Third Person's POV

Mount Justice; September 7th; 06:41 EST

Inside the "garage" of the Mountain, Superboy works on a red motorcycle, as Sphere whirs behind him. Then moves irritably behind him as he ignores it.

"Jealous much?" Superboy taunts.

Sphere beeps irritably as it spins around in circles then gets close to Superboy.

"All right, all right." Superboy appeases, patting Sphere.

"Ready for school?" M'gann calls out as she flies down the hall, then bypassing the stairs with three paper bags in her hand. "I made our lunches." Red Tornado, Kaldur, Trivia and Manhunter follows her.

"The first day of the scholastic season carries great cultural resonance. We want to wish you both well." Manhunter tells three of them, as Superboy stands up. Even Kaldur gives them a smile.

"Guess it's not a Kryptonian thing." Superboy mutters as he wipes his hands off.

"More like a Human thing, it's been a long time since I've been to a school you know for being homeschooled most of my childhood trained by Harley Quinn, White and Black Canary, I didn't get the change to have a actual school life, so this is a good chance for me" Neo explains with a small smile making both Kaldur and Superboy's hearts skip a beat when they see that smile that they're slowly loving to.

M'gann notices this and giggles to herself.

Kaldur was the first to snap out of his lovestruck "You may wish to... change before you depart." He offers the three.

"Ah, I spent hours choosing this outfit." she changes into black flats, white knee-high socks, a burgundy skirt, a white top, and a burgundy short sweater. "What do you think? Can M'gann M'orzz pass as an Earth girl now?" she asks

"Well..." Kaldur offers hesitantly.

"Just kidding." she assures, turning her skin tone from green to Caucasian. "Meet Megan Morse." she does a small spin and a curtsy. "What's your new name?" she asks Superboy.

Superboy's eyes go wide. "My what?" he questions.

"I chose the name John Jones for myself." Manhunter changes to a bald dark-skinned man in a suit. "And suggested John Smith for Red Tornado. You could be a John too."

"Pass." Superboy shoots down, crossing his arms.

"Conner's always been my favorite name." M'gann offers,

"Conner." Trivia tests it out, liking the sound of it. " Yea, it fits you. Definitely look like a Conner to me." He nods agreeing.

"A last name will also be required." Kaldur informs him.

"Perhaps Kent?" J'onn offers.

"Oh, in memory of Dr. Fate, the late Kent Nelson." M'gann says brightly.

"Of course." J'onn murmurs, changing back to avoid the look of surprise on his face.

"Okay, sure. I guess it'd be an honor or something." Superboy grumbles.

"Well, Conner Kent, time to change your shirt." Trivia teases but stops when he sees Conner grab the shirt's logo. "You don't wanna reveal your identity." he tells him tapping the logo.

His face gives nothing away as he suddenly reaches back and pulls on the collar of his shirt, taking it off with no shame. Trivia's eyes go wide for a moment and only relax as a heavy blush settles on his cheeks.

"Ugh, will this work?" Conner offers his inside out shirt.

Trivia nods rapidly hiding his blush while the martian giggles at this. Trivia offers his arm to the girl and they both link arms before doing the same with the clone then they are on their way out.

"Wait, shouldn't I be Conner Nelson?" He suddenly questions as their lunches follow them due to M'gann telekinesis.

"They grow up so fast." Manhunter muses.

Sphere comes back in front of them and beeps.

-meanwhile-

In the Police Station in Tapei, Red Arrow stands in a single celled room, Cheshire doing drawn out martial movements fluidly, completely at ease.

"Aren't you going to ask me anything?" she asks, not even looking at him.

"I think you know what I'm after." Red Arrow says lowly.

Cheshire pauses, her leg still high in the air as she looks over her shoulder. "I do actually. Do you?"

Red Arrow steps back as she nearly presses her heel to the bars. "Who hired you?" he asks.

"Shadows." she replies simply, moving through what would be detrimental combat moves if she did them at even a touch faster than she is now.

"Who hired them?" Red Arrow questions, the anger starting to leave his tone.

"I don't ask." she tells him with a wink.

"What's the endgame?" Red Arrow snaps, his patience gone again. "The Peace Summit or Luthor himself?"

