Authors note: so I recently watched "Things Change" again. This will do one of two things: send me into a depression that requires a lot of eating or inspire me. I guess it did the latter, thankfully. I so do not own the Teen Titans, DC, Cartoon Network or whatever brand names I happen to mention in this story. Hiatus over, enjoy.

Chapter 3

(Beast Boy's POV)

When I walked in to find her levitating a rock, I couldn't stop the smile that graced my face. Her eyes were closed tight while she was trying to think of the things that Raven was saying to her. I watched as the rock twitched in Raven's hand as Terra's thoughts increased to the rock. After a few seconds the rock lifted itself from her hand and floated three feet above the ground. Raven moved her hand when she was sure the rock was stable and the three of us watched in awe as Terra used her powers that so desperately wanted to be used after years of being ignored.

When Cyborg told her to open her eyes I smiled so wide at the look of astonishment on her beautiful face. The rock crashed to the floor because she lost all concentration for what she had just done. She looked up at me and we locked eyes for a brief second before she pushed a stray piece of hair behind her ear and said what we already knew; "Wow, I am Terra." I had waited for quite a while for her to say those words or words close to it.

This girl was not the same 14 year old girl that I fell for. This girl was almost a woman. If I remember her birthday correctly she would turn 17 next month. Her blonde hair had gotten longer. She was a couple inches taller. She wore make-up now. Her body had filled out a little probably because she was actually eating on a regular basis. But her eyes still shone; that would always remain the same.

Then she burst into tears.

I have never been good with crying girls and this was no exception. I rushed forward and knelt in front of her. I grabbed her hands and kissed her forehead. I needed her to feel something and to not feel alone or abandoned or whatever bad emotion she was experiencing right now.

"What's wrong?" I asked her.

"Why would you want Terra around? She causes destruction and mayhem. She hurt you all so much and yet I'm sitting here after discovering that I'm her and yet you haven't kicked me out of the tower or thrown me in jail or anything like that. People keep saying that she was evil and not to be trusted yet I'm still sitting here." She ranted to me as tears poured out of her eyes. She was still beautiful.

"You're right. We don't trust her. We do forgive her though. People make mistakes. Her mistake may have been huge and destructive but we trusted her once. With some work and time we'll trust her again. Right now we need to make sure she isn't a hazard to people who are around her and that means opening your powers back up and getting them under control so we don't have a massive repeat of what happened at your school today." Raven explained.

"I still trust Terra. I know she didn't want to do any of the things that she did. I know she was scared and was only looking for an easy way to gain control of her powers. She was my best friend and I want nothing more than to have her back in my life." I told her. I kissed her hand and let it drop.

"So we need to know: what do we call you? Terra or Elizabeth?" Cyborg asked.

"My name is Terra. Call me that."

"Do you still want to go back to your foster parents tonight?"

"Yes. But just for tonight. I want to tell them what is happening and where I'll be so they don't worry about me or anything like that. I want to keep going to school until I have everything under control and I'm able to be a Titan again and fight alongside you guys. I'd like to think that starting tomorrow I can stay here." She looked at me with wide hopeful eyes.

"We'll have to get Robin's approval on that. Alrighty, Terra we're gonna take you down to the holding area while we go talk as a team in the main room. We gotta get bird brain's input and see what Star thinks." Cyborg helped her up and I watched as she walked down the hall to the holding bay.

She turned around and smiled at me. I knew in that moment that everything would be alright.

"So what should we do with Terra?" Robin mused to the entire team but we knew he was mostly talking to himself. "Cyborg, what were her brain patterns like, any control evidence from Slade?"

"As far as my censors could tell, she was a fully thinking 16 year old girl. There wasn't any wiring from Slade in there."

"Raven, any weird senses from being around her?"

"No, she was nervous but that was understandable. I think she's safe. I also think that the world would be safer if she were here. If we let her ticking time bomb of powers stay out in the world she could spontaneously lose control and there would be a much bigger earthquake at least her we could control it."

