Okie dokie then…….still having issues with the computer, but I shall try to post anyway…..and lemme just say that I disliked the "Things Change" it just left to much hanging…..grrrr….anyway, I did my best on the revision of this, but I definitely liked my other version better, but eh, what can ya do? I considered just pretending like that episode never happened, but then figured I took enough liberties already, so….here's the result. Enjoy!
I do not own them, wish I did, but then again, who among us doesn't?
Three days later, while the Titans were in the park on the one sunny day in over a week, the saw Leia walking.
"Hey, Leia!" Beast Boy yelled. They saw Leia look up and wave, a sad sort of smile on her face. Beast Boy ran up to invite her to join them.
They walked back over to the rest of the Titans, who greeted her and she did the same in return.
"Whatcha doing?" Beast Boy asked her.
"Just walking. Nothing much to do really." she said, "You guys?"
"We're waiting for Titans South to meet us." Robin said.
'It's been a while since we saw them." Cyborg said, "They're coming to visit for a day or two like Titans East did."
"Titans South?" Leia asked, she had never heard about them.
"They just recently formed in Oil City." Raven said, "There was an- issue with one of the members that had to be sorted out first."
"It shall be most glorious to see them!" Starfire said in her the voice that she used when extremely excited.
"The team consists of Wonder Girl, Kid Flash, the Herald, Jericho and Jinx." Robin explained.
"It's still weird to think that she's a good guy now." Beast Boy said.
"Yes. But everybody deserves a second chance." Robin said.
"Well, have fun." Leia said. She was about to start her walk again when Beast Boy stopped her.
"Can I join you?" he asked.
"Sure." she said, "But I'm just walking to the swings on the other side."
"That's Ok." he said.
They started to walk off together. The other Titans watched, an odd mixture of happiness, sadness and reminiscences filled their hearts. Beast Boy was acting similar to how he did when Terra was around.
"So," Beast Boy said as they reached their destination, "Where'd you learn to think like that."
"Partly video games." Leia said.
"And partly-?" Beast Boy prodded.
Leia took a deep breath. Beast Boy felt a strong breeze blow around them and their swings moved of their own accord. Leia continued to look into space for a moment before she looked at him. She took another deep breath and looked down.
"Playing games with my sister." she finally said.
"Sister?"
"Yes. I have a sister. She's about your age. Where ever she is."
"That's what your father meant." he remembered.
"What?" she asked, perplexed.
"When he said you guys couldn't go through that again. He was referring to your sister."
"Oh. Yeah. When I was ten, she was about twelve, she left. She had had trouble controlling her powers and left to find someone to help her learn how to control them. We never heard from her again. Eventually, we heard rumors that she had found someone, but he was a villain and that he was teaching her to be a criminal. We followed the rumors here to Jump City. The only thing somewhat comforting we heard was that she eventually grew strong enough to rebel against who ever it was that was helping her. But nobody can even identify her because all the pictures were have are so old, and we don 't know if she took another name or used her name."
"I'm sorry." Beat Boy said. He noticed that the swings had stopped swinging.
"It's not your fault." Leia said, once again looking into space. She wiped a tear from her eye.
"What was her name?" he asked.
Leia looked down again, "Terra."
Beast Boy felt as though something big, solid and made of the same stuff as Robin's cape hit him in the chest. Yeah, Leia reminded him of Terra, but her sister? Her SISTER? He just sat there for a moment.
"You Ok?" he heard Leia ask him.
"Your sister's name is Terra?" he asked.
"Yeah."
"We know where she is."
"What!" she asked.
"We know where your sister is." he said again. She was so excited to hear someone knew where her sister was that she didn't pick up on his saddened tone.
"Can you show me? Wait! Lemme get my parents! Then can you take us?" she asked all very fast. Then she saw his face, "What's wrong."
"Go get your parents. Meet me back here when you get them. I'll explain then."
"Explain what? Beast Boy, what's wrong."
"I'll explain later. I'm going to tell the others where I'm going to be."
With that he got off his swing and walked back to where the Titans were.
Leia watched Beast Boy walk off and wondered what was wrong. He obviously knew something bad about her sister. This filled her with dread, but knew that at least knowing what had happened to her was important to her and her parents. They at least needed closure.
She ran off to her mother's real estate office as it was closer.
Twenty minutes later, both her parents were back at the swings that her and Beast Boy was at earlier. She and her mother were idly swinging on the swings and her father gently pushing her mother.
Leia saw Beast Boy come closer, the same saddened look on his face.
"Beast Boy?" she asked.
He looked up. He told her father to sit down as what he said was likely to be hard. Her father did as he was told. Beast Boy took a deep breath, much like Leia had earlier and looked like he was bracing himself for something .
"About four years ago, a girl came to us who had powers. She was roaming around and unwilling to talk about her past. I found out that she couldn't really control her powers and she begged me not to tell the others, so I promised that I wouldn't. The next day, she was helping us in a mission and she lost control after a confrontation with the bad guy. When we got home, we offered her a place on the team. Robin said that he knew that she didn't have control, and she thought I told them, even though I hadn't. She left that night, with out a goodbye.
