Terra felt a warmth upon her lips that slowly spread across her entire body. Her weight shifted, and she fell to her hands and knees. She coughed a bit. Why did she feel so stiff?
"Here," a voice near her said. "You'll need these." She looked up and saw she was being handed a set of clothes and a pair of strange bracers. Looking up, she saw it was held by a familiar green boy.
"Beast Boy!" she shouted, hugging him.
"Umm, no," he said, gently disentangling himself from her. "My name's Azrael."
Terra stepped back...and noticed she was naked. She grabbed the clothes. "WHere did my clothes go?"
"They were stone. They dissolved," Azrael said simply, and waved his hand. A curtain of light sprung up between them, glittering green, black, violet, and red. "There. SOme privacy while you change."
Terra pulled the clothes on quickly. "Okay. I'm decent." The curtain vanished.
Azrael pointed to the bracers she hadn't put on yet. "Power regulators. Quite a few young meta-humans can't control their power fully. Those are kinda like super power training wheels. Helps keep your power under control while teaching your body how to handle it on its own."
Nodding, she put the bracers on. Then she stared at the boy in front of her. He was about her age with green skin, pointed ears, and ragged green hair that went halfway down his back. He was dressed in white trousers and shirt that seemed to shift under her gaze. "Are...are you sure you're not Beast Boy?" she asked, confused.
"Pretty sure. WHy?"
"Well, how many green people are there in the world?"
"About 50 in my family alone."
Terra paused. "How long have I been stone?"
"Not sure. We use a different calender now."
"How did you find me, then, if it's been so long?"
"My dreams." Azrael looked at her, smiling. "My dreams told me a beautiful princess of the earth needed to be freed from her stone tomb. I see my dreams spoke true."
Terra flushed. While she was having trouble handling the sudden shift in perspective, this Azrael seemed really nice. He seemed to have a lot of the qualities that attracted her to Beast Boy in the first place. "So...what now?"
"Now?" Azrael smiled. "Now I show you the world." He held out his hand.
She took it.
Outside the cave, she saw how much the world had changed. Everywhere she looked, she saw meta-humans, demons, gods, and other beings of various sorts walking side by side through a world of magic and technology. Surmounting it all was the massive Tower she remembered...but something about it was different.
Suddenly a demon in mech armor swooped down and landed in front of them. "YOur Highness!" it said to Azrael. "We have been searching for you. Titan is concerned, you have missed your lessons."
"Titan can blow it out his cerebral processor. I'm on a date," Azrael said dismissively, glaring at the demon. It took the hint and flew away.
Terra stared at Azrael. "Your HIGHNESS?" she asked, shocked.
Azrael shrugged. "An accident of birth. Please don't make a big deal of it." He made a face. "Everyone else does."
Terra laughed. Azrael grinned.
"Come on," he said, picking her up in his arms. "There's a lot to see." His shirt shifted, baring his back, and he spread huge wings.
Together they flew.
THE END...for now...