Yes! Finally Titan High is back, and this time it's better than it was before. A quick note before you get to the story is that whoever reported this, I know you don't have to guts to show yourself, but all you did was erase my reviews. If you couldn't handle the realism and truth, OH WELL! Reporting my story won't change it.

One last thing to my fans, their attires are what they'll be normally wearing so it makes it easier to picture them.

Now, on with Titan High!

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The buzzing of a clock alarm filled the room, signaling the start of the day; however, its receiver didn't heed its call. Instead, a mocha-colored hand slammed around until it hit the button on the clock to turn it off.

Several minutes later, loud banging on the door was heard; followed by shouts.

"Victor! It's seven o'clock! It's time to get up!" A female's voice rang out.

Victor grumbled. "I'm coming! I'm coming!"

Victor slowly sat up in bed, then rubbed his eyes before taking a deep breath as he looked at his
window. The warm sun filled his room as he stood up and stretched before leaving the room.

He walked to the bathroom and closed the door behind him, while downstairs, his mother was making breakfast.

Music of the hip-hop persuasion could be heard all the way in the kitchen.

"That boy can't take one shower without listening to music." Victor's mother, Elinore, scoffed while
placing a plate of scrambled eggs, grits, bacon and waffles on the table where her son would sit.

She then went to the counter and began to clean up just as Victor was coming downstairs. He was wearing black jeans, hiking boots, and a blue shirt. He also had a studded chain around his neck. Victor sat at the table and began to eat. Elinore looked at the clock on the microwave, which read seven-thirty.

"You better hurry, son, you still have to pick up your friends." She said, making Victor nod. He hurried up and finished his plate, then placed it in the sink.

He gave his mom a kiss on the cheek before he headed out the door.

Outside, Victor pulled out his keys and pressed a button on his keypad to unlock the doors to his car; which is a black 2004 Nissan Maxima. He started his car, backed it out and drove off in the direction of his first passenger.

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"Where is he?" A young male, Caucasian with black, spiky hair and dark sunglasses was standing on the curb, asked while looking at his watch. He wore blue jeans, black and green shoes, with a red shirt that had a yellow "R" on the top left.

In the distance, he heard music and he smiled knowing who it was. "There he is."

The car pulled up in front of him and he opened the door.

"Hey Cy!" He exclaimed as he began to sit down in the front seat.

"Ah ah ah Rob, you know whose seat that is." Victor aka Cy responded while motioning to the back of the car.

"Oh yeah, I forgot." Rob said back and moved the backseat.

Cy turned the music up even louder as the boys moved to the music as he drove off to pick up his next rider.

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Inside a broken down mobile home, a young girl with pale-white skin was putting on make-up to try and hide the bruise on her left eye when her bather barged in, making her jump back. She moved some of her purple-dyed hair out of the way to look at him with her fright-filled eyes. Her attire consisted of black cargo pants, black shoes, a dark-purple, long-sleeved, mesh shirt on inside and a black mid-rif shirt on the outside.

"You better be back here on time today!" Her father bellowed evilly before started to leave. He turned back to her as she began to get up. "You look like your slut of a mother." He said before slamming the door behind him.

Those words stung, not for her, but for her mother. A tear rolled down her cheek as she walked over to her mirror and fix the damage done by it. Once she finished it, she heard a horn outside and grabbed her stuff before fleeing her house.

She ran up to the car, which the passenger door was already open and got in.

"Hey Rae." Cy said to her with a smile.

Raven, or Rae, didn't say anything. She just held her head down.

Rob began to say something, but didn't knowing what was going on. Cy looked at her, and upon further inspection noticed the welt on her head and could feel the anger rise in him, but couldn't do anything except drive off.

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"C'mon Gar, just one more game." A young blond-haired, blue-eyed girl who wore military pants, hiking boots and a white t-shirt asked the young man with dark-brown and green streaks with in his hair, wearing blue jeans and a Green Lantern shirt to her left.

"Terra! I told you not to call me that!" Gar screeched with a full blush.

"Oh come on, the others aren't around." She cooed.

"Oh alright." He surrendered.

"So, one more game?"

"Sure."

"Rock, paper, scissors!" They exclaimed in unison.

"Paper! I win!" Terra cheered while waving the symbol for paper around.

"Okay! One more game!" Gar demanded just as Cy's car came around.

