(Star City July 17 23:00)

(Ceridwen's POV)

"First Metropolis, then Central, and now Star. Why can't we just stay in one city?" I asked, leaning on a brick wall. We were huddled in a tight alleyway, a flickering streetlight hovering above us. Next to me, Oceana and Dragon were skimming over a map, trying to figure out where would be the best place to crash. We'd settled with staying at abandoned warehouses, and empty apartment buildings. It'd worked out alright so far, but a few of us were getting tired…meaning me.

"Because if we don't, we'll get kidnapped…again," Ghost replied lazily.

"But if you're okay with that, then getting stuck in lab cages it is! Let's go guys," Lumanate chirped, getting off of her seat on the sidewalk. She made as if to walk away, back into the clutches of the Liberty Core. I stuck out my tongue at her.

"Got it!" Dragon cried out, holding up the map triumphantly. Sona jumped three feet in the air, his hand automatically going to his sword. Was it wrong that I loved how he would jump to protect us, almost automatically? I felt myself blushing…shoot.

"Where?"

"There's a hotel on the outskirts of the city. It's near the bay area. It's normally swamped with people passing by, but not that many really stay. No one would notice us coming and going, and there wouldn't be many people to hear noise we make in the room," Dragon told us, rolling up the map to stick in her jacket.

"You seem to know a lot about it, from just a map," I ventured curiously. She shot me dagger eyes, looking ready to breathe fire…literally. But instead, she answered a little quietly;

"I used to stop by there when I visited my dad," she shrugged, as if it was nothing. I nodded, knowing that if I pushed for more I'd be barbecue. Oceana also seemed to realize that, because she quickly started rounding us up.

…..

We began walking down the dark road. I kicked a few stray rocks in my path, which somehow evolved into a game of soccer between Lumanate, Sona, Ghost, and me. But when Ghost began to move it telepathically, I used nearby roots and flowers to trip him. Soon it turned into an all-out battle.

"Guys, knock it off before I melt that stupid rock. We're going to get noticed. And I'm pretty sure they're going to be questions asked about six kids out at midnight" Dragon hissed.

"Chillax, we're just having a little fun!" Ghost argued, his girlfriend nodding behind him. I wanted to argue too, but Oceana sent me a 'please-just-do-what-she-says-before-a-fight-starts' look. So I threw the rock away, letting it fall into the velvet blackness like a drifting feather in a pool of water. As it fell a loud BOOM met our ears. It sounded like a gunshot.

"That wasn't the rock…." Sona observed wisely, his hand going to his sword. My ears perked up, trying to catch more. I was soon rewarded by the sound of sharp gunshots. "I'm going to check it out," Sona whispered, running away from our group.

"No, Sona-"

"I'll go after him," I interrupted Oceana, taking off to the sound of my name being called.

(Star City July 17 23:16)

"What are you doing, Sona?" I whispered, making the Indian teen jump from surprise.

"What are you doing, Ceridwen?" he countered angrily.

"I asked first." He rolled his eyes at my childish tone, muttering something in Hindi. "Nie mam pojęcia co mówisz," I answered in polish. He looked at me sharply, but his gaze softened and he smiled.

"Just watch."

The stars glimmered weakly in the air, outshone by a bright full moon. The water was calm, gently lapping at hard concrete that broke its surface. Scattered across the ground were boxes filled with shipments, being taken from a large boat bobbing up and down in the water. A few men, all with heavy clothing and guns were pulling crates out, panting with the effort. Suddenly an arrow went flying, exploding underneath the men's feet. A gun was dropped, skidding across the cement paved floor. It was scooped up by a large man. He was different than the rest; less clothing and had an aura of invulnerability around him. I recognized him from TV, as a villain called Brick. He held up his gun and aimed it above him. My eyes followed, to meet a familiar face: Speedy. Green Arrows sidekick …or I guess he had been. I'd seen in a newspaper somewhere that he'd quit a week or two ago. Good for him.

"You again! I'm starting to get insulted that Green Arrow's not messing up my operation personally," he screamed. I guess someone hadn't gotten the solo memo….

Suddenly he let loose a bullet. A glowing red bullet. What were these villains using these days? I found myself holding my breath as Speedy dodged, jumping higher across the wide metal beams.

"We've got to help him," I hissed at Sona. I smiled as he nodded, raising his already unsheathed sword. We both rushed in, just as Speedy let loose an arrow that blew up Brick's gun, along with leaving his shirt in tatters.

"Do you know what I pay for a suit my size?" Brick asked, his voice seething with rage. Seriously? That's what he was worried about? Brick really needed to get his priorities straight. "Scorch the earth, boys," Brick added, turning to his henchmen. I took that as my signal to jump in. Concentrating, I pulled up a few roots from the ground, letting them curl quickly around the unsuspecting gunman. Just as the triggers were pulled, the roots tightened, bringing them all into one pile. A loud crack of four skulls being thrown together split into the air like thunder. I let them fall, knocked-out.

