A/N: OH MY GOSH OH MY GOSH OH MY GOSH! The last episode, OH THE SPITFIRE FEELS! It was beyond awesome and Wally and Artemis... THEY ARE BACK TOGETHER! I was literally freaking out the whole episode. Why does next week have to be the last? Why! Stupid Cartoon Network. Gosh, I am going to miss this show so much. To all of us YJ fans, next week will be hard, but we will survive.

Okay so that was my little rant, just had to include it after this morning's episode. I'm just so...Okay, on with the story.

Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters.

The Belle of the Ball Part 1

Somehow they had managed to do it, Artemis and Roy had managed to avoid each other almost the whole time that they were at Oliver's mansion in Star. The only time they ever really saw each other was at Oliver and Dinah's mandatory family dinner every night. They managed to be pleasant to each other for half an hour each day.

Artemis was sitting in the kitchen, helping Dinah finish her seating chart. Tomorrow they were having a big party at the local Ritz to raise money for the Star City Orphanage. Dinah had been made a chairperson of the foundation.

"Okay, so I am assuming you want to sit with your friends, right? Not Ollie and I and all the other old people? Or your old friends?" Dinah asks.

"What old friends?" Dinah gives her a look. "Okay, just sit me with my friends from the boat."

"Okay. So there are eight of you and eight at a table, perfect. Hmm...where to put Roy?" Dinah stared at the chart, just like she had for the past three months.

"Dinah, you need to chill." Artemis tells her.

"You're sounding like Oliver. You two need to stop spending so much time together, he's a bad influence." Dinah says with a smile. The two of them had been in the archery range together everyday.

"Changing the subject, do I have to wear something nice to this thing?" Artemis asked, ripping a small piece of paper into even smaller pieces and stacked them on top of each other.

"Of course. I got you several dress options two days ago when I was at the mall. You can look them over, they're in mine and Ollie's room." She tells her.

"So, how am I helping you again?" Artemis asks, knocking over her paper tower. She looked over at Dinah furiously scribbling at the sheet of paper.

"Can you make sure that all the guests rooms are clean?" Dinah asks.

"Of course I can." Artemis tells her, getting up off of her seat. Artemis walks out of the kitchen to leave Dinah alone to her planning.

Oliver had decided that he wanted to invite the staff of the boat to the party, meaning that a good majority of them will be staying here with them and the rest will be in hotel rooms supplied by Ollie for the rest. All her friends were staying at Ollie and Dinah's with her and Roy. It was going to be interesting.

Oliver Queen had just gotten back from going over the final touches with the staff for the party, when Roy instantly approached him.

"Hey sport, what's up?" He asked.

"Why were you and Artemis in Gotham?" Roy asks. Oliver should have seen this coming, Roy was a smart kid and when he wanted to find something out, he never gave up.

"She is from there." Oliver states, hanging up his jacket in the coat closet. He hoped that that threw the boy off the scent a little bit. No luck.

"Seriously Ollie? I don't trust her. I think she is just using Dinah and you." Roy tells him. Oliver looked at the boy in shock.

"I can't believe you just said that. Artemis is a wonderful girl and if you stopped being an ass, you two would get along very nicely. You are my son, and I look at Artemis as my daughter. Dinah and I both know that she would never do anything like that."

"Don't you get it?" Roy asks angrily as the two of them move through the house. "We don't even know her! This is playing into her ploys! This is..."

Oliver interrupts him there. "Roy, I will not have anymore of this. Dinah and I know Artemis and we know that she is not faking anything, you need to drop this."

"If you two both know then why can't I?" Roy shouts. "You keep talking about the four of us being a "family" but how can I treat her like a sister if I don't know anything about her."

"It is not my place to tell." Oliver replies quietly, seeing his girlfriend watching from the doorway of the kitchen.

"Why the hell isn't it?" Roy asks in annoyance. He had spotted Dinah too, but had chosen to continue. They were both in the front hall and neither of them had noticed Artemis watching the affair from the behind the safety of the banister on the second floor.

