Hello once more. Sora here and I have chapter thirteen. This is the conclusion to my Christmas theme. I hope no one is disappointed with it. I do not own Teen Titans. Well, let's get on with the story. Here we go!

It took about three days of intensive rest and intravenous feeding before Terra began to feel like herself again. It was the morning of the third day when she woke to find her vision finally clearing. It was also the first morning she got a good long look at Raven. There was something very different about the sorceress.

"Holy flying shit you're pregnant!"

"Ah, you're eyes are clearing up now," Raven said in response to Terra's less-than-intellectual remark.

"This has to be one colossal joke on me," Terra said, her voice breathy from surprise.

"No, no joke. I'm quite pregnant and this is all quite real."

"You weren't kidding when you said I'd missed a lot."

"This isn't even half of the changes you will find around here." Terra slowly brought a hand to her forehead.

"Please, one shock at a time. I think my brain will explode otherwise. It's still having trouble wrapping itself around this."

"Then Christmas morning will be quite messy, and disappointing. I did not go through all that work just so your brain could end up all over the living room wall."

"This still begs the question of why you brought me back at all."

"Would you believe that I missed you?" Raven asked. Terra raised an eyebrow.

"It's not first on my list of things to believe," she answered.

"You're not a horrible person, Terra. You did some terrible things, granted, but you redeemed yourself in the end. A person of evil does not sacrifice their life for the good of others."

"It's still hard," Terra told her. "You can't understand the guilt."

"Believe me," Raven answered flatly, "I can."

"How?"

"I ended the world."

"Um, run that by me again?"

"I became a portal for a powerful demon that essentially ended the world. Everyone, with the exception of the Titans, was turned to stone."

"Um, not that I'm saying you're a liar or anything but…"

"The world is still quite functional," Raven finished for her.

"Yeah, pretty much."

"I overcame my father. I can't say it was a big fight to the finish or a flashy ordeal, that part belongs mostly to Starfire, Beastboy and Cyborg. I spent most of that time in a body about one third of this height and age."

"One of these days you'll have to tell me the whole story. It sounds pretty interesting."

"Ask Robin, he can tell the story better." A small smile tugged at Raven's lips. Terra paused thoughtfully for a moment.

"Speaking of Robin, where was he? You mentioned that Cyborg, Beastboy and Starfire were fighting you were a child but what about him?"

"He went into hell with Slade." Terra looked absolutely floored.

"BWHA?"

"Like I said, have him tell the story. I don't much like to talk about it anyway. Now, it's time for your physical therapy. I'd like to tackle walking today and then you're going to need another bath. For a girl who's completely inactive, you sure smell."

"Bite me therapy Nazi," was all Terra said.

"Don't tempt me; I haven't had my tea yet." The rest of the session was spent barbing each other in fairly good nature and working on Terra's legs. The way she was going, Raven thought, she would be ready to meet everyone else by Christmas day.

And Raven was right. Beastboy woke everyone bright and early on Christmas morning, startling poor Starfire who was quite contrite after she accidentally blasted him through her wall, and dragged them downstairs. While everyone was milling around the Christmas tree or preparing breakfast, Raven crept into the med room.

Terra was already wide awake and moving around on still slightly unsteady legs. When she caught sight of Raven watching her with interest, she spoke. "Beastboy's yelling woke me up. Merry Christmas by the way. You look nice."

Raven looked down at herself. At Robin's insistence, everyone had dressed up for Titan's East was coming over for a holiday party later that morning. Raven herself was dressed in a fairly simple outfit with a stretchy purple velvet short-sleeved top and a long black skirt of similar fabric and design. Her hair was taken into a simple knot at the nape of her neck. "Um, thanks. Actually, that's why I'm here. We have to get you dressed and ready for the party." Terra looked pale.

"Already? I'm not sure I'm ready yet."

"You've had two weeks. You're about as ready as you'll ever get."

"I'm really not sure about this."

"Neither am I," Raven answered, "but we're still going to do this."

"You're not going to give me any choice are you." It was more of a statement than a question.

