This is the first time I have written in a while so I know I may be a little rusty with my writing so go ahead and give me your opinions.

Disclaimer: I do not own the Legion of Superheroes.

It was a comfortable summer afternoon in Metropolis, a rare day that was favored for the heat was not unbearable. Tinya Wazzo gently moved strands of her long raven black hair behind her ear that was moved by courtesy of the cool wind. Breezes continued to sweep carefully past her gently caressing her hair and cooling down her skin. It was a comforting gesture since of how unsure and hesitant she felt.

Today was the day that she was leaving her beloved city for the wilderness of Rawl. And she was going to live there, proving to everyone that the President's daughter could survive on her own without the help of her mother or the secret service. For so long, she was always told that she was the President's daughter and she didn't hate it-she loathed the idea of being in her mother's shadow. She felt her heart grow heavy at the thought of her mother.

Winema Wazzo was an amazing woman, after all she was able to work her way up the success ladder and still have time to single handedly raise her daughter. An impossible feat for any single mothers but her mother did it. She had complete admiration and respect for the woman proud enough to call her mother. She knew that the decision to move away had left Winema hurt and confused. Her mother hasn't been able to be around her for more than five minutes before she made an excuse to leave. Despite the twinge of pain, fear, and hesitance that she had felt, Tinya knew she had to do this. She needed something- if anything- that she could do to prove to everyone how independent she really was.

She let out a deep sigh she had been holding in as she jumped in and out of her thoughts all the while she stared at the trees in front of her and watched as the trees bent slightly from the wind.

"TINYA!" A loud voice shook her from her thoughts which made Tinya snap her head quickly to the source.

"Huh?"

"Get moving dammit!" Luornu Durgo shouted at her as she jumped up and down to show her impatience, "We gotta get going now if we want to get to Rawl!"

Tinya smiled despite her friend's clamorous outburst, "Don't worry, I'm coming."

"Fine but FYI: Garth found your diary and he's very tempted to read it." Luornu smirked as she nodded over to her large muscled, red-head friend waving a small black book with a large strap on the cover in the air with a huge smirk on his face which told her his threat was true.

"No! GARTH! Put it down!" She practically flew into her friend as he undid the buckle. To shield himself from her attack, he turned around so she had hit his back. "Garth don't! That's not yours!" Tinya cried as she attempted to reach for it but it was impossible since he side-stepped her and started to flip to a random page. He licked one finger and flipped another page, with a smirk on his face. She pouted until a plan swiftly hatched in her head as she turned around with a huge smile she cupped her hands around her mouth and shouted to the air, "Irma! I love the mini skirt."

Almost immediately she felt Garth bump into her as when he spun around and she took the chance to turn quickly and steal the diary back. She held it to her chest her arms crossed protectively in front of it, "Gotcha!"

"Now, now Tinya that was very sneaky." Said girl smiled as she got out of her car wearing a bright pink t-shirt and white jeans (to Garth's disappointment Tinya figured.)

Tinya simply raised her shoulders with a smile that would match the description of a child being caught with its hands in the cookie jar. She let one arm drop from its defensive poise to wrap it around her friends' shoulder when her friend hugged her. "Nothing's going to be the same without you." Irma released Tinya but kept both hands on her shoulders.

"I know but I will email you guys every day!" She promised the blonde as a short stocky boy loaded another box and pushed it to the trunk of the car, "Do you realize where you're going though?" Tinya turned to him with curiosity, "You're going to live in Londo Cabin! Don't you know what happened there?"

Tinya shook her head slowly as the others groaned.

"Bouncy, don't start!" Garth covered his eyes with his hands in exasperation.

"Please not again!" Luornu begged politely as she massaged her temples

"Stop feeding her foolish fairytales." One voice lectured.

"It's not a fairytale!" Bouncy exclaimed, "It's true! The Londo's were an intelligent but headstrong family. When they moved to Rawl, they decided the build their home on a nice looking hill that overlooked the town but ignored the warnings when they had built their home on an ancient Indian burial ground. Their arrogance was their downfall when Mrs. Londo suddenly died. They could never determine what the cause was. Her husband became deranged and went insane until he took his own life. But their son was a different story."

