I do not own Young Justice.

~Gotham City High School~

The new school year had just begun. Classes were in session and students were learning. But some students weren't too interested in their class. One student on the second floor was in such a situation.

Dick Greyson, ward of Billionaire Bruce Wayne, was bored out of his mind. He had already asked the school bored to change his curriculum, but since he was already a few grades ahead, they had told him to stay where he was. Which meant he was sitting in a class that he was not interested in at all.

Dick sighed as he watched the clock tick away. '579 seconds, 578 seconds, 577 seconds, when is this class going to be over already?' Dick looked down at the text book on his desk. He had already skimmed the entire book and knew everything in it already. 'This is a waste of my time' Dick set his head down on his desk, too bored to pay attention to whatever his teacher was talking about. It wasn't anything interesting, just Calculus.

He looked down into his lap at his phone. Today was the day a new video game came out. And not just any game, it was for the newest gaming system, TeleGear. It allowed you to actually put yourself into the shoes of your character. He had gotten one for Christmas from Bruce. And he was getting the game with his allowance money. Well, he got it with his allowance money when the pre-orders launched. And since he had been a beta-tester, he got first dibs on ordering the game.

He smiled as the count down clock came up, 6 hours 28 minutes to go. Then the official launch of Justice League: Dawn of Justice would begin. And he was hoping he would be online for the official launch. But that was if he survived his classes.

"Mr. Greyson." Dick looked up at the teacher, he didn't remember his name. "Can you answer this question?"

Dick took one look at the board before answering. "Y prime is equal to 6x squared plus 4x minus 7." He set his head back down as the teacher congratulated him on the right answer. It was a basic question, nothing to be excited about.

His eyes went back to the clock. There were 27 minutes till lunch. Then he had 3 more classes till he could go home. He sighed as the teacher droned on, This day was going to kill him with boredom.

In the same school, on the other side of the courtyard on the first floor, was another student that wasn't paying attention in her English class. But for a different reason.

Artemis Crook sat and stared at the book on her desk, not seeing the words but thinking what she was going to do when she got home. Her sister had just come back, after having vanished for a few years, and her mother was worried Artemis would follow her sister's example. Plus her dad had just gotten out on parol, not a good day so far.

She pulled her phone out as she felt it vibrate in her pocket. She smiled as she saw the banner come up, 'Justice League: Dawn of Justice launch event in 6 hours!'. She could not wait to get home and get online. She had preordered her game, since she was a beta tester she got priority ordering, and she had gotten a text from her mom saying she had a package delivered that morning. So she had her game and her system, now she just had to get online and play.

"Alright students, take out your writing journals and write down your thoughts on the chapter we have just read." Artemis pulled her book out and quickly skimmed the book again. "You can write till the bell rings, and then that will be homework. As well as reading the next chapter and writing about that chapter. That will be due tomorrow."

The bell rang as the teacher spoke. Her voice being lost in the sound of closing books, scraping chairs, and shuffling feet. It was finally lunch, so Artemis could check and see what servers had come online. And maybe even get a head start on creating her character. Or at least check and see what characters were available. Leaks like that always happened with big games like this.

This game like this were common, but this one was way different from the others. This game was based on real people. People like Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman actually exist. Just last night Batman stopped Penguin from robbing the Gotham Bank. And this game would give everyone a chance to fight alongside them. It was going to be awesome.

Not to mention the levels of the game were divided up into different variations of the world. In the Beta testing they reached a level were Superman had been evil and Batman was a vampire. Artemis hoped the levels would be similar to the beta testing, that way she wouldn't be so lost. This wasn't her first RPG, but she still considered herself a newbie gamer.

"Artemis!" Artemis looked around till she found her friend waving her down. Now the real wait began.

~Central City High School~

School had been running for about a month now. Central City High was known for being the first school to start in the entire country. And usually it was by about a week. None of the students really minded, it meant that they got out a week or more before the rest of the country. Or they got a longer Christmas or spring break.

But for one student it just meant that he got away a week early and his torture began a week early. Wally West was your typical Red headed super genius. He enjoyed his math and science, but it never got him any girls. So he usually hid his smarts behind pick up lines he got from a book from his uncle's library. He found them cheesy beyond belief, but the girls seemed to think it was cute.

"Hey West!" But it also got him unwanted attention sometimes. Wally turned to find the captain of the football team staring him down. "I heard what you told Tasha. Gonna explain yourself for hitting on my girlfriend?"

