Blossoming Complications

By VhiyVhiyriiii

When a 15 year old girl finds a precious necklace, she encounters the authorities, the HIVE, and the Teen Titans. Emotions take over. Jealousy, arguments, & love will lash out.

Chapter 1: Little Discoveries

"Darn…"

"What's up, Vhiy?"

"The lost and found closed early today of all days, Ken. I can't return the necklace."

"Cheer up, Vhiy. Come on, it's your birthday! You don't want to spend your birthday in this building, do you?"

I shook my head, "True… let's go. I'll put it in the lost and found tomorrow."

Before I keep going, let's take a moment to introduce myself.

My name is Vhian. Pretty yet simple name, don't you think?

In order to explain how I got where I am now I should probably start with... my history. So as you know, my name is Vhian and I was born on the west coast of the United States, California to be exact. There aren't many facts that you need to know about my childhood except that there were many people who had special 'abilities' who either used these attributes for good or evil. They are otherwise known as superheroes and/or super villains. We had super powered villain problems from time to time, but usually those Teen Titans people would deal with it. But aside from that, my childhood was a normal one.

Oh, and in case you must know… today is my fifteenth birthday.

Unfortunately my birthday fell on a school day this year and so I had to spend the morning and half of the afternoon of my birthday in the building that all… well, most kids hate. School. I suppose it was nice to have everyone saying happy birthday to you but come on! Studying on your birthday… isn't that kind of… lame? Well, I think so.

So anyways, early this afternoon, luck just wasn't on mine and my best friend, Ken's side and we were running late for English and, obviously, we were walking as fast we could. Then, I tripped and fell to the ground. Luckily, my clothes were fine and I had no scratches. So I was slightly glad. I looked at the crack I had tripped on.

I don't know why I looked into the crack but it was as if something was drawing me towards it. I looked inside and saw a necklace. It was a pretty little thing with leaf charms made of jade and little Swarovski crystal baubs scattered around the chain.

I took it out of the crack but I didn't have much of a chance to think about it other than it was beautiful and that I just had to return it. I put it in my pocket so I could return the lost necklace. It'd be such a shame to lose such a treasure, but I couldn't run to the lost and found at that moment since we had less than thirty seconds to dash for our English class which was just around the corner.

We stumbled in trying to catch our breath as we came into the room just as the bell began to ring.

Phew.

Now back to what was happening at the present.

"Good, now let's go find your cousins!" Ken was saying.

I nodded.

She grabbed my hand and we ran out into the courtyard. Once there, we looked around.

"Hmm… I guess Lisa and Wren aren't out yet. Geez! Why are they always late? We have to hurry! God, we'll just wait until they come out. I told them to meet us here so they should be here soon." I looked at my best friend and smiled.

"You know Ken, sometimes it seems like you're more excited about my birthday than I am. Is there something else going on? And why are you in such a hurry for me to get home… and why are we walking home with my cousins again?"

"Let's see… in reply to all the stuff you just said, in order, I'll have to say:

One, I do not.

Two... not that I know of.

Three, I don't know. I just want to get away from school.

Four, your parents told us to."

"Oh, yea…" I replied, recalling what my parents had said early this morning.

"Memories flooding back yet, Vhian?" she grinned. "Uh-huh."

"VEH-HEE!"

I whirled around turning towards the source of the scream and found myself facing Wren.

"Do you seriously have to call me that in public? Much less yell it out?" I hissed at my second oldest and pretty cousin. She chuckled and said, "Heck yea."

"Where's Lisa?" Ken asked.

My dearest cousin replied grinning, "She's probably still flirting with Mike. The little skank is probably gonna try to get him to ask her out. How much do you wanna bet that he'll ask her out?"

"Ten that he will. I have faith in her." I grinned.

"Fine, ten on his saying no."

I looked at Ken, who had just made that bet and warned, "Get those ten dollars out because I'm so gonna win."

"We'll see about that Vechhh-hee," she smirked.

I sighed, "Not you too... some best friend you are."

"Sorry?"

"Oh yeah? Well, sorry doesn't cut it."

"Fine. Be that way."

"Fine! I will!"

"Oh yeah?"

"Yeah."

"Oh yeah?"

"Yeah."

"Oh yeah?!"

"Yeah!"

"WILL YOU TWO SHUT UP!?" Wren screeched. We were instantly silenced. "Thank the lord," she sighed in an exasperated tone.

We both stuck our tongues out at her. She chuckled at our immaturity.

Suddenly she jumped up and pointed at something, startling Ken and me causing us to jump as well, and yelled, "Ahoy! I be spying a fair maiden with a smile on her lips and she be attached to a lad's arm." We took a glance towards where she was pointing and there, as Wren said, was Lisa with a huge smile on her face and holding on to Mike's arm. We grinned.

"Do we have something to ask Miss Lisa?" Wren asked us in a hushed voice.

Ken nodded and I said, "Oh yes… yes we do." We giggled.

