Bu bu du daaaaaaaa! Another chapter!

1-800Fangirl: Thanks, and I do love the bonding between Starfire and Raven as well. I always loved the sisterly bond that they shared. : ) I hope I did well in predicting the right reaction from her. And c'mon now, this is Beastboy we are talking about. He HAS to tease Raven. Right? Anyways, I hope you find this next chapter to your liking. :P

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As the sun sets on a Kingdom most people were falling asleep in anticipation for the sun to rise tomorrow. However, the castle or the Kingdom of Nol was bustling around.

"Oh I cannot wait to see Princess Koriand'r" one of the maids said as she washed the days laundry.

"She must be so beautiful" another maid gushed happily.

"Do you think that the King will become less bitter with the return of his daughter" a third said. The other maids paused for but a moment in their work.

"I hope so" the second one said while the first just shrugged.

"I am upset that I never even got to see her" yet another maid said as she carried a basket of dirty laundry over to the maids.

"Only a few of us did, Margret" the first maid chided as she pulled out a shirt. "And quite frankly, you should know better than to be so selfish." The maid trailed off as she glared at a stain on the fabric. Oh boy that will be easy to clean.

"Excuse me" Margret asked her voice raising only an octave. "If you think that you can sit here and call me selfish you have another thing coming, now we all know that you-"

The second maid tuned her out as the bickering maids ceased all work. She was worried about the King. If his daughter didn't return home safely…. Well, she knew the King would charge the thorns of Azarath. If they initiated contact with Azarath they would fail… But what were they to do? The dark magic of Raven was powerful.. Will they even be able to combat such power? They would need to exploit a weakness. But did she even have one? The maid sighed as she continued to wash the laundry. Suddenly though she was knocked over by something and fell face first into the bucket of soapy water.

"Sple-ka-pla" she sputtered as her head popped out of the water. She turned and glared at the perpetrators. They sheepishly grinned at her and she blew a pink strand of hair out of her face with a grouchy puff of air.

"Sorry, Jenny" the third maid said as she turned back to her work. "But they needed to be…. Persuaded" she said with a grin.

"Argent, we need to finish the laundry. We have plenty more work to do" Jenny said grumpily. However, her scowl vanished when she pulled out the rest of her required laundry. "Yes, finished" She grinned victoriously at Argent and practically skipped out of the room with her basket of clean clothes.

Argent sighed. "I wish I had a different job….."

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Starfire hopped out of bed today was her birthday and she was ready to go visit Raven again. Scarfing down her pudding of elatedness she proceeded to rush out the door but found her body blocked by a large body. "Hello Victor" Starfire said with a smile. Victor smiled back but kept his position in front of the door.

"Where are you going little lady" he asked kindly but with lingering overprotectiveness.

"I wish to go for a walk" Starfire didn't see what the big deal was, she wasn't going to run off! They should be more worried with Blackfire for crying out loud!

Cyborg looked pensive. "How about you stay here for the day" he suggested brightly. All worry seemed to drained off of his face.

Starfire shook her head. "Victor, please I wish to go for a walk." She frowned.

"Listen to your brother, Starfire" Galfore stood behind her.

"Please my knorfka! I wish to go for a walk." Galfore sighed at her.

"I wish for you to stay home" he said sorrowfully. Starfire's protest was cut short as Blackfire piped in.

"You aren't going anywhere today! You will stay here. We didn't take you here from your kingdom to keep you safe just for you to ruin it!" she snapped. Starfire looked at her dumbfounded.

"My Kingdom?" She asked cautiously. Blackfire snorted at her.

"Yeah, we were going to bring you home tomorrow, so you need to stay here." She said with a glare.

Victor and Galfore looked to each other. "Sit down a bit and we'll explain" Victor said as Galfore sighed heavily.

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"I am cursed!?" Starfire exclaimed as Galfore watched her sullenly.

Galfore was unable to say anything and merely nodded his head. Starfire cried in anguish.

"Why didn't you tell me!?" tears started streaming down her face freely.

Cyborg looked like he was about to say something but he opted to stay silent.

"I need to be alone!" was all she said as she ran out the door.

Victor moved as if to follow her but Galfore held up a hand. Galfore turned to Victor with a sad expression that only a knorfka could produce.

