Welcome everyone. I'm glad you're reading this story.

Anyway, This is a Brand New Plot Bunny that's been bouncing around my head. You always hear about Ravens Dark Past and about her being a tortured half demon and that's why she and Robin are so good together. They are both dark and understand each other Blah Blah Blah.

WHAT ABOUT STARFIRE! She was sold into slavery by her family and turned out to be owned by her sister that freaking hated her. She survived slavery for years in the comics where she was fucking tortured and Raped by any damn alien that came along. She was degraded in the WORST way possible. HOW could you forget that!

Wanted to explore the possible consequences her past would have on Starfire's Psych and What she hid behind her happy mask. We all know its impossible to always be that happy.

AN: Im using a mix of comic and animated history with a slight twist of my own. Mostly Comic

Sorry for my Rant. Enjoy! :)

Chapter Inspired By: Missing by Evanescence

WARNING: Cutting, Angst, Implied Rape, Torture, Slavery, Possibly drinking and Drug Use, Implied Sexual Situations, slight implied incest

Summary: Starfire has always had that happy mask to hide the horrors of her past happens when her mask cracks and her past catches up with her? Can the Teen Titans save her from destroying herself? Or will she be overlooked as usual?

Welcome to Cracked Masks

Starfire stumbled in the tower at 7 am.

She knew Robin, the earliest riser, might be up already or maybe he wouldn't get up for another hour at least but she didn't want to take any chances. She had the biggest hangover in the history of the universe and almost no memory of the night before. She woke up at some guys house but she didn't think she slept with him.

At least she thinks she didn't ...

Collapsing on to the bed after a quick shower, snuggled under her covers, only to have someone knock at the door. Eye twitching, she tried to keep the irritation out of her voice.

"Yes?" She asked

Robin's deep voice floated through.

"Are you okay? You're usually up by now. We're eating breakfast."

Sighing, Starfire pasted a tired but happy smile on as she opened the door and lied through her perfect teeth, not even bothering to change out of the sheer white nightdress she had changed into. Hopefully, this would let her sleep in peace and cover up any more cracks in her mask until she got her memories under control. No need to worry her friends. They had enough to worry about.

"If they even notice" The traitorous voice in the back of mind whispered.

Smiling at Robin, and trying to prevent a flood of memories reserved for her nightmares and the deepest recesses of her mind, she missed Robins open mouthed stare and the lustful and indescribable glint in his deep blue eyes before he composed himself.

"I am fine Robin. I am merely going through Zigblag, what you would call a second "puberty".

Seeing her tired smile, and duller eyes, he accepted her explanation.

"I'll go tell the others. You go get some sleep."

Starfire's smile widened gratefully.

"Thank you Robin."

Robin smiled back at her and turned to go back to the kitchen.

Robin strolled back into the kitchen to the worried glances of the rest of the titans. He was worried earlier but she explained it.

"She's lying" a voice in his warned.

He ignored it. Why would she lie to them? He didn't even think she knew how to lie. Her alien puberty thing wasn't strange either. They had never studied her race or culture, so it could happen. Pushing away his doubts, he answered the worried questions that were thrown at him.

"Yes she's fine. She's just tired. She's go through some alien puberty thing."

Raven raised an eyebrow, fears forgotten.

"Didn't she already go through one of those."

Robin shrugged. "Apparently her race goes through two."

BB shuddered. "Why would anyone want to go through puberty twice?"

And just like that everything went back to normal and any worries about Starfire went to the back on their mind. They had breakfast and joked around and only occasionally glanced at the place Starfire would be. Everything would change with the arrival of the new guest. Hearing a knock on the tower door, Robin went to check it. He opened the door and his mouth dropped open.

"Donna?"

Several hours later, Starfire had gotten over her hangover. She was very happy about this and skipped over to her closet to change into her uniform. With a happy smile on her face, she walked into the living room, only to be reminded of the fiasco with her sister Blackfire. A girl with black hair and dark brown eyes in a black jumpsuit regaled the titans with a story about one of her successful pursuits.

