#Danny dies

[minty364]

DPXDC Prompt #61 part 1

Danny didn’t like thinking about his old life. He was born to a family of assassins and as soon as he was out he never looked back. He had to fake his death and he changed his name, as far as anyone knew Damian Al Ghul had died on a mission to America. He was determined to keep this secret to the grave. Of course he knew who his dad was, Bruce Wayne was a prominent figure and he knew if we went there his secret would get out and he never wanted to be forced to be an assassin again. Once was enough. 

Danny knew he had a soft heart, his adoptive parents, the Fentons and Jazz had told him so. Jazz knew he didn’t have the greatest childhood or past but she never pried, she understood his business was his and wouldn’t let her own curiosity get the better of her. The only issue their family had was their parents obsession with ghosts. Damian never believed in ghosts, the entire thing sounded like a hoax. He probably never would have believed in them but then life happened. 

Danny believed, but it was kind of hard not too after everything that happened. When he had turned 14, his parents finished their biggest project yet. A portal to the ghost zone, of course it doesn’t work at first and his parents were very disappointed. Danny felt conflicted about the whole thing. On one hand he wanted his parents to succeed and he wanted them to be happy, on the other the portal was the reason he ate alone with his sister at night. He wanted a normal family life, something he was never allowed back at the league. 

He did something so stupid that night.

After his parents along with his sister were asleep, he crept down to the basement and stood in front of the empty hole in the wall. He looked around the outside of it first but nothing seemed to be out of place. Then he stepped into it and before he got too far into it something happened. He knew there were a lot of cords on the floor and thought he had avoided them all, but as he realized he was quickly being acquainted with the floor, he out of instinct held his hand out to catch himself on the wall. Right onto the ON button.

He didn’t remember much but pain after that.

A lot happened in the year after the portal was turned on but Danny thought he was taking things well. His sister found out about everything sooner than he liked but having someone to help him was something he didn’t realize he really needed until then. The ghost attacks were frequent and Danny was having trouble finding the time for school, friends, and fighting ghosts that the assistance helped a lot. 

Danny sat at as desk in Mr. Lancers class, who was going on about the play Hamlet. Danny was only half paying attention, he was preoccupied thinking about the latest conversation he had with Clockwork. Danny was recently crowned prince after his victory over Pariah Dark. He didn’t want the crown, ancients knew what Grandfather would do if he ever found out, but he had no other option but to accept. The conversation left him rather drained and it felt like every word his teacher spoke bled together. 

He eventually made his way to lunch and before he could make it to his destination a blue mist wafted out of his mouth. Sighing he ran out of the room to find a place to transform. Once he was Phantom he wasted no time finding the ghost. Of course it was Boxie. 

Before he had time to even fight though a portal opened up right besides Danny and he was kicked in by the Box Ghost. The world seemed to swirl around him until he landed harshly onto some pavement. The pavement was a roof and he appeared to be in a city. 

Not just any city he soon realized as he looked over to a bank that had the words ‘Gotham Bank’ brightly plastered on the front.

Shit… Danny wanted to avoid something like this, unfortunately the portal was already gone. 

After taking a moment to think about his predicament he decided the best course of action was to call Jazz.

He took a look around the rooftop he was on and when he didn’t see anyone he transformed back. 

Pulling out his cell from his pocket he pulled up his sister's contact on it and hit the call button. 

His sister took a bit longer than usual to answer but the hesitation in her voice caused him to pause, “H-hello?”

“Jazz, it’s Danny, we’ve got a code green,”  he knew setting up code colors with his sister would come in handy. Red meant he was gravely injured, yellow meant the ghost got away and he was in pursuit, blue meant he caught the ghost, and green meant he fell through a portal or something similar. 

There was silence on the other line for a moment and Danny was almost going to say something else but she spoke, “How do you know my name?”

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[home-of-renn]

When Jazz had first gotten back from her week-long summer camp for gifted children, she’d expected an empty fridge and a sink full of dirty dishes and a living room that would desperately need to be vacuumed. She had expected the empty driveway and the overgrown lawn and the fresh new graffiti that tagged the side of their mailbox in neon green paint and crude, mocking words.

