Earth
By: TTFAN
Disclaimer: I don't own any of them.
The blood, oh god all that blood, she was practically covered in it, her own blood, some of it dried. Terra Markov stared blankly at a wall in a deep cavern, near the border of Markovia. Her shoulder length blonde hair was now a light brown from that red stuff that once leaked…more like what once flowed out of the gashes in her skin. Terra was about three feet and six inches, a normal height in her country for an average seven-year old girl.
Events from the morning kept replaying in her head, leading to how all this could've happened to her. Terra never wanted this, she never asked for it. A rock began to glow, a yellow color surrounded in edges before rising up and hitting her in the face. She cried out in pain before picking up the rock and throwing it at the cavern wall.
"Come on, Helga said she has something to show us," Gregor Markov shouted as Terra sat on a ledge. She stared at her brother for a while. His light brown hair messed up, blowing in the wind, his look of irritation and annoyance spread over his facial features. She decided to ignore his words to go over to see what ever freaky experiment Dr. Helga Jace had to show.
"No," she replied sticking her tongue out at him.
"Why you little brat-"
"Brion, Gregor's being mean to me!" Terra yelled as a blonde boy a few inches taller than her came in.
"Be nice Greg, she's only like seven. Hey Terra, will you please go over to the lab to see what Helga has to show us?" Brion Markov asked in a gentler tone.
"But she's creepy," Terra said, pouting.
"It's okay, you've got us. Greg and I'll protect -"
"What'd you me 'Greg and I'?" Gregor asked getting off his chair, towering over the two, he was about a foot taller than his brother, being the oldest.
"You want to see the experiment or what?" Brion asked nudging him.
"Hey King Victor's orders, better known as pop's, it's not my problem I can't see how a stupid, worthless girl like her is related to us," Gregor snapped glaring at Terra. She looked down in shame.
"I'm sorry. I promise I'll be good," she whispered as Brion glared at Gregor. He pulled him aside.
"What're you trying to do?" Brion asked.
"What'd you mean, what am I trying to do? It's not like we should care about a commoner-"
"She is our sister," Brion interjected.
"HALF sister I might remind you. So dad screwed some other chick and now we get stuck with a moron. You shouldn't even care about her," Gregor said.
"But I do. Half or not, she's still my…our sister and you'll have to deal with it. Now come on, we're not going to be late for Helga's 'grand discovery'," Brion said.
"You think the rumors are true?" Terra asked as they walked over to the lab.
"You mean about that crack pot, Baron Bedlam? Nah, just some rumors by crazy conspirators, you shouldn't listen to everything people say Terra. It's not good for you," Gregor said, kinder this time.
'Brion probably straightened him out,' Tara thought with a smile.
"Children, what I have to show you can- will save all of Markovia. I'm here to confirm the 'stories' about Frederick DeLamb, better known as Baron Bedlam to be true. The end may come for this magnificent country! But fear not, I have a solution. I have developed a process that would harness powers from the earth itself and bestow these powers to a normal human," Dr. Jace said.
"You didn't say Jace believed in that conspiracy," Terra said to Gregor as he shook his head.
"Great, another maniac, earth powers to a human? You've got to be kidding me," Gregor muttered as people exited the lecture.
"Ah, Prince Gregor, Brion and Princess Terra," Dr. Jace said after bowing. "Glad to see you've attended my lecture. Most informative I presume?"
"Uh…yeah doctor. It was…interesting," Brion said, just to be polite.
"Sounds cool. Is it really possible?" Terra asked with excitement as Dr. Jace smiled.
"Dear child, anything is possible. I believe I'd like to hear your opinion, Prince Gregor," Dr. Jace said.
"Pfft, my father may believe you but you've made a mistake on my opinion. Complete rubbish, especially for an excuse of a scientist," Gregor scoffed, before leaving.
"No respect for the marvels of science," Dr. Jace muttered shaking her head. "Now you two better run along. I have a few things to discuss with your father,"
Another earthquake started as she snapped out of her reverie.
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Terra Markov woke up covered with sweat. She ran her fingers through her shoulder length blonde hair before getting out of bed and looking at herself in the mirror, surprised how much she'd changed since the past few months.
"Jennifer is everything okay?" Peter Cunningham, her adopted father asked.
"Yeah, everything's fine dad…just had to use the bathroom," Terra replied, wiping the sweat off her forehead. Peter Cunningham was anything but perfect. He had dark brown eyes, black hair and was about one hundred pounds overweight, not to mention in his late thirty's, a bad health condition for his age.
Despite his bulky appearance, Terra learned or got used to it, though for the first few days it freaked her out how someone could be that…large.
"All in the past," she told herself, staring at the person in the mirror. She wasn't Terra anymore or at least convinced herself she wasn't. Jennifer Cunningham wasn't a Teen Titan, she didn't have powers, and was allergic to anchovies, or at least that's what she told him. Damn him, everything was going fine until, he came back.
'Great…new residential stalker,' Terra thought bitterly. She wondered if it was like those freaky movies where an ex-boyfriend would stalk you then kidnap you, for his own weird fantasies. She shuddered at the thought. Where they even boyfriend and girlfriend? It was only like one date…one savagely ruined date.
After that visit he made to Murakami High, she cut her hair short, or at least it felt short, compared to her waist length hair she used to have. Terra stared at her wrist watch, constantly ticking her life away. Six fifty-eight, she wished it'd move faster. She couldn't wait to see Amy and Theresa. Only thing to look forward to when going to school was her friends.
Terra grabbed her white short sleeved collared shirt and tie, from the clothes hanger. She kicked a box from under her bed. In it was her former uniform, the one she wore as a Titan. She stared at the clothing in disgust. Like her life, her time with the Titans was all a lie formed by a man that wasn't as insane as people thought he was.
Terra stared at the uniform for a few more seconds before shoving it under her bed again. She was an average girl, nothing more, nothing less, and certainly not a Titan.
A.N. I deleted my other Terra based fic. This time making it so that she remembered everything and was faking the amnesia thing. The first few chapters will show her 'normal life'. It gets better later on.