"You were the best friend I ever had." Terra had tears in her eyes as she embraced Beast Boy, before letting him go. He seemed glued to the spot, so she moved the earth he was on to where the others were, where Cyborg pulled him away, and he finally turned and left, along with the other titans.
The volcano was about to blow, that was certain. Her hands lit up with the glow of her power.
She looked down, and saw Slade's mask melting in the lava.
Good riddance...she thought to herself, and put all of her focus into bringing all of her power to the surface like she never had before.
Then, screaming from the exertion, she unleashed it all.
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1000 Years Later...
Sunset and Rainbow Dash were out hiking, getting some excercise on a beautiful, sunny day. They would have invited the others to come along, but Pinkie was working at Sugarcube Corner that day, Fluttershy was at the animal shelter, Twilight was visiting her brother, Applejack was busy at her farm, and Rarity...was not one for hiking.
"And then I said "Say that to my feet, ya limp noodle!"
Sunset raised an eyebrow questioningly. "You said that...to Gilda?..."
"Yup! And she never bothered me again!"
"Somehow, I seriously doubt that..." Sunset replied skeptically.
"What? It's true!" She insisted as they approached a cave.
"Dude! Sweet cave!" Rainbow dashed inside, while Sunset eyed the cave carefully at the entrance.
"You sure going in there is safe?" She questioned.
"Aww c'mon Sunset, this cave has probably been here for the last thousand years!" Rainbow assured.
"Well...ok." Sunset conceded and entered the cave.
They didn't have to travel too far inside, before something caught their eyes, up ahead of them.
"Hey, cool! Someone's been here and carved a stone sculpture!" Rainbow called after she had ran ahead of Sunset.
Sunset reached the statue, surveying it. It was of a girl, about 13-14 years. She seemed to be wearing some kind of armor and had her arms outstretched.
"It is pretty cool." She admitted. "Very life-like, and great attention to detail." She noted.
"What's this here?" Rainbow spotted something in front of the statue. It was a word..."True".
They both dug away the dirt that was covering the remainder of the message...it was a plaque that read "Terra: A Teen Titan, A True Friend."
"Teen Titan?" Sunset asked.
"Maybe they were some kind of group of superheroes a long time ago!" Rainbow suggested, excitedly.
"Dash, it's always superheroes with you." Sunset monotoned.
"It's possible!" Rainbow defended. "What else do you think of when you hear the word "Teen Titan"?
Sunset had to admit she had no answer for that. It was a peculiar name...
"I mean, if you think about it, we are kind of superheroes, ourselves!" Rainbow continued. "We got powers at camp everfree! You can read memories..." Rainbow trailed off, before a grin spread across her face.
"That's it! You can read memories! Even in nature, like water, snowflakes, wood...You should be able to read a rock's memories too, right?" She reasoned. "Find out who made this and why."
Sunset shrugged. "Only one way to find out." She looked back at the statue, and reached a hand toward it, before touching it.
Fire.
Pain.
"You can't control me anymore!!"
"You were the best friend I ever had."
"Slade's right. You don't have any friends."
Bright blinding light, and a scream.
Sunset removed her hand quickly, eyes wide.
"What? What did you see??" Rainbow asked eagerly.
"Oh, sweet Celestia..." Sunset whispered. "It's a real, living person."
"What??" Rainbow looked back at the statue. "Are you sure? How would that even be possible?"
"Well, back in Equestria, enemies who are considered unredeemable are often imprisoned in stone." Sunset explained.
"Harsh..." Rainbow monotoned.
"Ya, but they're usually the worst of the worst. It's done with the elements."
"Wait, so she could be a psychopath?" Rainbow asked.
"Well, this isn't Equestria. I don't know how this was done, and from what I saw, she doesn't seem like a psychopath."
"So, what do we do?"
Sunset put her backpack down, and took out her journal. "I'm gonna ask Twilight."
Twilight,
Dash and I have found a stone statue of a girl in a cave. We figured it was just a sculpture, but when I touched it...I think she is real. I know this is done in Equestria to enemies when there is no other option, but from what I saw in her memories, she doesn't seem like a monster or psychopath. There is even a plaque beneath the statue that reads "Terra, A Teen Titan, A True Friend."... I want to get her out. Whatever happened, I don't think she deserves to be stuck in there forever.
She didn't have to wait too long for a response.
Sunset,
Yes, I agree. If the plaque says she is a true friend, then by all means, she shouldn't be stuck in there. I wonder how it happened in the first place...and what are "Teen Titans"? I guess you'll have to ask her when she is out. Use the elements you have on that side. They should work the same as the ones over here.
Sunset put her journal away.
"Well, we are going to get her out, but we need everyone else here. It will require the elements."
"Aww ya, we're gonna save a superhero!!" Rainbow squeed.
"Dash...we don't know for sure that she is a superhero." Sunset reminded.
"Well, I'm calling it now, that she is." Rainbow insisted.
They exited the cave, and made their way back into the city.
"I wonder what kind of super powers she has?" Rainbow could hardly contain her excitement at soon meeting a real life superhero, no matter what Sunset had to say about it. "Maybe she'll invite us to be Teen Titans too, when she sees we technically have powers too."
"You really don't think you're getting ahead of yourself Dash?.."
"No way! They probably even have their own theme song...something like "When there's trouble, you know who to call, Teen Titans!"
Sunset rolled her eyes. Rainbow Dash was hopeless.