A/N: Hello! So, Friday came and went-chapter wasn't finished. I've just finished this one and I've got plans for the next one. As I said last chapter, this has got some DickxKim bonding as well as a bit of BrucexKim bonding as well. Wally's not in the chapter but we get a bit of Artemis! We get the bullies as well.

Alrighty, hope you enjoy!

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I tap my finger in tune to the music blaring in my ears. My other hand is resting against my face that is truly expressing my boredom. The music stops blaring as it swaps to the next song and I fell a tap on my shoulder. I turn and see Dick giving me a curious look. He's wearing his Robin uniform but his mask is off showing his bright blue eyes. I glance around the rest of the Batcave while pulling one of my earbuds out.

I raise my eyebrow at Dick and he lets out a sigh. "Are you still being all depressed that Wally couldn't come over?"

I give Dick a sharp look and pull my other earbud off. "I'm not depressed. It's just Wally was supposed to help me with my chemistry homework and now I'm going to fail my test next week."

"You could just ask Bette," Dick reminds me.

I let out a groan. "But Bette gets irritating when it comes to teaching someone something. I'd have better luck with Artemis."

"Then call her," Dick points out.

I roll my eyes and toss my headphones and iPod onto the Batcomputer. "She's having daughter/mother bonding time."

Dick rolls his eyes and shakes his head. "So you're just going to stick around here all weekend and do nothing?"

I shrug, "Pretty much. Everyone else is either busy or grounded." I eye Dick up and down before grinning. If this were a cartoon a light bulb would have went off above my head. "Except for you..." I draw out.

Dick gives me short look before shaking his head. "No. I've got homework to do and a test to study for."

I let out a long, over exaggerated sigh. "But Diiiiiick! We haven't hung out in forever! Since I've moved back in it's been either hero stuff of I've been hanging out with the others, specifically Wally." I smirk and hold my arms out in a showy gesture. "Besides, I'll be more fun to hang out with than doing homework."

Dick grunts and rolls his eyes. "Fine. What do you have in mind?"

I shrug my shoulders. "Wally's been teaching me that racing video game that you two play all the time. Wanna play that? I'm hoping to beat him soon. When I do he said he'd..." I trail off and blush. I didn't need Robin knowing what Wally and my deal was with the video games.

Dick smirks, "He'd what?"

I shrug and wave my hand dismissively, "Nothing, never mind." I chuckle dryly before standing up. "So, onto the video game?"

Dick gives me a curious look before slowly nodding. "I'll change and meet you in the game room in ten."

Dick walks off and I let out a sigh. I need to filter my mouth more. It's going to get me in trouble one day.

(MAGIK!)

The only sound that can be heard is the flipping of my pages and Bruce flipping through papers concerning Wayne Tech. The both of us are in the parlor, however in much different positions. I am sitting sideways in my chair with my feet dangling over an arm and my magic journal propped up against my legs. Bruce, however, is sitting on the couch with his papers strewn about the coffee table. My expression is of boredom while Bruce's is concentration.

Dick would probably have bothered us by now but he's off at his friend Barbra's house. He hardly ever sees her nowadays so he takes as much time as he can to hang with her. But that leaves me stuck in boredom and Bruce stuck with company stuff to deal with. I'm not sure where Alfred is but I know he's busy cleaning or cooking, like usual.

I flip another page in my magic journal when Bruce speaks up. "Kim?"

I turn my head to give Bruce a curious look. "Yeah?"

Bruce looks up from his paper work to see my look. "I was just wondering if you are okay."

My face contorts into further confusion. I'm not understanding his meaning. "Uh...I guess generally speaking that yeah, I'm okay."

Bruce chuckles lightly. "No, that's not what I'm meaning. What I'm asking is if you're okay with the adoption? I know we talked in a little detail before, but I never really talked with you about it."

I arch an eyebrow and give him a smirk. "I'm in a mansion and about to be adopted by a multi-billionaire. Would you be okay with it?"

