(AN:) Welcome! I'm not sure if people are going to read this story since it's OCs, but if you are, I thank you =]
So, yes, I finally got the idea on how Fireian and Icyhandra come into the world of Teen Titans. And instead of it being a one-shot, it's going to be a chapter story. I don't know if there's going to be any action in here, but we'll see as the time goes.
Alright, enough of me blabbing on; enjoy the first chapter!
Disclaimer: I do not own the Teen Titans, White Horse by Taylor Swift, or We'll Be a Dream by We the Kings featuring Demi Lovato.
Scarlett sat in one of the corners in the spare room the Titans East were able to provide her with as she tried to think about what she was now going to do. Being away from her family, her friends, and home didn't make it easy for her to think clearly.
Scarlett was already accepted into the team, and she was given a wonderful team to work with and have become her new family, but something was still wrong.
She threw her purple phone against the wall at the opposite side of her, having it fall apart into pieces. Hector tried to contact her again. It was the same old same old; him apologizing about the whole mess he made. When would guys understand that you can't just say sorry and a girl would forget about everything?
She finally had kicked him out of her life after she met Speedy and talked with her two friends, Cristian and Andrea, for almost two hours, but once Hector called again, everything was a complete waist. The members of Teen Titans East kept knocking on her door too, asking if she was alright and needed anything, but Scarlett couldn't put any words together.
When Speedy had opened the door, Scarlett screamed, throwing anything she could get her hands on to where Speedy had stood. Luckily he quickly got out and Scarlett started crying again; she didn't want the Teen Titans to look at her like this.
Out of all the places she learned about in the world, why did she choose Steel City to come to?
Scarlett sighed, not bothering to wipe the tears on her face away. She leaned her head back against the wall and looked out the window at the day that was still bright out.
"Say you're sorry, that face of an angel comes out just when you need it to," Scarlett whispered, imagining the look on Hector's face as he kept apologizing over and over again, thinking Scarlett would believe him.
Scarlett looked at the spot where her phone had landed on the ground; it's pieces in different spots.
"As I paced back and forth all this time 'cause I honestly believed in you."
Scarlett brought her legs up to her chest, hugging them as she rested her head on her knees. She took a deep breath; remember how her mother would tell her to sing when times are rough.
"Holding on the days drag on. Stupid girl, I should have known, I should have known."
She punched the wall behind her, but it didn't crack or break. Slowly as she broke down crying again, Scarlett lay on her side, clutching her legs towards her stomach again.
"I'm not a princess, this ain't a fairy tale. I'm not the one you'll sweep off her feet, lead her up the stairwell. That wasn't Hollywood, it was a small town. I was a dreamer before you went and let me down. Now it's too late for you and your white horse, to come around."
"She's dealing with a breakup," Bumblebee whispered to her team who was hovering under her as they had their ears on the door.
"Should we try to talk with her?" Aqualad suggested, feeling a little hurt himself.
"No, we can't bother her or else she'll know we've been spying!" Speedy said.
"No podemos dejarla sola," Mas and Menos whispered, getting worried too.
"But what can we do?" Speedy asked. "She might not talk to us."
Scarlett still lay on the ground, now tracing a finger around in a circle on the hard wood floor. As she continued to circle her finger, she remembered the one time Hector had taken her roller skating at the park. The image of them two laughing couldn't help but popped into her mind.
"Baby, I was naïve; got lost in your eyes and never really had a chance. I had so many dreams about you and me, happy endings, now I know I'm not a princess, this ain't a fairy tale. I'm not the one you'll sweep off her feet, lead her up the stairwell. That wasn't Hollywood, it was a small town. I was a dreamer before you went and let me down. Now it's too late for you and your white horse, to come around."
Scarlett slowly slid up from the ground, resting on her legs as she remembered when Hector found her at the airport. He immanently fell on his knees, clasping his hands together to ask Scarlett to come back with him.
"And there you are on your knees, begging for forgiveness, begging for me. Just like I always wanted," She shook her head, "but I'm so sorry."
Scarlett covered her mouth with her hand, looking at her backpack sitting on the floor next to where she sat at the wall. She hurried over towards it, pulling out the heart shaped necklace Hector gave to her on the dinner night.
"'Cause I'm not your princess, this ain't a fairytale." Scarlett closed her hand with the necklace in it, "I'm gonna find someone someday who might actually treat me well."
In rage, Scarlett crushed the silver heart shaped pendent in her hand and threw the remaining of it in front of her.
