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It's weird. One minute, you have a family, friends, a home, everything a normal teens take for granted. Then, in one short hour, all of your friends and family have been brainwashed to never know you existed. You have to put your entire life into two suitcases.
All of your records; birth certificates all traces of you have been destroyed. And you're on your way with a basic stranger, to some time "bridge in time" to take you to the rest of you life as a superhero. Life is funny.
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I wish I hadn't packed so much. Robin promised me new cloths, toothbrush, everything when we got to my new "home" as he enthusiastically called it. But some things you can't just replace. Like videotapes of when you were a baby, pictures of you and your friends, the teddy bear you've had the day you were born. It's harder that you might think. But it's also hard to drag two extra large suitcases through two miles of dense woods. Robin said that the bridge had to be where no one could find it.
"Are you SURE, you know where this "bridge" is?" I asked him doubtfully.
"Of COURSE I know where it is," he said a little crossly.
I smirked. "Oh stop being such a MAN and stop and ask for directions." I laughed at my own joke. Robin smiled and rolled his eyes.
"Oh right, who would I ask, a tree?"
I looked at him in mock seriousness. "I actually saw a suspicious looking stump back there, we should circle back a mile and question it." Already Robin and I had a big brother little sister relationship going on.
"No need, I found the bridge." I felt my stomach drop. But when I looked at it, I could have laughed. A little red bride curved gracefully over a crystal blue stream, surrounded by lush vegetation was before us. There was this light mist that hung around this bridge, the air felt different here, kind of thicker than normal air.
"What do you know? It's and actual bridge," I said, trying to hold back the tears that were stubbornly trying to fight their way out of my eyes. Robin looked uncomfortable; he obviously didn't know how to react to my tears. So he turned away to give me some privacy.
"Raven's back already," he said in false cheerfulness, "Then you get to meet the rest of the team." I nodded even though he couldn't see it. I sighed and whispered my good-byes the world I knew. Then Robin turned around and we made our way to the bridge.
I looked at Robin, "What happens when you cross?" I asked my voice shaking.
"Here," he said kindly, "I'll show you." He took one of my suit cases and chucked it across the bridge, it was gone before it reached the other side.
"See?"
"Yeah."
He smiled reassuringly. "You go first; I got your back, for the first of many times." I nodded. I walked up to my bridge. Who knew that one step, one tiny movement of your feet and leg could be the hardest thing you ever had to do?
"The first step is the hardest," Robin whispered to me, "It was for all of us." I looked at the spot on the bridge I wanted my foot to go. My brain said GO. My heart screamed STAY. I shut my eyes. No, I would not listen to my heart. I knew what I had to do.
Before I knew it, I felt the bridge beneath the sole of my shoe. It was like a misty dream. I felt my legs moving, but I couldn't feel my feet anymore, were my feet even touching the bridge anymore?
I felt numb, the sadness was too great. As I approached the edge of the bridge, I looked over the side at the beautiful stream. That was the last thing I saw in that life.
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"Woh!" I exclaimed as I tripped and fell into something hard. I squeezed my eyes shut in pain
"Hey, be careful little lady," said a smooth calypso voice. Eyes still shut; I instinctively raised my hand to be helped up. I felt a cold hard hand grasp mine and lift me completely of the floor. I opened my eyes and liked directly into one soft chocolate colored eye, that shown with kindness and sole, the other wasn't really an eye at all, but a red light behind a thin glass lens. I heard a low chuckle at my shock.
As I focused on the rest of him, I realized that most of him wasn't human. Most if him was metal. It's like someone threw a dark skinned young man and a very cool car into a giant blender and put it on "blend".
"Hey Cy, put her down before you hurt her," came Robins voice behind me.
"Okay Robin." Said the one called "Cy" I guess. As he lowered me down form eye level, I was becoming increasingly aware of how big this guy is. Already he three heads taller than me and my feet haven't even touched the ground! This is a BIG GUY!
"I'm glad he's on our slide!" I blurted out. Facing anyone taller than this guy seemed scary! Cy roared in laughter.
"Shut up Cyborg," Robin said.
"Wait, I thought it was Cy!" I said getting confused.
"That's his nickname," Robin explained.
"Oh," I said stupidly. I finally took a look around the room I had stumbled in. It was completely empty, with gray metal tiling on the floor ceilings and walls.
"Where's the bridge?" I asked looking around.
"It got destroyed the second we crossed," Robin said.
"Oh," I said sadly. Robin turned his attention to Cyborg.
"Where are Starfire and Beastboy?" he asked.
"Poor little green!" Cyborg said sadly, "Some maniac threw a suitcase across the bridge. Hit him right in the gut! Starfire is tending to his "wounds" What an attention seeker."
Robin blushed and I giggled. I could hear the faint moaning of pain in the distance.
