It's been quite a while since I did another Nightfire's Origins chapter. Sorry it took so long but I've been busy trying to get through with the Doomed Titans chapters, which were too long for me to type. I respect all of you waiting so patiently for this. I hope you'll be patient until I get these chapters up in the neat future. Anyways, I still haven't got a review for this story in a long time, but I know that the hits counter is moving up more and more each day past so at least I know you're all reading it. I'm just hoping that someone would review me to see how my story is doing. Well let's hope I get a decent review or two after this chapter. On this chapter, Starfire gives her daughter a nice bedtime story. Unknowing to Nightfire's curiosity was that this story really happened.

Chapter Notes

The story of how Starfire and Robin met for the first time is different from the one shown on the season five episode, "Go!" Now I watched that episode a few weeks ago and it was great but I didn't like how Robin and Starfire met. I mean the two of them fighting each other isn't a way to start a relationship. But there's one thing that me and some authors on this Fan Fiction were right about, Starfire did kiss Robin for the first time to learn the Earth language. Score 1 for the authors! WOOOOOOOOOOO!

Disclaimer: I don't own the Teen Titans

Chapter Eleven: Bedtime Story

Later in the night at Titans Tower and after a nice dinner, it was time for the Titan kids to go to bed. Normally, the Titans want their kids to go to sleep at nine, making it their own curfew for their children. Starfire was taking Nightfire to her daughter's room. Night was wearing dark blue PJs with a little picture of a bird on her left side of the long sleeve shirt and her pigtails were removed, letting her black hair go down to neck length. They approached the metal door with a name engraved on it saying "Nightfire". The door opened as they entered the room that use to belong to Robin but has changed ever since Night moved in. Though everything remained the same, the punching bag was removed and all the newspaper clippings Robin collected were all taken off the wall. The walls were painted in a light turquoise blue color and the place was filled with toys and plushy dolls.

Starfire: "O.K. sweetie, time to go to bed."

Nightfire turned her head to her mother and protest.

Young Nightfire: "But mommy, why do I have to sleep early? You and the others stay up late."

Star looked at her daughter and tried to reason with her.

Starfire: "That's because we're adults and heroes Tori. As adults we would sleep late whenever we feel like it. And even if we sleep, the alarm will sound at the middle of the late night and we have to wake up to save our city. Besides, your too young to sleep late and you have school tomorrow. You don't want to stay up late and sleep in class the next day, do you?"

Nightfire bowed her head down and sighed.

Young Nightfire: "No…"

Starfire could tell that Night was beginning to get aggravated, so she placed her hand on her daughter's shoulder.

Starfire: "Don't worry dear; you might be young but when you grow up, you can stay up whenever you like."

Nightfire looked at her mother and her face was brightening up.

Young Nightfire: "Really, then I can do whatever I want during the late nights and beat Uncle Garfield at video games?"

Star chuckled a bit and remembered last year that Nightfire started playing video games with Changeling and won. She was definitely daddy's little girl.

Starfire: "Yes, you can do whatever you want in the late hours, but I'm afraid that Logan's going to be too old to play games with you. Come on, it's time for you to go to sleep."

Nightfire hurried to her bed that was placed between the window and the dresser that had a lamp and the picture of Robin and jumped right on it. Star approached her loving daughter and draped the bed sheets over her. Night then looked at her mother's gleaming green eyes and asked for a favor.

Young Nightfire: "Mommy, can you please read me a bedtime story?"

Starfire: "A bedtime story? Sweetie, you're five years old. Don't you think you're a little old for that?"

Young Nightfire: "But mommy, I never get tired of those stories you read to me every night."

Starfire: "But that was three years ago and I always tell the same stories over and over again. Shouldn't you-"

Young Nightfire: "Pleeeeaaaase… Just one more story."

Starfire sighed and gave up.

Starfire: "All right, one more but that's it."

Young Nightfire: "Yippy!"

Starfire: "O.K., what story do you want me to tell."

Young Nightfire: "The one about The Princess from Space and the Knight on Earth."

Starfire turned her head away knowing what Nightfire meant. What Night didn't know is that the story about the space princess and the Earth knight really happened between Starfire and Robin. She decided to suck it all up and looked at her daughter.

Starfire: "Sure sweetie, I tell you that story."

