Chapter 7

Danny and Star stood solemnly outside in a grass field. The wind was blowing like no tomorrow, but they didn't care. Both were dressed in black. Their eyes seemed to be vacant, emotionless. Both were standing next to a gravestone. A grave that read Rosa Sector. Gray clouds loomed over them.

"I can't believe we were too late." Danny whispered.

(Mwa hahaha... freeze scene! Okay everyone.. I was just kidding! That's not what happened, just thought Id use something to keep everyone awake during my story! Here's what really happened...)

Rosa groaned and opened her eyes slowly. She looked around her and realized she was in Danny's bedroom. She moved slightly and then heard a squeak. She looked down and saw she was on his bed. Her head was throbbing, but she managed to sit up, slowly. The harsh pounding in her head eventually started to subside. Now she could think, at least a little bit. That's when Danny opened the door and walked in. He gasped as he saw her sitting up, he ran over and gave her a big hug.

"Oh Rosa, thank goodness your alright!" Danny said as he was hugging the life out of her.

"Trouble.....breathing..." She said, trying to gasp air.

"Oh sorry.." he pulled away.

"Thanks." Rosa smiled weakly at him.

Danny looked at her with a small smile.

"Danny? I want to thank you for-"Rosa began, but then Danny cut her off.

"No thanks are needed. I would have done it in a heartbeat. I would never let you die."

Rosa found herself smiling more and looking into his handsome face. Wait, did she just think that? Her face turned thoughtful as she considered the fact she might like Danny more than a friend. But she knew that could never happen. He deserved to have a girl who he can look through both of her eyes and not be repelled. She felt her arms snake around her as she sat, no longer looking at Danny, but the ground.

"Rosa?" Danny asked, concerned.

"Hmm?" She looked up and then blinked. "Oh, I'm sorry, I was thinking about something."

"You gonna be alright?" Danny said and he hugged her.

"Ill be fine. Don't worry about me." Rosa smiled at him. It wasn't a pure smile, but it was the best she could muster.

"Alright." Danny stood up and started to walk to the door. "Get some rest okay? You can go home when you're well enough to walk."

"Danny?"

"Yes?" He turned back. Rosa hesitated.

"I..." She started. She closed her eyes. Then said, "Never mind."

"Alright...rest well." Danny had a look of bewilderment as he exited the room.

Rosa sighed and lied back down on the bed. She couldn't tell him how she felt. He deserved much better. Her eyelids moved halfway down her eyes. Her face showed a face of sorrow. But she had to be strong. If she really did love him, than he must never know how she felt. She promised herself that. She wondered what kind of girl he would go for, but then quickly shook away the thought.

The door opened again, and there stood Star Vost. She had on a t-shirt and some cut off jeans. As she entered her green eyes gazed at Rosa. Rosa looked back at her.

"Hey." Star said, with a hint of a smile.

"Hi." Rosa replied, with no emotion almost. Star sighed.

"I'm sorry I was a jerk." Star started. This was hard for her to do because of her pride, but she knew she had to. "I just had lost so much in my life, I retreated into my hatred and my self pity. I had forgotten that there were other people with lives and emotions as well."

Rosa's face softened. She could tell Star was serious.

"But you, You Rosa. You brought me back." Star's smile was getting a little bigger.

Rosa blinked. "I did? How?"

"Your eye. Your secret. It made me realize that other people have difficulties too. They aren't the same as mine, but they are as painful. From then on, I began to realize things about myself that were a lie." She laughed a little. "I even stopped Danny from trying to kill Vlad." At that, Rosa's one eye widened.

"But you hate Vlad, you said you wanted to kill him yourself." Rosa said.

"I know, but I realized that Vlad turned me into something when we first met. He turned me into a monster like himself. I couldn't let him scar Danny like that. If he killed Vlad, he would have lost everything that makes him pure and good. He would be tainted like I am. Like Ill always be." She sighed.

Rosa smiled weakly at her. "In a way, I'm tainted too. Pure evil itself was trapped in my body for fourteen long years. I finally got her out. And nearly died, doing it." Rosa gazed outside the window.

"So you should be used to this near death thing by now right?" Star grinned.

Rosa turned to her and laughed. "Yeah. Almost dying seems to be my specialty."

"Well.. in that case...maybe I should stick around you and Danny. I could stop you from getting into too much trouble." Star smirked.

"I'd like that." Rosa gave her a small smile. "As for me getting into trouble, I don't even think the lord himself could stop me." Her blue eye sparkled with mischief.

Star rolled her green eyes. She flipped her head to the side and her short black hair followed her head movements.

"Well, Id better get going. I hope you feel well enough to come to school tomorrow. Oh and try not to die on me in the next few hours?" Star grinned as two yellow rings engulfed her, changing her hair white, her eyes bright yellow, and her clothes into a yellow and white suit.

Rosa laughed. "Ill try."

Star grinned and jumped up to fly, to only fall back down to the ground. Both blinked. Star stood up, rather confused.

"Okay.. That was unexpected." She started. She jumped up again, this time she stayed up.

Rosa realized suddenly that something else was wrong with Star, that hadn't been the first time her powers had shorted out. She remembered in the bathroom and facing Vlad too.

"Star, wait.. I think there might be something off about your powers." Rosa frowned.

"Yeah, I noticed it too. I'm afraid, it's because of my teenage hormones. Unlike your powers, which are so new that you can't possibly lose control as much as me. Mine have pretty much gone weird because I'm a teen. Therefore, that's the only way I can describe it."

"Very strange, how long will it last?" Rosa was worried.

"Oh, probably till I'm eighteen." Star sighed. "I can't wait." She added dryly.

Rosa smiled and hugged Star, whose eyes had grown ten times their normal size when Rosa first touched her.

Star instantly pulled away. "Um, thank you Rosa but I am so not the sentimental type remember?" She smirked.

"Hehehe, oops I forgot. I'm sorry."

"Not a big deal. Anyway, See you!" With that, Star disappeared through the roof and appeared back out in the afternoon sky. Star had noticed something about Rosa was off. She wasn't sure what it was, but she would eventually find out. She smiled to herself as she spun in the air and took in all the smells and sights. When she finally got home, she turned back into her normal self and put a small smile on her face to talk to her Aunt and Uncle. She was finally ready to give them a try.

Danny smiled to himself as he sat down with Tucker and Sam and told them both what happened. But inside something tugged at his mind. What had Rosa wanted to tell him before she had that coughing fit? Was it something important? He hoped one day she would tell him. All he could do for now is wait.

Rosa put her head back on the pillow with a sigh. She wished she could tell them. But she knew if she did, she might lose the only friends she had now. Is it really worth it to lose friendships? She wished she knew the answers to all her questions that rang in her mind. For now she had to take each day at a time, and never take anything for granted. Since she didn't know how much time they had left on this earth. She just wished that she could tell him before she would really die.

That she loved him.

The End! For now....

Stay tuned for the next story! "Cursed"