Though Beast Boy had respected Terra’s wishes and left her in peace to live her own life, and kept well out of her way as best he could, this was just too much for him. The only girl he had ever loved, the one bit of actual sunshine in his life just pushed him away like that.

After the breakup, things only went from bad to Worse. He was already highly disrespected in JC

-The newspapers only did columns on the other Titans, not interested with him.
-There was still no BB merchandise in the stores, just that of the other Titans.
-More and more BB’s favorite hangout places had changed and were not replaced, leaving him with very little ways to go

As if he weren’t miserable enough; despite the Titans trying to be sympathetic, all they really did was badger him to accept change and “MOVE ON!!” What the hell did HE have to move on too? The other Titans moved on from their problems

-Robin and starfire are dating
-cyborg is cool with who he is and people love him
-Raven beat Trigon; she was no longer a threat to her.

…and he was still losing things, as well as confidence in his team. Then again, just like his entire life… anyone he ever befriended or trusted either died on him or treated him badly.

He wasn’t asking for people to bow to him, or kiss his ass or anything, but was just a little respect and a little compassion that would stick too much?

The Titans were forced to watch all the horrible images of all the yelling, disagreeing, and everything else that transpired, making them feel extremely ashamed, but much as the ponies and the Doom Patrol wished to call them out, the royal sisters assured them all not to and just let the story continue.

After many fights with the Titans and having a super falling out, Beast Boy quit the team, realizing he couldn’t stay in Jump City or with the Titans anymore as they are only adding to his, already, immense pain and torment!

Then again, where would he go? He tried to go to other towns and maybe start over, but, again, he got rejected, booed and judged harshly for his green skin, and was treated worse than an ugy duckling

To top it all off, the nights were cold, creepy and filled with nightmares of his past! All the people he had lost, all the people he thought were his friends, all the people who wronged and betrayed him! Always denying him the happiness he craved, and robbing him of whatever he had left!

“GRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH…!!!”

Just as Copione explained… everyone had a breaking point!

Overtaken by extreme anger, hatred, pain and sadness, Beast Boy went positively insane!! Any bit of light and love in his heart had complete diminished after so much pain and torture!

The Dark Prognosticus began to resonate, even still locked up in Raven's room, and teleported to him without any of the other Titans' notice.

For only someone with heart filled with extreme hatred and darkness would be able to unlock it.

This made Raven realize that Beast Boy was telling the truth the first time she scolded him; he really never went into her room and took the book, but rather the book just followed him around, sensing the blooming darkness within him.

The book had chosen him to be the one to unlock the dark magic within, and whether or not BB wanted to actually do it, the choice was not his.

“No…!! NOOOOOOOOOOOO…!!!”

The Book had shot him dead—the Doom Patrol found his corpse later-- which would soon be frozen at Titan's Tower.

Now everything was set and ready for the book to work its will and put its curse in motion.

Beast Boy’s spirit and personality soon began to fade away as he was cursed and corrupted by darkness and hatred beyond imagination. Finally, he was reborn, as an adult version of himself, not a being of flesh and blood, but an actual embodiment of darkness and servant to the book.

He became Count Logan: A villain motivated by grief and regret! A slave to the book, he had no choice but to accept his new fate. He could never go back to the way he was. He was created by evil to serve evil.

With that, trapped in his predicament, as well as his insanity, he decided he may as well use this opportunity to exact vengeance on people who wronged him.

Using his new powers, Logan began to kill others to understand his might and increase his abilities.

He eventually Met Dr. Nekard, whom became his first minion, after which, Logan used the powers of the book to create his other three minions, making them out of darkness just like he was, to help him in quest, eventually constructing a castle to serve as their base of operations, located in a realm composed entirely of darkness. Reflecting the Count’s heart; cold… miserably, painful…

…Even his outfit, the way it covered his entire body, because he didn’t wish to look upon himself. He was trying to hide himself, because he was shamed, and ashamed!

Poor Logan was a mess; deep down all this was still not helping him, and life itself has become a prison, always reminding him of his betrayal and heartbreaks! He hated it that other people had it better than he did, and no matter how hard he tried-- no matter what he said, did, or attempted, the happiness he craved would never be his and would always slip away leaving him in the dark.

He began to see the worlds as meaningless and worthless! Nothing but constant reminders of his pain. However, even death itself could not solve his problems, as even in death there is no escape from the feelings of darkness.

So incredibly insane and upset-- as well as it being the wishes of the Dark Prognosticus as well as his fate written in its pages-- he realized all he could now to end his suffering was to fulfil the Dark Prognosticus’ wishes: He was going to get revenge by destroying everything that wronged him, took away his happiness and everything he couldn’t stand… Existence itself!

So he turned to the pages and unleashed the greatest and deadliest spell/prophecy within the book, and thus, The Void was formed which would eventually engulf the entire universe and all the dimensions beyond!

With the prophecy now in motion, Logan felt content, but deep down he was greatly remorseful and horrified at what he had just unleashed.

