It all started when Bruce went to the circus that was in Gotham at eight o'clock that night. The circus vaguely reminded him of his parents. He had a few memories of them when they took him to the circus when he was younger. He loved the performance acts with all of the various kinds of animals. It amazed him to see the acrobats on the trapeze and how they flew in the air like birds. He went with his date for the evening, another one of those pauper to princess stories that he had to encourage.

Bruce was surprised to see a 9 year old boy climbing up the ladder behind his parents. He was shocked that a child would be on the trapeze. As the ring leader introduced them as 'The Flying Graysons', the spotlight hit the family perfectly. They began their routine and everything was going smoothly. Bruce became slightly nervous to see the child in the air but calmed down when he was caught by his father and was swung back to the stand. Suddenly a loud snap rang through out the tent. Soon the parents of the young Grayson were falling towards the ground.

The ring master ordered for someone to call 9-1-1 as he hopelessly checked or a pulse on both of their necks.

The young child was on his knees sobbing loudly into his hands.

Bruce asked his good friend, Commissioner Jim Gordon, of what was going to happen to the boy. Jim told him that Dick was going into foster care, but Bruce didn't want that to happen. After about 10 minutes of arguing with his social worker, he convinced her to let Richard stay with him.

Bruce wasn't going to lie, the car ride home was uncomfortable and the first couple of days were hard. Dick had nightmares every night about his parents death. Bruce confronted him every night with comforting words and a tight warm hug. He understood what the boy was going through. He dealt with the same thing. Soon though they became fast friends, and after a while, they had a father and son relationship.

Dick was not okay with living with a stranger at first, but after he got to know Mr. Wayne, he soon grew to like him. They watched movies, ate together, and even played chess. Dick even taught him Romanian.

Alfred loved that Bruce had a connection with Dick. He watched from a distance as they interacted with each other. It was nice to see Bruce smiling again. Dick brought life back into the Wayne household. He consider the young lad to be his grandson.

Dick was very smart for someone his age. He soon learned math and science and even know how to hack into a computer even though he never owned one. Bruce was very impressed with how fast he learned. Richard excelled in everything he learned. Except for English, Dick could never understand the grammar in the English language.

The death of his parents hit him like a train. He mourned their death everyday but tried not to dwell on it. Of course he missed them, but he never let his rage consume him. His mother warned him about how rage could consume someone. He honored his parents and never let his anger over their murder consume him.

Soon though, Bruce was missing their 'family time' together. From missing meals to not being there when he woke up the next morning. Dick, being curious, investigated and soon found the batcave. He is the adopted son of Batman!

Dick told him that he knew about Batman's identity and he wanted to put his parent's murder away personally. Bruce forbad it and ordered him to stay home. Dick being Dick, simply refused and soon found his old suit from his Flying Grayson days. He followed Batman all the way back to the circus tent.

When Tony Zucco started to fall off from the high beam, Dick simply couldn't have let him fall. He saved him from death and then handed him over to the police. Batman and his young ward watched as justice was being served on to the sleazy crook. Batman told him that this could be his first and only night to be a hero. Dick said how he wanted to help others. He wanted to honor his parents by stopping other people from being hurt by people like Zucco.

Bruce honored and respected that and asked him what his hero name would be. Dick looked at his uniform and remembered being called Robin by his late mother.

"Robin," Dick said proudly.

"Why Robin?" Bruce asked.

"It's a family name," Dick said as he looked at the billboard of him with his parents.

Even though his parents and his old life was taken from him, he had a futher with Bruce. And later down the line, he would have a future with his new brothers and sisters.

END OF CHAPTER 1