When your heart breaks it can grow back crooked. It grows back twisted and gnarled and hard- The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo.--
Three thousand. That's how many Tameraneans died during the the citadel attack of our western province Kysarr when I was born. I figured that if the gordanians could manage that then they were my best bet at taking revenge on those ungrateful troglodytes.
So I flew past the outskirts of my native Vega system and past the Centauri moons almost getting sucked into a black hole on the way there.
Sue me I wasn't as experienced flying across interstellar distances at Faster than light speeds as my usurper Starfire.
After tracking down their leader Trogaar. Who like all gordanaians was a blue skinned red eyed reptilian humanoid with green plating and strength rivaling Tameraneans but stood out by being 8 feet tall rather than the usual 7.
After proving my sincerity by executing a random tameranean scout I struck a deal with him. I'd provide his armies with intimate details of our planets structural weak points and battle strategies and in return I would be able to do with them as I wished. Though we did have our own conditions.
He wanted to raid our armory and a tribute for labor.
I insisted my siblings be left alive. Their fate was mine to decide.
Ironically enough we both agreed on eliminating the king first...
After easily conquering the surrender conditions were as followed.
- The acting King WildFire was forbidden from restoring our armies to their former size and must provide a tribute of a dozen Tameraneans every century to work as grunt slaves in the forges and mines.
- Starfire was to act as my personal servant for the rest of her days and could never return home or the planet would be destroyed by his particle canon.
-any attempt at retaliation would result in our planets destruction.
- And my personal favorite. A statue in my honor was built using the finest metals and gemstones by the very same people who shunned me...and after it was completed I had them buried underneath it. I had a good laugh about that one whenever I looked at it.
And that was how things were for the next 2 stellar cycles/ years. Starfire would carry out my request without a word as I'd ordered her to remain silent in my presence as punishment for being born properly unlike myself. I'd take enjoyment from the people realizing too late they had caused their own downfall and squandered a true gem.
I basked in the looks of despair and hatred they shot at my every appearance with vindication in my heart and a smile on my face even wildfire.
All except Koriand'r who just looked at me with...pity? Disappointment? Whatever it was it made me sick to all 9 of my stomachs and probably contributed to what happened next.
One day during the second year of my pseudo rule I requested some Zorka berries from my dear sister. Yet for the first time she didn't come...
In equal parts annoyance and fear I searched everywhere until I came into the cellar and saw something that would haunt me for the rest of my days.
My sister in torn and raged clothing, bruised, and tears in her eyes.
One of Trogaar's generals dead on the floor.
The other naked with his mating stick out.
THEY HAD TRIED TO RAPE KORIAND'R
MY SISTER!
After personal crumpling the remaining aggressor into a ball of compact flesh and bone I got her some clothes, got us both a ship, and set a course for Trogaar to have a heated discussion regarding common decency when it happened.
Our ship was blasted out of nowhere just as we cleared the swamp moons of Xenthrax 4. And we were taken prisoner by the Psions.
What are the odds of a sadistic scientist race conveniently stumbling upon 2 rare specimens? Either The gordanians had sold me out or they'd been planning a raid.
I'm inclined to think the latter given that Trogaar was known across the galaxy for being ruthless yet honorable.
The goal of the experiments? See how much ultraviolet radiation we could absorb before we reached critical mass and exploded like a gordanians assault cannon.
For the next 6 years that was our life. Painful experiments and listening to only person who genuinely cared about me suffer.
And it was ALL.MY.FAULT.
Facing imminent death really gives you time to reflect on your life. And I realized that in my Quest for vengeance I'd hurt the only people who had done nothing to deserve it and more importantly had given me what I wanted.
To be loved and accepted for who I was.
And now I was paying the price for might short sightedness.
Boom!
Starfire POV
I had finally done it...
What felt like hours of searching had finally born fruit.
I felt like crying tears of relief and happiness. "Blackfire"
"Starfire" My heart clenched. "I have come for you sister"
Her expression of disbelief and shock quickly turned to suspicion as her eyes narrowed.
"Why?" Now it was my turn to to look confused."What do you mean?"
"WHY SAVE ME!?" She bellowed. I took a step back in shock at the literally glowing rage she was expressing.
"I betrayed our people! Got our parents executed! Made you into a slave! Got us stuck as lab experiments! WHY WOULD YOU WANT TO SAVE ME!? I WOULDN'T SAVE ME!" Once she finished the glow in her eyes faded though something was illuminating her through her skin.
"I don't deserve to be saved" she finished as she broke down crying.
"...no you don't." I replied after a moment to think about it. She winced as though struck. Though I felt a strange sense of dread when that strange inner glow flickered.
Then I punched off her shackles.
"What?" She asked confused. "But you just said...?
"I know what said" I interrupted walking up to her before embracing her "But your my sister and I love you too much to leave you here"
"...thanks little sister...Ha ha ha"
"What's so amusing blackfire?" We were having a familial moment and now she was laughing. I was beginning to feel annoyed.
"I just noticed I can start calling big sister now"
The decidedly unamused expression on my face just made her laugh harder. "Sister this is not the time for..." I was interrupted by a cry of pain.
"Urgh!" "Blackfire! Are you injured?" I asked worried.
"N-No but my insides feel like molten rock"
Now I was worried. For Blackfire to actually admit to any form of weakness meant she must be in excruciating pain. And her veins were beginning to to glow purple.
"So you've reached the final stage of the experiment" came a raspy voice.
AUTHORS NOTES.
As you can see from starfire's POV I am working on making the chapters longer and more dialogue heavy which should be up to par by the time we get to earth.
Regarding the poll, for those of you who picked other please specify who.
Also deku, mineta, aoyama, the adult cast and other female characters are not options. I love deku x uraraka too much. Mineta is...well mineta. And you'll see regarding Aoyama aka navel laser.
KEEP BEING AWESOME!