okay, I feel really bad that I haven't updated in so long, I've just recently found passion for music video making, and with school and everything I just haven't written anything in a long time. I can't promise when another chapter will be posted, so bear with me here. Thank you for all the nice reviews!

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You Are My Sunshine

Chapter Four

"Terra?" Raven said, almost in a whisper. A deafening silence followed as Raven waited for a response. She received one a few minutes later.

"…Raven?" Came a soft whisper from all around her.

Raven felt a shudder all around her body. Terra was here, she was in the room. After a year, she had finally found a way to contact her old friend. Beast Boy would be so happy. Raven was so lost in her abnormally ecstatic thoughts that she almost forgot to respond.

"Yes, Terra, it's me." Raven said to the empty void in front of her. She knew Terra was there, somewhere unseen in her room. She just had to find where.

There was a long silence, while Raven waited for another sign from Terra. She hoped that she hadn't lost her concentration somehow, and lost her again. Finally, after a few minutes, Raven could hear the faint sound of Terra's breathing around her. Raven wasn't surprised. Terra would be taken aback by her sudden ability to do anything, after all, she had been dead for over a year now.

"I—What's going on?" Terra said.

"You've been trapped in stone for a year. But I've found you now, you're okay." Raven tried to comfort her. This was going to take a while, she guessed.

"B-Beast Boy…" Raven could hear her mutter.

"Don't worry, Beast Boy's okay. We all got safely out, thanks to you."

"It—It worked?" Terra's voice was now coming from right in front of Raven. She could guess that she was sitting right in front of her. Now she just had to focus all of her energy towards that spot, and she might become visible.

"Yes, Terra, we're all fine. You did good." Raven said patiently, as hard as that was for her to do. Even though Raven could not see her, she could almost hear Terra smile in front of her. "Terra, I need you to relax for a minute. I'm going to try to make you visible at least a little bit."

"Mmh…" Terra muttered. It was difficult for her to talk.

Raven closed her eyes again and began to chant her magical words. "Azarath, Metrion, Zinthos… Azarath, Metrion Zinthos…" This went on for five minutes or so, before Raven felt that she had no more power left within her. She opened her eyes slowly, to see if it worked. Sure enough, there was Terra before her. Well, almost.

"W-Why can't I feel anything?" Terra whispered hoarsely. As Raven looked at Terra, she sighed heavily and looked away. All she could see before her was Terra's ocean-blue eyes and just the rim of her head reflecting off of the small sliver of light coming from her door to the hallway.

"I was not able to complete the transformation, but don't worry. At least you'll be able to see. You're body may take form in a day or so."

"A day?" Terra said, wearily. She felt so tired. Raven could even see her eyes drooping with a year of exhaustion. If you were trapped in a stone for a whole year, with nothing to do but wait in the same position, dead inside, you would want to have time to get used to being alive again, too.

Raven nodded in response to Terra's question. "You can't stay here while I'm not concentrating, but maybe if we just… talked, it would help."

Raven could see Terra's eyes light up, glowing with something that she hadn't seen in what seemed like forever.

They talked and talked for hours. Raven, for once, did most of the talking, since Terra was still getting used to moving her mouth again. She could get out one or two sentences at a time, then she would have to stop for a breath. Breathing was another thing that she was having trouble getting used to.

Raven told Terra about what happened after she died. At first, Terra had a hard time believing that it was a year after her she had left. She told Raven that it had seemed like only two seconds, and that she didn't remember anything about being frozen in stone, or trapped in the same place for a whole year. Raven simply replied that she wouldn't because she was dead the whole time. Raven told her about Slade's death, Brother Blood, Malchior, Beast Boy's beast within, Starfire almost getting married, Slade coming back and haunting Robin, her Father Trigon and the prophecy, anything that she could remember, she told Terra. Terra just sat quietly, occasionally making comments, but most of the time listening like a child who was hearing a fairy tale for the first time. By the time Raven had finished, the sunrise was shining through her curtains and reflecting off the spirit of Terra, her body, though almost all transparent, visible. Raven yawned and looked at the clock on her bookshelf.