"Oh man! I'm gonna die! Who would throw a suitcase at poor little Beastboy!! I think someone's trying to kill me! Ohhhh the excruciation pain!"
Then a very feminine voice said faintly, "Do not despair, friend Beastboy! My wellness froth will cure you of your pain! Its is a family recipe, a cure to pain made from the stomach froth of a Gerisabic!"
"Actually Star, I'm feeling much better," The male voice said quickly, "Much, much better, it's a miracle!!! Now get that foam out of my face."
"I insist that my friend Beastboy is free of pain!!"
"I said NO Star!" My listening was cut off by the swish of a cloak announcing Ravens arrival.
"Hey Raven!" Cyborg said excitedly, "Did you see the new girl!"
"Yes, we've met," She said smiling a very small smile.
Suddenly the doors flew open.
"I SAID NO STARFIRE!!" A green blur collided into me and I fell on my butt. But fortunately, I landed on something soft, the very thing that had run into me. I looked down to see I was sitting on a strange teenager. He had a rich green pigment in his skin, and his forest green hair was spiked, but not out of control like Robins.
"Get off me please! Can't breath!! Too heavy!" he choked out.
"Are you calling me fat?" I asked smiling. He tried to laugh, but no sound came out do to lack of oxygen. I quickly stood up and helped him to his feet.
He smiled stupidly,
"My friends call me Beastboy,... but then again so do my enemies. So just call me Beastboy for that is my name. "
"I can think of a couple good names for you," I said sweetly, "But I think I'll wait a couple of days before I start insulting you." Cyborg roared in laughter as Beastboy just stood there, deciding whether to take it as a joke or not. In the end, he laughed a long with the rest of us.
"I'm gonna get you back for that!" he said smiling. I smiled back.
"Beastboy? Where are you located?" The smile slid off Beastboy's face.
"Who is it?" I asked.
"Star," they all replied at one. The doors to the room opened.
"Beastboy? Where are- oh!! Our new friend has arrived!!" I immediately felt all of my oxygen supply cut off as two arms wrapped around me in a death grip hug.
"Hi," I gasped out, "You.... Must...Be... Starfire."
"Star!" Beastboy exclaimed, "Please don't kill her yet! We just met her!"
"Oh yes!" she exclaimed and let go of me. I finally got a good look at her. Her deep red hair fell over her skinny orange body. Her eyes glowed green. Her purple boots came up to her matching shirt and shirt. She had some kind of armor in her neck and shoulders. She was bobbling happily in the air, her feet never touching the ground.
"Oh, Glorious! Oh, happiness! I am exuberant! For I finally have a "gal pal"!" She put her face right up to mine, "We can stay up late talking of cute boys!!! Oh, oh! Or we can apply shiny enamel to our otherwise dull nails!! AND WE CAN ENGAGE IN FRIENDS FOREVER!!!!" She paused to see my reaction. I shrugged,
"Sounds like a plan to me." She laughed and hugged me again, which I was a good sport about.
"Let me guess, your one of these aliens I've heard about." She nodded, knocking her head into mine.
"Ow."
"Yeah, Star," Beastboy said coyly, "Your new best friend is great." He smiled sweetly and sighed a mock sigh, "Too bad I ran into her, I hope I didn't injure her."
"Unacceptable!" Star exclaimed, "My new friend must consume the froth to rid her of any pains." She shoved this bowl in my face. In the bowl was this yellow/green foam that smelled like sour milk.
"Um, no, I'm ok, really." I said looking at the foam.
"Please!!" Starfire exclaimed. Beastboy was doubled up in silent laughter.
"YOU MUST." Starfire repeated. Raven glided over to Starfire.
"Stop," Raven commanded.
"Ok," Starfire said in a small voice. I sensed the tension between the two; they obviously didn't like each other.
Raven turned to me,
"Tomorrow, I will assist you with discovering and controlling your powers." With that, she turned and exited the room.
"Raven is a grump," Starfire whispered to me, "But she likes you."
"She dose," I asked doubtfully.
"Yes, now friend to who shall we address you by?" Starfire asked eagerly. I looked at them all in turn; brave Robin, strong Cyborg, sweet Starfire, funny Beastboy, and um... absent Raven. I opened my mouth to tell them the name my mother had given me 14 years ago, only to snap it closed.
No, that part of my life is over. I looked at them and said, "Please, call me Naomi."
"Naomi!! How much fun we'll have!" Starfire squealed. Cyborg, Robin and Beastboy were already talking about when I was going to get my uniform.
Naomi, I thought, where have I hear that name before?
"Naomi," I said to myself. It works. Beastboy left the conversation with the guys and stretched out his hand to shake mine.
"Welcome to the team Naomi." I smiled.
StArRy- I followed faded day's advice and made my chapters longer. So, what do you think?
