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Chapter 12. The trial begins
Terra spent a lot of her time in her old room. She had come out once for lunch. Beast Boy was getting agitated.
"Why won't she talk to us?" He practically yelled out.
Robin put his hand on his green friend's shoulder. "Beast Boy, she did betray us and she's unsure of where she stands because of it."
Beast Boy looked up at the boy wonder. "But, we're still her friends." It sounded more like a plea.
Raven walked into the room at that moment.
"Where's Valere?" Robin asked her, completely forgetting about his conversation with Beast Boy.
She sighed. "He said that because he fell asleep yesterday, that he has fallen behind in his schedule. So, at this moment he's talking with Malchior."
Robin shook his head. "I still can't believe it's possible to be friends with a villain."
She laughed. "Cyborg knows it's possible to be more than friends with a villain."
Cyborg turned red, but never turned from the T.V.
"Are you sure?" Valere asked Malchior.
The eyes laughed at him. "You can read my thoughts, if I was lying or even unsure of something, you would know instantly."
The Malchior said was true enough. The true question, however, was how did he know this? To Valere, it does not matter how, just that it is. He sighed. "I have a lot of to think about. I will talk to you later."
He closed the book with Malchior trapped in it and placed it on his desk. He had found spare furnishings in the tower's basement.
He was heading to the living room, when he passed Terra's room and stopped. Her name was engraved on the door. 'How long is it going to take before I get my name on my door?' He thought. 'Well, if all goes according to my plan it won't be my room for very long.' He gave a light chuckle at the thought.
He was about to continue to his destination, when he heard Terra sigh, from inside her room. He decided to find out what was wrong. He knocked on the door.
"Who is it?" Came a depressed voice.
"It is Valere." He answered.
A few seconds passed before she responded. "Come in." He walked in, but didn't pay any attention to her furnishings, all he really noticed was it was yellow. "What do you want?" She hadn't meant for it to sound so rude, so he didn't take it as being rude.
He stood in front of her. "We haven't been properly introduced. My name is Valere, but my friends from where I'm from called me Ghost Blade. Beast Boy just calls me Ghost." At the mention of Beast Boy, Terra's mood lightened momentarily.
She looked up at Valere. "My name is Tara, but call me Terra." She held out her hand, to shake his, but he kissed it like he had done when meeting Raven and Starfire for the first time. "Chivalry? How nice." She smiled.
He returned the smile. "Don't get any ideas. I love Raven."
"Lucky her." Terra smiled again.
"Why are you depressed?" He already knew, but this would be easier if she admitted it aloud.
She gave him a desperate look, but he didn't cave. She sighed. "I don't know how to forgive myself for what I have done, let alone how the team will and I no longer have control of my powers."
He hadn't expected her to let it out that simple or easy. "The team had already for given you. They understand why you did what you did."
"How can they?" Her voice had risen.
He laughed and she gave him a disgusted look. "I don't know how they can understand. I understand as well, but I have been there." He looked down at his sword. "When I first acquired my sword, it linked its self to me and its power was released at random. I thought I would never learn to control it and I almost did what you did to gain control, but a friend of mine destroyed the man who would teach me." He put his hand on her shoulder. "I understand the temptation.
"Maybe," he continued, "our friends understand because they have been there themselves, but for different things. Raven for her powers as well. Beast Boy against his animal instincts. Robin wanting revenge for the death of his parents. Cyborg wishing to join the H.I.V.E. for Jinx." She laughed at his comment. "Star probably is the only one who doesn't understand, but she is forgiving by nature."
Terra lowered her head. "That's all good, but I still have the problem of not having control over my powers again." She said.
He lifted her chin. "I can help you." Her face displayed a fare amount of hope and confusion. "Your powers come from your ability to connect your life force with the earth's, you just have to learn how to do it properly. "Tomorrow, just join me and Raven after breakfast."