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Chapter 1: Talking to a Cat

Dream

I was running around a garden or a greenhouse. I was excited about something. Somewhere deeper in the Garden area came a voice "HAYLEY! WHARE ARE YOU?"

"COME FIND ME AUNTIE!" I yell

"Where's my Hayley Q?" I heard a different voice this one a boy

"DADDY!" I yell running up to the man who spoke and jumping into his arms in a hug I look up into the face of the Joker. "Daddy did you break someone's head?" I ask exited

"There you are!" Harley Quinn said

"MOMMY!" I yell jumping at her

End of dream

I wake up suddenly. 'What the heck? That was one of the strangest dreams I've had in a while.' I sigh and pull out my dream Journal and write the dream in it. I sigh again as I get up and get dressed. I go down stairs to eat breakfast. I have French toast, eggs, bacon, and Hash browns. "Thanks Alfred. Hey Bruce. Hi Dick." I say between bites

"Hello Haley, did you sleep well?" Bruce asked

"I slept fine. Had a weird dream though. In it I called The Joker Dad and Harley Quinn Mom. Can you explain why my subconscious decided to make them my parents?" I say looking at Bruce who suddenly looked very tense.

"Well you see...When you were young...Harley Quinn wanted a kid... and Joker decided to kidnap one...they kidnapped you and brainwashed you into thinking you were theirs." he said his voice wavering slightly so I knew that wasn't exactly true. "Batman saved you and brought you here."

"Oh..." I say. I get up and walk away. "Hurry up Dick we're gonna be late." I call over my shoulder before racing towards the door.

School went normally with nothing really interesting happening. After school me and Dick walk out of the building to see Alfred already waiting for us. "I think I'll walk home again Alfred. I have a lot on my mind today."

"Very well. Be safe." he said and I began walking

"See you at home." I call over my shoulder as I walk around a corner. I take my usual way home muttering to myself all the questions I had. "If I was kidnapped at a very young age then why was Bruce so hesitant to tell me that? He waited until I started asking questions. Does he think I'm still brainwashed or something? It's not like he expects me to go talk to Harley Quinn for answers or something? Is it?" I jumped a little when a voice suddenly spoke to me from in an alley

"Hey kid..." I turn to see who it was and saw standing on a fire escape was Catwoman. She gasped a bit when she saw me before quickly shaking it off. "You know people will think you're crazy if you go around talking to yourself like that." she said leaning on the railing in front of her.

"Sometimes it's a good thing to be considered crazy. I talk to myself as I walk home so that people will leave me alone. It's worked for years. People seem to think that if you talk to yourself then you're dangerous. But then again it apparently doesn't always work." I said the last line to myself but she apparently heard me.

"That's interesting." She said looking at me like a cat would look at a trapped mouse causing me to tense "What's your name kid?" she asked me.

"No offense...But why would I tell a known criminal my name?" I say considering making a run for home.

"Don't run. I'm not going to attack you. And as for why you should tell me your name...Because I'm curious." she said and I had to resist the urge to say, 'Curiosity killed the cat' thinking that would be a bad idea

"I don't think it's a good idea to tell you my name." I say. She smiled before she spoke

"No... But then again, it's not considered a good idea to be talking to me. Is it?" she asked me

"Not really..." I said before looking at the time on my phone. "Shoot! I need to get home." I say even though I'm not needed home for another hour. Unfortunately, she saw through the lie.

"No, you don't." she said looking me in the eye. "Come on. I only asked you for your name." she said and I sigh looking around considering whether or not to answer her honestly "Don't bother lying. I can tell when someone is lying to Me." she told me looking bored

"You are creepily good at reading people." I tell her. She just continued looking bored. "Ugh fine I'll tell you my name." I say sounding annoyed. "Hi nice to meet you. My name is Haley Q. I don't know my original last name so I won't tell you it." Then I look at my phone and sigh. Bruce just sent me a text telling me to hurry home. I look back at Catwoman to see her looking at me in shock "I have to go now. Bye." I say as I start walking home. "Why did I tell her my name? Why did I even stop to talk to her?" I mutter as I text Bruce that I'm on my way.

I get home in time for dinner. "Hey Bruce. Hey Dick." I say looking around "Hi Alfred." I sit down with a sigh.

"Hello Haley. How was School?" Bruce asked

"School was fine." I say as Alfred set my dinner in front of me. "Thanks."

"Dick tells me you've been having trouble with those Bullies." He said looking at me worried as I glare at Dick.

"Yes. They didn't bug me today though. Besides as I have told Richard multiple times...I can handle it." I say causing Dick to shift uncomfortably

"Haley, you should stand up for yourself. It's not ok that these kids keep picking on you." Bruce looked at me sternly.

"The last time I stood up for myself was last year and I got detention for a week and grounded for a month." I say and he tensed.

"You can solve your problems without violence." He said calmly and I glair.

"What I did was not violent." I say in a low voice.

"You exploded the chemistry lab!" He exclaimed. "It took three months to rebuild!"

"So, what!" I yell. "No one got hurt! Everyone got out before the stupid thing exploded."

"That's not the point Hayley! The point is you intentionally caused that explosion!" He yelled.

I look at my half-eaten salad and stood up. "I'm going to my room. Thanks for dinner Alfred." I say as I walk out of the dining room and head for my room. I sigh as I power up my laptop. I pull up Minecraft and sigh again as I type in my password. I played for two hours before logging out and getting ready for bed. I curl up on my bed and slowly drift off to sleep.