A/N: thanks to all who are ready to give this story a chance! I've already got big plans for this story and I appreciate anyone who has enjoyed it so far :) Make sure if you have any questions to ask me because AUs can be kind of confusing. So, with out further adieu, on to the story!

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Artemis looked in her dresser to find what to wear for the 2 hour training session. Unsure of how people even dress for these things, she threw on some gym shorts and a t-shirt.

She walked out of her door then stopped. She closed her eyes. Then she turned right. It was really hard to remember where everything was in the giant mountain. Opening the doors to the gym, Artemis was still amazed at how huge the gym was. There were oppourtunites of every kind to work out. There were bars, beams, and mats for a gymnastics workout, there were medicine balls and dumbells, treadmills, elyptical bikes, and other electronic training devices, through the doors on the right there was a 50 meter swimming pool, and through the doors on the left there was a fully furnished weight room. In the center of the room was a square for one on one combat.

At a desk in one corner there were wrist bands you could wear to track your heart rate and gauge how hard you've been working, and behind it a refrigerator stocked with chocolate milk, protein drinks, and other necessary items to refuel athletes. It was awesome but at the same time intimidating. Were they actually going to use all this? "Alright kids, come on over and I'm going to give you a little demonstration," Black Canary called from the combat square. The nine teens walked over to the center of the room.

Roy was muttering something about "Don't call me a kid," and Wally and Dick were arguing about whether Wally was shorter than Dick when he was his age. "Ahem, Dick," Black Canary began. "Would you join me in combat?" "Oh, sure thing," Dick ran to the square. Artemis hardly payed attention to the demonstration where Dick put up a good fight but still got his butt kicked. She was surprised at how much he already knew, however, and saw why Black Canary chose him.

Artemis was watching Roy, who seemed to be lost in thought instead of watching the demonstration. Finally, at the end he said gruffly, "It looks easy enough when you're fighting a 13 year old." then turning to the other campers, "It'll be different when you're fighting an actual adult, though." Black Canary gave a small smile, "Are you volunteering?"

Roy slipped off his jacket and came to the center of the room. They both held a fighting stance and focused. Each were taking deep breaths and began to circle each other. Artemis found herself holding her breath. The tension grew. Suddenly Roy lunged and went for a high kick to her head, but Canary ducked and drop kicked him. He stumbled, but quickly regained his stance as Canary went for a high kick. He caught her leg and pulled her to the ground, where she handspringed and landed behind him, kicking the back of his knee so that he fell on the ground.

"Failed: Roy Harper" the computer announced and he grimaced.

Canary helped him up, then turned to the observing teens. "Surprise attacks can be good, but very risky. I was prepared because he's used them before," she smiled at Roy and Artemis was in major confusement. They've fought before? "You must always be on your guard for surprise attacks," Canary instructed. "And don't use them too often, or your opponent, of course, will no longer be surprised."

After teaching every one the basic movements of combat, Canary took them through a pair of doors into yet another huge room. It was an obstacle course filled with all sorts of challenges. Artemis stared in amazement and wondered how she could even get through it. "This is the obstacle course we'll be using once a week to test your improvement," Canary told them. "It uses every element we'll be focusing on this summer."

"Can you believe this?" Barbara whispered to Artemis. "It's going to take me a year to finish this whole thing!" "At least you have experience with gymnastics," she hissed back. "I have nothing." "How is gymnastics supposed to help me swim through a maze?" "Shit. There's a rock climbing wall too. I hate heights."

As if on cue, Black Canary explained, "This obstacle course is all about overcoming your weaknesses. Each of you at some point will struggle with a part of this course." "Each one of us except Dick," Artemis muttered. Batman now entered the room and handed each of them one of the wrist bands that tracks heart rate. It looked almost like a watch. "You will wear one of these each time you run the course to gauge your effort. We're hoping that every time will be easier than the last." After they strapped the bands on tharms wrists, they lined up to try the course.

