Harley and Ivy: The Next Generation.

Rating: M

Chapter 1: A Class Act.

(The next morning after the girls shopping trip)

(Lily's P.o.V)

'Last night was just what I needed, that girls night out with my bestie.' I thought to myself as I got ready for my second day in Sky High, and already this year was shaping up to be interesting and amazing and easily the best year of my school life. I put on the sky blue wrap shirt that Ace had picked out as well as the brown skirt that was a feather hem, I genuinely loved these new clothes because they were a small step outside of my zone for clothes. "Lily hurry up or we'll be late!" Dick called threw my bedroom door.

"Keep your pants on Dick, I'm almost ready," I replied as I pulled out a delicate gold chain with a little lily flower on in and put it around my neck. I tied my hair back in a ponytail and grabbed my backpack which was now filled with all the stuff I'd need for classes this year, I was slightly nervous at the fact that the martial arts class that I was taking was taught in the same location and such as Ace's combat 101 course which was taught by her father, who is my fathers' archenemy, hopefully Ace and I can TRY and keep the inexperienced students from being killed by The Joker. "So… did you hear about who is teaching Combat 101?" I asked Dick as we left the house and boarded the jet.

"Yes I heard that HE is teaching that particular class…how did you find out?" Dick asked as we took off into the air, I made sure that I was securely fastened into the co-Pilates seat.

"He texted Ace while we were at dinner last night," I replied as I held up a hand to stop Dick from saying anything. "I know I know Dick, be careful in that class because you don't want me hurt." I leaned my head back and put in the ear buds for my I pod, I didn't know how much time had passed until the inevitable happened and I started singing along to the song on my player. "Keep holding on cause I know we'll make it through we'll make it through. Just stay strong cause you know I'm here for you I'm here for you..." I sang along softly, watching the clouds go by drifting their way past us as we got closer to school.

(Ace's P.o.V)

(About 7:00 A.M)

"Hey, Mrs. S what's going on with you?" I asked as I popped the top on my mega monster that I had bought from a gas station on my way home last night. "How was your night?" I didn't mind the lady of the house too much, she wasn't that bad when she was on her own. I had braided my newly lengthened hair last night and it felt great to have long hair again.

"My night was very pleasant Ace, how was yours?" She replied in question as we both sat down at the table, she had told me when I first came to live with them that the kitchen table was where I could have a heart to heart with her if I needed it or just wanted to talk. "I see that you got your hair done along with your nails, and I have to say Ace you have a great taste in style." I looked at her shocked, I never expected that from her. I still had to get dressed but I needed to have a little chat with Mrs. Stronghold.

"My night was great Mrs. S," I replied as I sipped my monster. "I went to the Paper Lantern with Lily, than we went to the mall to do a bit of school shopping at the Combat Gear shop. I took her shopping for more clothes to expand her wardrobe and then we both went to the salon in the mall." I held up my nails and showed her. "And thank you for letting me go out last night, I know I wasn't home by 10 but I did make it home before midnight." She nodded as she looked at me, this was why I chose the table to talk to her about this at, I couldn't have any repercussions for my actions if I spoke them at the table.

"Well why don't you go on up and get dressed for school, is there anything you want for breakfast?" Josie asked as she stood up and got ready to make breakfast for her son and husband. I shook my head and got up before heading toward the stairs so that I could go get dressed. I headed up the stairs to my room in the attic and began looking through my clothes, both old and new, to find that perfect outfit for my second day of school. I grabbed the red feather hem skirt that I bought last night, a black tank top that has the sides cut out with mesh sewn over cut outs, along with blue and purple socks of the knee high variety. I changed out of my bed clothes and changed my undergarments. I had taken my shower at somewhere around 2 in the morning so I was feeling fresh and clean. I pulled on the skirt and top before pulling on the socks and then looking for shoes to go with my outfit. I picked up a set of heels; they were black and strappy with 3" heels that were of thinner diameter. I went to my jewelry box and grabbed some bracelets, and a necklace, put them on and grabbed one ring that had a rose on it. I walked down the stairs to the bathroom so that I could wash my face, brush my teeth, and put my makeup on.

