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From Author- Okay, I'm really happy that this story got as much as reviews as it did for the first chapter so thank you all who reviewed!
Okay now to answer some questions. First off, yes, this story will be going along with the show's storyline and I will be putting in my own OC's plot and background and stuff like that. Also, I know you all wanted to know more about Mora. Do not worry! More shall be explained about her! So read on, I say!
There were many children playing all around me. I was young, probably about maybe seven years old. I was outside of an old, giant building with the name descripted across the top: Covalt Orphanage. A long fence was placed all around a good amount of area where the children could play. I tried going over to a group of girls playing hopscotch. At first, they smiled but when they saw me, they frowned and backed up.
"Go away, freak!" One cried. "Yeah, we don't want to play with a loser." Another said and they all laughed at me. I felt tears sting my eyes and I ran back into the orphanage and went into my room.
I never tried to play with any of the other kids again.
I bolted up from my bed, gasping a little. I wiped some sweat from my brow and realized I had dry tears on my cheeks and I wiped those away, too. These dreams. They were always coming back to me. The orphanage. Where I lived for the first fifteen years of my life. Where my powers developed and where those powers condemned me to a life of solitude in that orphanage. The only one who cared about me was Anna, the owner of the orphanage.
I got out of bed and headed for the bathroom. I needed to splash some cold water on my face. I made my way over and realized it was morning, the sun had already come up. After I did my business in the bathroom, I headed over to the main lobby to get some breakfast. No one was up just yet so I began cooking myself some eggs. When I pulled out the bacon from the fridge, I then noticed I wasn't the only one in the room.
"Good morning, Mora." Starfire greeted, her attitude still cheerful even at this hour. "Good morning, Starfire. Care for some breakfast?" I asked. She nodded. "Oh, yes, please!" She said, clapping her hands together happily. I managed to give her a fake smile and continued cooking. I was silent while I began cooking the bacon, which Starfire took note of.
"You are quiet this morning, Mora." She said. "I'm always pretty quiet." I said, without looking at her, focusing on my task at hand. I heard a small 'whoosh' sound and next thing I knew, Starfire was right next to me.
"You seem to be, how you Earthlings say, 'down in the dumps'?" She said, looking at me concerned. I let out a small laugh and then looked at her. "And you'd be right." I admitted which only made her concern grow.
"Then, what is wrong? Please, do tell me. I wish to help." Starfire said, putting her hands on my shoulders. I sighed and put the eggs on two separate plates, one for me, and one for Starfire. Maybe talking to someone wouldn't be such a bad idea.
"Let me finish cooking and then I'll tell you." I said and Starfire nodded, flying over to the fridge to grab some juice. She poured us each a glass and set them down on the table. Once the bacon was done, I set the plates down and sat down. Starfire sat across from me and began eating, complimenting me on my cooking. I thanked her and began telling her my problem.
"I've been having a lot of nightmares lately, about the old orphanage I grew up in." I started and Starfire stared at me. "I did not know that was where you grew up. Did they…treat you poorly there?" She asked but I think she already knew the answer.
"Yeah, I was dropped off there when I only a few months old. I didn't know really anything about my parents, except for this." I said, pointing to the symbol on my chest. "The owner of the orphanage, Anna, said that the blanket I was wrapped in had the symbol on it so I know this symbol has to do with my origin. Anna was the only one who treated me nice, especially after my powers developed." I stopped to take a few bites out of my eggs while Starfire munched on a piece of bacon.
"So these nightmares…they've been about how the other children did not accept you, am I correct?" She guessed and I nodded. We sat in silence for a moment, eating our breakfast before she asked me something else.
"Please, if it would be alright to ask, I am quite curious. You said you lived in an orphanage so, how did you come by those weapons?" She asked, pointing to my daggers at my hip. "Oh these? Well, after I began developing my powers, I trained myself to control them. After all, I didn't really fit in so I spent most of my time in my room, by myself. But, I still felt I wanted something else to protect myself with: a weapon." I stopped to take a drink of my juice. Talking makes your throat dry, especially in the morning.
"So one day, when I was about ten years old, the orphanage had a field trip to New York City. I went along only to try to find a place to get a weapon. I broke off from my group and went on my own. I finally found a shop that sold weapons but when I asked the employee if I could try out some of them, he refused to let me have them because I was too young and didn't have an adult with me. Disappointed, I sat outside the store, sulking. Then, after about a half an hour, Anna found me. I explained to her why I was there and she took me back into the store where I was able to find the perfect weapons: my twin daggers." I said, patting them with my hands. Anna was a great woman. She knew about my powers but wasn't afraid of them. That's why she tried to help me down the right path.
"This Anna sounds like a very kind woman." Starfire said, smiling at me. I smiled back and ate the rest of my breakfast. "Yes, she is. She was the closest thing I had to a mother." I explained.
"And you trained yourself with those weapons after you got them?" Starfire asked and I nodded. The hand-to-hand combat was just kinda mandatory. I needed to learn that in order to help defend myself, just in case anyone got too close to me.
