Disclaimer: I do not own Teen Titans. I'm not too sure about Star's past or Tamaran but I'm making it up and it'll be fun!
A/n: Glad you guys like the cameo appearances… more will show up soon!
"Are we there yet??" The whiney voice of Beast Boy came from the seat in the far back of the ship.
"I'll tell you like I did four minutes ago elf…" Cyborg looked at the "elf" with a pulsing vein in his forehead.
"Don't call me an elf!!" Cyborg brushed off the comment.
"No Beast Boy we are not there yet." Raven sighed proving she too was becoming bored with the situation.
"But we should be." Robin said suddenly bringing the map up on the big screen. "We have been traveling for four days and we're making some good time. I say within an hour we'll be there."
"Finally!!! I was starting to get sick of this space food
they gave us!!" BB said.
"Koriand'r…" Her mother looked at her. She was in the new party outfit. This outfit was all black. Her shirt was tight and went to her navel where it stopped, and her pants were a little looser but all black. Her hair had been slicked straight back. "That is a unique look."
"I know... I was aiming for a Matrix kind of look."
"Yes…."
"You look like an Mrocinak…" Her father said barely glancing up at the paper. Starfire immediately had a vein pulsing in her. "Just thought you should know if you want to give off that impression…"
"I do not in any form look like an Mrocinak!!" Starfire was currently pissed off. "Why is it that you are so quick to judge me and the things I do? I'm sure if Komand'r wore something like this you wouldn't think twice. I AM YOU OTHER CHILD!!!" She screamed.
"You should learn to respect those who provided you life…" Bluefire stood up. His voice was calm but the face he had on clearly read do no test my patience.
"I will when he learns to accept he has another daughter. One who did well and did not get locked up!!" She could almost have sworn her father was going to strike out at her but he brought his hand back and walked away.
"Starfire… let me talk to you for a moment, if you may?" Whitefire said softly watching her daughter sit down seething. "Allow me to show you something." Her mother opened the gold bottle on the table and the characters filled the air. Her mother tapped a few things on the holographic keyboard, immediately several pictures came up… One of old times when there had been war on Tamaran. Several pictures of soldiers came up. One with a general but it was a horrible picture of him. Then another picture popped up... a better, clearer picture of the general.
"Is that, Father??" Starfire could not help but ask.
"Yes… You see your father was known as an awesome warrior. The greatest warrior the people of Tamaran has ever seen… Until a mistake he had made that stripped him of that. He had hoped for a son but got Blackfire. She then began to show signs of being a fighter at an early age. Then you followed and you had the potential just never the motivation… you were a failure as a fighter."
"I am not a failure as a fighter…"
"But at the time you were. You know children are taught early to fight… you had problems even walking then. People saw your incompetence as a reflection of his mistake. It was as if you were a constant reminder…" Whitefire said only to find herself cut off.
"It still does not justify the fact he would rather ignore me!! Does he not see the praise he gave to Komand'r has shaped the girl she is now?!?!" Starfire sighed softly. "No I will not allow this to ruin my evening. I wish to enjoy it with my friends and enjoy it I shall." Starfire said walking out of her home.
"But you do not understand…" Whitefire sighed scrolling through several other pictures. "I was the mistake he made." She turned to the picture. "I deceived him into letting the enemy through during that war… and he took the complete blame for my double crossing the people of Tamaran." Whitefire sighed not even noting the door that opened.
"And I'd do it again even if to protect the female I love." He rubbed her shoulders.
"But at what price?" She tore from his grasp. "Our family isn't a truly happy one… especially when it's based of off lies. Our two boys idolize their older sister who you can't stand is constantly running off to earth, the daughter you do want is in jail. We are a corrupt family!!!"
"Whitefire…" He approached her.
"You can't truly love me when our daughter who is crying out for acceptance from her father is a reminder of the pain you endured during the time they ridiculed you for being stupid enough to let the enemy through… for something I DID!!!" She was crying now. "Tell me you don't regret ever taking the blame for me."
"You've replaced one joy with another…"
"Bullshit!" She said mimicking one of the many movies her daughter had brought back for the family to watch.
"What?" He gave her a confused look.
"You don't mean that… if you did you'd accept your daughter's abnormalities like a true parent should."
"I do…"
"Then why do you insist on hurting her so much…" Whitefire asked before leaving his sight.
"So this is Tamaran…" Robin said in awe of the beautiful field.
"Look at the flower!!" Beast Boy reached his hand out to a plant.
"I wouldn't do that if I were you…" Raven warned him.
"It looks like a rose!" Just before touching it, it snapped at him.
"More like a Venus fly trap…" Cyborg said.
"Do you hear that??" Robin asked
"When there's trouble you know who to call…"
"That's the CD Starfire never returned to me!!!" Beast Boy jumped up and down turning into a rabbit in the process.
"Think we should check there?" Raven asked.
"It couldn't hurt… We are on the right planet anyway."
"So, tonight you'll do it?" Bluestreak asked the big guy known as Tyde.
"Yes… tonight I'll tell her." He said missing the look of sadness crossing Echo's face.
"Good." Bluestreak said.
"I'm a party animal!!" Tane declared blasting the CD Starfire had left and turned on her favorite track. "When there's trouble you know who to call…" Tane back flipped before moving to the beat.
"Teen Titans!!" A different voice wafted through the air.
"Kori you made it!!" They all exclaimed. Bluestreak nudged Tyde before he stepped forward.
"Care to dance with me?" He asked his voice coming out slightly shaky. Starfire only grinned and yanked a shocked Tyde to the crowd and moves her body against his.
"Just do what feels right, Tyde." She informed him as he
awkwardly moved to the up beat of the song.
"Soon… Very soon…" Francesca smirked. The titans will be
gone forever!!
