Disclaimer: I own Nightfire the Blackmoon and nothing else.
Author's Note: Heads up, slightly angsty.
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"Nightfire, we need to talk. For real this time, ok," Robin said as he knocked on Nightfire's door.
Nightfire came out with a grim look on her face. She replied, "Sure."
Robin and Nightfire walked into the main room where everyone was sitting on the couches.
"We want you to tell us what happened," Robin said.
"My brother and I were the closest of friends, we always watched out for each other. My sister and I, unfortunately, were bitter enemies. That's why, when she thought it would be fun to pick on my brother…
(Flashback)
"Ha-ha," Grayday the Redeye laughed, right after bombarding Blueskies the Invisibleone with insults.
Nightfire could fell her face flush as her rage boiled up inside of her.
"Shut up!" Nightfire screamed.
"Oh, so you're gonna let a girl stand up for you? And I thought you were low before!" Grayday sneered at Blueskies.
Nightfire felt like she was going to explode. Suddenly, her hair burst into flames, and her eyes lit up with fury. Two beams of flame shot from her eyes towards the sky. The beams climbed higher and higher, towering as they caressed the endless sky. The moon eventually caught on fire, scorching it black. Nightfire was only ten years old.
(Later that day)
Angry people formed a mob, surrounding Nightfire in town. Her father stepped forward through the crowd.
"Grayday was kind enough to tell us your awful deed," Nightfire's father explained.
"We will do to you what you did to the moon!" Her father shouted.
He held Nightfire's hand and lit his fingertips aflame using his own powers. Nightfire's arms were covered in flames, scorching her skin, crisping her skin. Nightfire was not one to panic and she quickly gained control of the flames and doused them. Blueskies ran through the crowd, jumped on his father, and clasped his hands over his father's eyes.
"Nightfire! Run!" He shouted.
Nightfire ran away from the town as fast as she could. As she neared the edge of the town, she could hear loudspeakers blaring, "Blueskies the Invisibleone will now be referred to as Blueskies the Traitor. And Nightfire the Mindshadow will now be referred to as Nightfire the Blackmoon!"
Nightfire ran and ran and didn't stop until she collapsed from exhaustion. All the trees in her path blew away piece by piece in the wind. The grass stuck up like knives and stabbed her, making her bleed. She was constantly attacked by spiders.
She had to bear with all of it. From the blood to the loneliness, to the hundreds of hundreds of spiders. She lived with it for six years. Then she thought she had reached her salvation. She saw a man in red robes her told her he could send her to another dimension. One where the environment wasn't created by minds and emotions. One where the grass wouldn't go through her feet. One where she could escape the loneliness and all the spiders. She, of course, accepted, after six years of the brutal torture.
When she got to the new dimension, she found empty promises. The blood she shed was no longer caused by foliage, but by broken beer bottles, bullets, and knives, which had become the foliage. The spiders were no match for the gangs, who tried to take advantage of her newfound helplessness. Empty promises; shattered hopes; discarded dreams; her new home
(End of Flashback)
When Nightfire was done telling her story, the Titans all had on their faces of shock.
"Nightfire…" Beast Boy murmured sympathetically.
Nightfire just got out of her seat and slowly made her way to her room. Everyone could feel the sadness, anger, and frustration radiating off of her as she closed herself into her room.
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Author's Note: That was really relieving to write actually. After this it starts getting cheerier, so hang in there, you don't wanna miss it.