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**Image credit: gabzillaz****

Summary: When a young Green Lantern (OC) is transported to a dimension against her will. Things get interesting when she discovers she's not the only defender of Earth.But as time passes, hope dwindles and she must learn to handle a world full of new and different superheroes. Can she learn to start over? And who the heck are Batman and Robin?

A Ripple in Time

Waking up strapped to a table was not how Xylia Jordan wanted to wake up. To be honest, if this hadn't been a daily occurrence, she probably would have been scared out of her mind. But this wasn't her first time. Looking around the room as she struggled against the straps, she could see she was inside some kind of small room. 'Great, Dad's gone pretty insane this time'. A girl could only take so much before she started to know the drill of what was expected of her when she woke up to these kinds of things. And with that, Xylia started to work on the arm straps only to realize these weren't the usual kind.

Instead of leather straps, it was metal. Metal that kept her legs straight, wrists near her hips and no wand in sight. Xylia was stumped. Her father always left her wand nearby but today it seemed like besides the possible see through glass on the wall to the right of the table, linoleum floors, a door in the far right corner next to the mirror, a television box mounted on the left corner and the table she was on. There wasn't much for her to work with. It was never fun figuring out what to do next. 'Like waking up in the middle of a Jungle in South America, boy that had been fun trying to escape'. Just as she was beginning to contemplate the use of her secret weapon the television mounted on the corner of the room turned on. A bald man in a white lab coat with glasses came into view.

"You must be wondering why I brought you here today, Xylia."

There was a pause after he spoke and when Xylia lifted what she could of her head off the table she noticed a flashing light next to the television. 'Great, there's a camera on the T.V., must be equipped with some kind of audio communication or something. Gotta be how he knew I woke up'. Before she could test her theory, the man spoke again.

"I'll save you the trouble. Yes, there's a communicator on this television. No, your wand is not with you."

Eyes focusing away from the communicator back to the man on the box, Xylia glared at the man before angrily responding.

"Dad, seriously. What the heck is going on! Where's my wand and why am I strapped to a table?" Shaking what she could of her body in a useless attempt to escape.

The man in the box, her father, simply grinned at her, pushed up his glasses with his finger before bothering to answer her questions. As soon as she saw the simile all body movements stopped. Her dad never smiled. Not to her. Not since he discovered she wasn't a normal person anymore, a wall had come between them the second he realized his daughter was a witch.

Face beaming with pride and determination, her father angled his face down to sneer at her. "I've finally come up with a final solution to your kind."

'Say what now?' Xylia's mouth fell open.

"When your mother proudly described to me what a joy it was to have a witch in the family again after she herself had been a so called squib. I saw you for what you really were, Xylia. A curse."

"Dad! You can't-" The man continued on not caring about the girls objections, instead he raised his voice to drown out her protests.

"When your mother explained to me that would happen in the future and when she die in that car accident just a few months later. I knew. The police will never figure it out. But I knew from your face. Those car brakes didn't break down because of age, you caused it Xylia! You killed the woman I loved and now I'm going to get rid of you!"

"IT WAS AN ACCIDENT!" Roared Xylia, tears threatening to spill from her eyes, "I lost control! I never meant for it to happen!"

She remembered that day clearly; she was just a kid for crying out loud! She had seen Santa from out the car's window and begged her mom to stop so she could tell him what she wanted for Christmas. Her mother was too busy on the phone talking to her dad to really understand her. But Xylia didn't care. She wanted the car to stop. Which had lead to the strongest feelings ever in her young life, which in turn led to the worse day of her life.

A table could be heard being slammed on from the television's speakers, "I don't care what you think happened! You are solely responsible for what happened, end of story." Her father continued to rant on about her very existence being a cancer to his life, when she figured enough was enough. She needed back up. This wasn't going to end pretty. Squeezing her right fist together she felt for the only thing that could save her now; the ring on her middle finger. Once she felt it she quickly recited an oath she had engrained to memory.

"In brightest day, in blackest night…"

"Just what in the world are you mumbling about you freak?"

"No evil shall escape my sight…"

"You think you can ignore me!"

"Let those who worship evil's might…"

"Answer me now!"

"Beware my power, Green Lanterns light!"

The man stood dumb founded as he watched through the surveillance monitor the events unfolding in the room, a bright green light covering the girl on the table. The light intensified to a point where he had to shield his eyes. 'What the hell is going on here!' A large boom echoed through the monitor's speakers. Only the sounds of metal being torn apart caused him to drop his hands and gasp at the sight in the front of him. Where his freak of a daughter once laid trapped, a glowing green girl stood hovering in the middle of the room. "Impossible, you can't be…"

"A Green Lantern? Tough luck dad, cause I am and have been one for over a year now." Ignoring her father, Xylia used her ring to fully search the room. When the ring's glow reached the door, it was a huge let down to realize it was painted on. 'Great, a fake door. Looks like I-'

"Hal Jordan to Xylia. Do you copy? I repeat Hal Jordan to Xylia, please respond."

"Hal?" Xylia was confused, why was Hal trying to reach her? He knew about her father's crazy experiments. How he was always trying to see what a magical person was capable of. He wasn't too thrilled to have discovered this was the kind of relationship she had with her dad. She could still remember the huge argument she had with Hal about her dad. More importantly how he had described her relationship as no better than an abuse victim defending her abuser, that for her own emotional and physical safety, she needed to let him go. Since she refused to see it from Hal's point of view, he normally left her alone when her dad called.

