The next couple of years passed so quickly, Tim, Steph and Cass began their high school education and Harry, Damian and Rachel were doing fine in the elementary. And Helena began kindergarten school always telling her mother, dad and aunt Talia how much fun she had on her classes, she was very artistic and often came the Manor with several colorful paintings of her very extensive family.
Harry continued his magical classes with his professors Uncle Nelson. Uncle Giovanni and Uncle Jason, who teach him magic in a very different way than what Sirius, Grandma Minnie or anyone from his British side of the family had ever seen. Harry respected Uncle Nelson but his classes were more often than not focused on theory and warnings about the improper use of magic, on the other hand Harry enjoyed Uncle Giovanni's class way more since he taught Harry the showman's way. And in Uncle Jason's part Harry enjoyed being told the many adventures of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table and was taught in the way of the Old Code.
Harry always began his classes with Uncle Jason reciting:
"A knight is sworn to valor,
His heart knows only virtue,
His blade defends the helpless,
His might upholds the weak,
His word speaks only truth,
His wrath undoes the wicked." Harry said while kneeling, he hoped that one day would Uncle Jason would give him a claymore sword like the one Etrigan uses, even Damian sometimes would join the class with Uncle Jason since both kids wanted to be knights.
By age seven Harry could summon lightning, fire and ice from his hands just like Uncle Nelson's alter ego Dr. Fate, with Uncle Giovanni he could make things disappear and his fencing skills were greatly improved once Uncle Etrigan began sharing classes with Uncle Jason.
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One day the family was having a pleasant evening having dinner when the bell rang, Alfred went to answer the calling, he found a trench coat wearing figure and a fedora hat, very reminiscent of old detectives in an old film, it was a woman's voice who spoke.
"Good evening, may I request a meeting with Mr. Wayne and Miss. Kyle?" The woman gently spoke.
"Is there a trouble Miss?" Alfred asked
"No, there's no trouble but it's a matter of importance regarding their daughter Helena Kyle-Wayne" The woman spoke gently, she had grey hair and a few wrinkles on her face but still retaining her youthful features.
Alfred excused himself after letting the woman in the living and went to fetch Bruce, Selina and the little Helena. The trio introduced themselves to the woman.
"Nice to meet you, my name is Margaret Scamander from the MACUSA, and I need to apologize for the late hour, I just finished some paperwork" She began explaining just as she looked the expecting faces of the parents she continued "The reason of my visit is that this morning your daughter Helena made accidental magic" Margaret said to the couple who looked impressed.
"She's magical?" Selina asked
"Yes Miss Kyle, in a small fit of rage she knocked some books, the teachers thought it was simply a coincidence so we didn't need to interfere but I need to informed you about the world you just have entered" Margaret was about to begin to explain when Bruce stopped her.
"We actually already have knowledge of the magical world, but knowing Helena is a magical as well is a very interesting and welcomed surprise" Bruce said
"Yes, I mean I knew our daughter was special but this make her extra special" Selina said proudly which made the little girl beamed at the praise from her parents.
"I'm glad you're seeing this as a blessing, sometimes parents just don't understand this world and they treat their children as a decease, now, I would like to give you this pamphlet that has all the information of Wizarding America alongside the many embassies if you ever travel anywhere in the world." Margaret explained, then she went on talking with the no-maj parents about what to expect on Helena's future education.
"Well actually we have friends in Hogwarts school of Witchcraft and Wizardry so it could be possible that Helena goes there" Selena said, since she already met Minerva and that Harry would attend there as well, in a not-so distant future, calmed her more knowing that Helena would be safe and with people she knew.
"Well it's a possibility but if you want something closer you can check out Ilvermorny, it's located in Massachusetts, not far from here" Margaret said to a nodding couple
"Well we could check it out just to know our options" Bruce said
"But Helena is only five so let's not rush her" Selina said to which Bruce smirk.
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During their upbringing in Wayne Manor both Harry and Damian were thought of cleaning habits, there were many people living in the Manor and only one Alfred, so everyone took turns cleaning some rooms, tending the plants, washing dishes, doing laundry or washing the windows and vehicles.
