It begins on a night like every other — except not exactly, because most nights were spent in Bludhaven nowadays, and fighting as a family unit didn't happen…often. But it was happening tonight, and for that Dick was very grateful.

…Or at least that's what he kept telling himself.

A small part of him (a very small part, he silently insisted) wanted nothing more than to reach out, grab all three of his brothers by the scruffs of their necks, and bash their heads together until they could barely speak, let alone argue (like they'd been doing from the moment they'd all teamed up). Of course he wouldn't do that, because he loved them to death, and giving your baby brothers brain damage was not something a kind, devoted big brother would do.

(But could you blame him for really wanting to sometimes?!).

Dick had to admit though, his patience was starting to thin. They'd been running around in circles all night, trying to catch the sorceress who had been terrorising Gotham for over a week now, and were getting nowhere. To make things worse, Bruce was out of town, and had asked Dick to take over for a few days until he got back (thankfully he did not have to slip back into the Bat suit — he liked his Nightwing costume just fine, thank you very much). However, it meant that he was stuck here, running around in circles and dealing with his…lovely…younger brothers.

Thank god Cass was here. It was nice to have at least one sane family member on his side, even if she mainly observed the situation silently, and occasionally quirked her lips in a way that made Dick wonder if she really was on his side.

Dick was dragged from his thoughts by the sound of a loud bang. He shot a panicked look towards the group, his shoulders relaxing ever-so-slightly when he realised that there were no corpses. No, Jason had only fired above Tim's head, at the wall — that was a step up for him, he supposed. Still though, Dick didn't know how long it would take before a bullet was lodged in someone's head.

Dick sighed. As annoying, and as life-threatening as this argument was, it was kind of nice to see his brothers working together. Even if the only reason Jason was with them tonight was because he'd bumped into them when the witch had been tormenting them with her annoying, and not impressive at all magic, had found her equally annoying, and had thus declared her his next victim.

…And if 'working together' translated into 'trying to kill each other.'

When Dick realised that Jason looked ready to lift the gun yet again, and Damian had that all too familiar glint in his eyes that Dick liked to call his 'Lil-D-Death-Stare' (he'd had that look a lot when he'd first arrived at the manor), he decided that it was time to intervene. And so, it became time to fulfil one of the key roles of Nightwing - being the one person who could stop his fucked-up family (who he loved very, very much) from slaughtering one another.

(Well, other than Alfred that was…but Alfred didn't run around on rooftops dressed as a giant bird and/or bat, so for the sake of this argument, he didn't count).

"Robin! Red Robin! Red Hood!" Dick yelled, hurrying forward. "Knock it off!"

"Fuck off," Jason spat.

"Come on guys, we're supposed to be working together!" he pleaded. "Can't you just forget how much you hate each other for one night and just…work as a team?!"

"They won't do it," Cass pointed out.

Dick shot her a look of betrayal. Yes, he was truly alone in this family.

"He started it," Tim said, shooting Jason a vicious glare. "And then he made it worse." That glare was then transferred over to Damian.

"Of course we did," Damian snorted. "You're far too useless to start an argument, or to allow one to escalate."

"Robin!" Dick snapped. Oh yes - disapproving big brother mode was on. He was totally going to stand here on some random rooftop, at whatever god-awful hour it was, and give his brothers a long-winded, "we're family and that means we have to like each other!" speech.

…And then Jason interrupted.

"Hey, the sorceress slut is over there!" Jason yelled, pointing behind him. Dick turned (feeling more than a little disgruntled), and sure enough, the 'sorceress slut' was standing behind them, looking at them in amusement.

"Didn't mean to interrupt your little conversation," she said, smirking. "Seems like you guys were really getting into it."

"Fuck you!" Jason snarled, lifting his gun.

"No guns!" Dick hissed.

"Fuck you!" Jason growled again.

"I don't have time for this," the sorceress said, strolling forward. Dick narrowed his eyes, and crouched slightly, preparing himself to attack. The sorceress paused, and she let out an amused laugh. "I really don't want to fight any of you. I have things I need to do and you — well your getting in the way."

