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And Raven was alone. Alone with an unconscious Starfire. Along with an unconscious Starfire, asking herself what in the world she had gotten herself into this time.

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"Ermmm…" Raven stalled. Now that she was here, she had no idea what to do.

'Just tell her the truth.' Friendship said. Raven mentally sighed.

'Easier said then done.'

'You want me to do it?'

'No, it has to be me. Or else it's not really a confession or the truth.'

'I knew that. Just had to be sure you did.'

If Raven could, she would have glared at Friendship. Again, Raven felt Friendship smile, and, again, it felt like a beam of sunshine. Raven took a deep breath.

"Well, to start off Starfire, I'm sorry. Not just that you're sick and that my magic helped to cover it and put you in danger and that you thought that I had replaced you, though I am sorrier for that then I could ever say.

"No, what I'm sorry for is the fact that you didn't feel like you could confront me about it. I didn't realize I had closed you off so completely that you were afraid to come talk to me about it."

She sat there in silence for a moment, trying to think what to say next. A soft word escaped Starfire's lips.

"Sorry…" Raven furiously shook her head.

"No, I'm the one who's sorry Star. You see, I didn't replace you with Silence. I could never replace you, you're my best friend in the whole wide world. I'm sorry I didn't trust you and keep pushing you away.

"The fact is, that I'm not friends with Silence, I am Silence. Raven and Silence are one and the same. I just… I just wanted to keep it a secret, and I don't know why I did, it's just… I guess I felt like I had some control when I had a secret. And that's all I want, control."

Tears flowed freely down her face and she hung her head, gently sobbing. Star weakly and slowly covered her hand with her own. A few tears dropped onto their intertwined hands. After a few more minutes of weeping, Raven looked up, her eyes shining with unshed tears.

"I'm so sorry." She whispered hoarsely. "My secret was hurting you, and I'm so sorry that I didn't see that in the first place."

"It's okay Friend Raven." Starfire said, sitting up. Raven stared in amazement as Starfire smiled at her. All the cuts had completely disappeared and she looked as good as new.

"Starfire.. what… what?" She tried to say 'what happened' but the words couldn't come out. Starfire's smiled just grew.

"Friend Raven, it appears that your tears have magnificent healing powers. Did you not know?" Raven just weakly shook her head.

After a few more seconds of staring, she threw herself into Starfire's arms, weeping intensely. Starfire held her and rocked her and Raven cried.

She cried for her dead mother and trainer, she cried for her uncaring father, she cried for her victims, but mostly she cried for herself.

For all the times she had been abused, all the times she was tortured by the looks of happiness on others faces that she could not share.

She cried all the tears that had begged to come out every single night.

She cried for salvation from the imprisonment she had been forced into.

Starfire cried also.

She cried for the unfairness of it all, how this innocent girl could be forced to carry a burden not meant for those a million time her size and power.

And they sat there, the dark goddess weeping into the angel's arms, their tears flowing freely down their faces, to create a warm golden puddle on the floor.

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