Chapter 1
You hear the screeching of an owl,
You hear the wind begin to howl,
You know there's zombies on the prowl,
And it's terror time again,
Welcome to Lita's Halloween Adventure! This is a story about Lita Bleak before Invasion of the Blue Rafters, it's more of the Lita in the 'Dark Beloved' story. I'll be honest I like adorable sweet kid Lita more than I like the adult Lita. She's much more fun. Anyhow I tried to do this last year, but I waited til the last minute and didn't get the chapters finished in time for Halloween. This time is different. I've tweaked the old chapters a bit because I didn't like how I little I thought the story through. Now it's back for another try at a new year. I hope you like it. ONWARD TO THE BATTLE FIELD!
Lita yawned as she sat up in her bed and stretched it was still late in the night, but she couldn't sleep. It was October, the month of Halloween, and for the first time ever, Lita's father, Klarion Bleak, lord of Chaos and former member of the light, was going to let her partake in the holiday. Lita let out an excited giggle as she laid down in her bed and rolled over, her familiars, Cherie Curie and Hatter, were lying lazily next to her. Cherie Curie—upon hearing Lita's squeal—lazily opened one eye.
"Lita lovely, please go to sleep. It will be an even longer night if you do not sleep." He mewed. Lita pouted.
"But I cannot sleep. I am too excited!" She said. "Father is finally letting me partake in Halloween."
"Yeah we know. You've been saying that since last week." Hatter yowled, rolling over onto her back and stretching, "But if you remember Lita, you were able to partake in Halloween last year as well."
"Yeah but this is different." Lita said, "That was before everyone knew that I was a part Croatoan."
This was true, it had been a year, since Lita had started her schooling in Gotham High. Before the school had no idea of her heritage, within that year she had joined the Young Justice Team as Jinx, a lot of other things had happened as well, such as her secret getting out. The school—at first—didn't enjoy the idea of a Witch-girl being part of their school. Of course the majority of the school was just under a spell cast by Molly Snobgrass, another Croatoan Witch-girl, from Limbo-Town. Since then Lita had fought the girl and sent her back to the other worldly town and had had a decent life since then.
"That is true, but Lita lovely, would you please get some sleep?" Cherie mewed with a yawn. Lita sat up and got out of bed.
"There is simply no way I can sleep with this excitement!" she said snapping her fingers as her PJs disappeared and her Jinx Costume appeared instead, completed with her natural blue appearance. Hatter got up as well, "Let's go on patrol."
"Works for me!" Hatter mewed jumping to Lita's shoulders. Cherie sighed.
"Do you really think this is wise?" He said jumping from Lita's bed. Lita nodded.
"I can't sleep. I might as well do something productive." She said moving to her window and opening it. Cherie jumped to Lita's desk which sat next to said window.
"Yes, But now that Klarion is aware of your…activities, he will notice if you are gone." He protested. Lita patted the small white, black spotted cat.
"It is alright Cherie Curie, father said that it was ok for me to do this stuff." She said, "Besides I'll be out and back before morning."
"If you say so Lita Lovely." Cherie mewed, Lita nodded and jumped out the window and flew in the air until she reached the roof top. She then looked to Hatter who stayed perched on her shoulders.
"Do you think we should ask Bart to come with us on patrol?" Lita asked, as she began running and jumping from roof top to rooftop. Hatter huffed.
"I think that's really all up to you kitten." She said clinging tight as Lita made her way into the heart of Gotham, "Besides it's about midnight, I'm sure you'll run into the Batman and his boy wonder."
"I suppose that is better than no one," Lita mumbled, "But wouldn't a midnight patrol with Bart would be somewhat romantic?"
"Lita, you realize I'm a cat and therefore have no thoughts of romance in my head, right?" Hatter mewed as Lita landed on the top of the Gotham City park fountain. Lita pouted as she looked around.
"Oh come now, just because you're a cat does not mean you wouldn't know romance," She said, "After all Cherie Curie thinks part of Mother and Father's relationship was romantic."
"Morbidly romantic perhaps. But this isn't exactly the month of Romance Lita." Hatter said jumping from Lita's shoulders and landing on the cement pedestal in which the statue was sitting upon. Lita pursed her lips and shrugged.
"I believe Halloween can be romantic. There are a lot of romantic stories around Halloween as well." She said. Hatter looked up and cocked her head to the side.
"Name three." She mewed. Lita smiled.
"Practical Magic, Corpse Bride, and Edward Scissor hands." She said cheerfully. Hatter howled.
"I don't think that last one is a Halloween love story." She said.
"Two out of three is still enough." Lita cooed with a shrug. Suddenly something wooshed by her head, causing Jinx to fall off the statue. She let out a yelp as she twisted her body so she wouldn't fall on her backside. She let out a sigh of relief when she landed on her hands and feet.
"Isn't being part cat just great?" Hatter asked looking down at Jinx, who nodded. She then stood and grabbed Hatter.
"What in the name of Croatoan hit us though?" She hissed hiding behind the statue. Jinx scanned the area, no trace of what fly past them. Once nothing was found Jinx scowled, "Ok, that is strange."
Jinx then snuck out from behind the statue where she saw a blur of black run off behind a tree. She scowled. She let Hatter jump from her arms and to the ground. Jinx then wove her hands in the air.
"Ostende te!" she shouted as a wave of purple and blue energy flew toward the area where the black specter had disappeared. The spell caused the hedges and bushes to dim out of view and allowed Jinx to see what was hiding behind them. However before Jinx had the chance to catch a glimpse it leapt out from behind and attacked the catmasked girl. Jinx let out a yip of surprise and cast a spell of blinding light. The mystery blur let out a shriek of its own, blinded by the bright flash it fell to the ground and hissed. Hatter growled.
