AU: Artemis discovers the new life of being a superhero with the help of the new senior at school, Wally West. Does she know who to trust? Will she lose friends in the process or make more enemies? Join Artemis as she finds her new passion and sees people's true colors. (Inspired by Cate Tiernan's Sweep series)

Artemis never felt like a very special person, she seemed to be just average looking, unlike her best friend, Bette. Bette always had that supermodel quality, but was still down to earth. Artemis was okay with staying in the shadows though. She never liked being the center of attention. She only lived with her mom, since her dad left them when she was nine. Her sister, Jade ran away when she got pregnant with an older guy named Roy. Artemis has never heard from her since. She was still grateful for having a tough mom to stick by her side, even after her mom suffered from abuse, leaving her in a wheelchair. Artemis will never forgive her father.

Artemis starts her first day of junior year at Gotham High and walks toward her other friend, Barbara, who is also beautiful and intelligent. Artemis will occasionally hang out with Barbara since Bette is always with her preppy cliques.

"Hey Babs, how was summer?"

"Same old stuff, you know, hanging out with Dad as much as possible."

"Sounds fun."

"Yea it is. So Arty, how was your summer?"

"You know, just helping out Mom by working at the diner."

"I still don't know how you manage to do it."

"Me either…"

As Artemis reflects on her life, she senses a crowd forming around someone and multiple heads popping up.

"What's going on?" Artemis asks.

"I have no idea…"

Bette then runs toward Artemis and acts as if she has seen a celebrity.

"Artemis! You have to see this. There's a new transfer student at Gotham High. His name is Wally West, and he is extremely hot!"

Artemis and Barbara give each other a questioning look, but they both shrug it off and decide to follow Bette. They walk toward the school's fountain and spot the back of a redhead who they assume is Wally. The boy then turns around and flashes Artemis a huge grin. Artemis, oblivious to this, turns to Barbara, and they start to walk away. Wally runs away from the crowd and catches up to Artemis.

"Wait! Why are you leaving?"

"Why? Maybe because I don't want to stick around with all those preppy cliques and jocks."

"But I was there."

"Ha! So now you want me to feed your ego? I thought you would be better than that."

Artemis starts to walk away with Barbara, but Wally grabs her shoulder.

"Wait, that's not what I meant. I'm sorry. Maybe we can reintroduce ourselves later?"

"I..I have to go now. C'mon Babs, we'll be late for class!"

Artemis pulls Barbara away, but Barbara quickly turns her head and says, "It was nice meeting you!" Wally, amused at the two, smiles to himself and runs to class.