Danny Fenton is reborn as Danyal al Ghul, Damian's older brother. He dies young and returns with memories of his past life in tact, which leads him on a long journey away from one home and to another. Damian, meanwhile, is searching for his long lost brother while trying to care for Ellie, the niece left to him by Danyal before his second disappearance, and the rest of the family is struggling to hold things together.
all parts will be linked on this post! please don't ask to be tagged, just check here occasionally for new updates
the beginning - danny
the lost brother - damian
title from this excerpt of Ada Limón's "To the Busted Among Us"
I'm safe
I'm trying to prove something.
Near the beginning of the Justice League's time, they had acquired a 'prisoner' of sorts. The 'prisoner' is an entity that Mimics a human teenage boy. They have snow white hair that flows as if in the wind or underwater, and they wear a mostly black and white hazmat suit with a stylized D on their chest.
Batman was the only one who had interrogation skills, so he was the go-to for interrogation for their 'prisoner'. Batman had remained in the underground cell block in the Hall of Justice for hours before returning, the sounds of the 'prisoner' banging against his cell continues, with Batman saying he couldn't get anything out of their 'prisoner'.
Things get really busy for the Justice League after Batman attempts to interrogate their 'prisoner' a few more times. It gets so busy that everyone slowly forget that they have a 'prisoner' since his banging had stopped after half a year in their cell. Even Batman, who has become a 'Tired Dad,' forgot about the prisoner under the Hall of Justice.
When JLD is formed, they are told that they can't help out much, as the entirety of JLD is searching for the missing Prince of the Infinite Realms, which causes them to not be near the Hall of Justice.
A couple of years after the emergence of the newest Robin and Superman's son is when the Justice League is reminded of their 'Prisoner'.
Jasmine Nightingale, the Ghostly Queen Regent of the Infinite Realms, had come to their world in search of her brother, the Crown Prince of the Infinite Realms. She followed the faint bond she had with her brother, and the League members were baffled that it led them to the Hall of Justice, specifically, the cell block where their 'Prisoner' is, who still looks like a teenage boy, despite how many years past.
Phantom didn’t like that Danny was so distracted lately, but he knew that college was important to him so he did his best not to complain. Sometimes he really disliked not being fused together with Danny but, being fused for years had stunted Danny’s growth and made him so liminal he might as well be another ghost all together. Danny had still grown up well even despite Phantom accidentally hindering him. He was beautiful and tall, though he was slender and youthful looking. Only Jack and Jazz Fenton were taller than Danny, he wasn’t nearly as broad or muscled as Jack but he was still solidly built from his years fighting with Phantom.
Phantom had changed over the years as well; he didn’t look nearly as human in his natural form. More void, smoke, and ice in a humanoid form than anything actually human. He’d learned to disguise himself as a human very well. Most people couldn’t even tell he wasn’t human and the few who suspected only thought he was some kind of meta. His human form was a little more broadly muscled than Danny, a little shorter, but a little darker in skin tone, though his hair remained its stark white as the only sign of his ghostliness apart from his green eyes.
Phantom only liked pretending to be human because it let him follow Danny around as he lived his life. He knew more sensitive people found him unsettling, the most obviously unsettled about him was a strange being in Danny’s math course. Phantom was sure that they weren’t truly human, but really could not tell what they actually were. Phantom wasn’t sure why he was thinking about that guy, he was always able to sneak in behind Danny without being noticed despite not actually being a student but this man always flinched when he spotted him and watched him warily. Phantom didn’t like Danny being so distracted from him, but this other mortal was pretty interesting. He seemed like he just couldn’t not notice Phantom.
“What are you thinking about?” Danny asked almost absently, icy blue gaze drifting to Phantom. Phantom’s gaze snapped to Danny, eager for his attention.
“I wasn’t thinking anything.” Phantom told him, definitely lying.
“Is it that guy again? Duke Thomas?” Danny sighed and shook his head with a rueful smile.
“Is that his name? Interesting…” Phantom hummed thoughtfully, floating closer to Danny.
“He’s probably sensitive, don’t bully him for it.” Danny scolded gently.
