AN: Well, here's the last chapter. Hope you guys have enjoyed it.

Disclaimer: If I owned Teen Titans, THIS is the way it would've happened.

The End-Part III

"Who-Who are you?"

"Raven?" Beast Boy asked, surprised. "It's me, Beast Boy. Remember? I came to find you." The little girl obviously didn't, because she started running.

"Raven!" Beast Boy shouted. He was forced to chase her across the ruins. "I'm here to help you!" But still, she wouldn't listen to him. Eventually, she ran into a crevice in the wall, hugging her knees. She looked so lost and helpless, nothing like the Raven Beast Boy knew.

"Come on." He said, reaching his hand out to her. "Let's..." He didn't get a chance to finish. Her foot shot out, kicking him back. For a little girl, she was tough.

"Oof!" As Beast Boy fell backwards, Raven grabbed her cloak back from him, and resumed running. She started jumping on the stone structures to get away, eventually losing her footing and slipping to the ground. She was unhurt, however. Brushing her cloak off herself, Raven got up as Beast Boy joined her.

"You don't have to be scared of me." he told her. "We're friends, remember? Well, kinda..." This time, Raven didn't try to run. Instead, she just looked at him with sad purple eyes and said

"I'm lost."

"It's alright." Beast Boy said. "You're safe with me. I can help you." He held out his hand and the little Raven, with tear-filled eyes, took it. Beast Boy smiled sadly. He had found Raven-even if she wasn't how he expected.

Beast Boy pulled the raft to shore, and held out his hand to Raven.

"Come on." he encouraged her. "I don't bite." She took his hand, and Beast Boy pulled her out of the boat and put her on his back, giving her a piggyback ride. Despite himself, he could feel a faint blush crossing his cheeks. Normally, his and Raven's relationship consisted of him making a fool of himself and her putting him down. Now she was small, didn't remember him, and he was giving her a piggyback ride. It was kind of-what was the word? Sweet? Cute? He shook his head. Ironic. Yeah-that was it.

"Are you feeling okay?" The little girl asked.

"Huh?" Beast Boy asked. He quickly slapped a smile on his face. "Yeah, I'm fine!" He grinned, and a small smile spread across Raven's face.

"You're kinda funny." She said.

"You really think so?!" Beast Boy asked, hardly daring to believe it. "That's the second time you've said that to me, you know." As he started to climb up the rock wall, Raven still on his back, he continued.

"You probably don't remember this, but the first time we met, you actually laughed at one of my jokes. That made me happy, because you seemed so sad before. I just wanted to make you laugh." He then sighed, a sad smile on his face. "I guess it just got annoying after a while."

Suddenly, he was pulled out of his stupor by a shaking sensation. He and Raven looked down, and saw the lava river starting to part. Demons flew out from the opening, and headed to the surface. The mountain started to shake, and the rock Beast Boy had been holding on to came loose in his hand. He turned into a lion, and dug his claws into the mountain. Unfortunately, Raven's hands came loose from his neck, and she started to fall towards the lava. Beast Boy, still in lion form, turned and jumped, turning into a pterodactyl. He caught Raven before she could get broiled alive, and flew them both away from the demons and the falling rocks. Once he was sure they were safe, he turned back into his human form.

"I'm so sorry!" The shapeshifter blurted out before he could stop himself. "Are you alright?! Are you hurt?!" The little girl looked at the ground with sadness before looking back up at him.

"Beast Boy, why are you doing this?" Beast Boy gaped in surprise.

"You remember me?" Raven nodded.

"What you were saying before," she started. "About how we met-I can see it. I remember you, our friends, my father...like it was a dream. A nightmare. Whatever it was, it's over."

"That's not true." Beast Boy said. "There must be a way to..."

"Nobody can stop him." Raven said, cutting him off. "I remember that. You came down here for nothing."

"No, I didn't." Beast Boy said firmly. "I came down here to get you."

"Why?!" Raven asked, her eyes full of tears as she spun around to look at him. "I can't help! My powers came from him! And now that he's done with me, I don't have them anymore!" She closed her eyes and lowered her head sadly.

"There was-a prophecy, Beast Boy. And it came true. It's all over now." Beast Boy couldn't stand to see her like this.

"Well, okay, so it's the end of the world." He admitted. "But we're still here, right? You, me, and the others. And we're still fighting."

