Authors Note: Alright so I've decided to do a long and drawn out prompt story or whatever. I should be writing an essay right now but, naturally, I am procrastinating and writing fan fiction :) I can't guarantee when I will have each chapter up but this is kind of something I'm going to do when I'm bored and have writers block for my other stories. Hope you guys like :)

I would also like to thank my beta, Wolfram003, who made some very nice suggestions and made this story much more presentable

Disclaimer: I do not own young justice and the prompts are coming from someone's live journal, pure imagination? Or something like that. I guess they gather all prompts from a bunch of sites and put them together so... I'm going to use them.

Prompt #1: "Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear- not absence of fear." ~ Mark Twain

Takes place after Home front

Robin was standing next to Batman going over what had happened at Mount Justice. Batman seemed just as confused as the rest of the team that Red Tornado had turned on them. It was completely unexpected. Who would have thought that a robot would be able to change allegiance? They didn't even have brains!

Robin tried to brush thoughts like that out of his head though; they wouldn't help him now. What's done is done, and he couldn't change the past. He learned that the hard way.

The Boy Wonder then heard Artemis stirring from over where Superman was and answered her confused question.

"They're gone," he said bluntly. She stared at him in disbelief. How could they have gotten away? Didn't the Justice League arrive soon enough? Obviously not, since the three robots were gone. The gloominess in the mountain only seemed to expand by the second. All heroes were expected to save the day no matter what the cost, but today that didn't happen. It was a failure for everyone: the team, the Justice League-everyone. It hurt even more that it was someone (something?) that they had trusted; they had trusted him with their lives. Would they be able to give up that trust so easily again?

The Young Justice team gathered together after Kid Flash and Superboy were freed, and the mentors met to converse with one another. They would probably end up going to a separate room to have a private conversation that, apparently, the younger ones could not hear.

"Come on, guys. Let's go clean up," Robin said, beckoning them further into the mountain. They all nodded in agreement and followed the boy. As they passed through, they saw the aftermath of their various battles. Scorch marks riddled the walls, while feet slipped on soggy carpets. The damages seemed completely out of place together, but they were only reminders of the failure they had met that day.

They each went to their separate rooms to change and clean up a bit before heading to bed.

Robin opened the door to his room and saw that it was exactly as he had left it. Nothing was out of place, not that there was much to knock out of place. He basically only kept a few changes of clothes and some books at the mountain.

He went over to his dresser and slid his fingers over the grainy wood. It was still dry, unlike most of the mountain. He liked the dryness. He didn't want to have to get wet again.
Robin didn't shot it on the outside, but his near drowning had really scared him. He could still feel the air leaving his lungs while his throat constricted. He could feel how his body had cried for the air that it couldn't give him. He remembered how he couldn't scream for help, how he could not even call for Batman. He had been stuck, and if Artemis had not been there to save the day, Dick Grayson would have disappeared alongside his vigilante persona.
His thoughts kept skittering about his lethargic mind, but he quickly slid his hand from the wood and dug his hand into the drawer. He grabbed some fresh clothes and quickly slipped them on. Before heading out of his quiet room, he threw his wet suit into his private bathroom and silently made his way towards the living room.

When he arrived, he saw Artemis standing there. Her hair was still dripping wet, but her clothes were now dry, contrary to how they had been just a few minutes earlier.

"Hey," Robin said, announcing his arrival. She jumped a bit when his voice registered; she still wasn't accustomed to his silent entries. She turned and met the covered eyes of the Boy Wonder and nodded in greeting. She could see in his face the same exhaustion she felt.

"Why are you up?" she questioned. Everyone else had gone to bed, and even though Robin was accustomed to staying up later because of patrols with Batman, the kid had almost died. That usually took a lot out of a person.

"My mind won't let me sleep," he said, taking a seat at the counter. The grate was still resting on the oven where they had left it, and water dripped from the ceiling.

"Same here," Artemis said, taking a seat next to him and staring at something on the wall. They sat in silence for a bit, contemplating their thoughts, before Artemis broke it. "Can I ask you a question?"

"Depends on what that question is?" he asked, never taking his eyes off of the water dripping from the ceiling.

"How can you be so fearless?" she asked after a few seconds. Robin thought about that for a moment before answering her.

"I never said I was."

"But you didn't panic, like I did. You knew exactly what to do and weren't afraid to do it," Artemis challenged. What Robin had done today amazed her. She hadn't seen Robin at his true potential prior to the day's events, and she had never suspected that such a young kid could be so stoic in such a demanding crisis.

"I didn't panic because I was trained not to," he said bluntly, and seeing that Artemis wanted more of an explanation, he continued. "I have been doing this for four years, and after a while, training kicks in. As much as I hate to admit it, I was afraid, Artemis. The thing that's different between you and me, Artemis, is that I have instinct to fall back on. I can remain stoic and think clearly because I've had a lot of practice. I don't blame you for panicking; you had never been in a situation like that, but because I had, I had an idea of what to do. But don't think for a second that I wasn't afraid, because I was. I was scared shitless, but I know that the mission comes first. I can't let my emotions get in the way of that, and pretty soon you just stop feeling," Robin trailed off.

Artemis stared at him. The kid was wise for his age, but above all, she was surprised that the cocky Boy Wonder had just admitted that he had been scared!

"I—I don't know what to say," she stuttered.

"You don't have to say anything, Artemis," he said before patting her shoulder and then walking off.

Authors Note: hope you guys liked and sorry if this has been overdone a few times. It just fit the quote and that's my favorite episode so far! Review?