Cheshire raises her hands over her head, finally remaining rooted in her spot. "Two birds..." she turns towards him quickly, her hands making a mock gun. "one stone." when she gets no reaction, she changes it up. "Hey, where are your little sidekick friends? They're always fun to play with. Especially Ar-chery Girl. I like her. Let's not forget about the quiet one he's my favorite out of the bunch." Cheshire's slip is barely noticeable.

Red Arrow frowns knowing who she is referring to "She... They aren't in my League." Red snarls.

"And you think you're in mine?" Cheshire asks calmly as she reaches through the bars and pulling on the horizontal strap of his quiver. He gasps, as he's pulled forward, his hand grabbing the bar just above hers. "Where's Green Arrow when you really need him?"

"I don't." Roy says with complete confidence.

Cheshire grabs the back of his head and pulls him down slightly. "Sorry I asked the wrong question. Where's Neopolitan when you really need him?" she asks in complete change she drops low.

It takes Red Arrow just long enough to see her holding the bars tightly, as his instincts make him take a step back for him to realize what's happening. "Oh, no." he mutters, just before the explosion goes off. Smoke covers the room, and the force causes Red Arrow to grunt.

Sirens wail as a rope is dropped past the hole in the outside wall. Cheshire looks over and sees Sportsmaster sliding downwards.

"Ugh, it had to be you." she snarks.

"Beggars can't be choosers, little girl." he says, completely undeterred. "Coming?"

Cheshire throws only one glance over her shoulder before she jumps out of the hole, bouncing off the wall on either side before she slides down.

Red Arrow coughs as he slowly pushes himself off the floor. Running up to the bars he groans at the now-obstacle.

-with Trivia, M'gann, and Conner-

Happy Harbor; September 7th; 07:58

Students chatter in front of the school, in small groups that are easily divided into their cliques. A student on a skateboard weave between the groups, executing a small trick, but as he looks up, he's stunned to find Conner walking in front of him. "Aah!" there was no crash. "Hey!" his skateboard clatters to the ground. Conner holds him by the collar of his jacket, which disorientates the helmet-wearing teen a bit. "Ugh," realizing that he is in fact three feet off the ground he looks at Conner, floored. "Whoa!"

Conner lifts him up a little higher, bringing the logo near his eye level. "Explain this." he snarls, pointing directly at it.

The helmet-wearing teen is extremely confused. "Ugh, whoa, what?"

Before Trivia can intervene another voice, much deeper, beats him to it. "What's your problem?" Conner turns to find a buff male with his arm over the shoulders of a petite cheerleader. His own shirt having the lighter pallet Superman colors on it. Behind him is a boy wearing a dark pallet Superman shirt, and another wearing a Green Lantern top. "Put my man Marvin down." the taller teen says lowly, clearly expecting a fight.

"Uh, I don't think he likes my shirt." Marvin tries to comprehend the issue while still three feet from the ground.

"Conner, I think you should put him down. They just have those shirts for fun. No danger here" Trivia said nervously through the telepathy link.

He meekly hid behind Connor and M'gann looking around at the taller teen and his friends. Conner looks around seeing a few more people having stepped up, wearing Flash and a reverse Batman logo, and let out a small groan.

"Your shirt's fine. Everyone's shirt is fine." he says tensely

"Ugh." is all Marvin can manage as he's suddenly dropped.

"Someone's fine." the cheerleader muses, sarcastically, as her boyfriend walks towards Conner.

M'gann faces no one as she finally introduces themselves. "Hi. We're new. I'm Megan Morse. This is Conner Kent. And this is Trivia Vanille" she said.

"Double alliteration. I like it." Marvin tells the girl, the three of them watching Conner walks towards the other teen. They both stop, staring each other down, though Conner admittedly has to look up to do that.

Someone snaps their fingers. "Okay. Time to get to homeroom, gang." the voice belongs to a lackadaisical blonde with long hair and a black jacket.

The darker skinned teen purposefully shoulder checks him on his way in.

Conner glares and turns to follow him, but M'gann calls out "Conner." and physically gets in his way.

Conner grumbles lowly as everyone starts heading in, though his eyes are on the tallest of the bunch. Conner snaps out of his anger state when he looks down feeling Trivia's hand holding his.