"Hey Mrs. S, could you take me to get some makeup tonight?" I called as I walked down the stairs and toward the bathroom. I walked in and set up my makeup from the bag that I had in the little cubby above the toilet. I put on my foundation and let it set for a few seconds while I decided what eye shadow and lip color to wear. "Do I want an edgy eye or a deep lip?" I asked myself as I looked in the mirror. I grabbed my dark blue eye shadow and put it on my eyelids and then grabbed my black eyeliner and made a thin line at my lash line before extending it out and curling it down then curling it up at the stem, then I grabbed my light red lipstick and put it on my lips. I walked out of the bathroom after packing up my stuff, I walked back upstairs to grab my side bag and decided to change into pants so I grabbed a pair of skinny jeans and quickly changed from skirt to pants. I walked back downstairs and continued drinking my mega monster that I had left on the kitchen table.

"Sure Ace, no problem I needed to get some stuff myself," Josie replied as I came to sit down at the table so that I could drink my drink. "Do you have money for it?" I nodded as I looked at her and smiled I couldn't wait to go see Lily.

"Well I'm off, I want to catch the early bus I have some stuff to do," I muttered as I grabbed my drink and got up, my bag attached to my side, it contained all my needed supplies for school I had modified a rather large messenger bag so that it would fit onto a belt at my side, it was cumbersome sometimes, but I liked being able to carry everything. I was going to be hacking into the schools computer files on students; it's what I was taught to do if I needed to know about my opponents. "Ugh, I hope they aren't too protective of their files, I mean I could probably hack it just the same but it'll be harder if they have some blocks," I muttered to myself as I walked out the door so that I could catch the early bus.

(At Sky High about 30 minutes later making it about 7:45)

"OK I have home room in 10 minutes, should have enough time to get info on that Warren kid," I muttered to myself as I sat on the steps to the school and logged into my laptop and began to long process of wirelessly hacking into the school's computer network. A few minutes later I was on and looking at student profiles, 'Gods there were so many useless powers that were classified as Hero' I thought as I looked down the list looking for Warren and quickly found him and saw that he was a Junior like I was and that he was in a good many of my classes.

"I see you found him," Lily stated from behind me as I continued to peruse Warren's file, I nodded and minimized the internet window so that I could hibernate my laptop and put it away so that I could head to home room with Lily. "Well let's get going to home room shall we?" I nodded as I stood up and turned around to see Lily. "Did you get into too much trouble for not being back at the Strongholds' house by 10?" Lily asked as she and Ace took their seats in homeroom and waited for the teacher.

(General P.o.V)

"No I told them that I was with you and the Mrs. Was okay with it because she knows that you'll keep me out of trouble," Ace replied as she fidgeted, this being her first day at a real school in the gods only knew when.

"Well that's good Ace, are you ready for class with your dad?" Lily asked as she looked at Ace, who was still fidgeting around.

"Yes actually, I'm rather excited for that class," Ace began as she pulled out one of her notebooks, "I'm excited to show people what I'm all about, show them the guy who raised me to be like I am." She then started doodling on her notebook cover.

"Well we better hope nobody gets killed," Lily stated as she took out her own sketch book and started sketching some designs. "It leads to an awful lot of paperwork."

"Eh it's all the same to me, if they die they die, if they don't then they don't and they have a great story to tell their kids," She replied as she continued doodling, drawing out cards like she usually did when she doodled. "I looked at Will's schedule as well and he has that class with us unfortunately."

"Great… so why do you keep dodging my questions about the martial arts instructor?" Lily asked as the girls got up upon the ringing of the bell and headed for the hall, Lily then proceeded to lead Ace toward the gym.

"No reason Lily-bells, and you might want to check your schedule before you end up in the wrong classroom," Ace replied, still casually skirting around the face that she refused to tell Lily that her father was going to be a teacher at the school.

