Though she had forgotten many things from the past, another thing she hadn't forgotten was that she couldn't feel emotions, and rarely ever portrayed them.

Yet there she had just now. Raven thought about it for a moment… and smiled. Perhaps this new turn out wouldn't be that bad after all…

Chapter 3: Maniac Monday

Raven couldn't have been more wrong. It had just felt like she had climbed into bed when she was suddenly being ushered out of it by her purposive mother. The woman was frantic, listing things like homework checks, lunches, and what to wear. After finally pushing the mother out and earning some privacy, she paled. She hadn't even thought of what Rachel wore on a daily basis. She walked cautiously over to the dresser, hesitating for a moment. What was going on? Raven felt lost, but she pulled open the top drawer nevertheless.

A sigh of relief came immediately at the sight before her. In the dresser were neatly folded black shirts, as well as blue jeans. It was also the same way in the second drawer, with the exception that now the shirts were a navy blue and the jeans were black. Talk about variation…

A chuckle escaped her throat, and Raven's eyes widened. Sure, it wasn't anything much, but for her to… chuckle… Raven dismissed it for now, and went to dress.

She came out of her room a minute later looking indeed very decent. Out of her huge selection of clothes (sarcasm), she chose to wear the black top and dark blue jeans. She'd wear the others tomorrow. For now, she had other things to think about…

Raven blinked when she saw that a lunch had already been prepared for her. It consisted of a tuna sandwich, a small can of Coca-Cola and a bag of something, which Raven assumed to be chips. A cup of peaches sealed the package. Not really caring what she had to eat (at least, for the moment), Raven grabbed the lunchbox and headed towards the front door, where the violet haired woman was pacing. Raven blinked at this. Why was she so stressed about getting to school on time?

After thinking this, she realized what she had just thought. She was going to school.

Raven, Rachel, whomever, was going to school. The thought couldn't have been more stressful.

Getting outside was almost a relief from the tense energy of the house. Her mother, Arella Roth (she had found this out on an envelop addressed to her), took driver's seat of the car she owned. It was a Subaru Forrester, one of the highest rated cars for safety in its class. Raven took shotgun, musing slightly that a backpack was conveniently waiting for her when she entered. However, her thoughts went back to what she had just thought.

Subaru Forrester, highest rated cars for safety… Why would Arella have something like that?

The sounds of the tires screeching and the sudden acceleration of the vehicle answered the question a minute later. Raven classified this as one of her most terrifying moments of her life.

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Raven was unusually happy as she saw the tall structure of the high school before her. Arella pulled off to the side and abruptly stopped, causing Raven to jerk forwards on her seatbelt. She coughed slightly in embarrassment as she saw that people had been watching. Trembling a little, Raven got out of the car, grabbed her stuff, and bid her parental unit goodbye. Arella smiled gently and literally flew off onto the streets once more, heading home. Raven bit her lip as she just… stood there. She hadn't thought of what she was to do when she actually got here.

Whatever the case, it was certainly A LOT better to be out of that car. During the short 10-15 minute trip, they nearly had three collisions, had passed three red lights, and had been flagged down by a police car. The man, ending up being a friend of Arella's, merely warned her and left to continue his shift. Raven knew she deserved much more than just a warning, but didn't rise the issue.

She turned quickly to head towards the front of the school when she suddenly slammed into something. She fell over (her backpack ended up being a LOT heavier than she had expected, causing gravity to pull her down sharply) and hit the concrete like she had the day before. She looked up, expecting to see an angry jock.

His cocky grin was the first thing she saw.

"You know, I find it interesting, how you and I keep literally running into each other…" He laughed, offering his hand out like he had done the day before. Raven accepted and was pulled up. She blushed, embarrassment clear on her face. He just smiled, apparently not taking notice to her behavior. Truth be told, he was enjoying this.

"Sorry, I wasn't looking at where I was going…" Raven apologized, looking up at him. Richard's eyes sparkled.

"I know, you were watching that Subaru turn the bend. Man, that driver is fast! It's a wonder that it doesn't get pulled over by police every day." He gazed down at her and realized that she was silent. "Hey, what's wrong? You don't look too pleased."

"That driver is my mother." Raven sighed. Richard's face dropped, now rethinking the comment he just stated.

