Last chapter and to my reviewers who have kept this story going for so long...
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The titans.
I couldn't believe it.
"Well, this is really awkward," Raven said monotonously, obviously trying to break the ice.
It didn't work. We stood there, the titans facing Stan and I until Robin looked strangely at Stan for a minute or two and suddenly, a look of recognition crossed his face.
"Speedy!" Stan looked at Robin happily and the two shook hands. I looked over at Beast Boy. He seemed puzzled, as though he knew Stan but didn't know where from and the then the same look that Robin had on his face a second ago was plastered on his.
"Dude, Speedy!" Beast Boy said, running over to shake hands.
"Yo man, what up?" Cyborg said, walking over to Stan. Even the girls acknowledged him, running over to give him hugs. I was lost.
"Uh, how do you guys know Stan?" I asked, looking as confused as I felt.
"Stan? We don't know who Stan is, but this is Speedy!" Robin said cheerfully, leaning over to pat Stan on the shoulder. Stan's face was pained.
"No, this is Stan," I said, voice trembling.
"No, you pathetic life-form, this is Speedy," Raven said cruelly. "As in the honorary titan?"
"What?" I said, tears filling my eyes. I looked over at Stan, who was looking guilty. Suddenly, I felt angry. More angry than I ever had in my whole life. "You lied!" I screamed at Speedy, who was looking sadly at me. "You…you big cheat!" I choked. Suddenly, I felt the power well up inside of me. But this time, I liked it.
I'll kill them all. Robin, who was the one who told me to leave, Starfire the innocent pain in the ass, Raven the bitch, Cyborg the bastard, Beast Boy, the heart breaker and Speedy the liar. I'll make them ALL PAY!
And with that my power became unleashed. The ground began shaking violently and everyone in front of me looked scared.
"Terra-" Speedy began.
"Take your pitiable excuses and stick them up your ass! I'm so sick of being hurt! Can't I go one place, or meet one person who doesn't lie to my face!" I screeched, and began breaking up the ground, taking huge chunks of earth and chucking them at my targets. Suddenly a little voice inside my head said something that made me think.
This is wrong.
No it's not, I argued. They deserve it.
I know, they hurt you. But it's wrong.
It's wrong. And suddenly it stung me. Like when you're playing baseball, and the ball smacks you on your forehead. It's not their fault. They weren't responsible for all the pain and hurt locked up inside of me. They weren't responsible for all the scars that never faded away.
It wasn't their fault.
It was wrong.
I took a deep breath and counted to ten. The ground stopped shaking and I slowly levitated to the ground, hair blowing out behind me, like a stream of gold, the wind continuously blowing ripples through it. I fell to the ground and lay there, hiding my head in between my knees. There was another ugly silence as the titans stood up. Speedy looked worried and began walking up to me.
"Terra?" he whispered.
"What?" I said almost inaudibly, the wind carrying my voice away.
"I'm sorry. I'm so sorry. I wanted to tell you, especially after you told me everything. But I was scared. Now I see that by doing that, I've hurt you even more. I'm so sorry."
"You know what?" I asked quietly. He knelt down beside me and moved the sheet of hair away from my face.
"What?" He replied, leaning so close to me I could feel his lips tickling the side of my cheek, making the pale hairs on my neck stand on end.
"I still love you. I always have loved you. I promised myself I would never love again, after what happened one day, but I couldn't help it. I love you…" Speedy smiled tenderly at me and gently tilting my blond head to the level of his orange one, leaned in and began kissing me. And this time, I wasn't shocked. I was happy. He loved me as much as I loved him.
"You're under arrest!" came a gruff voice. I looked up to see a policeman, staring at Speedy and I, a gun pointed right at my head. I froze.
"Under the penalty of what?" Speedy protested.
"Back away sir," the policeman said. "This girl's a criminal."
"No she's not!" Speedy protested.
"She's a weirdo. She has creepy powers. She's under arrest for killing over three people."
"It's not her fault she can't control them," Robin said, stepping in behind us.
"Mr. Grayson! What are you doing her, associating with such people," the policeman said, nodding in my direction.
"Terra is our friend," Starfire said angrily, stepping behind Robin, eyes and hands glowing green.
