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Mirabel’s eyes traveled around the town as she wandered. Having been traveling for weeks, over the looming mountains, being down in civilization was a breath of fresh air compared to the rugged jungle. Looking back for a second, she smiled sadly. She was happy for Antonio, she really was! But her being there hurting the families image! She didn’t want to leave, she loved her family, but she wasn’t doing anything good for the family.
Sighing as she turned down a small alleyway, she came to a screeching halt. A glowed Violet ring hovered in front of her.
(Nearby, John Stewart, who had seen the ring coming, was watching with intrigue, a possible Star Sapphire huh?)
“Que?”
“Greetings Mirabel Madrigal of Earth, you have the ability to instill great love within others and yourself and you have been chosen for the Star Sapphires, would you like to accept?”
“What?”
Shrugging John landed.
“That’s one hell of an opportunity kid, it’s not often that any of the good corps but the Green Lanterns send rings to your planet. To have that much love in your heart…” he chuckled. “You must be one hell of a kid.”
“Sir, I don’t understand, I don’t have a gift?”
“Oh, your one of those Madrigals that the League’s been watching? Bah, it doesn’t matter, if you decline, I’m pretty sure the Blue’s will send you one, maybe even the Green.”
Mirabel stalled.
“What?”
“The Emotional Electromagnetic Spectrum, basically, what emotion radiants so greatly from you, that we take notice. The Blues recently sent one ring. It's a compliment,it’s difficult to master a ring. Should you accept, I would be honored to train you. ”
“Train?”
“That is if you want to help people. “
“I-that’s all I ever wanted to do.”
John smiled, she could fit a few of the corps. But he could never see her in red,yellow,orange, or black.
Mirabel’s eyes traveled back to the ring before reaching to grab it, only for it to secure to her right middle finger.
“To activate your power say:For hearts long lost and full of fright, For those alone in Blackest Night. Accept our ring and join our fight, Love conquers all with violet light!”
Mirabel looked over at John who nodded. Inhaling she muttered:
“For hearts long lost and full of frights, for those alone in Blackest Night, Accept our ring and Join our fight, Love conquers all with violet light?”
A glow traveled down Mirabel’s body. Her form was covered in a material, her under arm and inner legs were black, the rest was a violet color, a loose dark purple leather jacket was open, her shoulders were covering in silver armor pieces, , her hair, which had been up in a loose ponytail, was now tinted purple, a mask sat innocently on her face,a large eight pointed star sat on her chest, fingerless gloves hid the majority of her hands.
“Not bad, you should see some of the other girl’s outfits.”
Mirabel hummed in response, preferring to examine her new suit. The armor mixed with the rest of the outfit created the perfect balance.
“Alright, rule one about being a Star Sapphire, you can create light constructs, rule two, you can use energy to fly, and rule three, you can create crystals. Got it. To fly, you need to concentrate on- “
Mirabel was hovering above the ground, in a similar position smiling widely. John smirked slightly. So she was a problem child then.
“Alright. Let’s see if you can keep up. “
In a blur of green, he shot up. Weaving in and out of tall buildings. John landed, fully expecting to have to go find her, when a low thump rang out from behind.
“So you kept up?”
“You’re very good at fly sir. “
“Please just call me John. “
“So what’s next?”
“Flight control. “
Mirabel’s face reflected that she didn’t like that.
“Why? I just showed you I can fly?!”
“You can fly, can you maneuver? Being lantern means that you will face hardships and trials. You need to be ready to move at a moment's notice. ”
She fell silent. And John smirked again, shooting up and hovering as he waited for her to join him. She did eventually, after five minutes, and in those five minutes he got front row tickets to her attempts to try and make crystals and light construsts.
“Not that easy is it?” He rumbled amused, the chair he had made dissolving as he returned to hovering. She muttered something, and he cupped a hand to his ear.
“I’m sorry, I got carried away. “
“Happened to every lantern ever. “
For the next hours until sunset and into the night , John had Mirabel practice quick moving maneuvers, using his contructs to mimic a plane coming out of nowhere, missiles, and even an enemy lantern.
By the end Mirabel was panting, and John looked at the time. Sighing he landed and Mirabel all but collapsed onto the ground. A glow traveled up her body, and she face planted into the ground.