Wally shrugged at the boy. "I told her she looked nice."

The larger boy picked up the smaller by his collar and slammed him into the lockers. "You called her an angel and asked if she fell from heaven. What's your deal West? You trying to pick a fight?"

Wally grimaced at the pain coming from his back, a lock was digging into it. "Not at all. I just thought she would like a compliment." Wally moved his head to the side and out of the way of the larger boy's fist. The guy released him to hold his hurting hand. "Would love to talk more Brad, but I got class to get to. He waved at the boy before taking off down the hall." He ended up stopping halfway up the stairs to the second floor. He reached into his pocket and pulled out his inhaler. "I could run so much more without this stupid asthma."

The boy kept walking till he reached an empty classroom. He was in an advanced program, since he was smarter than most of the teachers here, and his program consisted of him doing work on an online course. Problem with that was that he had done all of the work and was now done for the year. In other words he was about to sit for the next 3 hours twiddling his thumbs.

He sighed as he sat down at a computer and logged in. He got onto the Internet and made his way to his favorite Game News site. "Let's see what is happening." He read through the news on the latest game that was launching, Justice League: Dawn of Justice. The game had just finished beta testing 6 months ago, and he had been part of it. So naturally when he had been offered the beta-tester price pre-order, he had purchased it without question.

"So servers are up for Europe, Asia, Australia, and Canada. Next to launch is Brazil, India, Russia, and USA. Sweet!" Wally cheered as he checked the countdown clocks. "USA server launches in 1 hour. And 6 hours till the official game launch. Let's see if anyone has reported back on character stats and options." He browsed through the site. Being a Beta-tester he pretty much knew what he wanted for his character. What he wanted to see was if there was anything new that the game developers added in.

So far there were no leaks, strange. Wally kept going through and read through posts from people. "My friend logged on as soon as the server came on, but he hasn't come out yet. Game must be awesome." He read from one person. Another read, "My pal wanted to try out the game for fun, 4 hours later he is still playing. #AdictingFriendsToGames".

Wally scrolled through more of the site, no leaks from the game. "Must be a really good game for no one leaving it yet." He looked up at the clock in the room. A whole 25 minutes had passed. He sighed as he set his head down on the desk. "Me and my big brain." He huffed as he prepared for an hour long nap. Teachers never checked on him, he was the A+++ student.

~Happy Harbor High School~

Kaldur took a deep breath as his leg muscles tensed. A whistle shrill sounded and he was jumping of the block and diving into the clear pool water. Swim practice was his favorite, especially when it got him out of class for meet training. He reached the end of the pool and flipped to head back down towards the block end. Flipping once more to start the last half of his 100 meter freestyle drill.

Kaldur slapped the wall once her reached the end of his 100 meter drill. Breathing happily with a smile on his face. "Good job there Kal." Kaldur looked up at his coach. "With the times you're putting out you could go for the Olympics."

Kaldur shock his head as he hung onto the wall. "This is fine for me. I don't need medals. Just water around me." He waited as the next group got onto the blocks and waited for the whistle once more. The whistle sounded and they were off while the swimmers in the water got out. "Is that all coach? I have an exemption test in Biology next."

The coach patted his top swimmer's back with a smile. "Go shower of Kaldur. Good luck on that test. Does that mean we'll be seeing you here 3rd period every day?" He called out as the boy headed for the locker room.

Kaldur chuckled at his coach's remark, he was here every morning and evening anyway. But not this evening. This evening he was going to try out the game his father had gotten him. It was called Justice League: Dawn of Justice. He wasn't really into gaming, but his father had been part of the marketing team for the game. So Kaldur had been one of the beta-testers, and he had quite enjoyed the game. It helped keep his mind active while the swim season was done.

He opened his locker to find it empty, again. He let out a sigh before walking over to the showers and finding all of his clothes, books, and supplies scattered around the area and soaking wet. He began picking everything up and collecting it all. This wasn't the first time, it had been happening since he moved into town from New York. He had only lived there for a few months, having lived in various other places and moving every year or two the previous years of his life.

He made his way over to the coach's office and pulled out his second bag, his competition bag. He pulled the plastic bag from it and stuffed all of his wet belongings into it. Then dressed in his competition sweats before leaving the locker room.

"Hey Fish-Boy." Kaldur walked past the two seniors. "We're talking to you Gill-Guy!" Kaldur looked at them with an unamused look. "You going to a competition or something? Coach doesn't like us wearing those in school." The boy pointed to Kaldur's clothes with a sneer.