Upon taking out her schedule, "Oh… geez… I'm so use to having PE first that I automatically went there." Lily mentally face-palmed and looked at the room she needed to go to on her schedule.

"It's cool Lily, if I had it my way, I'd be sleeping right now considering I haven't been to a real school since I was…," Ace replied as she looked at Lily, "actually I don't even remember going to school really. So what class do you have?"

"I have Hero History with some guy named Shazam, what about you?" Lily asked as she looked at her schedule again to make sure that she had the right teacher and classroom this time.

"I have math, with some shmuck with the name The Temporal Man," Ace replied in an exasperated tone. "Why do supers have to take math, I hate math." She let out a small growl and made sure that she had her calculator so that she wouldn't completely fail out of math.

"Blech, me too, math gives me headaches, even just thinking about math makes my head hurt," Lily stated with a grimace as she held her head.

"Likewise, I may just skip the class all together," Ace began as she leaned against the wall she was standing in front of. "I hate math so much, however Warren is in that class with me, so I may go just because of him."

"Ok Ace, I'll see you in Mad Science," Lily stated as she shook her head and headed toward her class room.

"See you then Lily-bells, best of luck," Ace muttered as she walked toward her own classroom and thought about what exactly it was that attracted her to Warren, a boy whom she had never met.

(Time skip to Mythical History)

"Hey Lily, you ready for this one? It's gonna be a blast." Ace asked as the two girls walked into the classroom and sat in seats more toward the front, both girls were really excited for this particular class upon sitting down Ace looked at the board and saw 'People once believed that when someone dies, a crow carries their soul to the land of the dead. But sometimes, something so bad happens that a terrible sadness is carried with it and the soul can't rest. Then sometimes, just sometimes, the crow can bring that soul back to put the wrong things right.' Written on it.

"You bet I'm ready, this class looks really cool," Lily replied quietly as she took her seat next to Ace. Lily took out her notebook for the class as well as a pen to take notes.

"Heck yes it does, and judging by what's written on the board I think that I know who the teacher is," Ace muttered as she pulled her binder out of her bag for the class as well as a pen, and made sure that the pen wrote well. "I really think I know him."

"Well Ace, who is he then?" Lily asked as she looked at Ace in surprise, most of the teachers were Hero's, very very few were villians.

"He's very special man Lily, a very special indeed," Ace replied as she reread what the board said just to make sure she had it right. "I actually met him when I ran away from my mom and dad that one time."

"He's the one teaching us this?" Lily asked as she looked at Ace. "Awesome!"

"Well if I'm right, which for all intents and purposes I do believe that I am," Ace started, just as she finished speaking, and writing down what was on the board the teacher walked in. "And I was right."

"Wait isn't that Eric Draven?" Lily whispered to Ace as she leaned over a bit.

"Indeed it is Lily, this year is going to be a blast based solely on the teachers we have," Ace replied as she smiled to herself as the teacher hopped up onto the desk and sat cross-legged on said desk. 'Same old Eric.' Ace thought as she looked at him. "He even has his makeup on."

"Hello, class, I am Eric Draven, also known as the Crow. In this class you will be learning the mythical aspects of the origin of each of your powers...as well as the powers of the supers, be they hero's or villians," Draven stated loudly and clearly as he looked at the class.

"Hello Eric, I see you're back again," Ace started as she looked up at Draven, glad that the only thing that had changed about her was her hair. "What happened this time?"

"All will be revealed in time Ace, it will all be revealed in time," Draven replied with a smirk as he jumped off the desk and began writing on the board.

"Ace where have I seen that one before?" Lily asked quietly as Draven put the finishing touches on the quote on the board, being the artist that he was he put birds and tombstones on the board as well.

"Well Lily, I think I told you after my stint in Chicago when I ran away from my mom and dad that one time," Ace replied quietly as she took down the notes as well. "I had it written down because I thought it was cool."

