OK, I've been working on this story for a while after I discontinued Hearts & Arrows. I'm not sure how long this story will be but I promise you I plan on finishing this story. Basically it's the team (from season 1) going through High School. They aren't heroes though. A lot of the drama that happens in this story was influenced by some of the stuff that happened at my school over the past couple of years mixed with my own imagination. I hope you guys like it.
Chapter 1: The New Kids
Zatanna's POV
I looked at the door that led into my English class. I took a deep breath and opened the door. I walked up to the teacher, Mr. Jones, and told him I was in his class. He glanced at a list on his desk, and then nodded at me.
Mr. Jones was a kind looking man with soft brown eyes and chocolate colored skin. He was around six-foot-four and had a deep voice. "Why don't you introduce yourself to the rest of the class?" Mr. Jones said.
That's one of the worst part about coming to a new school after the year had already started. In every class you have to tell the class your name and something about you. Not to mention everyone talks about you. "Um…my name is Zatanna Zatara. And…uh, I just moved to town with my dad." All of a sudden my shoes seemed to be the most interesting thing in the room. I really hoped I wasn't blushing right now.
"Well, Zatanna," Mr. Jones said. "Why don't you have a seat behind Barbara, Barbara could you raise your hand please?" A girl with red hair raised her hand. "Go on, she won't bite." Mr. Jones whispered to me. Sure, I thought, everyone's always nice to you at first.
I walked over to the desk that had just been assigned to me. When I sat down, Barbara turned around in her seat so she was facing me. "If you need any help finding classes, or even just someone to hang out with, let me know."
A small smile began growing on my face. "Thanks. Um, does anyone sit here?" I asked, gesturing to the desk to my right.
"Yeah," she said. "His name is Dick Grayson. He's nice. I'll introduce you guys sometime." Then Barbara turned back around in her seat.
The rest of my classes passed by quickly, all following the same routine; talk to the teacher, sit in assigned seat, and keep to myself. At lunch I sat with Barbara. There was a group of kids who sat with us too. They were all very nice and had very…interesting personalities. I'll admit it was a little overwhelming listening to another redhead named Megan and a blonde named Bette. There was another blonde girl there named Artemis, a redhead boy named Wally, a boy with black hair named Conner, and a dark skinned boy named Kaldur. Everyone was nice, but I was still skeptical about the girls. The last thing I want is a repeat of what happened at my last school.
Raquel's POV (A/N: Same day before lunch)
My science teacher, Mr. Stewart, was in the middle of a lecture when a tall, dark skinned boy walked into the room. Mr. Stewart stopped mid-sentence and looked the boy over, then rose and said something to the new kid. Aside from being tall, the new kid had short blonde hair and grey eyes. "My name is Kaldur'ahm, but I am often called Kaldur." When the boy, Kaldur, talked his voice was calm and steady.
"Well, Kaldur," Mr. Stewart said. "Could you please take a seat next to Raquel?" I raised my hand so he would know where I was.
Kaldur walked over the table we are now sharing and sat down slowly. "Hello," he said, nodding at me.
At lunch I invited Kaldur to sit with me and my friends. There was a new girl at the table as well. AS I sat down, I noticed one of us missing. "Hey girl, where's Dick?" I asked Bette. She looked around and shrugged.
"I don't know. Barbara was the last person to talk to him," she said, then looked at Barbara. "So where is he?" Bette asked Barbara.
Barbara seemed to shrink under the stares everyone was directing toward her. "I don't know. It's not like we're together all the time," she said.
"Sure," Wally said sarcastically. Everyone except Kaldur and the new girl laughed. Barbara's crush on Dick was so obvious. None of us know how both of them have no idea it even existed. Especially since Barbara is in denial.
"Ok, Kaldur," I said. I gestured to everyone at the table except the new girl as I introduced them. "This is Barbara, Bette, Wally, Artemis, Conner, and Megan."
"And this is Zatanna," Barbara said, introducing the new girl.
"We're not all from the same grade though, so you might see some of us only at lunch or in the halls," Megan said. "Barbara is a freshman. Bette, Artemis, and Wally are sophomores. Conner and I are juniors. And Raquel is a senior. Our friend Dick isn't here today but he's a freshman too,"
"Yeah, we're kind of smread out all over the place," I said.
Up until now Zatanna hadn't said anything. "Wait, I have two questions," she said. Everyone looked at her. "First, how do you all know each other?"
Bette took the opportunity to answer the question. "Our friend, Dick, is Bruce Wayne's ward, and Barbara is Commissioner Gordon's daughter," she said.
Then Megan jumped in. "And my uncle, Mister Jones—"
"My English teacher?" asked Zatanna.
"Yeah," said Megan. "And Wally's uncle, who is a chemist, and Raquel's family friend, who works for Mister Wayne, were all at this party and met Dick."
"And then they all came to school and met us," Bette finished. Both girl seemed to be having a little trouble with catching their breath.
"Um…okay," said Zatanna. Kaldur just nodded. I couldn't tell if he was speechless or if he was just trying to absorb all of the information.
"So what's your second question?" asked Wally, with his mouth full of food as always.
"Why doesn't Conner talk?" Zatanna wondered. It was a common question for people who didn't know Conner. If someone didn't voice the question you could easily tell they were thinking it.
Conner just shrugged and said, "Don't really feel like it."
"You never feel like talking!" Wally shouted throwing his arms into the air.
"Shut up, Baywatch!" yelled Artemis. Everyone just rolled their eyes.
"You shut up blondy!" Wally shouted back.
"Blondy?" Kaldur asked at the same time Zatanna did.
"Blondy and Baywatch are the pet names for each other," I said. And just to mess with Wally and Artemis I added, "You know, like a couple."
"We are not a couple!" they shouted together. The blush on their faces was unmistakable.
"Well you might as well be," Conner said indifferently.
"Oh, so now you want to talk?" Wally said. The whole group erupted in laughter again.
Kaldur has a deep laugh, I thought to myself. Ok, um…now I feel awkward. Anyway! The rest of lunch continued on with everyone joking and laughing. But eventually the bell rang and lunch was over.
So that's chapter 1. One of my goals for this story is to have no OC's meaning Bette is Bette Kane, and all of those teachers I mentioned (and will metion in the future) are all Justice League members. I hope no one was too OOC in this story. I don't really know anything about Bette so if I go her personality wrong I'm sorry. But I thought this personality would work for the story. So please pleas please review. Feedback is the best thing for a writer (I think) and it is much appreciated. You don't have to have an account to review this, or any of my/my friend's stories.