Conner then looks at Trivia who has a worried face "Please, control yourself I don't want you to do something that you'll regret later on the first day" he plead telepathically.

Conner sighs calming down "You're right, I'm sorry" he apologized.

The now brown hair boy squeezes Conner hand reassuring the Clone which he returns the squeeze but not too hard to hurt the shorter boy.

"Hi. I'm Wendy." a ravenette steps up to the three, Marvin by her side. "I was new last year, so I know how hard it is to fit in. But you look like instant Bumblebee material to me." both Megan and Conner seem confused. "Cheerleaders. The Bumblebees. Tryouts are after school."

Megan gasps in realization, gaining a bright smile. "Thanks. I'll be there." then steps up to follow Wendy to get more information.

Conner and Trivia is set to follow her, but Marvin puts his hand in front of them. "Dude. Facing down Mal Duncan? Fierce." he tells Conner. "Not too bright, but fierce."

"It's only the first day and I can already tell that this is going to be a long day" Trivia thought as the School Bell rings, despite knowing that both Conner and M'gann can hear him.

-later-

The class watches Cat Grant's report of the Summit on the TV in their classroom. "If Lex Luthor's unknown strategy for peace fails the two Rhelasias are looking at all-out war before morning." she tells the camera.

The teacher turns off the TV and turns towards his class. "Who can tell me more about Rhelasia?" he catches the fact that a particular student is sleeping. "Marvin."

"Huh!" the dirty blonde yelps as startles awake. "Well, um, Mr. Carr, it's better than Fakeasia." he responds.

The entire class chuckles.

The teacher sighs. "Anyone else?"

"Modern Rhelasia was created in 1855 and ruled by the Boquoon dynasty until it was divided by the great powers into North and South Rhelasia after World War II." Conner states monotonically.

The teacher actually smiles. "Very good."

"But why are they fighting?" Conner asks. "They're all humans- I mean, Rhelasians, right?"

"Right on both counts, actually." the teacher says, slightly resigned.

"It's no different on Mars." M'gann's use of telepathy startles Conner for a second. "The White Martian minority are treated as second-class citizens by the Green majority. Of course, I'm green, but that doesn't make it right."

"And that just pisses me off." Both turn to see their muted friend staring forward to the board with his eyes narrowed and jaw clenched. His arms crossed and sat on the table; they clearly see the now brunette's shut fist trembling. "The ones in power think they can do whatever they want, taking what isn't theirs, harming others with reckless abandon. Viewing others as 'Weak' are treated just as worse. There's nothing wrong with them, but they still get punished by the ones in power because of it. I hate that."

Conner looks down for a moment, but as he slowly closes his eyes, he turns back towards the board.

-scene change-

"What if I mess up? What if I forget the moves? What if-"

"Megan, Megan! You'll be fine, promise" Neo chuckles silently at the Martian's nervous gambling as he brushed her red hair.

It was after school and that meant going to Megan's tryouts to join The Bumblebees. The thought of it was turning her into a nervous wreck.

The tryouts were taking place on the football field. Conner sat high on the bleachers while Trivia was on the ground with Megan helping her look her best for her tryout.

"You think so?" She asked him still unsure.

"Positive." He reaches into his backpack to take out his eyeliner, don't judge him. "Turn around, eyes closed." She does as she's told. He carefully applies the liner around her eyes.

"Thanks, for helping me prepare Trivia." The martian said. "Do you think I'll get in?"

"Hey, they said it themselves, your instant Bumblebee material. You got the hair, the bod, and the spirit. No way they can't let you join." He tells her. "And, done! Not a bad job, If I do say so myself." He said proudly and handing her his pocket mirror to get a look.

She was beautiful.

"Trivia you are the best!" She cried then crushing him in a hug causing him to stumble back a bit and chuckling silently at her reaction.

"Okay, Megan, you're up." Wendy tells M'gann with a smile.

"You got this Megan!" With a nod of confidence, she walks away. "Sting em, little bee!" The muted cried out through the telepathy link while applauding.

Conner sees the shorter boy only to find him adorable.

Megan then drops hands, now in fists, knuckles to her hips as she sets her feet at shoulder width apart.

