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dcxdpdabbles · 1 month ago

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Hi Drabbles,

I wanted to ask if you still do prompts and if you do can you do the one below?

So Danny is the Ghost King and was friends with Bruce’s parents so he felt when they died. They could become ghosts but I’ll leave that up to you. But either way, Danny feels their death and assists Alfred when he can to raise Bruce. Due Danny’s visits and Bruce’s holidays in the infinite realms they (Bruce and Alfred) became very Liminal. So they have slight powers. One day, Danny comes over with Ellie and Dan (who are like siblings to Bruce as both we deaged/destabilised and Danny raised them) but Bruce forgets he never told the newer kids about them as Danny hasn’t come over in a while. Dick has meet them, Jason has heard about of them but the rest don’t know about them.

There were three strangers in their house. Usually, that would be okay, as multiple people came and went through Wayne Manor. It was customary to hire random crews to help set up for a Gala, or maybe some representatives from the various charities they helped would come over for dinner or a meeting.

Sometimes, a few of Bruce's old party buddies would pop up to get him to stop being a dad and return to his party boy days. They've all learned how to dance around visitors and hide their identities.

The thing was, these strangers were kept from the main parts of the manor. Their rooms, the sitting lounge, Bruce's Office, Damian's art studio, Jason's library, Tim's game room, Cass' dance studio, and Duke's music record room were all inaccessible.

Bruce would always ask if someone attempted to sneak away and stop them. There was a time when paparazzi disguised themselves as crew members—the three idiots even got jobs at the cleaning company—and tried to see if they could find a scandal on the children.

Brucie Wayne was seen crying hysterically on the news that night for accidentally pushing down a piano on them. He was trying to take it up to the Music Room as a surprise for Duke and wanted to avoid bothering the cleaners to have them help him. He had no idea the rope he was using to drag the grand piano up the stairs would have snapped and rolled backward onto the paparazzi, who had previously been taking pictures of Cass practicing without her knowledge.

People told him not to feel bad, as Bruce had cameras in the hallways of his home due to the last time someone broke in, and it was obviously not his fault. Some people said they deserved it, but Bruce wouldn't hear it. He paid for all their medical bills and gave them enough funds to tie them over for three weeks while they recovered.

Everyone shook their heads at poor Bruce. After all, the piano had fallen so far that the only real harm was that each of them got a few bruises and a broken arm, but that was all.

The point was that no one went up there that shouldn't be.

Yet here, standing in the middle of the Gaming room, were three strangers who were all aggressively battling it out on an old remaster shooting game.

"This is way harder than I remember," said the oldest one, who seemed to be Alfred's age.

"That's cause you always sucked at games," The woman taunted, but her words were countered by the other man shooting her down. "Hey!"

"Ha!" Barked the last man from where he was twisting his elbows, moving alongside his running character. "I'm unstoppable!"

Tim turns to his siblings, about to ask them how they want to play the dramatic scene where they would throw these people out, but his words catch in his mouth upon spotting Cass' expression.

Her narrowed, guarded eyes watched the three with the same amount of steel she had reserved for only the worst of their enemies. Whoever they are, they set off so many alarms in her. She knows they're dangerous.

At once, this minor inconvenience turned into a severe risk to his health. He snaps back towards the strangers, tense and ready for battle. Around him, the rest of his siblings are in similar stances, quickly signing how they would attack.

What kind of message were they sending if someone on Cass's danger scale was able to break in undetected and choose to play with their things? Was it a show of what they could do? Claim that they could beat the Bats without really trying?

The woman's eyes snap towards them so fast she could have been a speedster. He had even noticed her turning around; one second, she was back to them. The next, she was half-turned, staring at them. It looked like a poorly edited video. Everyone jumps, but all she does is smile. "Hey, it's Bruce's kids! Anyone want to call the winner?"

The older gentleman drops his control, turns around to fully face them, and gasps. He puts one hand on his chest and the other right above his mouth. "Look at them! There are so many! Alfred must be so excited to be a grandfather. Why aren't you two giving me grandbabies?"

