Beginnings
Kara always loved trying new things, even when she was on Krypton. She was always fascinated and wanted to learn new skills, meet new people. When she was sent to earth, she was terrified and heartbroken because she knew that her life there, everything she ever loved was gone, over. It was the first time she realized that beginnings weren't necessarily a good thing. She had some prior knowledge about earth and the things that happened there but it wasn't the same. She arrived too late, Kal-El was all grown up, her mission was over before she even had the chance to start it. She was alone, scared and so confused. She was a kid and he was grown up, it wasn't supposed to be like that. She was supposed be the one taking care of him. The Danvers took her in and she was grateful but she was sad. It wasn't how she was supposed to start her journey on earth. And it was a journey. She never realized how difficult it would be, starting over. Beginning's always seemed so fun and interesting back on Krypton. Learning how something worked or reading a book for the first time, starting a project, making a new friend. They were fun, they were nice, they came naturally to her. But she was no longer on Krypton anymore and everything was foreign to her, everything was new to her. And it was too much, too fast. Her whole world was gone, her friends, her family, her culture died and she was alone. Years later she would recognize that the girl from Krypton also died, she died the second she crashed on earth. That part of her life was over, the memories hurt too much to relive but that's all she seemed to be able to do at the time. And suddenly beginnings were awful but they were a necessity.
Shortly after Kara arrived she noticed it. Everyone had numbers on their wrists that seemed to be counting down. Eliza and Jeramiah's had stopped but Alex's was still counting. She had asked Alex about it one day, they were watching a movie on the couch. She had felt her sister's heart speed up and cheeks flush. It was then when Kara realized that once again, no matter how hard she studied there was always going to be things about earth that surprised her. The more she thought about it, the more she realized that Krypton had something like that too. While there was no countdown, people on Krypton were aware when they met the one they'd spend the rest of their life with. There was a small mark on her hipbone, to the average eye it looked like a birthmark. But Kara knew what it really was, a sign. People on Krypton got the mark on different parts of their body but it all meant the same thing. When a person met their soulmate, the mark glowed. The time varied but Kara knew that when she would meet her other half, she would feel it. She never thought about it on Krypton, it wasn't what an eleven year old thought about. She didn't think much of it until she was seventeen and had just been dumped by her first boyfriend. It was the when she realized that she would never get the chance to met her soulmate. She'd never get to know the one person who she was meant for, the one person was meant for her. It was yet another thing she lost when her world was destroyed. It seemed like such a stupid thing to long for, her planet was destroyed and she was upset because she'd never get the chance to see her true love. She probably would've been able to get out of her mind except everyone's stupid countdowns were being shoved in her face everyday. Of course, she knew that it wasn't the case but some days it became too much for her. She was happy for people, she would smile when she saw two people realize that they had just met their one true love but she always felt a pang of sadness as well. But she tried to never let it get the best of her. She always tried to put on her sunny Danvers personality and live her life the best she could. And it worked, most days. Most days she was too busy to feel sorry for herself. She focused her energy on building relationships with her friends and family and her dreams. Just because she no longer had a soulmate didn't mean that she wasn't going to live her life. When Kara woke up that morning, her mind was focused on doing well in the interview, not on her soulmate. After all, she knew about the infamous Cat Grant's reputation with assistants but the woman was a legend in the media world and Kara knew that a chance to work for that woman was an amazing thing. But what was waiting on the other side of that door was something that Kara could've never seen coming.
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