For most of Artemis's life, she had to deal with the burden of abandonment. First, her dad trains her and her sister from a very young age to be ruthless assassins; effectively stealing her innocence. He was bound to get caught from one point or another, but when he does, it's just her, Jade, and her mom. Scratch that: her, her psychotically violent sister, and crippled mother. Doesn't sound so fun now, does it? But wait, it gets worse.
Jade decides she wants to be "independent". Stinking brat. So then, you see, Sportsmaster breaks out of jail (killing about 20 or so guards while doing so), and brings her to the League of Shadows. Great. Just great.
While there, she is taught to kill people on a daily basis. It sickens her. How could someone be so cruel, yet still claim that this is for "a bigger cause". Yeah, a cause to kill everyone that ticks you off.
The worst thing about the League of Shadows? The expectations. One mistake, and you'll be going through vigorous training for the next year and will get beat up for one single mistake. It's absolutely stupid. Why would you do that? No one is perfect.
Eventually, Artemis was able to get out of that hell-hole. And thank goodness she did... chances are that she would be dead by now if she didn't. And the greatest part about getting away? Being with her friends; nevermind. Just the sheer joy of just having friends. Luckily, Green Arrow had found her and brought her to the Justice League. And they actually trusted her. Her, an ex-assassin.
The League allowed her to join a covert team that called themselves Young Justice. There were 5 other members on the team. Aqualad, the leader. Miss Martian, the telepath. Superboy, the strong one. Kid Idiot, the annoying one, and Robin. The experienced yet very young one. Finally, she is the last member. Over at the Shadows, she is a nobody. But here, she has made a name for herself. Artemis.
Yes, it may not be very clever, considering its her civilian name. But it'll have to do for now.
Knowing her luck though, the team was bound to find out her past someday. That day will be the day that they turn against her, abandon her. Then she'll be all alone.
