CHAPTER 3

A/N: I will be warping the Plotline for the "Sisters" episode here to fit my needs. The names Koriand'r and Starfire are used interchangeably here. To those who think they have figured out the meaning of Ben's Tamaranian name, Malga'kori, here's a metaphorical cookie. At least half his name should be apparent to the rest of you. As usual, I don't own Ben 10 or Teen Titans.

The Legend is as follows:

"Talking"

~Thinking~

"Talking in the Tamaranian language"

It had been two days since Ben took the form of Malga'kori. He had given up trying to communicate with anyone but Starfire, who was his only way of translating what he said to the other Titans. She didn't seem to be angry at him anymore, and gladly spent hours talking with him in Tamaranian. He was grateful for that, but was worried that if he changed back to Ben, he would upset her again.

~Why am I worried about her getting mad? I don't even think Gwen made me feel this way when she was threatening me.~ he thought as he lay on the bed in his room in the tower. ~At least I can understand my thoughts as if they were in English~

A knock at his bedroom door jarred him away from his thoughts and back to the real world. He sat up and decided to go open the door to his room. "What do you want?" He asked, sounding depressed as Starfire stood there looking joyous.

"Oh, just for you to join me at the celebration going on at the pier." She said happily. He was still getting used to the fact that she sounded perfectly normal to him when she spoke Tamaranian, but not when she spoke English. He decided that a day at the pier couldn't hurt his mood. If anything, it would help. Then he remembered something.

"Koriand'r, I still can't speak English. No one would understand me." Malga'kori stated rather glumly. Starfire gasped "How did you figure out my Tamaranian name? I never told any of you yet!" She exclaimed. He sighed "I can't say it in English anymore, remember? I am limited to Tamaranian terms now."

She decided it made as much sense as anything else she had seen him do in the past week. It was a miracle she hadn't heard him use her name in her native tongue before now. "So why haven't you kissed anyone yet?" She asked him.

"Koriand'r, I don't think… I mean kissing is… Ummm…" he sighed. He didn't want to ruin her mood again, but he couldn't figure out how to explain it without doing so.

"Sooo... What'cha guys talking about?" Beast Boy asked as he morphed from his "fly on the wall" viewpoint. On reflex Ben brought his arm up and Beast Boy was unfortunately close enough to be punched in the stomach by his fist. Starfire laughed "Nice shot!"

Malga'kori smiled. "The pier suddenly seems like an excellent idea." He said. The two left Beast Boy lying in the hallway to recover as they left.

Ben and Starfire were sitting at the top of the ferriswheel and gazing out over the bay. Starfire sighed in contentment "Beautiful. What do humans call those again?" she asked. Malga'kori laughed nervously "Fireworks." He said, apparently somewhat bothered by something. Starfire didn't notice. "On my home planet such explosions would mean the Gordanians were attacking. You are certain Earth is not under attack?"

"Positive." He nodded, a small smile gracing his lips as he held up a cone of fluffy pink goodness. "Cotton candy?" She looked at the substance uncertainly "The last time I ate a ball of cotton it was white and it didn't taste very-" Malga'kori cut her off, "This is different." And he popped some into his mouth. "Mmmm… Oh, it vanished!" she said as she took some from him. He smiled "Yeah, it'll do that."

Starfire finally noticed his apparent discomfort and asked "Malga'kori, is something troubling you? I wish to know… as a friend." He shifted in his seat and asked the question on his mind. "How did you know what all my alien forms were? Not even Vilgax can properly identify all of them" Now Starfire was the one who looked uncomfortable. "Well I ummm…" before she could finish the thought, a purple and black squid like robot with only four appendages at the back and a dome like structure for the head zoomed by and grabbed her around the waist. "Koriand'r!" Malga'kori yelled in alarm. Suddenly he found himself flying after the strange machine.

"Wherever you are taking me, I do not wish to go!" Starfire yelled as she was carried out above the water. Malga'kori caught up to them and surprisingly easily punched a hole straight through the contraption. "And stay down!" he yelled as they got clear of it while it exploded.

Starfire looked confused "Um, I do not think that it is down… rather it is in little pieces scattered across the bay, falling down to-" Malga'kori cut her off "It's an Earthling expression, Koriand'r."

As they landed, the other Titans ran towards them. "What was that thing?" Beast Boy asked. "And why did it wish to hurt me?" Starfire asked. "I don't know, but we'll find out." robin replied.

Back at the tower, Starfire pulled Malga'kori into her room and said "I shall thank you for my rescue by reciting the poem of gratitude. All 6000 verses!"

Malga'kori's eyes widened. Then he noticed a teen who looked similar to Starfire, with a darker shade of hair and clothing, sitting on her bed. She immediately caught Starfire's attention.

"Sister! Ooops. Sister!" Starfire corrected herself more for Malga'kori's benefit than anything else. She ran to hug her sibling. "Starfire, I can speak English, you know. Oh, and I come bringing a gift!"