Kaldur, being the natural leader, went first. Everything was going well up to the logs. At this point, he had to jump from one log to another, six altogether, while keeping your balance and not falling in. The logs rolled easily and once fallen it was impossible to get back on. Having webbed hands and feet made it difficult to cling to the unsturdy log, and he fell after leaping to the third one. "I'm hoping to have one of you break Wonder Woman's record time," Black Canary smiled, possibly trying to encourage them. "For that you need strength, speed and control, but most of all you have to want it." How are we supposed to break the record if we can't even make it the whole way? Artemis wondered.

Dick went next, making it past the logs, rock climbing wall, and uneven bars like a little acrobat, but when it came to the more strength inspired apparatus he began to struggle. To get to the other side of a wall you had to lift the opening with your own hands. With a grunt of pain, he pulled as hard as he could, and barely managed to slip under. Next he came to a long walkway with heavy, squishy balls swinging back and forth. In between were metal peices of floor which would drop out from under you with out warning. This stage obviously required speed. Dick took a deep breath and plunged in. He was doing well until he paused too long on a piece of flooring and suddenly dropped into the water. He came up with a smile and pretended to wave to an imaginary crowd. The next seven teens didn't make it through the course either. Artemis was almost relieved she didn't make it to the rock climbing wall, unable to swing high enough from the low bar to the high bar.

"Alright team," Canary called them together afterwards. "We'll take your results and evaluate them to figure out what each of you need to work on for tomorrow. For now, hit the showers and enjoy the rest of the day. Remember, doubles start next week." Everyone was silent as they walked down the corridors and to the locker rooms.

"I'm not good at anything," Artemis groaned after a refreshing shower. "How am I going to make it through this camp?" "You're not good at anything because you've never tried anything," Barbara consoled her. "Once you try things out, you might be surprised at all the talent you have."

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Artemis took her time getting changed and eating supper (because damn that workout made her hungry), then walked back to her room to call and wish her mom goodnight. As she made her way down the corridor she came upon Dick, who stopped her. "So Artemis, you look nice tonight," this complement, so unexpected, made her almost laugh, mostly because she was In her PJs. "Um... Thanks I guess?" "Yeah you know, do you wanna like, go out some time?" Now she thought she was imagining things. "What?" she asked. "Do you want to go out some time?"

"What?"

"I said, 'Do you want to go out sometime?'"

She still couldn't believe it. "You mean, as in out to the kitchen for a snack?"

"No, as in out to a restaurant for dinner, or a movie or something." he replied. She just stared at him in disbelief. "Um..." she started.

"You can just say no," he said, shrugging his shoulders.

"Um... No?" she returned, still puzzled. "Okay," he replied, shrugging his shoulders again, then walking down the hall and into the room he came from. Artemis quietly ran after and him and listened at the door.

"I asked her," Dick was saying, and Conner asked, "What'd she say?"

"'No,' of course. We're just friends," came the reply, then Connor's voice again. "Yeah, that was kind of a stupid dare, Wally."

"Like you could have thought of something better!" Wally defended himself. "Alright," Dick went on. "I dare you to ask her out."

"That'll be good," she heard Roy say, which kind of made her heart sink that he didn't romantically announce that she was already his and no one else could touch her, but she had only known him a little over a day. "It will be good," Wally replied hotly. "I'll use my charms and pick her up in no time."

"She's not really like that... And you can't even remember her name." Dick chuckled. Wally just smirked. "I remember her name, I've just been messing with her. Besides, she's been checking me out since the moment we met."

Artemis gritted her teeth in annoyance then sprinted to the water fountain and pretended she hadn't been listening. As she brought her head up from a drink she saw Wally next to her. "Hey," he smiled. "Hey," she returned and started walking to her room, but Wally sped in front of her. "You looked good in practice today," he tried. "I didn't make it past the third stage," she raised an eyebrow. This was going to be interesting. "Oh, I wasn't talking about the obstacle course," he wiggled his eyebrows. Didn't see that one coming, Artemis thought sarcastically. "You know," he began, putting his arm around her and beginning to walk down the hall. "A speedster like me and a..." he struggled to find a word. "Spirited girl like you, we'd really make a nice pair," it made no sense, but Artemis smiled and batted her eyelashes. "Continue," she said, guiding him through a door.