Most of all, she had expected her little brother to be there at the front door when she knocked. She’d expected it to swing wide open before she could even set down her belongings and fish out her own set of keys. She’d expected her baby brother to be standing there to greet her, clad in socks that had worn thin across the heel and had holes where his big toe stuck out, with hair that hadn’t been brushed in a week and still wearing clothes he’d slept in the night before.

What she hadn’t expected was the pungent, metallic odour that hung in the air. Stale and sour, overwhelming her every sense as she stepped past the threshold - suffocating what little oxygen not yet taken up by the foul stench of burning flesh and hair.

She hadn’t expected the strong, chemical smell that wafted from the second storey of the house.

Or the bloody footprints leading up the basement stairs.

Or the dark, patchy stains sinking into the living room rug.

Or her brother’s friends to come racing from the back of the house with wide, watery eyes and ashen faces, tripping over gallon bottles of bleach and haphazardly strewn cleaning supplies.

But most of all, she hadn’t expected to find her little brother, rumpled and glassy-eyed, staring into the swirling green light of her parent’s latest failed invention. 

[asleep-in-the-keep-sideblog]

Asleep In The Keep: A DP x BNHA fic

Summary: After the fight with Pariah Dark, Danny succumbs to his injuries and dies in his friend's arms. He is able to rest knowing they are safe… Until he wakes up in the Keep. Danny flees to a portal, and it leads him into a world of heroes and quirks. In a world where everyone has powers, it would make sense that Danny would be accepted…Right?

Word count: 1331

Chapter 1: Nightly Night  

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Danny was dead tired. He couldn't feel his legs. Oh, it was just his spectral tail. Forming legs took too much out of him. The fight with Pariah Dark was unlike any he had with other ghosts, Danny knew it would be. Fortunately, he and the ghost hunters (his parents included) formed a truce. They cleared the massive army of the dead, and he dealt with Pariah. It was a risky strategy that couldn’t even be called a plan.    

Before the fight, Clockwork appeared to him. Danny had to be the one and only one to defeat Pariah, otherwise, he will come back. Sam and Tucker were always there with him when the ghosts attacked, although over the course of 3 years, their compact support turned to moral and medical support. There wasn't much humans could do against ghosts. So, at the entrance of the Keep, he locked them out. Despite them being human, they weren’t able to enter the castle. It was like the Ghost Zone itself bent the rules for the fight.    

Danny floated over the sarcophagus that sealed Pariah. His hands shook as he steadied himself down to rest on the cold floor, his back leaning against the coffin. Pariah had shot a giant hole through his torso, just under the ribs, and despite the abundance of ectoplasm in the air, it wasn’t closing. He held the wound with shaking hands trying to keep it all in, but he could feel it slowly leak out of him like cold tar between the gaps.    

He lost too much blood and ectoplasm.

Outside he heard cheering.  

Or maybe it was just his ears ringing.  

Danny thinks he beat his record for longest ghostly wail.

He tried to stand up again, but it was like he was hit by a meteor. Worse maybe. Danny thinks he might be able to walk that off after all the hits he took from the ghosts. He laughed mirthlessly at himself. That shouldn’t be funny.  

More and more blood and ectoplasm seeped out of him and covered the floor like a crude picnic blanket. Blood and ectoplasm mixed like oil and water, and so the floor looked like a modern work of art exploring contrasting colors. It glowed faintly.    

He was going to die. Somehow Danny knew that his time was up. Maybe he only came back as a ghost to defeat Pariah, and now that it was done, the Ghost Zone wouldn’t need him anymore and just finish the process.    

How much different would it really be? Danny had been dead for 3 years now, this would just make it official. Would his parents even know what happened to him? Would they blame the ghosts? Would they blame Phantom? Phantom will no longer be there and neither will Danny. Will they be able to put the two and two together? Danny doubted it.    