“He can definitely see me.” Phantom observed his eyes glued to Danny’s, Danny’s expression turned to surprise. Phantom loved how expressive Danny was.
“Oh, that’s pretty unusual. Do you think he’s a medium or something else?” Danny couldn’t help but wonder before shaking his head. “It doesn’t matter, we need to leave the poor guy alone. He looks so spooked!”
“One might say he seems haunted.” Phantom joked, nuzzling his face into Danny’s neck and causing him to stifle a giggle.
“Stop it, I need to focus.” Danny protested half-heartedly.
“Okay, okay. I’ll be good. But you have to become one with me later.” Phantom requested kissing Danny’s chin.
“Okay, once I finish this we should have time…” Danny agreed, his cheeks flushing pink and a giddy sort of smile on his face.
“Mmm, I look forward to entangling with you.” Phantom spoke softly into Danny’s ear causing him to flush even darker.
“D-don’t make it sound weird.” Danny whispered.
“It’s not weird Starlight, we were meant for each other.” Phantom told him. “My perfect half, my guiding light…I’d still be lost to the void if not for you.”
“I didn’t do anything…” Danny refuted trying to turn his focus back onto his textbook to avoid the shy feeling building in his chest.
“You called to me… You called me and shared your soul with me…” Phantom told him softly, he continued in a more teasing tone. “You even shared your body with me…”
“Phantom!” Danny scolded his whole face flushing. “That’s not what happened.”
“You shared your heart, your body, your mind, even your soul to restore me from the long void…” Phantom told him, wrapping his arms around Danny’s shoulders. “That is everything. Our destinies are entwined; now and forever we will have each other.”
“Hnh, m-maybe I could take a break.” Danny said softly as Phantom kissed his neck softly.
“Anything you want Starlight.” Phantom chuckled.
this is a funny silly goofy take on canon in the event that wukong stole macaque's right eye from his corpse after killing him and chaotic tug-o-war that ensues because of it when macaque comes back from the dead. this is technically shadowpeach but it's a product of welcome to my sick and twisted mind + what happens when wukong's blood becomes macaque's catnip
original post // eye saga tag // holy blood tag (+ progeny)
brain vomit ficlets:
sick trophy
stolen
jealous of the eyeball
the scarf and the sick trophy
MK, the mistake, and separation anxiety
initial discovery
blood-drunk macaque (rated t)
the reason
self-mending scarf
a revealing conversation with the lotus prince
be back. i need some time.
blood for blood
wukong is drunk (rated t)
a gift from the mayor
a revealing conversation with princess iron fan
after weeks (rated t/probably closer to rated m)
"I'm gettin' real fuckin' sick of Vlad Masters, Jazz." Danny hissed his blue eyes almost glowing with his repressed anger.
[Oof, what'd he do now?] Jazz's voice sounded as exhausted over the phone as Danny felt.
"This man, this beast stalked me all the way out to fucking Gotham and then had the audacity, the absolute gall to be upset with me for not following him back to his creepy fucking castle to play out his twisted vision of a Perfect Family. He won't even acknowledge the child he used me to create because she's not the son he wanted. What about what I wanted?!"
[Ugh, he's such a gross creep.] Jazz acknowledged, prompting Danny to continue venting.
"I was fourteen! He tortured me with electricity so he could use me to create her then just fucking rejects her because she's not a boy?! What the fuck is that!? Then I can't even keep her in the house for nearly a year because my fucking parents are such bigots that they would have taken the first opportunity to vivisect her if she slipped in front of them and showed any of her powers." Danny's voice shook there, as though repressing the urge to just burst into stressed tears.
"Then that fucking animal just outs us all to my shitty parents and ruins our lives and nearly gets my daughter killed and then has the fucking balls to decide that that means I no longer have any reason to refuse him! As though I would ever just go along with that monster. He's absolutely deranged! I had to uproot my whole fucking life so I could run out here with Ellie and now I have to fucking move again because this lunatic has hyper-focused on me because my mom hates his guts now and he thinks I can somehow replace her or something?!" Danny was clearly distraught and it tore at Jazz's heart to hear her baby brother so upset.
