AN: Starfire! Everyone's favorite alien asskicker in a miniskirt! Once again, borrowed some elements from comic book history, changed a lot of things. One big thing in particular. And to make things clear: Komand'r is Blackfire's real name, Koriand'r is Starfire's. KoryStar KammieBlack...in the flashbacks you'll notice two things...Star refers to herself as Starfire, though the characters call her Koriand'r or Kory. This is because, as a flashback, Star will refer to herself by her earth name, but the people in the flash back will not. Also, it's easier for me. In Blackfire's flashbacks, she only refers to them by their Tamaranien names. Eh, you'll get it when you read it. And for another thing...in the flashbacks, Star will use contractions and proper grammar, because she's speaking Tamaranean.

Enjoy.

Starfire

"Looks like a UFO..." Robin said quietly from behind the hedges.

Starfire looked at him sideways. "I am not familiar with this term..."

"Space ship..."

"Oh! A ship of space!" Starfire leaned forward eagerly. "Do we not know yet if they are a threat?"

"The alert only stated it was a U- spaceship landing...we don't know if they're a threat or not...I have Cyborg, Raven and Beast Boy staitoned on the other side of the lot though...just in case..."

Suddenly, the strange space devices door clanged open...out of it came...

"Er, Robin, from the vast size of those weapons and the disgruntled expressions on the faces of these outer space travelers, I would indeed assume that they are threatening this blue and green planet."

"I assume you're right..." Robin flipped out his communicator. "Titans..."

"Oh, wait!" Starfire suddenly recognized the white ratlike species. "These are Ktulainains!"

"Ummm...they are?"

"Yes! They threatened Tamaran when I was a young child. However, we effectively 'kicked the butt' and now they have a treaty with us! Indeed, they are most afraid of Tamaranians. I am sure I could persuade them to take a more peaceful approach to earth."

"Um...are you really, really sure..." Robin was wide eyed through his mask.

"Most certain."

"Robin?" Cyborg's voice crackled on the communicator. "Yo, are we taking down these aliens or what?"

"Stand down!" Robin said after a moment's hesistation. "Starfire knows these aliens. She's gonna try to talk to him...don't move unless I signal you!"

Robin turned to her. "Okay Star, try to talk to the aliens. We're standing by if things get ugly..."

Starfire nodded, and popped out of the bush. "Hello, space comrades!"

The aliens turned, pointing their weapons at her.

Starfire switched to Tamaranean. "Pteu jijin exst Tamaran Koriand'r. Yinel lisn reknar!"'

The aliens lowered their weapons. "Tamaran?" they replied, looking slightly fearful.

"Tinst! X'hal!"

The leader stepped forward suspiciously. "What would the princess of Tamaran be doing on Earth?" he asked in English.

"You remember the Tamaranian war with the Citadel?" Starfire said.

The Ktulainains made noises of affirmation and anger. Nobody liked the Citadel.

"Our planet gave up my sister and I to slavery to prevent our planet's destruction. I escaped to Earth. Now this is my home and I am most fond of my friends here, so I am asking you nicely to please leave the planet."

The Ktulainains still looked skeptical. "And if we don't want to?"

Starfire's eyes blazed and a Starbolt lit up in her hand. "That would be a direct violation of our treaty. You would have not only to answer to me, but to the entire Tamaranian populace."

The Ktulainains seemed to jump back as one.

"W-Well, we Ktulainains are honorable and we wouldn't want to...violate the treaty..." the alien king stammered.

"Most certainly not!" Starfire said brightly.

"So...we'll just...go...then..."

"I wish you pleasant luck on your other endeavors!" Starfire said cheerfully, letting her Starbolt power down. The aliens scurried back into their spaceship, and Starfire waved after them as they zoomed away.

The other Titans popped out of the bushes.

"Woohoo! Go Starfire!" Beast Boy cheered.

"It's nice to be able to solve something non violently for once," Raven said.

"Yeah, less work for us...what's the matter, Robin?" Cyborg asked, for Robin was looking at Starfire with an odd expression on his face.

"He's upset he didn't get to kick something," Beast Boy snickered.

"Your planet gave you and your sister up for slavery?" Robin asked Starfire.

