AN: SOOOOOOOOOOOOORRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRY! I'm so so so so sorry for the lateness! My family's currently in the process of moving into a new house, and we moved our stuff in only a few days ago. Now we have to clean and put stuff up (which is just a huge hassle). I would've put up an AN to tell you all but I hate when a story updates, then I think it's a new chappie, and it turns out to be an AN…I didn't want to put you guys through that so I just decided to put the reason why I haven't updated with…well…an update! So here it is; another chappie out! Hope you enjoy! Thanks to all who've faved/followed/reviewed!

Disclaimer: Do the admins think that anyone on here actually owns the stuff we write fanfics about? Really, there's no point to this disclaimer. If I'm writing on this site, it obviously means that "me no own stuff". I no own song(s) either. I only own Faith, Emily, Joe, and any other OCs that I create.

Summary: Faith Evans, a 16-year-old girl, was just trying to make sure that she and her little sister got by in the world. "She was prepared to die when she took that bullet. So can someone explain to her why a dead guy's ring just decided to hitch a ride on her finger?!"

Genre: Humor/Adventure/a little Angst/a little Drama(cause you always need just a bit of Angst/Drama in every story)/Romance(?)

Song(s) used: New Soul-Yael Naim

Word Count: 4,513

"Communicating through something (ie: communicators, phones, rings, etc…)"

"Thinking"

Dreams/Flashbacks

"Talking"

Quotes/Lyrics

Chapter 6: Chosen by the Ring: New Green Lantern, You are.

I'm a new soul.

I came to this strange world.

Hopin' I could learn a bit 'bout how to give and take.

But since I came here,

Felt the joy and the fear,

Finding myself making every possible mistake.

Being in space was, admittedly, a very strange experience. Later on in life, after being in space too many times to count, she would be a more comfortable. But right now, sitting in the light green energy constructed into a two-seater jet, Fae couldn't help but find the vast darkness weird and just a tad bit unnerving.

Fae turned away from the transparent green that made up one of the windows and looked towards the one piloting the makeshift jet.

Lucky for her, her favorite superhero was here to light up the place, literally and figuratively.

Oh and the stars helped too. Can't forget about those stars.

Feeling her cheeks heat up a bit, she faced forward once more and mentally berated herself for her wandering thoughts. She had no time to be ogling her new mentor, though she really, really wanted to, she had a lot to digest from what happened only a few days ago.

…3 Days Ago…

After Fae had told him where she was (temporarily hopefully turning into permanently) living, Hal had taken her by the waist (her inner fangirl practically died when she felt his muscles) and took off.

Startled from the abrupt take off, Fae yelped and instinctively wrapped her arms around the Green Lantern's neck, pulling herself as close as possible to insure that she would not fall.

Hearing a deep chuckle, her face turned ten different shades of red.

"Don't worry. I promise I won't let you fall." As if he was trying to reinforce his promise, he tightened his hold around her waist, effectively deepening her blush and making her look anywhere but at his face.

The laugh he gave told her that he'd noticed, much to her embarrassment.

Thankfully, her (temporary maybe permanent) apartment wasn't too far off, by flight at least, and they soon landed on the roof of her apartment.

She very nearly ran to the stairwell in order to get away from the man that was currently making her hormones go haywire.

Hal's muffled chuckles could be heard as she sped to her apartment room.

She whisper-shouted for him to stay up on the roof while she got the lantern-err-power source. He complied easily enough, probably thinking that she didn't want her family to see him yet. If only he knew…

In reality, Fae just wanted time to get herself in check. This man was about to be her new mentor! Which means she would be around him quite a bit, and she couldn't be blushing every time she glanced at the guy!

"Get it together girl. He's nothing special! Just a superhero in a spandex uniform that showcases his muscles nicely. No big deal."

Fae wanted to bash her head into a wall.

Multiple times.

Letting out a gigantic sigh, she opened the door to her apartment and rushed to the lantern she had hidden in the bedroom closet.

Securing her hold on the lantern, she rushed out, locking the door behind her, and made her way back to the roof.