“Tired much? You better get used to it, that was going easy on you. “
Mirabel had looked up when he spoke, groaned into the ground, John offered her a hand. She accepted it, he pulled her to her feet, and showed an empathetic smile.
He briefly looked her up and down, before placing a firm hand on her shoulder.
“You’re going to hate me for this, but we need to go to America. “
“What?! I want to stay in Columbia!”
“I know you do, but you need to see what you’re going to be against. And that’s where I live, the Justice league will be suspicious if I just move. “
Mirabel’s shoulders slumped, and John thoughts for a second that she was going to give up on this so quick. Only for her to look back up, her resolve firm in place.
A quick utterance of the Star Sapphire oath later, they were sailing through the clouds. His new ward was keeping up fairly well. The first Major city they saw glittered like stars, and he looked over ,only that she had stopped.
“Mirabel?”
“It’s beautiful !”
“The view certainly is killer isn’t it kid. “
She looked away and smiled up at him. Was it possible that Batman already knew of Mirabel’s existence? Yes.
Would he tell everyone? Probably not until it was absolutely possible. Probably.
Smiling right back, he glided down into the city, and landed on his balcony. A glow traveled down his own body, and Mirabel followed in suit. Yawning as she did so.Inviting Her to Sleep on the couch and walking off to get her some clothes he gor from a friend, John frowned slightly, Hal did surprise stop bys, and it wasn’t uncommon for Hal to take over what someone else was doing simply due to his arrogant nature. Star Sapphire needed to be trained carefully. Meaning Hal was not the man for the job.
As he mused about workouts and the types of food that his new ward would need, he grabbed some clothes, a pillow and blanket. Walking out to the living room,he found Mirabel messing around with one of his cats. Yes. John Stewart, the no nonsense leader of the Green Lantern Corp, had about three cats. Why?
Because they're pretty damn cute. That’s why.
“Here kid, they should be bigger than you, you can sleep on the couch until I get you a room set up, also how do you feel about fast food?”
“Thank you Senor John, what is fast food?”
“It is both a blessing and a curse in America. I’ll just get you a hamburger and fries. “
Mirabel thanked him and turned her attention to the cat, Auger if he saw correctly. Smirking slightly as he walked out the door, a quick drive over to McDonald’s later. And he and Mirabel were eating.
“So what are we working on tomorrow?”
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Three Months Later
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The Justice League was struggling against the numbers of a larger gang. While normally this wasn’t a big problem, there were about 1000 to 2000 members that they were fighting, and they somehow had gotten kryptonite. Placing them down one member. They were being steadily backed into the corner, until something…. Something new happened. Something that would come to puzzle them for months.
A gang member with a gun raised to the head of a woozy Flash was suddenly encased in a pinkish purple crystal. Hal froze, he knew that crystal.
“A Star Sapphire?” he whispered, not noticing the slight smirk on John’s face. A new person shot onto the battlefield, the young teen, whose entire form was covered in a much darker shade than the crystal. She swooped down, in a simple motion and trapped more members in the crystals. It was enough to spur the League into action. The battle wrapped up pretty quick, with the new heroine quickly disposing of the kryptonite, allowing Clark to help them to finish up.
They were waiting for the police to show up, and Hal was explaining to them who she was.
“A Star Sapphire?” Bruce growled. Looking over at the girl.
“She can’t even be a legal adult!” Flash hissed. Wonder Woman hummed her agreement. John Stewart stared at her unamused. When she caught his eye, she gave a bashful smile. He mouthed:
‘ We’re talking about this when we get home ’
She looked away from a second when the leaguers walked over, Hal and John at the front.
“Hello miss….”
“Um, Just call me Sapphire.”
“But aren’t you a Star Sapphire?” Hal muttered, John couldn’t help but roll his eyes, not that anybody noticed, white eyed mask and all, she had insisted that it sounded like a child’s fantasy hero name, so he told her that she was allowed to just use Sapphire.
“It seems like a title a small child would use!” she argued right back. John swallowed a laugh as Wonder Woman walked forward, Captain Marvel following.
“We had that handled.”
“Sure looked like it.”
“Hey!” Captain Marvel began to say. “Look, we’re not mad or anything-”
“Yeah, look, I’m just going to go, so see you later?”
“Hold on-” Clark began to shout, only for their mysterious ally to shoot up into the sky. They looked back at the crystal mess. How were they supposed to get the criminals out?
