Okay! Lets get this party started! Its Christmas morning!
"Get up! Get up! Everybody wake up!"
Everyone in the tower got up and dragged themselves out of bed but groaned,
"Techna! It's only," Avalanche looked at the clock, "7:30!"
"I know! That's why I'm trying to get everyone up!" Techna answered from outside Avalanche's room. So everyone got up and headed for the living room to start opening presents.
"Nice! Thanks Techna!"
"No prob Cyborg!"
"Whoa!" Robin was impressed,
"Techna and I made that. Give it to Cyborg and he should be able to know how to use it. This will power up your Birdirangs," Avalanche explained.
"Thanks!"
The presents were slowly disappearing since they opened them so fast.
"Oh I love this!"
"Beautiful!"
"Cool!"
These things were being said for a couple of hours.
But Robin told them to get ready for the day and open the rest of the presents later. So they followed his orders and right after breakfast everyone rushed back to the Christmas tree.
"Here Raven," Beastboy handed her a gift,
"For me?" she asked,
"Yeah, who else?" she took it and opened it,
"Oh Beastboy. It's beautiful," said Raven. One was a silvery-white necklace with a heart in the middle. On the heart was a raven and a moon. Another item he gave her was this round little mirror. It's a mirror on one side and a beautiful design in beautiful colors on the other.
"Beautiful like you," he said. Raven blushed a little.
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Techna turned her head to see what was going on between Raven and Beastboy,
"Hey Shadow!" she whispered in eagerness,
"What?" she came over and Techan took her behind the tree and pointed,
"Look!"
"Yes!" Shadow was waiting for this.
"What's going on?" the girls turned around and almost screamed in surprise but held their screams back. The other future titans appeared behind them out of nowhere. But one look at what's going on gave them the answer so they quickly became silent.
"Raven…"
"Yeah?"
"I…I love you…"
"…I love you too."
Then the both leaned in slowly and kissed passionately on the lips with no hesitation.
The future titans were so excited that they almost gave their position away.
"Guys!" Spirit was calling them over to the kitchen.
"What Spirit?"
"Look, but don't make any noise!"
They leaned over to see what was going on.
"No Wa-!" They covered Techna's mouth.
"Oh Robin! This is so beautiful! I love it!" Starfire was so happy of her present but her back blocked whatever she was holding.
"I love what you gave me too, Starfire. But…I want to tell you something."
"You may tell me anything!"
"I, I like you more than just a friend…I love you…"
The future titans almost fell over in happiness. Two love confessions in one day, on Christmas!
"Oh Robin!" she gave him a tight hug,
"Starfire! I got to breathe!"
"My apology, I…Love you too, Robin!" they hugged and had a first kiss of love on their own.
The future titans left the kitchen,
"That's so cool!" Techna was even more hyper now,
"Finally!" Shadow said,
"My parents did say Christmas was a special day for them," said Spirit,
"How romantic yet I think I'm going to hurl witnessing those kisses!" said Stormy acting a bit sick.
"I know what you're thinking Techna, and NO we aren't staying until we see how Cyborg admitted his love for whoever it was because we have to go home today!" said Avalanche,
"It's Bumblebee smarty-pants!" Techna bit back.
Everyone opened their presents by now. But everyone also noticed that Dakota didn't give the past titans anything.
"I do have a gift, but we have to go to a certain place," he said.
No one knew what he wanted to do exactly but they followed him.
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"What?"
"Dakota! What are you thinking!" Shadow cried.
He led them to the statue of Terra.
"I'm going to revive her, it's the least I can do," he said.
"That would be wonderful!" said Starfire,
"Yeah," everyone was agreeing with her.
"Do you think that's a good idea?" Stormy asked,
"Of course it is," said Techna.
Shadow said nothing with a look of pain in her.
Dakota was about to use his powers when Avalanche stopped him,
"Wait!"
"What is it?" Dakota asked,
"You can't revive Terra," he said,
"What? Why not?" Dakota asked demandingly,
"…Because. Dakota, I know you never met your mother and meeting her in the past would mean a lot to you. But did you even bother to look at how and when she got out of the state she's in now? I looked it up before and it wasn't you that revived her, and she didn't come back on Christmas day. You reviving Terra might affect our future, I'm sorry, but Terra was not meant to come back alive today," said Avalanche sadly,
"But Avalanche…" Dakota was getting upset,
"No! Avalanche is right! I remember too, Terra came back alive by herself and it wasn't anywhere near Christmas. I'm sorry Dakota, but you aren't supposed to bring her back," said Shadow.