"This is a big world; that was a small town." She threw her hands into her hair, "There in my rearview mirror disappearing now. And it's too late for you and your white horse." Scarlett slowly started rocking front and back, "Now it's too late for you and your white horse, to catch me now."
Scarlett got up from the ground, walking over towards the window on the other side of her room, looking outside.
"Oh, whoa, whoa, whoa; try and catch me now."
Scarlett leaned against the window, crossing her arms in front of her chest as she watched the bright day pass on by with her not there to enjoy it as other people were probably doing so. Deep in her mind, she thought about what her friends and family were doing right now.
But not Hector; she was done with him.
"Oh, it's too late to catch me now."
The team broke away from the door, standing in a circle as they all had sad looks on their faces. They all agreed that they felt sorry for Scarlett at her worst time of life, but what could they do?
"I think Speedy should go talk to her," Aqualad broke the silence between his teammates. "You're her newest crush."
"Me?" Speedy asked. "I don't know what to do. What if I hurt her more by reminding her of her old boyfriend?"
"You got to be strong for her," Bumblebee said, having the twins nod their heads in agreement. "You're the closest thing she's got now."
Speedy looked at his friends for a moment before slowly nodding his head. "Alright, I'll go talk," He said, walking towards the door as the others quickly ran back to the Common Room.
"Scarlett?" Speedy called, softly knocking on the door. "It's Speedy."
"You need something?" Scarlett's voice mumbled through from the other side.
"Well, I was hoping we could maybe," Speedy rubbed the back of his neck, already regretting bothering her, "talk, I guess?"
There was silence from the other side before Speedy heard her coming closer to the door and it opened, starting the archer when he saw his new friend standing there with her eyes red and puffy.
"Something tells me you've been crying?" Speedy whispered, trying to make her feel a little bit better.
"Uh, sorry you have to see me like this," Scarlett whispered, rubbing her eyes. "I didn't really plan on the door opening."
"It's alright," Speedy said, "The doors open on their own like at the stores."
"I kinda figured that out," Scarlett said, turning to walk back into the room with Speedy right behind her.
"You want to tell me what's bothering you?" Speedy asked as Scarlett sat on the bed that was fully made after her trip with Bumblebee to the mall for her new furniture.
Scarlett slipped out of the purple slippers she had put on before opening the door and hugged her legs into her chest again, looking far into the distance. Speedy sighed, sitting next to Scarlett on the bed and removed his shoulder arrow quiver, so it would be easier to wrap his arms around Scarlett's waist and pull her close.
"Scarlett, talk to me," Speedy whispered, having Scarlett close her eyes as the tears started falling down her face again. "Pretend I'm Cristian."
"It's just hard," Scarlett's voice shook as she tried opening up again. "I left my friends and my family all because of a stupid guy. I mean," she turned around, looking at Speedy through the mask covering his eyes. "I'm a strong girl, I know, but why on Earth did I leave everyone behind?"
Scarlett picked up the pillow sitting on one end of her bed and threw it across, throwing her face on top of the bed.
"I'm sorry," Scarlett mumbled. "I didn't mean to worry everyone."
"Hey, no, it's fine," Speedy whispered, lying down next to her. He turned her over, moving her bands to the side as he took the purple flower hair clip on the dresser beside them and clipped her hair on the side of her head so he could see her face better. "Everyone has to deal with break ups, it's true. I mean, you should have seen Raven, Beast Boy, Cyborg, Aqualad and Jinx. They were just as hurt as you are right now."
"Yeah, but I'm sure no one was being a big baby about it," Scarlett said, wiping one eyes.
"You are not being a big baby about it," Speedy clarified, holding one of her hand as he rubbed his thumb on her cheek.
"Speedy, mírame," Scarlett said, "My eyes are puffy, my head hurts, and I'm sure you can find puddles of tears somewhere in this room."
"That doesn't mean anything! Everyone has their breakdown for whatever reason, so that doesn't mean you're the only one in the world. And besides," Speedy sat up on the bed, "You got a better person to take care of you now."
"Oh, yeah?" Scarlett asked, sitting up too. "Like who?"
Speedy cupped Scarlett's face with both hands. "You got Aqualad, Mas, Menos, Bumblebee; you're new family, and most importantly, me."
"Really?" Scarlett asked, her tears getting filled with water again, but this time for happiness.