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A few months later they saw Sapphire again. She was helping catch falling pieces of a plane that Captain Marvel had caught.
This time, she stuck around.
Captain Marvel 1-5
Captain Marvel 1-5 Guest.
The League perked up as she strolled in. Following Captain Marvel, and letting her eyes wander. Now that they could see her in proper lighting, her domino mask vaguely resembled a butterfly, and her eyes were covered in the white film.
“Sapphire, I am Wonder Woman.” Diana introduced herself, upon closer inspection, this most definitely was a teenager. Sapphire smiled warmly as she shook her hand.
“Pleasure to meet you guys. Sorry I left so soon last time, I was in a bit of a time crunch. “ she chuckled. As she looked over the group, she spotted Hal Jordan, who was stalking forward.
“Star Sapphires only help if it furthers their own agenda, what are you up to?”
“ Hal . “ Wonder Woman hissed, and John face palmed.
“What? Can’t get over your last break up?”
Sapphire’s eyes narrowed, and Hal suddenly found himself encased in the purple crystal.
“Watch your mouth oh arrogant man. “
She glared at Hal and the League all turned to glare at Hal. Who laughed nervously.
“Sorry?”
Batman eyes the crystal with a critical eye. The Sapphire was a wildcard at best, a possible enemy at worst.
“Care to fill us in of what Hal was talking about John?”
The Green Lantern corp leader rolled his eyes. Sighing, well it was true Star Sapphires generally only helped if it furthered their own agenda, some weren’t like that.
“It’s true,” the League groaned “for most Star Sapphires. There are a few who do simply because they want to help people. “
“And which is she?” Superman asked gently.
“She’s the few who do it simply to help.”
“I see.”
“Hey John, I have to go. Duty calls in Bagdad.”
“Got it, don’t do anything rash.”
“Yeah sure dad ” her voice suggested a tease. She walked back into the Zeta Tube, and in a flash of light, she vanished. The League rounded on him.
“Dad?”
“Apparently.” John grumbled.
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Mirabel’s eyes were set ahead of her as she followed the course her ring had set for her. John had called her shortly after she left and informed her about a new Green Lantern and Blue Lantern located in Northern Canada.
Brothers . She mused as she landed in the frigid air and stared at the seemingly abandoned lab. Sneering as she hid in the shadows. Only to find it was unnecessary. The Scientists were all groaning on the ground. A boy who looked to be 11 in age had a gleaming green ring on his right middle finger. What was odd about him was the fact that he had horns similar to the eastern dragons, and a tail as well.
A younger boy was hiding behind him, a blue ring sat innocently on his right hands middle finger, he had more of a western dragon look to him, with a set of wings huddled close to his form, and a scaly tail swishing nervously behind him. He pointed her out, and when the boy's lizard glare was directed at her; she held her hands up in a surrendering way. She smiled warmly as she walked forward, carefully keeping her posture open and simple.
“Hey pal, I’m Sapphire, do you have any injuries you need tended to. “
“… are you going to hurt us?”
Mirabel smiled welcomingly as she crouched down.
“No buddy, of course not, I swear on my honor of it. “
The boy still looked skeptical as he hesitantly spoke.
“I’m James, my brother is Max, can you help us?”
“Of course James,” straightening up she spoke.” For hearts long lost and full of fright, For those alone in Blackest Night. Accept our ring and join our fight, Love conquers all with violet light !” Her transformation finished and she held her hand out, James looked confused.
“How’d you do that?” He muttered, Mirabel chuckled and spoke softly.
“Every corp has an oath that one speaks, I know someone who can teach you yours. “
The boy took her hand, and she grunted as she picked up both boys.
“Hold on tight.”
She shot up into the sky, holding both boys close, as she made it to John’s apartment. Well her apartment too, she had officially been placed under John Stewart’s custody, which was why she was so grounded when she got home. Landing lightly, she walked inside, Max was still clinging to her leather jacket, but asleep, his brother was on the verge of rest. Walking in, her corp uniform vanished and she found a note.
“ Mirabel, I won’t be back until after dinner, knowing you, you probably already figured out that there are two new lanterns, so order some DoorDash for them and yourself. We’re talking when I get home. Also Wonder Woman wants to train you, something about being a child.
