Chapter Five: The Event That Caused All Her Pain

"It all started 13 years ago when I was 9. Nightingale and I were best-friends. We were closer than then Blackfire. Her real name is Makiah (Muh-ki-uh) (I know the names stupid but I asked my friend with a very odd name and that was it. I wish to thank him for that, and the glue incident this summer). She's an orphan, like me. Makiah's parents were murdered because of their faith. So we took her in, little did I know that she was using me. There are people called Elemental masters. There's light, darkness, weather, land, water, and fire, and their powers can be concentrated into crystals. If you ever have all the elements or crystals in the same place you can... well lets just say that if she can get her hand on my power were all dead. It almost happened before but I was so angry I destroyed everything in a

13 YEARS AGO:

Starfire's parents had guns pointed at her head, and a 9 year old Starfire had a knife at her throat.

"Why Makiah? Why are you doing this?" Starfire asked.

"I'm just tryn' to have a little fun, and Makiah died with my parents... I'm Nightingale now. I want something you have," she purred.

"And that would be?" Starfire asked, hate running down her chin like a river of blood.

"Have you ever heard of the Elemental Crystals?" she asked.

PRESENT DAY:

"After she asked me that and I denied she got mad and kept asking me the same question and I kept giving her the same answer, "no," "she was angry and wanted to persuade me to speak, I didn't. Then everything went bad... really, really bad.

13 YEARS AGO:

Not talking," Nightingale snapped her fingers and the cloaked people pulled the triggers on the guns that were pointed at her parent's heads. She screamed as blood sprayed from her parents dead bodies. A sharp object flew at her and cut her upper arm. She fell to the ground crying.

"Why? Why did you kill them?" she cried, then she stood up, "What have they ever done to you," she shouted her eyes, and body began glowing.

PRESENT DAY:

"Next thing I knew I completely lost control of my powers, and fired starbolt after starbolt until guards had to knock me out.

13 YEARS AGO:

"Princess please stop this behavior now!" a guard shouted, but she ignored them and kept shooting bolt, after bolt until a wave of electricity flowed through her body and she fell to the ground.

PRESENT DAY:

After that my siblings and I went in and out of foster home, after foster home. With each new family I got a new habit, cutting, bulimia, drinking, drugs. I was a wreck. I lost my powers. After that I went to counseling had all of these test's done. Finally I was back to normal or as normal I can ever get," all of these flashes of memories went into her head. She groaned and put her hand up to her far head.

"Starfire? Are you ok?" Robin asked.

"Yeah just a headache I'm going to go lye down," she walked off without another word.

"I'm gonna go talk to her," Robin said.

Robin and Starfire's room:

Starfire was laying on her side with her back to the door. Her body was shaking from her crying. Robin laid next to her, and put his arm around her.

"It's my fault, all my fault," she cried

"It's ok Star," Robin said pulling her into a hug.

"How can it be ok? I killed my parents," she stated in tears, "If I wasn't so dumb they would still be alive." At this Robin sat up and Starfire rolled over to face him.

"Starfire you are anything but dumb, and how you felt. When my parents died I felt like I was all alone. I stayed at one home until I came here. How many foster homes were you in?"

"Too many," she whispered. Robin wiped away her tears, and gave her a hug, as they laid down

"Well think of it this way their spirits are always looking over us, as they will for our baby," he gave her a sweet kiss on her forehead, and they fell asleep in each others arms...