Danny knew he couldn't keep the existence of the ghosts a secret forever. The GIW was a clear example of that, they had managed to disband the organization but there were always traces left behind that made him anxious.

Times had changed, and while Amity was hiding behind his "small town" reputation, the world was changing. New protectors, heroes, as well as new threats were appearing. And as much as the halfa wanted to, he couldn't transport his entire town to the Realms on every occasion of danger, that would definitely be suspicious.

So he made a list. He gathered information on the heroes that had come forward and categorized them according to how easy they were to approach, or how open they would be to the existence of ghosts.

Unfortunately his "safest" choice was John Constantine, someone he wouldn't touch with a ten-foot pole, so he decided to settle for the second one: The Flash.

Danny had weighed the pros and cons, but as he walked through Central City he wondered if it had been a mistake. Although it was probably too late to regret it, the speedster had already noticed him.

Imagine being The Flash in this situation. Everyone on alert for this potential threat whose been collecting information on the justice league members. They can't figure out what the hell the collector is doing.

And then he comes to your city. Has some weird ass fucking vibes and he's in your city. Here to enact whatever evil plan that information gathering was for this whole time. And as you speed up to him you hear him muttering while looking at a list "He lives here, right?" and the list is full of justice league members with the oddest order to them.

Maybe a few notes beside names. Like beside green lantern is "(Might be in space, hard to find)" and Batman- whose near the bottom of the list- is simply noted with "(fruitloop)"

Constantine- whose at the top of the list-'s name is crossed out with "(fucking paperwork)" next to it.

And the guy startles when you zoom up next to him. Tucking away the paper quickly and nervously. Like he's not prepared for this- which makes sense if this is a fairly new villain with grand plans but lacking confidence. But still he asks if you and him can speak in private.

And apparently he wants to talk about fucking ghosts.

The idea that Flash just refuses and Danny just lets out the biggest sigh ever and crosses off his name. And then he goes: "Why are you making me talk to John Constantine. What did I ever do to you?"

And Flash is so flabbergasted that he just sort of sympathizes and says he has a minute to talk. Danny's super relieved and happy. And then Danny starts talking about ghosts and Flash is just like "look, I'm going to stop you there. You actually have to talk to John Constantine. I cannoy help you. At all. So sorry. Ghosts aren't real." Runs off.

Danny scratches off Flash's name extra hard and picks someone else off the list, praying that maaaaybe Superman might believe in ghosta long enough to talk to him.

Superman is willing to talk, especially once he gets that Danny already had no luck talking about ghosts with Flash. ("Sorry, but you literally picked the person least likely to believe you when you talked to Flash." Danny bangs his head against a wall hard enough to dent it.) But he still directs Danny toward John Constantine because he's vehemently against speaking to Batman, and Constantine's more up on ghosts than just about anyone. He mentions Deadman and Danny’s just like (near tears) "he's already a ghost and he'd just direct me to John Constantine."

Superman is very sympathetic but there's nothing he can do. What he does do after talking to Danny is tell the JL that Danny's list is him trying super hard to find someone to talk to about Ghosts who *isn't John Constantine*, but who will hear him out.

He may also have asked Zatanna to tie John down long enough to talk to Danny.

He’s just like “noooooo, he more of a frootloop than Batman and Vlad combined! Why would you hurt me like this? What did I do to offend the Justice Legue?”

John Constantine has a similar reaction when he learn that they’ve been redirecting the Ghost King to talk to him!

when danny gives in and, finally, goes to see Constantine: At the first mention of ecto laws and GiW Constantine stops him and says that he doesn't care about American laws he already doesn't care about the laws of his country (or respects the laws of reality) and tells him to contact American leaguers.

Suffice to say that : Danny loses it and Constantine disappears without delay

I think in the Phantom King AUs, Danny looks like this from a ghost perspective

I mean, he could live comfortably in the castle he won, run the zone, but no, he chose his childhood bedroom and his cozy little hometown with his little liminals companions

You think the Zone ever tries to be Helpful?

By becoming High King, in effect the Divinely Appointed Emperor, by means of combat (they, being The Divine, having then Appointed themselves), he would? Be seizing from Pariah all that was His. Very old school.

But most IMPORTANTLY? He would have been taking? The Throne Undivided.

THE Highest seat in the Zone. THE Crown of Crowns. Ring of Rings.

THE Throne.

It? Would probably? Have in all practical effects? Made THE ENTIRE ZONE? His Lair.

Because like any kingdom? It's power within power. Kingdoms within his Kingdom, Lairs within those Lairs, so forth and so on, until you get down to the holdings of individual ghosts. The difference between a universe and a county. Galaxies and a household.

Did he ASK for this? No.

But when has life ever ASKED before dumping a mess in someone's lap?

And like most Lairs? The Zone is responsive to its owners Wants, Needs, and Desires. Is arguably moderately sentient. Honestly? Probably MORE than "moderately" given the scope here. Bigger the brain, bigger the room for higher brain function and all that.

And the Zone? Has A LOT of room for storing all that brain goo.

It's probably smarter then he is.

And it HATED Pariah. Like... "I want to set my toxic boyfriend's car on fire with him still in it" LOATHING. Danny got an almost... scratch that, a DEEPLY creepy Heros Welcome for like a 24/7 month STRAIGHT.

He's talking localized rain of flower petals and confetti. Blob ghost heralds. Doors open for him. Feasts appearing. Disney princess ghost animal parades.

He nearly choked to death under confetti when he tried to take a nap.

There was fuckin BLOB SERENADING.

Please... Zone, please. He's so tired.

Now? Now he has a twitchy trigger finger Lair with the Power Of All The Gods (and then some) trying to give him what it THINKS he wants, BEFORE he asks, all while having a very very bad understanding of human psychology and/or their needs. No... no, Zone, he does not need another sword. No, the divine artifacts are nice! Please put them back.

No... and he can't believe he's saying this... no he DOESN'T need that treasure chest.

No more priceless treasure, Zone. Honey, sweety, well intentioned puppy child that you are.... we are RUNNING OUT OF ROOM.

And? Look. It's stressful. Trying to manage an over eager God of God's with the self... Ha! Actually? WHAT self control?! The Zone doesn't grasp the concept! It's like that Reality Gauntlet all over again!

BUT FOREVER.

And? He just wanted a little break! Okay? Some cartoons! A pizza! He can have that, right?! A little Vaca? Maybe a cry? But then? He was all "wonder if the Watchtower looks as cool up close?" And??? The Zone's no thinking Just Do behavior must be GETTING TO HIM, because? He just... nyoomed right on into the screen.

INSIDE THE ZONE.

Like that wasn't a clear and TERRIBLE idea! Because THAT? That was CLEARLY an expressed "Desire" to do something! So OBVIOUSLY!

THE ZONE HELPED.

Hi guys! Sorry to interrupt your SUPERHERO MEETING! I wasn't actually supposed to BE HERE! :D *screaming and crying inside, thousand yard stare engaged*

He has no idea where the FUCK he is. It connect to the Zone, obviously. And that SURE IS BATMAN. But this? Not a cartoon! Ha ha!

*inhale*

*walks to the nearest closet*

*muffled unholy screaming*

(The Zone: Yaaaaay! I'm HELPING! I'm gonna get a good grade in Lair! A thing that is both real and possible to achieve! I'm so GOOD at thiiiiis~~☆)

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A boy appears in the Watchtower.

He is thrown into the room from a single point in space - headfirst - to land gently in the middle of their meeting room table, and he freezes like a deer in headlights when their eyes meet.

Batman takes the opportunity to observe him; he's wearing blue pajama pants covered in stars and planets, and a plain T-shirt with the NASA logo plastered over the front. Despite the very flippy entrance, the slice of pizza in his hand remains intact - aside from the bite taken out of it.

Black hair, blue eyes, clearly mid-teens.

He thinks his children might've made a joke that started like this, once.

In the 2 seconds Batman had spent observing him, the boy had observed right back, eyes darting around to look at the heros in front of him - though he didn't bother turning around to view the rest of the room.

Batman notes the moment the boy's eyes widen past shock and into hysteria, but before he can begin to calm him the boy drops his pizza and starts shuffling off of the table, speaking all the while.

"Hi guys! Sorry to interrupt your SUPERHERO MEETING! I wasn't actually supposed to BE HERE!"

He notes the way his eye twitches, huge smile a stark contrast to the horror in his eyes.

Then he dives into the small office supply closet and screams.

Despite being wordless, it manages to communicate quite a lot - he is not here intentionally, he is at his wits end for some reason or another, and he does not quite know how to deal with whatever it is that caused this issue - something that is clearly an ongoing problem.

The other JL members spend the duration of the scream exchanging looks or half out of their seats, uncertain what to do. Flash, of course, is the first to gather himself enough to ask.

"Uh, is that one of yours, Bats?"

"No."

Danny, meanwhile, is wondering if this is real. Like, is this the multiverse theory at play and he's in the Actual DC universe or is this a Very Complex illusion or Nocturn-type dream that the Zone is subjecting him to.