"Give her time, she will return" Victor frowned hearing the words but turned back and headed into the kitchen.

Blackfire looked at the two sullen males with a bored expression. As she left for her room she muttered under her breath "you should be happy that she's leaving."

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Starfire didn't know where she was going, but she knew she had to get away. What was there for her to do!? Living her whole life in a bubble of bliss only for It to suddenly become dark as she learned of her fate. They said that she was cursed, and that her father was still alive! Why didn't they tell her this sooner? Why? It was her right to know! Who was she though? Starfire, Koriand'r, princess, commoner? All she knew was that she was cursed, and what will happen on her sixteenth birthday? Starfire didn't know where she was going, but she was now standing in front of the wall of thorns.

She knocked on the thorns, "friend Raven, please answer me. I wish to talk to you!" Soon she heard the tale-tell sounds of the thorn wall moving. Soon a cloaked figure was in her sight and she through her arms around Raven. She sobbed loudly instantly making her shoulder wet. Raven was surprised, Starfire could tell. She hesitated before moving her right arm to pat her on the back in what Raven assumed was a comforting motion. Garfield flew onto one of the thorns and cocked his head curiously.

"Uhh, there there" Raven said as she patted Starfire's back. Starfire hugged her tighter. "Starfire, what's wrong?" Raven said suddenly feeling protective. Is this how fairy godmothers feel?

What Starfire asked was a question that Raven was hoping would never come. "Raven, am I cursed." Raven tensed and avoided Starfire's gaze.

Starfire became confused by the guilty and downright pitiful look she had on her face. "Raven?" she asked and Raven closed her eyes, drawing further into her cloak. "What aren't you telling me?" she asked fearing the answer.

Raven looked into her eyes and almost cried at the look in her eyes, either way she couldn't hold back the pain she felt and began to tell Starfire the story from the beginning. Starfire for all her kindness listened to every word and even Garfield didn't try to interrupt. "A-and I was stupid, full of hate. I-I… I wanted revenge…. And-and. I took it out on you. I knew it was the best way to get to the king… And it was…. But, I didn't think about you. And, now… You.. You're. It's my fault…. I'm sorry Star." Raven said in fragmented sentences unable to look into her emerald eyes that she was sure were swimming in anger and fear.

Starfire said nothing as she watched Raven. This wasn't her fairy godmother. She was a person who had done horrible things and couldn't live with the guilt. Starfire saw the pain in her eyes and found it in herself to forgive her. She couldn't help but ask one question. "Raven, why didn't you tell me?" Starfire's eyes bored into Raven's unintentionally. The question weighed heavily on her shoulders. Raven almost couldn't say her answer but managed to croak it out.

"I knew it would make you hate me. You have every right to! I did horrible things!" Her voiced raised in volume almost hysterical at the end. Starfire didn't know what to say but didn't need to say anything as Garfield swooped down finally fed up with listening.

He landed on Raven's shoulder attracting everyone's attention. He flapped his wings and cawed quietly. Raven sighed and patted him on the head. Garfield made a face as Raven patted him. Starfire sighed.

"You should go talk to your knorfka, he must be worried" Raven sighed tiredly and Starfire nodded. She really needed to think to herself. Starfire turned and started to head home. As soon as she was out of sight Raven and Garfield headed back into Azarath.

Raven morphed Garfield and for once Garfield wasn't smiling. "I don't want to talk about it" Raven said as she walked towards the biggest tree. Garfield followed her.

"Are you sure?" Garfield pressed as they walked through the forest. Raven glared at him. "Raven. Raven, I know there's something wrong." Raven gave him a look. "Hey, I can tell because you ACTUALLY gave me a pat on the head." He said with an overly dramatic pose pointing to his head. That at least made Raven crack a small smile. Raven reached over and ruffled his hair slightly before they vanished from view.

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There's the end of that chapter. Ok so I had a brilliant idea! SO, I am doing the reality thingy story (Barracade is branching out) but I am also going to do another movie parody. I have decided to do the movie 'Tomorrowland' (Barracade called it folks! Please don't take my idea! But I am really excited to do that parody after watching the movie…. Also I will be leaving on Monday for a whole week! So, I won't be able to post anything, I'll see if I can post a chapter of Cyborg2 but no promises…. Anyways!

Read on!

-Barracade

Friday, 6/19/15