Bruce narrows his eyes, not impressed by my answer. "I'm being serious Kim."

I sigh and close my book. I stay silent for a few minutes before sitting correctly in the chair and giving him a serious look. "Honestly? I'm completely fine with it. You, Alfred, and Dick are family to me in all but blood. You're all I have left besides the Team and Wally. I know that whatever goes down with them, I'll have you, Alfred, and Dick standing right beside me."

Bruce gives me a small smile before saying, "I'm glad you feel that way." He glances down at his work before looking up with me. A rare twinkle appears in his eye before suggesting, "Want to go grab some ice cream from that shop you and Dick love so much?"

I place my magic journal on the coffee table before standing. "Uh, do you even have to ask?"

Bruce chuckles before standing as well. "Yes, how silly of me."

I laugh happily as Bruce and I exit the room in our venture for ice cream.

(MAGIK!)

I slam my locker shut and lean my head against the cool metal. I didn't get any sleep last night. I stayed up half the night talking with Wally on the phone as he explain the information that was on my Chemistry exam today. The other half I studied my butt of until I passed out in a cocoon of chemistry notes, highlighters, pencils, and my chemistry textbook.

"Awww, did you have a rough night, Miller?" a voice coos from beside me. "Or should I say, Wayne?"

I clench my teeth together and turn on my heel. I head in the opposite direction of the voice. Sure, it's not the direction my next class is in but I don't want to deal with North and her lackeys. As I storm off in the opposite direction I run into someone else.

I look up and my face pales. It's Mallory's boyfriend. I try to move around him quickly but he shoves me into a locker and pins me to it.

"Leave me alone!" I shout.

The few stragglers to class pause and turn to watch what's going on.

Mallory, Georgina, and Evana move closer to me and Mallory's boyfriend. Mallory gives me a smirk before leaning towards my face.

"Bruce Wayne may be adopting you, but that means nothing to us," Mallory sneers.

I spit in Mallory's face and she lets out a small shriek. I shove her boyfriend off of me and start running off only to have two of his buddies grab me and slam me into the lockers again. I grit my teeth as my head bounces off one.

"You bitch!" Mallory shrieks and storms towards me. When she reaches me she slaps me across the face.

"KIM!" a shout comes from the growing crowd. Mallory and I both turn to see Artemis shoving her way through the crowd. She sees what's going on and fire starts to burn in her eyes. Artemis breaks free from the crowd and storms towards the boys pinning me. She grabs one and punches him square in the jaw.

The boy hits the ground from the unexpected force. She turns to the other boy but catches my eyes first. I'm pleading for her to stop. This is my battle, not hers. Artemis pauses and allows Mallory's boyfriend to shove her into another guy that holds her arms to her side. She doesn't look happy and I'm sure she'll be speaking with me later about this.

Now that Artemis is out of the way Mallory turns back to me. The boy that's still pinning me shoves me into the locker again. It's unexpected and a grunt escapes me.

"You're going to pay, Miller," Mallory sneers. She rears back and punches me in the face.

I take the blow seeing as it's softer than anything I receive during training. However, this time I don't take my hits in silence. I speak up and fight back the way I know I can best.

"Afraid, North?" I question.

"What are you babbling about?" she asks, punching me in the stomach.

I gasp for breath and glance over at Artemis. She's struggling against her captor, trying to get a hold of me.

I give Mallory a smirk before responding, "You are having someone hold me back. Afraid that you'll lose in a one on one?"

Mallory narrows her eyes and the boy pinning me shoves me into the lockers again.

"Please, I don't need any help fighting you," Mallory shouts angrily.

I arch an eyebrow and nod towards my captor. "Then call off the dogs. Just you and me. I win and you leave me the hell alone."

Mallory smirks, "And if I win?" I shrug in response. She nods her head. "I win and you do as I say until graduation."

I nod my head. "Deal."

Mallory nods the the guy pinning me. He releases me and steps back. I step forward and get my hands up in a defensive position. I may not be able to completely go out on her, but she's going down. I'm sick of her crap. I've put up with it for too long.

