Wingfire's Story (Teen Titans)

[Lady Lightfire]

OK, I know this isn't very good (most of the stuff here is REALLY good), but I will try my best! Hopefully I will learn to write better and maybe somebody will want to read this. Anyway.......

Prologue

It was a stormy day on Tamaran. The suns pierced the sky for brief moments, but never for very long. The rains would soon come, as they had for the past few months. The ground was mud under my feet.


I am Lightstar, a reporter for a Tamaranian newspaper. I am going to find out about the mysterious Captive 10. Nobody on Tamaran knows her name or story. We only know that a week ago or so she was captured on the planet Earth and taken to our dungeons. I am going to find out the story before anyone else!

I had reached the castle gates, flanked by two guards. It was always funny to me how every guard looks the same as another, but that was of little importance. Perhaps I could write an article on that another day.


“Who are you and what do you want?” one guard said in a loud, booming voice.


“I am Lightstar, a reporter. I seek an interview with the Captive 10.” I replied in a calm voice. The one who had spoken looked at the other, as if asking him what to do. The other guard regarded me for a second, before nodding assent.

“You are granted the interview” the first guard said “I will bring you to the dungeons. With that he turned on his heel and marched down the long, bright hall. I hurriedly followed, not wanting to fall behind and be lost in the castle. He turned off the hall, into a dark, dingy corridor that must lead to the dungeons.

We finally reached them. The dungeons. They were horrible. The prisoners wore the same cloths they had worn when they were captured, no matter how long they had been there. The floor was dirt, damp and uneven. The beds were no more then slabs of stone. I had come here once before when they were eating, and all they were fed was water and bread made of glengeer. There was fungus growing from the walls like slimy ropes, and very few of the cells had a window. The way into the cell from the dungeon passage was thick metal doors, so some rooms were deprived of sunlight.

“You lookin’ for Captive 10?” a hoarse voice suddenly asked. I jumped and almost fell.

“Yes,” I said as I tried to regain my posture, “can you bring me to her?” He nodded and started walking. I followed from the air, trying now to bump my head on the low, moss-covered ceiling. The old jailer was talking excitedly nonstop to me. I can only guess he doesn’t get many visitors here.

“She’s always angry, Captive 10 is,” he said. I nodded, hoping I would be there quickly. I don’t know haw much of this I can take without going completely insane. “You can’t talk much with her, or she’ll blast you with those bolts!” Suddenly I was listening again.

“She has starbolts?” I asked, trying and failing to keep excitement out of my voice.

“Yeah,” he said “Powerful too. She blasts you with them if you come near her, as far as I can tell.” I don’t blame her! I thought. “Here we are.” He said. He had stopped in front of Cell 97. He took a rusty key from a loop at his belt and unlocked the door. ”Good luck.” he said sadly. Great. I thought. That makes me feel a lot better. I walked into the cell.

She was sitting on her slab that served as her bed; her legs gracefully tucked under her. A stream of light from her window illuminated her, like a ragged angel. Her hair was black as night, and even though it was tangled from days without care, it was still beautiful. Her skin was light Tamaranian color. She was wearing a blue outfit, surprisingly like the one Princess Starfire wore. Her shirt however went down to only show an inch of skin.

“Captive 10?” I asked tentatively. She whipped around, her eyes glowing a bright blue.

“NEVER CALL ME THAT!” she screamed. I barely got out of the way as she hurled a starbolt at me. I landed on the ground, my back against the wall. There was nowhere to run, she had me trapped. She flew at me, eyes blazing.

“Wait!” cried desperately, my own hands glowing silver. “What should I call you?” She stepped back, the glow slowly ebbed from her hands. Apparently nobody had ever asked her this. They had just pushed her around and given her the name Captive 10. Her pride wouldn’t let her take that without a fight. She looked at me and simply said

“Wingfire.”

Umm.. yeah. Tell me what you think, and how I can improve!

[T.T.Raven4]

Good for a prolouge. (When I say that, I mean that if it was an actual chapter, and not a prolouge, I'd have a few gripes.)

That was good. It seems our Tamaranian friend has some anger problems, and that may add up to something. This seems very promising! Write on! WRITE ON!

BTW: FIRST POST! WOOT! YES! MY FIRST FIRST POST EVA! YEA!

[Lady Lightfire]

Hey, someone replied! Yeah, it was a prologe. I'll fix that.

[oneeyemonkeypie]

Umm...I like it, but I don't think it could happen. Have you seen betrothed? There is the ruling class, and peasants. It was a fuedal-serf deal thing. I doubt there would be newspapers.

Still, I want to see where this goes. Keep writing!

[T.T.Raven4]

Originally Posted by oneeyemonkeypie

Umm...I like it, but I don't think it could happen. Have you seen betrothed? There is the ruling class, and peasants. It was a fuedal-serf deal thing. I doubt there would be newspapers.

What?

[T.T.Raven4]

Originally Posted by oneeyemonkeypie

Umm...I like it, but I don't think it could happen. Have you seen betrothed? There is the ruling class, and peasants. It was a fuedal-serf deal thing. I doubt there would be newspapers.

What does this mean?

