Hello all. Thank you for all the reviews! Not any action, really, in this chapter…

Disclaimer: I don't own Teen Titans however this is made up for by the fact that I will soon own a copy of the latest Star Wars book, which comes out tomorrow! Ben Skywalker better get a speaking part or I will scream! Ehem, on with the show….

On with the show….

The Pendant

IV: un-happy welcomes

Robin sat on his bed, staring at the ceiling. It was late and he knew he needed sleep. All he could do was think about Starfire.

Sighing, he pulled the Pendant out of his pocket and stared at it.

"Well mom and dad, am I the Robin you wanted me to be?" He asked into the air

There was no answer, of course.

The emergency alarm went off.

On the way, without realizing it, the Pendant slipped out of Robin's pocket.

It lay somewhere in the halls of Titans tower.

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Starfire sighed and leaned over the balcony of her bedroom's terrace. For once in a long time she was dressed completely in black. The whole royal family was.

"Kori" Ryan asked stepping forward "are you okay?"

Starfire smiled "Of course Ryand'r"

"Good" he smiled "I made you something" he pulled a beautiful necklace out of his pocket and gave it to her. It was a silver chain with a purple star-shaped gem hanging in the middle.

"Oh Ryan, it's beautiful!" She exclaimed, putting it on

"Thanks. In science class we learned how to extract silver ore from the ground and in glass shop he learned how to shape gems from a special glass that grows itself on Centauri –5" He said proudly

Starfire bent down and hugged her little brother "I missed you Ryan"

"I missed you too Kori. Are you gonna stay here?" He asked

Starfire shook her head "No I am sorry. I must keep with my team on earth"

"Oh. Okay"

Starfire looked at her extremely cute 7-year-old brother and smiled "Come Ryan, the ceremony is going to start"

"Is Blackfire coming?" Ryan asked

Starfire giggled "X'hal no"

"Oh. I wrote her a letter. Where should I send it?"

Starfire giggled "to the jail on Centauri prime"

Ryan's face went blank, then he smiled "mega cool!"

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Starfire flew into the orbit of earth and then slowly flew done so she could she the tops of the buildings in Jump City. Something caught the edge of her eye. Half-fast alley was burnt to a crisp.

Half-fast alley was a small, dirty looking alley if you didn't know where to look but behind a trashcan there was a panel leading to a door. If you knew the codeword at the door you had access to the hottest nightclub in all of Jump City. Still, it was no great loss. A strobe light probably caught the place on fire. Everything else in the city looked perfectly normal.

She flew down to Titans tower and opened the door. Robin was there to greet her, a scowl on his face. Some welcome wagon.

"Hello friend Robin, I hope all was well during my absence" Starfire said with a smile

"Not exactly. We could have really used you here" Robin said, glaring

"It seemed like the city was perfectly intact besides a slightly burned nightclub…"

"Are you kidding me? THE CITY ALMOST BURNED TO THE GROUND! All of half-fast alley burned to a crisp leaving almost 15 people out of a job," Robin looked at the new necklace dangling around her neck "visiting your gift bearing sister again?" he mocked

"Actually Robin, my little brother made it for me" Starfire replied, trying to keep calm

"Little brother? Where were you, a family reunion? Is that what was so important you had to leave us short a member during a crisis time?"

This time, Starfire couldn't hold back the tears "My parents died two years ago yesterday. There was a special memoriam ceremony for them. I am sorry that is so unimportant to you Robin!" She fumed, storming, or rather flying, off.

Beastboy had been watching the whole time.

"Not cool man," Beastboy said, shaking his head

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Starfire sat down on her bed and glared at a picture of her and Robin.

"Some best friend he turned out to be" she muttered. She lay down on her back and looked at the necklace Ryan had made for her. She turned it over on it's back and saw some writing that she hadn't noticed before:

"Love comes to those who guide it through it's darkest hours"- Ancient Centauri proverb

She smiled at the ceiling. It must have been part of the assignment to write some wisdom on the back. It turned out to be very helpful wisdom.

"Thank you little brother," she whispered into the air

The blaring of the emergency alarm interrupted her thoughts…

To be continued….

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