What's up ya'll. I said that the last chapter would be the last one before the new school year but, surprise! Here is chapter seven to The Apple Doesn't Fall Far From the Tree.

Disclaimer: Really, do I always have to go through with this.

Chapter Seven

Mari had one of the best weekends she had had in a while. Elle and the others were really fun. They went to the mall, the park, the movies and they ended the night at the pizza parlor. Mari found out that Elle was a vegetarian and Kevin loved his meat; the two fought a lot when they ordered the pizza. Joey and Mari got along a little better.

On Monday, they all walked to school together. Mari was still trying to get used to the skirt. While they walked, they talked about this and that. Mari told them about how she was one of the best skateboarders at her old school. The school was about five minuets away form their houses. When they went inside, they went different directions; Elle went one way, Kevin went another, and Mari and Joey went the same way because, strangely, their lockers were right next to each other.

"Hey, look." Joey said, breaking the silence that had come over them. I want to apologize for yelling at you on your first day. I was in a bad mood and I took it out on you. I'm sorry." Joey looked very genuine. Mari looked at him, smiled behind her sunglasses, and held her hand out. Joey saw this, took her hand and shook it.

"No problem." They both opened their lockers and grabbed their books. "Could you answer one question for me?" Mari asked as they walked toward their class.

"Sure, what is it?"

"Why is Elle's bag decorated the way it is? Did she buy it like that?" Joey laughed. Mari looked at him like he was crazy.

No. She decorated it herself. She is actually really talented when it comes to fashion, as you could tell at the mall. She was really bored and had some spare money and she went a little crazy with the buttons." He added before they got into the class. Mrs. Stone walked in before the bell. Her hair was up in a bun as it normally was.

Good morning class," she greeted them. Mrs. Stone was also their English teacher, as well as their homeroom teacher. "I have something exciting for you." As soon as she said that, Mari put her head down. Her old teachers would say that right before they gave a pop quiz. "I want you all to write a paper on your hero." Mari's head shot up. She loved writing reports on things. She loved digging deep and getting the truth. Many people thought that she would be a great journalist. Many other people started to moan. "That means the person you admire. The person you look up to. It can be a parent a fictional character, a celebrity, I really don't care. In this paper, tell me about this person, what they do, and why you look up to them." Right as she was about to write something on the board, the classroom phone rang. "Okay, go ahead and discus ideas with the people at your table."

Everyone started to talk. "So who are you guys going to do your report on?" Mari asked, trying to figure out who she should do her report on.

"I'm going to do it on my mom. A little bit of work, but maybe she'll be so flattered that I will get some extra credit." Kevin said like he knew what he was going to do. They all quickly looked back at the teacher. Mari doubted that the teacher was going to be flattered by it.

"One if us will do our mom," Joey started with his nose in a book.

"And the other will do our dad," Elle finished, drawing in a sketch pad. "Who are you doing, Mari?"

"I really don't know. I could either do my parents, my uncle, or my grandfather." Mari said twirling a necklace that had a ring on it. "I was also thinking about these people in these stories that my mom used to tell me. She just shrugged her shoulders and looked out the window. As she looked toward the ocean she saw something standing in the distance.

"Hey guys, what is that all the way out there?" she asked, pointing toward where she was looking at.

Everyone looked. "Oh, that's Titans Tower. Some people believe that the Teen Titans used to live there, others think that it was built by the government to be a landing dock for space ships to land. I'm more of a believer in the first one myself." Elle said looking at it.

"So wait, if people don't believe that the Teen Titans lived there, then why do they call it Titans Tower?"

Elle opened her mouth like she was going to say something, but nothing came out. "I really don't know. You should ask Mrs. Stone." They all looked over to their teacher again, who was at her desk grading papers. Right before Mari was about to get up to talk to her, the bell rang. Everyone grabbed their stuff and left. Mari grabbed her bag and walked toward the teacher.

"Excuse me, Mrs. Stone?"

"Hey, Mari, can I help you?" Mrs. Stone said looking up from her papers.

"Um, I was wondering about that big T shaped building out by the bay?"

"You mean Titans Tower? What about it?" Mrs. Stone asked, looking serious.

"Well, Elle and the others were telling me about it and how some people don't believe that the Teen Titans lived there. Well I was wondering why people still call it Titans Tower," Mari asked.

"Because even though people don't believe in the Titans, they still know that deep down in their hearts the Titans still existed. You should get to class. See you later." Mari met up with Joey in their next class, which was science. She just couldn't pay attention; she was thinking about the Teen Titans.