She found Hal standing by the far edge of the roof, looking out over the city. For a moment, she imagined how it would be like once her training started. Standing side by side, looking out over the city like he was doing now. As cliché as it sounded, it was kind of daunting to know that people's lives would be in her hands. Fae just hoped she would be ready for it when the time came.

As if sensing her arrival, Hal turned around and saw Fae looking down with a troubled expression on her face, power source in hand.

Having an idea of what could've gotten her so down, he made his way towards her and put his hand on her shoulder.

"You're worrying too much. We'll make sure you're ready to take on anything thrown your way before you're sent out."

Fae looked up at the man that would soon be her mentor and gave a small smile. She couldn't even protect her sister without getting shot (and supposedly killed), but maybe it would be different here. She really didn't have anything to lose.

"Not anymore…" her brain supplied bitterly.

Her smile didn't falter.

Hal removed his hand from her shoulder and took a step back.

"Okay. Let's get down to business. Your ring and power source are the most important things to a Green Lantern. Your ring will be where all your power comes from, and the lantern is how you recharge it. Since you've just become a Green Lantern, you'll need to learn how to conserve your energy until you've built quite the reservoir in your ring."

As he talked, he gestured to her ring and lantern. Fae took the time to study them both as she listened to him. Who knew such a small thing could hold such power? Sure she'd seen it in action on t.v. but this was real life.

Fae couldn't help but feel a little humbled that it chose her.

When she heard Hal start speaking again, her attention snapped back to him.

"Though your ring will need to be recharged, your lantern never will since it's linked to the main source on Oa which is protected by the Guardians. You'll meet them when we get there."

This time he gestured for her to put the lantern down in front of herself. She did and he continued.

"In order to activate your ring and become a true Green Lantern, you'll need to fully 'connect' with your ring. Point your ring at your lantern and concentrate on it."

She did as instructed and looked toward the lantern.

For a long moment, Fae felt nothing. She was just about to tell him so when she felt an immense power wash over her and freeze her in place.

Fae's eyes widened as she heard whispers in her mind, telling her the words she needed to say. On instinct (no doubt from the ring) she spoke.

"In brightest day, in blackest night, no evil shall escape my sight. Let those who worship evil's might, beware my power, Green Lantern's light!"

With each word she spoke, the lantern and her ring glowed brighter until it was almost blinding. Fae felt a gentle wave of energy go down her body, starting at the crown of her head and ending at the soles of her feet.

When it was all done, the light diminished leaving her more invigorated than she'd ever felt in her life.

"Good job! I knew you'd be able to do it. Felt natural didn't it?"

She moved her gaze to Hal, still in awe, and spoke slowly.

"…Yeah…it was like my instincts just took over. Like I already knew what to do…"

"Yep. As soon as you get chosen, it's there. You just need a little extra push."

As Hal talked, Fae took the time to examine herself. Instead of her regular clothes (was she supposed to call them civilian now?) she was now in a Green Lantern uniform.

It consisted of a black, no-sleeve, turtle-neck body suit. On her shoulders were green armored shoulder pads that connected in the back and to the Green Lantern symbol that was on her chest. Instead of the white gloves that her new mentor sported, she had black gloves that stopped at her wrists. On her feet were green armored boots that went up to her knees and connected to green armored knee pads with no back*.

She could feel that her hair was down from its usual ponytail as it spilled over her shoulders and ended at the bottom of her shoulder blades.

Moving her hands to her face, specifically towards her eyes, she felt a mask. Taking it off for a moment, Fae saw that it was a simple green domino mask that spiked at the ends, much like Robin's.

Hal cleared his throat, and Fae put the mask back in place and turned to him once more.

"Now that, that's taken care of, we're gonna be heading to Oa now. Since they have the main power source there, you won't need your own. So let's go put it back and explain to your parents about what's happening. Don't want them to be freaking out when they find you missing."

Fae's eyes widened at his words, and she was immediately taken out of her stupor.

"NO!"

