Emerald sat cross-legged in the base on the ground. Her breathing was even and her eyes were closed as she focused on what had happened in the past few days. Since finding out about the Manhunter temple, she was slowly coming to terms with her parents' deaths. Her ring floated in front of her, green as it should be, and she ignored the combat training going on in front of her.

One of her eyes opened slightly when the computer said that Aqualad had failed. Superboy had been getting better at combat training, not enough to beat her, Black Canary, or Kilowog, but better. She glanced up as Red Tornado came out of his room that was above them as Superboy helped Aqualad to his feet.

Wally ran toward the android, "Do you have a mission for us?"

"Mission assignments are the Batman's responsibility," Red Tornado stated.

"Yeah. Well, the Batman's with the Robin doing the dynamic duo thing in Gotham," Wally replied, gesturing toward the Zeta Tubes, "but you're headed somewhere, right? Hot date or a-a mission?" He drew out the last word as if to make himself sound cooler.

"If we can be of help," Aqualad added.

Emerald stood as Red Tornado brought up the holographic computer, her ring going onto her finger as a picture came up of an older man. "This is Kent Nelson, a friend. He is 106 years old…"

Her eyes widened, "Wait, Kent Nelson? The Kent Nelson?" Her teammates looked at her. "Oh come on, that's Doctor Fate."

Red Tornado nodded, "He has been missing for 23 days and was a charter member of the Justice Society, a precursor to the Justice League."

"Earth's sorcerer supreme," Aqualad stated. Emerald could hear her cousin scoff at that and only shook her head. Unlike Wally, she believed wholeheartedly in magic. She had become friends with quite a few magical beings because of it and had gone into a few alternate dimensions as well.

"Kent may simply be on one of his…walkabouts, but he is caretaker to the Helmet of Fate, the source of the Doctor's mystic might, and it is unwise to leave such power unguarded," Red Tornado continued.

"He's like the great sorcerer priests and priestesses of Mars," M'Gann seemed to be in awe. "I would be honored to help find him."

"Me too," Wally raised his hand up as if he was in class. Emerald rolled her eyes at him. "So honored, I can barely stand it. Magic rocks."

Emerald chuckled at this before looking at Red Tornado who was holding up something that looked like a key, "Take this." She accepted it. "It is the key to the Tower of Fate." She examined it in awe, she had never imagined that she would ever hold this in her hand or that she would be able to go to the Tower. It was like a dream come true.

She looked up at Red Tornado and smiled, "Cool. I think I know the way, as long as the Tower's location hasn't changed from when it was burned into my brain by the Lantern." He nodded and turned to the computer as they all began to walk toward to the bioship.

Emerald was turned toward one of the windows as they flew toward their destination. Her eyes closed as she meditated once more, her ring resting comfortably on her finger. Wally and Artemis had been bickering for a bit causing her eye to twitch in annoyance. Finally, she had enough, two blue hands reached out of her ring and smacked both of them on the back of the head. Artemis looked at her, "What was that for?"

"You're disturbing my meditation," she stated simply.

She couldn't tell if one of them was going to reply as Miss Martian spoke, "We've reached your coordinates, Emerald, but-"

"Nothing's there," Superboy finished.

Emerald opened one eye, "You didn't think it would be as simple as just flying here and seeing it, did you?"

"Take us down," Aqualad directed. Emerald sighed and stood as soon as the bioship landed and the ramp was lowered before following her friends out. She crossed her arms as they surveyed the empty field, the exact coordinates that were in her brain. Wally ran around for a moment before coming back to them. Emerald shook her head at his attempts at flirting with M'Gann by pretending to believe in magic. Aqualad frowned, "Emerald, may I see the key?"

She nodded and brought it out, noticing her ring flash slightly, "What are you planning?"

"A test of faith," he replied. "Stand behind me." He walked in between Artemis and Superboy, before inserting the key into thin air. She could hear the sound of a lock clicking and before they could even blink, a large tower appeared in front of them, stretching up into the sky and seeming as if it had been there all along.

She smiled him, "Kaldur, you're a genius! Can't believe that Robin's missing out on this!" Aqualad smiled before pushing the door open and they all walked in. Emerald looked around in awe, "Man, I love magic!"

The door swung close behind them and Superboy looked around, "Uh, where'd the door go?"

A glowing image of Kent Nelson appeared, "Greetings. You have entered with a key, but the tower doesn't recognize you. Please state your purpose and intent."

Wally looked at Miss Martian and Emerald's ring flashed as soon as the first word left his mouth, "We are true believers, here to find Doctor Fate."

The image seemed disappointed and disappeared. With its disappearance, the floor rumbled before crumbling down. Emerald blinked as she heard her teammates yell. Looking down she saw a large pit with lava at the bottom. Her eyes widened and she moved down to help, a blue light surrounding her to protect her from the heat. The others began to save each other, leaving Superboy to freefall.

