A/N: BEWARE; I have spoilers in this Authors Note. If you have not yet seen episode 20, I suggest you skip right to the story.
Day #1 post Young Justice. I'm still in denial. And angry. I would have been better if it had a happy ending, but really...you killed Wally? WTF! Really Young Justice Writers, really? I can't believe he died. Wally and Artemis finally got back together and they killed him? WHAT THE FUCK WERE THEY THINKING? Now I need a season 3...like really need. God damn it. Just...why?
End Rant. Anyone else who feels like ranting, PM me. Ranting with somebody is better then alone. Also, I'm going to be posting the prologue to my new story, which will be a kind of my take on season 3. There will be two OC's and Artemis and Wally will get back together eventually. I still have a few more ideas for this story and I hope you all enjoy this chapter. Don't give up on the fandom because it is over and the ending sucked, us writers will continue it for those who still want it. I'm not ready for it to be over yet and I plan to continue writing for this fandom for a while.
Disclaimer: Young Justice belongs to a bunch of trolls who like breaking people's hearts.
Aftermath
Artemis woke up the next morning with a raging headache. It felt like somebody was drilling into her head. Grabbing her pillow, she threw it over her head, wishing that it would do something to help. It didn't.
Stumbling out of bed, she changed out of her clothes from last night that she had been too lazy to take off when she arrived back at her room the night before. She changed into a comfy pair of athletic shorts and a shirt from an archery competition. She didn't have to work today...thank God. She rubbed her shoulders, wishing they would stop aching like her head. God, she didn't even drink last night and somehow ended up feeling hung over.
Artemis managed to get out of her room and remember to lock it behind her and make it to the elevator. Maybe some breakfast would help.
"Artemis!" She spun around to see Conner coming out of her room, carrying her jacket. She smiled; she had gotten halfway back to the boat already when she remembered that she had left her favorite jacket in the club.
"Thanks Con." She said as he handed it off to her. "What would I do without you guys?"
"It's nothing Artemis." Conner says, the elevator opens up and the two of them step inside. "So you and West got into a fight."
"I don't really want to discuss it Conner." Artemis tells him.
"I figured. Wally can be an idiot, he was bound to piss you off again eventually." Artemis smiled at that.
"You got that right." Artemis responds. The elevator dings and the doors open wide. Artemis begins to walk away but Conner's hand is suddenly on her shoulder, stopping her.
"Just remember, he may be an idiot, but he always tries to do what he thinks is best for his friends. Sometimes its not always the right thing, but he tries." Conner tells her. Artemis just nods and walks away to get some breakfast.
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"Artemis hates me." Wally announces to Dick. The two of them sat stood side by side, looking out over the edge of the boat. It had left Costa Rica early this morning, leaving behind a jumble of bad memories.
"Zatanna won't talk to me. Join the pity party." Dick mumbles, staring at the water below. "Why do we always mess up somehow?"
"I don't know." Wally admits. They hear laughter behind them...Raquel's. And Kaldur's. They both spin around to see Raquel and Kaldur walking by hand in hand, both laughing and smiling. They didn't notice the two of them as they quickly spun back around.
"At least someone is happy." Wally says grumpily. Dick elbows him.
"They deserve it."
"Yeah they do. Especially Raquel, her last guy sounds like an absolute jerk." Wally responds.
"Last night was a disaster, heavy on the dis." Dick says, the two of them once again choosing to wallow in self-pity.
"It was." Wally says in agreement.
"On the bright side, Barbara and her dad are coming on the boat next week when we arrive back in port." Dick says. "It's Gotham Academy's spring break."
"Cool." Wally responds. He had met Barbara a few times, she was pretty nice. The two of them got along well enough.
"Jason's coming too." Dick says quietly.
"As in Jason, your new adopted brother?" Wally asks.
"Bruce is making it official when we are back in Miami." Dick responds.
"What do you think of it all?"
"Honestly, I haven't decided yet. I mean, it could be cool to have a brother. But Barbara says he's a troublemaker and a bit of a handful."
"Barbara knows him?"
"He goes to Gotham Academy on Bruce's scholarship. It's how Bruce met him." Dick explains.
"Oh. Well I'm sure he'll be fine."
"Yeah." Dick says lamely. The two of them stare out at sea quietly for a little bit. "You know you're my best friend right Wally?"
"I know Dick. You're mine too."
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Roy notched an arrow and let it fly. It cut through the air, hitting the bulls-eye. Roy smiled to himself, and notched another arrow. He had just finished his class for the day, and was enjoying his free time to shoot. He took a deep breath, aimed...
"Hey Red." Roy lowered his bow and spun around to see Jade.
"Cheshire."
"Oh, we have nicknames for each other. It's like we're friends or a couple or something." Jade smirks, walking around, running her hand over all the bows set up along the back wall.
"What do you want Jade? I thought you were getting off in Costa Rica?" He asks her, secretly happy that she was staying on at least a little longer. Besides the fact that she was obviously attractive, she was kind of exciting and fun to talk to.
"I said that one of your stops was the same as mine. It's not Costa Rica, to many mosquitoes."
"So I take it you've been there before?"
"Yes."
"Business or pleasure?"
"A little bit of both." Jade replies, smirking. She picks up a bow and pulls the string taunt.
