It's Been Five Years, Brother

by Rosemaryy15, Rosemaryy17

Summary:

Clockwork messes with some things, Danny and Dan are met with the aftermath.

Though it's not that bad,only thing now is that Danny and Dan are related to the fucking Wayne's.

Chapter 1

Danny and Dante Fenton

Played By

Asher Angel

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Danny and Dante Phantom Suit Idea

Danny wears the updated version of the hazmat suit with a hooded jacket and a domino. He wears a leather jacket that had polyester lined inside to provide warmth. The hazmat suit has movable fabric and is suited with tech Tucker and Technus made. The domino mask was also made by Tucker and Technus, modeled after the Bat masks. The masks connect to the tech in Danny's gloves.

Dante wears a sleeveless turtle neck with cargo pants and the same leather jacket as Danny except, his jacket is not lined with Merino Wool Fabric, as said fabric absorbs temperature as a way of regulating temperature and keeping cool. Tucker and Technus lined Dante's "suit" with the same tech as Danny's, they made it nonconstricting, by Dante's request

 

Chapter 2

Clockwork had a mysterious grin on his face. Danny and Dan don't like it, they've been sitting in here for maybe fifteen minutes and maybe five minutes into the last minutes of their conversation Clockwork started grinning.

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15 minutes earlier

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Danny and Dan sat infront of Clockwork, Danny had a headache and didn't want to be here, Dan was simply annoyed.

"Yes, Clock?" Danny asked, his headache was really starting to get to him. "Can we help you?" Dan asked. "Yes, you can. Though you might not like it." Clockwork said nothing more.

"What's that supposed to mean?" Dan asked, his own headache forming. "How you are meant to help me is that you will be merging with another timeline."

...

"What?" "What."

Danny and Dan asked at the same time.

"How?"

They asked symoltaniously. They both felt their annoyance significantly increase.

"Well, you're going to have to find out in your own." Clockwork gained a mysterious grin. That was not good news.

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Dan and Danny felt a constricting feeling in their chests, that was not good.

"Clockwork! What are you doing?" Dan yelled before he and Danny's trademark green flashed over the two of them.

 

They passed out.

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Damian was sitting in his room in the Wayne Manor when he was slammed with memories he shouldn't have had.

Danyal and Dantea were training with mother currently. Damian could not do much at his age, much to Danyal and Dantea's approval. Danyal and Dantea were six years older than Damian, both also Bruce Wayne's children.

Damian's eyebrows furrowed, no one he knew of trained with his mother, he didn't have older siblings. Did he?

Danyal, at the time went by the dead name of Danyalle. Danyalle was the oldest, a girl. The strongest of them in mind and capable of feats greater than most. Danyalle was caring and open-minded. She tried her best and often was the mediator between Talia and Dantea.

Damian frowned deeper, someone willing to fight his mother about something. Why? What was there to fight about?

The other twin, Dantea, also a girl, Damian called her Tay. Dantea was cold, similar in personality to Jason. It disturbed Damian, but Dantea cared. Dantea was physically strong and wasn't perturbed by manners, Dantea had a massive ego. Dantea and Damian could have an ego battle and Dantea would win, with the strength to prove it. Damian looked up to the twins.

No, he didn't. Who are they? What significance do they have to his life?

Danyalle sat next to Damian on his right and Dantea to his left. "'ukht, will you ever leave me?" Damian asked his oldest sister. "No, alakh alsaghir, not by choice." Danyalle sighed with a sad smile, she knew that one day she'd have to leave, but she hated that fact. Talia was a good parent in aspects, yes, but that also Talia had some obsession with perfection.

She doesn't hate something for not being perfect, but she will like something for being more perfect then another.

Why did Damian feel anguish for knowing that Danyalle left him, or another version of him. Why does it feel so deep? Why is this something that makes him emotional, something he isn't normally, if he knows none of this happened to him?

Then it happened. Danyalle and Dantea went missing off the face of the Earth. Damian cried for days, his al'akhawat al'akbar promised not to leave him if it were in his own hands. They couldn't have left by choice.

Could they?

No. That look is the same one Richard gives me. That look holds promise. They couldn't have left ME, him, not by choice.

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DANYALLE AND DANTEA Danny and Dan sat on the couch of the Fenton living room. They looked same, except minor difference. Danny's eyes glowed green, Dan's red, like usual. Danny and Dan both had constellation freckles, Dan's face was splotched with scars. Danny's arms and torso had many scars, but they weren't very visible from the binder that blocked his chest. They both had Lichtenberg Figure Scars. When in Ghost Form, Danny's glowed green and Dan's glowed a magenta-red.

Danny is the same age he was when he went to Clockwork's, Dan was de-aged to be the same age as Danny, 20 at the time.

This had put a ginormous rench into Danny's plans, he had been planning to move to a town called Beacon Hills, check out the paranormal community there, but with these new memories, Danny was finding it hard to not go to Gotham.

Damian Wayne, to be your younger brother, weird.

"What do we do now?" Dan asked. "Well, Dante, we process for maybe another week, then we'll go to Gotham, find out more about our little brother. Assuming he originally didn't have an older brother and sister, now turned brother, he needs to process this as well. Don't you think?"

Dan wasn't bothered by the title of Dante, it was a nice name, gave reason for his name not to be Daniel. Then he was hit by the thought of his little brother (wow) adjusting to meeting his dad (Bruce Wayne, The Batman. Wait..? THEIR DAD WAS BATMAN!)

