Chapter Four: The Start Of Trust
The twins had already spent a few days at the Cave. They hardly came out of the room that the team had provided for them. The team hardly knew anything about them. Nightwing ran their DNA threw every system known to man, woman, and child. There was still nothing. Aqualad took a different approach and brought some magic books from Atlantis to the Cave. He did reading on what type of magical being would have their types of powers.
The only one that seemed to get the closest to the two unknown factors was Beast Boy. His innocence was just so obvious and contagious that they couldn't refuse him. But they did, at least, talk with Superboy and Aqualad, a little bit at least.
The two were deep in thought in their room, White had actually fell asleep. Something he soon regretted. They got lost in their memories.
"What do you mean you didn't mean to?!"
"T-they ambushed us and we didn't have ti-"
"Stop lying! J-Just go to your room!"
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Ice and frost were everywhere; crawling up the walls onto the ceiling in intricate patterns. The carpeted floor was now blue, their beds had frosted over, and the window seals and the door had frozen over. The siren cowering in a gold force field, trying to ignore reality while the ghost boy was hugging his knees.
"Daniel Fenton, White Fenton! Open this door right now!" their mom yelled.
Danny just sat in the corner of his room, curled up into a ball, trying to block out all outside noise. White brought him into his bubble and they cried into each other's shoulders.
"Danny, White, listen to Maddie! You know you shouldn't have reacted in the way that you did, now unlock this door and apologize!"
Their mom had started scolding him for 'destroying the lab' and Danny and White had tried to explain it wasn't their fault, but she wouldn't listen, and they ended up yelling at her.
"It's not our fault... it's not our fault... it's not our f...fault..."
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"Sir! You must be mistaken, Danny and White wouldn't-"
"No you are mistaken! Those boys are practically a CURSE to my class and I'm absolutely tired of ghost attacks in MY classroom. And magical creatures endangering MY students! Now you either give him a good talking to, or you transfer him to a different classroom! Even better, a different SCHOOL!"
*****
"Sam, listen!"
"Why should I?! So you can just run off and go behind my back again?! No! I'm sick of your excuses Danny!"
"It's not his fault. It's gotten even harder for us since…"
"SHUT UP!"
"Hey, leave him alone!"
"UGH!"
Then the two stomped off.
*****
Danny didn't realize a tear ran down his cheek as he played with his ice powers, still deeply lost in his memories. White's memories got too much as he slept and the room started to shake. As such, Danny was not paying attention to anything around them... not even the bursting opening of their door.
Superboy was just now on his way back from his 'daily reports' for Batman. Even though he didn't even have anything to report besides Danny and White seeming to slowly become more comfortable around everyone else.
"Hey SB!"
Superboy turned to see Gar (Beast Boy), running up to him.
"Hey Gar, what is it," he asked.
BB smiled and explained excitingly.
"I was wondering if maybe you or Aqualad could convince Danny and White to come out of their room and we could all hang out on the beach," he requested.
Superboy gave him a tiny smile and answered. "I'll ask them when they wakes up, alright?"
Beast Boy smiled and ran off towards the living room area.
Superboy turned back around and made his way over to the twin's door. He slowly started opening the door, but found it jammed and he could feel the shaking.
"Superboy," Kaldur (Aqualad) called, running up, obviously having felt the shanking as well.
Superboy and Aqualad rammed into the door, busting it open. They were shocked and horrified by what they saw. Danny was crying, though it looked like he was unaware of it. And he had glowing blue ice forming in the air above his hand, and ice was creeping up in other places. White was starting to thrash on his bed, the shaking getting worse. Tears were running down his face, as well.
Superboy and Aqualad dashed over to Danny and White. Aqualad went over and shook White awake. Superboy went and grabbed and pulled Danny by his upper arms and started to scold him.
"What are you thinking?! That could have lost control and…" he scolded him until he finally just stopped and asked confusedly. "Uh, Danny?"
Danny was staring at him with wide eyes full of shock, tears stains running down both of his cheeks, and his whole body frozen in Superboy's grip. Aqualad, looking at White, saw the fear and sadness. Superboy sighed and let go of Danny's arms.
"Come on, we need to go tell Nightwing and-"
"NOO!"
Suddenly, Danny's wrist disappeared from his grasp and Conner turned around surprised that someone was even able to escape his grip. White escaped Aqualad and ran to his brother.
"We can't let anyone know! Don't you understand?! We can't! We won't tell them! We don't want to be blamed for something else! Not ever again," Danny said.
Superboy watched as more tears were shed as he yelled. White was trembling even more. Eventually, Danny and White curled up on the floor, starting to cry even harder and shakily rambling.
"We didn't do it... We didn't do it... We didn't do it..." White was saying.
The two teen heroes bent down to be near the twins.
"What didn't you do," Kaldur asked, kindness and concern in his voice.
The two brothers looked at each other. Other than the happy-go-lucky Beast Boy, these two were the only ones they started to trust. They never tried to question them, just get to know them. Or, at least, get the twins to trust them. They were kind, unlike this archer girl that tried. Artemis, they think her name was. Siren hearing is not mind reading, you know.