“What have I done?!”

However, because he was a slave to the Dark Prognosticus and couldn’t change his fate. It was the book itself that wished the destruction of all world. Even if Logan did not wish to destroy worlds, or had no reason to... the choice was still not his. This was what he was created for. So was his destiny, like a puppet on a string! He couldn’t let his emotions get to him, so he continued on his path of destruction, as a way of accepting his position and making the most of things.

To strengthen the void, Logan and his henchmen killed people and obliterated more worlds themselves to accelerate the void’s expansion.

Logan decided Tamaran would be the first world to go, as he was angered by Starfire and Robin, and how their relationship worked and he lost Terra. He wanted Starfire to see and feel what it was like to have everything you ever loved taken away from you

“Now you know how it feels to lose it all! My pain becomes your pain!”

Logan wished the Earth not be destroyed just yet, mainly because he still has some fondness of his home world, that and because Terra was on it, and he didn’t really wish her harmed… yet!

Deep down he actually still had feelings for the girl, and his remorse continued to eat at him, especially when coupled with all the horrible things he had done!

He eventually captured Terra and brought her to his castle as prisoner, where he would make her watch all the worlds fall and then he would kill her too.

“You wanted Change, Terra? YOU GOT IT!!!”

But this was it. Logan was completely broken, a prisoner not only of his own power but his feelings as well. He had truly seen how evil and despicable he had become, and he fell into despair worse than anything he had ever had.

He loved Terra so much, and nothing he could do would change that. It haunted him and tormented him non-stop, and he and Terra both had a vision of everything just being undone and going back to how it was, and they could be happy together!

“All I ask of you!”

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Terra wiped her eyes. It was both her and Logan’s thoughts everyone had just seen. The fact that they both wished that proved they both still had hearts and feelings for one another.

Everyone thought that actually sweet, and they all began to see Logan in a whole new light.

Yes, he really wished there was some way he could end all this. Maybe even reverse it all-- bring back those he killed-- and maybe-- just maybe-- things could be okay again.

However, Logan could not close the void. Once he had unleashed it… it’s out of his hands. He can’t stop it no matter how much he or may not want to.

“The prophecy cannot be stopped. Even I cannot stop it now!”

-Also he is still owned by the Dark Pronogsticus. It is the master, he is the slave. He must continue to fulfil the book’s desires. It is what he was created for!

“I am doing as I was created for. These are the wishes of The Dark Prognosticus. I serve it…! This is my fate. The price I had to pay for the way things were; the way I suffered!

If I don't do it, the book will make me. It is that simple.”

-Plus, now that he thought about it, why should he stop? He’s come this far. It’s too late to go back, and he’s got nothing to gain by going back anyway.

What did he really have to gain by stopping: Nothing, but more heartache, more misery, pain, and all the things that what started all this in the first-place.

Since the prophecy could not be stopped…
He couldn’t unbind himself from the book…
And he felt he had come too far to quit and had nothing to gain by stopping…
Logan regarded his remorse as pointless, and he continued on destroying things, but his remorse continued to eat away at him and it pained him dearly

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As Logan continued with his plans he had lied to his henchmen: promising to make whole new worlds once the universe was all wiped out, so they could live a new, peaceful world just for them…

…In actuality, he was planning on leaving it all in ruin and perishing along with it, feeling he had nothing left to live for and is too upset and ashamed with what he has done to go on anyway. Though he cared deeply for his minions, and it pained him to deceive them!

To him, the world just held no meaning, no joy, and nothing to exist for as it pained him so much. There was nothing at all that could save him now…

The last images were of the poor Count, pained and saddened so hard, a little tear fell from his eye, drizzled down his mask and splashed on the floor into nothingness!

…And the book slowly closed. There was nothing more to see.

(Heaven’s Light Reprise.)

Count Logan was a very unique figure to the heroes and the ponies. He was the only enemy they have ever faced who was driven by sadness and remorse, rather than a lust for power or control.

He at first seems to be a stereotypical, heartless villain, with no feelings or regard for anyone or anything! Only now to be understood; Logan was in fact and emotionally tortured person which made him less evil than he appeared.

He is a tragic, sadistic and hopeless character, whose evil deeds, hatred of worlds and lust for destruction was all born from the purest of emotions …Love!

The Titans and The Doom Patrol never felt so down with themselves before, but easily it was Terra who felt the worst. Beast Boy really had it bad all his life, and all they did was make it worse by being too hard on him.

Many people, even the heroes themselves would do their best to deny it, and try to argue the situation, and it was true that Beast Boy's attitude didn't help the situation...

...But there could be no questioning it-- THEY were responsible for Logan's creation.

Their careless harsh, disrespectful attitudes towards Beast Boy were largely responsible that drove him over the edge, which caused him to go insane, which made the book curse him, and everything else with it.

