Going for a bit of a different approach for the 'Bereft' Episode. Hope you enjoy it!

This chapter also will focus mainly on Beastia with bare hints of Dannie.

Lots of OCs in this series.

I own only my OCs. All rights to their respective owners.

Amity Park Mardi Gras Festival

July 27, 21:30 CDT

Dannie walked through the Mardi Gras fest alone, looking around at the psychic tents littering the street. She happened to notice an actual wagon that seemed to look professional and looked at the picture of herself and her grandparents on her grandpa's pocket watch, pocketing the watch before lightly rapping on the door of the wagon.

"Bonjour madamoiselle." a man with a thick French accent said as she opened the door. "How can Monsoir Klickitat be of service? Someone you'd like to contact?"

Dannie decided to test if this guy was a real psychic and remained silent.

"Your late grandfather perhaps?"He asked.

"Yeah... My Papo." Dannie confirmed.

"Then come and sit down, and if the clockwork be kind, we will make contact with her." The woman said softly, helping the halfa to a seat.

Dannie sighed and leaned back in the seat as she looked up at the supposed psychic. "But he so rarely is." she whispered.

She gave the man a dollar, as requested, and he sat down and went into a trance, holding the watch. He needed something that had belonged to them in order to make contact.

Klickitat's eyes turned a deep, bright, graceful purple like her grandfather's had been before the accident. "Idania Danalie Fenton, why are you spending money on this old kook?"

"I just wanted to see you again." Dannie murmured. "I wanted to let you know that I'm okay... You and Nana saved me. And I wanted to let you know that. I needed you to know that I love you. That I'm finally getting into gymnastics again, and then I'm coloring those books that Nana loved like we used to do all the time. Most of all, I just needed to tell you that I'm happy again for the first time in years."

Her grandfather paused before saying, "No you're not."

Dannie's head jerked up. "W-What do you mean?"

"You aren't happy again. Not genuinely. You put on that brave, happy face, but deep inside, you're still broken. Dannie, I've learned things over the years, but one of the most important are these: First, the lonliest people are the nicest, the saddest people smile the brightest, and the most damaged people are the wisest; all because they do not wish to see anyone else suffer the way that they do." He informed. "Second? This is something that your Nana always wanted for you. She wanted me to tell you this; have courage, and be kind. You have more kindness in your little finger than most people have in their whole bodies, and that kindness will guide you to become one of the greatest minds on this earth. It will lead you to happiness Dilly Dilly."

The halfa sniffled a little and wiped her eyes. "I'll try Papo." She promised.

As the psychic came out of his trance, Dannie took the watch and headed for the zeta tube.

Bialya

September 4, 00:13 EEST

Beastia curled up into a ball behind a rock formation, sniffling. Where was she? Where was Mari? Dear god, she wanted to be at home! Wait... there was all kinds of sand and rocks here, so maybe she was near a beach; a body of water. If so, she could use it to find her way up to Atlantis, and Kaldur could help her get home! One problem... No beach looks like it goes on this long. Okay, desert... What animal could she channel the asha of to survive out here until she found civilization... Camel could work.

The girl reached within herself and found the asha of the camel, channeling it within herself for survival. She sighed as she instantly felt herself get better. She made her way to the nearest oasis before lightly tapping on the com link in her ear. "Vixen ? Ni Beastia ... I -mimi katika baadhi ya aina ya jangwa ... Mimi sijui ambapo mimi, au jinsi I got hapa ... mimi nina katika oasis ... Tafadhali kuja kuniona ." she begged, panic making her slip into Swahili. She then switched off her comlink and turned on the tracker that Mari had placed on the clasp of her necklace so that she could be found.

She tensed when she heard some bushed shaking and jumped up, channeling the asha of an ant. Ants... they could lift things ten times their own size, so she figured an ant would make a good choice.

A green girl floated in. If this girl was mystical with a totem like Mari's or hers, it was weird.

"Beastia!" She said, seeming relieved as she landed, attempting to hug the girl.

The African girl said, "Hey, who in the name of Anansi are you?!"

The girl bopped herself lightly on the head. "Hello Megan! If I lost my memories when we were mindlinked, then you obviously lost yours too! Um... What month is it?"

Beastia raised an eyebrow and looked at her wrist computer; a gift from Robin at their first meeting. "September?! What happened to March?!" She screeched.

"Here, let me." The girl that Beastia now recognized as a Martian began to put her hands on the mystic's head until she pulled away. "I'll just channel a lizard's power. Lizards can regenerate old cells in their bodies to create new limbs. Maybe it'll work with memories too."

The instant that Beastia had channeled a lizard's asha, she remembered everything; the team, her teammates, and even how she got to the desert.

"M'gann!" The girl squealed, hugging her tight. "Come on; we need to find the others!"