"Yes, the Citadel threat was most oppressive. They said they would leave us alone if Tamaran gave them I and Blackfire, and my planet accepted the treaty."

"They TRADED you into slavery to get the Citadel to stop attacking? And your parents allowed this?"

"My parents were deceased at the time and my k'norfka had no power over the court. Is something wrong, Robin?"

"Well...I just think it's horrible that they would do that to you purposefully!" Robin said indignantly. "I thought you were their princess?"

"It was either give up two strong Tamaranian females to servitude or let the entire populace of Tamaran perish under the Citadel. The court did not have a choice. Do not question my planet's integrity, Robin, for they merely did what they had to do!" Starfire snapped.

"Whoa, Star, calm down," Cyborg said. Starfire realized her eyes were blazing and that Robin's were widened. She felt surprised. She rarely got angry at Robin.

"I'm sorry, Starfire..." Robin said in surprise. "I didn't mean anything..."

Starfire forced herself to smile. "It is fine. Let us return to our T shaped fortress."

She spun around on her feel and began to walk swiftly away from the lot, the others followed slowly, and Starfire heard a beeping that indicated Robin was looking at the communicator while he was walking.

"Huh, that's weird."

"What?" Raven asked.

"I'm picking up a unusual energy signature, even though the ship left. I'll have to check it out on the Titans computer when we get home."

They reached the T car, but Starfire hesistated getting in.

"Starfire?" Robin asked.

"I-I would prefer to fly to the tower...I wish to feel the unbridled joy of flight at this moment."

"O-okay, but-"

Starfire took off into the air, the feel of the wind rushing around her making her feel infinitely better. Her conversation with Robin rang in her head most unpleasantly.

"And your parents allowed this?"

"My parents were deceased at the time..."

Truthfully, she remembered very little about her parents...they had died when she was five...a few vague images of her beautiful laughing mother fluttering around the house...her father's strong voice...most of what she knew, she heard from Blackfire's stories, and with her sisters betrayal she wondered if those were even true...

When they were younger, Blackfire and herself had been friends...of sorts. Closer than they were now, indeed. Her sister had always been selfish and mean spirited, but it was lesser in the younger days, more so Starfire could ignore it. It grew over the years, to where the two were often at odds, but Starfire still loved and believed in her sister, and Blackfire occasionally still showed a soft spot for her. But the soft spot got smaller and smaller...and when the Gordanians took them...Starfire supposed whatever kindness towards her sister Blackfire had left was beaten out of her.

But, Starfire could still remember her sisters stories.

"I think Mother liked you best," she would sometimes say with a hint of bitterness.

"But...why?" Starfire would ask.

"Because I was born with white eyes."

On Tamaran, having whites to your eyes was a sign of bad blood...especially on royalty. It was rare... only about fifteen people on Tamaran currently had it.

"And black hair," Blackfire said bitterly. "A deadly combination."

"Sister, I think your appearance is lovely."

"Of course you do," Blackfire rolled her cursed eyes. "But you don't matter, little sister. Anyway, before you interrupted my story...mother was beautiful...Father was handsome. They both loved you so much...Mother always said she could tell you were destined for great things, even if you weren't first in line for Grand Ruler..."my little bumgorf" (sweetheart) she'd always call you...anyway, they were very busy as Grand Rulers...then...the Citadel attacked...they killed them...do you remember when we ran away?"

"I do not..."

"It was only four years ago, you little dunce! I remember it so clearly...so very clearly...I-" she looked at Starfire as if considering something.

"What is it, sister?"

"...never mind. Anyway, we are still at war with them to this very day..."

"I don't like to think about it..." Starfire shuddered. If she focused hard, she could hear shouting and yelling outside, as well as the occasional weapon blast.

"There's nothing to think about, sister. There's nothing to think about." Blackfire turned away, and Star was afraid to ask her what she meant.

Sometimes, deep inside herself, Starfire felt an ache for her missing parents. But being a mostly optimistic person, she had managed to ignore it. There was no use for dwelling on the past, when the present was such a nice place to be. Though sometimes, the past haunted her dreams, and memories, refusing to be forgotten...

Our planet gave up my sister and I to slavery to prevent our planet's destruction. I escaped to Earth...

