked unconscious.


I hope you enjoyed this. I know it's not as long as I would have liked, but I'm overcoming my writer's block. I updated Mood Swings, that chapter flowed out QUITE nicely….hehehhehe

Eternally evil,

-DHM-