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I finally got down to doing it after a severe case of writers' block :P Hope my writing isn't affected by it, though...

Oh oh oh who here just LOVES the Maruaders (Harry Potter) ? :D I watched this rerun of HPaTHBP, got into the Harry Potter fanfic archives and just fell in love with the Maruaders!

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As said in the last chapter, I've changed some of the Characters in the new Young Justice to suit the new tv show better :]

Here is the list of heroes in the new Young Justice.

Robin (Jason Todd). Wondergirl (Cassie Sandsmark). Arrowette (Cissie King-Jones). Beast Boy (Garfield Logan). Lagoon Boy (La'gaan). Bumblebee (Karen Beecher). Blue Beetle (Jaime Reyes).

Sarah-Leigh-Black : yesssssss! I can't wait either! :]

Dark Goddess Of Shadows : Hmm I'm not exactly sure yet, and i can't tell you that yet! :]

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Chapter 4: Argument

"No, Ollie." Black Canary folded her arms, stubbornly refusing her husband. "No means no. I'm not going to teach them anymore. Did you see what happened when I went back? Ten years ago, I vowed not to step foot into that place again, and until an emergency or life or death situation arises, I will not break my vow to the team unnecessarily for their… their replacements!" She practically spat out the last word. "I don't know what they were thinking, making another team. We hadn't searched properly before they gave up."

"We know we did, Canary. You know it as well as I do." Green Arrow told her. "We searched high and low, all the way out of the galaxy. There was no sign of them."

They were currently outside one of the Justice League's meeting rooms in the watchtower. A meeting had only just finished, with its members dispersing right afterwards. Even after 10 years, crime still hadn't gone down. In fact, with the increasingly available and advanced technology, it was also getting harder to fight villains.

"We gave up too soon-"

"The world needs us to protect it-"

"Why can't those damned villains act like Barry's for once-"

"You know how they are-"

"Aren't you guilty for"

"I am, but-"

"Look at Arsenal-"

"He's different-"

"We abandoned them-"

"They couldn't be found-"

"For Ten Years-"

"You need to learn how to let go, it's in the past-"

"Oliver Queen, don't you dare act like they're dead!"

A deathly silence took over, with both breathing hard, glaring at each other.

Neither one of them had expected their argument to come to this.

How could someone think that way, about them… It was just impossible.

After another long pause, Oliver finally started to say something.

"I wasn't-"

"Yes you were!" Black Canary snapped, walking towards him, poking a finger into his chest each time she stepped forward. "And you know it!"

The Billionaire sighed. "You know we've been over this before. The League has thought about it and it isn't entirely implausible. A year is a long time alone, and ten years without anyone is much worse. Anything could have happened during that time."

Dinah placed two slender fingers at her temples. "I don't want to think about that. Regardless, I'm still not going back."

Oliver crossed his arms over his chest too, determinedly ignoring the withering glare Dinah sent his way. "You need to face it, Dinah. You can't go your whole life fearing teaching others or even stepping foot into Mount Justice."

Dinah smirked, a sharp, bitter laugh escaping lush red lips as something mad flashed in her narrowed eyes. "Oh, like you've ever faced yours."

A moment of silence between them passed as the heroine's eyes diluted. "…Oh… I…"

Oliver just shook his head with a sad smile.

A breeze blew past them, stopping to reveal the scarlet speedster. A small smile played on his lips, the only part uncovered by his red suit. "Am I… interrupting anything?"

"No, Barry." Oliver rolled his eyes. "What do you want?"

"Ah." The Flash's smile drooped slightly before the edges tilted up again with obvious force put behind it. "The team. Apparently they went to see Sp-Re-Arsenal this morning. It was about the first… batch. But he didn't give them the answers they wanted, and chased them out before Che-Jade could do any real harm."

Black Canary sighed, "And they're here now?"

Barry nodded.

Oliver shrugged, making a slight face. "This should be interesting. Lead the way."

Jason Todd looked up as three more super heroes made their way into the main hall of the Justice League's orbiting headquarters, with the double electronic doors sliding open easily.

Flash, Black Canary and Green Arrow – three more involved.

The new young justice team stood on a large marble slab that resembled a stage. Before them, stood a few key members of the Justice League that hadn't zeta-d away immediately after the meeting had adjourned. Mainly, Superman, Martian Manhunter, Aquaman and Batman.

The Mentors.

"We want to know." Robin folded his arms above his red-clad chest, staring straight at Batman – the leader of the Justice League, no less. As his respected mentor, Jason understood the need for Bruce to carry his own burden, and keep his own secrets.

But of course, this was too big a secret that involved too much of him that everyone knew except for him, and anyone in their generation.

The gathered heroes looked at each other, and Batman's lips pursed slightly in contemplation.

Blue Beetle and Wondergirl looked at each other, mistaking their pause as reluctance.

Arrowette bristled slightly at the pause, placing her hands on her hips. "Now."

"Why do you want to know?" Superman questioned, crossing his arms over his 'scout' uniform. "It's been so long and you've never asked about this or bothered about it much. Why does it make such a difference?"

"Because, it concerns us." Bumblebee snorted. "How do you expect to keep this from us for the rest of your lives? Wouldn't you want to know that you're a… second creation?"

"You're not a second creation," Aquaman butted in. "You're the second batch of the next generation of heroes. They were only the first."

"So what, we want to know about them. The 'first', as you call it." Cassie stated. "What's so wrong with that?"

"Unless you're hiding something, of course." La'gaan folded his arms too, joining in the debate.

"It's obvious that something's up." Arrowette pointed out. "You never mention them. We hardly know anything about them. And of course, the reluctance now."

"And of course, what happened with Black Canary in training." Robin muttered, though it was heard by all.

At the side of the spacious room, Canary tensed, before storming out of the room. Everyone noticed that she'd been slightly off since the day in Mount Justice.

Martian Manhunter looked on silently, while Oliver groaned and Barry patted him on the back reassuringly.

"So, tell us." Robin nudged, glaring slightly at the dark knight, who only glared back. The duo's glares matched evenly, and Robin had no thoughts of backing down or succumbing to his mentor, and father's, notoriously infamous glare.

To everyone's ultimate surprise, Batman smirked.

That, was the closest thing anyone would get to a smile from the dark knight. That was the record so far, anyway, set by the first Robin, Dick Grayson himself, a very long time ago.

"You're like him." Bruce Wayne stated, almost (dare I say) fondly. "You resemble him so much."

The occupants of the room had their full attention on the father-son duo, one so nostalgic and so familiar that Barry felt shivers travel up his spine.

Where was… Where was Wally?

Clenching his fists, The Flash looked on as all the other heroes seemed to feel the same, as a hard edged look appeared in their eyes.

That moment, the Watchtower flashed red.

Oooooooh.

That left it in quite an ominous note :]

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