[Don't worry, Danny. You don't have to move, I've been poking around and I've managed to fenagle a deal with someone. Vlad won't be a problem for much longer.] Jazz soothed gently.
"What? A-are you sure? Who did you make a deal with?" Danny asked stumbling a little over the revelation.
[Well, Ghost-X really wants a rare pelt doesn't he? I can help him get one at the low low price of Vlad Masters.] Jazz explained as gently as though she were soothing Danny from a nightmare. Danny's jaw dropped for a moment, his gut twisting and his heart torn.
"Jazz I...Did you sell out Vlad to Skulker?" Danny asked somewhat faintly, as though he was not completely sure he wanted to know.
[I did no such thing. I merely sold some weapons to a family friend. What happens, happens and is entirely Ghost-X's own choice. Vlad Masters is a monster with more money than sense; money will not save him from the consequences of his own malice forever. There is a price to be paid for making enemies everywhere you go.] Jazz comforted gently, she knew that Danny would trust her decision and excuse her faulty reasoning. After all she would have done the same.
Jazz knew that what she was doing was probably wrong, was cruel and a disproportionate punishment for the crimes committed. Yet it only felt fitting for the man constantly hunting and tormenting the person that she loved above all others to be hunted like a common animal by one of his own previous accomplices. Normally she would have never trusted Skulker with the weapons that her parents had designed and she had stolen, but she had been observing him and the others for long enough to realize that all the ghosts hated Vlad more than they were annoyed by Danny's nosy peacekeeping.
"I...I don't know what to do with that Jazz." Danny sighed pinching the bridge of his nose.
[You don't have to do anything Danny. Just relax and let me help you for once. I'll come to see you and Ellie tomorrow, just focus on Ellie and my visit. Has she been adjusting to the situation okay? I'm sure it was very stressful for her to be subjected to not only Vlad but our parents like that. She's two now isn't she?] Jazz steered his attention gently.
"Y-yeah. Yeah. Luckily she doesn't seem to actually remember Vlad at all and her nightmares are so vague I don't think she remembers Jack and Maddie either. But I think she's lost all her other memories as well, she's so smart but she's also really only two." Danny explained, exhausted but doting.
[I know it must be so difficult to raise her on your own, you're still just a child as well after all. But now that Vlad is out of the way it wouldn't be any more dangerous for me to come live with you to help finally. I'll put in a transfer immediately to Gotham University and I'll be able to help you more directly than just sending money and presents.] Jazz sounded happy, her voice becoming more energetic and excited. [Sam and Tucker will be able to get back into contact with you again too! You don't have to do this alone anymore, I know these past six months have been so hard on you. You'll be able to go back to school!]
"Jazz, it wasn't just Vlad I was hiding from; Jack and Maddie are also still a problem." Danny sighed.
[Tch, they won't be much of a problem anymore after Sam, Tucker, and I completely destroyed their lab and all their bigoted research. They'll be rebuilding for decades and if they dare show up we already know how to counter them.] Danny had never heard Jazz speak so coldly about their parents before, but then their parents had never tried to vivisect Danielle and destroy Danny before.
"...That still leaves the GIW though..." Danny protested somewhat weakly.
[Technus and Tucker have teamed up to completely destroy all their bases and basically cause them to hemorrhage money with no results to speak of. They'll be shut down soon enough.] Jazz sniffed, she didn't even view them as a legitimate threat. [More importantly, when I finally get there we'll get everything in order. You'll go to school and we'll work together to build a better life.]
"Oh, I dunno about school. I do still have to work, I can't just rely on Sam to send me living expenses every month. I feel like dead weight and her parents will have to notice eventually." Danny reasoned.
[It's okay Danny, we can take turns working and going to school. I'm sure we can figure out a balance between taking care of Ellie, school, and working.] Jazz reasoned gently.
"Jazz, that's way too many things all at once. I don't want to leave Ellie alone for too long and even though the Batburger lets me bring her with me to work I doubt that high school is just going to let me bring my two year old daughter with me." Danny reasoned.