Shortly after our talk, the others came into the room and made themselves breakfast. We then spent most of the day training and patrolling but eventually, we all decided to head over to the fair for a little bit of fun. Beast Boy kept gloating on how good he was at some of the games but Raven wasn't convinced. So, he played the game and won her a prize, proving her wrong. I just watched them with a small smile on my face. Cyborg was playing a game next to Beast Boy and Starfire and Robin were on the Ferris wheel.
We continued to play games (BB eventually even got me to play a few) until we heard some fireworks going off at the river by the park. I stopped everything and watched the beautiful lights explode in the sky. I always loved fireworks.
"Titans, Starfire's in trouble!" Robin suddenly came over to us to warn us of the danger. I snapped out of my trance and followed the others as we headed over to the dock to save Starfire from whatever was chasing her. It was some kind of pink/purple robot octopus thing. I've never seen anything like it.
We eventually got the thing taken down and began wondering why it was specifically attacking Starfire. I mean, it only attacked us when we began to attack it so it has some kinda grudge with Starfire. But, where did that thing come from?
Once we got back to the Tower, we got an unexpected visitor but apparently, Starfire knew her. She had long, black hair and purple eyes, similar to mine but they held a stricter look rather than the warmer look that mine gave. She had a similar looking outfit to Starfire's but it was darker and she had some type of material covering her arms and legs, almost like long pants and long sleeved shirts.
"Everyone, this is my sister, Blackfire!" Starfire introduced and Blackfire stepped up. "So I finally get to meet the famous Teen Titans that my sister has been telling me all about. No, wait, don't introduce them, Starfire, I want to guess…" She said, tapping her finger on her chin as she looked at us. She glanced at Cyborg first.
"Cyborg, I'm guessing?" She asked and Cyborg held out his hand. "Nice to meet you, Blackfire." He said and she shook his hand, nearly breaking it. I almost forgot that Tamaranians were incredibly strong. Blackfire then went over to Beast Boy.
"Hey, what's up, Beast Boy?" She asked. "So far, just the ceiling." He said, grinning as Blackfire laughed at his joke. She then turned to me and smiled. "You must be Mora. I love your outfit. Black and purple are my two favorite colors." She complimented and I smiled at her.
"Thanks." I said and she turned to Raven. "Raven, right? You know, Starfire told me you like chakras and meditation. So am I." She said, making Raven quirk a brow at her, interestingly. Then, Blackfire finally came over to Robin.
"And last but not least, Robin. Oh, I love your cape!" She said, latching onto Robin's cape and smiling flirtatiously at him. Wow, that was…kinda quick. Next thing I knew, Blackfire began telling us stories about some of her dangerous travels and stuff. Starfire didn't really seem all that happy about her attitude and stuff. I don't know. Something about Blackfire seemed…off but maybe I was just being paranoid.
Anyway, later on that day, Blackfire told us about a dance party going on in town. She managed to convince everyone (even Raven) to go to it. I only went because all my friends were going. Between you and me, I wasn't exactly the best dancer and I feel very uncomfortable in crowds sometimes.
So, we get there and everyone starts dancing, except Starfire, Raven and me. Raven found this goth boy and went off to talk with him. Starfire and I just kind of stood there, uncomfortable and unsure about this dancing stuff. Cyborg and Beast Boy noticed us not dancing and came over to us.
"Hey, what's wrong?" Cyborg asked. Starfire rubbed her arm uncomfortably. "I umm…think I am going to get some air." She said and then walked off. Beast Boy turned to me.
"Well, what's your excuse, Mora?" He asked. I bit my lip and looked down. "I….can't dance." I admitted under my breath but the boys heard me. Beast Boy grinned.
"Well then, come step right into Beast Boy's School of Dancing!" He said, pulling me over to where Blackfire and Robin were dancing. Cyborg joined us and began dancing again.
"Just find a rhythm and go along with the beat. Just move your body!" Beast Boy instructed, dancing again. I felt my cheeks burn a little, feeling embarrassed. But, I tried dancing, first moving my feet and legs, then swaying my hips until finally, I had my hands and arms up a little to accentuate my dancing.
"Yeah, that's it, Mora! You got it!" Cyborg encouraged as I continued to dance. I began spinning every now and again as my confidence built up. After that, I was in my own little world. Not sure how long I was dancing but eventually, I was pulled from the dance floor when two more of those octopus things came through the wall, going after Starfire once again.
We all headed over to stop the robot creature thing when Blackfire came out of nowhere and began shooting at them, destroying them in one shot. How did she do that? And where did she know where to hit? When asked, she claimed it was just a lucky shot. I narrowed my eyes at her. My instincts are telling me that there was something up with Blackfire. But just what was it?
Later that day, when we were all back at the Tower, I tried to find Starfire. She seemed down ever since her sister came into town so I wanted to talk to her to make sure she was alright. I looked everywhere but, when I went to go look for her in her room for the second time, Raven passed by me.
