Title: Yes, I'm a Witch

Disclaimer: I do not own Young Justice.

Prompt: An explosion goes off in Artemis' face during a mission, permanently blinding her. What is an archer without her sight?

Pairing: Artemis/Klarion

Artemis lay on the bed in the medical bay back at Mount Justice, waiting to be removed from the team. None of her fellow teammates could face her right now except for Megan, who Artemis had never really been that friendly towards anyway. The doctors, whose faces she didn't care to memorize, had left her two hours ago.

The Martian must have felt guilt and pity for Artemis, but the archer was not above using it to her advantage. Megan could help her stay on the team. Artemis had loved joining the group – years of her father's training and criminal sprees might be redeemed. Young Justice had lessened the guilt she faced from helping her father, but it also created an alluring thrill.

Artemis loved fighting – she craved it – despite being a hero, it was the one trait she probably still shared with her father. Both Crocks loved combat.

That was gone now – all because of an impulsive move. Artemis was blind, because she had protected Megan from the explosion that had consumed the building from their last mission. If the other team members had gone blind, they would still have had their superpowers except for Robin. Megan, Wally, and Kaldur could still have been useful despite being blind. Even Robin would still have been an asset with his hacking abilities.

But not Artemis – her archery and her martial arts depended on her eyesight. Sure, she could train and try to still fight criminals – but she was too much of a burden now. Years of her training felt wasted. It had only been a few hours since the team's last mission, but Artemis expected Batman to come charging in and remove her despite her current state.

She couldn't be sad anymore – there had to be some way to fix her eyesight. The league's doctors had told her that she would never see again – so she could not turn to science to cure her.

Where is Wally when you need him to lighten the mood?

Wally's world – where everything could be defined and predicted by scientific theorems and formulas could not help her. Artemis' initial tears had long since dried.

If science and medicine cannot help me, magic must. I will do anything…Anything to see again.

"Megan," Artemis called out, moving her right hand around until it found and rested on the Martian's shoulder.

"Artemis…I feel guilty. Thank you for taking the explosion for me. I don't know what to say..."

"Megan…I need your help."

"Anything," the Martian cheered up. Artemis could picture Megan doing somersaults at how happy she was that Artemis was finally talking to her after what happened.

"I need help finding someone – could you do that with your telepathy? Let's say you read his mind from one of our missions, could you try sensing him?"

"Maybe…I do have a telepathic bond with the team where I can sense where you are if I need too, but I've been around you on a regular basis. Why are you asking for this?"

"Megan…I just need to know if you can do it."

"Yes. Who do you want to find?"

"The witch-boy. Klarion."

"Artemis…he's a criminal. You shouldn't be doing this especially in the state you're in. I'm going to get Batman back here."

"No!" Artemis snarled, grasping Megan's hand, before applying pressure to almost break it.

"Artemis – you're hurting me."

"Megan – I want to see. Batman and the league can't help me now. Don't you want me to see again? I'll be kicked off the team!"

"Yes I do…but him? Why? The league must be able to help."

"Who else do we know that could help us? No one."

"But he'll trick you. I don't think he'll help you for free, Artemis."

"Does it even matter now? Look at me – take a good look at what I've become so that I could protect you from the explosion. I'm useless!"

"I'm so sorry…" Megan started crying again, sitting back down on a chair next to Artemis' bed.

"You're going to help me find him. Wherever he is, we can fly there in your bioship. He probably won't run when he sees us – he'll think of using us to get to the helmet Wally kept."

"But can we let him get the helmet?"

"No! But we can try tricking him! Or if not, we'll have to have a plan to get the helmet back and double-cross him. As long as I can see…"

"Okay…I'll help you if you know what you are doing. I only briefly read his mind that mission – so I'm not promising anything."

"Can you do it now? I don't know what the league will do with me now. They might come any minute to take me home."

"Just be quiet so I can concentrate."

Megan sat in the chair, wiping the tears from her eyes, before focusing her mind. Being around the other team members had made her able to sense them, reading both their minds and emotions without them in the room. She concentrated, trying to remember the feeling of reading Klarion's mind.

Suddenly, Megan's mind felt a strange pull to some dark, alluring energy. It felt like it was singing out to her, so she focused on its call. Her body started convulsing, but it wasn't until her body had fallen to the floor that Artemis had heard her and moved to steady the Martian.

"Megan? What's happening?"

"I don't know. I don't know..."

Should I tell her to stop or urge her to continue? My sight depends on this.

"Artemis…something's wrong…"

The dark aura was netting itself around Megan's mind, before flooding into her.

"Keep concentrating, Megan."