Hal jumped, not having expected the outburst, and looked at her in alarm.

Fae cleared her throat and tried to calm herself down from her brief panic attack.

"I mean…I...don't have anyone to tell where I'm…" She trailed off and looked to the side in embarrassment, eyebrows furrowed.

Mistaking her embarrassment as sadness (not that she didn't feel sad, she had just learned to accept it), Hal immediately felt bad.

"You don't have any family that you could tell? Or anyone, even a guardian, watching you?" He regretted having said anything as soon as he saw her flinch slightly, though she valiantly tried to suppress it.

"No. But it's no big deal. I've been looking out for myself for a long time…" She mumbled the last part under her breath but Hal still heard it and felt even worse.

"Anyway you don't have to worry about that. Let's just go. I mean, I'm pretty sure we should leave as soon as possible right?"

She was right, he realized. And although he wanted to know how long she'd been alone and how he could help her (she was only around 16 for Pete's sake!), he knew that they had to be leaving soon. His search for her had already taken too long, and he was sure that the Guardians were getting restless.

Sighing, Hal put two fingers to his communicator to contact the Watchtower.

"J'onn, Hal here. I've found the new Green Lantern, and I'm starting my leave as of now."

"Alright. We have prepared for your departure. Be safe on your journey."

Putting his hand down, he turned to the teen that was looking at him expectantly.

"We've got the go ahead. So let's get to it."

…Present Time…

After all of that happened, she ran off to put the lantern back and upon returning, Hal had constructed a jet (much to her amazement) and they were off to Oa.

That took place 3 days ago, and they were still traveling. Hal reassured her that they were close now, but she couldn't help but be a little disbelieving (3 days with non-stop traveling will do that to a person). Luckily, Hal had prepared for the journey (he's made it several times before) and had everything they would need.

During the few days out in space, they talked. Hal had informed her that he would be her mentor (she'd already figured that) and therefore they would need to get to know each other.

He spoke about how he was the middle child of three children. His father's death in a plane crash right before his eyes. Him following in his father's footsteps and becoming a test pilot for the Air Force, despite his family's protests.

Hal told her about how he got his ring and the Parallax crisis he went through during his training time*. How Sinestro, his former mentor, gave in to the corruption of the yellow ring. He also shared his past relationship with Star Sapphire –"her real name's Carol"- and how she ended up the way she did.

Although Fae knew about everything he was telling her, she still felt bad about the difficulties he'd been through. She'd never had to before because it was all make-believe, but now it was real, and she couldn't help but feel sorry for him.

Knowing that he'd just shared something personal, Fae supposed that she would have to do the same. It would only be fair.

And so she told him about her life. How her mother died when she was little. About how she took care of her little sister after their mother's friend was murdered. The back and forth with the orphanage. Finally finding a home with Grandpa Joe. She even hinted to the underground fighting, though she only spoke about the training and never mentioned that it was actually underground.

When he asked why she wasn't living with her little sister and "Grandpa" Joe, she told him about the fight that transported her here. Though she lied and said it was Joe and Emily that were attacked instead of her and that she'd found their bodies. She then "moved" to Terra for a fresh start after their deaths, though she wasn't having any luck.

Hal had stayed quite for a while after that, letting what she'd said sink in. So much had happened to this girl; he wished he could've helped her in some way. But that was the life of a superhero. As much good as they did, there was still evil in the world that snuck through the cracks.

Now they were sitting in comfortable silence with Hal focused on getting to Oa since it was "close by now".

She was just about to doze off from staring into the endless abyss that was space when Hal's voice broke through the haze.

"We're here!"

See I'm a young soul,

In this very strange world.

Hopin' I could learn a bit 'bout what is true and fake.

But why all this hate?

Try to com-mu-ni-cate.

Finding trust and love is not always easy to make.

Fae stared in shocked amazement as they approached a light blue and white planet. It was beautiful from up here, and she now knew why people loved going into space (she hadn't been able to see Earth since she was too busy having a conniption fit when they took off in the jet construct).

