Auther's note.- Hey, I am a new fanfiction writer. so I hope you guys enjoy. and please note that I don't own anything from batman or the characters from DC Comics

Hey most of you guys don't know me. My name is Lydia Jones. and before you ask . . . yes i am the foster daughter of bruce wayne. But i go by a few names. What are those name you might ask? Well . . . i can't really tell you with having you killed . . . but sense you are a computer and have so many firewalls that in less you're my brother . . . scratch that my foster brother . . . you wouldn't be able to hack in to this. . . . so let's start at the beginning.

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GROUND DRESS REHEARSAL FOR THE JONES HIGHWIRE START IN FIVE MINUTES

MOM DAD HURRY OR THEY WILL START WITHOUT US!" Said a five year old girl with blond hair, dark brown eyes and pink thin framed glasses.

Lydia that impossible we are the act that the dress rehearsal is for." Says a chuckling man that looks similar to Lydia.

Yea but that's what happens a the circus. The impossible happens!" Says a very excited Lydia

You know what sweety? Our daughter is right. The impossible happens everyday so we might wanna hurry up." A woman thats is Lydia's mom

GROUND DRESS REHEARSAL FOR THE JONES HIGHWIRE IN TWO MINUTES

You guys will do great." Says another woman with red hair and blue eyes.

YEAH! the only act better than our trapeze act is your highwire act!" Says another excited five year old with jet black hair and blue eyes.

Why thank you Dick you and your parents act is beautiful too." Amy Lydia's mom said.

Well i think it looks best when we team up." Says a man with black hair and dark blue eyes.

YES! That was so much fun!" Says Lydia.

Hi Nick." a guy messing with the ropes to the sandbags

Dad the guy in the rafters is talking to you.

One minute sweetheart, i'm talking to the graysons." He said

Ok he left anyways." She said

CALLING JONES HIGHWIRE FOR GROUND DRESS REHEARSAL

Well we better get going. it was nice talking to you." said amy

Good luck Lydia you guys will rock it. Um how do you say it tati?" The little boy said

Break a leg." Said john

Thank you mr. grayson and mrs grayson." Lydia said politely

You are quite welcome Lydia."

See you after the rehearsal dick." Said Lydia.

Ok." he yelled.

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-the Jones highwire are a highwire dance group that perform without a net. the youngest Jones, Lydia sings while she performed with her parents. But before the show they practice on the ground to be on the safe side. But i guess that didn't work for them today-

-In mid song the ropes holding the sandbags to the big top were cut and fell on the girl's parents-

MOM DAD!" She cried.

LYDIA RUN!" Yelled mary grayson

Lydia couldn't move. She was scared stiff.

The sandbag above her ropes slipped. John ran up to her and grabbed her just in time.

As soon as lydia felt him grab her and had her in his arms she screamed of the top of her lungs and burst into tears mary ran up to them and pulled Lydia into her arms and tried to calm the crying girl john went back to where Amy and Nick lied motionless. They sadly didn't make it

So there sat a five year old girl who just became an orphan

Life didn't look up from there.

As soon as child protective services heard they deemed that the circus was unfit home for Lydia. Not that they cared. In fact they did it just because the circus asked if they could adopted her. And they sent her to juvenile detention center. The older kids ganged up on her and bullied her because of her background in the circus.

The ropes that held the sandbags was a clean cut, it wasn't an accident, it was done on purpose. And the person who did it was never caught.

Lydia got foster months later. By a married couple who seemed nice to Lydia at first. But child protective services knew better. The couple had multiple counts of child abuse. But none of them stuck. But the kids that were abused got sent to better homes. CPS didn't care about her after all it was gotham and there are plenty of kids who lived on the streets. And they just didn't like her.

The couple abused her. Both physically and mentally. And she believed it. Everything they said she was. She believed it was her fault she believed everything was her fault

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a year later- Lydia went out to get the paper as an excuse because her foster parents were drunk and it was only 12:31 pm. she read the head line " grayson's fall to their death " and she kept reading it said

The trapeze act called the flying graysons fall to their death after trapeze wires were tampered with. Leaving their six year old son richard john grayson to be an orphan-

Poor dick. She said. Then she hears rudy call her so she went inside.

