Well, I swore to myself that I wouldn't write anything today, and probably not until after New Years, but I've decided to put another chapter onto the story. So here goes…

Keep in mind that this chapter takes place on Christmas day (the day after Raven, Beast Boy, Terra, and Slade died).

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When Raven woke up, she didn't know where she was… or when it was. She looked around her, seeing Beast Boy lying next to her. She stretched, the pains of the past couple days slipping off her shoulders.

She looked at him, sleeping peacefully. He didn't have the hole in his stomach. Surprised, she quickly looked at her own stomach; no hole. And she didn't feel any pain.

"Beast Boy," she hissed, shaking him until he awoke, "Something's not right."

He woke up and looked around, saying, "It wasn't me! What'd I do?"

"Nothing… shut up Beast Boy," she said. She reached out and poked him in the stomach where the hole had been, and he jumped.

"What?"

"It's gone. The wound is gone, Beast Boy," she said. He looked at himself, then at her. And then he looked past her. His eyes opened wide, and she turned and looked.

Behind her was a land of beauty unlike any she had ever seen. It was surrounded by a low wall, made of shimmering gold and silver, and with sparkling diamonds surmounting bars every couple feet. Directly in front of them was an archway. Starfire, Cyborg, and Robin stood inside, looking out at them happily.

"Where are we?" Beast Boy asked quietly.

"I don't know… but I've never seen anywhere like it," Raven answered.

The three friends behind the arch waved to them to come in. A soft breeze blew out, carrying with it the gently fragrance of plumerias. Slowly Raven rose, and walked with Beast Boy towards the beautiful vision.

Beast Boy, several steps ahead of her, ran the last couple steps and was embraced by an ecstatic Starfire. She lifted him into the air; the sound of his choking the only noises other than the friend's welcoming him. They turned as Raven took the last step.

She couldn't go in. It was like an invisible wall. She pushed harder, and a sudden rush of hot air blew her back several feet. She looked at the archway in confusion.

A small mirror on the edge of the archway caught her eye. As she walked over to it, words appeared in beautiful cursive.

No demon shall enter here.

She gazed in the mirror, feeling her entire world crash down upon her. She grew very cold.

"What is it, Raven?" Starfire asked, landing and releasing Beast Boy, who collapsed, breathing deeply.

"I can't go in," Raven said in disbelief. She looked at her friends longingly. She would be separated from them again… forever this time.

"What?" Robin asked her.

"I can't go in… because of the demon in me," tears fell down her face. In death, however, her powers didn't get released when she was emotional, it seemed, because nothing exploded.

"But… it let me in, and I've killed 3 of my friends, plus you and technically me, and Terra," Beast Boy said, looking at her.

"Yeah well… apparently this isn't heaven," Raven said. She turned, and walked miserably away from the gates. Then she heard a girl yell to her.

"Raven, wait!"

Raven turned slowly, to see Terra standing with her friends. Beast Boy looked surprised for a moment, and then looked back out at Raven.

"I'm glad to see that you've changed, Terra," Raven said, feeling like she was being ripped apart, "But now I've got to go."

She looked at Beast Boy, then closed her eyes. There was a feeling of extremely fast movement, and then she opened her eyes. She was looking at the Titan Tower. Raven turned slowly, noticing that the sun had just set. Silhouetted against the scene were six tombstones.

She walked slowly down to them. Her legs were full of lead as she took the last step to stand in front of her own grave. Beast Boy's was just to the right of hers. The rest were arranged behind them, with Terra being directly behind Beast Boy's. Raven didn't know who had done this, but she appreciated it. The bodies were now in a spot of dignity. As she looked behind, she noticed small sculptures, approximately three feet tall, carved to look like each of them. They gazed out at the city they had given their lives protecting.

The statues gave Raven mixed feelings. She knew that they had been a team in life, and they were now in death. But she was no longer a part of that team. Terra had replaced her, as she always knew she would.

She turned away from the monument, looking again at her old home. Three people stood on top. Two were the people who defeated Slade. The other was a girl, who dressed like Starfire, but looked a bit like Terra. They were the new Titans. But so few of them?

She heard a sound, and saw a figure coming up the beach. It apparently hadn't seen the people atop the tower. As it came closer, she saw that it was a boy, about 6 feet tall and with dirty blonde hair carrying a girl who appeared about 16 years old. Her brown hair was wet, as was the rest of the two people, and she was a light shade of blue, as though she had nearly drowned.

The boy stumbled up to the tower and attempted to go in. When the doors wouldn't open, he shouted in frustration and glared at it. Flames suddenly burst up and burned them away, and he carried the girl inside.

So, Raven thought, Now they're all here…

She sighed, knowing that the new team was complete… and she was not a part of that, either.

A hand squeezed her shoulder gently, and she turned to look into Beast Boy's face.

"Do you think we'd let you go forever without us?" he asked, "Who would I annoy?"

Terra laughed, "Yeah… we're a team. Even if I wasn't a very good team player before."

Raven looked around. All of them except Cyborg were there, smiling at her. They had given up paradise for the sake of her; to keep the team together.

She heard a crackling over the Tower's intercom, then Cyborg's voice.

"Hey, ya'll!" he shouted to the startled people in the tower, "I'm back online, lets get this party started!"

The two young men on the roof looked down at the Titans, and smiled. They had not failed. The parents were back to train them… and they had brought friends.

"Merry Christmas, Raven," Beast Boy said. She looked at him for a moment, then leaned forward and kissed him. The others looked away, trying not to laugh.

"Merry Christmas, you creep," she said, pushing him away and running up to the next generation of Titans, laughing.

Ok, well… I hope that at least gave someone a warm fuzzy feeling. I was in a good mood when I finished last chapter and so… I decided to write a happy ending.

Tell me what you think, even if you hated it and hope I spontaneously combust.