A/N: This is my very first story! It's rated T for minor swearing and because I am paranoid. I hope you guys all like it:) In this story, none of them have superpowers and there is no Justice League, everybody is Normal. In my story they are all sixteen, except for Roy, who is eighteen. Enjoy!:)

A New Start

Artemis stared up at the ship skeptically. It was pretty big, she would give it that.

"Of course it is big idiot." She thinks to herself. "It's the biggest cruise ship in the world, it's supposed to be gigantic."

Artemis watched as people rushed by, hurrying to get on the ship before its departure. Others looked for loved ones on the deck of the boat as they waved goodbye. It was pretty stupid, the people would be back in a week... maybe two weeks. There was no need for the stupid fan fair.

"Artemis!" The girl turned to the kind faced, blond haired man approaching her. He wore an expensive polo, cargo shorts, and Sperries. For the first time that day, Artemis smiled.

"Hi Ollie." She said as the older man pulled her into a bone crushing hug.

"You have all your things?" He asked as he eyed the single backpack Artemis had slung over her shoulder.

"Yep." Artemis said. "Is Dinah here?"

"Yes she is. She is super excited to see you again." Oliver says as he leads Artemis to the giant ship.

After Artemis was moved from Gotham City to Star City by social services when she was thirteen, she had some trouble...adjusting. The state had sent Dinah into the orphanage in Star City she had been staying at. The two had connected. Dinah would often take Artemis out around to explore the city. Ollie, her boyfriend, would come too sometimes, which is how the two had met.

A few weeks ago, her father tried to get into contact with her again. This time instead of shipping her off to some new city, Ollie and Dinah suggested that they come stay with the two of them on the cruise ship Ollie and Brue Wayne had just bought together. It was the latest thing in Queen and Wayne industries, a cruise ship. Ollie and Dinah wanted to adopt her, they already had Roy living with them.

Originally the couple had been planning on splitting their time between living on the ship and their mansion in Star City, but now they were just going to be staying on the ship with Artemis and Roy.

The two of them walked onto the ship. Artemis eyed the people scurrying around the deck with caution. As a force of habit, she scanned the crowd for any potential threats, security guards, exits, and potential things to steal. Twelve years of training can do that to a person. They stopped on the deck for a moment.

"I have to check in with one of my employees, Hal, for a moment. He was doing some quick repairs on deck when I left to go get you and I want to check and see how that is going. Hang out up here for a few moments, I should only be a few minutes." Oliver says. Artemis nods and then watches him disappear into the crowds of people.

Artemis stood awkwardly in the middle of the deck. She had no clue what to do. She was way out of her element. She belonged on some shady street in Gotham, not a huge fancy cruise ship.

Tentatively, she took a step towards an area where lots of beach chairs were set up. She assumed it was some sort of tanning place. She figured she could wait out Ollie there. She took another step, and then another. People didn't notice her as they moved around, carrying luggage and trying to keep up with their excited children running across the deck.

Suddenly, Artemis felt herself get knocked over and she fell to the ground. She was trapped under the weight of another person. Artemis found herself suddenly starring into bright green eyes. Artemis did not know how to react.

"Oops, sorry beautiful, my bad." The boy said. Artemis still just stared into the green of his eyes. "You okay? Need any sort of mouth to mouth?"

The boy gave her a wink, and Artemis snapped out of it. She shoved the guy off of her, and stood up, hoping nothing had been broken in her backpack because of the idiot in front of her.

"I'm fine. Watch where you are going next time, Baywatch." Artemis replied, taking in the fact that the guy was shirtless and wearing swim shorts. She also noticed that he had a friend wearing sunglasses who was off to the side a little bit, cackling.

"Hey you." She said to the friend. He turned to her. The boy was about her height.

"Yeah?" The boy asked. He had stopped laughing.

"Shut up." She said. The two boys both stared at her.

"What's your problem?" The boy who had run into her asks.

"Annoying boys who don't look where they are going." Artemis replied.

The shorter of the two, the one who had not run into her, began to cackle again. She just sighed and walked away.

Wally watched the girl walk away. Sure she was hot, but she totally had some sort of an attitude problem. He said less then twenty words to her, and she freaked out on him and Dick.

"That was strange." Wally simply said as he and Dick continued to make their way to the pool where the rest of their friends were. Wally and his uncle had been a part of the crew since the cruise ship originally opened for business two months ago. He and Dick had been friends since they were little, but they had quickly made friends with several other teens on the boat as well.

"You know who that is right?" Dick asks Wally as the pool comes into sight. Kaldur, Raquel, and Connor were all already swimming while Megan and Zatanna looked on.