"Danny, I just realised that our father is the fucking BATMAN." Dan muttered. "Oh my god, this is some extra mental bullshit." Danny muttered.

"Fuck. Does that mean Red Robin is my brother?" Danny panicked, Red Robin was one of his most avid crushes. Danny wasn't completely sure if Tim Drake was ever actually adopted by Bruce Wayne. This made Dan panic, he had a crush of his own on Signal, he was the ward of Bruce Wayne. "Fuck." Dan muttered under his breathe. Does that mean Signal is his 'legal' brother? No, right? They Googled it.

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No, simply having your parents "ward" someone does not automatically make them your sibling; "ward" means your parents are legally appointed as guardians of that person, which could be a relative like a cousin, but does not necessarily mean they share the same parents as you, making them your biological sibling.

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Dan let out a sigh of relief, Danny was still tense.

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This is part of my own au bs

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No, officially Timothy Drake is part of the Wayne Family in the same way Stephanie Brown is. The two of them are very much welcomed by those of Gotham because they are easily integrated into the Wayne Family and fit seamlessly. In the same way Dick Grayson was integrated, followed by every other member. The Wayne Family is stitched together meticulously and they always seamlessly work together.

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Danny's own sigh of relief left his chest.

"Okay, now that that's sorted, I was gonna move to Beacon Hills. Just to see the paranormal happenings, but with this, the fact that Damian is in Gotham, I think we'll have to go there." Danny said, tying his hair. It hung in a low bun now.

"We?" Dan asked, raising an eyebrow. "Yes, we. I think we both know you were going anyway." Danny crossed his arms, eyeing Dan up and down, it was eerie seeing how similar they were.

"Ugh. Yea. I know, but seeing as you were already going to Beacon Hills, aren't you packed already? I mean, you bought the house." Dan asked. "Yes. Though, I'll have to cancel on that for now." Danny sighed, getting up.

"We leave in two months." Danny stretched, going upstairs to take a nap. "Okay." Dan went to prepare himself for this time.

Chapter 3

The 'twins' spent two months preparing to go to Gotham

They had both gone to Vlad, who had a manor on the same street as the Wayne and Drake Manor. For this, Danny had a reason to be happy he was the heir to VladCo.

Danny rushed around the house, picking up things left and right, his Ghost Thermos and a regular thermos, one for incase of ghosts, another for need of coffee. Ellie sat on the couch talking to Jazz, Dante was reading a book while filing his nails. Danny has been preparing to take over VladCo. Which, much to Vlad's minor distaste, will be getting a rebrand.

Maddie and Jack hadn't pulled their heads out of their asses yet. Which says a lot because Wes' conspiracy theories had reached put all over Amity and people had admitted to seeing the similarities in Danny Fenton and Danny Phantom, the fact that a random girl that looked exactly like Fenton and Phantom appeared did no good on the matter. The fact that Fenton's friends are always around Phantom but Fenton is never with them.

Once people, minus Kyle Weston and the Fenton parents, acknowledged the truth, Wes stopped harassing Fenton about everyone learning the truth and they became good friends.

Dash was extremely embarrassed, but toned down the bullying and they can be in each other's presence without the fight breaking out. Danny won't admit it, but it was nice talking to Dash when he wasn't trying to bash your skull into the lockers.

Danny finally stopped and relaxed. Maddie and Jack choose then to walk out of the basement. They were confused by the fact that Danny was so tired.

Where had the memories of this Dante come from?

No,

Dante was always here. Besides, not like the kids are giving him any weird looks.

"Why so tired, Danny-o?" Jack asked, walking to the fridge. Maddie wad getting cups from the cupboard, but listened as well. Danny, Ellie, Jazz and Dante shared a look.

Do we tell them? They are our parents after all?

No. They are a major danger to us. Not only us but all of Amity.

"Nothing dad. Just finishing homework." Danny smiled. God. His parents were so ugh

Danny and Dante loaded up their respective cars, it was some cars Vlad had given them. As Danny was his heir and Dante was second in line, Ellie was Danny's daughter, though she was physically only years younger than Danny, she is. Jazz, though not an heir or even second in line, still feels like Vlad's family. Which he is happy to have one, even if they likely pray on his downfall.

Danny started down the street in his own car, Sam and Tucker in the car, followed closely by Dante's car, Dash, Wes and Kyle in the car, Jazz's car, Paulina and Valerie in the car and Ellie on her own in her car, each going their separate ways.

Danny stopped in Blüdhaven for Sam and Tucker, because while they wanted to be close to Danny, they wanted nowhere near the Joker. Though they would consider moving closer if the Joker was out of the game.

Dante stopped in Central City for Dash and Keystone City for Kyle and Wes. Dash wanted to stay close to his mother, who had moved there not long ago. Kyle and Wes were fans of Wally West, the Keystone hero, so they moved there. Wes wanted to work on more conspiracy theories, as he had a YouTube channel for it. Kyle wanted to support his brother, as much as his theories were insane.

Wes worked as the channel for his classmates amusement, his own fun and a side channel his entire class has the login for. The second channel let the entire class, as well as the baseball team, make videos about stories of Amity and life after. They kept ghost stories far from the channel as possible.

Jazz stopped in New York for Paulina, as she wanted to start a cosmetics line and thought New York the best place to start, especially with the Avengers being based in New York, Valerie was left in Coast City, she wanted to be a part of the air force, so she'd be staying there.