Megan's body started shaking again in Artemis' arms. After a few minutes, the Martian's body stopped moving abruptly.

"Well, well, well," a cackling childish voice ripped itself from Megan's lips. The voice was Klarion's – Artemis could recognize it from how grating it was on her nerves. The sound seemed to be a violation of nature – Artemis hoped that Megan would come back, but more importantly, that her eyesight would return.

"Klarion?"

"Why yes. Why have you been probing minds where you don't belong, little archer?"

"Shut up. I need something from you."

I must be brave now.

"Me? I'm flattered. What can I do for you?"

"Can you cure my eyesight?"

"Can and will are two very different things, archer… Why should I help you?"

"What do you want? Don't play with me, witch boy."

"Ohhhh – your temper as just as bad as that redhead archer's. Does it run in the family?"

Artemis glared at him, hoping that it came off menacing.

"I'll do anything."

"Fine. I want more than the Helmet of Nabu. It was more like a trophy to me. But you must agree to do something for me."

"Name it."

"After our last delightful encounter, Abra Kadabra didn't return to me. Some people just don't take well to having their masters leave them to be captured. It's not my fault that he couldn't escape! Anyway, I need a new servant and you can fulfill that role."

"And how would I become your servant?"

"A blood oath. As a bonus, I'll also teach you magic like I did with Abra. You will also need to help me find him."

"What else does servitude entail?"

"I will not tell you now. You must agree to serve me."

Artemis faltered.

Klarion said the helmet was like a trophy to him, but what did being his minion minion? Is it worth my sight? Yes, look at my mother. She's crippled. I can't be at a disadvantage like that. And the promise of magic… I will initially be not just another well-trained human. I will be on par with the other members of my team finally.

"I'll do it."

"Yes…" Klarion laughed from Megan's body. "Hold out your arm."

Artemis presented her arm forwards, noticing it accidentally nudge into Megan's side. As Klarion forced Megan's nails to transform into claws to quickly cut and draw a little of Artemis' blood, Artemis reflected on her choice.

I'll never get used to being blind. This is the right choice. I will stick by this.

"Archer, for this to work, you must simply promise to serve me indefinitely."

"Is this a bonding or a marriage vow, Klarion?"

"Just do it, mortal!" Klarion hissed. Artemis almost laughed at how uncharacteristic it would look for way too nice Megan to hiss.

Artemis sarcastically replied, "I promise to serve the oh so great and powerful Klarion until my death. He's so strong that a rag-tag team of teenagers beat him."

"Ha ha. Very funny, archer."

Artemis felt a dark tendril of energy lash out, probably from Megan' possessed body, and loop around her. It sank into her – what felt like the center of her spiritual being. It wasn't a bad feeling – the darkness of the energy almost made her feel drunk on its power.

"Now I shall restore your eyes. I shall make you see more than you usually could have before the explosion. Your eyesight will be animal-like, but I won't go into the properties of the magic yet to someone so naïve."

Klarion chanted something so quietly that even Artemis heightened hearing couldn't pick it up.

Her eyesight returned, and Artemis's grin widened to once again greet the world of color. She didn't care that Megan was currently possessed.

I can see!

"Now what to do…" Klarion hummed from Megan.

"Can I still be on the team?" Artemis asked, tired of Klarion's humming.

"Yes…We both will be. It will give me opportunities to fight and teach you. Anyway, I will not always be possessing this girl's body. She's become my anchor to this plane like Teekl was, but I don't need to be with her at all times."

"Can you make her forget this happened?"

"Yes. Her powers combined with my magic running through her can do it. I'll make some fake memory of her sitting here and you suddenly regaining your sight. The team will question why, but even her uncle won't be able to detect that her memories are fake."

"But what if they read my mind?"

"I'm surpised she hasn't brought this up to your team since she knows about the Cadmus incident. She could have created mental blocks on each of you to shield your minds. I will do the same for you, but when her uncle reads your mind, he will come across the same fake memories he sees in Megan. But unlike with her, you will know that the memories are fake."

Artemis gulped, raising herself from the bed.

"Am I evil now?"

He looked at her, creating a humored glint in Megan's eyes.

"That question is irrelevant now, archer."

AN: The prompt also said "Bonus love if she's protecting a vulnerable-to-fire M'gann from the explosion, and it eventually ends in M'gann/Artemis," but I'm still not sure about if I should do this.

Should Artemis/Klarion be temporary or should Klarion continue to possess Megan and that could somehow end up into a Artemis/Megan pairing? Or should Klarion/Artemis be the only pairing? Or should Artemis have an eventual romance with Wally?

Anyway, should the explosion and mission be given more detail in a flashback?