"Is it time for me to leave?" Terra asked with sadness. She didn't want to have to leave again, there were so many things that she had missed since she was gone. She hoped she wouldn't have to add on to that list.

"Yes, I need to go down for breakfast soon. They'll start to wonder where I am. I'm usually the first one up."

"I remember." Terra said simply.

Raven sighed. "You don't have to worry about a thing, Terra, I'll talk to you again. You won't be in the dark anymore."

"Promise?"

"I promise."

Raven turned from where she was sitting on the floor and picked up her enchanted book, where she would find the incantation to wish Terra back to the spirit's realm. Before Raven could do anything, however, Terra stopped her.

"Can I ask you something, Raven? As a friend?"

"Of course." Raven said, looking up from her book.

"Beast Boy… Does—Does he ever talk about me?" Terra said, her voice becoming hoarse again. Raven thought about what to say for a minute. Beast Boy almost never talked about Terra. She could probably count only a few times where he had even mentioned her name. When he saw Slade again, and when Robin almost got rid of her room. Other than that, almost nothing about her ever escaped his lips. Raven was honest in her answer.
"No." Raven said bluntly.

"Oh…" Terra said sadly. Her eyes shifted position and stared silently at the ground.

"But I know there hasn't been a day where he hasn't thought about you." Raven said, monotonously, but with heart. Terra looked back up from the ground and into Raven's eyes. Raven could just barely make out a smile from her almost invisible form.

"I'll talk to you again tonight." Raven said, opening her book and reading the incantation that would send Terra back. She closed her eyes and breathed deeply again, just as the book said. And when Raven opened her eyes, Terra was gone. The light from her window and the door shining in her dark room was the only sign of light there. Raven sighed and lifted herself up off the floor and to her bed, where she took her cloak off of the small bedpost on her raven-shaped bed. She threw it on over her shoulders and clasped the gem o her cloak quietly. She phased through her door and made her way down the halls and the stairs, and into the main room.

The day was incredibly boring, a typical Wednesday. Cyborg spent a lot of his time working on the T-Car and playing video games with Beast Boy. Robin trained with Starfire that morning, and spent the most of the day working, being as obsessive as he is. The alarm sounded once, because of a jewelry robbery by the "Amazing" Mumbo. He was, of course, defeated with ease and in under an hour.

Beast Boy, Raven noticed, had not lost his weariness from the day before. Still, she was happy to see him behaving a little more cheerful, and at least attempting to be social. She longed the whole day to tell him of her discovery, but she kept her mouth shut. She would have to wait until nightfall, when she knew the other Titans wouldn't disturb her. Raven went through the day as normally as she could. When the sun finally set, she approached Beast Boy.

Beast Boy had just won an epic battle over the last box of pizza with Cyborg, and was lying on the couch, trying to digest. The other Titans had left after cleaning up the rest of the boxes and were now heading towards their room. Raven rose from her seat in the kitchen and walked over to the couch.

"Beast Boy." She said in a monotonous voice.

"Eh… what is it, Rae?" Beast Boy said uninterested, trying to sit up with his bloated stomach.

"Come on, I want to show you something."

Beast Boy paused and gave her a funny look, trying to figure out what she was trying to get at. "Huh?" Was all he could think of to say.

"Just get up." Raven grabbed his arm and hoisted him up off the couch. "I found something for you." She walked to the door and opened them, turning to look at Beast Boy, who was still standing by the couch looking confused. "You coming?"

"Uh… Sure." Beast Boy said, running to the doors and following her out.

As they were walking down the hallways to Raven's room, Beast Boy spoke up again. "Look, Rae, what's this all about? If this is a joke, it's really not funny."