I turned to see Sona going up against four more. His sword was a blur, twisting in the air like a leaf in the wind. He jumped up, using one guy as leverage to do a backflip onto another. Guns and men dropped like flies at his feet. I found myself smiling, my stomach going crazy with butterflies.

While we were knocking-out his gunmen, Brick pulled up a piece of concrete as wide and as tall as me. Throwing it with as much force as he could muster, Brick sent it sailing over to Speedy. The teen ducked, just barely letting it sail over his head to smash into a wall behind him. Living up to his name, Speedy sent another exploding arrow at Brick. It hit his shoulder, sending up a cloud of smoke. At first it seemed to work, but instead a rock was hurled out of the cloud of smoke, narrowly missing the archer by a centimeter. By then, Sona had joined Red Arrow up on the rusty beams above us. He cut the rock in two with his sword.

"Who are you?" Speedy snapped, his hand itching for an arrow.

"Prince Sahil Aakash Rajesh Quazi." Speedy blinked underneath the mask. "…Sona."

"Speedy," Speedy greeted, nodding. "Woah, look out," he shouted, suddenly jumping away from another huge boulder of cement. Sona's eyes widened in alarm as it hurled towards him, only to be stopped a hair's breadth away from his nose by a root plowing through it. He smiled at me as I gave him a thumbs up.

We turned out attention back to Brick, who was laughing as smoke slithered away from him. It seemed Speedy had shot another arrow. We weren't getting anywhere with this guy…

"Tell Arrow he shouldn't send children to do a man's job," Brick laughed, gesturing to the three of us. That seemed to hit a nerve, as Speedy had chosen another arrow and was aiming it with narrowed eyes. A deep scowl was etched on his face. "Go ahead," Brick invited, spreading his arms out wide. The arrow flew through the air, hitting its target perfectly. The villain looked down, surprised at the lack of an explosion.

"Did it work?" I whispered to Sona, having by now joined him next to Speedy. Sona smiled, and pointed at Brick. I turned back to him, and found the meta human covered in bubbly red foam. "Nice," I said to the archer, grinning at him. He ignored me, turning around to leave.

"You're welcome," Sona muttered, sounding annoyed.

"I didn't thank you," Speedy replied, not bothering to turn around. "Tell the Justice League I don't need their help. I'm done letting Arrow and the League tell me what to do. I don't need a babysitter or a clubhouse hangout with the other kids. Your junior justice league is a joke. I already told Robin, Kid Flash, and Aqualad, it's something to keep you busy, and in your place." The last words were filled with venom, and hissed like a snake. He had disappeared into the shadows by now, adding as a goodbye, "I don't want any part of it."

My eyes widened under the mask, meeting Sona's lost expression. "What was that about?" I asked.

"I don't know…."

"So I guess we should move again, before Brick blabs?"

"Agreed."

(Happy Harbor July 18, 11:16)

"I think this place will do well," Oceana decided, running her hands over a plush red couch. We'd managed to break into a room (much more comfortable then a warehouse) in a large and busy hotel. No one would question our comings and goings. Perfect. I jumped onto the coffee table, sitting cross legged in the middle. Dragon rolled her eyes at me, before sitting down on the couch.

"We're back," Lumanate's voice greeted from the window. I looked up, to see her and Ghost climbing the ivory wall I'd made, each with bags of McDonalds in hand. Oceana and Sona ran to help, pulling them in through the window. Once inside, the couple quickly began passing out the food. I accepted my fries with a smile, still on the coffee table (much to Dragon's annoyance). We all dug in, munching silently.

"So, what are your real names?" I asked, popping a fry into my mouth. The remark was met with frozen stares and jumps of surprise. So much for casual conversation.

"I thought we didn't have to tell each other that," Dragon accused, her eyes flashing gold…well that was weird.

"Well you told me, why not the rest?" I asked.

"Still don't trust us, Dragon?" Lumanate asked, joining me on the coffee table. I smirked into my food.

"I trust you just fine, Lumanate," Dragon replied. "I just don't see why we have to spill all our secrets."

"It's just a name. Nothing more."

"Then why do I have to tell you? And last I remember you weren't too eager to tell your name either."

"That's only because we were in the Liberty Core…place. I'll tell you now…unless Ghost's bugged the room so that he can listen in on our conversation."

"What? I would ne-" Ghost began.

"Go get them," Sona interrupted, hiding a smirk. I smiled at him lightly, as Ghost disappeared

"As I was saying, I'll tell you my name," Lumanate said, smiling at her boyfriend.

"Okay fine, you tell me yours and I'll tell you mine," Dragon agreed.

"Ellie Ross." Well that was easy…Dragon opened her mouth, as if to say something, but close it. She repeated the motion twice more, staring at Ellie as if she'd just broken a secret vow.

