A.N: I'm a graduate yay! Now that summer is here, I'll soon be getting back to the other story, but first….

Gabby M: it goes to show that Hal's dad side is showing. Yeah, prequels aren't the best because there isn't build up…. But I think the tension we need…. Is in this chapter.

Beawolf's Pen: SPACE FAMILY FEELSSSSS! Heck yeah! What's a GL story without Tomar'Re!

I don't own GLTAS

Starting Here…. Questions Rise

Getting desperate for the end of this search and finding Mary, I went back to the place I last left her; on the platform outsides the Guardians citadel. Maybe she would go back and find me, especially since she doesn't know the place very well. My fault as well…. I'm such a bad father—ok well I'm her caretaker….well what's the difference….shut up brain!

When I got there I was pretty surprised to find Mary standing with none other Killowag, talking to him as if she hadn't ran away screaming from him earlier. When I landed on the platform, I asked, "W-what? Wait how did you find her?"

Killowag held up his ring hand and said, "Tracker."

"Oh….dang…."

"Hi!" Mary said to me, and then she said cockily, "Jordan."

"Please no…." I muttered. "The last thing I need is the big guy rubbing off on you."

"Me?" Killowag yelled, "What about you?"

Mary started to laugh at our argument. She quickly stopped when we all heard, "Hal Jordan and Mary Cabon of Earth." Mary quickly hid behind Killowag as Sallaack came out from inside the hallway. The alien continued, "The Guardians are ready."

I nodded and walked over to Mary, holding a hand out for her to grab. When she held it back in a tight grip, I gently pulled her with me as I said to Sallaak, "Thanks. I'll take it from here." I looked back at Killowag and said, "Thank you for finding her."

"No problem." Killowag said, and then he crossed his arms and gave Mary a wink.

Mary and I walked down the hallway together until we got to the end of the tunnel. We made a turn or two until we faced a big double door. It opened and both Mary and I walked inside. When I saw the ring on top with the Guardians sitting in their place, I knew this was going to be a very long meeting.

))))))))))))) Mary's POV ((((((((((((((

I stared up at them, the Guardians, with wonder. It was so surreal to see small people be the head of such a large group of warriors. There were four of them that were in the front of the ring that stood out to me the most, but too keep from staring at them I copied what Hal did and stood tall right next to him and kept my arms to my side.

There was one Guardian in the middle who had his hair in the back up like a spiked crown, and he said in an authoritive manner, "Green Lanterns of Sector 2814, thank you for coming."

"Right." Hal said, "Well this is Mary Cabon, she's the—"

"I know very well who she is." The Guardian said a bit angrily.

"Yes, Appa." Hal said, just sounding a bit bored. I'm guessing this Appa was not the happiest character to be around.

Appa began to address me, "Young Lantern, do you know why you are here?"

"Um…I think…." I said, trying to sound confident, "I mean I know…. I think….."

There were a few small laughs from the other Guardians. Appa scowled as well as another Guardian, a bald woman. But there was one that didn't laugh or scowl, but only smiled. HE was bald on top but the rest of his hair draped to shoulder length. Immediately, I felt something familiar about him. It wasn't that he looked like someone I knew, but it was his presence…something in the atmosphere around him that seemed… close.

I was brought out of my thoughts when Appa answered for me, "You are here because a dormant ring activated after many years of not finding its successor."

"Because I activated it by standing up for my friend. I figured it out, thanks to Hal."

Appa looked skeptical and then looked towards the nice Guardian next to him. "Maybe Ganthet can help me attest to that."

The Guardian, Ganthet, began to say, "Appa Ali Apsa, it was not m—"

But Appa continued to say to me, "Even though there are many solutions as to what really could have activated the ring, there is still the problem of two lanterns in the same sector."

"What?" I almost shouted, and then I turned to Hal and asked, "There aren't supposed to be two of the same number. Why didn't you tell me?"

"Because it wasn't a problem." Hal assured me.

"It is." Appa cut in. "There can only be two green lanterns of the same sector if one is called up to a replacement. As a group, we never made such an order. Clearly, there has been a mistake."

At the sound of that word, I became scared and stepped back. "A m-mistake?"

"Please, Appa." Hal tried to reason. "You guys made it so that the ring can choose a worthy successor on its own."

