For the First Time

AN: Please, if you take the time to read, whether you like it or you hate it, please also take a few minutes to leave a review. If you didn't like it, tell me why you didn't like it, tell me what could be done to make it better. If you liked it, tell me what you liked. Feel free to give suggestions, I do take suggestions given they fit the plotline (Having Darth Vader appear out of nowhere and claim the Dead Moon Circus for his own would definitely NOT fit the plotline I have planned). If you are an artist and would like to draw some pics of various scenes of this fanfiction, let me know. I will also be in the market for a beta for this fiction, if you are interested, let me know either through review or through PM. Oh, here's an idea to go with this, Mina/Hawk's Eye?

Chapter 2

It was a lovely night, complete with a silvery full moon a long road. On the long road, in a carriage made of pumpkin, a beautiful maiden rode. The carriage took her to the entrance to a marble palace standing tall and regal. The footman opened the carriage door and extended his hand to help the beautiful maiden out. She had brown hair back in a pony tail and wore a white gown and with green trim.

"Don't forget Milady," the footman told her. "Midnight."

"I will remember." she assured him. Gracefully, she entered the palace.

Meanwhile, on his throne, a handsome prince sat bored nearly to tears. He had danced with every woman at the ball, but no one even made him think twice about leaving them. He played with his long orange hair and sipped a glass of wine. Was there even a woman out there who was right for him here?

Then he looked up. His heart stopped at what he saw. There, on the grand staircase stood an absolute vision of loveliness. He stood and rushed over.

"Would you dance with me?" he asked her, offering his hand.

The girl looked up at him. "I would love to." she took the proffered hand.

The Prince led her to the center of the dance floor and signaled for the orchestra to play. A waltz began and the pair danced and spun around the floor. Soon the dance slowed and he looked down into her eyes.

"Why? Why can't I stop thinking about you?" the Prince asked her.

"Huh?" the maiden replied. "I don't understand."

"Ever since I met you, I can't get you out of my head. Tell me why? Why?"

Suddenly the clock struck midnight and the scene dissolved away.

Lita sat up in her sleeping bag. All the other girls were fast asleep. Quietly she got up and walked outside. The night was almost over. She could see little rays of sunshine beginning to peak over the horizon. She sighed heavily. The Prince in her dream had been that Amazon villain that had seduced her. Why had she dreamed of him in that capacity. And why did he seem to be so confused.

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Tiger's Eye seemed to snap out of a trance. He was sitting on a bale of hay and he must have fallen asleep. But what was that he'd seen? He'd never seen such visions in his sleep before. It was that girl. But why?

"Why?" he asked himself, grabbing his head in pain.

"Why what?" came the concerned voice of Hawk's Eye.

The orange-haired man jumped and turned his pained eyes on his comrade. "What do you want?"

"I want to know what your problem is?" Hawk stated. "Ever since you got back from your last mission, you've been very pissy. Everything seems to set you off, worse than usual."

"I told you it's none of your business!" Tiger shouted. "Just leave me alone!"

"No way in hell, not until you tell me what's wrong with you. Or is it like Fish said? You get your pride hurt again?"

"Shut up! You don't know anything! You don't know what's going on in my head!"

"No, I don't, because you won't tell me!"

"Why should I? It's not like either of you could even hope to understand." Tiger turned away, not wanting to look his friend in the eye.

"How do you know? Try me." Hawk's Eye came closer. "I know you, Tiger. I know you better than you think I do. We've been through hell together, the three of us. You're not like this, talk to me. Whatever it is, we'll get through it together, like we always do."

For a few moments there was nothing but silence. Hawk's Eye was about ready to give up and leave.

"It was the last mission, but…it's got nothing to do with my pride. It's really sort of a long story."

Hawk's Eye sat down on a crate just a foot away. "We've got time."

In a span of ten minutes, Tiger's Eye told Hawk's Eye everything that happened on the last mission and the naïve brunette that had caught his eye.

"She wasn't like any of the others. She wanted me to come back. She wanted to see me again. She trusted me." he looked into his hand. "For the first time, I felt so strange about what I was doing. I didn't want to do it. I wanted to find out why she trusted me so much, even though we'd just met. Why she wanted to see me again, when none of the others wanted to give me the time of day? I wanted to know what was so different about her? And her eyes, when she found out what I was really up to, and her words, what she said. I can't forget them. I can't forget her. Why can't I forget her? She was just another chick, another target. What made her so special that I can't get her out of my head?"

Hawk's Eye waited for a moment for two reasons. One, it allowed time for Tiger's Eye to decide if he was really done with his story. Two, it allowed him time to really process what he'd just been told. "Hmmm, seems to me, you need to see her again."

"What?" Tiger asked incredulously. "I can't do that! She'll flip!"

"Doesn't matter, I think it's the only way you're going to find your answers. The only way you get some peace again." Hawk's Eye pointed out. "Besides, what do you really have to lose, besides your sanity, which you'll lose anyway if you don't see her again."

Tiger's Eye nodded. "Fine, maybe you're right. I'll go see her again. Tomorrow morning."

Hawk's Eye grinned with satisfaction. "See, was that so hard? Now come on. We have work to do."

AN: Hmmm, so Tiger's Eye is going to find Lita again. What will Lita do when he appears before her again? Find out next chapter.