Wren counted, "5-4-3-2-1…"

"LISA BUMMYBUM! WE GOTTA GO! " we yelled at the top of our lungs.

We fell to the ground rolling in laughter as we saw her smile turn into a frown and her perfectly tan face turn a very bright red. "YOU LITTLE NERDS!" she screeched as she stomped towards us.

"We better… snort… run… ha-ha… before she catches… ha-ha, snort… up with us!" Wren snorted with laughter as we quickly grabbed our bags and ran as fast as we could towards my house.

Finally, our laughter died down as we started to lose our breath and we concentrated on running since we were getting a bit tired when Ken looked back. "Oh snap! Eek! She's gaining on us! Run faster!" she screamed as she sprinted faster than I had ever seen her run.

I looked behind me and the sight I saw gave me an extra burst of energy. I saw gorgeous Lisa with her wavy black hair flying everywhere, her teeth were clenched, her face was red, and her hands were balled into fists. And Ken was right. She was gaining on us. I screamed and sprinted, following my best friend.

'Dang, this girl can run fast when she wants to.' I thought as I finally caught up with her.

We burst into the house and ran up the stairs and locked ourselves in my room. We locked the window too, just in case since we both knew that Lisa had a talent for climbing in and out of windows on the second floor.

"Vhian," Ken started, "what happened to Wren?"

I froze. 'Wren is doomed,' I said to myself, 'We shouldn't have left her but who wants to face the wrath of a raging Lisa?'

Lisa and Wren looked similar in many ways. Both were very smart, had short fuses, and found enjoyment in other people's misery. Its not that they're bullies or anything, it's just that they find people funniest when they're mad. But if its Lisa or Wren who's irritated you better start running like we did because they'd beat you down badly.

Most people like to stay on their good sides. I do too… usually. But people who mess with Lisa usually got beat up worse than if Wren does the beating. First of all, Lisa's stronger and older but she also takes judo. But she's not much of a runner which was fortunate for us.

My two cousins and I almost look like sisters. We all have the same wavy black hair except my hair is longer than theirs and I have long highlighted bangs that I usually leave against the sides of my face.

Our eyes only vary on the shades of brown.. in the sun.. sometimes. The range is beautiful. Brown to black.

Ken and I finally cooled down and our breathing slowed after we sat around in my room for thirty minutes. "Do you think it's safe to leave your room yet?" Ken asked.

I looked at the door and said, "I guess and either way I'm not spending my birthday in my room."

I started to sweat again as I stood up and walked towards the door. Slowly and as quietly as I could, I opened the door. I stuck my head out and looked down both ends of the hallway and listened for any hint of whether we were in a danger zone or not.

Surprisingly, the house was utterly silent.

I motioned for Ken to come with me downstairs. We nervously walked down.

Once we were in the living room we stopped and looked around. 'Mom and dad aren't home yet, but is Lisa home? And did Wren make it?' I thought.

Suddenly, we heard a sound coming from the kitchen causing us to jump.

Ken whimpered as I edged closer and closer to the door that led to the kitchen. Once there, in front of the door, I pushed the door open quickly and braced myself for a feel of one of Lisa's judo moves.

I was surprised when it never came and instead I heard people yelling, "SURPRISE!"

I stood in the doorway open-mouthed and frozen. A few seconds later I turned my head to look at a grinning Ken.

"I though you said nothing was happening?!" I exclaimed.

She merely smirked and said, "Oops. Must have slipped my mind."

"Good. I like surprises," I grinned as I gave her a hug.

Then I turned to all my party guests, "So how long have you all been planning this?"

"Umm… I think a week ago. Right, Wren?" my mother replied.

Wren nodded.

"Great."

From there I had the best birthday ever. It was so fun yet tiring. So when my relatives and friends left my house I was ready to collapse.

I said 'Good Night' to my parents and went up to my room.

As I was changing, the necklace fell out of my pocket. I picked it up and looked it over to make sure none of the charms and beads had broken. Luckily, none had. While looking at the necklace, I decided to just try it on.

I closed the clasp and looked at myself in the mirror.

It was nice… actually it was beautiful.

I continued to stare when suddenly I saw the necklace glow green and brown as everything went black.

'Ugh… what's with bright light?' That was my first thought as I opened my eyes seeing the sun's light flooding my room.

"Ugh… I hate bright mornings," I muttered.

I got up and went into the bathroom. I looked at myself in the mirror when the memories came flooding back to me.

The necklace, the glowing, and collapsing on the bathroom floor.

'What happened?' I thought, 'Why was the necklace glowing? Why'd I collapse? Wait.' I looked at myself again in the mirror.

The necklace wasn't there.

"Where's the necklace?" I asked myself.

Another thought hit me.

'If I collapsed on the bathroom floor, why'd I wake up in bed?'

I thought some more while I showered. 'Maybe it was all a dream. But then that means I didn't have that great birthday party and today is my birthday. But that party seemed so real.'

