Hey back again. I uploaded these two chapters together but I decided to make them two separate chapters, as this one is more history with little continuation of the story. Well time for disclaimer so insert favorite disclaimer here_________. Enjoy the story people ~Avalon

Chapter 6: Starfire

As Kali, Van, Hitomi, and Dagan took their seats around the table Maya remained standing. After they sat down Maya stepped forward placed her hands on the cool hard wood table, it was beautifully crafted and at any other time Maya might have inspected he grain and quality of the wood but now was not time for that. She spoke to the group "King Ryol gave me permission to relay the history of the Starfires to the Princess and any she wished to know of it. Right now I believe that it is time for everyone present to know what happened. "Long ago when Gaia was first created there was, as always, a royal house to oversee everything that went on in the land, that royal house was the Starfires. The first Queen, Arinna, and King, Iblis, were just and fair rulers and were raising their daughter, Tara, to follow in their footsteps. It was a happy and peaceful time and all people and Earth and Gaia lived in harmony. Then war came, the people of earth became unhappy being ruled by a Family they never saw or heard from, they rebelled closed the gateway between our worlds but the seeds of revolution had already taken root here in Gaia. Then a terrible tragedy struck the royal house King Iblis while trying to protect his younger daughter and his people was killed along with the younger Princess. The 5 stones of power were created by Queen Arinna to defend the Royal house and those still loyal to her kingdom. But the stones chose the person to whom they bonded not the other way around and Tara, who had never picked up a weapon in her life, was chosen by the blue stone of Justice and Light. The Red stone of Courage and Honor, the Green stone of Faith and Peace, the Yellow stone of Love and Trust and the Purple stone of Hope and Liberty were sent through out the land and chose the one to whom they were bonded. Tara was unsure if she could fight and use the stone, but when her mother was threatened one day Tara without thought used the manacle on her wrist to protect the family that she had left and never after that hesitated to use it. Through the use of the 5 stones the group that became known as the guardians brought peace to Gaia once again and for many centuries it remained peaceful. After peace had been established the Guardians gave the stones back to the Royal family. 4 of the stones were placed in the center of the Glitter Palace and were never used but the 5th stone was passed from parent to child in the Royal family. The group known as the Guardians took in other members and formed a legion to protect the royal family. Kami, your great grandfather, was the last to see the Blue stone. As a teenager he denounced the right to wear it saying that he would never pick up a weapon, that god would never allow the royal house to fall. The Stone lay unused with the others in the glitter palace. The seeds of rebellion began to grow in the kingdom, again people were called upon to take the 5 stones and defend the kingdom but when they went to get the stones they saw an amazing sight the 5 stones were glowing then the 5 stones shot out the windows and were never found despite the intensive searches. Then during a ceremony to honor the Guardians the palace was stormed and the King was killed. Your father and other members of the family managed to survive and flee the palace but your grandfather was killed in the attempt to leave the palace. With your great grandfather and grandfather dead your father was the next in line to ascend the throne, but it no longer existed. Then 50 years ago your father was called back to Gaia. Royalists had sprung up everywhere and they pledged allegiance to the Prince and crowned him King. Then you were born, he brought you here crowned you princess and named you the heiress apparent to the throne. He then took you back to Earth were he remain quite about your heritage. The stone of Light and Justice found its way to you when Gaia was most in need of a Starfire and brought you here. But your father for some reason has lost his ability to move between worlds so it is up to you Princess Kali Starfire to save Earth and Gaia." "That's quite some story." Everyone looked at Dagan "Well how do you expect us to buy that story? You come here with no proof." "It should be proof enough that she has the manacle." "Anyone could use that." "No weren't you listening? It is genetically encrypted to her blood line should any other try to use it they would die in days if they were lucky." Dagan was going to speak again when Van cut him off "She is the Princess. I wasn't there to pledge allegiance to her as a child but I will do so now." Van walked over to Kali and knelt before her. "Princess, I, Van, King of Fanaila do pledge allegiance to you, and declare you to be Princess Kali de Starfire rightful Queen of Gaia." Catching a meaningful glance from Van Hitomi quickly followed suit. "Princess, I, Hitomi, Queen of Fanaila do pledge allegiance to you, and declare you to be Princess Kali de Starfire rightful Queen of Gaia." Lastly Maya knelt before her princess "Princess, I, Maya, declare you my princess my lady. My life belongs to you. As last of the guardians I will protect you my Princess." "Please rise, all of you." "Your all fools to call her Queen of Gaia! She will not live through the coming battle I'm sure. After all we have no idea how much these guys are willing to sacrifice to make sure she doesn't stay on our side. Forget it. I'm outta here. Your Majesty" He turned to Van "Should you need me you know where to find me." With that Dagan turned and left. Kali watched as he left through the doors. Van spoke "He's right we need to create a guard to protect you at all times." "Not possible." Kali hung her head; her hair fell and covered her face, her tears. "Why?" "I have to get Dawn back and having armed guards isn't going to make that easy." "Your not going to get her back I'm going with a special team." Hitomi looked shocked, Kali looked angry and Maya's face held no expression what so ever. "Van-" "No I'm going no arguing." Hitomi looked worried as if a great burden hung on her. "But Van I'm..I'm.." "Worried?" Van offered "No pregnant." "What?!" "I was going to tell you sooner Van but with everything.please don't be mad." Van walked over and drew Hitomi into an embrace "Mad how could I be mad? Oh Hitomi. A child? Our first-born child! I couldn't be happier!" "Really?" "Really." Maya and Kali stood back from this happy family moment and for a brief moment both wished they could be home with their own parents. "I'm truly sorry that you had to find out now but you couldn't go without knowing." "Hush.it's all right. Have you seen a doctor?" "One's coming right now for a checkup." A soft knock on the door, a messenger came in. "Your Majesties there is a Doctor Renner here to see you." "Send him in." The messenger left "Renner.Renner I know that name." "Yes he is the one that looked after Kali when she was sick." "Right. He'll have to stay in the palace when the due date comes close he knows that right?" "Yes" The messenger returned "Your Majesties Doctor Dion Renner." The young man walked into the hall and bowed. "It's a pleasure to see your Majesties again so soon and about such a pleasant event." He saw Kali "Kali good to see you well." Kali just gawked at Dion.

