Disclaimer:I don't own Young Justice. That would be a very, very bad idea. OOCness.
Zatanna sobbed, sobbed as she waited for her father to come home. Somewhere through that sobbing, she had picked up her sewing kit and started. She made a scene from the Wizzard of Oz, with the golden brick path twisting and winding with Dorothy and ToTo balanced precariously on it. Zatanna realized she had stopped crying somewhere through her work as she held it away to inspect it.
That was when she realized that the golden threads she had been using had matched Artemis' hair exactly, so soft from when it had brushed against Zatanna for those briefest moments (she wanted more she wanted more, it was so..). And the two lost companions represented their current relationship, balancing haphazardly on something unsteady and headed off into the unknown.
She started crying again, her tears falling in huge silver droplets onto her work, falling onto Oz and drowning it. That was how her father found her, watery messages pulsing up from her heart and transmitted through her eyes. He held her, stroking her hair and shushing sweet nothings, through her blubberings. He sighed, holding her closed.
No amount of magic would heal his daughter of her broken heart.
Artemis stared at her phone. Stupid thing, cracked and extremely old. Why did she keep it again? Better question, why couldn't she just pick it up and call her? Sort some things out. Tell Zataana how she really felt, how she didn't mean it the way it seemed. Why is this so hard for me?
Before she could loose her nerve, Artemis snatched up the phone and called Zee under her contacts. C'mon, c'mon pick up...or don't. Don't would be preferable. She wanted her friend back, she didn't want the awkwardness that hovered between them ever since November 1st. She just wanted things back to normal, to forget that ever happened.
Or, at least that's what she thought.
Zatanna didn't pick up. Artemis sighed and put down her phone. She wasn't responding to any of her texts, either, and Artemis hadn't seen her for many days. Maybe she just doesn't want to be around me anymore, or something. Well, two could play at that game. She'd figure out a way to mend their relationship later.
The following day, all the adults disappeared and Zatara became Dr Fate, leaving Zatanna heartbroken and Artemis never feeling more torn in her life. Which left her with the question, now what?
This was sort of a transition chapter, and the quality really has decreased. Sorry, the next chapter will be better(and longer).