Mia Smoak Queen was full of energy. She bounced off the stair case and cartwheeled down the halls of the Queen Mansion. Felicity hurried after her and hopelessly called after her six year year old daughter. Mia payed no attention to her mother's calls to be careful. She was so excited about going to school that day. They were playing kickball in gym class and Mia couldn't wait to show the other kids up. One kid in particular was always mean to Mia. She never knew why, but she was excited to gloat in his face when she won the game.
Mia scarfed down her breakfast and tortured her big brother William with questions about when he would be done with his plate so that they could leave. "Can we go now? Please momma!" Mia begged after William had sighed and put his fork down in defeat. Felicity could not help but to laugh. "Yes. We can go. But you can't force your brother to eat as quickly as Barry Allen every time you play a sport in gym." Mia nodded and said sorry to her brother who just smiled in return. Mia had him wrapped around her little finger.
"Bye Baby girl!" Felicity called out to Mia who got out of the car and blew kisses towards her mother. Felicity blew kisses back and drove off. Most kids Mia's age would cry when their parents dropped them off at school, but Mia loved school. Just like her momma had. Kids and even some teachers, watched with mouths agape as Felicity Smoak Queen drove out of the school's drop off lane. Mia just giggled at them. Ever since Mia could remember, people would point and stare at her and her family whenever they would go out in public. Mia was very confused and one day asked her mother why everyone would look at them. Her mother told her that is was because of Team Arrow and her daddy. She said that people looked up to them because of how they had saved the city and because of how her daddy had saved the whole world.
Everyone loved Mia at school. She had many friends. Her closest friends were Sara, JJ and Connor Diggle. They were a couple of grades older then her so she spent most of her school day without them. Her favorite friend in her class was Bianca Bertinilli. Her mother did not like Bianca's mother but Mia did not know why.
Mia usually loved math class and figuring out problems like her mother and her brother. But she kept wanting the time to go by faster so that she could go to gym class. Mia had caught that boy who was mean to her mocking her in class and could not wait to see his face when he and his team lost the kickball game. It was finally time for the game and Mia and Bianca hurried forward to the front of the line so their teacher could lead them to the gym. The remained as quite as they could so that they wouldn't get in trouble and not get to play.
Their gym teacher told them all to play nice and Mia drowned him out and grimaced towards the boy, Chris. This grimace was one that matched her fathers and she wanted Chris to be afraid like the bad guys who hurt the city were when they had to face her daddy. Finally their teacher said they could start playing. Mia was the first to get to kick the ball for her team. She was about to kick when she heard Chris yelling at her. "Mia couldn't kick the ball right. She's nothing like her dad. She's weak!" Mia's little cheeks grew red with anger. She stared him down and threw back her leg, ready to kick the ball. She kicked her leg out but was so fucosed on Chris that she missed the ball and kicked the air instead. She lost her balance and fell with a thoud on her back. She could immediately hear Chris and some other kids laughing at her.
She could not handle him any longer. She stood back up and marched right over to Chris as Bianca walked up to kick. "What's your problem Chris." Mia said, her little body straight and ready to serve some of her signature attitude. "Your whole family is my problem. Your family ruined my family." Chris said as he got in front of Mia's face. Mia could feel the anger inside her rise. "They did not!" Mia said as tears fell down her cheeks. "They did so. Your daddy sent my daddy away." Chris said as he crossed his arms. "No!" Mia yelled, somehow still not gaining the attention of their teacher who was talking on the phone. Mia stomped her foot. "My daddy saved this city. My daddy saved the world." She said as she stood closer to Chris. "Your daddy couldn't even save himself. That's why he is dead." Chris said. Mia didn't even hesitate. She raised her little fist and punched him right in the face. Chris fell down and Mia got on the floor and kept punching him. She could hear him crying out in pain but she did not stop. She could not stop. All the other kids gathered around them, unsure of what to do. Finally the gym teacher realized what was happening and ran over to the group of kids.
Mia felt a pair of arms grab her from behind and she was picked up by them. This did not stop her. She kept kicking in the air, trying to reach Chris. Her teacher was too strong though and he held her back as the school nurse ran towards Chris.
