Hey guys. I know most of you are wondering: What the heck did you bring back Terra for? And how did she get free? And what do Static and Gear have to do with this whole thing? I assure you everything will be revealed in due time. Oh and I'm sorry if I don't update as much. Homeschool has started and I have volleyball games and I have two classes to go to at a normal school so it'll be a little hectic but I'm not ending this story any time soon. Anyway once again plz send me any ideas you have. And reviews make me feel better. My dad's been a jerk lately so I'm kinda down and that might affect my story,
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-BlueRaven678
Raven sat cross legged on her bed staring at her blankets while Miranda, Clara, and Shari talked and laughed on the other side of the room
"So do you think Gar is cute?" Clara asked. Shari blushed lightly and waved her hand elegantly
"Shari and Gar sittin in a tree." Clara sang teasingly. Raven clenched her hands into fists angrily. The trio glanced back at her for a moment
"What's the matter Raven?" Clara asked in a mocking tone. Raven ignored her and went back to staring at her blankets
"I think you're jealous." Mirada taunted
"Shut up." Raven growled closing her eyes and gripping the blankets tightly in her hands. She chanted in her mind trying to calm down but it was no use
"Why don't you just admit it?" that was the final straw. Raven stood as did Miranda. The Goth girl was shorter but she was more frightening
"Curiosity killed the cat. And if you're not careful I might be the one to kill that cat. And your father's position doesn't scare me either." she added. Miranda just gapped at her. No one dared speak to the president's daughter like that. Before she could say anything Raven had thrown open a window and climbed out onto the roof and disappeared. The girls looked around outside but didn't see her and they were on the second story. And it was raining hard.
The wind howled and rain pounded on the eave she was sitting under. It was pretty far back almost like a cave. Raven wiped her eyes and wrapped her arms around her legs tightly. Why couldn't people just leave her alone? Why did they have to push her until she snapped then they gave her that look. She had seen it many times on the face's of her teammates. The look of fear that she would loose all control and hurt them. Raven glared at the black night sky trembling with rage
"I hate you!" she yelled as if her father could hear her "You're the reason I'm always alone, you're the reason everyone is afraid of me! I hate you!" she hugged her knees to her chest tightly and let tears fall down her face slowly
"You're not alone Raven. You never were." a voice said. Raven stood up wiping her eyes as she did. Beast Boy was standing behind one of the roof eaves
"What do you want?" she snapped cursing herself for being so sharp
"I can't be worried about my friend?" he said coming over. Half of her wished he would leave and the other half wanted him to stay. For a long time neither of them said anything. They just watched the rain fall and listened to the wind. Then a fork of lightning lit up the sky and Beast Boy could see Raven's silent tears
"Raven talk to me. What's the matter?" Raven looked away
"You wouldn't understand." Beast Boy shook his head and scooted closer to her when the rain pounded the roof harder
"Raven, trust me. I know how it feels to be laughed at and picked on. I'm green remember?"
"You don't have to see that look on everyone's faces. They look at me like I'm going to hurt them or something." the half demon let tears fell freely down her face. She was too upset to pretend to not care about anything
"I had to go through that when I accidentally turned into that… thing. (The Beast Within) While you were knocked out Robin kept saying that it was me that hurt you and I believed him. I didn't want to but I couldn't remember what happened and they found you in my teeth." he shuddered and Raven looked at him. His holorings were off and he seemed so much smaller and not the happy go lucky teenager she had come to call her friend
"Beast Boy you were protecting me. If it weren't for you I could be dead or at least permanently injured."
"I know but Adonis looked almost like me when we were both in those forms. How do you know it wasn't me who attacked you?" Raven looked out into the rain and rubbed her arms trying to warm herself up
"Remember when you and Cyborg got trapped in my mind? That gave you both a bond with me but yours is somehow stronger. Whenever you're in danger or getting hurt badly I know. I knew it was you because I could feel you. I just knew it was you."
"Promise?"
"Why would I lie to you?" she licked her lips and gathered her courage "You're my best friend in the whole world BB. I know I don't treat you like one but you are. You're always trying to get me to open up more and to enjoy myself."