Kali turned to see a young man walk into the hall. He was tall and walked with his head held high, well muscled and with an athlete's grace he moved towards the King and Queen. However it wasn't any of this that caught Kali's eye it was the intense clear cobalt blue eyes and Golden red hair that fell to his shoulders and framed his finely chiseled face. He couldn't have been more than 19. When he addressed Kali she blushed and made no response, hardly believing that this was the Doctor that had saved her life. With a proud stance he stood while checking Hitomi. After he finished and declared Hitomi in good health Van stood and spoke, "Doctor Renner I would like you to stay here during my wife's pregnancy, would you be willing to do so?" Dion took a quick glance at Kali that no one noticed and agreed to stay. "Good then I would like to introduce two people who will most likely be with the Queen the most." Dion looked around but saw no one he didn't know, he turned to the King with a questioning look. "I would like to introduce to you Princess Kali Starfire and her Guardian Maya." "Princess?" Dion quickly bowed to the Princess. "Your Majesty I won't be staying here" Everyone turned to look at Maya "With you permission I would like to go with you." "What? You want to leave?" "Princess-" "No I don't want to here it! You insist that I stay while you go off into God knows what danger to find Dawn when it's MY fault she's in Danger and now you want to leave me to go into that same danger! No nothing you say can justify that!" With that Kali stormed off leaving the others in the hall. "If you'll excuse me your Majesties I would like to go talk to her." Dion bowed and left the group in the hall. Van was the first to speak "Maya you can come with us I will have a team put together immediately and we'll leave in the morning." "Yes your Majesty." With that Hitomi and Van left to have some personal time together before Van left. Which left Maya alone to get some sleep.

Dion raced through the halls trying to catch up to Kali. When he first saw her he though she was beautiful, now she was a Princess and he had no chance of ever being with her but he could bring her a little comfort by being there now explaining things. He finally found her in the Queens Private garden the only one left open. "Princess!" Kali turned to see Dion, her face flushed red but only said "Go away!" "No." Dion sat next to Kali, Kali stood up. "You need to understand something Maya is only trying to protect you it's what a guardian does. She'll be back with Dawn before you know it." "I want to go with her." "I know but until we know why they want you it's better for everyone involved for you to stay where it's safe." "Everyone except Dawn!" "Her too." At a disbelieving look from Kali Dion continued "Well who knows what they'll do with Dawn once they have you. They might keep her prisoner or let her go or they might kill her." Kali sat down next to Dion "I never thought of that." "Well now you can." Kali looked at Dion in the moonlight. God he was beautiful. He had a good heart, he listened and comforted her while many would have let her be angry and mad then scorn her when she ran off. He listened to her heart and she listened to his they weren't very far apart and getting closer and closer. Dion looked at Kali she was listening to him a mere Doctor.maybe love was the reason why he didn't know. She was beautiful a Princess far out of his league but he didn't care. He softy brought her closer and gave her a passionate kiss. She pulled away from him. /He's my one in a million, my once in a lifetime. A smile and I'm gone. / She pulled him close and kissed him. He stared at her as she pulled away / you're one in a million; you made me discover the stars. / This time she kissed him and they forgot about everything around them. Everything was in that moment. But all moments must die. A maid came to find Dion to show him his room came in on the doctor and the princess quickly left but the damage was done the moment destroyed. Dion quickly stood up and turned to leave, Kali stood up "Where are you going?" "I have to go this isn't right." "What why?" Kali's hope faded, the feeling that was indescribable to her was leaving. "You're a Princess, a Starfire, I'm a Doctor! You can't marry anyone but a Prince, and I can not marry outside of my class." "It's worth it to find your heart it must be! I've known you for such a short time but I know you're my one in a million, my once in a lifetime and by the look on your face I know you feel the same! That indescribable feeling that was just there." Dion wanted to say she was right spend the rest of his life at her side but he knew it wasn't possible it would never happen. "I'm sorry Princess." Dion turned and ran leaving Kali in the garden alone, for once in her life completely alone in body mind and soul.

Well that's it for now. I'll try to post more often but I'm still learning on my new computer. So what will happen? Will Maya succeed in rescuing Dawn? Will Van really leave with Hitomi pregnant? Yeah this ending sucks.I'd say sue me but I'm not worth anything and the only thing you'd get is the guarantee that I wouldn't write anymore-crappy endings. Well I better be going now. Till next time ~Avalon