Author's Notes: So this story goes down a slightly different path then the TV show does; the TV show goes down a far different path then the comic does… So this story is rather AU in almost every aspect and yet it really isn't… Yeah I know it confuses me too, just don't think about it too much and try to enjoy the story!

Disclaimer: I do not own Teen Titans or any merchandise related to it. However, I do own this story yay for me! Clap, Clap, Clap!


"I can't do it… It hurts…" Terra sobbed as she tried to pull her foot out of the small magma pit, but was unable due to Slade's crushing grip on her thigh.

"What is magma Terra? It's just melted Earth, are you seriously so weak that you can't even stand this much?" Slade said stoically as he forced her leg deeper into the molten rock causing her to scream out in agony.

Tears started to fall down Terra's cheeks as she tried to focus on anything other than the pain she was feeling all through her body, but no matter how hard she tried she couldn't escape the blinding pain she was being put through.

"Most humans would have already lost their limb, but you are not like most humans are you? You are an irregularity." Slade said in a belittling tone as he shoved her leg deeper into the pit, gaining another strangled cry from the teen. "You aren't a half-demon, you aren't and alien, you are nothing but a freak of a human and you dare say that this is too much for you?" Slade hissed in an angry voice as his grip on her thigh and neck tightened.

Terra wished the nerve endings in her legs would die out, she wished her leg would just burn off, she wished in that moment that she could die and not have to feel such excruciating pain anymore… But none of that happened; she could feel the flesh on her foot and calf literally burning off, yet her body was still intact and still sending waves of unbearable pain coursing through her body.

The blonde's mind was so clouded with pain and fear that she didn't notice the rest of her body start to fail her; her heart started to skip beats, while her breathing became highly irregular and just when she was about to be granted respite from the suffering Slade pulled her leg out of the pit and pushed her over roughly so that she wouldn't fall in on accident.

"You are pathetic aren't you? You honestly thought that you could actually belong somewhere in this world, that you could belong with them?" Slade mocked as he walked around the girl's limb, near lifeless body. "Don't worry princess I'll be back soon and we'll make sure you get accustomed to that pain." Slade said with an undeniable grin under his mask as he left the cavern like room.

Terra couldn't move… The pain was just too much for her body and mind to deal with; she tried to make a piece of the celling fall down and end her miserable life, but her body just couldn't do anything else but try and cope with the torture it had been put through…

Although as time went on she became numb to the pain, numb to emotions, numb to her own thoughts and desires; she forgot about her old home and those who had hurt her. The world seemed so empty to her, so dark, as she stepped into the pit… Magma flowed all around her, up to her thighs, then her hips, soon her shoulders, and finally over her head.

Did it still hurt? Of course it did, but not nearly as bad as her past. Was it uncomfortable? Without a doubt, but it wasn't as bad as apologizing for messing up when she was only trying to help. Did it stop her tears? No…for some reason, even in this fiery hole that helped dull everything in the world around her; her tears were still bitter as they slid down her cheeks…


Raven had realized something very important after their first few days of training; Terra's eyes glowed yellow when she used her powers, her hands and the objects she was moving also glowed a faint yellow even though it was harder to see due to the light brown color that the earth usually sported, and even though it was very rare, on occasion, Terra muttered things under her breath to help her with harder tasks.

"Yeah… Geokinesis that's my power remember?" Terra asked in confusion when Raven told her about these observations. Raven understood where Terra was coming from, but when Raven looked closer at the girl she could see she was different from other Earth users; who else loses control of their power to such an extent other than herself…? Certainly not any other Earth gifted super human.

"Think about my powers Terra and what it looks like when I'm in battle." Raven said with a small hint of excitement in her voice; Terra thought about how Raven's eyes glowed and how when she picked something up to use in a fight it was engulfed in a black aura…

"Wait, you can't mean…" Terra said in shock as she looked over at her 'teacher' and best friend with wide eyes, seemingly understanding where Raven was going with this conversation.

"Yes; Terra you're a sorceress!"

Since the source of Terra's powers had revealed themselves to Raven; the empath decided to take a different approach at training the other girl. They started out small, daily tea sessions and a lot of quite time within Raven's incense filled room; it wasn't long until Raven insisted Terra join her in meditation.

At first the sessions went wonderfully, but it soon became apparent that Terra was simply waiting for Raven to become absorbed in her meditation before she would move about and think on random things; Raven swiftly put a stop to this, but once she actually got Terra into a deep state of meditation…

"Terror, agony, suffering…why is she feeling those emotions…?" Raven wondered to herself as she stole a glance at the blonde girl sitting across from her on the roof of Titan Tower; Terra's face showed no signs of the torment going on in her mind, but Raven could sense it none the less.

Raven knew that meditation was hard, which is why she gave Terra the focusing crystal to use since it was her first time to ever do such a long term 'soul-searching'. The smallest titan also supposed that getting your emotions in check for the first time could be a pretty painful thing, but it should never bring about this sort of a reaction especially since they hadn't even gone very deep into the subconscious yet.

"Terra come back to me, we need to talk." Raven said with authority as she touched the bright red crystal and literally forced the other girl out of her thoughts.

