Chapter V: Tamaranian News
Raven followed Starfire in horror. Oh no, the planet is pink and white it's...cuddly I stick out like a sore thumb wait, the ground's furry NOOOOOOO!
Starfire didn't see Raven's fear. She felt a bit better now that she was home, but not good enough. They walked through the Tamaranian streets, and walked up to the palace guard. He straightened up more, and spoke, "Princess Starfire."
"Guard, I am going to be staying for a long time, with my friend Raven," Starfire said, pointing to a horrified Raven. The guard nodded, and let the two in.
The hallway was as dark as it had been before Starfire left, and Raven took comfort in the fact that it was dark, cold, and not furry.
Starfire took Raven to another hallway, and lit the lights. When she turned to go down another hallway, she smashed straight into someone she hadn't expected: Blackfire.
"Sister, I thought you were still in jail at Centari," Starfire said as she and her sister hugged.
"My time was cut short, and don't worry about me getting revenge, jail cooled me off," Blackfire answered. "Hello Raven, where are the boys?"
"They're dead," Raven whispered. She and Starfire returned to their depressed mood. Blackfire's eyebrows shot up, and she grabbed the two and brought them to Starfire's room. Much to Raven's horror, it was much like the one on earth. She immediately burned a black corner, and sat in it. Starfire and Raven related what happened to them since Star's nightmares. When Blackfire asked about Fayrii, Starfire and Raven had to tell their adventures with him, ever since Robin found him unconscious in an alleyway.
"So, there's a black figure following you?" Blackfire asked. "Why didn't you tell the guards?"
"I guess I did not think about it," Starfire answered. "Let us go do that right now."
As they walked down the hallway, Starfire questioned her sister, "Sister, I sense you are hiding something from me. What is it?"
Blackfire went around the question, "Perhaps you should wait for Father or Mother to tell you. They'll be back in about two days."
They went outside to the guards at the training center. Raven gave a description of the dark figure.
"So it's a shadowy dark figure. Like him?" the guard asked, pointing down the street. The dark figure was there, gliding across the street, right at Starfire and Raven.
Starfire and Raven both screamed at the same time, and the guards shot starbolts at the figure. It dodged them gracefully, continuing to get closer. Then it was hit in the side, and stopped momentarily. Starbolts smashed into it, and the figure picked up speed and flew off into the sky.
Starfire, Raven, and Blackfire went back inside. Blackfire left for her room, while Raven and Starfire found another bed and put it in Star's room.
Starfire began rambling, "Friend Raven, I am worried that if the shadow figure could follow us to Tamaran then what if it catches us and what about the evil man who stabbed Fayrii and what will we do if Robin and the others are dead forever and what if..." Raven put her hand over Starfire's mouth.
"Don't worry, it's not going to get us," Raven spoke in her monotone. She seemed back to normal, but Starfire could see the hurt in her eyes.
Two days later, Starfire's mother and father returned home, and she seemed overjoyed to see them. Raven was introduced, before she left to meditate. As soon as Raven was gone, Starfire asked them what she had asked Blackfire. Blackfire stood off in a corner, looking a bit panicky.
"We can't keep anything from you, can we?" her father said. "Ten days from now, we have a surprise for you."
"What is it, Father?" Starfire asked, making a puppy dog face.
"You're going to get married," her mother answered happily. Blackfire kind of hid herself in the shadows.
It hit Starfire like a punch from Cinderblock. She couldn't get married. Immediately, Starfire fell back and passed out right on the spot.
Starfire awoke on her bed, with her mother sitting on the side, and Raven meditating in the corner she had burned. Starfire instantly sat up and ranted at her mother, "Mother I cannot get married because I do not who I am be married to and I do not want to be married to anyone except Robin from planet earth because I love him only he is dead and Beast Boy and Cyborg and Fayrii are dead and Raven and I are running from a dark figure and I do not want to be married!" She sat flustered. Raven stopped meditating and stood wide-eyed at the word married. Her mother looked at her confusingly.
"Starfire, I do not understand anything you just said. Who are these Robin, Beast Boy, Cyborg and Robin? Who is your friend Raven? What is this dark figure?" Starfire's mother asked. Starfire and Raven told their story of ever since Robin started the Teen Titans. Her mother made a concerned look.
"Oh dear, this is bad, is it not? But I am not the one who is planning the wedding. Your father is planning it, and we know how strange men can be, right?" her mother asked. The two girls nodded. "But in any case, I do not think anything can be done. But if your friends were not dead, I think your father could be persuaded. But nothing can be done. I will leave you two now." Starfire's mother stood up and walked over to the door.
"But if he was alive, I would like to meet this Robin, Starfire," she said, and left.
Starfire and Raven climbed into their beds and went to sleep early.
