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She is a Beautiful Disaster.
Time to get started.
Darcy told Starfire everything that Raven said, and reassured her that her friends were coming to help her. Starfire smiled and looked at Darcy, she had zoned out. She was staring at the window, right at the grey smudge, which was the almost silent planet of Sithia. Then tears began to fill her eyes. Sith's tears aren't the same, they a thick and black, and they leave terrible stains on their deadly white skin. The tears poured from her wide eyes, down her slender face. Starfire came forward and began to comfort the small girl, she may be powerful and very clever, but she was only three. But when Starfire went to hug her, she pulled her face away from her.
"Sith's tears are lethal to you. You are not a Sith. If my tears come into contact with you, you will probably die." She said, letting her scrawny white hands, wipe the thick black liquid from her cheeks.
"I didn't mean to cry, but I miss my planet, and being around other Sith's. We never leave our planet, I am the first Sith to ever take one step off Sithia." She said, making sure that all the black was gone so Starfire could approach her.
"Wont your people come and try and get you back?"
"They can't, when I said we never go off the planet, that's because we can't get off our planet, unless someone takes us off. They can do nothing but wave to me from this window." She said giving another small sad wave to her planet and people.
The girls didn't notice but they stared out of the window all night, it was now early morning. They heard someone throw the door open.
"Come Sith." The guard said roughly.
"What are you going to do with me?"
"I said come"
"I'm not leaving this spot until I know what you are going to do with me, and I have a name."
"I don't ask three times, you asked for it Sith"
The guard came in and grabbed her by her lovely down to the floor black hair, and began to drag her out the cell; Starfire could do nothing but watch the girl be dragged.
"I said I had a name, Dieth Kieth Lieth," she said slowly, and her hair became hot flames, he let go off her hair and backed away from her, shaking his burnt hand. The flames did not hurt her head they just tickled her scalp. He gave her an evil look before slamming the door closed. When he had gone she closed her eyes, and from her roots down, the flames turned into her normal silky black hair. Starfire watched in amazement.
"Wow, that taught him the lesson of insulting Siths!"
"Like I said, never insult a Sith, when I said I have a name, I expect to be called by it." She said harshly, the anger still boiled in side of her, but when she saw Starfire's scared face, her face softened into a sweet smile.
"I have told you, do not fear me Starfire, I will bring you no harm." She said before walking up to Starfire and hugging her around her legs, because she could only just come up to her waist. Starfire looked down at the tiny girl. From directly above, Darcy just looked like a hair monster, and from the back when she was standing up, you couldn't tell what she was, all you could see was her hair, because it was so thick you couldn't see through it.
"Darcy, may I braid your hair?"
"You can try, but doubt you will be able to. Sith's hair can be very temperamental. It does not appreciate being played with by strangers." She said, before turning around so Starfire could try and braid her hair. Starfire knew what she meant by her hair not liking other people; it kept undoing itself, or jumping away from her hands.
"You were in the right Darcy, I cannot braid your hair, and it does not like me."
"Sorry, and don't take it personally, it doesn't like anyone but me and my mother." She said quietly.
"Oh what is your mother like?"
"She is like all other Siths. Tall, dangerously thin, long black hair down to the ground, big grey eyes, white skin" she reeled off, using her fingers to tick off the details.
"Is she still living, or is she a spirit in another Sith?"
"I forgot to mention, Sith's never die, unless they are murdered. We do not catch illnesses; we do not die of old age. We take the age of our spirit, then when the spirit has finished being the living dead and goes to be properly dead, we all go to the form of a teenager until we get our next spirit." She said, but Starfire was sure that something was wrong with her mum.
"So why did you say about your mother with a sad voice?"
"Not all dead people want to be inside a Sith until it is their proper time to go. Some spirits can be ungrateful for our presence. They just want to go. My mum is taken by an old man who does not wish to be inside a Sith. He has stopped her from all her spells. He doesn't free his emotions. And my mother cannot use her own. We may be dead, but we can still feel sad, she has been down for ages." She said, and her eyes filled with the black liquid again, but she blinked and it all disappeared.
"I'm sorry to hear that. But soon she will get a new spirit, when this old man's time to go comes, yes?"
