I'm really hooked into writing this story! It's not like I don't like writing my other story (that I REALLY need to update) it's just that I get less writer's block with this one because it's my OTP :) Okay, so some I don't know why my chapters have gone longer nowadays XD Well actually blame my detailness. And if you haven't seen the list of kids that I put on my profile for this story, then it's going to be in the end of this story :) Enjoy!

Disclaimer: I don't own Young Justice...I own a chip...a chip that's about to go in my mouth...the chip was delicious

The Daughter's Diary

Chapter 5: Watery Eyes

Maris opened her eyes slowly. She was still weary from last night. Well, she doesn't really know what happened last night. Some parts were blurry in her mind. She realizes that this was not the same bedroom that she's use to waking up. Most of the things were too girly for her liking, or more like too childish. She gets out of the bed as her feet feels the softness of the rug.

Maris peeks outside to the hallway, "Hello?"

"Good you're up! I'm down stairs in the kitchen!" Dick's voice was heard all the way to her.

Her feet slowly came down the stairs while she held the railings. She could smell something cooking, but she doesn't know what it is yet. When she finally got down the stairs, the left side was this big and gigantic area for the living room and the right side had this admiring kitchen. Not far in front of her was the front door with exquisite designs on it. It might've been just the most detailed door she's seen. Dick sees her in awe in the middle of the house, "Do you want breakfast?"

She looks at her new guardian, "Yes."

The ebony haired young girl follows him to his kitchen, "Um, you're not wearing a mask?"

He smiles at her, "Well, we can't wear a mask all day long."

She nods, "Then who are you?"

He raises an eyebrow at her, "Why do you want to know?"

"Because I'd rather want to know who's taking care of me."

The acrobat smirked, "Richard Grayson, but my friends call me Dick."

"Then what do I call you?"

"Anything," he shrugged, "You could call me Richard, Dick, Dad, Richie, Mr. Grayson-"

"What?"

He shook his head, "Never mind."

She already sat on one of the bar stools in the kitchen island. Dick looked around, "So, what do you want for breakfast?"

"I don't know," she looked around the stove, "what where you cooking before?"

"Cook?" He eyes her weird, "All I did was burn toast."

"Burn toast?"

"Yeah, and then I threw it in the garbage can."

"How can you burn toast?"

"I just left it in the toaster for too long..."

There was an awkward silence, until Maris just bursted out laughing, "Dick, I don't think you can cook."

Her laugh was contagious and soon he was laughing too, "Just because I burnt it once!"

"Yes!"

He kept laughing, "Okay, so what's your favorite cereal?"

She held down her laughing, "Hm, do you have Frosted Flakes?" (Love that cereal!)

He grabs the cereal box from the top shelf, "Of course I have it."

The hero grabs the milk out of the refrigerator and pours some on her bowl. The Frosted Flakes were already there, so she started eating. Dick got the same cereal as her, too. Maris looks at the side of the island table and sees a family picture. She looks at it curiously, "Are they your family?"

He swallows the little lump on his throat that had cereal. He looks at her and then the picture, "Yeah."

"Where are they?"

"Um, well that's sort of complicated."

"Oh," Maris eats another spoon full of her cereal, "your wife is pretty though."

"Yeah, she really is." He puts a faint smile, "Lets hope that you meet her one day."

She nods and then looks at the little girl in the middle of them, "Who's she?"

Dick exhales, "She's my daughter. Her name was Mary Ella."

Maris smiles, "I'd like to meet her one day."

"I have a feeling that you already know her."

...

Dick thought it would be a good idea for her to finally see what the outside world is all about, so after breakfast he took her to the park. Her eyes were mostly glued to the windshields when she was in the car. There were so many people, houses, pets, and trees that she could imagine. The settings kept changing, until they finally came in the park. She smiled widely, "It's like in the books, but better!"

Maris got out of the car. Dick saw how fast she went and made sure to run after her. She stopped to look at some rose beds. The petals had blossomed really marvelous as the sun shined upon it. Her senses divulged her to smell the red roses as she kneeled down to the tiny flower's height. She stretches her hand to grab a flower, but ends up with a pricked finger from the sharpness of the rose's stem.

Dick caught up to her and saw her finger, "Are you alright, Maris?"

The ebony haired girl looks up to him, "Yes."

He helps her up, and then motions for her to follow him. They both halted in front of the ice cream stand. Dick started to order, "Can we get 2 cookies and cream. And also a napkin."

The man gave him a couple napkins and Dick licked the tip of it's meager end of the napkin. He leans down to the mini cut and wipes the blood away. She sees how helpful the man is, even though they just met. A good auro was present around him and she could sense it. Richard gave her the other cookies and cream ice cream in his hand, "Here you go."

"Ice cream?"

"Yeah, cookies and cream is my favorite flavor."

"That's weird."

The unmasked hero had a questioned face, "Why?"

"Because it's my favorite too."

He chuckles, "Why is that weird?"

She starts to lick her ice cream, "Because we already had the same breakfast together."

He shrugged while still having a little laugh. They were walking along the lake while lovely swans and ducks swam in it. She felt amazed and she wanted to touch them, but saw the sign that says 'Please don't touch animals.'

Maris just tried to start licking her ice cream again, "It's pretty here."

"I knew you would like it."

She smiled, "I want to come here everyday."

"Sure, but you have to tell me some stuff first."

"What?"

Dick held his ice cream tighter as he made sure the perimeters were safe enough to talk in, "We still haven't finished our talk in the interrogation room."

She's chewing on the small chunk of the oreo that was smashed up, "About what?"

"About," he tries to think, "about Cadmus."

"It's a place where I don't want to go back to."

"But why? What did they exactly do to you?"

They were still walking on the path next to the lake. Maris tried to hide her sigh, "They..."

