(Artemis POV)

I walked back into my room sighing I rolled my eyes at the sight of Amanda tangled up in the sheets her brow was furrowed I shook my head before walking over and shaking her awake she shot up so fast our foreheads almost bashed together her eyes widened in fear before relaxing but she continued to tremble.

"Hey are you okay" I asked as she laid her head on my shoulder I shifted so that I was up against the headboard Amanda laying in my lap I ran my fingers through her hair calming her trembling a little bit. She shook her head slowly scooting closer to me.

"What was it about this time" I whispered rubbing her back she looked up at me with a heartbreaking expression that did not belong on an eleven year olds face.

"It was of the day. The last day I saw her I kept trying to wake up but I couldn't and worse I couldn't stop it from happening" A tear slipped down her cheek I wrapped my arms tighter around her.

"Shh, shh it's all right it's okay you were five there was nothing you could have done you're alright" I said it calmed her a little but not enough to stop her shaking.

"I know but still it was so scary I hated it" Amanda said as more tears slid down her tanned face.

"Don't think about that just, close your eyes and go to sleep when you wake up everything will be okay again just go to sleep" I said it was something Jade and I had always said to her mainly just to get her to fall asleep I can't even remember which one of us started it. After I said it about three times she fell asleep again. I slipped out from under her and out of the room I walked back into the kitchen for more interrogation from the rest of the team.

Apparently showing up with and eleven year old with little explanation causes a lot of questions.

"Artemis we need to know more about her before we can even think of letting her stay here what's her full story" Kaldur said I sighed.

"Look I told you she ran into trouble with the Shadows" I answered.

"Then why did she go to you and not her family" Megan asked. This was going to be a hard thing to lie about.

"I don't know she doesn't talk about her family" The questions went on for about an hour before we all heard footsteps I turned my head in time to see a sleepy Amanda run right into a wall. I mentally face palmed Amanda looked around confused yawned before walking into the wall again. I sighed before walking over and pulling her away from the wall.

"Stupid wall it kept getting in my way I should break it or something" Amanda grumbled rubbing her eyes tiredly.

"Maybe you shouldn't have walked right into it twice" I said back before sitting her down on one of the stools around the kitchen island. Robin and Wally were laughing like crazy about the whole thing.

"Dude, how did you not see the wall there" Wally laughed Amanda glared at him.

"Shut up I said it got in my way didn't I" She growled out I could still see how tired she was.

"What are you like nine" Robin teased I smirked Amanda looked at him with a death glare almost as bad as Batman's. Amanda happened to be small for her age she looked two years younger than she really was.

"No I'm eleven what are you four" She growled back Amanda wasn't the best at comebacks.

"No I'm thirteen" Robin said angry at her thankfully before they could actually start killing each other Black Canary walked in Amanda looked up she moved closer to me in a scared type of movement.

"Okay where's the kid I'm supposed to get info for training" She asked bluntly she looked around until her eyes fell on Amanda she motioned for us to follow her to the training room the whole team went.

(Amanda's POV)

I had just woke up and ran into a wall twice then I got into a fight with Boy Blunder now I have to fight it is just not my day. After about hours of training I was slammed to the mat again this time I was really mad I sat up and started yelling in Spanish I saw Artemis sigh but I kept going I was really mad I don't ever fight and when I do it's only when my dad flips out on me. Everyone in the room looked confused I was using every single Spanish word I knew that Artemis didn't after about ten minutes of shouting I kicked the wall bad idea that hurt really bad.

"Alright Amanda shut up" Artemis said after a while I glared at her before sighing.

"So you know more Spanish than English I suppose" BC said shaking her head.

"It's my first language I learned English when I was almost seven" I said standing next to Artemis. I crossed my arms blowing my hair out of my face I tilted my head to the side in an annoyed movement.

"That might just come in handy who taught you English" BC asked I glanced at Artemis before answering.

"My father's side of my family my father insisted I learned but he refused to teach me himself so he left it to his family the two who taught pretty much raised me" I said Boy Blunder gave Artemis a knowing look.

"Well take the rest of the day off all of you but I want to speak to Amanda privately" BC said she turned watching the others leave I looked at Artemis pleadingly she shook her head before leaving I had no idea what that meant.

"What did you want to talk to me about" I asked fiddling with my mother's necklace.

"Look kid the League doesn't mind helping people out as long as they don't lie about what they're in trouble about so what's your real story and no lying" She cut straight to the point I bit my lip nervously my stomach started turning I wasn't any good at lying unless someone was with me like Arty or Jade.