"Erm, uh… sorry, I didn't know." He looked a bit nervous.

"It's alright, I actually agree with you."

"You do?"

"Yeah, she is quite the maniac when she drives…"

"I can only imagine…" Silence reigned for a moment, and then both shared a laugh together. The sound of the bell cut them short, and they sighed. Raven bit her lip, realizing that she didn't know anything about this school. She didn't know where or even what her classes were. She looked at Richard in anxiety, the teen in subject turning to head for the door. He looked back and realized that Raven hadn't moved.

"Hey Rachel, you'll be late for Biology! Come on, we haven't got all day!" Raven thanked the gods that she had met Richard. Otherwise, she would have been doomed for sure. She quickly rushed over to him, who held the door open for her. She shared her gratitude in two words (thank you) and so began her first day in the school life.

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Robin sped over the streets of Jump City quickly, searching for any sign of their lost friends. Robin especially worried for Raven, the eerie quiet that came from the communicator disturbed him. The last time Raven had gone missing was when Beast Boy turned into the beast within and she ended up being unconscious for hours. Now, however, they had no lead on what happened. There were no clues, everything was just peaceful…

A scrap of blue material caught his eye immediately, and the R-cycle screeched to a stop as he slammed on the brakes. He jumped off and ran over, picking up the small cloth and examining it. It was a dark, navy blue, the same color of Raven's cloak. He looked at it with a small glimmer of hope. Here was the first clue he was looking for. He glanced around for anything else, but noticed nothing that could help him, save one.

There were scratches on the pavement from something being dragged over it. Instinctively he knew that only something heavy and metal could cause what he saw before him. And with that, he drew out the conclusion that, wherever Raven was, Cyborg was with her.

That gave him some relief, knowing that the titans in question weren't alone, but that caused a whole new problem. With two members missing, could the remaining three handle the crime abundant in this city?

An alarm went off from a nearby bank. They would just have to find out.

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"… And that is your assignment today. Come back tomorrow with the report for full marks, otherwise I'll count it as late and will give it a zero." Mr. Sullivan stated, pointing with a stick to the topics that they could choose. Among them were things like the carbon cycle and bioremediation. Most of the students groaned in protest. How could they write a 5 page paper on something as boring as that?

Raven looked up from the notes she took during the period. In only an hour they had managed to cover over four pages, front and back. The teacher was a true genius.

During the class she had gotten to know some of the students better; there was Garfield, the class clown; Kori, the enthusiastic wonder; Tara; Kori's partner-in-crime; and Roy Harper; the "cool" wonder. All the girls goggled at him with the exception of Tara and Kori, who pretended to ignore the famous archer's existence.

Only just recently, Roy had won the Archery World Championship. His accuracy was to be admired; it was perfect and deadly. Roy Harper had been placed in the Royal Hall of Fame because of this, and he even had his own star in Hollywood's infamous walkway. It was safe to say that he was well admired by women all around the world.

Of course, he enjoyed every minute of it.

One familiar face that Raven was very relieved to see was Richard. Though he was just as cocky as his classmates (or even more so, she soon realized), his assuring smile and the way he laughed helped settle her in a bit. As she calmed her nerves she began answering more and more of Mr. Sullivan's questions, which surprised the entire room. In the past, Raven; or better known as Rachel here, had never said a word. They didn't know if anything was wrong through those lifeless eyes; but now…

Her eyes were shining with a brilliance and lively look that they had never seen before. It made some people to murmur quietly to one another in wonder, which caused an annoyed look from the teacher.

The ringing of the bell sounded and announced the end of the class. Raven threw her books in her backpack; not quite knowing what to do after she left the room. How would she know where to go? It was sheer luck that she had the same first class as Richard, but she doubted that she had many more with him. Thinking about it she walked forward and bumped into someone. How many times was she going to do this? She had never been clumsy, yet she kept running into people…

She went to apologize and stopped about halfway through. She had almost assumed it would be Richard, as it was soon becoming quite a routine between the two of them.

However, this was not Richard.

She stared at the teenager in front of him who just stared back, his mouth slightly agape. His eyes were an emerald green; beautiful and innocent looking. His hair was blonde and hung loosely around his head; his expression was full of surprise. Neither of them said a word, they just… stared.