He let out a faux breath but quickly regretted it as it pulled on his insides. He was starting to go dizzy with the pain. He no longer cared what happened to him. Everyone was safe, that's all that mattered…  

He heard the clanking of metal and splashes ring out in the room. It got closer and he was able to pick up voices he recognized. He couldn’t understand what they were saying, or even who was who, but they were desperate and shrill. They sounded like the kids they were.  

Danny didn’t want them there, didn’t want them to see him like this. He tried to raise a hand up, to push them away, but it pulled the wrong way and he winced.

His eyes were unfocused, and he was only able to see the dark outlines of them hovering over him. He felt claustrophobic and his insides squirmed more.  

He could feel hands pulling into his body, but his body weaved like smoke through their fingers. Despite what he told Tucker and Sam, staying tangible takes a lot of energy, only the more powerful ones could maintain it for so long (he didn’t want to think what that meant for him). It didn’t matter now. Everything was far away and he felt like he was floating down a river.  

He could feel them still reaching through him. They left warm imprints in him where they tried to pull him up. It felt nice.  

“He’s never been this bad before...” it rang out louder than the others, and he was able to tell it was Jazz. She shouldn’t be here for this.    

Despite the pain, he tried once more to move away from them, but it was like a fish flailing on land. None of them should be here. He didn’t want these to be their final moments with him. He didn’t want this to be what he left behind. They should remember him as he was before the fight, when he smiled when he went to face the King alone. All that was left was a broken shell they had no hope of fixing. He closed his eyes, trying to pretend they weren’t there.  

“...go away…” he pushed out with all the strength he had left. His side ignited in pain, but he continued, “...don’t..loo-'' he felt a warmth around his neck, and he relaxed into it.  

“Why are you so stupid?” His sister called out, “You knew this was going to happen, didn’t you?” more warmth blanketed him. He suddenly realized they were holding him.

“We could’ve fought with you!'' said Tucker. “You didn’t have to do this alone!” Danny didn’t have the energy to fight back. It had to be him and him alone, otherwise Pariah wouldn’t be defeated, just subdued and a problem for later like before. He ended it.  

“...go” Danny once again choked out.

“Like hell we’re gonna leave you!” Sam yelled “You always do this! You think just because you’re strong you can take on any threat by yourself!” She choked, “Well look at you now!” He could feel her gesture at him. “You’re so selfish…” he heard a soft slash on the ground, as if she hit it in frustration. “Why do you get to make the decision for us?” Her voice was softer now, “we promised to help you…What happened to ‘friends til the end’?” she broke down.    

She was right. They all were. God, he was selfish, he had always been selfish. He shouldn’t have made the choice for them; he knew they would go with him; he always knew that. They had been there since the beginning, yet he still pushed them away. He was probably trying to avoid the situation they were in now. It was too late to go back, and even if clockwork allowed, he still didn’t regret his dissections. If they went with him, they would be deader than him.  

His core buzzed as they held him. He loved them so much. He didn’t want to leave them yet, there’s so much they didn’t do, didn’t say. They haven’t even graduated high school yet. They must have known all this, that this would be the last time that they held him. He could hear all of them sobbing.  

He started to cry too. He was glad they were there…

He didn’t want to die alone.  

Danny could feel he was slipping fast. Their warmth was fading more and more as the seconds went by. He didn’t want his last words to be ‘go away’.  

“...thank…” he muttered “...you.”

He couldn’t feel them anymore, but he knew they were there. He allowed himself to let everything go, he no longer had the strength to hold on anyway. He could go peacefully. Pariah Dark was defeated. Amity Park was safe. His friends wouldn’t die today. Everyone was going to be okay.  

His form felt fuzzy and he started to melt, then he felt nothing at all.

His core sang as if it were saying, ‘job well done’.

He couldn’t have chosen any other way to go…

[phantom-angst-obsession]

Guys I made a fic about my earlier post if anyone's interested, the first chapter is short because I like where it ends but I'll try to get more words and longer chapters

[iamstillnotemo]

New fanfic out now!!