They soon reached Gotham, once again one behind the other. Jazz and Ellie were happy they were filled in on why they were in Gotham in the first place.

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Damian had found his older siblings. They, now called Danny and Dan, were adopted by the Fenton's. They actually held resemblance to Damian's memory, knowing from their history, they were both transgender. They had two siblings, Danielle and Jasmine. Commonly, atleast online, referred to as Ellie, or Elle, and Jazz.

Damian suspected Ellie to be a clone of Danny as they had the same DnA, but if Danny was fine with her, and by the looks of his Twitter he is, then he doesn't mind. It doesn't seem she was made by mother or grandfather in any case.

Damian had checked their social media to find more about them.

Danny
@Danny.Fenton

FUN FACT: There are more stars in the universe than there are grains of sand on Earth

01:37 AM· Oct 2, 20XX

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Dante @dante.fenton · Oct 2
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The universe is infinite, that is not really a surprise, is it?

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Danny @Danny.Fenton · Oct 2
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Damian found it nice that the twins still had their interest in astronomy. As, from Damian's new memories, some of the best nights of his life involved sitting on a roof and listening to them go on and on about stars, constellations and the universe in general.

Since getting these memories he's gotten a new appreciation for space. A smile always stretched on his face when reminded of a constellation Danny and Dante liked.

The Bats had noticed Damian's behavior, they opted to watch from a distance. Matt and Damian got along like fireworks and matches. So, seeing that Damian get along with someone so fast and immediately start looking for people that looks exactly like him is jarring.

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Danny sighed as he dragged his suitcases into the manor. Wayne Manor was a house down, Drake Manor was next door. Danny had found out that Tim owned the house and, much to no one else's knowledge, often visited the house.

He sighed as Dan walked in behind him, they had decided they would wait for Damian to come to them. They knew that no matter if their father — BRUCE FUCKING WAYNE, THE FUCKING BATMAN — knew or not, Damian would come to them. Tucker had let them know that Damian had been looking in to them.

It was no secret that they would be living in Gotham before vacationing in Beacon Hills.

Danny sighed as he sat down in the Manor's living room.

Jazz and Ellie walked in after Dan, they all had parked in the garage. They spent the entire day lounging around in the manor when they heard knocking at the door. Danny got up. Holding his glove up as he walks and a hologram displaying the camera view from outside forms. Just outside the door was one Alfred Pennyworth and one Damian Wayne.

Pennyworth held something, looked to be a tray of brownies. Damian held what seemed to be a cat, Danny smiled at the hologram. Their new memories described Damian to be an animal lover. Nothing out of the ordinary then.

Danny's arm fell to his side, the hologram disabling with that motion. Letting a sigh out as Dante, Jazz and Ellie joined him at the door, he opened the door soon after.

He smiled at Alfred like he didn't know who he was, but gave Damian a nod of recognition. "Hello, who may you be?" Danny asked as Dan stood next to him after ruffling Damian's hair, much to his dismay.

"Hello, I'm Alfred Pennyworth, butler of the Wayne Manor, Young Master Damian request that we welcome you to the neighbourhood." Alfred greeted. "Hello, my name is Danny, this is my brother Dante, my sister Jazz and my daughter Ellie."

"Daughter?" Damian questioned, did his brother think Ellie more a daughter than a sister? No matter now. "Yes. Very weird circumstances, you must understand." Danny gave a smile. "Yes. We understand."

"We must thank you for the brownies, we hadn't thought much about what we'd eat today." Jazz thanked Alfred as she took the brownies. "It was no problem at all. Though I must say, if you ever need help with food do ask." Alfred smiled back at Jazz. "Oh, no. There's no need, we do have our own signature chefs here." Jazz smiled at Danny and Dante, who had very easily taken the best chef I'm the Fenton family title. Even when the food came alive from ectoplasm.

"Thank you for the offer, Mr Pennyworth." Danny smiled. "Please, call me Alfred." He smiled at Danny, Danny smiled impossibly wider, "Very well, Pennyworth." Alfred almost laughed, as he did the same thing many, many times when people asked the same as of him.

"Well, I must say, I've got to prepare for the new term, thank you again for the brownies." Alfred and Danny both nodded in acknowledgement, turning to go downstairs.

"Damian!" Danny yelled as Jazz, Ellie and Dante went inside. Damian stopped to look at him. "You're welcome in at anytime, okay?" Danny yelled. Damian's lips twitched as he held back a smile, he nodded, turning back to catch up with Alfred.

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Tim was embarrassed and upset to say this, but he had a crush. He was even more embarrassed to say that he had a boyfriend he was committed to the the crush likely didn't even know his name.

Tim had, while visiting the Drake Manor, seen four people moving into the previously empty manor right next to his old home. The first person he set his eyes on was the boy he instantly clocked as Vlad Masters' heir.

The Heir, Daniel Fenton, had a twin brother, Dante Fenton, an older sister, Jasmine Fenton and, what he says is his daughter, Danielle Fenton.

Tim had only over seen the teen online, but, to Tim's excitement and dread, it seemed Mr Fenton, his siblings and daughter would be moving in next door.

Tim decided tomorrow he would go see Bernard.

Chapter 4

Tim was up all night after patrol.

Never let anyone tell you Tim gave up his photography and stalker tendencies. They'd be lying.