She remembered that day clearly indeed...

"Koriand'r...Komand'r...we of the Tamaranian court and clergy have had to make a very difficult decision..."

"What kind of decision?" Starfire's sister interrupted suspiciously.

"Please! Allow us to finish, young Highness...we have signed a treaty to end the war with the Gordanians."

"Oh, that is glorious!" Starfire cried. "I'm glad the war has finally ended!"

"Koriand'r, please...control the outbursts for a second."

"You are so weak sometimes..." Blackfire muttered.

"Sorry..." Star blushed.

"Of course, there is a condition for the treaty...and regrettably, it involves you..."

"I knew it!" Blackfire blurted.

"Involving us? How?" the younger sibling asked.

"Well...we have to...give you two to the Gordanians...they will trade you as servants to the Citadel..."

"WHAT?" Blackfire exploded.

"I don't understand! Why?"

"They...say that people...pay alot for young royals as slaves.."

"Especially the pretty ones..." a Gordanian standing by leered.

Galfore stood up. "You cannot do this to Kory! Or Komand'r!"

"And yet, we can," the magistrate said. "You know the law Galfore...and you have no power to change it..."

"They are your princesses!"

"I am aware. It is a difficult decision, yet we have permission...and no choice."

The Gordanians moved forward, and the two princesses backed away.

"I won't go!" Blackfire snarled.

"I don't wish to go either!" Star cried.

"That's too bad," the Gordanians snarled, reaching to grab them, but was forced back by a purple starbolt from a furious Blackfire. "Get back, you slimy inferior," she snarled.

"Try and touch me and you'll get the same," Starfire warmed up her starbolts.

"You must go! Don't make this difficult!" the magistrate warned.

"But...please...I don't wish to leave! This is my home..." Starfire cried, tears gathering in her eyes.

Blackfire swore at the magistrate who narrowed his eyes and looked away from her, toward Starfire. "Princess Koriand'r," he said softly. "They are too powerful for Tamaran to defeat. They will kill us all...every last one. But they agreed to leave us alone, if we give them you. You must go. Do you want our entire planet's blood on your hands?"

Starfire let her starbolts fizzle out. "No..." she said softly.

"If you truly love your planet, your Highness, you will go with them."

Starfire locked eyes with the magistrate. "Fine," she said in a defeated voice. "I will go."

"Not me!" Blackfire snarled. "I don't care if the whole planet dies, I hate them all anyway! I'm not going!"

"Komand'r!" Starfire cried.

"Shut up, Kory. Just because you're a blubbering idiot doesn't mean I have to be! I'll kill you all!"

She planted a kick in the Gordanian near her's stomach.

"Secure her!" A Gordanian cried.

"Don't hurt my sister!" Starfire screamed as five Gordanians piled on Blackfire.

"Silence, child!" A Gordanian grabbed her by the hair, making her shreik.

"She struggles...silence her!" a Gordanian restraining Blackfire cried.

"HER! JUST TAKE HER!" Blackfire pointed wildly to her sister. "Isn't she enough?"

"KOMAN-ARGGHHH!" Starfire screamed as the aliens zapped her sister with a stunner, rendering her unconcious. Her captor smacked her on the back of the head.

"Do not harm Koriand'r!" Galfore rumbled.

The alien merely laughed and grabbed Star by the hair again, but she kicked him hard, making him fall back. "I will go quietly!" she breathed spinning around. "But only is you don't hit me!"

"Fair enough, princess," the Gordanian laughed, and he grabbed Star by the arm, dragging her toward the entrance, while the others toted the unconcious Blackfire.

"Goodbye, Koriand'r, my child!" Galfore cried, his voice choked with emotion.

"G-Goodbye, Galfore," she sobbed. "I-I don't wish to l-leave you and I-I love you and-"

"Stop your blubbering," the Gordanian snapped, and he dragged Starfire into the cold darkness of the Goradanian spaceship...

"Sister...sister..." Starfire shook her prone sibling. "Wake up, please!"

Blackfire groaned and rolled over. Opening her violet eyes, she slowly sat up. "Where am I?"

"We are in Gordanian captivity," Starfire shivered.