Nightfire jumped up and down in delight just as Starfire moved a chair out of Night's desk and placed it next to her bed. Star sat on her chair and started telling her story while Nightfire listened in.

Starfire: "Once upon a time, on a planet far far away, lived a beautiful and kindhearted princess. She was born in the arms or royalty and gifted with amazing powers and flight. She had everything she ever wanted, a family that loved her, the respect of the people on her planet, and a perfectly wonderful life. Then one day, something happened that changed her life forever. When she was sixteen, she was told that she was going to be wed by a prince of another planet. Sadly, she didn't like the idea of marrying to another person, even though its part of her family tradition to marry a member of a royal family on hers or another's planet. She can't marry this prince because she doesn't know anything about him and she believes that he doesn't love her but her royalties. She doesn't want a guy like him; she wants to be in love with someone that cares for her not on the outside, but on the inside. Then on the day that she must journey to a distant planet and learn about its customs, she heard of a planet that's filled with different cultures and wonderful traditions. That planet is called Earth. So she left her home planet and moved to Earth to begin learning about its civilization. She was quite fascinated about Earth's culture and ethnic backgrounds when she arrived but she was confused about the language the people are speaking since she only spoke in her native tongue. Then on one night, while she roaming down the streets she was ambushed by a group of bad people. She tried her best to fight back but they were too strong for her to stop. The princess thought her life's going to end until he came. A brave a handsome knight of Earth came to the aid of the princess, stopped the bad group of people and saved her life. She wanted to say thank you to her savior but she didn't speak his earthly language. So she had an idea, she gently places her lips on the knight's own and within seconds learned the proper language. When she finally said thank you, both the knight and the princess became fast friends. The knight then took her a group of people that are different just like her and together they fight criminals, battle monsters, and save innocent lives from the forces of evil. For the first time in her life, the princess felt like she belonged and she was happy about it. She also fell in love with the knight as he fell in love with her. They wanted to get married, have children, and live together forever. But something tragic happened that changed the princess's life. The knight was seriously hurt after risking his life to save the princess and had to go to heaven, never to return to his love. The princess was saddened at what happened and she could not go on without him. But when she thought she lost a life, she gained another. For months later, she was given a gift of a beautiful baby girl."

Starfire stopped when she realized her daughter was fast asleep with her head on her pillow. She didn't want to wake up her little girl so she started whispering the rest of the story.

Starfire: "And she named her bundle of joy Nightfire and together they lived happily ever after. The end…"

She got up off her seat, approached Nightfire's bed and moved the blanket to cover the rest of Night's body. She then kissed her daughter on the forehead and whispered something in her ear.

Starfire: "Nighty night my dear daughter, sleep tight."

She left Night's bed and was about to leave the room only to stop and look at something on the desk. There was a piece of paper sitting on top of the desk that showed a colored picture Nightfire did during the weekend. Starfire approached the desk, picked up the paper, and was amazed at what it is. It was a picture of the entire Titan family. There was Cyborg, Terra, Beast Boy, Raven, LM, Angel, Beast Girl, Terri, Starfire, and Nightfire and it showed Jump City and Titans Tower showing in the background. There were names under each Titan and kid, especially the one under Terra that reads Aunt Ter Ter. Starfire couldn't help but giggle at that name since her daughter called Terra that name. But what made it more unique was above the Titans and the kids were Robin wearing his uniform and angel wings. Starfire told her daughter a little bit about Heaven, she even said that when person goes to Heaven they earned their white wings and soar through the sky. She was quite proud at what her daughter drew, even though a child did it, but it was drawn by heart. In fact, she was so pleased at what her daughter did that she's decided to put it in a special place. So she left Nightfire's room holding the picture in her hand.

Down in the Tower's basement, Starfire was looking for something in the stack of boxes. All the boxes within the basement contained many great memories of the Titans from the very beginning to now. Stuff like old broken weapons LM once used, a bunch of old books that Raven didn't need anymore, spare parts and chips Cyborg stores just in case, and all the broken communicators during the fight with the Brotherhood of Evil. There was another box was all of the evidence from Slade with a notice on the top saying "Slade Evidence. Do not open." After the whole Haunted incident, the Titans wouldn't take any chances of risking another life after one sniff on Slade's mask. But the one box she found and took out of the top stack was the one labeled, "Nightfire's Memories." She opened the lid and it was filled with photographs of Starfire and Nightfire in many vacations and at the Tower and painted and drawn pictures of the entire family and Night's dad. She always placed all the pictures in this box so that when Nightfire's grows older, she will opened the box and look back at what she done over the years. She placed the drawn picture into the box, closed the lid, and placed it back to where it belonged. Unknown to the Tamaranean was that someone was watching from upstairs.