"Ugh, not this again." The man sighs, continuing to play despite the fact that the other two are no longer paying attention.

"It's fine time you find someone nice." The other protested.

"I'm not nice," Countered the player. "I highly doubt someone would want to find me."

"That's not true, Dan. Most of my co-workers want your number, " the woman chirps. "Also, stay away from my office. It's gross."

"Aren't half of your office married?"

"That's why I said most, you idiot."

"Just for that, I'm going to your office dressed like a romance novel protagonist. The modern professor who goes home for the holidays and finds his humanity again. I'll have a trench coat and everything."

"How dare you. Then I'll strut by your friends in a bikini."

"That's mean. It's not Halloween; there is no need to scare them."

"I'll kill you-"

"Enough! Honestly, you two, you're in your late thirties. Stop bickering."

"No matter how old we are, Dani will always be my little sister."

"Aw. " Dani poses the same as the older man—hand on chest, hand over mouth—and looks close to tears. "I love you too, you big waste of space."

Cass creeps into the room, somehow vanishing from view as the three strangers chat. Tim is still determining where she is, but he figures she'll strike when she has the opening. He feels Duke palm the knife in his pocket, and Damian lowers himself in preparation to throw a ninja star.

Dan snaps his head up with a laugh. "Wow, you're fast. A little too loud, though. Make sure to flatline your heartbeat when sneaking up on people."

Cass drops down over him, but Dan only laughs. Her blade goes right through him, and her fast place kicks do nothing. She accidentally cuts the controller in half, stopping the man's laughter.

"No! I was winning!"

"Ha!" Dani barks, uncaring the ninja star that goes through her right shoulder and flies through her body to exit on the other side. "Dan forfeits!"

"How does this count as forfeiting-"

"Guys, the children are trying to kill us." The older man cuts in. He levels the Waynes with large, grandfatherly eyes. "Children, why are you trying to kill us?"

He says it the same way someone would as a child why they were putting things in their mouths.

"Not kill. Just harm," Duke responds, voice low and dangerous. " Why don't you answer our questions. How did you get in here?"

"Alfred, let us in. He said we could make ourselves at home while he stepped out." The old man frowned. "He went to get Bruce from his office."

"Who are you?" Tim demands next, filing away the claim that Alfred let them. The butler would have told them days in advance if someone would have access to the game room.

"I'm Danny Fenton. These are my children, Dani and Dan." Danny introduces, eyeing the crowd. "We're close friends of Alfred and Bruce."

"How-"

"It's so good to see you all again!" Dick cheers, running down the hallway and still in uniform. He jumps over his siblings in an impressive flip, not breaking stride to race into Danny's arms.

The older man holds them open seconds before they crash together. "Dick! Look how big you've gotten. Oh, it seems like only yesterday you were waist-high!"

"Ha ha ha, it has been a few years, Granpa Danny. Hi Auntie, Uncle! How are you?"

"Dickie, my sweet pea, look at you!" Dani squeals, leaning in for her own hug. She passes through a confused Cass like a ghost. "So handsome! And Tall! Who told you that you were allowed to grow taller than me?"

"Seeing that you are barely over five' six, everyone," Dan laughs, clapping Dick on the shoulder. "It's a shame we're twins, so I'm no taller."

"Um, Dick?" Tim calls as his brother breaks in fast-paced, reassurances that no matter how tall he is, he will always be open for hugs from the shorter adults. "Who are they?"

"Oh these are Fentons. Danny helped Alfred raise Bruce, so their like our extended family."

Tim blinks, wondering if this feeling of confusion is what his classmates mean whenever they joke about being at family functions and people who last saw them as babies walk up to them like they should know them. It's an odd feeling.

"Oh, them?" Jason says from behind the hallway. He peeks in casually, lowering his gun and raising the soda can in the other hand. "I heard about them but never met them. They have level purple clearance."

"Of course we do! We build that stupid cave for Bruce." Dan scoffs. "He got stuck down there as a kid and thought it was safe just to make an entire headquarters in a hole. Honestly."

