A/N: I have the next chapter up! Enjoy :)

Disclaimer: Still don't own them.

Chapter Two

By: Akemi

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The next day, as Raven sipped her morning tea and watched the morning news, she was not surprised to find the latest healing of 'the angel' on just about every news station. True to her word, Megan Johnson had not told a soul about who had saved her life. Molly, a large cat with white fur spotted with patches of orange leapt onto the couch and sat herself on Raven's lap and proceeded to purr loudly at Raven's stroking. She was a gift from Beast Boy, now Dr. Logan, a veterinarian who worked a few cities away, but with whom Raven still kept her friendship with. Just as Raven finished her tea, her daughter walked sleepily into the room.

"Good morning, Danielle."

"Morning, Mama."

"Would you like breakfast before we practice?"

"Yeah."

Danielle ate her breakfast and then Raven helped her start her morning meditation routine. The child, despite her young age, had a good helping of power built inside her. Meditation helped her control it enough for her to have as normal a four-year-old's life could possibly be.

"Are you ready for your first day of kindergarten on Monday?" Raven asked her daughter.

"Yeah, Mary says that they got somebody famous to talk about the school." Danielle said, speaking of her best friend who lived down the street.

"Really?"

"Yeah. 'Cause the school's brand new."

"Does she know who will be speaking?"

"No, but it's her mama's pretend boyfriend." Raven gave a small smile at that. "You're going to be there, right?" Danielle asked, suddenly worried.

"Of course, don't worry; I'll be there as long as they let me. But you'll have class, and I can't go with you to that, but you'll be fine. Mary will be with you and the two of you will make lots of new friends, you'll see."

"Okay."

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That weekend Raven spent the majority of her time with Danielle, helping her to practice exercising her powers safely. Repeatedly, Raven would tell her not to use her powers outside the house. Danielle had been told this since she was old enough to understand, but Raven couldn't help but feel wary of Danielle's powers becoming known once she was in school.

Soon it was Danielle's first day of kindergarten. Raven made sure her daughter was dressed nicely, and put a few extra cookies in her lunchbox. On the drive to school, they picked up Mary and the two girls chatted all the way to school. Raven parked in the school parking lot and together the three of them walked to the school gates. Mary eagerly joined the other children on the playground, Danielle was unsure however, and stayed at her mother's side. Raven noticed several other parents standing nearby, waiting for class to begin before they left.

"Mama?" Danielle asked.

"Yes Danni, what is it?"

"What if I don't like it? Can I stay home with you?"

"Don't worry about that Danielle, you're going to love it. And if you hate it, we'll work something out, okay? But Mary's here, look she's waiting for you over there." Danielle turned and spotted Mary and a small smile graced her lips. "And if you want to talk, you know how to find me," she whispered. Right? Allowing her mind to gently touch Danielle's through the connection they had shared since her birth. Danielle cheered up at the thought of the presence of her mother always being nearby.

"Yeah, okay, Mama."

"That's my girl, now go play. I'll be over there for a while, okay?" Raven said, motioning to where the other parents were standing off to the side. Danielle nodded, her confidence returning as she ran to play with Mary after placing her backpack on a small hook near the door to the classroom where everyone else's was. Raven walked to the area off the playground where the other parents were clustered together. She watched her daughter play, finding another friend to play with almost immediately, for a few minutes before being approached by a parent from behind her.

"First time parent having your kid in kindergarten?" A deep voice behind her asked. Raven turned to see a man about a head taller than her speaking to her.

"Is it that obvious?" She asked. The man chuckled.

"You haven't taken your eyes off her since you arrived. Let me guess, the girl with dark hair, in the purple outfit?"

"Yeah," Raven smiled softly, "her name's Danielle."

"That's a nice name, mine's Nick that's my little Susie your daughter's playing with, in the pigtails."

"Rachel." She offered, and the two clasped hands briefly.

"I'm a first time parent myself, I recognized the symptoms." Nick said jokingly.

"And I was telling my daughter not to worry." He grinned.

"Same here."

"So do you know what's going to happen today?" Raven asked him.

"The speech? I've heard plenty of rumors, for sure, but the strongest one yet is of someone from Wayne Industries coming down here to celebrate the first day. Apparently they were a major supporter, money wise at least, of the building of this place."

"Wayne Industries?"

"Yeah, one of the top people of the company, that I've heard. It's some sort of surprise till the big moment though." Raven couldn't help but feel a twinge of recognition of that name. Wayne. Where had she heard it before? She knew about the company of course, up in Gotham City, who didn't know about it? It was run by Bruce Wayne, if she remembered correctly, but she knew it was something more than that. Maybe Star would know, she had suggested having Danielle enroll at the new school anyway. The two kept contact, frequently visiting each other, living only a few blocks apart really. She was known as Kori Anderson to the better part of the city and taught at a local university, mainly in the math department, but occasionally taught chemistry classes as well. She made a mental note to call her before she had to head to work.

"Would you like to walk with me to the auditorium? That's where it'll be taking place any minute now." Nick offered.

"Yes, I think I'd like that." Raven answered, tucking the mental note in the back corner of her mind. Many other parents were also heading towards the auditorium as teachers and aides gained control of the children and had them walking to the auditorium as well. Maybe she would find about the mysterious Wayne Industries man now.

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This is going to head in the direction of a tie between future and regular fandom titans. I think :) Chapter three will be up soon, I had to write the better part of it to make sure it flowed with this one before I posted it. Any guesses on who from Wayne Industries is there? Leave me a review with your thoughts.

-Akemi