The Beginning
Sorry about changing it up on you guys but not a lot of reviews on the Crazy Life so I wasn't inspired to write it. Starting a new story, but just to let you know I will finish the last Crazy Life. I just need a break from it. Don't own anything; and for those who know everything about the old comics and of X'ahl please don't judge me I'm just writing something new and fresh.
It is said that the beginning of recorded Tamarain history was the very creation of the Tamarian race itself. A young woman had been abandoned by her people for showing compassion for two infants. She was all alone on her planet and was becoming very sick. The woman needed a cure so she went to the far reaches of the planet to find anything that would be able to help her. She was almost there when she had lost both of the children she was caring for. She searched everywhere for them but with her disease she could not search for very long. She needed a miracle.
The young girl's eyes were fixated on her teacher with the open scroll in her hand. This had been her favorite story that her mother had told her every night before bed when they could spend time together. Her sister was not paying attention at all for she was tired of this story. The young princess looked away from her sister and back to her teacher.
The woman was becoming very weak and could barely keep herself up. A terrible storm was coming so she quickly tried to seek shelter for herself and wandered into a lonely dork cave. The woman waited but the storm never cleared up. The woman feared for the small children's sake hoping for a miracle. Then all the sudden for the first time her planet was completely dark. The woman was petrified with fear. Then the cave began to glow. There were crystals everywhere lighting a path down deeper into the cave. With no where else to go the woman followed the path and soon fell below the surface of the planet.
Some of the fellow students began to laugh knowing that all Tamarains had the ability to fly, and to hear this about X'ahl especially made them laugh harder. Starfire and Blackfire were the only ones not laughing for they knew the origin of Tamaran by heart. The teacher sent fear into all of the students with her menacing glowing eyes. All quieted down so their teacher could finish the story.
When the woman awoke after her fall she felt strength and her ailment began to vanish. She watched as she was healed, but then she realized it was no longer the crystals lighting her path but five small flames. Each had a different color and meaning. Each flame gave off a power that flowed into the woman. At first they consumed her and she almost went mad with the power when she heard a small cry for her. The young infants had made it through the storm ,but now they were dying. The woman rushed out the cave with her new ability of flight. She quickly came to the infants aid but she had no ability of healing. An idea came to her during her desperate attempt to save them. She was going to give them the power that was given to her, but knowing the power had almost consumed her she gave them just a spark of each flame. Suddenly the infants were given the powers she had but at a much lower volume. The children grew up and began to have children of their own.
Starfire knew the worst part of the story was coming up. Tears came to her eyes every time she heard this. Blackfire gave her a look of warning not to show any signs of weakness. The young girl rubbed her emerald eyes and listened to the rest of the story.
Decades had past after the infants' death but there were now thousands of people living on the planet that all worshiped the one that had saved the lives of their ancestors. The young woman went by a new name to the people, X'ahl. X'ahl lived on a high mountain to keep the flames away from the people, so they would not become mad with power as she had been. Five years past and the people down below were now starting to realize that X'ahl was becoming very harsh and angry. Then one day she attacked the people who had loved her killing many of them. Seven of the people met together to hide from X'ahl's tirade. Two of them had a bigger spark then the rest, meaning they were more closely related to the original children. The other five were trying to protect them. The five new they had to protect the stronger descendants so they banned together and used all of their power against X'ahl. They used the fifth spark within them to trap her in the very crystals that had lit her way to the flames. They put the crystals away until a thief stole them and assembled them into a crown. After placing it upon his head X'ahl was brought back. This time the direct descendants came to the crown. The power consumed the man and went toward the descendants looking for a larger power source when a mysterious blast was shot at the crown putting it back into five pieces. The five new crystals were way too dangerous so each took a piece separating into five different parts of the universe never to be seen again.
"Are there any questions?" the teacher asked as she rolled up the scroll and handed it back to a guard to put back into the palace's archive. Many small hands went up asking many different questions."
"Who where the infants? Wasn't everyone a descendant? Why did X'ahl turn on her people? What colors where the flames and crystals? Who was X'ahl originally?" each of the children asked all at once. The teacher held up her hand to silence them and began answering the questions.
"No one knows who the infants were. Yes, everyone is a descendant but only the royal family is said to have a bigger spark. The best guess on why she turned was because she was power hungry. The crystals and flames where green, black, violet, orange, and red. No one knows who X'ahl originally was." The teacher said rather bored and ready to be done for the day. The royal sister looked at each other because they both had questions their mother could never answer for them. Blackfire was called on before her sister.