"You ever shot an arrow before?" Roy asks her.
"Yes, it was always my sister's thing though." Jade tells him. He nods.
"My adopted dad is really into it."
"Oliver Queen. And your not quite adopted sister, but almost sister is Artemis Crock." Jade says, nonchalantly. She puts the bow back on the rack and moves over to another area.
"I see you did some digging."
"I was quite intrigued Roy Harper." She says in response. Suddenly the door was being opened to the range. Roy spun his head over to the door to see Artemis there.
"You talking to yourself again Harper?" Roy looked around to see that Jade had disappeared, almost like she had never been there.
"No. You must be going delusional." He tells Artemis. "You still have three more days Arty, what are you doing here?"
"First off, don't call me Arty. Second, I'm here delivering a message from Oliver. He has some sort of announcement to make tonight at dinner and they want us both there." Artemis tells him. He nods.
"Sounds good, I'll be there. I should probably clean up here." Roy says, looking around again. Jade was still nowhere to be seen.
"You missing something?" Artemis asks.
"What?" He asks, looking confused.
"Um...well you keep looking around nervously. Want me to help?"
"No!" He says a little to forcefully. Artemis takes a step back. "I mean, don't want to injure those shoulders anymore now do we Arty?"
"Can you cut it with the Arty." Artemis says, giving him a dirty look. "I'm going. See you at dinner Harper."
Artemis disappeared, closing the door to the archery range behind her. Jade suddenly emerged from behind a locker.
"Whew, that was close." Jade says. "I should probably go. See you later Red."
Jade slinks out the door, leaving Roy alone in the archery range. He looks around at the scattered bows and arrows. He really did need to clean up. He sighed and got to work doing his least favorite part of the job.
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Show me a hero, and I'll write you a tragedy. -F. Scott Fitzgerald
Artemis stared at the quote. Dinah wanted them to write a page analyzing the quote. She stared at it, wondering what she could write. She tapped her pen on the desk for a few minutes, before beginning to write.
A hero by definition is somebody who saves others. What that definition does not include is the fact that a hero has to give up many things in their life to do this. Firefighters risk their lives everyday. And then there are the simple everyday heroes who just are heroes in the way they stand up for what they think is right. The problem is that heroes to often find themselves stuck in tragedy.
Artemis stares off into space, thinking about her mom. Her mom had tried to be a hero by standing up to her father and getting out of the life. She is a hero in Artemis' eyes, but her story is a tragedy because she will now be stuck in a wheelchair for life and at least five more years of prison. She was Artemis' hero, but she was her own tragic tale as well.
Artemis continued to write her paper and soon she had cover two pages front and back. For once she was overachieving instead of Dick.
Staring up, Artemis say the lone picture tacked up onto her bulletin board. Wally and forced his way into her room two days ago and insisted on hanging up the picture since according to him, her room was just too damn depressing. The picture was of eight of them in front of Queen Manor from the night of the gala. She gave herself a small smile, maybe Fitzgerald was wrong, and maybe not every hero's story was a tragedy.
She turned back to her desk, and moved on to her next homework assignment.
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Oliver suddenly stood up in the middle of dinner, startling Artemis, Dinah, and Roy who were all looking at him like he was crazy.
"Oliver, what are you doing?" Dinah hisses between her teeth. Oliver picked up his glass and gently hit his spoon against the glass.
"I thought this was just a family announcement?" Roy whispers to Artemis. She nods in response, catching her friends' confused faces in the ballroom. Before she knew it, she found her and Wally exchanging a look, before the two of them looked away.
"Attention everyone, I have something important to say." Oliver states, putting down his glass and spoon. "Today I have something very important to say."
Oliver's booming voice reverberated throughout the dining hall. Everyone sat riveted, praying that something was not wrong with the boat. Why else would Oliver Queen be making an important announcement?
"Ten years ago on this day a very important person walked into my life, Dinah Lance." Everyone turns to Dinah, who had begun to blush. She looked over at Oliver in confusion as he continued. "Ten years is a long time to put up with someone. I am thankful that she did it. Through everything, she has always been by my side. Together we have done a lot together and had many adventures. I think it's time for another one." Oliver got down on one knee in front of Dinah's chair and pulled a ring out of his pocket. "Dinah Lance, would you do me the honor of officially becoming Dinah Queen?"
"YES!" Dinah was shouting before he could even finish asking. She flung herself out of her seat into Oliver's arms. Together the two of them fell onto the floor laughing. Oliver kissed Dinah and everyone began to clap.
Artemis was grinning like a maniac, clapping loudly. Roy was doing the same. The two of them looked at each other.
"Did you see this coming?" Roy asked. Artemis shook her head. "Well that was a nice surprise."
Artemis looked across the hall and found Wally's eyes looking at her. He clapped and whistled loudly, but he was looking at her.
"Can we talk?" He mouthed.
"Later." Artemis mouthed back as she felt Oliver lifting her out of her seat, smiling widely and laughing. Artemis did the same, still looking at Wally.
A/N: So I hope you guys like that. Roy got even less screen time then Wally in season two which is really saying something. So here's to all those characters that got ignored in season two. Hopefully we can somehow find a way to have a season three and get them the screen time they deserve. Until next chapter, peace.