[supershot73199]

Ok I love this all but I can't help but think how this would change something major. I don't think Jason would die in Ethiopia this time around, Danny does.

Ok so everything goes pretty similar to canon between Jason and Bruce as he might have more parenting experience due to Danny but he doesn't have the street kid instincts that Jason does leading to different ways of seeing the world. However I feel like Jason would have a close relationship with Danny as while he wasn't a street kid he does have those "whatever it takes to survive" instincts even if they are more combat focused.

I'm putting the rest under a read more.

So the way I see this happening is Danny is on the case to prove that Jason didn't kill that guy Bruce and him argued over because he knows Jason to well (he's like a little boy Jazz) he's busy and Jason knows he believes him so when Jason goes to meet his mom he leaves a note for Danny who immediately despite being exhausted rushes to meet up with him accidentally forgetting his medicine or if he has the bracelets that help suppress the poison then he had taken them off before reading the note and in his worry forgets to put them back on.

So Jason still gets sold to Joker and tortured but he thinks Danny will save him because he left him the note and he's right Danny is only a few hours behind Jason so while not fast enough to stop the beating he was able to get there right before the bomb explodes and while it may hurt him Danny never would choose his own comfort over his family so he uses his powers to protect Jason.

The building comes down around them while Danny has the realization that he forgot his medication/bracelets and while at first he considers waiting for rescue due to knowing from how it feels that if he uses his powers any more he won't survive. But then he looks at Jason, his baby brother on the edge of passing out smiling at him because that's his big brother, he came for him and is gonna make it all ok, and then we cut to Bruce just git to the warehouse only to see burning rubble and as the despair filled him right before he can rush in to start digging them out, Danny walks out through the rubble holding Bruce's baby boy who is injured, Danny hands Jason off to Bruce who immediately starts performing first aid. Then as he's doing this Danny sits down on some rubble almost collapsing he has a smile on his face even as blood pours out of his nose.

Jason wakes up to his father crying and treating his wounds. They have an emotional heart to heart that I'm not talented enough to write. Then Jason says something along the lines of how he knew he could always rely on Danny and the turn to him expecting one of his puns only to see him slumped against the rubble with his veins clearly visible and black and the two rush over to his side.

Bruce recognizes this as the poison and asks where the antidote/bracelets are so he can get them and save him only to fall silent when Danny says Gotham. There isn't enough time and they all three know it. Jason starts crying and blaming himself only for Danny to shut that down he gives him a heartfelt speech about this is not Jason's fault that the only one to blame is Danny himself as he was the one who forgot and then the last line is, "If I could go back to the plane right after I took off knowing this is what would happen I would do it all over again, cause I'm your big brother and I love you."

So Danny dies and Jason is too injured to be Robin and I think it would be interesting if he decides that he won't fight anymore (you can also make it to where he has a permanent injury that keeps him from being Robin either way) instead he starts studying medicine and first aid eventually becoming like a superhero doctor/paramedic/first responder taking on the name Asclepius still breaking the bat and bird theme like when he became red hood but as its a constellation it's also a homage to his space loving brother.

Tim still joins the family like in cannon only instead of Robin he takes on the mantle of Nightingale because maybe Danny acted as a check on Bruce and as such Tim associates that name with his original goals as Robin. Also I feel like Dick becomes his Big brother persona as a way to fill Danny's shoes (cause in this he goes from middle child to eldest versus canon where he was the first Bruce took in) but I feel like Tim and Jason have a closer bond because they spend more time together and Jason was Tim's Robin.

Now here comes the interesting part we have a few options of things that could happen with Danny

1) he just stays dead he's the uncle Ben of the batfam

2) he dies and becomes a full ghost spending time in the ghost zone to stabilize before eventually returning to his family

3) he gets the Jason Todd treatment and resurrects when superboy punches the universe but he doesn't have any ecto at first so the poison has broken down and is no longer in his body but he's also not complete, Talia takes him eventually throwing him into the Lazarus pits which if we are going by common dpxdc fanon is either corrupted ectoplasm or a crack into the infinite realms I prefer the crack into the infinite realms for this because Danny gets sucked into the ghost zone where he heads gets back into the swing of using his powers etc before going to find his family.

