Hey guys! Authors note… big surprise. Just wanted to thank my beta for being my beta; thank you grlwithapen.
ALSO! I would like to thank Breeze 001, Titans fan 1211, OveractiveImaginer, and Terra fan6 for the wonderful comments, I greatly appreciate it!
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Terra was sitting in the courtyard with her eyes closed facing the sky as if she were asleep. She was thinking of everything going on in her life right now. Her family moving, the butterfly pin, and the kiss that never should've happened.
"Terra? Can I talk to you?" a familiar voice said in front of her. She opened her eyes to find Logan's emerald eyes looking at her.
"Alright, but there isn't really a lot to say…" She said scooting over on the bench to make room for him to sit.
He took his place and sighed. "Terra. I never should've kissed you, I had no right. Can we still be friends?"
Terra looked at his sad face and saw hope in his eyes. She wanted to smile and reassure him that nothing was wrong, but she would've been lying. "Logan, I shouldn't have kissed you back. I just met you, and I'm not going to lie to you, things are a little awkward between us…"
He shifted his eyes down to the pavement. "I know...and you don't know how much I want to take the kiss back. I want us to JUST be friends."
Terra stood up and walked back into the school leaving Logan to chase her down the hallway. "So what you're just walking away from me now?" Logan said from the other side of the hallway. Terra didn't bother to answer him, and walked into the library to find Paige sitting in a seat in the corner surrounded by stacks of books. This girl clearly liked reading.
Terra didn't mind that Paige seemed to hate her; she had to talk to someone about this. Terra pushed her way past a few people and finally reached Paige who had buried herself in a large book with a dragon on the cover.
Terra cleared her throat loud enough for Paige to hear it and look up. When she saw it was Terra, she sighed closed her book with one finger left on the page she reading. "What do you want?"
Terra walked over and sat down in the chair next to Paige and looked her in the eye. "I need a friend to talk to."
Paige looked at her with a blank expression. "Well then you should go find one." With that she opened her book and began reading again only to be stopped by Terra slapping her hand down on the book making Paige look back. Terra put on her most serious face and put on a harsh tone. "I'm serious Paige. I need someone to talk to."
Paige put the book down, sighed and turned her full attention back to Terra who was picking up all the books.
"Wait, what are you doing?" Paige said anxiously.
"I'm putting these books back on the shelves because we have to go somewhere where no can hear what we are talking about." Terra said looking at the numbers on the side of the books and putting them back on the appropriate shelves.
Paige looked disappointed. "Wait, can I at least check a few out?" She grabbed the first three on the top of the pile and the one with the dragon cover and walked over to the front of the library to check them out. Terra finished putting the rest of the book on the shelf and waited for Paige outside of the library only to find Logan sitting across the hall.
He looked up to find Terra looking at him, but she quickly looked back at the door of the library. He got up and Terra began to debate whether or not to go back in and tell Paige that they should just talk in there.
When Paige finally came out of the library carrying her books, Logan had reached Terra and tried to talk to her one last time.
"Terra please just talk to me!" Logan pleaded.
Paige looked at her brother, gave a parinoid look and sighed. "Dear lord, is this about the whole kiss thing?"
"Yes," Logan said looking at Paige. "I want to figure this out but Terra won't talk to me!"
Paige looked at Terra with an irritaed look. "Look Terra. My brother didn't mean to kiss you, his emotions just kind of...take control sometimes. Anyway he just wants to be friends and work this out and forget about the whole thing. So can you forgive him so we can all go back to being friends? Because personally, I think that this is a stupid thing to be arguing we told Miss Jackie we were going to your house after school. So..."
When Paige stopped, Terra looked at Logan. "Alright. Sorry I didn't forgive you sooner, I was stupid. Let's just forget about it and be friends again." She finished the sentence with a friendly smile.
Logan let out a grateful sigh. "Thank you. That's all I wanted."
They laughed and walked down the hallway together. "So we'll meet in the front of the school when the last bell rings, and we can all walk over to my house. Until then, I'll see you guys later."
"Bye Terra!" They both said smiling and waving. That was the first time Terra had seen Paige smile at her, it was nice to see she had a good side.
During lunch Raven sat with Beast Boy and they talked about what they were missing out on right now with the Titans.
"I haven't heard anything about crime, and no doubt they're looking for us." Raven said taking a bite of her turkey sandwich. She looked at Beast Boy who was eating some mini carrots. He told her earlier that even though Terra forgave him, he still thought that something wasn't right.
"We haven't talked to Cyborg in a while. No doubt he's been trying to talk to us, so maybe when you're done with your sandwich we should go outside and try to call him." Beast Boy said wiping his mouth with his arm.
"We can go now this sandwich is terrible." Raven said getting up to throw the sandwich away and walked outside being follwed by Beast Boy. Once they were outside and out of hearing range of everyone, Beast Boy took out his communicator and turned it on.
"Let me do it." Raven said snatching the communicator from Beast Boy's hand. She punched a few buttons, and tried to talk to Cyborg. "Cyborg. Come in Cyborg. It's Raven and Beast Boy, are you there?"