Starfire's eyes got wide as she marveled at the green refined stone that her sister clasped around her neck. "A Centauri Moon Diamond! Where did you get-" She was interrupted, "On the Centauri Moons, of course. Oh look it matches your eyes."

Starfire was so ecstatic, Malga'kori was almost sure he saw duplicates of the Diamond in her eyes for a second. His train of thought was interrupted by Starfire's sister asking "Anyway, who's the hunk?"

"Oh, this is Malga'kori. I'm afraid he still doesn't speak English." Starfire explained, oblivious to the 'hunk' reference. Then she turned towards the Ultimatrix bearer. "This is Komand'r, my older sister. We should probably all go to the Ops room and let her introduce herself."

When the three Tamaranians walked into the Ops room, Robin was the first to speak up. "Hey Star! Who's your friend?"

"Blackfire," The dark haired version of Starfire said, introducing herself, "and since Starfire told me about everyone but this fine piece of eye candy, let me guess." At the words 'fine piece of eye candy' three things happened. The first was a look of disgust and disapproval from Gwen. The second was Blackfire motioning towards Malga'kori, and the third was a look Kevin gave Ben's Tamaranian form. One of those "Dude, you are so lucky!" looks.

"Cyborg." Blackfire said as she shook the hand of the half mechanized marvel, half-crushing it in the process. "Litte lady, big handshake." He said "Well, alright."

"Raven," Blackfire said, moving down the line, "I like that gemstone on your ahjna shakra."

"You… know about shakras?" Raven asked, showing a slight smile that was only noticeable if you were looking for it.

"I got way into meditation on Altara Prime." Blackfire stated. Next was Beast Boy.

"Beast Boy, What's up?" she asked the one man animal army. "Nothin' but the ceiling, baby." He quipped, to which she responded with a good hearted laugh "good one!". This made Beast Boy turn to Kevin. "See, she thinks I'm funny." He said, thrilled because no one had been laughing at him lately.

"I guess someone has to, but remember, she's an alien. Cultural differences apply, so she's probably being polite." Kevin countered while Blackfire held a conversation with robin about what his cape was made of. Beast Boy's expression fell.

Then Blackfire turned to Kevin and Gwen. "And of course the Osmosian and Anodite couple. I have to admit, when I heard about you two, I nearly had an accident. So how long have you been together? I wonder what powers your kids will develop!" Gwen and Kevin both had shocked expressions on their faces. Thankfully Starfire intervened before they could recover and Kevin could say something stupid.

"So, beloved sister, what brings you to Earth?" she asked as she cut into the conversation.

Blackfire strolled over to the sofa. "I was in the quadrant, thought I'd see if earthlings liked to party." Then she jumped over the back of it, "Besides, I needed a rest. Nearly got sucked into a black hole on the way here."

Everyone but Malga'kori and Starfire were now crowded around Blackfire. "Okay, so I'm cruising through the Draconis Nebula and…" Ben suddenly remembered a discussion he had with Starfire yesterday about that very Nebula "Isn't that Nebula forbidden?" Malga'kori asked. Blackfire turned to look at him with an annoyed expression on her face. "What did he just say?" Robin asked. "The way she's looking at him, I'm guessing something stupid." Cyborg said. "Be a dear and get your superior one of those sodas I've heard so much about." Blackfire said casually. "If she wasn't Kori's Sister, I'd have half a mind to go To'kuster (A/N:WayBig for those of you who don't know the proper terms) on her butt." He muttered to himself as he retrieved a soda from the fridge. He wasn't sure why she had said she was his superior, but it didn't sit right with him.

Several days later, Starfire was looking for her sister as she roamed the tower. She had made it quite clear that she didn't want it found out he wasn't a real Tamaranian by Blackfire as soon as she had been out of earshot of the others the first day she arrived. She had already checked with Cyborg and Beast Boy, and Raven had revealed that she had seen Blackfire and that she was a surprisingly good gothic poet. Star had also checked with Robin, but to no avail. He did say that he saw her heading towards Ben's room though. She started down the hall that led to Ben's room.

Malga'kori was wishing he was anywhere but here right now. "Why so uptight, cutie? You should be glad I am asking you for a date. Besides, it's not like Kori would ever do it. I'm the better option anyway." Blackfire was saying, cornering him in his own room. "Sister? Are you in there?" Starfire's voice came from the other side of the door. "Not that Grimplork!" Blackfire said, forgetting for the moment that Malga'kori knew exactly what the term implied.

"Well! Even if I had been thinking about it before, which I hadn't, I sure as X'hal won't go out with you now." Malga'kori said, ducking under Blackfire's arm and opening the door to his room. "Hey Koriand'r." he said, disregarding the murderous look Blackfire was giving him as he walked out of the room. "Don't you know your place, Slave?!" She shrieked.

Her mistake.