Until recently, she had always thought this was the only way to reconnect with her estranged scientific father. How wrong she turned out to be.

She could hear Hal's relieved sigh coming from the ring. "Kid, don't ever go missing on me like that again."

"Hal what are you-"

"6 hours ago from when we were supposed to have met for training young lady. I was about to call in back up from John and Guy when Salaak alerted me that your ring was activated not too long ago." Shocked, Xylia switched her gaze from her ring back to the television. But her father was nowhere in sight. 'Strange'. "Any who, where are you? Do you need back up? Salaak is working on getting your location via your suit's tracking device."

"Funny story actually."

"One that I'm afraid he will unfortunately never hear."

Head snapping back to the television, Xylia could see her father was back within view of the television holding… a dead man's switch?

"Who's that? Kid is that your father?"

"Mhm."

"Enough with the chit chat! It's time I finally got rid of you."

"What's this old timer talking about?" Hal's frantic tone wasn't lost on her. Xylia's domino mask narrowed at her father's Cheshire simile. "No idea Hal, but it looks like I'm going to need back up after all."

"Acknowledge, Kilowog, and I are already on route. Salaak sent us to the lower parts of the U.S. when you tracker indicated so… looks like your pops has you somewhere underground. Salaak can't get a fix, but we know you're in New Orleans. So hold tight. I'm on my way."

"Are you done wasting any more of mine?" Giving her father the best glare she could muster she switched from hovering over the debris of metal on the floor to actually standing on it when her dad pressed the small switch. "You see sweetheart, I can't have your friends interrupting our time together. When else are we going to have father-daughter moments like these?"

"Go to hell you jerk! I can't believe I didn't see through your lies!"

"People see what they want to see, freak. If one is so willing to stand abuse for the sake of a relationship… who am I to deny them the torture?"

"What would mom think of you now!"

Rage filled the man at the mention of his late wife. "I won't ever know because of you! You selfish bitch!"

"Xylia, don't listen to him. Think of how we met. Kilowog and I are almost there and Salaak now has your coordinates. Hold tight!"

"I think not!"

A sudden explosion rocked the room, causing the young lantern to cry out in pain as she was jerked to the floor. A large portal opening behind her where the glass use to be.

"You see I found a way to create a rip in our universe that can open just long enough to have someone go through. And today, Xylia, you're my lucky test subject."

Ignoring Hal's demands to explain the situation, Xylia used her ring to create a barrier bubble around herself and anchor it to the floor. "Can't talk now Hal. This thing is pulling me in."

"Rookie you tell me what's going on now!"

Focusing on making sure she didn't get pulled in, Xylia could see from the corner of her eye her father's amused and excited face at what he was watching. Oh no. He's not going to get what he wants. Not this time. Repeating the Green Lantern's oath to renew her mental willpower, it was when the stake that kept her nailed to the ground that started to wiggle, did she panic.

"Haaaal…"

"I'm here, Xylia! Racing towards you as we speak. Looks like-"

And that was the last thing she would ever hear from Hal Jordan. A sudden explosion shook the room and to her horror… the floor started to rip apart and enter into the portal. Taking along with it the stake she had tied her protective bubble to. As she entered the portal, the final thing that reached her ears was her father's laughter cut off by a loud smack.

He was late.

Earth's mightiest protector had failed to rescue his protégé.

Hal Jordan stood numbly against a crumbled wall of a steel room; eyes sweeping over were Xylia was held captive. He could see the destroyed portal that had absorbed the young lantern. Fists clenched, Hal turned around to face the cries of a man he had been ignoring behind him for the past hour. Kilowog was using his ring to hold up Xylia's father up in the air as John Stewart and Guy Gardner continued their interrogation.

John had his arms folded against chest, waiting for his turn as Guy shouted at the bald man. "Where is she!"

"We already went over this you moron! I don't know where she went. I hope that freak ends up dead."

Faster than anyone could react to stop him (however no one would later blame him for losing control); Hal rushed over to the man and punched him with all his strength. He could still feel the blood pounding in his ears as John and Guy lead him away from the furious man, blood dripping at his mouth. 'Must have broken some teeth. Good.'

Spitting out the blood from his mouth, Otis glared at the green lantern that punched him and bit back a retort as the large… thing brought him face to face with it. He was taken back by the amount of anger this thing could emit. "Listen up, you poozer. You may not have loved that kid…but that little girl is like family to me and those guys over there, so you are going to tell us what you did and this is not up for negotiation."

Author's Note:

And that's all she wrote! Thanks for reading guys. Incase you were wondering… I don't actually know much about the Green Lanterns Corp in general (***hides***) but I've seen some pretty cool stories about future or even different batfamily members ending up in the YJ universe on this site. And after some thought I was like 'Why not have a Daddy!Lantern story :O?'

But don't worry! Hal and Guy's personality is based off the Green Lantern the Animated Series (Which you should totally watch BTW!). John is from the JL Series (Another awesome show). And the Green lantern wiki has become my newest best friend XD. So I'm definitely going to do my best to get the info right.

Incase you were wondering:

*Hal is Xylia's main mentor. The others are kind of like brothers to her.

*Besides Hal and Kilowog, the others have actually only known Xylia for 6 months. Hal because he was there when she got her ring and Kilowog because he was her basic's instructor.