"Forgot my clothes in my locker. Just wearing this till I get it to change." Kaldur turned away from the two and continued down the hall. He was positive those two had been the one to raid his locker. Just like all of the other times. They had been the top swimmers until the coach had caught him swimming one day after school.

He unlocked his locker and pulled out his bag of spare clothes as he dropped his bag of wet clothes at the bottom of the locker. He locked his locker and went off to change with his dry clothes and his competition bag. He would have to return the bag before coach noticed it was gone.

He quickly changed in the nearby bathroom and made his way back to the pool locker room. Walked inside and dropped his bag off in the coach's office. "Kaldur?" Kaldur looked towards the coach as the man walked into the locker room. "Thought you had a test to get to?"

"I do." Kaldur closed the door to the office. "Just needed to drop something off in my competition bag."

The coach gave the boy a nod. "And you decided to wear different clothes than before practice?" He noticed the boy's face drop a little. "Kaldur, is there something we need to talk about? Is there...trouble at home or here at school?"

Kaldur shook his head as he held his hands up in defense. "Nothing is wrong at home. My father is great and I couldn't be happier. And school is going great as well. But I should get going before the teacher starts the test." Kaldur made his way to the exit. "See you tomorrow for practice."

~Metropolis High School~

Conner sat on the stairs of his school as he waited. He checked his watch, his father was late, again. He sighed as he got up and started walking home. It wasn't too far of a walk, but he had hoped his own father would remember to pick him up so he could get home sooner.

Today was finally the day, the launch of Justice League: Dawn of Justice. He had beta-tested the game and found it his regular escape. It was somewhere where he felt wanted and needed. Not somewhere where he was either a copy of his father or not someone worth anyone's time. And it was somewhere where being as strong as he normally was, was a skill that was coveted.

"Conner, what a surprise." Conner looked over at the car pulling up alongside him. Although to call Lex Luther's limousine a car was an understatement. "I thought your father was picking you up today. Isn't today the big launch day for that video game?" Lex gave the boy a sympathetic smile.

Conner sighed as he stopped walking and faced the man, his mother's best friend, and basically his uncle. "He was, but I guess he forgot, again. And yes today is the launch. It's in three and a half hours." Conner said as he looked at his watch. Looking back at the limo he saw the door was open and his uncle was telling him to get in. He happily got into the limo. "Thanks Luther."

"No problem my boy." Luther chuckled as the teen settled into the limo. "So how was school? Any teams or clubs?"

"I found a lifting team." Conner smiled as he clenched his hand. It was a bit sore, he hadn't lifted all last week as he helped his parents move into their new home. "They said they usually go to nationals every year."

"Good to hear. I'm looking forward to cheering you on." Luther commented as the boy sat back with a smile. "And I know Clark will be at every competition."

"Yeah right." Conner scoffed at his uncle. "He didn't even show up to pick me up on my first day of school. And he knows how much today meant to me." He ran a hand through his hair with a sigh. "Sometimes I wonder if he even ever meant to become a father."

"You know he did. Both him and your mother." Luther felt bad for the Kents. Clark and Lois were both busy with their jobs. And his election campaign probably wasn't helping. "Let things settle down. You all just moved into the city. It's a big change from Smallville."

"Yeah." Conner was already missing the corn fields and wide open spaces of the Kent farm. But Ma and Pa Kent did say they could visit. "Thanks Uncle Lex."

Lex chuckled. "Now you're making me feel old." He looked over towards the driver and saw they were pulling up on the Kent's street. "Tell your parents I said 'hi' Conner. And I'm expecting you all to be at my campaign meeting tomorrow. I'll save seats for you all."

"Will do Luther. Thanks for the ride." Conner climbed out of the limo and waved as it drove away. He turned and looked at the house, it was a moderate size and looked like it belonged back in Smallville, it looked like home, even thought it felt far from it. He sighed as he walked up to the house and inside it. "I'm home." He called out as he kicked his shoes off.

"Conner?" Conner looked up as his father walked out of the kitchen as he looked at his watch. "Isn't there still a half hour left of school?"

"No. School was let out an hour early for the club fest. I told you yesterday and this morning about it." He walked past his father and put the stairs. "Luther says 'hi' and that he will save us seats for his election meeting tomorrow. Try to remember that one." He got up to his room and closed the door loudly.