Speedy nodded his head. "Yeah, and you don't have to worry about everyone back home for I'm sure they'll be proud once they see you on the news."
"The news?" Scarlett repeated.
Speedy took the communicator from the top of her digital clock, waving it in front of her face. "You're part of the," Speedy placed a finger on his chin, tapping it, "famous team as you would say it."
Scarlett smiled, taking the yellow and black communicator from him and looking down at it. "Yeah, I guess I am."
"No, you are," Speedy said. "And like I said before," he took both her hands, "You got me now, so no more Hector thinking because that's all in the past and you should think about the present and future."
Scarlett smiled again, hugging him. "Thank you Speedy." She pulled away and kissed him, letting her emotions run out of her body so they'd be none left.
"Did I ever mention that I love your kisses?" Speedy quickly asked, pulling away from her.
"Speedy, I wouldn't know for the only time I kissed you was when you forced me too."
"Hey! I said I was sorry about twenty times and you forgave me after the second!"
Scarlett laughed, resting her forehead on Speedy's as she closed her eyes to take a deep breath in.
"Do you think maybe we could start all over?" Scarlett asked, opening her eyes again.
Speedy stood still for a moment before nodding his head and set Scarlett down in front of him. "Sure."
"Jessica Sollaris," Scarlett introduced, setting a hand out for Speedy to shake.
Speedy smiled, meeting her half way and placed his hand in hers, shaking it, but didn't say anything for he knew what was going to come next. Scarlett's eyes lit up.
"Roy Harper; super name is Speedy. You're the next person to be leader of the Teen Titans East once Bumblebee moves out, and you're finally ready to take the leading job."
"You forgot one thing," Speedy said.
Scarlett's eyes turned back to the regular shade of red. "I did?" She asked.
"Yes," He moved closer to Scarlett, "You forgot that as of right now, I am currently not single," he whispered.
Scarlett smirked. "You kiss me, and you can kiss every single one of your technology equipment everywhere in this Tower goodbye."
Speedy brought out his lower lip in a pout, making a humping noise before saying, "You know what, go ahead." And he kissed her.
Andrea sat on the beach from where Cristian lay years ago when he was getting his powers fully throughout his body. It almost been a week since Scarlett had left, and she didn't like the feeling inside of her without her best friend.
The next thing she knew, a white light shinned behind her. It soon turned off, and so did the car from where the lights came from. The only person who would be here out at night was her, and of course, the twenty year old fire bender himself.
Cristian parked his silver Citroen Saxo. At first, her parents had told him to bring her right home, but knowing her, that wasn't going to be easy. He turned off his car and got out, sadness running through him as he saw his girlfriend sitting there alone at night. He sighed, deciding now was a good time to go over and sit next to her.
"There you are," Cristian whispered, taking a seat next to her.
"Do you think she's okay?" Andrea asked, still looking at the stars.
Cristian pulled Andrea close to his body by placing a hand around her waist. "Andrea, you shouldn't worry so much."
"I can't help it, Cristian; she's too young to be out in the world on her own!"
"She's seventeen," Cristian reminded, "Besides, this is our Jessica we're talking about; she can do anything."
"Yeah, she can, can't she?"
Cristian nodded his head in approval, looking out into the ocean as the two sat there in silence. He then smiled, remembering the three of them enjoying their time playing in the ocean when they came here a few years ago during the summer.
"Do you remember the nights we'd stay up just laughing, smiling for hours at anything?"
Andrea smiled, remembering the past too along with him. "Yeah," She said, turning to look at Cristian who kept looking out into the ocean.
"Remember the nights we drove around crazy in love?"
Cristian took her hand, squeezing it in his own.
"When the lights go out we'll be safe and sound. We'll take control of the world like it's all we have to hold on to and we'll be a dream."
"Do you remember the nights we made our way dreaming?" Andrea asked as she sang something no one would catch her even hearing. What could she do? The music Jessica would always blast just caught on with Cristian and herself. "Hoping of being someone big we were so young then we were too crazy in love."
"When the lights go out we'll be safe and sound. We'll take control of the world like it's all we have to hold on to and we'll be a dream," Cristian and Andrea sang together.
Whoa, whoa
Whoa, whoa
Whoa, whoa
"When the lights go out we'll be safe and sound. We'll take control of the world like it's all we have to hold on to and we'll be…when the lights go out we'll be safe and sound. We'll take control of the world like it's all we have to hold on to and we'll be a dream." Andrea lay her head on Cristian's shoulder as the two now sat there for the rest of the time in silence, enjoying each other's company and the thought of Jessica running through their mind.