"I suppose but I still don't like to see her never smiling. We may be dead, we may be silent, we may look like no fun, but we are not like that. We love to laugh, smile, play games and all that sort of stuff. It depends on what spirit you get to how happy you can be." Darcy said coming away from the window, when the door was slammed open. He looked at the two girls and laughed at Darcy who just looked at him with narrowed eyes.
"So, you are explaining the bad points of being a Sith? I would hate to be a Sith myself, I cannot stand the thought of being dead." He said looking at Darcy, whose eyes were throwing daggers at him.
"If looks could kill, you would be a murderer now Darcy." He said before levitating Starfire to his side.
"Testing time, do you remember when we used to test you Koriand'r?"
"Unfortunately, yes I do remember"
"Well, off we go then, good bye Sith"
"Bye Darcy, see you later."
"I wouldn't count on that," he whispered but Darcy's head whipped round and she stared at the man who was holding Starfire tightly around her waist.
"She better be coming back to this cell later, or there will be a new spirit for Sithia, yours."
"Don't threaten me Sith, you are nothing but a small child. I am not afraid of you."
"Thieth Pieth Wieth" she said and he doubled over, holding his stomach.
"I may be small, but remember the power I really do have, you could be a spirit in a matter of seconds." She said before flicking her hair away from her face. He just gave her a frustrated smile and left, clutching a frightened Starfire.
"Are we nearly there yet? I'm so bored."
"Well find a way to entertain yourself…that doesn't involve disturbing me." She added.
"But that's all the best games gone,"
"I could always link you up with Darcy, you could have a nice conversation with her."
"Not the scary dead dudette, she is well scary."
"Just wait until you see her, she sort of looks like the girl from the ring, but worse." Raven said and Beastboy started to suck his thumb hopelessly. But a conversation with Darcy seemed like a good idea for Raven. She concentrated on the cell, and on linking her mind with hers. She linked onto it, without her noticing. She could tell Darcy was upset, Raven could see what she was thinking, she could see a tall Sith, which was obviously her mother. She was very tall and very thin; she almost looked like she could snap in the slightest breeze. Her black hair travelled to the ground and her face looked too thin. You could see the ribs even through their usual black attire. For women long tight dresses, men had black robes. She had long scrawny fingers that were holding a brush; she had two younger Siths brushing her hair for her. Then Darcy noticed Raven's link.
My mother.
I guessed, do you miss her?
Yes, I really do. And my sister, she is the one holding you mother's spirit, so she is in safe hands.
I'm glad to hear that, is Starfire there?
No he took her away for testing. They tried to take me, but he dragged me out by my hair so I set hair on fire, he didn't bother me again.
What do they do in this testing?
I have no idea, Starfire knows though. She says she remembers it from before, but it's obviously not pleasant.
Oh okay. Do you know how long she will be there?
Im not even sure, if she is returning to this cell. And have your friends accepted Siths and Sithia yet?
Yes, Beastboy is petrified of you, well have made good progress in getting there, just take a look. We might even be there before tomorrow morning.
Darcy broke the link, and peered out of the window, they had indeed made very good progress; Cyborg's new turbo boosters work a treat. Raven waved in the direction, Darcy waved slowly and slightly smiled, when she also heard Raven telling the others to wave, soon enough the whole ship was waving in her general direction. Beastboy waved but looking around him wildly trying to find her, she chuckled lightly.
You can tell Beastboy, that I can't come and get him yet. And if I am not mistaken, you should be here, pretty soon, if Starfire was here, she could see your ship now, infact you may get here before Starfire is back from testing.
Beastboy calmed down, but he is still petrified of you, are you really going to turn him into the next spirit?
No, if he does not insult us again, then no, I hope to make amends.
I will tell him that. I asked Cyborg, we should be there in a couple of hours. See you soon I guess.
Good-bye.
"She says that no she isn't going to make you the next spirit. But insult them again and she will. Remember when you see her don't scream. She looks scary but she is more friendly then me, if you don't insult her." Raven said looking at Beastboy, who just pictured the girl from the ring, and he was shaking violently.
Darcy turned slowly to look at the door; Starfire had just been shoved back inside her cell, she had cuts all over her body, her nose was bleeding and her hair was knotted. She looked Darcy and gave a small smile.