"Trust me." Raven said simply. They reached her door and she opened it and calmly walked inside. Beast Boy stood in the entryway, looking from side to side, hesitating before finally entering. He cautiously walked towards where Raven was sitting on the floor, afraid any wrong move would send him to an alternate dimension or unleash an other-worldly creature of some kind. He jumped as the door behind him closed shut suddenly with Raven's magic. The entire room was black. He couldn't see a thing.

"Uh, Raven! I really really don't like this game! Where are you?" He said, putting his hands out, feeling around him.

"Relax, I'm right here." Raven said calmly, lighting a match in front of her face, so he could see her. She was sitting on the floor, a single candle in front of her and a tattered book in her lap; it was opened to a page filled with letters and symbols that he couldn't decipher.

"Look, Raven, what's going on?" Beast Boy said uneasily.

Raven looked at him and blinked. She sighed and spoke. "Beast Boy," she paused, preparing herself for what she was about to say, "Last night I found a way to contact the dead. And she was the one I contacted."

Beast Boy's eyes widened in shock. There was no reason for Raven to explain who "she" was, he knew very well. He felt as if the wind had been knocked out of him. He staggered and felt his back hit on the wall, he couldn't feel his legs.

Raven became concerned. "Well, say something."

Beast Boy breathed for a few minutes, trying to think of something to say. He couldn't.

"Okay, then." Raven said, coolly. "Take a seat." She said, motioning to the ground beside her."

Beast Boy walked slowly over to her and tried his best to sit, though it ended as more of a fall. He was breathing heavily and his eyes were still open in shock. Suddenly he looked from the book Raven was holding in her hands to her face.

"Now that wasn't too hard, was it? Okay, I need you to take my hand." Raven said, extending her hand to Beast Boy.

He looked at it for a minute, and finally took it. He was suddenly aware that a faint smile had spread across his face. He didn't have time to wonder why Raven was being so nice to him all of a sudden, he was going to talk to Terra.

"Good. Now, I need a few minutes to open a door for her. I need you to have your eyes closed." Beast Boy nodded and his eyes shut. Raven turned her gaze from him to her book. She read the words over again, closed her eyes, and repeated them in the same way she had the night before. Three times, two deep breaths, focus…

Beast Boy waited. He had to bite his lip to keep himself from opening his eyes. He didn't want anything to go wrong, and he felt like he could trust Raven. He relaxed a little, knowing that at least he wouldn't be alone, seeing Terra again. There wasn't any other person in the world he would rather share this moment with than Raven, one of his best friends.

In the middle of his thoughts, Beast Boy suddenly felt a rush of cold air swallow the air around him. He gasped at the sudden change of temperature, and before he could stop himself, he opened his eyes. He looked to Raven, sitting beside him, and he saw that her eyes were open too, staring straight ahead. He thought he saw a glimpse of a smile on her face. Beast Boy followed her gaze and his breath suddenly left him as he stared into two deep blue eyes, staring back at him.

For the first time in a year and a day, Beast Boy felt truly happy. "Terra…" He said, in a whisper.
"Hey, BB." Terra said with the same dreaminess in her eyes.

Raven watched the scene as if in a trance. Before she could stop herself, she smiled. Beast Boy was finally happy.

Beast Boy looked at Terra longingly, he wanted to get up and touch her, hug her, feel her again, but he couldn't move. He was in emotional shock. But he soon found that he wouldn't have to move, because now he saw Terra's spiritual form moving towards him.

Terra extended her hand, begging Beast Boy with her eyes to touch it. He managed to raise his arm, and bring his hand to meet hers. He braced himself for the contact between him and his lost love. But instead of feeling her soft skin, when his hand reached hers, it simply just slipped through hers, as if he were reaching for air. Beast Boy quickly recoiled, remembering the dream he had had only two nights before, a hurt expression on his face.

Terra stayed in the same position, watching Beast Boy sadly. She brought her hand to her face and looked at it. She could see Beast Boy's hurt eyes just on the other side. She was almost completely transparent. She lowered her eyes, feeling foolish to think that two souls from two different worlds could make contact.

