Artemis and Wally were now giving each other the silent treatment because of an argument they had earlier. Artemis decided to go out so this was the perfect window. We know nothing about that harpy. Wally thought as he roamed the halls of the cave. Everybody was either at home or with their mentors so he was keeping to himself. "Hello Wally," he said before slapping himself in the head. "I'm here all alone," he said as a smile creeped onto his face.

He sped to Artemis's room before tripping over his feet. "Dammit," he said before picking himself back up. The door now stood in front of him and the smirk got bigger, he threw the door open and sped in. The walls were painted this light green and the covers on the bed were green and black with a bear resting on the pillow. The walls were also littered with posters of Coldplay, the Fray, Imagine Dragons, and Foster the People. "Well at least she has good taste in music," he said admiring the walls.

When he walked closer to the bed he caught a glimpse of a green and yellow book sticking out from under the mattress. "Bingo," he said before grabbing the book. He opened it and saw that it had dates before each entry. "No way, this is a d-diary, why would she have one?" he took a deep breath before reading the first entry.

July 2004

Dad says that Mom won't be coming home for a long time because the cops had taken her when they were out. I want to see her again, it's not fair that she's gone, now it's only Jade, Dad, and I. Dad is going to make us train even harder than we ever had before and if we do something he doesn't like he'll probably hurt us worse since Mom's not around. He says that she's now in a wheelchair and won;t be walking again, I just want to see her and take her home. Jade's been watching over me more though so I'm fine. I've gotta go now, Dad says that if we train good enough today he'll take us to see Mom. Wally finished reading and held a solemn expression on his face. She's been through quite a lot already, what did her Mom even do? Wally thought before turning the page.

Later in July

She left me behind. Jade decided that in the middle of the night that she was going to leave our home because she didn't want to stay here with Dad. She doesn't know how much this hurt me, she said I would only slow her down. She left me to deal with Dad all alone, the training is more intense and I can already tell he thinks I'm a failure. The moment he found out that you were gone he took me out of bed to some warehouse, this was for some training. He beat me until I couldn't fight back, until I was broken on that ground. He wanted information on where you went, I didn't tell him a word, I knew nothing to tell, couldn't have saved myself if I wanted. I just hope that you got what you were looking for Jade, a brand new life where you don't have to worry about Dad. Wally now looked down. "No wonder she keeps her guard up, her own family ended up leaving her behind. This time Wally skipped many pages, he found a page that he thought would be interesting.

April 2008

Most people get birthday parties for their thirteenth birthday, a loving family that will be there for you and sing happy birthday, I didn't get that. On my birthday I was treated like it was any other day, I didn't really care about that though. Dad decided that he wouldn't let me get any free time for my birthday or at least take mercy. He threw me in the woods to the wolves, quite literally. I had to learn survival was all he had told me before leaving in those woods for a whole damn week. There wasn't any safe places for me, all he did was leave me with a bow and a couple arrows, I'm 13 not in a survival show. I was in a hospital for a whole two weeks because of him. There was no mercy for me, there never will be mercy, I guess that's how life is having Sportsmaster as a father. Wally's eyes widened in shock, it explained everything, the reason that she went on her own with the tracker on the mission with Roy. I've been down her throat about it also but she was trying to maintain identity. What type of guy would do that to their own kid, I knew there were really bad people in the world but that's just insane, it was her birthday to.

May 2008

I got to spend another two weeks in the hospital, the only good part is I got out of training. I guess we know by now who put me in the hospital, Dad found out that I was going to try running. I planned on running away and told my best friend Cameron, I only did it because I thought he was trustworthy. He had a family in the business also, I was wrong though, he decided to tell my Dad about those plans and I sat in the hospital. I guess I'm used to it by now though, I just wish I had Jade here with me, we still haven't found her and I'm glad. I want her to be free from Dad, she deserves to be away from this, I just wish that she took me with her. Either way, now Dad is keeping watch over me because of the fact I was going to run, thanks for that Cameron. It's time for training so I guess that I have to go before he comes searching for me, everyone knows he doesn't like to wait. She tried to escape him, god I wish she would've gotten away. Wally thought as he leaned back against the bed. She deserved to get away from that, she's not even that bad. He flipped to the pages until he found the most recent one. It was from a couple of days ago.