"Look at me, Beast Boy!" Raven said. "There's nothing I can do! There isn't any hope!"

"Sorry, but I didn't come all this way for nothing." Beast Boy said. "I swear, we'll get through this." He lifted Raven onto his back. "Hold on tight." he instructed before turning into a large bird and flying them out. He and Raven were just in time to see the other Titans getting attacked by the demons. He placed Raven safely on the ground before flying back up, then turning into a gorilla to pound the demons.

"Beast Boy!" Starfire said.

"You're alive!" Robin said as he and the others ran over to join their fellow Titan.

"Did you find Raven?" Cyborg asked.

"Yeah-funny story about that..." Beast Boy said, rubbing the back of his head. He stepped aside to reveal the little girl.

"Raven?"

Later, after Beast Boy had related the story to the other Titans, he walked over and placed his hands on Raven's shoulders.

"It's not over, Raven." he said. "I know it seems hopeless, but I promise, I'll protect you, no matter what." The touching scene was then interrupted by Trigon, who chose that moment to attack.

Raven gasped as she ran over to Beast Boy.

"Get up!" she begged, shaking him. "Beast Boy, please, get up!" But he didn't move. Trigon stomped over to them.

"Farewell, dear daughter." His eyes glowed, and he let out a roar as he zapped them. Raven threw her hands up futilely. She didn't know what she expected to happen-her powers were gone, after all. But at that moment, she didn't care. All she could think about was protecting Beast Boy. Shockingly, it worked. She was able to generate a force field to keep the two of them from getting fried. Raven looked at the white energy surrounding her hand in surprise.

"How...?"

"You may have retained some trace of my power;" Trigon started, "But you are still no threat to me, little girl. I am your creator! Your master! You exist only to serve me! You survive only because I allow it! What hope can a mere child have of defeating her all-powerful father?!"

Raven had finally had enough. She opened her eyes, which were glowing white.

"You may have created me;" she said, standing up. A bright white light surrounded her, and when it cleared, Raven was back to her old teenage self, except with longer hair.
"But you were never my father." She blasted Trigon, and he let out a yell of pain as he was forced backwards. Beast Boy woke up just in time to see Raven start fighting. Somewhere in the back of his mind, he thought

Now there's the Raven I know.

"Raven," Starfire said, floating over to her. "That was..."

"Unbelievable." Cyborg finished.

"No." Raven said. "It wasn't. Somebody believed." As Beast Boy walked over to her, Raven threw her arms around him, just like she had when he had comforted her after the whole Malchior incident. This time, however, Beast Boy didn't pull away. He hugged her back. They had literally been through the end of the world together. He figured she deserved it.

"Good to have you back." he said, and he meant it.

Later, back at Titans Tower, the team was planning to celebrate with French toast. After Beast Boy joked around a little with Cyborg and Starfire, he walked over to Raven, who had cut her hair and changed back into her blue robes.

"Good to see you're back to normal." he said.

"How do you do it, Beast Boy?" Raven asked. Beast Boy raised an eyebrow.

"Do what?"

"Keep on hoping." Raven answered. "After everything that happened. Everything I did. How did you hope to manage it could all work out?"

"Believe it or not, it was because of you, Raven." Beast Boy answered. "After what those people said about you; about how you were evil, and had to do terrible things, you still tried to be a hero, and fight bad guys. Besides;" He said with a meaningful look, "I wanted to see you smile again, someday." Raven put a hand to her face.

"I must be out of my mind." She said, just loudly enough so that Beast Boy could hear her. Before Beast Boy could ask her what she was talking about, Raven leaned in and gave him a quick kiss on the cheek.

Beast Boy's mouth fell open in surprise. Before he could say anything, however, Raven said

"Tell the others about this, and you're dead." She then turned to the other Titans.

"So, what's the deal?" she asked. "Are we having a party in here, or not?" She ran over to join the others, and Beast Boy ran after her after about a second. He didn't know what exactly had happened, but his and Raven's relationship had changed, even if neither of them wanted to say it. He didn't understand it, but he wasn't about to complain. Not if it meant there was a chance he could get her to laugh more now.

AN: Yeah-not sure how much I like that ending. Again, I apologize for any OOCness. Hope you liked the story.