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Cursed

Chapter 4: Instincts

The cafeteria is filled of students, some normal looking, others who are obviously here for a reason. I try not to stare at Angela, who is surrounded by a big group of friends. My heart sinks a little. I didn't have too many friends at my old school, but at least I had a few. Here I just have Jade. It's not that she's a bad friend or anything, but she's really… chatty. Maybe it's just because she's excited to have another friend. She does look pretty lonely. But she's so nice, I have to wonder why she doesn't have that many friends. I make a note to myself to ask later.

"So…do you think Roy's in trouble?" I ask. Her other friend has yet to make an appearance, and I'm kind of starting to worry about him.

"Oh yeah, for sure. I mean, we get in trouble all the time for things like this. Which is odd, all things considered. But Angela deserves it, so don't feel bad for her. Her friend Seymour used to be one of our targets too, but then we decided he's too nice. No clue how he ended up with a friend like her. She spit in my soda last week- that's what the dead rat was for."

I decide not to ask how they even got the rat.

"So, am I going to be in her class?" I ask.

Jade shakes her head. "Nope, we're divided into levels here, and you're just a beginner, so I doubt you'll be a B already… unless you're in any sports?" Jade asks.

"Gymnastics," I say weakly.

"Were you any good?" Jade asks. I nod my head. "Okay, so maybe you'll be with us. When you get to level H, you go to the normal HIVE Academy. Or when you turn 14… whatever comes first. Level F and on are supposed to be really hard to pass, so I guess most of us will be 14 before we move on. I'm close to being a C, though, but even then I doubt I'll make it before- never mind. It doesn't matter."

I can't help but feel impressed. She's at least 2 years younger than me, but she's apparently smarter than I am. If it was Felicity, I'd be jealous, but for some reason I'm not with Jade. If anything, I'm kind of proud of my roommate.

"I know what you're thinking," she says. "I'm not that great, though. Trust me. I kind of suck."

"Who says?" a boy around my age with ginger hair says, taking the empty chair next to Jade. He sits his tray down and adds, "I'm fully prepared to beat up whoever told you that."

"Oh knock it off Roy. Not everyone likes being as full of themselves as you are," Jade grins, shoving him lightly.

So this is Roy, huh? In a way, he looks familiar, but I can't place where I've seen him.

"I'm being serious though," Roy says. "I'd seriously rather get in trouble than let someone hurt you."

"You flirt," Jade groans, "Yes, because this is CLEARLY the place for heroism. Hopefully new girl over here will be a little less picky on who we prank. You exhaust me."

He seems to just now notice me, so he stopes his play fight with Jade- or at least puts it on hold. "Oh yeah, Angela told me all about you. Funny, from what she said, it sounded like you were some two-headed monster. I guess she was just looking in the mirror." He laughs at his own joke and says, "I'm Roy. I take it you've met Jade the sunshine fairy already…"

"Oh quit it," Jade says, still grinning. "Mallory's my roommate, captain obvious."

Roy smirks at me. "Did the Headmistress tell you that she murdered her last one?"

My eyes widen and my jaw drops. My roommate is a killer?

Jade shoots him a glare. "It's just a rumor. A really stupid rumor. Up until now I haven't even had a roommate!"

I calm down. "Really?" I ask.

"Of course! Even if I did have another one, I wouldn't have killed them. I'm a lot of things, but a murderer isn't one on them. That would be like saying Roy does heroin."

"What's heroin?' Roy asks.

"My point exactly, goody two shoes."

"Earth to Jade! Remember the dead rat?" Roy laughs.

"It happened today, how could I forget?"

I sigh, slowly starting to feel left out. But I guess I'm to blame for that. I just need to jump into the conversation, that's all.

"Are you done fighting like an old married couple?" I ask.

Jade and Roy exchange a glance. Finally, Roy says, "No, and you wouldn't believe how much we get that."

"Oh, I can believe it," I assure them. I look behind me at Angela. Our eyes meet for a second, before she sticks her tongue out and looks the other way. Shaking my head, I turn back to my more friendly classmates.

"Don't even bother with that one," Roy sighs. "Some of them are worth the fight but that doesn't mean all of us are."

"Huh?" I ask.

Jade shrugs. "He just says weird stuff sometimes."

I nod my head. "My friend Holly does that sometimes. You guys would like her and her sister Dawn. I wonder if they'd like it here."

"Probably not," Jade says. "This place may look like a wonderland, but trust me. It's really not."

"Why" I ask.

"Not here!" Roy snaps. "Headmistress could hear us."

Jade nods. "I'll tell you later."

I nod back, but I just can't figure out what could be so bad about this place. After all, they took me in when apparently my parents wouldn't. But I can remember earlier today, when my instincts told me I was making a bad choice. Maybe I should've trusted my instincts after all.

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Disclaimer: I do not own Teen Titans or anything else I may mention

Hi again! Trust me, I didn't mean to take this long to update, it just happened like this. Fingers crossed that I'll be quicker from now on.

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Reviews-

TokiioDoll- Aww, thanks! I like your story too :)

Opinionated Shipper- Yeah, I have a bit of a soft spot for spy plotlines. I wish I could say that I chose Speedy to be the spying Titan because he was the only teen on Titans East without ties to the HIVE, but to be honest it was mostly because I REALLY ship him and Cheshire. But let's just claim it's the first one ;)

KF Fan- Thanks :)

Ratcoon- Okay, I'll keep that in mind. Mammoth is coming into the story pretty soon (he's probably Speedy's roommate, but I'm still debating it), with Gizmo following not too far behind. I'll try to think about whether or not to put Billy Numerous in soon or to make him older than the rest of the group. Or, you know, re-watch Deception and look for him in the background. Maybe both, who knows :P

Sorry if I missed anyone, I'm checking my emails on my computer today to save battery on my iPod (since I'm listening to music on it right now) and the layout is a little different on the computer. Needless to say, I have no idea what I'm doing.

In other news, I've started reading the Teen Titans Go comics to get a little better of an understanding of how to write Kid Kold, and can I just say WOW! It's like finding lost episodes, I swear!

Quote of the day!

"That is what forgiveness sounds like. Screaming and then silence." –Llamas With Hats 2, Carl

Oh, you know how I mentioned I was listening to my iPod? The Lucky One by Taylor Swift just came on… can you say irony?

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