Getting kidnapped to find a superhero is not the best idea I could've come up with, considering it earned me a large bump on my head, but hey it worked.

I woke up to the sounds of fighting; if you could even call it that. It was pretty much one sided. It only took a minute or two for the superhero to subdue the three men. After Green Arrow successfully knocked out all of the goons, he untied the rope around my wrists and helped me to my feet.

"Alright kid, you are lucky I was passing by and found you. Young girls like you should really be more careful about walking around at night." He scolded.

"Umm actually…," my shy interruption went unnoticed.

"Anyway the cops will be here in a few minutes, so I'll stay with you until they get here." The sound of sirens confirmed the archer's words, but my problem was larger than the police could handle.

"Green Arrow!" I practically shouted at him, nerves putting an edge on my voice. "Thank you for saving me, but I have another favor to ask of you."

He raised an eyebrow quizzically, but gestured for me to continue.

I took a shaky breath hoping I wouldn't be shot down, "I need help from the Justice League. S-something is happening to me and I need your help to control it."

Both eyebrows shot up at my request; obviously civilians didn't often ask to see heroes for my reason. "Are you in danger? You could go to the police…"

"No! No nothing like that." I sighed, "It might be easier to show you." I walked over to a nearby street lamp (those stupid kidnappers didn't even take me into an alley! It's a miracle GA even found me on a light street) stopping over the shadow that was being cast over some trash cans, I turned to see if the hero was still watching me. He was. "OK here goes." Green Arrows' eyes widened behind his mask, as I slowly sank into the shadows.

"Whoa, what-? Hey do you want some help getting out of there?" his second question was directed at the way I was grabbing the trash can and trying, unsuccessfully, to pull myself back up.

"Sure that would be great." I accepted the hand that was being offered to me, "I've never been completely underneath before." When my feet were safely planted back on solid pavement I breathed out a sigh of relief. What I had told GA wasn't really true; I'd seen what is in the shadow world and I didn't like it, but I wasn't ready to let anyone know that just yet.

"I'll have to talk with the other members before I can promise you anything, but I'm sure we'll be able to help you… Sorry, what's your name?"

I smiled for the first time that night, "Ava Walker."

It had been two days since my encounter with Green Arrow, and still no word from him. I tried to keep my mind on anything else besides my new mysterious powers, but sadly nothing could distract me for long. Throwing down my pencil, I turned away from my homework and started throwing darts at the homemade cardboard target on my wall. After making two in the second smallest ring, a rush of air flew past my head through my open window. A green arrow, with a note attached, was stuck in the middle of the bull's-eye. After catching my breath (having an arrow fly a foot next to your head is scary), I untied the note and began to read.

Ava,

The Justice League has thought about your situation and has decided it is best to help you to control your powers by training you. Tomorrow morning at 6am there will be a car waiting to pick you up to take you to the Hall of Justice.

Green Arrow

P.S nice shot

The note was typed except for the last part, which GA had probably added at the last minute. I smiled as I folded and hid the note.

After hopping in bed I felt a huge sense of relief and calm that I haven't felt since I discovered my powers. The feeling stayed with me until I drifted into a peaceful sleep.

The next morning I got ready for my little trip to meet some super heroes. Yawning, I grabbed a pear and wrote a note to my parents telling them I would be out with friends all day. The sound of a car coming to a stop in front of my house sent me scurrying out the door.

A man stepped out of the silver Honda, "Hello miss Walker. My name is Aaron; I'll be your driver this morning."

I shook his hand, "Hi Aaron, just call me Ava."

"OK Ava, you ready to go?"

"Sure, let's get started."

It was a couple hours to DC so I slept most of the way (waking up at 5 in the morning does not agree with teenagers). Aaron woke me up when we were 10 minutes away from the hall.

Aaron gave me instructions as I got out of the car, "Catherine Colbert will take you to a waiting room. You'll recognize her? "

"Yeah, she's the public liaison right?"

"That's correct."

"Thanks for the ride Aaron."

"Of course," Aaron put the car in drive, "Have a nice day miss Ava."

I started up the path to the hall mumbling as I walked, "What's with the 'miss' stuff?"

Just like Aaron said Catherine met me at the entrance of the building and led me to a room with a long table and a couple chairs around it. After being told that someone would be with me shortly, I sat down and took a few deep breaths to calm my rising nerves. A few minutes passed before the two people came into the room. Black Canary and a man named John Jones introduced themselves to me (my earlier thought that I would be meeting superheroes wasn't wrong).

"So Ava, what can you tell us about these powers of yours?" Black Canary asked me gently.

After taking a few seconds to collect my thoughts I began telling her everything I knew so far "Well it all started about a month ago. The first time only my feet sank into the ground and I thought I was going crazy, but within a week every time I stepped into a dark shadow I would slowly fall through it."

I paused when I noticed the two adults exchange a look. The man seemed to nod as if he was somehow confirming my story.

"At first I was a little excited and nervous, but then…" I paused unsure of how to continue.

"Did you see something that scared you?" the man prompted me.

"I didn't tell Green Arrow the truth," I blurted out, "I got curious and looked in the shadow world and it was horrible." The words started pouring out of my mouth faster and faster. "Everything was in shades of black and white, and time seemed to flow differently. There were these creatures that were moving so fast, but I could see their every movement like they were waking in slow motion. I could hear these terrible screams."

I was trembling now and my eyes were starting to tear up. Canary put her hand on my shoulder "Don't worry Ava, we can help you here. We can train you to be able to control your powers so you won't have to go back to that place."

"No," I said and looked her in the eyes, "I want to be able to face my fears and go back there. I want to be trained."