After a minute, Raven finally got the courage to break the silence.

"Hi…" She muttered, almost wincing at how pitiful that sounded.

"Hey, um, hi." The boy replied back. They continued to stare at each other. Soon laughter filled their ears. They turned to find the source.

Richard came up to them, wearing another of those grins on his face.

"You should see the two of you!" He laughed again in merriment. The two in turn went red and looked away.

"Would you get out of my room already? I have another class up next block, you know." Mr. Sullivan began to shoo them out by waving his hands and the stick he still held in his right hand. The trio quickly rushed to get out, Raven behind the two guys.

"Oh hey, wait. Rachel, could I talk to you for a moment?" The teacher called out to her, and it took her a bit to stop. She still wasn't used to being called that, no matter how often she heard it. Reluctantly she hung back and hoped that Richard and the other guy would wait for her. She had no idea how long the breaks were here. She walked over to stand in front of Mr. Sullivan, who looked down at her with a soft gaze.

"I just wanted to see how you are doing, because you've never answered so many questions before… Having a surge of inspiration, perhaps?" He stared expectantly at her for another answer, hoping to see that his hypothesis was correct.

"I'm doing fine, Mr. Sullivan, thanks." He smiled his approval.

"Well, that's good. I'll see you tomorrow then, have a good day!"

"You too." Raven left and was happy to see that the boys hadn't ditched her. She walked towards them while they were talking.

"Oh, Garfield, you should have seen the look on your face! It's like you've never seen her before man!"

The boy, Garfield, was silent for a moment. Then he gave out his own version of a cocky grin. Seeing this, Raven inwardly groaned. It seemed that all the guys here had the cockiness that she had seen in Richard. Well, so much for originality…

Garfield was about to reply when he realized that Raven, or rather, Rachel in his view, was staring at him. Immediately he changed his expression and blushed. What was with him? Richard saw her confusion.

"He thinks you're pretty, Rachel. Isn't that obvious?" Garfield became a deeper shade of red, trying to deny it by the shake of his head.

"He's lying, I swear!" However, the way his voice wavered proved that that wasn't the case at all. Raven blinked. This was exactly how people before had acted, and she could barely see their faces… The blurry image vanished as soon as it came. Disappointment filled her figure, but it was quickly dropped as Richard caught her attention.

"Hey, what class do you have next?" Richard asked, suddenly curious. Raven's heart dropped. So she was right, she didn't have every class with him. What was she meant to do now?

"Dude, she's in my P.E class, remember? You visited us with that fake pass last time." Both boys laughed at the memory. Later on the same day, the Physic. Ed teacher had found out that Richard had forged the pass and had been put into detention for a week. Not that he cared; he found it quite fun to hang out with the other detention students.

Raven didn't listen as the story was played out, she was more relieved that she knew which class that she had to go to next. That and the fact that there was someone familiar in there, even if he was still quite new to her. Another bell, or rather, an electronic version of it went off. Raven widened her eyes in surprise. What did that mean?

"Well, I have to go to Math, to see you two love birds later!" Richard laughed as he ran off towards the Math pod. Raven silently stared after the figure as he turned the corner and disappeared. Her glance then changed over to Garfield, who was blushing a fierce red in embarrassment.

"Um, we should go, we'll be late otherwise…" Leading the way, Garfield and Raven made it just before the final, real bell went off. Raven gave a sigh of relief and Garfield gave a victory dance, causing Raven's mouth to gape. Another memory flashed into her head, but unlike the last vision, this was quite vivid. The green shape-shifter looked as real as if he was standing right in front of her. She reached forwards to touch him, not wanting him to go away…

Her hand landed on Garfield's shoulder, who jumped and spun around quickly.

"Whoa, just you, Rachel. Trying to sneak up on me, eh?" He asked in a joking tone. Raven almost looked disappointed to see Garfield there instead of… She sighed. Beast Boy…

"Mr. Logan!" A sharp, shrill voice yelled. Garfield jumped again and spun a 180, coming face to face with the Physical Education teacher. "Would you stop flirting with Miss Roth so she can get changed?"