Anything that Beast Boy did was all born from their negligence and selfish ways, making them just as guilty as he was, and anyone who could even dare to argue the facts... was most likely worse than they could be.

The ponies, while they didn’t actually know Beast Boy and had very little to do with all this, they, too, felt some levels of guilt. After all, The Dark Prognosticus was created in their world! So they and their ancestors really did play a small role.

Easily, the ponies felt extreme sadness and pity for Beast Boy. “I can’t believe all this happened to him,” said Twilight “…All because of lack of friendship and love.”

Rarity quivered in sadness and tear, “I’ve never… ever heard of anything so, sad!” she sobbed.

“It’s just so… heartbreaking!” cried Pinkie.

Even the royal sisters hung their heads low for Beast Boy… as he just lay there on the floor.

“I can’t kill him.” Terra said “I don’t want to. He’s been through too much already, and so have all of us. All I want to do is make things right again.”

Copione sighed, and it really pained him inside to have to tell her but he spoke to her calmly, “Terra, while I do respect your feelings and understand your wishes, you must realize… all worlds are dying!

In order to restore all that was lost, we must destroy Count Logan. Without him, The Dark Prognosticus will be destroyed, the void will cease, and only then will all worlds be restored.”

Terra’s head ached, still fighting with her inner conscience. “No! I just can’t.”

“I agree with Terra…” said Elasti-Girl “I don’t want Garfield to suffer anymore either. There has to be another way.”

“It must be done.” protested Copione.

Rainbow argued, “Well, sure, I mean its one life against countless, but surely there’s gotta be…”

“It must be done!” sneered Copione “I understand how you all feel, believe me, I myself feel just as bad, but there is no other way.”

The castle began to quake as another violent tremor rocked the realm.

“You see; if we do not destroy him and fast, then… Well then, we all will be destroyed, along with everything else.”

Everyone fell silent, and then Robin finally tried to accept this, “I guess we have no choice.”

“Robin…” cried Starfire “You mustn’t! He is our friend!”

“He was our friend.” said Mento, and he looked down deeply “…But, he’s already is dead anyway, remember? We found his body.”

“No!” Terra said “I refuse to accept that. I don’t care if you found his body; I don’t care if he’s some evil creep! I won’t kill him!”

“…And you won’t get a chance to.” hissed a wicked, groggily voice that made everyone freeze on the spot, “Was that what it sounded like?” asked Cadance. She and the others all slowly turned round to see that Beast Boy had awakened and was struggling ever so painfully to get up onto his feet.

Finally, he was up, but looked about ready to fall over any time again. He glared furiously and squarely at Terra. “You have two minutes, Terra. The same two minutes that you gave me!”

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Terra remembered, back at school, when she and Beast Boy were in the hall and she told him “Okay, you’ve got two minutes.”

“What do you mean “two minutes?” she asked “…For what?”

Beast Boy raised his cane high up over his head and shouted “THIS!!” and he smashed his cane hard on the floor, breaking it in half and shattering the jewel.

A loud alarm magically sounded as the castle began to shake. Red warning lights were whirling around the place as a large timer suddenly appeared as a loud voice called out, “Danger! Self-Destruct initiated! Two minutes to Self-Destruct!”

And the timer began counting down… 2:00… 1:59… 1:58…

“Oh, no!” cried Terra.

“(Bleep) This place is gonna blow!” shouted Cyborg.

Copione, Mento, and Robin began to fire magical blasts directly at Beast Boy, but Beast Boy, having found just enough power within him, had teleported away and was gone!

“No!!” yelled Copione!

The castle began to shake more violently as boulders came crashing down, followed by many sparks and explosions! “Danger…! Self-Destruct Imminent! Evacuate Castle at once.”

“WE GOTTA GE OUTTA HERE!!!” Rarity shouted. Everyone agreed, one minute had already passed on the timer, leaving only seconds left.

“The wall!” shouted Raven “We’ll blast our way out!”

“Right!” agreed Copione “Altogether now…!”

Everyone huddled together close and combined their powers into one thunderous blast that actually blew the entire wall down. “BAIL OUT…!!” shouted Rainbow, and everyone panicked as they leapt through the large hole and landed outside safely.

“Break for my ship!” shouted Copione, and he used the power of the Light Prognosticus to recite a spell to transfer energy to it to power it up and get it ready for immediate launch.

Everyone was safely aboard with only ten second to spare, “Hit the deck!” shouted Mento, and everyone got down on the floor as the ship magically blasted off and zoomed for the gateway of the realm.

The castle exploded, in a great big nuclear blast, which horribly disrupted the realm and caused it to start breaking up!

The ship rocked about so violently and nobody was strapped down. “WE’RE NOT GOING TO MAKE IT!!” screamed Pinkie.

“YES WE WILL!!” shouted Copione. “HANG ON…!!”

WHOOSH!! The ship zoomed through the darkness, as the darkness itself was incinerated, and everything went bright white, which knocked everyone out cold as the destruction consumed everything!

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