All was quiet, all was still, and Logan lay on the floor out cold.

“He is, dead?” asked Starfire. “No, he is not.” replied Copione “Neither the darkness nor the prophecy have ceased. He is still alive, he has merely lost consciousness.”

Terra looked down at Logan sadly, “I couldn’t kill him. I didn’t want to, but I didn’t mean to hit him so hard.”

Everyone then gazed at her, “But how did you do it?” Rarity asked “We tried with our might, and couldn’t land a single hit on him.”

“I don’t know.” replied Terra, “I was watching the fight, not wanting to jump because I couldn’t bring myself to hurt Beast Boy, and then, I saw you all get knocked out, and… it all just happened so fast. I was glowing, and I felt incredibly strong!”

Copione asked to see The Light Prognosticus from her, and he read the passage again. “Of course…!” he said “Why did I not see…?”

“See what?” asked Robot-Man.

“Though we, the teams, had failed, our efforts brought forth a will for Terra to step up. She is the embodiment of all the forces of the three teams.

-Great Strength…

-Heart and Soul…

-Righteousness and Justice.”

The others all contemplated, and it couldn’t be denied.

“Terra’s Geo-kinetic Powers,” said Mento “That would of Great Strength.”

“It takes a great deal of nerve to stand up to enemies,” said Twilight. “But a far great deal more to battle friends or loved ones. That takes heart and soul!” added Cadance.

“And Righteousness and Justice…” said Robin, “It proves she really is a hero at heart, and willing to fight for what’s right.”

Terra placed her hands over her heart, amazed to realize all this.

“Dang it, girl! That was awesome moves out there.” said Cyborg.

“You got real talent, kid.” added Mento.

The ponies all smiled thankfully at her, “You see, Terra. You have heart and pureness.” said Celestia “And with it you saved us all.”

Terra felt a simple coming to her face, but she turned to face Beast Boy, she saw Copione looming over him, and he extended his claws intended to run him through!

“No!” Terra shouted, and she reached over and grabbed him by the arm “What are you doing?!”

“I must destroy him, now before he regains strength.”

“No! I won’t let you!”

He began to read her mind and sensed her inner love for Beast Boy. “You truly love him?”

The ponies all gawked in shock, while the Titans and Doom Patrol felt awkward.

“Um… reality-check here,” said Rainbow “This guy is a cold-blooded murderer, and he’s trying to wipe everything out of existence.”

Terra couldn’t deny that, but still she wouldn’t step back, “He’s not really evil. He’s just lost.” She paused “…I know the feeling.” her eyes were already starting to fill with tears of guilt and shame.

Celestia stepped forward, “Terra, I think it’s time you explained to us what you know.”

“I think we’d all like to know.” agreed Robin, and everyone else agreed. “I’d like to know how she could even love him.” Pinkie whispered.

“Shh!” snapped Applejack, telling her it wasn’t the right thing to say.

Terra held herself, feeling her insides quaking. Copione handed her The Light Prognosticus, “Please… do explain.” He said honestly, “Perhaps there is something I, too, can learn from all this.”

Terra shut her eyes tightly, but finally she agreed to tell.

Copione showed her how to use the book to show images, which would make things easier.

Terra began by telling them all the same story that Beast Boy had told her that night on the cliffs. The last time she ever spoke to him directly!

Garfield Mark Logan

When he was 5, he got sick after being bitten by a green monkey. His parents saved him using an untested animal serum, which unintentional mutated him green and gave his animal powers.

After that, Garfield's entire life was shaped by nothing but heartbreak, tragedy and misery!

Shortly after his mutation, Garfield’s parents died in a boating accident during a flood. An accident that still haunts him as he believed he could have prevented and saved his folks.

Then, his foster mother died in a tank explosion

His legal guardian, Nicholas Galtry, despised the boy, abused him daily and plotted to have him killed so he could get the inheritance money.

“Oh, my…!” Robin said.

“We never knew this.” added Raven.

Twilight couldn’t believe how someone could have such a horrid childhood. “It’s like anyone who ever cared for him or took him in always died or abused him.”

