DP x DC Prompt
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There are no more heroes.
Well, okay. Rewind a bit.
Danny has been doing the hero thing for a while now. He’s had a big reveal; everyone has accepted him (including his parents), the GIW disbanded, the Anti-Ecto acts repealed, and generally, everything is going great. Some of the A-Listers are even training as junior ghost hunters to help give him a break from his rogues! (Being Ghost King makes things hectic sometimes, and he just needs the extra help. Sue him!)
The point is, literally nothing is wrong with Danny Phantom’s afterlife.
And then Valerie Gray, the Red Huntress, disappears in front of his eyes.
Danny is baffled! She’s just…gone! Valerie just popped out of existence, like she was never there. But no matter how hard he searches in the Ghost Zone, he can’t find her soul anywhere. His core isn't broken in grief. So she’s not dead. Which is good. So then, where is she?
Some of the others come forward with ideas on how to find her. A few ghosts volunteer to go out into the mortal realm, an area Danny had declared off-limits, to see if she was out there. Danny approves it. He rounds up some of the friendlier (i.e., discreet) ghosts and Amity Parkers and demolishes the outside travel ban.
So everyone spreads out, looking for their dear frenemy and teammate. But it becomes apparent very quickly that something is wrong with the rest of the world.
There are no more heroes.
Every single living superhero on the face of the Earth has just…vanished. Villains are running amok; the countries are in chaos! Some aliens are invading Earth, mythical deities are trying to take over, and society is crumbling to the ground. Everything is on the brink of collapse.
Well, Danny was still there. And so were his people. They were pretty spread out, so could they just…take up the mantles? He also knew where to find the souls of dead heroes in the Zone; surely they wouldn't mind coming out of retirement for a little bit, especially if they couldn't die again. Oh! And that skeleton army leftover from Pariah Dark's reign might be useful in repelling those invading forces.
Honestly, there were more than enough hands to go around! And with the heroes gone, Danny didn't mind letting everyone out for a little break, as long as they followed his rules. They wouldn't stop the search for the other heroes, but hopefully, when they found them, the heroes wouldn't mind Danny's intervention too much. :)
In other words:
Someone fucks up, and all of Earth's living heroes are either wished out of existence or are whisked away to some far-off realm where Danny hasn't checked yet. In the attempt to figure out what's going on, Danny lets the dead run amok over the Earth as they search for clues. The skeleton army repels the invading armies, the souls of dead heroes deal with the world leaders, and his rogues and other Amity Parkers set up shop in place of famous heroes, trying to get the cities under control again.
Basically, they just do their best to keep everything from imploding until the Justice League and others are back.
(And why is it that Danny hasn't disappeared? Well, whatever caused everyone to go poof! only affected living heroes. Anyone heroes that were dead in the first place, or even just half-dead, stayed behind.)
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I'm in A Mood™ (stressed) so im going back to my roots of melting two character together into one person. So bruce wayne!danny fenton. Danny Fenton who, for eight years, grew up in a beautiful gothic manor with his mom and dad under the name "Bruce Wayne". Playing piano with his mother, running around the manor with his father.
Then when he's eight it's ripped away from him. There's blood on his hands and pearls pooling at his feet, and both his parents are dead in front of him.
And he gets shipped off to distant relatives "the Fentons" shortly after, Alfred close on his heels because someone needs to take care of him, someone that knows him. Bruce goes to the Fentons for the safety of anonymity. Gotham's press wants to sink its teeth into him.
Danny misses his city even if it took everything from him. There are shadows in his eyes and he's pale as a sheet even beside his distant cousins, and they change his name to "Danny Fenton' because nobody should know that their newest child was illustrious orphan Bruce Wayne.
They call him Bruce behind closed doors. Danny prefers it that way, he clings onto the name -- the one his parents gave him -- like a lifeline. He makes friends with Sam and Tucker. Tucker takes one look at the willowy, morbid little boy standing in the corner like a shade, ghosts in his eyes, and drags him out into the sunlight, and takes him over to Sam.
