Authors Note: Sorry this is late, I have been super busy lately and I have had major stress from school; it was so much I actually started to get physically sick anyways…. Thank you for all of the awesome feedback and for liking the story! I have an announcement if you guys are interested. Well Opening Up was about the Titans well opening up about their pasts and I thought that it would be cool to do a sort of squeal/ follow-up to this story that has the Titans facing their greatest fears. I don't know if you guys are interested in a follow-up or not so please let me know! Oh and please forgive the spelling errors on all things Taman (It is super hard to spell!) Also one more thing this is the main reason why this is rated T. It is not graphic or anything like that but it is a bit suggestive and has a bit more violence.

Disclaimer:

Tiggerific13: Starfire it is your story so you have to do the disclaimer.

Starfire: I do not wish to tell my story so I will not do the disclaimer.

Tiggerific13: Fine then I guess I will just go make out with Robin, that's a more productive use of my time anyways.

Starfire: Ok! I will do the Disclaimer. Tiggerific13 own nothing.

Tiggerific13: Good, I was just messing with you anyways… although Robin is hot (dreamy face)

Starfire: (charges star bolt) You will stay away from Robin or else.

Tiggerific13: (Puts hands up in surrender) Ok, Ok. Robin is yours.

Starfire: Enjoy the story!

Opening Up

Chapter Six: Green Lights

Starfire was curled into a tight ball "you have received the warning. I suppose I should start by saying that Starfire is only the earth translation of my name. My name in Tamaranian is Koriand'r. I am the youngest of my parent's three children. The eldest being Blackfire, Komand'r, second my brother Darkfire, Ryand'r."

BeastBoy interrupted "Dude! Your name isn't Starfire! And you have a brother!"

Starfire answered "Well yes in a since my name is actually Koriand'r but when I came to earth I figured the English translation would be easier for earthlings."

BeastBoy nodded "Yeah, and why hasn't your brother ever visited?"

Starfire had a small frown come across her face "you shall find out."

BeastBoy nodded for her to continue and she did.

"Around my time of birth Tamaran was in a great war with three races known as the Gordainians, Psion's, and the Citadel. They declared war on Tamaran because they wanted to become the rulers of the Vegan system but Tamaran refused to allow that to happen so they decided to wipe us out. Because my people are a warrior race we are not easily defeated. When I was born I like all of the other children born were trained in the ways of a warrior. Because I was royalty and because my parents wanted all three of us to be safe we were sent to Okar. Okar is a place devoted to the training of great warriors and also the home to X'hal, The greatest warrior that has ever lived. My sister, my brother and myself all went to Okar to be trained and to be kept safe. After years of intense training my siblings and I returned home to Tamaran except it was not the same. "

Starfire POV Flashback

I gasped at the sight before me, instead of the once gorgeous beautiful full of life Tamaran we came back to a dark, sad and ridden with death. The sight of what was left of my once beautiful home-made me want to cry.

Ryand'r was behind me and he blurted out "What happened here!" He was in just as much shock as I was.

Komand'r was next, she was behind Ryand'r and she gaped at our surroundings "X'hal help us, what did happen?"

Glafor our Kanorfka who came with us to Okar was last to exit the ship "NO! Tamaran!"

I couldn't move from where I was standing this couldn't be real, it just couldn't.

Where we had landed was on a platform in the palace grounds that overlooked the city, but most of the city was in ruins and so was most of the palace.

The worst kind of fear crept over me, what if something happened to our parents? With that thought I flew inside as fast as I could.

My siblings trailed close behind me with our Kanorfka close behind them. I flew to the throne room because if they were still alive that is where they would be.

When I reached the throne room there was a large table in the middle of the room with Tamaran warriors surrounding it. My father was at the head of the table.

I breathed out a sigh of relief at the sight of him. When he saw me his face lit up and he stood up "My children!"

I flew at him and tackled him in a bear hug. He hugged me back and then Ryand'r and Komand'r joined in.