Being Tim knew that Danny and Dante had just signed up for Gotham University and had gotten in (even though he doesn't do the testing, Bruce does), it was suffice to say his stalker tendencies hadn't disappeared, they'd just lost interest.

Now, he has a new interest and boy, does he plan on stalking Danny tenfold...

 

..As long as Bernard is in agreement with him.

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Tim and Bernard sat in the café they had come to to talk. Tim had urgently messaged Bernard last night.

Prince ❤️

BERNARD!!

ONG, I JUST SAW THE CUTEST BOY EVER!

description?

black long hair, blue eyes, freckles that look like constellations, approx 5'2/5'3, maybe 20-21 y/o

damn ur right

we'll see tmr

Yes. Very urgent.

So, now the two sat in the café with Tim actively showing Bernard pictures of Danny, swearing up and down that when Bernard sees him he'll agree.

"Tim, I see that he's pretty, but seeing as you're so detail orientated. When are we actually going to see him?" Bernard raised an amused eyebrow. Tim blushed, he'd been so caught up in showing Danny to Bernard, but thankfully he'd already thought of that.

"He lives next door to me, Damian's got an interest in him and his siblings and he's going to Gotham Uni." Bernard nodded, closing his eyes and thinking it over. "Okay. I'll come sleep over at yours."

Tim blinked, his brow burrowed. "You realise I won't be at Drake Manor all that much, right?" Tim asked, yes. Bernard knew.

"Yes. I know. Tim, you still stay with your father, yes I know. Your entire family have a place to stay. Dick has his separate apartments in Blüd and here in Gotham. Jason lives in Crime Alley. You have Drake Manor. Carrie, Steph and Babs live together.
Cass lives in Hong Kong. Duke and Damian are the only ones without a physical home. That being said is because Damian is fourteen (14) and Duke is still looking for an apartment. Knowing that you all gather in the cave for operation, it makes sense." Bernard said.

"Okay, you'll stay at Drake Manor. I might actually end up going into Gotham U just to talk to Danny." Tim said, Bernard smiled. "Okay. We'll somehow get him to like us."

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Danny walked down the aisle as he picked up some stationary, Dante walked a few steps behind him. He and Dante (who was upset he had to go to school again) were starting their second year in university at Gotham U. Having already done his first year at Casper University, Danny wondered what the differences in curriculum would be.

Danny picked up notebooks and pencils as he turned the corner, finding Jason Todd talking to Alfred as Tim Drake, Duke Thomas and Damian Wayne looked at stationary. Danny saw Dick Grayson down the same aisle looking at clicky pens.

Danny smiled, walking to Alfred. Dante walked to Damian. "Hello Pennyworth, Mr Todd." Danny greeted the two as Dante and Damian spoke. "Ah, hello, Mr Daniel." Pennyworth smiled. Jason gave a confused look.

What was the feeling of comfort that practically radiated from this Daniel guy?

"Who are you?" Jason asked, his brow furrowing in an almost unnoticeable way, his eyes narrowed a smidge. "I'm Danny Fenton. I live in the manor next to Drake Manor." Danny put his hand out for him to shake.

Jason, for all his suspicion, shook Danny's hand, and that was a whole new experience. Jason felt the rage that always edged on his mind reduced to a small simmer, not even that. It was like the pits shut off completely. For the first time in so long, Jason was generally calm.

His shoulders slumped at the calm that hit him.

"Call me Jason." Jason nodded at him in acknowledgement. "Hey guys, whose this?" Dick asked as he walked towards them. "Danny Fenton, lives two manors down, knows Alfred." Jason gestured to Danny's general area. "Lovely to meet you." Danny smiled at Dick. "Nice meeting you as well, I'm Richard, my friends call me Dick." Dick put a hand out to shake Danny's hand.

"Does that qualify me as your friend, Grayson?" Danny asked, shaking his hand.

Danny's using Dick's last name as a title reminded them of Damian. Danny had facial characteristics of both Talia and Bruce, but Jason and Dick elected to brush it off.

"I'd hope we can be friends." Dick smiled, not at all deterred by the use of his last name. "I'd hope so as well." Danny said before turning to Dante, finding him talking to Tim and Duke, Damian wrapped around his waist. Walking to the four, leaving Dick to continue finding his pens and Jason and Alfred to finish their conversation.

"Hello." Danny said joining them, Damian was quick to unwrap himself from Dante and hug Danny instead. Danny hugged back with a smile. "How are you guys connected?" Tim asked, clearly confused, and a bit alarmed, about Damian openly hugging someone.

Danny looked at him, then at Dante, who shrugged, and back at Tim. Dante had decided that since the memories made Danny older by a few minutes (read half an hour) he could make decisions. "We're Damian's older brothers." Danny smiled, it was like Duke and Tim lost all colour in their faces.

"Brothers?" Tim asked. "Yes. Have no fear. Dante and I were evicted from the League when done with our training. We no longer have ties to the League, as our mother doesn't know we're alive." Some colour returned to their faces, they were still a bit pale.

"Danyal and Dantai have not been with the Leaue for many years, they left before I was unceremoniously dropped on father's doorstep." Dante's brows furrowed, "Are the names you used the male version of our given names?" He asked, earning a nod from Damian.

"Ah. Anyhow. What are your days plans, little brother?" Danny asked Damian, who looked contemplating at the question. "I wanted to finish get school supplies then go home to play with Titus." Danny nodded. "Come over when you're able, okay?" Damian nodded this time.