"No. Now go shower and I'll help you get changed."

"I don't exactly have a large abundance of clothes, you know. You incinerated my only set. I've only got this hospital gown and I'm pretty sure that doesn't qualify as formal wear."

"Ye of little faith," Raven muttered. "Relax; I have something for you to wear."

"No offense, but I don't exactly wear maternity clothes," Terra told her. Raven blew out a frustrated gust of air. Her nervousness was not helping her disposition.

"I haven't been pregnant my whole life, I do have some clothes that would fit someone your size."

"Aren't I a bit taller?"

"It won't make that big of a difference. Now quit stalling and go get showered." Raven gave Terra a firm nudge toward the bathroom door.

"Alright, I'm going, I'm going. You're so impatient."

"Last nerve, Terra, you're standing on it," Raven warned. Terra made a small noise and vanished into the bathroom. The water started a few moments later.

Beastboy looked around the room in aggravation. Breakfast had long since been consumed, lunch was in the works and Titan's East had arrived an hour ago. It was supposed to be present-opening time! However, Robin had pulled an I'm-the-leader-of-the-Titans-you'll-do-as-I-say act and forbade them all from opening presents until Raven arrived. He was getting really impatient. All of the glimmering ribbons, bows, and wrappings were tempting him sorely.

"Where is she?" he demanded of Cyborg impatiently. Cyborg was feeling fairly calm. He was pretty sure Raven had a good reason for whatever she was doing.

"Maybe she's just wrapping up a few last minute presents."

"She'd better be," Beastboy grumbled.

"Yo, relax. She'll be here soon. In the meantime, grab a partner and enjoy the music." At that moment Bumblebee came up and swept him away to the dance floor.

Beastboy sat next to the tree sulking until someone from behind him spoke. "You look pretty pathetic right now. Isn't brooding on Christmas my thing?" He spun around.

"Raven! Finally, you're here! Okay everyone! It's present time, Raven's here!" The music dimmed down and everyone steadily made their way over toward the tree. Robin and Raven settled on the couch with Más, Menos, and Starfire on the floor near their feet. Cyborg and Bumblebee occupied the new loveseat and Aqualad sprawled out near the TV.

"Okay, this one is for Starfire. Here's one for Raven, and Cyborg…"

Eventually all of the gifts were passed out and the pleasantries and thanks were being exchanged. Suddenly Beastboy looked contrite again.

"Hey, did anyone get anything from Raven?" he demanded. Everyone looked around and shrugged.

"No, we did not. Only Titan's East received something from Raven," Starfire answered.

"Dude! Cheap!" he complained. Raven rolled her eyes and spoke up.

"Instead of an individual gift for each of you, I got on gift for all of you. Titan's East wouldn't understand the gift so I went with the basics for them."

"Well? What is it? Is it the new Mega Extra Large Game Station Deluxe with a hypno-vision screen?" Beastboy asked eagerly. Raven gave him a blank look. Video game consoles were mostly outside her realm.

"No," she answered flatly. "I'll be back."

"Hurry, hurry!" Beastboy was bouncing in his seat, but as soon as Raven reappeared, he froze. There was a very stunning vision standing shyly next to the sorceress. "Guh…nuh…egh…"

"Terra?" Cyborg asked in a whisper. Terra looked up at them. She was slightly pale, but rather pretty in a dark red sleeveless dress. Her hair was tied up in a thin braid. There was absolute silence.

"My dearest long sleeping friend!" Starfire cried to break the silence. She made her way to her feet with the help of Robin and raced to where the two stood. "Such a long time it has been! I have missed you terribly!" She wrapped Terra into a tight hug.

"Raven…help," Terra gasped.

"Err, Star, it's time to put her down now."

"Oh! My apologies."

"It's okay Starfi…her too?" Terra suddenly demanded of Raven. Raven merely shrugged calmly.

"I told you, you missed quite a bit. She's married too."

"Merciful earthen gods," Terra breathed. "To who?"

"A superhero named Speedy," Raven answered.