"Float like a butterfly." as she moves her right hand from her hip to ear level, her hand facing the ground and her fingers pointed out, in two counts. She uses the next two counts to repeat it on her other hand, then she moves her hands in a wing-like motion. "Sting like a bee." Her hands She brings them together in front of her chest before dropping them down, still linked at the fingers. Bringing her hands, now one on top of the other, palms facing out, up to her forehead as she kicks her legs out. "Hornets, Hornets, can't be beat." It's matched with a simple step routine that her crossing one leg behind the other as that arm crosses in front of her stomach, her other arm tucking against her side. Before she brings her fisted hands together in front of her chest again, jumping up, this time bringing her feet up behind her rather than out, as her hands go over her head. "Bzz-ting," she buzzes as she creates smaller wings with her hands, right next to her shoulders, before turning so her left shoulder now faces the other girls, dropping her hands behind her back to her tailbone, as she raises her left heel and leans forward a bit, to make a stinger from her hands on the 'ting'. She raises her back hand as her other comes to her hip, her left foot fully leaving the ground. "Ow!" she says as she puts her right wrist at 90°, palm to the ground. M'gann drops her raised hand, and plants both her feet on the ground. Holding both her hands in front of her chest as she awaits the verdict.

Trivia comes beside her and takes her hands in his giving them a squeeze, she squeezes back as they wait for the final results.

Wendy, the dual bunned girl from before school, and another ravenette who seems Asian all converse lowly for a few moments. Megan worries nervously, as the two other girls head off to the right, leaving Wendy to be the only one in front of M'gann.

"How'd I do?" M'gann asks worried, as she bows her shoulders in and seems to almost curl in on herself

"I thought you did great." The other girl said giving her a smile but then changes into a wince. "And I'm really sorry about this."

Trivia frowns his eyes in confusion when he sensed movement behind them. "M'gann look out!" He turns and acts fast by pushing Megan away to avoid the tub of water that was about to be poured on her. He gets drenched instead.

The sight of the shorter boy's wet form because of this sick joke sends Conners's blood to a boil and bolts up growling. His tight grip on the wooden seat break from his strength as he is about to super leap to them in blinding rage.

Suddenly Neo whips his head back, eyes widening at the clone's action. "No, Conner!"

That shout snaps him out of his rage state and instead loses his footing. Tripping down the bleachers and landing hard on the ground with a loud thud.

"I'm sorry," Wendy tells Trivia with an apologetic face. "We weren't doing it to be mean. "It's a stupid initiation ritual that I wish my teammates would abandon."

"Wait. Initiation ritual?" M'gann needs to say it herself to process it, then chuckles once as she hears herself say it. "Hello, Megan, that means I made the team." she double-checks, though. "Um, I did, right?"

"You're a Bumblebee, girl." the dual-bunned girl confirms.

"Thank you, thank you, thank you." M'gann cheers as jumps smally before hugging Wendy and the other girls join in.

Trivia smiles brightly at her accomplishment. "Way to go, Red!" Despite him shivering and wet.

The Martian face drops. She had completely forgotten! "Oh my gosh, Trivia I'm sorry. I completely forgot you took the water for me. I was caught up in the moment."

The teen waves it off. "Eh, it's no big deal. Kinda refreshing, actually. Except now I'm getting chills." He said shivering.

A weight is then draped on his shoulder. He looks down when he notices that it's Conners jacket. Fitting to big on his thin frame. He covers himself good then sending a thank you grin to the older teen.

"Thanks, Trivia. For not letting me get wet." The martian says.

Trivia smiles brightly at her "I spent a lot of time getting you pampered. No way I was letting it get ruined." He responds. "And your welcome."

Conner picks up the stack of three books. While Trivia, who is now wearing his jacket, looks surprised. "You're carrying my books?" he asks

Conner shrugs. "What, you want them to get wet?" The clone responded then walking away.

Trivia pauses for a moment before smiling brightly. "You're a true prince charming, sweetness!"

"You sure picked a gentleman, Trivia." Megan comment.

He hums agreeing only to catching himself then catching the Martian's smirk.

The shorter boy blushes hard "O-Oh, shut up." He grumbled walking away from the girl's giggles.