"Well, did you guys want to have lunch with us, Duke and I were going to go have lunch with my boyfriend, Bernard." Tim asked with a smile. Dante looked Duke over, Duke must have noticed as his face flushed, "Okay. We can go, right, Danny?" Dante turned to Danny who smiled, Tim felt his cheeks flush.

"Yes, of course. We'll just finish here first." Danny nodded, taking out his phone, texting Jazz.

Jazzie-mi

Jazz, Dante and I are going to eat lunch with Tim Drake, his boyfriend and Duke Thomas.

Okay Danny, I'm at Arkham getting the psych-eval so I can apply for a job here. Ellie went out of explore Gotham. Likely just went to Batburger.

Okay, let me know how it goes.

"Jazz says she's applying for a job." Danny said, putting his phone back into his pocket. Dante turned to Tim, "I'm sure you'll be able to get out numbers?" He asked, getting Danny to also look at Tim.

Tim nodded, getting his own phone out, finding their numbers, he saved both to his and Duke's phones, as well as Bernard's phone, sending Bernard a quick message to let him know about the two new additions.

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Danny and Dante walked into the diner they were meeting Tim, Duke and Tim's boyfriend in. When they walked in they could already see the three. Danny smiled and walked over to them. "Got room for two more?" He asked, he could practically see Bernard and Tim's faces light up in pink.

"Yea, of course." Tim said, shifting, Bernard getting up from his own seat. Danny and Dante symoltaniously chuckled, Danny sat next to Tim, Bernard slipping in after him and Dante sitting next to Duke.

"Okay, let's get to know each other." Danny said, suggesting they play some games. "Never have I ever?" Duke suggested one off the top of his head. Everyone nodded and held their hands up. "Never have I ever skipped school?" Duke asked, Danny, Dante and Tim put their fingers down.

"Why though?" Bernard asked. "School is shit." Dante was the first to answer. "I can." Danny said as if that explained everything. "Work." Tim's answer was amusing because that was the only answer that actually answered the question.

They continued playing well after they finished eating.

When they were done they all knew that 1. They would be seeing each other in Gotham U. 2. They would make an effort to be around each other a lot. 3. Duke, Tim and Bernard had no way of denying that they were obviously blushing the entire time.

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Danny would swear up and down that Gotham was sentient. He's not wrong, he knows he's not wrong. He knows that everyone in Gotham knows as well.

As Danny walks on the coast on the Gotham river, he knows what he sees. Curses. Left and right.

When Danny finally stops walking, he's found himself standing five feet from the cursed water. He wondered if they could contain the accursed water. Ice it and cluster it. He wondered.

Chapter 5

Damian sat on the couch of the Wayne Manor. Matt sat next to him. "Are you aware that you'll be joining me in Gotham Middle School?" Damian asked out of the blue. "Yes. I can't wait! I want to make so many friends."

Damian wanted to smile, Matt reminded him of Superboy. "Yes. I am sure you will make many."

Tim startled Damian (not that he'd admit that) by suddenly sitting next to him. Duke was with him. "Damian, tell us about your brothers, would you?" Tim asked politely as possible. Damian gave Tim and Duke a lookover, these two were eyeing his older brothers.

"Why should I?" Damian asked, Tim practically deflated.

"Why shouldn't you?" Duke countered, he was internally smirking at his genius. Damian's eyes narrowed. "What's your play here?" He asked. Matt watched this interaction with a look of interest. "Nothing. Nothing at all. We just.. Want to get to know them." Tim smiled.

"That's exactly the problem. You two are eyeing my brothers and I can't in good conscious let my brothers be stuck with the likes of you." Damian rolled his eyes, Matt smiled, Damian's attitude was one of his reasons for being his friend–slash–brother.

"Come on, Dami—" "Refrain from calling me that Drake." "—Day, wouldn't you rather Bernard and I over, or Duke, someone less competent?" Tim smiled. "You make compelling points—" Tim and Duke visibly got excited, Matt almost laughed, seems these two were hooked, "—However—" Tim's eye twitched and Duke froze, Matt had to suppress a laugh. "You are not very competent yourself, Drake. Thomas, I have not many qualms about you."

Terry, Maxine, Melanie and Matt had been here for a little over two months and they'd already gotten along with many in the manor. They were never exclusively alone, much to the amusement of Matt, Terry and, not that he'd admit it, Damian, the enjoyment of Maxine and Babs and the minor, absolutely minor, annoyance of Melanie.

In those two months, they had picked up on a lot of things here and there. Tim was a coffee addict, who was criticised for being such by their hypocritical father and oldest brother, Bruce and Dick. Dick has a lot of bottled up anger, which Matt noticed when he smiled while actively reigning his breathing because the Justice League was a bunch of idiots. Jason is the third caretaker in the family, behind Alfred and Dick, Alfred being the number 1 caretaker, because Alfred equals butler, equals grandfather, equals patriarch of the manor, Dick being number 2 because he "somehow" (he deals with the same problems) knows everyone's problems.

Cass will make you jump out of your skin till you get used to her appearing, which takes three weeks of a month, if, and only if, you see her consistently. Steph can, and will, glitter bomb your room. You never know when she actually gets in though. Duke and Cass compete for best at stealth even though Duke knows it's Cass and he can only compete because he turns invisible, but they always count it.