They knew though that wherever she was, things were going fine with her.
At the Sanchez's house the next day, it was a quiet afternoon with Andrea and her family. Her two brothers were fighting over a game; her father was cooking in the kitchen; her mother was a work; and she was peacefully sitting in her room with her laptop in front of her. She was trying to finish her story, Crossroads, but Writers Block decided to take over and Andrea was forced to stare at her computer's screen for a while.
She then heard something vibrating from somewhere in her room. It took her a moment to figure out it was her cellphone, so she jumped up from her bed to search for it. Andrea finally found it in the pocket of her old pair of jeans and turned it on before she missed the call.
"Hello?" She greeted into the phone, walking back over to her bed to lie down.
"Andrea!" A female voice screamed from the other side of the line.
"Jessica?"
"Who else would be calling at midnight back home?"
Andrea shot up from bed. "How are things going?"
"Ugh, you wouldn't believe it. Hector kept calling me over and over again until I decided to change my number."
"Didn't I tell you that guy was no good?"
"Yes, and I am mucho, mucho sorry that I didn't believe you. Can you ever forgive me?"
Andrea rolled her eyes. "Oh, alright, I forgive you. So, what are you doing now?"
"I'm just hanging some pictures on one wall of my room."
"Your room?"
"Because I'm part of the Teen Titans!" Scarlett screamed, hearing Andrea yell from the other side of the line.
"You're lying!"
"No, I swear! I met Speedy in the park and then we had some coffee, he brought me to the tower and here I am in a room because Robin let me join!"
"You lucky chica, I can't believe it."
"But that's not the only reason why I called you know."
"What else is there?"
"You and Cristian are coming here and meeting the Teen Titans yourselves!"
Andrea pinched herself; when she felt the small pain, she screamed louder than before, having Scarlett jump and drop her phone. Speedy then entered the room, "Did you just scream?"
"No," Scarlett said before laughing. "Andrea did."
"You told her the good news?" Speedy closed the door behind her and sat on her new made bed, looking at her.
"Yeah, and it took me by surprise when she screamed which apparently you heard and now she's rambling in Spanish."
Speedy chuckled. "Here, let me talk to her."
He went to go take Scarlett's phone from her hand, but she smacked it away. "I can deal with my best friend's scream and ramble, but not when she faints!"
Speedy ignored her and took the phone anyways, bringing the purple colored device to his ear and listened to Andrea ramble, but didn't understand a single word of it. "Hello?" he spoke, hearing Andrea gasped before saying something.
"Who is this?" Andrea asked, her heart beating faster than she could count.
"This is Speedy, leader of the Teen Titans East. Andrea Sanchez, correct? I've heard so much about you; you seem like an amazing woman with great powers. I'd love to meet you one day!" And that's when Andrea fainted.
Scarlett hit her boyfriend on the back of his head before taking the phone out of his hands and dialing another number. "No one listens to me anymore!"
Scarlett mumbled something that Speedy couldn't make out, so he just watched her dialing another number on her cellphone and tabbed her foot as she waited for the other person to pick up.
It was half past midnight and Cristian was sitting on his compute chair, covering his head with his pillow as he was still in his jeans and a black simple t-shirt. His phone that was sitting next to his laptop starting ringing and he bolted upwards, looking around his room until he saw the calling device was the one that was making the noise. Without looking at the caller ID, he picked it up and brought it on top of his ear. "Hello?"
"Cristian?" Scarlett asked, sitting down on the bed next to Speedy.
"Scarlett?" Cristian sat straight on his chair. "How's it going amiga?"
"It's going just great. I was wondering if you could go to Andrea's house."
"Right now at," he looked at the clock on his laptop, "12:30?"
"She fainted..."
Cristian smacked his forehead before saying, "I will be there in five minutes." And he hung up the phone before the fire flam tattoo on his left hand started glowing, changing Cristian's appearance. He now wore black jeans and same color shirt with a row of flames at the bottom. His hair was spiked up with red at the tip. His red converses were had his superhero name "Fireian" written across with flame font.
Walking over to his window, Fireian slowly unlocked and opened it, climbing out of the square and jumping down from his second floor, looking at both ways before he had the bottom of his shoes have two pairs of wheels made of fire to make traveling to Andrea's house faster and easier.
(AN:) And there we have it! :D