#they find a blue eyed Danny at 'Danyal's' computer and it takes them a moment to realize it's not Robin

[christaspirit]

Batman frowned.

“You can’t be Danyal al Ghul,” he said.

The ghost king blinked.

“What do you mean?” He asked.

“Danny’s at home right now with a concussion,” Nightwing said.

The ghost king frowned.

“You must be getting us mixed up,” he said. “Damian’s the one that survived. I died.” The ghost king frowned. “Well, technically I got sent to another universe where I died at 14, but same difference.”

The Justice League stared at him.

“Who is Damian?” Batman asked.

The ghost king looked confused.

“Damian al Ghul? Son of Talia al Ghul? My younger twin brother? He looks just like my human form?” The ghost king looked around, baffled. “C’mon, you should know this! I know you’ve met him!”

A realization seemed to dawn on the ghost king.

“Oh that little… he’s been pretending to be me!” The ghost king said. “I understand why, at least when he was with the league, but why keep up the act?” The ghost king shook his head. “Seriously Dami?”

The ghost king walked out of the boundaries of the summoning circle (he could do that?!) and promptly disappeared.

Meanwhile, some hundred miles away, a 16 year old sat at his computer, attempting to do homework, ignoring the pounding in his head. Seriously, father, he was fine! He could do patrol!

“Master Danyal, you’ve got a guest,” Alfred said, entering his room.

Danyal(?) frowned.

“Is it Jon?” He asked.

“No, he says his name is… Danyal al Ghul,” Alfred said.

Danyal(?) bolted upright, then tore out of his room (“slow down master Danyal!”), then slid down the railing.

He stopped at the entry way, where a big identical in all but the eyes and the clothes stood, arms crossed, eyebrow raised.

“What’s this I hear about someone pretending to be me?” His twin asked, playfulness evident in his voice.

Danyal Damian paused a moment, before throwing his arms around his brother, sobs caught in his throat.

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A few minutes later, Damian sat next to Danyal on a couch, with Alfred looking over the two of them.

"So, care to explain?" Alfred asked.

Damian tapped his foot while he started.

"My name... my name isn't Danyal. My real name is Damian," he started. "When we were seven we went on a league mission, it didn't go well, Danyal died and... well, he was the favorite, so..."

Danyal (Danny?) continued. "But I didn't actually die, I wound up in another dimension, and was adopted by some ghost hunters. I ended up half-dying at 14, and then more recently the people who adopted me blew up the other Earth, so me and my friends entered the Infinite Realms, and then Clockwork found my original dimension... I've been here for a couple of months. Oh, Damian, I forgot to tell you. We have a little sister. I got cloned."

Damian blinked.

"...oh."

Alfred sighed.

"Well, Master Danyal, Master Damian, would you like something to eat?"

Dc x Dp Prompt #1

A Danny and Damian twin AU Black Butler style:

Danyal Al Ghul was a well liked natural born assassin just like Damian. But he had something Damian did not, the favoritism of Ra’s Al Ghul. As the older twin, Danyal was heir to the Demon, as the younger twin, Damian was merely the spare. Damian, while always jealous of Danny, could never hate his twin when all they had was each other.

Danny himself never cared or loved anyone but his brother. When the twins were taught how to kill their emotions, they found that the twins only weakness was each other. They could not unlove the other the way they could with everyone else.

Danny and Damian were identical twins born with their father’s blue eyes. It was impossible to tell them apart with just their appearance. Their mannerisms and personality were what usually gave them away, but Danny and Damian knew each other, and they could be the other’s perfect clone if they wanted to.

No one ever knew which was which unless Danny and Damian allowed them to know and even then, they would never know if the twins were telling the truth. Rumors would spread that Talia and Ra’s themselves didn’t know who was who but that rumor was quickly shut down by Talia who as their mother would never take such an insult (even if it was true).

The twins obviously took this to their advantage. They’d take punishments for each other when the other couldn’t handle anymore that day, they’d pretend to be the other twin whenever Damian wanted to feel favored by Ra’s, etc.

However that changed after being sent on a mission together when they were 7. Danny and Damian were fine until they weren’t. Something happened and Danny died. Nobody knew what happened, the twins were alone, and all the league knew was that it heavily traumatized the surviving twin. Well that and it changed their eye color from blue to green.

When Danny died, Damian knew Ra’s would be disappointed if he came out as the survivor. Damian was never as liked by Ra’s because he was not the firstborn, not the true born heir, and most importantly not Danyal Al Ghul. So Damian did the most logical thing a traumatized 7-year-old could come up with. He took on his brother’s name and continued living on as him.

Everyone believed Damian when he told them he was Danyal. They had no choice but to believe him. And though they became suspicious when Damian’s personality and mannerisms changed, this was quickly attributed with his brother’s death. After all, everyone knew the only weakness the twins had was each other.

So when the Justice League summoned the High King of the Infinite Realms and a teenager that looked exactly like an inverted version of Danny claimed to have been Danyal Al Ghul while still alive, Bruce didn’t know what the King was trying to play at when he knew Danny was back home in the manor with a concussion.