He threw his bag onto his desk and walked over to his bed, time to get started. He picked his TeleGear up from his bedside table and the closed game box that was under it. "Time to get out of here." He popped open the case and picked the game cartridge up. He turned his gear around and slid the game into the game port. The helmet beeped as it started up and began downloading the game. "Now to wait for that to load." He set the helmet back down as he went over to his desk, homework first.

~Jump City High School~

The school was quiet, the day had ended and everyone had gone home. Almost everyone at least. One girl was waiting for her little brother to get out of the principal's office. He had pranked a kid, again. "And that is your last warning Mr. Logan." The door opened and a green haired kid walked out in front of a well dressed, but stern looking man. "Pull another stunt like this and you will have more than detention to worry about."

"You ready to go Garfield?" M'gan asked as her little brother caught sight of her. A smile spread across his face as he ran up to her. "Have a good evening Principle Blood." M'gan waved as the man closed the door to his office. M'gan sighed as she ushered Garfield out of the school. This was their third school in three years. And this was the first that her and Garfield were in the same building. "I thought you would stop acting out if we were in the same school."

"Sorry sis." Garfield stuffed his hands into his pockets. "He was asking for it."

M'gan let out another sigh. "But sometimes you just need to let things go. It's not good to always have people watching you." She hugged her mid section as they walked past a group of people. "Sometimes it's better to just blend in."

"But you always complain that your different." Garfield looked at his older sister curiously. They may not have been related by blood, but since his mom died he had been living with her and her uncle. He always thought she wanted to be like everyone else, but she never tried to be like everyone else. "Maybe you should try something different. Hey, isn't your game launching today?"

M'gan smiled a bit. "Yeah it is. But the launch isn't for another two and a half hours. Although I guess I could go early and set up my character. Start leveling her up." She smiled remembering the fun she had had during the Beta-testing. Justice League: Dawn of Justice had been her first RPG, and it had shown. But players didn't shun her for her inexperience, they helped her out. And when she noticed some glitches and faults in the game people accepted her more. It was the first time she felt like she belonged somewhere.

"Then let's go." Garfield grabbed M'gan's hand and began running down the road.

"Gar! Slow down!" M'gan laughed as they ran down the road towards their house. They got to the house and cried out as they both forgot about the hose in the grass and tripped. "See. You should be more careful." M'gan helped her little brother up and dusted him off. "Come on. I'm sure uncle J'on has been wondering where we have been."

"He's probably still at work M'gan." Garfield held the door open as he and M'gan walked into the house. "Can I make dinner tonight?"

M'gan shook her head. "No Gar. It's leftover night anyway." She kicked her shoes off and made her way to her room. "Come get me when uncle J'on gets home. I'm going to start up my game and try to get my character done." She waved to the green haired boy as he reached up for the cookie jar in the kitchen.

M'gan set her bag down beside her door and walked over to her bedside table where her TeleGear and game were. She opened the game and loaded the cartridge into the gear. "Now, you load up as I see what homework I have to finish." M'gan picked up her bag before sitting down at her desk. She pulled her notes out and began looking over them.

It was a few minutes before her TeleGear beeped out a tune, it was ready to play. M'gan jumped out of her seat and went over to her bed. She picked her gear up and set it on her head before laying down. The gear would intercept the electrical pulses from her brain that would move her body to instead move her character's body. So her physical body would become temporarily paralyzed as she played, so it was best to be lying down while playing. "Game Start!" M'gan spoke when the command screen came up on her visor.

She smiled as she closed her eyes and a stream of color and light played out across her digital eyes. This was her favorite part, the connecting. That moment where she loses feeling of her physical body, her bed and clothes, and she would start feeling her digital self, her clothes and the charged air around her.

A new screen came up in front of her, a blue screen that floated in front of her. It read, "Welcome player!" Below it was a question. "Do you have an account?" M'gan tapped the yes button. She had been told that since she had been a beta-tester she would get a special in game prize. Another screen came up and asked her to log in. M'gan used her beta-testing username and passcode.

Another screen popped up as digital confetti fell down around her. "Welcome back M'gan M'orze! Oops, sorry Miss Martian." M'gan laughed at the message as another came up. "Your beta prize is 'Secret identity' unlocked. This ability isn't unlocked till your character becomes level 100. But you get it now as a level 1!" M'gan was very excited, not so much for having to start at square one, but to have such a wonderful ability so soon. She had just gotten it during the beta-testing. 'Secret Identity' meant that people couldn't unmask her. Only herself or an admin could do that. She cheered at her prize as a new message popped up. "Would you like to keep your character or create a new character?"

