Spoilers: Season 7 Buffy, up to (And maybe including, haven't decided yet) Infinite Crisis in DC, and mid-to late ninties issues of various X-Men, X-Force, that sort of thing. I'm sorry, but current Marvel really sucks.
Rating: T/pg-13 (for the moment)
Pairings: Dawn/Bart Allen (Kid Flash), mentions of Robin/Batgirl, Wondegirl/Superboy, maybe Connor(Angel's son)/Greta or Connor/Cissie
Summary: During the fight against the First, Dawn falls through a potal which sends her to an alternate dimension. Unable to return home, Dawn makes a new life for herself, only there's a couple problems: her new boyfriend is anything but normal, and how exactly is she related to the Summers family anyway?
To my reviewers from Thanks for the review. Yeah, I know, but I couldn't help it. In "Sins of Youth" and when they traveled to the future a couple issues ago in Teen Titans, Bart was really tall.
I also wanted him to be at least half a foot taller than Dawn, who was portrayed as about 5'9, 5'10 in Buffy. Although he's nearly 6'6, which in my mind would put him around 6'4, 6'5.
Bats: Thanks for that. It's been ages since I read the comics and I couldn't quite remember that it was Slo-bo. Not to mention that most of my comic are back at home. Don't worry, the connection with the Speed Force does not mess with the Key thing or the pre-existing explanation of the Speed Force. Oh, and it's not the 'she's now living in a world that is a comic in her world'. Actually, if you continue to read, you'll notice the rather obvious hints that Dawn and Buffy come from the Marvel universe.
Allen Pitt: Nope, not related to the Green Lantern power source at all. Although I an thinking of writting a story like that after this one is finished.
katie: Thank you for another review.
To my reviewers at TTH:
WhiteWolf: Thank you so much for your review. You reminded me of how fiesty Dawn could be. If it wasn't for that review, you would be seeing a much weaker Dawn in Chapter 3.
RachelK: Thank you for yet another review. The shoplifting thing will be mentioned. The Key thing won't really start to come into play until after chapter 7 or 8.
Valkyrie: The assault thing will be explained in Chapter 4. Although honestly, it wasn't quite justified.
Vld: Trouble does seem to have a thing for Dawn, especially on Tuesdays. AS for Greta, alive and without powers. I'm not sure if Empress will show up. AS for Spoiler, I like her, and Leslie so would never have let her die if she hadn't been written by that hack, but Spoiler won't show in this story.
Chapter 3
Dawn shifted in her seat next to Bart. They were seated on the bench outside the principle's office waiting for their legal guardians to get there.
Seeing her Parole Officer enter with Mrs. Bernstein, Dawn paled. This was so not of the good.
"Hi, Mrs. Potter, Mrs. Bernstein," said Dawn.
Mrs. Potter gave Dawn a disappointed sigh, "What did the judge say about getting into fights?"
Bart had stiffened at the word judge, but he still jumped to her defense. "Actually, there wasn't any fighting. And Jeff and I caused the problem, not Dawn." Bart stood up, fidgeting uncomfortably. "Jeff was... touching Dawn inappropriately and nobody else was doing anything to help her, even after she demanded that Jeff get off her, so I puled Jeff away. I mean, sure, I pinned him against the lockers, but nobody hit anybody."
"Is this what happened?" asked Mrs. Potter.
Dawn nodded quickly. "Jeff was trying to get me to go with him to the Winter Formal and I told him no. When I told him no, he started to-he..." Dawn's voice trailed off. She couldn't help but think about R.J., who had treated her horribly. Despite the love spell, she had managed not to sleep with him, even though he had tried on multiple occasions to get into her pants. Dawn muttered under her breath in Russian, not knowing thatBart could understand her. "Jeff is so lucky Bart was the one who got to him first."
Mrs. Potter turned to Bart. "And you are?"
"Bart Allen, ma'am," he said.
"Dawn's math tutor," explained Mrs. Bernstein.
The door opened again and a woman Dawn recognized as Bart's Aunt Joan and an older man walked in. The man gave Bart a disappointed look.
The principle opened the door to his office. "Come in. Mr. Manson and his parents are already in my office."
Bart looked at Jay Garrick, he and his wife, Joan, were his legal guardians. He was just grateful that Wally hadn't been called.
With a sigh, he walked into Mr. Smith's office. Without a second thought he held out a chair for Dawn. Once she was seated, he sat down next to her.
"According to Mr. Manson, he was merely asking Miss Summers to the Winter Formal when Mr. Allen attacked Mr. Manson for speaking to his girlfriend."
Bart saw Jay raise an eyebrow, clearly not believing Jeff's story. Dawn had this look on her face that would have frightened Bart had it not been directed at Jeff.
"Mr. Smith, Dawn's not my girlfriend," said Bart. "And Jeff was threatening Dawn. When I pulled him off of her, Jeff had his hand on her well..."
"He had his hand on my breast," stated Dawn. "I told him I didn't want to go with him and then he grab my arm and pushed me against the lockers." She sniffled, tears threatening to fall. "I yelled at him to let go and he wouldn't." She rubbed her right wrist. "I'm pretty sure he bruised my arm." She pushed up the sleeve a little, showing a large hand shaped bruise. Bart noticed an old scar on her wrist before Dawn pulled down her sleeve.
"My husband is a lawyer with Cohen, Bernstein, and Goldberg," said Mrs. Bernstein. "I'm sure when he finds out what Mr. Manson did... Especially since my foster daughter had to be protected by one of her classmates."
Mr. Smith looked over at the Mansons. "Since nobody was hurt, I don't see any reason to hand out punishments. Mrs. Bernstein, why don't you take Miss Summers home, she has the rest of the day off. The same for you Mr. Allen." As Jeff moved to stand up, Mr. Smith said, "Sit back down Mr. Manson, we need to have a talk about appropriate behavior and how this behavior effects football games."
After they left the office, Bart turned to Dawn. "Are you still coming for tutoring or...?"
"I'll come by on Monday," said Dawn, who's tears were completely gone.
It was then that Bart realized that those tears had been fake. Dawn was a rather convincing actress.
The moment they returned to the house, Jay took Bart to the side. Bart instantly knew that he wanted to know about the glow surrounding Dawn. The strange glow which changed in color depending upon her mood.
"Why didn't you-"
Bart shrugged. "It wasn't all that important. I mean Dawn isn't doing anything wrong. At least I don't think she is," he said remembering the mention of a judge. He would have to ask Tim to find out what had happened.
Jay sighed. "Alright, but if anything happens."
"I'll take her out myself," said Bart.
"Don't the swirls of green and white energy get distracting after a while?"
Bart shrugged. "The color changes depending upon her mood. Green is fear and white is anger. Most of the time the glow is pink and purple."
Bart sat down across from of his best friends, Tim Drake, better known as Robin. He was in Titan's Tower, like he was on most weekends.
"Can you do me a favor?"
"What is it?"
"I need a background check on somebody," explained Bart. "Her name is Dawn-Marie Summers..."