"Come on, your promised," I whined.

"Ruxandera Alice Code," she finally said, letting herself fall back into the couch in defeat. Me and Ellie high-fived, giggling.

"I'm Starr Powers," I added, chewing on an extremely long fry.

"Powers?" Ghost asked, snorting into his milkshake, which was floating before him telepathically. "Fits, doesn't it?"

"Guess it does," I agreed, smiling.

"I'm Cole DeNiro," he told us.

"Nice to meet you, Cole," Oceana smiled. "I'm Rose Cane."

"Nice to meet you, Rose," I chirped. Behind her, Ruxandera rolled her eyes.

"We need a name!" Ellie suddenly gasped, jumping up.

"Why?" Ruxandera asked. She looked up from her burger, which she'd just been warming up with her breath. Her wings had been freed from her jacket, and were now splayed out across the couch, taking up the rest of the room.

"…Beause…"

"It'd be cool," I came to Ellie's rescue. To my surprise, Ruxandera just shrugged, and went back to her food.

"What about Lone Riders?" Rose asked, drinking water from a bubble in the air.

"Weren't they criminals?" Sahil asked, as he unbuckled his sword and tossed it next to him, in order to get more comfortable on the couch. We all looked at him. "What? I learned American history while in India."

"So then we'll be the good Lone Riders," I decided, smiling at my new teammates, and hoped to god that this didn't blow up in my face.

(Happy Harbor July 18 11:40)

"You know, I always loved the docks," I screamed over the noise. Sona grabbed my hand tightly, along with Dragon's and pulled us away from the flying ships.

"This is just our luck," Dragon muttered, "The one time we go out to pretend to be normal the place is attacked!"

"It's just tornadoes, Dragon," Sona argued, not even flinching as a car landed a few feet away from us.

"Have you ever seen three tornadoes act like this? At the same time? It's like they're trying to kill us!" I argued, jumping back as a piece of wood went whizzing past my head. I pointed to one of the tornadoes, as it turned back around to demolish a building.

"Hey, look!" I turned my head around to Lumanate, who was hidden behind some trees with the rest of the team. She was pointing at something centered in the middle of the three whirl winds.

"Certainly this will get the acquired attention," A robotic voice sounded….what was going on?

"Well, you've got ours," I screamed back, running into the mess of flying debris. Surprisingly, no one tried to stop me. "Who are you?" I asked, pulling up the surrounding trees.

"Apologies, my name is Mr. Twister," the robot replied. He was tall, and muscular, with blue tubes coming out of his metallic skin. He seemed to be the one controlling the twisters…interesting.

"Well, Mr. Twister, are you going to stop, or am I going to have to make you?"

"Your threat is laughable. Children like you cannot stop me."

"Wanna bet?" I asked. A tree came flying out, smashing into the hunk of junk. Mr. Twister pulled away at the last second, bending in an uncomfortable way. Oceana suddenly appeared from behind, pulling up water to smash into the robot. We were both blown away, crashing into the ground.

"Ugh!" I moaned, "Nice of you to join me."

"You should've waited."

"Where's the fun in that? Those who wait miss opportunity."

"And those who use their heads, get to live another day."

In front of us, Ghost and Lumanate were working together. Ghost was pushing the robot's tubes in odd angles, letting his girlfriend hack them off with her whip. Sadly it did almost nothing except annoy Mr. Twister and they were both hurled back into a church. Wow…we'd just destroyed a church…We were in so much trouble.

Dragon wasn't even trying to fly; knowing that as soon as she did Mr. Twister could easily break her wings with one of his tornadoes. The fire that was coming out of her mouth was barely seeing the light of day until it was snuffed out by the wind.

"You don't have a plan by any chance, so you?" Sona asked, coming to my side.

"Nope, you?"

"We could try talking to him?" Ghost offered, suddenly appearing to help Oceana up. Just as he said this Dragon was thrown back, into a wall. When she got back up she had a look of pure murder on her face.

"Somehow, I don't this that's likely. But I might have an idea?" I offered, smiling….

…

Dragon stepped up, smirking at Mr. Twister. It had gotten strangely calm by now, since the civilians had all gotten out. "Your presence here is a distraction I will no longer tolerate," the robot growled, pulling up another tornado. As it sprung up Dragon jumped away, using her wings to help her dodge the killer wind. If she spread them out lightly, she found that she could glide away from the wind, instead of fighting it and didn't get her wings torn in two. Another was sent her way, which she dodged too. As Mr. Twister was distracted Ghost suddenly appeared from nowhere.

"I could say the same for you," he yelled, raising his arms. Suddenly, a force pushed Mr. Twister back, onto the road. I raised my hands from my hiding place, strapping the robot down with twisted roots.

