A.N: WHAT TIME IS IT? SUMMER TIME FOR ME! And me three week countown for HTTYD 2 starts today.

Shelia14: *shoves new chapter in face* read more!

Beawolf's Pen: I cried in that episode. Yes….now one week…..

Luminesyra: You'd be surprised about Vivian in this chappy. Sorry for mixing up the ships, I'm a troll that way.

Alphagirlsupreme: From today, yes one week until I begin the sequal. Check my new story I posted today…. That's a funny analogy on math hahah. About Mary, I hope I'm not repeating from Journey to the Frontier, but no one has said anything so yeah.

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World Without Grown Ups part 1

I began to panic. Hal had suddenly disappeared along with the rest of the people in the diner. I looked outside to see no one walking around in the street. "Mommy?" I looked around for the source of the cry. Sitting at the corner of a booth by a window was a little boy around seven. He had a blue hoodie on and jean pants. He had black hair and blue, fear filled eyes. Seeing how scared he was, I stood up and went to him. He saw me and backed farther into the corner of the booth. "It's ok, it's ok. I'm not going to hurt you."

He began to sniffle. "Who-who are you?"

"I'm Mary." I said sweetly, trying to calm down the boy. "And you?"

"Deven." He said, slowly unraveling himself from the tight ball he made himself into.

I heard the screech of tires outside and looked up. A few cars whizzed by and then just crashed a few blocks down. I gasped, realizing that since people in the area disappeared, how were things going to run on their own? I looked at Deven and held out a hand. "Deven, come with me. I don't think you should be on your own." He looked at me with hesitation. "Your mom disappeared, is that right?" He nodded. "Ok, well I'm sure she wouldn't want you to be on your own. I need to go check what's going on. You want to know to right?" He nodded again. I held out my hand farther and this time he took it. We both went outside and looked around. The street were almost empty. Almost. "Henry! Where is Henry?" I looked across the street to see two girls. One looked older than the other, but by the same color of hair and skin and face feature, they were siblings. One of the them, probably five, was crying. The other one, maybe ten, held her into a hug. "It's ok, we'll find him."

"Hey!" I called out. The two looked at me with wide eyes. I yelled, "Are you ok?"

"We're fine!" Said the older girl. "But our brother, he was walking with us when suddenly he just vanished. Everyone else is gone, too."

I nodded then looked across the street. Making sure no cars were suddenly going to come by, Deven and I ran across the street. I went to the girls and then kneeled down to be eye level with the crying girl. I put a hand on her shoulder to comfort her. She said through sobs, "What's going to happen to us? Are we the only ones left in the world?"

"I don't know." Suddenly my cellphone rang. I pulled it out of my pocket and checked the caller ID. "Vivian." I pressed the answer button and said with relief, "You're ok!"

"Mary? Oh thank the heavens! You're the first person to pick up the phone!"

"What do you mean?"

"I was at home with my mother when suddenly she disappeared. I looked around but she wasn't there. Then I went to look for my dad but he wasn't there either. I called the police, and no one on the line answered. I tried calling my relatives but no one picked up."

"Viv, the same thing happened to Hal. I'm with a group of kids here and they say their mother and brother were gone, too."

"What's going on? It's like random people in the world had just vanished into thin air."

I looked around and then heard a cry from an apartment window. I looked up to see through the window was a pink painted room. Judging by the color and the decorations that it was a nursery. I saw no other movement, no mother or father to come around and calm their child. "Wait a sec?" I looked down at the two sibling girls and asked, "How old is your brother?"

"Um, nineteen." Responded the oldest.

I blinked then my phone vibrated and I looked down at the screen to see Facebook updates. My circle of friends were all posting almost the same thing at the same time. Anybody they knew, eighteen or older, was gone. Since Vivian was still on the other line, I asked quickly, "Vivian, are you getting the updates."

"Yeah, this is crazy, all these people we know are gone."

"No, that's not it. It's the adults, the adults are missing!"

"Oh my gosh."

"What?"

"My neighbor, this kid next door. I hear him crying."

"Ok, just do what I did, find some nearby kids and gather them up at your place. Call the others from the Circle and tell them to do the same."

"What about you?"

"I have some friends that might know what's going. I'm going to call them."

"Ok, stay safe."

"You too." I put my phone away and then looked at the kids with me. "Ok, let's go back to the diner and you'll be safe there." I left the kids sitting in a booth and told them not to go anywhere near the kitchen, they had to stay in the front. "What's your names?" I asked the siblings."

"I'm Anna." Said the youngest.

"Elsa." Responded the oldest.

"Ok, Elsa, I need you to be in charge and keep everyone safe here. Can you do that sweetie?"

"Yeah." She said almost nervous but with confidence.

I smiled, "Good." I went outside and as I did, I went up to the window where I heard the cry. With my ring I picked the lock and it easily clicked open. I slid it up and then jumped through. I went up to a cradle where a small baby probably no older than a year was crying. I picked him up, him judging by the blue blanket he was in, and then held him in my arms. I really didn't know what to do exactly, but instincts kicked in as I started to rock him up and down and softly coo. "It's ok, I'm here. No need to worry." A minute later, his crying turned into hiccups and I just had him lay against my shoulder while I patted him. After I heard a tiny snore, I went into my pocket and pulled out my phone. If all the adults are gone, the League must be, too. So who else but me had their teacher vanish before their eyes.

"Mary?" Came a young voice from the other end.

"Robin, what's going on?"

Knowing exactly what I was talking about, Robin explained, "We don't know exactly. The League members we were with just disappeared, so we went straight to finding out the source. Zatanna was with us and she said she felt some magic when it happened-"

"Um, who?"

