A Pyrokenetic's Mother
Disclaimer: I don't own the Teen Titans.
Prologue:
Rain pelted the stone steps of Jump City Orphanage. Lightning split the dreary sky as thunder rolled through the city. A blonde woman scurried up the steps of Jump City Orphanage carrying a small bassinet in her arms.
She laid the bassinet at the threshold of the gothic structure; then stepped back and gazed at the sleeping infant that lay inside. The baby was a girl with peach skin, her little hands bunched into fists. Her hair was a wispy golden blonde. The woman, mother of the baby, knew that the girl also possessed sapphire eyes much like her own. She stroked her daughter's hair once and whispered, "This is for the best. I can't take care of you. I wasn't even supposed to have you! But I couldn't destroy your innocent life either. Yet if I keep you, your life would have been destroyed anyway. "Emotionally, if not literally." The woman sighed. "Perhaps you'll understand one day. But by that time we'll be on different sides of the law." She fumbled for something in her trench coat pocket and pulled out a necklace.
The necklace had a pendant of a sun and crescent moon intertwined. Ever so gently she placed it around the child's neck. "Perhaps this will bind a part of the curse you inherited from me," the blonde-haired woman whispered. Hearing echoing sirens wail in the distance; the woman tucked in a note and knocked on the mahogany door once, vanishing before the matron could open the door and spy the baby.
Once the matron noticed the sleeping infant, she stooped to pick up the bassinet when a white square envelope caught her eye. Removing the envelope, she tore it open and pulled out a note. It read:
My daughter's name is Juliana Celeste. Please find a loving family for her. She is to never take off the necklace. These are my final requests.
The matron raised an eyebrow at the fact that the note was unsigned; but carefully picked up the bassinet that carried the sleeping Juliana nonetheless. Feeling the sudden movement, Juliana opened her blue eyes and gazed at the woman. Although Juliana was no more than five months old; she knew that this woman had more love in her eyes than her mother ever did. Instead of crying, Juliana smiled and let out a small giggle turning the woman who cradled her into mush.
"Aww," the matron cooed. "Aren't you an adorable baby? Juliana Celeste…what a pretty name." She gently bounced the infant as she closed the door behind her.
Juliana's mother wasn't aware of the exchange that occurred between the orphanage matron and her daughter. The woman's ice blue eyes were apathetic as she walked down the sidewalks of Jump City. Her baby would have been a distraction, for her work required one-hundred percent of her attention and absolutely nothing less.
The woman's line of work was that of a criminal. One of Jump City's most notorious criminals as a matter of fact. Both the police and the Titans chased after her day in and day out. She evaded both parties every time. A blonde strand of hair slithered into her vision as a smirk of satisfaction worked onto her face.
As this positive feeling swelled within her; rain-drenched leaves began to surround the woman in a colorful tornado. Concentrating, the woman summoned a platform made of granite and gracefully stepped on before flying away through the stormy atmosphere.
While the matron of Jump City Orphanage, otherwise known as Mrs. Daniels tucked Juliana into a cradle, the birth mother flew past the window. Had she noticed, there is a possibility that Mrs. Daniels would have been able to recognize her as the villain Terra.
Whoo!! I've wanted to post this story for so long! So many chapter ideas have been scrawled out and are ready to be transformed into bona fide chapters. I hope you guys liked this chapter and want to see more. You guys know that this is also a BBxRae fic, but do you have any suggestions for Juliana's superhero alias? I've got nothing so far...XD
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