A/N: Well here comes the last chapter of Web of Deceit. ( sad I know. After this I'm planning on a Kingdom Hearts fanfic before I do my sequel. I may not update as quickly for the sequel because I got a request to write a TT fanfic that's excited me and I may write both of them at the same time. Well just lemme know of what you think of this chapter… SoR
Thirteen
The White Book
Raven's POV
Slowly, consciousness returned to me. My eyes fluttered open, and I felt dirt and some dried blood caked to my skin. I was lying down on hard dirt, and it was a struggle to get up from a pain in my back. My ribs still hurt, but I felt a bandage over them. I looked around and saw Beast Boy staring out. I looked around and gasped quietly. Everything was gone, completely leveled. The water was gone, where Jump City should have been was flat, dry, brown dirt. Titans Tower was gone, and as I looked around, I saw the same dry ground until the horizon, but I didn't expect it to end there.
I looked up and saw it was twilight.
'What have I done?'
'Fulfilled the prophecy,' Wisdom said. 'The earth is not destroyed, true, but everything that made it is. It is a lifeless rock.'
'Thanks,' I answered dryly.
I struggled to my feet and hobbled over to Beast Boy, taking a seat next to him.
"Oh, hello," I said. "I hope you don't mind, but when I was cleaning your cuts I had to bandage your ribs and I uh had to take your leotard off. Nice work with the world, by the way."
"It's not something I'm pleased about, but Malefica enraged me. You were wrong, this was the birthday," I answered, ignoring his comment about the leotard.
'Ooh!' Happy and Love squealed. I saw that part of his shirt was ripped off. He had to bandage it with something.
"What about the Malefica-like-Trigon thing?"
"They vanished before I destroyed the life on earth," I answered.
"Oh. So what was gained?"
"I got them away, and we learned the truth," I replied.
"Raven," Beast Boy began. "I'm sorry. You know I didn't really mean those things but I feel like I have to say sorry because I was trapped by Enchantra and—"
I put my finger to his lips and smiled. "You talk way too much," I smiled and pressed my lips against his. We both tasted blood and dirt, but I didn't care, I was happy I had my Gar back.
When he pulled away I asked, "How long have I been asleep?"
"Three days, and it's been twilight ever since."
"Don't expect that to change. It's a sign of the prophecy being fulfilled."
"So, what now?" he asked, putting his arm around my shoulder.
"Now, we track down Malefica and destroy her and Trigon, for good. Now we find Star, Cy, and Titans East and bring them back. Now, we restore the earth… and now we try to revive Robin."
"What!" Beast Boy exclaimed. "How?"
"I remembered an old book from Azarath that holds the power to revive those who have died. But this is going to be dangerous. Azarath is not like earth, and we may not survive. Not to mention the fact that Malefica and Trigon now have eyes everywhere. By now they'll have conquered countless realms."
"It doesn't matter. We have to try."
I smiled as he kissed my blood-matted hair.
"But we can't do this alone," I said.
"And where do you think we'll get help? Everyone's well… dead," Beast Boy said glumly.
I got up and took his hand, pulling him over to where Titans Tower once stood. I dug through the debris… yes! I found it, a chest. I hadn't pulled the contents of this chest out in years, and I was slightly reluctant, but I had to do what was best for the world. I just hoped that we would be enough. Trigon and Malefica were impossibly strong, and few survived the Mines of Azarath. For all I knew Star and the others might be dead already, but in my heart I knew they would persevere. Furthermore, it was going to be terribly difficult to get the Book of the Dead from Malefica and Trigon… but the hardest challenge would be to restore earth; I knew it could be done, but I knew of only one who knew how.
I walked over to the chest and wiped the dirt off of it. I opened it and took out the white book it held. I opened the book to reveal ancient runes, and shudders ran up my spine as I remembered what this book had done.
I muttered an enchantment and the pages of the book began to flip by themselves despite the lack of wind.
Silence and stillness ruled the new world.
A strange silver mist rose from the pages of the book and formed a small and calm twister in the debris until a humanoid form materialized in the center of the twister. The small storm faded and the figure stood before me. It had worked.
It spoke.
"So?" it asked. "What do you need?"
To be Continued…
A/N: Well there it is… the end of Web of Deceit. Well it wasn't really an ending, it was a cliffie, but I think I made it sorta clear who the 'figure' is. Well be expecting the first chapter of the sequel in a week and a half or two… depending on how fast I finish my Kingdom Hearts story. Thanks everyone! SoR