"How are you Darcy?" she managed to say without throwing up. Darcy's eye widened with shock as Starfire began to heave in the corner of the room.
"Messieth" Darcy said while pointing one of her long bony fingers at her. Starfire stopped heaving and turned to look at Darcy who rushed forward to her aid.
"I can not heal your open wounds, when Raven gets here she will be able to. But I can stop you from being sick." Darcy said while helping Starfire sit up against the wall, she then muttered a few Sithian words and some grey strips appeared next to her. She used the strips, to wrap roughly around her cuts and gashes.
"Thank you Darcy."
"Your welcome Starfire, and I have some good news, your friends have made good progress and should be arriving before nightfall."
"That is glorious news. Will I be able to see them from our window?"
"Yes, and could you put on the windowsill again please, it took me awhile to climb in before."
"Of course" Starfire said, getting up slowly, and her face contorted with the pain that just rushed up her body. But she limped over to the windowsill, hoisted herself up, and then lifted Darcy up after her. They both looked out to the reasonable sized silver and red blob, the titans.
"Okay we are approaching the planet, Raven which window?"
"That one." She said pointing to the window, after she focussed her mind on which cell Starfire and Darcy were waiting for them in.
"Okay, Robin, Beastboy and Raven can go to the window, I will have to find somewhere to hide the T-ship."
"Starfire? I think I should go now, before you friends come in. What if they are scared of me? I don't like meeting new people. I told you Siths are very shy. Maybe I could hide?"
"No Darcy, they are kind people, and you want to meet them, anyway if you hid in here somewhere and Beastboy randomly found you, he would be even more scared of you."
"Well can I be facing the other way first and behind you? I need to summon the confidence to face new people." She said, hiding behind Starfire, she then turned to face the door, as Starfire heard Raven removing the bars, so the titans could slip through.
"Azerath Metrion Zinthos" She said and the bars silently disintegrated into black dust, Raven then Robin then finally Beastboy slipped through the gap and into Starfire's cell.
"Star!" Robin said and hugged her tightly, soon the four titans were sharing a group hug; none of them noticed Darcy yet, even though she looked like a fountain of black hair.
"Are you okay? Lie down and I can heal you wounds."
"Darcy wrapped them for me, she has been much help to me."
"Where is she?" Beastboy said, looking around the cell cautiously, but he didn't notice her, for she was still hiding behind Starfire.
"Here she is, turn around Darcy" Starfire said moving to the side, the two boys raised their eyebrows at the black hair, but Raven was expecting it, so it didn't surprise her.
"They will not hurt you Darcy, trust me." Starfire said gently, laying a hand on where she presumed her shoulder would be, Starfire pushed her way through all of Darcy's black hair and put her hand on her shoulder, then gently turned her around. As Darcy began to spin, Beastboy's eyes widened in complete horror. And side stepped so he was behind Raven she just smiled. She wasn't afraid of her appearance, she was actually quite pretty for a Sith. Robin just took a slight step backwards but noticed Starfire and Raven's scornful look, so he stepped forward and offered her his hand.
"Hello Darcy, I'm Robin leader of the Teen Titans. Nice to meet you." Darcy looked at his hand for a moment, but in the end, took his hand, in her own white, icy cold bony hand. He shook it gently, so not to rip her arm off.
"Hello Robin." She whispered, she looked over at Raven and smiled sweetly.
"You must be Raven, I have heard much about you." She said extending her own hand first, her confidence was shooting up, but she hadn't been introduced to Beastboy yet, who was still cowering behind Raven.
"Hello Darcy" she said simply, she then reached behind her and dragged out Beastboy. Beastboy looked everywhere but where Darcy was standing.
"I am not going to kill you know Beastboy, I shall bring you no harm, if you bring no harm to me." She said walking slowly up to him, Beastboy got three angry glares, so he admitted defeat and put his hand out that was shaking like mad. He couldn't believe that he was shaking hands with a dead girl.
"H...hello and thank you I guess…" he stuttered, as she shook his hand briefly with her white hand. She then turned to Starfire and hugged her legs.
"Good Bye Starfire, it was nice to know you. When you become a spirit, I will put my name forward!" she said looking up into the confused Tamerianiens face.
"What do you mean Darcy?"