"At least Bruce has a career and children," Danny says pointingly.

"Please don't compare me to my cousin." Dani groans. "It's exhausting."

Yeah, this is definitely extended family.

#dcxdpdabbles #dcxdp crossover #Extended Fmaily #They are there for a visit #Dan and Dani are twins after the deaging #They treat Bruce like the family baby #Danny and Alfred once had a thing #They were living together with Thomas' approve that's why Danny wasn't a employee #Eventually broke up but stay in contact for the kids #Dick loves them #The rest are so confused #" Part 1

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zylev-blog · 10 months ago

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Masterpost

This is the masterpost for everything that I have posted, not reblogged or added on from someone else.

DCU Only

The Batkids hide in Batman's cloak: here

DP Only

Ghosts as a separate species: here

DpxDc

Danny-centric

Young Danny: here

Danny really hates Christmas: here

Failed Ghost Danny: here

The Purge: here

Secret Arms dealer: here

Danny is Jon Kent: here

Martian Danny: here

Danny's being followed: here

Danny is Bruce Wayne: here

Danny is the clone of Barry and Hal: here AO3 link: here

Danny is Ace the bathound: here @bloggerspam wrote a beautiful fic for this!

Danny goes back in time to kill villain Tim: here

Danny is Diana's daughter: here

Danny arrives during DCeased: here

Danny is Alfred's son: here

Danny is centries old: here

"My name is Danny Fenton, and this is Jackass.": here

Danny is the son of Clark Kent and Lana Lang: here

Danny is convinced Batman is a vampire: here

Danny is Deadshot: here

Danny infiltrates the Light: here

Danny is Jason Todd: here

Danny pays Diana a visit: here

Dan-centric

Dan meets Jason Todd: here

Red Lantern Dan: here

Dan raises Kal-El: here

Jazz-centric

Jazz gets drunk: here

Halfa Jazz: here

Jazz is Lex Luthor's daughter: here

Tucker-centric

Tucker is Amity Park's protector: here

Dani-centric

Dani wants to get arrested: here

Dani is from the future: here

Dani is the clone of Bruce and Danny: here

When Dani destabilizes, Superman stabilizes her dna. She doesn't appreciate this: here

Danny is Clockwork's assistant

Clockwork's assistant au: here

Apprentice of time au: here

Green Lantern Danny

Adult GL Danny: here

GL Danny in Justice League: here

GL Danny helps arrest his parents: here

Danny and others:

Danny and Jazz go to a gala: here

Danny and Dick talk during a stakeout: here

Damian's rant: here

Cujo steals Jason's gun: here

Danny haunts Batman: here

Wally crosses into the DP universe: here

Bruce trains with Phantom: here

The Phantom siblings like to throw things: here

Gotham is on fire: here

Danny and Sam make a bet: here

Flash, Batman, and Joker accidentally cross into the DP universe: here

Danny and Bart are from the future: here

Dani and Dani decide to crash Bruce's interview: here

Mind-controlled Superman crashes Danny and Sam's date: here

Damian and Danny are best friends: here

Danny haunts Batman: here

Dick and Danny talk: here

Dick and Danny are childhood friends: here

Danny rescues Bruce in 1732: here

Jason and Danny kill the Joker: here

Deaged Danny

Danny escapes CADMUS: here

Danny and Dani are adopted by Aquaman: here

Oliver adopts Danny: here

Clark adopts Danny: here

Barry adopts Danny: here

Teen/Adult dad Danny

Ellie and Damian's forced friendship: here

Single Dad and toddler Ellie meet Single mom Kara and baby Kal: here AO3 link: here

Danny is Klarion and Nabu's Dad: here

Danny is Zeus, and Diana's father: here

Other:

Dick throws a party for his 30th birthday: here

The Batfam discover the GIW's warehouse by accident: here

Freakshow and Joker are brothers: here

Tim accidentally creates a portal to Amity Park: here

Dick accidentally saves Danny instead of Tim: here

Danny becomes backup Red Robin: here

Deaged Dick: here

Jazz, Harley, and Bruce are in medschool together: here

Halfa Tim Drake: here

Villain Fentons au: here

Valerie doesn't want to be on a hero team: here

Dick and Damian are ducks: here

Kryptonian Jack Fenton: here

Amity Park is its own nation: here

Villian Fentons: here

A Turkey ghost sends the Fentons on a country-wide chase: here

Little Baby Man Danny: here

Conner is Phantom and Superman's clone: here

Kryptonian Danny: here

Ships:

Dash/Danny: here

Tim/Danny: here

Tim/Danny gods of Krypton: here

Damian is Jazz and Bruce's son: here

Valerie/Danny raise Dani: here

GL Jazz/Bruce: here

FBI Agent Jazz Fenton(Nightingale): here AO3 link: here

Stephanie/Danny: here

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phantoms-world-and-more · 2 years ago

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Danny and damian held hostage by vlad

So during a gala danny was forced to attend because of vlad, danny was able to sneak away during the night

It was a few hours later that vlad tracked him down, but was looking confused asking how he got out again

It was only after coming back to the lab, seeing another black haired teenager swearing into his restaurants that vlad realised he kidnapped the wrong kid, and danny realised vlad actually kidnapped a kid

When they come in, the way they were talking made it obvious vlad mistook this kid for danny and now all of them are looking at the other 2

About an hour later they freed the kid and explained everything, vlad was in love with dannys mom and was trying to forcibly adopt him, the lab was for slightly-illegal experiments and vlad just...keeps danny in there when he's being to feral

Over the course of the conversation, danny and damian become friends, through their shared spite, pettiness and annoyance at billionaires

Half an hour later while damian and vlad fought for right to adopt danny the batfam come barging in on what?

To see damian with his sword out screaming at a grown man about how that was his new brother now

Said grown man was screaming back that danny wasn't

And a kid tied to a pole staring on in indifference

Until they noticed they were there...

Bruce almost had a stroke when damian said

"Father, this is Vladimir masters, he mistook me for danny and kidnapped me and this is danny our new brother"

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starwrighter · 2 years ago

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Ba bam!! New prompt for y'all.

Danny is Jason's biological son but Maddie is still his mom. Let's say Jack had become sterile after their experiments with ectoplasm. This is devastating because they want more kids/experiments. They can't go the artificial route they can't properly insure the donor would meet their standards.

Maddie and Jack decides Maddie will go get the genetic material from someone that meets their standards in a place they'll never travel to again. This place happens to be new Jersey Gotham and the donor they choose is of course Jason. They of course never tell him. Jason remains unaware to the outcome of his spontaneous one night stand.

...

Until Danny's brought to Gotham by Vlad for a gala. Imagine being the Wayne's and a sketchy billionaire introduces his godson and it's just a much younger version of Jason. The first thought they would jump to is clone so they're spending all this time talking to Danny while waiting for Jason to respond/ show up

In this time Danny manages to

1: Bully Dick for being a part of the circus when he tried talking to him (he's a cop, rich and he's from the circus; three strikes!!!)

2: Becomes immediate friends with Damian (They would be bff's and I will die on this hill!) Shenanigans ensue.

3: Makes a rich guy cry like a baby.

4: Is forcefully put in the corner by Vlad with the risk of sabotage to Jazz's future.

When Jason gets there he takes one look at Danny, his eyes glow green. He immediately knows Danny is his son. The batfam don't have the chance to confront him as Danny disappears before they get the chance. Danny unknowingly leaves chaos behind him.

