"You cannot hope to defeat pure evil."

"Actually I'm not such a nice guy myself…"

*GASP*

The sun's rays warm me to my core as a light breeze rippled over my body; I find myself staring up at a bright blue cloudless sky and I wonder… How am I alive?


A Traitor of clay, A Friend turned to Stone, A Heroine of Earth, Never again left alone.


"Well Terra, welcome back to the Titans."

My mind is still unable to comprehend what is going on; I just died. I just sacrificed my pitiful, treacherous life to destroy Slade and bring an end to the suffering I've caused my friends; I died as the ultimate form of saying sorry. But as I closed my eyes to accept my fate, as I felt death creep onto my heart and crawl over my skin there was a voice…

"You are not allowed to die; I refuse to lose any of my friends."

When I opened my eyes I was lying in some of the softest dirt I've ever felt, staring up at a beautiful sky, and feeling oh so very alive. I couldn't find it in myself to move just yet; my mind was just so jumbled and confused at what had just happened to me, besides the ground was just so comfortable…but I couldn't really stay here forever and I was just so hungry for some reason.

I'm not sure how she found me so quickly, maybe she was doing a patrol or something, but right as I found the strength to get up and go search for food Starfire landed beside me; she babbled on about something or other, sadly I was still quite disoriented so I couldn't really follow the bubbly alien. She did hug me extra hard though so I don't think she's still mad about the whole betrayal thing…

In fact none of them are which is weird… I was taken back to Titan tower and after a lot of cheering and crazy stuff, most of which was lost on my half dazed self, they all calmed down and talked to me. I learned, as I ate the food they so graciously offered, what had happened in the past few months since I 'died' and apparently dying for your friends is enough to warrant another chance so here I am living with these guys once again as a Titan.

It's been a few days since they brought me back to the tower after my revival and Robin just now handed me a communicator… Oh crap, Robin is looking at me oddly… Is that pity in his eyes? Is he feeling pain for me?

"Um are you absolutely sure…" I tried, for like the thirtieth time, to voice that I was a horrible person who didn't deserve kindness or friendship; I deserved pain and punishment, but they wouldn't hear it and I doubt they ever will.

"Of course Terra you are one of us and always have been." His smile was a killer I gotta say; Starfire, Cyborg, Beast-Boy, and…Raven all nodded and jumped and all the other things they do to show their agreement.

They are still your friends… Even after all that you have done to them. That look in Robin's eyes; all of their eyes… It's because you've been so gloomy since you've been back! Calm your tits Terra this is it; you have one last chance to do this having friends thing right so don't blow it, just be yourself and everything will work out!

"Well okay then! However, if we are to celebrate we are going to need a butt ton of pizza and video games!" And just like that I was back and once more part of the family…


Author's Notes: Well hello everybody; I have jumped into yet another Fandom and this time I get to write about two of my favorite characters! I'm a sucker for fluff as well as angst so it would be wise to expect both; I wanted to write a romance story with a straight couple for a change so I'm not sure if this will blossom as a love fiction or just stay buddy-buddy, but we will just have to see!

In case you didn't realize the story starts at the moment Slade destroys the sealed door that held back his humanity; in doing so he also freed Terra from her prison of Earth, or that is how it happened in this story.