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Summary: Starfire HAS to go back to Tamaran OneShot
Rating: T (For Safety)
Genre: Tragedy/Angst
Pairings: Slight Robin/Starfire
Friendship Pairings: None
A/N: You know what I just figured out? They're probably going to postpone the Teen Titans movie from this October to next May! Now… I'm sad! And I had to write something sad to go with my feelings
Blood Red Dress
Robin set down the flowers on the tombstone… he remembered so well, he saw it all, he was there… he knew… he saw.
The blood.
Step one you say we need to talk
He walks you say sit down it's just a talk
He smiles politely back at you
You stare politely right on through
Some sort of window to your right
As he goes left and you stay right
Between the lines of fear and blame
And you begin to wonder why you came
Starfire started to pack. She packed all of her skirts, her shirts, her boots, and gloves. She started to pack her sheets, when she looked under he bed and found her photo album. She looked at it and finally pulled it out from under the bed and sat on her knees, looking at it. When ever did she make this thing? She stared at the cover that was a light purple that said, 'Titan Album', before finally opening it.
She took a look at the first picture, all of them together, she breathed in heavily. Starfire took her hand and traced out all of her friends' faces, remember every detail. 'This is what the Earthlings call the 'park'' is what the caption said. She looked at the next page finding a picture of her and her friends playing football. Robin had to teach her how a long time before they finally started playing, she chuckled and little remembering how she could not grasp the concept on how to hold a football properly.
Starfire turned the page again, finding her 'Younger Brother' page, also known as, her 'Beast Boy' page. She smiled as she looked at the picture where he was eating his tofu dogs, she tried to like them just as he did but, she found them quite revolting, she felt bad for not liking it but Robin told her not everyone likes the same things… and that made her feel a little better. She turned to the next page where Beast Boy was trying to pull another prank on Cyborg. She smiled and turned the page.
The next page was a 'Big Brother' page, which could also be known as Cyborg page, it had him playing football with her, and also him helping her how to fix 'Lola', she felt horrible when she accidentally drove the car through the garage door… but, it survived. Thank X'hal. She turned the page again.
This page was her 'Older Sister' page, you could also call it the Raven, it had her and Raven meditating, Raven was trying to teach Starfire how to make a potion, and Starfire failed miserably. She set Raven's cape on fire, but immediately put it out, apologizing over and over again. The other picture had her and Raven playing chess. Once again, Raven was trying to teach her the concept of the complicated game. Starfire never got it though, she would always try and move the piece wrong causing Raven to get fed up with her and leave.
Starfire turned to the final finished page.
'Robin' Page.
She shut the book tightly before looking any further; she couldn't stand to see him smile. She couldn't stand his smile! Not with this kind of pressure. Not with such short amount of time left, she couldn't look at it one more time; it would do nothing to help her.
She shut her eyes tight and lay down on the floor curling up into a ball, the album clutched tightly to her chest, and, there, she started to cry.
For the very last time.
Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend
Somewhere along in the bitterness
And I would have stayed up with you all night
Had I known how to save a life
How to save a life
Starfire had finally stopped crying, and looked up at her clock.
11: 58 P.M.
Two more minutes.
Two.
Two minutes until the end.
Two minutes until the blood red dress would be draped over her, a sign of dignity, honor and… death.
She got up from her seat on the floor and left her bag on the bed, walking over to the open window. The cool night air blowing her auburn hair around her, tears following, fading into abyss.
"Good-bye."
11: 59 P.M.
One minute.
She flew out the window to her home.
Let him know that you know best
Cause after all you do know best
Try to slip past his defense
Without granting innocence
Lay down a list of what is wrong
The things you've told him all along
And pray to God he hears you
And pray to God he hears you
Robin twisted and turned in his bed before finally opening his eyes and looked at the clock.
11:55 P.M.
That was just great. He only went to bed around what, 11:40? He groaned and got up, he was going to check up on all the other Titans.
He walked to Raven's room and looked in, she was sleeping peacefully, ok.