Felicity's day had been extremely slow. She was the boss of her own company, Smoak Tech. But being the boss meant she had people doing most of the work for her. Today all she had done was sign papers. She looked at her clock and realized it was only 10:00 still. Felicity sighed and hoped the rest of the day would go by faster. She could not wait to go home and see her kids. Mia was so excited about her kickball game and Felicity could not wait to hear her little girl animatedly tell the story. She was so good at telling stories. She smiled at the thought of it. She was so proud of her little girl and she knew her husband would be too. Mia was so much like him. Felicity was snapped out of her thought by the sound of her phone ringing. It was Mia's school. Felicity quickly answered the call.
It was the principal of the school who told Felicity that Mia had gotten into a fight during gym. She could not believe it. Mia was just six years old. How could she have already gotten into a fight?
Felicity rushed to the school and found Mia waiting in the principal's office. When Mia saw her mommy her eyes welled up with tears again. She was so tired and confused. Felicity immediately rushed over to her daughter and looked her over making sure she was not injured. She saw no trace of any physical injuries but the look on her daughters face and the tears that flew down her cheeks told Felicity that she was in more emotional pain. She held Mia close and sat down in the chair by the principals desk. Mia crawled in Felicity's lap and buried her face in her blouse. The principal walked in shortly after and explained to Felicity what had happened.
Felicity was horrified, she however attempted to remain strong for Mia who still sat in her lap crying. "Luckily Chris was not injured too badly." The principal said in a very monotone voice. "Obviously Mia will have to be punished." The principal said as he looked down at Mia. Felicity say in raged. "What about the boy who said those horrible things to her? How will he be punished?" Felicity said as she instinctively held Mia closer to her. "Of course he will be punished. But Mia was the one to get physical first-" Felicity cut him off. "My child was defending herself. I understand that she should not have punched the kid, but he should be in more trouble then her!" Felicity said as the mamma bear inside her roared with anger. "Yes Ms Queen but Mia did start the physical fight. I know she is a bright and kind little girl but-" Felicity stood up with Mia in her arms. "Thank you Mr. LaBrant but I think we'll be going now." She said as she walked out of the office and out of the school carrying her still crying daughter.
Mia fell asleep in her car seat on the way home. Felicity did not want to wake her up so she instead picked her up and carried her to her room. Felicity decided to take a sick day and stay home with Mia. She knew that her daughter would not be getting over that days events easily. She also knew that Mia would be staying home for the rest of the day. That school had made Felicity so mad today. She couldn't let Mia go back until she had calmed down. She laid Mia on her bed and curled up next to her. It was hard to fit on her daughter's kid bed but her baby needed her.
Mia woke up to find herself in her room. She turned on her side and saw that her mommy was asleep next to her. Mia put her little hand on her mommy's cheek. "Hey mommy" she said as she slightly pushed on her cheek. "Mommmy!" Mia said a little louder. Finally Felicity opened her eyes and saw her daughter's bright green eyes starting into her's. "Hey baby." Felicity said smiling. She had hoped that maybe Mia had gotten over the fight when Mia's little mouth turned down into a frown. Mia bured her head into her mother's blouse. "Do you want to talk about it?" Felicity asked as she kissed Mia's head. "Chris Damon said that daddy sent his daddy away. He said that daddy was not strong enough to save himself." Mia cried as Felicity resisted the erg to cry. "I know honey. Principal LaBrant told me." Felicity said as she rubbed soft circles on her daughter's back. "Chris' daddy was a bad man. He hurt the city so daddy sent him away so he could not hurt anyone anymore. I think Chris was just upset because he misses his daddy and he was just taking that out on you." Felicity said as she brushed fingers through Mia's blonde hair. Mia pulled up from Felicity and looked her mother in the eyes. "I miss my daddy too momma. I don't remember him, but I still miss him." Felicity's heart broke instantly. She felt the tears threatening to spill over. "I know baby. I miss him too. So so much." Felicity said as she pulled Mia in for a hug. Mia snugged into it. She always calmed down when she got hugs from her mommy. "You know it was wrong to hit that boy don't you Mia? You won't ever do that again will you?" Mia shook her head onto her mother's shoulder. "I won't ever hit anyone again." She said. "Mommy?" Mia asked as she looked at her mommy intently. "Yes sweetheart?" Felicity questioned slightly worried. "I won't ever lose you too will I?" Mia asked as her little bottom lip quivered. Felicity could actually hear her heart snap into. "No baby. You will always have me." She said as she gave another kiss to Mia's forehead. "Always?" Mia asked. "Always." Felicity replied.