I got dressed and while brushing my hair I looked at my calendar. 'It says that today is the day after my birthday. But then that would mean that the dream wasn't a dream, but reality. Maybe I was so tired last night that I had hallucinations and I never did find that necklace. I just thought I saw it when I fell. Maybe I hit my head. Yea, that's right.'

After that thought, I pushed all thoughts concerning the necklace to the back of my mind. 'Just enjoy your first day as a fifteen year old,' I said to myself. I did my usual morning rituals of brushing my teeth and eating a breakfast of jellied toast, orange juice, and a banana. Then I grabbed my bag, left the house, and walked to Ken's place.

"OY! Ken! STOP BEING A CONCEITED FOOL AND LET'S GO ALREADY!" I yelled as I walked up her front yard to her door.

She stuck her head out of the window and glared.

"I am not a conceited fool."

"Then stop looking at yourself in the mirror and let's go already!" I said.

She frowned and put her hand mirror down. "Alright, alright. I'm coming. Sheesh."

She grabbed her bag and we headed for Mandrika High School. The neighborhood was quiet and peaceful. The birds were chirping and squirrels were running around the green lawns.

"So," Ken started, "are you going to ask someone to the dance?"

"I… don't think so," I said simply.

"And why not?"

"Because there's no one worth asking."

"One word, Vhian. Liar."

"I'm not lying."

"So you're saying that Colin's not worth it?"

I was silenced. Colin has been a crush of mine for about a year now. He's handsome, popular, and very funny. He was definitely worth asking. Too bad I didn't have the guts to ask him and no way was there a chance that he was going to ask me. He's probably got his sights on Firae.

"You know as well as I do that he won't ask me and I'm not about to ask him," I said.

"True. He's probably going with Firae."

Firae's one of the most popular twins in the school. She was beautiful, president of the freshman year, and one of the people who hate me. She has an obsession of clothes with flames and fire designs. She says it gives her 'flare.' I say burn it.

"Yup. He tried asking Irae two days ago during art. As usual, the ice princess said no."

"Which means he'll take the next best thing, though I can't say Firae is one of the better choices," Ken said she said frowning.

Firae's sister, Irae, is the school's ice princess. She has a cold personality and has been known to turn down all guys. She was voted vice president of freshman year by most of the guys of the student body in hopes of getting a date with her and like her sister, she hates me.

To tell the truth, I don't really care if they hate me because… well, I hate them too. They're always trying to make a fool out of me. Don't ask me why. Maybe because they're the richest girls in school and I'm just middle class?

Fortunately, they've got brains of bricks and I find it quite sad that I can form a snappy retort on the spar of the moment while they take minutes to make one up together. This is humiliating for them since they tell people that they'll 'go bitch on anyone who messes with them.' I've been messing with them since they moved here easy, and they still haven't gotten me since their little 'diabolical' plots are way too obvious.

I felt Ken walk faster. "Ken?"

"Hello? Vhian, we're right in front or Drelis Manor."

I looked around. She was right. I started to walk faster as well. Drelis Manor is the huge mansion of Irae and Firae's family. They have a tall black fence going all around the property. The Drelis' didn't find any interest in gardening and so the grounds were full of weeds, vines, and moss covered statues. The statues were of Drelis ancestors and their staring eyes along with the big black fence gave a sense of foreboding to the place.

My house however, had a big garden full of flowers that gave sweet smelling scents during the spring. I loved flowers but my favorite flowers are the national flower of the Philippines, the sampaguita, and plumeria. I love small-petal flowers which is the reason for my favoritism towards the sampaguita and I find the scent of plumeria wonderful. I thought of the garden at home which would not bloom for another three months and sighed. I wish flowers could bloom at anytime of the year…

"Vhian!" someone shouted.

"Wha… "

"You almost bumped me into the road!"

"Oops?"

"Here's a tip, don't space out while you're walking near the street."

"Um… got it."

"Good, now hurry up!"

"Alright already!"

We continued to walk to school and this time I concentrated on walking. Then I remembered something. "Ken?" I asked.

"What?"

"Lisa said that she's going to the dance with Mike."

"So?"

"We made a bet."

"What bet?"

"Stop playing dumb and give me my ten dollars."

"Geez. I just had to get a friend with a good memory," she mumbled as she handed over the ten dollar bill.

"Thank you and I await my next opportunity to get money off of you."

"Shut up."

"Okay."

We arrived at the school and sat under our favorite tree, which we had named Matt on the first day of school. We were drunk on root beer that day. "So Raine, are you going to ask anyone?" I asked.

"No."

"Why not?"

"You know we're repeating the conversation we had earlier except now I'm in your place."

"Yup. Anyways, why not?"

"I just don't want to."

"Err… fine."

We stood up and walked towards the school buildings as the first bell rang. As we entered the school we parted ways since our lockers and homerooms were on opposite sides of the school.

"See you at first period," Ken yelled over all the chatter.

"Good luck with Mr. Vatis!" I replied with a grin. She grimaced.