While it was day in the Titans’ world, it was night in Equestria.

Long after all her friends had gone home and to bed, but Twilight was awake, looking a little baggy-eyed, and in her study lab, where she was constantly trying to unlock the secrets of the jewel from Celestia.

She had gone through many books, and many scrolls, but was unable to match the jewel or uncover any clues about it.

“Celestia could be right,” said to herself “If there’s nothing about this in Equestrian history, then it’s probably not from this world at all.”

Starlight and Spike both stood at the doors, both were woken by her constant slamming of books and talking to herself.

“Twilight, give it a rest.” groaned Spike.

“We’ve got work in the morning.” added Starlight.

“I’m not tired,” protested Twilight, but really that was just her lust to continue researching, even though it was virtually pointless at this point. She also let out a huge yawn prompting Starlight to drag her along.

“It’s bedtime for you. The world will still be here tomorrow.”

Twilight was soon out like a light, in her own bed, and Spike had fallen asleep right on the floor.

Starlight levitated him up and tucked him softly into his basket.

On her way to her own room, she looked in the study and saw the jewel sitting on the table.

She looked at it with her own curiosity peaking about it, but she yawned and felt too tired to really study it herself, and she adjourned to bed.

Neither she or the others noticed as the clouds parted and the moonlight shone through an open window right onto the jewel, it began to pulsate softly with a bright light.

Then a cloud covered up the moon and the glowing ceased.

In Jump City, the other Titans had all been enjoying their Pizza Lunch, especially because it was most likely the last they were going to get.

Upon their arrival, they had noticed a “Closing Down” sign just outside the doors. The place had been sold and the entire place was going to be converted into an office for a travel agency.

Yet another thing to add to the big list of changes in the city ever since they had returned from Tokyo, and fighting The Brotherhood of Evil…

“So much has changed.” said Starfire “I know not where I shall another place that makes the pizza as well as this.”

She gnawed on a slice.

“We’ll just have to find someplace else.” said Robin “Changes are part of life, and we have to accept them whether we approve of them or not.”

The others agreed.

“I just hope BB can get though his head.” said Cyborg.

“That would take a miracle.” said Raven.

Suddenly, they could all hear the sound of police sirens as many cruisers came racing down the road.

Robin’s communicator already detected trouble nearby.

He quickly left some money for the bill and shouted, “Titans Go!”

All the Titans bolted up out of their seats, and leapt off of the roof terrace.

Robin then called Beast Boy telling him about the danger. “Get down here, right away.”

The sound was on “audio” and he couldn’t see he had just woken Beast Boy up.

“Beast Boy, answer me!”

“I can hear you!” Beast Boy thundered “I’m on my way!”

Then he signed off.

“Do we really need him with us?” asked Raven.

“We’re a team.” said Robin “We fight together no matter what.”

The disturbance seemed to be coming from the Jump City museum-- one of few places in the city that hadn’t been bought out or demolished.

The movers and museum curator were shipping a recent delivery of new ancient artifacts and stuff that was being placed in the museum on display, when suddenly; a bunch of robbers came out of nowhere and held everyone, including security at gunpoint.

All these robbers were wearing special kinds of armor, making them bulletproof and it also enhanced their natural strengths.

“Alright guys,” called the leader “Let’s haul this junk out of here. I’m sure we can find people who will pay fortunes for them.”

Some of his teammates began to make their way for the truck that carried the goods, while others were already loading unloaded creates to their own truck.

A few others kept watchful eyes over the subdued museum staff and security.

The police then stormed the place and demanded the gunners surrender.

“Don’t move!” shouted the leader as he held up a grenade, “…Make one move, and I’ll blow these artifacts to pieces!”

The cops were stuck. No way could they risk the valuables, and they didn’t dare try to gas the bad guys either, not while they had hostages.

Suddenly, the Titans arrived on the scene, and Raven used her powers to yank the grenade away from the leader, and Starfire zoomed in, pulling all the hostages in a big group out of harm’s way, and flew them up onto the roof for safety.

“Shoot them!” shouted the leader!

The men began to fire with their guns like crazy, but Robin threw down his smoke-bombs which blinded the men.