Next was Beast Boy's, well, he was halfway off the bed, teddy bear clutched close to his chest, yep, he was fine.
Now, Cyborg's room. He looked fine. Sleeping peacefully, well more like, charging peacefully.
Finally it was Starfire's room. By the time he got there it was about 11:58. He looked at the crack between her door and the wall, she was not one to leave her door open at night. He cracked it open and looked at her bed, it was empty and it was stripped of all of the sheets, he looked further on. And there was Starfire, she was setting a suitcase on her bed, he opened the door a little further.
He saw her walk over to the window and stare at it for a minute before finally saying something.
"Good-bye."
'Good-Bye'? 'Good-Bye'? Why was she saying that?
Then she took off towards the sky. Robin's eyes widened as he ran through the door and to the window watching her float away, his eyes were wide. He ran back to the case and looked at the paper placed on it.
'Sacrifice. Do not come after me.'
He shook his head as he ran out of the room, and down to the alarm room, turning on the alarm and waiting for everyone to wake up.
"Dude, what's up?"
"Yea, man, why'd you call us in here?"
"This better be important."
"Everyone! T-Ship! Tamaran! Full speed!"
The titans looked at him, flabbergasted.
"Uh… why?" Beast Boy asked.
"Starfire, sacrifice!"
"Um… ok?" Raven said.
"You, um, heard the man, fu… full speed." Cyborg, Raven, and Beast Boy ran out of the room going to the T-Ship following Robin's orders.
"We can't be late."
And with that, he ran after them.
Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend
Somewhere along in the bitterness
And I would have stayed up with you all night
Had I known how to save a life
How to save a life
Starfire looked at herself in the mirror. The red veil was draped over her face, a red Tamaranian crown on her head. A red dress, a blood red dress, it had a long sleeve on one side and on the other there was no sleeves, the dress flowed down past her feet, and it was red and only red.
Tamaran's death color.
She out her right hand in front of her taking a look at her scarred arms, it was a tradition that before the sacrifice put on the dress, their arms would be slit, little slits. She sighed and closed her eyes bringing her arm back down to her side. She looked at herself in the mirror one last time. Pulling the veil back over her head she looked at herself, a blank look.
There was someone in the distance in the mirror… who was that?
"Starfire!" a high-pitched boy voice yelled.
"Starfire," a monotone voice said.
"Starfire…!" a buff and manly voice called.
"Star…" a steel cold but gentle voice whispered.
She turned away from the mirror and shut her eyes tight, keeping herself from crying again.
"Do not be weak. You cannot cry. Do not cry little girl. Do not."
"Princess Koriand'r?"
She looked up from the ground and to Galfore. "Are you sure you wish to go through with this my bumgorf?"
She looked out the window, corpses lay, blood everywhere, her planet was in ruins. She looked back to him. "Tamaran needs me. I cannot think about myself."
Galfore smiled. "Princess Starfire… it is ok to be selfish… every once and a while."
Koriand'r didn't listen to him; she took the veil and draped it over her head once again. "Shall we go?" she asked with no emotion.
As he begins to raise his voice
You lower yours and grant him one last choice
Drive until you lose the road
Or break with the ones you've followed
He will do one of two things
He will admit to everything
Or he'll say he's just not the same
And you'll begin to wonder why you came
Finally. The Titans arrived at Tamaran. Robin just hoped they weren't too late.
They landed just outside the palace, as they did before, and as Robin stepped out… he stepped in something… gooey. He looked down at his shoe and picked his foot up off the ground. Blood. A body with the blood. He looked up from his shoe and found more bodies and more blood.
"C'mon! We have to hurry!" Robin rushed into the palace followed by the other Titans he had took the time to explain to them what Starfire wrote and they were ready to help.
When they finally got to the ballroom, a large crowd had emerged, surrounding something. Robin pushed through the crowd of aliens, Raven glided up, Cyborg following Robin and Beast Boy flew with Raven. When they finally got to the center, a Tamaranian executioner was there, holding a bloody sword in his hands.