(They’re suspicious of me. They're sending the Titans and Young Justice Team to investigate my apartment. Hal pointed out that I would know if there was a new lantern, and I told them I was fostering three kids, hide your rings. . )”
Smiling as she moved about, putting Max on the couch, and haphazardly placing a blanket over him, gently maneuvering James onto the recliner, she grabbed another blanket and threw it over him, and covered his hand. Placing her won ring on a chain and tucking it under her shirt, she walked towards the door right as a loud knock rang out.
Sighing she shouted that she was coming. And sped up a little bit.
Remember Mirabel’ she thought. ‘ You don’t know that they are coming. They’re an unexpected presence. ‘
She opened the door looking down and began:
“Hello can I help…..you?“ judging by their expressions she currently has them fooled.
“Hello, can you give us a quick run down of who lives here, and a tour, we’re verifying facts for a friend. “
“Of course come in, Mr Nightwing sir, it’s just me, Max, and James home today, you kno-gah!” She tripped on her own two feet and braced for impact. her eyes scrunched close, only for something to stop her. She peeked an eye open only to see her body was kept aloft by a dark magic film. Looking back at the cloaked one, she gave a sheepish smile, before leading them into the living room, both boys were curled tight, most of their dragon appendages covered, but not unnoticed.
“What-“
“John recently rescued them, they’re staying with us. “ she explained, shrugging. The group of heroes nodded behind her, she briefly looked at the clock, before opening the DoorDash app. Ordering her usual, she gently woke up James and inquired what he wanted to eat. Max seemed like the type to enjoy chicken nuggets. Turing to the Titans, and Young Justice team she asked what they wanted.
“We couldn’t possibly-“
“No I insist, you have night patrol, yes? You should eat something, plus I would like to learn your names. “
“Raven, I prefer a Bacon, egg, and Cheese sandwich. “ the hooded one muttered. One by one she got each of their names, and their personalities.
And that’s what John came home to. Mirabel, The Titans, and Young Justice eating McDonald’s on the carpet talking about their favorite member of the Justice League, with James and Max watching on,and John’s favorite McDonald’s meal in a table.
John shrugged before grabbing the bag of food he shouldn’t be eating. Sighing as he gave Mirabel a scolding look, he sat down and joined the teenager.
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The next time the League saw Sapphire, she was trailing John like a lost puppy, eyes darting through the Watchtower. They saw they had two more children with them, and that John looked perpetually tired.
“John?” Wonder Woman asked in confusion.
“Guys. She’s watching Max and James for someone today. “
Batman nodded, and John shoed her out of the room.
“You know her personally?” Manhunter questioned. John grumbled something and the meeting proceeded. They talked about basic stuff, and John dreaded what was to come next.
“Onto top of that, a group of heroes calling themselves the Miracles, have started to pop up in Columbia and neighboring countries. We believe they may have something to do with the Madrigals who we all know have similar powers. “
John nodded, and practically cried in relief but to soon, for no sooner than he did, he heard:
“Last order of business, John, bring Sapphire in. “
Walking out, he saw Mirabel was pinned down by two sleeping dragon hybrids. Hefting one up onto his hip, Max, he was explained that she had been summoned. Mirabel nodded and gave a sleeping James a piggy back ride, she entered the room.
“Sapphire, I believe Hal owes you an apology. '' John growled, the said Lantern grumbled how he was sorry, and Batman nodded at her.
“On that note, we would like to ask you, where do your loyalties lay?”
“My loyalties lay with the people of earth. And them alone. “
“How can we know you speak the truth?” Captain Marvel asked as he leaned forward.
“I have no reason to lie, you could have Wonder Woman check me. “ she added. The lasso of truth was not used, but John could vouch for her. Batman had one more thing to ask.
“How do you feel about joining the Titans? Or the Young Justice team? They could use someone with your skill set.”
“It would be an honor sir. I am willing to join either team.”
Batman grunted and muttered a few things under his breath. He stood, the agenda was cleared.
“Meeting adjourned.”
Sapphire went to leave, only to be stopped by Captain Marvel.
“I would like to thank you for helping me recently.”
“No problem, and from one hero to another, I just want to help where I can.”
The zeta tube fired up, and took Mirabel back to her city, she couldn’t help but smile, looks like she had a new friend.
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The Isabela knew that she fucked up.
