A/N: I wrote this about a year ago when my parents wouldn't let me write on fanfiction dot net. I read it again and re-wrote only some of it, like instead of it being the narrator's POV it's Starfire's. And Ialso hadto change "Kori" to "Kory", which took a heck of a long time.
About the movie that Cyborg mentions a few times (Ladder 49), I chose it because I thought it'd be kind of funny if Raven always called it Ladder 41 or Ladder 45 just to get on Cyborg's nerves.
Disclaimer: I don't own Teen Titans (or Ladder 49).
It was a bit past nine o'clock at night. I was on the roof of Titans Tower, gazing at the night sky. I loved to do this, especially in the fall when it was darker and stars are more visible.
Usually, on nights like that one, I enjoyed thinking about my accomplishments since I arrived on Earth. Things had really changed. I was finally starting to fit in at Jump City, and I was only was confused regarding Earth customs some of the time. As for my friendship with Robin, I was hoping it would grow into something more.
There were footsteps behind me, so I looked back to see who was coming; it was Robin. Smiling like an idiot, I tried not to blush in front of him. "Hey," he said, coming closer. "What're you doing?"
"Just looking at the stars," I answered.
He joined me. "They're beautiful this time of night," he said, and then he looked at me. "One in particular." It was impossible to hide my reddened cheeks, now. "I wanted to know if you were interested in watching Ladder 49 with us."
"Of course," I said. "But please, what is the Ladder 49 about?"
"I'm not completely sure," said Robin, "but Cyborg watched it awhile ago, and he wanted us to see it…and because he couldn't find Star Wars, Episode Three: Revenge of the Sith."
"Okay," I said. I followed Robin into the tower and into the living room. When we got there, we found Raven reading a book on the couch Cyborg pounding, on the blank screen and Terra and Beast Boy laughing at him.
"Dang it!" yelled Cyborg when he finished pounding. "The power's out!" The light turned off. "I could've sworn I gave Beast Boy the bill to mail." He looked at the green Titan. His long ears lowered. Then the light went out and it was too dark too see.
"So much for Ladder 41," said Raven, putting down her book.
"That's 49!" corrected Cyborg, annoyed. "But what're we going to do now?" He turned on a flashlight and gave all of us flashlights, too.
"I know! I know!" said Beast Boy, raising his hand. "Ooh! Ooh! Pick me!"
"Anybody else?" Cyborg asked. Robin and I sat down next to the rest of the Titans and we all turned our flashlights on.
"Me, me, me, me!" said Beast Boy, waving his hand.
"Come on. Anybody. Anybody!" said Cyborg. Terra and I started laughing.
"Do you see anyone else raising their hand?" Beast Boy said. "Come on!"
Cyborg groaned. "Okay. BB? What's your idea?"
Beast Boy took his flashlight and shone it below his face. "Scary stories!" he said. "Mwahahahaha!" He continued to laugh evilly. Thunder roared and lightning flashed.
"Fine," said Cyborg. "But Raven…" Raven looked at him andcocked an eyebrow. "…You gave me nightmares last time."
"Yeah," said Beast Boy, lowering his flashlight. "Me, too. That story was wicked creepy. Where'd you get it from?"
"1,000 Scary Stories to Intimidate Your Friends," answered Raven.
"That book you're reading right now?" Terra asked.
"Yep," said Raven. "Want to borrow it?"
"Um, no thanks," said Terra, smiling uneasily.
"We need an awesome story," said Beast Boy. "A story that no one has ever read or heard before! Like a story about us! That'd be cool!"
"Maybe to other people," said Terra, "But it'd be boring to us, because we'd already know it."
"I mean one of us," corrected Beast Boy. "A story that tells us a little more about each other."
"Great idea, Beast Boy," said Robin. "Who should tell the story?"
"I should! I should!" said Beast Boy. "Or…maybe someone we barely know should tell the story." He looked at Raven. Raven shook her head. He looked at me, but I didn't know. I was too busy looking in Raven's book, so I wasn't tuned in. "Someone who comes from, oh, I don't know…another planet?" I was still reading, eyes growing wider by the second. "Someone who maybe, I don't know, her name is…Starfire!"
I looked up and realized everyone looking at me. "Yeah. Tell us a story, Star," said Cyborg.
"We don't know anything about Tameran," said Beast Boy. "Except for the weird food they have there."
"Come on, Star," said Terra.
"Please?" Cyborg begged, doing the lower-lip thing.
I smiled. I always gave in to the puppy-dog pout. "Well, alright," I said. I gave Raven back 1,000 Scary Stories to Intimidate Your Friends and started my story. To make it more interesting, I told it in third person.
Starfire's Story:
"Koriand'r!" yelled a voice from another room.
"One moment, please!" answered a voice from Kory's room. Kory, which was short for Koriand'r, was five years old. She got up from her bed and flew down a few hallways of the castle until she reached the kitchen.
"Morning, Dear," her mom and dad, Luand'r and Myand'r, said to her.
"Morning, Mom and Dad," said Kory. She sat down at the table where her older sister, Komand'r (who was six), and little brother, Ryand'r (who was four), were. They were all eating sputlinks. Kory took a bowl of it and ate.
Komand'r gave Kory a nasty look. She had been fuming at Kori ever since the day she was born; Kory was gifted with the power of flight, and Ryand'r was born with flight, also. In fact, the whole planet was born with the power to fly. Komand'r wasn't.
"I'm leaving," said Komand'r, setting aside her dish of sputlinks.