"What? Oh, X'hal..." Blackfire closed her eyes in concentration. Suddenly they snapped open, blazing like a demon's. "How dare they do this to me!"

"Us," Starfire reminded her.

"Whatever."

Starfire sighed and slumped back on the cold stone wall. "We are princesses. We must makes sarcrifices to save our planet."

"Princesses being treated like SLAVES? It's the peasants that should make the sacrifices, Koriand'r, not us! Obviously, our planet doesn't care for us at all."

"They do! They just-"

"Care for themselves more?"

"Well...we're talking one planets entire destruction...or two teenage girls being sold into slavery. Which one sounds more horrible to you?"

"Oh, give me a break, Kory.The Citadel isn't that big a threat. I could take them down myself!"

"Right, sister."

"I could!"

"There are too many of them ...there was a time when Tamaran could defeat the Citadel...but without rulers, our planet is directionless...and divided. They could not win this war. We must think of our planet..."

"You disgust me, Koriand'r," Blackfire snorted. "Just shut up!"

"You're upset, I can tell."

"YEAH! You know how the Citadel treat their slaves. They'll beat us! They'll RAPE us..."

Starfire gave a snort to match her sisters. "I won't let them..."

"You won't have a choice, you idiot!"

Starfire was much too tired to muster up anger, and watched as her sister paced. "I will get out of here...it may take weeks, days, months...but the journey to the Citadel is a long one. The door won't hold."

Without further ado, Blackfire began shooting starbolts at the prison door with no effect...

"I've already tried that..."

"Try with me!" Blackfire spun around, her eyes blazing. "If we don't give up, eventually it will break down."

Starfire stood up, the room spinning around her. She was so exhausted, yet couldn't sleep...still she managed to summon up enough righteous fury to shoot bolts along with Blackfire. After a few minute, the door swung open, causing the two girls to jump back.

"STOP THAT!" the Gordanian backhanded Starfire across the face, and she crashed into the wall. Blackfire didn't react, merely stared at the Gordanian. Then suddenly, she attempted to make a break for it under the lizards arm. But she was stopped dead by another massive Gordanian, who flung her back into the room. The first one turned to Starfire. "Insolent slave! I shall beat you into silence."

Starfire, sitting up, narrowed her eyes, two spectacular starbolts blooming from her hands. "I should like to see you try!"

The Gordanian laughed, and suddenly others teamed up behind him. Starfire's eyes widened. Too many of them, even for her. As they closed in, she shot Starbolts and kicks left and right, but it was no use, and only made the beating they gave her worse...

And so the days progressed. Little food, ruthless beatings from the Gordanians, and being locked up with her sisters foul temper. The siblings were fitted with handcuffs, so they could no longer use their Starbolts. They were traded off from ship to ship, the pilots never getting better, only worse. One even tried to sexually assault Koriand'r, but didn't get very far, for she deprived him of his means of copulatian with a quick twist and yank...with her feet. The story got around, and no one tried that again. It seemed so bleak and desperate, but Starfire clung to hope...hope that she and her sister would escape, hope for a better life.

And one day, Blackfire escaped. This was all because of one mistake the Gordanians made...they sent someone to give the sisters their food alone.

Starfire did not notice this, because she was only half concious at the time. But her sister certainly did. As soon as she saw the lone Gordanian through the open door, she attacked. With a uppercut using her handcuffs, she rendered him unconcious and ran through the door, not bothering to wait for her sister.

"KOMAND'R!" Starfire stumbled up and tried to follow, but the Gordanians had heard the commotion. Four of the lizardlike aliens held Starfire back, all the others went after Blackfire. But they came back with nothing. Princess Komand'r, Blackfire, had escaped the ship. She had escaped...and left her younger sister all alone, to suffer.

And so Starfire was seized by an uncontrollable fury, she began to scream like a banshee and try to destroy everything in sight. And so the Gordanians locked her in the sturdiest rooom in the ship,one of them snarling, "Can't you accept it, pretty princess? The fight is over. You have lost." Then they refused to give her food at all. But this did not stop the warrior princess. Tamaranians could survive for days without food and, remembering Blackfire's words, she beat and beat at the door for days on end...every hit ringing with every ounce of righteous fury she possessed...fury at the Gordanians, at her sister, at the Citadel...but never at her planet. And eventually the door did break. And as Princess Koriand'r faced the frightened Gordanians with blazing eyes...