"Fae, this is Oa." He'd tried to call her Faith before she told him to just use her nickname. No one but her mother called her Faith…

Hal maneuvered the jet to land gently onto a silver platform after entering the atmosphere. As soon as they landed, he dispelled the construct and placed them gently on the ground.

When her feet were firmly on the ground, Fae looked around in muted wonder at the place.

It was definitely alien-like, though that was to be expected. Much of the place was dark silver and white with purple undertones here and there.

Feeling a hand on her shoulder, Fae turned and saw Hal with a smile on his face.

"Welcome to the main base. This is where you'll be training for the time being until you've become proficient at using your ring. Afterwards, we'll go back to Earth to continue your training and start your duties as a hero."

Nodding to show she understood, she went back to looking around at the various buildings and Green Lanterns flying around.

"Okay kid, let's get going. I'm sure the Guardians are beyond ready to meet you."

Fae nodded absentmindedly as she followed him until what he said caught up with her.

Kid…

Kid!

"Hey! I am NOT a kid! I'm 16 turning 17 in just a few months! I'm definitely NOT a KID!" Hal just laughed. She was about to continue her rant when he put his hands up in a placating gesture, although the amused smile hadn't left his face.

"Okay, okay. Whatever you say Fae." He made sure to put emphasis on her addressed girl just turned her face away with an exaggerated "hmph". Hal let loose another chuckle.

They walked along in silence the rest of the way. Fae taking in the strange-looking buildings and Hal watching her reaction to the place they would be spending for an undetermined amount of time.

When they finally arrived at the Guardians' chamber, Hal decided to break her out of her reverie.

"We're here Fae." He watched as she abruptly stopped by his side, and looked up at the gigantic doors that were in front of them.

Fae looked at the doors, then to Hal, and then back at the doors.

"Soooo unless this ring somehow gives me super strength, I have no idea how we're getting in. So you can stop looking at me like I'm supposed to be going in first."

Just as she said that, the doors glowed a soft green and began to slowly open. Fae's eyes widened and her jaw dropped slightly as Hal let a triumphant smirk settle on his face.

When the doors finally opened all the way, they revealed a big circular dark silver room that had cylinder-like pedestals arranged throughout it that reached halfway to the ceiling. Behind the pedestals was a glass wall that overlooked the rest of Oa.

"Welcome, Faith Evans, to Oa, planet of the Green Lanterns, protectors of the universe."

Jerking at the commanding voice, Fae turned in the direction it was coming from.

And immediately fought down the urge to laugh outright.

There were nine of them. White haired, blue skinned with elven-like features, and not to mention, extremely short.

To be completely honest, they reminded her of Yoda, blue Yodas, but Yodas none the less.

At the thought, she couldn't help but let out a giggle.

Hal raised an eyebrow but thankfully, the Guardians were too busy floating up to their pedestals to actually hear her.

When they were finally settled, they turned their sights on the girl before them as Hal stood off to the side.

"Faith Evans," said girl snapped to attention, "you are here today because you have been chosen by the ring to become a new Green Lantern."

Another one started speaking. "Many before you have been in possession of the ring you now bear. Each having fought with that very ring with pride. And now you continue the legacy." Fae briefly glanced at the ring she wore, thinking on just how many people had worn it and how many battles it must've seen. A different Guardian spoke.

"The essence of those fallen Lanterns will be with you as you start your journey as a new Light in the universe."

The first one spoke again. "For now, however, you will stay here on Oa to learn how to fight and control your new powers. Hal Jordan shall be your new mentor and Kilowag, your trainer for your time here. Be wise young Lantern. Use your powers for good. And be safe. Again, we welcome you to Oa."

They nodded to Hal who nodded back and led Fae out of the room.

This is a happy end.

'Cause you don't understand,

Everything you have done.

Why's everything so wrong?

This is a happy end.

Come and give me your hand.

I'll take you far away.

As they walked, Fae was lost in her thoughts as she looked at her ring until Hal broke through them.

"Sooo what did you think? Pretty intimidating huh?"

