I'd be lying if I didn't way I wasn't disappointed. Only two reviews. :'( But still, it's something, right?
Anyways this is still a flashback, I just didn't feel like changing it up or something like that. And they're both older, she's eleven and he's five...
I don't own Young Justice, just Aria.
"Hey Aria, what's Halloween?" A young voice asked out of the blue, causing the eleven year old blonde girl to look down at said voice.
"Where's you hear that word?" She asked, curiosity clear in her tone.
The young five year old acrobat shrugged. "Some people were talking about how cool it would be this year, so what is it?"
The girl just leaned her head against the wall and smiled. "I once asked my mamma the exact same thing, do you want to know what she told me?" His little ebony hair bobbed up and down along with the rest of his head excitedly.
Aria closed her eyes, savoring the memories. "She told me that every year, once in the same month on the same night the dead and their spirits come back. Some are evil and only want to cause harm to others but the other ones, the good ones protect us. Those good ones are our families and loved ones we lose. The only problem with it all is that we can't see them, standing right before us and they don't know we care for them. So what we do is that we dress up, we dress up as something that's not usually seen to be close to the ones we love or to hide from the scary ones."
"Like Batman?" The boy asked eagerly, his eyes shining.
The girl nodded. "Yes it can be Batman, or fairies, zombies and ghouls. Things along those lines and such, that way when they see us they know we know they're still here, and that we still care about them and will never forget." She finished with a small smile.
"Your mommy sounds smart." The boy commented.
Aria again looked down at him, still smiling. "She was, and she always had an answer for everything."
Aim and... throw! Missed target.
"Again."
One two three, Aim and… throw! Another miss.
"Aria, you're not focused." Her father scolded.
She sighed. "I'm sorry, papa. It's just that I'm worried, how much longer will we be staying?"
His forest green eyes met hers. "A while, what are you worried about?"
"Papa, we're getting too attached. If we stay any longer they'll catch up to us." The young girl's eyes looked dull in the tent's shade.
"I doubt they even remember us, Aria. We're safe, I promise you that." He tried to reassure.
"Ok so if we're so safe then why are we still here? Why can't we have a normal life like any other family?" She exclaimed.
He put an arm on her shoulder. "Aria, we aren't meant for a normal life."
She brushed of his arm, walking away. "I need to go, Dick's parents want me to take him out for candy tonight."
He raised a brow. "In Gotham?"
She smirked. "That's why I'm taking my blade."
When Aria arrived at the Flying Grayson's trailer she knocked, hearing a giggle coming from inside. The sun was going down, making it a great time to go trick-or-treating.
The door was soon opened to reveal Mr. Grayson, his eyes holding an amused glint. "Good afternoon, Aria. Come in, please."
She gave him a small smile and walked up the steps as he held the door open, only to giggle at the sight before her. A miniature Batman! "Aww, how cute!"
He crossed his small arms, frowning from behind the cowl. "It's not cute!"
She stifled another giggle as she kneeled down to his level. "No, you're right it's not. The Dark Knight isn't supposed to be cute, he's supposed to be brave and handsome but… he's not supposed to have candy either so…" She trailed off.
Dick gasped. "Okay, I'll be cute!"
The blonde girl just grinned. "Great, shall we go?"
He looked her up and down. "Aren't you going to wear a costume?" He asked.
The girl grinned again. "This is my costume, you see mamma never would have seen me in this." She noted that the boy looked confused. "She was the kind of person who wanted everyone to just show their inner beauty." She pointed to the eyeliner on her and her all gothic clothing. "She would have never let me wear this."
"Oh." He responded.
She smiled, grabbing his hand in hers.
His mother smiled warmly at both of them. "Be careful."
The blonde girl trailed behind the little ebony haired boy, laughing at how excited he seemed, jumping up and down in his boots. "Slow down, kid."
He giggled and came to a stop in front of her. "There?" He asked.
She crossed her arms. "Just behave, okay?"
He nodded and began walking again, until he had to turn a corner into a dark alley (because we all know dark alleys are always dangerous…)
"Why is it so dark?" He whispered.
"Because it's probably haunted." She smirked.
His eyes widened behind the cowl. "I don't want to go through there!" He whimpered.
"Hey, come on. I'll keep you safe, I promise." She smiled.
He bit his lip, holding out his little gloved hand. "Pinky promise?"
She wrapped her pinky around his. "I promise, as long as I'm around you'll always be safe."
I would have written more but... I just didn't really feel like it...
Anyways mailbag time!
AmaraRea- You smart person, you! X3
FudoTwin17- I updated!
Now I have some news. 1) I reopened my poll and started it over, so you can go vote again! 2) On my profile I'm going to have links to pictures related to this story at the very bottom with most other links I have (clothing used, drawings, etc.)
3) Please Review! I want to know what you think so far, besides the more reviews the faster I'll update...
Now excuse me while I go get me some candy! But before I leave let me just say... THIS IT HALLOWEEN, THIS IS HALLOWEEN! (Sorry, got that song stuck in my head...) XD