Twinkle, twinkle my little Starr 2

"Oh-ah-oo," Octaroo snickered on the ship of the Sanzu River, "look at the leader, hoo!" He laughed evilly and heartlessly.

"The Red Ranger?" Master Xandred asked, looking up from his work.

"The Dark Ranger leader," the slimy Nilock replied.

Dayu looked down from her strumming, torture striking her heart.

"You're cruelity is relentless," the Nilock with tentacales comented to Master X as he growled reminders in Dayu's ears.

"I'm going to talk to her," the female monster rose arubtidly, storming off the ship.

"She won't save you or believe you!" the Nilock leader called after, "and don't bother coming back!"

The once mortal female snarled and vanished.

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Starr was weeping without control in the forest, feeling quite alone. Something was missing in her soul without the others, who tried to help but couldn't understand. Now she was crying hard, knees pulled tight against her chest. Suddenly, a faint glow caught her shiny green eyes. Dayu came out of the GAP, sighing angrily about something.

"Dayu?" the Black Dark Ranger got to her feet, wiping away the tears and clutching her morpher in her pocket.

"Starr," her expression turned soft, "I need to talk to you."

"About what?" her knuckles were white around her samuraizer.

"Your past,"

Her voice trembling slightly, the teen spoke, "I already know. You don't have to remind me."

"This is important,"

"Fine. Spit it out, torture me more,"

"This will help. But please let go of that morpher, I'm not here to attack you,"

"And how do I know that for sure?"

"If I wanted to attack, wouldn't I have done it by now?"

Gulping a dry throat, the Dark Ranger let go of it, bringing out both hands.

"Well, a male fell in love with a Nilock," Dayu explained, and Starr somehow knew this was all true "and he married her in secretness. But when the Nilock leader found out, he cursed the man to be a lone warrior, constently craving for battle. The Nilock was punished badly. But the problem was is that they had a little baby before they were separated. The male's daughter was a danger to all with her powers, and he left her alone. He died alone, the girl's mother enraged by this behavior. The girl did well on her own, and is a hero."

Starr's eyes glistened with tears.

Speaking softly, she held Day close and mumbled, "Hi, Mom."