It was an average day for a girl in Gotham City. She got up in her Tim Burton bedroom and got dressed in her normal dark clothing. She went down for breakfast only to be criticized for how she is by her sister.

"Hey Alice ,When's the funeral?"

"Back off Amanda " Alice got up and grabbed her black messenger bag with a raven embroidered into it. She marched off to Hamilton Hill High. As she did she ran into the back of someone. When she almost fell they held her up.

"Hey you ok?" a male voice asked her. When she looks up she saw one of the boys from her school. Terry McGinnis.

"Yea thanks" she tries to walk off but she felt a hand in her arm.

"Hey am I allowed to know the name of the girl who ran into me?"

"Why? You'll forget it in an hour anyway." When she told him that Terry grew a frown.

"What makes you think that?"

Alice didn't look at him and yanked her arm away.

"Because everyone does." Alice tells him as she walks away and got to class. When she got school she was pushed into a thing of lockers by her worst enemy. Daina, though she had the innocent look of an angel she was more of a demon than Alice.

"Hey freak I saw you were talking to my boyfriend. What was with that?"

Alice didn't respond all she did was walk away and got to class.

After school she went to her afternoon job. She took care of a woman named Rachel Roth. She was the only one Alice could talk to.

"Mama Rachel I'm here" Alice yelled into the house. She loved the mansion like house. It was full of dark items. Spell books, potions, the whole 9 yards.

"Hello Alice. How was school? "Rachel asked

"Not well. Almost got my ass kicked because some guy who happens to date this girl talked to me."

Rachel looked at her with sad eyes. "I'm sorry Alice. What about your family?" Alice didn't even look at her. "Alice?"

"They don't really care about me. I'm just a disappointment."Alice said as she sat down next to Rachel. The old woman rubbed the young girls back and smiled softly.

" What if I became your legal guardian?" Rachel asked with her soft smile on her face. Alice gave her a shocked look and hugged the kind woman.

"Thank you so much Mama Rachel." She said as she tried not to cry in the woman's shoulder.

"Of course my dear."Rachel said petting the girl's hair. The rest of the night went by smoothly.

Time skip

After about 2 hours Rachel sent Alice on off home and told her that she will be picking her up after school the next day. On the way home Alice couldn't stop smiling. She was finally going to get away from her nightmare of a family and move in with the one person that truly cares about her.

"What got you smiling?" An unfamiliar voice asked her. She looked around until she looked up to the side of a building and saw the infamous Batman, who was currently staring at her.

"Why do you care Bats?" she asked looking at him as flew down to stand in front of her.

"Curious." He responded smartly. " What's your name?"

"Why do you care Mr. Curious?" She asked as she started to walk away. " You are just going to forget it, like everyone else does."

"I doubt it." he smiled. "How could anyone forget a smile like yours?" this response made Alice stop walking and looked back at him.

"Alice." She said softly. " Alice Smith" This causes the Bat to smile at her.

"Well Alice. I don't think you should be walking in the dark this late by yourself." he says as he offers her his hand, which she gently placed her in. "I will take you home."