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Once upon a time, an unloved little girl lived her life in a broken reality. A universe on the brink of collapse, with planets bleeding into one another and existence itself unraveling. Her world was scorched by its sun, ravaged by war, and torn apart by famine and fire. But for the first seven years of her life, the little girl lived a simple and happy existence on Earth. She had her mother, a kind and resilient woman who shielded her daughter from the horrors outside their small bubble of normalcy.
That all ended the day they came.
The scientists, desperate and ruthless, found her. To them, she wasn't a little girl; she was a solution. A half-breed of human and Titan blood, stronger than any human could hope to be, she was perfect. When her mother tried to stop them, they killed her.
The little girl was dragged away from everything she had ever known.
They ripped away her name. They stole her life.
The girl grew up in a cold laboratory as their unwilling subject. Her unique DNAโa flawless blend of human adaptability and Titan resilienceโmade her the centerpiece of Project Egress, a desperate effort to escape their dying universe.
Her body could withstand what no one else could: infusion with aureum, the golden essence taken from the fractured threads of reality itself. It rewrote her DNA, transforming her into something beyond human, someone who could manipulate the very fabric of existence.
But aureum alone was unstable. To make her survive long-term, they subjected her to tenebris, the destructive counterpart. Where aureum created, tenebris destroyed.
And together, these opposing forces churned within her, balancing each other and making her a living key to the multiverseโa bridge to everything there was.
She was their creation, their tool, their Polaris Jade.
Their plans for her, however, came to an abrupt end when a traveler from beyond stepped through their portal. He wasn't a savior. He was a destroyerโa wanderer who had crossed countless realities and left many in ruin. He had heard about the wonder child with pure existence flowing through her being. The Destroyer wanted her for himself.
He slaughtered the entire lab.
Only The Polaris Jade was left alive.
The Destroyer extended a hand to her.
"Come with me," he said, "and together, we will accomplish wonders."
He was a monster, a villain. But still, she took his hand.
As they stepped through the portal, he unleashed one final act of destruction upon the already broken reality. Pushed it just a little furtherโright off the edge.
Her fragile, broken universe collapsed completely, erased in an instant. Everything she had ever knownโher mother, her home, her worldโceased to exist.
She didn't flinch. She didn't cry. She didn't care.
The Polaris Jade was no longer the key to humanity's salvation. She was something else entirelyโa weapon, a survivor, and a companion to the Destroyer who carried her across the multiverse.
Within her churned the forces of aureum and tenebrisโcreation and destruction, bound together in a child who had lost everything but gained the force of an unimaginable power.
The portal closed behind them with a shuddering hum, leaving the ruins of her universe as nothing more than a fading memory. The Polaris Jade stood silently, the weight of what she had just witnessed pressing down on her small frame.
The Destroyer glanced at her, his sharp eyes glinting with something between amusement and curiosity. "You're quiet, little one," he said, his voice smooth but edged like a blade.
She didn't respond. Words felt useless.
He crouched down to her level, tilting his head as if studying her. "I've seen your kind before. Beacons, weapons, living enigmas. But you're different; you have use, and you have a purpose."
Still, she said nothing.
A flicker of a smirk tugged at the corner of his mouth. "There's something about you. You don't just burnโyou consume. You are like me. You're fire, girl. A star burning out the night." He leaned closer, his voice lowering, almost reverent in its mockery. "You're my little Starfire."
The name hit her like a spark. It wasn't kind, but it wasn't cruel. It was... true.
For the first time, she looked up at him, her hollow eyes meeting his. And though she said nothing, the faintest flicker of light danced within her irisesโa star, still burning.
The Destroyer smiled.
Yes, useful, indeed.
His Polaris Jade... his Starfire.
"I think you will be good at the game," he decided.
"What game?" she whispered, speaking for the first time.