Sorry I'm just now saying it, but thank you to the guest who commented in chapter 3.

Chapter 8: New Students

Gotham City was known for its crime and grim city weather. Gotham Academy, on the other hand, was known for its high grades, first place trophies and students that become future leaders of Gotham.

On the outside, you could say the student body was very nice and helpful. That's true for a small amount of the population. The rest of the students are extremely self-centered and snobbish.

Two of the small percentage of nice students were put in charge of welcoming and showing three new students around. Richard "Dick" Grayson and Artemis Crock were currently waiting at the front of the school with more of the more snobby students, Abigail Carson.

Abigail brought out a nail filer and started doing her nails."Ugh, I can't believe I have to greet some lamo newcomers with you two losers."

Artemis rolled her eyes." No one's keeping you here, Abigail. Oh wait, I forgot, your here because you got caught skipping class and instead of getting detention, Principal Donovan let you off with a warning and have you two weeks of community service.

Abigail sent a heavy glare to the blonde." Shut up peasant girl! I'm going to the cafeteria, have fun chaperoning without me!"

"DON'T WORRY WE WILL!" Artemis yelled at the retreating girl with fake kindness.

Dick just sighed at his friend's antics." Did you really have to irritate Abigail, Artemis? We'll probably get in trouble because of her."

"It's not my fault I told the truth. What're the names of those new students again?"

Dick pulled out a sheet of paper from his pocket." Well we already know that there's three new students, it's two freshmen and a junior. Their names are Samantha Manson, Tucker Foley and this either says Jasmine or Juliette Masters."

"Those names sound familiar."

"I know, I'll look them up later."

"It's been three days since we found that kid and he hasn't left the room Batman put him in."

"Maybe one of us should check on him to make sure he hasn't died for real. Maybe we'll see why Megan and Zatanna were so upset on Sunday."

Just then a limousine drove up and stopped beside the two friends and three teenagers got out. The two girls exited first. The older one has reddish orange hair set in a low ponytail. She looked both excited to be at school and completely done with life at the same time.

The second girl had shoulder length purplish black hair with a small part of it held back by a hair tie. If the two vigilantes had to guess, this girl was goth, but it was hard to tell with the school's strict uniform policy.

The last one to get out of the limo was a nerdy/ geeky looking African American boy with square glasses. He was furiously typing on a PDA. Looking around he spotted Dick and Artemis and pocketed the PDA and smoothed over his small afro. Smiling at Artemis, the boy introduced himself," Sup gorgeous, the name's Tucker Foley or TF for Too Fine."

The other two girls groaned at Tucker's horrible flirting skills and the goth girl slapped him on the back of his head.

Artemis glared at her friend cackling beside her." Shut up Dick before I tell the others about your literature project."

Dick gasped dramatically," you wouldn't dare!"

The older teen smirked," try me."

Dick started grumbling under his breath before remembering the three teenagers staring at him. He cleared his throat, embarrassed." Sorry about that, kinda forgot you guys were there."

The dark haired girl was the first to respond." It's fine, blame Tucker for being an idiot and attempting to flirt with every girl he meets."

"Hey, I'm just an acquired taste."

The goth girl rolled her eyes." Your an acquired taste alright. Anyway the name's Sam and you've already met Tucker the nerd," she ignored the angry hey," and the quiet girl beside me is Jazz."

Dick nodded before pointed to himself." My name's Richard but my friends call me Dick. The blonde girl Tucker hit on is Artemis."

Artemis glanced at her phone." We've got thirty minutes until homeroom. Let's go ahead and start the tour."

The group went inside the school and went to the more interesting parts of the school first, then went to the important sections. Soon the tour ended at the front office so the newbies could get their schedules.

Jazz was comparing her class schedule to the others. Since she was a junior there weren't many classes that she'd have with the others. One thing the group all had together was lunch.

The bell rang for homeroom and everyone went their separate ways. Sam had the same homeroom as Dick so they walked there together. "I don't mean to pry, but are you, Jazz and Tucker adopted? You guys don't look anything alike or have the same last names."

Sam just looked slightly annoyed and sighed." It's fine, everyone will find out later today anyway. We all have the same guardian, Vlad Masters. He's Jazz's uncle."

Dick's eyes widened at the mention of Vlad Masters. He was supposed to go with Bruce later today to meet him and his wards to discuss some business deal or expansion, Dick hadn't really been paying attention. "My adopted father and I are supposed to meet you guys for some business deal."

Sam just stared at the shorter teen," So you're kid we're supposed to try and befriend."

Before Dick could respond they had reached the classroom. The teacher made Sam stand near her desk and told the others to take their seats.

