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It started out as a race, but we got too tired too quickly. Beast Boy and I decided to see who could fly to where Terra was located first. I liked the idea. It was fun to watch him change from a hummingbird to a pterodactyl to a dragonfly and then to a hawk. Both of our energy were draining quickly, considering we were still healing from the battle with my siblings. We both began to slow down, and we both decided we needed a small break. He turned to first a rabbit to hop around the field behind us, covered in many flowers. It was a pretty sight- blue, pink, purple, yellow, and white flowers covered the land beside us. I watched Beast Boy hop off to sniff the flowers and maybe nibble on a few of them as well.
I spotted a small apple tree nearby and without even standing up forced a gust of wind to break a large red apple off its branch, and then fly back to me. Before I bit into the delicious red fruit, I thought. Should I get another apple for Beast Boy? I looked at the green bunny blend into the grass field, and I smiled. I had to. So I got another apple just for Beast Boy. I began munching on the apple in delight. It was good to eat something healthy and tasty other than pizza for once! Beast Boy must have smelled the apple, for the small green rabbit was replaced by a large dog. He came bounding my way, longing for the fruit. He was running so fast I thought I would have been ran over. He proved me wrong as he slowed his pace. Beast Boy looked at me with big eyes, and I couldn't resist. I scratched him behind the ears and he barked in delight. He seemed to wink at me and bounded back to lay down in the field. I stared at my apple, but decided to keep on munching.
As I bit into my apple I thought of Terra. I knew about her, but what did she look like? I remembered the day I first met Beast Boy. He had mistaken me for a lost best friend, and I was a jerk to him. He said I looked a lot like terra, only smaller. I looked at the clouds, and tried to picture Terra in my mind. Not knowing what to expect, I failed and was looking at shapeless, cotton ball clouds. I sighed as I tossed my apple core in the grass beside me. My curiosity was overcoming me, and I wanted nothing more than to see Terra. "Come on you lazy dog! I'm done with my apple and I'm ready to go!" Dog ears perked up when he heard me shout. He morphed back to regular Beast Boy, and was slowly walking towards me, grinning. "Lazy dog? Huh! I'll show you lazy!"
He picked up a pebble and launched at me. It missed me by an inch. I laughed, considering he was still threatening me with pebbles. "Hey! You nearly hit me! Ooh, I'll show you!" I picked up five small pebbles with my powers and launched them all at Beast Boy. I made sure not to hit him though. I heard Beast Boy shriek at yell at me. "Hey! Not fair! That's cheating!" I grinned. "Who said it was a war? Come on, I want to see Terra, and I bet you do too." Beast Boy walked closer to me. "I want to see Terra more than anything right now. But first…" I saw him pick up a small rock and threw it at me a second too late. It came hurtling towards me and it bounced off my head and then to the ground. I gasped. "Oh, you be glad I'm on your team otherwise I'd be having bacon for dinner!" Beast Boy shrieked and started running not far ahead of me. We were back to the race, and Beast Boy was winning without even morphing.
I noticed we were walking downhill, and it was very steep. Every few minutes I nearly tripped on a rock or stumbled, only to catch my self or fly off the ground before I hit the ground. Beast Boy kept the same pace, not stumbling once. I decided it would be a little safer to fly the rest of the way, in case the rocks were loose or slippery. We entered a large cave, with enough walking space for three family of bears to fit and still be more room to walk. It got darker and darker until I was forced to feel the cave wall every other step to make sure I didn't wander off and get lost. When I thought it couldn't get any darker, I noticed far away flames. They were torches hanging on the wall, used to light the way to wherever Terra was located. I didn't realize until now that Beast Boy had collected a bouquet of flowers from the flower field. I assumed the flowers were for Terra, and my curiosity for her burned more than ever.
Finally after a lot more walking it became as bright as daylight, thanks to the torches placed every few feet. I wandered more, and something came into view. I flew a little closer and I noticed it was a statue, a statue of Terra! "So I guess this is Terra? Wow. She's… amazing." Her hair was frozen in a position in which it looked like it was flowing freely in the wind. Her outfit was however, not the best I've seen. That must've been her apprentice outfit as I've been told. I came closer and noticed a small tablet. "Terra: A Teen Titans, A True Friend" was written on the tablet, and I looked back at Terra. I remembered the story Raven had told me about Terra, and how she sacrificed herself to save the Titans and the city. I glanced at Beast Boy, and I could've sworn I saw a small tear slip from his eye. I realized how much he loved her, and then she sacrificed herself and was now just a stone statue.
I spoke softly, still looking at the statue of the girl. "You loved her, didn't you?" Beast Boy stared at me. "Yeah… I guess I did. She was the only one who laughed at my jokes. She was the only one who liked me for who I was. She was a strong girl, but she couldn't control her powers." I watched him set the flowers next to the stone tablet. Another tear slipped down his cheek, and he looked away, afraid I might see him crying. "Beast Boy, I've been a jerk to you. I've been mean and I… guess I was jealous." Beast Boy looked at me, shocked. "Jealous?" he echoed. "Yeah. You had friends, and I was just beginning to feel welcome. You have your friends to help in a strong battle, and before, it was just me. I had siblings who were trying to kill me, and you…didn't." A tear slipped down my cheek, and Beast Boy still looked shocked. I continued of how I was jealous of the teen I hated. "I had nothing. No home, no friends, and I was running away from my siblings, and you had everything." I was now crying until Beast Boy held my hand in his. "Paige, when I first saw you, I saw Terra. I saw nothing else, but Terra. Now I see you're different. You may look like Terra and have the same powers as her, but you're nothing like her personality wise." I looked at him, and stared into his eyes, and I fell into his arms in a form of a hug. Tears slid down my cheek, and I'm pretty sure Beast Boy was in a shock, but I didn't care.
I slowly raised my head to look at Beast Boy, who was slightly recovering. We both looked the opposite direction as we blushed. I looked towards the exit of the cave and then at Beast Boy. "Let's go home. I have some stuff to do anyways." Beast Boy and I left the cave holding the statue of Terra silently holding hands.