"You really want to know the truth Roy? You just can't respect me at all unless you know all my deep dark secrets?" Artemis asks in a low voice. All three sets of eyes turn up to her. "Fine, here is your truth. We were in Gotham visiting my mom, who is in a wheelchair in prison because of my dad. My dad is Sportsmaster, the famous Gotham thief. When I was nine, he left my mom alone after she fell out of a second story window while trying to escape. My sister, she left soon after that, leaving me to get the blame.

One night when I was twelve, my dad's insults were so loud that a neighbor overheard and called the police. My father ran, not wanting to be taken in, and I was sent into social services. Three months later, my dad tried to take me away again since he didn't want to loose his prized trainee, like he lost Jade. The police found me though and sent me to Star, where I met Dinah. Two months ago my dad tried convincing me to run away with him, I turned him over to the police. Now I have to constantly be worrying about whether he is going to come after me for what I did.

So there is your truth Roy. Happy now?"

Artemis spun away and ran towards her bedroom, the other three all standing silently in place. Oliver and Dinah both knew the full story, but it hurt them to see how much pain she was in. Roy just stood, stuck in place, feeling like the world's biggest jerk.

"I'm going to go talk to her, party be damned." Dinah states, going up the stairs and towards her room. Oliver and Roy could both here her murmuring quietly at the door, trying to get Artemis to open up.

"I...I didn't know." Roy says.

"No, you didn't. Artemis didn't want anyone to know, so don't go telling everyone else, okay?" Oliver simply says. Roy nods his head, before disappearing to another part of the house.

Artemis was furious, with Roy, but mainly herself. She was furious for being ashamed of herself, which she was. She didn't want to be Artemis Crock anymore, it was a reminder of a little girl cowering under a blanket while her father called her stupid and useless and told her nobody would ever love her. She wanted to be, Artemis Queen who was loved by Dinah and Oliver. She had friends. She could cry, and not be called weak. She laughed often and even smiled.

"Artemis, will you please open the door." Dinah asks quietly.

"No." She replied, sniffling.

"Artemis, I'm really sorry you had to do that." Dinah says softly. Artemis doesn't reply. "Artemis please, we need to talk about this."

"I don't want to talk." Artemis says. "Dinah, I really just want to be alone."

Dinah sighs heavily. "Okay Artemis, people will be arriving shortly, but you don't have to do anything you don't want too. If you don't want to go tomorrow night, that is okay. Oliver and I love you no matter what, okay? Just remember that." Dinah tells her. Artemis nods, even though Dinah couldn't see it. She lies down on her bed when she hears the sound of feet walking away from her room.

An hour later, Artemis heard the doorbell ring; their first houseguests had arrived. She knew that Raquel and Megan weren't coming until tomorrow, but Zatanna was spending the night. Yesterday, Dinah had brought in an extra mattress and had rested it on the floor of her room.

Artemis eyed herself in the mirror, her eyes were slightly reddish and her hair was a mess. She rubbed her eyes and redid her ponytail, hoping she looked presentable enough. She also threw on a nicer t-shirt that Dinah had insisted that they buy for her when she took her shopping a week ago. It was just a simple sweater, but it looked great with her skin color and blonde hair. She examined her jeans, no stains, thank god. There she looked presentable, nothing like the daughter of Sportsmaster.

She stepped downstairs into the main hall to see that the first guests to arrive were none other then Barry and Wally. She walked down the left staircase and joined the group. Roy was nowhere to be seen, thank god. Oliver and Dinah both tried to hide their surprised looks at seeing her, but Oliver put an arm around her shoulder and pulled her close to his side when she approached.

"Hey Blondie, miss me?" Wally asks with his usual grin. Artemis manages an eye roll.

"I missed you about as much as I missed chicken pox after I had them." She replies. They both grin at each other and the adults exchange looks. Dinah and Oliver both look clearly relieved that Artemis was acting normal.

"Well, we'll leave the two of you here. Barry, why don't Oliver and I show you two your room. Artemis, can you take Wally to his?" Dinah asks. Oliver looks like he is about to protest, but stops when Dinah gives him a look.