"No, who is it?" Wally asked absentmindedly as he stared at Megan who looked super hot in a green bikini. Of course, she only had eyes for Connor.

"That's Artemis Crock." Dick said.

"Ollie's charity case?" Wally asked.

"That's the one. "

"Why is she here again?" Wally asked his friend.

"Dinah knows her from one of her therapy sessions."

"Oh." Wally says. The two of them approach their friends. "She seems like a bitch."

"Who seems like a bitch?" Zatanna asks, as she looks over at us.

"Artemis Crock." Wally replies, dropping his towel on a chair.

"Who is that?" Connor asks, swimming over to us. We were the only ones at the pool for the moment since everyone was too busy either getting on the ship or getting off. The teens had been given the day off and were grateful they did not have to deal with the chaos.

"Oliver's charity case. She seems like some rude and ungrateful street rat." Wally replies, mostly at annoyance from the way she talked to him. She was actually really pretty.

"Umm..."Dick says uncomfortably. Wally looked over at his friend, who was indiscreetly pointing behind him. Wally spun around to see the one and only Artemis Crock standing behind him. She glared at him and his friends before spinning around and walking away.

"I'm guessing that that was her?" Megan asked. Wally nodded.

"Way to go Wallman." Dick says cackling before diving into the pool.

"I feel bad now." Zatanna says. Megan nods in agreement.

"Whatever, you guys are being such girls." Wally says, diving into the water as well, even though he felt the same as the two of them.

Artemis was pissed off. She had felt awkward just sitting alone, surrounded by empty beach chairs and had gone to explore the deck a little bit when she heard her name mentioned by those...idiots.

She stomped down the deck, nearly running head first into Ollie.

"Hey, there you are kid. Find anything interesting?" Oliver asked, smiling at her.

"Yeah." Artemis said, trying to act excited. Ollie just looked at her, he saw right through it. He put an arm around her shoulder. Artemis tried not to flinch, people rarely touched her. Oliver led her into the main lobby where lines of people were checking in. He led her towards an elevator.

"I know this is different then what you are used to, but I know that you'll love it soon." Ollie assures her. He presses the down button as the two of them wait for the elevator. A few people notice Ollie and point and whisper, but if he noticed it, he didn't show it.

"I know. So where are we going?" I ask Ollie.

"We're going to your room. We put all the teens who work and live here in the same hallway. You'll have your own room and the room at the end of the hallway will be where you go to school. You'll only go for a few hours a day, and Dinah is the teacher. You'll mostly be doing independent stuff." Oliver explains to her as they wait for the elevator.

"Anything is better then Star City East High School." Artemis says as the doors slide open and the two of them step into the elevator. Oliver laughs.

"I'm sure. Curfew is ten o'clock. For the teens, you guys can do anything for work. Your jobs for the day will be posted in the employee lounge on the days you guys work, which is not every day." Oliver continues as the elevator begins to drop. "I will be handling your paycheck as your guardian. Money for each teen is directly deposited into accounts set up by each teen's guardian on board."

"Sounds good." Artemis says. She wasn't too keen on this whole being surrounded by other teens thing. Sure she was used to it, but not if they are those kids she had seen at the pool, the ones who called her a charity case. She felt a pang in her chest. She hated that word especially since this was not the first time someone had called her it.

The elevator doors opened and Ollie led her down a long hallway.

"Here we go, room B-07." Ollie pulled a key out of his pocket and handed it to her. "Here is your room key. If you ever loose it, I have a master key and we have spares in the employees lounge."

Artemis looked at the simple room. Sheets were laid out in a pile on the bed and there was a simple desk and a set of drawers for her clothes. The room was small, but it was her own. She had to smile at that.

"Thank you Ollie, for everything." Artemis said turning to the man. He smiled and hugged the girl. Artemis stiffened, but then relaxed into his embrace.

"No problem kid. If you ever need me or Dinah, text us. You have our numbers, correct?" Artemis nods. "Good. I'm heading up to the watch tower."

Artemis gives him a look of confusion as she drops her bag on her new bed. "What is the watchtower?"

"It's just what we call the bridge where we control everything on the ship from. Just plug your room number into the keypad in the elevator to go up. You and the other teens all have access to it whenever you need us." Artemis nods again. "Alright, Dinah says she will meet you for dinner. She's currently busy helping people get situated on the boat. Bye Arty."

"Bye Ollie." Artemis said, watching as he left. Artemis sat down on the bed. This was her new home, at least until her dad finds her and she is moved again.

A/N: You like? Read and Review. Tell me what you thought! I'm new at all of this, so I hope this was not too horrendous.