a/n: Nothing's better than an extremely late Halloween fic right? ... Yeah, I'm sorry. I'm not a very punctual person. ~procrastination is a lifestyle~
"Uh, Mom," A freckled ginger blinked as he lifted his arm, "I think it's too big." His mother leaned back with a needle in her mouth, "Do you think?"
He flailed his arms which were clad in excessive crimson colored fabric for emphasis, "Yeah, I think it is." She scratched her head and furrowed her brow as she gazed at the floor. Then she snapped her fingers and her eyes lit up with an idea, "I'll be right back." She stood up and made her way out of the dining room.
Wally let out a breath and sat down pushing his goggles up. "I think you look great, kiddo." A voice said from the doorway. Wally looked up and his eyes shone, "Thanks Uncle Barry!" He responded happily to the blonde man leaning in the doorway. "Y'know," he smiled, "The Flash is my favorite superhero too." Wally's smile widened as he swung his yellow-booted legs.
He was going to be the Flash for Halloween.
"Why do I have to be a boy?" Artemis groaned looking down at her fem!Green Arrow costume. "I think you look wonderful!" Her Uncle Ollie laughed heartily. "I don't even like the color green." Roy pouted as he looked down at his own Green Arrow costume.
"C'mon guys, Green Arrow is the best."Ollie smiled down at his son and niece. Dinah appeared behind him with a competitive smile on her face, "Oh really?"
"I wanna be.. I wanna be..." A frustrated Conner Kent mumbled as he glared at the floor. He was asked who he wanted to be for Halloween. He finally looked up at them with his cotton-candy blue eyes, "I wanna be Superman." He whispered looking sideways to the floor.
"Look Uncle John!" A happy voice rang. The afore mentioned turned to see his auburn-haired niece in a ... "surprising" outfit. A dark blue cape flowed behind her, a white shirt with a familar red X across it and blue skirt accompanied by boots in the color, you guessed it, blue. There was also the matter of the accessories she most likely meticulously picked out: gloves in that color, the little belt, etc.
"And what is it you are supposed to be?" He asked in a gentle voice. "I'm Miss Martian! Sidekick to Martian Manhunter!" She smiled admiring her work. "Is that so?" He smiled bending down as she hugged him.
"If it wouldn't be too much trouble could I be Aquaman?" A young Kaldur'ahm asked politely. A blonde man standing before him smiled, "No trouble at all Kaldur."
The dark-skinned boy beamed.
"Batman." Robin said in a dignified little voice. "Are you sure young master?" Alfred asked raising an eyebrow. Robin looked up at him with his cobalt colored eyes and nodded. "Well, we might have to consult Master Bruce beforehand."
Robin sniffed and nodded shortly. They walked through the old halls of Wayne Manor till they were in front of a lavish yet old door that led into Bruce's study. Alfred composed himself and knocked on the door. After a short rustle of papers and the smallest scrape of a chair the door clicked and opened.
"What." He almost growled in that oh so familiar Bat-tone. "Master Richard would like to be Batman for Halloween." Bruce's eyes narrowed a bit and you could almost imagine the cowl upon his face. "Are you sure about that?" He asked looking down at his young ward.
Robin looked up and shook his head vigourously. "Well," Bruce said smiling. Yes, the Bat full out smiling. "I'm honored." He bent down and ruffled the boy's raven hair. Robin looked up at him and gave a peakish smile.
"I'm Wally," The green-eyed ginger introduced as he met Robin; dressed in his beautifully tailored (by Alfred) Batman costume. "I'm uh," Robin cast a cautious glance to Bats, he gave an otherwise unreadable look to the young bird. Batlanguage, of course. "I'm Robin."
"Cool name dude." Wally smiled pulling the cowl he had slid off closer to his ear. "This is Arty." He said mockingly as he pulled the blonde girl in her female Green Arrow costume forward. She playfully punched Wally in the arm, "My name is not Arty," she glared with her piercing gray eyes. She turned to the young boy in front of her, "It's Artemis."
"I'm Roy." The eldest of them said holding his hand out slowly. Robin took it and smiled. "I'm Megan and this is Conner." Megan said as she looked as if she levitated to them. She was holding the hand of a shy looking raven haired boy with light, light blue eyes. "Nice to meet ya' cutie." Wally haughtily replied leaning on Artemis as he flashed Megan a smile. Artemis elbowed him in the stomach.
"I am Kaldur'ahm," The young boy in an Aquaman costume said walking towards them, "but you can call me Kaldur."
They six of them smiled at each other as they began to converse. Some more than the others.
They worked a tactic for each house. Megan, Conner, and Kaldur were the decoys. While Wally came back four times, each wearing a different mask. Artemis and Roy pretended to get into a fight then Robin would swoop in and take four handfuls of candy from the unoccuppied bowl. It wasn't a great tactic but hey; they were getting there.
a/n: I have no idea why this took so long for me to write. Especially considering it's so short. Oh and my tactic was poop, sorry 'bout that. But I hope you guys forgive me? This is one of the last Nursery Rhymes I had planned so from now on Nursery Rhymes will be on a temporary hiatus. (I'm going to be working on some fully-grown Wally and Artemis. wink wink, nudge nudge) I'll take requests but I doubt any of you will give any :/ Thanks for reading anyway. woo~