She crossed her arms across her chest, irritated.

     "Cut the bull, Dick. I knew since that first night ..."

     She pulled down her hood and took off her mask.

     "Frate."(Brother)

     She then looked at me. It was Hailey. My long lost sister.

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Time skip to a month later
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Hailey's POV
It was early in the morning. Since I had found Jase here, Bruce decided to take me in so that I had a home as well. He discovered that I have awesome hacking/computer skills as well, so I worked as the computer girl behind the scenes. I put away my Nightingale suit so that I could help Bruce, Dick, and Jason with their missions.

Bruce and Dick were going to be spending half the year rigorously training Jason in fighting forms, styles, and moves that took me years to learn, and practice, from mom and dad when I was little they taught me how to defend myself since we never knew where we were going to go and that it might be dangerous.

A tear slipped slipped down my cheek at the thought of mom and dad. Today was Dick and I's birthday. (Even though he was older, we were still born on the same day, 5 years apart.)The day they had fallen because I couldn't tell them about my vision. They wouldn't have gone on the ropes if I had told them. Without realizing it, that single tear had turned a stream then a quiet sob.

Dick's POV
It was early in the morning. I was lying awake on my bed after a nightmare I always the night before my birthday. It was the one where I was standing, helpless, as I watched my parents fall to the ground. The one where I was separated from Hailey. I could never go back to sleep after I have that nightmare.

About twenty minutes after I wake up, I hear a soft sobbing and someone muttering in Romani coming from the room next to mine on the right. Hailey. She must be thinking about it too. I got up and walked to her bedroom door. The only thing that I hear though is rustling and zippers. Then I hear the sound that I hadn't heard in so long. A guitar. I hadn't heard it since Mom played it for us the night before that night.

Gone Too Soon
By Simple Plan

Hey there now
Where'd you go
You left me here
So unexpected
You changed my life
I hope you know
Cause now I'm lost
So unprotected

In the blink of an eye
I never got to say goodbye

Like a shooting star
Flying across the room
So fast, so far
You were gone too soon
You're a part of me
And I'll never be the same here without you
You were gone too soon

You were always there
Like a shining light
On my darkest days
You were there to guide me
Oh, I miss you now
I wish you could see
Just how much your memory will always mean to me

In the blink of an eye
I never got to say goodbye

Like a shooting star
Flying across the room
So fast, so far
You were gone too soon
You're a part of me
And I'll never be the same here without you
You were gone too soon

Shine on, shine on
Onto a better place
Shine on, shine on
Will never be the same
Shine on, shine on

Like a shooting star
Flying across the room
So fast, so far
You were gone too soon
You're a part of me
And I'll never be the same here without you

You were gone too soon (Shine on, shine on) x3

When she was done, I was leaning against the wall with tears streaming down my face. I could hear her putting the guitar away. After she was done, I could hear her sitting down on the bench in front of the piano and start playing and singing. That was the thing about Hailey she had been blessed by Apollo, our cousin, for some reason, and now she is talented with anything musical. Her voice can also convey certain emotions very well through song.

Lost Boy
By Ruth B.

There was a time when I was alone
Nowhere to go, no place to call home
My only friend was the man in the moon
And even sometimes he would go away too

Then one night as I closed my eyes
I saw a shadow, flying high
He came to me with the sweetest smile
And told me he wanted to talk for a while
He said, "Peter Pan, that's what they call me.
I promise that you'll never be lonely."
And ever since that day

I am a Lost Boy from Neverland
Usually hanging out with Peter Pa-an
And when we're bored, we play in the woods
Always on the run from Captain Hook
"Run, run lost boy," they say to me
"Away from all of reality"

Neverland is home to Lost Boys like me
And Lost Boys like me are free (x2)

He sprinkled me in pixie dust
And told me to believe
Believe in him
And believe in me
Together, we will fly away in cloud of green
To your beautiful destiny
As we soared above the town that never loved me
I realized that I finally had a family
Soon enough we reached Neverland
Peacefully, my feet hit the sand
And ever since that day

I am a Lost Boy from Neverland
Usually hanging out with Peter Pa-an
And when we're bored, we play in the woods
Always on the run from Captain Hook
"Run, run lost boy," they say to me
"Away from all of reality"

Neverland is home to Lost Boys like me
And Lost Boys like me are free (x2)

Peter Pan, Tinker Bell, Wendy, Darling
Even Captain Hook
You are my perfect storybook
Neverland
I love you so
You are now my home sweet home forever
A Lost Boy at last(x2)

And for always I will sing

I am a Lost Boy from Neverland
Usually hanging out with Peter Pa-an
And when we're bored, we play in the woods
Always on the run from Captain Hook
"Run, run lost boy," they say to me
"Away from all of reality"

Neverland is home to Lost Boys like me
And Lost Boys like me are free (x2)

From these songs, I could tell that this was how she copes with certain events. She plays songs that she thinks describe the event and pours her emotions into them. It was also pretty clear that she inherited the vocal gift of our maternal grandfather and mother. I saw Jason walking down the hallway. He comes and snuggles up to me.

I looked down and saw that Jason was crying quietly, the tears being soaked up my shirt. I hugged him to comfort him. I could tell he didn't like to see/hear Hailey in pain, emotionally or physically. I heard her playing another song, a much happier tune. I can already tell that she was trying to think happy.