It's weird. One minute, you have a family, friends, a home, everything a normal teens take for granted. Then, in one short hour, all of your friends and family have been brainwashed to never know you existed. You have to put your entire life into two suitcases.
All of your records; birth certificates all traces of you have been destroyed. And you're on your way with a basic stranger, to some time "bridge in time" to take you to the rest of you life as a superhero. Life is funny.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
I wish I hadn't packed so much. Robin promised me new cloths, toothbrush, everything when we got to my new "home" as he enthusiastically called it. But some things you can't just replace. Like videotapes of when you were a baby, pictures of you and your friends, the teddy bear you've had the day you were born. It's harder that you might think. But it's also hard to drag two extra large suitcases through two miles of dense woods. Robin said that the bridge had to be where no one could find it.
"Are you SURE, you know where this "bridge" is?" I asked him doubtfully.
"Of COURSE I know where it is," he said a little crossly.
I smirked. "Oh stop being such a MAN and stop and ask for directions." I laughed at my own joke. Robin smiled and rolled his eyes.
"Oh right, who would I ask, a tree?"
I looked at him in mock seriousness. "I actually saw a suspicious looking stump back there, we should circle back a mile and question it." Already Robin and I had a big brother little sister relationship going on.
"No need, I found the bridge." I felt my stomach drop. But when I looked at it, I could have laughed. A little red bride curved gracefully over a crystal blue stream, surrounded by lush vegetation was before us. There was this light mist that hung around this bridge, the air felt different here, kind of thicker than normal air.
"What do you know? It's and actual bridge," I said, trying to hold back the tears that were stubbornly trying to fight their way out of my eyes. Robin looked uncomfortable; he obviously didn't know how to react to my tears. So he turned away to give me some privacy.
"Raven's back already," he said in false cheerfulness, "Then you get to meet the rest of the team." I nodded even though he couldn't see it. I sighed and whispered my good-byes the world I knew. Then Robin turned around and we made our way to the bridge.
I looked at Robin, "What happens when you cross?" I asked my voice shaking.
"Here," he said kindly, "I'll show you." He took one of my suit cases and chucked it across the bridge, it was gone before it reached the other side.
"See?"
"Yeah."
He smiled reassuringly. "You go first; I got your back, for the first of many times." I nodded. I walked up to my bridge. Who knew that one step, one tiny movement of your feet and leg could be the hardest thing you ever had to do?
"The first step is the hardest," Robin whispered to me, "It was for all of us." I looked at the spot on the bridge I wanted my foot to go. My brain said GO. My heart screamed STAY. I shut my eyes. No, I would not listen to my heart. I knew what I had to do.
Before I knew it, I felt the bridge beneath the sole of my shoe. It was like a misty dream. I felt my legs moving, but I couldn't feel my feet anymore, were my feet even touching the bridge anymore?
I felt numb, the sadness was too great. As I approached the edge of the bridge, I looked over the side at the beautiful stream. That was the last thing I saw in that life.
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"Woh!" I exclaimed as I tripped and fell into something hard. I squeezed my eyes shut in pain
"Hey, be careful little lady," said a smooth calypso voice. Eyes still shut; I instinctively raised my hand to be helped up. I felt a cold hard hand grasp mine and lift me completely of the floor. I opened my eyes and liked directly into one soft chocolate colored eye, that shown with kindness and sole, the other wasn't really an eye at all, but a red light behind a thin glass lens. I heard a low chuckle at my shock.
As I focused on the rest of him, I realized that most of him wasn't human. Most if him was metal. It's like someone threw a dark skinned young man and a very cool car into a giant blender and put it on "blend".
"Hey Cy, put her down before you hurt her," came Robins voice behind me.
"Okay Robin." Said the one called "Cy" I guess. As he lowered me down form eye level, I was becoming increasingly aware of how big this guy is. Already he three heads taller than me and my feet haven't even touched the ground! This is a BIG GUY!
"I'm glad he's on our slide!" I blurted out. Facing anyone taller than this guy seemed scary! Cy roared in laughter.
"Shut up Cyborg," Robin said.
"Wait, I thought it was Cy!" I said getting confused.
"That's his nickname," Robin explained.
"Oh," I said stupidly. I finally took a look around the room I had stumbled in. It was completely empty, with gray metal tiling on the floor ceilings and walls.
"Where's the bridge?" I asked looking around.
"It got destroyed the second we crossed," Robin said.
"Oh," I said sadly. Robin turned his attention to Cyborg.
"Where are Starfire and Beastboy?" he asked.
"Poor little green!" Cyborg said sadly, "Some maniac threw a suitcase across the bridge. Hit him right in the gut! Starfire is tending to his "wounds" What an attention seeker."
Robin blushed and I giggled. I could hear the faint moaning of pain in the distance.
