A/n: This is a slow, kinda filler chapter. Had to get small bits about Hannah's past out of the way, at least until I decide to divulge more in to it; not to mention at least some team-building. Make sure to read the a/n at the end as well, please and thank you lovelies uwu

Also WOW I have no idea WHERE this sudden urge to write is coming from. I guess I finally got over my writer block, thank goodness. Now if only my art block could go away as well…

"The Covenant"

Chapter 14: New beginnings

MOUNT JUSTICE

AUGUST 22, 13:16 EDT

Superboy let out a grunt as he put down yet another cardboard box in to the hall of Mount Justice "Just how many things did you pack?"

Behind him, Hannah and M'gann strode along; Hannah was carrying one box, upon which Grigor was perched, and M'gann was currently levitating three. "Hey, you'd be surprised how much things teenage girls have, Supi~"

Hannah had decided before she went to sleep that she would move in to Mount Justice. After Klarion had left yesterday, Hannah realized that, even with Grigor there, she felt too alone. She always had at least one human companion near her. Or, at least, a human-like companion. So that night, after Klarion's departure (and the boy left soon after she had calmed down from crying), she packed all of her things. She didn't have to do it by hand; even if the seal on her magic was back in place, little things and tricks, such as packing with the help of sorcery, didn't seem to drain her much. She had to explore this further, though, to see if her theory that the seal has been modified to only react to offensive sorcery was true. But, for the time being, she was too busy with moving. When M'gann came that morning to visit her, Hannah was already packed and ready. The Martian was ecstatic to learn that she was moving in with her and Superboy.

"You're going to love it here!" M'gann giggled and threw her arms in to the air. Her hold on the levitating boxes seemed to be affected by her emotions, as one of the boxes suddenly dropped out of air. Luckily, Superboy made a jump for it, catching it before it hit the floor. "Whoops!" she let out an embarrassed laugh "Guess I got a bit too excited. Sorry~"

Hannah laughed, putting down the box she was holding. As she did, Grigor hopped off of it and decided to stretch his leg by exploring the room. Hannah walked up to Superboy "Its okay, Supi saved the day!" she offered him a hand. The young Kryptonian gave her hand a condescending look and got back to his feet by himself. Hannah pulled back her hand, a bit offended.

"Don't take it to heart." M'gann's voice sounded in her head out of the blue "Superboy is a bit rough around the edges, but he means well."

"Woah!" Hannah shook her head, grinning from ear to ear "Telepathy? Cool!"

M'gann walked to her, putting a hand on her shoulder "On Mars, we all communicate telepathically. Also, you have no idea how handy it is to have a silent, non-radio link during missions!"

"Trust me, I know." the young witch replied.

"Know what?" Hannah only then realized that she spoke out loud instead of through the mental link, and Superboy heard her.

"Nothing!" the girl replied quickly. Superboy gave both of them a disbelieving look, raising his eyebrow. At his expression, both girls started giggling uncontrollably. Superboy left the room and headed to the bioship where more of Hannah's stuff was, muttering to himself about girls being weird.

When her laughter subsided, Hannah turned back to M'gann "So, about these missions you guys get…"

"Oh, Batman assigns us missions. Though they're usually covert. But as a team, we handle them really well!" M'gann explained "There is Superboy, Robin, Kid Flash, Artemis, and Aqualad is the team leader!"

Hannah let out a chuckle as she went through one of the boxes on the floor, trying to figure out which one was which "Figures Kaldur would be the leader."

As Hannah worked, M'gann observed her for a few moments. "So…" she started, trying to sound casual "How do you know the boys?" Hannah looked at her, her eyebrows arched up, and M'gann put her hands in front of her "I mean, if it's not too forward of me to ask! I was just curious!"

"No, no!" the girl interrupted her and stood up "It's not too forward. You said it yourself; I'm part of the team. We should get to know each other!" M'gann tried to hide how delighted she was, Hannah could tell. She chuckled and nudged the box she was previously inspecting with her foot.

Before Hannah could start telling everything M'gann wanted to know, Superboy walked in to the room "This is the last box that was on the bioship!" he declared "Now, where do you want them?" he asked the young witch, his eyes following the crow that decided to peck on the bottom of his jeans.

"Hello Megan!" M'gann exclaimed suddenly "You haven't picked a room yet!" she floated up in to the air "I found a few rooms yesterday when Superboy and I came back that I think you might like! C'mon!" she hastily made her way through one of the doors, leaving behind Superboy and Hannah.