"Why?" Ryand'r asked. Pieces of sputlinks flew from his mouth and across the table.
"I just am," replied Komand'r. She left the room.
Present Time:
"Is that your story?" Beast Boy asked. "What I Ate For Breakfast, by Starfire?"
"She didn't even finish," said Robin. He then looked back at me. "I didn't know you had a little brother and another older sister."
"Uh…" I was about to explain when Cyborg interrupted, too.
"And what about Galfore? Huh? What about him?" Cyborg asked.
"And what about Blackfire?" Beast Boy asked.
"Who's Blackfire?" Terra asked.
"Guys!" Raven shouted. The other Titans looked at her, and she said, "Let Starfire tell the story. She barely even started!"
Starfire's Story:
That was how Komand'r would greet Kory every day: she wouldn't. Kory tried to get close to her, but every time she did, Komand'r would just walk away.
With Ryand'r and Kory's parents, things were better; Ryand'r was a fun and loving brother who loved Kory, and her parents were the same.
Present Time:
"Can I ask—"
"Quiet, Beast Boy!" ordered Cyborg.
Starfire's Story:
Komand'r and Kory were complete strangers…at least until one day when they had absolutely everything in common. It started when the evil Psions kidnapped Kory...
Everyone was asleep, and then two Psion guards took her away by covering her mouth and taking her into their ship. Komand'r was the only one who saw them exit the castle. Despite Kory having what Komand'r wanted, she was her sister, so Komand'r hid in the spaceship to see what they were going to do to her.
"Let me go!" Kory yelled at them as they carried her to a lab on their planet. "Where are you taking me!"
"To be experimented on, Princess of Tameran," answered the Psion that was carrying her with one arm. Kory screamed. "Silence!" the guard commanded. She was so terrified that she did what the guard told her to do.
Komand'r followed closely behind. What she saw ahead was amazing and frightening at the same time. Soon, Kory was going to be experimented on in the chair in the middle of the large, light green room. There were computers everywhere, and there were wires connected to Kory once she was on the chair. She was also strapped down tight by steel chains around her. Komand'r hid in the corner and watched.
"Are we prepared?" asked a Psion man that just walked into the room. He looked at Kory, and then he looked at the workers at the computers. They nodded. Everyone started counting. "5…4…3…" Kory shut her eyes tight. "…2…1!"
Suddenly, a loud and bright buzz went into the wires and Kory's eyes and hands were glowing light green. She immediately let out a long, loud scream. Komand'r gasped. Maybe she shouldn't have been so hard on her. She got up from under the table and yelled, "Stop!" Two guards that were close to her held on to her so she couldn't escape.
Suddenly, Kory found the strength to pull the chains apart with her hands! She flew off the chair and, eyes glowing green, blasted everybody in the room but her sister with green bolts that shot out of her hands. Soon, every Psion in the room was unconscious. Komand'r looked around, astonished at what her sister could now do.
Kory's eyes and hands stopped glowing, and she flew back down to the ground. "Komand'r," she said to her sister, "Thank you for attempting to rescue me." She walked over to Komand'r and smiled.
Komand'r, however, wasn't smiling. "Great. Two more things you can do that I can't," said Komand'r, angrily. She folded her arms. "You're not welcome." The girls walked down several hallways in the building they were in, and finally decided to rest in another lab.
Komand'r asked her, "So how do we get out of here, Princess of Tameran?"
"I…do not know," said Kory, finally.
"This is all your fault!" Komand'r snapped at Kory. "I come here to get you out of this mess, and the only thing that happens is you get to have powers and strength! I'm the one who deserves those powers, you—!"
"What are you two children doing in here?"
The girls turned around; a large bulky man with long, red hair, green eyes, and some sort of purple uniform came into the room. "Are you…Tameranians?"
"Yes," said Kory. "We are."
The large man's eyes turned sad. "Do you not know what just happened?"
"What happened to Koriand'r?" Komand'r asked, still irate. "Yes. We know what happened. She now has the ability to be strong, fly and shoot green things out of her hands. How proud I am of her…"
"No," said the large man. "The Psions have destroyed everything and everyone in Tameran as your sister was being experimented on."
There was a short silence in the room. "No," Kory said.
"You're lying!" said Komand'r.
"I wish I were," said the large man.
"But…what about mom and dad and Ryand'r? What about—"
"They are all dead," answered the large man. "You are the only two left."
"You aren't—they weren't—but it wasn't—" Komand'r didn't know what to say.
"Sister," said Kory, placing her hand on her sister's shoulder. There was a little buzz of pink light on her shoulder.
"Ouch!" Komand'r shrieked. She took Kory's hand off her. "You shocked me with your grubby little hands!"
"I am sorry," Kory quickly said, backing up. She turned to the large man. "Where will we live? Who will take care of us?"
The large man finally walked over to the two young girls and said, "I can take care of you both. My name is Galfore."
"I am Koriand'r," said Kory. "And this is my big sister, Komand'r."
"Don't pretend to be happy, Kory," said Komand'r. "This is the worst day of our lives."
Kory walked a few steps, but then on her third step stumbled to the ground, fainting. Galfore bent over and picked her up. "The experiments," he said. "They have injured her." He walked off with her in his arms in search for the cure in this strange building.
Komand'r rolled her eyes and started to follow, but she felt very different, somehow. Then, she looked at her hands; they were glowing pink. Komand'r smiled, and her eyes glowed pink, too. "You're not the only special one now, Sister Dear."
A/N: Well, that's chapter one! The story's not as interesting now, but it'll get better.
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