Raven followed Starfire in horror. Oh no, the planet is pink and white it's...cuddly I stick out like a sore thumb wait, the ground's furry NOOOOOOO!
Starfire didn't see Raven's fear. She felt a bit better now that she was home, but not good enough. They walked through the Tamaranian streets, and walked up to the palace guard. He straightened up more, and spoke, "Princess Starfire."
"Guard, I am going to be staying for a long time, with my friend Raven," Starfire said, pointing to a horrified Raven. The guard nodded, and let the two in.
The hallway was as dark as it had been before Starfire left, and Raven took comfort in the fact that it was dark, cold, and not furry.
Starfire took Raven to another hallway, and lit the lights. When she turned to go down another hallway, she smashed straight into someone she hadn't expected: Blackfire.
"Sister, I thought you were still in jail at Centari," Starfire said as she and her sister hugged.
"My time was cut short, and don't worry about me getting revenge, jail cooled me off," Blackfire answered. "Hello Raven, where are the boys?"
"They're dead," Raven whispered. She and Starfire returned to their depressed mood. Blackfire's eyebrows shot up, and she grabbed the two and brought them to Starfire's room. Much to Raven's horror, it was much like the one on earth. She immediately burned a black corner, and sat in it. Starfire and Raven related what happened to them since Star's nightmares. When Blackfire asked about Fayrii, Starfire and Raven had to tell their adventures with him, ever since Robin found him unconscious in an alleyway.
"So, there's a black figure following you?" Blackfire asked. "Why didn't you tell the guards?"
"I guess I did not think about it," Starfire answered. "Let us go do that right now."
As they walked down the hallway, Starfire questioned her sister, "Sister, I sense you are hiding something from me. What is it?"
Blackfire went around the question, "Perhaps you should wait for Father or Mother to tell you. They'll be back in about two days."
They went outside to the guards at the training center. Raven gave a description of the dark figure.
"So it's a shadowy dark figure. Like him?" the guard asked, pointing down the street. The dark figure was there, gliding across the street, right at Starfire and Raven.
Starfire and Raven both screamed at the same time, and the guards shot starbolts at the figure. It dodged them gracefully, continuing to get closer. Then it was hit in the side, and stopped momentarily. Starbolts smashed into it, and the figure picked up speed and flew off into the sky.
Starfire, Raven, and Blackfire went back inside. Blackfire left for her room, while Raven and Starfire found another bed and put it in Star's room.
Starfire began rambling, "Friend Raven, I am worried that if the shadow figure could follow us to Tamaran then what if it catches us and what about the evil man who stabbed Fayrii and what will we do if Robin and the others are dead forever and what if..." Raven put her hand over Starfire's mouth.
"Don't worry, it's not going to get us," Raven spoke in her monotone. She seemed back to normal, but Starfire could see the hurt in her eyes.
Two days later, Starfire's mother and father returned home, and she seemed overjoyed to see them. Raven was introduced, before she left to meditate. As soon as Raven was gone, Starfire asked them what she had asked Blackfire. Blackfire stood off in a corner, looking a bit panicky.
"We can't keep anything from you, can we?" her father said. "Ten days from now, we have a surprise for you."
"What is it, Father?" Starfire asked, making a puppy dog face.
"You're going to get married," her mother answered happily. Blackfire kind of hid herself in the shadows.
It hit Starfire like a punch from Cinderblock. She couldn't get married. Immediately, Starfire fell back and passed out right on the spot.
Starfire awoke on her bed, with her mother sitting on the side, and Raven meditating in the corner she had burned. Starfire instantly sat up and ranted at her mother, "Mother I cannot get married because I do not who I am be married to and I do not want to be married to anyone except Robin from planet earth because I love him only he is dead and Beast Boy and Cyborg and Fayrii are dead and Raven and I are running from a dark figure and I do not want to be married!" She sat flustered. Raven stopped meditating and stood wide-eyed at the word married. Her mother looked at her confusingly.
"Starfire, I do not understand anything you just said. Who are these Robin, Beast Boy, Cyborg and Robin? Who is your friend Raven? What is this dark figure?" Starfire's mother asked. Starfire and Raven told their story of ever since Robin started the Teen Titans. Her mother made a concerned look.
"Oh dear, this is bad, is it not? But I am not the one who is planning the wedding. Your father is planning it, and we know how strange men can be, right?" her mother asked. The two girls nodded. "But in any case, I do not think anything can be done. But if your friends were not dead, I think your father could be persuaded. But nothing can be done. I will leave you two now." Starfire's mother stood up and walked over to the door.
"But if he was alive, I would like to meet this Robin, Starfire," she said, and left.
Starfire and Raven climbed into their beds and went to sleep early.