Hi, I'm mainly focusing my attention on my other story, Never Court A Bird, but I decided, 'Eh, it's already typed, why not post it?'.
NothingButWolves- Whee. I really don't know what to say…but I would love to get together with you!
Elihu- Thank you for the advice. The moment I read your review I went through all of my typed chapters and changed some of it. I appreciate the fact that you didn't just say 'This sucks' and not give me pointers. And wouldn't Beast Boy and Cyborg like her?
BlackCatOfDoom- I still have no idea what your email means…but I tore down Away From Me because I didn't know what to do with it.
Onward to the fic!
"Celesti?" A small voice called out. "Celesti, where are you?"
When no one answered in the darkness, the little girl sat down where she was and began sobbing. "Why won't you answer? Where are Mommy and the others? I'm so scared…"
A familiar scream ripped through the air. The girl shuddered and huddled deeper in her corner. "Celesti, why are you screaming? What happened?"
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My head shot up in a gasp, eyes wide and unseeing to my present surroundings. All I could see was a little girl in a white lace dress, black locks tumbling and gold eyes sad as she stared at me, teddy bear in hand. Then she faded and blended into the familiar gray that was my room's wall. I blinked and quickly regained my composure. Where had that memory come from? I shuddered and clutched the sheets closer to my body.
I glanced out the window. It looked warm and hot, so I hopped out of bed and, without thinking, pulled a black tank top and dark blue shorts out of my bag.
Once I was dressed, I scuffled out the door and made my way down the stairs.
By the time the metal doors to the main room swished open, I was wide awake. Robin quickly turned towards me. "Celesti, we need to work out your uni-" For some reason, he cut off. The entire room went silent.
It was freaky.
I glanced around. Everyone was staring at me! Why? I dunno. Then it hit me.
"Waaaaaah!" I frantically tried to cover my arms and began backing away towards the door.
"Dude! How can one person have that many scars on their arms?" Beast Boy exclaimed.
"You haven't been cutting, have you?" Raven accused, raising an eyebrow.
Starfire timidly scurried over to Robin and tugged on his cape. "Robin…what is this 'cutting'? Is friend Raven referring to the use of scissors on a piece of paper?"
Robin glanced back at Starfire, momentarily turning his attention to her. In the background could be heard noises of accusations and defensive statements.
"Well, Star, cutting is when someone feels so…err…bad inside…that they take something sharp and hurt themselves." Starfire gasped.
"But why would anyone wish to do that? Oooooooh, friend Celesti, I hope you have not been doing any of the bad cutting!" Starfire proclaimed, whirling to face me.
The argument Cyborg, Beast Boy, and I had gotten into abruptly stopped as everyone waited for my answer.
I gave up on my attempt to cover my arms and answered. "I did cut." Everyone gasped and looked ready to yell at me, so I quickly added, "But that was a long time ago!" All tempers seemed to deflate dramatically. I sighed.
FLASH
"Celesti, do you love me?"
A pause. "You may be my mother, but I don't have any reason to love you."
FLASH
The creak of stairs as footsteps echoed in an empty hall. The gentle whoosh of a drawer opening, revealing many sharp kitchen knives. The rattling of knives while a hand rustled through. The flash of light reflecting off a large steak knife.
Swiiish.
Blood. A sharp inhale. Tissue pressed against a red and fresh wound. A gentle exhale. And all is quiet.
FLASH
I blinked suddenly, the rush of unbidden memories dazing and confusing me for a minute. I stand there stupidly for a moment. Then I remember. I give a sharp whistle and wait.
One second passes. I blink
Another second wasted standing there.
I am rewarded for my patience by the swish of the door as it opens, allowing Shadow to saunter through. I bend down and whisper something in his ear. He nods in acknowledgement. He turns and leaves.
A minute later he returns with something dark blue in hand. I thank him and take the gloves from him.
After slipping them on, I check it over. The fingerless glove goes all the way to mid upper arm and, thankfully, covers most of the scars. I look up to see Robin's lips finish closing. I come to the realization he said something. I also conclude that I completely missed it.
"I'm sorry, I'm afraid I have a short attention span. Could you repeat that?"
He sighs in annoyance. "We need to work out a uniform for you."
I blinked at him. Once. Twice. I opened my mouth and held up a finger.
I paused and shut my mouth.
Then I finally managed to say, "You've got to be kidding."
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Apparently, he wasn't kidding.
A few hours later found me in a light gray sleeveless top, dark gray pants, dark gray fingerless gloves, and black boots. All of it was form fitting. How Robin got my measurements, I'll never know…
The pants were bell bottom (I wouldn't have it any other way.), the gloves ended at an inch and a half beneath my shoulder, and the boots were leather and skin tight. Personally, I liked the boots the best because not only do I now get to keep it, the heels are square and hard! Not rubbery, HARD! I loved it!
I couldn't say the rest of the outfit was okay…I mean it was all spandex! I could tolerate that, I guess…but the colors….
"Robin, is the only color you can think of gray? I need more color!" I exclaimed.
Robin looked at the outfit up and down. "Hmmmm….okay!"
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"You, have got, to be fucking, joking." I stated icily.
"No." Robin said. "I really think it looks good."
I glanced down. I now portrayed neon green, orange, pink, and yellow. "When I said, colors, I thought you knew what I meant…"
"Oh, all right…"
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I glared at Robin.
Raven walked by, and by the way she put her hand to her mouth, I could tell she was snickering.
"What, did you get your paint set and dump it on the poor outfit!" I yelled.
I was now a literal walking rainbow.
"Well, you said 'colors'." Robin stated.
"Stop being a smart ass. You know what, I have a dye set, and I'll do it myself." I said smugly.
"Fine." Robin said.
"Fine." I echoed as I walked out the door.
Robin was left alone in the room. He glanced at the door, making sure I was gone. Then he began laughing.
Now Robin's being smug with her. I'm going to say its pay back for all the things she did.
Now, I'd like to say one thing before I go. I'm going to be focusing on Never Court A Bird, so I'll be updating sparingly. Not to mention the fact that I don't know what else to do with my life…any way, when school comes back, I'm going to have fun keeping my sister and I out of trouble (Don't forget all the nasty homework.). Oh, but now I'm babbling!
Blathermouth,
EveningCatMoon