So Wally and I are fighting again, the thing is that I don't really remember the reason that we are. Somehow we both manage to piss the other off in some way, I wish it would just stop. I want to be friends with him, I'm friends with everyone else on the team, with me and him I just really don't know. We argue sometimes but when we just have actual conversations we can actually be kind to the other. I don't want to fight him anymore, the things he says they actually do hurt, I do some of the things I do because of my secrets. The thing is, whenever he yells at me I feel the need to say I'm sorry or just tell him everything. With him, everything is always different, he always feels the need to correct me or piss me off in some way or another, I just don't want to do it. Now we're not even talking to each other and there's really nothing I can do about that. I noticed just how much those conversations we sometimes have actually affect me in certain ways. I have to go home now to Mom so I guess this is a goodbye for now. Wally now looked shocked at the page. He read it over and over again before the questions began to form in his head. "What do you mean out talks affected you, you don't want to do it anymore, wai, you wanted to tell me about your secret, why didn't you tell me?" he asked nobody. He only was saying it aloud to truly process it. He actually thought he knew the answer to the last question that he thought. She didn't say anything because I was being an idiot that always had to interrupt her and make her feel bad, great job Wally. He thought before just sitting there in silence. His thoughts were however cut off when the cave erupted with sound.

"Artemis B07" the cave announced in a monotone voice.

Wally hopped up using his speed before placing the book in the exact same position it was in when he had first went into the room. "Shit," he whispered before speeding out of the room. She was walking straight towards her room so when she saw him in the general area of her door she was immediately on alert. "Oh shit, I'm dead, I'm caught," he whispered before turning towards the blonde girl. "Hey, Arty," he said. She stopped walking forward but instead stared at him.

"Why are you in front of my room, and I thought you weren't talking to me," she said. Wally mentally slapped himself. He forgot about them not talking, what if she was even more suspicious now because of that.

"I was waiting for you to come back," he said. It was the first thing on his mind so he just said it so she wouldn't start to suspect anything. He thought he succeeded before she gave him a look, it was mixed with confusion and disbelief.

"Why were you waiting for me?" she asked now partly annoyed. Wally looked thrown back at the question before a thought popped into his head. "I'm waiting, Wallace." she told him.

"I was waiting for you because I want to apologize for the argument, it was because of me not being able to keep my mouth shut. I realised that you did what you did for a reason, just because I don't know that reason doesn't meant that it wasn't a good one. I'm sorry," he said. She now looked thrown back at this news but only nodded. "I'm sorry for the whole you're not a real archer thing also, because you are, I just was upset that my friend wasn't going to be on the team and I took it out on you." he said before heading off towards his room.

"Wally wait," she shouted after him. "I uh, I'm sorry also, but you were right, I do have a good reason for it. I'm sorry for things started off with us though, so you want a redo?" she asked him. Wally ran forward before reaching his hand out for a handshake.

"Hi, I'm Kid Flash, but you can call me Wally West, and you are," he asked with a smile. She let out a small laugh before shaking his hand back.

"I'm Artemis, and can be snarky at times but don't take too much offense to that," she joked. Wally laughed before pulling his hand back. "I guess I'll see you around Wally," she told him. The boy only smiled before turning back around.

"You definitely will and I look forward to it," he said before walking to his room. He closed the door behind him before collapsing on the bed. "I really am sorry Artemis, but hopefully this new start will be put to good. I never knew about your family and I guess that's the way that you wanted it so I'll keep that secret. Just know that this isn't like your family, we stick together on this team and you don't know just how much you mean to it." Wally laid back in thought. All the thoughts coming to mind involved the archer and maybe that isn't so bad. He ended up taking a nap and had a great enough dream to make him have a smile on his face that lasted the rest of the day. Maybe things really will work out between the two of us, Wally thought with a smirk. This was a pretty good day.