"Well um I, I uh I told Batman my story he should be able to tell you there's really nothing to tell" I mumbled my accent was really strong from when I was talking in Spanish.

"Bats said he knew you lied about something but since you won't tell me you can always trust the team you seem to already trust Artemis and you know that no one here will hurt you, you can learn to trust here just try" BC said before leaving the room I walked out a minute later I sat down next to Arty on the couch I was still thinking about what BC had said could I really trust these people I titled my head thinking the thought over I shook my head getting the stupid thought out of my head I had a job to do here bring Artemis back to the Shadows everything else I would lie my way through.

(Three Months Later)

I screwed up I screwed up big time I started trusting this stupid team I had to finish this job and fast or I won't be able to finish I was currently seated on the couch in between Artemis and Wally, Wally had his arm wrapped around me protectively he was freaked out because earlier that day we had tried a training exercise and Megan had sort of lost control and Artemis had gotten killed in a way after that I had gone into a panic attack which had scared Wally and Robin so bad that they made me talk to them about why I had freaked thus Arty and I had pretty much told them everything mainly just that she was my older sister nothing about our family but Wally had started calling my 'Baby Girl' at first I had been really confused no one had ever called me anything like that I kind of liked it. Martian Man Hunter also said that if I see or have any more trauma then I could go into a permanent coma which really scared the Team but I had known that for a while now.

Artemis got up and went into her room to sleep leaving just me and Wally I yawned rubbing my eyes I laid my head on Wally's chest closing my eyes.

"Hey don't you fall asleep on me to now" Wally said I smiled an sat up a little straighter bringing my eyes back to the T.V. Wally had popped a old kid's movie in that I wasn't really watching it I was more thinking about tomorrow I had school I went to Happy Harbor Middle School I was I few grades below Megan and Conner but tomorrow I was going to get 'kidnapped' really a Shadow agent was just going to come and make it look like I was kidnapped just to draw Artemis back to the Shadows but I was started to not want to do it I didn't want to hurt Arty or the team anymore I just didn't know why.

"Hey Wally" I asked moving my head to look at him he moved his gaze from the T.V. to meet my eyes.

"Yeah Baby Girl" He asked.

"What are your parents like" I asked I really wanted to know what a normal family was like and Wally was the only normal person on the Team I think. I looked at him and saw the sudden shock and slight pain in his eyes.

"They are you know parents normal I guess why do you ask" He said changing the subject I shrugged leaning into him a little more I yawned again.

"I was just wondering what a normal family is like" I said I shifted so that he looked at me better.

"My dad wasn't the nicest guy in the world so I live with my Aunt Iris and Uncle Barry so they're pretty much like parents my Uncle is actually the Flash" Wally said I smiled at him he said he dad wasn't nice did that mean he was like my dad cruel and evil no that was impossible no one as nice as Wally could come from someone even remotely evil.

"How did you get your powers" I asked I liked hearing Wally talk it made everything else go away like my dad and things like that.

"When I was I kid I was a total science geek I asked my uncle how the Flash got his powers and got all the chemicals and recreated the experiment my uncle wasn't too happy considering that if I had messed it up even the slightest I could have died but I did it right so here I am Kid Flash fastest boy alive" Wally said the last bit cockily I laughed.

"That's so cool you seem like your uncle is really important to you sort of like Arty is to me" I said leaning on his arm he shifted slightly so that instead of his arm I was laying on his chest I yawned again Wally looked down at me.

"Hey sit up a second I'm gonna go get some ice cream do you want any" Wally said I shook my head as I sat up Wally sped out of the room and returned a minute later with a bowl of chocolate ice cream he sat back down and I leaned on him again.

"You know I had a little sister" Wally said suddenly I looked up at him in confusion.

"Really what happened to her" I asked quietly I had a feeling Wally hadn't told any of the Team about this stuff.

"She got really sick when she was about seven turns out she had leukemia she died a month after being diagnosed after that my parents stopped really being well parents she would be about your age I think" Wally explained he help a spoon full of ice cream out for me I opened my mouth he put it in yum I loved chocolate ice cream.

"What was her name" I asked yawning again.

"Lucy. She had red hair like me and a whole lot of freckles and even when she knew she was dying she was still happy. Roy and Robin met her maybe once or twice it was a few months after I became Kid Flash Roy and Robin come with me every year on the anniversary of her death" I nodded in understanding Arty and Jade came with me on my mother's death too.

"It sounds like you really love her and miss her" I said yawning again Wally nodded.

"Why don't you get some sleep you have school in the morning" Wally suggested I nodded rubbing my eye before laying on Wally's chest and quickly falling asleep.