She extended the ring and created a platform, stopping his feet a couple of inches from the lava. He looked up at her and nodded. She moved him higher up and then looked at the others. M'Gann was slowly falling and both she and Aqualad were sweating profusely. She extended the blue platform out, yet the lava seemed to be eating her construct away. Her eyes narrowed as she tried to think, "We never answered the question."

Everyone looked at her except M'Gann who seemed to understand, "Red Tornado sent us to see if Mr. Nelson and the Helmet were safe!"

Automatically, doors closed over the lava, darkening the entire pit. Emerald set Superboy down before landing herself, suddenly feeling a bit weak. She put her hands on her knees and took a deep breath. Magic and her ring didn't usually mix very well. Aqualad commented on the state of the platform as Superboy checked on Emerald. She smiled at him in reassurance that she was fine.

"Enough," Artemis yelled, gaining their attention. She was shoving Wally toward the wall, "Your little 'impress Megan at all costs' game nearly got us all barbecued."

"When did this become my fault," Wally asked.

"When you lied to that whatever-it-was and called yourself a true believer," Artemis stated.

"Wally, you don't believe," M'Gann asked.

Emerald laughed as she straightened, "Him? Believe in magic? It would be easier to make a pig fly by simply sewing bird wings on it than it would be to make him believe in magic."

"Magic is a major load," Wally stated, crossing his arms over his chest.

Aqualad was still feeling the ground, "Wally, I studied for a year at the Conservatory of Sorcery in Atlantis. The mystic arts created the skin icons that power my water bearers."

Emerald shook her head as Wally glared at him as if he was dumb, "Dude, you ever hear of bioelectricity? Hey, in primitive cultures, fire was once considered magical, too. Today it's all just a bunch of tricks."

Artemis began to argue with him when Emerald created a blue barrier, "Enough. Let's just finish what we started and find Kent Nelson. Afterwards, you two can bicker to your hearts' content, alright?" The two looked away from each other as Aqualad sighed. "Let's get going."

Aqualad grabbed a handle on the floor causing Wally's eyes to widen, "Wait! The back-draft from the lava will roast us alive!" Aqualad pulled the handle up allowing snow to come in to the shaft.

Emerald smiled as she caught a few snowflakes in a small ball, "You were saying, Wally?"

"Do you ever get tired of being wrong," Artemis asked said boy.

They jumped down, landing in a snowy area, though the square didn't open up directly above it, rather was more like a window floating in midair. Everyone looked at Wally expectantly as the window disappeared, "Ever hear of string theory? We're in a pocket dimension."

Emerald patted Artemis's shoulder before looking at the landscape, noticing something floating in midair, "Hey, guys, what's a cane doing in the middle of nowhere?"

Everyone looked at it then Artemis began to walk toward it as Wally spoke, "Ooh. Maybe it's Nelson's magic wand." He ran forward and grabbed it at the same time as Artemis, speaking in unison, "I got it." They gasped as the cane glowed, "I can't let go."

They both yelled as the cane dragged them up in the air where they disappeared in a flash of golden light. Emerald sighed, "Time to go save the nitwits."

The four of them began to walk as Miss Martian spoke, "I don't understand Wally. It's almost like he needs to believe the impossible can't happen."

"It's a bit more complicated than that," Emerald said, walking beside Superboy. "If he can't comprehend something, he uses science to explain it and control it. If he actually acknowledged the fact that magic exists, he'd loose his control and his faith in science in a sense."

Miss Martian looked at her, "But you believe in magic?"

"Oh yeah, I have since I was a little girl," Emerald smiled at the thought. "I actually have quite a few friends that are steeped in magic, even in other worlds."

"So what's with your ring," Superboy asked, glancing down at her hand. "I don't think most Green Lantern rings could do that."

She looked at it, "None of them can, not even the Guardians are sure why my ring can change which corps it belongs to." They looked at her expectantly. "There are nine lantern corps, some don't exist in our dimension presently, but they still exist and each stands for a different emotion or facet of life. Green is will, yellow is fear, red is anger, blue is hope, orange is greed, indigo is compassion, purple is love, black is sadness or death, and the white is a combination of them all. Currently in our dimension the Green, Yellow, Red, Blue, Orange, and Indigo Lantern Corps exist along with the Star Sapphires or the Purple Lantern Corps."

"And your ring allows you to change which Corps you are loyal to," Aqualad asked.

"Sometimes," she shrugged. "Most of the time it changes depending on my mood, but I usually like to keep it green which takes a lot of willpower to do. But the fact that my ring is able to do that is supposed to be a secret, I bet the Guardians would be furious if you guys knew about it. But oh well."

Superboy was about to ask another question when there was a creaking noise. They turned to see a staircase and an open door on top of a pile of ice and snow. Guess that was their destination.

