Chapter 29

The scene around Michelle suddenly appeared black again, she opened her eyes and saw someone carrying the past her. The present Michelle watched in awe, now time was really beginning to go by fast. Michelle watched Robin save the unconscience Michelle and take her into the titan's headquarters. She saw bits and pieces of the conversation and she also saw when she had woken up and past that. Michelle saw when she got upset about wanting someone to care and heard the memorable words they had said once more.

"I don't think it's dumb at all, I know what you're going through- it's rough. It feels as if you're lost and no one cares about you, it's like to them your just there and that's it. You go through all this sadness, all this anger, all these mixed emotions and sometimes it just feels like too much...and all you want is a shoulder to cry on; someone that'll stay with you no matter what happens, someone that can pull you through" Beastboy had been the first one to speak up.

The next person to speak was the red hair and emerald green eyes; Starfire

"I do not know what I'd do if it weren't for our friends..the people that care for us. If I did not have them I do not think i would've been able to go on..."

"I know the feeling.You have to have someone by your side, someone to talk to, someone to comfort you so that you don't feel like you're going crazy. A long time ago there was a prophecy, that was to be fulfiled on my birthday. It was very scary for me. I wasn't sure if I was going to be able to survive, but the titans, my friends, the people that care about me, they gave me the strength I needed to go on.. If it weren't for them, I probably wouldn't be the same person" Michelle didn't even have to guess who that was, it was Raven.

"Whenever you need a shoulder to cry on you can always count on us" said Beastboy.

The conversation carried on all the way to the point Robin invited Michelle to the titan's. When Michelle acceped his offer she had caught the communicator he tossed to her with her good hand...

Michelle blacked out after that for awhile. When she woke up she found her past and present self in the titans infirmary and Beastboy was talking to her.

"In the end there really are no endings, just new beginnings. So yeah you've reached the end of your book, but that's just one part of your life, just one part of the series. And now that it's over, you can start your next book and make a new beginnning and start over fresh. So now that everything in your book has ended you can change the story, you can stop dwelling on what had happened earlier and keep moving on and look forward to what could happen next" said BeastBoy

The past Michelle fell asleep and the Michelle that was observing noticed Beastboy had fallen asleep right by her side.

'He kept his promise...he said he'd stay with me all night and he did...what a great friend..'

Michelle blacked out shortly after that and she felt herself falling...falling into the darkness...


"Michelle?"

Michelle moaned softly and curled up against something soft. It was very comfortable, but it didn't seem like the bed she slept in earlier...

"Michelle, are you alright? Wake up"

Michelle saw the darkness slowly fade away and now she was surrounded by a shade of green

"Woah!" said Michelle moving back slightly, she almost fell, but something caught her.

"That's the second time I had to catch you" said Beastboy with a sigh of relief. "You know, for someone that has just been hurt, you're not very careful are you?"

Michelle just rubbed her eyes in confusion and yawned sleepily.

"Beastboy...what happened?"she asked.

"You fell out of bed, it was really weird you seemed all calm and stuff at first but after awhile you started to squirm around a lot. Me and Cy tried to stop you from moving around so much but it was too hard, you were moving way too much" Beastboy explained. "We got Robin but he said it was better that we just left you alone, he said something about not interfering with your sleep. Anyway, Cy went back to bed and I stayed here and watched you. It's a good thing too,you were squirming around so much that you fell of the edge of the bed. I'm just glad I caught you"

Michelle nodded.

"Same here, that was scary; I didn't even know I had fallen"

"I tried to wake you up and calm you down but you were really out of it...did you have a bad dream?" he asked

"Well..." Michelle sounded hesitant. "It was kind of a dream..but it was more of a flashback. I had a dream about everything that had happened in my past...it was horrible"

"You mean with him in it?" Beastboy asked her. Michelle nodded and Beastboy felt a little angry

"Why would he want anything to do with you? It's not like you did anything to him, he had no right to do that, he should've never done that stuff to you" said Beastboy.

Michelle just looked at him

"You're right he shouldn't have..." she said quietly

"Well don't worry, Slade isn't going to bother you any more, I'll make sure of that" said Beastboy standing up from his chair forgetting Michelle was in his arms. Michelle gasped in surprise and laughed

Beastboy looked down and blushed embarrassedly.

"Sorry I forgot you were still in my arms...I'm not really that smart when it comes to this kind of stuff" said Beastboy but Michelle shook her head

"I wouldn't say that...you're just a little forgetful so what? That doesn't make you dumb, you're only human" said Michelle and Beastboy gave her a look.

"Well okay so you're skin isn't the color of a human but so what? Doesn't mean you can't make mistakes sometimes right?"

"Right" said Beastboy feeling a bit more confident. "Hey Michelle you hungry? Robin is making breakfast right now and it's supposed to be really good, meat, hashbrowns, pork and sasauge for you guys, and tofu pancakes, tofu meat, and hasbrowns for me"

"You really like that stuff don't you?" asked Michelle with a grin. Beastboy nodded.

"Yeah I love it, you see, I'm a vegitarian, I don't eat meat. A long time ago before I knew I could change into other animals I used to love meat. But after I learned I could morph into all those different animals eating the meats that I used to left felt weird; like I was getting rid of my own kind...so I stopped and decided to stick with Tofu! It's really awesome, I'm sure you'd love it, would you want to try some of it?" asked Beastboy eagerly, his eyes growing wide and hopeful.

Michelle cringed a bit at that. As much as she understood his reasons for wanting to be a vegitarian she'd seen Tofu before, and it didn't look too pleasing to her. As she looked at Beastboy however it was getting harder and harder to say no. He'd done so much for her the last night, the least she could do was do him a favor...as disgusting as it seemed.

"Sure I'll try some" said Michelle in a false cheery voice.

"Great!" said Beastboy walking out of the infirmary carrying Michelle through the halls. "Oh hey Michelle, I forgot to ask you. Your dream, it seemed so terrifying..but you seem so calm now, what's that about?"

"Well, it was weird because after all that stuff had happened to me I remembered you guys...you guys were a part of my dream and for some reason after that I felt a lot better, and suddenly all my fears just started to fade away." said Michelle

"Wow, I'm glad to know we helped out" said Beastboy.

"You helped out more than you'll ever know, and I don't know what I'll do to repay you" said Michelle

"You don't have to do anything." said Beastboy as they got closer to the living room and the kitchen. "I don't need you to repay me, you're friendship is enough, besides what are friends for?"

"I don't know, I've never really had many friends before, but I'm beginning to find out" said Michelle. She held on to Beastboy with her good arm and as they approached the kitchen she looked at the other titans

'I guess that in a way mom was wrong. Well she wasn't completely wrong, but there's more than a star to remind you there's a light, it's your friends' she thought 'you can always look up at the night stars to give you hope that the light is burning strong, but if you want to be sure the light is burning strong, just turn to your friends. Friendship is what really keeps the light burning strong...'