"Is she always this…?"

"She is."

The two stayed silent for a few moments, the silence only interrupted by Grigor fluttering up and landing on Superboy's shoulder, before M'gann peaked behind the doorway she just went through "Well c'mon!" she called out, and both the Kryptonian and the Witch decided to follow after her.

After M'gann dragged both Superboy and Hannah through a few rooms, Hannah decided to help both of them out and just choose the next room M'gann showed her. Which, amazingly enough, seemed as the best one! It was certainly the largest out of those she had seen so far. There was a big enough bed in the corner with a small end-table next to it, a desk with a chair, and a few shelves placed on the walls. She quickly informed M'gann that this was it. This was the room! M'gann let out a happy squeal, and Superboy gave Hannah what she could only describe as a thankful glance.

She ordered M'gann and Superboy to bring in the boxes filled with her things. When they did and when all the boxes were scattered on the floor, Hannah worked her magic. Literally.

Both M'gann and Superboy stood in awe at the sight before them. Hannah walked in to the center of the room and spread out her arms, her eyes closed in concentration. In mere moments, a circle with unknown markings appeared beneath her feet, glowing a faint violet color. The violet energy started rising from the circle, resembling lazy blobs of liquid, and surrounded Hannah. As the magical energy circled her body, her hair started moving with it, flowing as if she were submerged in water. The many, various things that were inside her boxes started floating up in to the air. The two teens observing all of this felt the magic course through them, ruffling their clothes and hair, but didn't say anything, not wanting to disturb the witch and somehow make her mess up the spell.

Hannah brought in her arms, holding her hands near her chest. Her eyebrows furrowed in concentration, and a deep breath came from her parted lips. Her eyes then snapped open, revealing to be now glowing in an intensive violet color. A wave of magic came out of her body, washing over the room and morphing it. The cold metal plates which made up the floor were replaced with wooden flooring, only to be covered with a plush, purple carpet; the walls expanded or reduced according to her will, giving the room the shape she desired, before they were covered in wallpaper with a lovely, vintage design; consisting of a white, patterned stylized flower design over a violet base coat; the shelves also morphed so that they were big enough to support all her things. Against one of the walls, opposite of the bed, a set of shelves morphed in to a vanity table, complete with a stool and adorned with a tall mirror.

With the base of the room now finished, Hannah stretched out her arms to her sides once more, in one swift motion. The various things floating in the air responded to the movements of her arms, each zooming to their specified place in the room and landing neatly and orderly. Various knick-knacks and books landed on shelves, jewelry boxes and make-up filled the top and the drawers of the vanity table. Two paintings flew up and landed neatly on the walls. And her clothes flew in a vortex around the girl before they all flew in to the walk-in closet.

When everything was in its place, the magic in the room subsided back in to Hannah. The girl let out a soft sigh as she felt the room empty of magic, her hair dropping down her shoulders once more and her eyes returning to normal color. She looked around, pleased with the result.

Placing her hands on her hips, Hannah turned around to face M'gann and Superboy "What do you think?" The two teens stood with their eyes wide and mouth agape. "…too much?

"…wow." Superboy let out.

"Too much?" M'gann gaped "Hannah, that was amazing!" she beamed, throwing her arms in to the air in excitement. "You really are incredibly skilled at sorcery as others say!"

Hannah breathed out a snigger through her nose, before gazing down at her wrists. Amazingly enough, she didn't feel like she drained herself too much; and there was no painful warning that she was used to. "Maybe it is true." she thought "Maybe Doctor Fate did modify how my bracelets block my magic. But after how he cut off all magic when he was out of the helmet, only to have the seal weaker now, the question is: why?"

"…coming?"

The girl snapped out of her thoughts "Hm? What?" she coughed "I'm…sorry. I spaced out, what did you say?"

M'gann smiled "I asked if you were coming~" she repeated.

"Right, of course!" Hannah took in a bounce in her step to catch up with the Martian who was already half-way out of the room.

"SURPRISE!"

Hannah jumped back slightly, the sudden sound of confetti poppers startling her. As M'gann led her through the numerous halls of Mount Justice, when they finally entered the main living area, she was met with everyone who was in the team: Kaldur, Wally, Artemis and Robin; waiting for her with party poppers, and she wasn't sure, but she swore there was a cake on the coffee table.

