Epilogue Part 2

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"Happily ever after." She said in a still stunned voice. "That sounds like a very long time."

Raven stopped and looked at the landscape around her. She was quite accustomed to otherworldly places, having traveled to alien worlds, other dimensions and even that strange place in her mind she once called Nevermore. This place was different. It was like a kaleidoscope of beauty, always changing and ever enthralling. She zoned out for a minute as she drank it all in. After what felt like a brief eternity she snapped out of it.

"How long was I spaced out?" She asked him.

Gar smiled and shrugged his shoulders.

"I get it; time has no meaning here, for all I know I was spaced out for a million years."

"Time does go by quickly here, but it's no problem. Unlike in the old world, we'll never run out of time."

She nodded. "No getting old, or sick or even tired. Do we still eat?"

"We don't have to eat. We don't even have to breathe, but you know; we can if we want to. Now that you mention it, I don't think I've eaten anything since I got here. I mean, I don't get hungry."

"So, you don't miss your beloved tofu?"

"Huh, I hadn't even thought about that." He said as a plate of the soybean curd appeared in front of him, floating in the air. With a small fork he tried some. He smacked his lips. "Yup, still tastes good." He said as the plate faded away.

"I wonder what else we won't miss from the old life." She said as she reached for her forehead and gently felt around.

"My chakra stone. It's gone."

"You don't need it anymore."

"That's right, my powers are gone." She whispered solemnly. "I understand; it's just going to take some time getting used to this."

As her hands came off her forehead Raven looked at them, and her eyes widened. She then proceeded to flip them over back and forth, as if expecting a change. She pulled one of her sleeves up and examined her forearm.

"I'm not gray anymore. I'm … Caucasian?" She said as she examined her hair, which was no longer violet, but was now instead raven colored.

"You were gray because of your dad. That's been all washed away. But you can be any color you want." He said as he took her hand and squeezed it.

"I think I miss being gray, I look like my mother now." She said as she continued to examine herself. "Really, I can be any color I want?"

"Sure, give it a try."

Raven turned black and examined herself. She then turned into browner complexion. Then she turned Tamaranian orange. "Nope, that only looks good on Starfire." she mumbled. He chuckled as she turned back to her signature battleship ship gray. "Gar, is it wrong for me to want to be gray?"

He smiled and wrapped an arm around her. "It isn't possible for you to want bad things anymore, or to not feel happy."

A small smile broke out on her face. She turned and pulled him into a warm hug."You're right, I've been happy since you woke me up. Is this what it's going to be like here?"

"Pretty much. Oh, and we don't have to sleep anymore."

"Makes sense." she chuckled again "are you sure I'll always be happy? You know that happy wasn't my normal state of mind before."

He released her and held her hands. "Try to be angry."

"About what?"

"Remember when I tripped and spilled that grape juice on your book of Azar?"

"How could I forget? I almost broke up with you … I was furious …" She paused and smiled again. "But now I don't care. It just doesn't matter. It was just a book, which stayed behind in the old world. Why would I even need it? Azar is here."

"Exactly. Let's try sad. Remember when I died?"

"I remember, and … no sadness … so no negative emotions here?"

He nodded "Like I said, everything that was bad about us got washed away."

Raven then noticed that she wasn't wearing her wedding band.

"No one is married here. Of course. Had I remarried, who would be my husband here?"

He nodded as he smiled. "You're right; of course you are the smart one, so you figured that out on your own."

"Something tells me, that everyone here is smart." She said as she rested her head on his shoulder. "And I think I love you more than I ever did back in the old place, even though we are no longer spouses."

"We love everyone here. But we also have special people in our hearts, speaking of which, there's two people I'd like you to meet."

A young couple appeared before them and Raven didn't immediately recognize them. They were a young couple, and like themselves appeared to be teens or young adults. Gar greeted them with hugs and kisses, and then she noticed that he was no longer green, but was now Caucasian with blond hair. She looked at the male who had just appeared, and saw the resemblance. He had Gar's jaw and his cheekbones. And the woman, she had Gar's smile and his eyes.

"You're Gar's parents. We have parents here? What am I asking? Of course we do."

Marie Logan approached Raven, hugged her and kissed her.

"We're so glad you're here." Marie greeted her. "I've wanted to meet you for a long time. You're the girl who kept our Garfield on the straight and narrow."

"Actually, he was the one who did that for me. You know who my father is."

Mark Logan smiled at Raven. "Your parentage is unimportant. You became our daughter when you married Garfield, and you still are our daughter. And we were thrilled when Mark was born."

A shy smile appeared on her face. "Thank you, Mr. Logan. And Mark, he was the reason I was sent back, right?"

Mark nodded. "That' my father's name. Of course if you call him that he'll say the same thing. And so will my grandfather, and … well, you get the idea. And yes, that is why you were sent back. We all wanted you to join us here that day, but Mark still needed to be conceived and born. He and his lovely wife will be joining us some day."

"So … am I Raven Logan, or am I Raven Roth? Or am I both?"

"You are your mother's daughter, and you are our daughter as well. And don't sweat your father, because you're going to forget he ever existed, sooner than you know. Plus you have many relatives here, more than you can imagine." Marie Logan remarked as she gestured behind Raven. The gray girl turned around and her eyes widened.

"Will I ever stop being amazed here?" She asked in a breathless voice.

"Like I already told you, your blue boots are gonna get blown off." Gar answered as he once again wrapped an arm around her.

A large throng stood before Raven, and she couldn't see the rear of the crowd. Her mother, Arella, stood at the front, with two people behind her, and four behind them, then eight and so on.

"My human ancestors." She said in whisper as she walked up to her mother, who she had already seen moments before. "Mother … I ..."

Arella stepped aside. "Raven, these are your grandparents …"

Hugs, kisses and greetings were exchanged. "Look how pretty you turned out. No wonder Garfield married you." Her grandmother enthused. Her grandfather then introduced her to her great grandparents.

"This will take some time. Good thing I have lots of it." She thought to herself as she sized up the crowd. "And this crowd doesn't include Cousins, Aunts or Uncles."

Gar and his parents happily watched as Raven met her ancestors, which numbered well over a million. Eventually the crowd had been met, and they faded away, promising to see her again soon. She then noticed that Gar was chatting with his parents and her mother.

"I'm sorry that took so long."

"It was just a hundred years." Arella replied.

"Yes, I forget, time has no meaning here."

"We have one more appointment." Gar said as he took her hand and squeezed it. As she looked a glorious kingdom appeared before her, a city on a hill that shined like the sun and seemed to go on forever. All the bad memories she still had faded away, the way the night vanishes when the sun rises, she remembered Trigon no more. She looked at the now once again green young man who stood next to her, holding her hand. He was no longer her husband, but now he was something even better. He was her Perfect Friend. And she would live with him and all her other loved ones forever and ever.

She recalled what she once told Robin: that there were no endings, just new beginnings.

She had no idea at the time of how right she was.

The End