I pulled away for a minute because this family reunion would not be complete without mother. "Father where Mother?"

Father got a forlorn look on his face and then his eyes started to water "Children in the last attack, she did not make it."

I was in shock; my mother was dead. She was gone. I didn't know my parents that well because I was sent to Okar when I was a little less than a year, but they came and visited us and I did love them both.

I was brought back to reality by Komand'r letting out a pained cry and sinking to the floor. Of course this would be more painful for her, she was closer to there parents then she was. Ryand'r had silent tears streaming down his face and he had backed away from the group.

I knelt down and wrapped my arms around Komand'r. She sobbed and clutched at me as I stroked her hair and made comforting noises.

We stayed like that, frozen in time. We didn't move until we heard the battle horn.

One of the men who were at the table called out "They have come again! We must fight!"

Before I could do anything Komand'r was out of my grasp and racing to get outside. I called after her "Kom!" But she didn't listen. I flew after her with Ryand'r beside me.

When we finally reached the outside we came to a sight that chilled me to my bones. There were at least one hundred ships in the sky and they were unloading enemies into the streets of Tamaran.

Komand'r was in front of me then she let out a fierce battle cry and flew towards the fight. She took out enemies right and left and she was in warrior mode so her eyes started to glow like they do for great Tamarainian warriors.

I was stunned by her actions for a minute then I Ryand'r joined in the fight. I watched for just a minute as they both took out enemies right and left. Komand'r was old enough to have developed her eyebeams and so was Ryand'r. I was not yet old enough so I went into battle using my strength as my weapon.

We worked together to defeat the enemies; we were not alone. Many Tamarainian warriors came out and fought with us.

My siblings and I lead the battle using our want for revenge for our mother as our motivation. We were so fierce that several ships that have yet to offload their soldiers started to fly away. We were wining; we were pushing back the enemy.

After fighting for some time the remaining ships fled and we were declared victorious. We rallied our warriors in the town square and we stood in the middle of them. They cheered us on and shouted praise. Then one of the warriors said, "You have brought us hope! We have finally won a battle against them!" The crowd cheered at that remark.

I looked at my siblings confused, that battle was so easy. Why had they not won before?

My sibling's faces told me they were thinking the same thing and Ryand'r called out "Why have you not won before?"

One of the warriors spoke "Ever since the queen has died the king has been sad and vulnerable. We have not had a leader to rally behind, a leader who will battle hard and drive inspiration into our hearts. We have not had a leader that will lead us into battle and drive away the enemies. I may have been repeating myself but you were that leader we needed, all three of you."

I was stunned; I looked to my siblings and they were just as stunned until Komand'r held up her fist and shouted "Tamaran!" Ryand'r joined her and they started chanting it. I joined in and soon the whole square was filled with the chanting.

Komand'r grabbed my hand with hers; I repeated that action with Ryand'r. The crowd cheered and cheered. The linking of our hands represented a strong united front.

It happened so quickly, we didn't think our actions were that grand but we were now the new leaders of the Tamaran resistance. When we went back to the palace our father honored us for our valor in battle. He also named us the commanders of the Tamarainian Warriors.

Later when we were alone our fathers explained how he was too sad to be the leader he should have been. The fact that we went into battle and were so egger to fight despite the number of enemies gave the people motivation to fight. It made since now that father explained it.

The next day we came up with strategies and attack plans so that when the next invasion came we were ready. We went out into the city and informed every one of our plans.

Our father had new battle armor made for us. It was dark purple/ navy blue with silver plating. We were also each given a crown to wear. When we made our first appearance in our new attire the people of Tamaran we excited to see such a strong united front between us.

We were ready for the next attack and we were not scared.

A week passed before the next attack hit. When they came they came in great numbers and with great strength, but they were still no match for us. We were declared victorious and we went about seeing what we can improve with our strategies and what we can do to be stronger and more efficient.

After a month five different attacks were launched but each one failed. We were now working on rebuilding Tamaran and restoring it to what it once was.