Mallory rushes forward and tries to grab at my hair. I side step her and kick my leg out, knocking her to the ground. Mallory skids to the ground. I get back in a defensive position while Mallory gets back to her feet.

An angry expression overcomes her face and she charges me. I allow her to tackle me and we hit the ground. We roll over each other fighting for dominance. I could end this fight in a matter of seconds, but I have to at least make it look even. After a few moments I manage to pin Mallory to the ground.

"Submit!" I shout in her face.

Mallory starts tearing up suddenly. She starts a sound that sounds like sobbing but is so obviously fake. Before I know what to do I'm jerked up by my collar. I turn to see Coach Warren yanking me off Mallory and Headmistress Greene helping the fake sobbing Mallory up from the ground.

"Thank, you. She just started attacking me," Mallory throws herself on Greene and tears fall down her face.

"WHAT?!" I scream. "That's a lie! I was minding my own business when she had those guys slam me into a locker!" I point to the three guys trying to sneak off.

The Headmistress just looks between Mallory and myself before sighing. "Let's take this to my office."

Coach Warren hauls me towards the front office while Greene escorts Mallory. I try to catch sight off Artemis but she must of scampered with the rest of the crowd. Once we get to the office Greene has Warren leave me by her door while she talks with Mallory. Once he's sure that I can't escape, Warren leaves the office and me alone.

I slouch in my chair and cross my arms. Soon Mallory's mom shows up and the Deputy Headmaster escorts her into Greene's office. Within minutes of Mallory's mom entering the office, an angry Bruce arrives. He takes the seat next to me and doesn't even try to get an explanation. He just crosses his arms and takes a similar seating position to my own.

After a good hour of what sounds like Mrs. North yelling at Greene and consoling her daughter, the three emerge from the office. Bruce still hasn't spoken with me. Greene gets the secretary to take Mallory and her mom to the Deputy Headmaster's office to wait.

"Miss Miller, I will speak with you now," Greene glances at Bruce. "I'll call you in when I'm through getting the details from her."

Bruce doesn't even look at me as I get up and trudge into the office. I take one of the two chairs in front of her desk. Greene walks behind her desk and pulls out a pen and pad, ready to take notes on my version of the story.

"Miss Miller, I've heard Miss North's side of the story now I want yours. I must remind you that security tapes are being pulled and will be thoroughly looked through for all details," Green warns.

I resist the urge to roll my eyes at her statement before launching into my story. I start with telling her that Mallory's picked on me for years and no matter how many times it got reported or how many times Mallory and I were sent to the office for 'arguing' nothing happened. After I go through all my details and explain myself, Greene fetches Bruce.

I play with the hem of my vest instead of looking at him. I know he's mad. I'm going to get into a lot of trouble for this fight and not telling him that things with Mallory was getting worse. Bruce takes the seat next to me and Greene resumes her seat.

"Mr. Wayne, I have heard both Miss North's account and Miss Miller's. I have also heard that Mrs. North would like to move to have Miss Miller expelled from the school for picking on her daughter. Apparently Miss North has told her mother numerous times of instances that Miss Miller, here, has bullied her. As you know, we take bullying very seriously at Gotham Academy," Greene trails on.

I straighten up in my seat. "Headmistress, I haven't been picking on Mallory. She's been picking on me since I started going here in the fourth grade. I've had to take counseling through the school because of it. It's on the school records! It's not only Mallory either! It's those lackies of her's as well. Anything Mallory wants done to me Georgina and Evana follow along with as if their her puppets!"

Greene sighs and nods her head in understanding. "I acknowledge the fact that Miss North has bullied you in the past. However, because of the circumstances that happened today, I have to take Mrs. North's allegations into account."

I grip the chair's arms as I say, "I can give you three other accounts where Mallory, Georgina, and Evana hit, slapped, kicked, and shoved me into a locker. And that's just in the last month! I can go back to the first day I got back to Gotham Academy. Just check the cameras!"