Terra nodded regretfully, “And it didn’t even stop there.”

The story continued…

Garfield ran away, but was captured by two thieves, whom abused him and forced him to do their bidding. That’s when the Doom Patrol came along, adopted the boy and trained him, and he became Beast Boy.

“I remember that so well.” said Elasti-Girl “We took him right in, like the son we always wanted but never had.”

Mento nodded, but then he bit his lip as he knew and saw what came next; him being overly harsh, and stubborn, as well as his strict attitude which made Beast Boy feel alienated from the team, and struck out on his own.

Mento held his head in shame, especially for the part where Beast Boy had saved his team from doom, which meant The Brotherhood of evil got away, and all he did was chastise him for it.

The ponies all gawked at him with shocked expressions. “Is that how you showed your gratefulness?” Rarity asked sternly.

Mento felt in disgrace.

Everywhere Beast Boy went while searching for a new start; he was rejected and treated harshly due to his green skin-- even just taking a simple sip from a drinking fountain made everyone gawk at him as if he were contaminating it or something.

“Okay, that is just wrong on so many levels!” said Cyborg. “He’s a human, not a virus.”

Sadly, the images showed the people not caring, and just continue to judge him before they even knew him!

“I never realized how many horrible people there are in the human world.” said Twilight.

Fluttershy couldn’t help but shed tears of sympathy, “All he wants is a friend. Is that too much to ask for?”

Eventually, Beast Boy met the others and formed the Teen Titans. Here, he assumed the role of a comic relief-- telling bad jokes, being mischievous-- but all this is really a mask of laughter-- he uses it to hide the pain and sadness from his life.

Raven felt a little sick to her stomach, remembering all the times she insulted him for his joking around. “Maybe I was tougher on him than I thought.” she muttered to herself. She felt even more shameful when more images showed… Despite the good times Beast Boy he had with the Titans, there were more bad times than good; most of which came from Raven’s abuse and rudeness.

Apart from all this, the Titans didn’t seem to regard Beast Boy too highly…

-They didn’t include him
-They’d make more fun of him than each other.
-They’d insult him
-Raven would smack him upside the head when he had an idea
-When he even had a good idea, or an honest one, he still hardly ever got listened too.

The worst of it all was, when he did something really, really nice for someone… like cheering Raven up after her heart was broken, leading her to hug him, it was soon forgotten and treated as if it never happened!

The Titans all felt very bad, wishing they had been more supportive and understanding of Beast Boy now. “Well, we at least gave him a home.” said Robin.

“Yes… and good food…” added Starfire “All the tofu he could ever want, and…”

Applejack cut in, “Those are just things. Not that there’s nothin’ wrong with it, but I think you were givin’ more things than you were love and respect. Without any of them, all them other things ain’t worth much.”

The titans contemplated their attitudes again, and remembered, as the next images showed of how truly disrespected and unappreciated Beast Boy felt and was treated by people of Jump City.

-Girls didn’t like him
-There was hardly any Beast Boy merchandise in the stores.
-Children liked the other Titans, and hardly ever mentioned him.

Starfire even remembered the Dating Webpage she created for him, and how he had all thumbs down, and nothing but rude and insulting comments, further proving no girl was interested in him.

He was pretty much an unsung hero, without much to hope for, and rapidly spinning into darkness that was hard to supress.

“It begins to make more sense now.” said Copione “Too many hardships and painful losses could drive a person mad. No matter how hard you may attempt to supress, everyone has a breaking point.”

Terra began to quiver as she fought her own pains and sadness that were catching up with her for what was about to be shown next.

Copione held her steady, “Just let it out. Do not keep it buried within, or it shall cause only more pain.”

Terra took a few deep breaths and continued, “This is when I came into The Titans lives.”

Everyone watched, and the Titans remembered how smitten Beast Boy and Terra were with one-another at first sight.

“Aw, that’s so cute.” said Fluttershy.

“It felt more than cute to Me.” said Terra.