After five minutes of silence, Beast Boy took the communicator back and tried again. "Cyborg! Answer us!"
After a few seconds of looking at the screen, Cyborg appeared with a smile and sweat dripping down his face. "Guys! It's about time we talk again! As you already know, We're all looking for you. Sorry about Starfire finding you, you did a great job making her think it wasn't you. So now, what's the story on the mission?"
Beast Boy smiled. "We found Terra! She goes to Murakami High, and we are blended in as students there. No one's noticed us, but I found out that Terra's moving in about a month."
Cyborg's expression went from happy, to upset and fearful. "So wait, if she's moving... does that mean you can't get her to come back to the Titan's?"
Raven sighed. "We don't know. We haven't told her it's us yet, but we're going to do it in a few days. We're going to her house after school, and we'll see if we can find anything else out."
Cyborg looked confused. "Wait she knows you guys are there, but she doesn't know it's you? Oh man, you guys better tell her soon, get her to come back to the Titans and get your butts back in the tower! I miss you guys, Starfire and Robin are worried and...I MISS YOU GUYS!"
"Alright Cyborg calm down, we'll figure it all out soon." Raven said with a smile.
Cyborg opened his mouth to say something but was interupted when they all heard Starfire's voice in the back ground.
"Cyborg? Robin wants to compose a new plan for finding our friends. Would you come to Robin with me please? I am quite anxious to begin!" Starfire's voice said.
"Sorry guys, I gotta go." Cyborg said and turned off his communicator leaving Raven and Beast Boy alone in the silence until the bell rang and they walked back to their class.
While Robin was waiting for Cyborg and Starifre to come back, he got a head start on where to look next. He figured that he should put up fliers, and a number that they should call if someone found them or saw them.
When he stood up and walked over to the computer, Starfire flew in with Cyborg walking behind her. "What is our next plan?" Starfire said landing next to Robin.
"I'm not sure where we should look yet, but we should make fliers on them being missing, and include a number to call if someone found them, saw them, or have any idea on where they might be." He said typing in the key board.
"Oh Robin!" Starfire exclaimed. "That is a most wonderful..."
She didn't get to finish her sentence because there was an alarm that went off and a shadow appeared on the huge computer screen.
"Hello Titan's." The shadow said. Starfire and Cyborg looked confused, but Robin recongnized the voice right away.
"Slade." Robin said; his voice filled with anger.
Slade chuckled and a light appeared showing his masked face. "Very good Robin. It's good to see you're smiling faces again. I can honsetly say that I never thought I'd seem them again."
"Where are you what to you want!" Robin shouted.
"My whereabouts are now of your concern. Can't I just stop by to say hello?" Slade said through the screen.
"Save it Slade, what are you up to?" Robin asked for a second time.
"Pardon me, but I couldn't help but notice that you are short two Titan's."Slade said. "Have Raven and Beast Boy finally had enough of your pathetic team and done something useful?"
"You will not talk about our friends that way! They have gone missing!" Starfire said, then covered her mouth with her hand and a gasp once she realized once she said.
"Are they now?" Slade said thinking. "Well isn't that a shame, the family is broken appart. Have you found any traces yet, or am I going to have to figure out where they are for myself?"
"Do not look for them!" Robin shouted getting a little out of hand. "If we find out that you have come even two states near them, you will suffer!"
Slade laughed and shook his head. "Oh Robin. Must we always be so dramatic?"
"We're serious Slade." Cyborg said to Slade. "If you mess with our family, you will pay. I will personally see that you suffer if you contact them or capture them. And while you're at it, stay away from Robin, Starfire and I as well!"
Slade laughed once more and the light went off on the screen leaving only his shadow and voice. "I'll just have you three know I'm closer to Beast Boy and Raven than you know." He finished with another laugh, and then the screen went blank leaving a very confused Robin, Starfire, and Cyborg.
Terra smiled as Paige, Logan and herself were walking to her house; mocking their teachers.
"I mean really! Everytime we read romeo and juliet, I keep missing my part! Mr. White's nose is just HUGE!" Logan said inbetween laughs.
Terra lughed along until they got to her house. "Well here we are, Take off your shoes before you walk in."
Logan and Paige did as they were told and left their shoes by the blue front door. Terra let them in and closed the door behind them to find Grace staring at them like she had seen a ghost.
"Who are they?" She said pointing a shaking finger to Logan and Paige.
Terra walked over to her and pulled her into the kitchen leaving Logan and Paige behind. "Grace, be a big girl. These are some of my friends; mom and dad said we could invite people over while they were in New York, remember?"
Grace put a tiny finger to her chin and looked at the ceiling. "Yes. I remember. Are they nice?"
"Yes," Terra smiled. "They are very nice. Do you want to meet them?"
Grace nodded her head and Terra picked her up to take her to her friends. "Guys, this is my little sister Grace." She said. "Grace this is Paige and Logan, they go to my high school."