We were once again a full nation. We were also now a threat to our enemies and they did not like threats.

Time went by so quickly. More attacks were launched but Tamaran won and we continued to rebuild. Before we knew it a year went by.

With the New Year came new opportunities. Resistance against the Citadel and it followers grew with Tamaran as there leader. We realized that we so many behind us now that we could launch our own attacks.

We started planning an infiltration into the command center of the Citadel. Komand'r, Ryand'r and myself all volunteered to go and spy on the command center.

When the time came for our mission we were ready. We snuck in and got into the ventilation. We crawled through until we reached what looked like a meeting room and we stopped. There where six creatures in it, two of each race.

"Tamaran poses as a threat with their new leader! We must take out the leader and then we will be able to take out Tamaran and the rest of the resistance. We then can claim supreme power of the Vegan system." Stated one of the Gordainians.

We listened as the meeting continued.

"You have a valid point, we almost had them when we destroyed there last leaders hope so this may work." Responded one of the Psisons

"Yes but who is the new leader?" asked the other Gordainian.

At that moment someone else walked in. He was a Citadel and he was giant, he had a gold circle on his head signifying he was the leader. "Not leader more like leaders."

Everyone's turned their attention to the new addition to the room. "There are three new leaders. They are the King and Queens children who have returned from training in Okar. There is Komand'r the eldest of there children. She is 16 years old but poses combat knowledge that surpasses her years. There is Ryand'r the second eldest. He is 14 years old and is very good at strategies and has natural leadership skills. Then there is Koriand'r the youngest. She is only 12 but poses a spirit of a true warrior, she is kind but strong. They pose a great threat because they are great leaders and have a great resistance behind them. We do need to take out the Leaders then we will become the supreme power of the Vegan system."

One of the Gordainians asked, "How do we take care of them?"

The Leader had a wicked smirk come to his face "well no need, they came to us."

Everything happened so fast. The vent beneath us disappeared and we were plummeting to somewhere unknown.

When we finally hit the ground we hit it with a thud, I quickly stood up and looked around. We were in a small room that was very dimly lit. I looked over at my siblings to see if they were ok.

Komand'r was out cold and Ryand'r was starting to sit up. I rushed to Kom's side and checked her. She was fine except for that she was knocked out on the fall. I looked over to Ryand'r to make sure he was okay and he was.

I looked around us again and then laughter filled the room "I was expecting you to come and spy for quit some time now. You kept me waiting, but you are here now."

I was scared; when I spoke my voice betrayed me a bit "What are you going to do with us?"

The smirk he was already wearing grew "Well there are many options as for what to do with you. There was the option to just kill you and the option to imprison you. Then I got to thinking, what a shame that was to just waste you so then there were actual useful options. You being slaves at the Citadel and also having you become experiments for the Psison's. You will fist be used as test subjects at the Psison's headquarters and then if you survive you will be transported to the Citadel to live out your days as a slave."

I gaped at him in horror. Tamarainian's knew of the Psion's experiments and what the Citadel did to saves. They would have been better off it they had just been killed.

The leader laughed at my face and then he turned and left.

I looked over at Ryand'r who's face said all the same things mine said.

We never left the room but we could feel that we were being moved. Komand'r stayed passed out the whole way to the Psion's part of the galaxy.

When we reached our destination the door opened and several Psion's came in and restrained my brother and me because we were fighting to escape but they were ready for that and injected us with a serum that caused us to pass out.

The last thing I remember is the dreading feeling that we wouldn't survive this.

I woke to pain; it flooded through my whole body. My whole body felt like it was on fire. I was so hot, and I could feel sweat covering my body. I noticed that I was strapped to a metal something and that I couldn't move my limbs. I forced my eyes open and looked around the room. It was another small room except everything was white and it was full of lights. Their different machines and tool spread across table that were against all of the walls and there was a metal door in one wall.

I looked down at my body to discover that I was only wearing a white band to cover my chest and another white bad to cover my hip area. I had various cuts on my arms and I could see one major cut over my heart. I also noticed another cut bellow my belly button.