"Are you married too?" she asked. This time Robin joined them.

"No, just spoken for," he answered. Terra gazed at them.

"No way. The birds are together?"

"We're not birds," Raven answered. Suddenly Terra found herself quite upside down with her ankle in the hand of a large green gorilla. It was poking her. Raven groaned and placed her head in her hand. Suddenly there was screaming and yelling as everyone, save for Robin, Raven and Titan's East, began expressing their surprise, shock and joy at Terra's reappearance. The poor blonde vanished beneath a dog pile of Titans.

"So this was your gift?" Robin asked as Beastboy checked on Terra.

"Yeah, pretty much. You're not going to pitch me out of the tower, are you?"

"No. I'm not even angry just…really surprised. You used magic didn't you," he sounded accusatory. Raven returned his gaze levelly.

"Yes. I did."

"Do you realize how dangerous that could have been? You could have been hurt, and you could have hurt the baby!" Robin was livid and he probably would have continued his small rant had Raven's facial expression not suddenly changed. "What? Are you okay?" Raven nearly smiled.

"I'm fine…feel this." She snagged his hand and brought it down to her abdomen. Robin looked at her curiously until he felt something move. "The baby's kicking," she murmured in awe. Robin was all but speechless.

"Whoa," he said intelligently.

The rest of the evening was spent with people alternating between listening to Starfire tell the story about Terra and feeling Raven's stomach for the baby. Beastboy and Terra sat quietly in a corner in what appeared to be very deep conversation.

Toward the end of the night, after the Titan's East departed, Beastboy walked up to Raven. "I think," he said in a quiet voice uncustomary for him, "this has been one of my best Christmases. Um, thanks Raven." She allowed him to hug her once before he stepped back and watched as Terra suddenly threw her arms around Robin. Beastboy looked confused.

"I think he's letting her stay," Raven whispered in his ear.

"Dude, sweet!" he cried and ran over to the blonde. "Come on Terra! We'll go fix up your old room!" He grabbed her by the hand and dragged her off. Raven walked over to Robin. He glanced at her.

"I'm pretty sure I was right in letting her stay this time."

"I can't argue that," she answered. "I'm just relieved to see everyone's okay with this."

"You did alright, dark girl," Cyborg said. "Green dude hasn't been this…overjoyed in a long time. It'll just be a little awkward for awhile, getting used to he again."

"Yes, our friend positively glows!" Starfire added.

"Are you guys going to be able to trust her?" Raven asked.

"Eventually, I think, why?"

"She'll be taking my place soon."

"Run that by me again," Cyborg told her.

"Eventually I'm going to be nothing more than a liability in a fight, so is Starfire. Bumblebee has already agreed to help out, but having Terra won't hurt either."

"Is this why you brought her back?" Starfire asked.

"No. It's a bonus, I suppose. I brought her back for my own reasons." Robin rolled his eyes.

"Literally translated it means that she likes Terra."

"I see you're angling to sleep on the couch again tonight."

"Sorry, love," he said.

"Better. We'll discuss this after we get to bed."

"This should be fun." He got smacked on the head.

"I think it's about time to turn in," Cyborg said when the telephone rang.

"I shall get it!" Starfire chirped. "Speedy!" she cried. "You have called! I have missed you so!" Cyborg grinned.

"We should probably leave her to her phone call."

"Probably. Ready for bed, Raven?" He looked at her as she leaned against his shoulder and began to drift off. "I'll take that as a yes. 'Night Cyborg." He picked Raven up and they left.

Cyborg listened for a moment as Starfire explained in detail what had happened during the day. As he stretched and yawned, he realized how busy and draining the day had been. "I kind of hope that New Years will be quieter. I think we have some adjusting to do now." Finally he shut off all but one light and left Starfire to enjoy herself.

Well, here is the conclusion to chapter thirteen and my Christmas theme. I apologize once more for being so late. I'd make the mook who took out my power apologize too, but I can't' find him. Oh well. I hope you all enjoyed yourself. Enjoy a safe and happy holiday! Until next time! Sora out.