Author's note: My first story, so please be gentle. I did my best, so enjoy!

DISCLAIMER: I do not own Teen Titans… If I did there would totally be 6th season

Also, Mr. Mod is going to be pretty OCC because I am making him a combination of Mad Mod and my actual government teacher. So essentially the only similarities between Mad Mod and Mr. Mod is the British accent.

Chapter 1

"I still don't understand, Galfore. Why must my sister and I leave?"

A three year old Komand'r spoke to her knorfka, standing in an ally outside of an Earth orphanage. In her arms she held the bundle that was her baby sister. The large Tamaranean sighed and put a hand on the child's shoulder.

"Komand'r, I've explained this many times. It is not safe for our very young princesses to stay on Tamaran until the war is over. Until then, you must keep Koriand'r safe. You're smart and strong. I believe in you, my little bumgorf."

That was 16 years ago, and Komand'r, or Komila Anders as she was known on earth, was 21 now. She never would've guessed the war would last so long. She and Koriand'r were unexpectedly adopted from that orphanage a few days after they arrived on Earth. Koma figured their unusual appearance would scare away most potential adoptive parents, but John and Lucy were different and thought Komila and Korina were the most beautiful little girls they'd ever seen. Ever since then, Kori and Koma Anders lived normal, human lives. Koma even went to college, mostly because she got a full ride to Gotham University. Kori was in her senior year of high school and still had no idea of her true identity. But Koma was determined to tell Kori the whole truth before Christmas and since Koma was home for winter break already, she figured she'd be able to find the perfect time soon. She just didn't know how to tell a girl who already felt like an outsider that she really was an alien…

MEANWHILE, AT JUMP CITY HIGH SCHOOL

KORI'S POV

I rushed into my government class just as the bell started to ring. My teacher gave me a reproachful look.

"Cutting it awfully close, Miss Anders."

Mr. Mod was pretty relaxed for a government teacher. Mostly because he had a good sense of humor about the fact that he was a BRITISH man teaching and AMERICAN government class. His students loved him and he liked the ones who got good grades in his class, like me. Before I can think of a witty comeback, a nasal, obnoxious, trying too hard to be perky voice piped up from the corner of the room.

"Korina was too busy making goo-goo eyes at Richard Grayson!"

I rolled my eyes. Kitten Moth. The dumbest, most obnoxious teacher's pet you could possibly imagine. She accused me of making goo-goo eyes at the most popular guy in school? I almost laughed out loud; she stalked him for nearly 3 years before his dad filed a restraining order for him against her. Instead, I ignored her just like everyone else does and made my way to my seat next to my best guy friend, Vic Stone. He grins at me and I smile back as Mr. Mod gets class started.

"Okay class, today we will be picking out topics for our debates that will start next week. So raise your hands to make suggestions, I'll write them down and when all ideas have been submitted, we will vote and debate the top seven."

I immediately bit my thumb and Vic followed suit. Seeing as these topics had to be very controversial, and therefore debate worthy, Kitten would be shouting out her very mind numbingly conservative thoughts such as "Marijuana is the devil's plant" and "Abortionists are baby killers". It took every ounce of our willpower not to shout right back at her. Some random kid shouted out prostitution and that's when I knew I was doomed.

"Oh, no. No, no, no, no, no. She's gonna make this one way too easy."

I heard Kitten's stupid voice from the corner of the room.

"Prostitutes are evil, they all need to die."

"Nope, can't stop it, this is about to happen, shit!"

My subconscious took over from there. I felt my hand moving from away from my mouth and heard myself shout out.

"Why? Scared you're gonna be one when you grow up, Kitten?"

I smacked myself in the face.

"GARFALK!"

I blinked in confusion several times, trying to figure out if I just swore or not. Luckily, everybody had burst out laughing, so nobody but Vic heard the odd expletive I just shouted out. Even Mr. Mod was struggling not to laugh. Well, hell, if everybody thinks I'm so frickin' hilarious, why do I not have more friends? Eventually, when things calmed down and Mr. Mod put on what most people call his stern face, he turned to me and said, "See me after class, Miss Anders."

AFTER CLASS

My conversation with Mr. Mod didn't last very long, seeing as he was struggling not to laugh at my outburst along with the rest of the students. He let me off with a warning and I went out to the hall to meet Vic. The second I saw him I smacked his arm and he flinched. Vic is the 6 foot 4, bald, African American captain of the football team. I am a 5 foot 7 swimmer and marching band geek, so I rolled my eyes at him.

"Why didn't you try to stop me from saying that?! I could've gotten into way more trouble than I did!"