M'gan looked in the mirror at her character. She wore blue booties with a blue skirt, white shirt and blue cape. Her red haired flowed free and a blue mask covered her eyes. She looked back at the option screen. She took a deep breath as she pressed create new.

The room turned black as the character creation screen came up along with another message. "Are you sure? Creating a new character would delete current character." M'gan pressed yes before she could change her mind. The screen vanished as a larger control panel came up, it was time to create her character.

The first screen came up, "Human, Meta, or Alien?" M'gan scrolled over to the Alien box. She had heard from other testers that not many people picked Alien. She kind of liked being different sometimes. "Are you sure? You won't be able to change." M'gan selected yes again to move on to the next screen. "Which Race?" She scrolled through the races of Aliens.

Tamaranians were warriors, they had high strength stats and the flight ability. They also had a weapon called star bolts and the ability to learn other languages through kissing. M'gan scrolled past it, she didn't want to be that kind of player.

Next was Kryptonians, another Warrior class. This one also had high strength stats and the flight ability. This one also had high speed stats, but a weakness to an ore called Kryptonite. She moved on to the next, keeping Kryptonian in mind.

Gordanian Was next, and she skipped right over it once she saw the lizard.

Next on the scroll was Martian. The green skin was a bit of a turn off, but it was listed as a Shapshifter. Martian had high strength and telepathy stats as well as telekinesis. She smiled as she saw flight and camouflage listed as starting abilities. The weakness to fire was a bit of a downfall, but a later skill was density shifting, and the explanation told her it would let her walk through walls. She scrolled to the next, wondering if anything could top Martian.

Last on the list was Guardian, a Sentinal class little blue skinned garden gnome. She went back to the Martian.

M'gan smiled as she selected Martian and moved passed the confirmation screen and onto the creation screen. She reached up and selected female. The next option was selecting either White Martian or Green Martian. White Martian gave her better stats, but if she showed her White Martian form in a fight, enemies would get and extra 10% power increase. She selected White Martian and accepted that she could handle the risk. Next was picking hair color, auburn, eye color, burgundy, and outfit, the exact same as her previous character, but no mask this time.

She clicked finished and moved onto the last screen. "What is your hero name?" M'gan typed in her old hero name, smiling when it showed it was still available. "Welcome to Justice League: Dawn of Justice, Miss Martian."

~Dick~

Dick hoped out of the car and raced up the stairs to the manor. He opened the door and ran towards his room. "Where's the fire?" Dick stopped and looked down towards Bruce. The Billionaire chuckled at his ward's attitude. "Your game in on your bed. But set a timer. We have a benefit tonight."

"You going to vanish halfway through again?" Dick asked with a raised eyebrow. He could never remember seeing Bruce stay for an entire event. He would be there at the beginning and at the end, but he would vanish in between. He was probably with some woman, most likely Selina.

Bruce frowned. "You notice huh?" The boy gave him a nod. He sighed as he stuck his hands in his pockets. "These events is the best time to do business. I don't mean to leave you alone."

Dick shrugged in response. "Maybe I should come with you. Learn the business." He noticed Bruce tense a bit at his request. "Or when I'm older. It's up to you anyway." Dick left the conversation at that and went to his room. He shut the door and threw his bag down by his desk as he made his way over to his bed. He picked his game up and got the cartridge out before slipping it into his gear. "Now to wait for the load. Wonder if Babs got the game?" He pulled out his phone and shot a text to his best friend, Barbara Gordon.

A few seconds later his phone buzzed with a text. "No. Sold out by the time my number came up. I know you got one, you beta-tester. :P" Dick chuckled. Of course Babs would tease him about that. She hadn't qualified for the testing either. "Have fun in there. And you are so gonna have to tell me all about it tomorrow."

Dick shot her back a text. "Will do. Talk after the launch." He set his phone down and he went back to his beeping gear, the download was done. He set the gear onto his head before laying back. "Game Start!"

The connection began and his eyes closed as he lost feeling of his body and the outside world. He came up to a black room with a screen in front of him. "Welcome Player! Do you have an account?" Dick smirked as he logged in, time to get his beta prize. Confetti fell around him as another screen popped up. "Welcome back Dick Greyson! Oops, I mean Robin. Your beta prize is 'Secret identity' unlocked. This ability isn't unlocked till your character becomes level 100. But you get it now as a level 1!" Dick cheered loudly, this was one hard ability to get. It took him so long to get it, and now he had it at level 1! "Would you like to keep your character or create a new character?"