[Well, haven't you been repairing things for people on the side? What if I get a job so that you can focus on working from home by building some of your actual inventions instead of just repairing things for people. I'm sure you could make some real money with that portable shield you made. Doesn't Wayne Enterprise provide scholarships for engineering? I really think you could accomplish so much if you just take the chance.] Jazz reasoned.
"I dunno Jazz, I was a C average student and technically dropped out to raise my daughter, I don't think they'd let me have a scholarship or work for them or whatever." Danny refuted.
[If they have any sense they'll realize that choosing your daughter over your education was respectable and they'll know that grades are not a true indication of intelligence. Besides, I would say you did very well given how stressful everything had been for you since the accident, especially with Vlad exasperating the situation by sending people to constantly attack you in some twisted effort to wear you down and make you more pliable to his sick advances.] Jazz spoke of Vlad with the utmost disdain.
"Pfft, sending people to constantly attack and harass me at all hours so that I'd eventually have to seek him out was not among the worst things Vlad ever did to me." Danny huffed with a dark sense of amusement.
[No, but it was still a wretched thing to do and I would take his pelt myself if I could.] Jazz said more coldly than Danny had ever heard. It surprised him a little, though he should have realized how deeply Jazz actually loathed Vlad.
"It'll be fine Jazz. We'll make due...you're coming to live with us and we'll build a better family than the one Jack and Maddie built for us. Thanks for talking with me Sis...I love you." Danny sighed completely drained from everything that happened and the conversation on top.
[Always Little Brother. I love you so much, I'll see you tomorrow.] Jazz spoke warmly, as loving as she had always been towards him.
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Normally Timothy Drake made an effort not to spy on his neighbors. But he was nosy by nature and his neighbor was a teen dad only a year older than his youngest brother Damian Wayne. It was hard not to focus a little more on the sixteen year old Danny Winters, especially since he was always so exhausted. Tim could admit that it probably wasn't his business what led to a sixteen year old living alone in Gotham with a two year old daughter but Tim could never leave a mystery unsolved.
It took him a solid week to find the teen's true identity which was not only concerning but frustrating, especially since he had to bring in Babs to help crack his security open. Someone with massive technical skills was protect him and it only made Tim infinitely more curious. The mystery only deepened when they found that Danny came from some nowhere town that wasn't even on any proper map.
They managed to figure out that he was actually Danny Fenton and after a falling out with his parents he had run away with his baby and had been moving town's fairly frequently until he finally ended up in Gotham. There were inconsistencies and unusual blank spots in his history and travel trail. However, it rapidly became obvious why when the realized that one Vlad Masters was also constantly trailing after him. They could not figure out the connection between them but it was very concerning.
The answers came far too long later, Danny had been living in Gotham for months before an unusually loud and distressed conversation next door grabbed Tim's attention. Tim was only able to hear Danny's side of the conversation given how thin the walls were but it was as enlightening as it was distressing. Tim was not completely sure what was going on but it seemed that Danny's sister had sold out Vlad to someone and was going to move in with Danny.
Tim was not sure what was going on, but Danny was a very sweet and helpful boy. His daughter was adorable and Tim was distressed for them both that some rich old bastard was so viciously focused on them. It made him sick to think about the implications of what he heard and if Tim saw Masters himself he was not sure how he would keep himself from killing the man. He was torn between telling Bruce and telling Jason. Bruce would surely try to get him arrested and reformed or whatever but sometimes...sometimes someone deserved to be sold out to Red Hood.
Danny was just a kid and he'd already been forced into parenthood and far too much trauma and stress. Yeah, the longer Tim stewed over it the more certain he was that this particular case should go to Red Hood. He would make his own call soon; Danny deserved better than whatever shitshow Masters forced him and his daughter into.
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It pleased Jazz more than words could say that she was proven right only a week later and Vlad Masters had become Skulker's most prized taxidermy piece in his cabin. Ember thought it was tacky but justified.
DP x DC prompt. ~“Unstable connection”~ Dead on main.
Part 1. J: I met you in the comments under the fanfic with our ship. Decent story to tell the kids, right?
D: Dani already knows. And she is gonna tell the whole Ghost Zone. There’s no point in lying.
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Part 1. Part 2. Part 3. Part 4. Part 5. Part 6. Part 7.
