"Pleeeeeeeease?" Robin asked him. Wally could tell he was using puppy-dog eyes on him even through the mask.

"No." He growled.

"Why not?"

"Because I don't want to." Wally replied, already knowing he was going to give in sooner or later. Judging by his best friend's grin, Robin knew it too.

"Please? Pretty please? With a cherry on top? Please, please, please?"

Wally groaned. Artemis walked in, the team and their mentors not far behind.

"What's Kid Whine groaning about now?" Wally stuck his tongue out at her.

"I want to hear a story! About all of us! So I asked Wally." Robin exclaimed, grinning widely.

"And you're asking Kid Mouth, Why?" Artemis wondered.

Wally rolled his eyes at both her remark and Robin's reply.

"Becaue he's the best at telling stories!"

"Really now?"

"Oh! I want to hear one!"

"I would be pleased as well, to hear one of your stories." Kaldur told Wally.

Wally looked around him at his friends and the mentors, all watching expectantly.

"Fine!" He caved, "I'll tell a story with the team as the main characters. I'll try to add all the mentors. However, most likely they will be secondary characters and not mentioned often. No one get offended. It's just too many main characters to work with, ya know? "

Everyone nodded, Wally took a deep breath and began.

"So Once Upon a Time"

"Seriously? " Artemis interrupted. "Once upon a time-" Everyone glared at her and she closed her mouth.

"Never mind."

"Okay, so Once Upon a Time... A long, long time ago, far, far away, in the Kingdom of... Justice,"

There was a sinker. Every one smiled.

"there lived three princes. The oldest was tall, and he had dark red hair. He was tough and brave. A bit arrogant but so is every other teenage boy." Roy looked pleased, amused and a little annoyed at the same time. "He was very protective of his little brothers and had an excellent aim. He could hit any target with anything. Arrows, darts, daggers, anything. That was his gift.

"The youngest was the complete opposite. He was smaller, and had ebony hair. He was just as tough, just as brave but he was clever and used things to his advantage. He also was an amazing acrobat." Robin grinned "However, he often thought he could take on the world by himself and often found himself in trouble." The team grinned as Robin rolled his eyes. "His gift was his abilities."

"The middle prince was a different story. His hair was orange. He wasn't tall, he wasn't short. No one thought him tough or brave. He often made people laugh and smile but he also was a kinda full of himself. If you asked him what his gift was he would have told you it was the way he could see good in any situation and the way he could make anyone smile. Any one else would have told you he had no gift. Besides for his brothers and uncles, of course. "

Around him everyone looked surprised. Is that really how he felt? They had expected to make himself the best character. Wally grinned and continued.

"The three princes had three uncles who ruled the fair kingdom. Each would inherit form their favorite, most closet uncle. The Oldest, Roy, would inherit from the Emerald Archer, The middle, Wally, from the Scarlet Speedster, and the youngest, Robin, from the Dark Knight. All were pleased by this.

At first."

Wally trailed off, dramatically. Everyone watched him, waiting for him to continue.

"You see, it wasn't long before the three young princes found themselves- bored, with there easy lives. They just sat around and did nothing. How dull.

So they went and asked for a mission, a quest, something to do! Anything!

"The Uncles' first reaction was to say no. They were too young to go off on their own. But they begged- " Wally got down on his knees. "And pleaded. Anything! Please! There must something they could do, something to help...?

"Finally the uncles were- persuaded to let the three go. But only if they had a team to go with, on this dangerous, mysterious, crazy mission..."

"Maybe General Kent's kid?" Asked Robin. "He's strong and brave, he could be a... 'Bodyguard'" Robin snickered.

"Yeah, Wally's Bodyguard." Roy countered. Wally rolled his eyes and put Conner down on his list.

"Kaldur?" Roy asked his brothers. They both nodded.

"Yeah, he could be our leader, our guide. He knows the area pretty well, doesn't he?" Robin said.

Wally wrote Kaldur's name down.

"What about the girls?" Wally asked.

"Wally~ This isn't the time to be thinking about girls" Robin whined at him.

"No, you dork. I meant Artemis and Megan. You know our cousins?"

They other two nodded. They had both learned -the hard way- the girls were no damsels in distress. They'd be great for this mission. Artemis and Megan went down on the list.

"And Zatanna?" Robin asked. Wally didn't bother replying and just wrote down her name.

"All right!" Robin yelled.

"We're ready!" Wally exclaimed.

Roy rolled his eyes and shook his head.

"We still have to pack. And ask the others. And-"

Wally and Robin pouted, Rolled their eyes, and then promptly tackled their older brother.

The next week, the three princes, Conner, Kaldur, Artemis, Megan, and Zatanna were ready for their mission. Their quest.

The neighboring kingdom, were allies, and the young queen was sick. There was a small pond, at the end of the Dark Forest, that had magical healing properties. The team were to travel through the Dark Forest, get some water, and come back.

While avoiding deadly assassins from an enemy kingdom who would like nothing more than to end all of them. Oh and all the evil creatures in the Dark Forest. And the fact that only the most worthy could get to the pond.

"No pressure or anything" Wally joked.

Everyone cracked uneasy, but amused smiles.

And so the team started into the Dark Forest, ready for the challenges ahead.

*Okay so this is part one to my story... of a story! Heehee. Hope you like! Plz review! Thxz! :D*