"Lumanate, Sona, get his arms," Oceana called, nodding to the source of power. The two non-metas nodded. But before they could come closer, electricity sprung up from Mt. Twister. I winced in pain as it attacked my plants, turning them black. Suddenly the pain was soothed. I looked up to see our enemy doused with floating water, which was sparkling with electricity.

"Let's see how you like it," Oceana growled from behind me. Through the water I could see Mr. Twister shuddering from the force of his own electricity, and pieces of metal came away from his body. Nice…

As soon as Oceana released the water, Lumanate and Sona were on top of Mr. Twister like wild dogs, using their weapons to hack away at the now useless pile of junk. "We win," I said, smiling.

"Who are you?" a voice suddenly asked from behind me. I turned around, to be met with a group of strange looking teens.

…..

We all stood in the middle of the now destroyed Happy Harbor docks. The other teens surrounded us like a pack of lions on a fallen antelope. The dark-skinned Atlantian introduced himself as Aqualad. The scowling Kryptonian introduced himself as Superboy. The green skinned Martian introduced herself as Mss. Martian. And the red head and small raven haired boy were Kid Flash and Robin. So, we were being cornered by famous, trained, sidekicks….Shoot.

"So, if I am correct, a group of untrained children, just beat Mr. Twister?" Aqualad asked.

"Yes," Oceana answered, "You're not the kids with powers." Behind Aqualad, Kid Flash and Robin were looking completely pissed. Correction: We were being cornered by the famous, trained, and pissed off sidekicks.

"Yeah, but even we couldn't beat him!' Kid Flash said, throwing up his arms.

"Well then, I guess you're just not as amazing as you thought you were," Ghost answered, shrugging.

"Oh yeah? Well I-"

"Hey, wait a second. I know you!" Robin cried, pointing at Ghost "You're wanted for murder!" A few shocked seconds of silence went by. Did he just say that Ghost was wanted for murder? Ghost? I mean, sure if it was Dragon, or even Sona, I might believe him, but Ghost? There was no way!

"That's a joke, right?" Lumanate asked. "Because it's not a very good one. And if it isn't, then I want to see your proof right n-"

"Lumanate, that's enough," Ghost said sharply, putting a hand on her shoulder. "It's not a joke…I am wanted for murder." I gasped, my eyes widening.

"What?" I spat, as Lumanate pulled away from him.

"What do you mean you murdered someone? Why?"

"I- I was forced to. You have to believe me, I didn't want to. But she would've killed me and my brother. I…I'm so sorry. I know it's no excuse. I'll leave ri-"

Suddenly his lips were silenced by Lumanate's, her arms wrapping around his shoulders. When they broke apart, she smiled at him lightly. "You're not going anywhere you idiot. If you say you were forced too, and it wasn't your fault, then I believe you." She turned to look sharply at the rest of us, her eyes narrowing in a very un-Lumanate manner. "And if anyone else has a problem with it, then they'll have to answer to me." My eyes flickered to Robin, and the rest of his team. They weren't going to back down.

"And me," I said, taking a step forward. Not that I looked much like a threat.

"Me too," Sona added, unsheathing his sword.

"You will have to deal with all six of us if you expect to take Ghost in," Oceana told the Team. Behind her, Dragon's mouth glowed with fire. Roots and trees bent towards our new enemy, ready to lash out at a moment's notice. The water in the ocean began to bubble and twirl, shaping itself into thousands of tiny bullets. We could take them….

"There is no need for this," Aqualad said, putting his hands up in a pacifying gesture. "We will let Ghost go."

"But Aqualad-"

"But be warned, one step out of line, and we will bring you down." We all looked at Oceana, who by now had seemingly been chosen as leader. For the time being anyways….

"We understand. Thank you."

"Oh and here," Robin added, throwing her a small device. It was round, with a screen in the middle. "In case we ever need to find you again….or if either of us needs help."

"Did the oh-so-high-sidekicks just ask for help?" Dragon asked, raising an eyebrow.

"We're not sidekicks," he replied with a growl before climbing into a red ship. They flew away leaving us in the middle of Happy Harbor, and wondering where our next home should be.

And so it begins *Dundundunnn*. Just wanted to say that the scene with Brick was exactly the same as the scene in the show…well except for Sona and Ceridwen being in it of course. But I'm very proud of myself for using all the dialogue correctly. :D

Sorry it took so long for me to write this. I had a hard time with it, and I'm not very proud of it. Sorry. Next chapter will be better.

Also, Red Arrow thought that Sona and Ceridwen were part of The Team, with Rob and KF, so that's why he was so rude to them. You know, in case it wasn't clear before.

And Sona didn't tell the team his name because he already did before, so it's good.

Some filler chapters are going to be coming up, so if you want some of the characters doing something, or have any ideas for me then please tell me.

Oh and who do you vote to be a couple? Yes, there can be gay couples in this ;)

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