"You really mean that?" Raven nodded and he smiled. It wasn't his normal goofy cover his whole face smile. It was small but to a cold, half demon it meant the world
"You're my best friend too Rae." Raven fell silent and felt the happy feeling fade away. Things were different; Terra was back and he would forget about her
"What about Terra?" the words slipped out and she cursed in her mind. Beast Boy looked at her then seemed to think over her question
"I don't know. She's been gone so long that I don't really know how to feel about her and the fact that she was our friend then our enemy then our friend again really confuses me."
"Do you still love her?" Raven scowled at herself and growled in her mind as a very pale yellow color flashed before her eyes. 'Curiosity, cut it out.' she ordered the emotion who sighed but obeyed
"I don't think so. I don't think I ever did, she was just someone who laughed at my jokes and was a great person to be around." Raven nodded then stretched her legs out in front of her. She was dressed in black silk pajamas. The shirt was a tank top with thin straps and curved slightly above her pants which flared sharply and hugged her hips. Beast Boy was dressed in flannel pants and a T-shirt which was a bit better for the weather
"You're going to get sick Rae." he said gently. Raven shrugged and looked out onto the now inch deep with water lawn
"Can I ask you a question Beast Boy? What were you singing last night?" Beast Boy looked down at his hands and searched for an explanation. Finally he sighed
"You want the truth?" Raven raised one eyebrow "Okay stupid question but it's a long story."
"I'm not going anywhere." Raven replied crossing her legs and scooting back further under the roof's eave. Beast Boy sighed and slipped back beside her
"Well a long time ago I used to live in Africa with my parents. That's where I got my abilities. I got bit by this green monkey and caught a really rare disease that people die from whenever they get it (I don't know the name off the top of my head sorry) they gave me this untested serum and it turned me green. A few years later my mom was being attacked by a Black Mamba and I turned into a mongoose to protect her. When I turned ten they sent me here. To this school for the rest of my education." he paused and looked at Raven
"Go on." she encouraged. He looked down at his hands for a long moment then shakily continued the story
"While I was here they got malaria. The whole camp was wiped out. I was here when it happened."
(A/N: I know that's not really what happened but I needed to bend it a little to make it fit the story. Sorry to confuse you.)
"Beast Boy, I'm sorry." that was the only thing Raven could think of to say. What else could she say?
"It's okay I'm over it now but I'll always miss them. Anyway I'd always been picked on because of my skin and all that but now it was worse. Everyone just didn't care that I was going through all this pain. I ended up pretty much locking myself in my room except for classes. I barely ate anything and after awhile they had to make me eat because I wouldn't. I wanted to die." Raven looked out into the rain
"So where'd you learn African?"
"My mom and dad were both fluent in a lot of the tribal languages so I learned a little bit too. That song was just something my mom used to sing to me when I was sad." he sighed. Raven touched his shoulder gently and he jumped slightly
"It must be hard to come back here."
"Ya it is. I had a lot of bad things happen here. People picking on me, teachers picking on me, and then my parents…" his voice trailed off and he shook his head "But your problems are a whole lot bigger."
"Yes I suppose they are." she was silent once more then she spoke hesitantly "My mother and Azarath are gone. Trigorn destroyed them."
"Raven…"
"There's nothing I can do about it. That was one of the reasons I didn't want to try. Azarath was supposed to be safe and protected from evil. It wasn't my home but it was the place I learned to control my powers and deflect Trigorn's influence over me."
"But if Azarath wasn't your home. Where is it?" Raven smiled slightly
"Titan's Tower. That's my home, now and forever. That's where I was raised. I said it before and I really meant it. I was raised by the Titans. You guys taught me more things than I can count." Beast Boy started to chuckle
"Don't get all sappy on me Rae." he said smiling. Raven gave a very small smile in return then leaned again the roof. In a few moments she was fast asleep. Beast Boy tried to wake her up but he fell asleep as well. As they slept the rain quieted to a light drizzle and the thunder stopped all together.
