Chapter 5

Lost and Tortured souls.

The Titans had gone to Tameran to find that surely wasn't there and that she had defiantly told Galfore all about the incident. And trust me when anger a Kanorfka who takes his job to protect and guide his or her Bumgorf seriously you do not want to get any were near them.

The Titans made it off of Tameran but left Robin wondering why he didn't use Starbolts to hit them while they were flying away.

All they found out on the Location of Starfire was that she was on a planet who's coordinates are 34030 degrees latitude and 12453354 degrees longitude.

They found a planet full of people who were Martial arts experts. They talked to master after master and found that they had all seen the girl but did not train her . But the Grand master did.

When they got to were she lived they found out the same thing starfire had many many months ago that the Grand master that robin had trained with had also .

But what Robin Didn't know was that though he had trained with the Grand Master he had never beaten her. Starfire had.

" ahh I see it is the Teen Titans . I'm guessing you came here looking for your friend Koriand'r" The grand master said with a hint of anger in her voice remembering the Tameranians words .

"Grand master? Why are you here? And who is this Koriand'r person we're looking for starfire!" Robin said while bowing in a polite way to his old mentor.

"She must have changed the names for you . I'll give you a hint. Komand'r is her sisters name but you may know her as Blackfire." She said with little bit more than a hint of anger in her voice.

" THAT'S STARFIRE! Why did you call her Koriand'r?" Robin asked with much confusion.

" THAT'S HER NAMES NUMSKULL!" The grand master yelled from anger that he didn't know her real name . And that he changed it to Starfire .

" How did she get the names Starfire out of Koriand'r?" Beast boy asked with a even more confused face.

" She didn't get that name Robin made it up for her. Just because her name was too hard to remember. YOU COULD HAVE JUST CALLED HER KORI! She actually likes that name."

The grandmaster said getting more angry with each sentence . They were suppose to be her friends and they didn't know a single thing about the real her. They just thought she could be happy all the time and that she was happy with everything. That her life and past were happy little did they know the torture that had consumed her. And The grand master still held dearly the poem that she had written during her stay she had forgotten it when she left.

It's words were filed with sadness and remembrance of her so called friends and her past.

" Ha and you called yourself her friends ! You don't even know who she really is. You don't know what she had to do to get those starbolts you think is a tameranian gift . You don't know why her sister was ruling tameran and her parents weren't you don't even know why she wears that band on her arm . And let me tell you it's not jewelry . It's a symbol of what she sacrificed for the universes freedom. A symbol that all who know her and her sister's story will always remember." The Grand master yelled.

The Titans were shocked to hear what had actually happened. Raven most of all.

She had known that Starfire ... Kori had been hiding something but she could never break into that part of her mind. She had no idea that the girl had been so haunted.

"Master what did happen to St-I mean Kori?" Robin asked with much concern in his voice

" It is not my story to tell but I will tell you what the universe knows. Only Kori knows the whole thing." The grand master stated then added " Be aware what you hear might make you feel sick to your stomach. And might make you feel horrible inside. " She stated with not the slightest sign of happiness on her face.

Robin looked at his team to make sure they were ready. They all nodded " We are prepared to find out." Robin stated with a hint of excitement in his voice. He had always wanted to know about Starfire's past . But whenever he brought up the subject she would change it. And he didn't feel like pushing the subject until now.

" Long ago when all of you were young. The planet Tameran was attacked by a race called the Psions . They overthrew Tameranian government . The tameranians and the Psions struck a bargain . This bargain did not seem that big to the people of Tameran . They did not know at the time what it was. The Psions asked for two Tamerans. Starfire/Koriand'r and Blackfire / Komand'r were the princesses they had to do anything to help their planet. So they were offered as the two sacrifices. The minute they were traded. Two Psion soldiers attacked and Killed the King and Queen. Unfortunately Starfire was in the room at the time. She witnessed her own parents murder. Everyone thought she would go insane because they saw her and threw her into her own parents blood. But she remained Sane . She only once came close. Starfire had a younger brother. Ryand'r and he ran when the Psions came. Well I will tell you later what happened to him after young Kori found him." The grandmaster stopped to take in a deep breath. And It gave the Titans to start to get ready already stunned by Starfire's past they were ready for anything now. Or so they thought.

" Are you sure you wish to continue?" The grand master asked calmingly.

Robin once again looked for his teams approval. It was not as quick as the first time but everyone nodded their head yes.

" Okay then I shall continue on. Kori and Koma were taken to the home planet of the Psions.

