Child of the stars
Chapter Three
"Well um… what do I call you again?" Robin asked nervously at the emperor of Tamaran. "You may call me Seriandor. Or Serpentfire. Now tell me what is wrong with my dearest Koriandor?" The big but friendly man chuckled. Cyborg shrugged, "Well Serpentfire, She eats an awful lot and then throws it all up." BeastBoy nodded, "Yea dude, I mean she is all happy one minute, then all sad the other."
Suddenly the emperor gasped and clapped Robin on the back, "You have mated with Koriandor have you, eh? I KNEW she loved you! I knew it!" The half human and green teen snickered and Robin blushed, "Um, no. You see… we're not married… wait a minute… MATED?! What do you mean?" The emperor's avuncular attitude changed quickly, "Well it's apparent that she is expecting. YOU MADE HER AN EXPECTANT WITHOUT GETTING MARRIED?!" The boy wonder looked at him confused, "Expectant?" Serpentfire nodded and he realized that Robin couldn't have done this to his Starfire, he had absolutely no clue what was going on and became friendly once more, "Yes… Koriandor must be expecting children soon. How long has this been going on?" Robin sighed in relief to the Tamaraians understanding, "About three months."
Starfire's belly still had not grown and Raven was worried, didn't Tamaraian womens' bellies grow with children too? Deciding that the worst could be someone finding out that Star wasn't human, she set up a doctor's appointment and so there they were, waiting in the office for the sonogram to appear. The doctor chuckled, "Are you sure you are expecting dear?"
The redhead nodded and she asked curiously, "Why are you putting that on my stomach? Do you not know that she is here?" and with that she pulled up the machine to her heart and both the doctor and Raven gasped as Starfire squealed, "OH! TWINS! MOST GLORIOUS!" The twins were in her heart. Thinking quickly Raven wiped the man's memory and he fainted, "Star, you never told me this." Starfire sighed, "I did not know that you did not know."
"WAIT A MINUTE… CHILDREN?! STARFIRE IS PREGNANT?! HOW?" Robin yelled at the top of his lungs. Serpentfire nodded in confirmation that Robin was not the one to have done this… there was evil somewhere on earth that had done this to his lovely little girl. He sighed and looked around before whispering, "It was not to her will." Robin could only stand there in shock for two minutes before he fainted. Cyborg nodded, "That makes sense… how long will this be?"
The old emperor started to walk along with Cyborg through a dark hall filled with family portraits of almost every family in Tamaran, "It depends on how much love and happiness is in her heart. Every Tamaraians personality is based on what their mother feels. The babies grow in their heart you see? And like how Koriandor must push emotion through her powers, she must also do so to give birth. And since this is Koriandor we are talking about, I'm thinking by the time you get back she'll be ready to give birth."
Cyborg looked down and gasped, "That's two days." Serpentfire nodded and a tear strolled down his cheek, "Please promise me that she'll visit soon afterwards so that if she suffers the same fate as her mother, I might be able to see her one last time?" The half human looked up, "What? What happened to her mother?" Serpentfire sighed and a tear strolled down his cheek, "She had a weak heart. Once she gave birth it tore open. The doctors sewed it back, and she was lucky she lived so long." The half robot raised his only eyebrow, "Say what?" "She lived for seven years. Then her heart tore once more and burst. That's how she died. I am hoping that Koriandor does not have a weak heart too. Otherwise…"
"She won't live." The half human gazed in terror. Sure, babies in the tower would change everything, but Starfire dying would be even worse. If she was gone, Robin could go back into depression or worse. The children would not have a father nor a mother. Then what would happen? There was an air around them that enlaced them both with a feeling of fear. If Starfire was going to give birth when they got there, Robin wouldn't even have the chance to say goodbye.
Cyborg thanked Serpentfire and swore to him that he could go with them, "But we must leave soon or else Rob won't even get to say goodbye to her either… then the titans would be no more. We suffered not having Star once. When she fell through the wormhole in time. We each after that had a terrible fate. We can't live together without her. Her being missing was proof of that." The emperor nodded and servants brought him some already packed luggage and the titans were going back home… today.
Raven read countless books about the Tamaranian way of life and should have been assured that nothing would happen. Yet, there was a feeling looming about her that actually scared her. Something was not right. She decided to spend every minute she could with her redheaded and then it happened. Sitting next to Starfire on the couch, a pale woman with glowing black orbs for eyes sang and screeched in delight. This woman was a slender angel with white hair and powerful, black feathered wings.
Raven gasped and the angel was gone. It was a death angel sitting next to her friend.
I know it's not much but I needed this to be up as soon as possible. I can't reply to your reviews b/c my parents are dominating this computer… SORRY! Once again I am absolutely BEGGING YOU TO FORGIVE MY DELAY!!!!
As Always,
Marchwarden's Blueeyed Shadow (S)