"So we vote." Robin concluded. "All in favor of letting Terra live here?"

All raised their hands.

"So it's decided. Terra will move in tomorrow." When Robin said those words I wanted to jump up and down with excitement. "Someone should go with her to get her things and explain to her family what is going on."

"I'll go!" I exclaimed. I meant to use my "inside voice" like everyone prefers but I couldn't do it.

I ran down the hallway to get Terra from the holding bay. "You get to move in here tomorrow isn't that great?" I yelled all in one breath when I saw her.

She looked taken aback by the sudden outburst but she recovered well. There's hope. "Yeah, that's wonderful. But for tonight I have to get home."

"I know. I'm going to go with you to help explain it all to your parents." I offered her my hand and off we went.

(Terra's POV)

"Mom, dad I'm home. We have company, too." I yelled as I walked in the door. "And by company I don't mean just Ashley and Laney."

"Elizabeth, where on Earth have you been? There was an earthquake at your school and you didn't call and no one knew where you were? What were you thinking? Ashley and Laney said you were fine and that you were with some boy. Who did you bring… you brought a Teen Titan here?" I watched my foster mom's face twist in confusion as she recognized who Beast Boy was. "Jim, get in here."

"What is it… oh, hello?" My dad looked equally confused.

"Hello Mr. and Mrs. Allen. My name is Beast Boy. I've come with Ter… Elizabeth to discuss something with you. I hope you'll let me explain before you jump in with anything."

"Why is there so much yelling in here?" My younger sibling, Michael walked in with my other younger sibling, Bryan.

"Wow, cool it's Beast Boy." Bryan ran up to him and hugged his leg.

"Hey boys, can you go upstairs and watch T.V. while mommy and daddy talk with Elizabeth and her friend for a little while?" My mom asked them in her happy voice.

The boys nodded and scampered off. They were both excited that they had permission to watch the rare T.V. show.

We all sat down at the dining room table. I had gotten myself a cup of water and a pebble from my mom's rock fountain in the kitchen in case we needed proof.

"Have either of you heard the story about the 6th Titan, Terra?" My parents nodded at him. Both of them looked shocked and weary at the conversation topic. "Well, a year ago we noticed her statuesque form had been broken. In the cave there is no more living statue. It was a year ago that I first met Elizabeth. Elizabeth and Terra look exactly the same so when I first met her I called her Terra. Terra was my best friend and we had begun to become more than that. I loved Terra when I was 14. I hated when we couldn't figure out a way to bring her back so I could look into her eyes again. Naturally, when I thought she was back, I was excited. I spent the next couple days trying to convince Elizabeth that she was Terra. In the end I gave up because Elizabeth was too frustrated with me and either she didn't remember or she didn't want to remember. I'm sure you got a call from the school earlier today talking about an earthquake in just one hallway of the school today. Elizabeth and Laney had been in that hallway. That earthquake was caused by Elizabeth. She called me freaking out because I gave her a communicator so she could call me in case she needed me. I brought her to the tower where Cyborg ran a couple tests on her. After the tests we have concluded that is Elizabeth is, in fact, Terra. Raven has offered to work with her so she can regain her memories and her powers. We can't have another incident like today's take place because it may not be as small and localized as it was; it could be much more explosive and much bigger. If Terra gets control again, she'll be safe but as of right now, we don't know how stable she is. We have offered her a place to live starting tomorrow so we can keep track of her powers better."

"We knew who she was the minute we saw her." My dad took my mom's hand in his. My mouth fell open. "We were wondering when this conversation would take place. We knew she would get her powers back, it was only a matter of when."

"Are you serious? You knew and you didn't tell me?" My form shook a little.

"Terra, calm down. It's okay. They were trying to protect you. There was no telling when your powers would come back they didn't want to upset you." His hand on my back seemed to have a calming effect.

"Sorry. I just got mad for a second."

My parents nodded and we talked for the next half hour making plans for when I would move, if I'll still be in school, and just everything in general.

The entire time he held my hand under the table. It was the most encouraging thing I have ever known.