There they were treated like slaves. They were whipped every day. And then a new idea for power arose. And they needed to test it on a guneia pig or two. They cut open Koma and Kori's arms . And put in the power. It burned their souls and they cried out in pain. But no one helped them. I have always wondered which had hurt worse . The fact that they knew no one would come to their rescue to save them or the physical pain itself. Then they gave Kori and Koma one day off. They had collars around their necks so if they even tried to fly they would be painfully reminded of their slavery. They were out in a field when they found him they found their younger brother. Ryand'r he had been hit with a device that turned you into stone. This also was irreversible. So now Kori had lost her parents, and brother. She couldn't take it anymore . She went on a rampage the collar broke off of her and all the other slaves. But starfire's rampage didn't just destroy collars it destroyed the planet. She was so angered by her little brother's death. The main reason was Ryand'r was only 4 minutes younger than her they were twins. And now his body lies on his favorite moon. Starfire made sure of it. She buried him on the Tameranian moon that represents peace and love." And with that The grand master had finished her story.

All of the Titans were in awe they never thought that Kori had been so tortured she always seemed to be happy. But what else had the grand master said. The fact that she felt that she had to act happy. To keep the team going. To keep that smile on her face .

" Why didn't she tell us?" Robin asked almost crying.

" She felt that such simple matters should be left alone. The effects of her twins death haven't worn off yet. She joined the Titans because the leader of that planet was on Earth. Robin you know him all too well. She knew him as Rodnerak. In tameranian meaning Torturer. But on this planet he is known as . Slade." The grand master said with a hint of anger in her voice.

"Slade is the person who tortured her?" Robin yelled then remembering all the times he had told Starfire she didn't understand why Slade had to be brought down. All the times he yelled at her because he thought she didn't understand all the hurt slade had caused all the lives he'd destroyed when in reality he had killed her people, Killed her mother and father in front of her, made her soak in her parent's blood, tortured her, killed her brother , and worst of all forced her to feel the worst feeling ever felt Hate . Not the hate were you say I hate you to someone. The hate were you burn with the desire to kill . The fires of hell power you when you feel the rage of hate.

" Koriand'r is a lost and tortured soul who just seeks a land of peace and love like the one her family found. But she doesn't want to die she wants to find paradise. She wrote it on this peace of paper except in more beautiful words that describe her hurt her pain her suffering." The grand master said while reading the poem silently in her head.

False Smiles

I put a smile on this face

everyone thinks it's real

Everyone that lives in this place

They don't see my horror.

They don't have the memories

of torture

They don't feel the hurt

of my burns

They see a girl who's carefree

And careless

But when I look into the mirror

I see torture awaiting me.

I thought I found love

But it wasn't real

I only found hate

In this place.

I pray for a world of true peace

A world were no one holds a gun

A world were I can tell them about my past and live on.

A world were hell doesn't exist and only heaven awaits

In this world of sensational dreams.

There are three places to go

To torture with the devil

To life again with god

or to roam the Eternal blue sky.

The heavy hearted meet the devil

The kind hearted meet god

The dreamers will meet no one

but will fly on.

She almost cried because it was so true. So very true. Starfire had a good heart but was a dreamer she shouldn't have experienced hell. She should have experienced the glorious blue sky that awaited her. Or the bountiful gates of heaven.

" May I see that please?" Raven asked politely.

After reading it over she was impressed . The poetry was so true and so correct. She suddenly wondered who had written it.

" who wrote this piece of literature?" Raven asked as polite as possible.

" Starfire she was expressing her feelings after a long day of training. Or after the time she beat me. Or maybe it was on- "WHAT?" The grand master had been interrupted by Robin's yell.

" Grand master no offense but STARFIRE BEAT YOU?" Robin yelled knowing full well that he had never beaten the Grandmaster. Ever!

" Yes young one she beat me." She said with some happiness in her voice because the fact was she was quite angered at him now seeing him bewildered from the fact that she had accomplished something in martial arts he hadn't .

" She must have used her starbolts that's the only way she could have beaten you!" Robin yelled instantly regretting what he had said . The grand master's face became Angered if you looked hard enough you could see just how much hatred she had at that moment her eyes Showed the burning fires of the devils lair.

" You . You and your inability to see potential caused all of this. You and your hurtful words. You and everything you stand for caused this girl to leave home on this quest. If you expect me to help someone like you then you are horribly mistaken . Kori left because she was deeply hurt.

She left to show you all she could win against you in a battle. She beat me without flight, starbolts, or tameranian strength. She beat me with her martial arts and nothing else. She beat me with cunning moves that would easily out match you. When I trained you I had to yell at you to wake up. When starfire trained I had to yell at her to stop. She worked a million times harder than you did robin. No billions of times harder than you did." and with that the Grand master retreated into her home . With only a few words.

" The Trees do have ears . And they see things too through Emerald eyes." And with that she left

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