"Ms. Napier you need to quiet down," Draven stated with a smirk on his face, back turned to the class he still knew who that voice came from. Both girls quieted down and began rereading their notes to make sure they were correct. "Now who can tell me about this legend that I have written on the board?" He turned and looked at the class.

"I do Mr. Draven," Ace replied as she raised her hand, nobody else did for a good minute and most of the other students looked puzzled or like they didn't really care. Draven looked exasperated, he knew that Ace knew about the legend.

"Does anyone else know?" Draven asked hoping that someone else would be able to answer the question, nobody else raised their hands for the next few minutes. "Ok Ace you have the floor, tell us about the legend of the Crow."

"Well the Crow was believed to carry souls from the land of the living to the land of the dead. But... every so often a person will die a horrible death, be overcome by a terrible sadness that they carry with them to the land of the dead and because of that the soul can't rest peacefully. And then sometimes, just sometimes, the Crow can bring that soul back to put the wrong things right," Ace began as she looked around, some people who were puzzled now looked less confused. Ace had recited it just as Eric had told it to her all those years ago. "Now Mr. Draven, you've come back for the third time now, what brought you back this time?" Ace was genuinely curious about that small fact, she had been promised by Draven when she was younger that if she needed him to help her, he would come back so she wondered why he was here.

"A simple promise to a friend Ms. Napier," Draven began as he smiled at the girl. "Just a simple promise to a friend from times ago." Ace smiled to herself, she was glad he was here, he never labeled her even though he knew who she came from.

"You remembered?" Ace asked quietly enough for Draven and Lily to be the only ones who would hear it. "You really remembered?" Draven nodded gently, when he first met her he had treated her like a daughter, he had always wanted one after all. "I can't believe he actually remembered that promise." Ace whispered to herself.

"Remembered what Ace, what did he remember?" Lily asked quietly, not pausing for a moment in her note taking.

"He promised me when I first met him that if I ever needed him for any reason he would return and help me," Ace replied quietly as she too took very clear and concise notes on everything that Draven was saying.

"All righty class, we're going to play a little game called two truths and a lie," Draven stated as he turned to look at the class, he sat on his desk again with a smile on his face, he always knew that he would never be a conventional teacher so why pretend, he had always done things different so why stop, he also encouraged youth to be who they were and not how they thought they should be based on what they were told by other people on how to fit in.

"What's two truths and a lie?" Lily asked as she looked up.

"Yes two truths and a lie," Draven began as he looked around the room, memorizing everyone's faces so that he could remember then as they said their names. "We're all going to say two true statements about ourselves and one lie, the class is going to try to figure out what the lie is. I'll start. I'm dead, I'm invulnerable, and I like the color pink. Anyone but Ace." He didn't want Ace answering because she already knew the answer.

Warren raised his hand and waited to see if anyone else would raise their hands as well, nobody else raised their hands so Eric pointed at Warren. "The lie is that you like the color pink." Draven nodded his head, he had intentionally chosen and easy yet misleading one which he would explain later, so that the students wouldn't be intimidated.

"Very good, you are in fact correct which means that you can go next," Eric replied as he looked at Warren. "Two truths and a lie." Warren nodded his head.

"Warren Peace," He stated in his gruff tone that made girls melt. "I work in a restaurant, I drive a motorcycle, and I hate bats." Draven nodded, all could be possible truths and all could be possible lies.

Rosa raised her hand after brushing a lock of her bubblegum pink hair behind her ear, nobody else raised their hands so Eric pointed at the girl, "The lie is that you hate bats?" Warren nodded and looked at the teacher expectantly.

"Very good, you're next Bubblegum girl, two truths and a lie," Draven stated as he looked at her, ready to hear her name. Rosa nodded with a smirk, she had picked this class because she thought it would be easy.

"The names Rosa Machin," Rosa stated as she looked around the room. "This is my natural hair color, I'm a pyro, and I hate spiders." Draven nodded and Rosa thought 'this will be hard for them to figure out, nobody here really knows me.'

