Disclaimer #1: I DO NOT OWN YOUNG JUSTICE, JUSTICE LEAGUE, OR ANYTHING ASSOCIATED WITH DC COMICS! Besides Aubrey. She's mine.
Disclaimer #2: BOLD= Translations Italic= Thoughts/Memories
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Chapter #4: To Fly Again
WARNING(S): None
Aubrey: 6
Dick: 9
THIRD PERSON POV
It was two days after discovering Bruce's secret and becoming his partners, when Dick and Aubrey finish their costume designs.
Dick chose the colors of a Robin, black, white and yellow. While, Aubrey had several different colors to choose from, considering all of the different breeds of Wren.
In the end, She chose blue, light blue, black and gray for her costumes colors. It's not as colorful as her brother's and not as stealthy as Bruce's, but it's in between, and she likes that.
Aubrey and Dick just finished sketching their designs and are now looking for Bruce and Alfred.
"Do you think their in the cave?" Dick asked. Aubrey bit her lip in thought.
"We should check there first. And I'm not just saying that because I want to try to climb the penny again." Aubrey said with her most innocent look that she could muster.
It was one of the looks that only Dick could see through.
Dick shook his head with a smirk on his face. Out of both of the siblings, Aubrey was the one who liked high places the most. Dick likes them too, but if he's bored, you won't see him on top of a shelf "Just because".
Since discovering the Bat Cave, Aubrey swore to herself, that she would climb everything in the Bat Cave. She has successfully climbed everything, except for the giant penny.
Even after failing several times, she has not given up yet.
Dick and Aubrey made their way to the entrance of the cave and went down the stairs. Once down, they easily spotted Bruce at the Bat Computer, one hand under his chin, the other holding a cup of coffee to his mouth.
Dick and Aubrey raced up to their adopted father and jumped on the chair, causing it to spin in circles, much to the children's amusement and Bruce's dismay.
Once the chair stopped spinning, Bruce calmly put his cup down and looked at his wards.
"And what has you two so excited?" Bruce asked with amusement laced in his voice.
"We finished our costume designs!" Dick exclaimed happily.
"Really? Well, let me see them."
Aubrey and Dick both handed Bruce their sketches. While Bruce was looking at them, Dick stayed to watch his reactions, while Aubrey strayed to the giant penny and narrowed her eyes determinedly at it.
"I like the designs and the masks, but aren't the colors a bit much?" Bruce asked while eyeing Dick warily.
Dick shook his head, "My name is Robin, so I have to be the colors of a Robin. And Aubrey is Wren, so she has to be the colors of a wren and she chose a Superb FairyWren [1] which happens to be blue, black and grey. Just like how bats are black and gray, we have to be sporting our mascot's colors." Dick finished triumphantly.
To say that Bruce was impressed with the nine year-old's explanation, would be an understatement. The siblings were still getting English lesson from both Alfred and Bruce. After hearing Dick explanation, Bruce could tell that the lessons were paying off.
Bruce nodded, knowing that there was no way that Aubrey and Dick would go out in black and gray when they have the names of colorful birds.
Bruce was about to ask Aubrey why she chose that particular wren, when he noticed that his youngest was missing.
Bruce looked around fervently, when Dick tapped his arm. He looked up at Dick quizzically, to which Dick put a finger to his lips, signaling him to be quiet and pointed to the giant penny.
Aubrey was climbing the giant penny and was almost to the top, when her hand slipped a little.
She quickly recovered and put her hand back on the top of Abe Lincoln's head, and hoisted herself up. Aubrey started rocking slightly to build up momentum and flipped, landing at the top of the penny.
Aubrey rose her hands triumphantly and gave an out of breath shout.
Bruce turned back to Dick, "Why does she do that?"
"Do what?" Dick asked.
"Always stay in high places." Bruce clarified.
Dick sighed but had a small grin on his face nonetheless.
"When we were little, Aubrey always loved heights. When she was bored, she would climb a tree for the fun of it. Not to be alone, or to show off, just for the challenge. I guess, knowing that she could climb something so high reassured her when we would perform, I don't know. I like heights too. But not as much as Aubrey. It's how she got the nickname "Wren" from our parents. I got "Robin" from how I was on the trapeze. When we discovered this," Dick gestured around the cave, "she made a goal to climb every high area in here. She has now, but the penny was difficult for her." Dick finished explaining.
Bruce looked at Aubrey, the six-year old is happy and content just sitting on a giant penny.
Strange, but also interesting.
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Aubrey and Dick woke up the next morning to construction noises.
Hammers, drills, and saws, all heard from the gym.
The two siblings shared a look before shrugging and opening the door. What they saw, surprised and excited them.
A trapeze.
They were building a trapeze in their new home.
Aubrey and Dick both laughed and smiled gleefully.
Bruce, who was on the other side of the room discussing plans, looked up from his work and saw the ecstatic gleam in his wards' eyes.
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It's been ten hours and the trapeze is finally finished!
Both Dick and Aubrey have been sitting in the living room, waiting patiently for Bruce to tell the it's done, when he did.
The two looked at each other and hopped off the couch, Dick dragging Aubrey behind him.
When the two ran into the gym, the first thing that they noticed was that it was painted.
Red and Gold. The colors of the Flying Graysons. [2]
Both Aubrey and Dick stared at the marvelous contraption that they have spent most of their lives on. They stared at it…..for ten seconds.
The siblings climbed up onto the platforms and grabbed the bars. Dick swung first and did a flip, grabbing onto the other. Then Aubrey went, she swung and did a flip, letting Dick grab her hands before gravity brought them to the opposite side and she did a triple flip.
Bruce watched in the doorway as his wards'-no-his kids, stick to their roots. As the two worked in perfect sink and smiled true smiles, he couldn't have been prouder.
[1] The "Superb FairyWren" is real and blue. Look it up if you don't believe me. Also, I know that the males are the blue ones, I just really like the colors and I frankly, don't care.
[2] I am using the colors from the Flying Grayson uniform in "Batman the Animated Series". I was gonna do the colors from the "FlashPoint" comics, but decided against it.