That night found all three Danvers girls and their significant others at Jeremiah and Eliza's house in National City for dinner, awaiting the arrival of their aunt and cousin from Blue Valley.
"Barbara." Eliza said when she opened the door to see her little sister and her daughter standing on the other side.
"Eliza." Barbara said as she hugged her big sister.
"Hi Aunt Eliza." Courtney said with a smile as she hugged her aunt.
"Courtney, you're growing up so much." Eliza said.
"And she takes after her father even more than I wanted her to." Barbara said with a look on her face that Eliza read loud and clear.
"Wait, Aunt Eliza knows about Dad?" Courtney asked.
"You told her?" Eliza asked, surprised, since while she'd accepted getting pulled back into the life when she and Jeremiah first helped Superman learn to understand his abilities and then when he brought Kara to them to raise, but Barbara had been quick to reject it, since not only did the life get their father, the first Starman, killed, but then it also got her husband killed when he was chosen to be the second Starman. And she'd never wanted Courtney to know.
"Didn't have a choice. The staff picked her. That's why we're here. I figure it's time that she learned the rest of the family secrets before she gets too involved in the life." Barbara said.
"Can we go inside so I can see my cousins before we talk anymore?" Courtney asked, since they were just standing on the front step.
"Right of course, come on in." Eliza said as she showed them in.
"Courtney." Alex said as her younger cousin rushed up to hug her.
"Hey Alex." Courtney said as she hugged her.
"What about me? The one who always sends you very expensive presents for your birthday every year." Kara asked teasingly as Courtney moved to hug her other cousin.
"And finally, my new cousin who I still have questions about how she joined the family in the first place." Courtney said.
"And I'm sure you'll get them after you say hello to your uncle that you haven't seen in years." Barbara said.
"Right, hi Uncle Jeremiah, glad Kara and Alex got their dad back, even if I didn't get mine back." Courtney said.
"Okay, what's going on?" Lena asked.
"Wait, who are the new faces?" Courtney asked, realizing she didn't know half the people there, right as Felicity dropped to her knees and clutched her head.
"Felicity." Alex said, rushing to her girlfriend's side.
"Sorry, I didn't want to ruin the moment, but the bug is driving me crazy. It's shouting about detecting some kind of cosmic energy source nearby. It's taking all my willpower to keep it from coming out due to it seeing that energy as a threat." Felicity groaned.
"What is she talking about?" Courtney asked, right Felicity could no longer keep the beetle under control as her armor formed.
"She's Blue Beetle." Courtney said, knowing of the newest members of the Justice League.
"Oh that's not even half of it Courtney. In fact, I think that it's time that your cousins showed you who they really are." Barbara said.
"Are you sure?" Kara asked.
"She already knows about her father, might as well tell her about the rest of the family." Barbara said.
"What are you talking about?" Courtney asked, right as Kara and Karen reached for their watches and activated their suits and Alex put her ring on and Donna performed the traditional Amazon spin transformation to reveal that they were Supergirl, Powergirl, Green Lantern and Wonder Girl in front of Courtney.
"My cousins are members of the Justice League?" Courtney asked.
"Founding members and Kara's the leader." Alex reminded her.
"You come from a family of heroes Courtney. You already know how that legacy began." Barbara said.
"With your dad, my grandpa, Ted Knight, the one who made this." Courtney said as she held out her hand and suddenly the cosmic staff flew through a window, shattering it, and into her hand.
"Damn it." Jeremiah said.
"I'll pay for that." Kara said.
"No need." Lena said with a smirk as she held out her hand over the glass shards on the floor.
"Riaper eht wodniw." Lena said as the window sealed itself up.
"Whoa, what was that?" Courtney asked.
"Exactly what it looked like, real magic. And I think I've gotten the hang of it." Lena said as Kara smiled at her girlfriend.
"Thank you Lena." Eliza said.
"Of course. And I can sense some serious power coming off that staff. An old and ancient power. Almost as old as my power." Lena said.
"That's old." Kara said and Lena nodded, right as Kara remembered her trip to Bludhaven.
"That's why Raven had the vision." Kara said.
"What?" Courtney asked.
"While I was Bludhaven, helping the Teen Titans with something, one of their members, Raven, whose power is practically the opposite of the staff's sensed when it reawakened. I don't know why though." Kara said as Lena held out her hand again and it glowed, demonstrating just how much mastery she'd gained over her power.
"It's a kind of yin and yang situation. Raven's darkness is a counter to Courtney's light. A balance." Lena said.
"I don't understand anything you just said. All I know is that when I touched the staff, it glowed, and suddenly I got some kind of vision of a girl about my age with pale skin, black hair, dressed in black and a red gem on her forehead." Courtney said.
"The same thing happened to Raven at what I'm assuming was the same time you got the staff, except hers was of a blonde girl holding that staff in a basement." Kara said.
"That was me. I found the staff in one of Pat's crates in the basement." Courtney said.
"I think that in addition to training with me and the other Leaguers, Courtney should work with the Teen Titans so that we can investigate whatever connection she has with Raven." Kara said.
"Wait, I get to train with Supergirl and work with superheroes?" Courtney asked eagerly.
"As long as your mom signs off on it." Kara said, since every member of both Young Justice and the Teen Titans who were underaged had their legal guardians' permission to be there. Mainly because all of their legal guardians were members of the league or connected to them in some way.
"We'll talk about it later. But anyways, the reason I brought Courtney out here was because I wanted to show Courtney all the family secrets, now that she knows the truth about her father." Barbara said.
"Wait, if Kara's an alien, then does that mean Krypto?" Courtney asked and Kara whistled and Krypto came running in through the doggy door installed in the door.
"Yes, he is a kryptonian dog and he's the only thing I brought with me from Krypton, he was kind of a support animal for me when I first arrived." Kara said.
"Cool." Courtney said as Krypto barked at the staff.
"I think Krypto wants to play fetch with the cosmic staff." Lena said with a chuckle and the staff warbled.
"Don't worry, I'm not going to let him use you as a chew toy. Not when you're my only connection to dad." Courtney promised.
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SuperCorp Chronicles
FanficAlternate reality where Kara chose to become scientist instead of a reporter. Kara Danvers and Lena Luthor never thought that they see each other as anything more than rivals. But a chance encounter at their college reunion changed everything in mor...
