This is Chapter 1, now up! Sorry about the spacing in last one, I agree it's really hard to read. Anyway, hope this is better.

Chapter 1

Just Give Me The Phone!

(Starfire's POV)

"But I do not understand. Raven never wants to do the shopping." I look up at my friends, but they look as lost as I. "There's something wrong here. Something happened to Raven that she's not telling us." says Robin. "Should we go after her?"

"Just wait until she comes back."

"Cyborg is right. She wouldn' t like us cutting in on her space." I try to think of how it would be best to handle this. I would have to think of something, it could not be too much longer before Raven returned.

(Raven's POV)

As I walk down the nearly empty aisles of food at Smith's, I think about what all my friends must be thinking about now. Probably they're wondering why in Hell I would do the shopping. They're probably thinking something's wrong with me, and there is, but I'm not going to admit it.

I slap myself, that would be a foolish thing to do. I mean, I was going to talk to Star anyway, right? Ever since that switching bodies thing happened we've been pretty close, almost like the sisters we never had, seeing as how I'm an only child and her sister is always in jail. It's different with the guys, though, but hey, I'm safe now, right? I escaped, that's good enough, is it not? Far from it. We were never safe away from our old enemy, we never would be. He worked for my evil father, I'd seen him since the dark magic created me. As a young child I was in constant torment from him, he would sneek up on me when I played in the forests. My mother was my only protection, she stayed by me to watch for him. She stayed by me always, I thought, and that's how she died. She never told me she was going to leave, it just happened, there was nothing I could do. Since then I've only seen her once. My father was no help, he was just as evil. "Miss, that will be $11.67 please. Miss!"

"Oh, yes sorry. Here you go. Keep the change, I have to go." I ran through the automatic doors with the plastic grocery bags, trying to get away. I could feel his eerie manevolence around me, it made everything seem to be cold and dark. I stopped in the middle of the parking lot, catching my breath. "Hey, move it!" said a man in a huge white Bronco. I didn't look at him, I stepped aside and closed my eyes instead. It's all a bad dream, it's all a bad dream... I open my eyes. The black clouds are more daunting then ever. "Raven come with me, come back. You are mine, I have the rights to marrige." I know who it is speaking to me, he's taking advantage of my mind powers. "Get Lost! You don't have any rights to me!" I speak back.

"Oh darling, darling Raven, I'm afraid you have no choice, if you want to be the hero. If you don't come with me and join me in marrige than the world will be destroyed, and when there's nothing left you'll be sure it was all your fault."

"I am not afraid of you! You may have claimed the life of my mother, but you shall never claim the life of me!" He's gone, but truly, he is never really gone at all. He's trying to take over me. I know what he wants, an heir to my Father's rule. One with cunning, beauty, strength, super human powers. But I will never go with him. "You are a fool!" I shout to the sky. I turn around, and everything appears distorted. It's like an old film, colourless, dull, frightening. I unlock the car and get in, pushing the key into the ignition. "Amerika, Amerika!" blares from the radio, but to me, its barely hearable.

Thud. Rain pings off the roof of the car in shades of grey. Thud. He's after me now. Thud. I hit the gas, but the car won't budge. The engine revs up, but it still does not go anywhere. "Come on, come on!" Thud. What the heck is that noise? I mumble curses under my breath, shoving forward with all my weight. Finally, the car moves forward, faster and faster, farther and farther until I'm half way back to the Tower. When at last I arrive, I just pull in quietly and click the head lights off. Grabbing my bags, I run inside, not even bothering to lock the car. I come in a dripping mess, my hair ruined, make- up running. All they see is a pale, frightened girl in an overly huge Slipknot sweatshirt and jeans, soaked to the bone. "Starfire, we need to-" The phone in the living room rings, and Robin gets up to get it. "Talk, yes I know." Star finishes for me. I look back at Robin. He looks puzzled. "Who is it?" I ask. "Robin, I said who is it? If you're not going to answer, then just give me the phone!" Instead, he drops it. He looks at Beast Boy, then to Starfire. "Star, go talk to Raven. When you're done, we have somewhere to go." I start to walk upstairs, and Star follows. "Let's make it quick." I say. There's something now I know I must do. "But Raven, I-"

"Just come with me. This needs to be solved before tomorrow." She looks at me, but does not raise another question. The time is 9:07 a.m.

Okay, I hope I did better with the spacing. Thanx to all my wonderful reviewers: gracefulraven, xThe-Unkwnx, and kittyblah (sorry if I misspelled anything) I love getting your reviews so keep 'em coming!- Mistress Amity