Disclaimer- Okay, would I really be on if I owned Young Justice? Are you guys that stupid? *cough* Sorry; just a little tired. Sorry that I didn't update Thursday. I was too tired and busy to write another chapter. I also didn't feel like it but I did figure out how I'm going to end this fanfic. I just haven't figured out the middle . . . Haha. Anyway, I thought I'd tell you guys that I'm not going to write a flashback of Dick's parents dying. Seriously, I think everyone gets how his parents died . . . Right? If some of you guys don't know how his parents died, tell me when you review and I'll kind of explain in the next chapter. Don't want anyone lost now, do we? This chapter will NOT be dark. It might have a hint of sadness but there will be humor. Again people, I want reviews! They motivate me to continue writing and to write longer chapters.

Note- You get into Aqualad's head a little bit at the beginning.

Chapter 9

It was 8 AM and only Aqualad was at Mount Justice. Why? . . . . It's a Monday so the rest of the team is at school. Anyway, Aqualad who was trying to take a VERY much needed nap. He hadn't gotten any sleep when he had been in Dick's dream. If anything, the nightmare had made him EVEN more tired.

And it was haunting him.

Even now as he laid in his bed, he was desperately trying to avoid thinking about it. It made him question too many things and made him doubt much. Like what, you ask? You really want to get inside Aqualad's head? Okay then.

It made him doubt his own strength. When compared to Robin, his strength was . . . almost nonexistent. That made him feel weak and trust me, as leader, that is NOT something you should feel.

It made him question how humans could do that to a little boy, to so many young children.

It made him question humanity which led him to questioning something else.

He protected those kinds of people. How could he? How could he help those kinds of people? It made him feel disgusted with himself. But then he thought of all the good people he had met and seen. He protected those people too.

So maybe, he thought, you can't protect the innocent without protecting some of the bad people too.

Maybe he was right.

Maybe he was wrong.

But who could know?

And with that, he fell into a dreamless sleep with a haunting melody echoing in his ears.

But no one was there . . . Or was there?

_At Dick's School_

"No one is to mess with the new girl. Will you text that to everyone?" Dick asked, turning his head to look at Barbara.

She nodded, texting rapidly. Dick sighed in relief. Now Artemis wouldn't have trouble with anyone. Usually, a new kid (especially one on a scholarship) would be teased endlessly and pranked. If the kid was a girl, the popular girls would bully her. If the kid was a boy, he'd get the crap beaten out of him. That was typical for kids here on scholarships. There had only been one here on a scholarship so far and that was Barbara but Dick had taken care of her problem.

Let just say that a certain robin had scared the crap out of the guys who had been hitting on her and wouldn't leave her alone. What he had done to the girls was less . . . violent. He had told them to leave her alone or they would find themselves kicked out of school.

He hasn't had to say anything to them since.

They all obeyed him. Of course it was because Bruce had built the school and basically said what happened when. And he was Bruce's son so . . . Yeah.

Hearing the bell, Dick sighed. Another boring day. Maybe Artemis being here would spice it up.

_Seven Hours Later_

Or not. It had been pretty much the same. He would walk into class, get scolded for already finishing the homework for the ENTIRE year, sit down next to Barbara and listen to the teacher go ON AND ON about crap he already knew.

That class had been Social Studies. Yes, the class about the dead guys.

He also avoided Artemis. As much as he could seeing that she was in EVERY SINGLE class that he had! Yeah, SO not fun avoiding your teammate.

Dick sighed as he made his way to Martha's Flower Shop. He wanted to tell his friends who he was but then he remembered his time in the orphanages, how the older kids were so evil. He knew his friends weren't like that but still, that fear for kids at least two years older than him overrode that fact. The lesson that he had learned was still there, lurking beneath the surface. He just COULDN'T tell them anything. His habit was still there, was still very much alive. He tired to break it but . . .

Old habits die hard.

Turning right, he pulled into the parking lot of the small flower shop. He always came here the day before the anniversary. He would pick his parents' favorite flowers. His father loved lilies because they were the flowers that his mom had been holding on their wedding day. His mother had loved white roses because they were the first flowers that his father had given her. So Dick would get two of each, one for his father and one for his mother. The other two flowers Dick would put in a vase beside his bed as a reminder of his parents.

Dick smiled sadly, parking his motorcycle and taking off his helmet. He shook out his hair and went inside, unaware of the five pairs of eyes watching him.

Yes, Young Justice was following him AGAIN. They weren't going to till Artemis called, saying that Dick went to HER school. It hadn't perked their interest till she told them that she had heard the teachers talking about how it was THAT day tomorrow and that Dick wouldn't be going to school for two days.

Now THAT got their interest. What was tomorrow? What was going on? They didn't have a mission tomorrow or the next day.

Now they had to know.

They watched silently as he came out with flowers in one hand. Did he have a girlfriend? They snorted. The day Robin got a girlfriend was the day that he told them his identity. He was too secretive to open up to a girl. WAY too secretive. The poor girl would probably end up thinking that he was cheating on her because of being so secretive.

They followed as he got back onto the road, heading the opposite direction of the manor. Where the heck was he going? They soon got their answer.

The cemetery.

That would answer so much . . . Too bad they didn't know that soon, the end would come . . .

Until next time . . . .

A/N- Again, nothing much happened. But you guys got an inside look into Aqualad's head. To answer Jazzmonkey's question, I'm thinking about putting more Teen Titans but I'm not sure. I'm not sure if I want them there for the battle between Young Justice and the villain or not. So I am NOT making any promises. I know I left you guys on yet another cliffy but I'm just too tired to care. I will be updating Saturday! When, I don't know . . . Probably in the afternoon. I sleep in LATE on Saturdays. Review! Hope you enjoyed even though you guys didn't get to really see Robin and Artemis interact at school . . .