"I could see us together-" he stopped short. "Wally, what are you doing in here?!" Megan, who had been looking in the mirror, asked incredulously. Barbara took out her phone and snapped a picture of Wally, an astonished look on his face, standing next to the sign reading, "Girls' Locker Room" "Oh, shit," he muttered, and in half a second he was out the door, his face blushing red.

Zatanna was laughing and Barbara was smiling with one eyebrow raised. Megan looked confused. Then the four went out to the room where the boys were sitting, Wally still upset, but not going into details about his experience. He shot an angry glance at Artemis when the girls walked in.

"Truth or dare? Is that seriously the best you guys an think of?"

Conner shrugged. "We wanted to see why girls think it's so fun." "Girls don't think it's that fun," Zatanna said, sitting down. "Who's going next?"

"Let's see..." Dick looked around. "No, no," Wally cut in. "My turn to ask the question. Roy,"

Said red head snapped his head up.

"Truth or dare."

Roy looked like he was trying to weigh out which would be least embarrassing. Not wanting to risk a dare from Wally, he replied,"Truth."

"Party pooper..." Wally muttered. Then he thought a moment and smiled.

"How many girls have you made out with?"

Roy rolled his eyes. "Really?" he asked superciliously.

"Just answer the question."

"Um... Too many to count."

"That's a stupid answer..." Wally mumbled. Roy sat up.

"Barbara, truth or dare?"

She thought for a moment. "Truth."

Roy wasn't very original with his questions. "Who is your biggest idol?"

"What kind of question is that?!" Wally burst out, but noticing Roy smiling he looked at Barbara, who had a slight blush on her face and was trying to keep her composure. Everyone was now more interested. "Come on, Babs, who is it?" Dick prodded. Barbara shook her head. "You guys'll think its really dumb!"

"Just tell us," Conner said. "We won't judge."

Barbra still looked wary. She finally admitted, "Alright, it's- it's Batman." Dick was trying really hard not to laugh. Artemis was almost amazed. She never knew about that! "Woah, it must've been, like, awesome for you when you saw him here," Zatanna commented. Barbara blushed again. Then she quickly changed the subject.

"Dick, truth or dare?"

Immediately Dick answered with confidence, "Dare."

Barbara smiled almost evilly. "I dare you to sing the best you can for at least a minute."

Everyone was silent. What a weird dare. "Augh... A minute?" Dick asked, running a hand through his hair. "No chickens!" Babs reminded him.

"I know I know... Okay, um, here it goes."

Every one sat still. Dick began. "I don't want another pretty face... I don't want just any one to hold... I don't want my love to go to waste... I want you and your beautiful soul..."

Artemis was amazed. He sounded just like Jesse McCartney!

Dick cleared his throat awkwardly. "I know, that you, are somethin' special. To you, I'd be, always faithful. I want, to be, what you always needed, then I'd hope you'd see the heart in me. Been a minute yet?" "Nope..." Barbara looked at her phone. "I don't want another pretty face, I don't want just any one to hold, I don't want my love to go to waste, I want you and your beautiful soul... Now?"

"Ten more seconds."

"Yeah... You might need time, okay I'm done!" he suddenly stopped and everyone just sat staring at him or into space.

"That was... Really good," Artemis ventured to say. "Yeah, you have a great voice," Roy complemented. Barbara just smiled in satisfaction.

Dick then said, "Ok, um, Wally, truth or dare?" "Dare." "I dare you to run through the entire mountain while carrying Artemis." "Woah, woah, wait!" Artemis stood up. "You can't include me in a dare! Then I have to suffer too!" "Are you kidding me? She probably weighs 500 pounds! There is no way I am doing that!" "What kind of a dare is that anyway?" then Artemis turned to Wally. "Hey, I don't weigh 500 pounds!" "Oh yeah? I saw all the food you put on your plate yesterday!" "That coming from the guy who eats enough food in a day to feed China for a week!"

"WALLY!" Dick yelled. "Do it!"

Wally growled and Artemis protested, "I refuse to-" but she was suddenly swept off her feet, speeding down the hall and around the corner.

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A/N: How'd you like it? (: make sure to tell me! Obviously I kind of suck at writing fight scenes and stuff, so if you have any tips I'm welcome to advice! I hope you enjoyed!