A/N: Alright, so, if the reviews that I'm getting are anything to go on, I guess the gig is up. As many of you will have probably guess by now, this story is practically Frozen, but I am changing it up a bit, as you would have probably also seen, and, trust me, the changes are just getting started. So, I do hope that none of you major Frozen fans out there are too upset by the decisions I make with the story, because, honestly, I'm quite happy with them.
Anyways, I do not own Young Justice or Frozen…If I did own Frozen, trust me, the movie would have gone in a different direction.
Artemis took in a steady breath. She brought back her arm, tightening the bow string. Artemis shut one of her eyes, took careful aim at her target, and released her grip on the arrow. Artemis watched with a smirk as her arrow flew straight into the center of her practice target.
"Bullseye." Artemis said. Satisfied, Artemis nocked another arrow and prepared to shoot again. Artemis was just about to release the arrow when-
"Not bad shooting there, kid."
Artemis flinched as she released the shot, which caused her aim to be slightly off. Artemis sighed in frustration when she saw the arrow embed itself just at the edge of the center of her target. Artemis turned and glared at the person who had thrown her off.
The blonde woman that was standing in the doorway of the training room raised her hands defensively. "Oh, come on, Arty, you can't seriously blame me for that missed shot." The woman lowered her hands and smirked slyly. "After all, you're supposed to be a trained assassin. A small distraction shouldn't be able to throw you off so easily."
Artemis scowled and stomped to the targets to collect her arrows. Sadly, the woman was absolutely right. "What are you doing here, Lisa?"
Lisa Snart, A.K.A Golden Glider, crossed her arms and leaned against the doorway. "Lenny thought that Junior would need some moral support for today."
Artemis frowned and was about to ask what was so special about today when she remembered. It was Cameron's 18th birthday today, meaning he was now an official adult. For the last three years Cameron had still only been standing in as ruler of Star City, but now, by The Light's standards, he was old enough to actually run the city. But, before The Light would let that happen, they first wanted to make sure that Cameron would be up to their standards, which was why they were coming...today.
"Great, and, what, you just decided to tag along?" Artemis asked Lisa, who smirked.
"I always do." It was true. The past few years, Lisa and Leonard Snart and been making regular visits to Star City. Leonard Snart, or, as Artemis knew him, Captain Cold, had become Cameron's new ice mentor. And Lisa, she just tagged along for the fun of it.
"I'm not the only one who came either. Most of us Rogues came along today." Lisa said. Artemis looked at Lisa with wide, slightly panicked eyes.
"What? Why did the others come?" Artemis asked. Over the years she had grown accustomed to being by herself. She still, of course, longed for Cameron's company, or even any friendly company at all. Visiting villains were not friendly company, and Artemis hated being anywhere near them. Even the tamer villains, like The Rogues, still made her skin crawl. She never knew what to expect from them.
Lisa's smirk softened slightly. She knew how Artemis felt about being around other villains. "It's not just us either. A lot of people are coming here." Artemis groaned and harshly yanked out the last of her arrows from its target. "But you know, you don't have to be around when they get here."
"What are you talking about?" Artemis asked. Lisa's eyes glistened mischievously.
"There will be villains coming in and out of this place all day. Unless your citizens are idiots, they'll stay inside to avoid danger, leaving the city free." Lisa said. "If anyone asks where you've gone, I'll cover for you."
Artemis smiled and thanked Lisa before running out of the room to go change. Even if there wouldn't be anyone else on the streets, Artemis wanted to wear something a little less inconspicuous. In her room, Artemis carefully put her arrows awa before changing out of the green outfit that she wore every time she practiced. Artemis put on some more comfortable, regular looking clothes and, as a final touch, took out her ponytail and let her hair down.
Looking at herself in the mirror Artemis was satisfied with her appearance. Obviously, she still looked like herself, but, fortunately, Artemis wasn't exactly well-known in the villain world. Sure, lots of people knew about her, but they just knew that she was Sportsmasters daughter. Not much else. If anyone saw her, civilian or villain, at first glance they wouldn't recognize her for who she was. Not unless they knew her really well.
And not many people did.
Sneaking out of the house was easy enough to do. She had done it a million times before, and a couple of Rogues in the house did little to make it any different from any other time, though she did have to make a small detour to avoid running into Pied Piper and Trickster, who were surely up to something. Once outside Artemis was glad to see that Lisa was right. The streets were entirely empty, not a soul was in sight. The city was hers.
Artemis lost track of time as she wandered around the city. She spent part of the time climbing up onto the roofs and looking down at the city from above. Artemis spent the majority of the time on the ground though, just walking casually down the streets, taking in the sights of her city that she barely knew.
The city was empty, and silent. It first, it had been strange for Artemis, to be in the middle of a large city and yet for it to be so quiet, but she grew used to the silence quickly, even if it was a little unnerving. As Artemis neared a street corner she heard a strange sound that made her stop where she was. It almost sounded like a car. No, more like a…motorcycle.
