I have a poll on my profile page asking a question I really want to have answered. I'm trying to get as many answers as I can, and very few people visit my profile. I've gotten literally one answer in a week, and that's sad. Please answer, and be honest about it.

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Prologue

December 1, 2014, Evening

"I stop in my tracks when I hear what sounds like a soft cry. When I look around, I see no one, but find the nursery door open. Curious, I walk in and find something no one ever wants to see—abandoned babies. The two identical girls are crying in a shared crib. I reach down and pick up first one girl, then the other. "What am I supposed to do?" I ask the babies rhetorically. They just look up at me, calmer but obviously still upset. I quickly change them using the diapers in the nursery, then dial my best friend's phone number. "Violet, I have a problem.""

I lean back and stretch before rubbing the back of my neck, trying to relieve the pain that develops every time I write for more than an hour at a time. "God, I hate it when that happens." +I reach up to finger my light blue star necklace lightly before sighing. 'I wonder if April can come over tonight, and bring the kids. We definitely have things to talk about.' I glance over to the costumes my birthmother and I finished the night before and smile. 'Life will be great. I'll make sure of it.'

My name is Sheyenne. I've been through a lot in the last year, from my mother getting sick and dying, to my birthfather disowning me, even to…learning who I am, and learning why I am who I am.

I look up at a knock on my door before turning to see April and her three kids walk in. "Hey." I sigh. "April, we need to talk."

SPRING 2013

A small silver meteorite falls through the ceiling of an unknown necklace factory and lands in a small kiln with molten sterling silver waiting to be made into necklaces for amusement parks. This particular batch is going to be used for star-shaped rhinestone necklaces. After the two are cast, the worker fits blue rhinestones into one and pink rhinestones into another before continuing on with the others, not knowing that the two he's just finished will change a girl's life forever.

SUMMER 2013

I walk into a souvenir shop in the Independence Day section of Holiday World theme park and pick up a Papillion plaque for my aunt before continuing to look through the store for a souvenir for my best friend. After locating a purple mustache necklace, I pick it up, then pick up a dolphin-themed Best Friends necklace set to replace the ones we had broken two years before. That's when I find two silver and rhinestone necklaces—one in blue, one in pink, and pick them up. 'Perfect friendship necklaces for my Livy and I.' After paying, I slip the bag into my pocket and continue through the theme park, not realizing that the star necklaces in my pocket will change my life forever.

"So that's what I think happened. It took ten weeks to learn how to control most of my new powers. I started martial arts training almost immediately after I learned the truth. I'm still learning, obviously, but living in Culver, I think I'm ready to start protecting the town."

April nods. "What's your plan?"

I sigh softly before glancing out the corner of my eye at Olivia. "I need a sidekick if I'm going to keep the town safe, and I don't believe in coincidence." I smile. "God obviously has a plan involving me, this necklace, and the one you're holding."

April looks down at Olivia's necklace. "Liv's necklace."

I nod. "Yes. I know she's young, but I can teach her how to control her abilities, as well as what martial arts I've learned, and maybe become her mentor as time goes on." I smirk. "Besides, if you recall, Dick Grayson was nine when he became Robin, and Liv's not much younger than he was."

"I'm not sure I want Liv—"

"Trust me, I'd put myself in danger before putting her in danger. Besides, I have instant healing, and I'm pretty sure she will too."

"We'll give it a try, only if she wants to."

I nod before standing and crossing the room to Olivia. Once crossing the short distance, I kneel to her level. "Livy, it's up to you. If you want to help me, I can train you. We can train together until we're ready—strong enough to save the world—not just our little town." I smile slightly. "It will mean keeping your new identity a secret, but I don't think it will be that hard with the tips I've learned over the last few weeks."

Olivia simply nods, causing me to smile. I stand and take the necklace from April before fastening the clasp around Olivia's neck. I then take her hand and lead her the short distance to my closet, where I've stored the costumes. I then release her hand and pull out the costumes. I lay mine on the bed, then hand Olivia hers, smiling happily.

"Am I really just your sidekick?"

"Partners." I smirk. "As long as you listen to me."

Olivia nods. "Are you still moving to Chicago?"

April gives me a stunned look, causing me to sigh heavily. "I'm a quick study. Don't think for a second Livy will be allowed to patrol Chicago until she's trained as good as Robin was."

"All right, I trust you, but you'd better not let her get hurt."

