So, who's up for a sad and sweet Artemis and Jade sister fic?
Artemis POV
I sat on the fire escape outside our apartment, hardly noticing the rain drenching me, and making my hair lie flat. I was thinking back to about seven years ago. My father had pulled me and Jade out of the HIVE school, and forced us to break all contact with everyone there. Mom was in prison, so he was free to train us as harshly and brutally as he wanted.
He had made us do dumb tests, such as scaling this very fire escape to find a bomb, and defuse it before it blows. Making us chain eachother to chairs and find a way out. Having us spar with eachother until we collapsed with exhaustion.
Not your typical childhood memories.
Jade and I fought back for a while. We refused to to the tasks. But Sportsmaster didn't take no for an answer. After a while, we learned to just go along with what he said, and try to tell ourselves we would never use what we learned. We wouldn't become what he was. A villain.
Jade protected me. After mom was taken to prison, she was the only one who ever cared about me and gave me affection. She would try to brighten up my childhood as much as she could. Take me for ice cream, or to the park. Those few hours outside the house with Jade, were the happiest part of my days.
One of our favourite past times, was reading our favourite story. Alice in Wonderland. We pinned up a poster of it on our wall, and debated about who would be which character. We both agreed that Jade would make a perfect Cheshire cat. Cunning, swift, easily moving into the shadows. Jade said I would make a great Alice. I'm not sure I agreed with that. I didn't see the resemblance much, except for the fact that we were both fair haired. But for some reason, Jade thought I was exactly like Alice in both looks, and personality. So I was given the nickname, Alice.
Living with dad was not pleasant, but having Jade with me made it bearable. I still had a little hope that we could be a family, as long as Jade was there. My childhood was almost taken away, but Jade fought to give it back. So I was content.
Then she left. Snuck away in the middle of the night.
I'll disappear. She had said. Just like the Cheshire cat. Yes Jade, you were able to disappear. Away into the night, slipping into the shadows like you were never there.