"But we understand, we know you meant well," said Techna.
Dakota looked down in depression. He knew he couldn't risk the chance of changing the future, but he wanted so badly to meet his mother no matter what time period.
"It's okay, we understand," said Robin.
"Yes, we know Terra will be reunited with us one day," said Starfire,
"And we'll give her another chance like you were given another one," said Raven,
"Yeah!" BB agreed,
"It's okay, we can wait for a friend to return," said Cyborg,
"You guys…I don't even deserve your kindness…" said Dakota,
"Hey," Spirit puts his hand on Dakota's shoulders in comfort, "Thank the past titans; we are their descendent after all. A second chance is all someone needs to be friends again," he said.
"I'm so lucky," said Dakota,
"You sure are," said Shadow, "And so am I. You may be Terra's son, but you and Terra's hearts has proved me wrong about you guys. I promise you Dakota, you will meet your mother someday," said Shadow,
"Shadow…How can you be so sure?" he asked,
"When I got Trigon inside me I thought I could never feel again. Never smile or laugh like I used to, or play with my friends like I used to. But I was wrong, my fight with Retta proved it. I could stand up against him now and look at me now Dakota, I can feel again. You see Dakota, no one said Terra is dead, you have a chance to meet her."
"You're right," said Dakota with a small nod.
"Group hug!" Techna cried knowing that Dakota needed one right now. They gave him one big hug. Surprisingly, he started crying,
"I don't even deserve this…Even after betraying you guys once you guys show me kindness and comfort. Something that I haven't felt for almost all my life!"
The past titans were watching and a few started shredding a few tears of their own,
"I'm not crying! I have something in my eye!" said BB rubbing his eyes,
"It's okay, Beastboy, I won't tell," said Raven,
"Okay," and he let some of his tears run.
Starfire was crying joyful tears,
"I am glad that their friendship is so strong," she said,
"I guess we taught them well when we raised them" said Robin,
"I guess Terra will revive herself someday," said Cyborg,
"Yeah, and we'll be waiting," said Raven,
"Waiting to give her that second chance," BB finished.
The titans spent their day together until the sun was setting when it was time for the future titans to go home.
"We'll miss ya!" said Cyborg,
"Oh, we're not going that far if you really think about it!" said Techna in a cheerful mood.
They were about to leave in a portal when Stormy asked,
"Hey guys, where's Shadow?"
At Terra's statue:
Shadow was putting a red rose and a small wrapped up present in front of the statue,
"Merry Christmas, Terra. I know I hated you for so long, but my friends took that vengeance away to save me. I know now that you are a good person at heart. Retta may have been evil, but Dakota is just like you and I can't hate him for some reason, so I can't hate you. I admit, you're not my favorite adult, but as Dakota's future mother, I-"
"Shadow!" it was Stormy,
"Hey Shadow, come on! We got to go!" he said.
"Alright," said Shadow and made one last look at Terra,
"I forgive you," she said and left. Stormy looked at the statue and what Shadow gave her,
"Shadow is finally letting it go," said Stormy,
"Hey! Wait up!" he yelled running to catch up.
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"Hey, BB and Rae," said Shadow who was the last to go into the portal,
"Don't let the fact that I'm your future daughter get in the way of what's happening to you here and now. For your sake, and mine, please take care of each other," said Shadow,
"Of course I'll take care of her!" said BB with a smile and putting one arm around Raven's waist.
"Merry Christmas, and ask Robin and Starfire for my team this question: Did you have a nice Christmas kiss?" she said and left.
Raven and Beastboy were confused for a moment but they caught on.
"Why didn't she ask us that question? We both know what the answer would be," said Beastboy,
"Really? Show me," said Raven as they leaned in for another kiss. But for their unfortunate, their team was watching; but BB and Raven had something to say back to Robin and Starfire if they made fun of them so they were alright.
It's not over yet! Next is the Epilogue when we see what happens as they future titans return home. After all, Shadow is in a love shape and we get to see who she picks.
Please R and R and vote on your favorite future titan, I'll tell you the results in the next chapter!
