Why Don't We Just Dance?
I, Robin, was sitting at my desk in my office dreaming about my best friend/crush Starfire, who was an alien princess on another plant, but she would always be my princess on Earth. I pushed my chair away from the desk and look at the clock. It read 12:30 a.m. and I got up to go to my room to get a few hours of sleep that night. I had just entered the hallway and turned toward my room when I suddenly heard soft music coming from somewhere in the tower that my friends and I lived in at the time. I started to walk toward the sound and soon found myself standing outside of the training room wondering who was still up at this time of the night. I was thinking that he/she was more dictated to training then I was normally. I opened the door and slipped quietly into the room. I was shocked, to say the least, to see Starfire doing a graceful and tasteful ballet dance. I had noticed that she was wearing a short purple nightgown and matching slippers with her hair put into a tight bun on top of her head.
I watched closely as she was dancing around the room with precise and flawless movements in time with the music.
"You are a great dancer, Starfire." I tell her calmly while I walked up to her, took her hand, led her to a seat, and pulled her down into the seat to cool her off a bit.
"Thank you for the complement, Friend Robin." She told me in a whispered voice that was music to my ears. I had noticed that she was awfully quiet tonight so I knew she was worried about something.
"Is there something that you need to tell me, Star?" I asked her calmly and prepared myself to hear that Beast Boy had pulled a prank on her again even though I had ordered not to pull pranks on her instead of her real answer scaring me half to death.
"Today, marks the fifth year since I was given as a slave to the Gordanians, Robin." She told me with tears in her eyes.
"You will never be a slave to them again. Please do not cry, Star." I told her, wrapping my arms around her, and wiping away her tears with my thumbs.
"I cannot stop the horrible nightmares that I get every year on this terrible day, Robin." She told me while she was shaking uncontrollably in my arms. I was going to tell her that everything would be fine when someone knocked on the door.
"Come on in." I say to the person through the door and our friend Raven comes into the room. I was wondering why she was here at this time of the night.
"I have felt a problem with someone in the tower. Why is Starfire crying in your arms, Robin?" Raven asked me calmly and I told her everything that had took place tonight. I was worried about Starfire because I knew that she must be feeling horrible with these nightmare coming to her every year on this day. I wanted nothing more than to help her overcome her terrible scenes in her head.
"I know a spell that will help her sleep without the nightmares, but she will have to stay in my room for a while, Robin." Raven told me quietly because Star had fallen asleep while we were talking to each other and we did not wish to wake her up. I let Raven take Starfire to her room and after telling them good night, I went to my room for the night knowing Starfire was in safe hands.