Prologue
"Alfred, you didn't tell me you had a niece." Bruce said. He had been going over the computer records of English families as his latest criminal was said to have English relatives and he wanted to check. That was when he had found that Alfred's brother had married and had a daughter before he and his wife had been killed. "An orphaned niece." Bruce added with a smile.
"I believed she might be in danger if she even did so much as visit." Alfred said. "Some of your enemies are very dangerous."
"But she's an orphan and her only family lives with a millionaire." Bruce pointed out. He offered Alfred a cheeky childish smile. "I've already paid for tickets and sorted out the paper work. She's coming in four days."
"Just promise to not let her become a crime fighter." Alfred said.
What to do with pillows
Bruce and Alfred had been called away to a meeting, leaving Dick, Tim and Damian at home with Dick in charge. "Come on, lets find all the pillows and sheets in this place! We will rebuild fort Robin!" Dick cheered, waving his arms in the air; the boys having previously decided to create a blanket fort as they normally did when Bruce and Alfred both went out. They normally built the fort in the media room so they could lie there and watch their favourite movies until they fell asleep and Bruce left them there until the morning. Dick watched as his two brothers rushed off and ran off up the stairs. Dick was about to run off and help them when there was a knock at the door. Dick slowly moved towards it and opened it. A girl with long black hair and green eyes stood there dressed in a smart English boarding school uniform. "Hello." she said with a slightly posh British accent. "I'm Abigail Pennyworth. Mr Wayne is expecting me tomorrow but I got here early." The girl was about fourteen and holding a large black wheeled suitcase. She offered Dick a nervous smile so Dick let her in. "You better wait inside. Bruce is at a meeting along with Alfred." Dick said. The girl walked in and awkwardly stood in the hallway. "We're making a blanket fort." Dick said, proudly. He beamed and looked at Abigail. She pulled a face that suggested it was the strangest thing in the world. She looked Dick up and down with shock. "Are you five?" There are better things to do with a houseful of blankets and pillows." Abigail said.
"Like what?" Dick asked and leant into to let the girl whisper into his ear.
About an hour later, Bruce and Alfred returned from the meeting. They were shocked to hear a relative silence in the manor. They had expected a loud fight or Dick standing there holding what was left of a priceless vase offering a half heart apology. They could see or hear no one. Bruce began to think his sons had been kidnapped. It wouldn't be the first time. He moved to go up the stairs and search the mansion for his sons hoping he would find them doing anything, even fighting. Then he noticed that a bunch of pillows were resting against the corner of the large turning staircase. He became aware of a rhythmic thudding coming from the top of the stairs. He looked nervously at Alfred as the thudding got steadily louder. Then the trolley cart used to deliver drinks and food appeared on the landing. Damian and Abigail were riding on the top shelf. Tim was lying on the bottom level. Dick was holding onto the back and was being pulled down the stairs. They slammed into the wall and would have cracked their heads open or done themselves doing serious injury if not for the pillow and blankets that protected them. They were all laughing and whooping. The boys began to panic when they saw Bruce but had no way of stopping themselves. They slammed into the bottom step and the wheels of the cart got caught. It threw the group at Bruce and Alfred. They two men dodged the flying teenagers. None of the teenagers groaned as they hit the floor. They rolled over and began to laugh again. Alfred stood over the girl. "Master Bruce, meet my niece, Abigail."
"It's Abby." Abby moaned from the floor. Dick helped her up to her feet and smiled.
Felt guilty about just putting on the prologue so put on the first chapter as well!