Tinya leaned in closer, "Still not satisfied with the blood of Mr. Londo and his wife the spirits transformed their son into a werewolf, cursed to roam the woods of Rawl for eternity alone and burdened with the death of both his parents."

"That's not true and you know it." Tinya's youngest friend came up beside her with his arms crossed against his chest with confidence that matched his voice, "It's nothing but a fairytale, Rawl's own little cryptic running around to get their ugly faces on TV for the fifteen minutes of fame."

"So Tinya," Garth interrupted the two before a verbal fight started as he leaned against his truck with his arms crossed smugly with a smirk that matched on his face, "Are you sure you can handle being in a haunted cabin by yourself?" Tinya's hands immediately flew to her hips, "I can take care of myself, I don't like help and I don't need it!"

"Alright, whatever you say." He closed his eyes as he pushed himself off the truck and walked past her still with a smirk on plastered on his face. She spun around and glared at his back, "You don't think I can do it, don't you?"

"But I didn't say it," He turned his head back innocently.

"You didn't have to." She spoke through gritted teeth as she clenched her fists tightly but stop once Irma placed a hand on her shoulder, "It's not that we think you can't do it, we're just concerned. You're by yourself with no one familiar to you there."

Tinya covered her hand with her own as she took a big breath in and let it out slowly to calm herself, "I know that I might mess up but I still need to try, I can't be mom's little bird forever."

"Speaking of your mother…" Brainy trailed off as three black limos parked themselves a bit away from them, the American flags proudly waved with the wind as stoic men in black suites stepped out of the back and front limo to create a defensive square around the middle car. "I'll be back." She told her friends as she started to the limo, her courage wavering with every step. Tinya was not afraid-she was terrified of this moment where she would have to say good-bye to her mother. She nodded at the men as they opened the limousine door for her while another touched his ear gently and spoke into a small piece that was clenched to his collar.

She climbed into the seat next to Winema Wazzo as the older woman stared out the car window, her fingers curled gently into her hand was in position in front of her mouth. She sighed before crawling to set closer to her mother, "Mum?"

Winema jumped a bit before turning to face her daughter, her eyes softened from their surprised expression when they looked upon her. Tinya sat against the cool leather seat and watched her hands in her lap as she waited for her mother to speak.

"Well today is the day you take off for Rawl." Her mother stated which sounded more like a question but Tinya nodded anyway. "You have a conference in half an hour," She noted as she made glances towards the woman, "Shouldn't you be getting ready to go?"

Tinya stiffened a bit as Winema wrapped her arms around her daughter and pulled her into a hug, she felt her mother gently soothe her hair. "That can wait, saying goodbye to my daughter can't." She heard her mumble and Tinya wrapped her own arms around her mother's back. "I'm going to miss you so much."

"I'll write to you everyday, I already promised the others that I'd email them." Tinya smiled. Her mother wasn't a fan of technology that grew rapidly with each day. Winema loosened her hold so that Tinya leaned back at bit to look at her mother but was still in her arms, "Are you sure you want to do this?" She questioned

Tinya bit her lip and looked to the side when asked the question. She released another sigh to calm herself down and returned to her mother's questioning and hopeful gaze. "I'm sure." Her mother's shoulders sagged a bit as she once again looked turned from her daughter to stare out the window was when she almost regret saying those words. "Mom, please-"She started but her mother cut her off, "I got to get going to my conference. Good-bye Tinya."

Her heart stung at her mother's coldness and clutched her shirt at the chest gently as she tried to even her breathe when the view of her mother started to shimmer. She ducked her head as she got out of the car she kept her head low to make sure that the guards did not see her tears. She heard the sound of footsteps as the limousines started and waited for the sound of the tires that hit against rocks were gone.

She stood there as the tears leaked from her ebony eyes and down her pale face onto the dirt ground below. "Good-bye mum." She whispered to the wind as she started back to her friends and didn't bother to look up because she knew their faces would be of concern and sympathy. As she got there, gentle arms encircled her and she started to cry onto her friends' shoulder before she felt Luorenu's hand rub her back gently.

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