Part 8. Part 9. New: Part 9.1. Part 9.2. Part 9.3.
Part 10. Part 11. Part 12. Meme break №1. Part 13.
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On one occasion, two picky readers met on the AO3.
Jason, who has not forgotten his roots as a bookworm, is going to fight injustice using fanfics. Who says public opinion is hard to control?
And since he doesn’t want to be the laughing stock of his family for the rest of eternity, he decides to explore the part of the fan house that ships him with an unknown hero.
Well, they will never meet in person, will they? So it’s okay to use it for a good cause. Plus, his “assistant” is a cute guy.
Fic Rec master post!
sally jackson. reblog if you agree.
All right let's do this
When Batman walked into the facility he was expecting to see a group of cultists summoning a demon or dead/alive scientists messing with magic artifacts that they had no idea had consequences
Not what seem to be a glowing teenager on a table being dissected the kid look like he was Damien's age or at least when you're older than that yet tears running down his face and a glowing crown over his head
And at the exact moment his control snapped he took a running loop and started to attack the scientists that were dissect The King no child that needed his help
As Batman was attacking the scientists who were screaming about more ghost scum Zatanna and Constantine were freeing the boy who radiated a feeling of Pain Pain Hurt Scared Save Me Please Save Me
Constantine uses the spell to take the kid to the Justice League headquarters as he's doing so he turns around and says "Ae Z I'm going to take this kid to the medics you handle calm me down bats over there"
Zatanna nodded her head yes as Batman was beating the scientist unconscious she walked up and put her hand on his shoulder and said "that's enough Batman I think I might have just realized what is going on."
Batman put his hands down the feeling of anger and pain leaving him after Constantine took the kid "Zatanna explain! What exactly was going on." As he wipes off the blood off his hands
Zatanna starts to lead him outside to where the raging ghost we're at who seem to be calm and at least docile no longer attacking
Zatanna points up at the ghost while saying "Well from what I've put together I think the boy was just saved is the King it seems like the pain and anger from being dissected was feeling the ghost with Rage and anger but we can confirm my suspicions when the boy is in better condition."
Batman shakes his head with a grunt as he walks to the the plane to leave he holds a bloody Dr Fenton's pin in his hand getting ready to go to the batcave and find everything he can on the boy and the doctor Fenton's
I want to add more with Danny looking up with the Justice League and feel free to add anything if you want to plus comments give me energy
Don't know why but I kind of want to use that one scene from Prince of Egypt where the Nile turns into blood with like the Lazarus pits turning the blood after the Giw kidnapped Danny like the pits and Lazarus Island are just turning into dark red blood and we'll be like this until Danny's returned back as their King like every place that has like a high level of death energy now has things turn into like locus or like ancient curses until Danny's returned
Also every ghost acting like a feral monster cuz the king is gone and that means they're stableness is gone with the King
Oh interesting.
The world was in chaos. No one knew what had caused the change. But suddenly supernatural entities and forces everywhere were causing chaos. Batman had been in the cave when the Lazarus Pit turned blood red. Shortly after he heard reports from Crime Alley. Hood had flown into the worst murderous rampage yet. The two incidents were clearly linked. He is to sedate Hood to stop his rampage. H was currently in an induced coma.
Jason was hardly the only one affected. Everyone he knew that had been revived by the pits? Were more angry, rash, prone to violence. Talia had called as well. Every put under the control I the LoA? Were affected the same way. Then he got the calls from Constantine and other members of JLD. Ghosts everywhere were causing massive amounts of damage. To both people and property.
Any people who were sensitive to death magic? Were either angry, depressed or in pain. Something he happened. But they were at a loss as to what. The fact they were compromised wasn't helping. He could feel his control sipping the longer this went on. Robin had been benched. He was currently far too likely to cause damage.
Then they found the starting clue. A city in Illinois was under constant attack by ghosts. Amity Park had been evacuated now for the most part. One facility seemed to be the focus of the attacks. Whatever was causing this? Was likely being held there. The government was being obstructionist at best. And with their collective patience being stretched to the limit? That wasn't going to keep them out of that facility.
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