Headmistress Greene sighs, "We will look into this. However, until everything has been cleared up, I think it is best that you are off school grounds."

"What?" I exclaim. "How's that fair? Is Mallory getting suspended too?"

"I am not at liberty to say," Green says with pursed lips.

Bruce stands up from his chair he was sitting in. "That means no." I just stare at Bruce. He's not angry at me anymore. He's angry at Greene. "I suggest that you suspend Miss North as well unless you would like to have a lawsuit on your hands."

Greene stands up as well and leans forward. "Mr. Wayne if that is a threat-"

Bruce cuts her off. "It's not a threat. It's a promise. I'm taking Kimberly with me and she will not be returning until I have gone to the school's Trustee Board concerning this issue. I will see to it that Mallory North is either properly punished for expelled from this school. And must I remind you, Headmistress, of the last time this issue came up with Richard." Bruce turns to me and snaps, "Come Kimberly, we are leaving now."

I don't bother to argue but follow silently behind him as we exit the school. As I follow behind him I see Artemis and Bette watching with worried eyes. I catch Dick off in a corner with his friend Barbra. No doubt Bruce texted him to explain everything or he'd be running up to us right now.

When we exit the school, Alfred is waiting for us with the limo. I climb in after Bruce and get settled in my seat as Alfred starts driving. I chance a look at Bruce's face and flinch when I see his angry facial features. I look away again and let out a small sigh. It's going to be a long day.

(MAGIK!)

I pace from my closet door to my bed, passing by my window. As soon as we arrived home Bruce told me to go to my room and not come out until I was called for. That was three hours ago. I've been pacing for about half of that.

Bruce is mad. Madder than I had ever seen before. Including the time Dick and I accidentally broke his mother's favorite vase. I was going insane from all the thinking I had done. There were endless possibilities of punishments he could inflict. Of course, my mind jumps to the worst of the worse. He could pull me off the Team. That would mean no more Megan, Conner, or Kaldur. I'm sure I'd see Wally because of his friendship with Dick but I wouldn't see him as much as I do now. Then there's Artemis. I'd see her at school-if I ever got to go back. Then there's the whole Gotham Academy thing.

The door opening breaks me from my thoughts and I whip around to see Bruce standing in the doorway. He seems much calmer than before. I stand perfectly still as he steps into the room, shutting the door behind him. He stays by the door and watches me with calculating eyes. I can see the endless stream of thoughts going through his head.

When he finally speaks, I flinch. He's not speaking harshly, like I expect. Instead his voice is even and smooth.

"Kim. I'm not angry with you," Bruce says. My eyes go wide and I immediately met mine with his. He's eyeing me carefully. "However, I am disappointed."

I expected the disappointment. Anger is what I was actually expecting though. I screwed up. I shouldn't have coursed Mallory into fighting me one on one. If I had just taken it a little longer the teachers would have shown up and caught her in the act.

"I'm sorry," I murmur just loud enough for him to hear. I turn my eyes to the floor and examine my shiny uniform shoes. "I know I should have just taken it a bit longer. If I had then Mallory would have been caught red handed."

"That's not what I'm disappointed in you about, Kimberly," Bruce states matter of factly.

My face contorts into confusion and I look up to examine his face. I don't get it. He should be mad, angry but he's disappointed. And what he should be disappointed in me about, he isn't. I just don't get it.

"What?" I question. "But you told me to take it. That I had to appear weak so that no one would suspect me in being Magik."

Bruce sighs and steps closer to me. "Kimberly, when I explain all that to you I never imagined you going through what you actually did. I knew those girls had picked on you before you went to stay with Nelson. I thought that three years would be enough time apart to hinder whatever was going on there."

I wrinkle my nose in confusion. "What? But you said I had to take it. It wasn't that bad really. Just taunts here and there and the occasional jumping. They never actually hurt me though. I mean, I've received worse beatings during training. They were nothing but annoying flies. I just lost my temper earlier. I shouldn't have. I completely ignored your wishes."

