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Chapter 9: Freedom

(Still in Terra's mind...) Daniel then took hold of the sides of her head with his hands, and his light shone around them both as the scene went back to reality. Finally, something was happening!

(Back in reality...) Daniel stood with Terra the statue, with rays of golden light shining like sunlight from between his fingers. His eyes were still out of focus, but now a wind came from nowhere and blew all around them. He closed his eyes. Daniel now seemed entranced, as he was chanting (get ready for a combined "Brother Bear"/Enya reference!)

"Sitka. Denahi. Kenai. Tenana. Terra, stella. Pax Deorum. Ergo, tempus vernum."

Merlina seemed to be in the same trance, for her eyes turned from green to silvery blue, also out of focus, and she was singing an Enya song.

Domineo veniteo
Domineo veniteo
Sacramento veo deo...

(A/N: I'm not sure the order in which that song goes, so just go with this, 'kay?)
It seemed to help, but neither said anything. At last, Terra glowed with Daniel's light. She started cracking as beams of sunlight shot out of her. As Merlina ended her song, she came back into focus and watched in amazement as she heard a faint sound like a scream, which grew louder until Terra burst free with a shatter of rock, and a scream of sheer freedom. As the rock around her crumbled, so did her condemned Slade suit, created by her former master, the twisted psychopath himself. This left her wearing nothing but the under-bandages (not even gloves or shoes!). Terra was free and alive.

The magic caused her to float for a minute, then she fell forward into Daniel's arms in a hug. At that moment, she had earned a place in his heart as a "little sister," alongside Merlina and Starfire (he has a crush on Raven) and had won his pure brotherly love for eternity.

Terra cried happily as she hugged her new "big brother." In fact, the first words out of her mouth as she leaned on him were "Daniel Rose, you are my brother." She spoke them softly, for it had been a long time since she'd spoken at all.

Daniel picked her up and carried her off the stand.

"Terra!" Merlina cried (literally) as she ran to her dream friend.

"Lina?" Terra was astonished, "The friend I dreamed about? The girl who came to me?" Lina was perplexed.
"Me? Terra, I dreamed about you! You came to see me! Remember the flowers? And the maze and my meditation realm?"
"I remember," Terra replied, "But I thought it was you."
"Maybe it was both of us," Lina grinned and hugged Terra.

"Can you walk, Terra?" Daniel asked.
"I think so," said Terra. Daniel put her down and she wobbled a bit, got a good footing, then almost fell, being caught up by Danny & Lina.

"Here," said Daniel as he touched her neck with his hand. A warm light glowed, then stopped.
"That should at least take care of your cerebellum," he said. Terra sighed with relief and said, "Thanks, Daniel...I owe you my life."

Daniel smiled at his "little sister" and touched the back of her head.
"Consider it a gift, Terra," he said, "You don't owe me a thing." "Speaking of gifts," interjected Merlina, "We'd best get home, lest we arouse suspicion. We're getting the tree tomorrow, and we've still got decorating to do."

Terra was excited now! ('Has it been that long?' she thought.)

"What are we waiting for, then?" she said, "Let's go!"

"Hold it, cowpoke," said Lina, "You shouldn't move too much. You'll ride with me." Merlina then kissed and blew on the tip of her wand, making her winged steed. She and Terra mounted while Daniel gave a casual flick of his own wand, creating his replica of Goku's "Flying Nimbus" cloud.

Before they took off, Merlina pinched her wand tip, pulling out a milky form, which turned into a white robe, like Danny's and cloaked Terra in it, pulling up a hood she'd put on it herself.

"We don't want you getting even colder, now do we?" said Lina as she tied on the hood. Terra beamed, and they took off for home.

Terra sighed. She was finally going home.

End of Part 2

But there's still a lot more to come, readers! WARNING: Be prepared for a LOT of song singing in Part 3! ;)