Danny thinks about pinching himself to see if it's real and blob ghost briefly appears to bite him.

Great. It is real. Thank you, Zone, thank you SO MUCH. (The Zone does not understand sarcasm, the Zone is very happy with this response. Clearly it IS getting a good grade in lair!!! ^-^)

Danny debates the merits of staying in the closet forever. If he just doesn't open the door, then-

The door opens on its own. The Zone mistook his hesitance as displeasure with the lack of grandiosity inherent in exiting a closet and decided to bring back the flower petals and confetti shower to coax him into leaving.

In front of the Apparently Real, Very Serious Superheroes that's he's adored since childhood.

He turns tomato-red and makes a noise like a deflating balloon. He thought the parade-level theatricals door thing was FINALLY OVER and now it's happening AGAIN.

This is a DARK setting universe and he just got a MAGICAL GIRL ANIME OPENING type secondary introduction. This is it, this is going to be what kills him a second time.

I wonder, what is the JL thinking of the little green blob that appeared just to bite this obviously distressed kid and then just fuck off? And then the confetti and flowers a few moments later? Their expressions have to be priceless

I suggest they assume that: it's a child who somehow ended up with the powers of someone from the 5th dimension.

After all Batmite has already done something similar to Batman and it's not that far from the truth.

Prompt 154

Danny is very displeased. He’s going to bite Clockwork and complain his ear off because this is just utter bullshit. 

He’s stuck as a baby, which isn’t his fault. Okay so maybe it was a little bit his fault, but no one had told him not to touch the thing! And Clockwork is apparently too busy to fix his situation. Personally Danny is pretty sure he’s just enjoying being able to carry him around, what with the purr-buzzing and all that. 

Which okay, it’s kind of nice and is making him kind of sleepy but still! He’s supposed to be angry about this situation and biting at his hands! Which he shall continue to do! … after this nap, it’s been a while since he was able to get some proper sleep. 

…

Okay whoever just woke him up is going to have to catch his itty bitty baby hands! At least Clockwork looks just as unimpressed as he is now, and the people around the summoning circle look confused- save for a trenchcoat dude who looks horrified. 

John looked at the beings summoned and immediately backed away from the cultists. The other heroes followed suit. When John backs off? That is never a good sign. The fact that the summoned being looked irritated? Not good. Hopefully they can be reason.... Is that a baby? Did these idiots summon a parent and child? Oh. Ok, they get why John backed up.

“We want to speak to the Ghost King!”

Clockwork just holding out baby Danny by his armpits. “Here he is, say what you want to say quickly so that we can leave, you interrupted naptime and are throwing off his entire schedule.”

Danny uses his tail to wrap around Clockworks arm and start biting his fingers. Then glared at Trench coat dude. He does not want to answer questions.

Now I’m craving a peanut butter and bacon milkshake. My friends always think I’m weird for ordering them when we go to Sonic Drive-in, but they are my favorite. Nobody gets me like Danny gets me. 😘

ceramiccuriousity

bonus points if Diana is there and in a horrified whisper says "Who gave Uncle Chronos a baby?"

Just gonna respond to both of these.

Clockwork is, of course, slightly disappointed his ghostling is going to skip the rest of his naptime. He had rather been enjoying simply holding his ghostling as he slept. The joy of lovingly holding his sleeping child had been denied him in life. By himself of course, his own actions when he was Kronos. Though he has only himself to blame for missing out on that joy in life, he still thinks it fair to be displeased at having that chance now disrupted.

Of course, being the embodiment of Time, Clockwork is well aware he will have plenty of it ahead to indulge. Danny is too young to understand right now, even were he still 14. But the alignment of his ghost age and his physical age is a necessity for his continued health and growth as a halfa. His ghostling will forgive him some day. For now, Clockwork has time.

Still, Clockwork is perfectly content to leave the reckless speedster to face the consequence of giving a baby godling that much sugar in one sitting. Though, perhaps as a courtesy, he should warn his granddaughter and her other teammates. Then again, by the emotions flitting through his proto-core, the Batman is already realizing what a mistake the Flash is making. Perhaps Clockwork need not point it out at all.

Batman reading the situation. Calculating the data and just sighs. Flash is probably the only one who will be able to maintain the necessary energy levels to keep up. But he will probably need help. He should message the rest of the Flash family to go help Barry. This is going to be a good lesson on resisting small helpless looking creatures at least.

Constantine, eyes bugging at that bit of info: Reverted to his death age!? You mean he isn't just hundreds of years old and stuck like that cause he died young!?

CW, unimpressed with the soul whore's deductive skills: Was his youth not already obvious by my behavior? Have I not been clearly trwating him as the ghostling he is.

Constantine, still wigging it and now mildly offended: He looks 2! How long had he been dead when he fought Pariah Dark!?

CW, proudly and fondly: Just a few months and already powerful enough by then. But, oh how it tuckered him out. Here's a picture of him taking a nap on Pariah's throne after the battle. He was so worn out, Samhain had to carry him there to rest for a bit before Plasmius was allowed to return Phantom to his haunt in the Finite Realm.

The image Clockwork produces shows a young, possibly prebuscent teen curled up on the cushion of a throne fit for a Titan. In the background, a black armored Knight stands at attention with one arm held out preventing a disgruntled vampiric looking ghost from approaching the throne.

WW: He must be a very strong warrior to have accomplished such a feat so young. From what Constantine has told us, Pariah Dark was no threat to be trifled with.

CW: Stronger than he has yet to realize. And smarter than he would yet believe.

Batman, peering at that pictures: He looks quite small. How old was he when he... died?

CW: It was his 14th birthday. But there is little need to mourn him, Dark Knight of Gotham. Young Phantom is as alive as he is dead. This is why his age had to be reverted. The discrepancy between his living and death ages would have done both sides of him great harm if left be for a few decades.

Batman, with a sudden, knowing smirk: I'm sure your proactivity in the matter has no ulterior motives at all.

CW, bemused: All is as it should be.

A small black and white blur blasts through the warehouse, giggling as he goes and creating a brief wind strong enough to knock over a couple of still frozen cultists. The small blur is pursued by a red one begging him to slow down, then a yellow one and a white one laughing as they trail behind. Between blinks, a new photo appears in Clockwork's album; a perfect still frame of the moment just passed showing the giggling toddler, frantic Flash, laughing Kid Flash and Impulse, and the now knocked over cultists mid-topple.

Batman, without a word, offers Clockwork a wallet so he can put photos of Phantom in it.

I Want a Divorce

When Danny is, reluctantly, crowned king, he's told of a marriage contract that Pariah Dark had decided to postpone and do the ghostly equivalent of passing it to the next poor sap in royal succession. Who just so happens to be Danny.

The Contract is to one Bruce Wayne, titles including the Protector the of Night, The Bat, and Father of Many Children. Of course, Danny's not one to force some poor guy to spend the rest of his afterlife to be married to someone he doesn't even know, so he requests a divorce form for Fright Knight to draw up and deliver.

Batman, on the other hand, has been noticing a large suit of disembodied armor following him around lately.

I kind of want it to end with Batman himself writing the paper for the magical divorce, which he wrote so that Danny would get adopted.

Meanwhile Fright Knight has fallen under Batman's charm and seeing that he will no longer have to follow him, he tries to propose, but his old vocabulary and his lack of practice make him fail so he gets a little depressed.

Then realizes that he would always have to follow Danny who now has the Wawyne mansion as his legal residence via magical contract (he is not magically obliged to live there but still)

We therefore have a Fright knight who asks more or less begging for his king to spend the weekend with the Waynes to see Bruce

The True Heir

Okay, if you watch to catch up to this AU, (Which I am writing a story for), look at this link and look back at it's many reblogs. LINK.

The main jest, Jack Fenton is the supposed dead son of Ra al Ghul. He, with the help of his love, Maddie, faked his death and ran away from the LOA. The two went to university and continued on with their lives studying the Occult and raising their kids. Away from the LOA of course.

Jack always made his clothing with extra weight to ensure his steps are always heard, and dub him, a bumbling fool to many. He does get a kick out of it whenever his kids groan in annoyance or look at him fondly, being proud that he's their dad.

He and Maddie have taught their children self-defense and how to take care of themselves. In the possible event that their past will come back to haunt them. When they found out that Danny became Phantom, his fighting style (@hdgnj, heheheh) was a dead gave away. They didn't say anything. They wanted their kids to come clean with them.

Jack started to create weapons and items he hopes will help his kids and their friends in their adventures. The Booo-merang was created with the intention of always finding Danny if... something were to happen.

Move forward a bit...

The family and team Phantom are in Gotham for a Ghost Convention. Talia see's Danny and has a flashback to her supposedly dead brother... Talia found out that her brother is alive.

The true heir of the League of Assassins.

