Gizmo's Birthday
Chapter-2 Planning And Flashbacks
Thanx 2 y'all that reviewed! You guyz rule! So, this chappie is just for u! But, b4 we start, brief AN: This chappie, in general, has little to do with Gizmo at all but, it's basically a sad set of flashbacks from Steffauri's childhood on Pahora, this will also clear up why she was living with Gizmo's family, K!
By now, Jinx had already gotten her whole team (except for Gizmo of course) to help plan for the party, some, well, she had to persuade violently, however, it worked.
As of now, Steffauri was sitting in her room at her art desk writing up all of the invites for the party. After all, she was the only Pahoran speaker (again, besides Gizmo) that could do the invites correctly. But as she did so, her mind began to travel back, ten years earlier, into one of the worst experiences in her life.
Planet Pahora, Kingdom of Rahiko-10 years ago…….. Fire was all around them. Steffauri and her little sister, Hayley were caught in the relentless crossfire of the fortnight war in their planet, Pahora.
The planet had sixteen separate kingdoms, Rahiko, was the seventh, and one of the most powerful, and they were being assisted by Gizmo's kingdom, Alaya, the heart kingdom, that ruled them all.
"Steffauri, I-I can't run anymore!" The little blonde cried out as she dropped to the ground with her sister, beneath a half intact bridge.
"What're we going to do? No one's going to help us, and if we don't get out of here now we're just gonna die!" Hayley squealed, as she sank to her knees, sobbing.
"I know Hayley, I know, but, there's nothing we can do now. Mother gave her life for us, and father, abandoned us. But we'll get out alright, I promise, have I ever lied to you before, sis?" Steffauri asked kindly, as Hayley's blue eyes widened, shimmering with tears in the dancing flames around them. "C'mon, we can get to the embassy, if we run quick enough." Steffauri said as she took Hayley's hand, and dragged her off into the night.
Days later, the war finally subsided by treaty, and the two princesses of Rahiko were now sitting alone in a dark room at the Pahoran embassy.
"What's gonna happen to us?" Hayley asked as Steffauri gazed out the window at the man talking to four other women gathered before him.
They were all arguing about something, but they couldn't figure out what, until a kind looking young woman with long orange hair, and pleasant azure eyes walked up, and signed two papers, the man then walked over to the door slowly and Steffauri dashed back into her seat.
"Your highnesses, you'll be staying with you're aunt Catrinna Agino for a few years, until you are old enough to reclaim you're place as queen, Steffauri. For ten years, though, your other three aunts, Serenity, Chauska, and Amelda are going to be teaching you how to be a, proper young queen.
And that was how it went for the miserable eight year old girl, day after day, for ten straight years………..
As tears streamed down the princess's tan cheeks, she clutched the ink pen so hard in her fist, she thought it might explode.
Then, there were several knocks on the door, her head shot up, and she wiped the tears from her reddened eyes.
"Steff? You done yet?" The voice asked, it was Jinx.
Steffauri then stood up and gathered the finished invites, some were tear stained with small dots of water.
As Steffauri opened the door, she handed the invites shakily to her friend.
"Thanks, Steff, these are perfect! They're exactly what I ne- Jinx then paused as she saw the small tear drops on the invites, and then Steffauri's red eyes.
Okay, she had two choices for this one. A.) Steffauri was high. Or B.) She'd been crying. Hmm, better go with B. (Tee-Hee!)
"Steff, are you?..." Jinx ended in a pause as Steffauri slammed her door shut, and more crying was heard.
Jinx was beginning to grow more and more concerned about her friend as this party idea progressed.
As Jinx took the elevator down to sector four- her room's location, she looked to her pink wrist watch, it read 11:42 pm. Yawning, she exited the elevator, and walked into her room for the night.
Meanwhile, Steffauri had already cried herself to sleep, and more, and more horrible flashbacks.
Steffauri Age twelve….. "No, no, no, STOP!" A rather ugly looking woman with long auburn hair and half moon glasses snapped as Steffauri let go of her dance partner's hand and looked over to her aunt Serenity, however, being serene in the least was the biggest quality she lacked.
"What'd I do wrong?" Steffauri asked as her little sister watched sadly on the large marble staircase.
"What'd you do wrong….EVERYTHING!" Serenity snapped as Steffauri sank to the floor, panting.
"Agh! Trash! That's what you are, trash! And if my younger sister hadn't taken you in, you and you're worthless excuse for a sister would be out on the streets somewhere begging for food and money!" Serenity finished.
"I'm s-sorry, ma'am." Steffauri muttered weakly, holding back tears. "No you aren't! If you were sorry, you'd work harder! Now, let's try again, and this time, I want eight more hours of practice, no breaks, or exceptions!" Serenity snapped as Steffauri took her dance partner's hand again, and then looked over to the elegant grandfather clock in the corner, it read 11:42 pm (Hmm, coincidence, wink wink, hint hint!)
"But why must I keep doing this aunt Serenity, I've been practicing well for three DAYS?" Steffauri asked tiredly, as of now, she could barely keep herself standing.
However when her petulant aunt whipped out a riding crop, she didn't even try to defy her again.
Back in the H-Tower, Jinx couldn't sleep, she was now determined to find out what was bothering her friend.
As she boarded the elevator again, she looked back to her watch, it was now 12:07 in the morning, as it came to a sudden stop on Steffauri's floor; Jinx stepped out, and began to hear noises, like a struggling voice.
Running over to Steffauri's door, Jinx opened it, and saw her friend tossing and turning on her bed, crying and saying things to herself, obviously they were bad things associated with her flashbacks.
"No, agh! No! I don't want to sit still anymore! Let me go! Let me go! Please! Please! Let me out of here! Please, please!" Steffauri sobbed as she broke out into whispers while Jinx tried to wake her.
Steffauri's brown eyes shot open, and she jumped up at the sight of Jinx sitting on her bedside.
"What, what was I screaming about this time?" Steffauri asked. After all, she'd done this once before, and it was now up to Jinx to piece it all together, as Steffauri often blurted out old flashbacks throughout the night, and shockingly enough, it was different each time. (If you've read my other fics, such as A Past In A Shadow, or Two Sisters, then you'll know more about these other flashbacks, and they're good fics! Trust me:)
"Well, I'm not really sure, what the hell you were talking about exactly, but from what I did hear, it sounded like someone was sort of, holding you in place, or, or dragging you into something. But the most obvious part was that you didn't like it!" Jinx replied as she and Steffauri giggled for a few brief moments, and then Steff wiped the tears from her eyes.
"C'mon, tell me what's up. With you're past, and, and these flashbacks 'n stuff! Please?" Jinx asked as Steffauri cast her a few looks, some angry, some upset, and some completely out of place and uneasy.
"No, I-I can't do it, I mean, it's even torture for my mind to even think about my past, let alone tell someone." Steffauri finished in a whisper.
"But if you just tried harder to- Jinx then stopped, Steffauri had her back to Jinx, her shoulders were arched up almost to her ears, and she was shaking, and it also sounded like she was crying.
"T-try h-h-harder? TRY HARDER! ALL MY FUCKING LIFE! THAT'S ALL PEOPLE HAVE TOLD ME TO DO! TRY HARDER! AND I WAS GOING ON AS WELL AS I COULD, GOD DAMN YOU! SO DON'T YOU EVER, EVER, EVER TELL ME TO TRY HARDER!" Steffauri cried out, as she whirled around to face Jinx, and then landed herself face first into her blue bedspread, and broke out into incandescent sobs.
Jinx then got up and left slowly for the door. 'O-kay, so maybe the direct approach, wasn't a good idea.' The young witch thought to herself as she started back up for her room. "Well, maybe tomorrow will be a better day." Jinx said to herself as she walked in, and closed her door.
(AN-Time! Whooo!) Anyways, YAY FOR A LONGER CHAPPIE! I do hope you guyz out there liked this one! I thought it was pretty sad, and for my fellow Gizmo/HIVE fans, there'll be plenty a those in later chappies, promise! But for the time being, review! No seriously, here, and on other fics, I am in SERIOUS lack of reviews:( And if u can, find my profile and read some of my other fics (All of my Teen Titans fics are Hive related! YAY!) So, yeah, pleeeeeeeeeeese review:D