"You can trust me."

She nods, "They made me forget."

"Forget what?"

"A lot of things..."

"But you're a smart girl."

"No, I meant they electrocuted me. When I was little, they use to do it a lot."

Dick's eyes were wide open, "And you didn't die from it? Or get hurt?"

"I did." She paused, "But they would always fix me up in the end."

"Fix."

"Yeah, some kind of machine they use. I don't know if the electric chairs were suppose to melt my memories, or they were testing my special abilities."

"Special abilities? What kind of special abilities?"

"Uhm, well. I kind of don't like it."

"Your special ability?"

"Yeah, as far as I know, I'm the only one that has it. I wish I could meet other people that have special abilities, too."

Dick just finished his ice cream, "And your special ability is?"

"Well, I can make things happen when I talk backwards."

A gleam appeared in the brawn man's eyes, "You mean...you're a homo magi?"

"A what?"

"A homo magi. No one ever told you about yourself?"

Maris tried to concentrate, "Not really."

She had already finished her ice cream. He stopped at his tracks and bent down to her level, "I can help you."

The little girl bit her lip and looked down, "Why are you so nice to me? You just met me."

Richard started to lead her to a near by bench and they both sat there. He started to talk, "So, you really don't remember who your parents are, right?"

She looks at him blankly, "No, not really."

He swallows hard as he looks straight into her blue orbs, "What if I say...that I'm your dad."

Maris didn't speak at all. She didn't actually know what to say, or to believe him. Her mouth tried to open, but no words came out. The deliberations in her mind exploded into a million pieces. Dick's still hoping that she would give him an answer, "Maris?"

She swallowed hard, "If you say you're my dad. Then who's my mom?"

He scratches the back of his head, "You know that woman that you saw in that picture?"

The 10 year old girl feared to answer, but she did it anyways, "Yes."

"That's...that's your mom."

Her eyes went wide open, "And that little girl?"

He choked up on his words, "You."

...

Maris was still flabbergasted. No words were said in the car back home. When they got back to the mansion, she just went straight to the living room. Dick turned on the T.V. for her. He waited for a second until he went down stairs to the basement to make a call.

He has her on speed dial with his other friends. First ring -no answer- second ring -no answer- third ring -the phone finally picked up- although it wasn't who he expected.

A little boy's voice was heard, "Hewo?"

"Hello?" Dick figured out who the toddler was, "Josh? Where's your mommy?"

The ebony haired man heard Wally talking to Josh to who he was talking to. Later on, the cell phone got shifted to Wally's voice, "Hey man."

"Hey, I thought this was Artemis's phone?"

"Yeah it is, but the kids keep hiding it from us," Wally laughed, "so why do you want Artemis?"

"I need her to talk some sense to Zee again."

"Wait, so it's true?"

Dick Grayson read his best friend's mind, "Yeah, I even told Maris this morning."

"Already?"

"Yeah, she has the right to know who she really is."

On the other line, Wally was pursing his lips, "But what if she's not."

"Wally, I just know. I can tell."

The red head mentally smiled at his best friend, "Okay, dude. I'll tell Arty to talk to Zatanna. Have fun parenting again."

He knew his best friend still hasn't changed at all, "Bye Wall-man."

After a few laughs from Wally, they both hanged up. He turned around to see Maris standing on the stairs. Her eyes were still amazed with all the games and electronics in the basement. It was a pretty sight to see because there were new and old video games. There were Wii's, Xbox's, a big television screen, a couple arcade games, etc.

Dick smiled, "Oh, yeah I forgot to show you the basement."

"This is the basement?" She stopped and looked around, "This looks like the fun zone!"

He chuckled lightly, "Lots of the kids play around here all the time. You can play with it too, it's mostly for you."

Her eyebrows shot up, "Me?"

He nods, "Yup, come on. I'll turn the Xbox on."

A big smile raced upon her face. She never thought she could be this lucky. And knowing that he might be her real and actual dad could change everything. In her mind, a family isn't actually that bad.

...

It's around lunch time already and he thought it would a be a good idea to make some spaghetti. She helped out too, but it was mostly him. Maris laughed, "Hey Dick, you might not want to burn anything."

He laughed, "Again with that?"

She laughed while nodded, "Of course."

After they got the spaghetti done they put it on their plates and sat on the table. During the middle of their lunch the door bell rang. Dick stood up and got it. Once he opened the door, his mouth curved into a smile, "Zatanna."

She gave him a shy smile, "Hey."

He motions for her, "Come in, it's lunch time."

Zatanna hesitantly came in, "Yeah, and Artemis called me."

He closes the door behind her, "I'm happy that you're here."

She sighs happily, "Me too."

Their conversation got cut short when they both heard a happy girl from the kitchen, "Mom?"

She came into view from the kitchen and slowly went to her. Soon she was only inches away from Zatanna as she ran towards her with a hug. Zatanna was wide eyed and confused at the same time. She didn't really know the 10 year old that much, yet. Although, the tactility of the atmosphere tugging her in this moment felt unbelievable. For once, she hugged her for the first time.

Yup! Stay tuned for the next chapter! I hope you really like the last part and well every part of this chapter :) I love all your reviews, alerts, favs, and mostly reads :D

Here are the kids for this story:

-Kent (4)

*Girl Kailin Marie Kent [15]

*Boy Wesley Reed Kent [13]

*Boy Johnny Colton Kent [11]

*Girl Ariel Dawn Kent [4]

-Ahm (2)

*Boy Amistad Ahm [14]

*Boy Jeptur Ahm [13]

-West (3)

*Boy Aaron Parker West [11]

*Girl Abigail Ember West [11]

*Boy Josh Finn West [3]

-Grayson (1)

*Girl Mary Ella Grayson [10]