I was going to do a Roy and Oliver chapter but I was having a lot of trouble with it. I will just continue with the original team in order of when they became sidekicks. I also know that you guys may be upset about the last chapter but it is popular fanon. I am not trying to do anything and I think Wally has forgiven his parents and would live with them but they are not equipped for a speedster in the house. I don't know a lot about Kaldur's backstory so I tried my best. I hope you like it. Info from YJ wiki but apparently my Wally and Dick timelines were wrong. His parents died when they were ten and he became robin that year. Wally is different and his powers came in at the age of 13.

Chapter 3: Kaldur and Orin

Orin had been patrolling Shayeris, a district of his kingdom Atlantis when he heard a child's cry. Deciding to check it out he entered a home to an outrageous sight. A woman was lying on the floor with blood pouring out of her head where she had obviously been struck. Orin swam over to try to stop the bleeding though he knew there was no hope.

"Tell me your name. Do you know who did this to you?"

"I am Shailaina, it was my husband. His name is Calvin Durham."

Orin's eyes darkened. This woman was the wife of a dangerous criminal, one of the right hands to Black Manta. Did she know? Her eyes told him she did but as she breathed one last time her eyes smiled and turned to look elsewhere. Orin closed her eyes but followed her gaze. Hiding in a cabinet was a child. Orin approached carefully.

"Hello, what is your name?"

"I am Kaldurham. Is my mother alright?" The child whimpered when Orin's face darkened.

"Come here Kaldurham. I will take care of you. My name is Orin."

"King Orin?" The child's eyes widened in awe and Orin chuckled. How could a child emotions change so fast?

"Yes young one. Come we will take you to the palace and take care of you there for now."

"The palace? Wow." The child started swimming weakly after Orin and that is when he realized he was hurt as well.

"Come, let me carry you. You are hurt."

Kaldur was scooped up into Orin's arms and the two made their way towards the palace. The royal guard that had been with Orin put Shailana's body into a body bag so a funeral could be arranged.

Kaldurham was sent to the mandatory military service of atlantis and later the school of sorcery when Mera realized his potential. Orin kept an eye on the boy. Something great would come out of him one day.

Years had passed. Kaldurham was now around 15. He had been learning at the sorcery school for 7 years now. He had made two great friends. Tula and Garth, though he hoped Tula would develop into something more. The three of them had been training together when the attack from Oceanmaster started.

All three watched and fought henchman but watched in shock as their king was weakened and realized he was losing. Sensing no one else would help Kaldurham and Garth stepped in. Using the skills they had been practicing for years they helped King Orin beat Oceanmaster. Everyone had watched in awe as magic clashed with weapons, punch against spell, the two worked to the point of exhaustion. Oceanmaster finally fled sensing defeat. Garth and Kaldur where worshipped as heroes of Atlantis. At a dinner in honor of the two King Orin pulled them aside to talk.

"You have both shown exceptional skill and courage."

"Thank you my king." Both replied putting their fist to their forehead in the tradiotional show of respect.

"I have been thinking of taking a child partner, or sidekick like some colleagues on the surface. Would either of you be willing to accept the job?"

"I am sorry to refuse my king. My place is at the school."

"I understand. Kaldurham?"

Kaldurham was about to refuse when he remembered the day King Orin helped him and his mother. He wanted to help people like King Orin helped him. Sending an apologetic grin to Garth he turned to Aquaman.

"It would be my honor, my king."

"Great. You will be my companion and partner. We shall arrange a room for you at the palace. I believe your old one is still available."

"You remember me?" Kaldurahm was shocked. The king had probably had saved hundreds like him yet he remembered him and the room he had stayed in at the palace for a few weeks?

"Of course. You are not easy to forget. I have been keeping my eye on you for a while. I was going to offer you this position any way in a few months but it seemed Oceanmaster wanted to make fate happen faster."

The next day Kaldur gathered his belongings, said his goodbyes and left to the palace to begin his new life.

Kaldur'ahm had been working on the surface for a year now under the name Aqualad. Now he had come home to visit his friends. Garth and Tula had been excited to see him and compare what they had learnt from their respective mentors. Kaldur (as he had been dubbed by the other sidekicks) had been upset to learn he was no longer more advanced than Garth. He and Tula had once been tied for the top of their class. Instead of letting his disappointment show he shared stories of the surface. His friends listened with awe and laughed as he described his surface friends the other sidekicks.

Aqualad looked at his protégée. The boy he was starting to see as his son. The boy was obviously uncomftorable. He knew this would happen, it had happened to him when he started to work on the surface. He was going to talk to the boy after. So when the feast ended and before they retired to their quarters Kaldur was pulled aside.

"Kaldur'ahm are you all right?"

"No my king," Kaldur had to be honest, "I was shocked to realize all that I have missed."

"The burden of being a hero my boy. You need to understand. You will never really truly be home here or there. There will always be a part of you in both worlds."

"I understand, my King." Kaldur said disappointed not really understanding. How could he not think of Tula and Garth while on the surface, and Robin, Wally and Roy while home in Atlantis?

"Come, shall we have a sparring match before we retire?"

"I accept." Kaldur smirked drawing his water bearers.

AN:

Thank you all for reading. This went from a story about Dick and Bruce, too a story about side kicks and mentors. Then it went to the original sidekicks and mentors. So I am done, I can push my self to do more here.