Miss Martian and Emerald floated down after Superboy and Aqualad who'd fallen through the door. The latter girl smiled as she saw Wally, Artemis, and Kent Nelson. Artemis ran toward them as Nelson looked at Wally, "Friends of yours?"

"Depends on the day," Emerald replied, floating over to them. "It's an honor to meet you, Mr. Nelson." Her ring flashed and she pushed both of them to the ground just as a bolt of electricity went over their heads. She looked up, recognizing Abra Kadabra and Klarion Witch Boy, "Oh great, this seems like the beginning of a bad joke. A Lord of Chaos in the tower of a Lord of Order…" She moved as Abra Kadabra sent a bolt of electricity at her. "Everyone's a critic."

She ran over to Nelson and Wally, who were beside a giant bell. Nelson hit it with his cane and it glowed. They all walked in and reappeared at the top of the tower where a gold helmet was floating. Nelson reached for it when a bolt of red light hit him in the chest. Emerald's eyes widened as she created a shield around them and the helmet. Klarion sent a bolt of red magic at it but she remained firm. His eyes narrowed as he shouted, "No!"

She looked over to see Wally catch Nelson as he fell. Nelson looked at her and motioned her to come closer. Not letting her concentration waver as she leaned down, listening to what he whispered in her ear. Her eyes widened but she nodded in understanding, letting him speak to Wally as Klarion began to assault her shield with more fervor.

"Wally, Emerald, we're in trouble," Miss Martian said in their minds. "Tell Kent that we need Doctor Fate."

The message was cut off abruptly and Emerald glanced back at her cousin, "Wally, if I stop concentrating for even a second, we'll both be dead and Klarion will get the helmet. You know what you need to do."

Wally nodded though she couldn't see and grabbed the helmet, just as Klarion created two large hands that pierced her shield. She went down on one knee, as she felt her construct begin to falter, and Klarion spoke, "Hey, dumb kid, you put that on, you may never get it off."

At that moment, his claws shredded through Emerald's shield, knocking her to the ground. Wally put on the helmet, as a wave of dark magic hit him, causing Emerald to call his name. When the dark magic passed, Doctor Fate stood there. Her eyes widened as she watched the fight between the two lords in interest. Of course she was concerned about the others, but at the moment, she couldn't help them and she had a feeling she might do more harm than good if she tried to intervene.

When Doctor Fate went down and Klarion began to create a storm cloud above them, she couldn't resist. As the lightning came down on Doctor Fate, who was trying to get up, she formed a shield around him gaining the attention of both of them. The cat hissed at her and she glared right back at it as an idea came to mind, "Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't it difficult for a Lord of Chaos or Order to maintain a physical form on this plain of existence?"

"What do you know about the mystic arts, brat," Klarion asked, not relenting.

"Not much, but enough to realize what that cat is," she smirked as she expanded the bubble so Doctor Fate could stand before opening a small hole in the shield. He flew out and Klarion let the storm cloud disappear as he began to focus his attack once more on his rival. Doctor Fate let out a beam of energy that went right past Klarion who had raised a shield and hit the cat.

"Teekl," Klarion yelled, making Emerald feel a bit bad for the cat. "I can't believe you would assault a defenseless pussycat."

"We all know that creature is no cat, Witch Boy," Fate replied, "and without your familiar, you have no anchor in this reality." Klarion began to flicker.

"Bully," Klarion spat, glaring at both of them. "Killjoy! Geezer!" Fate sent another beam of magic at him. "Holy crap." He jumped into a portal that he created as Emerald laughed at the irony. The portal opened above Teekl who he picked up, "We're outta here!"

Tendrils of dark magic shot up into the sky, disappearing into nothingness. Emerald looked at the Lord of Order who turned to her, "I don't mean to bother you, but my friends are in trouble inside the tower. Can you please help them?"

Fate nodded and then turned around, looking straight ahead, unmoving. She bit her lip as he began to speak and pause, as if she was only listening to half of the conversation. Wally removed the helmet. He walked over to Kent's body and placed the pocket watch in his hand before securing it in Kent's grasp. She put a hand on his shoulder as if to say it would all be okay as the others came and joined them. It would all be alright somehow.

"Hey, Erica." Said girl hummed in response to her cousin, not looking up from the book she had been reading since they got back to base. "What did Kent Nelson tell you? Before he died, I mean."

She paused as if debating whether or not to say it, "He said you were an idiot."

"He did not."

"Did to. He said that you were an idiot for coming to the Tower of Fate as a nonbeliever."

"He did not say that."

"Does this look like the face of someone who would lie to you about something so important?"

"Yes!"

The other members of the team chuckled as the cousins bickered. Somethings would never change.

"I am not an idiot!"

"That's what he said."