Now that she wasn't stuck in that continual loop of anguish Terra's eyes began to flood with tears. "Why did you stop me Raven?" Terra asked, her voice cracking, as she tried to hide the fact that she was crying.

"What happened in your mind to make you feel things like that?" Raven asked slowly and calmly, reaching out and resting a hand on the Earth mage's shoulder. This seemed like a friendly gesture, but there was more to it than that; Raven was actually sending out a barely noticeable wave of magic that acted like sedative so to help Terra relax a little.

"My time with Slade… I tried to think about other things, happier times, but my thoughts always went back to his 'training'…" Terra said with a small shudder of displeasure as she allowed her hair to fall over her face, curtaining the emotions written all over her face.

True the focusing crystal nearly forced you to relieve your memories, to an experienced sorcerer or sorceress it simply provided a quick descent into the mind, but why did it keep Terra in that particular set of memories; that was what Raven couldn't figure out.

"Terra you aren't like other heroes and villains that have Earth based powers; you are far stronger and more adept at controlling the Earth than anyone else due to your heritage as a sorceress." Raven paused to let that sink into the blondes head before she continued. "I did some research on you and found out all about your background…"

Terra's head snapped up as she looked at the other girl with fear pooling in her eyes; Raven simply continued.

"You're the illegitimate daughter of a king; your father sent you away to live in seclusion with your mother, but after finding out you were blessed with a gift of power he wanted you back. He didn't tell anyone of his daughter and while you were being beaten behind the scenes, your half-brother rose to fame as a hero… Of course you wanted to play the villain…" Raven had pulled Terra into a hug at this point, since the younger girl had started balling near uncontrollably.

Raven gently stroked the other girl's back with a light smile on her face; it felt good to Raven, being able to comfort someone with actual emotions… Raven was beyond awkward when it came to showing emotions, which is why she kept them locked up still, but in this moment it was the most natural thing in the world for her…

"Terra you are blessed of the goddess Terra, who you are obviously named after; you are a sorceress, a priestess who is highly favored by the goddess; however, to grasp the full extent of your powers you have to clear your mind of all that hurt and suffering…and I am going to help you." Raven said with a small determined grin as she lightly touched their foreheads together, pulled out a small brown mirror, and held it up in front of Terra…

Raven opened her eyes to find herself floating in a large expanse of darkness; there were no floors, no celling, no anything that she could use to tell where she was.

"Hello birthday girl."

Raven turned around sharply to see Slade standing a few feet away from her, looking completely content in this world of utter darkness.

"Deathstroke…" Raven muttered angrily as she prepped herself for battle, only to find her powers didn't work in this world of endless dark.

"It's been quite some time since I've been called that name… Don't bother; you can't use your powers here after all it isn't your mind, now is it?" Slade said mockingly as he leaned back against something, but thanks to the sheer black of everything around her Raven couldn't tell what.

"Get out of her mind Deathstroke! You've hurt her enough as it is!" Raven growled trying her absolute best to look intimidating; however, she knew the man was a skilled martial artist so going up against him in combat without her powers was a bad idea.

"True she did suffer quite a lot of physical pain, but now she had mastery over elements of her powers that she has yet to even tap into… I do regret not knowing about her unstable emotional past; perhaps if I did I would have been able to make her a better partner instead of the outcome at the volcano…" Slade mussed as he started to walk around Raven in a circle.

"I don't plan on staying and I doubt she will have any more terrible flash backs to her time with me, but if you think that I was the most pressing emotional disturbance in her than you are just as foolish as she is." With those words Slade drug is hand in a large arc across the blackness and within seconds it started to bend and distort.

A blinding flash caught Raven off guard and when she finally could open her eyes again she found herself standing in a vast dessert; large stony pillars littered the landscape, while the blazing sun was caught behind a few clouds.

Raven had to admit it was a much nicer mental plain then her own, but she should have expected something like this from Terra, she was an Earth sorceress after all.

"Yo, Raven!" Terra shouted happily as she flew over to the cloaked girl and jumped off the large rock she was using as a mode of transit.

Raven blushed slightly at the sight of Terra in just a pair of black sandals, her tan shorts, and a simple black bra; the empath was relieved that her hood was up so that she didn't have to explain the pinkness in her cheeks to the other girl.

"Aren't you hot Raven?" Terra asked innocently as she noticed the shorter girl was still wearing her deep blue cloak even though they were in the middle of the desert; Raven hadn't even noticed the heat until the blonde had brought it up.

"Now that you say that…" Raven muttered roughly, upset that the taller girl had brought the overbearing heat to the forefront of her mind. Raven was about to pull her hood off, since her blush had finally died down, but was stunned to find herself now wearing the same pair of black sandals, tan shorts, and a simple black bra as Terra.

So much for her blush dying down…

"There; since we're in my head, which is super awesome by the way, I can control just about everything here so I decided to help you out with something cooler!" Terra said joyfully as she gave Rave the peace sign, making Raven sign.

