Authors note: This chapter is going to be dedicated to a flash back... hehe you thought I was going to say you.

Chapter 8: The flashback

Beast boy walked out of the tent and into the fresh, hot day. The normal temperature was around the high 80's and it was 82 degrees today. Mama warned Beast boy about the heat and told him only to pack comfortable summer clothes.

There were 25 families in his tribe and 30 tents. The extra tents were used for backup houses in case anything happened and for meetings. In the middle of their tribe area, there were seats and blankets for when the elders told stories or legends. Instead of seeing an elder however their was a girl sitting on the log, while the others sat on the blanketed floor listening intently while she told a story. Beast boy couldn't hear her, but he could see her lips moving and her hands making gestures while the children made faces and laughed. The girl had nice brown skin, and long straight black hair. He walked over slowly and saw she finished and the children clapped and walked away, going to help their parents with work. The girl saw Beast boy and gestured him to come over.

"Hi." The girl said, her big violet eyes sparkling with glee.

"Hello." Beast boy said, returning the smile.

"My name's Tiffany, I'm 8." Tiffany said.

"Garfield, 8." The two shook hands and he joined her on the log.

"I'm guessing your new, your parents are the scientist correct?" She asked.

"Yup, they told me they wanted me to make some friends, but I don't know what if I cant?' Beast boy didn't know what came over him to say that, but he felt open around her. Tiffany's eyes fell to the floor before rising to lock with his.

"Well, you just made one. Come on, let me show you around." Tiffany said standing and handing out her hand to help him stand up. Beast boy was hesitant, she saw and smiled. He grabbed her hand and she helped him up from the log.

"There is this cool spot, but its a secret so you can't tell anyone ok?" Tiffany asked as they starting walking towards the forest.

"Yeah." Beast boy said this while putting his hand across his lips pretending he was zipping them up.

"Good, come on." Tiffany then began to run and Beast boy was surprised, but then quickly joined her new friend. They ran for about 5 minutes, before Tiffany slowed to a walk. Beast boy caught up and walked side by side with Tiffany. "Just wanted to make sure no one followed us. Those little kids can be pest sometimes." When Tiffany said this, Beast boy tried not to laugh, but could not contain his laughter.

"You just called those little kids pest." Beast boy said and Tiffany smiled realizing what she had said.

"You have nice eyes you know, but your pale skin is going to give you a sunburn sooner or later." Tiffany said, he looked at his skin and knew she was right.

"At least then I won't be pale anymore." Tiffany gave a little chuckle at his joke and beast boy smiled for making her laugh even though he knew it wasn't a good joke. Making people laugh always made him happy.

He then saw that there was an opening in the trees that led to a large plain field. Tiffany went to the edge of the hill and sat down. Beast boy joined her and looked at the large plain field.

"Wow, this is pretty." Beast boy said.

"That's not even the best part." Tiffany said and her eyes widened. A strong wind blew and the ground began to shake.

"What's that?" Beast boy said and saw Tiffany put her finger to her lips.

"Shhh." Then around the hill there were sitting came a large herd of buffalo, the ground began to shake growing by the second. Soon the buffalo was passing by at the bottom of the hill, running towards the other side (towards the left) of the field.

"Aww, there is always one." Tiffany said and pointed to where the buffalo's came from. A little buffalo that fell behind ran to try and catch up. He finally made it to the mountain and went behind it to continue his journey.

"That was amazing. How did you find this place?" Amazement and curiosity filled Beast boy's green eyes.

"I always like to explore, you know your the only person I showed this to." She said now standing up. "Come on let me show you the rest of the camp."

"Ok, I hope it's as cool as this." Beast boy said standing and following Tiffany back to the camp.

"Don't get your hopes up." The two friends smiled at each other and raced each other to see who got to the camp the fastest. [guess who you think won]

Tiffany showed Beast boy the rest of the camp. She showed him where her tent was and told him that her father was the Tribe's chief. Beast boy told her about his past life, his friends. That his parents were offered a great job here and that they could save lives so of course they agreed.

Tiffany showed him the meeting tent and the tent that the children always play in. Finally, Tiffany showed Beast boy the little lake that they used for water and the other lake they used for play. She warned him that waterfall=play, no waterfall=no play. It was about lunch time and Beast boy told Tiffany he had to be back home by now.

They started to walk back to his tent. "Thanks, this was really fun." Beast boy said when he saw his tent coming into view.

"Thank you, I had a lot of fun too, its been a while since I just explored the things I already knew." Tiffany said smiling with her violet eyes sparking.

"Your welcome and you have nice eyes too." He said and began to run inside. Tiffany laughed and this made Beast boy smile.

"Bye, Gar." Tiffany said and ran off to go help around the neighborhood. Beats boy walked inside his tent realizing what Tiffany had said.

"Gar." Beast boy repeated with a grin. "Cool."

Well I hope you enjoyed this short chapter and review if you have any questions or comments. Have a great Football Sunday... GO COWBOYS! :)