That's where things get interesting for one Damian Wayne. If Jack is the true heir.... what does that make him? Who will take over if Jack is well... indisposed? Does he even have heirs?

Here comes one Jasmine Fenton... Oh, a seemingly normal looking human right? Right? No.... no, no, no....

If there is someone that all ghosts fears, the Ghost King's sister and the one that promised to always look after him. The Flaming Knight, the protector of one, Ghost King Danny Phantom.

Even if one manages to get past Jazz, they have the Ghost King to deal with...

Jazz Fenton is the true heir. Just don't mention this to Dan or Danni, the two are extremely protective of her.

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Jazz's secret attack, impromptu therapy: super effective on any member of the batfam.

Frightful Misadventures and Missteps

Fright Knight had, to put it lightly, gone through a number of ordeals while in service. The Conquering King was now overthrown by the much kinder Reluctant King. As his King was discussing the many comings and goings within the realms, he felt his interest pique in a certain discussion between his king and one Lady Gotham.

"My knights do try so much, I adore them, really. Love them like no other." And blah blah unimportant words blah blah things Fright Knight won't care about blah blah..."

Knights she says? Were they as loyal as he? As devoted as he? As capable as he? Only one way to find out.

So Fright Knight, after ensuring that the Royal family will be safe in his absence, without notifying anyone, makes his way to Gotham. He must test these supposed knights capabilities.

Clad in his 8 ft disembodied armor glory, steed in tow, Fright Knight is now in Gotham.

Fright Knight in all his glory on Nightmare: …. they are… not knights! where are their mounts!!!

he does not recognize and refuses to recognize the vehicles because they are soulless machines!

Damian ends up showing up on batcow or goliath and ends up being recognized as the only true knight of gotham

Tim wonders if asking Kon to come and ride on his back would get him validated as a knight

Jazz is Special Agent Fenton of the FBI. She doesn’t go by Fenton when she’s out on a case though; she uses Nightingale. She does this because it keeps her identity secret.

Jazz is investigating a series of crimes. One of the other agents goes undercover to try and set them up in a sting operation. Things go south and now Jazz is going to Gotham to view the murder scene.

When she gets there, GCPD try to stop her at the crime scene barrier. She flashes her FBI jacket and her badge and is given access. She walks over to the police commissioner, a man named Gordon. Gordon obviously doesn’t recognize her, and neither does the vigilante with him—Batman.

“This is a closed crime scene, Miss…?” Gordon asks.

“Nightingale. FBI.” She shows Gordon her badge. “You and your men can clear out. This is our jurisdiction now.”

“We haven’t gotten approval to—“ Gordon stops, but was interrupted by an officer walking over to Gordon and whispering something in his ear. “Fine.” Gordon grumbled, and started telling his men to leave.

“You too, Spooky. I don’t need a vigilante’s help.” She waves off the man without another thought, but Batman doesn’t move. Instead, he completely ignores her and starts walking towards the crime scene. “Obviously, you didn’t hear me.” Jazz scowled. “If you don’t leave, I will remove you with force, Batman.”

Batman turns to look at her. “That isn’t how things work here, Agent Nightingale.”

“It is now.” She kept her expression neutral. “Clear out, or be removed. Your choice.”

Batman tried to look intimidating. Jazz refused to bow. The two stared each other down before Batman took another step towards the crime scene. She reacted instantly. Pulling out a taser, she placed it on his back before he could even react.

He reacted quickly, and sent three batarangs at her in rapid succession. His movements were a bit slower than normal after getting tased. She dodged two of the batarangs, and opted to catch the third in her hand. She flicked it away lazily and cracked her knuckles with a small smile. “I love it when they choose force.”

Batman didn’t react to her comment. He seemed to understand he wasn’t going to be able to get around her without a major fight. He let out an annoyed grunt and grappled away.

Three days later, they meet on the roof of an abandoned building. It seems like Batman was still on the case after all. Jazz was not happy about it. She felt that he was going to ruin the entire operation. She couldn’t trust someone to have her back if they didn’t show their face. She doesn’t let the annoyance show on her face as Batman joins her at the edge of the rooftop.

“I thought I told you to stay off my case, Batman.” She said quietly.

Batman gave a quiet grunt. If she had to put it to words, it would translate to a ‘I do what I want.’

She didn’t speak to him again, but she didn’t kick him out, either. The two didn’t speak a word as they sat for two hours, inspecting the warehouse across the street. It was nearly morning by the time Batman left. She did make sure he left, too—she watched him grapple down the street and heard the roar of the Batmobile pulling away before she breathed out a sigh of relief.

Watching the building was doing nothing. She was going to have to get closer. She was going to have to go undercover herself. The thought didn’t make her any happier, even with knowing what happened to the last agent that went undercover for this operation. She also knew that to keep her tracker on her at all times, she would need to shove it inside a place that nobody would look for it. And boy was that uncomfortable.

Two days after she met Batman did she meet Brucie Wayne for the first time. By now she had been undercover with the modeling agency for a day, and it was going well so far. She was playing her part perfectly, but it could take weeks for them to trust her enough to give her information that she needed to know.

She had been hired to be arm candy for a wealthy man in Gotham. It wasn’t Brucie, though she knew he had a few models on his arms as well. She had gotten through most of the night without incident before she ran into Brucie. Quite literally. Brucie’s champagne spilled down her dress, and she gave a mock scream of outrage.

Brucie tried to clean up her dress, but she swatted his hands away and went to the bathroom to clean up. She never noticed the tracker that Bruce put on the nape of her neck. When she came back out, she noticed her date looking for her. She rejoined him and the rest of the night went smoothly.

A month into the operation and she finally was getting some results. She had been moved from building to building more than once, but she finally got breadcrumbs for what she needed to take them down. It took her another three weeks after that to gather all of the evidence she needed.

At the final takedown, she was joined by none other than Batman. She had half-expected him to show up after she noticed the tracker on her neck six hours after it was placed. She didn’t know when she had even run into the Batman at a stuffy charity gala. She had debated crushing it, but she didn’t have backup and she figured his help was better than nothing. She still didn’t trust him, though. She made sure he knew that, too.

Bringing the tracker up to her lips, she whispered, “Don’t you know it’s rude to listen in on a lady, Batman?”

Together, she and Batman took down the traffickers. They had been using models and trafficking them all over the world to be used as sex slaves. She feels a certain satisfaction while watching everyone be escorted out in cuffs.

“Nice work.” Batman says, figure tall and dark.

She hums. “Thanks.” The silence stretches on for a few minutes before she adds in, “Thanks for having my back.”

“I thought you didn’t need a vigilante’s help?” Batman teased.

She didn’t look at him, but she could hear the teasing on his voice. She smirks and crosses her arms. “I don’t. But you’re harder to get rid of than a ghost in a net.”

Batman didn’t respond back to her, and it takes her a few moments to realize what she had said. She was of course, referencing her parents ghosthunting activities. But he didn’t even know her real name, so how would he even know what he was talking about?

“When do you leave?” Batman asked.

“After everything’s wrapped up. Why, you going to miss me?” She finally turned to look at him. She wished she could run facial recognition and figure out who was under that mask. The psychologist in her wanted to know just why a man would put on a bat mask and fight crime.

“I have a case that could use your input.” Batman deflected her question.

Was that a compliment from the Batman? His way of telling her that he trusted her opinion? Or was it an olive branch?

“Mine or the FBI’s?” She already knew the answer to his question, but she wanted him to say it.

Instead, he just grunted in annoyance. She rolled her eyes and pulled a card out of the pouch that she kept her FBI id at and handed it to him. “That’s my office phone number.” She tapped the card with her finger as he held it. “If you want my personal cell, you’ve got to earn it.”

He nodded and tucked the card into his utility belt. She could see the beginnings of a smile from Batman as he disappeared into the shadows and grappled away.

Surprisingly, it only took Batman a week to call her. She had gotten settled back into her office in DC, and had mostly forgotten about the encounter. She had to report Batman’s appearance in her report, but beyond that, she didn’t have to explain that he helped her take down the ring.

She made a flight back to Gotham the next day. Batman brought her into the Batcave and told her everything she needed to know about the case. She didn’t know where the Batcave was, as Batman had blindfolded her, but she was impressed with his initiative.

“Im not wearing that.” She glared at him with all of the venom she had—which was quite a lot.

“You can’t go out in your FBI jacket.” Batman deadpanned.

“Wasn’t planning on it. Do you think I’m a rookie?” She shook her head and gestured at the costume that the vigilante had made for her. “That doesn’t give you the right to—to—ugh! Im not your Batgirl, or Batwoman, or whatever! I came out as a consult. I don’t dress up in latex, and I don’t wear costumes!”

The costume itself was gorgeous, not that she’d ever tell Batman that. It was solid black, had a red bat on the front of it, and was fully equipped with a utility belt, knife holsters, and a taser. It had a full cowl like Batmans, along with the pointy ears on top.

“I don’t see the problem.” Batman’s voice had undertones of offense in it.

