#//just a little drabble of one of many things that pushed blackfire to resent her sister c:

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Covered in bruises, cuts, and caked in mud, the little tamaranean rushes for the throne room, pushing open the large double-doors and performs a hasty curtsy in greeting towards two gigantic authority figures. Her breath was frantic, eyes wild with fear, she sputters out panicked words, "Mother, father, I came as fast as I could---"

Luand'r eyes her daughter's wounds with an unamused look, her green eyes then flickering up to meet Blackfire's worried gaze, "Child, you are covered in bruises; dirtied. And on your new dress, too." Luand'r rests her head against her fist as a look of disappointment soon knits at her brows, "Pray tell what moved you to ruin such finery?"

Blackfire shakes her head. That wasn't the problem right now. In fact there was more than just the bruises and cuts. Turning her arm, she presents an insect bite before her parents, both of whom exchange a look; although hard to tell if worrisome or not.

Myand'r raises a brow, leaning in his chair to inspect the bite, "It appears infected," He scratches at his copper toned beard, aged green hues meeting with his firstborn's thereafter, "What in X'ahl's name were you doing, Komand'r?"

"That's what I'm trying to tell---"

A slam of Luand'r's foot silences the young tamaranean, a glare halting Blackfire's attempts to speak further, "Speak with grace, Komand'r. This common folk jargon must cease at once. You are royalty, therefore, you will present yourself as such; even to us."

Stress. If Blackfire wasn't in the presence of her parents she'd have ripped out her hair by now. Although the pain from her throbbing bite distracted her from what she felt inside. Still, even under her parent's command she couldn't find it in herself to stall further, "Starfire and I got stung by a gorthanian blood beetle!"

The queen immediately rises from her seat, her glare softens, transitioning into a worried look. Quickly, she climbs down the steps from her throne and grabs her firstborn by the shoulders, "Komand'r, where is she---where is Koriand'r!" She feels a hard shake, her shoulders suppressed with the weight of tamaranean strength.

"Mother, you're hurting---"    S L A P.

"Child! Do you realize what you have done? Gorthanian beetles have the most toxic venom on tamaran, and you allowed your little sister to contract the poison? You dishonor the tamaranean name! You are the eldest---the next in line for the throne. You should have watched over your sibling---protected her! This ignorance of yours will not go unpunished!" Another hand is risen, and before she knew it, Blackfire was splayed out on the floor. The side of her face stung enough to bring tears to the ledge of her eyes, however keeping her tears from spilling over was a fight all on it's own. 'To cry is to show weakness' that was the way of Tamaran. And she would not let that taint her image. Especially being next in line to rule her planet.

Steeling herself to the swirling tides of emotions within, she simply stands back to her feet, biting her lip as if to restrain her tears, "I'm---I mean, I am sorry mother. I told Koriand'r to stay behind, yet she insisted she join. I tried, mother, I tried! But she followed me when I wasn't looking! honest!"

Myand'r soon stands, moving to comfort his queen with the subtle squeeze at her shoulder, "Hearken to me, my love, for we have the antidote to remedy Koriand'r's condition. There naught to fret. Come." He lowers his hand, thus making a hasty exit, with Luand'r in tow.

She could hear the sobs from her little sister echoing from the halls. It seemed to bounce all over the castle walls.

But that wasn't the only thing.

With a hand clasped over her painful bite, she hesitates to press an ear to the walls, her parents speaking among themselves in the midst of Starfire's sobs.

"---is...but what of Komand'r?" She hears her father speak.

Her mother is silent for a long moment. Blackfire's heart picks up its pace, "My love, do you not think this is X'ahl's answer to our prayers? Was it not written in the stars for Komand'r to become inflicted with the essence of death---a mercy?"

"I do not doubt your beliefs. However I do worry for the thing."

'Thing.' What...did he mean by that? Blackfire presses her ear harder against the cool marble, as if doing so would help her hear their conversation much clearer.

"Let us do what the goddess has willed and allow Komand'r the relief of mercy. She has suffered tremendously at the hands of her own people. They will never accept her," Luand'r sighs, kissing Starfire's wound before brushing her fingers though the child's long, cherry red locks, "She's always alone; never going out in the daylight. It is...unusual. Tamaran cannot fathom what it must be like to walk in her shoes, and they do not try. I think...I think we should do what is right. For her. And not give her the remedy; only then will the people accept her."

Blackfire's heart drops to the pit of her stomach. Her eyes were wide as saucers. She had to step away from the wall and cease her eavesdrop. She didn't want to admit what she just heard was real. It wasn't! It couldn't have been. Still, there is a lingering sadness present within her little heart. And without even realizing, she was running away for the infirmary to get the cure herself. It wasn't hard to find---be that the bottles were labeled accordingly. Blackfire pulls up a stool and retrieves the medicine before stepping back down.

The venom was taking its toll on her energy, the room slowly shifting and moving.

Uncorking the vile with her teeth, she deeply inhales. It was no secret that the remedy stung twice as hard as the bite itself. So without further ado, she turns the vile upside down on her shaking arm. A stifled squeal leaves her. The pain was like bubbling fire! It brought her to her knees.

Eventually, the pain became minuscule, and then, cooling. She stay on hands and knees, sniffling and wiping away those damn dreaded tears. She slowly sits back on her legs, overlooking the mark among the many other injuries she sustained---the majority being tamaran's hand.

With the thought of her mother in the back of her mind---when she kissed Starfire's wound after having gave her the remedy---Blackfire shuts her eyes, the vision of her mother with kind eyes, smiling down at her. She presses a kiss to her own wound as tears painted her paled cheeks.