#dp x dc prompt #dp x dc #dc x dp #dpxdc #danny phantom crossover #danny phantom prompt #dcxdp #one of the highest numbers i saw while googling Jason's canon age was 22 #sooo...either we age Danny down for this or make Jason old #Damian demands Bruce adopt Danny despite knowing Jason is the biological father.#Jason: Danny is my son #Damian: tch Todd you should know by know that blood doesn't determine who's your family #Jason: I know damn well you went on about being the “superior blood son” at breakfast this morning.#Damian: Things change Todd! Danny is worthy of the family name

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notedgyanymore · 2 years ago

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Dp x Dc idea

You know those fics that has Danny and Damian as twins, and when they were younger, they were forced to fight to death, Damian won and Danny barely survived and end up losing his memories as a result of his injuries. Well, usually in those stories Danny remembers his brother as soon as he sees him again, but what if instead Danny needs a similar emotional event to trigger his memories back.

Basically, Danny discovers that Bruce Wayne is his father at a gala that he was invited by Sam, he and Damian reconnect and become friends Danny doesn't remember his past and currently has no interest in living with his biological family. Damian is somewhat grateful for Danny's amnesia because now they get to talk without the baggage of their past.

Damian plans to explain to Danny what happened in their past and apologize for his mistakes, but right now, his priority is helping his brother to get out of a clearly abusive household by slowly gaining his trust, so Danny can warm up to the idea of living with him in the mansion, his plan seemed to working, though Danny is still in deep denial about his parents' neglect. Then the worse happens, the Fentons find out Danny's secret and try to kill him, he gets away thanks to the help of his friends, who after finding a safer place immediately call Damian for help.

Damian gets to their location as fast as he can, but when he gets there, Danny remembers. The familial betrayal, it happened before, Damian has once tried to kill him. Feeling unwanted and in despair, Danny runs off, after hours of flying injured he falls into a farm owned by a sweet old couple who helps him make a full recovery.

Note: The old couple are Superman's parents if it wasn't clear enough.

#danny phantom #dp x dc #crossover

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dpmultibitches · 9 months ago

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By default Danny is probably dating Sam in threads unless we talk about a ship and I have them as just friends for our interactions, which hasn't even come close to coming up with someone yet. BC I ignore Phantom Planet, what happens relationship wise for him with me is he ends up dating Valarie again but they eventually break up. Well she's come around to the idea that not all ghosts are evil, the reveal that he's Phantom is a breaking point for her. She doesn't plan on leaking his secret and her and his hero self are on better terms than they used to be, especially with her friendship with Dani. But she couldn't get past the part he played in the downfall of her father's company.

After that it was a few months before Sam talked to him about her feelings, and the 2 of them started dating about a month after his 15th birthday. Well he does love Sam, it doesn't mean he's just gonna bring up his relationship with everyone without any reason to. Especially after becoming a Wayne publically, he doesn't need reporters swarming Amity because that's just asking for trouble. Damian finds out about a week into him being there, the rest of the Waynes find out about a month after he starts living with them. He asks if Bruce can invite Sam's family to the next Wayne gala so that he can see her, they say yes and even include a plus one invite so that Sam can bring Tucker along.

Needless to say the Manson's were surprised to see Danny at the gala, not only because he was introduced as Aidan Wayne but because the Fenton's had been telling people that he died in a ghost attack. He told them a version of the truth, Bruce Wayne was his birth father and when the Fenton's ghost obsession put him in danger he faked his death and went to find his twin brother Damian. They were asked not to say anything to the Fenton's and luckily? Their belief that the two weren't fit to be parents played in their favor, they promised to keep the secret to keep Danny safe. They also were probably not so secretly happy that their daughter wasn't dating a nobody like they thought, and instead was in a relationship with a Wayne.

#;;Headcanons #Kinda???#this is a bit of a spoiler to my main twin au fic but yolo idc

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thatstheproblemwithnapkinman · 10 months ago

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screw it, I've posted this to ao3 too bc why not, you can find it here

Danny couldn’t sit still as his parents drove to Vlad’s, and this time it wasn’t because of his dad’s driving. He’d completely shocked Vlad when his opinion on the gala had shifted and he was happily cooperating with all of the outfit planning.

He knew Vlad was planning on showing him off, announcing him as the heir to his vast fortune just to get closer to Maddie as Jack would surely force him to spend copious hours in training with his best friend Vladdie. The thought of that makes him shudder every time. The idea of being paraded around annoyed him and made him nervous.