“Look.” She gestured at the costume. “Im honored, truly, that you want me to watch your back. But I’m not a vigilante. Nor will I ever be!”

She had watched what vigilantism had done to Danny, Sam, Tucker, and Valerie over the years. Sure, she’d gone out with them more than once. Without a mask. But there was something more complex about the costume sitting on the table in front of her.

“You said you were going to help.” Batman’s gruff voice got closer as he took a few steps towards her.

“And I did.” She gestured to the Batcomputer. “I already gave you my opinions of the case. I dedicated a weekend of PTO time to be here. But this is as far as my help goes.”

“What about the last operation? You owe me.”

“Owe you?!” She exclaimed, thumping her finger against his chest. “I told you to get lost. You still stuck around. You could’ve cost me the operation!”

“It worked.”

She groaned in frustration. She was close enough to him now that she could smell the faint smell of Kevlar and aftershave from him. She rubbed a hand down her face as she thought over what had happened last time she was in Gotham.

“What about all your other winged vigilantes? You had uh.. Nightwing, and Robin, right?”

“It’s only Nightwing.” Batman responded. “He’s unavailable.”

“I could’ve sworn you had a Robin, too.” She looked up at him and noticed the stiffness of his body.

“Robin has moved on.” Batman replied.

Hmm. Touchy subject. She wasn’t going to push. It wasn’t any of her buisness.

“You must be really desperate if you’re trying this hard to get me to go out in that.” She smirked.

“Things could go wrong.” Batman said with a quiet sigh.

“Don’t they always?” She tilted her head.

“Not always.” Batman mimicked her actions, clearly studying her. “What will it take?”

“If I put that mask on,” She gestured to the table behind her, “You take yours off.”

“No.”

“Fine. Deals off, then.” She pulled her phone out and immediately started looking for flights back to DC.

“Why?” He questioned.

“I can’t trust someone who won’t tell me who they are.” She shrugged.

Batman let out a quiet growl. As he took his cowl off, he scowled. “You would know, wouldn’t you, Miss Fenton?”

“Holy shit.” Her eyes got wide.

Bruce Wayne was the Batman.

Batman has Superman on super hearing speed dial for emergency situations.

Villains are wary of engaging Batman when they learn this.

Batwoman outright summons the King of the Dead.

Villains suddenly find staying in at night much more appealing.

She doesn't just summon him, she called him forth without a ritual, without a sigil, and without a focus, she called him forth by name alone. You don't fuck with the woman who can literally call forth death on a whim.

Jazz didn’t want to get Danny involved in this madness that was Bruce’s mission. She would be happy if nobody she knew ever knew she had become Batwoman. It was honestly an accident. Her and Bruce were investigating a string of robberies that had left police confused. After ruling out the usual suspects, Bruce asked for her input. The second after Bruce showed her what was stolen, she knew the culprit was either a ghost, or someone working for one. Most of the artifacts had power-enhancing abilities. She thought it might be Vlad, but Vlad was currently with Clockwork sorting out their own issues.

“Hey Danny, can you help me a sec?” She asked out loud.

Bruce was giving her an odd look, but a second later, Danny tore a hole through reality and floated beside her.

“Sure, sis. What’s up?” Danny asked, then realized their location. “Wait. Are we in the Batcave?”

Danny smiling like an absolute gremlin

Jazz needs some help from her little brother, no problem, she'll summon him upstairs in the manor, everything Bat related hidden, the kids aren't home. It's not the first time she's summoned him for a case.

Jazz is going to say nothing about her, hmmm, nightly activities, and just pretend that this is an FBI case. No problem, nothing suspicious here.

Danny is not fooled, the shadows, especially that of Gotham, are absolute chatterboxes and we totally denounce Jazz

that or the shadows make bets on the time it will take for the king to realize the situation

Okay, But, >.> Listen...

So MAYBE, just MAYBE, I am an incureable RoFan Isekai nerd. Shut up about it, maybe. What're you a cop? Mind your business. BUT! And hear me out...

W...What would actually? HAPPEN if Danny went into a Visual Novel? Some Otome game? You know, aside from being vague flustered by and then DEEPLY ALARMED by these walking Red Flag Fruitloops that girls are supposed to find "dreamy" or something?

Like we know how MMOs work for him. And probably OTHER open world games? But a visual novel? Would it be like the Christmas Episode? Would he hear narration? Be stuck in static "scenes"? Or would it be like a cut together "only the interesting parts" movie that he's somehow IN?

Like?? At SOME point his curiosity is gonna get the best of him. He's gonna want to know what different video games are LIKE on the inside? What's Pong like? Tetris? Mario? One of those Mama's cooking games? Etc etc.

The more I think about it? The funnier it gets for me? It would be.. SUCH a culture shock? Like a HARD culture shock.

Danny doesn't read romance novels. Or eastern fantasy Manga of any kind. He reads space articles and watchs western cartoons. Knows NONE of the troupes. The cold-hearted, black haired, red eyed, Duke of The North? Whoms't??? The inpronounceable vaguely European names? Know your place, Tiffananthinny La Rue! A SHAME upon this Bruthandurger NAME!

You are illegitimate and a secret lovechild! Soap opera drama! There are half demi-humans and werewolves! Elves maybe! We are sending untold background charaters off to The War(tm). They may never return. But what about THE BALL!? Which of course is happening in HIGH SCHOOL!

Danny has no idea what's happening.

Why does the "original heroine" character want to kill him? Where are the teachers? Is anyone ever actually IN class?? Sam is looking up a walk through. Jazz is trying to explain the troupes. His parents keep suggesting Revolution. Which... I mean... he's starting to think he should TRY. See if the game will let him.

These guys are nuts.

Why does every one keep calling him "interesting"? Jazz? Did that guy REALLY just say he's "not like other girls"?! REALLY? Really. Wait. Jazz? Why did you make that alarmed noise? Avoid him? Why?

What's a "yandere"?

@hdgnj @ailithnight @nerdpoe

All I can imagine is him doing this to a game the core four YJ team have been trapped in by Klarion. Tim is the serious/smart one obviously. And hates that he can't go outside of his set behaviours. Why is he being such a creep?

Cassie is the athletic/royal charming type. She is kinda enjoying it. But wow is this dude obsessive!

Bart is the puppy type, excitable and friendly. Who definitely has the MOST yandere bad end.

Connor is the bad boy/hidden route/villain. And hates the moody bullshit with a passions.

I can totally see it? Klarion just? Talking over them? Cassie is there with inexplicable gleaming teeth and haunted by roses. And its..it's... there is this SMARMY undertone? Condescending somehow. Don't get her wrong, the flippy hair and inexplicably always perfect cape is awesome. Plus she could MARRY this horse its so perfect. She's totally rescuing Valiant to a life of Horse-y splender on the Amazonian islands when they leave... but like...

The fucking MICRO AGGRESSION are enough to put her fist through a wall? If she has to say the phrase "a lady's place is" or "a lady should" ONE MORE TIME? She's going to vomit blood. As her Amazonian sisters would both understand and respect. She's going to have to die, Robin. It's the only way.

And Bart? He is getting VIBES man. Just... creepy, haunted doll "come play with uuuus" Rotten VIBES from all this Twee "Aren't I Cuuuuute~☆ ;P " ness? He's pretty sure he's gonna find BODIES! Get him OUT of there!! His room looks like it was made for a CHILD.

The way they are some of these people are talking at him is getting him CONCERNED! Like? Yeah, cursed with the West family baby face. But the creeping on a little kid vibes he's picking up? Why are none of these people in jail!? Why is everyone acting like it's normal to give him creepy stuffed animals? Are you flirting or gifting a child a toy? YOU CAN NOT DO BOTH.

He may have them positive good time vibes, being a Speedster and all around Cool Dude? But he's not STUPID. Why is every one acting like he's ALSO a naive BRICK? He comes from a family of SCIENTISTS!!

Kon is trapped in his clothing. No. Really. There are so, so many unnecessary buckles and belts. It's so uncomfortable. This is actual leather. None of it breathes. He hadn't seen the sun in days, his "relatives" all remind of Lex, he's apparently supposed to either be Evil or deeply misunderstood but has a god damn TORTURE DUNGEON just... attached to his room. For funsies, apparently!

Did he mention he lives in a tower now? It's boarded up. Because something something, unspecified the world hates me. There are bones everywhere.

Misunderstooooood, guys. My unspecified murders were just because I was saaaaad. You good over there, Rob?

No. No Robin is NOT good. This feels POINTED, Klarion. He would NEVER abuse his powers of... Observation(tm). To... OBSERVE, not stalk! Observe! Some poor unsuspect young woman. This is creepy! Criminal! He is a moral-ish, vaguely upstanding, sometimes law abiding Vigilante! He only stalks his co-workers and criminals!

He mean OBSERVES! And why is wear glasses? His eye sight is fine! But... also?