"Because it wouldn't have been as funny if I had, Kori. Besides, we all know Mr. Mod wouldn't really have done anything about it. Now, on to more important matters. What the hell did you shout out after that?"

"To be honest, I have no idea. I think I made it up."

"Huh. I might have to borrow that one from you; my mom wants the whole family to give up swearing for lent, come February."

I laughed at his nonchalance at the fact I had screamed a made up swear word.

"Okay, whatever Vic. Hey, I gotta go to the bathroom, tell Ms. Contra I'm gonna be late to choir."

Vic nods and waves goodbye and I head off to the bathroom. I wasn't really paying attention to where I was going, I was too busy trying to figure out where I'd come up with garfalk, so I shouldn't have been surprised when I ran right in to someone.

"Ow, I'm sorry, I- Oh, h-hi Richard"

Yep. I had run right into Richard Grayson. He was the most popular guy in the school, but he was also one of the nicest, most determined people I'd ever met. Kitten might be annoying as hell, but she wasn't completely wrong in saying I'd been making goo-goo eyes at Richard. On top of being nice and popular, he's easily one of the hottest guys I'd ever seen. He's tall with jet black hair that he always kept spiked up, well-muscled and he had the most gorgeous blue eyes I could possibly imagine. He smiled at me and I could feel my heart melting.

"Hey Kori. It's fine, are you okay?"

"Y-yeah, I'm fine."

Curse my stuttering. With the Sadie Hawkins dance right around the corner, girls were lining up around the block to ask him. Yet there I was having a normal conversation with him and I could barely spit out a proper greeting. I was determined to ask him though, but before I could say another word, I heard another female voice speak up from behind me.

"Dick, come on, Ms. Contra wanted to talk to you before choir."

I turned around and saw Barbara "Babs" Gordan. She was Richard's ex-girlfriend and she was gorgeous. Brown red hair, bright blue eyes and always walked with confidence. No wonder he was still so hung up on her. She and I were always friendly but never really friends. I smiled at her and she smiled back before Richard spoke again.

"Oh, right. Thanks Babs! See you later Kori!"

They both walked away and I went to the bathroom. Once there, I looked at myself in the mirror and sighed. I might be considered pretty in some foreign culture, but here in Jump City I just looked weird. My hair is a bright red; my mom always compares it to roses. My eyebrows are abnormally small, so I usually fill them in with eyebrow pencil. My eyes are my strangest feature. They are completely green. My irises are a bright jewel green and even the whites of my eyes are tinged green. This combined with my nearly orange tanned skin concerned my adoptive parents when they first took me home, but after a trip to the pediatrician, they were assured I just had some rare, harmless pigmentation condition and there was nothing to fear. Except for the constant teasing of my peers. The boys started leaving me alone once I hit puberty and got some curves, but the girls never really quit. At least, the ones who didn't get to know me didn't quit. Like Kitten. Who I now saw behind me in the mirror. She was glaring at me and I knew she was about the chew me out for what I said in government.

"You little bitch! You think you can get away with calling ME a hooker?!"

A million different options for a reply popped into my head. Naturally, instead of doing the smart thing and not saying anything and walking away, I said the most smartass thing I could come up with.

"Why so pissy, Kitten? Business been slow on the corner?"

Before I could laugh at my own joke, she grabbed me by my wrists and shoved me against the wall.

"You're gonna pay for that, you little skank!"

Next thing I knew, she was punching me and pulling my hair. I did my best to fight back, I knew I was stronger than her, but I was too busy wondering where the hell she learned to hit like that. Then I got angry.

"You. Will. Let. Me. GO!"

I shouted at the top of my lungs and threw her off of me. Then, out of nowhere, my hands and eyes started… glowing! I did a double take and sure enough, my eyes and hands were glowing bright green! What the hell did that mean! I blinked several times in shock and then heard what can only be described as a powering down noise. I turned to Kitten who was sitting on the floor shaking her head.

"I knew it. You're a freak! You're just a fucking freak!"

Before I could stop her, Kitten ran out of the bathroom and I sighed. What was the point in stopping her? Her story would be so crazy, who would believe it? Except… I knew. I knew she wouldn't be lying. I turned to look in the mirror again. First made up swear words, now my eyes and hands glow when I feel threatened. Even though I knew I was alone in the bathroom I still whispered to myself.

"What's happening to me?"

Well, there you have it, the ridiculously long first chapter of my first story! I promise not all of my chapters will be this long, I just wanted to get through all of the exposition so next chapter can be the start of the rising action! So, R&R please! Let me know what I can do to make it better! -starprincess