Going Green, Chapter Five: A Teen Titans Fanfic
Chapter Five
Terra sat in her room with the lights off and windows shut,
sobbing into her pillow. Why? Why did this have to happen to her? She'd finally found a home, and people who'd
accepted her. It had even seemed like
one of them liked her in that special way...
A knock came from her door.
"Go away, Beast Boy!" she shouted. "I don't care how sorry you are!"
"It's not Beast Boy," Raven's voice replied.
Raven? What was she
doing here? Despite her grief, she got
up and opened the door. There stood
Raven, dressed in her usual blue cloak and hood.
"Can I come in?" she asked.
Without word, Terra stepped aside and allowed her to come
in.
"Beast Boy said you slapped him and ran away this morning,"
Raven said. "He hasn't come out of rat
form all day."
"Hmmph," Terra grumped.
"What do I care?"
"You're not taking this whole thing very well, are you?"
"What's that supposed to mean?" Terra demanded. "How, exactly, am I supposed to take it?"
"One step at a time," the telepath answered. "And by not by telling the one who's trying
to help you through it that you hate him."
Terra's gaze dropped a bit, but she stubbornly said, "If it
weren't for him, I wouldn't be like this."
"How long are you going to stay angry at him?"
"As long as I want," Terra answered. "I think I'm entitled to that."
"Maybe you are," Raven agreed. "But Beast Boy feels terrible about what's
happened to you. He doesn't even know
how it happened, but he wants to make up for it."
"What do you want me to do, then?" Terra asked. "Forgive him for turning me into... this?" She gestured at herself and her new green
skin.
"That's up to you," Raven answered, "but stop taking your
anger out on Beast Boy. All he wants is
to help you."
Terra was silent.
"Think about it. You
don't know how to control your new powers, and he's willing to teach you. If I were you, I'd take him up on it."
With that, Raven turned to leave. When she reached to doorway, though, she
paused.
"And one more thing," she added. "You think being green is horrible. Try thinking what it'd be like being that way
your whole life."
Raven left, the door sliding shut behind her.