"What is that thing?" she hissed, Lita stared, the creature looked like a small black Chinese dragon with a cobra head and glowing red eyes. It hisses at Jinx and Hatter who get ready to fight this strange hybrid.
"Hatter saber form if you please?" Jinx said sweetly. Hatter snorts and transforms into a massive black panther with saber tooth fangs. She then growls and attacks the small snake hybrid, as Lita's palms ignited in blue and purple energy.
"Frangit cum terra!" Jinx shouted in latin, the earth around the creature and Hatter rose above them. The creature hissed and slithered away before the earth crumbled around the two. Hatter roared and jumped back.
"A little warning next time Jinx!" She hissed.
"Sorry!" Jinx called back as the strange creature then leapt into the air and knocked Jinx to the ground. The creature bared its fangs as it tried to devour Jinx whole, luckily with her ability to temporarily draw power from strays and domestic cats* in the surrounding area, Jinx was able to keep the otherworldly creature from killing her. "Hatter, little help please!"
"I'm on it." The cat growled leaping onto the creatures back and digging her claws into its back. She then bore her fangs deep into its shoulder. The creature let out a pained shriek and released Jinx who now stood ready for another spell. The creature then flung hatter off its back and into the statue it crumbled under the impact of the large cat. Jinx let out a pain filled cry, feeling her familiar's pain, and she too fell to her knees. The creature let out a roar and glared at the witch-girl. It studied her, however instead of striking like Jinx had initially thought it would, the creature hissed and slithered off into the bushes and disappeared. Jinx let out a groan as she fell forward catching herself with her hands. It was then she felt a shadow over her.
"Jinx?" It was Robin. Jinx, not moving from her position from the ground, looked up to the bird themed hero, "What're you doing here?"
"I believe that is my line." She groaned, sitting up and holding her shoulder. Robin scowled.
"Batman and I saw a flash of light in the park we came to investigate." He said crossing his arms. Soon enough Batman also appeared from behind the smashed statue, where Hatter was crawling out of the rubble in house cat form. Jinx groaned and got to her feet as Batman grabbed her scarred familiar and walked toward the two teens.
"You seem to have made a mess of the park." Batman growled dropping Hatter into Jinx's arms. Hatter hissed and growled as she lied in Jinx's arms.
"Many apologies Batman, but this creature appeared and Hatter and I thought we should take care of it." Jinx explained, ignoring the hateful comment Hatter had no doubt spat at the bat-clad man.
"And where is this creature now?" Robin asked. Jinx bit her lip as her deep sapphire blue eyes shifted to the ground.
"It got away from me." She mumbled, ashamed. "But I believe it is some kind of Cobradrake. A mythical hybrid, born of cobra and a dragon. However it was much different from any that I had read in my father's books."
"Speaking of which, Lita, is Klarion aware that you're here?" Batman asked, narrowing his eyes at the young blue skinned witch-girl. Lita gave a nervous smile to the elder hero and scratched a none existent itch on the back of her head.
"Aheh, not exactly." She said. Batman scowled at the young girl, whose smile disappeared as she replied in a low voice, "No, he is not."
"Then I suggest you clean up your mess and head home before the Witch-boy throws a fit that you're not in your bed." The older hero growled. From Lita's shoulder Hatter hissed at him. Jinx sighed.
"Yessir." She mumbled, as Batman pulled out his grappling hook gun and shot it at a building further away from the trio. Robin soon followed suit but not before giving Lita a reassuring smile.
"Don't sweat it Lita, Batman's just a little tense from fighting off the Joker earlier." He said, Jinx sighed scratching Hatter behind the ears.
"You do not have to lie for him Timothy," She said, "I have been aware of his wariness of me since I joined the Team. I am in no means offended. He is right after all, my father is quite temperamental."
"Right, well, good luck with the clean up, I have no idea how you're going to fix that." Robin said pointing toward the fallen statue.
"Not to worry Robin, after all I am a witch-girl, a simple reversal spell will do the trick." She said, "See you tomorrow."
"See ya." Robin said waving goodbye as he left to go follow batman. Once gone Lita sighed and looked to the statue.
"Of course the reversal spell may take time at my level of magic." She mumbled, placing a finger to her lip. Hatter mewed and jumped from Lita's arms, transforming into her human form as she did. Hatter then placed her hands on her hips.
"Relax Lita, you've got a goddess by your side. This won't be a problem." She mewed, Lita smirked.
"Hatter, you are only the daughter of a goddess." She giggled. Hatter pouted.
"Do ya want my help?" the human formed cat hissed. Lita nodded.
Meanwhile unbeknownst to the duo a set of eyes watched them from afar. A young boy with stood watching the duo as they used their combined efforts to fix the park's statue, he watched with much intrigue.
"How interesting." He said narrowing his eyes. Behind him the creature that attacked the duo slithered up the side of the building and collapsed on the ground next to him. The boy frowned as the creature shrunk and its legs disappeared until formed into a cobra snake. It hissed at the boy as he plucked it from the ground.
"Apologies sister Vai, I suppose I underestimated the girl's abilities." He said, the snake—named Vai—hissed, "Yes, I agree. Perhaps a closer watch on the Bleak girl is in order."
Alright, so not much changed from the original script—mostly Lita's dialogue and speech pattern. I keep forgetting that she doesn't often use contractions yeah.
(*) I'm not sure if I ever covered this in other stories regarding Lita, but her power is mostly drawn from felines and her goddess familiar Hatter. I like cats and I strongly believe they are otherworldly creatures. I mean in Klarion gets a girl Lita died and was brought back to life by the many felines. See ya later armadillos—unless I see you first. Hahaha! REVIEW!