And yet Danny wasn’t just jittery from those nerves. He was also excited to meet his friend. They’d become close over months of playing Doomed together, and Danny had never clicked with anyone like him before, not even Tucker or Sam. He just got it. Not the whole being a teenage vigilante of course, no one could understand spending years of your life saving the day and getting shit for it. They’d bonded over their overbearing but caring older sibling and odd sleep schedule. He just understood when Danny had to quickly cancel and never asked questions. He didn't look down on him when he came on in the middle of the day because he missed school for reasons. The idea he would meet someone who, somehow, understood what is was like for him.

Except he was nervous. All he knew about his friend was a name.

Tim

He guessed Tim was around his age, 17, but other than that, he had no idea who he'd be looking for. he didn't know what to expect.

Tugging on his shirt, he braced himself as the GAV pulled up to the ghastly mansion Vlad called home (no pun intended). Jazz was away at college so got lucky. She didn't have to deal with their dad being incredibly embarrassing all night. Maybe Tim would be a relief from it all.

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Tim shuffled in his seat, earning a gland from everyone in the car. He wasn't the only one dragged to the gala, Dick and Damian had also been roped into it. Whilst it was common for Damian to go, Dick was in town and owed Cass for an assist she gave him, and after begging her for anything else, he reluctantly joined them. Of course, none of them wanted to be there, they just put on the show of the happy Wayne family to get intel and draw people away from the whole "Batman" thing. Which is why the four of them had been driven 2 hours from Chicago airport to Amity Park.

Sighing, he looked over to find Dick watching him.

"What do you want, Dick?"

His brother threw his hands into the air and gasped dramatically.

"Now now Timmy, no need to be so rude..."

"Shut up."

"Ok man, I'm just wondering what's up? You're not normally nervous for these things."

Dick was right. He never got nervous at galas. His parents had been taking him to them since he was able to walk, and even once he started attending them as Timothy "might as well be a Wayne" Drake he remained in the flow. And yet, because he was meeting Danny, he felt jittery.

"It's nothing Dick, I'm just a little on edge today."

Dick tilted his head slightly and narrowed his eyes.

"Sure Tim, but if you need anyone to bail you out tonight, just find me."

Tim nodded and turned back to the window, just in time to see the strange mansion come into view. He didn't exactly know why but the building put him on edge. It felt wrong. And he knew his family felt it to. The atmosphere shifted and he could feel work mode activate. Dick stiffened, Damian locked his eyes on the building and barely blinked as they got closer and closer, and while Bruce appeared to be the same, his eye's were all Batman. They would be working tonight. The Batman's and their Robins. An unstoppable force.

This was going to be a fun evening...

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After spending the past 30 minutes hiding from Vlad, Danny finally found himself with no way out and was dragging into the spotlight.

"And this is Daniel, my godson and future owner of VladCo, once he has been appropriately educated of course." drawled Vlad as he gripped Danny's shoulder so hard his arm started to go numb. He wanted to slip away, to pass through the wall and fly back to his house. He knew Vlad would certainly come after him but just some time away from this awful place. Everyone looked at him as if he had been dragged in from a gutter. Vlad had paid for his new suit and yet these rich, stuck up, assholes could smell the commoner on him. He hated it. The only reason he hadn't left was so he could meet Tim, although with every minute he couldn't find him, he was starting to lose hope.

A tug on his shoulder brought him back to reality and he looked over to see Vlad glaring at him.

"Now Daniel, I know this isn't how you wish you were spending your night but you could at least pretend to be enjoying yourself instead of trying to laser the floor."

Danny gritted his teeth.

"You know damn well I don't want to be here."

"Of course I do Daniel, which is why I am enjoying this evening so much. Although, I supposed if it really is so terrible for you, I could-"

Vlad was cut off by a silence that fell across the room. His grip loosened enough for Danny to wiggle out and towards the door where the socialites had all turned to gawk. Once he caught sight of who had arrived, he realised why.