I look down at my feet. Bruce closes the remaining distance and places a hand on my shoulder. "No, you should have told me as soon as they started hitting you. Yes, you shouldn't have lost your temper and yes, you may have received worse, but you still should have told. You were being bullied and reporting it would have been acceptable. If you didn't want to talk to me about it you had the entire team to speak with."

"I did talk to someone about it. Artemis knew," I mumble.

"And she didn't speak up? I didn't think she was the type to let her friends get bullied," Bruce states evenly.

I roll my eyes. "She isn't. She tried to stop it as much as she could. I told her that if she wouldn't tell anyone about me being bullied I wouldn't tell anyone about her not being Oliver's niece."

Bruce sighs. I look up at him and he's running a hand through his hair. He's obviously frustrated. "I'm suspending you from the team. One week."

"What?" I protest, stepping away from him. "That's not fair! You know that I was being bullied! Why am I being punished?"

Bruce crosses his arm, slipping into his Batman persona. "You aren't being punished for being bullied or getting into that fight. You are getting punished for hiding this from me. You can't be hiding things like this. What if you had let it go to far? You could have truly lost your temper and taken it out on that girl."

I look away and cross my arms. "Still isn't fair," I mumble.

Bruce lets out a huff. "You may not see it as fair, but you need to learn that you can't hide things. I'm only giving you one week. I'll still allow you to be in contact with them, but you are not to go to the Cave." He pauses for a second before adding. "I'm going to deny your access code until your punishment is over. That way I know you aren't getting to the Cave or Happy Harbor. Understood?"

I grumble under my breath a few choice words. Bruce doesn't acknowledge me again and leaves the room. As soon as he's gone I collapse on my bed. It's been a roller coaster of a week and it's just going to get worse.

A/N: Yup, Kim finally fought Mallory back. I've decided that something needs to be done with them but I can't decide. Kim needs some more dynamic. It follows her life and getting picked on just isn't enough. Yeah, she's grounded because she was hiding her getting bullied from Bruce, and I know I pointed out that Bruce told her to take it but let's be honest. He wouldn't mean for her to take this forever. He just meant the occasional comment here and there, maybe lose a fight if one where to come along. Not to let her get run over by Mallory.

So, to the real reason I want you to read this A/N. I've set up a poll on my profile for you all to go vote on. I'm not entirely sure where to go with the hole bully thing. I'm going to set the deadline for the the episode Coldhearted. That gives you two episode chapters and a possible added chapter (I'm planning to do one that's just Wimberly fluff so three chapters in total) to vote. I'm estimating that will be by November 12th. I should be able to write most of the chapter except for the Trustee's decision. I'm not sure on the date, so keep an eye out for updates. If you can't vote via poll, I'll leave the question and options below and just comment your choice. I'll add it in.

Q: What should happen with Kim and her bullies?

Options:

All three bullies (Mallory, Georgina, and Evana) get expelled and Kim stays.

No one gets expelled but Mallory, Georgina, and Evana leave Kim alone.

No one gets expelled and Mallory, Georgina, and Evana keep bullying Kim.

Kim gets expelled and Mallory stays.

Mallory gets expelled and Kim stays.

Also, I love feedback on how my chapters are doing and anything that's going on in them. Let me know what you think about the story in general. Perhaps ideas that you think would be good incorporated into the story. If you think Kim is dynamic enough. I just want to know what you guys are thinking! Hope to hear from you guys soon!

You guys can skip this if you want, just need to stretch my nerd a bit!

Okay who's been watching Arrow and Flash? The shows are the best! I'm excited for tomorrows Flash! I'm not gonna drop spoilers, but I'm jumping up and down about tomorrow night's villain on Flash. Plus on Arrow, Thea is gonna be a badass this season. Plus I'm fangirling over who takes over Oliver's company! I mean, just yes! I love everything! I'm like a five year old in a candy store right now!

Anyway, I'm through nerding out so I'll leave you guys! Can't wait to hear from you guys!

Signing off for now,

dorkmaster42