Don't Stop Believin'
By Journey

Just a small town girl
Living in a lonely world
She took the midnight train
Going anywhere

Just a city boy
Born and raised in South Detroit
He took the midnight train
Going anywhere

A singer in a smoky room
A smell of wine and cheap perfume
For a smile they can share the night
It goes on and on and on and on

Strangers, waiting, up and down the boulevard
Their shadows, searching, in the night
Streetlights, people, living just to find emotion
Hiding, somewhere, in the night

Working hard to get my fill
Everybody wants a thrill
Paying anything to roll the dice
Just one more time
Some will win
Some will lose
Some were born to sing the blues
Well the movie never ends
It goes on and on and on and on

Strangers, waiting, up and down the boulevard
Their shadows, searching, in the night
Streetlights, people, living just to find emotion
Hiding, somewhere, in the night

Don't stop believing
Hold on to that feeling
Streetlights, people (x3)

I knew that Jason noticed as well because he smiled. From what the lyrics were, this was probably similar to how they met. If I had to guess, they met the night that I had met her as Robin. He probably stitched her bullet wound up. I hear Hailey starting another song, but she wasn't playing this. I was a little confused, but I soon realized this wasn't a song that she could play on just one instrument. The audio track was coming from her phone.

This Is Me
By Keala Seattle and The Greatest Showman Ensemble

I am not a stranger to the dark
Hide away, they say
'Cause we don't want your broken parts

I have learned to be ashamed of all my scars
Run away, they say
No one will love you as you are

But, I won't break me down to dust
I know that there's a place for us
For we are glorious

When the sharpest words want to cut me down
I'm gonna send a flood, gonna drown them out

I am brave
I am bruised
I am who I'm meant to be
This is me

Look out, 'cause here I come
And I'm marching out to the beat I drum
I'm not scared to be seen
I make no apologies
This is me

Whoa-oh-oh-oh
Whoa-oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh-oh
Whoa-oh-oh-oh
Whoa-oh-oh-oh
Whoa-oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh

Another round of bullets
Hits my skin
Well fire away (Oh)
'Cause today (Oh)
I won't let the shame sink in

We are bursting through the barricades
And reaching for the sun

(We are warriors!)

Yeah, that's what we've become

I won't let them break me down to dust
I know that there's a place for us
For we are glorious

When the sharpest words want to cut me down
I'm gonna send a flood, gonna drown them out

I am brave
I am bruised
I am who I'm meant to be
This is me

Look out, 'cause here I come
And I'm marching out to the beat I drum
I'm not scared to be seen
I make no apologies
This is me

Whoa-oh-oh-oh
Whoa-oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh-oh
Whoa-oh-oh-oh
Whoa-oh-oh-oh
Whoa-oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh
This is me

Whoa-oh-oh-oh
Whoa-oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh-oh
Whoa-oh-oh-oh
Whoa-oh-oh-oh
Whoa-oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh

When the sharpest words want to cut me down
I'm gonna send a flood, gonna drown them out

This is brave
This is bruised
This is who I'm meant to be
This is me

Look out, 'cause here I come (Look out, 'cause here I come)
And I'm marching out to the beat I drum
(Marching out, marching out! Marching!)
I'm not scared to be seen
I make no apologies
This is me

Whoa-oh-oh-oh (Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh)
Whoa-oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh-oh (I'm gonna send a flood)
Oh-oh-oh-oh (Gonna drown them out)
Whoa-oh-oh-oh
Whoa-oh-oh-oh
Whoa-oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh

This is me!

It was around 6 in the morning now. Since it was not a school day, most kids weren't usually up. But we had grown into the habit of getting up early to train and stuff. I got Jason up and took him down to the Cave. He eagerly followed me through the grandfather clock.

He got into his Robin uniform and met me on the sparring pads. He went into a defensive stance. I attacked first by running forward and swinging at his head he ducked and used a back kick to my stomach. This caused me to stumble back but not fall down. I counterattacked with an axe kick to his head, causing him to use a high block and flip over to the back of my neck. When he landed on my neck, he wrapped his legs under my chin and flipped me over.

After he had won the sparring match, we heard clapping coming from the entrance of the Bat Cave. I looked up to see Hailey in flexible clothing and a mouth guard in her hand. It was clear that she was planning to help Jason work on his skills. Sometimes I forget that she was Nightingale and that Mom and Dad had taught her how to defend herself. She came down the stairs by...front hand springing down?!?!?!? That's my trick! I think I may have had a pouty face because she laughed when she looked at me.

"Cheer up Dick. You look like you just found out you were the next target of the Stolls. Of course they have Katie and Miranda to restrain them now as well." (She muttered the last sentence.)

Jason looked confused. Oh schist! I forgot that we hadn't told him yet. I looked at Hailey and could tell that she was thinking the same thing. But the thing was we had to get special permission from the gods to tell him. Bruce already knew because of Diana.

You don't have to ask us. We are okay with you revealing our existence to anybody you consider family.

Thank you, Father.

Anytime, son.

I turned to Hailey and I knew that she had received the same message. We told Jase to follow us. I told Hailey to go get Alfred.

Hailey's POV
I went to go find Alfred. I already knew he was a son of Hermes. How else could he remain passive while threatening or sneak around undetected? He makes it too obvious.

I head toward the kitchen where I find Alfred baking Seaweed Brain's delicious blue cookies. I try to sneak one out of the pan, but Alfred catches me and slaps my hand away.

"Not yet, Sparky."

I was fuming in anger because he knew that I hated being called that. He looked at me and knew he was screwed. He ran faster than I had ever seen him run.

"ALFRED!!!"

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