My Family: Robin

My father and mother died when I was younger and not a day goes by that I don't think about them. My mother is the reason that I have the name Robin. She always called me her little bird and that was one thing that I just couldn't let go of. Bruce was there the night they fell and he decided to take me in. I guess he saw some of himself in me, or something like that. I was living with him for about a year and a half and he was working really hard to be a good dad. Sometimes he wasn't that great, but he always made up for it and I was okay with that because I knew that he was still learning how to take care of a youngish kid. It was within that time that I found the bat cave, on accident by the way, I wasn't looking for it. Bruce figured out that I knew *coughAlfredcough* and started training me to be Robin. That's what we've been ever since, Batman and Robin is really who we are, Bruce and Dick are the masks that we wear. All though sometime I wish that I could tell the team my real name. They're part of my little family now. Wally and Roy know it, but that's because we've known each other for years and they sore on their lives that they wouldn't tell Batman. They're my older brothers, they look out for me when I can't do it for myself (like when I'm bleeding and can't do anything but lie there) and I felt they had the right to know who I was.

Now I have more brothers and even a few sisters. Black Canary is also very much like a mother and older sister at the same time and we all love her so much for it. I love the feeling of having someone other than Batman to look out for me and keep me out of trouble (or get me into it *coughWallycough*) Megan's cool and don't get me wrong I love her to death, but Artamis is more like a sister to me than Megan. That's only because we hang out and lot more, understand each other on a different level. She'd always off with Conner anyway. Kuldur joined the family right when we first met, even if he didn't know it, because he so much like an older brother, to someone he just met as well that I had major respect for him. I'm the closest with Wally though, I always have been. His family took me in like I was one of them (even though I kind of already was, his uncle being the Flash and all.) He was the first person I told me real name to and all he could do for about a minute was stare at me then he started laughing like crazy (I knew I shouldn't have told a teenage boy that my name was Dick.)

I had thought about it long and hard, I think it's finally time to tell the team who I was. Batman or no Batman (killing me afterword) they should know. I bring everyone into the sitting room and take off my glasses, "Hi, I'm Dick."

"I KNEW THAT FRESHMAN LOOKED FIMILLAR!" They all look between Artimis and I. Wally just sat there looking smug. I smile at her because I can almost read her mind and say

"And no, I'm keeping the picture. We'll laugh about it someday" I'm grinning by now. Again they look at me like I've grown a second head or something. She just sits back into Wally.

"Fine, but nowhere near the internet. You hear me Bird Boy?"

"I can work with that." I'm still smiling like crazy "So any questions? I'll tell you almost anything, free pass." Kuldur being the rock he always is asks "Won't you get into trouble with Batman?"

"Oh, I don't doubt it, but I don't really care." Conner knowing us as well as he does, asked how much Wally laughed when I first told him. Wally went on the defense. "I didn't thank you very much."

"Yes you did. You were gone for about ten minutes and then asked if my parents hated me."

"I don't remember it going like that."

"Yeah, sure. So anyone else?"

"How did you get such blue eye?" Megan asked in awe. I had a feeling that she would ask something like that. She's done nothing but stare ever since I took the glasses off. I smile and tell her just how I got eyes so blue.

"My dad had very dark blue eyes and my mom had a lighter blue, but her eyes were much brighter. I just got the best mix of the two." Megan took this to be acceptable. Artimis had a few last things that just had to be asked (so she says) "One, are we allowed to hang out at school now? Two, do you really have a crush on Babs?"

"One, we could have before so sure. Two, only if you don't tell anyone."

Crap, Wally's going to have a field day with that.

A/N This is first chapter of what I'm hoping will be a great story. All the chapters I write will kind of intermix and I'm hoping to write one for all of the team including Red Arrow. This is also my first story for this fandom so tell me what you think please, flame or not I will take either. Thanks guys, lots of love!