OK, I realize my chapters have been really short. And I have a good explanation for it, which I really don't feel like going into right now. Needless to say, I am reverting back to my more usual customs and will write longer chapters. This in turn will require my updates to be less frequent. If this bothers you, don't read this. I write because I like to. By all means write Update soon!!! a billion times for a review, it will not change my actual writing schedule. All that will happen is that I will get an ego boost, albeit a minor one, from knowing that people really do enjoy my stories. But I do appreciate knowing that you enjoy my story and regardless of what you write for a review, thank you. So without further ado, my new and improved longer chapters:

"It's all a dream, it's all a dream," he spoke to himself softly. Well not all of it. He remembered the time in the gym and he had actually blacked-out. He was in extreme pain. But the wedding was still two days away. He could procrastinate a little more...

"No!" Robin yelled it out loud, in order to help strengthen his resolution. He had to do it now. After what he dreamt, he didn't want to give Star any more time to fall in love with the weird, albeit strong Tamaranian.

Jumping up from his bed, Robin staggered under his own weight. Ignoring the pain, he limped slowly through the hallway towards an open door where yellow light shined through the cracks.

Opening the door slowly, Robin peered his head inside slowly checking to see if Star was there. She was, but instead of just going in, Robin looked to see what she was doing.

Star was in front of a mirror, holding a long white dress adorned with metal in front of her. She was talking to herself.

"I guess I will not be needing this anymore," she said softly, placing her communicator on the bed. She left her hand on top of it, fingering the rounded edges for a moment, then roughly pulled her hand away.

"Why does this bother me so much? I knew this was coming! I knew it from when when I was six! All Tamaranian girls are promised. And Icefire is sweet and caring and strong and nice, he is perfect! Why do I not feel as if this is right?"

"Because it isn't right. And he isn't perfect. Not for you," Robin stepped from the doorway, slightly dragging his foot (lets just assume his entire body is screwed up from the gym).

"Robin! Thank... I man why are you here? I mean, why are you out of bed? You need to rest so you can,"

"Star," His voice cut through her babblings. "You don't want to marry this guy."

"Yes I do!" Her voice erupted. "I do, I do, I do..."

She continued to repeat this as she tried to convince herself of her own lie. Normally, she would have no problem maintaining her bright, cheerful exterior. But this wasn't a normal time. Robin thought of how much he had been through in the past few days. That was probably nothing compared to what Star was going through. For someone whose entire power came from her emotions, an unwanted marriage had to be the worst thing that could happen to her.

Robin, walked (limped) across the room and put his arms around her. For someone who had no idea of how to treat girls, he was doing quite well.

"No you don't" he repeated softly.

"You are right," her dejected voice sounded muffled from where her head lay pressed against his cloak. Her emotions were too much. The least she could do was to let some of them go, and Robin was her best friend, the very best person who would be able to understand her.

Robin felt all his worries slip away. She had admitted it. Well she hadn't said that she loved him, but at least she didn't love the other guy. It was a start. A great start. It made up for the rest of his miserable stay on Tamaran.

"So don't marry him!" Robin's voice whispered carefully in her ear. He had to be careful, he didn't want to destroy this newfound trust that had suddenly seemed to have grown between them.

"I must. For Tamaran. It is tradition. And there cannot be an unwed princess."

Robin felt his heart sink. No matter what he said, at the back of her mind, at the back of her heart there would always be Tamaran. He couldn't ask her to leave behind the only planet she had grown up on. Her home.

"There has to be a loophole, an exception to the rule," he added the last part quickly seeing her confused face.

"There is none. The Tamaran princess must be married. And the great ruler chooses the groom."

"If we ask, maybe they can make an exception."

"It is the rule."

"Surely there's something we can do."

"There is nothing."

"Star, you can't do this to me! You can't just accept what's going on! You must..."

"Don't tell me what I must do Robin! There is nothing. If you cannot accept Tamaran as you accept Earth, then perhaps it is best if you do not attend the wedding ceremony."

Star's words cut deeply into Robin. The only thing that kept him going was the fact that her knew that she did not want to go though with this. "Star you can't fool me and you can't fool yourself. You don't want to get married. And if it's the last thing I do I will make sure that you don't,"

And with that Robin left the room and went off in search of the grand ruler.

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'I have to find him. He's the only one who can stop this.' Robin began to limp along the hallways, grabbing onto any statues he could use as support for his aching body. crash. Well, any statues that were strong enough to support him. Robin pushed the pieces behind another, larger statue and continued on his way.

Robin knew it was useless to talk to Icefire. Even if Icefire wasn't happy about marrying Star, which based on his expensive gifts to her he was, there was nothing he could do. He was as clearly bound by the law as she was.

Only the grand ruler had any say in this crazy charade.

Robin limped on until her reached the royal chamber. The grand ruler sat, reading through a long scroll on the chair. Robin was eerily reminded of his third grade teacher. She would sit in the exact same position as the grand ruler and Tamaranian vision improving telescopic focol devices looked remarkably like grannie glasses.

Shaking his head, to clear it, Robin stepped up next to the grand ruler. And stood there; the grand ruler seemed to not notice him at all.

"ahem," Robin cleared his throat.

The grand ruler read on.

"Sir? Mr. Grand Ruler Person, sir?" Robin said hesitantly.

"Yes?" The grand ruler turned to him.

"Can you hear ok?" Robin blurted out by accident. He seemed to be doing a lot of things by accident these days.

"Why, yes. Why do you ask?"

"Well I stood next to you for about five minutes. And then I cleared my throat. And you still didn't notice me."

"I simply assumed you were engaging in the Earthen Customs I hear so much about from Starfire. Please I beg your forgiveness. And proceed."

Robin turned even brighter red. 'Right. Different planet. I forgot. Anyway, better do what I came here for...'

"Sir, can you cancel the wedding between Star and Icefire?"

The Grand Ruler, highest in all of Tamaran and the surrounding five planets, turned his gaze so that he looked at Robin calmly, and fell out of his seat.