THREE WEEKS LATER

April, Olivia, and I climb out of my Dodge outside The Carter Family Sanctuary, a halfway house and women's sanctuary in Chicago.

Olivia gives me a look. "This is your new home?"

"A half-way house?"

I sigh before leading the two up the stairs to my apartment on the second floor. Once we're inside, I turn to April. "You guys had your chance to believe me—to help me—to save me. Aaron still scares me, and he still wants me dead. I had to get out before he did something to hurt me or Livy, but I know I can't take care of myself on my own yet. This was the only choice I had. They'll help with my funding, and The Carter Foundation has agreed to fund mine and Liv's hero work, so long as we keep Chicago safe—well, as safe as two humans can."

"I think Batman did on his own."

I sigh before turning to April. "Bats did, yes, but not alone. He's got Robin, after all."

"But where are you going to get your weapons?"

"The only weapons I need—Livy needs—are our wits and our fans. We're more powerful than you may want to believe." I sigh. "Livy may not be as powerful as I am, but she is strong, and braver than I have ever been. Olivia, is my strength." I smile at the girl as she looks around the apartment. "Remember that song, In My Daughter's Eyes?" April nods. "I know she's not my daughter, but I love her like she was—I have since she was born." I smile before starting to sing, still looking at Olivia behind me.

In my daughter's eyes, I am a hero.
I am strong an' wise,
And I know no fear.
But the truth is plain to see:
She was sent to rescue me,
I see who I wanna be, in my daughter's eyes.

In my daughter's eyes, everyone is equal,
Darkness turns to light,
And the world is at peace.
This miracle God gave to me,
Gives me strength when I am weak.
I find reason to believe, in my daughter's eyes.

An' when she wraps her hand around my finger,
Oh, it puts a smile in my heart.
Everything becomes a little clearer.
I realize what life is all about.
It's hangin' on when your heart has had enough;
It's givin' more when you feel like givin' up.
I've seen the light: it's in my daughter's eyes.

In my daughter's eyes, I can see the future.
A reflection of who I am,
An' what will be.
An' though she'll grow an', someday, leave:
Maybe raise a family,
When I'm gone, I hope you'll see,
How happy she made me,
For I'll be there, in my daughter's eyes.

Olivia chooses that moment to run into the living room. "I have my own room here?"

"Yep." I turn to April. "I hope you'll let her stay here weekends when she's not with Fred." I sigh. "I wish I could keep her here, but I won't deprive you of your daughter."

April smiles. "Just call me when you need her."

I look at my feet, then sigh softly as I look back up at her. "I've only been a hero for four months on my own, and not even a month with Livy, yet I seem to have gotten noticed…by the Justice League."

April sighs, immediately getting what I mean. "I'll see what I can do about moving here, then. You need Liv."

THAT EVENING, COUNTY GENERAL

I run into the ER more eager than I ever had before, wearing a dark pink long sleeved T-shirt, dark pink scrub pants, a black and white zebra print scrub top with dark pink trim, white socks, and white tennis shoes. I've only got this three-day-a-week Physician's Assistant job because John Carter is funding my hero work. Normally, I work the day shifts when he's on, but this one time I was happy to have this rare night shift because I had to see him before he had a chance to hear my news from someone else. "JOHN!"

"Sheyenne, what's wrong?"

I smile. "Nothing. Look at this!" I wave the letter in my hand in front of him.

He takes the letter and starts to read. After he's done, he folds the letter and hands it back to me. "The Justice League."

I nod. "John, I've barely been a hero for five months! How did they find me?"

"Could be the League member on the other side of town…"

I raise an eyebrow. "League member?"

"Martian Manhunter."

I sigh. "Nothing to protect Chicago from on the good side of the town. The homeless shelters, the half-way house, the women's shelters—all your creation, of course—they're all on the bad side of town. I want to be like a light version of Batman, not some alien ambassador."

"You mean not like those Transformer movies."

I sigh before nodding. "I'll admit, the Transformers were my key to making it this far, and they were how I originally came up with mine and my cousin's titles as the Star Healers, but they're nothing more than that—a favorite series—an inspiration."

"I understand." John sighs before handing me two charts. "Do what you can then find me. I trust your decisions."

I smirk. "You got it, Boss!"

John turns to me as turn to I walk into the lounge after my lab coat. "And just so you know, most of his enemies are Martian villains. He has very few Earth-based enemies."