She knew when Dolores came down to breakfast in a panic attack, wailing about how Mirabel wasn’t in the Encanto, she knew when they became heroes to find her, she knew when they realized that they weren’t special. Plenty others had powers.
Plenty others were better than them.
Becoming a heroine wasn’t on her bucket list, but she had to make do.
Everyday on her patrol as Vineweaver, she kept an eye and ear out for Mirabel.
They were so close to finding her in the last town, apparently narrowly missing her by an hour, she had seen two luminescent forms zoom out of the town. Green Lantern, that’s what they had called the green blurb.
A few months later , they were in the states, southern Florida. They got a good look at the person who had been the luminescent purple form. Most the under part of her costume almost bled into the red violet category, she had incredibly dark purple boots, her hair was tipped a few different shades of purple, and she had a leather jacket,and a few pieces of armor that was a dark orchid purple. She had a domino mask covering her face, the lenses turning her eyes a steely white. But that’s not what struck her as odd. What struck her as odd, was the fact that this heroine looked similar to Mirabel. The more she looked, the more the similarities popped.
‘ No, don’t get your hopes up Isabela, you have been seeing things since she disappeared. ‘
But it wasn’t something she could ignore.
and then she smiled.
The smile was exactly like Mirabel’s. The heroine swooped down. Hovering a few feet over the ground, she offered a hand.
“Hello,” that was Mirabel’s voice. “ I’m Sapphire, and you guys are…”
“The Miracles. “ Abuela said curtly. The heroine's face never wavered as she spoke again.
“Are you a new hero group? I’ve only heard of the Justice league, and their teams of prodigies and sidekicks. “
Her Abuela nodded, and Sapphire’s gaze trailed down to Antonio.
“Isn’t he a bit young to be fighting crime?”
“He’s observing. “
Sapphire nodded.
“Well, I have this city covered, you guys can move onto the next one on your list.”
Abuela looked confused.
“Is it your city?” she questioned. Sapphire’s feet hovered a few feet off the ground.
“I protect it, along side the Green Lantern, there is about 3 or 4 Greens that protect various cities around the world. But I am the first Star Sapphire to join the ranks of Earth’s Heros.”
“You seem proud of that accomplishment.” Pepa noted, smiling.
“Yep, I’m joining a team soon as well! The Justice League is having difficulties decided whether I should be on the Titans, or the Young Justice Team.”
“Why?” Luisa asked, “You’re going to be amazing on either, I can tell just from watching!”
“They seem to have started fighting, the Titans want me on their team, and so does Young Justice.” Sapphire explained, an amused expression on her face. Abuela looked perplexed.
“Can you explain the purpose of these teams?”
“I have to wrap up my patrol, but if you meet me at-”
“Sapphire!” A green glow illuminated the man’s hand as he hovered above the ground.” I need you at the Watchtower, ASAP!”
“Nevermind, try and get in contact with the Justice League, they can explain it to you!”
They were left with the man as Sapphire disappeared in a blur of purple. Green Lantern glared down at them.
“I don’t know who you think you are, but this city is under our protection, every hero, or hero team has a city they defend, to try an encroach on another hero’s territory is basically saying that you don’t think they’re doing a bad job, so try and keep that in mind”
Her shot one more firm glare, before taking off in a blur of light.
“Well isn’t he a ball of sunshine?”
“Did Sapphire seem familiar to anyone?”
“You’re hallucinating Vineweaver.”
“No, she had a point Charmileon.”
“Juli?”
“She looked like Mirabel.”
“Silence, we’ll look into this Sapphire.”
“Yes Abuela.”
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Mirabel watched with vague amusement as Beast Boy argued with Impulse as their respective teams stood off to the side. Nightwing and Robin were both approaching from one side as Superboy and Red Robin came from the other.
“So, you’re really popular it seems.” Nightwing drawled.
“Tt, this is pointless, she’ll obviously become a Titan, we are the superior team.”
“Hold up Demon Spawn, she’s much better suited to be a member of the Young Justice team.” Red Robin smirked.
“You already have a lantern little wing, “ NIghtwing pointed out. “Why not let us take this one off of your hands?”
“Hold up, why can’t I do both? Act like a wildcard, jump in between. ¿Eso funcionaría verdad?” she asked, and both teams paused. They hadn’t though of that before, they turned to Batman and Green Lantern, who had been there watching the events unfold looked at each other, and nodded.