The Titans then all jumped down and began to attack.

Robin knocked the guns away with his staff, forcing the men to fight him in combat.

POW!! Robin got punched hard in the gut and was sent slamming into the wall. It felt like a wild buffalo had just hit him.

“How do you like our new armor?” teased a thief, “It enhances our strength many times.”

The other Titans found this out as well, while they had knocked the guns away, the men put quite a good fight, punching and kicking them all hard.

Starfire then fired her star-bolts, which only bounced off the armor-plates, hitting herself back, and leaving the thieves unharmed.

“Nice try…” teased the leader.

The Titans still refused to give up.

“Azarath, Metrion, Zinthos!” shouted Raven, and she grabbed two large lampposts, pulling them out of the ground, and bent them around a couple of the thieves, but thanks to their enhanced strengths, they actually managed to break out of bondage and rushed for her.

Raven flew upward out of the way allowing them to be rushed by Cyborg.

Since he was big and strong, he was able to handle the goons a little bit, as long as he didn’t blast them.

Then Beast Boy arrived on the scene, and charged at the goons as a huge dinosaur, knocking them all back hard and cracking the chest plates on the armor, which shorted the suits out!

Robin, finding his strength again, saw this and got up.

“That’s it! Aim for their chests!” he hollered to the others.

Starfire nodded and saw two of the goons making a break for discarded guns on the ground, but as they turned to shoot, she had already punched them hard in the chests, shorting out the power and knocking them back hard.

More and more of the goons began to fall with their weakness exposed, and finally, Robin brawled with the leader, and using his skillful Kung Fu moves, he managed to strike him in the chest and knocked him down.

“You’re strong, but you’re still not that smart.” he remarked.

The police were able to handle the men, loading them into paddy-wagons and take them to prison.

Many citizens who watched the excitement from afar began to crowd around the museum, cheering for the Titans as the curator thanked them.

“I don’t know how to thank you all.” he said.

“It’s what we’re here for.” said Robin “History is very important to everyone. We couldn’t let them make off with all these things.”

Many fans and admirers of the Titans came up to congratulate them, shake hands, have pictures, even ask for autographs…

…Except for Beast Boy. Nobody seemed to want to crowd around him at all, or even took notice of him, even though he was the one who discovered the thieves’ weakness, even if it was by chance.

Why even Raven was getting more attention he was, and she usually wasn’t one to care for such things. She usually preferred to go “Whatever” and walk off and not take interest in fans, and yet there she was, at least signing posters of her and agreeing to be in selfies, though she still had her usual neutral expression and didn’t seem to show much care for it.

Soon the crowds departed, and the curator still needed help in moving all the new artifacts into the museum.

“We’ll help you.” said Robin “This way we’ll be close in case anyone tries to attack again.”

Soon, all the Titans were helping to move heavy boxes and things into the building and placing them in the main atrium where they were uncrated revealing all kinds of strange and mysterious objects…

Statues, idols, jewelry, plaques…

Beast Boy did find them a little fascinating, especially the statues. He just moved in closer to get a better look at one, but Raven misjudged and smacked him in the shoulder, and sneered in a threatening manner, “Don’t… Touch… Anything…!”

Beast Boy glared at her furiously, and this time he didn’t feel like holding his peace.

“You lay one more hand on me, and I swear… I will hurt you!”

That’s what he wanted to say, but he still managed to barely hold himself back, not wanting to make a scene, and decided to save his angry words for his diary.

“Hey, y’all.” Cyborg called “Come and take a look at this.”

The Titans all huddled around, and was just uncrated-- a stone pedestal with an odd looking sword lodged into it.

It had a silvery flame-shaped blade, with a red and black hilt which resembled evil looking wings. And right in the center of the hilt was a fiery flame emblem-- exactly the same as the one on Twilight’s book.

It didn’t seem to show any signs of how old it was, or how long it had been lying hidden underground.

“Wow.” said Robin “What is this?”

The curator explained, “Nobody really knows.

This was found in the mountain regions in the outback months ago.”

The Titans all gasped in astonishment.

“It was in the city’s backyard all the time?” asked Beast Boy.