"Yea man!" Cyborg said, taking out his sonic canon.
"Dude, you have two seconds to back away," Beast Boy said growling.
"Uh, whatever they said," Raven said monotonously.
"Sir, we were given a wish last weekend. The people of Jump City said we could have whatever we wanted."
"Robin, what's your point?" Raven asked.
"We want her," Robin said, ignoring Raven and pointing at her. "We want you to leave her alone and stop chasing her. We want her freedom." The policeman was silent.
"Well, Mr. Grayson, I'm afraid that I can't let her, as this is not Jump City."
"Okay, I tried to be nice," Robin said calmly. "Raven?" Raven smiled a grinch-smile. And then she grew, four eyes glaring angrily at the policeman, her mouth hissing and spitting.
"Yeah, sure, you can have her," The policeman said quietly.
"I'm so glad you see it our way," Robin said, smiling. "You can go now." And the policeman stumbled away, muttering to himself something which sounded oddly like 'Gay ass superheroes'.
"Well, that settles that," Robin said, turning to look at me. I looked confused at him, trying to send him a thought.
What the hell did you just do?
It didn't seem to work.
"Terra," he began, "How many times am I gonna have to save your ass?" I blushed and stood up.
"A few more, boy wonder," I said softly, grinning up at him. Cyborg and Beast Boy grinned, Starfire clapped her hands together excitedly and Raven rolled her eyes.
"Wanna go back to T-Tower, T?" Cyborg asked. I pointed at myself.
"Me?" I asked, shocked.
"You are our friend, Terra!" Starfire said, coming over and touching me gently on the arm. "We all love you."
"Yeah," Beast Boy said, looking me up and down. Now, usually, or back when I was with the Titans, I would have blushed. But now, I just tossed my blond hair over my shoulder and walked over to Speedy. He grabbed my hand. We hugged and he said:
"Y'know, maybe we could go out sometimes if you promise not freak out and try to strike me dead with a rock." I grinned and turned back to the titans.
"Listen, I love you guys too. But I don't know, I feel like I need to be my own person, Y'know?" Robin nodded thoughtfully.
"Alright, we accept. But don't be a stranger, okay?" He said happily, punching me friendly on the shoulder.
"Okay." I stepped over to Cyborg who clapped me on the shoulder.
"Stay out of mischief, y'hear?" He said.
"Alright." I moved over to Starfire.
"Oh friend Terra! I shall miss you so!" Starfire said, tears of sadness and joy falling from her big eyes. She leaned over and hugged me tightly.
"Need. Air," I said, the words being choked out of me.
"Sorry friend," Starfire said apologetically and backed away. Smiling to reassure her that I was fine, I moved towards Beast Boy. He pulled me in a hug. Then as we were hugging, he leant down to my ear and whispered:
"What happened to us, Terra?" I smiled sadly.
"You broke my heart when you chose Raven. I love Speedy now. I think it's better for both of us that we moved on."
"Cool," he said sadly and let go of me. I then moved on to the last person I was going to say goodbye too. The one who had hurt me terribly.
Raven.
"Hey," I said, moving towards her.
"What do you want?" she asked calmly.
"Look, I know we got off on the wrong foot, and then I tried to steal Beast Boy from you and then I hurt you inside. I know what it feels like." Raven looked at me quizzically. "You love someone like a best friend and then they betray you. They try to destroy you and you feel so…empty…." I held out my hand. "Let's start over. Hi, I'm Terra." I stretched my hand out to hers and she was looking at it for a moment with fond distaste and then smiling softly, shook my hand and said:
"Raven."
"Can we be friends?" I asked, smiling back at her. She rolled her eyes playfully.
"Whatever floats your boat." I stepped back and looked at my friends. The titans. The saviors of America. Speedy squeezed my hand comfortingly.
Damn, my life rocks.
My name is Terra.
I have been blessed with a gift, but cursed with it as well.
My heart has been broken, my spirit shattered.
One of the only people who ever loved me died.
But I have survived.
Courage is the only cure for a crushed soul.
My name is Terra,
I will continue going to school and hope to be a author when I grow up.
I have a new life and a new boyfriend.
My life is wonderful and all I can say is
Trust in what you believe.
Open up and Dive in.
FIN
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