He KNOWS he's not SUPPOSED too, you know, ACTUALLY be.. Observing the "heroine" girl or whatever? But there is something DEEPLY wrong with her. Like, "call the cops and get a medical intervention before she hurts somebody", wrong. You guys noticed that too, right?

The whole... weirdly obsessed with being a Pure Naive Girl shtick thing she has going on? The has to be the center of attention, thing? What we thinking? Narcissist? I mean... KLARION made this game, there is no way its NORMAL right?

Then? Before Klarion can really get into his "Fun"(tm) while the JLA Dark are franticly searching for where he *Poof!*ed away the ONE game copy of the trap game? Because that has a whole TEAM of hostages in it?

What's that from the HIGH BAR?! Ooooooooh! It's the FENTON LUCK! With a FOLDING CHAIR! *WHACK!* In wander possibly the ONE PERSON who can tell Klarion to fuck off and have him actually just fuck off. The Keeper Of The Balance(tm). The King Of The Dead(tm).

Danny "when I'm in my human form don't bother me" Fenton/Phantom!

Currently NOT in his office! Enjoying a lovely bit of time With His Family! Sure would be PISSED if you ruined that, Klarion! This is, OF COURSE, just a HARMLESS little goof... RIGHT? He's not gonna actually have to get up, go upstairs, STOP Family Science Night, and put on his crown... RIIIIGHT? Klarion?

Klarion, the Not Stupid Witch Boy: *cold sweating* :T mmmhmm! Just having a bit of fun! I do enjoy my jokes!

Great! :) So? What'd ya make? :) and who are your friends? :)

(Klarion, suddenly in two places, floating infront of the Young Justice secret meeting they are holding in a broom closet: Okay! What's it gonna take for you meat bags to BE COOL?)

Klarion: Look! Please! he cannot know! Please! What will it take!?!?!?!

Tim:.... Guarantee you will let us go with no issue.

Cassi: I want Valiant to leave with me!

Bart:... Stop the creepy flirting through gifting of kiddie toys.

Kon: ..... One favour after we leave.

Klarion:.... I hate all of you fine. Phantom is playing the game. I'll let you leave once he's done.

Tim: So. Who's Phantom?

Kalrion:... High King of the Dead... Keeper of balance. And one of the few beings who can solo Darkseid.

Tim:.... Perfect! If we make friends with him!!!!

I can just imagine the teams reaction when they meet Phantom.

They are expect some eldritch abomination or muscle bound power house or a skeleton man.

They are not expecting a twink in a frilly pink dress.

…

Danny swears he is going to change out of this monstrosity as soon as he finds the character customization section.

At least Klarions friends are trying their best not to laugh in his face.

They seem pretty cool as long as Danny doesn’t activate any cut scenes and they are forced to say and do what their characters do in the scenes. Klarions friends seem to have … let’s call it a negative reaction to their dialogue, not that Danny blames them, his dialogue trees suck but it’s the only way to complete the game.

Honestly? If it's a villainess otome game? He's prob in a RED dress. Still dying though. It's still a walking OSHA violation and should be illegal to have within 50 feet of any staircase. He's in Dramatic Impressive Villainess Heels.

His feet are DYING.

To say nothing... NOTHING! Of the hell that is his jewelry.

It's so heavy. His ears are going to rip off and this necklace might as well be a cannonball on a chain. But? At least he didn't have to wear the "heroine" outfit? Is he getting that right? He thought HE was the... oh! No, he's the PROTAGONIST. The "Heroine" is the protagonist of the supposed "original novel"!

Cool.

......why does she seem COMPLETELY nuttypuffs?

You know.... Klarion is ok with this actually. It's still chaos. Still fun. So long as no one bland this will be a fun memory right! Right?! And.... Ok, yeah. Maybe he should have chosen another game. He may have underestimated how... Creepy this one was.... Oh. Oh wow. Phantom is going to KILL him if he reaches any of the bad endings. Oh. Oh fuck. Should he... Add green and red sparkles around the good and bad options! Is that too... Suck up of him? Argh! This was MEANT to be fun! Not stressful!

Danny is, suffering for 'fashion ' right now. What is that? Does he HAVE to wear it? Like, that's not clothes right? Right?! Why are the maids advancing like that? Oh shit! Fuck! no?!!!! He doesn't want to wear it!!! You can't make him wear a damn corset! please!?!?

Danny has never been so glad he meant have to breathe. Young Justice are concerned. He seems, subdued today. What's wrong?

Danny then goes on a long rant about how the dress and heels and jewellery were bad enough. But he has to wear a corset now. And he can feel his ribs breaking guys! Breaking! He can't breathe! He might not need to! But it feels weird to not be able!

What's WORSE is he's TALKED to historical ghosts! You know, ladies who ACTUALLY WORE THESE THINGS! They aren't supposed to FEEL LIKE THIS!

What the Actual Fuck!? It's supposed to be, you know, sorta really unbendy shape wear! Supportive! WHY AM I IN A BEAR TRAP OF LACE!? Dora would be AGHAST.

And Klarion, dressed really, REALLY badly as a maid is like? Yeeeeeah. That isn't even me? It was just. LIKE THAT. They do No Research. It's all vibes.

Speaking! Of unrelated things! I got this sparkles idea I wanna run by you! For no particular reason! Ha ha. *strained smile* you'll LOVE IT! Right Teekle? Right. Really streamlines the whole proc- *feels someone try to kill his double* Hold that thought.

Smash cut to him like *violently throws open the door* justice Nerds! Pinky the Ex-protaginst has gone ROUGE! She is Twee and insane! *everyone looks to Robin*

Robin: oh COME ON! Why do you assume I'M the expert?

Everyone else: Gotham.

Danny is now dodging assassination attempts. Really really bad ones. It's actually funny. But also, he feels like he needs to sit the lady down and help her with better ideas. also, was this part of the game? Uh, Klarion? Have we, perhaps, maybe.... Brought the game to life. Two beings of magic and power that we are? Can... Can we leave before the end of the game? We should check right?

Oh. Oh no. Oh fuck! Klarion! Get over here! What did you add to the game?! Look at what's happened! We need to know what was original! Now! Get me to the baby heroes! We need to figure this out!

As always, you! You get my vision! Heroine-chan is going full-on White Lotus Cracklepuffed Nuttynuggets. Just... FULL ON "I AM SUPPOSED TO BE SPECIAL! It's supposed to be about meeeeeeee!" *tries to ax murder you*

Because that's her "character" dialed up too 11. Klarion and Danny are pumping out too much Power(tm). Just by EXSISTING in the small, contained, system of this "World"? They are bringing it to a higher state of being.

It's like having Gods chilling in downtown New York pumping out Divine Magic Radiation. Slowly turning the locals into elementals. Whoops. They forgot that much like a human in space, with no cooling unit in their suit? They CAN "cook themselves alive" in small spaces.

This is VERY MUCH an early warning sign. Things that shouldn't be alive, starting to show sentience or the mimicking thereof? Bad Sign. We need to GO.

But GUEES who locked the doors cause he thought it'd be FUNNY?

Klarion.

Guess who's trying to keep Pink In Delusions away from his fuckin CAT? KLARION! Stop CHASING HIM! Leave Teekle ALONE, YOU MONSTER!

Worse STILL, Danny can't even blast her! Because THAT would just release MASSIVE AMOUNTS of Ectoplasmic power into a small world box! Which was FINE when they could LEAVE. And there weren't HOSTAGES.

And now?? NOW he's finally gotten around to demanding to know what the red sparkles lead too. Klarion won't tell him. But his Sister sure can guess! Oh? Did you FORGET, Witchboy?

Family Game Night? You'll NEVER guess who's looking up the emergency JLA number as we speak. His mother. His Dad is already getting guest chairs out. You? Grounded. Community service. Danny is SO MAD. *is handed a note from young justice* .....and you still owe Cassie her horse and Kon his favor.

Klarion: D:> noooooo!!!

Young Justice like... "I'm sorry. Grounded?"

Danny: What? my mirror born sister/cousin/daughter dragged him home a few months ago. How did you think he knew about me??

Klarion: Ellie switches between calling Phantom Mama and brother. And since she decided I was her twin in chaos??

Tim: You got adopted by the GHOST KING??????? Is THAT why you bribed us to silence????

Danny: Hmm. Too bad for Klarion I guessed already. But you know. There's this thing called 'plausible deniability'. Anyway! How are we corralling the pink menace?? We can't use our powers. It WILL make the situation worse. So, sparkles??

Klarion: Green sparkles leads to the good ending. red to the bad....

Danny: Right. Well. Wanna do a speed run while dodging the incompetent assassination attempts??

Now the Very Serious discussion of? Who's gonna take one for the team and kiss this guy? (No offense) (oh, totally none taken! I'm spoken for! I get it.)

Cassie would Prefer To Not. She WILL if she has too, but... eeeeeh. She's 9/10s lesbian in preference and does NOT know this guy well enough to have that Emotional Connection(tm) you know? Plus twinks in dresses don't do it for her.

Fair enough.

