The New Girl

Disclaimer: I do not own any of the Young Justice characters. They are property of DC Comics and Cartoon Network.

A/N: I have tweaked with the ages a bit, so both Artemis and Zatanna are sixteen, and Robin is fifteen. Everyone else has their regular age. This is my first femmeslash, so bear with me.

Chapter One: Lost in Fate
Artemis is helping Zatanna pack up her things into the Cave. Zatanna's father had just become the new host to Doctor Fate, turning Zatanna into an emotional wreck.

Zatanna sees a photo of her father and begins crying. She sits down and Artemis sits down next to her. She comforts her and says everything will be okay. Zatanna looks her in the eye and smiles. She tells Artemis "Thank you so much, Artie. I couldn't ask for a better friend." She continues to sob and hugs Artemis tightly.

Artemis was barely able to resist kissing Zatanna. You see, Artemis was secretly a lesbian. She had known for a while, and she had a crush on her best friend. All she wanted was to hold Zatanna tightly and make all her troubles go away.

Zatanna pulls away and smiles at Artemis. Artemis puts a hand on Zatanna's cheek and is thinking to herself "You shouldn't be doing this. Dammit Artie she just lost her dad! Be a good friend. Some things are worth waiting for."

Artemis takes her hand down but Zatanna grabs it and keeps it in place. Artemis smiles and Zatanna actually starts to lean in, causing Artemis to become beyond happy.

It had to be at that moment that Batman appears in the doorway telling them that the League would like to speak with Zatanna. She gives an apologetic look to Artemis and goes with Batman, leaving Artemis alone. She sheds a tear and looks at the photo of Zatanna and her dad. She lifts up and says "Why couldn't you ever be like that?" thinking of her father.

Later that day, after Zatanna is all packed up Artemis is about to head home. Zatanna catches up with her and says "Thanks for helping me unpack, and for being a really good friend." As she says this, she grabs Artemis's hand and smiles.

"It's the least I can do, Zee. You didn't deserve this."

Zatanna smiles and kisses Artemis on the cheek. She smiles once more and says "I'll see you tomorrow."

Before Artemis can reply, Zatanna is gone, leaving her with a confused smile. The zeta-tubes activate and teleport her to a phone booth in Gotham, not far from her apartment. She climbs up the fire escape of the closest building and starts running across the rooftops to get to her home.

She opens the window to her room and climbs in to find her mom waiting for her, looking disappointed.

"Where have you been young lady?"

"Mom, I was at the cave-"

"You promised you would be back by midnight. Do you know what time it is? 3:00."

"Mom, I-"

"When you didn't come home on time I thought you weren't coming back! I couldn't lose you like I lost Jade!"

Artemis sees her mother start to cry. She walks over to her and gets on her knees.

"Mom, I'm sorry. I should've called. But my friend, Zatanna, she just lost her dad and she didn't have any other family to turn to. I had to keep her company and help her through it." Artemis starts crying as she says this.

After a little bit, her mother stops sobbing and looks at Artemis. She says "This Zatanna, is she, someone special?"

Artemis chuckles. She had come out to her mom about a month ago.

"I don't know. I like her, she might like me, but I just don't see anything happening any time soon."

Her mother hugs her and says everything will work out fine.

Artemis wakes up the next morning and looks at the clock. It says '10:37 A.M.'

"Good thing it's Saturday." Artemis is about to pull the covers back over her head when she remembers everything that happened with Zatanna. She rips the covers off and puts her costume on as fast as possible, forgetting to put up her hair, leaving it long and messy. She leans her head into the living room and tells her mom she is going to the cave.

"Have a good day, Artemis."

"I will. Love you."

"I love you to."

And with that, Artemis left. She is about to drop down to the phone booth when she sees Robin activating it. She gulps and ducks down. He looks back and doesn't see anyone. He smirks and walks into the phone booth.

"Recognized: Robin. B01"

He is teleported away and Artemis jumps down. She counts to 100 in her head to space out the times of their arrivals and enters.

"Recognized: Artemis. B07"

Artemis is teleported into the cave. She sees Superboy, Kid Flash, and Robin playing a video game, apparently a Justice League game (with Robin and Kid Flash playing as their mentors, and Superboy playing as Captain Marvel), as Aqualad watches them, clearly not understanding the surface-dweller technology. She looks over to the kitchen to find Miss Martian helplessly trying to cook something that she thinks is chicken.

She walks into Zatanna's room to find her sitting on her bed, sobbing. Artemis sits down next to her and asks "How are you holding up?"

"Okay, I guess. M'Gann and Conner have been nothing but nice and considerate."

"Wow, Superboy must really feel bad. I don't I've ever seen him be either of those."

Zatanna chuckles at this comment and once more starts to hold Artemis's hand. Artemis blushes and asks "Have you thought about what things are gonna be like here?"

"Not really. I haven't had much time. Thank you for caring so much."

"I can't help it. I can't stand to see you hurt. That hurts me."

Zatanna looks at Artemis and smiles. All of a sudden Zatanna jerks Artemis into a hug, squeezing her tightly. Artemis gives in almost immediately and hugs her back. They remain that way for a long time, until Miss Martian appears in the doorway telling them that Batman has a mission for them. They pull apart, both looking slightly disappointed, but they go with M'Gann for the briefing.

As the team is lined up Batman tells them that his radios have been detecting major seismic activity in an area of Africa. Kid Flash says "Hey, I know that place." Pointing to the map "That's Gorilla City!"

"Yes. We have reason to believe it is under attack, once more, by Grodd. Your mission is to get into Gorilla City, find Grodd, stop him, and locate his Earthquake machine, and destroy it. also, he's managed to put most of Gorilla City under his control, so don't expect a welcoming committee."

"Great." Says Robin, sarcastically.

"Move out."

The team enters the Bio-Ship. Zatanna sits next to Artemis and this time, Artemis holds Zatanna's hand, in an attempt to comfort her. Zatanna smiles and blushes, quickly looking away, but keeping her hand in contact with Artemis's.

A/N: So, what do you guys think? Is it good? Is it bad? Please leave a review. Also, I made up the Gorilla City mission, the one where they assist the League in taking down the Flying Fortresses will be their next mission. Also, expect a guest appearance from Cheshire. Whoops, spoiler!

~PugfromtheBlackLagoon