Dick looked at his character in the mirror. He smirked, not having seen his character in 6 months. It still looked perfect to him. Black spandex pant, red and black top, yellow utility belt, black cape with yellow underside, and a domino mask on his face. He reached over and selected 'Keep Character'. He then selected 'Yes' on the confirmation question, there was nothing for him to change.

The screen turned black again as a single screen popped up. "Welcome to Justice League: Dawn of Justice, Robin."

~Wally~

Wally was up in his room as soon as he got home. His mother said she would get him when dinner was almost ready. So he had till dinner to get his character fixed and play a bit. He laughed a bit as the connection screen came up and he was sucked into the game.

He typed his log in as soon as the prompt screen came up. "Welcome back Wally West! I mean Flash Jr." Wally deflated a bit, he needed to change the name. Just his hero name, his identity name was fine. It was true that it wasn't smart to use your real name, but no one could know it was actually his real name. He could be using his best friend's name for all they knew.

Confetti fell around him as a new screen came up. "Your beta prize is 'Secret identity' unlocked. This ability isn't unlocked till your character becomes level 100. But you get it now as a level 1!" Wally nodded as he tapped past the message. "Would you like-" Wally tapped create new character before the message even finished, and tapped past the confirmation just as fast.

He knew exactly what he wanted, so the creating went quickly. Meta, super speed, red hair, green eyes, spandex suit with pull up mask, yellow on top and red on bottom, but this time he gave himself goggles, they looked cool. He then found the flash emblem and stuck it on the chest of the suit. Now it was done.

Wally smiled as he looked over his character stats and design. He reached up and tapped the confirm button on the drop menu in front of him. "What is your hero name?" Wally typed out his new name happily, especially when it showed that it was still available. The screen went black as the game finally began. "Welcome to Justice League: Dawn of Justice, Kid Flash."

~Artemis~

Artemis looked around the corner at the door of her building. There, with a ball cap and shades, stood her father. He seemed to be glaring at the door, as if it would open on it's own. She sighed as she Mae her way to the back of the building. It looked like she was getting in through the fire escape again.

She secured her backpack before reaching up and gripping the brick wall by her fingertips. She pulled her self up and climbed till she reached the first landing. She shook out her hands, she hadn't had to do that for anything but fun in a while. She quickly climbed up the stairs till she reached her fourth floor window and climbed in.

"You still doing that?" Artemis looked over at her sister's bed. Jade was lounging and reading a magazine.

Artemis kicked her shoes off as she shrugged her bag off. "Wouldn't have to if dad wasn't waiting at the front door of the building." She noticed her sister tense and curse as she dropped the magazine onto the bed. "I'll let mom know." Artemis picked up her shoes as she walked out of their shared room. "Hey mom."

"Artemis? How did you get in? Did you use the fire escape again?" Artemis' mom rolled out of the kitchen in her wheelchair. She fixed her daughter with a stern look. "You remember what the tenant said about using it like that?"

"Yes I do mom. But dad was at the front door." She dropped her shoes at the entrance and turned to go back to her room. "I'm plugging in. The launch is in an hour and a half and I want to get settled in early. I'll set a timer and be out in 30 for dinner." She gave her mother a kiss on the forehead as she walked past. The woman had frozen when Artemis had told her her father was outside the building.

Artemis got into her room and found her sister missing. She was probably outside getting rid of their father, or she was gone again, either way she wasn't in the room. Artemis plugged her gear in and turned it on, sitting it on her lap as it downloaded. She looked around the room, it hadn't changed much since she was a child. Her sister's side still had an Alice in Wonderland poster, and her's had a tiger poster. IT was the same, just like their family relations.

Her helmet beeped as it finished downloading. She put it on and laid down, saying "Game Start" as she did. The connection pulled her into the virtual world. A screen came up in front of her. "Welcome Player! Do you have an account?" Artemis typed out her beta account log in and pressed enter. Confetti fell around her as another screen came up. "Welcome back Artemis Crook! Oops, I mean Artemis. Your beta prize is 'Secret identity' unlocked. This ability isn't unlocked till your character becomes level 100. But you get it now as a level 1!"