"You can't touch her, Beast Boy." Raven said. She tried to meet his eyes, but he wouldn't allow it. He simply nodded, staring at the ground. "Talking helps." She said again, trying to keep his spirit alive. She hated to see him so broken.

Beast Boy raised his head. He did his best to push these sad thoughts from his head, and smiled at Terra. "Just being able to see you again cheers me up." He said to her.

Terra smiled, and took a deep breath, still getting used to having the ability to talk. "I've missed you so much." She managed a smile, and he returned the favor.

Raven looked at the two, mixed feelings running through her head, she wasn't sure of what they were yet, but she didn't want to take any chances. "I'm sure you two have a lot to catch up on." She said, sighing a little. "I can't leave Terra, my power is what is keeping her here. But if it helps I can just sit here and meditate. I promise I won't be a bother. It will be like I'm not even here." Raven stood up and moved to her bed, where she sat in the middle, closed her eyes, and crossed her legs, preparing for the meditation process.
"Raven, wait." Beast Boy said all of a sudden.

Raven opened one eye questioningly. "Yes?"

Beast Boy paused for a minute. He turned back to Terra for a quick glance. Terra smiled and Beast Boy turned once more towards Raven. "Thanks." He said to her, a smile spreading across his face.

"You're welcome." Raven said, quickly closing her eyes again. She could feel something within her rapidly surfacing, and she was very afraid of what it was. She needed to meditate. She willed her powers not to fail on her now.

Beast Boy and Terra talked throughout most of the night. It was 3:00 in the morning when Raven felt a tap on her shoulder. She opened her eyes and turned to her side to see Beast Boy looking at her, Terra's spirit floating beside him. "What is it?" Raven inquired. "Something wrong?"

"No, we were just wondering if we could talk again tomorrow night." Terra said as well as she could. Apparently, she was getting more used to talking. Her voice was still quiet and breathy, but stronger than it had been before.

"I'm getting tired." Beast Boy said with a sheepish grin. Terra rolled her eyes, casting a loving smile at Beast Boy, and he replied with a small laugh.

"Sure. Beast Boy, after dinner okay for you?" Raven said.

"Yeah." He said, his eyes not leaving Terra's. Raven quickly looked away.

"Okay." Raven said, taking a deep breath. "Terra, I need to send you back, then. Come down here by the candle." Raven said in a mumble, moving off the bed and onto the floor where her book sat and the candle burned with a dim light, the wax no taller than an inch. She heard the two talking behind her as she prepared for the departure ceremony.

"I wish you didn't have to leave." Raven heard Beast Boy say sadly.

"Me too. But I don't want to be too much of a burden for Raven." Terra said.

"Yeah." Beast Boy said quietly. "Well, I guess I'll see you tomorrow."

"I guess." Terra said, sitting in front of Raven. "'Night."

"'Night." Beast Boy said, still behind Raven.

Before they could say anymore, Raven read the departing spell and soon Terra had left. It was a good thing Beast Boy wasn't needed for this part of the evening. She felt like she couldn't even look at him right now. And she kicked herself inside for not knowing why. She picked up the candle and the book and set them on her shelf.

Raven heard Beast Boy sigh as he walked towards the door, opened it and turned to her. "Goodnight, Rae." He said with a yawn. And with that, he left.

Raven stared at the door long after he was gone. "Goodnight." She said quietly. Raven sighed and flopped down on her bed. Strange thoughts ran back and forth inside of her head, and she soon had a headache. She brought herself up to her pillow and pulled the covers her, trying to make herself more comfortable.

Though she was completely exhausted, Raven somehow knew she wouldn't get a minute of sleep that night.

yes, this is officially a bbrae fic, as well as a bbterra fic. please no bashing of either pairings, I am very supportive of both, and I think that they are very interesting when put in a jealous love triangle scenario. sorry if any of you think differently.

review, please! constructive criticism is welcome!

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