"Class we have a new student joining us today, her name is Samantha Manson and you will treat her how you treat each other." Sam scowled at being called by her real name. "Is there anything you would like us to know about yourself, Samantha?"

"Yes, first off my name is Sam not Samantha and anyone who calls me by it will get a combat boot where the sun doesn't shine." She glared at everyone in the room, including the teacher." Second of all I'm a goth and an ultra-reclyclo-vegetarian, which means I don't anything with a face. I hope there are options like that in your cafeteria." She sent another glare to the teacher.

The teacher cleared her throat a little, withering slightly under the goth's hard gaze." Will that be all Ms. Manson?" She had a slightly hopeful tone.

"Unfortunately no, the last thing I wanted to share that wasn't my idea. My guardian is basically forcing me and two others to invite everyone in each of my class to a party this Friday at our mansion. Let me know if your coming, but I'd prefer if you didn't."

"Okay then, have a seat next to Richard so I can take attendance."

Surprisingly school was going by in a blue, before anyone knew it, it was time for lunch. Another surprising thing was Tucker successfully flirting with a girl. Sam and Jazz couldn't believe their eyes when they saw what was happening.

"So then I hooked up my PDA to the school and started playing Mr. Lancer singing in the teacher's lounge. He was awful." Tucker and the girl both started laughing.

Artemis walked over at the same time as Sam and Jazz. "Don't tell me you actually think he's funny Barbara. Don't you remember what I told you about Tucker's flirting."

"Just because he's bad at flirting doesn't mean he's bad at everything. Tucker was telling me how he hacked into his old highschool's gym projector during an assembly and played a video of his vice principal singing in the teacher's lounge."

"Huh, that actually does sound pretty cool. Anyway how's your first day going so far?"

Sam sat down at the table thinking," I'm pretty sure I scared all of my teachers, and possibly a couple students."

Dick walked up to the table holding a tray with two slices of pizza on it. "What're you guys talking about?"

Barbara and Artemis greeted their friend." Sam was about to tell us how she scared her teachers."

"I was there for it, she glared at basically everyone."

Sam took a bite of her tofu sandwich," At least word got around to the other teachers. One of them almost slipped up but he turned it into a cough."

"What about you Jazz, how was your day so far?"

Jazz was so quiet in the rowdy lunchroom that everyone at the table could barely hear her." It was alright."

"That's good, did any of you talk about the party? Hopefully there'll be lots of girls there."

Artemis rolled her eyes and thought to herself. "Oh great, another Wally."

Barbara turned to the others, "What day is the party."

"Friday night, "Sam groaned, "I don't know why Vlad wants us to throw a party. We're only gonna be in Gotham until whatever business deal Vlad has is over."

"Who cares, we get to throw a party."

Soon lunch was over and the school day was going by fast again. It was the last class of the day and Tucker and Jazz had gym with Dick and Artemis. The two former walked into the gym after changing to find all the other students sitting around the gym, some of them setting up cones and dodgeballs. "What's going on?"

"Coach Willis got sick last period so we have the gym to ourselves. Some of the students are getting ready for a game of deer hunter."

"What's deer hunter?"

The raven haired boy gasped dramatically. "You've never played deer hunter! It's the best version of dodgeball ever! So there's a group of five hunters that wear vests while everyone else are the deer. There's cones indicating safe zones, if your hit outside the safe zone by one of the hunters you have to sit down. Deer that haven't been hit can tag another deer to bring them back into the game. Once there's only one deer left or ten minutes have passed it's game over."

"That does sound fun. Let's play."

Jazz opted out on playing the game and instead sat on the bleachers and watched everyone else. Dick was banned from using his acrobatics to escape the dodgeballs, but that didn't stop him from using parkour. Tucker stayed in the safe zone most of the time and would occasionally leave to help a nearby deer. Artemis was ruthless as a hunter and could hit anyone from any angle.

At the end of the school day as all the students were headed home, a certain billionaire vigilante and his butler came to pick up another vigilante. "How was school Master Dick? Did you meet Mister Master's wards?"

"Yeah, they're a pretty interesting group. They sound familiar though, I'm not sure why. I told Artemis I'd see what I could find out about them. Although they're gonna throw a party on Friday, Sam doesn't seem too happy about it."

Bruce gained a thoughtful look on his face. "What about the other two."

"Tucker seems a lot like Wally, just instead of superspeed he's really good with technology. And Jazz barely spoke a word to us, but I did find out she's Vlad's niece."

"Interesting, find out what time the party is on Friday and see if you can bring some of the team with you. Text Artemis to do the same."

"Okay, hey what's this?" The young hero pulled a note from his pocket. "I don't remember anyone handing me a note. The note read, 'Tell Danny Jazz's alive and Lex Luther is tracking him.'