Always respect your elders.

Always dress accordingly.

Always speak when spoken to.

Always get good grades.

Always obey the law.

It was always this and always that when it came to rules in the Roth household. Raven Roth could never catch a break, even if she wanted to. Her parents, mostly her father, were always demanding of her, making sure her family ends were met to their expectations. It was she was a robot and her parents were her inventors. It was a pain but she couldn't complain. She had to make sure that her parents were proud. As she was waking up in the morning for school, Raven got up to take a shower, brushed her teeth, and tied her shoulder-length dark purple hair into a tight bun and buttons up her white long-sleeved shirt and puts on her purple and white pleated skirt that came to her knees. She puts on her long white socks and brown shoes as she gets an apple from the kitchen table and takes a bite out of it. Her mother, dressed all in white (a long white kimono dress), her long hair pinned up, walks into the kitchen and frowns at her only child.

"Rachel Roth, why aren't you ready?"

"I AM ready, Mother. Can I eat an apple in peace?"

"Don't talk back to me."

"Sorry, ma'am. I'm just eating..."

Her mother's face softened and she gives her a hug.

"Eat with me, dear daughter. I'll make some pancakes."

Her mother goes over to the stove and gets started on making the pancakes but Raven stops her.

"My friend will be here any minute, Mother. You don't need to-"

"What the hell is going on in here?"

Her father, dressed in a black suit and red tie, comes in the kitchen, his white hair slicked back and a scowl on his face. "Are you causing problems, Rachel?"

"No, sir! Mom was making pancakes but I stopped her."

"Why would you do that? Do you want to starve yourself?"

"I'm eating an apple, sir. And Starfire will be here any minute, so there's no point."

"Your mother was willing to cook for you, and you deny her?"

"Trigon, honey-", says her mother.

"Angela, please. I'm talking here."

Raven frowns and mumbles. "I don't need this..."

"What was that, young lady?", screams her father.

"You heard me."

"See this, Angela? Our only child thinks that she runs the household...! DO you know who you're speaking to, Rachel?!"

Angela covers her ears and tries to ignore her husband's ranting. Raven, her frown growing, tells her mother to stop.

"Mom, stop ignoring Dad and defend me! You know that I'm being right here, right…?"

Right on cue, someone knocks on the door.

Rachel, glaring at Trigon, opens the door, and it was her female best friend, Starfire, dressed in the same outfit as her, but her skirt was pleated pink and white. Starfire waves at the Roth family, who were still pissed off at each other. Before she could ask what was going on, Rachel grabs her wrist and pulls her away.

"Goodbye, Mother. I'll be back soon.", she says, without looking at her nor Trigon. "Father."

Rachel looks both ways and crossed the street, her grip still on Star's wrist.

The school was only a few streets down, so she wasn't really far from it.

Jump City Academy was an high school for superheroes only.

Starfire gets her wrist away from Raven and asks her, "Are you goin' to tell me what's wrong now?"

Over the times they've spent together, Starfire's English has been really improving.

It still scares Rachel.

"It's my damn father! He controls both me and my mother and it's sickening, Star! He won't let me LIVE! Everything has to be 'perfect'! I HATE it."

"I kind of understand. I am an alien princess. Rules were always established for me."

"Yea, but you're free! You don't have to deal with parents! *Sigh*…but I do."

Star hugs Rachel, but to her objection, Star quickly lets go. "Sorry."

Rachel sighs and says, "Let's just...get to school."

After a few turns, they were inside of Jump City Academy and Rachel was welcomed with a water balloon.

A green kid with matching hair and pointy fangs blows and slaps his forehead. "Sorry, Mama. I was aiming for Cyborg."

"Why would you aim for Victor? Isn't he half-robot?", asks Star.

Rachel nods even though she was pissed at Garfield.

"I...didn't think that 'til now..."

"We should punch you right now!", screams Rachel.

Something inside her told her to calm down, for she is half-demon...

Damn it.

"Sorry. My behavior is inexcusable.", she says, making her friends confused.

Raven looks at her friends and sneers. "What?"

Garfield tries to run away, but he was hit in the back by a water pistol.

"Ahhh! I've been shot! I'm shot, I'm shot!"

"Calm down! You've been hit by water!"

Rachel looks over and sees Victor hiding behind a shrub, giggling.

