Prelude
The night was cold and windy, far too windy for almost anyone's liking. If there had been any leaves on the autum trees before, there were none now. But there was at least one person who didn't mind, even though she was not entirely a person herself. The half Tamaranian side of her seemed to be able to withstand the crisp air, though her human side was a little uneasy. But it was not like it was her choice to be out here, for she had nowhere else to go anyway. She had previously lived with her mother for the past fifteen years, but a recent arguement of theirs had made her leave for now. Though her mother wasn't much for arguing, she could withstand to do it for hours at a time, as long as she thought she was right.
Her parents had split a few years ago, surprisingly. Though it was not divorce, they still had not gotten back together and doubted they ever would.
And yes, the parents are our heroes Robin and Starfire, but more commonly known as Nightwing and Kory. Kory had changed her name after the birth of their daughter, whom they named Stardust.
Now she sat on a large rock beside the creek, alone in the middle of the dark woods. She and her mother had argued for so long that night that Stardust could hardly remember what the quarrel had been about. She closed her eyes and pulled her knees to her chest, sulking silently. And she somehow found herself blaming her father, though she didn't know why. She had blamed everything on him recently, and felt as if she couldn't help but be angry at him. But in reality, the split been him and Kory had not been all his fault, even though he could righteously take some of the blame.
Stardust suddenly picked up a noise deep in the woods, and this time it was not the wind; she could tell. It sounded like othermovement. She stood up on the rock and fired up her purple starbolts, glancing at all her surroundings quickly. She had inhereted her lightning fast reflexes from Nightwing, and the rest of her powers from Kory. Stardust was already very good at handling her emotion-driven powers and was about to show it to whatever was stalking her.
Now something moved behind her. She whirled around and held up her glowing hand to get better light. Yes, there was definitely someone there, and whoever it was was fast and obviously watching her. There was a flash of white, and Stardust's heart started pounding. Well, she knew how to fight and she thought she was going to have to show off her powers very soon.
But little did she know, that this was the very beginning of something she had never planned.