Later, Mari was a little late getting to her locker. By the time she got there, no one was in the hallways. She put her stuff up and closed her locker door. When it shut she saw Kitty, the girl that had insulted her, standing right there and staring at her. "Wow. You know, you should wear a bell."

"Look, you little brat," she said, spouting venom with every word. "I know a lot about you. You're little miss rich girl with the rich grandfather. And the rich daddy, who always gets what his little brat of a daughter wants."

"Look here, talk about me all you want, but don't talk about my family." Mari looked like she was going to kill her. Kitty's "clones," Kathy and Joanna, where standing around behind Mari. Mari started to walk away, bumping Kitty's shoulder.

Hey, I'm not done talking to you." Kitty grabbed Mari's hair, tuned her around, and punched her in the face, and attacked her. Mari started to block her hits and hitting her back. The fight started to get a little bad when some teachers finally came to stop it. One of the teachers was Mrs. Stone.

"Hey! Stop! Break it up you two! The other teacher said. He grabbed Kitty off the top of Mari of Mari and held her back while Mrs. Stone held Mari. She looked down at Mari and saw that there was a green glow from behind her sunglasses. Wait, a GREEN GLOW?!

Mari's mom was called into the principal's office. To say she was mad would be an understatement. As she walked into the office, she saw her daughter slouched in her chair trying not to be seen by her mom. "Hey Mom, how has your day been?" Mari said nervously. If looks could kill, Mari would be six feet under.

"Wait till your father hears about this young lady." she turned to the principal. "Hello, I'm Kori Grayson, Mari's mother."

"Hello, ma'am. I'm Mrs. Johnson, her principal." The woman that said this was sitting behind a big wooden desk. "I think you may know Mrs. Stone."

"Yes. Hello Karen." Karen smiled and nodded.

For what felt like a long time to Mari, they sat there and talked about the fight. Mari told them over twenty times that she didn't start the fight, Kitty did, but no one listened to her.

"Mari," Mrs. Stone said, "why don't you get your things? Mrs. Johnson, may I speak to Mrs. Grayson alone?" She looked a little nervous when she asked. Mari just walked out and left.

"Sure. It was nice to meet you, Kori," Mrs. Johnson said before she left.

"Kori, does Mari have your powers?" Karen asked as soon as the principal was out of the room.

"What?" Kori asked, wondering if she heard her right.

"Does Mari have your powers?" Karen repeated a little slower.

"No, she doesn't. Why?"

"When another teacher and I pulled them apart, I saw that she had a green glow to her sunglasses."

Kori just looked worried. "Thank you for telling me Karen."

Mari was walking to her locker when she saw the others waiting for her. "Hey, why weren't you at lunch?" Kevin asked leaning up against the other lockers.

"I'm heading home. I got suspended." Mari said acting very cool about it. You could push them over with a feather they were so shocked.

"You what?" Elle asked, looking at Mari grabbing all of her books.

"Yeah, I got into a fight with Kitty."

"That was a bad move, girl," Kevin said, looking worried for her. "Kitty's mom is the Vice-Principal."

"Oh, great. I'll see you guys later. Bye," Mari said before walking away. This was going to be hard to explain to her dad.

The car ride home was very quiet. When they got home, Mari went up to her room. She still had to decide who to do her project on.

Mari spent the day avoiding her mom. She knew that she was very mad at her for fighting in school. Kori never did really like that Mari learned how to fight at all.

As she looked out the window, Mari saw Titans Tower again and again. She thought it over, and decided to check them out on the internet. She just glanced at the things, but she saw so much! She decided that she was going to do her report on them.

Later that night, Richard came home. He saw the look on Kori's face and knew something happened. What did she do?" he asked, putting his stuff down.

"Our daughter got into a fight at school with another student. I told you we shouldn't have taught her how to fight!" Kori was mad! Richard was told everything that the principal had her. "And Karen told me that she saw Mari's eyes glow green!" Richard stopped dead in his tracks. He knew that Mari might have her powers, but he was worried she would get hurt.

Richard went up to Mari's room and gave her a lecture about how it was bad to fight, especially in school. Mari felt bad. As soon as she left, she started her research. She was going to need something to do for the next three weeks…

O. K. I have a one-shot coming out very soon. Its called My Angel. Keep an eye out for it. Also, I'm sorry to say this, but I would really like some more reviews. I would really like it. So please, if our reading this please review. I'm starting to feel very sad.