Chapter 4

                                    

                                          
"I'm Home!"
Jason smiled at Estelle and stood up,
"Looks like Big bird is finally home, wanna go meet the Golden Boy?" he asked. Estelle wasn't quite sure what 'Golden Boy' or 'Big bird' meant, but she assumed she was meeting the elder Wayne brother and nodded vigorously.
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Jason lead Estelle down the twisting hallways of Wayne manor. The hallways would certainly take some time to get used to before she could navigate them like her cousins could. In truth, the winding passages reminded her of the stories Percy told about his time in the labyrinth.
Estelle was pretty nervous to meet the eldest Wayne brother. The others talked so highly of him all the time, and they were so confusing, sometimes hostile and sometimes friendly, would the eldest be the same?
"Here, Oi, Dickhead!" Jason called. Estelle was old enough to know what a dickhead was, she frowned at the bad language,
"Hey Jay, miss me?" he asked, not even batting an eye at the insult, Jason chuckled and punched him in the arm,
"This is Estelle, Bruce's niece." He said, then he turned to Estelle and said, "This is Dick, he's the nice one of us."
Oh, so Dick was his name, Estelle supposed the name made more sense now, though it still seemed a bit rude,
"Hi," Estelle said nervously, Dick smiled and Estelle felt way more at ease,
"Hey, I'm Dick. Have my brothers been welcoming?"
"Well I baked cookies with Tim," Dick paled a little but Estelle continued, "I had to do most of the work because Tim almost put peppercorns into the batter, but they turned out really good! And then I showed my drawings to Jason but then we came down here." Estelle finished off, grinning from ear to ear.
"I'm glad they've been welcoming to you, unfortunately I can only stay for tonight. I'm going to put my stuff in my room and I'll see you at dinner!" Dick did a mock salute then ran up the stairs.
Estelle looked around for Jason but he was nowhere to be found.
Looks like she'd have to find a way back to her room alone.
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Dinner was less awkward than it usually was at Wayne Manor for Estelle, though still very awkward, Dick brought a certain life to the table that Estelle missed from her own home.
Perhaps that's why Estelle was up right now, at 1:53 am. She had noticed that the members of the family who lived at the manor all disappeared during the night (Estelle probably should have been worried about that, but right now she cared more about her lost family than her new one) and she assumed that Dick would be the same, so no one would find her curled up on a couch in the games room, crying.
But apparently Dick didn't disappear at night like the others,
"Hey, what're you doing up?" He asked softly, Estelle looked u with blurry eyes, filled with tears,
"I- uhh-" She stammered,
"Hey, it's ok. We don't need to talk about it. Mind if I sit?" Estelle relaxed her shoulders and scooted over to give Dick room to sit down,
"I miss them." Estelle said quietly, Dick didn't look at her, he just nodded,
"I miss mine too." Estelle looked up at him,
"You're an orphan too?" She asked, eyes shining from the recently shed tears,
"Yeah. So's Bruce, and Tim, and Jason." Dick said, turning to look at Estelle too, he had tears in his eyes too now, Estelle felt a little bad for bringing the subject up,
"So I'm not alone..." She muttered, mostly to herself, Dick looked at her in shock,
"Never, did you feel like you were?"
"Well, you guys all have this brotherly bond and I... don't..." Estelle pulled her knees even closer to her chest,
"It takes time to form that bond, you'll get there. But if they're making you feel left out, just ask Alfred to give me a call, and I'll come see you, yeah?" Estelle nodded, smiling, she looked up at Dick and hoped he like hugs.
Because an Estelle hug is a true blessing, and Dick was about to get blessed.
"Thank you," She said, her voice muffled by Dick's t-shirt. The elder boy chuckled,
"It's ok, more than ok. I want you to feel welcomed into this family." Estelle grinned,
"I do." She said,
"Good. Now, I assume you're not ready to go back to bed yet?" Estelle nodded, "Then what do you like to watch."
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At some point, Estelle fell asleep. She had been watching Blue Planet II with Dick, thinking about how Percy would narrate what the fish were saying and Estelle would burst out laughing at the fish gossip.
From there she realised exactly what she had to do.
Estelle ran up to her room, just about managing to not get lost. She dug through her suitcase until she found an old Make up bag. 
Grabbing it, she ran into the bathroom and locked the door. She unzipped the ugly floral pouch and pulled out a drachma, a flashlight, and a prism.
Setting the equipment up, she picked up the post-it note that was stuck to the Drachma, and read out what it said,
"Oh Iris, goddess of the rainbow, show me Percy Jackson, in Atlantis." 
In the rainbow, a grainy image appeared of Percy, Apollo, Tyson, Triton and Poseidon playing what seemed to be a very intense game of monopoly.
Apollo noticed her first,
"Uh, Perce? You have a call." Percy turned to face Estelle and his eyes lit up, 
"Estelle! How are you- wait, Where are you?" Estelle's excited mood dropped, she had hoped he would notice later, but what did she expect from a god?
"Something happened, Percy" She said quietly, Percy looked panicked,
"Where's mom? Paul?" Estelle scrunched up her face to stop the tears form falling, Percy noticed, "No..."
"Percy-"
"I'm coming to visit, where are you?" He asked, looking determined, Estelle sighed,
"I'm staying with Dad's brother, I'm in Gotham."
"Say no more, that's literally all I need, close your eyes."
"Percy wait!" Percy waited, "I don't want them to get suspicious, can you come by car?" Percy looked conflicted but Apollo piped in,
"I can give you a ride?" He offered. Percy relented, and Estelle grinned,
"See you in 2 days, Percy!"
"Wait, two days why-" Percy began, but Estelle slashed through the message, heading down to ask Bruce if Percy could stay.
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I love Dick too much. I have a Nightwing hoodie and everything.
I'm really excited as I'm like 99% sure that next chapter will have Percy's arrival.
Hope you enjoyed this chapter, I'm actually pretty proud of it!
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Hestia.