Bart WOULD volunteer? Cause honestly, it won't MEAN anything and it gets them out of here? But uuuuh.... his "route" is WAY too creepy. He can't. Just... No. This is him putting down a boundary. Hard No. We aren't doing that. Find a different way.

Also Fair. And they all respect that.

Tim? Toss up. Either him or Kon need to distract "Heroine-chan". If they can make her feel... "special" and "like a princess"? She falls back to trying to SUBTLY manipulate instead of outright murder. She has behavioral patterns. They need her pretending to be a helpless waif again. It buys them time.

But! That depends on WHAT the "Good Endings" for Tim and Kon ARE.

And if they need to drag this OUT or play it to completion. If it's buy time? Bounce back and forth between their routes. If it's finish this? Speed run the lesser of two Icks. So... fess up Klarion.

What, EXACTLY, is the "Good End" here?

Klarion? Klarion is SWEATING. how does he explain to his brother/dad danny that he chose this specific otome game to trap yj in is because even the best of the good endings is really kinda sorta fucked up?... he REALLY doesnt want to explain... maybe letting the ex-protagonist murder him isnt such a bad idea?

Obviously Tim's is less horrific. I mean.. Do you prefer Big Brother is WATCHING you vibes, or We shall lovingly maim our enemies in our secret torture dungeon vibes????? Yes, those are the good ends... DO NOT ask about the bad ones!!! Just.. Don't. Please!!!

Danny:... Those are the good ends? I either end up wife and accomplice to a criminal? Or a murderer??

Klarion: Better than victim right?

Tim: What kind of fucking game IS this????

Klarion:... It's based on a Japanese novel...

God Klarion is actually gonna be SO relieved when Dr. Fate shows up? Like "OH THANK CHAOS! It's the boring RESPONSIBLE guy! Save us!"

And like? *glaring interrogation* What's The Novel's NAME, Klarion?

Because there are SO many fan forums? SOMEBODY has posted spoilers. Sam has her laptop out and Tucker is ready to tear the internet apart.

"Survive The Villainess! My Rose For You!" Huh? Based oooooon..... says HERE? "SURVIVAL of the Villainess. My Rose For You!" According to this, the "Rose" in question is your love. And if you give it to the wrong person you Die.

The novel was a Romantic Fantasy HORROR novel.

.......KLARION!

He can explain! .......he thought it would be funny. *whack* Ow! Stop HITTING! Mean. >:(

But at least their mentors have found them? And JLA Dark are trying to get them out. So.... Stall? Yaaaay. More dramatic tea parties. At least he's immune to poison. And THANKFULLY, nobody is forgetting anything RIGHT?

*Klarion makes an Oh Shit facial expression, counts off the Young Justice on his fingers, then visually tries to remember something by counting off again... leaving an extra finger still up.*

Y-Yeah. Probably. Definitely FINE and we shouldn't worry about it! Ha ha.

..........you uuuh.

You didn't have a weirdly helpful and attractively designed looking butler... did you? Who kept disappearing and showing up at weird times? Bizarrely influential? Never smiled with teeth? L...Long hair?

*Danny puts down his definitely poisoned cup of tea* *squints suspiciously*

WHY.

*tower of the Fantasy Castle explodes in the background. Sky goes red. Obvious hell demons invading*

Hidden character. Your butler was secretly the Demon Lord. *nervous jazz hands* S-Suprise! <:D

Danny*deep calming breath*

"You mean to tell me! That this game ALSO has magic! And you didn't think to tell us! What are your characters abilities! And how do we use them! "

Enter stage left! In probably a sleezy cocktail dress he is frankly rocking! Constantine! Why he couldn't keep his pants, he has no idea. But he's keeping the dress. His ass looks fantastic. Needs to SHAVE, but- *remembers why he's here* RIGHT!

We can't get you out. (Then why? Are you here???)

Dont interupt, Batty Jr.. But, Your Majesty, we can get you into margin less fucked up games. We'd prefer no... *checks notes* fuck is a "yandere"? Fuckin' crazy demon kings, eat your heart and gain unimaginable power. As the plot demands.

So single file, no shoving. All aboard the sequins express.

Danny has Klarion in a headlock and is dragging him along too. Loudly declaring him grounded to the Realms for "Not properly checking the danger levels of his hijinks". Which, excuse us. What do you mean THAT'S why he's grounded??

Danny: after that I think that heart ripping remains a viable option. I think I should be able to handle the regeneration of a heart…

Almost everyone internally: wtf dude

I can just imagine Duke coming to the manor and being like: this is my partner, Danny, and this is our daughter, Chelsea.

And just getting shocked pikachu faces in return.

What if Chelsea's parents were former GiW members and had become independent. Still hating ghosts and with a USB stick with plans for GiW technology.

They left not only because they killed their daughter but also because they "know" that her evil ghost is going to denounce them and they simply can't NOT get caught

Bonus point if one parent is disabled due to a Phantom raid on GiW facilities, like the one where they encountered Signal

this is going to be glorious. What's the deal is done it's Hilarious if everyone starts to gaslight trigon. What are you on about trigon ravens has always been Danny's kid.

The thing summoners didn't know, that Danny had found useful over the years. Was that entities beyond a certain power threshold? Could feel the intent of the summoner. Could feel the shape of their desire. And if that did not fit them? Reject the call. And Danny? Well, he was happy to show up and thrill idiot teens, or those honestly seeking his aid.

Constantine a little envious to himself: I too am a hero in a way….

Raven looks at him sarcastic but still slightly euphoric to have had such a good solution to her problem: it's a funny way to ask to be my brother

Constantine stammers slightly while danny giggles, yep dani was going to love his new sister

What the fuck is up, Kyle?

Danny’s been doing a lot of work for Clockwork since he became the Ghost King, cleaning up a lot of messes, escaping from paperwork, fixing anything that scooted out of place while Pariah Dark was asleep, and whatever other work Clockwork deems to fall under the makeshift ‘apprenticeship’ category. It’s all going fine! No (real) mishaps yet until one day Danny’s walking through worlds, feels a weird shift and pull to a certain universe (it seems urgent), and he looks out and sees Clockwork’s VARIANT? KRONOS? Who was apparently summoned from another timeline into this world?!

Obviously. Danny now has another mess to clean up.

Clockwork has talked to Danny about Kronos before, talked to him about the wheel of time and his past and official role as a titan. Danny knows Kronos isn’t/wasn’t the best person, he read up on all the stories and myths and the eating your kids thing. He also knows it’s more complicated than that. He knows that Clockwork always turns into his elder form when he talks about it, looking into the time stream absently as he talked and something flashed over his features too fast for Danny to read. But Danny felt like he knew what it was anyway.

Danny also knew that *that* little hitch in the infinite realms wandering around down there needs to be taken care of fast before any more damage is done. So he pops down, takes one look at the Clockwork alter, ignores this worlds hero’s around him shouting in surprise, and rolls up his sleeve to showdown with a titan. (and hopefully knock some sense into the big old cranky bitch while he’s at it.)

After a thorough asskicking, Danny turns to whichever cultists are left and is like

Cue all the League, but especially Wonder Woman being surprised that they basically witnessed a family spat.

Cue Danny just casually guiding a much calmer Clockwork back into a portal. Catch you on the flip side, Justice Dorks!! Try not to let Batman tie himself up in knots trying to plan for shit his paranoia can’t handle!

Billy is stood there in the aftermath with Zeus shouting in his head. Wanting to know about his new little brother, or nephew. He doesn't know or care which. He just demands information. And Billy is just, done. He would like Zeus to be quiet please? Turns and looks pleadingly at Diana.

Billy: Your Dad is shouting in my head. Please tell me you know how to contact your new family member? Zeus wants to meet him. Something about favoured children? And how it's bullshit?

Diana:... Oh dear. Well. John. Do you know what type of being they were?

John, very pale faced. Smoking and drinking at the same time.

John: That, was a Realms being. Strong fuckers. I'll ask around. Maybe ask if we can get his summons line for uh. If this shot happens again.

I wonder if this is the first time Billy has played messenger between Zeus and Diana.

Somehow, they get a summoning sigil.

....it summons DP. All 3 of him/her.

Danny/Dani: "Why Did You Summon Me"

Dan: lights on fire "It's time to destroy Zeus!"

Dani: "No?"

Danny: "Don't make me soup you."

Zeus: ...maybe cannibalism still is happening. "Why does Kronos like you and where have you been?"

Hades: "Why do you smell like the dead?"

Dan/ny/i: ....

Danny: "I'm the ghost king. Why do you ask?"

Hades: ... "I'm the king of the dead..."

Danny: "Whoops, no. You're the king of this realms dead. I'm the king of the infinite realms, where universes go to die."

Hades : seethes in inferiority

Hades wouldn't. He's just like, oh fuck me! I am SO glad that's not MY problem. You ok lil bro? Sounds rough buddy.