4) the same as above except the Lazarus pits are not ecto so Danny gets the same treatment as Jason except he doesn't fall for the bullshit they try to sell him to get him to be more violent eventually leaving the league to return to Gotham (Maybe taking a young Damian with him)

So I'm going to continue with the option 3 but if anyone wants to do anything with the others feel free.

So now we get to the under the red hood arc except since it's not red hood I'm going to call it the ghosts of the past arc. So Danny back in Gotham with the full range of his powers and years of pranks to make up for dons a disguise over his ghost form starts solving crimes and showing up the batfam just like Jason did but with less murder. So we get to the rooftop reveal scene where they are questioning this mysterious vigilante only for him to reveal himself in his ghost form (this could work for the full ghost option too) and the family is stunned silent because they recognize him and have a emotional reunion.

This leads to an mini arc where Tim thinks he is going to get replaced by Danny coming to take his place back only for Danny to shut that down because in full Jack Fenton fashion he just is so happy about his new brother and so proud of how he handled the Nightingale title and asks him to keep doing a good job,

Tim- "Don't you want the name back?"

Danny- "Nah I'm going back to Phantom now that I have access to my powers."

So then the butterfly wings still effect changes because now we have Damian coming in and this time Tim does not have to give up his mask for Damian as the title of Robin is not currently used. Danny shuts down the Blood son nonsense fast because Damian can have that stuff all the others have their own legacies or goals and none of them include being Batman.

So Bruce still gets lost in the timestream and Dick and Damian are batman and Robin still. Why not Danny? Because Vlad after Danny died attempted to clone Danny and after coming back Vlad abandoned that idea only foe Danny to find it included to only one who had survived the neglect the infant girl (Vlad gave up before he did the rapid aging for her) so Danny is acting as a single father and because he won't let a teenage Tim do it he is also the stand in CEO for Wayne enterprises. So his plate is full and Tim saves Bruce like usual except he gets back to Grandbaby!

Also I didn't mention it in the stories but his relationship with the other bats is

Cass- best Big brother ever they vibe together quietly and he never misses a ballet recital (even if he has to use duplicates) and made David Cain and Lady Shiva decide not today Satan and avoid Cass because the fear the brother bear

Steph- he is almost more of a dad to her than Bruce I'd they just bond over crazy relative stories (Vlad and Cluemaster respectively)

Damian- he is a little shit to Danny at first but the lack of desire to take his "birthright" eventually leads to Danny being almost more of an uncle than a brother though Damian is still closer to Dick (though Danny is Damians first choice for a sparring partner

Barbara- Danny is her support system he helps her with the fact her dad was always working when she was younger and he is the one she goes to with any insecurities.

Duke- Power buddies all the way Danny is the one who helps him learn to control his powers and they feed of each others feral behavior (also Jason as a medical focused hero eventually cures Dukes parents though he is still considered a part of the family)

Also I feel like Danny has a soft spot for Harley due to how she might remind him of Jazz and would always be seen trying to convince her to leave Jokers pasty ass. When he comes back to life and finds she's left him and is dating ivy (another Rouge he's fond of due to the vibes being like sams)he straight up throws a party.

I don't really know enough about the other Gotham heroes personalities to say much about them but I imagine Danny is pretty universally liked even if they find his antics exasperating.

I am loudly pushing the batdad agenda i am loudly pushing the— DPxDC Prompt

“Woah. You look like shit."

Granted, that’s probably not the first thing Danny should be saying to the guy that just bit the curb, but in his defense; he’s not running on 100% right now either.

The man -- tall, towering, and broader than Danny is tall -- whips around on his heel, black frayed cape flaring out impressively. Danny would've whistled in appreciation, but he takes the time instead to wipe the back of his hand across his mouth, smearing the blood running from his nose across his cheek.