“That’s what he just said!” sneered Raven.

Beast Boy gave her an angry glare.

The curator explained that the sword’s origins were completely unknown. “Historians and scientists have been analyzing the sword and they have no idea who could have forged it.”

Cyborg scanned the sword with his wrist-com, and he was astonished.

“What is it?” asked Starfire.

“The blade…” replied Cyborg “It’s made of a kind of alloy I’m not able to identify. Almost like, it’s not manmade.”

Now the Titans were very intrigued.

“Perhaps we could remove the sword and study it more closely?” suggested Starfire.

“We’ve already tried.” said the curator “This baby’s stuck tight. No one’s been able to budge it an inch. They even tried using a crane. Nothing worked.”

“Sounds like whoever put that sword in there didn’t want it to be removed.” said Raven.

“Or maybe…” Robin said while pondering “…It’s the kind of sword that only the right kind of person can remove.”

A long silent moment fell to everyone, until the curator said “Well, it’s not like it can do any harm. So we thought we’d display it-- let other people marvel at its mysteries.”

“Not a good idea, dude.” said Beast Boy. “What if someone tries to steal it, like just back then?”

“That’s not likely,” said the curator. “Our security is top-notch. Once it’s safely in here, even a mosquito couldn’t try to steal it.”

“I’m just saying that…”

“…Let it go, Beast Boy.” Robin cut in “Anyways, we’ve done our job here. Let’s go home.”

Beast Boy tried to protest fearing there could be much more to the sword than they know.

“Yo’ man, just drop it!” said Cyborg “It’s not hurting anyone and it can’t if it can’t be pulled out. Just leave it.”

Beast Boy sulked angrily. He hated it when no one listened to him, especially when he had a proper and commendable suggestion.

Raven marched right up to Beast Boy, and this time he was ready for her and caught her by the wrist as she tried to slap him again.

He gave her a most threatening look, and then forcefully released her, and Raven looked crosser than ever with him, but she walked along catching up with the others, and Beast Boy followed them, but kept his distance all the way home, which annoyed the Titans.

“You’re not making points with this attitude.” Robin called over to him.

That evening, Beast Boy refused to join them for dinner, even When Cyborg called to everyone over the tower intercom, “Hey, y’all… grub’s on.”

He would not come out even when Starfire knocked at his door.

“Beast Boy, it is the time of the supper.”

There was no answer.

“Beast Boy…?”

He was in there, and just finishing adding to his diary and silently hiding it back under his mattress.

Then he crept to the door and opened it softly.

Starfire thought he was being very strange and not like the old Beast Boy she knew.

“Do you not wish to join us?”

“No thanks,” he said softly, and he shut the door. He did not want to see any of them at the moment, especially not Raven.

Starfire decided maybe to just leave him be and went to join her friends.

“If he thinks he can win us over with all this brooding, he’s got another thing coming.” said Robin.

“Took the words right out of my mouth.” agreed Raven.

Starfire sat down, but she didn’t feel like eating herself. “I am worried about our friend. He is not acting himself. He has not smiled, or told a joke, or laughed at anything humorous.”

“He’s just heartbroken because he misses Terra.” said Cyborg “I’ve been turned down by a few girls in my time, and yes, it hurt, but I got over it. I moved on, and so should he.”

Robin was starting to realize as well, “Of course, come to think of it. Maybe we have been a little hard on him lately.”

Even Raven was starting to feel maybe she had been a bit sore with him. “He’s just being so annoying.” she said “But I guess that’s no excuse for my smacking him.”

Everyone nodded strictly at her for that especially.

The Titans decided maybe it best they try and make it up to him, but Robin also suggested, “We should leave him be for a few days. Let him cool off, maybe he’ll open up to us then.”

Later that night, the Titans decided to go to bed.

Starfire saw Beast Boy’s bedroom door and was tempted to go over and at least talk to him, but Robin put his hand on her shoulder, shaking his head reminding her to leave him be as they agreed.

In her room, Raven hung up her cloak on a rack by the open window as the moonlight shone through the glass.

Raven let out a sleepy yawn as she crawled into bed.