“Sounds like a plan. Sapphire needs some more training, and some team experience, I would prefer she work with all of you.”
“What are you, her dad?”
“No-”
“Hate to break it to ya Green dude,” Impulse spoke up, “But only a dad would talk like that.”
Bart grinned widely. In the future, Sapphire proudly called Green Lantern dad. That had been his favorite mentor-student turned parent-child relationship he had among the heroes of his time, and the Lantern Trio of Bagdad Florida had been his favorite family team. So sue him for trying to speed it along.
John looked over at Mirabel, currently speaking with Starfire, a wide smile on her face, and sighed.
He was becoming a dad.
“Hey bats-”
“Ask Alfred not me. I have no idea how to parent.”
“Noted.” John sighed as he looked back at Mirabel, who now looked towards him, smiling all the while. Yeah, he was becoming a dad.
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The Madrigals had rented a hotel near the center of Bagdad. They watched on the news as Sapphire and Green Lantern saved people, and messed around. A new channel was currently interviewing the young heroine, or showing a recording of the interview.
“ So Sapphire, you’re the talk of the city. But people like you don’t just pop up. Where are you from?”
Sapphire’s hand rubbed the back of her neck while she smiled. Isabela recognized the smile as the ‘I don’t want to talk to you but I don’t want to seem rude so I’ll talk to you’ smile that she so often wore.
“ I actually come from a small Colombian Town. So much of the world is still new to me, but I’m learning. “
The reporter chuckled. But Isabela wasn’t listening. Sapphire was from a small town in Colombia. Mirabel was from a small town, their town. Beside her the rest of the family had stilled. Isabela muted the Tv and swallowed dryly.
“So…” Bruno’s voice trailed off as he struggled to find the words.
“Is it just me?” Camilo asked.
“Mirabel’s Sapphire?” Antonio asked. Her mama sighed deeply. Isabela could hear her holding back tears, and she felt that honestly.
“It’s a…. Possibility. “ Abuela said hesitantly. “We will approach her tomorrow. Get some sleep everybody.”
“I wonder what Mirabel’s doing right now.”
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Freefalling.
That was what Mirabel was doing. She had been on a mission with the Titans when the paralysis dart hit her, normally that wouldn’t be a problem, if she hadn’t been hit with a stun blast less than two seconds later.
So she was freefalling through about 5 stories worth of air.
“ SAPPHIRE!”
Someone screamed at her over comms, and she realized she could still feel her fingers, concentrating, she was able to slow her decent so that she wouldn’t go splat on the ground, but rather go bump, it would still-
Crash.
Hurt.
She hit the ground, or rather the metal dumpster. Ricocheting off of the metal, she rolled a little way.Grumbling as she stood, Raven glided down, landing with practiced perfection.
“Sapphire, are you good? yeah I got eyes on her. “
“I’m fine, the gang?”
“All being loaded off to Arkham. You got hit with a nasty dart, let’s get you to-“
“I’m fine, I’ll wrap up my patrol and get some sleep. “
Raven sputtered as she shot up into the darkening sky. The trail of purple followed her as she zoomed around. She waved to a few people working late in office buildings, and slowed when a familiar Green blur joined her. She looped around and landed on a roof.
“Hey John!”
“Don’t ’hey John’ me Mirabel. You fell from a very tall height! And probably broke something. But continued your patrol like it was normal? We have a protocol for this Mirabel!”
“Sorry John. “
“Come along now, we’re going to the watchtower to get you looked at “
“I’m grounded?”
“Ohohoho. So grounded ”
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Mirabel groaned into her pillow as a small bundle began jumping on her bed.
“Mira, Mira! Wake up! It’s morning!”
“Max,” she paused to sigh, “ it’s too early!”
“You promised to show me some of your powers!”
“Buddy,” he jumped again, cutting her off by landing on her stomach aggravating her bruised ribs. She grunted as she sat up. She hit the pillow again when she saw the time. “It’s only five. Can it wait until at least eight?”
“Max, quit bothering Mira.”
“But James .”
“D- John says to get food in your belly before ten. Also we have a babysitter. “
Mirabel groaned as she dragged herself out of bed. Max climbed her until he was holding onto her back like a baby koala. His tail wrapped securely around her waist, he happily nuzzled his face into the back of her neck. She walked with a brace on her ankle, but managed with the extra weight.