Even in Amity Park, the Wayne's were well known. Bruce Wayne, multi-billionaire, playboy, regarded as one of the ditziest CEOs in the world. His eldest and recently adopted son Richard "Dick" Grayson, just as much of a playboy if not more, know for flirting with everyone and always making your night better. The youngest, Damian Wayne, a 13 year old who looked like he wanted to murder everyone in the room including himself. Danny could relate. But even they had seen the media storm when he'd arrived one day, showing up out of nowhere as the only biological child of Bruce. Poor kid, being thrown into this world so fast.

Finally, Danny's eyes fell onto the fourth member of the party. Timothy Drake, son of the late Jack and Janet Drake, a billionaire in his own right before he was taken in by Bruce. Like the others, he was in his stride, a large smile and politely acknowledging everyone as he passes.

With a sudden shock down his arm, he spun to see Vlad had gripped his shoulder once more and started leading him towards the Wayne's.

"Oh Ancients please anything but meeting more stuck up billionaires" he prayed, although they would probably find this hilarious to watch. Danny Phantom, multi-time saviour of the infinite realms, being forced to talk to drivelling wealthy snobs who see him as a lesser being. What joy. Bracing himself, he let Vlad force them both into the conversation.

"Ah Mr Wayne, so glad you and your children could join us tonight. Although I am sure I remember Miss Cain being on the RSVP?"

With a bright smile, Bruce shook Vlad's hand.

"Cass unfortunately had something come up and so Dick very kindly offered to me, Damian, and Tim. No point wasting a place now is there."

All of a sudden, Danny shuddered. This was enough for Vlad to look down at him out of concern. Well, more like he was concerned Danny would ruin his gala by stopping whatever ghost he assumed had arrived. Yet this wasn't his ghost sense. He felt as if he was being watched. He tried to play it off, but looking up revealed 5 sets of eyes on him.

"And who may this be?" Bruce's voice sweet and innocent, whilst his eyes seemed to see straight through Danny. He even checked his hand to make sure he was still visible.

"This is my godson and heir to VladCo, Daniel Fenton."

Now, Danny wasn't stupid, not be any means. If he hadn't been regularly missing school due to his extracurriculars, he would have straight As. He was also observant, something that came in very handy as a vigilante. So he didn't miss when Tim stiffened for a split second. He was confused until it clicked.

Tim.

No. way.

His friend, the person who understood him more than anyone, was Tim Drake.

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"Thank you for having us Mr Masters, hopefully we can talk later." Bruce shook Vlad's hand. "Daniel, it was a pleasure."

"Y- yeah. It was nice meeting you..." Danny forced out, staring at Tim.

When Masters had introduced them, Tim hadn't been paying any attention. He was focussed on the strange feeling he got from the building. He had, however, immediately tuned in at the mention of 'Daniel". Danny had told him about his weird uncle that constantly called him Daniel even though he hated it. And seeing the way the kid flinched when he was introduced had put the pieces together.

As Danny was being pulled away, he met Tim's eyes and gave him a pleading look. Tim grinned and turned back to face Bruce who was staring at him.

"What?"

"You tensed."

He refrained from rolling his eyes.

"Fine. I was nervous about coming because the guy I've been playing Doomed with said he was going to be here and it's Danny, okay."

"*tt*, That's pathetic, Drake. He is just a person not unlike anyone else. Why would you be nervous?" Damian scoffed and Tim wanted to drop him. Luckily, Dick stepped in to be the mediator.

"Damian, Tim was nervous about meeting a friend for the first time, which is completely normal." He clapped Tim on the back. "It explains how you've been acting all week, and I suppose that grin means you want to do something fun?"

"Please do not make a scene. We aren't in Gotham and I don't think these people would appreciate your usual antics." Which was Bruce for "Don't get arrested or burn the building down."

"Bruce, please. You have to have faith we would never do something like that," Dick smiled at him, "again."

With that, Bruce took a deep breath in and made his way into the crowd, Damian following after him. He turned to Dick and saw that shit eating grin he so loved and feared staring back at him.