"W…what are you all doing here?" she gasped out through giggles, shaking the confetti and string out of her hair.

"Well, seeing as you're officially part of the team now, we wanted to give you a proper welcome." Robin spoke up, his trademark grin plastered on his face.

"And it's also a moving-in party as well~" M'gann floated in front of Hannah, joining the rest of her team-mates in the room. She nervously twirled a small lock of hair between her fingers "I had to keep you occupied with showing you rooms so that they could have the chance to sneak in without you noticing."

Laughing, Hannah gave M'gann a hug "This is amazing, thank you M'gann!" she took a step away from her "Actually, that thank you goes to all of you! This really is amazing!"

"I bought the cake!" Wally chimed in "Can we eat it now?"

While everyone laughed at Wally's comment, Artemis gave him a small hit on the head, earning a yelp from the ginger. Hannah smiled and reached out her hand, her fingers curling gracefully as the cake which was set on the coffee table split in to equal pieces by itself. The paper plates which were placed next to it flew in to the air, spinning in a circle, before turning up the right way, letting the cake pieces land on them properly. "Cake is served~" she declared triumphantly as she made each serving float towards all of the people present.

"I forgot how good of a witch you really are." Robin snickered as he took his serving of cake out of the air.

Kaldur picked up his piece as well "I haven't seen you use your sorcery this freely since…well, for quite a while." he trailed off, unsure if his words would hit a soft spot for the girl.

But Hannah hadn't reacted negatively "You're right." she said with a shrug, walking towards the sofa where Wally was sitting (and promptly stuffing his face) and took a seat next to him, putting a small piece of the store-bought cake in to her mouth. It was chocolate cake, not as good as home-made she concluded, but it was the thought behind it that made it special. "But, it seems that during the time he had a host body, Doctor Fate changed the settings on these things." she said, waving the hand which held the fork around so to show off the bracelet. "I'm not sure yet, but I think it might respond to mostly offensive magic."

Artemis took a seat in one of the chairs across the sofa "Y'know, I don't quite understand why he limits your powers. Why would Doctor Fate do something like that in the first place?"

The girl gave shrug that seemed almost hopeless "Who knows. Lords of Orders, huh? Am I right" she joked half-heartedly. "You bought the cake Wally? It's really good!"

Swallowing a particularly large piece of cake, Wally nodded enthusiastically "Bird-boy insisted I buy chocolate, said it was your fav."

"Thanks Rob~"

The boy nodded "Hey, I remember a time when you wouldn't eat any kind of sweet unless it was chocolate. It would be a total bust if Wally got you cake and you didn't want to eat it."

Watching the interaction between them, M'gann felt her curiosity rising again "So, Hannah…" she sat in the chair next to Artemis "…before, you were going to tell me more about yourself and how you knew everyone!" she pushed on, eager to know more.

Hannah bit her lip slightly "I don't know M'gann, I'm not sure if…"

"Oh come on, I want to know too!" Artemis joined in.

"Well…" the witch was chewing on her lip by now, nervous "I've known Robin here for four years now, ever since he became Batman's protégé." she pointed at the youngest team member "I think I've actually known you longest, right?"

Robin laughed "I'm pretty sure you had. When Batman took me in, you were already taken in by Kent Nelson, though."

"You lived with the Batman?" Artemis couldn't contain the grin on her face.

Hannah seemed a bit uneasy in her seat "I was unwillingly separated from my family at a very young age, and Batman was the one who found me." she explained, making a pause as if she were expecting Robin to speak up, but when he didn't, she decided to continue "But, as my magic potential expanded more and more the older I got, he realized that I needed to have a proper mentor." she turned to Robin, intent on correcting him "And I first spent about six months with Zatara before Mr. Kent finally took me in."

"Wow." Artemis shook her head, trying to take it in "That is…that is really something."

M'gann seemed in thought "What happened to your parents? How were you separated from them?"

Nervously gripping her hands, Hannah felt hesitant to answer that question "I don't really remember. I mean…Batman tried finding them, but…" she shook her head "Let's…leave that aside."

"Of course. I'm sorry; I didn't want to bring back bad memories." M'gann trailed off. Hannah shook her head and shrugged before smiling, showing that it was no big deal.

