A/N: well here it is… drum roll please! The last chapter! Enjoy!
Fourteen
Second Chances
Malefica's POV
Sweat rolled down my face as I struggled to maintain my hold on Azarath. I could feel the universe's powers closing in around my spell; it was crushing my magic and in a few minutes my charm would crack, and I would be sent into oblivion.
My life came before me, from growing up with my parents to that night when we had fought. I had gone out for a party, and when I had come back they were dead, murdered. A tear rolled down my cheek and mixed with my sweat.
"Soon mom and dad, soon I'll be with you again." I felt the last bit of strength slip away, and my spell faded. Suddenly I felt a crushing force fall on top of me. The air was squeeze out of my lungs as Azarath collapsed around me. So this is how it ends… Excruciating pain split my body as the entire planet caved in.
Then, I could take it no more, and I released…
And I found myself in complete blankness. All around me there was just white. "So is this what it's like to be dead? Cause it feels just like I'm alive, what a letdown… wait what am I saying?" Malefica shrugged and pinched herself, but it didn't hurt. "OK that's pretty sweet, I could get used to being dead!"
"You are not dead," an almost ethereal voice said from all around her. "You are amongst those who are betwixt and between, you are hanging onto the thread of life, but your feet lay in death."
"Who is that? Mom, dad?" I cried, and a sudden tingle came over my body as I felt someone behind me. I whipped around and saw myself staring at the most beautiful woman I had ever seen. She had long dark hair and pale skin, and she wore a sparkling silver dress, and two huge angel wings were spread around behind her.
"W—who are you?" I whispered.
"I go by many names, some call me Luna, many call me Arella, and but my true name is Azara."
"You… you're Raven and Crescent's mother."
She nodded.
"Did you bring me here?"
"I did."
"Why?"
Azara reached her hand out and put it against my face. Unlike the pinch, I could feel it. It was soothing and cool; it felt as if though a thread of life was within me again.
"You're time has not yet come, dear child," Azara cooed.
"What? No, why! I want to die! I want to be with my parents! I want to end my painful life," my eyes began to water and for no reason I ran up to the sparkling beauty and hugged her. "I miss them so much, all I want is to see them again. Even if I am condemned to hell for the rest of the time, please let me see them once." My tears dampened her dress as she put her arms around me.
"Be still, dear one. You will have your wish."
"Really?"
"Yes. You have given your life for your newfound friends, and you have given them a second chance. You have given the earth a second chance. So why should you be deprived of one? But first I must ask you something… what would you be willing to give up to be with your family?"
"Anything," I sighed. "I would give up my soul, my life, my powers, just to run to them again."
Azara closed her eyes. "Then it shall be done. Think only of earth, and your parents, before it happened. Remember only the good, and you may run to them once more."
I wiped my tears away and closed my eyes.
"Are you ready? Are you ready to lose your power?"
I hesitated for a moment, but then breathed deeply. "I am."
"Then go forth and live. Azarath. Metrion. Zinthos."
Raven's POV
I was flying through the vortex of time and space; planets whizzed past us as we tumbled through matter to find earth. At last the vortex stopped and I was hurled to the ground of earth.
"Oof!" I heard Beast Boy say from behind me.
"Work on your landings…" Aqualad said as he rubbed his backside.
"Shut up and be thankful I brought you along," I snapped as I got up and looked around. Painful memories of that day four months ago returned to me as I gazed upon the barren earth. The brown, dry land. The eerie twilight. The desolate ocean.
"Whoa…" Crescent whispered.
"Rorek, do you know how to erase this?"
Rorek was silent for several minutes.
At last he sighed before saying, "Yes."
I glided over to him and whispered, "Don't worry Rorek. She did what her heart told her to." I hugged my friend tightly. "You know that."
Rorek replied, "Yes, Lady Raven, I do, and now I must do what is right for you… Raven, you are responsible for the destruction of the world, and only you can erase it."
"M—me?" I asked.
'Whoa… thought killing Trigon was enough of a task?' Sarcastic drawled.
'Shut it,' Rude snapped.
"But I can't do it alone."
"You don't have to," Beast Boy put his hand on my shoulder.
"We stand together," Crescent took my hand.