Harry loved dusting off the library, since he was able to read by himself it became his favorite room in the whole manor, he had read many of the books of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Jules Verne which were his favorites, but he read anything that he could get his hands on.
Damian on the other hand loved doing kitchen chores, he learned from Alfred many different dishes. He specially loved doing waffles from scratch, whenever Rachel visited since it was obvious that the girl loved those battered delights.
Tim, Stephanie and Cass were more often than not to be in charge of taking care of the plants, they spent so much time closed in their bedrooms studying that the only times they took direct sunlight was when the cut the grass or water the plants.
Jason was always grumpy whenever he was tasked with any chore, he said that he needed to train but still did the chore.
Bruce and Selina never complained about doing the chores but Talia in the beginning had troubles since she always had servants so she wasn't used to do the laundry or sweeping the floors but then she appreciated the menial task especially when she put Sir Elton John's music.
One day Harry, Damian and Helena were riding their bicycles in the woods near Wayne State when Harry suddenly stopped and climb down the bike.
"What is it?" Damian asked but Harry was space out, like if he was hearing something, Harry only placed his finger in his mouth and began walking to the bushes.
Harry kept walking in the bushes, the voice he was hearing became clearer "Mommy, where are you mommy? I'm ssscared" The voice called.
Finally Harry saw a copper colored snake in the middle of a small cave of dirt. "Are you ok little guy?" Harry asked the little snake which turned to see him. "I can't find my mommy" The snake replied to Harry which surprisingly he understood.
"Do you want to come with me? I promise I won't hurt you" Harry asked the small creature. The snake looked at him for a moment and then nodded. "Come here then" Harry said extending his arm to grab her gently. "My name is Harry, do you have a name?" Harry asked
"My mommy called me Copper" The snake said.
"That's a wonderful name" Harry said, then he arrived at where Helena and Damian were waiting.
"What's that?" Helena asked
"This is my new friend Copper" Harry said showing the small snake to his siblings.
"Cool" Helena said but Damian only rolled his eyes.
"How did you know her name?" Damian asked
"She told me, how do you know it's a female?" Harry asked
"The head is bigger in males" Damian said "But did you said you spoke with her?" Damian asked
"Yes, I think this is a magical snake" Harry said
"But we haven't heard anything, I think you should talk with Sirius about this" Damian said
"That's right, I should ask him, do you think dad would allow me to keep her?" Harry asked
"He let me have a pony" Helena said with proud making her brothers chuckle at their father's promise.
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On the other hand the supervillain, as the news named it, The Joker had been at large, doing many "jokes" that more often than not had deadly consequences.
The Joker mixed Detective Ethan Bennett with Joker's putty which made him a clay type monstrosity known as Clayface, luckily for the Batman the good hearted detective had retained his good soul despite the tragic turn on his life.
He had corrupted novice psychiatrist Arleen Quinzel turning her into her sidekick Harley Quinn.
Tried to contaminate every fish in Gotham City to have a grin like him.
But the most infamous thing the Joker ever did was to attack Commissioner Gordon's daughter in her apartment and shooting her in the abdomen sending her straight to the hospital.
Every member of the family went to the Gotham General Hospital to check on Barbara's status, they found James and his ex-wife Barbara sitting in the waiting room, James' knee was moving up and down and he grabbed his head.
"Jim, how is she?" Bruce asked the commissioner.
"I don't know, she's in surgery, we can't see" The man said shedding tears in desperation, Bruce quickly hugged the man, ever since his parents were killed he looked up at the commissioner, when Barbara was born on his teen years he was happy that the man and his wife had found a bundle of joy in their lives, he had gotten to know Barbara as she grew up and treated her like family as well so he understood the worry they had tonight.
"Excuse me for a moment" Bruce said once Jim sat again.
Bruce took his cellphone and made a call. "Andromeda, sorry to bother you at this hour, but can you come as quickly as possible to Gotham General Hospital? I'm afraid that we need your experience as a healer" Bruce said.