"Who did I meet next…" she put a hand to her chin "Oh yes, I traveled to the Conservatory of Sorcery in Poseidonis! Kent couldn't take me, but he helped me...persuade Batman, since he would often go visit. So, I finally visited Atlantis! And, when he left me in the Conservatory of Sorcery while he went to meet with Aquaman…" she turned to Kaldur, smiling at him "…I met Kaldur."

Kaldur smiled back "I had just started my studies in sorcery when Hannah came, excited to learn more about Atlantean magic." he explained further, adding on to Hannah's story "Even Queen Mera, who is the headmistress of the Conservatory, was impressed by your high level of sorcery. You easily surpassed all of the students there."

"I think I remember there was an incident that day…" Hannah furrowed her brows in thought "Was it you or Garth who brought down that one column on the training grounds?"

"It was…both of us." Kaldur admitted, although a bit hesitatingly. Robin let out a laugh as he heard this.

"You? Destroying public property?" he snickered "How come I have never heard of this?"

The Atlantean sighed, defeated "Garth and I, after seeing how adept Hannah was at sorcery, had a…" he struggled in finding the right word "…contest, of sorts."

"It was pretty much a cockfight." Hannah interrupted him. Robin tried to throttle down a laugh, but failed miserably.

Kaldur raised an eyebrow, not amused "As I was saying, the two of us were trying to impress Hannah in hopes she would teach us how to become better at sorcery. Unfortunately, we were both very inexperienced and the 'contest' ended in disaster."

"Queen Mera was quite irked with you both." Hannah pointed out, quite amused.

And Kaldur, on the other hand, was the opposite of amused "Do not remind me."

The girl giggled, briefly biting her lip "I thought it was cute." she insisted "Besides, look at where you are now. Your skills are great, so great that you became Aqualad, the Aqualad! You got to go out to the surface, like you had always wanted to!"

"I suppose you are right." Kaldur smiled, though his smile was not as vibrant as Hannah expected it to be. He seemed like his mind was not at ease, like his thoughts were elsewhere.

The girl didn't have a chance to divulge in to this further, as a very impatient Wally finally jumped in "Oh, oh! Tell them about me!" he insisted "Tell them how I swept you off your feet when we first met!" he grinned cheekily, raising his eyebrows at the girl. Across from him, Artemis rolled her eyes.

"When you say 'swept her off her feet', you mean how you crashed in to her when you first met, right?" Robin replied dryly. Artemis could not help but laugh as Wally's face dropped.

"Dude!" he whined.

The mentioned girl laughed as well "You and I have different memories of how we met. You still didn't get the hang of…well, stopping."

"He literally crashed in to her." Robin explained further "Hannah ended up with a sprained wrist, had to wear a cast for three weeks."

"Wow, Wally. You sure know how to knock a girl off her feet." Artemis whistled. Wally let out an exhorted roar, covering his face with both of his hands as he dramatically leaned back on the couch. The room erupted in laughter.

The teens spent all day getting to know their new member better. And Hannah hadn't felt this important in years. It was a while since she was surrounded with so many people, people her own age, who were interested in her and what she was like, who were eager to know more about her. It was like a breath of fresh air! And she loved it infinitely. The Team was like the secret club she always dreamed of being in. The group of cool kids she always wanted to be a part of. Though she noted not to use the term "clubhouse", for the rest of the team seemed to find it almost offensive, demeaning. As day turned to night, Artemis and Wally were the first to go. Wally realized at some point that tomorrow is Monday, and he still had homework he was putting off. Artemis, on the other hand, while school still hadn't started for her, said she had training with Green Arrow first thing in the morning.

Robin left soon after them; Hannah escorting him to the Zeta-beam.

"I'll see you soon then." Robin beamed, readjusting his sunglasses. "The private school Batman enrolled me in is…whelming, to say the least."

"Do they make you wear school uniforms?"

"Yeah, but I make them look good." as both of them let out a small laugh, Robin gave the girl a serious look "Hannah, listen, its okay." he spoke softly "You'll tell them when you're ready."

Hannah's eyes went wide, before smiling sadly "Thank you for…not speaking up when I was so blatantly leaving out parts about my family."

"Like I said, you'll tell them when you're ready. It's not something that's easy to talk about." Robin repeated, this time more reassuringly "Trust me; I know what you are going through." Hannah moved in and gave him a tight hug. He let out a small laugh, somewhat flustered "C'mon, no need to get all sappy. That's so unlike you!"

