eh, I was feeling angsty
Disclaimer: Don't own Young Justice!
Kid Artemis :Pov
It has been two weeks. Two weeks since Jade left. Daddy was furious when she left, he punished me a lot more often. His fists coming down on me over and over, telling me to not be like my sister, to not run away too. I have the bruises, and this new cast to prove it.
It's wrapped in green, my favorite color. None of the kids at school wanted to sign it; I don't think they really like me, so I took a marker wrote my name over and over on it.
Artemis
Artemis
Artemis
Jade told me that I was named after a goddess hunt, animals, wilderness, and childbirth. That she was good at relieving disease in women; she was hunter carrying a bow and arrows. When I asked her why she carried the bow and arrows, she said that it was because Daddy had plans for me. I didn't understand completely what Dad did when she told me that.
That was when Mom wasn't in jail. I miss her, she used to keep Daddy from hurting me like he does now. But if it did happen, afterwards she would hug me and brush my hair. She would read me Alice in Wonderland, and put me to bed. She would wipe away my tears. I miss her.
And hate Jade now! If she had never left, it Daddy wouldn't be so bad. Maybe then Daddy wouldn't have been right after all about bows; he has started teaching me to shoot it. To shoot to kill. He teaches me a lot of things now. How to fight, how go days without eating, how to never cry. That you betrayed us.
But I still miss Jade. I write letters to her, just like the ones I send to Mom. I put them under a loose floor board in our room, it used to be Jade and I's 'hidey hole'. I put lots if things into here, Zorro, my bear so Daddy won't take it, My Alice in wonderland book, a picture of my family before Mom went to jail.
It is late now, It think Daddy might even be asleep. But I can't sleep. I miss Jade's snoring across the room, her clothes in our closet, her telling what I should do. her bed hasn't been touched since she left. I stared at it for a while, and the poster above it. Alice in wonderland. I wish I was her, falling down a whole into a confusing but better place. Maybe I will get lucky.
I crawled out of my bed with its green sheets, and into Jade's purple ones. It still smells like her, flowers and metal. Kinda like mommy. But her pillow is lumpy! I lifted it to fix it, and I found a surprise. It was a small jewelry box. It was green and blue, covered with polka dots. I opened and, and first there was a letter:
Happy late/early Birthday. Stay strong sis.
-Jade
It wasn't going to be my birthday for another two months, but I opened up the rest anyway. Next in the box was a pair of green arrow earrings, and necklace. It had a little head of the mad hatter's. He had his big purple hat and poofy red and huge grin of his face. There was Another note:
I hope you find a guy that's mad for you and that will get you to lighten up a little more. Sorry for sound cliche'
I smiled, shoved everything back in the box and hugged it me. I dived under Jade's covers, smiling. But even though daddy trained me to never, ever do this, I couldn't help but cry.
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That's all folks! Meep Meep!\
KKA