Grace began to squirm to be put down, so Terra let her go so she could run over to Paige and Logan. She grabbed one of their hands and shook them. "It's very nice to meet you!" Once she let go of their hands she gave them both a hug. Then she smiled. "Can I show you guys my bunny?"
Logan laughed. Paige looked at Terra then back at Grace who was grinning wide. "I think that's a great idea."
"Okay!" She squealed then ran off to her room.
"Sorry about that." Terra said looking at her two smiling friends. "Grace can be a handful sometimes."
"She's adorable!" Paige gushed. "I wish I had a little sister!"
Logan looked at her as if he were offended. "Aren't I enough?"
"No." Paige said bluntly as Grace came running back into the room holding Raven in her hands.
"This is my baby bunny! My daddy got her for me when he told us all that we were moving. My mom got a shiny necklace, and Terra got a laptop." Grace said holding out the bunny to Logan who took it in his hands gingerly.
"It's so cute!" Paige gushed for a second time. "What's its name?"
Grace looked at her offended. "She is a GIRL. Not an 'it'. And HER name is Raven."
Terra blushed when she said Raven. No doubt Paige and Logan followed the life of the Teen Titans; they probably thought she named her after RAVEN Raven. On the Brightside, they think that Grace thought of the name.
"I wanted to name her Crow, but it sounded stupid so Terra told me to name her Raven!"
Well there goes them thinking Grace named it.
"I told my friends and they thought I named her after the super hero. Did you guys know there's a superhero named Raven? I didn't, but apparently there is. She's on the Teen Titans and they protect our city!" Grace said smiling proudly at all the knowledge she knew on the stranger.
Terra felt like her cheeks were on fire, and no doubt she looked like an apple. Paige and Logan just looked at each other with an unreadable expression. Logan smiled at Grace. "Wow, I didn't know that! You are a very smart little girl, Grace." He handed Raven back to Grace who smiled with gratitude.
"Thank you all very much. Now if you will excuse me, I have to go feed Raven." She said turning and running up the stairs.
Paige and Logan looked at Terra. "You're little sister sure is…something." Paige said smiling.
Terra just blushed and smiled. "Come on, we can grab a soda and head upstairs." She led them into the kitchen and opened the fridge. "Alright. Let's see, we have grape soda, root beer, and orange soda which one do you guys want?"
"Root beer for me please!" Logan said from a table chair. "No ice."
"Alright," Terra said grabbing the root beer and a small cup. "What about you Paige?"
"Grape for me." Paige said looking at the photos on the wall. Most of them were pictures of the whole family, but some of them were just school photos of Terra and Grace. "Cute."
Once Terra had poured three cups of soda, she handed them out and led Paige and Logan upstairs. "My room is right there," She said pointing to a door that said Terra in red letters. "I'll be there in a second."
They opened the door and disappeared into Terra's room. Terra opened the door to Grace's room and walked in to find the little girl brushing her bunny. She set the cup of soda on her night stand and sat down on the end of the bed. "Grace, my friends and I are going to be in my room. If you need anything come and get me. Do not answer the door for any reason and if you're lonely feel free to come and hangout with my friends."
"Alright." She responded never taking her eyes off the bunny.
"Ok." Terra said getting up to leave. She went into her room to find Logan sipping his root beer while looking out the window and Paige was looking through her sketchbook.
Terra rushed over hoping she hadn't seen her sketches of her old family and friends. "Can I have my sketchbook back please?"
"No." Paige said turning the page to reveal a colored in picture of Beast Boy. "What's this?"
Logan walked over to see what the commotion was about and paused when he saw the green boy. "Is that Beast Boy?"
Terra felt extremely embarrassed to see her new friends flip through a photo album of her old family. "Yes."
"It's very well drawn." Logan said taking the sketchbook in his hands and flipping the pages even more. He found one of Cyborg, one of Starfire and Robin, one of Raven, one of Titans Tower, and one of her and Beast Boy.
"You seem like quite the Titans fan…" Logan said putting the book down and blushing.
"Yeah…about that." Terra said rubbing her arm. She had never told anyone about her old life, not even her family. Was telling Paige and Logan a good thing? "I'm going to tell you something I've never told anyone before…"
Terra was cut off by a loud shriek from Grace's room. "TERRA! HELP ME!"
"GRACE!" Terra shouted nervously. She ran out of the room followed by her friends and burst into Grace's room. Grace ran over to Terra with the bunny in her hands crying.
"Grace! What's wrong?" Terra said kneeling down to hold her crying sister. Grace pointed to the corner of the room were a tall shadow of a man stood.
"That man broke the window and started talking to me about hurting our family!" She said between sobs.
Terra looked up to see the man step out of the shadow and gasped in horror when she saw a familiar orange and black mask showing only one cold, dark eye.
"Slade." Terra, Paige and Logan said harshly.
"Hello Terra." Slade said menacingly. "And isn't this a surprise to also be saying hello to Beast Boy and Raven," He said looking at Logan and Paige.