"Zengtha ru maka! Kek zengtha ror! "

You think the fight is over? The fight has just begun!

Starfire sighed and settled on the top of the Tower. After Titans Tower was built, she had sent an angry transmission to her sister, demanding an explanation for her betrayal. Her sister sent one back, saying she was so happy Star had escaped, and that there hadn't been enough time to drag Star along with her, ans she'd planned to come back and rescue Star once she'd gotten help.

And of course, Starfire had believed her. And like always, Starfire had forgiven her.

The other Titans were back now and Starfire went down to meet them, pushing the unpleasant past out of her mind. She had come to terms with her capture and parent's death long ago, so there was no use worrying about it. She grabbed Silkie and bounced on the couch besides Beast Boy, who begged her to play video games with him. Knowing full well he merely wanted someone who he could beat to play with him, she accepted. She had lost four times when Robin gasped.

"What is the badness causing you to inhale with such loudness and acuteness, Robin?" Starfire asked, turning around to see Robin was at the Titans computer.

"The energy signature-it's heading toward our Tower! And I think it's-"

Suddenly, the doors were flung open to reveal a dark haired female with orange skin and an armored outfit.

"Hello, sister," Blackfire said.

"Blackfire!" All the Titans jumped up, Starfire warming up her starbolts, Robin whipping out his discs, Cyborg readying his sonic cannon, Beast Boy turning into a snake and Raven crackling with dark power.

Blackfire merely looked bored. "Calm down, kiddies...I'm not here to fight..."

"Oh yes?" Starfire said, flying up to her sister with a snarl. "Then what is it you are here for, precisely?'

"I have news. About our parents." Blackfire said slowly.

Starfire was struck dumb. "What?"

"They're alive."

"Wha-no they are not! They were killed six gloargs ago!"

"No. The Gordanians simply captured them. They have been keeping them prisoner all this time. We never saw the bodies, remember?"

Starfire indeed did not remember seeing bodies...their parents were supposed to have been vaporized...

"And why should we trust you?" Robin snarled.

"The one thing I would never lie about is our parents. I wouldn't have come to get you, Starfire, but I need your help freeing them from the Gordanians."

Starfire deflated and looked into her sister eyes. "Y-You are telling the truth?"

"Yes, Kory," Blackfire said. "I would not lie about our parents."

Starfire knew it was true...even if Blackfire no longer loved her, she had always loved their parents. She remembered the stories...

"I will go with you," Starfire said.

"Starfire, no!" Robin cried.

"You can't seriously trust her!" Cyborg cajoled.

"It's obviously a trap..." Raven muttured.

"Who's Kory?" Beast Boy asked.

Star turned to face her friends. "I must go...if there is the slightest chance my parents are alive...I have to find them."

"Well, we're going with you."

"You can't," Blackfire said shortly. "The Citadels is extremely hot. Your bodies won't be able to withstand it. Not even in a suit, or space ship. Tamaranians, however, can withstand such heat. Besides, Starfire and I will get there faster by flying..."

"Starfire, this is obviously a setup!" Robin cried.

"But it is true, Robin, the Citadel is much too heat filled for earthly beings to survive," Starfire said.

"It's a trap!"

"Blackfire would not lie about our parents. I know it is hard to believe, but she truly cares for them. And I can take care of myself, if she chooses to betray me."

"Yeah, what if she has something really nasty planned?" Cyborg asked.

""Oh, honestly," Blackfire rolled her eyes. "You can put a tracker on her or something. If she's in trouble she can push the button."

"Glorious idea! Cyborg, would you fetch one?" Starfire asked.

Reluctantly, Cyborg did so. He fastened it to her wrist. "If it's destroyed, or you push the button, it will give a signal.

"Satisfactory!"

The sisters went outside and Starfire hugged Beast Boy ("Hee hee!"), Cyborg ("Take care of yourself, girl), Raven ("Ehgh... good luck. Now stop that!) and Robin.

"Are you sure about this?" he muttered.

"I have to do it, Robin. I will call you if I need you. Goodbye everyone! I will be back soon!"

