Free to be Me

by RogueJade

Artemis knows that the life she lives shouldn't be right, but it's all she knows. When she's lead into a trap that causes her to meet the team, will she them in in time to save her life? Can she be saved? Will she let herself be saved? (AN: i suck a summaries obviously, but please read and review)

1. Prologue

Free to be Me

RogueJade

Prologue

You know that feeling? The one that tells you, "This isn't you. You could be so much more." And most of the time, you can't tell if it's positive or not. Because of who I was raised to be who I should be is the best at what my family does, even if it nags at the back of my mind that it isn't right. I was raised to do the unspeakable. I was taught to embrace the darkness.

This shouldn't have been. I could have been more, but the thing is…I didn't know how much more until he saved me. He saved me from myself and my self-destructive way of life. The only life I knew until him. It wasn't just him though. It was, at first, the man who should have been my father; the man that I should have accepted so much sooner.

I realize now that I was so misguided. So tainted so early on. I'm surprised they were able to drag me from the border of hell before I made that last step towards the darkness brought on by ending another life. I'm overjoyed that they were able to pull me away from the Shadows, and so grateful, because I gave them no reason to save me.

Because of what they did for me, I will take the abilities instilled in me and use them for others. Maybe I can save someone from the brink. I can only hope that I will be able to repay what they did.

Wally…Uncle Ollie… I start now. By telling the story of my rebirth. The rebirth that freed me. Made me free to be me.