Tamaranian Nights
Chapter 4: Hamesha
Disclaimer: I still do not own Teen Titans, or Arabian Night's by Sarah Brightman.
Starfire, finally assured that the bridge would indeed hold her for her quest to rescue her sister from the dark path, flew forward; her new body flowing as easily as it had with her old. She was running full-tilt, but still unable to succeed in overtaking her sister. Her elder sister was simply too fast.
Blackfire took a resounding leap in the darkness, where Starfire could barely see a large crevice outlined in the outer darkness. Starfire cried out to her sister, quite horrified, but just as she called, beautiful black-feathered wings erupted from the dark hamesha's back. After a quick stretch and glide, she dove through the curtain of black, landing on the far side of another, much larger path. Blackfire took up the haunting song of the voice as she loped and ran and tossed.
Not too long after, Starfire had taken flight from the farther edge of the crevice, her own beautiful wings sprouting from her back with a sudden fierce energy. The light hamesha touched down gracefully and continued after the dark hamesha, which still had a rather good lead on her. The wings felt cumbersome at first, slowing her progress; but Starfire, trained as she was in the art of flight, cleverly tilted them to stream-line the solar wind and it gave her a nice burst of speed. Her older sibling did not seem so far out of reach as before.
Blackfire charged forward, sighting her prize; an emerald diamond the size of her fist suspended seemingly on nothing but the icy night air. The dark hamesha ran smoothly to it and snapped it up in her teeth, swinging it to and fro, not missing a beat of her agile dash. Twirling it over her head for a moment until its strand that kept it a necklace was large enough to encircle her neck; she skipped merrily into the loop. The diamond settled in place, Blackfire moved onward, suddenly quite aware of the burning anger in the knowledge that her younger sister was not far behind.
Something sharp whipped past her cheek and it stung her to tears. At first, Blackfire's fury nearly choked her of air, causing her to falter in her run. She realized that she had indeed been caught taking the gem. Her mind was racing furiously at her options; this point in her vision had always been the most difficult to overtake. A sudden horribly wicked idea came into her mind. She hiked the necklace over her head and caught it in her teeth again, and with an effort threw the diamond back toward her sister. She glared benignly over her shoulder for an instant at the brilliant scheme she had only just put into action. It was all too perfect.
A tiny, green object came hurtling toward Starfire in the air. Hesitating for only a moment, Starfire caught the object clean around her neck, making amends to take it to her sister, for it seemed she had mistakenly left it behind. She called ahead to her sibling again, pleading for her to stop this chase for her legs were beginning to tire. This body did not provide the proper strengths she needed to continue this mad sprint for much longer. Still Blackfire did not stop. Starfire closed her eyes briefly in pain; either from the race or the blatant disregard from her sister, she did not know. She promised that she would not fail her sister, for both their sakes.
The assaults were becoming more vicious, more violent than she remembered. Blackfire reared and parried to avoid a blast aimed for her heart, narrowly missing another that zinged past her head. Deciding the dangers could be reckoned with once they saw her sibling with the diamond, Blackfire pressed forward. It suddenly became a game and she found herself amused at the blasts of ammunition that were being taken. She dodged and evaded several more attempts on her life, nearly laughing as she went, then there they all were—the creatures firing their repeated firepower to destroy herself and her cause. She wove deftly through the lot of them without so much as a scuff, for they were distracted with a certain light-coloured hamesha that had a stolen relic about its neck. Only then did the dark hamesha pause in her wild run to glance back a wicked smile curling her lips.
Starfire came to an abrupt, skidding halt as the creatures rose up menacingly before her. They were on her now, taking her down into the cage with those cold steel bars.
Blackfire could not have been happier.
Starfire did not understand what was happening as the—the monsters clamped onto her legs and tore at her wings, forcing her into a small imprisonment. She fought back, not knowing she had done anything wrong. The top of the cage slammed shut and the bars around her clattered frigidly in turn. Starfire gazed out in horror to see her sister, still a dark-winged hamesha taking flight; spinning circles of triumphant victory in the sky. No one was there to aid her; it had all been a ploy. Starfire was to be trapped here in this sub-consciousness forever; trapped to the will of her sister for all time and space. All was lost.
A/N: Aiiya, another short chapter, but I actually had the time to post this week-end beams proudly. This was, I think, the weirdest part of the story for my benevolent reader's, but it is my favorite part in the song! I realize that there are a few switching in the points of view there and the interludes are supposed to be very short. (I wish I just had a mind-thought projector to show because this is proving somewhat difficult to tell...)
Does anybody see the not so subtle hinting toward a certain Teen Titans episode in the story just yet? sheepish smile
Oo, and I'm sorry about the usual dividers I use to indicate a change in the point of view, FF. N is being a butt.
I hope to update this story quickly, as there should only be two chapters left to post. So stay tooned to all who are still with me and please review!
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