Claire Martha Kent Part I
By Arica, Princess of Rivendell
Summary: AU. What if Clark had never been born? What if the Els had given birth to a daughter instead? This is the life and times of Kaila El or Claire Martha Kent. NOT SLASH! NEVER INTENDED TO BE TAKEN AS SLASH!
Disclaimer: I own NEITHER "Smallville," NOR "Lois and Clark the New Adventures of Superman." I do NOT own any of the D.C. Comic Books or their characters. All of the characters mentioned belong to each of their own creators.
Warnings: Later on, there will be some torture, domestic abuse, some child abuse, and infidelity.
A/N: Thank you Serena85 for being the first one to review since my return to ff . net. Thank you AnmialsRainbows and ShapeofRainbows for coming back to read this after all these years. I also thank Guest #1, Guest #2, and Belluda57 for their kind reviews. Thank you Angelvan105 for taking the time to PM your review and to ask questions. Thank you .Winchester.17 for letting me know how much you like the story and are interested in it.
To the Guest whom asked about Male!Lois and Fem!Clark, I have to say that won't be in this story as Claire isn't a female version of Clark; but instead, Clark's twin sister; and Lois is definitely female.
To anyone wondering if this is going to be slash or femslash, no it will not have either of those pairings.
For those wondering how often I update, I generally update once a week. If something comes up and I'm aware of an issue ahead of time, I try to update the day before my next update is expected. If something unexpected comes up, I try to update no later than two days late; however, life does sometimes get in the way of this; and it ends up being three days late. In which case there will be two updates that week instead of just one.
Pairings:
Hints/mentions of past Claire/Lex
Will at some point have Claire/Oliver
Will have Kara/Jimmy
Will have Bruce/Chloe
Will have Dinah Lance/AC
Will have Victor Stone/Diana Prince
Bart Allen/Linda Park (Thank you, Kairan1979.)
Also Lana/Lex will be present at different intervals
After many years of working on this story, this will most likely not have Lex/Lois (but my characters may yet pull a rabbit out of their hats).
Casting:
Claire Kent—Michelle Trachtenberg
Oliver Queen—Justin Hartley
Lex Luthor— Michael Rosenbaum
Lana Lang—Kristin Kreuk
Chloe Sullivan—Alison Mack
Bruce Wayne—Christian Bale
Kara Kent—Laura Vandervoot
Jimmy Olson—Aaron Ashmore
Dinah Lance—Alaina Kalanj
Arthur Curry—Alan Ritchson
Victor Stone—Lee Thompson Young
Diana Prince—Tia Mowry
Lois Lane—Erica Durance (But a mixture of Smallville Lois and the Lois from L&C: NAS personalities).
Bart Allen—Kyle Gallner
Linda Park—Linda Park (was in Jurassic Park III)
Cat Grant—Tracy Scoggins
Perry White—Lane Smith
Chapter Eight
Night-Time Habits
It was twelve in the morning and Claire was asleep in her room when she heard her cell phone ringing once again she answered without looking at her caller ID, "Hello?"
"Sorry I didn't mean to wake you up."
"Hi, Chloe. What's up?"
"Shouldn't I be asking you that? Where did you disappear to?"
"Kara was confronted by a Zoner."
"Oh boy."
"Yeah."
"So that was Kara on the phone then earlier this afternoon."
"Got it in one."
"So did your 'Uncle' J'onn show up again?"
"Yeah he did and just in the nick of time too. He's good to have around."
"I'm sure. He's your own personal bodyguard. I wonder what he would say about Oliver."
Claire groaned, "Not you too."
"What do you mean, not me too? Personally I think you and Oliver would make a very cute couple."
Claire groaned again and said, "Yeah and who else, besides Kara, I mean?"
"Wait; Kara?"
"Yeah that's what I meant when I said not you too. Kara was bugging me about him this afternoon and before you ask, Oliver and I are friends."
"Oh you two are friends alright. Oliver, or should I say Ollie, made that perfectly clear this afternoon when he defended your honor to Lex. Even Bruce was amused by that scene."
Claire closed her eyes, sighed, and asked in annoyance, "Is everyone against me?"
"Against you? Claire, I don't think you realize that everyone is FOR you. It's just that we think you and Oliver would be great together. Even Smallville says so."
"WHAT!"
"Yeah, after you left, and the guys headed back to Metropolis, I hope you don't mind that I said that you had to meet up with Kara in town and that I would take your truck to explain why it was still there. But anyways, you left, and then Bruce and Oliver left, I overheard several people say that Oliver and you would make a "cute couple" and then a few other people stopped to talk to the first group and say that "Oliver seems like such a nice young man, much better for Claire than the Luthor boy ever was."
"Oh dear."
"And that's not all, my dear friend, oh no. There's talk of how Oliver will always be allowed in Smallville. Well you and I know that he will be as long as his reputation that he now has isn't ruined. But they're in favor of him."
Claire asked, "Is there anything else?"
"Oh yeah, I could practically hear the wedding bells, especially after Mrs. Morgan asked if you and "Mr. Queen" were dating and how long until you two were engaged. I told her that you weren't dating him; they decided to start a pool over at the grocery store. It went up today when I told them you most likely wouldn't date him, they asked me if that was my final bet; I gave them a date and they put it down."
"CHLOE!"
"I'm sorry, but I need some sleep before tomorrow. See you on Monday." There was a dial tone and Claire stared at her phone. She was angry and annoyed. How could Chloe do that to her? She wouldn't be able to take Oliver into Smallville again for a while; and even without him, she wouldn't be able to show her face for a year. Man, her home town must really like Oliver for them to do the whole pool thing. "Great, just great," she thought sarcastically, "Now I'll never get back to sleep."
That wasn't true though because one hour later when Kara went to check on her cousin after a night of patrol she found her cousin fast asleep and what was more, Claire was floating. Something she hadn't done since the break-up with Lex Luthor. And just like that, Kara knew Claire was having pleasant dreams for first time in over a year.
When Claire woke up the next morning and found herself floating five feet above her bed, she immediately plunged downwards; luckily, Claire had gained just enough self-control to keep from breaking the bed in her fall. And Claire could remember having pleasant dreams but she couldn't remember them all she knew was that she had felt safe, the safest she had ever felt. Claire wished that she could remember; but instead she got up and got ready for the day. She still had chores to do. As long as the farm was there, she would keep it alive. It's what her dad would have wanted.
When she got downstairs, Kara was making breakfast and she knew her cousin was a great cook so she wasn't worried about the food. Kara noticed her cousin and smiled as she asked, "Pleasant dreams?"
"Why do I have a feeling that you already know the answer to that?"
"Because I do. I checked in on you last night; you were floating above your bed. We Kryptonians can only float or fly under a yellow sun when we feel light as a feather. The fact that you felt that 'light as a feather' last night meant that your dreams were quite pleasant; even if you don't remember them."
Claire said, "I remember feeling safe—so very safe—the safest I have ever felt. I was completely secure; I haven't felt that safe since Lex and I broke up, and dad died. Well actually even before Dad died, I hadn't felt that safe." Claire frowned before she continued, "I'm just so confused right now."
"Makes sense."
"But I've floated before in my sleep; and even then I didn't feel as safe."
"Your dreams changed. It's different for each Kryptonian. I can't answer your question Kaila-El. The most I can tell you is that your dreams and your heart will give you the answers you are searching for."
"How is it that you always know what I'm trying to ask, even when I don't know myself?"
"Because, I too asked the same questions the first time I visited a planet with a yellow sun."
"Thank you, Kara."
"You are welcome."
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