"Sure." Artemis says. "Come along Baywatch." Wally picks up his bag and follows Artemis up the stairs. They go right and the adults disappear.

"Is it true that I'm sharing a room with Conner?" Wally asks.

"Yep."

"Darn it, he snores sometimes."

"For your sake, you better hope this is one of the times he doesn't." Artemis replies. They stop in front of a room with Wally and Conner written on a sticky note. "Here you go Wallman. Any questions?"

"Yes, where is the kitchen?" Wally asks. Artemis rolls her eyes; she should have seen this coming.

"On the ground floor Baywatch. There is a doorway to it to the right in the main hall. Dinah stocked it up this morning especially for you and Barry."

"Dinah is the best." Wally proclaims. They were both standing awkwardly outside the door.

"Uh, I should let you rest. You must have had to wake up early to get your flight here." Artemis says awkwardly.

"Yeah, hey, we should all hang out later. You, me, Dick, Conner, Zatanna, and Roy."

"Roy?"

"You know, your sort of brother." Wally tells her. "He's kind of hard to forget."

"Yeah, I was just confused for a moment." Artemis says, forcing a smile. "I'm going to go to my room. See you later Baywatch."

"Hey!" Wally shouted after her when she was halfway down the hallway. "You never gave me an answer!"

"Sure Wally." She replied.

"And then she pushed me into a snow bank!" Dick exclaims. Everyone begins to laugh, except for Artemis who was staring thoughtfully at her ice cream. "God, the weather here is so much better then out east."

"Artemis are you alright?" Zatanna asks her. She looked up at her friends. Roy had ended up not being able to go because he was hanging out with some of his Star friends. She looked around at the others all sitting on the grassy field in the park near Oliver's.

"Yeah, I'm fine. Why?" She asks.

"Um...because you have been staring very intently at your ice cream for the past fifteen minutes." Zatanna says.

"If you don't want it, I'll take it." Wally offers. Artemis glares at him.

"My ice cream Baywatch, back off." She tells him. Artemis turns to Zatanna. "I'm fine Zee, how were your grandparents?"

"They were great." Zatanna tells them, "But I can't wait to get back on the ship."

"Agreed." Conner says.

"Things not go that great with Clark big guy?" Dick asks, patting Conner on the shoulder.

"Let's just say, it might as well have been just me and the Kents on the farm. He disappeared sometime in the morning and never showed back up to dinnertime. He was ignoring me." Conner says sadly.

"It's okay Conner." Zatanna tells him comfortingly. The others all say something of the same, except Artemis. In the last few rays of the sun, she could just make out a familiar figure to her left. She stared at the boy and his friends, this was bad.

"Artemis, you're doing it again." Zatanna says.

"Yeah, what's up Mis?" Dick asks her.

"I...I need to use the bathroom." She says, getting up and darting towards the restroom before anyone could say anything else.

She ran into the girl's door, hoping that Cameron didn't spot her. She stared at the panicky look on her face and quickly splashed some water to make it go away. She took a deep breath and closed her eyes like her mom used to always tell her to do when she was scared.

"Artemis, what the hell is wrong with you?" Zatanna asks. Artemis opens her eyes and in the mirror she sees Zatanna standing behind her, her arms cross.

"Nothing Zee." She tells her.

"Bullshit. You're acting really weird. Did something happen?" Zatanna asks, concerned.

"No."

"Did you do something you regret?" She asks.

"No."

"Then what the hell has got you so rattled?" Zatanna asks.

"Its...Its...Cameron." She admits in defeat.

"Did he do something?" She asks, Artemis shakes her head. "Wait...is he here?"

"Yeah, I spotted him. I came in here to hide and hope he doesn't see me." Artemis tells her. "I don't want things to get messy."

"Alright." Zatanna says, nodding in understanding. "We'll wait here for a few minutes and then when we go out, we tell the boys that you thought of a better place to hang out."

"There is an arcade a few blocks away." Artemis tells her.

"Perfect, and then we'll tell the guys that you were acting funny because it is that time of the month. That will shut them up and stop them from asking any sort of question."