Wisconsin

September 4, 09:52 UTC -6:00

Waking up in handcuffs that neutralized her powers was one thing for Dannie. Waking up with a similar collar was another. Both of those, she was used to. However, waking up on a comfortable pillow covered with a microfleece blanket was not. She groaned and sat up, pushing her hair from her eyes. Was this a dream; a nightmare? Or was she really inside one of the guest bedrooms at the house of Vladimir Masters?It looked that way. When she looked around, everything was monogrammed with the initials VM.

She frowned. No matter what, she didn't think it was a good idea to stay here for very long. She tugged a bobby pin from her hair and bent it into the right shape, unlocking the handcuffs, and then the collar. Thank you, Youtube!

She sighed and shifted to her ghost form, phasing out of the house. Wait... Wisconsin?! How the heck did she end up here?! Noticing a newpaper, she also questioned where March went.

She groaned as she had a large pain in her head, and she heard a voice tell her to go to Mount Justice, in Happy Harbor, Rhode Island. It almost sounded like Clockwork, but Dannie had no time to ponder this. She rose as high as possible and flew at her top speed to the mountain, phasing into it to find a secret base inside a hollowed out structure of rock. She looked around a bit until she heard a gruff voice say, "Spirit, why aren't you in Bialya with the rest of the team?"

She turned around and saw the Batman. "Team? Bialya? Seriously, the last thing I remember is going to sleep after a tough track meet, and now you're here telling me that I'm apparently supposed to be in a country I've never heard of with a team I'm supposedly on?! Last I remember, it was March! But no, right now, it's September!"

Black Canary, who was beside the Dark Knight, said, "Spirit, if you don't remember the past six months, how did you get to the cave?"

"Friend of mine recommended it" she admitted. "Now for god's sake, somebody please help me out with the amnesia thing!"

Dannie sighed, sitting down on a couch. She wasn't overly fond at the idea of Martian Manhunter looking around at her thoughts, but he'd promised to only take the last six months, and only what he needed to piece everything back together.

Soon enough, all was normal, and the team had returned from Bialya.

To make sure there wasn't any missed damage to their minds, the League wanted to keep the team overnight to be safe.

As such, the teens decided on a little sleepover. Dannie really avoided the main slumber party for the gym, wanting to practice gymnastics for the school she wanted to get into.

"Practicing?" She nearly missed a step in her trampoline routine when she heard Aqualad, quite literally jumping onto the rings.

"Uh, yeah. I'm trying to get into a performing arts boarding school, but I need to pass for the gymnastics scholarship to get in." she explained, hopping down.

The Atlantean frowned, walking closer to Dannie. "Spirit. It's not a bad thing to open up to your friends." he said quietly, not touching her as to keep from aggravating her haphephobia.

"I know that." she said with gritted teeth, gripping the bandages that kept her feet safe from bruising tightly in her hands.

"And yet you still hide things from us. I will not push it, but you should know that you won't be judged; that you are among friends." he reassured. Changing the subject, he added, "Do you need a spotter?"

She smiled weakly. "It would definitely help." she admitted.

Danny

"So After the next mission is when I can join?" Danny Fenton checked, leaning back in his bean bag chair. "And Dannie's staying the night in case of mental damage?"

"To sum it up, yes." Batman confirmed. "Are you sure that you don't want your parents to know?"

Danny looked away. "Mom and Dad aren't the most understanding parents in the world when it comes to ghosts. If they found out, thy might shoot us as soon as look at us. Jazz is fine, but not Mom and Dad. Besides the fact, they shouldn't be in danger because of us."

Batman nodded, leaving as stealthily as he came.

The next morning, Danny looked out the window when he heard a squeal outside, indicating that Dannie had gotten her acceptance letter from the Civic City Academy of Performing Arts; her dream school.

He was happy for her, even though she'd be attending as a boarder. They wouldn't see each other as much, but if she was going to be happy at this new school, so be it.

Okay, inbox time

Abby(Guest): I'm still working out the bugs of this rewrite, so thanks; I appreciate the constuctive criticism. Also, no; she will not be related to Artemis this time around, because you're absolutely right; it didn't work out the first time. As for her pairing, I am not certain of anything. As of now, nothing is set in stone for her pairing.

Guest 1: I'm planning to do a lot more of mixing DP and YJ this time around. If I can't do that, then I will do it as just YJ.

Guest 2:There's a reason behind this that will be covered later in the story; I promise. And it's a good reason. Also, I am not trying to play off of Dani the clone. Next, there is much of this that is going to be covered later as time goes on. In my mind, Batman is taking one ghost at a time as a trial run to make sure that the species and enemies barrier won't get in the way of missions, or anything else. He will join the team very soon; promise. As for the 'invasion of privacy' probably going to edit that as Robin reading aloud to himself at the Batcave or something. It was the first chapter, and with the first maybe five, there's always bound to be some bugs that need to be edited. Her relationship to Artemis is now going to be strictly friend based; they aren't related to each other, even distantly. As for the ship, like I said, nothing is set in stone yet; I'm still debating on that, and will most likely do a poll for it.

Anyone else? No? Okay.

Signing off,

-MckennaTennyson-Harper12