"Dodgeball." Smiles peered on most of the class, including myself. The gym coach gave the rules and penalties and all the other nonsense.

"Team Captains... Hmm. Newbie," He pointed my way. "And Dick." Snickers filled the class, some even whisper they hoped to be picked by Dick.

"Call it Newbie." Coach flipped the coin.

"Heads." I called it while it was in the air. He caught it, and my luck it was on heads.

"First pick."

"Artemis." She was Artemis on the team, how could I pass that up?

"Barbra." Names were called, sometimes I had to point for not knowing their names. But we finished, and the teams split up filling the two sides of the gym. The girl with a broken arm alined the rubber balls on the half-point line because she couldn't play herself. When everything was ready, coach blew the whistle. Havoc broke within the walls of the gym. Rubber against rubber. People on both teams were getting out, and back in, but Artemis and myself, as well as Dick and Barbra were holding up the teams. When I caught one of the flying rubber balls, another member of my team was back on. Armed with at least three of my own, I shot them at the on coming suspects.

"Six more!" That included, Dick Grayson, Barbra, and a few of the athletes. On our side was Artemis, myself, and four others.

"Let's take em' out!" I shouted, a laugh escaping my lips. It's was almost... Chaotic. But before we could claim victory and take them out, coach blew the whistle.

"Get changed! Good game!" He trusted the girls enough to where they would be fine in the locker room themselves, although there was always a female teacher outside the doors.

~.~

"Didn't know you were so good a dodgeball." Artemis knew who I really was. So it was easy to chill with her, when I wasn't worrying about my dad.

"Yeah, I have a good time playing it." I shrugged. "Are we meeting at the Cave after school?" I asked.

"Yeah. Batman and Robin have some mission briefing and training. But this time Zantana will be there, so you have someone to spare with."

"Zantana?" I pretended I didn't keno who she was.

"A magician. Her dad... Kinda took on The Helmet of Order." She explained. We walked until we split up for our separate classes.

~.~

"Nice to meet you." Zantana greeted me with a small handshake. "I hear we're sparing together. I think it's a good idea since we're both magic users."

"Yeah." I smiled a fake smile, but it looked real enough. "Call me Amelia when we're not on the battle field."

"Okay." She smiled, a real smile. One that involved the whole face.

"Let's begin. Since both Zantana and Amelia both could not spare our pervious practice, they can start." Black Canary announced. "I have things to discus with Batman," The floor was divided into two parts. Two teams could train on either side. Artemis and Wally trained on one side, as Zantana and myself stood on the other side.

"I'm going to take a wild guess that you haven't trained or soared with another person." She said, muttering a spell and turning her clothes into work out ready ones.

"Right on." Not exactly. I muttered a similar spell that did the same.

"But I hear you know what you're doing. So, let's see what you've got." We both took a fighting stance, each fit to our self. My fists were raised one extending farther than the other, my feet spread apart evenly. I began to study her stance. Similar to my own, but her feet were wider apart.

"Ready?" She asked, almost in a taunting way.

"Try me." I replied in the same manor. She seemed to shuffle closer, and when she went for a punch, she began to step. Time suddenly seemed to slow down, that my movements defied time it's self. I locked my ankle behind hers, at the same time leaned backwards to avoid a hit. Before her foot hit the ground I swiftly pulled my own forward, causing her to lose balance, ultimately cause her to fall. Zantana's name appeared beside her with a negative five. It was some sort of game. She recovered quickly, while I was still happy about my last victory, she took a punch at a farther range, not my style. I dropped to my knees, but my brain couldn't process the sudden movement. Long story short I slipped. But I flipped up, a small slip up would not stop me. Charging with the speed of a hawk, and the force of a wolf, I went for a closer fight.

We were both out of breath by the time our training was over. Sparing took so long because neither her or myself would give in to the fight. Batman had no briefing for us, so I left back home for a much needed shower.