Now Zeus? Zeus is worried. He had to work SO hard to get rid of his Dad the FIRST time. And now he has a younger brother who is VASTLY more powerful than him. Aww shit. At least he seems... Nice enough??

Zeus decides that for his safety he would be the preferred uncle and tries way too hard.

Hades is the real favorite, he listens to problems and tries to give advice and even suggests playdates between cerber and cujo

Poseidon doesn't know why, but he feels left out!

DeadSerious Arranged Marriage but Ra's actually has no idea that Damian (his future heir) is set to be married to the Ghost King.

Sure, he makes a deal to get more knowledge on the Lazarus Pits, but the contract, in context, seems more like a dual to the death -which, in ghost terms, yeah, makes sense- but still.

He figured his heir would win the dual and he'd still be in control of the Pits.

Ra's also has no idea the current Ghost King, Pariah Dark, is going to get his ass kicked by a 14 year old who gets his title in the future.

Jason is going to be so jealous X')

Ghost King Phantom answers a summons to a new dimension to find a sacrificial offering in three magic circles. One, holding Bizarro, another holding Artimus and the one in front holding Red Hood.

Phantom has no idea who these people are, but he knows the people in charge must be powerful mages or whatever. Doesn't matter. None of the mages hes ever had to face had known about his Halfa status so naturally thier wards and protections wouldn't work on him. He captures the kid with a naselly voice and his orange cat in a force field to give to Jazz later. She had been talking about wanting to study the psychology of a supernatural being for a while now so he'd help her out.

He made quick work of the other mages before turning around and facing the "sacrifices" the two in the back were still out cold but the one in front, the one in the red helm was radiating terror and rage. He was shaking even though Phantom hadn't done anything to him and had no intentions to. Danny landed outside the circle, trying to whisper something conforting as he stepped closer.

The moment he stepped into the ring however, the red runes turned into a bright green and the three circles disappeared. Danny didn't feel any different so he assumed it was nothing and he freed the captives before disappearing, none the wiser that Klarion the Witchboy had made a few translation mistakes in the slave contract and accidentally married a terrified Red Hood to Phantom, the High King of the Undead and King of the Lazarus dimension, also known as the Infinite Realms.

Danny probably learns he married that guy at some point but just kinda shrugs it off. Polygamy is legal in the realms and thier marriage doesn't change much. Sure, Danny is practically contractually obligated to save this guy if he's ever in mortal peril but Danny has no problems with that. He'd do it anyway.

So he just ignores the situation hoping it doesn't come up again.

It does.

Repeatedly.

I'm so surprised we don't have more Dead on Main ghost king marriage aus where Jason/the pit inside of him is terrified of Phantom. Let's change that

but what if he was material to the three but as the other two are less in life or death situations they have not yet realized it

Danny's having a shit fucking day.

Skulker threw him into a building so ecto-infested that Danny actually got a concussion.

Then at school he'd gotten green paint spilled on his shirt.

The day continued on that fucking train of luck.

He'd gotten fucking waterboarded in a toilet by Dash.

He'd gone to turn in his homework, only to realize he'd only dreamed about doing it in the thirty minute nap he'd gotten before school.

The schoolbus splattered him with a muddy puddle.

He lost one single shoe to the gutter in front of the busload of classmates.

The Observants didn't give him any time to breathe and immediately dragged him into a meeting about tax law, subtly insinuating that he was stupid when he was too tired to keep up.

Then, the icing on top; he'd gotten summoned.

The Justice League, trying to summon the High King of the Infinite Realms to force the creature into a contract where it would never attack their dimension, is met with uh.

Not what they thought.

A worn, soaking wet, one-shoe-only teenager covered in paint and mud with dazed eyes staring at them from inside a summoning circle that's impossible to escape from.

Then he breaks down, sinks to his knees, and to the absolute horror of everyone there; starts sobbing uncontrollably.

Black Canary is desperately trying to calm the kid down, Zatanna is ripping apart the traps she herself helped set up, Constantine is trying to justify himself to the rest of the League (he was the one who made this seem like a good idea), and Flash has already gone to get some extra sweats for the kid.

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This is so good.

I'd headcanon it as the JL are in a different dimension from Danny.

After Zatana finally gets him calmed down and he's wrapped in blankets on a couch with a sandwich, he blinks at whomever is in front of him (with tears still wet on his cheeks) and says in a quiet voice, "Sorry. I'm so sorry. Thank you. Now, what did you need from me? I— you're all so nice. Whatever you want." Only then he yawns so widely the people sitting next to him on the couch can hear his jaw crack.

You know for a FACT everyone is shooting Constantine daggers for glares to not say a WORD of the original plan. Not even dare BREATHE it. New plan just instantly becomes "Wishing to meet the King of the Infinite Realms".

Someone is locking batman out of the room from the adoptionbate halfa.

they takes out batman so that he is 3 doors away! Then turns Danny around and… batman is there and gives Danny a batcookie

he designed this base, he knows how to travel in the ventiltions and has enough training to do it quickly and silently

You know, it’s possible that Danny has more Right to the Throne than just having beaten Pariah Dark.

In episode 13 on Halloween, Danny took the Sword of Pariah Dark’s right hand servant and Knight Fright Knight. Danny’s “I’ll have it back by Midnight.” Could be easily be taken as a challenge. That Danny intends to put Fright Knight back into stasis before midnight Unless Fright Knight can reclaim his sword and defeat him before that time.

Doesn’t matter what Danny’s actual intentions were for the Sword. He freed Fright Knight. stated his terms and left with it.

Fright Knight manages to retrieve Soul Shredder but the fight isn’t over. There’s still time to Midnight which means the Challenge is still in place. They fight, Danny successfully defeats Fright Knight in a battle not just of strength but Will. His aura flairs while they struggle against each other for control of Soul Shredder.

Danny wins and speaks the verse “To cease the storm, To end the fear, The sword must sheathe, In pumpkin near!” Before sheathing Soul Shredder in a ‘pumpkin’ and stating, “Told ya I’d have it back by midnight.” Claiming his victory against The Spirit of Halloween ON the Day/Evening where he’s likely more powerful than usual.

Danny Fenton challenges The Ghost King’s Right Hand, before Vlad makes a move to get the Key. Danny Phantom successfully defeats Fright Knight in 1v1 combat.

Danny Fenton-Phantom threw down his right to duel Pariah with his full self, both as Living and Dead. Without even realizing that’s what was happening bc he’s 14 and well, there’s no one around teaching him that there are rules and a formal process to things.

The Infinite Realms won’t care that Danny came and ‘stole/borrowed’ Soul Shredder’ for some Living Bet, (of which he immediately showed his code of honor in admitting to cheating and accepting the consequence of losing the Bet.) maybe unless an adult intervened but its funnier if he does eat the underwear but unintentionally and on instinct does that intangible trick that happened with that Spork in Public Enemy.

THEN when Dark is released Danny is the one who pulls out the Sword (initially to fight Vlad but ultimately ends up denying surrender thus kickstarting the challenge) and Danny is the one who goes to the castle/keep alone and begins the fight. It took a TEAM of Ancients to put Pariah away the first time. Yet the Ghosts who come to help not only give him a pep talk but refuse to go with him to help in the Duel.

And I think it’s because they either Knew this was a Challenge for the Throne or sensed it Had to be Danny first and Had to be Danny only who fought.

If anything Vlad would be considered his second. Or at most the first choice for a temporary monarch until Danny comes of age to be Crowned. After all Vlad didn’t fight ANYONE at any point in acquiring what was needed to free Pariah. The Behemoth was made to retreat from pursuing Vlad who used Trickery to get the key like a thief, he fled from Pariah Dark rather than face him in anyway and convinced Fright Knight to “work for him” rather than fight him either.

Sure that might seem like a good idea and maybe if Vlad had actually managed to Overthrow Pariah with an uprising he would have some footing to make a claim but he doesn’t have any backing in using Right of Conquest for such a claim.

The Right of Conquest is a right of ownership to land after immediate possession via force of arms. A Force of Arms is defined as “by using Weapons” or “by military action.” The ghosts fighting the army of Skeletons would count as military action and the Exosuit would be considered a Weapon.

By taking this into consideration Vladimir Masters-Plasmius (who by all accounts classifies as a Spy) has no Right to the Throne of The Infinite Realms, and also did everything via his ghost self.

Where Danny Fenton-Phantom was victorious in Two 1v1 Duels against both The Royal Knight and The High King himself. AND is active within the ghostly community with both his Living and Unliving sides. Has shown commitment to the well being and safety of both The Realms and The Living Realms on countless occasions.

So under these observations I have decided Vlad has no substantial claim to the Title or Position of King. Especially after that fucking mess in Kindred Spirits where Danny gave him a fucking beat down.

Anyway those are my thoughts on how Danny actually pulled a fast one on Vlad (unintentionally) who figured it out and instead of trying to defeat or challenge Danny for the Throne actually intended to replace him with a clone that would obey him and Rule or become Ruler that way. Aside from just being a terrible person and ‘Father’ that would likely be a primary factor in his rejection of Elle.