Taking a step back, Hannah smiled "See you soon then, Rob." the boy grinned and gave her a small wave, before walking in to the Zeta-tubes.

When she was sure Robin was transported safely to Gotham, Hannah walked back in to the living area, now only M'gann, Superboy and Kaldur remaining. When she came back, she saw the three of them engaged in conversation, only to go silent as their attention turned to her "Robin went back home." she announced, sitting down on the couch next to Kaldur "So then, Aqualad~" she spoke in a sing-song voice "Where are you staying? You going back to Poseidonis or…?"

She tightly pressed her lips together when she saw the uneasy look on Kaldur's face "I haven't been back home in…a while." he spoke in a soft voice, before suddenly sobering up "While I am on the surface, I stay here, in the cave, for the most time."

Hannah hoped that her face didn't show off her excitement to much "R…really? You stay here? With m- I mean, with us?" she leaned towards Kaldur a bit, her smile so wide she felt like her cheeks will start feeling sore any minute now "I didn't know that! That's great news!" catching herself, Hannah suddenly went silent, awkward silence reaching her ears "I mean…the more the merrier, right? That's what M'gann said!" she tried to cover up her embarrassment with an awkward laugh. Kaldur seemed to relax at her laugh as well, chuckling softly.

"Yes, you are right." Kaldur replied "Red Tornado insisted early on that team building is important."

The girl felt the corner of her lips twitch "YES!" she boomed "Team building! That is exactly what I meant!" she turned to M'gann, her anguished face speaking more clearly than any telepathic link could.

"HELP. ME."

"Hello Megan!" M'gann quickly jumped in, standing up from her chair and clasping her hands together "I totally forgot! I didn't show you the thing!"

Superboy, who was watching the interactions with much interest, raised an eyebrow "…the thing?"

"Yes, the thing!" Hannah exclaimed, standing up from the couch and stiffly walking to M'gann "You know, the thing!"

"…what is the thing?" Superboy didn't seem like he was catching on.

"It's a girl thing." M'gann took hold of Hannah's hand "And I need to show it to Hannah! If you gentlemen will excuse us~" she and Hannah power-walked out of the room, leaving behind two very confused boys.

"Girls are weird." Superboy concluded. Kaldur remained silent, still not sure what exactly happened.

"That was so embarrassing I think I just might morph myself in to a mouse and hide in a hole for the rest of my life." Hannah whined, closing the door behind her. Grigor, who was sleeping inside, awoke with a start and looked around in alarm, only to calm down when he saw it was only his master and her new Martian companion.

M'gann put a hand to her face, smiling at the girl who was awkwardly pacing around the room "It's okay Hannah, we all act dumb sometimes."

As she said this, Hannah let out an annoyed sigh, dropping face-first on to her bed "Sometimes is an understatement in my case." her voice came out muffled. She turned her head so that she wasn't speaking in to her pillow. M'gann sat on the edge of the bed, offering comfort.

"Hannah, do you like Kaldur'ahm?" she questioned the witch.

"Whaaaat?!" Hannah shot up in to a sitting position "Of course not!" she defended "I mean, of course I like Kaldur, but I don't like-like him, if that's what you are imply- if you tell anyone I swear on my spell books there will be hell to pay." her voice turned from fake cheery in to a dead serious one in seconds.

The Martian put her hands up in front of her in defense "Woah there, I wouldn't dream of telling! Honest!" Hannah gave her a dark look, and M'gann had to feel it was making her uncomfortable. So she tried to soften the girl up "Have…you ever tried telling Kaldur how you feel?" as Hannah's face went from menacing to embarrassed, M'gann felt a bit more at ease.

"We are not having this conversation." the girl replied in a deadpan voice. M'gann chuckled, patting her on the shoulder in reassurance.

a/n: If I were treading the Marry-sue line before, I'm pretty sure I have kicked it in to the ground and ran way over it with this chapter. Ugh. Only when I wrote all this out did I realize how bizarre and cliche it was, having an OC be the ward of Batman, even for a short period of time. I have planned out Hannah's entire history and how it affects her character to the Z, but writing it out in short chapters like this really makes me facepalm.

I hope everyone could stomach such Marry-sueness in one chapter, I know it was troublesome for me, who already knows how everything will play out, to write. Can't imagine how it must be for others to read it.