"Yes, but it must follow the codes we instituted when we created the first ring, and if it doesn't that means the ring is dysfunctional."

As they continued to argue, I looked at my ring and wondered if it was really true. Was I really not worthy to be a GL? Was this all a lie?

Ganthet added in, "The green light of will, Appa, thrives on the collective motions of will through all of time and space. As it grows, we can assume that it may have developed a consciousness of its own. Not only that, you remember the deep power that lives in the battery-"

"I remember clearly as much as you do, Ganthet." Appa retorted, "But you also remember the reason why we created the Lantern rings because there were forces we had that did not listen to us in the end. You remember the results, Ganthet?" What did all that just mean? Something lived in the green light? The Guardians used something else before the rings?

Said Guardian sighed and said sadly, "Yes."

"Then we have come to an agreement."

"Appa—" Ganthet tried to say.

"This girl is clearly not a Green Lantern."

"Now hold on!" Hal cut in. "I have no idea half of what you just said meant, but whatever it was, I don't think it pertains to Mary now. Whatever these forces were you had before our rings, I don't care. But Mary is a Green Lantern for sure. She will make the use of her ring worthwhile. We have to give her at least the chance to try it out. Let her learn the ways of being a Green Lantern and she can impress you. Her ring can't be dysfunctional." After all this time of feeling worse about myself, I suddenly began to smile at Hal's persistence in trust in me. He really thinks I can be one of them, even if the Guardians say no.

"How do you know this, 2814?"

"Because I know."

"That is not a valid answer. We must base it on facts and clearly you need facts."

"What facts do you have?"

Appa stuttered in anger, "W-what y-you, we are the Guardians we don't need facts."

"So you just know it?"

"Yes! I mean—"

"I think Appa has made a decision." Said another Guardian, a woman with a white hair in a bun. "We don't have to base many decisions of facts, but on trust."

"I couldn't agree more." Ganthet said with a smile. Again, the weird familiarity washed over me at the look he gave me and I ended up relaxing after being so tense earlier. Many other Guardians gave their approval as well, except for Appa and another Guardian whose head was completely shaved off of hair. Those two looked at each other, and then Appa said defeatedly, "Very well, the council has decided to give Mary Cabon the chance to be a Green Lantern. She will attend intense training with Sergeant Killowag and will be instructed with Ganthet on subjects of knowledge."

Ganthet seemed to be shocked at the last proposition, but then nodded and smiled as he was satisfied with the idea. Appa dismissed us and Hal and I left the room in a hurry. When we got to out to the platform outside the Guardians tower, Hal had us stop on the ledge as he looked down at me and said, "I'm so sorry Mary, if I knew what was going to go on I wouldn't have let you—"

"It's ok, Hal." I said sadly. "I felt like this was going to happen. It seemed impossible that this ring chose me for s good enough reason."

"It did choose you for s good reason."

"Then why did he say that it wasn't? Why don't I feel like it wasn't?"

Hal kneeled down eye level to me and put a hand on my shoulder. "Because he doesn't understand that things can happen beyond their control, and sometimes it's a good thing. Appa just gets a bit hypocritical sometimes and when things don't go his way he gets angry."

I just stood there looking down at my ring. "He's mean."

Hal chuckled at how I said that and he patted my on my shoulder. "That sums him well. Don't let him get into your head. It's up to you if you make this ring worth it."

That lead me to my next question, "Why didn't you tell me there couldn't be two lanterns in one sector."

"I told you it didn't matter. There isn't a mistake to this ring—"

"But why didn't you tell me?"

Hal seemed stuck with this question and he didn't seem to want to tell me. Why was he hiding this? It didn't feel right for him not to tell me. Then he said, "Because I didn't want you to feel bad about yourself at all. I didn't want you having doubts coming in because then… then you would be unhappy. You deserve a chance. I just couldn't believe Appa would bring that up right in front of you. I'm sorry Mary."

"Ok, I get it…" but I didn't feel that convinced.

A.N: BECAUSE HAL's just…. Ah never mind. That meeting went…. south for a while…. Appa including, and the Hal just showed him up, oh yes! So next we get a scene I mentioned in War of Emotion. I'm KikaKatTIOI, peace out!