"Sorry." He blinks widely, not even flinching as the man with the horns zeroes in on him. "That was rude of me. I have a really bad brain-to-mouth filter; Sam says its what always gets me into trouble."

And she's not wrong either, per say. His smart mouth is what landed him in this situation -- with blood blossom extract running through his veins and cannibalizing the ectoplasm in his bloodstream. Thanks Vlad.

The man grunts at him; a short, curt "hm" that shouldn't make Danny smile, but he does because he's somewhat delirious and probably concussed. The man keeps some kind of distance, sinking towards the shadows of Gotham's alleyway like he dares to melt right into it.

If it's supposed to scare Danny, it doesn't work. Danny's never been afraid of the dark; he's always been able to hide himself in it. He blinks slowly at the mass of shadows.

"You look hurt." The shadows says, blurring together around the edges. Danny squints, and licks his lips to get the blood dripping down his chin off. Ugh, he hates the taste of blood.

"I am." He says, "My godfather poisoned me. M'dying." The agony of the blood blossom eating him from the inside out looped back around to numbing a while ago, so all he feels is half-awake and dazed.

"Hey," Danny stumbles forward towards the man, a bloodied hand reaching out to him. "You-- you're a hero, right? You're not attacking me; which is more than I can say for most costumed people I've met." Maybe it's a poor bar to judge someone at, but he's already established that Danny's not in his right mind.

The man makes no change in expression, but Danny realizes blearily that it's hard to tell with the shadows on his face. He stays still long enough for Danny to latch onto the cape -- stretchy, but almost soft under his fingers.

He looks up blearily into the whites of the man's eyes. "Can you help me? I don't-- I don't wanna die." Again. He doesn't wanna die again. He blinks slow and lizard-like. "I mean- I'll probably get to see mom and dad again, but I told them I'd at least try and make it to adulthood."

There's a clatter down the street, and Danny's ghost sense chills up his spine and leaves a bitter, ashy taste in his mouth. He immediately knows who it belongs to even before the deceptively gentle; "Daniel?" echoes down the way.

"Daniel? Quit your games, badger, Gotham is dangerous for children."

Danny's mouth pulls back, and blood spills against his tongue. "Please." He rasps, and grabs onto the shadow's cape with both hands. "Please. He's going to kill me. Please--"

"Daniel? Is that you?"

His lips part, dragging in air to plead with the darkness again. He doesn't need to, the whites of his eyes narrow, and the cape whirls around him before Danny can blink. Soon swaddled in shadows, the Night lifts him up, and steals him away.

[some-kind-of-creature]

It wasn’t supposed to be a secret.

If you died while with the league, you will no longer be acknowledged to have existed, especially if you died during a mission. A disappointment will not be remembered.

The bats and birds don’t like speaking about the people they have lost, so they don’t. If someone ask about the dead, they will tell the person they don’t talk about that.

So how was Damian supposed to know that he should have told his father about his dead brother?

[the-thing-inside-your-closet]

Something something Danny learns that Jason died and crawled out of his own grave.

Danny, to Jason: You actually got a grave?

Jason: Why? You want one?

He doesn’t notice how this could potentially sound like a threat from an outsider’s perspective.

[charlietheepicwriter7]

The Joker was apprehended, sitting on the ground as Batman guarded him, but the kid--"Bruce Wayne's newest ward, how tragic! Hehehe!"--was nowhere to be found. Nightwing and Red Hood desperate searched the warehouse until a shuffling noise grabbed their attention.

A kid, black haired just like the kid in the Joker's broadcast, crawling out of a pile of boxes. "Is it over?" the boy asked quietly.

Nightwing guided him to the only exit, unfortunately walking past the boy's own kidnapper. "Yeah, kid. It's over. Come on-"

Like a shot, the boy rushed the Joker and kicked him right in the balls.

The Joker wheezed like a dying squeaky toy. Red Hood froze. Nightwing immediately snatched the boy up by the armpits, but all that did was give the boy the height to attack again, punting Joker in the jaw. The clown went down and cracked his head on the floor. He did not get back up.

