In the mists of the stormy night on the planet Tameran, the rain was pouring down on Starfire's head. The rain soaked her face so none could see the tears that she cried, which wouldn't have mattered because noboby else was in sight. As she looked around, she could see nothing but the blackness of the area. Normally, this would frighten her, but not today. She kneled down on her right knee right in front of a tombstone. Her eyes moved to the tombstone. The tombstone belong to her father, King Myand'r.
This is the first time that she has ever been in a cematary. The grey tombstone made Starfire's hands trimble. She ran her hand across the markings of the tombstone, which the rough edges rubbed against her delacate skin. She focused her eyes on the incriptions on the tombstone, which was almost impossable to see because of the downpour of rain hitting the tombstone. When she got the words into vision, it read: Here lies Myand'r. Late King of Tamerian. May he rest in peace.
Starfire looked above the tombstone. There was a statue showing her Father holding up a sword in his right hand, extending. That meant a sign for victory for Tamerian, which in the last few years have been a lot of them. They were about to win the war aganst Citadel, but now it was all over, he dead. There will be no celabration, everyone on Tameran had been shocked since the incident. They had made the day of his death a day of mourness. The thought of her father made tears flow down her peach cheek.
Starfire had at least one thing to be happy about, that her sister, Blackfire, was asending to the throne. She wasn't very disapointed that she didn't get to be queen, in fact she was quite happy with the desision. She was the one that asked that Blackfire be the king of Tameran. She didn't want to be Queen of Tamerian. In fact, She couldn't have possably thought of a better Queen for Tamerian than Blackfire. She knew all of the stratigies of war. She was also wise, powerful, and a very good leader for the people of Tameran.
Changing her mind from the matter, she thought of her father again. She loved her father more than life, he had always been there for her and Blackfire. He was there when she had to sell herself to slavery,fighting to get her back. He was there everyone of her fourteen birthdays. He somehow juggelled being king and a single father. It had to have been tough for him to take care of her and Blackfire, considering that her mother walked away from Starfire's life at such a young age. Anger rose withen her as she thought of her mother.
She was told by her father that her mother was evil. That mother never took care of her and Blackfire. That she also had bad intentions for Tameran when she was queen. She made ubserd laws and executed Tamerains for doing the simplest of wrong things, like littering. After a uproar of the people, she had to step down as queen and disapeared from Tameran completly, never seen again. Since that has happened, the Tameran government has had a close eye on every ruler of Tameran they have had. She would have nothing to do with her mother, even if she came back. She turned her thoughts back to her father.
"What mean person," Starfire asked herself in the Tameran wording that she used, "could do such a thing?"
The rain was now pounding on her head as the distant thunder roared in her ears. This was the first time that she has ever felt sad. Two months ago, when she crashlanded on the planet Earth, she did not know what the emotion was. She had no idea what any emotion was. It was Robin that taught her to feel. He had taught her everything about the wonderful planet Earth, like fireworks. He and his compainions Beastboy, Raven, and Cyborg. On the thought of Robin, Starfire blushed.
"He is nice," Starfire wispered as her face turned as red as her hair, "very, very nice."
She had a close relationship with all of the team. Beastboy was her best friend, making her laugh on every joke that he said. Raven reminded her of Blackfire, always wearing black, purple, or blue. She, besides herself, was the only girl on the team. Cyborg was the brother that she never had. He was always sticking up for her on everything that Starfire did, and encouraged her to be the best that she could be. She thought, though, that Robin was different. Whenever she was around him, she felt different.
The blush went away as she stared into the blackness of the sky. The day that her father had died, Robin told her something that she had never heard before. Robin had told her that Lysander was living up in the sky now, in a place called Heaven. That there were other people living up in Heaven with him, and that he was in a better place. Starfire cried harder, she did not understand it. She thought that he would want to be with her and Blackfire, not in Heaven. She wished so bad that she was with him in Heaven and to understand what Robin meant. She turned her eyes back to the tombstone, and then shruddered, the rain had stopped hitting her back.
She flung around to see a boy, carring a large onyx umbrella. He had a black muscle shirt on and dark blue jeans, with black hair that was down on his back because of the rain. A small smile was on his face, which was weird compaired to his dark suroundings. Starfire moved her eyes to his, then gazed into them. He had the most beautiful eyes she had ever seen, bright blue. She also noticed that he was a good looking boy. When she stood up, they were about the same height.
"Hello," she said as she stood up, trying to get as much of her wet hair on her face so the boy would not see her blushing, and then studered, "nice to meet you."
"The same," the boy said with a gentle expression and then glanced at the tombstone,"I asumme your...
"Koriand'r," Starfire said as she finished the sentence and used the glove on her hand to dry up the tears, "Yes."
The boy looked at the tombstone and a concerned expression appeared on his face.
"I'm really sorry for what happened to your father," the boy said with the same gentle expression,"It must be a hard loss."