"Goodbye..." the rest of the Titans said looking uncertain. And the two sisters took off into the sky.

Starfire's heart was pounding...could it be true? Could her parents be alive? She imagined seeing their faces...the ones she has see photographs...or roshikas as they called them on Tamaran. Her parents...enslaved all these years...alive...it was almost too much...the sibling flew in silence for an hour before Blackfire said abruptly, "We're almost there. Come down, I need to discuss our plan of action."

Cautiously, Starfire followed her sister to a nearby barren planet. They landed side by side, and her sister turned to face her.

"So, sister, what is our plan?"

Blackfire rolled her eyes. "This."

And before Starfire had time to react, two glowing red clamps snapped around her wrists, seeming coming from nowhere. Something flickered and Starfire saw she was in a spaceship, not on a planet, and she was chained to the wall. Two clamps secured around her ankles as well.

"What-?" Starfire gasped.

Blackfire smiled. "So easy to holligraphically disguise things these days, huh, Kory?"

"But-but why?"

"Mmmm, I plan to use you as a bargaining chip to allow me to take my rightful place as ruler of Tamaran and stuff, y'know?"

"But-" Starfire struggled against the clamps, trying to summon starbolts, rip them off the wall, press the button, anything...but the chains were specially designed it seemed. She couldn't even do lasers from her eyes. "What about our parents?"

"Dead as doornails, sister dear..." Blackfire took the tracker off Starfire's wrist, and threw it into deep space, where it would float, unharmed forever... "Gullible as always, Star...gullible as always..."

Some people saw red when they were angry. Starfire saw green. Her eyes lit up like warning lights as she struggled harder than ever against her bonds. "I cannot believe it! I did not think even YOU, sister, would have the duplicity to use our long deceased parents as bait! How could you? How could you be so ruthlessly cruel and heartless? I thought perhaps, even you, posessed some shred os decency deep within your traiterous being...keeping you alive, alive to feeling! But if you dare use our parents as bait in your selfish scheme, you, Komand'r are truly DEAD INSIDE!" She spat out the last words.

Blackfire spun around. "I had no problem lying about our parents to you. They weren't the saints you make them out to be. They were every bit as selfish as I."

"Pejin jekarom!" Starfire spat in Tamaranian "You decieve me again!"

"No, Kory, I'm finally telling the truth. All these years kept the secret from you. To protect you." Blackfire gave a cold laugh.

"Protect me? Do not make me emulate laughter!"

"Well, Galfore would have skinned me alive if I told you. Besides, I saw no reason for you to know. I'm not completely cold hearted. Or wasn't. I suppose there's no reason not to tell you now." Blackfire leaned forward. "Our parents signed papers, saying should it ever come down to it, the Tamaranian princesses could be offered as slaves in the interest of peace. Meaning us, sister dear."

"How would you know this? Why should I believe you?"

"I have no reason to lie. And I saw the law signed."

"You would lie to emotionally torment me! Besides, even if our parents did sign that law, it was to protect our planet and I-"

"Oh, X'hal," Blackfire rolled her eyes for the hundrenth time. "You never change...besides, that is not why our parents are cold hearted."

"Oh, yes? Then why, sister?"

"They left us to die."

"Jeka rixzal raskima!"

"Oooh, those are pretty cruel words coming from you, Koriand'r," Blackfire chuckled.

"I do not believe you!"

Blackfire looked at her and something flickered in her eyes. Was it pity? "I'm sorry, Kory. But it's perfectly honest. You can ask Galfore when we go to Tamaran. You don't remember the day our parents died, right?"

"No!"

"I wonder if that's because you blocked it out or because you were so young when it happened...no matter, I remember. So clearly..."

Princess Komand'r was in a foul mood. Of course, that was her perpetual state of being, not that she minded it. It was better than being like Kory. The five year old was happy ALL THE TIME! Hopefully, she would grow out of it, for it annoyed Kammie to DEATH. Her parents seemed to find it endearing.

"Look at the pretty planet!" Kory spun around and around. "I wanna run round and love it all!"

"Oh, X'hal help me," Komand'r muttered.

"Watch your mouth, Komand'r," her mother repremanded "And Kory, remember, you are a warrior, not a...er.."