Artemis stared in shock as a motorcycle came speeding around the corner, heading right her way. Artemis jumped out of the way while the motorcyclist swerved to avoid hitting her, which caused the motorcycle to crash into a building instead, throwing the rider off.
"Ow. Okay, that was so not fun." The motorcyclist groaned.
"Yeah, you think?" Artemis growled. Her heart was still racing intensely from the experience. Her elbow hurt, because she had scraped it pretty badly when she had fallen to the ground.
"You okay over there?" The motorcyclist asked.
"You mean other than the fact that I almost died? Yeah, I'm fine." Artemis snapped.
"That's good." The motorcyclist said, sounding really relieved. He reached up and took off his helmet. Artemis' jaw dropped when she saw just how young the rider looked. He couldn't be older than thirteen or fourteen. The kid had black hair and kind, dark blue eyes. Artemis was slightly alarmed to see an underlying sadness hidden behind those eyes.
The kid came over and offered his hand to help Artemis up off the ground. Artemis frowned and swatted the hand away. She was perfectly capable of getting up on her own. The boy didn't seem bothered at all about Artemis' rudeness.
"It's lucky that we both have such quick instincts, or that could have been a disaster, heavy on the dis." The boy said playfully.
"We wouldn't have needed luck if you weren't going so fast in the first place." Artemis pointed out. The kid smirked at her.
"True, but the same would be true if you hadn't been standing in the middle of the road." He said. "Really, it's like you were begging to be run over."
Artemis bit her lip, because the kid had a point. She had been standing in the middle of the road, but she had only been doing that because she didn't think that anybody would be coming down these streets. The way she had seen it, there hadn't really been any danger in walking in the street. That's why she had done it, and it felt nice to be doing something that would normally be too dangerous...come to think of it, that was probably the exact reason why the kid had been speeding too.
"Yeah, I guess we were both being idiots." Artemis admitted.
The kid shrugged. "Hey, it happens to everyone. My name's Dick, by the way. Well, actually, it's Richard Grayson, but my friends call me Dick." He held out his hand again, and this time, Artemis accepted it.
"Artemis Crock." She introduced herself. Dick froze.
"Wait. You're Sportsmaster's daughter?" Dick asked.
"Uh, yeah?" Artemis braced herself, preparing for the worst.
"Cool." Was all Dick said. Artemis blinked. Cool? What kind of reaction was that?
"You seem to be taking the news of my father being a supervillain rather well." Artemis said suspiciously. Dick shrugged.
"I'm used to being around villains." Dick said.
"Why would a kid like you be involved with villains?" Artemis asked.
"Same reason as you." He said. "My, uh, dad is ruler over Gotham."
"Gotham?" Artemis frowned. Weren't all the villains in Gotham killed in the incident three years ago? And Artemis was pretty sure that none of them had any kids. "Just who is your dad?"
"Bruce Wayne." Dick said. Artemis stared. Now, that name she recognized, and she knew that Bruce Wayne was no villain.
"I didn't know he had any kids." Artemis thought aloud. "And just how did Bruce Wayne become ruler of Gotham?"
"Well, technically speaking, I'm his ward." Dick said. "And The Light put Bruce in charge three years ago after the...The Incident." Artemis did not miss the pained look on Dick's face as he mentioned The Incident.
"But why? He's not a villain." Artemis pointed out. Dick smirked and shook his head.
"Yeah, he's not, but he is rich and well-known. He has a lot of power. Power that The Light would rather have working with them rather than against them." Dick said. "That's partially why The Light chose him. Another reason is because after The Incident there weren't any other villains that were familiar enough with Gotham."
"I guess that makes sense." Artemis muttered. In all actuality, it didn't, but who was she to question The Light's decisions? Speaking of The Light's decisions…
"It's getting kinda late. Don't you think we should be going?" Dick suggested. "I mean, we don't want to miss The Light's decision."
"Yeah." Artemis muttered. She was beginning to feel nervous. What would happen if The Light didn't think that Cameron was worthy to run Star City? Would Cameron and Artemis have to leave? And who would they pick to run the city instead? And what if it was decided that Cameron would be the one to run the city? Would he be able to?
Artemis set these thoughts to the side. Worrying wouldn't be doing anybody any good. Artemis and Dick began heading back to Artemis' place when she wondered just why he was coming in the first place.
"Hey, what are you coming for? What The Light decides has nothing to do with you." Artemis said. Dick shrugged again.
"I'm just curious." He said, but Artemis could tell that there was more. Dick was hiding something...whatever. Artemis doubted it mattered too much anyways. Besides, it made no sense to worry herself over why some kid was going to be around. Not when there were so many other backstabbing villains that she could worry about.