"Zatara's daughter."

"Oh." I didn't know he had a daughter…..well heck I didn't know Green Arrow had a niece either. "And so with the magic…"

"Right, the magic was so great that it wasn't just the League, but the whole world."

"The only people left are kids Robin."

"I got that much, I managed to contact a friend from school but Roy didn't answer." If I wasn't holding the baby, I would have put a hand over my mouth in shock. Roy…. I heard mumbling from the other end and then Robin came on the phone again, "Sorry about that. Zatanna is helping me with online stuff. Mainstream is gone but the internet at least still works."

"How will that help? Robin, the adults are gone. Kids are going to go crazy with not knowing what to do."

"Don't worry, we won't leave anyone hanging. We're going to hack into databases around the world and send instruction. For now, I need you together up kids on their own and keep them somewhere safe."

"But how can I do that with everyone. It will take hours-"

"Lany, just calm down."

I didn't realize my panicking came out into words and I sounded scared. When he told me that, I took a breath and said, "Ok, sorry about that. I'll do what I can. Good luck to you guys on finding the source of this mess."

"Thanks, good luck to you, too." We hung up. I continued to hold the sleeping baby and as I went through the window I said, "Ok, first things first."

I called all my friends to meet me somewhere near our old Middle school. We got to a small park where a fountain was built in the middle. My friends came one by one until finally we all stood in a circle together. Katrina, Leo, Clyde, Sam, Tommy, Rogan, Cody, and Vivian had all come. Every one of them was going crazy with stories of their own.

"I found this kid alone by the train station…"

"The poor boy was lost…."

"My neighbor's cat was screeching…."

"My mom was with me and then….."

"He was gone, just gone…"

I put my hands up and said, "All right all right! Vivian, you gave them all my message?"

"Yeah, I told them to do what you asked." She responded

"We did." Tommy added, "But once we got all the kids around us I realized there was probably the kids around the world. What would they know what to do?"

"I'm sure that there are still some people around who have a way of doing that." I reassured him, "We just have to take charge ourselves now of our place. Let me ask, you sure you left the children you got together with someone responsible?" Everyone nodded. "Second, this is what I need you to do. I need you to go around to spread the word. Tell everyone to do what I tell you. Have them group up kids at schools, recreation buildings, any public place."

Leo raised his hand and I knew exactly what he was going to ask. "Sure, Leo, I guess you can group up kids at a museum so you could get in for free while the adults are gone. But just think; if one of those kids' breaks an artifact, who do you think will be responsible for it when the parent s get back."

Leo put down his hand. Clyde whispered to him, "It was worth a shot, dude."

"But who says the parents are coming back," asked Sam, "What if they never get back."

Rogan began to panic, "What?" he asked, his Middle Eastern accent very distinct now with every word he said next. "But then we would have to be parents and then we would have to be in control. Who's going to run mainstreams?"

"Rogan." Katrina said, trying to get him to stop.

"Who's going to run the factories?"

"Rogan." Cody said next.

"Who's going to repopulate the Earth?" The girls stepped away from him when he said that.

Vivian pushed her glasses into place and said, "Um, Rogan, I don't think we would have to worry about the last one." Tommy eyes widened and he looked at Vivian, turning red.

I put my hands up again, "Ok, let's just calm down. The adults have to come back. They have to." I said the last one with hopefulness then confidence. I gave each person a small part of the city they were in charge of. Then they were to tell other older kids and have them do the same, spread the word, and so on. "Got it?"

"Yep." They all said in unison.

"Ok, break." Everyone then went their separate ways. Once I was sure I was on my own, and no one was around to see me, I put my hand up and looked at my ring and said, "Time to get to work." I let the power surge through me and created my uniform. My pony tail went lose, my jeans became white leggings, and my shirt became a short dry fit green dress. A white belt appeared on my waist with the green lantern symbol on it. Once the green mask came over my eyes, I took off into the sky.

I went to different cities around southern California. I gathered some kids from ages seventeen and younger. I told them to stay together safe until the parents came back. When I got to Coronado Island in San Diego around eight that night, I was flying by a red and white building that looked like a circus top. There were windows that lined the wooden walls and through one I could see a TV that was actually displayed so that the people outside could look at what's on it. Kids where surrounding the window and looking at the people on the screen. Wait, those aren't just people. I went down a little lower and hovered over the group of kids as I looked through the window to see on the TV screen was Aqualad, Robin, and Kid Flash. I smiled, realizing that this was what Robin meant about spreading the word out. They were making a public announcement.

I heard Aqualad say, "We will find a way to bring the adults back, but for now the oldest among you must step up."

Then Robin said, "Take care of your siblings, help kids who have no one."

"Protect them." Said Flash with seriousness.

Aqualad finished, "It is up to you." And then the screen went scratch again.

I smiled, feeling proud of the measure my friends are taking. "Good job you guys." The kids heard me and the looked up with gasps. One of them said, "It's Young Lantern."

"Um, yes, it's me. So um….you guys heard them; Older ones, protect the younger ones."

"Sure thing." Said the tallest of the kids, a girl. A little boy reached over and grabbed the girl's hand. I smiled at the scene and then turned and took off into the sky again, heading back to Coast City


A.N: The building in Coranado Island in San Diego is a referemce to a place I loved to visit when I was a kid. They have good ice cream there and they displayed TV shows on a TV to by-passers. The circle is still together guys, don't worry. Yes, I did a Frozen reference with the girls names, but I love it so much to erase. Anyway, we get Kid next chapter. BTW, and fans of my GLTAS stpries might want to check the new story I posted today. I'm KikaKatTIOI, peace out!