"We didn't do anything," Danny sobbed. "People started to blame everything that has ever gone wrong and that ever went wrong on us. From attacks in our town, to a simple light bulb going out."
"Everyone we had ever loved abandoned us, aside from our sister and our friend Valerie," White said, the tears still streaming down his face. "Our parents hated us for our powers. Our teacher wanted us out of the school. Even our supposed friends had abandoned us. The entire town hated us."
"All of it because we are something they hate and don't understand," Danny says. "What humans don't understand, they fear."
"Even before they knew it was us, we dealt with three years of torture," White admitted. "Hunted by our own parents. Our realms constantly trying to be destroyed by a government agency called the Guys In White. Bullied every day at school, our parents never noticing the bruises or limbs."
"It won't matter how long we're gone, they'll never notice or care," Danny says. "All they ever did was make us clean up their lab. Our sister took care of us while they did nothing. The only real family we've ever known weren't even human."
"You two shouldn't have gone through that," Conner said, comforting actually being something new to him.
"If you don't mind my asking, but what are your powers," Kaldur asked, nicely. "You don't have to answer if you don't want to."
There was a moment of silent communication between the twins. Could they trust them with their secret? Would they still care? Would they start blaming things on them, as well?
"First, we aren't exactly human," Danny told them. "I am half ghost while White is a siren."
The heroes got wide eyes. Sure, Artemis had told them about the time she had met a ghost. But how does being half ghost work? And White's powers as a siren is definitely a new one. Weren't sirens supposed to be girls?
"How," Conner asked.
"The people we were forced to call parents had created a portal to the Ghost Zone, where all ghosts live," White explained. "But it didn't work, at first. So Danny had went inside to investigate. And he accidentally hit the 'ON' button that had been on inside. Stupid, right?"
The heroes shrugged. They did think that was pretty stupid. Who would seriously think putting an 'ON' button on the inside of something would be a good idea. How is anyone that dumb.
"The portal turned on, with me inside," Danny said. "The magical DNA of ghosts was fused into my system. It literally killed me, but the ghost DNA lets me have a human half. White had been caught up in the magical sound from the home of the sirens. That turned him, as well."
To prove it, they stood up and changed.
Danny in a black sweatshirt with neon green fingerless gloves. The sweatshirt also had white cuffs and necklines with his DP symbol on his chest. He also had black pants with white boots, tied with neon green laces. His hair was white and eyes were green.
White was in a white jean vest with matching jeans. He was now also had a gold t-shirt with gold boots. On his hands were gold fingerless gloves. His hair was now white with gold streaks. His angel-like bird wings were also white. Both twin brothers had their necklaces around their necks.
"Unbelievable," Kaldur swore.
"Uh… thanks," White nervous said, going near his brother.
"It's okay," Kaldur assured. "If anyone would understand, it be us. I hail from Atlantis. Conner is a clone of Superman. Garfield's a shapeshifter. M'gann is from Mars. We're all different, just like you. We would never treat you like they did."
"We trusted people before, and look where that got us," Danny said. "We have no home, no friends, no family, nothing."
Superboy put his hand on Danny's shoulder.
"You do, now," he said, making the halfa smile.
''We know that your 'Justice League' isn't going to trust us until we start talking,'' White said. ''We should, probably, tell them.''
''You two don't have to if you don't want to,'' Kaldur tells them. ''Myself and Superboy can tell them that they don't need to know.''
This was a little shocking to Superboy, as Aqualad was about as boy scout as you could get. He followed every order he was given, except when the team was first created.
''It's fine,'' Danny says.
The teen heroes helped the twins stand and walk out the door. The four were almost immediately met by Beast Boy. His face instantly lit up, seeing the two out of their room.
''Danny, White, great to see you out of your room,'' he smiled. ''Was that you that did that cool shaking earlier? Why does it feel so cold? Why do you two look so different? You look so freaking awesome.''
''Gar,'' Conner halted, calming down the shapeshifter.
''They will explain everything,'' Kaldur told him. ''Is the league here?''
''Canary, Tornado, and Manhunter have been here a few hours,'' Gar told them. ''And Bats just arrived so Nightwing could give them an update… on…''
He trailed off, looking at the twins.
''You can say an update on us,'' Danny told the green thirteen year old. ''We get that people like us don't fall out of the sky.''
''Doesn't a portal technically count as falling from the sky,'' White thought out loud.
Danny face-palmed in response. White tended to be more like him when it came to being sarcastic and witty. The only real thing that was White's was when he would say these sayings that would make it seem like he was from Texas or New Orleans.
Superboy and Aqualad lead the twins through the cave, to the training room. Blue Beetle, , Robin, Nightwing, Guardian, and Bumblebee were all in there. Adult heroes, as well.
''Wow,'' Danny gasped.
Aqualad cleared his throat, getting the attention of everyone in the room.
''Call the league, Batman,'' he said. ''Danny and White have some things they wish to tell you.''
They all saw how the twins looked in their hero forms. Their jaws hit the floor.
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