A/N: This is a story I've brought over to this site from another. There really isn't enough OC love for Dick/Robin/Nightwing, so I've decided to create some. I hope that you guys enjoy this story.

[1]: The meaning of Anastasia is 'resurrection'

Resurrection

The Defining Moment

"Oh, God. Oh, God. No. No, no, no."

A scream tore its way through her throat and she clutched onto that forevermore silent little girl. The rain pounded against both the living and the dead and the former buried her face into that child's hair while sobbing and pleading for someone–anyone to breath life into the small body she held. She rocked back and forth, murmuring apologies and promises to the corpse that would never hear them.

Is a hero born or created? The question had been posed to her by a teacher and she had been made to answer it and stood at the front of her classmates, asking in return: when Superman landed on this planet, did he witness crimes and decide that he needed to be the one to help? Or is there something written into his genetics that commands him to save people? Did Gotham's own hero, Batman, see a decaying city and decide he needed to save us or was he, a human, also born with a little something extra?

You see, I can't be sure if a hero is born or created. But what I am sure of is that these superheroes had some kind of moment, a defining moment that created their alter egos. It was a moment where they had to decide if they would make a change or just sit by and do nothing. So maybe it was this moment that created them or maybe it was this moment that kick started their 'hero gene' that spans all life forms…

Someone had managed to pull her away from the body and though the rain still poured down, her tears had stopped. While her gaze trailed up to a gargoyle where a lone figure was perched, something built up inside her that began to push away the hollowness that she was sure would be rooted there.

It had all been building up to this and she was sure now that she had been right before in class. There was a defining moment where someone could venture forward to become a hero or turn back and settle with the world as it is and she had been faced with that very kind of moment.

She had died with that child, but she would be reborn into someone to help and make sure that no person would go through what she had.

It was appropriate, she assumed, since her name was Anastasia.