Of Markovia

Chapter 1: Origins

Author: Brruundin

Warning, I do not own any DC Characters I may use.

The sun slowly begins to drift across the European sky, so the day will begin. Not far from the coast in a very nice looking castle, a teenage girl begins this day. The girl rolls to her side as the light shines in on her face from her window. She struggled to stay asleep, however the light grew too bright and she decided to give up.

She wakes up and heads downstairs. Her mother and father are sitting at the breakfast table, and as she heads over to join them they greet her warmly.

"Good Morning Tara, how'd you sleep?" Her father asks, usually the first to speak to his daughter in the morning.

"Fine I guess dad, how about you?" Tara asks, as a general response.

"Not well, I feel something is coming soon, and I don't think it's something not to worry about. We must be prepared."

"Oh relax, nothing is going to happen." Tara's mom says, trying to reassure her husband. He looks at her and feels a little bit better, maybe nothing was wrong. Tara finishes her breakfast then heads upstairs to get ready for the day.

Her life wasn't very difficult being a princess and heir to a European throne. Her day consisted of a few lady-like activities but ever since she turned 15, she had been given more freedom. Her parents knew her time to rule would arrive sooner than they'd expect, so they decided to let her create her own identity to rule with, rather than force something she didn't want to become. Tara had a brother, but they knew that she would ultimately be the heir because of his reckless life style. Meanwhile, Tara was upstairs brushing her hair when she heard a noise.

I wonder what that could be? She thought to herself, and she decided she would go check on it; however as soon as she headed downstairs she heard an explosion. Tara then ran quickly towards the door, however another blast came and hit her from beyond, causing the castle to collapse on top of her. Tara then went into a state of shock for a few seconds before trying to make her way out, she managed to crawl out but crawled into some chemicals. She was disgusted but decided to wipe them off. As looked around in horror at the rubble that was left behind she realized something bad had indeed happened.

She cried out for her family, but heard no answers; she searched for a few hours but had no luck. She broke into tears on the ground, which started to shake below her. She felt weird, like nothing she had ever felt before. However, she was too upset to figure it out. She then crawled underneath some remains and built a camp. As she sat by the fire she made, she cried. She wasn't sure what she was going to do. From what she observed her kingdom was in ruins, with ash and smoke filling the sky. Once it cleared she would head out and find some answers, however that wouldn't be tonight because she was exhausted. She was lucky to find some food rations that hadn't been destroyed and a few blankets and pillows. She made a bed underneath the remains, and cooked a dinner. After dinner she felt really tired and decided to call it early for tonight. Tara had much in store for her, as this wasn't an easy situation to deal with.

A/N Hey all, I decided to do a prequel to Terra joining the Teen Titans. Yes I do realize this is not how her origins begin in the comics, but I decided to do my own take on it. Hopefully you enjoy! Also I plan to update my other Titans works eventually. I sort of lost interest and decided to take a break. Hopefully this story makes up for it! Read and Review!