"Intimidating?" She looked at Hal in disbelief and he just nodded.

"Their voices? Yeah. Their appearances? Not so much. They kinda looked like blue Yodas…" Once again, Fae mumbled the last part, and once again, Hal heard her.

And proceeded to go into hysterics.

"PFFT! Blue-blue Yodas! HA! I'd never even thought of that!" He clapped her on the back and shot her a smile. "Nice. Just don't let them hear you say that." She smiled back.

"Wasn't planning on it." His smile grew.

"So let's show you where you're gonna be staying. Since you're the first new Green Lantern we've had in some time due to…circumstances, your training might take a while since we're a little rusty on training recruits." He rubbed the back of his neck with a sheepish smile.

"Well that doesn't sound too bad. I mean this Kilowag person is supposed to be a trainer so I doubt he'd completely forget how to train someone." She didn't need him to know that she already knew all about Kilowag.

"Yeah. He's pretty tough but he's a good friend. And I'm positive that both of you will get along, no problem." He smirked. "Especially with that Yoda comment."

Fae mentally groaned. She knew now that he would never let that go. And by the end of her stay at Oa, she'd probably forever be known as "the girl who called the Guardians, blue Yodas".

She sighed.

This was gonna be a long stay.

"But other than training," she focused back on Hal who was currently facing forward, "you'll also need to learn the rules and regulations of being a Green Lantern. Basically the dos, don'ts, and how tos. From intergalactic arrests to handling universal crisis. You'll have to learn it all for you to be 'properly' trained. And let me tell you, it's definitely no cake walk."

Fae snorted.

"Don't tell me. They make you take some sorta written test that's a thousand questions long?"

Hal sent her a brief apologetic smile but didn't answer.

She felt her mouth drop as she stopped walking while Hal continued on.

"You're joking, right?" She shook her head and jogged forward to catch up with him. "You can't be serious!" He just sent her the same apologetic smile.

Fae wanted to drop then and there.

"…That has to count as cruel and unusual punishment..."

Training for hours on end, she could take (Grandpa Joe made sure of it). But sitting in the same room, in the same chair, without moving for HOURS to take a THOUSAND question test?! They weren't even that cruel in high school. And that place was a hellish prison designed to crush young people's spirits!

Hal just laughed at her misery.

She glared.

"You may be my favorite superhero, but keep laughing. I won't hold back like I did at the park."

"Come on." He said after his laughs died down. "We're almost to your room."

At the thought of her new room, she realized just how tired she was.

And how filthy she must be.

Just because all she did was sit in a jet and travel for a few days didn't mean she was clean. She hadn't taken a shower. In THREE DAYS!

She never thought about the superheroes taking showers before when it had just been a t.v. show. But now it was real, and she couldn't begin to understand how they couldn't take a shower for days. Either that, or they just didn't show that there were showers in the jets they took to different planets. Too bad the jet she was in was Green Lantern made. No running water…

As Fae's thoughts started to drift about taking showers (how would Atlanteans take them if they lived underwater? Did they even get dirty?), they arrived at her dorm, of sorts.

"Here we are! All you have to do to get in and out is put your ring up to the door. I'm not too far from here, but I'll probably be getting you each day until you learn your way around, so don't worry about getting lost. You'll be waking pretty early from now on so make sure you get some rest."

He looked over her tired form.

"Sooner rather than later would be good." He gave her another smile along with a pat on the back.

"Get some sleep Fae." Then he was off but not without saying, "Oh, and your training begins tomorrow."

She watched as he walked out of sight before turning to the door.

She held her ring up and it glowed slightly before the door opened, obviously recognizing the ring.

Entering her temporary abode (will it ever be permanent?), she looked around.

There wasn't too much to it, more on the Spartan-like side, but it had the basic necessities. The floor was a deep greyish-purple tile. There was a cool looking silver twin-sized bed (gotta love those twisty alien designs), four corner oval-shaped wall lights, a plain silver desk whose legs ended in spikes, a cylinder chair, and two more high tech doors that probably led to the closet and bathroom.