Meanwhile, Damian was one of the most quiet, but most snappy. He enjoys art and animals, will talk your ear off about either subject, but then when all is done will ignore you completely. Matt was one to make his presence consistent in Damian's life so he often sees Damian give people hope before crushing the hope and giving more hope.

Tim's head hit the couch and Damian turned to give Matt a bored look. Matt smiled and nodded in Duke's direction. Duke hadn't moved. "Give them a chance, Damian. There could be worse." Matt smiled wider. Damian rolled his eyes. "If I give you what I remember will you stop annoying me for atleast the rest of the month?" It was currently the first of the month, July, a full month of Tim not being an annoyance to Damian.

Tim almost cringed, a month of not exchanging antagonistic tendencies with Damian?
He sighed. "Fine. Yes. I won't annoy you."

"They both like space, the stars, constellations and what not. Like protection, giving it not having it. Danny has problems thermoregulating, thought he doesn't mind. He finds the cold nice. He likes the snow, he doesn't like Christmas. Dante compensates where Danny lacks in thermoregulation, his body is a heater, but he likes it, cause people hug him more. He won't admit he likes it. Dante has an ego the size of Mount Everest. Not that it's very visible from afar. Dante also likes giving protection. Arson is a thing Dante finds any excuse to use. Consider Dante an arsonist in all definitions. Danny likes movies, Dante likes stories. Other than that. I leave your stalker tendencies to do it's job, Drake." Damian shooed them off after that.

Tim and Duke were, for the first time in their lives, grateful for Damian's high standards.

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Danny and Dante sat at by the park bench. Danny was having an ice cream and reading on the bench, Dante was sitting on a blanket on the grass while he listened the music. Danny was thinking about what to really do with the VladCo company.

"What if we partner with WE and DI?" Dante asked, pulling one of his earbuds out. Danny hummed, understanding why to choose Wayne Enterprises, but not why Drake Industries. As far as Danny knew, Drake Industries was still in staticity.

"Has Drake Industries started up, again?" Danny asked, his eyes traveling down to where Danny was laying. "Ask Tim next time you see him." Dante shrugged. Danny simply nodded.

Danny closed his eyes for a while, stuck in thought. He felt a chill as Lady Gotham sat next to him.

Meet. Protectors.

When?

Today?

They know?

Dark Knight. Not. Know.

Brother?

Be there

Danny opened his eyes and nodded, Dante, having heard, also agreed. Danny mentally groaned as he got up from the bench. Time to prepare to meet the father that doesn't know you exist.

He waited for Dante to finish folding his blanket and they get into Danny's car and drove to their manor. Jazz and Ellie sat in a little nest of blankets and were watching a movie. Ellie had a reinforced glass of ectoplasm and Jazz HD a bucket of popcorn in her lap.

"We're back." Danny said out of habit, "We could tell." Ellie yelled back, having heard the door open. "Mm. Why don't you ever just have normal replies. Okay, dad. Yes, dad. Why?" Danny asked.

"We've got to meet with the Bat later." Danny playfully slapped Ellie on the cheek. Jazz and Ellie looked at eachother with furrow brows.

'We're going aswell?'
'I guess so..'

They shrugged and they continued watching TV. Dante raised an eyebrow at them, but ultimately left them be, going to read before they had to leave to find the Bats.

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That same night, Danny, Dante and Ellie floated just above Jazz's head on the top of Wayne Enterprises. "When do you think they'll notice three glowing green blobs?" Ellie asked, checking her phone. They had been here for an hour already. Jazz had already went down to get them ice cream. They'd already looked at tumblr memes, they'd already scrolled through Tik Tok and Dante was almost done with his book.

“We saw you long ago.” Tim, Red Robin, said, jumping from a vent, landing next to Danny. Danny gave a small wave. “How long have you been there?” Dante asked as Duke, Signal, and Jason, Red Hood, came to stand next to him.

“Fifteen minutes.” Danny answered the question because, yes. Danny knew they were there. Of course, Dante knew as well, just not how long. Dante had a habit of focusing on more interesting things. Mostly reading.

“More or less.” Tim shrugged. “What is your business here?” The Bat, Bruce, asked, his voice gruff. Why were meta-humans in Gotham? Knowing that Batman was not a fan of metas (although he really did like some of them, he just didn't often find them here in Gotham).

“Uh, Lady Gotham prompted us to be here.” Danny said. “Lady Gotham brought you here?” Batman asked. “No, our brother technically brought us here. The fact that he was here brought us here.” Dante said, leaning on Duke.

“Your brother?” Batman asked. Was there any meta in Gotham that had the ability to glow? Not that he knew of.

“Hm. Short stack over there.” Dante pointed at Damian, Robin, who was standing next to Dick, Nightwing. “I am not short.” He grumbled. “Sure, you aren't.. Fun-size.” Danny chuckled, patting Damian's head.

When did he end up next to Damian? Tim didn't know, but anyhow. “What's your name?” Dick asked. He hadn't been paying attention when Danny had told Tim and Duke about their relation to Damian. Jason, despite not recognising them at the store, remembered the twins.

Danyal and Dantai were sparing with Jason watching from a training mat. The two of them were good at this. Jason had just come out of the pit. He was getting used to his physic, and Danyal and Dantai had been helping him in that area. He was thankful to them. He would trust them more than he'd over trust Talia and Ra's. The twins came to a draw.