Artemis cheered, it took her almost the entire test period to get Secret Identity. Another screen came up as well as a mirror. "Would you like to keep your character or create a new character?" Artemis looked in the mirror and smiled at the green clad female archer. She reached over and tapped 'Keep Character'. She confirmed her choice and smiled as the screen turned black and the welcome screen came up. "Welcome to Justice League: Dawn of Justice, Artemis."

~Conner~

Conner was back on his bed before his helmet finished it's little song after it finished downloading. He sat it on top of his head and laid back. "Game Start." He spoke with his eyes closed, already expecting the connection.

"Welcome Player! Do you have an account?" Conner read the screen before typing in his username and passcode from the beta testing. He ignored the confetti as another message popped up. "Welcome back Conner Kent! Oops, I mean Super Boy. Your beta prize is 'Secret identity' unlocked. This ability isn't unlocked till your character becomes level 100. But you get it now as a level 1!"

Conner cheered a bit on the inside. Secret Identity was a very useful skill. That meant he could keep his hero work and civilian life separate. He had been found out in the beta test along with a few other characters during the evil superman level. Vampire Batman had used some weird ability to make them all reveal their identity. He would have to watch out for that this time. Since it would work on characters with Secret Identity as well.

Another screen popped up and caught his attention. "Would you like to keep your character or create a new character?" Conner paused as he looked at his character. He had black combat boots, dark blue combat pants, and a black T-shirt with Superman's S shield on it. No mask, no cape, and no tights. He thought for a moment. Did he want to change his look? Look more like Superman?

Conner shook his head as he tapped 'Keep Character' and confirmed his answer. This was his character, he had accomplished a lot with it. So he would keep it.

The screen went black as it moved to the main welcome screen. "Welcome to Justice League: Dawn of Justice, Super Boy."

~Kaldur~

Kaldur sighed as he made his way towards the lighthouse on top of the cliff. His dad was a researcher, and the lighthouse was his lab, and their house. It wasn't the strangest house, that would have been the one that was actually built into a cliff back in Washington state.

He looked out over the ocean with a smile. Water could always calm him. He turned away and entered the house. "Father? I'm home." Kaldur took his shoes off and went over to the laundry room. He threw his wet clothes and towel into the washer and started it. "Father?" Kaldur called again when he didn't get a response.

He walked out of the laundry room and explored the house. He didn't find his father, but he found a note on the fridge. 'Went out to speak with a friend. Be back soon. Dinner in the fridge.' Kaldur opened the fridge and found a container of potatoes and meatloaf. So I am alone tonight." He put the food back in the fridge and made his way up to his room.

He left his door open and sat down on his bed. He picked up his helmet and smiled when he saw the cartridge was already docked and the game loaded. His father probably did it for him when the game arrived this morning. "Thank you, father." Kaldur slid the helmet on, he could eat later. "Game Start."

Kaldur smiled as the connection lights faded and a screen popped up before him. "Welcome Player! Do you have an account?" He typed out his log in and pressed enter. Confetti fell around him and another screen came up. "Welcome back Kaldur Waters! Oops, I mean Aqua Lad. Your beta prize is 'Secret identity' unlocked. This ability isn't unlocked till your character becomes level 100. But you get it now as a level 1!"

Kaldur smiled as the prize came up. He had also been one of the first 100th beta-testers to sign in, which is how he had been able to chose an Atlantean as his character race. Only the first 100 got that option, and it wasn't going to be available in the released game. Another screen came up along with a mirror. "Would you like to keep your character or create a new character?"

Kaldur pressed 'Keep Character' without hesitation. It would probably give him away as a beta-tester, but he didn't care. Being an Atlantean allowed him to control water and breath underwater. He was not giving that up. Plus he liked his character.

The screen faded once more as a final speech screen came up. "Welcome to Justice League: Dawn of Justice, Aqua Lad."

And it starts! Yay!

So this story was originally part of my Young Justice Previews story, but I got bit by a writing bug and this is what I wanted to write. So it's coming out early. :)

I'm just guessing a few questions you have. Yes this is an AU where their mentors didn't recruit them to be heroes. Dick doesn't know Bruce is Batman. Conner was adopted by Clark and Lois, more on that later. Wally never got super speed. Artemis doesn't know her parents were/are villains. M'gan doesn't know she is a Martian, more on that later. And Kaldur lives on land, more on that later. Everything will be explained in detail in one of the coming chapters.

For now, let me know what you think of this story idea and first chapter.