Teen Titans: "Promise" (Part 3)

Terra- Lots of days have passed since Aura returned; her mission unsuccessful. She was more distant to Niveus and me, unlike before. She would just sit on the couch and look out the window. Once I tried to talk to her, but Niveus put his hand on my shoulder, telling me to leave her alone for now. I decided not to shrug away. "I want to become strong." I tell him.

He laughs and slaps me on the back. "As if you can get better than you already are." I glare at him and walk away, pouting.

"It's possible," says Aura.

I turn to her and ask, "Really?"

"Yeah, but at a cost," Aura looks at me. "You can become just like me, but you must give away one of your precious memories in order to gain strength." She looks me over and says seriously. "Well, are you willing to take the challenge?"

Immediately I nod. "Yeah, I have a precious memory that I don't want anymore."

She looks at me with a puzzled face. "And what is that?"

I smile and hop onto the couch. "The Titans,"

Niveus and Aura both stare at me, completely surprised. "That's a first." says Niveus. I only nod. Next time I run into the Titans to me they will just be strangers. That way I won't feel ashamed anymore, for how can I if I can't even remember them? To me I see this all as an opportunity to start over.

"Oh, one more thing." starts Aura.

"What?" I ask.

"By giving away a precious memory you're most horrible memory will become more vivid." She says this with a stern voice.

I pause for a minute. I know what memory I have that would become more vivid, and for some reason I think Aura knows also. "I don't care, it's already as 'vivid' as it can get."

She looks at me sadly but nods. She gets up from the couch and motions for me to follow her. "Come on; let's get started with your new training." She looks at Niveus. "You should come also, even though you're already strong."

Niveus- I can't believe that the beginner would actually accept to the terms and conditions of becoming stronger. Sure Aura is really strong, so strong that she rarely ever uses her powers, but that was at a price that had kept her sanity for so long. All because of a promise she got rid of her most precious memory. Will Terra even be alright, slowly losing her only memories of her first group of friends? I give a frantic glance to Aura. She seems to understand my worries and so she gives me a small smile.

We finally stopped after walking thirty minutes. Aura stepped forward. In front of her was a huge crater of earth. "Welcome," she says to Terra. "To your new training grounds."

"Whoa, cool!" Terra quickly slides down into the crater. "This is awesome!"

Aura jumps over and lightly lands right beside Terra. "Glad you like it."

"Are you joking, it's perfect!" laughs Terra.

I head over to them and look Terra straight in the eyes. "Just so you know. The stronger you get, the more of your precious memories you forget."

Terra nods than quickly goes back to being energetic. "Then let's get started!" Aura looks at me and shrugs her shoulders. Then we both follow after Terra.

Beast Boy- It has been a while since I ran into that brunette that kicked some major goon butt. She said something about why does Terra like me. Then she just disappeared! So I decided to go and check Murakami High again. I was in the office looking at the student yearbook. I traced through the book over and over, no Terra. Was I just imagining her all those months ago? Or did I just have her name wrong, an alias or something, maybe? I sigh and put the student yearbook away. "Where could she be?"

My communicator started going off so I quickly opened it up when I was leaving the school gate. Robin was on the screen. "Hey, we're all going to Piz's Pizza Parlor, you coming?"

"Yeah, sure, I'll come." I say with too much enthusiasm.

Robin looks at me with one of his eyebrows curved. "Okay, well we're already here so come over."

I smile. "Sure dude, be right there!" I close and put away my communicator. When I was nearing Piz's Pizza Parlor I couldn't help but ask, "Terra, where are you?"

Terra- 'Training' was way harder than I thought. Only just after a day I was crashed on the couch. My feet aching and my arm's sore. Aura and Niveus were prancing around me, not tired at all! I give them a harsh glare so they sit down. "Are you guys inhuman or something?!?"

Niveus laughs. "Nope,"

Aura glares at him then looks at me. "You'll become more energetic later on. So enjoy being tired while you can."

"Gee, thanks." I say. She gives me a small smile than she stands up.

"I'm going for a walk." she looks at me. "You want to come?"

"Sure," I say. Then I get up and follow her outside.

"I'll stay here." says Niveus while reaching for the T.V. remote.

"Okay," I say.

Aura and I were walking on one of Jump City's streets; it was noisy as usual because people had just gotten out of work and school. "So, what have you forgotten so far?" she asks me.

I paused and thought about what she asked me. "Nothing, really."

"That's only natural." she says.

I look at her, "What precious memory did you get rid of, and why?"

She laughed. "Wow, that's a personal question!"

"Sorry," I say quickly realizing my mistake.

"It's ok; if you want I'll tell you."

"Really?!?" I ask.

"Yeah, why not." she shrugs. "I guess you're pretty curious."

"It's because I feel like you know me, before we even met." I say.

"Yeah, guess I do." she sighs.

"You do?" I ask. "When, how?"

"Slow down!" I'll just tell you! It's because of a promise I made."

"Yeah; with your mother." I add.

She looks at me skeptically. "How do you know that?"

"Niveus," I shrug. The next thing I know she disappears all angry. Poor Niveus is going to have hell tonight.

(Hi everyone, thanks for sticking with my story, I promise it will get better later on! I will also try and fit in any of your suggestions! PLZ review!) -FloatingDreamer