Late in the night, as the moon continued to shine through her window, it lit up her cloak on the rack, and the large brooch clip-- which was identical to the one Twilight had received-- began to glow and pulsate.

The light was bright, and it annoyed Raven in her sleep, but rather than open her eyes and wake up, she assumed it was just reflected moonlight, and raised her hand, using her power to shut her curtains.

…The brooch stopped glowing.

Elsewhere in the city, somebody else was having a bad time sleeping too…!

Terra tossed and turned in bed, she was having a dream of her first date with Beast Boy, when they went to the amusement park, even though it was the time she had betrayed the Titans to Slade, it was a wonderful time!

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“You’re my definition of fun.” she said to him.

Then they went off to ride the rides, and play the games, and they seemed to be growing closer and closer.

Then everything flashed to back at her school. He reached out to her.

“Maybe you don’t remember, but I do. You’re my friend! You’re a Teen Titan!”

“You’re wrong!”

She was starting to cringe and sweat in her sleep as the whole scene continued to play, right up to those words she told him.

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

She looked across at him, and how he appeared so devastated, so hurt!

“Ah!” she woke up with a startling yelp and was panting heavily. She felt very hot and decided to get some air.

She hopped out of bed and went to open a window of the apartment she lived it, but it was unknown and unimportant how she got it.

All she felt was extreme guilt, the same she had been feeling deep down all day but never let her friends know.

“I just want to live a normal life.” she said to herself “Why do these memories keep haunting me like this?”

“Maybe it’s because you’ve made a mistake!” hissed a very familiar voice.

She turned round and was frightened to see none-other than, “…Slade!” sitting on her bed.

“It’s been a while, girl.”

How he even got there was hardly important now, but she angrily glared at him. “Impossible! You’re dead! I destroyed you!”

“Oh, really?” hissed Slade “Then how am I here? How am I talking to you?

Oh, that’s right, because this is all a dream.”

Terra was confused, “No. It’s not a dream. I just woke up from a dream.”

Slade began to appear in multiple places around her room. “Silly girl… It’s not healthy to go to bed with a guilty conscience, isn’t it? Your past can come back to haunt you.”

Terra was feeling stressed out, and more upset when she could see the images of all the terrible things she had done, as Slade’s apprentice, and dumping Beast Boy at her school.

“No, No I won’t let it! I’ve moved on! You hear me?!”

“Oh, but of course,” hissed Slade “Things Change and you’re right, but the memories can never disappear no matter how much you want them too, just like your memories of your little boyfriend.

You hurt him, you know. More than any betrayal ever could, and now you’re starting to regret it, aren’t you?”

Terra shook her head frightfully, “No, No, I won’t let you tempt me!

I WON’T LET YOU TEMPT ME!!”

“I’m not tempting you, you’re doing it to yourself.”

Terra refused to listen any longer and rushed for the many Slade’s to tackle them…

…And she ended up falling out of bed from her dream within a dream.

Now she was really awake-- really, fully, and totally awake, but her head ached, and she felt a little numb.

She went to the bathroom, washed her face, and grabbed a sip of water, but as she looked at her reflection in the mirror the square shape of the mirror morphed into a heart-shape, like the heart-shaped mirror box Beast Boy had made for her…

“Beast Boy, I… I don’t know what to say.”

The very mirror box she sourly rejected when he brought her to the tower the other day, trying to help her remember-- even though she did remember.

“No!” she snapped as she looked away. “I won’t go back. This is my life now, and it’s better than anything else I could’ve had.”

She was very dedicated, and was not about to let her conscience get to her. She could silence it. She could tell it who was in charge, and she was more than willing to get past this phase of guilt and shame and move on with her life.

…Assuming it was even a phase.

Nevertheless, she managed to go back to bed and slept like a baby.

While in Equestria, Twilight was teaching her class from the book she had gotten, about the evil Yamimakai and how he tried to destroy and conquer the world.

“You see class; sometimes a little hatred can get so out of control it could very well lead to things like this. This make it all the more important to put our faith in trust, in friendship, and love.”

