Fire and Lightning (Book One) [Young Justice fanfic]

Chapter Fourty-Six- Scarlett

February 28, 2011. 20:15

Mount Justice.

Willow looked harder. In truth, this place did look familiar. But she couldn't quite tell why.

"I guess...It's outside somewhere?"

"Look, is that a willow tree?" Emma asked, pointing at the tree that shared the same name as Willow.

"Yeah. Why is there a willow tree?" Wally repeated.

They all turned at the sound of a voice, "You can't catch me! I'm The Flash!" A young boy came running around the side of the house being chased by a girl who looked like she could be his sister and a black-haired boy who wore a red cape.

"No fair!" The little girl cried, grabbing for her brother's Flash t-shirt, "You're ALWAYS The Flash!"

"Who are they?" Artemis asked, looking at Willow

"I don't know..." Willow answered honestly. She had a sinking feeling that her friends were going to have a lot of questions that she couldn't answer.

The little boy with the cape crossed his arms and looked up at the bigger boy, "Scarlett's right, can't you be someone other than The Flash?

Superboy and Dragonfire both gasped, "Scarlett?"

"Scarlett? Who's that?" Wally asked, speaking for everyone.

Dragonfire looked past him, at Willow instead. "She was Willow before Pyro was."

"Ok, I'll be Superman!" The older boy gave in, showing no sign that he or his companions noticed the group of super-teens that had just appeared in his backyard.

"No, Connor's Superman!" young Scarlett protested.

"Yeah, Royston, I'm Superman. I have the cape after all!" "Connor" said. 

Instantly Dragonfire knew that this was the Connor that Scarlett had been begging her to find. She started at him intently, memorizing his young face, trying to think of how he might look now.

"Fine." Royston mumbled, relenting to the younger children.

"Connor! It's lunch time!" said a motherly voice from a house across the street.

"Aw, man, now I've got to go home," Connor kicked at the ground with his shoe.

Scarlett pulled him aside before he could leave and cupped her hand around his ear, "Meet me at the tree swing after you're done with your lunch. I have a secret plan to tell you."

"Aww, that's so cute!" Zatanna cooed.

"Does the Royston guy remind you of Red Arrow a little bit?" Artemis asked, examining the boy's sharp, attentive eyes and his reddish-brown hair.

"Yes, a little bit," Kaldur said distractedly, trying to take in everything at once.

"Willow, are you alright?" Emma brought the attention back to the girl who hadn't spoken in a long time. Willow had a single tear running down her cheek, a hand over her mouth, and her face was chalk white.

"I...this is...I remember this day." She said at last, as Scarlett waved goodbye to Connor.

"This was..." Willow searched for the right words.

"It looks like a good day though, right?" Wally asked, though he didn't sound very confident in his assessment.

Willow shook her head,confirming his fear. "This was a bad day."