She cocked her head to the side and said, "but maybe this will keep you out of my way while I finish my work."

And then they were all green.

…Well not green exactly, but there was a bright green light, and by the time it had faded the sorceress was gone, and it was just them, the dysfunctional Bat-Family, standing alone on the rooftop.

Oh God, Dick could just feel another argument coming.

"Where is she?!" Damian demanded, his head whipping around frantically. "Where did she go?!"

"What was that?" Cass murmured, staring at them with wide eyes.

"I didn't even see it coming," Tim muttered, shaking his head. "Did any of you guys see that coming?"

"Useless," Damian snorted.

Tim narrowed. "I repeat - did any of the rest of you guys — and that includes you, Robin — see that coming?"

"No, I don't think so," Dick said quickly, hoping to avert yet another argument (seriously, maybe family therapy was on the table…). "I don't even think she moved — one minute she was just standing there, and the next moment, we're surrounded by that green light."

His brow furrowed as he tried to remember what the sorceress had said. She'd wanted to…get rid of them? Well clearly that hadn't worked.

"Why the fuck are we still standing here?" Jason growled, his eyes narrowed. "Let's find that bitch, and finish what we started."

Dick shrugged and nodded, because — why not? Nothing felt wrong…

…Then again, how did he know? He didn't even know what that green light was. What if it was some weird curse that would cause their insides to slowly rot, or cause their bones to decay, or…or….

Well, there was a lot that could go wrong, and he didn't want to risk it. Not with his family's lives on the line.

"We'll take a quick look around for her," he told them, "and then we'll head back and make sure nothing's wrong. We have no idea what that spell was, and I don't want to risk anything going on."

Cass and Tim nodded, Damian snorted, and Jason…was gone.

"Uh…Hood?" he said, looking around. What the hell? "Red Hood?!"

How the hell had Jason had time to sneak off?

"Did anyone see him leave?" he demanded. They all stared at him blankly.

"I didn't even notice he was gone," Tim said, blinking rapidly. "I mean…either he's become really good at being stealthy, or — "

And then he was gone too.

Dick's eyes widened and he jerked forward. "Tim!" he yelled, rushing forward (although he didn't know why he was rushing forward, because there was nothing there).

"Wha — where'd he go?!" he demanded, looking around desperately. A moment later he realised that he'd just used his brother's name, which was a huge no-no when in the field. Then he decided that he really didn't care, because Tim and Jason were gone.

Oh fuck, why had he wanted them to stop arguing? Arguing was way better than this!

"Okay — okay," he said, struggling to calm himself. "We have to look for them — maybe they've been transported somewhere — "

He looked up and nearly screamed.

Cass and Damian were gone.

"Oh for crying out — WHAT?! Come on! Guys!" Dick let out a frustrated moan, and ran his fingers through his hair. Right — alright. He had to find his siblings…

…and that was the last thought he had before the world around him descended into darkness.

…

AN:

Okay, since I'm a huge sucker for time travel fanfiction, and an even bigger sucker for the Bat Family travelling back in time — and since I seemed to have read all the time travel tics Batman/Young Justice/Justice League/ect. fandoms at the moment — I decided to write my own.

Basically, that spell is going to have the Bat Family thrown back in time, then sent back to their own time, then sent back again...I thought it'd be fun to have them sent back at the most random moments, when none of them really expect it. It could lead to some hilarious moments xD

I'm setting this in the Young Justice verse, because I'm not too experienced with the comics, and don't want to make a huge mess of this thing. Of course, I probably will anyway so…if there are any HUGE mistakes I make with the timelines or details of this thing, please point them out to me. I've been reading fanfics from these fandoms for quite some time now, but I've only just started writing fanfics for them now, so I don't want to mess anything up!

Tell me what you think (and also, if anyone knows any really good time travel and/or dimension travel fanfics for this fandom (especially involving the Bat Family) please, please, recommend? Because I am seriously a MASSIVE sucker for time travel stories.