Ace raised her hand with a smile on her face, she knew the answer because of the fact that she had caught Rosa in the act. Draven pointed at her from his spot on the desk, "Your real hair color isn't bubblegum pink." Rosa nodded with a hint of disappointment at the fact that other people now knew. Ace smirked and began thinking about what she would pick for her truths and her lie.

"Ok Ace, you're up and you know the drill," Draven stated, Ace nodded and Draven got worried at the idea of what Ace could pick, he did know her past after all.

"The name's Ace Napier, live it, breath it, fear it, got it?" Ace demanded, the entire class except Lily, Rosa, Warren and one other student nodded. "Ok here goes nothing, my power is energy, I have three personalities, and I'm a natural blonde." Ace chuckled darkly internally, nobody ever got it, she always stated the same three things and nobody ever got it. Draven was thinking 'I know the answer but I won't say anything.'

Alex raised his hand, even though he despised most of these people and didn't want to talk in front of them, Draven looked around for anymore hands but found none, so he pointed at Alex. "The lie is actually two things, one being that we should not fear your name, and the second one is the fact that you are not in fact a natural blonde." Ace nodded but looked astonished nobody had ever gotten it and suddenly some random guy did. "Ok here I go, names Alex Masterson, my powers are detrimental to my health, my eyes change color, and I was part of the Justice League."

Lily raised her hand gingerly, not entirely sure that she had the right one but she had hacked the JL mainframe earlier that week so she was reasonably sure, Draven pointed to her, the same smile still plastered on his face. "The lie is that you were part of the JL." Alex nodded silently, he had done his talking for the semester. "My name is Lily Wayne, I've been in gymnastics since I was four, I have a scar on my side, and I don't like music."

Virgil raised his hand, Draven nodded and pointed at him, "The lie is that you don't like music, everyone likes at least one type of music." Lily nodded and smiled. "The name's Virgil Hawkings, I hate the color blue, my power is electricity, and I love my power." He smirked slyly as he looked around, his was easy, he was dressed head to toe in blue and black.

Ritchie raised his hand quickly and Draven pointed to him quickly as well, "The lie is that you hate the color blue, dude you're dressed in so much blue you're making me have a blue period." Virgil nodded just as the bell rang, signaling the end of class.

"Ace could you stay behind please?" Draven asked as Ace packed her stuff up just as everyone else was. "I need to speak with you about something." Ace nodded and waited for the class to clear out, the only one left was Lily.

"I'll save you a seat in the caf," Lily mumbled to Ace before she left the classroom.

"What can I help you with Mr. Draven?" Ace asked as she checked to make sure the classroom was empty, after making sure that it was she got up and wrapped her arms around him in a hug. "I've missed you Eric. How did you know I needed your help?"

"When you got caught by the Hero's the crow came back for me again," Eric replied as he wrapped his arms around her as well. "I read the paper and saw that you had been caught, I knew you wouldn't like living with them so I have an offer and both the Strongholds and the principal have agreed." Ace let go and looked up at Eric, a baffled look on her face. "The crows have been following you since I promised you that I would be here if you needed me when you were 12," Draven stated and Ace nodded that would explain the one crow that always followed her. "The offer is that you can choose to live with me while you're here."

"I'd love to Eric," Ace replied as she looked up at him, tears shining in her eyes. "I'd just have to get my bags from the Strongholds." Eric ruffled her hair and nodded, he knew she would have bags. "Thank you so much, they were driving me crazy, always wanting me to change how I acted and how I dressed." He hugged her again and smiled down at her.

"Well I'll take you home tonight so that we can pack up your belongings," Eric stated as he let go of her, the tears sliding down her cheeks only to be wiped away by Eric. "Then I'll take you to my home, the only thing I should mention is that there is only one bathroom so try to keep priming time to under an hour in the mornings." Ace let out a laugh as Eric finished wiping the tears away. "Now get off to lunch." Ace nodded and headed to the door after giving Eric one last hug.