"Oh man! I'm gonna die! Who would throw a suitcase at poor little Beastboy!! I think someone's trying to kill me! Ohhhh the excruciation pain!"
Then a very feminine voice said faintly, "Do not despair, friend Beastboy! My wellness froth will cure you of your pain! Its is a family recipe, a cure to pain made from the stomach froth of a Gerisabic!"
"Actually Star, I'm feeling much better," The male voice said quickly, "Much, much better, it's a miracle!!! Now get that foam out of my face."
"I insist that my friend Beastboy is free of pain!!"
"I said NO Star!" My listening was cut off by the swish of a cloak announcing Ravens arrival.
"Hey Raven!" Cyborg said excitedly, "Did you see the new girl!"
"Yes, we've met," She said smiling a very small smile.
Suddenly the doors flew open.
"I SAID NO STARFIRE!!" A green blur collided into me and I fell on my butt. But fortunately, I landed on something soft, the very thing that had run into me. I looked down to see I was sitting on a strange teenager. He had a rich green pigment in his skin, and his forest green hair was spiked, but not out of control like Robins.
"Get off me please! Can't breath!! Too heavy!" he choked out.
"Are you calling me fat?" I asked smiling. He tried to laugh, but no sound came out do to lack of oxygen. I quickly stood up and helped him to his feet.
He smiled stupidly,
"My friends call me Beastboy,... but then again so do my enemies. So just call me Beastboy for that is my name. "
"I can think of a couple good names for you," I said sweetly, "But I think I'll wait a couple of days before I start insulting you." Cyborg roared in laughter as Beastboy just stood there, deciding whether to take it as a joke or not. In the end, he laughed a long with the rest of us.
"I'm gonna get you back for that!" he said smiling. I smiled back.
"Beastboy? Where are you located?" The smile slid off Beastboy's face.
"Who is it?" I asked.
"Star," they all replied at one. The doors to the room opened.
"Beastboy? Where are- oh!! Our new friend has arrived!!" I immediately felt all of my oxygen supply cut off as two arms wrapped around me in a death grip hug.
"Hi," I gasped out, "You.... Must...Be... Starfire."
"Star!" Beastboy exclaimed, "Please don't kill her yet! We just met her!"
"Oh yes!" she exclaimed and let go of me. I finally got a good look at her. Her deep red hair fell over her skinny orange body. Her eyes glowed green. Her purple boots came up to her matching shirt and shirt. She had some kind of armor in her neck and shoulders. She was bobbling happily in the air, her feet never touching the ground.
"Oh, Glorious! Oh, happiness! I am exuberant! For I finally have a "gal pal"!" She put her face right up to mine, "We can stay up late talking of cute boys!!! Oh, oh! Or we can apply shiny enamel to our otherwise dull nails!! AND WE CAN ENGAGE IN FRIENDS FOREVER!!!!" She paused to see my reaction. I shrugged,
"Sounds like a plan to me." She laughed and hugged me again, which I was a good sport about.
"Let me guess, your one of these aliens I've heard about." She nodded, knocking her head into mine.
"Ow."
"Yeah, Star," Beastboy said coyly, "Your new best friend is great." He smiled sweetly and sighed a mock sigh, "Too bad I ran into her, I hope I didn't injure her."
"Unacceptable!" Star exclaimed, "My new friend must consume the froth to rid her of any pains." She shoved this bowl in my face. In the bowl was this yellow/green foam that smelled like sour milk.
"Um, no, I'm ok, really." I said looking at the foam.
"Please!!" Starfire exclaimed. Beastboy was doubled up in silent laughter.
"YOU MUST." Starfire repeated. Raven glided over to Starfire.
"Stop," Raven commanded.
"Ok," Starfire said in a small voice. I sensed the tension between the two; they obviously didn't like each other.
Raven turned to me,
"Tomorrow, I will assist you with discovering and controlling your powers." With that, she turned and exited the room.
"Raven is a grump," Starfire whispered to me, "But she likes you."
"She dose," I asked doubtfully.
"Yes, now friend to who shall we address you by?" Starfire asked eagerly. I looked at them all in turn; brave Robin, strong Cyborg, sweet Starfire, funny Beastboy, and um... absent Raven. I opened my mouth to tell them the name my mother had given me 14 years ago, only to snap it closed.
No, that part of my life is over. I looked at them and said, "Please, call me Naomi."
"Naomi!! How much fun we'll have!" Starfire squealed. Cyborg, Robin and Beastboy were already talking about when I was going to get my uniform.
Naomi, I thought, where have I hear that name before?
"Naomi," I said to myself. It works. Beastboy left the conversation with the guys and stretched out his hand to shake mine.
"Welcome to the team Naomi." I smiled.
StArRy- I followed faded day's advice and made my chapters longer. So, what do you think?