Cinders for a Bird
By The Loving Death and MutilatedBliss
Hiya! Welcome, one and all, to my first ever Fan Fic!
This entire story is dedicated to my ever-awesome, best friend MutilatedBliss who single handedly made me love Teen Titans, fanfiction and who is a totally amazing author… go check her stories out!
(This story was co-written by her as well!)
R&R please!
Love you all!
Aimee (and Mimi, too!) xx
Disclaimer: Teen Titans is owned by DC and MutilatedBliss thought up the plotline… I got nothing!
Titans, GO! (Heh, I always wanted to say that )
If I wanted to, I could make every single person in this universe believe in fairy tales and all it would take would be a swish of my magic wand… I could, but I won't. Because then the belief would be pressed upon you, never truly yours. So, instead, I'll show you… or tell you at least. About how a simple girl met her prince and about how a simple prince met his one true love…
Once upon a time on a magical purple planet, in a dimension far away, lived a young mother and her beautiful child.
Arella Roth had always loved her simple life on Azarath with her daughter Rachel. They were not rich people, nor particularly important, but they got by and they were always happy and well enough off.
One day, however, when a singular moment of political unrest swept through Azarath, causing crime and murder to become the norm, Arella began to fear for her daughter's life so they packed up their belongings and fled through the dimensions to a strange green and blue planet named Earth.
They set up home and made a living by selling the few items they had brought with them, which were less than normal on Azarath but in their strange new life, were considered beautiful beyond comparison. They strange humans even called them Diamonds, which every Azarathian knew were truly purple, not clear!
Slowly, they settled into a routine and life began to return to normal, that was, until Arella decided Rachel's life was missing something.
…something like a father.
Slade Wilson was an evil man of dubious intentions but Arella saw only his potential as a husband, and even though Rachel protested until she was blue in the face, they were married the next year.
Rachel's life was soon made even more miserable by her new step-fathers twin daughters: Koriand'r and Tara.
Or, rather, his precious Starfire and Terra.
The girls had overheard Rachel's mother calling her, daughter 'Raven' and they had gotten jealous of the nickname. No 'peasant girl' would have something they didn't!
A few years later when the trio were into their teens, Raven's mother caught word of a fatal illness sweeping throughout Azarath. Unable to stand idly by while her birthplace and the home of her friends was wreaked, Arella decided to travel home for a few months to help.
Slade, never missing an opportunity, hatched his plan. Arella had no reason to suspect that her only water supply was contaminated. And she had no reason to suspect that she would be dead before the day ended.
Raven grieved for her mother and her step-family did too… that was, while they were in public. When they were home, Raven was treated like dirt, acting as a slave to the family Arella had tried so hard to obtain for her daughter.
Her belongings were moved to the attic and her beautiful gowns were replaced by tattered rags. The family began calling her by her pet-name, twisting it until she no-longer thought of it as a reminder of her mother, but as a punishment she had to endure.
She felt all was hopeless, until…
So this is where our story truly begins. A poor orphan girl, a cruel step-family and seemingly no chance of escape…
What in the world would she do?
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Yes, prologues are supposed to be short! So R&R please and try to guess who the 'fairy-godmother' is!
Don't forget, this story was CO-WRITTEN BY MutilatedBliss… go check out her other stuff!
Love you all, and with enough reviews (hint, hint!) We'll see you soon!
♥
Aimee and Mimi xx