A girl was walking down an isle to the man, in a blood red dress a veil covering her face, so Robin and the other Titans couldn't tell who she was. But Robin knew whoever it was… he wouldn't be happy with the outcome.
The girl walked up to the executioner and finally they lifted up the veil.
To Robin, this had to be the second worse moment in his life.
His breath caught in his throat. The girl under the veil was… Starfire…
Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend
Somewhere along in the bitterness
And I would have stayed up with you all night
Had I known how to save a life
Everyone looked to the source.
Starfire looked up from the stand and to where the voice came from… Robin.
Robin and the other Titans ran to Starfire, Robin kneeling down next to her. "Don't you dare do this. Don't you dare try to die! Don't even think about letting that man plunge that sword into your neck… don't you dare!"
"Why does it matter?" she whispered back.
"What are you talking about?"
"My life, verses millions, Robin?"
"Your life is worth a billion people to me…"
"I do not care!" she hissed at him. "Do you even know why I am doing this? Do you know that if I do not… Tamaran will cease to exist! I will have no family!"
"You wouldn't be alive to see your family!"
"It would not matter! If they live because I let them… then I will have one…"
"Damn it Starfire! Can't you be damn selfish for once?"
"Why should I be when millions of people's lives are on the line, Robin?"
"There are the intruders! Get them!" Robin heard from a distance.
"I don't care about those people! I want you! I need you! You need to be safe for me! Safe for everyone! Do you think this is helping anyone?"
"Ye-"
"Do you think you aren't going to make people sad, or heartbroken? Cause I know I will! I know I will be heartbroken and depressed! I know Raven will! And Beast Boy! And Cyborg! Can't you think about us? Can't you think about how much we'll miss you?"
Robin felt himself being lifted off the floor as Starfire stared at him in amazement, at a loss for words.
Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend
Somewhere along in the bitterness
And I would have stayed up with you all night
Had I known how to save a life
"Princess Starfire… it is ok to be selfish… every once and a while."
Starfire slowly got up from the ground, looking at Robin, tears finally running down her face.
Robin was struggling in the Tamaranian guard's tight grip, grunting trying to get away. He looked up at Starfire, and saw she was crying, he let out a breath… "Be selfish!" he told her again. "Be selfish for me!"
"R… Robin…"
She was stopped dead.
How to save a lifeRobin's heart stopped.
How to save a lifeBlood spewed from her mouth and she landed on the ground, blood seeping from her back… she was dead.
"Starfire? Starfire! Starfire! STARFIRE!" Robin struggled harder in the guard's grip before he finally got away, and he ran to her.
Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend
Somewhere along in the bitterness
And I would have stayed up with you all night
Had I known how to save a life
He kneeled down next to the lifeless girl, touching her blood, in shock.
This was the worse thing that ever happened to Robin.
"Heal her! Heal her!" he yelled at Raven.
"She's… she's dead… I can't bring back the dead, Robin…"
"Try! Try! Damn it!" Tears spilled from his mask, probably coming from his eyes underneath.
He looked up to the executioner, who was now cleaning his sword, with an icy glare. "How dare you!" Robin screamed, lunging at the man and knocking him down. "This is all your fault! You and your damned sword! You took her away from me! You took her! You took her! I'll kill you!"
Robin felt himself being pulled up off the man again before finally everything fading away.
Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend
Somewhere along in the bitterness
And I would have stayed up with you all night
Had I known how to save a life
"Yo! Man you coming?" Cyborg asked appearing behind the boy wonder.
"Just a few minutes…" Robin whispered.
Cyborg shrugged and jogged off.
Robin brought his hand up to the tombstone, holding back his tears and retracing the letters…
Koriand'rA.K.A Starfire
"I will miss you…always… always… I will never forget… I hope you never do either…"
How to save a life
Robin finally stood up from the ground, taking one last good look at the stone and her name, tears finally flowing in the wind.
How to save a life
"I love you…"
End
Don't bug cause I got bored!
(I'll update Four Seasons real soon!)
NO FLAMES!
-Emerald-Mask