Rorek shook his head. "Sadly, it falls upon Raven alone. Her rage destroyed the earth, and she must do this alone."
"But that is not fair!" Starfire interjected.
Rorek shrugged. "Fair or not, it is true."
I sighed and brushed Beast Boy and Crescent off. "What must I do?"
"Remember earth as it was once was, Raven. Close your eyes, and remember what it was like four months ago," Rorek put his hand on my forehead. I closed my eyes and dug my memories out. I remembered everything: Jump City, the villains, the countries and continents, Titan's Tower, everything…
"Remember the most important thing about earth, Raven, and focus your power, focus all of your energy on it."
Beast Boy's image came to my head. He was the most important thing in the world; of that there was no doubt. His goofy smile still made my heart skip and his embrace made me melt.
All of my being.
All of me.
"Azarath Metrion Zinthos… Azarath Metrion Zinthos…" I felt magic flowing from my body and into the world. I went to my knees and sweat began to form on my brow. Magic was seeping from me quickly… would I survive. After everything, would I give up everything just to bring the earth back? "Azarath Metrion Zinthos… Azarath Metrion Zinthos… Azarath, Metrion Zinthos…"
"Raven hold on!" I heard Beast Boy cry and I felt his arms around me. I thought only of Beast Boy, and poured myself into thoughts of him. The sheer happiness that made him my world.
"Azarath Metrion Zinthos…" I began to falter. How much more could I hold on?
"AZARATH METRION ZINTHOS!"
Unconsciousness took me.
Beast Boy's POV
"Raven!" I cried as Raven fell to the ground. "Raven wake up!" I screamed. I pressed my lips against her, and suddenly, her eyes flew open, glowing bright white.
"Raven!" I hugged her tightly as joyful tears fell from my eyes.
"Wait, it is not done."
From Raven's body came a silvery mist that flowed in all directions. It spread to the horizon, but I knew it did not stop there. The silver light encased the earth, and in the sky I saw a huge raven rise into the sky. Crescent looked up and put her hand on Raven's head, and whispered her mantra. From Crescent's hand came a red light that mixed with the silver, and in the sky a thin moon formed next to the raven. The two swirled together and formed a Yin-Yang symbol.
"Rise, earth!" they said in union.
Rorek smiled sadly. "Unexpected…"
There was a flash of blinding light and the ground began to shake violently. Suddenly, from the ground beneath us a huge structure began to rise. Deep water filled the vast valley around us and the blue returned to the sky. In the distance huge began to rise.
"It's working!" I cried.
The sun rose.
The sun rose over earth.
We had a new beginning.
xxxxx
One Month Later
Raven's POV
Starfire, Crescent and I were in the mall, shopping for new dresses for the upcoming wedding.
Earth was back to normal, and no one remembered what had happened except for us.
We burned Rorek's book to destroy Malchior forever, and he was staying with us as a new member of the Titans.
Even all the villains were back, including Slade, unfortunately.
"This is a pretty dress," Crescent was looking a long white one with light pink flowers on it.
"I don't care if I'm light, I'm not wearing that," I drawled and laughed lightly.
"Not for you, doofus," Crescent stuck her tongue out.
"Oh friend Raven, look at this!" Starfire pulled out a gaudy lime green dress with huge fake, dusty stones in it. "This will be my gown of matrimony! It is beautiful is it not?"
"If you want to be a lime," I muttered.
Suddenly I heard a familiar voice.
"So mom, dad, can I go?"
"Honey, you can't just go to a wedding without an invitation," I heard a woman say. I looked over and saw none other than Malefica standing outside the wedding store.
Her eyes met mine, and a short smile came across her face.
A questioned look came across my mine as she winked at me and mouth a single word to me.
"Azara."
I nodded and walked out of the wedding shop.
"Mom, dad, there's someone I want you to meet," Malefica took her parent's hands and I smiled as she came towards to me.
"This is Raven."
So we do all get second chances I suppose. I never believed in any of it, but life shows differently. Everything is as it should be. All the lies that have been worked around us are broken, and all the evil that tried to suffocate us is gone. The web is torn.
The End.
A/N: thanks soo much to all the fans out there who read this :) u guys rock so much! hope everyone liked my ending and please review:D