Raven comes over to hit him in the back of the head. "Knock it off and tell him you're sorry."

Grumbling to himself, Victor comes out and helps up Garfield, who hits him in the chest with a water balloon.

Luckily, the water didn't effect him, so Victor grabs Garfield by the collar of his white button-shirt.

"For someone with a brain," says Victor. "you don't manage to use it."

"Hey! I do use my brain!"

"How many times?"

"Uhhhh.…"

"Exactly."

"Shut up. I'm super-er smart!"

"Says the person who says 'super-er'...", says Victor, slapping his forehead.

Starfire laughs while someone taps her on the shoulder. She turns but no one was here, but Richard comes in front of her with a rose in his hand, handing it to her and making her blush.

"Thank you, Robin."

"No problem, Star...you're looking lovely today."

Star giggles and Richard smiles.

Victor, being the jock he was, whoops and wraps his arm around the former boy wonder. "Look at you being the next Elvis!"

Yes, Robin's hair was slicked back and the two buttons on his shirt weren't done, but that didn't make him the next Elvis. But, being the cocky leader, he smirked.

"At least, I'm trying to get a girlfriend. What are you doing, Vic?"

"Uh, well, I-"

"Don't say it...you're still in love with Jinx."

Jinx was a former villain in the HIVE Academy, a school for teenage villains, but she switched to the good side since she fell in love with Wallace West AKA Kid Flash, who was the teenage version of the Flash (but I guess that the name speaks for itself).

"J-jinx? Who's Jinx? Is she a new kid?"

Robin shakes his head. "She'll never love you, man. He loves Kid Flash."

"Wally's a punk."

"Isn't he your quarterback?", asks Star.

Vic groans and grabs Garfield, carrying over his shoulders, much to Garfield's dismay, and they go to the cafeteria.

Rachel and Star laugh while Robin groans. "Stupid jock."

Star kisses his cheek and Robin blushes. He tells them, stammering, that he'll be back, going to the cafeteria.

the girls walk into the cafeteria, which was loaded with students.

They go in line to get their breakfast, but Rachel was feeling something on her head.

"Ow."

She turns and she sees a girl with long white hair and an eyepatch covering her left eye, smirking at her as she held a straw in her hand. Spitballs. Rachel growls and turns around, but she felt something hit her head again!

"Knock it off!", she screams.

Star asks, "What? Who are you talking to...?"

"That girl! She's doing something with spitballs! She's being a Garfield!"

Star looks behind them and sees nobody behind Rachel. "Uhhh...what did she look like?"

"You can-"

She stopped to see her disappear.

"B-b-but...she was there! Star, I'm not lying!"

"Calm down, Rachel. It's ok."

"No! She was THERE! I'm NOT crazy!"

Star puts her hands on her friend's shoulders and manages to get her to breathe.

"Thank you. Next.", jokes Rachel.

Star laughs but she felt something hit her head. "Ouch! What...?"

She turns to see the same girl who was messing with Rachel.

She was wearing black skinny jeans and a black halter top, with a sword strapped behind her.

"What are you two prissy bitches looking at?"

"Nothing we want to see.", says Star.

Rachel looks at her with astonishment.

How can Star say that? If Rachel said that...she'd be scowled.

The girl comes to them and grabs Star's shirt. "Watch it, priss!"

"Make me."

She lets go. "You're lucky I'm on parole."

"Hmm. How surprising."

"What's your name, anyway?", asks Rachel.

She smirks as she rose her sword at Rachel's neck.

"Rose...I take it that you're Raven and Starfire. I know about the Titan assholes. The ones who killed my father."

"Who's your father...?", asks Star.

"None of your business."

Rose pus her sword away before she gets caught and leaves.

Star glares at Rose while Rachel blushes at her.

"C'mon, Rach. I'm hungry.", says Star as she gets a pack of cereal and an apple, but Rachel was too interested in Rose.

"Rach...Rachel!"

"Oh, hey."

"What's up with you...? You don't...like her..."

"Like a crush?! Eww! Gross!"

Star shakes her head as Rach gets the same thing as her, but the only thing that was on Rachel's mind was the new kid, Rose...whose father was dead...because of them? Raven wonders who it was but she was thinking of how to talk to Rose without making a scene. Not only she wanted to be friends (or more than friends) with her, but hopefully, Rose would teach Rachel to be bad.