Over the past three or so months, Max had come out of his shell, and was now a bouncy 4 year old. James not so much. Mirabel had heard him catch himself from calling John dad, like she had so many times. But they managed.
Today was probably going to be a day where they just had to roll with the punches.
Walking out into the living room, and spotting Wonder Woman out of costume, on the couch, in sweatpants, seemingly writing an article or email, all three cats curled up next to her, only solidified that fact.
“¿Qué carajo?”
“Idioma”
“Bueno perdóname por estar confundida.”
“What’s a carajo?” Max asked from her back, and Wonder Woman shot her a look.
“Nothing Max, don’t repeat that.”
“Got it Mira.”
Mirabel looked back at the woman on the couch before deadpanning.
“You need a better costume, Wonder Woman.”
“You’d be surprised.” she shot back as Mirabel slumped onto the couch. Max remained latched onto her form, but shifted so he sat on her chest.
“So, you’re Sapphire?”
“Yep, Mirabel Madrigal at your service. “
“Diana Prince, what did you do to get benched for the next three weeks?”
“Continued my patrol despite having a few bruised ribs, a sprained ankle, and a mild concussion.”
“Oh, wait why did you-”
“Used to over doing things. Plus, I really like my patrol route.”
“I see, well, John apparently didn’t trust you enough to leave you alone while he is off planet dealing with some stuff. So here I am.” She explained, and Mirabel nodded, allowing Max to play with her ring, which was hanging from a chain around her neck. Max’s own ring was in a similar position.
James glared mistrustingly at Diana, who smiled in turn. James sniffed slightly, before stalking to the kitchen. He walked back out with a cup of coco and handed it to Mirabel who nodded thankfully, and James settled down on her legs,being mindful of her sprained ankle, and effectively stopped her from moving until he decided to move.
“You three seem like a tight bunch of siblings.”
“I guess you could say that.”
James muttered his agreement. Mirabel sighed and looked down at Max, who was asleep, then at James, who was on the verge of sleep before sighing deeply.
“You two woke up to early, then woke me up.”
James hummed before closing his own eyes. Mirabel grumbled something, but made no attempts to move them. Instead, she looked over at Diana and began to converse with the woman.
“Yeah, I feel that.” was her response to Diana complaining about how the modern world could be a tad confusing. “I lived in a secluded village called Encanto, and we didn’t know anything about superheroes, I only found out because fo the ring.”
“The Encanto. The Justice League has been investigating it for a while now, Batman doesn’t like it.”
“Hm. Why?”
“Magic, he doesn’t like magic.” Diana explained.
“Honestly I feel that.”
Diana looked down at the girl, before snickering lightly upon realizing that she was truly trapped. The door was opened and a commotion was heard as she looked up, the Young Justice team and the Titans, all out of costume were standing there, all looking down at her, with bags full of food.
“MIRABEL!”
“Hello, I am dead inside, also I can’t feel my legs because there is a child sitting on them.” Mirabel explained. Raven sighed in relief.
“You don’t just fly off after getting injured!” Dick scolded. Mirabel snickered and looked down at Damian, who had a scowl on his face.
“Aw, I knew you cared!” she joked, and Damian became a tomato.
“Tt, shut up, I don’t care, however, I wanted to know if you were able to do hero work still, or if you would be a liability.”
“ Surrrrree . Yeah, I’m benched for the rest of the week, and I’ll be sore, but fine.”
Diana became the watcher of about 18 superpowered children, each of them treated the other like siblings. After a while Mirabel was allowed to move, mostly because Max and James joined in the Mario Kart tournament that Garfeild started. Mirabel moved around, eventually making her way to the kitchen, where she made arepa’s. Needless to say, they were fought over.
Around 9 at night, John came home, Diana stood to greet him, John looked into the living room, Max and James were curled together on the couch, Mirabel was sprawled out on the other couch, the Titans were snoring around the room, and the Young Justice team were dozing off in front of the tv, which was displaying the victory in Mario Kart.
“What?”
“They came over to make sure that Mirabel was alright, “ Diana explained. “ you do realize that Mirabel won’t be able to leave either team now, right?”
“I think I am aware of that, yes.”
“Good. When she is well, I do want to train her in hand to hand with Wonder Girl.”
“That would be appreciated.”