"Mora, we've got trouble. Robin sent out a distress signal. Something happened with Starfire, let's go." She said, gliding past me. I followed her and the rest of us followed Robin's co-ordinates he sent us to find both him and Starfire. They were alright but, behind them was a crash. According to Robin, the aliens on board that ship tried to take Starfire away. So they must have sent that robot octopus things. Well, whatever they wanted with Starfire, they weren't going to get it! Two aliens emerged from the crash and made their way over to us.
"You are all under arrest!" One of the aliens said once they came over to us, recovered from the crash. They held out some kind of badge with a symbol I didn't recognize on it. The rest of the Titans, as well as myself, gave them a look of shock and confusion.
"Wait a minute, you're the police? How in the…?" Beast Boy started to say but the alien police interrupted him. "That doesn't matter, what matters is that we arrest this Tamaranian." One of the aliens said, pointing to Starfire. "Because she has stolen from the Sintari Moons and we have to take her in." The other said. Starfire looked at them in disbelief.
"But, I've never been there…" She whispered. Robin began to think but then looked at the diamond around her neck. He unhooked it and tossed it over to the aliens. "Maybe you haven't been there, but another Tamaranian has." He said and it clicked in everyone's mind, including Starfire's. How dare Blackfire do that…and to her own sister! Well, I guess it's true what they say: you can't choose your family.
"Then let's go get her before she figures out we've discovered her secret." I suggested, stepping forward. Just then, I noticed something flying in the sky to my left. I turned to see a dark silhouette gliding through the sky and knew exactly who it was.
"Too late…" Cyborg muttered as we watched her fly away. "I will not let her get away!" Starfire proclaimed with a determined look as she shot up into the air with her eyes glowing green with anger. "Let's go give her a hand." BB said and the others took off after her. But, just as I was about to leave, something stopped me.
"Wait! You there! Girl in the purple." One of the Sentari's said. I turned around to face them. "Yes? You have something to say to me?" I asked politely. They walked over to me and gazed at my chest.
…No! Not like that, you perverts!
They were staring at the symbol on my chest. After a good while of awkward silence, they finally spoke up. "Where did you receive that article of clothing?" The first one asked, pointing to the symbol. I looked down at my shirt then back at them.
"I made them. Why?" I asked, getting a little suspicious. "Then where did you uncover that symbol?" The second one asked. I looked down at my shirt again and fidgeted with the fabric a little.
"I don't know. This is the only connection to where I possibly came from or who I am." I started but then, something clicked. My eyes widened and I stared at them. "Wait, you know about this symbol? Please, tell me if you do!" I pleaded but the two aliens just looked at each other then me and said:
"We are not obligated to speak of it." I shook my head and stepped forward. "Please! This symbol maybe the only clue I have to finding out where I came from! Please, tell me!" I begged. I hardly did this but I was desperate. I needed to know. The two aliens shook their heads.
"We are sorry but we cannot say." The first replied. "Now, we must go arrest the other Tamaranian girl." The second one said and the both of them turned and went over to their ship. I sighed in defeat and in sadness. My only chance to find out information and they were not willing to give any. I watched as the aliens flew off into the sky after Blackfire. I then felt a hand on my shoulder, startling me slightly. I turned my head to see Robin standing there, looking sympathetic.
"I'm sorry, Mora." He said. "You heard?" I asked. He nodded. "I hope you don't mind I eavesdropped. I was just making sure that they didn't try to hurt you." He said. I smiled.
"I appreciate the concern, Robin but I am upset. They know…they know about this symbol but they wouldn't tell me." I said, holding back my tears of frustration. Don't, Mora…don't let him see you cry. But, why did I feel so lost and broken? Robin's grip on my shoulder tightened.
"You'll find out about that symbol and where you came from. As for who you are, you are a Teen Titan and a friend to every one of them. Don't forget that." He said, smiling at me. I let his works wink in and smiled back at him.
"Thanks, Robin." I said and we both ran over to where Starfire and Blackfire were battling it out. But, by the time we got over there, the Sintari police had captured her and were ready to take her away. Once they were gone, we all headed back to the Tower. I followed Starfire over to her room to talk to her.
"Are you doing okay, Star?" I asked. She looked a little sad but nodded. "Yes, I am alright. I am sad for my sister but, I am also a bit angered at her." She said. I nodded.
"Anyone would be after what she did. I'm sorry." I said. "It's not just that but, the fact that she was about to replace me hurt and angered me the most." She confessed. I gave her a confused look.
"Why would you ever think she would replace you?" I asked. She sighed. "Because everyone seemed to like her better than me." She said and I put a hand on her shoulder.
"Starfire, no one could replace you. Please don't ever think that." I said. She stared at me for a moment but then, smiled. Then, Robin came around the corner and stared at us standing outside Starfire's room.
"Everything okay?" He asked, looking from Starfire to me. Looks like he was also concerned about Starfire. "Yes, everything is fine." Starfire said, smiling at us. I smiled back at her. Robin was right. Even though I may not know much about my origins just yet, I had friends to help me get through my bad days.
From Author- Wow, I really did not intend for this chapter to be so long but, it ended up that way! Phew! Well, I hope you all enjoyed this chapter, getting a little bit more about Mora and her past (or at least, what she knows). Please review!