Kara Zor El arrived on Earth when she was thirteen years old. Just twelve days after her birthday (or twenty four years and twelve days if you counted her time in the Phantom Zone). It was a devastating time for her. She had lost her family, her friends her entire world. She couldn't even fulfill her parent's last request as her cousin Kal had already grown up. A cousin who wanted nothing to do with her apparently seeing as how he dumped her with the Danvers and barely bothered to visit a few times a week
To their credit the Danvers especially Alex tried their best but the loneliness suffocated Kara. She lived in what was essentially the stone age by Kryptonian standards, not even Kal bothered to speak her language and there was nothing to do. Most of human science was at about the level of a fourth grader and both human entertainment and history were so violent and angry that they just scared Kara. Not even Daxamites were this bad. At least their main goal in life was pleasure and not apparently killing each other in creative ways
So the first few weeks on being on Earth had been by far the most miserable experience of Kara's short life. She had shut herself off almost completely spending most of her time burrowed in books or listening to Earth music (which was so far the only thing about Earth she truly loved) . She was feeling lost and just wanted to be alone
Even though both Kal and the Danvers kept constantly telling her how she shouldn't use her powers she couldn't help herself . At night she would fly out of her window and just find a place where she could be alone, stare at the stars and more often then not she would cry
This night she had chosen a small lake nearby. She floated over the water her toes nearly touching the surface. Memories of the times her Aunt Astra had taken her to see the crystal lakes of the Iokyin moon brought tears to her eyes again. Her aunt must have been gone as well. But just as she was digging deeper into her misery she heard a loud voice shout
" Hey you !"
Kara was startled all those warnings and doomsday scenario the Danvers and Kal had told her about flashing into her head. The number one rule was that nobody could know and she had just broken it.
Except instead of scary men in suits there was a girl her own age at the edge of the lake. She was very very blonde with large blue eyes and a stern expression on her face. Kara was just about to fly off when she heard the girl's strict voice again
"Come here"
Kara hesitated. She didn't know what to do. After looking around to make sure that they were alone she slowly approached the girl landing just a meter in front of her. She was strange. Her hair was wild and all over the place, she wore a black shirt depicting a scary man who apparently called himself Dio over bright pink pyjama pants with the mythical creature known as an unicorn on it. Suddenly the girl's face was split by a toothy grin
"Girls shouldn't be sad" she said with a much softer tone before pulling out a container from her bag "here have my potsickers! It will make you feel better!"
Kara stared at the strange food girl had offered her. She took a hesitant bite and then she froze. It was absolutely delicious. She quickly stuffed it down her mouth and went for a second one
"Stop" Kara looked at the girl with an almost heartbroken expression at being possibly denied a second…potsticker but the girl just pulled out a smaller container" here try them with this sauce. It's awesome"
And it was. Kara had eaten almost all the potsickers in less then a minute
" Whoa. That was awesome. I have never seen someone eat so fast. Haven't you ever had a potstickers before?" asked the grinning girl
Kara shook her head slightly embarrassed at her own eating habits. Eliza was not really much into cooking and Jeremiah pretty much stuck to spaghetti , meat loaf and something called gumbo. Kara was not really a fan
" Oh my god. This is so sad" and before she knew what was happening the girl was hugging her "Potstickers are the best"
Kara froze as she felt the other girl embracing her. It was the first time someone had actually hugged her ever since her parents sent her way. She could tell that the Danvers wanted to but they had respected her need for space. Until now she hadn't realized just how much she missed such simple kry….human contact. She leaned into the hug and could feel her tears coming back
They stayed like this for almost a minute before Kara realized a very important fact she had almost forgotten. Slowly slipping out of the hug she looked hesitantly at the girls kind face
" Why aren't you more fricked out that you saw me fly?"
"It's called freaked out "the girl giggled in response" and why would I be. It's obvious what you are"
" It is?" asked Kara alarmed
" Sure. You are obviously an wood fairy. Grandpa used to tell me about them all the time" responded the girl with confidence
'I am…actually an alien" said Kara the words sounding strange in her mouth.
" Well that's cool too" responded the girl without missing a beat "Did someone make you sad? I can kick their butt for you!
Kara stared at the suddenly fierce looking girl . This was not how it was supposed to go. Both Kal and the Danvers had told her that humans were not ready to accept her and she should be careful.
" No…I just miss my home….it's not there anymore…and everything is so scary and foreign here"
"I am sorry" said the girl. Kara had to resist the urge to roll her eyes. This is all she had been hearing from the Danvers and Kal. How sorry they were for her planet. She knew that they meant well but it was so frustrating but then Sara surprised her" for telling you that you shouldn't be sad. It's ok to be sad but you shouldn't be scared"
"Why?' asked Kara after a long pause
"Isn't it obvious? Because I will protect you! We shared potstickers and a hug. That means we are friends now and friends protect each other" the girl flashed another brilliant smilae and extended a hand "I am Sara"
" I am Kara" she answered accepting Sara's hand
" Hey our names sound alike. How cool is that!"
" It is cool" agreedKara and for the first time since she left Krypton she smiled. Perhaps Earth wasn't so bad