When Danny is twelve, he's still not over it -- and he's a little obsessed with the Fentons' research, with the morbid. He has books upon books on death, murder, detective work. Anything he can get his hands on. And stars. He loves stars.
Alfred owns the apartment next to them and comes over regularly. Danny clings to him.
When Danny is twelve, he's still quiet, meek, a shy little thing prone to being bullied. Freaky little Fenton with the night in his eyes and too-cold skin even before he put one foot in the grave. in a sleepover in his room with Sam and Tucker, he tells them the truth. They're his friends, he trusts them.
"My name is Bruce." he murmurs, voice quiet as the breeze, always quiet. he's staring at his star-covered sheets.
"Like Bruce Wayne?" Tucker asks, a joking tone in his voice.
Danny smiles a little, lamb-like with insecurity. "I am Bruce Wayne." And he takes them down to the lab, disrupting Maddie and Jack, to prove it. Sam tells them of her own wealth then shortly after. They start calling Danny "Bruce" in private too -- its trust. Thats what it is. It's trust.
Sam goes to media functions and comes back with aching feet and complaints on her tongue -- and Danny soaks it up all like a sponge, splayed across a beanbag chair with Tucker in her room. He's not envious of her, he used to go to events with his parents and they kept him safe from the ugly of Gotham's Elite. For the most part. He's had comments made at him, he doesn't miss them.
Alfred returns to the manor semi-regularly, Danny goes with him. he wanders the hallways and helps Alfred clean, the last thing either of them want is for their home to fall into disrepair. He brings Jazz with him next time, then Tucker, then Sam. They all help him clean, and he shows them his room. The one across from his parents', it feels strange.
When Danny dies when he's fourteen, the first adult he tells is Alfred. He and Jazz go over to his house more often than they stay in the Fentonworks building. At least at Alfred's, the food doesn't come to life. Alfred sits at the kitchen table and weeps when Danny tells him, Jazz is upstairs, and its just the two of them.
Danny's ghost form wears pearls around his wrist and the gloves look stained with some kind of black substance. He looks like a child who died in a lab accident, but he also looks like a child who has shadows dripping off his shoulders, curling at his feet, hanging from his eyes.
because amorphous blob batman has my heart always and danny/bruce will not escape it even in death even if that IS the only reason im giving him Mild BatBlob Vibes...so far
when they go to the manor, alfred helps danny make a pile of stones between Martha and Thomas' graves, nobody but the two of them (and sam and tucker) will know what it means. (not even bruce's children later down the line, not for a long, long time)
danny dives into ghost fighting on shaky feet and not half as witty as he once was in one world. he's skittish, skittering between blasts from shadow to shadow and clumsily making his way through each battle. but helping people lights a fire in him. he still has shadows dripping off his feet but there's a purpose in his eyes.
and god help him, he's going to help people.
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boy oh boy fnaf au time :)
so. saw a video that talked about The Horrors Of Fnaf 3, and i've also been in a Fnaf 3 mood due to playing it on stream, and i had thoughts about how. Springtrap is actually Really horrifying if you think about it (more than just 'Serial Child Murderer Trapped In A Death Suit' Horrifying), and also had thoughts about an Everybody Survives au. note the world choice: Survive.
i've titled it the "He Came Back" au :)
now, for the shortest plot explanation i can give:
(warnings: attempted murder, harm to children, some child death though not as much as there is canonically, murder. A Lot Of Fucking Murder, death, general LGBTQ+phobia because The Fucking '80s and '90s)
(note that i also ignore the Remnant Stuff. as well as several things from the books, mostly because i don't want to overcomplicate things for myself)
Elizabeth almost dies, and gets put in a coma for several months.