Raven just couldn't be mad at the other girl though, since she was only trying to be nice; although Raven did feel a little violated at having her clothes morphed away without her input, not to mention she had never worn such skimpy clothes before so that was getting to her as well…

"Well we are obviously here for a reason so let's go find it shall we?" Raven commanded more so than asked, since she was embarrassed and stressed with all that had just happened in the last ten minutes, but it didn't seem to bother Terra who just happily fell in line behind Raven as she walked.

The two walked and talked for what seemed like hours; they talked about their pasts and about how much their fathers suck, they talked about the benefits of being a sorceress and how cool it was that they got to do this kind of thing because of it, they talked about friends and life in general. The natures of their talks were always happy and cheerful, but that atmosphere of joy and laughter quickly died at the sound of a little girl's scream…

The world of Terra's mind suddenly got very cold and very dark as large black clouds rolled across the sky in numbers uncountable and again a child's scream echoed a crossed the land.

Raven looked back at Terra to find her face had paled a look of fear ghosting over her features; Raven knew that the heart wrenching sound of a child being beaten was none other than Terra's own voice. The empath wasted no time in grabbing Terra's hand and running towards the sound of the cries, even though Terra put up a little bit of a fight in the beginning she eventually allowed Raven to lead her.

Raven's breath hitched in her throat at the sight of a tiny Terra lying in the dirt, bloody and bruised, as a much larger man stood over her with what looked like a whip of some sort.

The child begged her father to stop, he beat her. The child begged for someone to help her or make him stop, he beat her. The child tried to throw as much Earth as she could at her father to stop him…he beat her…

Terra couldn't handle the sight of her own beatings, nor the seemingly endless memories that flooded her mind, and collapsed to her knees with tears streaming down her face.

"You have to stop him Terra; you have to stand up to him!" Raven encouraged, helping Terra to her feet and giving her a little push in the direction of one of her worst memories being played out in front of her in real time.

Seeing the venerable form of her younger self stirred something inside Terra and with a burst of courage she ran in front of the smaller version of herself and threw her arms out to her sides and yelled at her father to stop…

Ravens eyes widened in horror as she watched Terra flinch when the large man swung his whip and was absorbed into the memory, now taking the beatings for real instead of only remembering them.

"You dare defy me!" The man bellowed as his whip made contact with his daughters face, cutting her just below the left eye.

"I'm sorry! I should have known better." Terra sobbed as she curled into a ball, hoping that she could become small enough that he couldn't hit her anymore.

"No Terra; you are more powerful than him! You have to show him that power; I'm here for you!" Raven shouted as loud as she could to try and reach the girl's ears, since she found she could no longer move the bottom half of her body. "You don't have to take his beatings anymore; you have friends who care about you and will help you no matter what situation you get yourself in!" The dark haired girl's voice echoed throughout the world and if she didn't know any better she could have sworn some of the dark clouds started to disappear with every word.

"But Raven… I'm worthless, I'm scum, I can't even use my powers right…" Terra whined as she took another blow to her back from her father's whip.

"You're not worthless; I believe in you Terra! You can do anything you put your mind to and I respect that about you. It took a lot of effort and a lot of help from my friend's for me to beat my father, so I am going to do everything it takes to help you now…" Raven shouted as she tried to will her legs to move so she could go and protect the other girl.

"I love you Terra and I can't stand to see you keep hurting!"

Hearing those words… Hearing those words that she knew she would never hear made something inside Terra snapped and right before the whip could strike its next blow; Terra rolled out of the way.

"You are worthless and because of that you will never be love…never be loved…never be loved…never…loved…"

That's what she truly feared; not the beatings, not the scorn, not the degrading names… No Terra feared being alone, she feared being forgotten, she feared that due to who she was no one would ever love her.

"HAHAHAHAHAHAHA you were wrong you old bastered; I'm not worthless, I can use my powers, and I am loved!" Terra shouted happily; tears of joy tailing down her face, quickly replacing the tears of pain and fear.

"You Dare!" The big man bellowed as he raised his whip in the air.

"Oh, I dare! And I'm going to kick your ass!" Terra shouted as she raised her hands, eyes starting to glow a deep goldenrod, as the world around them began to shake.

"Negari Imperium Terrae!"

The world around them exploded as Terra showed off her true potential; everything in sight was utterly destroyed, except for the small patch of earth that Raven was standing on.


It was late, nearly three in the morning when Raven opened her eyes to see the familiar view from the top of Titan Tower. Terra had finally beaten her father and from what Raven could tell she had finally mastered her powers as well.

"I guess this makes us lovers now huh?" Terra asked cheekily despite how weak she was, using that much power even if it is just in the mind still requires quite a bit of energy.

Raven smiled slightly as she bent down and picked up Terra before floating back into the tower and towards her room. "Yeah; I guess it does…"


Ending Notes: Sorry this one is a thousand some words shorter than the last chapter, but I didn't want to tack anything else onto this scene; I think the next chapter may be the last one, but I may do two more we will just have to see where my mind goes for chapter four!

In case you were wondering Terra's three word phrase for complete control of her powers (Just like Raven) is Latin for "Undeniable Control of Earth"