[raven54]

serf=peasant/underling, Europe's feudal era

in that eppie, it DID look a lot like there were the ruling rich people and the underlings that did things for the rich people.

Nice start, dude. Keep at it!

-edit-
hey hun. you're from minnesota too? awesome!!

[Kregor8]

Hey, this is nice. I love Tamaranian stories. This should be pretty cool. I don't really have any grips, yet. You didn't give us much, but I like what you've shown. I think you have a good grasp of the medeival/modern hybrid that is Tamaran, Reid's gripes aside. I think they would have newspapers and castles and dungeons. So, yes. Nice job. Don't forget to write slowly, write lots, and use the thesaurus constantly. That's what will make your story great. You have captialization and paragraphs. Your punctuation is almost perfect - you at least know what to do with quotation marks, commas, and periods. Suprisingly, some people take a while to learn this. You have it at the start, and that gives you an advantage.
I'm interested to see where this will go. I'll try to stay on top of it, but I can give no guarentees.
And for God's sake, don't spam! Or double-post. Use the edit button. It is your friend. That goes out to all of you who may forget. Don't blame me...

7<regor

[raven54]

Damn! that's what i forgot- I LOVE YOUR PUNCTUATION!!!! *hugs*

yes, I'm a total dork... but bad grammar in a story bugs the crap outta me. That and IM slang and gigantic run-ons in stories/reviews

[Matt A]

Hmm, this looks promising. I'm guessing that the rest of the story will be Wingfire explaining how she came to be in the situation she's in now. If I'm right, then this should be pretty funky; if I'm not...well, it'll still be cool.

Anyway, keep going with this. Great ideas shouldn't be left to rot.

[Sproxie]

Originally Posted by raven54

Damn! that's what i forgot- I LOVE YOUR PUNCTUATION!!!! *hugs*

yes, I'm a total dork... but bad grammar in a story bugs the crap outta me. That and IM slang and gigantic run-ons in stories/reviews

Yea, bad grammer drives me insane. Thats why everyone (Mostly the teachers) ignores me now when I correct them.

Originally Posted by Welshi's Mate

Hmm, this looks promising. I'm guessing that the rest of the story will be Wingfire explaining how she came to be in the situation she's in now. If I'm right, then this should be pretty funky; if I'm not...well, it'll still be cool.

Anyway, keep going with this. Great ideas shouldn't be left to rot.

^ I agree completely

[Lady Lightfire]

Wow,people replied! Here is Chapter 1, I'm sorry it's so short, I will try to write more next chapter.

Chapter 1

Wingfire's Point of View

I slowly let my rage ebb away. Not completely. It was never truly gone.

"What do you want?" I asked in a dangerous voice, my eyes still glowing slightly.

"I only want an interview."she said with a hint of nervousness in her voice.

"Why?" I asked, confused.

"Because all of Tamaran wants to know about you. Why are you here? What is your true name? Who are you?" she replied quickly. She slowly staggered to her feet; giving off an air of nervousness. Obviously she thought I was going to attack again.

"Why should I tell you?" I asked her defiantly. And why should I? There was nothing in it for me, no reason for me to tell her anything! She looked at me with pity in her eyes and asked me coolly,

"Why not?" I gaped at her. I stood there and stared. She was right, and she knew it. You could tell, from that look in her eyes. I had nothing else to do, nowhere to go, nothing to lose. Nothing to lose. As far as I know, everyone I love is dead.

"All right," I sighed, "I’ll tell you. What do you want to know?"

"Just talk. Tell me everything."she said in a matter-of-fact tone of voice. Everything. I thought. Where can I begin? Where does it end? I feel lost in a circle of horrer; everything only gets worse. I’ll start with the earliest thing I know; this starts before me. I’ll tell her about the Titans first. I looked up at her. She had what must be the Tamaranian equivalent of a notebook and pen out on her lap. I wouldn’t know the difference. I have never been here before. Don’t get homesick now, start your story!

"Well," I said slowly, "do you know who the Titans are?"

She looked at me, her bright silver eyes locked on my blue ones."I know some." she replied . "They came to Tamaran once years ago, when the Princess Starfire was so be wed to Glgedsklechh. It was a setup, so she never was forced to go through with it."

"When you saw the Titans, there were five main Titans and several honorary ones. There had been a sixth, but she had been turned to stone." I said. How many times have I heard this story? I wondered. Now I’m telling it myself.

"Turned to stone?"she asked with an inquiring look in her eyes.

"Yes." I said through gritted teeth. I balled my fists as rage pored through me; remembering memories I can’t forget. SLADE! I thought. Slade, Blackfire, Brother Blood and the HIVE! They killed them, and kidnaped me! I’ll tear them apart; I’ll destroy their world like they destroyed mine!\

I looked at Lightstar, and realized I should continue my tale, no matter how badly I would have rather blasted everything to pieces. "She was turned to stone when her powers set off a volcano, a volcano big enough to destroy a whole city. Many innocent lives would be taken if she didn’t do what she knew she must. She stopped the volcano, using her immense power over earth. The story goes that the one they were fighting, Slade, was taken for dead. But he was never truly gone." I said, trying to overcome the fury that pounded through my veins like fire. "She was not stone for too long, though. She was able to break free."