The pain started to subsided but only a bit and I was still way to hot. I fixed my gaze on the celling and waited.

I don't know how much time went by until a Psion's in an experiment suit came in. Trailing behind it there was two other Psion's that were wheeling in a large machine.

I stared at the machine wondering what kind of pain I would go through when they used it on me.

Without saying a word the Psion's powered up the machine and started to hook me up to it. I prepared for the pain and when it hit cried out. Everything hurt, I felt like I was going to burn out.

I don't know how much time went by but the pain kept getting worse. I soon started to black out. I welcomed the darkness as an escape from the pain and I let it take me into a dreamless sleep.

When I woke up again I was in the same room but the machines and tools were gone. I looked down at my body and noticed that most of my cuts were gone. I didn't feel pain, I felt strength coursing through me and I also felt the urge to release power. What had they done to me? I clenched my fists and thought about my siblings and what they must be going through. Then something happened I felt furry, I felt the need to justify then I felt warmth spread into my hands and a sparky tingly sensation in my hands. I looked down at my fists and saw that they were encase in a green energy. I got startled and then the green energy disappeared.

I stared at my hands in shock they were fine and the sparky tingly sensation went away. I decided to let that feeling of justice and fury flow through me again and then the green energy encase my hands again. I stared at it, it didn't hurt at all in fact it made me feel powerful.

I was admiring my newfound power when I noticed something. The metal where the energy touched was melting.

A small smiled played its way onto my face. I concentrated on the feeling of fury and the metal started to melt faster. I moved my hand so that it was as close to the cuff as possible and stared the energy back up. It melted quickly and soon I had one of my hands free.

I worked quickly to get free and when I was I quickly stood up and headed for the door.

The door could only be opened from the outside but that was fine because I could make my own door handle.

I covered my fist in energy and then punched the door. My fist went right through. I used the hole to open the door with my strength then I flew out into the hallway.

I looked both ways and there were no other doors down this hallway so I flew right. I flew straight into a giant lab room with Psion's everywhere.

I let the fury fill me and then I let out a battle cry and attacked. They were no match for me; I killed everyone who came at me. There was one who did not attack so I grabbed him and demanded to know where my siblings were. "The male did not survive but the female did." He continued to tell me where my sister was but I wasn't paying attention. Ryand'r was dead.

Something must have sunk in because when he was done speaking I ripped his heart out and continued down my path.

I made it to where my sister was and freed her while telling her the news I had just learned.

I had tears streaming down my face and when I finally got her free I pulled her into a tight hug.

The rest went by in a blur. We fought our way out of the Psion's ship and destroyed it. We started to flight back to Tamaran, remaining silent the whole way.

When we reached Tamaran we were informed that we had been gone for a three months. They also told us that in our place Galfor had acted as the leader and that he proved a sufficient replacement. We informed them of what had happened to us and that our brother did not make it and Tamaran went into mourning.

No attacks took place for two months then the big invasion happened.

They came in the night in big numbers and they had three missions. We fought them and fought them and were declared victorious.

We had a meeting in the throne room and that is when we got ambushed. The invasion was a decoy so that they could get a small team into the palace.

They were waiting for us and when we entered they acted quickly. They restrained my sister and myself and started to haul us away. But we were there long enough to watch as they killed our father by ripping out his heart.

I cried out and fought my captor and my sister did the same. We didn't know where they were taking us but I did know that I didn't want to go.

We somehow got to a ship that was waiting without being seen and then we were flying away from Tamaran.

We were thrown into a holding cell and we were placed in certain cuffs. The cuffs disabled their powers.

We waited for someone to come and tell them where they were going but no one came.

After what seemed like forever two Gordainians did come and escort us off the ship. We were met with the sight of the Citadel with the leader waiting for us.

