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Chapter 16. Will it be happily ever after?

Valere awoke to find Raven standing next to his bed. She had her hood up and her clock pulled close. Her emotions were scrambled. "Did you think I was dead?" Even though he couldn't her emotion properly, he knew that wasn't it.

"You and I can't be together anymore." Some tears were running down her cheeks. "I have one question for you. What did you do to Slade?"

Valere held back his pain, only because he loved her. "I used what was left of the swords power to destroy his soul." He stared hard at her. "Now, I have one question for you. Did you see my memories?"

She took a deep breath. "I saw them the first night you slept in my bed. The carnage in your past scared me beyond what I thought was possible. To see what you were actually capable of, I knew then why you don't like to sleep." She paused for a moment. "But, I also saw the love you have for your friends, family and especially your little sister, Zelda. She really is like Starfire." She smiled and gave a small laugh. Something blew up.

"So that's why." Valere said with some sorrow, as he got up. "The sword was the reason you had full control of your powers and now it's gone." He let go of his pain and it quickly turned to anger. He punched the wall. "Damn it! I love you enough to die foe you, but I can't do fuck all about this!" He was about to hit the wall with his left hand, but found it was bandaged and in a lot of pain. He sat on the edge of the bed and she started to leave. "Wait, please."

Raven turned around. "What?" She tried to sound mean, but her voice was shaky.

His plan could never work now. He had to at least let her know it, no matter the conscience was. "I want you to see something." He reached into his pocket and pulled out a small black box. "Here."

She took it and nearly lost all her energy when she opened it. It was an engagement ring. "Valere?" She whispered, for at that moment she could do nothing else.

"I made it with my sword." He went to put his hand on the hilt, but found it missing. "I thought you should know how much I truly love you, even if it meant your powers going haywire and killing me. I feel as though I have no reason to exist without being able to love you."

She turned to him and let her anger go. "You idiot! You could have killed us all, with this little surprise…" She stood frozen. Valere looked at her strangely. "Yes! Yes, I will marry you!" She jumped on him, hurting his hand and a number of other places on his body.

"What the hell?" He looked down at her. "You were just saying that you could never be with me because of your powers, were you not?"

She looked up at him with a very large smile. "Don't you see? You made the ring with your sword, so it's a part of your sword. The ring will give me full control of my powers!"

He was speechless, so he just kissed her.

When Valere and Raven returned home, they found two people had arrived while they were away. It was Jinx and Gizmo.

"Why are they here?" Raven asked Robin.

"They defected from the H.I.V.E." He shrugged. "I think Jinx defected because she has a crush on Cyborg. Well, all that really matters is that they warned us of an attack from their old home and if they hadn't been on our side we would have lost."

Starfire came up to them at that moment. She noticed Raven's ring. "You have a lovely hand accessory, friend Raven."

Robin looked down at the ring and his eyes widened. "You and Valere are engaged." He said a lot louder than what Raven would have liked, which was not at all. Luckily, everyone seemed too interested in how Valere defeated Slade, to hear Robin.

Starfire looked at Robin with confusion. "What is engaged, friend Robin?" She asked him

Before Raven could tell him not to tell her, he did. "It means two people are going to get married." He said with ease.

Starfire squealed with joy and that got everyone's attention. "Hooray! Friend Raven and friend Valere are to be married."

Those around Valere gave him their congratulations. He pulled away from them and went to Raven. "Well, now that the cat's out of the bag…" She cut him off before he could finish.

"Don't do that. Don't become Beast Boy." She pleaded.

"Sorry." He decided he shouldn't bother to restart. "We should start planning the wedding."

Raven looked up at the only man in her entire life she could love and for the first time in her life, she was full of hope for the future.

Because Valere and Raven didn't have the same religion, they went and got a marriage certificate. They read their vows to each other at the reception.

A week after they married, Raven found out she was pregnant and she had never seen Valere happier, except for when she had told him she would marry him.

THE END.

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