Terra: "Another piece of memory of Nightfire's life?"

Starfire looked up and saw Terra wearing a pink silk nightgown halfway down the steps.

Starfire: "Terra? You startled me. What are you doing here?"

Terra: "I was just going to get a cappuccino in the kitchen to help me calm my nerves. That was until I heard some noises coming from down here and I guess I known what is was. You want to join me?"

Starfire couldn't help but nodded when she remembered she drank that warm light brown liquid for the first time when she was twenty.

In the living room kitchen, both Starfire and Terra were sitting at the counter drinking with their cappuccinos on the table. Starfire kept looking at Terra and could tell that Terra has changed a lot ever since she gave birth to the twins. At a young age of twenty-two, her body took up a more mature look. Her arms and legs had firmed and shapely, her waist was slim and athletic, and her breasts were round and ripe. She then looked at Terra's face and saw her face looked a little adult like and her blonde hair had grown a little. But what she noticed was there were dark circles at the bottom of her eyes.

Starfire: "Looks like you were busy trying to calm the kids down."

Terra took a sip from her cup.

Terra: "You think. Those two were complete monsters, always full of too much energy, and never ran out of it. I mean I was happy when I was having twins, but with them growing it's getting tougher and tougher to control them. I swear they are acting more like Garfield everyday. I don't know how you and Raven control your children."

Starfire took a sip from her cup.

Starfire: "Oh it's no problem. All you need to do is to give them as much love and caring as you can."

Terra: "But I gave them enough love and caring all week. I think the only thing I haven't given them is a belt to their behinds. So how are you and Nightfire doing? You're getting along well?"

Starfire: "Oh… We are doing great together. Why just today, we flew around the city and it was Nightfire's first time."

Terra: "Really? That sounds nice."

They both take sip from their mugs.

Starfire: "Yeah. And just this night, I told Night her final bedtime story. She wanted to hear the story of The Princess from Space and the Knight on Earth, she always liked that one when she was young. But every time I tell her that story it always gives me bad memories in the past."

Terra: "You mean that the story actually happened between you and Robin."

Starfire just turned her head away, trying to hold back a tear that was coming out.

Starfire: "Yes."

Terra: "Kori, I'm quite surprised at the sacrifices you've been doing for your daughter but you can't leave her in the dark about her father. She has to know the truth!"

Star sipped again.

Starfire: "I know, I know. It's just that I don't want to talk to her about it yet. She has a young life ahead of her and I don't want her to waste it crying and yelling it."

Terra: "But-"

Star took another sip and looked at Terra.

Starfire: "Look, I'm telling you like I told everyone else. When the time comes, I will tell Tori what happened to her father."

Terra sighed.

Terra: "It's your choice Star. But sooner or later, you have to tell her."

Terra finished drinking her cappuccinos and walked into the kitchen to place the cup, plate, and spoon in the sink. She then left the kitchen and headed to the exit.

Terra: "It's getting late, I should get some sleep. You should get some too Starfire, you look a little tired."

Starfire: "Yes Terra, I shall do that right after I wash the dishes."

Terra: "All right. Goodnight."

Starfire: "Pleasant Snorvax, Ter Ter."

Terra got a little shook up after hearing that name and then left the living room just as Starfire took her last sip of the drink. She then moved to the sink and started washing the cups, plates, and spoons. While she was doing that, she started talking to herself.

Starfire: "Sooner or later, I'll tell her. But until then, she must never know what happened."

End of chapter eleven. Quite touching don't you think. I know it's different from the Go! Episode but I did this on the last chapter of Nightfire long before the episode started. I mean the producers should've thought about putting Go! As the very first episode on Season One, that way we won't guess at how the Titans got together. But it's their idea so I don't blame them. Getting back on track, on the next chapter, a few more years have passed and Nightfire follow his father's footsteps as she trains to be a karate expert with the help of the True Master. Please Review.