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Meanwhile in another part of the city…
Rachel kneeled in the middle of a pentagram, for years she had been dealing with many nightmares about a fiery place and a demon who called himself her dad so she needed answers, Damian and Harry, her only friends, wouldn't understand that part of her life since they had a wonderful family and her mother refused to give her answers about her biological father, so she would need to get the answers she wanted by her own.
She began doing a chanting and a special spell that could make her connect to her father, what she didn't know was that it wasn't a communication spell, it was a summoning spell, when the pentagram activated an enormus redish hand appeared and quickly grabbed her draggin her into the unknown.
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Dick and Jason finally arrived at the hospital and Dick rushed at Jim and Barbara hugging them.
"I'm sorry, I should have been there with her" Dick said regretting that a mission with the Titans kept him from being with Babs that night.
"It's not your fault dear" Barbara said trying to calm him down when she too was feeling like the world was ending. Jason on the other hand was fuming, Bruce and he had been busy stopping the clown's schemes, Bruce noticed his son's angry glare just as the boy began to walk to the exit.
"Jason listen to me" Bruce said
"Why? Joker just shot Barbara and you want to wait instead of putting that bastard six feet under ground? Or are you waiting for that bastard to target Harry, Damian or Helena next?" Jason asked
"No, we need to wait to comfort our friends in this time of need, how do you think Barbara is feeling, how Jim is feeling or Dick? Do you really think that going into the unknown full of rage is going to end up in a positive note? Think Jason, this outburst is exactly what he wants, he wants us on edge, he wants us sloppy, he wants us at his level" Bruce said but Jason didn't heard and left the hospital, Bruce wanted to follow him but he remembered how devastated Jim and Barbara were and couldn't left the man that showed him that the world hadn't ended when his parents were killed. He hoped, he prayed that whatever thing Jason did tonight wouldn't kill him.
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Andromeda arrived via floo at the MACUSA embassy, there she made a side apparition to the hospital, she immediately saw Bruce sitting with an older couple who were grieving.
"Bruce I came as soon as I could, what happened?" She asked Bruce
"A friend of the family was shot, she's in recovery now, but the doctors say that it's possibly that she doesn't walk again" Bruce explained.
"Well I was prepared to make a magical surgery but luckily I can help with the recovery" Andromeda said while smiling. "What's the name of the patient?" She asked him.
"Barbara, Barbara Gordon" Bruce said
She nodded and then went to the desk nurse.
"Good evening, my name is Andromeda Tonks, head of doctors in St. Thomas Hospital in London, I came to check on one patient, Gordon, Barbara" She said, the nurse checked on her computer and then proceed to take her into a room.
Andromeda had worked on St. Mungo's/St. Thomas Hospital for more than fifteen years and she had to agree that the Muggles had some advantages, their aisles and rooms looked to polished and spruce, she arrived at the room where a red-head girl rested.
Andromeda took the clipboard at the end of the bed and began reading, she nodded and then saw the catheter connected to her arm, she took a potion from her bag and poured five drops of the emerald liquid in the plastic bag, she then went to the waiting room once again.
"So, what did you see?" Bruce asked
"She'll be fine, she's a strong girl, the surgeon's note said that the bullet impacted in her intestine and spine, she'll be in recovery for two months but I gave her a dose of a potion I often use in the hospital, it reconnects the severed nerves, I placed half the regular dose just so that her recovery can be explained as sheer will instead of magical" Andromeda explained.
"Thank you Andromeda" Bruce said
"Bruce, how many times do I have to tell you, we're practically family, call me Andy" She smirked at him and left them in the hospital.
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In the middle of the night a red and black figure landed in the top of an abandoned warehouse…
"CLOWN!!!" Jason screamed at the top of his lungs as he entered the warehouse, he was seeing Red, he wanted to bash the clown's ugly face to wipe that smug smile.
"Hello Puke boy" A menacingly voice rang through the warehouse, this was it, Jason was face to face with the sick clown that shot Batgirl and only one of them would leave that warehouse alive.