//------------------------------// // Chapter 3 // Story: Finding Friendship // by cerealkiller78 //------------------------------// Terra had known nothing but silence and darkness for as long as she could remember. She had no concept of time. She may have been sleeping for as long as she could remember. She didn't even know anymore. All that she did know, was that even the little bit of intrusive light that there suddenly was when she found herself opening her eyes, was blinding. It was as if she was opening them for the very first time. There were a bunch of blurry figures above her, but her eyes weren't focusing on anything. She groaned and squinted her eyes tightly shut. Slowly, her memories began coming back. Slade, the volcano, her betrayal to the Titans... The Titans! She forced her eyes open again, trying desperately to make out the blurred figures as her vision slowly improved and came back. "Easy there, sugarcube. Ya'll with us? How many fingers am ah holdin' up?" That...didn't sound like any of the Titans. Maybe someone else had found her? "...two?" She guessed, her voice coming out in a rasp. "Four actually. Not too bad, just give it some time." She brought something out. "Are ya able to drink some water?" At the mention of water, Terra suddenly realized just how thirsty she was. She nodded. The figure carefully propped her up, so she could take a drink from the bottle. But her throat, after so long of not taking anything in, seemingly forgot how to swallow properly, and Terra ended up coughing and hacking the water back up. When it eventually calmed down, the water was placed back to her mouth, and she took slow, careful swallows, hydrating herself. By the time she had her fill, her eyes were focusing a lot better. What she saw, confirmed her suspicions. These were not the Titans. But then, how had they gotten her out? If the Titans couldn't get her out, then how... Overwhelming hurt suddenly washed over her. Was it that they couldn't get her out...or, was it simply that they had chosen not to? Terra didn't think she could bear to know the answer to that... "How...how did you get me out?" She asked quietly. "Umm..." Unsure of how to tell her, Sunset dismissed it. "It's...complicated." "Are you a superhero??" Rainbow blurted, unable to contain herself any longer. "Dash!!" Sunset glared at her. "I'm sorry, but I need to know! The plaque says you're a Teen Titan, and that really sounds like a superhero name!" Sunset face palmed and groaned. Terra didn't even know the answer to that anymore. Was she a hero? After what she did?... "Plaque?" Terra finally settled to question, not aware of any plaque. "Well ya, there is a plaque where ya were." Applejack shifted Terra to an angle so she could see the plaque. "Terra, a Teen Titan, a True Friend." Applejack read. Terra stared at the plaque. A true friend?...They still thought of her as a true friend?And, a Titan? They had forgiven her? After everything she had done? One detail stood out about the plaque though. It...looked old. "Rainbow Dash here, thinks "Teen Titan" refers to a group of superheroes." Applejack continued. "You...don't know who the Teen Titans are?" Terra asked, surprised. Everyone knows who the Teen Titans are. "Never heard of them, sugarcube." "But...everybody in Jump knows who the Teen Titans are." "Jump?" Applejack asked. "Jump...city? This city?" Terra raised an eyebrow. They looked at one another. "Oh boy..." Applejack sighed. "Sugarcube...ah don't know how long ya was stuck in that rock for, but...this isn't Jump City anymore. No longer exists. This place is now known as Canterlot." "Canterlot?..." Terra raised an eyebrow. "Is that supposed to be a play on words of "Camelot"? "Whatever is Camelot, darling?" "You...really have never heard of Camelot?" Terra asked, growing concerned. "I cannot say that I have." She confirmed. Terra didn't like where this conversation was going. If these people really had no idea what Jump City...or even Camelot was, then... Exactly how much time had passed while she was in that stone?