"Pacifist," her father finished.

"Yes, that. Stand up straight, Komand'r."

Kammie was hurt that she always got called by her full name, and her sister got called Kory. Curse her stupid white eyes! Why couldn't she be a joy filled chlorbag like Kory?

"I'm tired..." Koriand'r whined.

"Warrior, Kory," her mother reminded, but grasped Kory's hand.

"I'm...tired ...too..." Kammie tried to grab for her mother's hand but somehow missed it.

Her mother turned to face her. "Honestly, Koman-"

"What is that sound?" her father interrupted.

For a great buzzing had filled the air. Suddenly a giant vehicle overshadowed them.

"Gordanians!" her mother hissed.

"To the castle!" her father bellowed."Komand'r, Kory, the Tamaranians are warriors, this is your first lesson. You must keep up with your mother and I!"

And with that, the two rulers took off running. Komand'r and Koriand'r hurried after them, but Komand'r found herself tripping on a rock. Kory immediatly stopped, helping her sister up.

"MOTHER! FATHER! WAIT!" Kammie bellowed, but the parents did not stop. "They-they left us!"

"Kammie..." Kory whimpered.

Komand'r looked up to see a particle beam heating up directly above them. "Jeka!" She dragged herself and her sister out of her way just in time, the laser hitting the spot they had jumped from.

"Keep up or I'll leave you behind like our parents!" Komand'r hissed. She ran full pelt, looking for shelter, her sister trailing after her. Finally, she found a cave and dived under it, Kory following her. It was there in the shelter from the storm, that Komand'r heard her mother scream. She closed her eyes and hugged her sister, something she rarely did.

When the Gaurd came and fished the sisters out of the cave, they comfirmed what Kammie already knew. A particle beam had vaporized the Tamaranian rulers. Her parents were dead.

Starfire stared at her sister.

"I'm not saying they were evil, I guess..." Blackfire shrugged. "They thought as warriors we should keep up, and maybe they didn't even hear me calling after them...but they were not saints, Koriand'r...they were strict to the point of cruelty...they never liked me, and I have not problem lying about them..."

Starfire wanted to call Blackfire a liar, but her sisters eyes had truth...and ...pity in them, she didn't tell the story with relish, but with sorrow. If Blackfire were truly lying to torture Starifire, she would have painted their parents as evil incarnate, not strict warriors who had gotten carried away with Tamaranian tradition...and she wouldn't have made excuses for them.

But, then, Starfire didn't trust her sister, after all, she currently had her chained to a wall. And she couldn't fathom her parents being so ruthless...she didn't want to believe it...she didn't know what to think.

"You can ask Galfore when we get to Tamaran, like I said. Hopefully, he'll tell you the truth. I wish more than anyone our parents had been all around nice people, but hey..." Blackfire shrugged. "Truth hurts. Now, we have to get to Tamaran..."

Blackfire moved towards the controls of the ship. Starfire closed her eyes in anger and sorrow.

"Titans, GO!"

A burst of black energy bloomed from the floor, unveiling a furious looking Robin, Beast Boy, Cyborg and Raven.

"We still thought you might be up to something," Robin said to a surprised Blackfire, whipping out his staff. "So we followed you. Looks like we were right!"

The three boys lunged at Blackfire, who dodged out of the way. Raven, however, used her telekinisis to pull Starfire's bonds off her. Just as this happed, Blackfire let lose a laser blast that knocked all three boys against the wall.

"RAVEN, LOOK OUT!" Starfire cried.

Raven spun around and threw Starfire's chains at the Tamaranian villian, and Starfire threw a starbolt, but Blackfire dodged both of them and managed to kick Raven in the head, smashing her against the wall next to the boys. All four Titans prone for the moment, Blackfire grabbed Star and tried to chain her back to the wall, but Star twisted her arm out of her sisters grip and let loose a roundhouse that sent Blackfire flying across the room. Robin got up, groaning and Blackfire tried to send another starbolt his way, but Star grabbed her wrist, making her miss. The siblings wrestled and fought like mad, and eventually Star pinned her sister down, breathing in her face "TELL ME THE TRUTH!"

"I...already...did..." Blackfire said through clenched teeth. She tried to punch Starfire, but the redhead ducked out of the way and slammed her sister against the wall.

