Read The Lone Hero trilogy and the Order on Its Own trilogy first before reading this.

I decided to start this since it's the season! Plus, I can make it a Christmas fanfic!


Children:

Dick and Zatanna Grayson - Roe Grayson (age 4) and Hailey Grayson (age 1).

Kaldur'ahm/Jackson Hyde and Raquel Ervin-Hyde - Parker Hyde (age 5).

Conner Kent/Kon-El and Megan Kent/M'gann M'orzz - Kurt Kent/K'rtt M'orzz/Kur-El (age 6) and Karen Marie Kent/K'renn M'ree M'orzz/Kar-El (age 4).

Wally and Artemis West - Jai West (age 5), Irey West (age 5) and Daisey West (age 2).

Tim Drake and Cassie Sandsmark-Drake - Jason Drake (age 2) and Ruby Drake (age 1).

Barbara Gordon-Young and Sam Young - Lillianna Young (age 4).

Bruce and Selina Wayne - Lena Wayne (age 7).


Ages:

Zatanna, 29.

Dick, 29.

Wally, 31.

Artemis, 30.

Kaldur'ahm, 31.

Raquel, 30.

Conner, 31 (physically) 14 (chronologically).

Megan, 31 (physically).

Barbara, 28.

(Wow, the Team is getting old!)

Theo/Fero, 17.

Kayra/Kira, 18.


Disclaimer: I don't own Young Justice but I do own Fero/Theo Torani and Kayra/Kira Torani.


Tales of a Baby Bird

Prologue:

Roe stood with her preschool class on stage and scratched her head. She wasn't keen on public performances but she looked into the crowd and saw her parents smiling at her with her sleeping 1-year-old sister in their mother's arms. The piano started and Roe became very tense. She opened her mouth and quietly let out the lyrics.

"Away in a manger, no crib for a bed,
The little Lord Jesus laid down his sweet head.
The stars in the night sky looked down where he lay,
The little Lord Jesus asleep in the hay.
The cattle are lowing, the baby awakes,
But little Lord Jesus no crying he makes,"

Dick and Zatanna smiled as they watched their oldest daughter sing with her class during her preschool's Christmas show. Zatanna had Hailey Grayson, the latest addition to the family, in her arms as the toddler slept and Dick held the video camera to record the moment for her grandparents since they were watching their own daughter's Christmas play. Then came the time for Roe's solo...

The 4-year-old girl stepped forward and nervously took hold of the tinsel-wrapped microphone. She looked to her parents and they gave her reassuring smiles. The piano started and Roe tried to block out all the people looking her way.

"S-s-said th-the..." she gulped "n-night w-wind t-t-to the l-l-l..."

Roe looked across the audience and felt her bladder weaken. Not wanting to wet herself on stage, she suddenly rushed off stage and out of the main hall. Zatanna and Dick looked at each other before rushing after their oldest child.


Dick waited outside of the girls' bathroom with Hailey while Zatanna tried to console Roe. The 4-year-old had locked herself in a stall and had finished using the toilet but refused to come out. Zatanna knelt beside the stall door and listened to her daughter's sobs.

"Roe... please come out..." Mrs. Grayson asked, gently knocking on the stall door "Both Tati and myself are very worried for you,"

"Y-You and T-Tati should ha-have gone t-to Au-Aunt-tie H-Helen-na's play..." Roe sobbed "I-I em-embarrass y-you..."

"Robyn, who told you that?" Zatanna asked.

"A-A-A boy i-in my-my c-class! H-He said his parents said I-I wa-was an-an em-embarrass-ment t-to Grandpa!"

Zatanna clenched her fist and made a note to find out who these people were later but, right now, she needed to comfort her child.

"Roe, you aren't an embarrassment. We love you so much. It pained Grandpa that he couldn't come. You're our precious baby bird and we love you more than air," she said "Why don't you come out, eh? We can go get ice-cream and go home and then watch Polar Express if you like. I'll even use my powers to do some of the tricks the waiters do with the hot chocolate, yeah?"

Zatanna heard another sniff and the sound of her daughter getting off the toilet. There was a click as Roe undid the latch and the stall door creeked as she opened it. Her sapphire blue eyes were bloodshot and her face was stained with tears. Her cheeks were red and she sniffed.

"Mamma?" she said as if she wasn't sure it was her mother but threw herself into her mother's arms when she saw it really was her "Mamma!"

Zatanna patted her daughter's back and untucked Roe's skirt from her underwear before helping her wash her hands and face.


Hailey had woken up and was sitting on the floor with her toy bunny that she referred to as "Buh-Buh" in her attempts to say "bunny". Dick was sat next to his toddler daughter as he waited for his wife to coax their older daughter out of the bathroom. The door opened and Zatanna walked out with Roe in her arms. Dick lifted Hailey into his arms and stood up.

"You take Roe and Hails to the car and I'll go get our things," he said and she nodded.

Mrs. Grayson took her toddler into her arms so she held both her children and watched her husband run off to get the pushchair, baby bag and her handbag. Zatanna looked down at her daughters' curious faces before giving them both a smile and walking off to take the way through the playground to the parking lot.

When she reached their minivan, Zatanna had a hard time getting the keys out of her pocket without putting down either of her children but managed it. She strapped Hailey into her car seat then Roe into her booster seat. To entertain her daughters, Mrs. Grayson took out the portable DVD player and put on Charlie and Lola. With Roe and Hailey all set, Zatanna slid the side door shut and ran around to the driver's seat. Dick arrived with their belongings and put them in the back before getting in.

The Grayson parents looked back at their children as they watched their favourite cartoon before Mrs. Grayson pulled out of the parking lot and onto the road.