She went over to the first door that was on the left.

Figuring that it must work like the entrance, she lifted her ring and was only mildly surprised when it opened. She was surprised, however, when she saw actual clothes in it, however plain they were.

In essence, they looked like the robes that someone would wear to a karate class, just fitted and with an actual belt instead of the cloth tie. There were about 13 of them, and they were all white, grey, black, or green with silver belts for each as well as a silver Green Lantern symbol on the right chest side. Her new wardrobe was so colorful…

On the floor of the closet were two pairs of boots, one black and one silver, which probably went halfway up her calf.

Just as she was about to reclose the closet, she saw another outfit. It was just as plain as the rest, probably plainer. It was just a white shirt and white yoga-like pants, but Fae figured that it must be her pajamas and she would need it right now.

She grabbed it, closed the door, and walked to the right side of the room where the bathroom most likely was.

Opening the door, it was just as plain as the bedroom, sliver in color with the twisty alien-like designs on the toilet, sink, and tub. They were kind enough to put a grey towel on the rack beside the tub along with a white bar of soap that was non-scented.

Not bothering to examine the room any further (she was dead tired and just REALLY wanted to sleep), she put her new found pajamas on the sink, stripped, and stepped into the bath, closing the glass shower door on the way in.

Figuring out how to operate the shower was a tad difficult, seeing as how there wasn't really a "hot" or "cold" label, but she learned fast enough.

She cleaned herself in record time, toweled herself off, and put on the pajamas.

Picking up the discarded clothes, Fae found a grey hamper next to the sink and deposited them in there.

Stumbling back into the bedroom, she flopped onto the purple sheets.

Fae was asleep as soon as her head hit the white pillow.

I'm a new soul.

I came to this strange world.

Hopin' I could learn a bit 'bout how to give and take.

But since I came here,

Felt the joy and the fear,

Finding myself making every possible mistake.

La la la la, la la la la la la, la la la la la, la la la, la la la

Chapter 6 End

Description of Fae's uniform*: I will be drawing a picture of her in uniform for those of you who can't imagine it (though I was planning on doing it anyway). I'll be posting it as the new picture for the story so you can look forward to it (or not, my drawings may suck to you TT-TT).

Parallax Crisis*: I'm taking this from the newest Green Lantern movie (the live action one). So the Green Lanterns' backgrounds are gonna be a mix of what my dad's told me from comic books and what I've watched in movies and cartoons (JL, JLU, Green Lantern animated, Green Lantern: Emerald Knights, and so on and so for) and read from wikis. So for those of you who've read or read about the Emerald Twilight with Kyle Rayner, I'm basically gonna disregard that…for now at least. [I also don't really know how many Guardians there are, but in the wiki picture, there're 9. So that's what I'm going with]

IMPORTANT AN: I always thought of the Guardians as blue Yoda look-alikes…They're so small…I want to pick them up and cuddle them because of their tininess! IMPORTANT STUFF: Also, drum roll please (*drum literally rolls by*) …Not what I meant, but oh well! Just ONE more chapter (cause I'm only doing one day of training and then a timeskip. Don't wanna bore you guys) until the YJ stuff gets here! That means chapter 8 will be the lucky chapter where our favorite Jr. Superheroes come in! WA-HOOOOO! *ahem* So now, the question that you've all been waiting for (or, at least, I've been waiting to ask):

"What should the pairings be, Fae-wise and others?"

Should I keep the pairings from the show or should I mix it up a bit? Drop me a review to give me ideas. I'll be putting up a poll soon so you can vote. Your reviews will help decide who gets put in the poll. Someone has even already said they wouldn't mind if this turned into a HalxOC (it probably wouldn't happen until a bit into the story but it's a possibility!), but I had a bit of it in this chapter (though it's just a superhero crush more than anything right now). The pairings (barring yuri and yaoi. Nothing against it, I just don't write it) will all depend on you (and whatever my muse decides to do).

So REVIEW and much love!

-SP