"What was that mysterious blast?" she asked the teacher looking smug at her sister for being called on before her, again.
"Some say it was one of the five, but other than that we're not sure. Starfire, this is the last question so what is it?" the teacher asked bitterly toward her. She looked down at her hands and asked her question softly.
"How do we know X'ahl attacked her people? She seemed to love them. Is it because she was framed?" Starfire asked looking up.
"That is the most preposterous thing I have ever heard! All we know is from the archives in your palace." she said angrily.
"But what if we freed her, because it has been so long and..." Starfire could not finish when she noticed the disgusted looks on everyone's faces.
"Sit down, and no more words out of you." the woman said. The school was dismissed and all the children ran out of the school except for the two princesses. The princesses went to school with the children of the grand counsel of Tamaran, inspired by the original five protectors. Their knorfka, Galfore, was waiting for them with several guards.Starfire was lagging behind feeling very upset. This did not go unnoticed by Galfore.
"What's wrong my little bumgorf?" he questioned her, but the young princess remained silent. They arrived at the palace with nothing being said from the youngest princess. She was very solemn. She closed herself off in her room until dinner with the royal family. The servants dressed her and she was sent to the grand dining hall. She sat in her chair and did not touch her plate the entire evening. Starfire usually was in a wonderful mood any time she saw her parents, but she did not even look at them. When dinner was announced that it was done she walked to her room.
"We have to talk to her." the Empress said to her husband. He nodded and told a guard to tell the counsel they would be a little late. The Empress, who was the princesses's mother, was tall with long black hair and green eyes. The Emperor, their father, was a very strong man with red hair, a mustache, and violet eyes. Violet eyes were very uncommon, especially in the royal family.
Starfire was alone on her balcony when her door was opened. She went into fighting stance when she saw it was her parents.
"Mother, father?" she questioned as they came closer to her. Her mother bent down and scooped the young princess up into her arms.
"What is wrong my darling, you seemed so sad at dinner?" her mother questioned her. Starfire hugged her mother trying her best not to show weakness to both her parents.
"I heard my favorite story today, but... the teacher was so mean to me and..." Starfire could no longer hold her feelings inside and began to cry. Her mother tried to sooth her and sat upon the princess's bed still holding onto her. Her father sat down right beside them.
"What did she say my little comet?" her father asked using her nickname. She looked up at them.
"I asked if there was any way to free X'ahl because I don't believe she attacked her people." Starfire answered playing with her hair as to not look at both her parents. Her father tilted her head back up to them so they could both see her face.
"You have so much compassion." her father said to her grabbing her out of her mother's arms.
"Yes, I don't think X'ahl should be locked up either, but there is no way of finding the crystals. But if we did I'm sure she would thank you for believing in her." her mother said to her daughter.
"It is getting late and you need your rest." her father said to her and tucked her into bed while hugging her tight. She began to giggle because of his mustache tickling her face. All three of them where laughing and finally laid their daughter down. Her mother sat on her beside soothing her daughter by singing her famous lullaby. Starfire soon fell asleep and her parents left her room.
Present Day
Starfire was listening to the speech one of the counsel members was giving. She was behind the curtains trying so hard not to be nervous. After facing the end of the world, Slade, and many other villains, one might think she would be ready for this.
"Pst Starfire" she heard someone whisper. She turned around to see her brother carying the royal crown he would be bestowing her with. It was the same crown she had worn when she was almost married to the skhlerch.
"What is it?" she asked her brother as he came closer to her. He could have been her twin if it were not for his shorter height and hair.
"Don't be nervous. Everything will be fine, all our subjects will accept this decision." Wildfire said proudly, because he was the one who came up with this idea.
"Now here they are Prince Wildfire and Princess Starfire." the grand counsel man announced. A loud applause could be heard and the curtains began to rise. Starfire giggled at her brother's expression when being called prince instead of Emperor. The curtains arose and they both stepped out to greet everyone for this important event.
Note Corner
Yeah I've been super busy lately, so don't hate me. Here's the first chapter with the important background story. And present day means Starfire from the last episode in the TT series. I wasn't sure how old the Titans were so I went with the present day thing. My closest guess is 17 or 18. Oh and if one of you could do me a really big favor and try to translate Star's dad's name into English that would be so great, I know her mother's name is Moonfire but can't get the dad's name. All reviews are welcomed from anyone with anything to say (without cursing). :)