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Chapter 4

Three Tests to Destiny

By Lupine Eyes.

The Queen led them into the dining room and through open the mahogany colored doors. Everyone gasped upon seeing the long chestnut table positioned parallel to a large window. But it wasn't so much the table as the stuff upon it. Food. Heaps of it. It was a meal fit for a queen, well several actually. "Wow." Said Ryand'r. "Who got engaged?" (A/n I don't expect anyone to laugh, after all, none of my bets-readers got it…)

His mother glared at him, and he glanced back sheepishly. Starfire laughed, "Well" she said, "Why don't we sit down to this wondrous meal the cooks have prepared for us." So, they sat down, Ryand'r, Starfire, and Robin on one side, in that order, and Raven Beast Boy and Cyborg, in that order. Skyfire and Wildfire sat on the dais at the head of the table, and Thornage sat at the bottom.

When everyone was seated, they began to devour the strange foods set before them. Robin looked down at the pinkish liquid set before him, he sighed and tried it, and to his delight it tasted delicious. Sadly, it was gone before he could really enjoy it. "Star?" he asked. "Could you pass me more of that pink liquid?"

"Uh… Robin that's Talmet." Starfire replied with a semi-disgusted look on her face. Dragonfire looked at him like he was insane.

"Your point is…?" Robin asked, clearly not seeing anything wrong.

"I believe this is similar to my drinking of the mustard?" Star said recalling the picnic were she had tasted the delightful yellow liquid for the first time. Robin's eyes bugged out.

"Okay… what am I supposed to drink then?" Robin asked.

Starfire passed him an orangeish-clear liquid, with little bubbles in it. Tentatively Robin sipped it, surprised to find it tasted like Wild Cherry Pepsi (Happy little R thing means I don't own that neither.) He gave her a questioning look. "Its Helline, nectar from the Hy'tt blossom."

"It's delicious." Robin said reassuringly. Star smiled in reply before turning back to her own dinner, which consisted of a chicken-like meat with a brown sauce, a sort of chick-pea mash, and a salad made of a weird purple and blue fruit, and of course, the Jello-like substance (Don't own Jello!) which she always was trying to get the Titans to eat, and the berries that she had given Silkie, who was sleeping soundly in Star's room.

Robin eyed her food wearily, and then sighed, before taking a bit of everything, except for what Terra had once called "Ice Cream mixed with sushi" that he knew tasted bad.

"So Kori, " Wildfire asked, after taking a bite of a red rice-like substance. " Tell us, what is Earth like?" Ryand'r leaned over and looked at Star, clearly interested in the strange world his sister had come to call home.

"Well," Star began, looking for the right words. "It is... much like Tameran in its way. Large cities, forests oceans, diversified peoples." She sighed. "You see, it is fairly hard to explain. But one thing is for certain, there is a lot less crime here then there…" She scowled, at a loss for word on how to describe her new planet. She looked to her friends and they complied with assistance. It took about an hour (Sorry I couldn't write it out, I am finding it hard to explain things lately, damn writers block…) but Starfire thought they had given a fairly good picture of Earth.

"Wait." Dragonfire said as the conversation drew to a close. "What is 'tofu'?"

Beast Boy opened his mouth to reply, but was cut off by Skyfire. "Enough." she said "No more questions. Vega is sinking, and I am sure you all are tired from your trip. Going through wormholes dos that. Illændeil'e will show you to your rooms." She snapped her fingers and a young woman with stormy gray eyes and wispy silver hair, with the signature golden skin of a Tameranian walked in.

Cyborg sighed, "Good, we get a guide. I thought we'd have to find our way in this place. I don't wanna get lost. Lead on…"

"Stormwind. You may call me Stormwind. I one of the Queen's ladies-in-waiting." she replied. "Follow me." She turned and walked out, followed by a scowling Raven, a drooling Beast Boy with hearts for eyes, and a completely indifferent Cyborg.

Starfire shook her head as the procession left. "She had so much potential. Just a Lady in waiting? Well, at least she'll be close to Dragonfire." Robin looked at her strangely. "Oh, they are engaged."

"Don't tell Beast Boy, I think I saw him drooling." Robin said, as they started to leave.

"Oh, Raven won't be happy about that." Starfire replied. Robin raised an eyebrow. "What, you didn't know? Oh well, you'll have to wait like everyone else. " Robin sighed and decided to drop the subject.

They reached the hotel like hallway in which all the guest rooms were situated. If Starfire felt anything about not being treated to her old room, she didn't show it. She walked over to her door, and then turned around, smiling. "Goodnight Robin." She said quietly, before retreating to her room.

"Good night Star." He said as he walked into his room, directly across the hall from hers. He sighed looking around at the large King sized bed near the window, a rough desk, closet and two plus chairs. A lamp sat on his rough bedside table, which he turned on as he began to unpack. That finished, he fell on his bed, and looked out his window.