Dantai twirled his staff in his hands as he walked towards Jason, Danyal was flipping his throwing knives. “Jason, you okay? You're zoning out.” Dantai said, stopping the twirling of his staff before it hit Jason. “Mm. Making plans for the replacement.” Jason said, opening his eyes. “Don't be mad at him, knowing you did the same to Grayson.” Danyal laughed. This entire one-sided feud was his entertainment for the month.

“Did not.” Jason mumbled. “Mm. I beg to differ.” Danyal laughed, sitting down next to Jason. “How so?” Jason raised an eyebrow. “Did Grayson know he was replaced? Did he authorise it?” No. “Was the mantel his or father's?” His. “Did he give you his own permission later on? After you learnt what the mantel meant?” Yes. He did. “Do you know if Drake was allowed, by Grayson, to get this mantel?” No. “I understand that you feel angry that he wasn't allowed by you, but you weren't really there to allow it.” Danyal lightly shoved Jason.

Jason, despite the talking down, didn't listen to it. “Phantom.” Danny smiled. “Phantasm” the girl smiled. “Just call me Jazz.” Dante shrugged. “I would say Phantom, but not anymore. Call me, Phantasmos.”

“Nice vigilante name, but I meant real name.” Dick smiled, Danny shrugged at him, turning to Tim. “What is my name, Red?” Danny smiled at him. “You want me to tell them?” Tim asked Dante and Danny. They both nodded. “This is Danny Fenton. Dante Fenton, and, if I'm not mistaken, Jasmine and Danielle Fenton.” Tim said, introducing the Fenton's as if he hadn't stalked their very being. Danny gave him a look that said this.

Tim gave Danny a sheepish look. Was he off his game because he was noticed by someone? No, not necessarily. Danny could just be really observant, didn't mean Tim wasn't gonna step up his game. After taking a nap when he gets home.

“The Fentons?” Dick muttered to himself. Danny hummed, rings formed around his torso. After the rings split and Danny was human again. “Yes. Lovely seeing you, again, Grayson.” Danny smiled. “Cape names, Danny.” Dante sighed. Danny only grinned at him in response.

“No one's up here. The rogues don't even want to know the Big Bats identity. Or they already know his identity.” Danny shrugged. “Yea, but that was Wing that you called.” Dante raised an eyebrow. “So? If people can figure out who the Big Bat is, they'll definitely know who the Robins are. Look at Tim and where that got him.”

“Yea. Now, I sleep everywhere.” Tim said, minutely shrugging. “I like sleep.” Danny smiled. “But, you also don't.” Dante said, distinctly remembering Danny making him watch Star Wars at midnight.

“Shut up.” Danny smirked before turning back to his father, smirk replaced with another smile. “Lovely to meet you, B.” Danny put his hand out for a handshake. Bruce eyed it but ultimately shook his hand.

“You said you were here for Damian?” He asked. Danny nodded his head. “Yep. I was initially going to a small town called Beacon Hills.” Danny said, his head tilting slightly. “You were?” Tim asked, typing holographic keys already. “Slow down, sneak.” Danny swiped his hands over the hologram to shut it down.

“Yes. I noticed something to do with me there.” Danny said. “To do with you?” Jason asked. Danny hummed. “Same way you have something to do with me.” Danny smiled. “The League of Assassins?” Jason asked because what else was there?

“No, well, yes, but no. The Lazarus Pit. It's water.” Danny said. Jason blinked. “Were you put into the pit?” Jason asked. “No, but my mere existence,” Dante snorted. Danny sighed, Danny's existence was more than mere, “is connected to it.” Danny said. “How?” Danny could practically feel Bruce's raised eyebrow from under his cowl.

Danny's smile bordered a grimace now. Explanations can be god awful.

Chapter 6

Chapter by Rosemaryy15

Danny sat on a chair in the Batcave. “So, explain what you meant by ‘my mere existence is connected to it’?” Bruce asked. The Bats have all taken their masks off by now.

“My existence, my very being is connected to it. My blood is practically all Lazarus. As much as it kills me to call it that.” Danny practically explained nothing. “What else would it get called?” Jason asked. His eye was twitching now.

“Ectoplasm.”

“Like Ghostbusters, ghost fluid?” Dick raised an amused eyebrow. Danny raised his own, unamused eyebrow. Dick's face drained of colour. His baby brother had ghost fluid in him. Was Jason even okay? Other than the Pit Rage, of course, was there anything else?

“Are you telling us Jason has ghost fluid in him?” Duke asked, Jason looked to be contemplating it. The movies depict ectoplasm as green, but again, those are movies. What tangible proof did Danny have that Jason was a ghost?

“You guys do know that ghosts exist, right?” Danny asked, his brow creased. “Of course. Deadman is a part of the Justice League.” Bruce grunted.

“So you do realise that ghosts have to be made of something, right?” Dante asked. The Bats collectively nodded. “So, what did you think they were made of?” Danny asked. The Bats gave no answer. Looking in any direction but the Fentons. Danny raised an eyebrow. Dante gave them a bored but exhausted look. Jazz wanted to sleep, evident in the way she rubbed her eyes. Dani was already asleep.

