Sollux and Aradia sat on the couch watching the strange new member of their little group walk away. "So… that's what we were waiting for?" Sollux asked.

The god of time giggled. "Yes. He's right on time too."

"So this means we need to leave…?" The male troll sounded uncertain.

Aradia pushed back his bangs looking into his eyes one empty and the other blank in his half-dead state. "We have things to take care of… and I know you're worried about your friend… but Danny will help him. Trust me, and when it's all said and done we'll have a new friend. One that you'll probably get along with better than you are imagining."

"Not hard to do." Sollux grumbled then sighed. "Fine… let's go then… I've never been good at goodbyes."

Aradia frowned slightly but nodded taking his hand the two left quietly as the others freaked out about the new boy's weird transformation. "His sour apple flavor got zapped with cold electricity and now he's just like you." Terezi said jabbing a finger into Dave's hair making him jump.

"Ow! Terezi!"

This only left the troll giggling. "He's kinda handsome that way don't you think?"

"You're blind, what would you know." Dave snapped.

DaveSprite chuckled. "Well… I'm going to make sure he doesn't get lost."

"I'll be bringing him food soon… seem's like he's going to end up outside somehow." Rose said.

"You guys do that." Dave said, totally not pouting.

Jade shook her head and leaned her shoulder on Dave. "Maybe it'll liven things up around here… things have been getting awful boring…"

Smiling the boy took her hand and the two left in a flash to hang out on LOHAC.

Danny sat with the book "SYLLADEX Basic's for Assholes" sitting next to him as he typed away at his PDA. The little device glowed a slight green its components infused with their own ghostly energy. He'd had the thing for as long as he could remember. It was like a third arm to him. He knew if he ever lost it he'd be devastated. It wasn't something that was originally his. Though, he couldn't clearly remember it's origins. He knew that the person who gave it to him was very special. Hazel-green eyes and dark skin flashed in his mind's eye and he sighed as he finished filling in the troll's info. He was a bit irritated because he didn't know how to spell their names. Karat's name was entered as 'CarCat' and it just looked wrong. "Yo."

Danny started looking up to see DaveSprite floating his way. Danny just noticed the chill curling in the back of his throat. "Hey."

"What brings you out here?"

"When I heard you guys were on an asteroid I came up hoping to see some stars…" Danny chuckled. "There aren't any…"

"No… star's only exist in universes… we haven't made ours yet."

Danny took a breath. "I see."

"So…" DaveSprite glanced at the book. "Any luck?"

"I guess?" Danny had a slightly perturbed look on his face. "I think I'm missing everything… I don't have a fetch modus. I think I found the Captchalogue but it's grayed out." Danny pulled at the hologram-like object when he thought of it pocketing his PDA as he spoke. "I haven't really messed with the Strife Deck yet… but I don't see me needing it either."

DaveSprite blinked. "You have like energy attacks. Hum… if it weren't for the fact that you have no file's and no link to any of the system data I'd think you were some kind of sprite."

"Hum…" Danny smirked. "Interesting theory…"

"Though I guess if we get down to the nitty-gritty of it all you're more of a cheat than anything else."

"Or a hack." Danny said.

DaveSprite chuckled. "Well if it's a Fetch Modus you need I can give you one of mine. Here." The sprite held out a red card.

Danny blinked. "Wait… what? Why- I mean-"

"Just take it."

The halfa did just that watching amazed as it blinked out of his hand and his SYLLADEX blinked to life with a red hue. "That's I didn't expect-

"If this is because Dave acts like he doesn't trust you that's him." DaveSprite said crossing his arms. "I'm not him."

"I can tell." Danny said. "Are you a clone."

DaveSprite hesitated. "Not really. I'm just a doomed timeline. Didn't you pay attention to our story?"

"Well, yeah… but I might have zoned out once or twice…"

"Don't worry I get it… it's a lot to take in."

"What did you mean? About the doomed timeline?"

"Well, you know Dave can jump through time right?" Danny nodded. "I'm just the result of one of our escapades through time."

"I still don't get how he doesn't mess up the time stream."

"It's our goal to mess it up." DaveSprite said. "Or at least change it for the better. This game is not easy… without our time jumping we wouldn't have gotten this far."

"Wait… but if he jumps back won't he just run into himself?"

"Duh. At the hight of things Dave had like 50 plus stable loops going. There were fifty of him running around in one moment of time. Each of them living different points in his life. If the loop was wrong in any way we'd end up with a Dave split form the Alfa timeline."

"And that's bad."

"Yeah… a Dave doesn't live long after being split from the Alfa timeline. It's like the game's fail safe too, I guess, keep the time wilder's in check. Otherwise, we could just create an army of Dave's. I suppose the game thinks of that as cheating."

Danny's core ached. The more he learned about these kids the worse it got. DaveSprite didn't outright say it but he suggested that he'd seen a few dead Dave's. That couldn't be easy. "Look." Danny looked to the sprite as he spoke again. "I don't really get it… past the fact that it's like in your programming or whatever… this desire to protect and help. I mean. Seriously, you've known us for only a few hours and you're already attached. I…" The bird boy bit his lip. "It's impossible to protect them in this game from everything… especially themselves."

Danny felt his breath catch. "I know." He whispered.

DaveSprite studied him for a moment before crossing his arms. "Well, I said my peace… I'm gonna go now."

"Thanks." Danny smiled. "We should do it again some time… and maybe we can even spar. Invite the others to watch and stuff… I think a demonstration of what I can do would be good for everyone."

"Good idea." DaveSprite nodded.

"And hey… I… I'm here to help you too… not just 'Alfa' Dave."

DaveSprite hesitated then shrugged. "Thanks… I'll keep that in mind."

"See you later Dave!" Danny smiled as the sprite floated away just as the teleporter zapped to life and Rose stepped out holding a cup of tea. "How are you doing?"

"Okay…"

"Do you mind?" She motioned to the space next to him. Danny shook his head and the girl found a seat next to him. "So… this… form… is human?"

"Kinda…" Danny shrugged.

"You look older."

"A little… I stopped aging when I turned, like, 18… I think it was…" Danny rubbed the back of his neck self-conscious. "I know it's weird… I'd almost forgot I could take this form… I don't get tired at home often…"

"So this is like a battery saving state?"

Chuckling Danny nodded his blue eyes shining. "Yeah. That's a good way of looking at it."

"So… you're the answer to my call for help…"

"Yeah…"

There was an awkward silence that suffocated the space between them for a long moment.

"You stopped aging? So… your long years… your 5 lifetimes is unusual?"

"Well, the fact that I had to clarify that kinda say's so don't you think?"

Rose snorted. "Fair enough."

"I was a freak of nature." Danny said. Many years taking away any sting or anger that used to settle with that statement. It was just fact now. Plane and simple. "As far as I know nothing like me ever really existed… "

Shaking her head she pulled out a sub sandwich. "Here… you said you were hungry?"

"Oh, wow. Thanks!" Danny took the food and ate it quickly. "Man I forgot how good real food tasted! This is amazing! Thank you Rose."

"Heh… you're welcome." With that their conversation became more light-hearted as they talked about their respective Earths what they remembered about them. Rose wasn't sure about what Danny was, but she felt she could trust him.

Authors Note:
Just a quick word.
Thank you for all the fave's and follows... I really apriciate them... I'm trying to figure out if I want to take this story to an epic end or just a calm resalution... So I'm sorry for the delay. I hope you have enjoyed and will continue to enjoy this story!