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4 weeks later.
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Mirabel was at the Watchtower, she had been ordered to be there with the Young Justice and Titans. So she was honestly just chilling, messing around in the Zeta Tube room, as they waited for the Miracles to show up.
The Miracles…
The Madrigals.
Her family.
She didn’t know how to feel about this.
She had tried to beg out of the event, but John had said that Batman had wanted everyone who could be there, to be there. So Mirabel stood, shifting from foot to foot. John approached her from behind.
“You alright Sapphire?”
“Nervous, what if-”
“Sapphire, you know they love you, even if they had trouble showing it, as much as you love them, why are you nervous?”
“Abuela.” she muttered.
“I see, we’ll be establishing boundaries, you are my ward, I have legal custody. Should they try and take you, I’ll consider it a kidnapping, and take action.”
Mirabel laughed as he said so.
“Thanks dad.” she said, it felt natural, and took a second to register what she had said. “I am so sorry-”
John laughed warmly, smiling down at her.
“It’s alright Mira, you can call me that if you want.”
Mirabel and John both fell silent as the Zeta tube activated, and a group of people appeared. Mirabel squared her shoulders, crossed her arms, and stood with her feet parallel to her shoulders. The Miracles walked forward, Abuela in the lead, with Bruno, Pepa, and her mama taking up either side of her. Her sisters and cousins stood behind them. She kept her face neutral, even as their eyes lingered on her.
“Titan, Young Justice, introduce yourself.”
Nightwing stepped up.
“I’m Nightwing, I lead the Titans. I have no powers, and use my fists.”
“Red Robin, I lead the Young Justice Team.I also have no powers.”
They went through, and their eyes Landed on her.
“Sapphire, we’ve met before, I am a member of both teams. I have the power of the Star Sapphire Ring, which basically allows me to make light constructs, fly, and make these crystals that can trap people.”
“We would fight Darkseid for her.” Nightwing shouted. Mirabel shook her head and smiled fondly back at them.
“How about you introduce yourselves?” Captain Marvel suggested.
“I’m Matriarch, I amplify their powers.”
“I am Alchemist, I can heal people with a meal.”
“Hive, I don’t have powers. We’re,” he pause to gesture to him and tio Felix.” emotional support.”
“Happy Feet.”
“Weather Queen, my emotions control the weather around me.”
“Sandstorm, I can see the future. Not control it.”
“Vineweaver, I can grow and control plants.”
“Soundwave, I can hear everything in a 2 mile radius.”
“Steelbell, I can lift a lot, like 5 to 8 tons.”
“Charmileon,” he paused and turned into Superman. “ I can shapeshift into people.”
Antonio spoke up.
“I’m Wildlife, I just observe, but I can talk to animals!”
They were all finished and Batman instructed all of them who were under 30 to leave, and go to the commons area. So the walk began, Mirabel talk leisurely with Miss Martian, ignoring the gazes burning into her back. They turned into the said room, it was a lounge room, a mini kitchen in the corner, a tv set up with every video game one could wish for. Kid Flash ran over and fired it up. Most of them were removing their masks , laughing and talking with the new heroes and heroines. Wildlife approached her, Mirabel smiled warmly down at her younger cousin. Dolores was marveling at the silenc of space when she heard Antonio ask Sapphire a question.
“Are you Mirabel?”
“Si, hello Antonio.”
She squeaked quietly, and kept her mouth shut, approaching with speed she looked her cousin up and down, the ring that sat on her finger glowed slightly, Dolores nodded at her, her cousin nodded back, grateful that she wasn’t snitching.
“Hey Sapphire, come play with us!”
Mirabel smiled as she walked over, and plopped down next to Bart. Smiling as she joined in on Super Smash Bros, Justice League Edition, a game that had been programmed by Tim. She had recently been added to the game, and to her surprise, many of them chose to use her avatar to play. It was almost embarrassing, but she chose to play with the John Stewart Green Lantern.
The adults walked in, Matriarch, or Abuela as she should say, looked at tad disappointed.
Mirabel looked over at John as they left.
“What was that all about.”
“They figured it out, and they weren’t amused that I had custody.”
“Oh.”
“Yeah.”
“Cool, can we get McDonalds?”
“Why always McDonalds?!”
“Is that a no?”
“Yeah, we can get McDonalds.”