There was a moment of silence before Red Hood roared with laughter, his helmet distorting the sound.

[paxopalotls]

The fanfictions are infecting me with brainrot oh my god have some au doodles before I explode

[bluerosefox]

Always Favors You

Another Sibling Danny and Jason idea!!

"Are you Jason Peter Todd?!" demanded a deep and commanding tone from the strange glowing being in front of them.

All the Bats stiffened and tensed, no doubt gearing up for a fight against the being that somehow knew Red Hood's full name.

Jason, Red Hood, decided to put on a brave front despite no doubt cursing in his head and wondering how the heck did this thing know his full freaking name.

"Whose asking." he snarled out, his hands twitching for his gun when the huge glowing knight with purple flames coming out of his helmet and cape, who was riding on a nightmare looking horse while they all had been in the cave going over tonight's patrol.

The Knight didn't seemed bothered by his response nor did he even seem to care or flinch when Batman made his own demand on 'Why was he there and who was he' or when Damian unsheathed his sword and pointed it towards him. Instead the strange glowing Knight reached to it side and pulled out... A glowing scroll? Huh. (Also he completely unnerved everyone in the room when the Knight didn't even react when Batman had tossed a Baterang when he reached for his side)

The Knight opened the scroll and spoke clearly with purpose.

"Jason Peter Todd,

You are hereby invited as a special guest of honor to the crowning of our future King of the Infinite Realms.

Daniel Phantom, once Daniel Jackson Fenton, and once Daniel Austen Todd.

Prince of the Infinite Realms, the Keeper of Balance, The Peacekeeping Halfa, the Defeater of the Tyrant King Pariah Dark, The Great One, Youngest of the Ancients, Ancient of Space, The Bridge between Life and Death.

You, the half-brother of our King, have been given the highest of honors for your past actions and will be given housing and food in the Realms and Phantom's Keep, for the week long event. Personal servants and attendants will be at your disposal and a seamstress will be on hand to tailor make your attire for the Coronation.

Signed: Clockwork. Ancient of Time. Watcher of the Infinite Timeline. Kronos. Mentor and Adviser.

PS: I shall have Fright Knight ("Me" the Knight bluntly said for a second) leave this scroll along with a personal one for you from Daniel to read over and once you make up your mind sign the bottom of the scroll.

I do hope in time you will pick the right choice Jason Todd, we of the Infinite Realms would like to reward you for your actions. After all, if you hadn't gotten young Daniel away from your father that night all those years ago, we would never had gained our Prince nor be free from our once Tyrant King.

Ah, one more thing.

The Infinite Realms will always favor you Jason."

Jason felt like he couldn't breath as Fright Knight? Rolled up the scroll, pulled a letter from his side, and held out the two items for him to take.

[bet-on-me-13]

The Summoner

So! Danny is not the Ghost King.

But he still has a good relationship with a LOT of Powerful and not-so-powerful Ghosts in the Zone. So much so that they have given him their Summoning Circle's with a blanket permission to Summon them any time. Not like they have much else going on...

This all leads to a hilarious situation where Danny can't use his Powers for whatever reason and is forced to Summon his friends for help. In front of a group of Heroes.

He has to explain everything to them, but accidentally convinces them that he has Summoning Magic and the Ghosts are all on his Contract. He also mentions Saving people from Ghosts and the JLA realize that he is a child Hero.

They ask him if he wants to join Young Justice, and Danny hesitantly agrees.

Now Danny is on Young Justice and the entire team thinks that he is a Hero with Ghost Summoning Magic.

And his name isn't Daniel "Commit to the Bit" Fenton for no reason.

[yournewmisstress]

In the Danny is Damian’s brother trope what if instead of Damian not telling the family about Danny wasn’t because of grief or shame or any of the more commonly used reasons for his silence. What if it was because he heard about how his father talked about Jason after his death, focusing and exaggerating the negative. That he was violent, angry, never listened to orders but in some iterations and popular fanon is that Jason was a cheerful and studious Robin.

