This was a story that I wrote with Starfire and Robin in it. It has the characters but not the usual plot. It's really good, but sad. I hope you like it
Ps. All sentences in brackets is being said by Starfire in her head.
The footsteps are getting louder; my heart is racing along with my mind
How could I have ever managed to get myself into such a terrifying game? Choosing between life and death seems like such an easy question for most people, but not if you knew what I've been through.
I can hear the dogs howling as the rocks below me scrape up my bare feet
Believe it or not my life was once enjoyable, before it came to a crashing halt while I watched from aside. It was like hearing your dress rip, when you hear that noise your heart just sinks and you can't bear to look at what has happened.
The loud hollering grows inches behind me as I reach the top of the cliff. Down below jagged rocks are being hassled by thrashing waves. Behind me the mob of raging men on horses grow closer and I know that no matter what I do, I'm sure to perish.
My name is Starfire and my papa is the ruler of Tamaran. All of my life I've pined for the life of a regular Tamaran girl, but sadly I'm stuck in a world of obedience and perfection. You would think it is every girl's dream to be princess and to be rich and spoiled, but the irony of it is that none of this brings you happiness. You are caged like a bird, lonely, and controlled, only to be let out to be paraded and bathroom breaks.
The only person to ever let me out of my cage was Robin. The first time I saw Robin I was 10 and he was 12. He was the son of one of our maids and was coming to work in our castle to earn extra money for his family. Robin was wearing old, beaten up clothing, had messy black hair, and had a black mask-like cloth across his face. He seemed very quiet. To any other Tamaran girl, Robin would be the most repulsive thing ever to come into their sight, but to me, he was the most fascinatingly handsome person I'd ever seen. I almost felt embarrassed to be wearing such a fancy dress.
Everyday I would see this boy come in and out of the walls shielding me from the world, as I sat there yearning to one day come with him. He was so quiet but so gentle. Everyday I would hide and watch him, he was so focused and determined.
It took me a long time to work up the courage to talk to him, but I knew that I had to. That day I searched everywhere within the castle walls for what seemed like hours, and he was no where to be seen. I found myself wandering through the garden. I felt like such a fool, that I had finally worked up the courage to talk to him, and I couldn't even find him. I wandered farther and farther into the garden, closing in on a secret pond I had found years before. As I came through the trees, I saw a figure sitting near the pond. It was Robin.
I stood back and watched him from afar. How lucky he was, free from people and the walls of a castle.
Quietly I walked up near the lake.
"Hello Robin," I said softly.
Robin quickly turned around his face was hard as stone, but quickly softened when realizing who it was.
"Hello Princess," he replied.
Everyday after that moment I would talk to Robin. Sometimes it would be more than a hello, sometimes he would ask me about my day. Sometimes he would tell me about the town, or what he wanted to do, and I would tell him about my dreams and how one day I knew that I would run away. It never mattered what I said to Robin as long as I said something, he was the light of my day.
When I was 15 there was a festival going on in the town to celebrate the new spring season. Nervously, I asked my papa if I could go, but as soon as the words escaped my lips he began yelling and screaming. "PRINCESSES ARE TO STAY INSIDE, NOT OUTSIDE WITH THE POOR AND DISGUSTING"
My heart couldn't take it. Tears began pouring down my face; I wanted to attend the festival so badly, just like the other Tamaran girls. I ran down the halls, water streaming down my face. As I dodged the maids, each one looked at me in horror. My makeup was practically melting off and my eyes were as red as robins. I felt like my heart was torn in half and then run over by a horse. When I managed to reach my room, every breathing person that I had passed by was staring back at me. Leaving the door open, I crashed onto the seat in front of the window. Looking out at all the town's people, I again began to tear up. All I wanted to be was a normal girl. I wanted to run barefoot and get dirty.
It seemed as though I had cried rivers, but I couldn't stop my heart was broken.
"Princess," called a worried voice
My heart dropped, turning around my eyes matched those of the speaker, Robin. My eyes were bloodshot and makeup was dripping down my face, yet there wasn't one ounce of disgust on Robin's face. Instead, I saw a face showing noting by compassion.
Robin walked over and took my hands in his and whispered. "Princess, please tell me why you're crying." A lump began to gather in my throat. How could someone so beautiful care for someone so ugly?
My gaze shifted to Robin's eyes, for full of worry. I swallowed my lump and began to tell Robin, everything that had happened and how I never wanted to be a princess, and how much I wished to be like him, free. It seemed like I talked for hours and I had noticed that Robin never once looked away or blinked. When I had finished Robin just looked at me studying my features.
"Starfire"
My heart skipped a beat; he had never called me that before.
"If you ever feel lonely or trapped, think of me. I will always be with you no matter if its in person or in spirit and I promise to you that I will never leave, not matter what and one day I will take you out of here,"
Wiping a tear off my cheek, Robin slowly leaned in to kiss me.
"Wait," I whispered.
Slowly I pulled of the black mask covering his eyes, which revealed a deep shade of blue. Like the ocean and the nights sky had been mixed together. They were stunning.
Reading my mind, a grin spread across Robins face.
Carefully Robin leaned in to kiss me. He smelled so sweet, like flowers and his lips were so soft. I never wanted it to end.
STARFIREEEEEEEE!
The terrifying voice made me jump three feet right onto the floor. There stood my papa, raging in anger I had never seen before.
"HOW DARE YOU EMBARESS ME!" he roared
I was paralyzed stiff, but inside me I was screaming. My father raced over to the window seat, knocking over a lamp, and whisked Robin away from me. I raced to touch him but ended up tripping on a lamp cord and landing head first into the floor. Barely strong enough to lift my own head, I managed to catch the last words spill from Robin's lips-
I love you Starfire.
That moment I knew that I would never see Robin again and I didn't. The pain in my head could not ever be compared to the pain in my heart. The one light in my life was taken away so fast, like a blown out candle. My life became pointless.
As life went on, I found myself constantly wandering around by the pond where we first met, endlessly crying.
The when I was 18, my papa arranged a marriage for me to Blood the Prince of Darkness. I could do nothing and before I knew it the day had come. I was in a white lacey gown covered in pearls. The wedding was held in the palace foyer and all the towns' people were invited. When it was time, my papa came to take me down the aisle. Walking down the aisle was like walking on nails, painful, and slow. When I reached the Prince, my head was spinning. The room began to swirl, I could hear words being spoken, but all I could think about was Robin. The many moments we shared together, our kiss, his promise to be there, forever, and to get me out of these walls, played over and over again in my mind. Finally, I couldn't take it anymore.
The next moments are a blur to me now, but the next thing I knew I was running up a wooded hill. I looked down at the dress; the gorgeous white silk had holes and rips from snagging on branches and the pearls were caked in dirt.
My feet were bleeding from the sharp rocks on my skin. Where had my shoes gone? Finally I reached the top of the hill.
So here I am now atop a cliff, facing jagged rocks and angry men. In the crowd of men I see my future husband ready to kill me for dishonoring him.
I can't live with him, such an angry best ready to put me back in my cage for eternity.
I stepped back thinking how nice it will be to feel free with the only person who's ever loved me.
"Catch me Robin," I whispered. And with that, I fell back.
Somehow I always knew that I wasn't made for this world.