"Then I punched him through a wall and he was down for the count."

She fist pounded Cyborg as they all laughed loudly, even Raven let out a little laugh. Feeling unwanted, Starfire almost left but not before Robin noticed her.

"Starfire" Robin called out, voiced fill with laughter and joy.

"A voice she never caused" the bitter voice said

"This is Donna Troy, and old and good friend of mine."

Donna stepped up.

" So this is the famous Starfire."

The alien mentioned fell immediately into her mask, stepped back into the room, and reacted. She hugged the new girl.

"Hello Donna-friend." She said, all smiles.

Donna was released as the alarm blared and Robin leaped from the back rooms.

"Lets Go Titans, and you too Donna, its Slade."

With that said, the teen heroes rushed out and went to do their jobs.

Starfire wondered when everything had gone so wrong as she flew into her room at the tower and immediately began to smash everything.

Was it when she was overwhelmed with repressed memorys just as she was within range of Slade, the confrontation it led to afterwards, or that very moment when she walked in and saw Donna Troy.

"You are always being replaced by someone better than you. Just your mask is never good enough for them" The cynical and bitter part of her said in observation.

While she usually reacted with protest, this time she stayed silent. She laid on the floor, spent, exhausted, and emotionally numb.

The voice was right. It happened with blackfire and now Donna. She was being replaced so easily. Just the happy Starfire was never enough. She knew that if they couldn't be happy with happy Starfire, they would never be happy with the girl she really was or be ready for the huge burdens she carried. She would never be able to unleash herself fully and show the power she had locked away to be happy Starfire, the one she thought they wanted. They would never be happy with any of the masks, the parts of herself she had hidden away.

She breathed in sharply as memories plagued her, so fast they all blurred together and her grip on her sanity snapped.

The sharp CRACK! of the whip as it fell heavily on her back-

Cruel laughter as she was forced to strip for the thing that would violate her over and over with no care for what she wanted-

Burning as she was used over and over and over-

The sick grin on BlackFire's face as she watched her sister be beaten bloody-

Her muffled cries of pain as she was gagged and experimented on-

The poison burning her alive as they inserted different liquids into her to see how she would react-

The glint of bloodlust in her bloodshot emerald eyes and the sight of an insane smile on her face as she stared at herself in the broken glass-

Delighted sick amusement on ugly faces burned into her mind as her slave mark was painfully cut into her skin with a burning hot blade-

Needing something to clear her mind as she was mentally tortured, she ripped off her right glove and stared at the grotesque scar that marked her and would never let her forget the years she was used and abused without restraint.

Filth

A sudden animalistic fury took a hold of the princess as she grabbed a shard of glass from the broken lamp. She then swiped it swiftly through her scar and the breath exploded out of her as she regained a clarity of thoughts and the thing most precious to her after all she survived through to retain it, her sanity.

Starfire needed a mask that would be able to withstand this latest betrayal and thrive because of it. One who could stand up and express their opinions without restraint. One who would help Starfire keep the sanity she had and regain what she had lost not a moment ago, without her getting hurt.

A smile crept over her face as she found the perfect one, and she discarded the cheerful, naive mask as the new one got to work and found acceptable clothes. She was going to let go for a while and live regardless of anyone else. They would have to accept it and go along with her or be crushed.

The Starfire she was now,

the one who endured years of hellish slavery,

Endured being violated multiple times,

Being tormented,

Endured the betrayal of her family and country,

Of being used,

Endured sick fascination and the twisting of a sisterly bond,

Who had survived the most painful torture and body changing experiments,

Who had power and was not afraid to use it in fear of being controlled and dominated again,

and who reveled in freedom,

No.

She would accept nothing less.

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Ps: This story is just me testing the waters. I have no planned chapters and just let the plot come to me in moments of inspiration, like I do with all my stories, usually because of certain songs. So this may make updates irregular.