"Then, a while later, she came back, claiming that she now had control of her powers. Most of us immediately took her back, including me. Raven was the only one who seemed a little reluctant to take her back. She helped us in a mission in which she both helped save the Tower, our home, and earned Raven's trust, which is hard to do.
"She spent the next several weeks with us as a Titan. Then, one night, while she and I were at the carnival, the Tower was attacked. She was acting a little off and I asked her what was wrong. She asked me if we would always be friends, no matter what. I told her yes. Then, right before she told me, Slade attacked us. It was during that attack that I found out that she was his apprentice. I said some things in my anger that I regret. She went off with him. We were left to pick up the pieces of our home from the attack of Slade's robots.
"Later, she attacked us. We barely got away. We were called to action later by attacks all over the city. Slade was behind all of them. She went from Titan to Titan and took on and beat each of us one by one. We re-grouped and took her on. She ran away and we went after her. I found her first, she was broken and crying, apparently Slade doesn't tolerate failure well.
"My anger for her evaporated and I tried to comfort her, but Slade had integrated with her nervous system and he could now control her. She attacked us under his control, but she eventually gained control and fought him. Her powers triggered a volcano, however and she made us leave so she could take care it. She stopped the volcano eruption, but was turned into stone in the process.
"We looked for a way to revive her, but couldn't find one. I visited her regularly."
"Then we left to fight the Brotherhood of Evil and that had us all over the Earth. We were gone for quite some time. When we came back, things were different. One of our favorite plazas had been torn down and they were building some office buildings. When we were there, a new villain showed up. As we were fighting it, I saw her. When the creature ran into the sewer, I didn't go after it, instead I went to her statue. When I got there, however, she wasn't there. I searched forever, and eventually found her at a school. But things had changed, as she told me, and although she denied being the one I was looking for, I knew it was her, animal instincts and all that."
"Why are you telling us this?" Leia's father asked.
"Where is Terra?" her mother asked.
"This girl's name was Terra." he said. Leia and her family stared at him. "If you'll follow me, I'll take you to her." Beast Boy said, then turned away from them and started to head to the place where Terra was. Leia saw him wipe tears from his eyes.
The journey to the school she was at was silent.
When they got there, Leia saw him look among the students milled about during a break. He seemed to center on one and pointed her out. Her parents immediately looked for the one he pointed out. Leia, however, looked at him. He appeared sad. He waved goodbye, then took the shape of a bird, and took off.
Leia looked in the direction he pointed. Her parents were still looking, but didn't seem to be able to find her. She also was having trouble locating her too,
Suddenly, a blonde girl with brilliant blue eyes came up to them on the other side of the fence.
"Did he send you to try to convince me to go back?" she asked.
"Uh, no." Leia's father said.
"He said our daughter attended this school." her mother said.
"Well, what's her name?" the blonde girl asked.
"Terra." Leia said, "Could you point her out?"
"He thinks my name is Terra." the girl said.
"But your not-" Leia's mother said.
"No. I'm not. I've never heard of a Terra." the blonde insisted.
"Then he thought of the wrong Terra." Leia's father said. Leia saw her mother and father exchange a sad hug. They had been so close. Leia began to doubt if they'd ever see her again. She heard a bell in the background.
"I have to go." the blonde said, "I hope you find your daughter." and she went in the building.
Leia's parents turned to leave. Leia went to go with them, until an oddly colored bird sitting on top of a near by building caught her attention.
She told her parents to wait up. She waved him down. She saw him fly toward them.
"What's wrong?" he asked when he resumed his human form. Leia couldn't help but notice that his eyes were red and puffy.
"It wasn't her." she said.
Beast Boy saw Leia walk up to Terra's school. It had been hard for him to tell her and her family what had happened to Terra. It brought up a lot of memories and emotions he had been working for the past few years to get over or forget. He wiped more tears away from his eyes. He looked for her, spotted her, pointed her out, then left.
He went to the top of a nearby building. He watched as they looked, even though she was right in front of them. He saw them have a small conversation. Leia's parents looked upset at the end and he wondered what was wrong. He saw Leia signal for him and he flew down to her. He asked what ws wrong. He didn't expect what he heard.
"It wasn't her."
"What?" he asked.
"It's not her!" Leia said.
Her father pulled a picture out of his wallet, "This is the most recent picture that we have of Terra if it helps."
A somewhat familiar face looked up at him.
The next sentence out of Beast Boy's mouth will be omitted.
Well? Whatcha think? It's not Terra, well, it is, but not that one! Hehe, I'm particularly proud of that little twist. Hehe (thinks "go, me!"). Any way, lemme know what you think. Uh….I'm runnin' out of snacks…..bananas for anyone who reviews! (granted, not as good as cookies, but they give you funky dreams if you eat them before bed……) so, yeah.