Oh I can't believe this story is coming to an end, by March it will be complete(unless something happens) All things must come to an end at some point. Oh and message/leave a review saying Lorelei, Ruby, or Rose. You'll see why later.
EDIT: So as I attempted to write the last couple chapters I realized I wasn't happy with how it was ending so it may take longer to update because now I have writers block, sorry
Disclaimer: Not mine
"Come on Lenore! Open up!" Artemis and Wally had been knocking on Lenore's front door long enough to start annoying the neighbors.
"You don't think she made plans without telling us did you? She's the one who suggested going to the amusement park today," the red-headed speedster asked impatiently. Despite the fact that the League was cutting Lenore off the younger members still hung out with her occasionally. The only senior member of the League that was aware of this was The Flash and he didn't see a problem as long as they didn't spill any secrets.
Artemis sighed, "I don't know but I'm getting annoyed. I'm calling Zatanna, maybe she picked her up." The blonde archer whipped out her cell and dialed the number, after a few rings the magician picked up. "Hey Zatanna, is Lenore with you?"
"No, I'm with Robin and Kaldur I thought you guys were supposed to get Lenore."
"Yeah well she's not here," Artemis snorted impatiently.
Miles away in Robin's car Zatanna cocked her head to the side thinking, "That's weird, she didn't pick up the phone the other day either, I thought maybe she left it in the other room."
"Lenore always has her phone with her. This is getting weird… hey, wait I think I see her dad coming up the road. I'll call you back." Quickly hanging up the two young heroes went down to the sidewalk to wait for Mr. Raven to pull up. He pulled into the driveway and, to their surprise, shot a nasty look at his visitors. Mr. Raven could be quite strict with his daughter but was generally a pretty friendly guy; this glare was full of venom that the receivers could only guess was due to his daughter's current situation with the League. What they didn't know was their appearance meant that his daughter's current whereabouts were at the forefront of his mind. While he immediately wanted to phone the League for a rescue mission, he did not want his daughter to be in even more trouble with Earth's superheroes.
"May I ask what you are doing on my property?" the older man asked in a clipped tone.
"We're here to pick up your daughter, sir," the blonde answered snippily.
Wally stepped up, not wanting his girlfriend to start a fight, "We were wondering if she made other plans and forgot to tell us." Ed mumbled something under his breath along the lines of 'yeah, I'll say.' Trying to stay polite Wally continued, "Do you know when she'll come home?"
"No idea."
"When did she leave?"
"A couple weeks ago." He didn't want to tell them about Lenore and Klarion but he refused to outright lie to them, his family was in enough trouble.
Artemis was getting frustrated and a frustrated Artemis is never pleasant. "Does she even live here anymore! Do you even care?"
"Of course I care, she's my daughter! She's twenty years old, if she wants to stay with a friend she can." Just then Wally's communicator began to ring.
"Oh not now…" the red-head mumbled to himself. "What's happening?"
"Wall, it's Robin, I need you to listen. Klarion went off the grid a little over two weeks ago, remember?"
"Yeah Rob I remember, wait you don't think Lenore…"
"The attendance records at her college say she hasn't shown up since the day before Klarion disappeared. None of her friends know where she is," Robin said gravely. Wally was silent with disbelief for a moment. They had all agreed that Lenore was not guilty, that she was not at all involved with her former captor. Had their trust been misplaced?
"Kidnapping?" the speedster said hopefully, hoping they were not betrayed.
"Lenore wouldn't have let herself be caught and even if she had a lapse of inattentiveness she can put up one hell of a fight. She may not have won but someone would have heard," Robin's tone began to resemble Batman's, "What has her father said?"
"Her father hasn't seen her in a couple weeks, doesn't know when she'll come back, and he is pissed off about something. I'm going to call you back." Wally put his communicator away and turned to Mr. Raven. The young adult was gone from his stance and expression and replaced with a mature, authoritative superhero. "Sir, where is your daughter?"
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Reluctantly, Ed agreed to come to the Hall of Justice after Batman and other senior members of the League found out. Apparently Batman had hacked into Lenore's college records so he could get an alert if she ever disappeared. It did not take very long for him to notice the matched dates of disappearance and he reacted quickly. Soon he was at the Raven house with the Green Arrow and Zatara persuading the father that it was in his daughter's best interest to talk.
He was taken to a meeting room inside the Hall where Ed was hit with a sense of déjà vu. These were the same three heroes that came to the police station five years ago when Lenore was kidnapped. But now they were not going to simply ask questions about his daughter, they would interrogate him and probably speak as though his daughter was a criminal.
"Mr. Raven when did your daughter disappear?" Zatara asked in his thickly accented voice.
"Two weeks ago."
"And why did you not contact the authorities?"
"She left a note, said she was safe. I trust her," everything he said was true but his voice was strained at the end.
Batman stepped up closer to the brunette man, "Mr. Raven you need to realize that with your daughter's situation being what it is you do not have the option to not report something like this."
"Well how do you expect me to report it to you?" Ed asked angrily, "You've cut her off; we do not have a way to contact you."
"No need to be angry," Green Arrow said in a soothing voice. "Now where is she exactly? Have you had contact with her?"
"Yes, she called just the other day. She wanted to show us that she was safe."
Batman spoke before his companions could, "Mr. Raven you are avoiding the question. Where is Lenore?"
Ed sighed, "She said it was someplace called Limbo Town, she went there to learn how to become a better witch. She admitted that she should have planned everything better, that she did everything in a rush."
"Limbo Town is Klarion's hometown. It is in Witch World, we will need Dr. Fate's assistance to get there," Zatara began to explain.
Batman growled, "Why didn't you tell us? Why feel the need to condone your daughter's activities?"
Ed jumped from his seat, "Before you do anything I want you to listen to me. I do not approve of that Klarion boy or of my daughter's rash decision but I trust her and I know her. She is not a criminal and never will be no matter whose company she keeps. She has done nothing wrong and is not bothering you so if I hear you trying to put her into Belle Reve, I will try to find a way to fight it."
"Mr. Raven I advise you not cross us. Everything we are doing is for the good of the community."
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Lenore and Klarion had finished a sparring session in the back yard and were now lounging in the sun as Lenore pestered him with questions. Klarion answered each as patiently as he could but everyone knows he has his limits. As his patience was wearing thin Lenore asked one last question, "Will my parents be able to call back?"
"No, I'm sorry. You can call back later though." Klarion suddenly hopped up and offered Lenore his hand, "Let's go inside before it gets too cold." Lenore nodded her head and the two walked inside hand in hand, completely oblivious of the events on Earth.
AN: You didn't think the League wouldn't get involved, did you? That's hopelessly idealistic and a bit boring. And remember if you leave a review mention Lorelei, Ruby, or Rose
PS: Sorry this one was short, next one should be longer