"Well, your friends have come for you, so they are going to take you back to earth, and you shall live a happy life, then it will be your time to be a spirit. Then you will live happily on Sithia. Perhaps as my spirit if I ever get off this planet. Then you will go and be properly dead."
"Aren't you coming with us? Do you not wish to join the Teen Titans?" Robin asked, looking at the small girl.
"What use would a Sith be on your team? You already have someone spiritual one your team, Raven." She said pointing to Raven, Darcy's eye filled with the black substance again. It began to make its way down her white face, leaving a terrible stain. Robin went forward to wipe her face, but Darcy pulled her face away from his hand.
"My tears are lethal to you." She said simply. But this time she didn't bother to wipe her face; she let the black liquid pour down her face.
"Don't cry Darcy. You would be a very good part of the team." Starfire said, Beastboy had resulted into standing behind Raven again, with her crying she looked even more deathly. Beastboy didn't like the thought of angering the dead he kept his mouth shut.
"Besides, I would obviously effect Beastboy, he is not comfortable in my presence." She said pointing to him, his eyes widened, but then he looked at the faces of the titans. They weren't scared of her, just because she looks scary, she is dead and her tears are lethal doesn't mean she is no fun to be around.
"Do you like jokes Darcy?"
"Excuse me?"
"Jokes? For I happen to be the master of the funny side of life, my jokes are the funniest around." He said standing now beside Raven. Maybe this Darcy girl wasn't so bad.
"Siths love to laugh, but it is very hard to make us, so just try Beastboy"
"Why did the armless man cross the road?"
"I do not know"
"To get to the body shop!" he said chuckling to himself, Darcy's smile widened and she let out a shriek giggle. She almost doubled over from laughing so much. Her laugh was high pitched, and they were glad that not many things could make Siths laugh, their laugh is like someone screaming.
"You are right, Beastboy is the master of jokes, and did no one else find that amusing?"
"Nope, you obviously have the same sense of humour as Beastboy." Raven said rolling her eyes, Darcy wiped her tears of laughter from her large eyes and approached Beastboy, who didn't seem affected.
"You do not feel so comprehensive around me any longer do you? Please you must tell me some more of your jokes." She said looking up at the shortest titan, but she was still only just above his waist. They heard a long scrape as Cyborg pushed his way through the small gap; Darcy gave a quiet eep, and hung onto Beastboy's arm.
"Don't worry, that's just Cyborg. He won't hurt you either." Robin said, looking at her scared face.
"Hey y'all, Star how are you girl? You don't look so good." He said looking at the roughly wrapped bandages. Raven came forward and lay her down on her floor, then put a hand over her chest and let the white glow engulf her body. Cyborg came towards Beastboy to say something about melted tofu being all over the controls when Darcy darted forward. She was very happy, people who understood her, yet they weren't Siths. So her confidence was on a high. Cyborg nearly fell over backwards when Darcy came rushing out, with her hand outstretched. He raised his eyebrow at the little girl, but remembered what Raven said.
"Well hello there little lady, you must be Darcy. Im Cyborg." He said, gently taking her hand, he was so scared of snapping her arm but she seemed unfazed. He had just finished shaking her hand, and Raven just helped Starfire stand up again, she was as good as new, when the door swung open with an almighty bang.
"We don't have visitors! Get them!" he screamed from the door. Starfire had her powers taken from her temporarily from after the testing so she just stood there, the rest of the titans got into their fighting stances.
He just clicked his fingers, and Raven had an orange strip across her mouth and was again stunned, Cyborg was pinned against the wall and Beastboy was taped to the floor, with this sticky orange stuff. Darcy ran forward and muttered a few words, and the titans were stripped from the wall, and Robin was standing in front of Starfire. The cruel man who takes people captive set a smoke bomb off and everyone started to cough.
"Darcy help us, we can't do anything you can!" Starfire said looking around her to try and find her.
"I am too confused and so is my spirit. We need something to feel first." She said running around the room, desperately trying to find someone to hold her, or just so she could see something other than smoke.
"Where is that no good Sith? She need to be tested, we can't have her running around with that power, grab the stupid thing quick. We will deal with the others later."
"But that girl is way too strong"
"What Siths? No they are little weakling really, she is a real pushover. And not to mention ugly, have you seen their faces? I bet her mother was just as awful." Darcy heard enough; this was a more than enough fuel for her hate spell. She went up to where the door was and looked up at the two muscular guards and the man who took her away from her home.