What if while compiling info and researching the former robins during his tumultuous introduction he saw what kind of robin Jason was, good with kids and victims. Talking about his favorite books while on patrol and similar. Reminding Damian of his most Beloved brother.

Then he finds out about how Bruce talked about Jason after he died. Using him as an example as what not to do, erasing his good traits and just using him as a cautionary tale of what happens when you don’t follow orders. Just like what Ra’s said about Danny.

So he didn’t tell the family, not out of guilt or grief. But because his father stripped away Jason’s positive traits after death, the son he chose, adopted and loved. Who when he failed because he was a child led astray by his mother. What would he do to his brother, who loved the stars and excelled in stealth, who was quite in his kills but had no lust for killing.

Whether or not Bruce would do this to Danny’s memory doesn’t matter. B’s actions are gonna affect how Damian views his father even years after the initial actions. Because Damian will protect his brothers memory from being twisted even by their father.

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Original first chapter

This is the first chapter of Asleep In The Keep that I had posted to Ao3. It was originally 174 words. I did a massive rewrite of chapter 1-6 I think and I like it a lot better, but it's still fun to read the old stuff cause wow

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Danny was dead tired. He couldn't feel his legs. Oh wait, that's just his spectral tail. The fight with Pariah Dark was hard. He lost so much blood and ectoplasm during the fight. He was tired. Shutting Pariah Dark into the sarcophagus spent the last bit of energy he had left. 

Outside he heard cheering. 

Or maybe it was just his ears ringing. 

Danny thinks he beat his record for longest ghostly wail.

He could feel his form buzzing. Despite what he told Tucker and Sam, staying tangible takes a lot of energy. It didn’t matter now. He was so sleepy. Everything was far away and he felt like he was floating. 

He could feel them reaching through him. They left warm imprints on where they tried to pull him up. 

“He’s never been this bad before...” 

He thought he heard one of them sobbing. 

He could feel more warmth around him. It felt nice. None of them were hurt. Everything was gonna be okay. Danny just needed to sleep for a little bit…

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I think I've gotten better at writing since then

Fun fact: the reason the fic is called “Asleep In The Keep” is because Danny was supposed to just be asleep in the keep and not dead in the keep. That was more clear in the earlier drafts (chap 2 and 3). I kept the name cause it rhymes and I’m not clever enough to come up with a new one

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Dc x Dp Prompt #6

“I’m a twin”, Damian said one night. He could feel the narrowed eyes of his family drilling holes on his back in disbelief. Not that he could blame them. Damian had never so much as implied being raised with a companion, much less a sibling.

“I had a brother”. Damian paused to recollect himself. He had not said his brother’s name out loud in over 8 years.

“His name was… Danyal”. Damian hated the way his voice wavered, but he could not help it. Danyal was everything to him, his other half. Their heart beat as one and when one heart stopped beating, the other one died with it. At least until his family put his heart on metaphorical life support without ever realizing.

“Where is he now?” His father asked, voice filled with knowing grief and a hint of betrayal. It had in fact been 6 years since Damian first showed up on his doorstep.

“Up there”. All eyes shifted towards the specific star he was pointing to. “Right before he died, he promised me he’d guide me from the stars. Unfortunately, the stars are not visible in Gotham, so my brother is unable to be of much help unless I leave the city.”

“Your brother is Polaris, the North Star?” Tim questioned warily, most likely in attempts to not offend him. Damian was aware of how stupid it sounded, but Danyal had promised, and his brother never broke his promises.

“Yes. Danyal is with the stars now, just as he always wanted”

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The ring was small and silver with a single emerald embedded in the metal.

It wasn’t something flashy, it probably cost less than the smallest gem from his vault all together.

But it was perfect.

Which made it so heartbreaking to turn it down.

“Dick.. you know me so well.. I wish I could take this ring, i really do.”

Dick was still on one knee in the little apartment, but he put the small box down on the floor as he asked.

“Then what’s stopping you?”

Danny let out a bitter chuckle,

“The US government.”