The images continued to show how well Beast Boy and Terra got along. Even Cadance could feel the love was real. It was like they were made for one-another, and almost as if Beast Boy was being rewarded for all his years of torment and suffering.

There were even images of Beast Boy singing a song to himself as he worked on the Heart-Shapped Mirror box he intended to give as a gift.

“Heaven’s Light.”

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“I felt that way, too…” Terra said “I was often alone, and I always wanted to belong some place, and I thought I had found it… but…”

She didn’t have to say much else, even the Titans knew what came next, and everyone else watched as more images were shown…

-Terra ran out on Beast Boy, thinking he had betrayed her secret of her unstable powers.

-Then she aligned herself with Slade-- he had taken advantage of her meek and frightened nature-- and feigned allegiance to The Titans, eventually turning against them.

The ponies could not believe what they were seeing, but they were happy to see that Terra eventually managed to stand up to Slade and fight his control, but the happiness faded when Terra and Beast Boy embraced.

“You were the best friend… that I ever had!”

And she turned to stone to save everyone!

“Oh, my!” cried Elasti-Girl.

“That is deep…” added Negative-Man.

The Titans remembered that day too well, and it still haunted them.

Even the ponies were impressed by such bravery. “Wait a minute.” said Twilight “How did you even escape from being stone?”

Terra shook her head, unable to answer.

“I think I know how…” said Raven, “When I defeated my father, Trigon, all those who were petrified were restored. It must have worked on Terra too.”

The other Titans felt that was possible, but Terra… she was quivering again, and the reason being: The next images everyone saw really struck them hard.

They watched the entire episode transpire before, or rather just the scenes of Beast Boy and Terra. She pretended to have amnesia and was pushing him away because she wanted to forget her past, all of it. She wanted to start over and live a normal life.

While that was understandable, the way she was going about it and behaving was just… too much for words!

“You’re my friend! You’re a Teen titan!”

“You’re wrong!”

“Things Change, Beast Boy. The girl you want me to be is just a memory.”

The Titans, The Doom Patrol, The Ponies, even Copione were all aghast!

“That’s what happened between you two?” Robin asked.

“Girl… that is just… cold!” said Cyborg.

Starfire and Raven couldn’t find words to say, or The Doom Patrol. Even the ponies were horribly shocked and livid by what they saw.

“Let me get this straight…” said Rainbow “You pushed away a guy, who not only already had suffered a lot in his life… but a guy who really loved you, who was willing to forgive you for the bad things you did, and give you an okay, fun-filled, action packed life… just because you wanted to forget him, all your past and just live a normal life like that?!”

“YES!!” Terra shouted, and she dropped the book, ceasing the images, and fell to her knees sobbing in guilt, “I thought I was doing the right thing. I just couldn’t face myself, and all those horrible things I did, and I didn’t want to hurt Beast Boy anymore. I was just trying to have a better future for both of us.”

Copione, though seeing how regretful she already looked, he had to tell her. “Terra…” he said calmly, “While your reasons and wishes were understandable, your actions were very foolish. You sacrificed your moral principles for something materialistic for yourself.”

Terra looked up at him through her tearful eyes.

“You cannot simply forget your past. It is our pasts that make up who we are in future. If you ignore it, you will simply never learn, never grow, and never understand the true ways of life. You lost far more than you gained from what you did.”

“He’s right…” Twilight agreed stepping forward. “Terra, I can’t believe you would do such a thing, and on your own accord too. A good friend would never let a good friend down.”

“That will do.” Celestia said “I think she more than understands now. There is no sense in beating her in more.”

Indeed, Terra didn’t look as if she could go on anymore. She was so shaken, so hurt and ashamed. She looked as if she were about to have a seizure.

Cyborg couldn’t help but put his lividness aside, and hold her close, “Easy, girl… just chill.”

Everyone felt really guilty for chastising her now, “Um… I hate to do this.” said Luna “But, should we continue the story.”

“Yes, we should.” said Copione. He picked up The Light Prognosticus and reopened it. Though Terra was in no state to continue, the book itself had still recorded the rest of the story as it happened.

To Be Continued

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