Hello everyone this is nekotenshihime. This is my first fanfiction anywhere. It is a Teen Titans fic. I hope you fellow readers like it.
DISCLAIMER: I do not own any Teen Titans characters they are the product of DC Comics. The only character i own is my OC who you'll meet later on, if i get enough reviews.
Anyway, here is the prologue for my story The Truth. Please enjoy!

Teen Titans: the Truth

Prologue: A Choice

The rising sun set the canyon ablaze turning the rocks reddish gold. A gentle breeze blows over the canyon it whips a girl's long blonde hair around her face. The blonde girl is lying face down on the ground it doesn't look like she is breathing. Her silver armored suit may be recognized as the same suit a former Teen Titan wore as she helped her master Slade take over all of Jump City and seemingly "destroy" the teen super heroes. However she came back and in an epic battle the Titans were saved by their friend who stopped a volcano that threatened to incinerate the whole city and kill Slade. She did not die in the underground lair, but before she could be turned to stone she was taken into police custody. A judge decreed that she should be put into maximum security for her crimes against the city.

The Titans tried to object pleading to let her come home with them. The judge voted against them and made her serve a life sentence in Jump City's maximum prison. No one knows what became of Slade after word it was assumed he died in the volcano. If falling in a pit of lava won't kill someone then he must be either related to Superman or is immortal. Terra didn't complain about her situation. She said she held no grudge against the Titans and that she wanted to make it up to them anyway she could. Despite Raven and Terra's previous experiences even Raven would have wanted Terra to come home with them. The courts were strict about this ruling and they allowed timed visits once a month for the Titans to see their friend. If any of the Titans were angered by this whole ordeal it was Terra's boyfriend Beast Boy.

Beast Boy often wouldn't say a word for hours before the Titans left to leave on that one day of the month. When he got to the prison he wouldn't say a word if he could help it to any guard or officer. Beast Boy had eyes and words for only Terra and the rest of the Titans respected that. Beast Boy tried to remember to stop early so everyone else could talk to her. These meetings continued for at least four months before doctors and psychologists were called in. Terra's mental condition started to go downhill. One officer in particular wanted Terra to suffer. His name was Ramon.

Ramon said, "I don't care what you Titans say. That girl destroyed our city and almost killed our heroes. She deserves to rot in jail. She deserves that psycho Slade and I can't wait to get him in here too. My little sister Rachel is not going to change my mind on this."

"I refuse to believe that Terra is that evil. She needed help to control her powers and while I wish she had not gone to Slade she helped us in the end. I will always love her for that and I don't care what you say she will come home with us. One day maybe not today but someday soon. Then you won't have to worry about her in your hair. Is that good enough for you Officer Ramon? "Beast boy growled.

"Look Beast Boy you know I respect you, all of you. I mean you're the Teen Titans you help keep the city safe from weirdos and criminals like Terra and Slade. I'm not jealous we the upstanding officers…"

Starfire interrupted him with a shout. "How could speak with such cruel words to a Titan? I do not believe that you are not of being jealous. I believe that you are more jealous of us than any villain we have ever met. You are… a sniveling florbag!"

Cyborg places a hand on Beast Boy's shoulder and points to Terra who was quiet through the whole conversation. Raven had been trying to get the other's attention for the past five minutes when Terra collapsed. Beast boy gasped and Starfire stopped in her tracks. Ramon was about to comment that even now she was a menace because she had a caused an earthquake earlier that day when he saw her on the floor. Robin asked Cyborg to break the glass separating them when Raven held up her hand.

"Let me please," Raven sighed. "This is the least I can do for her. Out of all of us I was the hardest one on her. Azarath Mentrion Zinthos." Raven is surrounded by a black energy in the form of a raven. She passed through the glass with ease and pulled Terra inside. She did wonder why someone had decided to dress her in the same outfit she had worn as Slade's apprentice and she thought it couldn't just be a coincidence.

"Can we put all this arguing aside and get her to the nearest doctor?" a strong voice interrupts Robin and Ramon's argument. Ramon turns to his little sister Rachel walking in with a sad look on her face. Ramon always thought she was too forgiving, too soft on Terra. Rachel refused to look at Ramon afraid of what would come out of her mouth. Raven handed Terra to Beast Boy who began crying. Starfire also began to cry and Cyborg and Robin had to cough to hide their tears. Raven sighed again and then gave Ramon a death glare. She dared him to say something so maybe she could send him to another dimension. Without another word the Titans flew to the nearest hospital desperate to save their best friend.

A few hours later the doctor came back with a clipboard in hand. Beast Boy growled at a tall man in the navy blue business suit. No one wondered why he had on a weird mask of some sort, but Beast Boy didn't trust him. Robin was also suspicious of the visitor who claimed to be Terra's uncle from another city. Cyborg was busy rechecking the doctor's figures to make sure he hadn't missed anything important. Raven was quiet in the corner meditating to keep her sorrow and anger at the ambitious and the uncaring officer from getting out of control. Starfire's face was wet with tears as the doctor cleared his throat.

"I regret to tell you all this but… her injuries from some outside force are pretty much set in stone. I believe that…" The doctor replied but was interrupted by Beast Boy.