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The next day she did the same excuse. claimed to be grabbing the paper because they were drunk again and her head still hurt from when he ran her into the wall. Today the paper said "charity case?" she read on

Richard john grayson was just fostered by bruce wayne himself. Now let's not ignore the elephant in the room. We all know he only did it for the press he doesn't actually care for the kid. He is only doing it for the publicity we all know the kid is stupid little brat-

What! who wrote this dick isn't stupid he is really smart and-

HEY BRAT. rudy yelled

Ohh no. she whispered

Rudy came running out drunk

H're brat. I got s'me cho'es fo you brat. Yo mom an' i arr goin too a p'rty

She's not my mom. Lydia whispers

What yo say brat!

Nothing. She says

Not'ng what brat? He says inches from her face. His breath reeked of alcohol.

Nothing of importance. She said

Because. He growled

Because im nothing of importance. She whispers

Spe'k loud'r dar'ling. Said her foster moth- no that lady wasn't her mom

I am nothing of importance. She says a little louder

Than' yo dar'ng. the lady says.

-And they leave Lydia there to do the chores-

Her head was pounding from the beating she got this morning. They stopped even giving her reason for them to hit her. They just do it. So over the years she learned how to pick the lock on the medicine cabinet and grabbed herself a headache pain reliever. She may only be six but the night her parents died she had to grow up and act like an adult. So That is what she did

They don't feed her much. A piece of bread and a bottled water is all she got. Because of that she was very thin. Not that anyone cared. She learned how to walk the walk and talk the talk to look like nothing was going on. And the funny thing is everyone believes it.

She did the chores they were relatively easy. She's done them for a years.

She tries to hide from her foster parents it didn't work. It never did so when they came back bragging on how fun the party was. And started hitting her for no reason. She wonders is this all life is for her.

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Another year later

Lydia is now seven. Bruce wayne invited her and her family - not her family - to a gala in the better part of gotham.

I don't understand why he invited us. I mean he doesn't even know us. She kept thinking

Lydia darling. Came from her foster moth- jane her name is jane not mother

Oh wow she sober for once. She thought.

I wanted to talk about the gala tonight. Jane said

Probably telling me that i can't go because of some lame reason.

What about the gala mrs jane. Lydia said politely

Well i thought you shouldn't go because how do i say this . . . your not pretty enough.

Called it

But then i thought about it and i had the most beautiful idea! That richard grayson kid flirt with him. And see if you can make yourself of any use and marry him and give this family some wealth. Jane said excitedly

WHAT!

Oh ok mrs jane. she said

Oh and one more thing darling call me mom and rudy dad at the gala ok kisses bye bye. And miss jane left

You've got to be kidding me. This is going to be a long night.

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Lydia is wearing a vibrant purple knee high dress and sparkly heels. Her hair is still it's dirty blond color pulled into a half up with layers to frame her face. And no longer wears glasses, she still needs them but rudy broke them.

There. my my you look halfway pretty for once. said jane

.why thank you mrs jane-

Jane slaps her

I mean . . . mom. That last part barely a whisper

Thank you pumpkin- RUDY LET'S GO WE ARE GOING TO BE LATE!

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At the gala

Bruce do we have to be here? The seven year old ward of bruce wayne. "It would be more fun as batman and robin." He whispers

I'm sure it would be Dick. But i have a feeling something is going to go wrong here tonight

Ok bruce. The kid said

And plus there will be some kids here that are your age. Maybe you will make some new friends. I'm going to talk to mr gladstone head of r&d in Wayne enterprises. You stay here ok?

sure bruce.

( ten minutes pass )

All right Lydia darling. There he is. Now remember all that mommy has told you to do. Ok?

Again not my mom. Can anyone see that? This is going to be embarrassing. He most likely doesn't even remember me.

Yes ma am.

Ok just walk over there and talk. Can't be that hard right?

Lydia looks up and sees the chandalar chain loosen.

It's going to fall. And Dick is under it!

Chandalar starts to fall.

I can't just stand here. Not again