"Mmm...you've undoubtedly impoved..." Blackfire muttered. "But I think I can take you..." She kicked Star in the stomach, sending her flying. Robin came at her with his staff , but Blackfire cut it in half with a blast of solar energy, then grabbed Robin's head, forcing him to the ground.

"Hmmm...you wouldn't look so cute if I crushed your skull, huh?" the villianess murmured.

"NO!" Starfire screeched.

"You wouldn't," Raven sneered.

"...um, Starfire, does your sister like to kill people?" Beast Boy asked, looking terrified.

"Yeah, well if you crush his skull, I'll sonic cannon your pretty little head..." Cyborg snarled.

"Yeah, but Robin would be dead either way..." Blackfire shrugged.

Robin kicked Blackfire hard, but she merely gasped in pain and knocked Robin out with a starbolt.

"HEY!" Beast Boy yelled.

"If you do ANYTHING, I will destroy you," Starfire snarled.

Raven was massaging her head, obviously getting a headache from all the emotion, trying to think desperately what to do. Cyborg kept his sonic cannon trained.

"Come with me, or he's dead," Blackfire snarled.

Starfire stepped forward. "I shall go."

"Starfire, no!"

"Good," without letting go of Robin, Blackfire reattached the clamps to the wall. She fastened Star's wrist in the first clamp, and began to fasten it in the second...Starfire kicked her in the stomach.

As expected Blackfire fell back, letting go of the unconcious Robin, and Cyborg quickly grabbed him. Searing the clamp off with a starbolt from her free hand, Starfire lunged at Blackfire, managing to zap her. The black haired alien skidded back, then straightened up. She stared as Starfire approached.

"You are a liar!" Starfire screamed.

"I probably should have seen that coming," Blackfire pondered. "The truth opens up all kinds of viciousness, eh, Kory?"

"I do not see why I should readily believe you!" Star cried.

"Believe me or not, I really don't care," Blackfire sighed. "You know, this isn't really worth fighting five kiddie vigilantes over. See you around, sister."

And before Star could react, Blackfire took off, crashing through the roof of the space ship. Starfire took off after her, but when she emerged into space, Blackfire had dissapeared.

Back at Titans Tower, Starfire sat at her usual pondering perch, at the edge ofthe Tower...what had really happened to her parents? Was Blackfire correct? Should she go ask Galfore? But would he "lie to protect her" as her sister had said?

Starfire sighed.

It seems impossible to really find out the truth...

"Hi, Star," Robin had sneaked up behind her.

"Hello, Robin," Starfire smiled. "I never got a chance to thank you for rescuing me."

"Uh, I think we're even. You okay?"

"Blackfire told me...our parents...left us to die when the Gordanians attacked. I was wondering if I could ever find out the truth."

Robin pondered this. "Truth's a tricky thing. People believe what they want to believe sometimes...and sometimes the truth isn't nessicarally...right."

"Er..."

"I think your parents loved you, Star. No matter what their faults...but it doesn't matter even if they didn't. You're...a really wonderful person. It doesn't matter how your parents acted...or your sister. They aren't you. I mean, look at Raven and her dad. What really matters, is, despite everything, you came out as this...really sweet and honest person..." Robin shrugged. "We're each other's family now."

"Oh, Robin!" Starfire hugged him.

"Ack!" Robin patted her on the back as she clung onto him. "Starfire...I can't...breathe..."

"Sorry..." Starfire let go.

"Uh huh...it's okay..." Robin looked uncomfortable as he always did when he "talked about feelings". "Hey! A shooting star."

He pointed at the sky.

"Oh no! Is it using a laser or bullets...?"

"I mean that!" Robin pointed at the yellow streak in the sky.

"Oh...on my planet we call them boltiens."

"Heh, I wonder why...make a wish..."

Starfire smiled and watched the star streak though the sky like a alien invader, and realized she did not need to make a wish...she had a home and friends...and that was all she really needed. That was the truth.

A/AN: First chapter with a truly happy ending. Kind of sappy, but hey, it's Starfire. You aren't expecting her to be all doom and gloom, right?

Next up is Cyborg obviously, then a chapter to wrap it all up.