“Ghosts are made up of a mix of ectoplasm and emotions. Strong ones.” Danny said, pausing to make sure everyone understood. They nodded. “You can become a ghost when you die if you feel extreme emotions. Meaning that Jason was a ghost for a period of time. After that, during the Superboy Prime mishap, he was revived as the timeline shifted—” Danny paused as Dick lifted his hand. “Yes, Dick?” Dick smiled, putting his hand down.

“How do you know it was Superboy Prime who is the cause?” Dick asked. “My grandfather, not Ra's, is the embodiment of time. He says so.” he shrugs. Bruce was next to put his hand up. Dante sighed, “Danny and I share a grandfather that had prompted us to come find Damian. He's real nice, sometimes up to shenanigans, but nice anyway. He's our adopted grandfather.”

Bruce put his hand down, though he still had that look on his face. “Because the timeline shifted, Jason was revived. It dragged his soul out of the Ghost Zone and took his back to his grave. Being without oxygen for a long amount of time causes brain damage. Due to Jason's brain damage, he was catatonic for most of his time with the league. Despite that, he absorbed any training thrown at him. Easily, at that. It didn't take long for him to be thrown into the pit. It corrupted his ectoplasm, which he had, till then, been deprived of. This caused his anger to be amplified.”

The explanation gave way to many answers to many questions, with many, many more questions.

“So, I'm a ghost, but I'm alive?” Jason asked. “Yes. You qualify as a revenant and a halfa. Though more on the revenant side.” Danny tilted his head, eyes dragging over Jason's core. “Yep. A revenant.” Jason nodded. Absorbing all that new information.

“Does that affect anyone here?” Jason was worried. The twins could feel it wafting off his core, despite how damaged it was.

“Yes. Causes people who haven't died to become liminal. Being liminal, in summary, means that you are just by the line of being a ghost. You are eligible to go to the Ghost Zone and are under the rule of the Ghost Kings.” Dante explained.

“The Ghost Kings? Plural?” Bruce asked. Danny and Dante mentally sighed. Just tired of explaining. However, they shared the position of Ghost King, meaning they shared it's responsibilities.

“Just because of paranoia, we'll let you know that you have nothing to worry about regarding the Kings. The kings are brothers who share the responsibility. The older brother had locked the former king away after a fight. The older had no idea he'd be handed the crown after defeating the tyrant king. In the end, the older took to the realm like a sponge to water. Finding the responsibilities a heavy load, the older asked his younger brother to help him rule. He agreed, and they have ruled for three years.” Danny and Dante spoke interchangeably. It creeped the most of Bats out, but Damian and Jason had grown used to it.

This is fine.

“So, nothing to worry about?” Bruce asked, but he was already planning contingencies. With what little he knew about the Ghost Kings, it was not easy. To say the least.

“Nope. Not unless the kings, at least one of them, stage a planet wide order. That’s not happening any time soon. So, nothing at all. Till that day comes. Which it won’t. Destruction of the planet leads to destruction of part of the infinite realms. So, you’re all safe and sound.” The twins only increased their worries.
“Why do you all look like that?”

The Bats looked at eachother.

“Who exactly falls under the kings jurisdiction?” Bruce asked. Dante and Danny looked at eachother, at their sisters, who were listening to music and sleeping by this point. “Practically everyone. Everyone dies eventually. If you’ve died before, no matter how impermanent.” Blood drained from everyone’s faces, well besides the Fentons, who are entirely done with this by now.

That counted basically everyone in the family. Bruce has most definitely died before. Dick had that time with the Bomb, as well as the momentary points of his younger years, with the Court of Owls. Jason famously died by the Joker and was dead for a long time and then literally dug out of his grave. Tim had been on the edges of death many times before. The time with the LOAs drones that he’d hacked. That time with the Court of Spiders. Joker Junior on its own. Steph had her own faked death that she’d been tipping the lines of fate on. Then there was the time Damian was killed by his clone. That time Cass was killed by Duela Dent. Yea. Despite the other bats not being here their presence was felt.

“So. I know that recently there was a few new family members as I’ve seen.” Danny said. Looking around. Where was Carrie? She’d been here for a long time already. Right? Where were those time jumpers (thank Clockwork), Terry, Matt, Maxine and Melanie? Were they not home right now?

“Terrence and Kelley are on a mission. Matthew is sleeping, he desisted from patrol. Walker is with Harley, Gibson is with Barbara.” Damian said. He had been relaxed for most of this conversation, which was new to Tim. “Not using nicknames, Day-Day?” Danny joked. “Only for my blood siblings. Being that yourself, and Dante, are the only ones.” Damian smirked, his smirk dropped when he saw Danny’s own smirk appear.

“Do you have favourites, or are you just like that?” Ellie asked, having woken up. “I am just like that.” Damian shrugged. “What about Helena? Selena and father’s child?” Danny asked, a smirk still wide on his face. “Hell no.” Damian joked. Bruce frowned, Dick smirked.

Bruce immediately knew Dick taught him that. Dick or Jason.

Bruce shook his head. “So, you were out cause you wanted to see me?” He asked. “By request of Lady Gotham, also, I’m leaving for Beacon Hills in two weeks.” Danny shrugged, Dante pointed at him. “I’m going with him. The girls want to stay here in Gotham. We will often visit.” Danny smiled as he tilted his head to his sister and, what he considers, his kid.

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By the end of their visit, Danny and Dante hugged Tim, Benard and Duke goodbye as they packed up for Beacon Hills.

Series this work belongs to:

• Part 3 of My DCU + Crossover fics/Earth – 071709