"Too late Gar." Terra said as she walked around to the door behind Cy and got in.

"Dang!" Gar grunted as he followed.

"Morning Terra, morning BB." Robin said while scooting to make room for the two teens in the car.

They both responded and started another game of rock, paper, scissors with Rob joining in as Cy drove off toward the school.

"So B, when do you think you'll get the moped you've been drooling over for almost a year now?" Cy asked over his shoulder.

"Why, you getting tired of picking me up?"

"No, I'm just wondering if I'll need to set aside my plans for chaperoning your first date with Terra is all." Cy joked.

BB, aka B or Gar was fully blushing and his throat dried. He couldn't answer back. Terra was blushing too, but snapped out of it when she noticed that BB didn't answer back and turned her head away from her. BB was left looking at Cy and Terra wondering who to say something to.

"Dug yourself a whole huh...Gar?" Rob joked.

"Shut up!" BB snapped, making Cy, Rob and even Raven chuckle.

"Well at least he said something." Raven said as she came out of her laughter.

Cy looked at her sincerely and then back at the road. "You too."

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At the school, called Titan High, they pulled up and Cy parked just in front of the school and they all got out. There was a giant clock on top of the school as it read seven-fifty-five.

"Five minutes, well we might as well head to class before we get detention for being late. See you guys at lunch." Rob said before walking ahead of the others.

Cy and Raven followed, then followed by BB and Terra. Terra was looking around at the other students, wondering who was going to be there next year, when she looked at Cid, the most popular guy in school as he was sitting on the edge of the steps leading to the entrance of the school. His eyes caught her looking at him and he looked back and winked. She sheepishly smiled and turned her head and walked inside.

The school bell rang and the rest of the students, including Cid, walked in as well.

Raven placed her stuff in her locker and walked on to her class without saying a word to the others. Cy and Rob had the same class. BB and Terra, being a grade lower, had separate classes.

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Raven was sitting in her class writing a poem to help dawdle away the time while the teacher graded the tests the class had just taken. Her mind drifted to the events that unfolded this morning. A shiver was sent down her spine when the memory of her father's forceful hand smacked her face and she cringed, making several students look at her. They already thought she was weird, and her actions only proved it.

She walked up to the teacher's desk and grabbed a hall pass and went to the bathroom. Inside, she washed her face, then pulled out her make-up kit to reapply it and do a better job so no one would notice the blackness on her face.

"Sometimes I just want it all to end, but why do I keep going?" She asked herself while putting away her kit. "It's never going to change." She sighed before leaving.

When she entered the class, the teacher was handing back out the results of the tests. Raven was handed hers last because she was out.

"That's another perfect for you Raven. Keep this up and you'll be valedictorian next year." The teacher said before walking back to her desk.

"That reason alone makes me not want to do good in school. Just the thought of having to do a speech in front of all these idiots makes me want to retch." She thought as she sat back down, looking at the ugly looks from the other students in her class. "Although it does have it's perks." The voice inside her head replied.

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In BB and Terra's class, things were going slow. The teacher was talking about mundane topics and half of the class was practically asleep.

Deciding to take advantage, BB dozed off, leaving Terra to "fend for herself." Luckily, the teacher didn't notice until the ending of class.

"Mr. Logan!" The teacher called out, snapping BB from his slumber. "Do you want detention Mr. Logan?"

"N-no ma'am--I mean sir!" BB pleaded, making several students snicker.

"Then I suggest you pay attention in class." The teacher said, before walking back to the chalkboard and continue his lesson.

"That was a close one Gar."

"C-could you keep it down Terra, I still have to worry about my image!" He intensely whispered.

"What image?" Terra asked, making BB narrow his eyes. "You're so cute when you're mad." She finished.

The bell rang, signaling for the changing of classes. BB and Terra jetted out of the classroom and onto the next one. Mainly because BB didn't want to chance the teacher giving him detention for sleeping in class and mistaking his gender.

They ran into Cy and Rob on the way to their next one.

"Hey guys." Rob said.

"Can't talk now guys, Gar-"

"Terra!"

"As I was saying, BB was in a hurry to get away from Mr. Stewart because he doesn't want detention."

"Yeah, we'll talk at lunch." BB said, and although he wanted to rush, he stayed and talked for a minute.

Terra was getting impatient and looked around, sighing. Her eyes caught ahold of Cid again, and a repeat of the earlier encounter between the two ensued.

The bell finally rang, and the quartet dashed off in separate directions so they wouldn't be late.

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Cy and Rob made it to their class in time, just before the bell stopped ringing. They both slouched in the seats as the teacher began roll call.

"We have a new student class." The teacher, Ms. Anderson said as she walked to the door and opened it.

Cy and Rob were joking around, but it suddenly stopped when Robin noticed the new student walking in. She had long, fiery-red hair, tan skin, and emerald green eyes and wore a short purple skirt with a matching shirt. Robin was so struck with awe that he actually took his shades off to see her fully.

"He never takes his shades off!" Cy thought to himself. while looking at the new student and back at his friend. "This is going to be interesting." He thought while smiling.

"Class, this is Kori Adner. She's from another country, so don't make fun of her if she doesn't understand everything you're talking about." Ms. Anderson ended. "There is an empty seat next to Mr. Grayson."

"And that would be?" Kori asked.

"That would be the one with the sunglasses and spiky hair."

Upon hearing that, Robin shoved his glasses back up on his face. Half to keep his image, and the other to hide the blush on his face.

As Kori walked to her seat, whispers could be heard in the classroom, but too indistinct to tell who they were about. Although Robin stayed looking ahead as if nothing fazed him, his eyes were following every movement of Kori, all the way until she sat down at her seat. All the while, Cy watched his friend, knowing what he was going; he had to cover his mouth, so Robin wouldn't see him laughing at his expense.

"Speaking of which. Mr. Grayson, how many times have I asked you to take off your sunglasses in class?" Ms. Anderson asked, snapping Robin out of his trance.

"They're not hindering me from learning, and it's not a hat, so I should be able to wear them since it doesn't say anywhere in the book that I can't have sunglasses on." He responded.

"Okay. I have been very patient with you Mr. Grayson, no one else in this school wears sunglasses in class and I have asked you to take them off since day one. The year is half over, and I have lost my patience. You have detention for the rest of the week, and maybe for the rest of the year for not taking them off. Nice example you set for a new student too." She finished and went to teaching the rest of the class.

Robin just shrugged it off and sat back down.

Throughout the whole class, Robin found it hard to concentrate on taking notes, listening, etc. because his attention kept going back to the redhead to his left. The bell finally rang, signaling that it was time for lunch. The class was beginning to clear out, but the teacher had some last minute words for them.

"Class, don't forget the test tomorrow."

"Test!" Cy exclaimed to himself. "When did she put up any notes about a test?" He asked Rob.

"Oh that's right, you weren't here because you had to go out of town with your mom. Looks like you gotta cram, and bad."

The duo began to leave, but the teacher stopped them.

"Mr. Grayson, for defying me in front of the whole class I gave you detention, but I think I have a better idea. You will show the new student around for the entire week and will answer any question she asks. You also know what the seniors do to the new students and their friends." Ms. Anderson smirked while turning back to her desk.

Robin grunted at first, but realized who he was leading around and his throat suddenly dried. It's almost as if Ms. Anderson knew what going on and took advantage of it. Kori walked up to him and extended her hand.

"Hi, my name is Kori Adner, and you must be Mr. Grayson. May I ask what your first name is?"

Cy looked at Rob, then nudged him with his elbow to help him along.

"M-My name is Richard, but my friends call me Robin."

"May I call you Robin?"

Robin clammed up again. "You can, Cy intervened.

The trio left the hallway, and headed for the cafeteria to join up with the others.

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In the cafeteria, Cy and Rob saw the others at their regular table and joined them.

"Who's the new kid?" BB asked.

"This is Kori Adner." Robin said.

"My friends call me Starfire."

The others looked at each other, then back at Kori."

"Um, why do they call you Starfire?" Terra asked.

"Well, because I was born on a star-filled night and because my hair is red. I'm originally from Thailand and it was really strange to see a Thai child born with red hair."

"Oh okay, well my name is Terra Markov. You can just call me Terra. This is Garfield Logan--" Terra said, but was interrupted by Cy and Rob laughing.

"Anyway, we call him Beast Boy because he's an animal activist, but we call him BB also." Terra finished.

"Pleased to meet you, and you are?"

"Name's Raven. Yes it's my real name and no this isn't my natural hair color." Raven answered sully before going back to her book.

"Heh heh, you'll get used to her." Cy said as he walked over and sat down next to her. "Well I guess I'm last. Name's Victor Stone, but you can call me Cyborg on account that on the football field I'm like a machine in a humans body."

"Well, I guess you've met everyone." Robin said.

"Yes, but I'm wondering why you are called Robin."

"That's um, private." Rob answered in a low tone. "Maybe, I'll tell you later. How 'bout I show you around since there's still time before we go the next class.

Robin and Starfire left, leaving the others to themselves.

"Guys, you won't believe what happened in history class. Robin took off his shades!" Cy exclaimed.

"No way!" BB and Terra said in unison, but not fazing Raven one bit.

"When Starfire entered the room, he took em off. He might as well have blurted out 'I love you!' in front of the whole class!" He snickered as the others, except Raven, joined in.

For the rest of lunch, the trio made jokes about Robin's mishap. The bell rang, and they went their separate ways.

"Oh yea, Gar?" Terra asked while walking with BB to class.

"What?"

"I won't be going home with you and the others today."

"Why?"

"I have a gymnastics competition at the end of the month and I want to try out some new moves."

"Oh okay, well I don't want to distract you in any way." BB joked while winking."

"Ugh, get you head out of the gutter." She groaned while shoving him.

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The rest of school was rather uneventful, and the final bell acknowledging school letting out for the day.

The gang met up outside of the school, in front of Cy's car.

"I'll see you guys tomorrow." Terra said, and went toward the school gym to practice.

The others waved, then Cy got in his car to start it. Music began playing from Cy's car as it started up, surprising Starfire.

"It sings!" She exclaimed.

"Sort of." Cy laughed. "I'm guessing that you grew up in a part of Thailand that didn't have a lot of technology.

"We did, not as advanced as this." She replied.

"Oh okay, anyway, it's great to have someone new around here. Welcome to the group Starfire." Cy said.

The group talked for a few more minutes, until a horn honked outside of the school grounds.

"That's my father." Starfire said and began walking to her father's car. "I really do hope that we all become good friends." She added before getting in.

Rob, Cy, Rae, and BB nodded as she drove off.

"So Robin, when are you going to ask her out?" BB inquired.

"Excuse me! What are you talking about?" Robin retorted back.

"Cy told us about how you reacted when Starfire was introduced. So when are you going to ask her out?"

"Just shut up and get in the car!" He fumed making Cy snicker as he saw Robin's blush, and so did Raven.

After joking at Robin's expense a few more times, they got in Cy's car so he could drop them off at their houses.

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In the school's gym, Terra was practicing one of her routine's. She just finished her third one and heard the sound of clapping coming from the distance. When she looked in the direction of it, she saw Cid standing in the shadows. Even though his left eye was the only visible part on his face, she could tell it was him.

"Nice start and release, but your form still needs work." Cid said.

"You know gymnastics?" Terra asked.

"Nationals three years in a row." He said with a slick smile as he emerged from the darkness.

He walked over and asked for her to repeat the routine. She did so, and he saw the same flaws.

"Watch what I do." He said with his voice smooth.

He did her routine, but to perfection. After he finished, he walked back over to her and guided her through the routine again. At one time, she slipped and he caught her, but his hand was in a rather uncomfortable place, which left Terra with a full-blown blush on her face.

They continued practicing for several hours until Terra was worn out, and Cid decided to drive her home.

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"See ya tomorrow Cy. Hope you pass the test tomorrow." Rob said while standing outside of Cy's car.

"Hope you don't get too distracted by Starfire to pass it either." Cy shot back at him.

Robin didn't respond, he just narrowed his eyes, although no one could see on account of his shades, then walked away. Cy waved to Robin's mother, who opened the door, then drove off.

The ride over to Raven's house was a long and quiet one. Every now and then, he would glance over to Raven who just held her head down and didn't move an inch.

Upon arriving at Raven's house, she glanced over to see her father's car parked in the driveway and sighed heavily and began to get out.

"Hold on Rae." Cy said while looking ahead at the road.

Raven paused and got back in the car. "What's going on?"

"What are you talking about?" She asked.

"You know what I'm talking about."

After saying that, he turned and faced her. He moved his hand toward her face, making her instinctively wince, but eased up when she realized that he was wiping away the make-up on her bruise.