"You're beginning to sound a bit like Dick Zee." Artemis tells her friend. Zatanna smiles widely.

"I'll take that as a compliment."

The two of them wait a few minutes and then step out of the restroom. Artemis took a look around, the coast was clear. She stepped out of the bathroom with Zatanna at her side. This was going...

"Artemis! How've you been Tigress?" he asks, suddenly appearing in front of the two girls. Two boy teenagers, even bigger then Conner came up behind them, one of them grabbing each of the girls.

"Hey, you can't do this!" Zatanna demands, squirming. Artemis glared at Cameron coldly, wondering what she ever saw in the guy in front of her.

"What do you want Cam?" Artemis asks.

"Can't I talk to my ex girlfriend?" Cam asks pouting.

"The word ex is in it for a reason Cam." Artemis replies.

"No need to get testy Tigress, I just want to talk. I'm sure my dad will love to hear from you. He was just thinking the other day about paying your dad a visit. I'm sure he would just love to hear about..." Artemis interrupts him before he could continue, well aware of Zatanna struggling besides her.

"I'll go with you Cam, just let Zatanna go." Artemis tells him.

"I got to say Tigress, I was really surprised that you had a friend with you since you were always so antisocial before." Cameron says taking a step towards Zatanna.

"Go to hell." Zatanna spits in his face. The guy holding her yanks on her long brown hair. She yells in pain, causing Artemis to wince, but she kept herself calm.

"Cam, if you hurt my friend, I don't talk to you and I take this guy out. You know I can." Artemis tells him.

"Okay, okay, Jimmy, release the hair." Jimmy let go, and Zatanna stopped squirming, settling to just glare at Cameron. "So Artemis, let's play you and your father's favorite game, let's make a deal."

"You know my offer Cam, take it or leave it." Artemis states. She could see a gun in the pocket of the guy holding Zatanna and she could only imagine that the guy holding her had one as well. "On second thought, I'm adding to my offer. Loose the guns, you know how much I hate them."

They had slowly been inching away from the bathrooms towards a darker part of the park. Cameron contemplated the offer.

"Hmm." He said. "How's Roy these days? I haven't seen Harper since I got expelled."

"He's fine, still hates you. So do we have a deal?" Artemis asks.

"Um...I have a better one. I take both of you, and the guns, and you talk to me so I don't kill your friend." Cameron replies, Zatanna giving a little yelp as the guy held a gun to her forehead.

"Fine. I accept, put the gun away." Artemis says, still calm like her father had trained her to be.

"Perfect, I'm so happy we were able to come to an understanding." Cameron snaps his fingers and the boys pick up Artemis and Zatanna and begin to carry them towards the parking lot.

"Stop right there!" A voice shouts from behind them. Cameron and the boys spin around to see Dick standing besides them. "Now, don't you guys think you should take a girl to dinner first before taking her home."

Cameron looks confused, but she realized what was going on. She spotted a flash of Wally to her left and she soon spotted Conner approaching the guy holding Zatanna.

"I'm tired of this Cam. Nice catching up but," Artemis flung her legs hard into the groin of the guy holding her. When his grip on Artemis loosened, she grabbed his head and flipped herself around, kicking his back, sending him sprawling to the ground. She caught a bit of Wally's shocked expression. To her left, she saw Conner punch the guy holding Zatanna in the face. Wrenching free from his grip, Zatanna ran towards Dick, who hugged her tight and glared at Cameron.

"Looks like this reunion is over Cameron." Artemis says, approaching him.

"It's just begun Artemis." He says. His henchmen had gotten up and were surrounding him. They held out their guns. "Nobody follows us or else they get shot, understood?" They all nod.

"Good. Artemis, always a pleasure. I'll see you soon." Cameron says before disappearing into the woods, leaving Artemis with an even bigger sense of dread for tomorrow.

A/N: Duh Duh Duh DAAAAA! What did you think? I'm still inwardly freaking out about the show, even two hours later. Wally and Artemis forever. Review! Hopefully, I'll have the next chapter up tomorrow.