William Definitely Copes Well! (< lie)
he attempts child murder several times, but he fails basically every time. Charlie gets put in a much shorter coma than Elizabeth's, Jeremy gets stabbed in the throat so many times that it fucks up his vocal chords, and Fritz gets one of their eyes ripped out and his hand broken.
the main reason Afton fails so hard is because he doesn't hide the bodies this time, and the kids manage to get help quick enough (security guards and janitors who come in for work that night).
however, the kids still only saw "Springbonnie" (thinking of changing it to something else cause. the name Springbonnie has always felt a little Weird, y'know? out of place. i'm thinking of renaming Springbonnie to O'Hare, both because it sounds cool and because i view Springbonnie as being based more on a hare than a rabbit. it also rhymes with Fredbear :]) attacking them, and Charlie is still kinda. y'know. in a coma.
then we get to Cassidy, where everything goes to shit.
while Afton tries to kill Cassidy (he manages to get a swipe at their face, which causes a scar), Cassidy kicks him in the balls as hard as possible, in a desperate attempt to defend themself.
however, instead of nothing happening, like Cassidy thought would happen, there are a few small clicks and snaps that come from the suit, and William fucking freezes. he has a general look of 'Oh Shit' on his face, before shit hits the fucking fan.
suddenly, there's a sickening squelch, as though something is stabbing through flesh, blood goes everywhere (including onto Cassidy), and William lets out a scream of pure agony. he very quickly goes from being a threat to writhing in pain on the ground, begging for Cassidy to show him mercy and get help.
they don't. scared, confused, and not wanting to help their attempted murderer, they instead walk out of the restaurant, and start walking back home. a police officer notices this blood-soaked twelve-year-old with a thousand yard stare and things just kinda go from there. William, beyond the point of saving, is taken from the suit as his life slowly slips away. Cassidy Is Fucking Traumatized Now!
Adrian (CC) gets bitten but lives, and it kinda screws him up for a bit. his nightmares about things are on-and-off.
and then, in 1985, things get bad again.
Sammy, Henry's son, decides to work at Freddy's (given that the original location is still open) and hone his technician skills. but...wait, why is Springbonnie still on? shouldn't he be off?
"Springbonnie" (Afton), long story short, kills Sammy by strangling him using some string meant to be used to restring The Puppet. Sammy ends up possessing the Puppet. he was only fifteen.
Henry doesn't take this well (obviously) and Cassidy takes this as evidence that Afton is still around (he very much is).
two years later, Fnaf 2 location opens up. More Afton Murders! including:
a janitor named Benson, who he lured to the Parts & Service room and began to repeatedly bash against the wall. he possesses Bonnie.
a nightguard named Sherri, who suffers the same fate as Benson. she possesses Chica.
when Phone Guy (Daniel) comes around, he uses his previous knowledge from working at the older locations to know how to keep Springbonnie at bay, which he then records on the phone to help other employees live.
it works for two more guards and another janitor, along with Jeremy. until he gits bitten and stuffed inside of Foxy. you'll never guess who he goes on to possess. a young blonde girl, Lea, gets lured and killed, and goes on to possess Fredbear/Golden Freddy. Fnaf 2 location closes.
Cassidy and Charlie move in with each other for Gay Reasons. people are dicks about it, but as far as those two are concerned, they can go fuck themselves.
90's happen. Gabriel gets the restaurant passed down to him (long story: There's A Third Business Partner Alongside Afton And Emily, and he's Gabe's dad), and he does well! he and Jeremy get together in 94.
well...in 93, Daniel unfortunately gets to the end of the line, and gets killed by Afton after basically a decade of managing to avoid it. he possesses Freddy.
Michael Afton Gets An Unexpected Family Reunion With His Dad. Unfortunately For Him, William Wants To Make It A Bit More...Permanent, Shall We Say.
he survives, thank goodness.
Cassidy, sick of Afton's Shit, seals him up behind a wall after luring him back there with Noises.
and then, decades later, Fazbear Entertainment Fucks Up Big Time (Releases Him).
Fnaf 3 happens, and some poor soul (who I'm naming Zeno) has to deal with Afton's Shit.
Cassidy Commits Arson. Good For Them.
Cassidy convinces Zeno to help them commit arson again to get rid of Afton for good with the help of some friends. everyone but Afton survives (Pizzeria Simulator)
lore goes on sorta like normal from here? not exactly? y'know what i mean.
and like! this is only the main lore stuff!! not counting all the therapy, the kids healing and enjoying their lives, none of that. but hey! if anyone's curious, i'd love to talk more about this au! i love it so much :]
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