Night had fallen, and the sky was beautiful. Thousands of new constellations glistened in the darkness. He turned off the lamp, closed his eyes, and allowed sleep to come.

Starfire fell into the plush mattress. She sighed. It was good to be home, even if she wasn't sleeping in her own room. But that that was understandable, she hadn't been expected back here. She had been expected to stay slave for the rest of her natural life. She sighed. It really wasn't anyone's fault, her father had to do it. But that didn't make it hurt any less.

A flash of light broke her out of her thoughts. When it subsided Starfire saw her mother sitting on the edge of her bed. "Sorry to barge in like this, but I really needed to talk to you alone."

Starfire sat up, and looked at Luand'r expectantly. "As I said, I really needed to talk to you. I have learned that you have already gone through Transformation. Tell me did you become a chrysalis?"

Starfire did not ask her mother how she knew, something told her she didn't want to find out. Instead she nodded and recounted her experience to her mother. Skyfire smiled sadly "I am incredibly sorry I could not be there. I know the Transformation is a trying time in a young Tameranians life. I remember mine. My skin turned as red as my hair, and it became scaly. And I had antlers growing out of my head." She shuddered. "And neck. I hid myself for a week."

"Did you become a chrysalis?" Starfire asked.

"Yeah…" her mother replied a smile blossoming on her face, and then after a few seconds, melting away like ice in the sunlight. "Koriand'r, listen. I am sorry to drag you back here, after… after what happened."

Starfire looked down. "It is… alright. Really. And, in case you are wondering, I will do it."

Luand'r stared at her mouth agape, clearly astonished. "You… you will?" she asked, her eyes nearly bugging out of her head.

"I will do what I was born to do." Starfire replied quietly with an air of seriousness she infrequently had. Her mother, in spite of, or perhaps because of, smiled and glomped her daughter as hard as possible.

"I am so happy." Skyfire said, releasing her daughter from the bone-breaking hug. "To be perfectly honest, we thought you'd never even agree to come back. And I can see why. That Robin is really…"

"MOM!" Starfire exclaimed before her mother could finish, throwing the pillow sitting next to her. The pillow collided with Skyfire's head, who growled before picking up a pillow herself. A rigorous pillow fight ensued. 15 minuets later, the two Tameranians where laughing and breathing heavily, white Riki bird feathers.

"Now, get some rest." Skyfire suggested after calming down. "The first test is tomorrow, and you do not want to be tired. After that you can show your friends around." Starfire nodded, laying down, and her mother exited the room.

The next morning, Starfire stepped out of the castle as the horizon began to glow, heralding the coming of Vega. She steeled herself, a look of resolve taking over her otherwise soft features. She turned to look back at her friends and family, the people closest to her, who would be joining her on this excursion.

Beast Boy yawned, still half asleep, and looked around blearily. "So, where are we going?" he asked as his jaw cracked with a yawn.

"You'll know soon enough." Dragonfire replied, his voice teasing before turning back to his conversation about vehicles with Cyborg.

Robin stepped up to her, after noticing her worried but resolved face. "Hey." He said quietly "You okay?"

Starfire nodded, her throat to dry for words. Then her father stood up from the bench he had been sitting on. "We must go, the Caves' opening draws nigh." He said, his deep voice booming in the cool air. Again Starfire nodded, and Robin's hand clasped hers as she lifted into the air. The others followed suit, all who could not fly being carried by someone who could.

They reached a set of quite normal looking caves, and they set down gently. "The first test…" Wildfire said, "Is the Caves of Phobious. Inside, Koriand'r, you will face your deepest secrets and your darkest nightmares. If you over come them you will move on the next test, which will take place when the gods think you are ready."

"And if I do not succeed?" Starfire asked, clearly nervous.

"Well…" Wildfire replied, hesitating. "There are three outcomes then… you could die… go completely insane… or come out completely unharmed and be banished."

"Well that's … heartening." Raven said, lifting an eyebrow.

Skyfire scowled at her husband, who looked back sheepishly. "I'm sure you'll do fine Kori." She said.

Starfire nodded, and Robin clasped her hand. "Not only will you succeed." He murmured for her ears only "You'll pass with flying colors." Starfire smiled, clasping his hand back.

Robin let go, his heart wrenching as his maybe-more-then friend went off to do battle without him. Alone. Unaided. By herself. The synonyms came to him unbidden, reminding him this may be the last time he would see her. His Starfire. He watched as she breathed deeply and stepped into the caves, her friends wishing her good luck as she disappeared.

Lupi: well that is the end of this chapter. Remember to review! I am wishing for 40 reviews (or more) before my nextest chapter!