A student raised his hoof, “Professor Twilight, what if you meet someone who doesn’t want to believe in those things. What if they don’t want to have Love, Friendship, or Trust anyone?”

All the students began to worry about the same thing, and this was something that even Twilight knew was possible, if such creatures like Yamimakai existed, and other villains she and her friends were unable to redeem or change.

“I still believe in giving fair chances. I really don’t think that any-creature would want to submit to a life of hatred and mistrust without good reason. Maybe if we all work hard to figure out that reason, then we can try and make it better.

That’s what being a good friend really is about.”

The students all took notes of this.

Soon class was dismissed, and Twilight had no other courses to teach that day, and a good thing too because she couldn’t wait to get back to studying that strange jewel.

Starlight had a feeling about this, and luckily she already had the perfect distraction for her.

“Twilight Sparkle,” she announced over the school intercom “Please report to your office immediately.”

She giggled a little before logging off, which Twilight noted, but still she headed down the hall, and the second she opened the door to her office.

“Hiya Twily…” her brother said surprising her.

Her eyes lit up, and she ran straight into her brother, hugging him warmly.

Then it was over to Cadance.

“When did you get here?” Twilight asked.

“Our train arrived an hour ago,” answered Cadance “And when we didn’t find you at the castle, we assumed you were here.”

Her husband agreed, “So, Starlight let us in and we thought we’d surprise you.”

Twilight gave Starlight a playful glare and Starlight snickered.

“Where’s Flurry Heart?” asked Twilight, but she suddenly got her answer as her little niece was heard cooing from the corner of the office where she sat up in her pram and began to flutter up happily at the sight of her aunt.

Twilight walked over and pecked her on her little head. “How’s my wittle favowite neice?” she cooed.

Shining Armor stood behind her, putting on a playful imitation of Flurry saying, “Don’t’ forget auntie Twily, I’m your only niece.”

Twilight giggled.

“Since I have no other classes today, we can all head to the castle for lunch.”

“Great idea.” agreed Cadance “We also want to talk to you about the lectures we want to give to your students.”

Over the past few days, the royal family stayed with Twilight, and the couple gave their lectures on love, trust, and how their marriage played a big role in all of it.

“So you see,” explained Shining Armor “Love may be a wonderful thing, but it’s also very delicate and mustn’t be taken too lightly.”

His wife agreed, “Love is nothing to be toyed with, especially when others can take advantage of you.”

She referred and explained about how the Changelings invaded Canterlot at the time of her wedding to Shining Armor, and Queen Chrysalis impersonated her, locking the Real Cadance in the caverns below, and was easily able to place Shining Armor under a spell by feeding off his love for Cadance.

The students were amazed-- their eyes were bulging, their mouths hanging wide open. They could now see love in a whole new way.

Cadance also lectured the students “Love can also cause Hate as well.

-Jealously from another potential suitor…

-Heartbreak from being dumped…

…It all depends on the situation, but that is why Love and Hate are only separated by a thin line.

Many of you may be too young now to understand the kind of love I share with my husband.”

Shining Armor smiled at her, but then he added, “Just remember, Just as love can bring forth the greatest of joy, it can also bring the greatest of hate as well, no matter what sort of love it is.

It can be family love, friend love, love for something; you name it.”

The students all began to applaud and cheer, having never felt so inspired in their lives.

The couple felt a little embarrassed, and Twilight was astounded.

“I think you’ve really gotten to them.” Spike whispered to her.

Author's Notes:

Lots of people like to bitch at me saying I'm FORCING Terra to feel this way (Guilty, upset, and make herself regret what she did)

Well of course I am... I control everything the characters do in this fic. They do exactly I write them to do, and also... it's PART OF THE STORY, she's SUPPOSED to be regretting what she did and feeling ashamed. (It helps the plot go on, and it gives me EXACTLY what I want)

But then again, you also have to consider NATURAL FEELINGS

Terra could feel these things all on her own, after all... even on "Things Change" itself, she had regretful looks on her face. And as for dreaming while you're asleep... NOBODY can control or decide when and how or what you dream when you sleep.

You don't choose dreams/nightmares, they choose you.

Bottom-line: This is how I want Terra to be.