Beast Boy interrupted his eyes glowing with disbelief and anger. "What are you talking about? Terra's gonna be fine! Terra's going to come home with us! What are… how could… I … I …"

"Cyborg we have to know. Tell us that the doctor is mistaken."

"I am so sorry Star. According to this chart… Gasp! She … she…"

"Cyborg what… What did you see?" Robin said in a broken voice.

"Terra will never use her powers again." The doctor and Cyborg replied in unison.

None of the Titans said anything for a few moments. The mysterious man in the suit walked up to the doctor and held out his hand for the charts. The charts showed three graphs. The first graph was the genes of someone without special abilities. The second graph showed the genes of Terra before she was incarcerated. The third graph was her genes and vitals right now. They were almost the exact same as the genes and vitals in the first graph. The man sighed and handed the doctor back the charts then he placed a hand on first Raven and then Robin's shoulders. Raven and Robin look up shell-shocked. He would have offered a hand in comfort to Starfire and Beast Boy, but he preferred to have his arm connected to his shoulder. After staring at each other for several seconds he walked to the doctor and whispered in his ears. The doctor nodded and the mysterious "uncle" left without another word just a brief glance at the Titans and Terra.

No Titan left the hospital that night. Beast boy had transformed into a wolf and paced the floor growling at anyone who got close to the door. If it was a doctor he jumped at them and growled louder than his friends thought he could. If it was one of the Titans he would whimper and sniff them before he stepped aside to let them in. Terra had a chance to talk to all the Titans before the doctors insisted that she needed rest and shooed them out of the room. Terra had even seen the strange man in a navy suit who she would have bet her life on was Slade. She never voiced her thoughts. She figured to give voice to that was asking for a fight. She didn't want her friends to suffer of course unknown to her friends there was someone who had an "idea". None of the Titans would like this idea, so she never said anything.

"Are you alone?"

"Yes. The window is open and this is the second floor in case you were wondering."

"I wouldn't want anyone to interrupt us" Inner-Terra says.

"I'm glad you think so because I hope you have a brilliant plan for getting us out of a hospital room with no powers on the second floor?"

"You let me worry about that. Have I ever steered you wrong Terra?" Inner-Terra asks.

"Do I have to answer that?"

"Okay you don't have to answer that. I promise you won't regret it. I mean if all these people want Terra gone then how about we take ourselves out of the picture forever?"

Terra felt too drained to argue with herself anymore. The lost of her powers in her mind was the final straw. The last little push she needed to convince herself to do this. It wasn't easy to sneak out of the window and then she had to wobble up to the roof. Spending hours in a bed with little to no chance to stretch a girl's legs would leave her feeling like a jellyfish out of water any day. It took a lot of climbing and stealth but after several careful minutes Terra reached the roof. The reason it was so important for her to get to the roof of the hospital was one: it had a garden that she could use her powers on and second: less chance of someone finding her.

Despite the exhausting trip up to the roof Terra felt better surrounded by Earth. She had of course heard that her powers were gone but could any superpower really be lost or did it get so used up that it appeared you had no powers to begin with? Terra wondered this while testing how much dirt she could move. At first it wasn't a lot, maybe fly an ant around the roof but not much more than that. With the other personality in her head encouraging her Terra was able to get enough earth to stand on and ride on. Giving a small smile of triumph she soon reached her destination. It seemed almost ironic to come back to the same place where she had first met the Titans. For a brief moment she didn't want to do it. It was too much to leave the only friends she had ever had because her life had taken a serious 180 degree turn and she felt as if her life had been turned upside down.

"Who would miss me anyway? I mean after all look at all the trouble I've caused them."

"Isn't that right Terra?" Inner-Terra asked.

"You're right. A little lava and a quick jump no need for a burial. I'm ready."

"I almost wish it didn't have to end. I must admit I'll miss them. I think I'd even miss Him, but this is so much better. I have no regrets. I'm ready too" Inner-Terra comments.

Terra's palms began to glow as she called her earth-moving powers to her one last time. She sighed for a moment thinking on everything, every little detail and huge event that led to this moment. When the lava was bubbling hot it hit her. This was the same thing that was supposed to have killed her the first time. Was some kind of cosmic force laughing or amused at the irony of her last moments or was the cosmic being saddened that Terra believed with all her heart there was no way out? Terra forgot about all of those cosmic questions. Terra didn't see her life flash before her eyes why? She was just thinking about it. Instead she thought of all the good times she had with her friends and even the other personality the one that wanted to leave in the first place even she could find comfort in this last few moments.

The searing heat didn't hit her at first. The burn came as a relief to all the pain and heartache. She would have chuckled at the fact she could even think about chucking let alone laughing. Opening her eyes she stared at the beauty of the stars twinkling in the night sky. Feeling more calm and at peace that she had in a long time she passed out into a quiet sauna-like bliss and never noticed the flash of purple light and the strength of strong arms as they carried her away from her makeshift coffin. What drew this strange purple glowing savior to a personal funeral? It was the small boom of light and the heat of the flames in a canyon and seeing someone who believed that Terra didn't deserve to die.