"Yes, Ma'am!" Garfield gave a military salute.

"Mr. Logan, you don't have to be so extreme." The teacher saw him slump slightly, and laughed. "Do you like to role-play, Mr. Logan?"

"Yes, Ma'am!" Garfield repeated.

"Well then, drop and give me twenty!" Garfield paled but immediately took the order, going up and down. The teacher looked at Raven with a twinkle in her eyes. Obviously the teacher liked to tease Garfield Logan, and it came to be amusing to the other classmates.

"Care to explain why you're still standing there, Miss Roth?" Raven got out of her deep thought and blushed a bit.

"Sorry, a random thought just came into my head…"

"Want to share it?"

"Well no, not really…"

"Then move it, Miss Roth, class has started four minutes ago!" Raven quickly rushed off to comply. Of all, this teacher was not one to be ignored.

Raven reappeared only moments later in her tracksuit. Rachel had quite a trend with blue and black, she found. The sneakers were Reeboks. Raven walked over to Garfield, who was doing the required stretches for the course. Raven soon copied his every move, for the teacher stared at her with a look that clearly said, "I'm watching you…".

"So, Rachel…" Garfield started, panting as he was doing his push-ups. He did them rather quickly, as it was a routine that the teacher would make him do extra.

"Yes?" Raven breathed, finishing up her push ups and sitting on the floor, waiting for further instruction.

"How come you've opened up recently? You never used to be this interactive with people, least of all Richard or myself." Garfield stopped his own exercise to look at her with a serious expression. Raven thought a moment before answering.

"You wouldn't believe me." She looked away.

"Try me." He said, gently shaking her arm to get her attention. She looked back at him and realized how sincere his eyes looked. Wasn't he meant to be the jokester? A person's personality seemed to change just by hanging out with her. Interesting…

"Well, that's the problem. I don't really know…"

"Dude, you sound like that cartoon character from television a few years back. The show was due for a 6th season, but Cartoon Network never gave it the green light to go. If I can remember-" Raven cut him off.

"Can you tell me what happened to this… cartoon character?" It almost sounded odd coming out of Raven's mouth, for she had never cared for cartoons. She was always seen reading a large novel, whether it be this reality or the one parallel to it.

"Well, it was kinda odd… but really cool. The character was searching for a portal that the entire team was looking for, but she was the only one to find it. It actually went to suck her in until she was saved by-"

"Cyborg…" Raven murmured. Garfield looked at her in surprise.

"You've seen that series?"

"Oh, you have no idea…"

"You two!" Raven and Garfield jumped at the sound of her voice. "Give me laps, laps, laps!"

"Yes, Ma'am!" Garfield quickly jumped and began to race around the room. Raven followed suit after a moment's hesitation, never leaving Mrs. Weston's gaze. As Raven left to do her own laps, Mrs. Weston gave a small, unheard hmm that was inaudible to everyone else. Rachel had never run laps before… Perhaps Garfield was having a positive influence on her?

What a weird thought that was…

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After what seemed like ages, the bell finally rang to signal the end of the period. Raven, though at that time out of breath from all of the countless activities, was quite pleased with how her schedule was turning out. During the class she had bonded to Garfield a bit; she now considered him a friend like Richard. Not only that, but he introduced her to Tara, whom she had Biology with earlier. Tara ended up being quite a character, very into making practical jokes like Garfield.

Tara was a natural blonde with blue eyes. She loved to wear the colors of the earth (it was not surprising to see black, brown, and yellow in her attire) and was quite the nature lover herself. Raven soon found out that not only did she have Tara in Biology and Physical Education, but also in her Language Arts class. The most convenient part of it all was that Language Arts, or rather, English, was next block. It would occupy two periods: one before and one after lunch. Though the schedule this school kept was very unusual to the ones she had heard about, she didn't mind it all too much. She was becoming friends with people, and that was all that mattered at the present moment.

Ah, sharing emotions was bliss…

To Be Continued…

Author's Note: Another update in only a day! Aww, you must all be proud of me. Hey, I am! This has been the longest chapter I've written for ANY of my stories. 3545 words is not the norm for me, so I'm pretty pleased. I'm a dedicated individual. Anyway, I just wanted to give some praise to the people that reviewed:

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