Her eyes narrowed and she put her hands in front of her, and whispered a lot of Sithian words, venom seemed to drip of every word she was saying.
"Starfire the window, quick"
"Quick, don't let them escape to the window." He screamed but Darcy opened her hands and all three villains got slammed against the wall with an invisible force.
"You are not going anywhere, Quick Starfire through the window!"
"What about you?"
"Don't worry about me, quick I can't hold them for much longer." She said, and Cyborg began to go through the window, Beastboy followed then Raven. Robin jumped through the gap quickly then had to reach in and pull Starfire through, she didn't want to leave Darcy on her own.
"Come on Star."
"Darcy!" she said before Robin finally managed to grab her, and pull the through the window.
"You will pay for this Sith, we need her!" he said, finally breaking the invisible force. Because he just broke her power she flew backwards and slammed against the wall, she heard the T-ship fly past the window, she quickly tried to climb up to the windowsill. She got up the gap and began to reach for Starfire's outstretched arm. Starfire began to heave her in, but the guards came forward and grabbed her legs.
"Let me go!" she screamed, she also felt like her body was going to rip in half, but she kept her grip on Starfire's hand.
"Don't let her escape!" he screamed at the guards who pulled harder on her legs, then one reached forward with a knife, and he sliced Starfire's hand. So she let go of Darcy. Darcy screamed and fell back into the cell. Cyborg flew the T-ship away from the window, so they couldn't grab them too.
"Please do the going back, we need to save Darcy."
"We will have to come back when they have gone, sorry Star but we can't risk all of our lives."
Starfire burst into tears as she thought of little Darcy.
"You stupid Sith, you cost us the Princess. I have no other use for you know. Slit her throat," he said leaving the cell, the guard with the knife nodded and began to walk towards Darcy who was cowering in the corner. She couldn't think of a particular emotion, so she could do nothing but curl up into a tiny ball and hope for the best.
"Come here Sith, time for you to go."
Darcy just began to breath heavier and then she backed up completely against the wall, the guard came forward and sliced her throat, her transparent blood began to pour out of the cut, she fell down to the floor. The guard laughed and left her to carry on dieing. Luckily Siths don't die addmediatly, she still had an hour of pain before she would die, only if Raven was here, she could heal her. She once again let her black tears pour down her face.
"Quick back to the cell, they have left her. She is alone, but hurt…badly." Raven said, and Cyborg steered the ship back round and Raven, Starfire, Beastboy and Robin went back through gap, but making sure they made no noise. Starfire screamed when she saw Darcy lying in a pool of clear liquid.
"What is this runny clear fluid?" she enquired and looked at Raven, but she shrugged her shoulders, Darcy was still barely alive so she put on a brave smile.
"Blood" she muttered with her eyes wider than usual. Starfire turned and knelt down beside Darcy whose neck was still spurting the liquid.
"Raven, can you heal her?"
"I can close the cut, but I can't restore your blood."
"I make do without my blood, but please close the open wound." She whispered and Raven bent down next to her, and let the white light go around her. Soon enough Darcy had stopped bleeding and was standing up straight again, she wouldn't last much longer without her blood, but she still had a while. She let Robin carry her into the T-Ship. Cyborg just smiled at the weak girl, Robin placed her in Starfire's compartment because she was most friendly with her.
"Please Darcy, do the staying with us, you will be the new titan yes?"
"No"
"Why? Oh Darcy why do you do the refusing?"
"I am going to die in about an hour."
"You shall do no such thing Darcy." She said before Darcy fell asleep. Starfire looked desperately at Raven.
"Sorry Star, but she is going to leave us. I have never seen a Sith die. I don't really wish to either." She said looking down at her controllers, and the T-ship was in complete silence as they travelled to the nearest place for some rest, Tameran.
Okies anova chappie done, not a v.happy one tho! Well it sorta is im not sure, Darcy is dieing, and im afraid of tht, cz I love her to bits, but u neva know what mite happen on Tameran! And it is a happy chappie cz star managed to gt away agen frm the slavery captives. But what ova part of her past, has she forgotten to mention to her team-mates? Read and review plz! Ta v.much every1!
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