He smiled "welcome! You survived the experiments, congratulations. You now have starbolt's. You thought that you got away from your fate; you didn't you only gained a small break. I hope you enjoyed it because that will be the only one you will be given. You are now under my power and you are now my slaves. Bring them to the dwellings and get them chipped and put to work." We were starting to be shuffled somewhere until leader spoke again "Have either of you reached maturity yet?"

I gulped and answered "No."

He seemed to be disappointed until he turned to Komand'r "How about you?" She nodded slowly and a smile sprung onto his face and he said in a revolting tone "perfect."

With that we were taken away. We were chipped so that we could not use our powers and then we were put to work cleaning the leaders dwellings.

We worked for hours and I was so exhausted I thought that I was about to pass out. Later we were shown to where we would sleep. We were given a little food and a little water and then we were locked in our room.

Time passed and we worked and worked. We were treated like slaves and we were miserable.

I don't know how much time passed but each day we did the same thing.

We did want to b free but we didn't have the strength until one day when Komand'r was asked to go see the leader or what we were suppose to call him, master.

When she came back to our room she was in tears and it didn't take a genius to figure out what had happened to her. I had furry run through me and I felt the power start to break the bonds of the chip. I then focused all of my energy on the furry and I was free of the chip.

I helped Komand'r break her chip and we were off. She headed for the power center of the Citadel and I headed to go take care of the leader.

When I reached his chambers I barged in and began to attack him. He was a strong fighter but I had the element of surprise. He wasn't expecting this and I was easily able to get him into a death hold.

I though I had him when He got free and pined me against the wall.

His hands went to places that should not be touched by him and he whispered in my ear "It is a shame that you are not of age yet. Your sister was enjoyable though." With that remark I freed my hand and it went straight into his chest. I tore out his heart and he dropped.

I glared at his body with disgust and then I headed to go and find Komand'r.

I made it outside when the explosions started to go off. Komand'r must have destroyed the power core and the planets machines and anything that required power was starting to explode.

I headed for the skies and looked for her. I saw her flying towards me and she was rocketing for space. She didn't acknowledge me at all but I brushed it off and headed after her.

We speed through space away from the Citadel and back to Tamaran.

We flew for what seemed like hours and we were close until a ship started to chase us.

We tried to get away from it but then it kept gaining. Soon I was being pulled into the ship by Gordainians. I called out to Kom but she didn't eve look at me she kept flying.

I was brought aboard and placed in cuffs and put into a containment cell.

I was angry and I wanted out. I used my strength and got free. I raced to get out before someone could stop me and I made it back out into space.

End Starfire POV Flashback

"That is when I saw earth and because I knew the Gordian's would be in pursuit after me soon I decided to hide on this planet. I met you and you know the rest of my story. You will no longer with to be my friend now that you know my past."

Raven reached out and took Starfire's hand "why do you think that?"

Starfire sniffled "Because I have killed and humans look down upon those whom kill. I have also been treated like a slave and almost taken advantage of would that not make me unclean?"

Robin shook his head "Starfire, you did what you had to. Star nothing could have stopped us from being you friends no matter how bad of a past because we know you now and you have never done anything that would make me not want to be your friend."

Starfire gave him a small smile and then Cyborg said, "Yeah Star you have nothing to worry about, we will always be there for you."

BeastBoy nodded in agreement and then he asked, "So Blackfire was once nice?"

Starfire nodded "She was once a great sister but the loss and what she had been through changed her. "

BeastBoy then made a very true statement "Dudes our pasts are so messed up."

The titans all nodded in agreement until Starfire made a different statement "Our pasts may not be the most pleasant but in some ways I am happy it happened because then I got to meet you and have the chance to do the right thing and fright for justice. I have made amazing friends and we make our own family."

The titans all smiled a bit at that and then Cyborg said, "Your right Star, the life we have now is pretty sweet."

They all agreed about that and then they feel into silence each titan thinking about the other titan's experiences.

To be continued….

Well there it is, tell me what you think and whether you want that follow up or not! The next chapter will be the last and that will be posted really soon because all I have to do is go over it one last time and finalize it! Thanks for reading!

Next: The Aftermath….