"Let's go find your friend and show him how to have fun at these events."

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After moving on from the Wayne's to another conversation, Danny saw his chance to escape when Vlad once again lessened his grip and he swiftly snuck away. If Vlad had noticed anything strange with the Wayne's, he didn't say anything to Danny. Yet Danny felt off. The way Mr Wayne had looked at him, that wasn't how the dim billionaire playboy would look at him, analysing his body language. He'd learned what that looked like from years of Jazz doing it.

He also knew his friend, and Tim was nothing like how Timothy Drake was portrayed by the media. If he was putting on an act then maybe they all were. Now he just needed to find him again.

Moving through the crowd, he tried to work his way over to the buffet table, hoping they had gone for food. Shaking with nerves and excitement, he looked around to see if he could spot them. He was so focussed he didn't notice where he was going until he bumped into someone. Someone who happened to be Damian Wayne.

"Sorry Damian. I didn't mean to run into you."

"Hmph, of course not, you just forget to watch your surroundings and stay in your own head. No wonder you befriended Drake."

"Errrr, thanks? Anyway, do you know where Tim has gone?"

Damian looked him up and down before smirking. The sight was unsettling.

"Him and Richard went off to find you and probably set up some sort of prank or game to play. From the way he was burning holes into your Godfather's back, it would most likely have something to do with him."

"... Did you see where they went?"

Damian gestured towards the nearest door. As he turned to leave, the boy spoke up.

"Fenton, if you hurt Tim, I will personally tear you apart until you are begging for death, only to leave you broken." With that, he disappeared into the gaggle of socialites behind him, leaving Danny bewildered and intimidated.

"Damn, rich kids really are strange," he muttered as he headed through the door and down the vast hallways of the mansion.

When Vlad had moved to Amity Park, he had commissioned a new home on the outskirts of the city, close enough it was feasible for a human to commute, but far enough away he wasn't mingling with the general population. Vlad flew in, of course he did, but as long as people could agree that driving was an option, it was never questioned. The mansion was almost as large as his castle in Wisconsin, with sprawling wings, never-ending hallways, and a secret creepy lair in the basement. Just what every billionaire needed.

Searching the rooms came up empty and he was about to turn back when a crash came from a room slightly further away. Rounding the doorway he was taken aback by the sight of two suited men dangling from the ceiling beams with what looked like buckets of milk.

"I- What are you doing?" The sound of Danny's voice caused them to snap their heads in his direction.

"Danny!! Glad you're still here. How did you find us?" Tim gave Danny a grin as he swung himself to by lying on the beam instead of hanging from it.

"Damian told me you went through the door and then I heard the crash."

"Yeah sorry about him, he is still learning social customs." Dick chimed in with a similar grin to Tim. He was clearly more comfortable hanging there as he hadn't righted himself. "Want to help us? We were thinking of dropping milk all over Masters but we would need a distraction to get him into the room."

Danny's eyes darkened and a grin crept across his face.

"Absolutely."

DPxDC Prompt:

When Vlad announces that he'll be hosting a gala-- when Danny's parents make it clear he can't get out of attending-- Danny vents about the issue with his online friend, Tim (a boy he's been chatting with for months now, becoming quick friends over Doomed.)

"Huh, that's kind of weird," Tim says. "B's dragging me out of state to a gala this weekend too."

It's a little too much coincidence for Danny. "Uh… do you mind saying which state?" he asks.

"It's in Illinois," Tim says, and Danny just about bluescreens.

Despite being generally very careful about disclosing any information online, Danny can't help but shout a very enthusiastic, "WHERE IN ILLINOIS?"

There's a pause before Tim says, "Amity Park? Why, do you-- oh my god."

Danny's sure it's clicked for Tim too. He's out of his seat, pacing his room, not even sure when he got up. His mind is buzzing, both nervous and delighted. "Does it count as doxing myself if I confirm what is probably already extremely obvious?" he says with a laugh.

Tim snorts. "Maybe just a little, but-- do you still want to avoid that gala?"

"Fuck no."

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