Starfire nodded her head yes. The boy looked at the tombstone again.
"He was a great man." the boy said. "Almost saved my planet from destruction."
"What do you mean?" Starfire asked
"The planet that I was born on," the boy answered,"Vegeta."
Starfire took a small gasp and then looked down at her boots in embarassment. She remembered her father telling her about the planet when she was young. She remembered her father told her that a single being blew up the planet, and for the first few months, Tamerains thought that the whole race was wiped out. Leaders from other planets looked for years for suvivors, but with no luck. Then they found a boy. The boy was sent off to a distant planet named Kanto just days before the planet blew up.
"Your name is..." Starfire thought hard, "Ash, yes?"
"It's good to see someone knows my name around here." the boy said
Starfire went quiet for a minute.
"So," Ash asked to start up the conversation again, "Do you inhareate the family fortune."
Starfire took her eyes from her boots to face the boy, "I was to, but I didn't."
"Why?" Ash asked in asmasment, "That was alot of money!"
"Yes, but the money did not intrest me." Starfire said, "I only keep a very small amount to myself."
"So, where did the bulk of the inhearitence go?" Ash asked
"It went to my sister, Blackfire," Starfire said, "I am sure you have heard of her, yes?
"I believe I have." Ash answered while trying to hide a grin and then decided to changed the subject, "Do you live on Tameran anymore?"
"No," Starfire answered, "I decided to move to a planet called Earth."
"Yes," Ash said, "I have heard of Earth, nice there.
"Oh yes!" Starfire said in glee, "They have the nicest people there!"
"As I have heard..." Ash said but then was cut off by Starfire
"And they have the most beuitiful places there, like the mall of shopping!" Starfire went on, "and assortments for your hair!"
Ash listened to Starfire go on about piercings for ears and cotton candy and fireworks, until he decided to change the subject.
"So, how are you getting back to Earth?" Ash asked but knew perfectly well what the anwser was going to be
"Well..." Starfire answered in a confused tone, "I'm not sure."
"Why don't you just leave the way you came?" Ash asked
"I was going to." Starfire anwsered, "I traveled to the planet with my friends, and they were going to do the picking up tomarow.
"But my friends got a call from someone." Starfire continued, "The person that called said not to pick me up, that I found a different way to get home.
"You don't have any other way of getting hold of them?" Ash asked while trying to put as much concern into it as he could
"No" Starfire said and looked down at her feet again, "I have lost my comunicater."
The boy looked backed at the tombstone and then at Starfire.
"Well." the boy said, "I'm leaving for Earth tomarrow, I guess I wouldn't mind having a extra person on my ship.
Starfire looked up from her boots in excitement.
"Oh thank you!" Starfire told Ash as she embraced him, "How can I repay you?"
"No, it's ok," Ash said, "this one's on me."
Starfire let go of him and blushed. Ash took a piece of paper out of his pocket and started to write on it. He then took Starfire's hand and set the paper onto her palm.
"Meet me at this port tomarrow." Ash said
Ash let go of her hand. Starfire covered the hand with the note with her other hand, her face now redder than her hair, and looked up. For the last hour, Starfire had fogotten that it was still raining.
"See you there." Ash told her as he walked of into the mist leaving Starfire alone in the rain
"Well, that went easy," Ash thought to himself about a half a mile away from the cematary trying to encourage himself, but with no effect
He couldn't help it, as he kept walking. Ussually, being a hitman isn't that hard for him. He compressed his emotions a long time ago after...she... broke his heart. This should be no different from any other hit, but it was. It was not because she was a girl, since he had killed men and women before. In his mind it was the same as every other meeting, but in the back of his mind, it was very different. He saw in the distance the cabin that he was staying in for the night.
He walked up to the door and stuck his hands into his pockets. He pulled out a key and unlocked the door of the cabin. The inside of the cabin looked horrible. He was looking at the only room in the cabin, the living room. It had no kicten, just that room. It had a eaten up chair and a torn up bed. The cabin did not bother him, because he had stay in much worse. In fact, sometimes he didn't even have a place to stay. That is how it was with the King of Tameran, he had to stay in a shaded place by the courthouse. When he walked in, he laid down on the bed.
Athough he was exausted, he could not get Starfire out of his mind. He had learned not to get close to the enemy, but that is exactly what he going to have to do. He would have to be very close to her first, like a best friend. He hadn't had a friend in years, much less a best friend. Blackfire had told him that Starfire had no friends, very misguided information. She had four of them, and what he had heard from other villans, they are people that he should take seriously. She had friends and he would have to be acepted with them before he even ploted to kill Starfire. As his sight fadded, he thought one last thing.
"What will happen," Ash thought to himself as his eyes closed, "when the time comes."
He then blacked out and fell to sleep.
Sorry this chapter was short. Please review and tell me what you think about it!