20 Years Before

It had been an ordinary day at Titan’s Tower. Raven was meditating on the roof, the only quiet place there was right now. Robin was training, Starfire was apparently trying to make a type of Tamaranian pudding (using ingredients that were NEVER ment to be mixed.) Cyborg and Beast Boy were, as usual, playing video games until their fingers fell off.

Something shifted in Raven’s subconscious. Something powerful was awakening, something was being hurdled through horrible realms of those who are barely alive, to come back to the land of the living. Raven closed her eyes tightly, attempting to reach out with her power to find out who the being was. A shockwave of power ripped through her mind and knocked her onto her back. An earthquake tore through the city. She looked over the city, and saw a column of yellow power rising out of the earth, towering above the city. Her eyes widened in shock; several volleyballs from their game earlier exploded. "Azarath, Metrion, Zinthos!" she chanted, her form turning into a black raven. She had to get to the other Titans.

" Dude!" Beast Boy yelled, looking despondently at the TV, which had been broken during the earthquake,"The TV! I had almost beat you!"

"In your dreams BB!"Cyborg said distractedly. "What was it, Robin?" he addressed the boy wonder, who had started looking it up on the computer. Raven appeared at that moment.

"Terra."they said together. Beast Boy’s eyes widened in shock, quickly replaces by a look of joy that rivaled Starfire’s.

"Titans, GO!" Robin yelled. Starfire carried Robin, Raven made Cyborg a disk with her power, and Beast Boy flew in falcon form. Beast Boy flew as fast as his wings could carry him, getting far ahead of the others.

When they reached the place that Terra had been imprisoned, Beast Boy was holding Terra in his arms. She was in horrible shape. She was far too thin. She was unconscious, and she looked as if all her power had been drained. Beast Boy looked at his fellow Titans and said in a amazed yet ecstatic voice.

"Terra’s back"

Present

Wingfire sat on her slab, lost on her memories of stories told to her countless times by her family. He killed them anyway, she thought bitterly. No matter how many times he seems to be beaten, killed, he comes back and ruins more lives. No, don’t think like that! an almost forgotten optimistic side of her awoke. You can still beat them! No, I can’t! I already tried, and they were killed! They died because of my rage, my mistakes, my foolish pride! It was my fault, and Slade lives on. argued her pessimistic side. Well, either way, I can’t do anything now, I may as well continue with the story.

I looked into her warm silver eyes. It was like she really wanted to know my story. This gave my the strength to continue. Wait a second. Did I tell her..? I didn’t, did I? I should tell her that next, I should have told her right away!

I looked straight into her eyes and told her who my parents were. Robin and Starfire.



Ok, I think I might have screwed up in the paragraph where she is fighting with herself emotion-wise (3rd to last), I wasn't sure how to write that. Oh well. Tell me what you think!

[Sproxie]

Interesting..... i liked it alot. ummm, well, i dunno what else to say. great job!

[Matt A]

Impressive...most impressive.

The internal debate bit was fine: I couldn't have done it much better.

Oh, and the last line was an absolute killer. In a good way, of course...

[Kregor8]

Oh, oh, oh! This is really nice! That last line is the real <whateveryoucallit. It's good, trust me>. It's really going to pea-eye-essis-Edie Reid off, though. I like the way that you can interject the story with Wingfire's emotional conflicts and the reporter standing there. Cool future setting too - my story's set in the future! Woo! Only 16 years that way, though. I'd encourage you to read it, but that would be both stuck up and risk dilluting your vision. I too have created a daughter for Robin and Star, but she'll be just a little girl in my story. She hasn't come into the story yet, but she will. Her name is Goldfire. I'm looking forward to seeing somebody else's interpretation of that. It will be refreshing. And who knows, you'll probably do a way better job than me. I'm a guy with no sisters and I'm going to try to write a girl's part...
Oh yeah, what color are Wingfire's eyes and bolts? I missed that part. It's Lightstar who has the silver eyes, right? Anyway, keep up the goods. Man, I say that too much...

7<regor

[decka]

This is really good! I congradulate you! I can't wait to see how the story unfolds itself

[raven54]

wow. impressive. and... well, that's really all i have to say. Me gusto- post more soon!

[Raven13]

oo i like the story so far very good!!! i like how Robin and Starfire are Wingfires parents!!! Very good grammer (better than my stories grammer) but see im not very good at grammer anyway i love the story keep writting u never o where this story might take u lol!!!!!!

o and now since i have a screename all i can write is AIM languege lol

~ ~ Raven13 ~ ~

[Magick]

This is great. Really great. Post more, or I shall inflict upon you the curse of...umm...well. I'll get back to you on the curse. Seriously, I want to hear more.

[T.T.Raven4]

Hm...It was 20 years before...so it's 20 years later...so that makes sense.


So this means Starfire and Robin are Married or whatever. Good. It also mixes in with Terra's revival, and Wingfires anger. She seems to have so much anger within her aimed at so many people. Very good. Excellent. Spectacular. Extrordianry. Etc.

Write on!

~TTR4~