Malga'kori immediately turned to face her, and his eyes were glowing green… just like Starfire's the night she had told him to change. "WHAT did you just call me?" He shouted as he raised a fist. To both the girl's shock, a starbolt formed in his hand, and he yelled "Take. It. Back! NOW!" he said, his voice rising with each word, to the point that a mini earthquake formed underneath him and the floor directly underneath him began to show signs of cracking before falling away completely. Then he began to float in place, his starbolt aimed at Blackfire's midsection.

"H-How are you doing that? N-no one but royalty should be able to use starbolts." Blackfire sounded slightly scared now.

"You don't seem to know me very well, or you would have apologized." Malga'kori stated sternly, disregarding her question. He then let his starbolt loose, which upon contact, knocked Blackfire out of his bedroom window. With the sound of shattering glass came the rest of the team to his room, all of which were shocked to see the Ultimatrix wearing hero zoom out of the tower and flat out punch Blackfire in the gut as hard as was Tamaranianly possible. Before he could land another hit though, three more of the four legged squids attacked them both. Blackfire seemed to know directly where to strike, and disposed of two of them, while one flew into the broken window and grabbed Starfire.

"Koriand'r!" Malga'kori shouted, while Blackfire muttered "Finally!" Under her breath. Malga'kori was quick to act and moved to block the squid like robot's path, punching through its circuits in a blind rage.

When he landed back on the ground, he was so mad he didn't care whose permission he had. He grabbed Gwen, kissed her and spat angrily "Alright you monster, what are those things, and how did you know their weak point?" directing his hatred at Blackfire.

"Lucky guess?" She lied.

"You obviously still don't know who you're talking to, so I'll ask again, and if you lie, I'll Kick. Your. Grebnacks."

"I don't know who you think you're kidding, but no MAN has ever gotten me to talk." She said impudently.

"Well then, I'd be the first." He said as he slid his hand up to the pauldron on his shoulder, touching the dial. "Brainstorm! Now then, what would be the most challenging form of cage to use that you couldn't possibly escape from no matter what method of trickery, or feats of strength you exhibited?" he paused to observe her for a moment, while she gaped. "You've got to be kidding me! That's all!?" he said as she began to fly away hurriedly. "This will damage you much more than I care to think about." He said, shooting a field of electricity around her, which formed a force field she immediately ran into.

A scream escaped her lips as she was electrocuted with several thousand volts of pure electricity. The sound apparently attracted the attention of an alien ship, because an alien in red armor stepped down as the ship leveled with the tower. "We are the Centauri Police. Sir, release your hold on Blackfire of Tamaran, and we shall place her under arrest." Brainstorm lowered his electric field to the ship, and she was encased in shatter proof Centauri glass. "Good Riddance. What did she do?" The Cerebrocrustacean (A/N: Brainstorm's alien name, for those of you too tired to look it up) asked.

"She has committed the act of high theft of Centauri moon diamonds across the Centauri system, such as the one dangling off your friend's neck there." the figure in red armor said. Starfire unclasped the Centauri Moon Diamond from her neck. "I suppose this is yours then?" she asked.

The Centaurian seemed to think for a second "Keep it as payment for helping us apprehend the thief. I insist." And he stepped back on his place on the ship. Starfire placed the Diamond back around her neck, then flew up to the capsule her sister was in "Farewell sister, although you did try to betray me, it was still very nice to see you."

Blackfire didn't share her sentiments "Next time it won't be so nice. I will get out of jail, little sister, and your boyfriend will pay!"

The next morning, Starfire was sitting on top of the tower, hugging her knees and looking at the sunrise. Ben, in his Tamaranian form, walked up and sat down next to her. "Hey. How're you doing?" he asked in her native tongue.

"I am sad for my sister. And you do not have to stay a Tamaranian anymore, I-"

Ben surprised her by interrupting "I don't mind. In fact, I kind of like it."

"In all honesty, I am glad the truth was discovered before you did anything with her." She admitted.

"Nothing was going on between us. If anything was, I would have never attacked her." He stated matter-of-factually.

"Something still troubles me though." She mused, surprising him.

"What is it?" he asked. He wasn't expecting the question she popped on him next.

"How are you royalty? Were you born into kingship… or adopted? Or perhaps have the potential of a Bumgorf of royal blood? I do not understand."

Malga'kori laughed, then tapped the Ultimatrix dial, changing back to Ben "Starfire, I scanned you, remember? I inherited every power you had, including royal status, apparently."

After hearing that, All she could do was bring him into a bone crushing hug.

"Need air." He wheezed.

Closing A/N: I realize I took a lot of liberties in this chapter, but I did say that this would not always be an 'episode copy' story. Those of you who wish to flame are going to have said flames ignored and/or deleted. You have been warned. also, the first suggestion for Cyborg's Alien form was so good that I will be using it. Cybernetix it is! the other Titans minus Starfire are still available to be named. Also, I probably should mention that the six forms he acquired are the four Titans besides Robin, AND Anodite and Osmosian, so if you have suggestions for those as well, go ahead and post them.

A Big Thank You to batrath for the name Cybernetix, and to Koriandrs and Tlane484 for the reviews that keep me going

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Stormez The Wolf