Lol I said most of it in the summary this time. This is set before BB, Wondergirl, and the rest of the new members joined the team, but Batgirl had already been introduced and had joined.
"Alright ladies and gentlemen! This semester assignment has been decided as a musical, and what better musical then les miserables?" The Gotham academy drama teacher yelled to her half awake class, which included our favorite four young heroes, Batgirl, Artemis, Robin and Zatanna, who all jerked awake. Immediately everyone began discussing what roles they wanted, but wasn't finished just yet,
"Three of the lead roles have already been chosen, Richard Grayson!" Dick jerked awake at hearing his name. "You will be playing Marius Pontmercy, Zatanna Zatara!" Zatanna looked excited at hearing her name, she secretly loved to sing and was actually very good. "You will be playing Cosette! Barbra Gordan!" Barbra looked surprised and somewhat annoyed at the sound of her name. Singing
on stage? She wasn't horrible, but its not like she wanted to have an actual role. "You will be playing Eponine. Remember, even people who don't go to this school or even are in school will be auditioning because we are such a prestigious academy, so work hard, and good luck to our three leads!" With this,
the teacher sat down at her desk to let the kids prepare for their auditions.
Dick, Zatanna, Artemis and Barbra huddled up to talk about their roles.
"Ok Dick, you're the drama geek here, what is les miserables even about?" He
looked thoughtful for a second. "Well, it's a love story..."
"That makes it less awkward." Barbra said, her voice laced with sarcasm. Suddenly, a warm fuzzy feeling crept through her chest. What if Dick was her romantic interest? She had grown rather fond of her
fellow classmate, especially after learning he's Robin. They had been best friends forever, and she had thought he was cute for just as , just maybe...
"It's set in the French Revolution, the story starts out with a convict who breaks his parole and disappears. He becomes a famous and rich man who is very virtuous and owns many factories. One of his factory workers has a daughter, Cosette. That's you Zee." She smiles at this. "She gets kicked out of the factory when they learn she's been sending money to help you, and goes to all lengths to send you money. Then, she's sick and dying and a prostitute, and the escaped convict tells her that he was wrong for
letting the foreman kick her out of the factory and vows to take care of Cosette."
He pauses for a minute to catch his breath.
"It's eight years later now, and a young man, Marius pontmercy," at the sound of his character Dick makes an elaborate bow, and Barbra hits his shoulder playfully.
"Keep going." So he straightens up and continues.
"He's helping his friends plan a rebellion to overthrow the king so they can have a republic. He is best friends with Eponine." Dick throws a grin to Barbra.
"Who's parents used to take care of Cosette when they owned an inn before the convict came and took her away. The parents are crooks and thieves, but Eponine's heart is in the right place. She's in love with Marius." At this, Barbra's breath caught in her throat. She was the romantic interest!
"...but Marius falls in love with Cosette the moment he sees her." Then Barbra could here the walls of her dream crashing down. She was feeling something new, something she felt whenever Zatanna would get close to Robin, a pit in her stomach. Jealousy.
"So it's basically their story." Dick says with a shrug. Zatanna's eyes are gleaming.
"I love all the music from that show! It's one of the best musicals on the planet!" Dick gets this look on his face whenever he has an idea.
"We should make the rest of the team tryout!" Barbra immediately agrees. How could she pass up an opportunity to see Wally and Kaldur singing? Artemis and Zatanna nod too. "So it's settled. Lets grab a script and a songbook to take them." After grabbing the items, the four heroes made their way to the Gotham zeta tube and zetaed to the cave.
Secret identities weren't really existent anymore on the team, so they just walked in as they were. M'gann could you put up the mental link? Robin called to their Martian friend. Sure thing Robin! She called back. It's up and running! She said. Great! Robin called back. Everyone meet in the living room! We have a proposal. Soon, all the team members of young justice were gathered in the living room.
"Ok, so here's the deal. Out school is doing a production of les miserables, and we want you guys to audition!" The first to protest was superboy. At the mention of the musical his answer was, in quotes, "I don't sing." Wally was all for it though.
"Marius pontmercy all the way! Songs and two babes chasing him!" At this all the gothamites facepalmed.
"Small problem there kid flirt," Artemis snarked. "Our resident boy wonder already landed himself the part." At this Wally pouted.
"Aw man. Then I guess I'll be his friend Enjolras, leader of the revolutionaries!" He cried out. Aqualad looked over the script in detail while the rest were discussing whether Wally would get the part or not.
"I believe, if I do audition, I will try for the role of inspector Javert. Even though he is the 'bad guy' I admire his beliefs about sticking to the rules." Kaldur says. Robin grins at this.
"You'll make an excellent inspector!" M'gann, is with her boyfriend on this though. When asked if she can sing she blushes and simply says,
"I would never sing on a stage, and none of the parts suit me anyways." After pestering the adults too they have successfully convinced Bruce to try out as Jean valjean, (no one knows what kind of magic Robin pulled), black canary to try out as Fantine (if she can sing as good as she screams they would be golden), and Alfred as the Bishop who saves Jean valjean and tells him to become a virtuous man and help people to please god. When the day of the auditions rolled around, everyone was nervous. Except for the adults, of course. Bruce, being who he was, bribed the person in charge of the musical so he wouldn't have to sing in front of everyone else just yet, and he was given the part. It turns out Black Canary can sing and sung several bars of I Dreamed a Dream sweeping away the competition. Wally, almost instantaneously won over the judge with his spirt, and Artemis opted to be on stage crew. The only person without a role now was Kaldur, and for his audition he had to sing part of Javert's solo song Stars. As he walked onto stage he looked cool and calm, but to those in the audience who knew him well they could see that he was really nervous.
"Name?" Said . It had been a long day of auditions and she was happy to be almost done.
"Kaldur Ahm." Said Kaldur. "I will be singing the first verse of Stars. I hope you enjoy it." And with this, he started singing.
There, out in the darkness
A fugitive running
Fallen from God
Fallen from grace
God be my witness
I shall never yield
Till we come face to face
Till we come face to face
"That. Was. AMAZING!" yelled. "You have got yourself the part, auditions start next week and I will send each of the actors a rehearsal schedule with them. Thanks to all who auditioned, now lets put on a great show!"