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The way I've always looked at it is that in the question of who truly beat Pariah (Danny who fought or Vlad who sealed) it comes down to leadership.

Vlad may have orchestrated the events, but ultimately Danny lead it.

I think the Challenge formally began when Danny stormed the Keep. When he lead "an army" (albeit a very small army, his band of rogues) to storm the Keep. Pariah verbally accepting Danny's challenge was an uneccessary formality at that point. With Danny in the Keep ready to throw down, Pariah could hardly retain his Claim to the Throne if he didn't defeat the Leader of the little rebellion.

And that Danny's rogues following him in that fight was essentially an acceptance of his potential Rule. In essence, through their actions they declared their fealty to Danny, declared Danny as their King.

In a way, Vlad stormed the Keep as an army of one at the beginning of the episode. Granted, he didn't actually have to fight his way in like Danny did. But it's not like it's his fault the King and his army were asleep when he came. He Challenged Pariah in stealing the ring. And he lost his Challenge in running away.

You are so right and I was so busy providing further details to strengthen the case for Danny's claim to Kingship that I completely forgot to add that point against Vlad.

Like even if someone wanted to say Vlad pulled a Kill Steal™ at the end with the locking of the SoFS, Vlad already lost his Challenge against Pariah.

Plus the backing of his Rogues and later challenges from Ancients, solidifies Danny's Claim and the Zone's Acceptance of him as Rightful King/Prince.

I'm feral about this Lore rn bc I need it for like 3 of my wips minimum. So further nonsense!

Danny acquires approximately 12 titles from various battles and deeds. Vlad likely has like two minimum he doesn't know about bc he doesn't interact with Ghosts outside Using Them Like Pawns, which would be something like; Coward Of Thieves, The Snake without Venom,

or some other equally damning thing I'm failing to be witty enough to think of rn. Honestly I'd pay in fic for people to share there ideas for Ghostly Titles Any of the crew could have.

Ooh! Potential Titles for Vlad:

Titles for Danny

Great One (obviously)

Sam

Tucker

Jazz

Danielle

Ok, I love and agree with all of this and I have some title ideas! (LOVElovelove the 'star of Amity' one - it plays on his love of space and hints to potential space core but doesn't have to and I just apsjdnalkanfka)

Vlad:

King of Faults (or Faulty King) - regardless of how he plans things its always doomed to fail because of faulty reasoning. I.e. if Jack is dead Maddie will marry me. If Maddie marries me Danny will see me as his father.

Half a Coward - play on halfa but the other half is him being a cheater

High Mayor Masters - bc he demands to be treated like royalty when he's never gotten higher than mayor (which isn't a noble title) so its a barb to throw at him while in 'polite society'

Voice of Lies (or Lying Voice) - the mayor is supposed to be the voice of the people but he's a liar (did he cheat to win? I can't remember)

These are so big brain, I love it. I like to think Vlad can't instinctually Know what Title's someone has earned through their Actions Within or To the Realms. Because he only embraces his Ghostly side as a tool rather than an aspect of his being, he isn't as in tune with such things.

But Danny, once he realizes 'Oh huh, these guys aren't actually trying to kill me the rest of the way.' and learns more can just Know if someone holds a Rank or Title of Merit.

[The first time he looks himself in the mirror and sees his own, Danny has a whole anxious spiral bc WHAT!? Sam writes them down in fancy script while he rants about it and binds it herself so now Danny has a cute little booklet of his Titles that Sam will add too if he earns more and now he's just embarrassed rather than overwhelmed with responsibility.]

But Imagining Danny throwing one of Vlad's titles at him like "Oh yeah, let's hear what High Mayor Masters, Voice of Lies, has to say about the topic." and the gathered people are baffled but think it's just more of the Mayors weird spat with local son of Ghost Hunters.

But Vlad is whole ass torn between preening at the use of his Titles by his nemesis (that is a CHILD, SIR) and fuming because he knows this brat is insulting him!

Danny refuses to elaborate on what that was about because. "Oh, I thought the King of Faults knew everything about being a ghost. Face it Vlad, the only thing you, The Jack of Fools, can teach me is how I shouldn't interact with people, ghosts, or well, anyone."

Livid, he's livid! Where is he getting this? How is he putting weight to some of those words and why. does. he. like. them?!

Yes! Vlad doesn't even know he has titles and Danny is just throwing them out there and giving Vlad massive emotional whiplash.

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Vlad finally, finally! learns how to read ghost titles and he takes one glance at Danny and is immediately overwhelmed with the bombardment of titles Danny has earned and been given.

And I imagine you can sense the weight of the actions that earned each title or the power of the one who gifted it. So, like, Danny's titles from Clockwork and Pandora (Ancients) have more weight than the general titles from collective citizens of the Realms. And defeating Pariah obviously has more weight than beating Undergrowth.

Anyway, Vlad finally gets a glimpse of just how much power Danny weilds to bear the weight of all those titles. And he looks at Danny's friends who don't have nearly as many titles, but still have several. And they're all honorable titles too!

And he slinks back to his mansion and looks at himself in the mirror to see his own titles. And it's pitiful really. They hold practically no weight and they're all some kind of insult.

It could be a wake up call.

Or it could just throw him into a great big hissy fit which will invariably end in another weightless insult of a title being slapped onto the rest.

I just love ghosts looking at Vlad and seeing a walking billboard of his greatest faults and failures. A standing testament to his own bitchedness.

Bless and god speed at work yo.

Captain Marvel probably can, I can see him just wholesale wincing in sympathy at Danny, who shrugs but appreciates it. It would be interesting if J'onn could. even if it's just because he can skim thoughts and does the Seeing from Constantine or Billy noticing.

Zatanna def, Same with Doctor Fate if he's around. Wally and Barry might be able to. I think Barry has more experience with Ghosts, so especially after coming back from the Dead, he might be able to get some of the Heavier Weighted Titles with some squinting.

Jason absolutely has Titles. I like to think Gotham bestows all her Robins with Light Within Darkness. Since each Robin brings light in some way to Gotham, they have a specific Title relating to that.

Dick: The Light of Judgment Barbara: The Light of the Steadfast Jason: The Light of Joy Tim: The Light of the Resolute Steph: The Light of Determination Damian: The Light of Affection Duke: The Light of Guidance Cass: The Light of Defiance

Duke may not have been officially a Robin but Running a Robin Gang counts. And Cass is Bat Girl, close enough.

For Jason specifically; -The Avenger - this is a popular one, and I'm inclined to agree that it's good for him. Even if he didn't start out with that intention, his focus on punishing abusers of all sorts, bringing a more final closure to those who've been hurt. Even after he stops Killing them, well, In the words of Dick Grayson, "A No Kill Rule isn't necessarily Merciful."

-The Shepard. - Jason dedicates time and energy to protecting the Women and Children of his territory specifically. He watches over and defends the 'Weak' members of his 'Flock'. His Red Helmet and the Red Bat/Bird across his chest are his Crook that signal Danger to Wolves and Thieves, but Safety and Care to those seeking sanctuary.

I could dredge up more, but I'm experiencing emotions and it's gaem and writing time. :D

Why do you hide these gems in your tags?

That's beautiful. A perfect Title for Batman.

The Weirdo (Affectionate)

And it has to be the whole thing. The Affectionate in parentheses is part of the title.

Best part is it sounds like a Titke Danny might have given accidentally. Like, he's still a bit new to this whole King thing and doesn't quite grasp how his words have a certain power if he doesn't control it.

Which is great because it begs the question. What other accidentally Titles did Danny bestow before he got a handle on that King energy?

Obviously Vlad's weightiest Title is Fruitloop. Which obviously doesn't faze Danny even if it enrages Vlad.

But what about his friends? Family? Classmates? Rogues? There are bound to be at least a few Titles he's bestowed that he kinda regrets once he realizes it.

I'm pretty sure there are at least a few instances of Danny calling Jazz a Spazz. What if he accidentally Titled her that. The Spazz.

The Bad Luck Tuck episode was after Reign Storm, right? That's an unfortunate Title to accidentally bestow on your best friend. At least Technogeek is one Tucker embraces by the end of that episode.

!!! Danny accidentally declaring his crushes to the whole Ghost Zone by giving Val and Sam (and/or anyone else you want to ship Danny with) Titles like [My/Phantom's] North Star or Fave or something cutesy like Cuddle Bear. Imagine the mortification.

Immediately he's rushing to one of his mentors begging them to tell him how to take Titles away and how to control this. But too late. Thanks to the Gossip Lord that is the Flash, the whole Justice League already knows Danny is massively crushing on [insert ship of choice here].

another title that Danny & co could have given;

flash(s):

Batman:

MartienManhunter:

Surperman:

Grenn Lantern:

Green Arrow:

Wonderwoman:

Constantine:

Shazam:

Cyborg:

Booster Gold:

PlasticMan: