Sapphire sat on the edge of her bed, staring out the window at the ocean. She couldn't believe what she had heard. She…a goddess? How could that be? She didn't remember anything, let alone about being a goddess! She couldn't be…she was just plain old Sapphire. The Sapphire that was a teen titan, the Sapphire that saved the day…the Sapphire that matched the description in the book. She couldn't have been more discontent. This whole time, she was the daughter of Neptune and Cascadea. And she wasn't 16; she was at least a million years old! "It can't be me." She said to herself as she touched the sapphire on her circlet.

"I couldn't believe it either." Aqualad said from out of nowhere. She looked and saw him at her doorway. "But you are. You are a goddess." And he walked in and took a seat next to her.

"What if I didn't want to be a goddess?" she asked. Aqualad frowned and sighed. He placed his arm around her and pulled her close.

"We have to be things we don't want to be sometimes. Look at me. My situation isn't that bright either."

"But you can change that. I cannot change the fact that I am a goddess…the Sapphire of Atlantis. You are a hero, I'm a legendary guardian going millions of years back. I have a laid out destiny, and a path I must follow."

"What do you mean?"

"I can't be anything else but this."

"That's not true. Look at you now. You're a teen titan. You're a hero too. Look at all the power you have. You should be proud."

"I'm more scared than anything." She admitted. "I wish I wasn't who I am."

"I'm glad you are who you are."

"All of Atlantis is counting on me, and I don't even know what to do."

"I'm sure it'll just come to you. Like everything else has." Sapphire looked up at Aqualad. Her circlet began to glow.

"It has begun." She said. She stood up and walked to the doorway. "Time to go fulfill my destiny." Aqualad went to get up, "No…I have to face this on my own." And she walked back to him. "In case I don't come back…I want you to have something."

"What?" he asked. Sapphire leaned in, placing a hand on his cheek and then putting her lips to his. And for the first time, they kissed. It was the moment Aqualad had been waiting for forever. He finally locked lips with Sapphire, and he got goose bumps. Sapphire slowly pulled away and then they looked at each other.

"I love you." She said, and then she left the room. Aqualad stayed put, taking in the kiss. It was the greatest gift he could ever receive. But then he looked out the window and saw Sapphire dive into the ocean water below. And it hit him, the fact that she may not return.

Sapphire swam slowly in the water. She knew she should have been in a hurry, but she wasn't. She didn't know her destiny beyond this moment, and she was terrified. She had no clue how to fight off over a hundred Trident clones by herself, and she was still developing her powers. "I can do this." She kept telling herself, rally having a mind full of doubt. What if she lost? What if she never saw her friends again? What if Atlantis lost the battle? What if she never saw Aqualad again? Her brain was full of questions and her body full of emotions.

She neared Atlantis, and as she did, fish swam away as fast as they could in her direction. She stayed in place and let them pass by her. The water began to look dark. They were sign of danger. She heard a scream off in the distance! She then commenced swimming again, looking back at the fish as they retreated. Would she end up running like they did? No, she couldn't. She was born to protect the people of Atlantis, and that's what she was going to do.

Atlantis was in the distance, and Sapphire looked on. She heard the screaming of people, and then watched in horror as a building collapsed! It had begun…the great battle. Good versus evil…and evil was winning. Not on her watch. She hurried ahead until she was treading over the entrance to Atlantis. She watched in shock and despair as people swam out of their homes, being chased by clones of Trident! Children were being snatched up from their parents and tossed in every direction! People were being stabbed by the pitchforks at the hands of the fiends! Sapphire felt anger growing inside of her, until she had had enough!

"Take all you can!" One of the clones yelled out! "Leave no survivors! We will win this battle…and ruled Atlantis!" Sapphire swam up higher and called out.

"Trident, leave these people!" Trident swam close to her.

"Who are you to try and stop me, the all powerful Trident?" The leader bellowed. Sapphire glared.

"It is I, Sapphire!" and then he gasped and his army began to withdraw, "I am the goddess reborn! And as my purpose of guardian of these innocent people, I command you to leave Atlantis at once!" she replied. The words seem to come to her easily.

"And what if I refuse?" Trident asked with a grin. Sapphire glared.

"Than we shall dance in battle." She said, "The choice is yours, leave or fight!"

Trident appeared to be thinking for a moment and turned around to face his clones. But then he spun around and blasted Sapphire with his pitchfork! She took the hit in the stomach and went zooming back until she hit a rock wall! It took her a few seconds to recover. "So this is how you want it." She said, and she formed an aqua bolt. "So it shall be!" and she threw it at Trident, knocking him over and smashing him into the ground! But something was different, instead of getting back up, the clone was dead. How had he managed to have been killed by one aqua bolt? Could it have been her parents giving her more power? Whatever the reason, she took advantage of it!