"That." He said after pulling down the passenger seat visor and opened the mirror.

Raven didn't say anything, instead tears began to swell up in her eyes and she started to get out of the car again, but Cy grabbed her arm and gently pulled her back in.

"I know what's going on, I just wanted to hear you say it." He said with his voice being deep, but soft.

"Even if you do know, there isn't anything you can do." She cried.

Cy sat there for a minute thinking, then pulled out a tissue from his glove compartment and wiped away her tears. "If you do something for me, I promise I'll find a way to get you away from him."

"D...Do you promise Cy?" She asked while looking him in the eye.

He smiled. "I do."

"What do you want me to do. I'll do anything."

Before Cy could respond, the thud of a door slamming on the outside stopped him, as Raven's father began yelling for her to come inside.

Cy looked at Raven's father, then at her. "Help me pass this test, and I'll get you away from all of this."

For the first time, she smiled a genuine smile. "We have a lot to do and not a lot of time to do it."

Hearing that, Cy drove away; and with Raven in the car with him. Her father came running down, yelling obscenities, while throwing rocks at Cy's car.

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At Cy's house, his mother was just getting home around the same time they were. She bought a pizza and was placing pieces on the table for dinner when her son and Raven walked in.

"Hey ma! Sorry I'm late, we're going to have unexpected company tonight."

"Oh?" She asked, seeing who it was.

Cy's mom immediately noticed the mark on her face, and came to her own conclusion as to how she received it.

"Better let mom look at it, she works at a hospital" Cy whispered in Raven's ear. He then headed upstairs to prepare for dinner.

Raven slowly walked over to Cy's mom and sat down at the dinner table. Elinore placed a plate with a couple of slices of pizza in front of Raven.

"First, let me look at your eye." Ms. Stone said calmly.

She lifted Raven's face and looked at the bruise. Her medical knowledge told her exactly what to get. She went to the filing cabinets and pulled out several antibiotics to clean it up and make sure that it wouldn't get any worse.

"This may sting a little." Ms. Stone said as she wiped some over Raven's eye.

Several minutes later, Cy came down and saw the job done by his mom; which was nothing lower than perfect. He joined the two ladies at the dinner table and they began to eat.

Although it was a quiet dinner, it was one Raven had never had...a peaceful one. When it was over, Cy's mom retired to the living room and left the two youths to his room to study.

"Before we begin Cy, I just want to know a few things."

"What's that?"

"Where will I sleep and what about my clothes for tomorrow?"

"Well, you can sleep on my bed and I'll sleep on the couch. As for your clothes, you can wear some of my clothes to sleep in while I wash the ones you're wearing." Cy said while pulling out his books and putting them on his bed.

"Sounds good."

"It's not like you wear anything else." He muttered to himself.

"What'd you say?"

"Nothing. Let's get started shall we?" He said while smiling.

After several hours of studying, Cy felt he was ready for the test, but besides that. He was worn out. Raven was in the shower, so he took her clothes to the washer and dryer and made his temporary bed in the living room.

He went back up to get one of his pillows, when he accidentally stumbled upon Raven putting on some of his clothes. They looked at each other for only a few seconds, then Cy closed the door behind him as he stood outside of his room.

"Sorry Rae!" He yelled. "I was just coming to get a pillow."

The door opened and a pillow was sticking out of it. He grabbed it and practically jumped down the steps because of the compromising situation. Cy was getting himself situated when his mom came down for a late-night snack. After getting a few cookies and some milk out, she sat by her son and began eating.

"Victor?"

"Yeah ma?"

"Your friend Raven...her...father was the one who hit her right?" She asked with caution.

"How did you know?"

"Well if it was a student or a teacher, she would be at her own house, but since she's here, it's pretty safe to assume that her father hit her. May I ask how long this has been going on?"

"To be honest, I don't know."

"I see, well I know you'll do the right thing." She said before kissing her son on the cheek and heading up to her room.

Cy laid down and covered himself with his blanket and drifted off thinking about the test and what do to about Raven.

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In Cy's room, Raven had just settled down and was relaxing as she laid in Cy's bed. The embarrassing encounter left a bright red blush on her face. Reality hit her and she realized she was laying in his bed, making several thoughts run through her head, and that only made her blush even more; and instead of covering herself up even more, she smiled before going to sleep.

End Of Chapter 1.