AN: Going Ghost- Danny is a ghost, and honestly he has enough powers he doesn't need to study magic and I honestly believe that he was a genius in the cartoon because he did figure out how his parents technology worked he just lacked proper training, so thanks for the idea and maybe I'll play with the idea later but I don't think it's gonna happen and update more? This story is like two days old and with the amazing reviews I just can't stop writing but I am writing and posting, it takes like three hours for me to type out a chapter with no beta and no clear idea of where this is heading and this is my fifth chapter (I may be bored out of my mind and have nothing better to do) so I don't think its physically possible for me to update more.

I don't really like Wally no offense to his fans but he just kind of rubbed me the wrong way. He seemed very irresponsible and more interested in chasing after girls than the actual mission like when he nearly got them killed trying to impress Miss Martian and he was very closed minded. I don't even like how Wally and Dick were considered best friends, he was older than him and I just saw him as very selfish, I know a lot of people like him and I will be honest I don't have some huge problem with him like with Miss Martian, he just rubs me the wrong way, I have also been playing with pairing Danny and Artemis and you guys can vote for it. This is the first time I created a poll so someone please tell me if I did it right I was a little bit unsure (I suck with technology) and in this chapter we start with the actual YJ episodes.

Chapter 5

Dick knew that even though they were going to the Hall of Justice they were not going to be going to the Watchtower, they still had more tests or maybe it was to see how they dealt with the pressure. The media attention, Batman and the rest of the League always made the public aware of as much as possible so that they could keep their secrets. The more the public thought they knew the more they trusted the league even though the secrets they kept was for public protection.

Robin, Kid Flash, Speedy and Aqualad were all going to the Hall of Justice it was also a message to the people. These were their protégés the people who might one day take their places in the League should the need ever arise and they were no longer hiding them in shadows like they did when all first started, no longer hiding behind the capes of their mentors but he wasn't sure what would come after. This was all just a visit inside of the Hall of Justice.

Dick had also asked why Danny wouldn't be there and Bruce sighed, sometimes he wondered how he would have survived if he had adopted Danny sooner, like when Dick was a hyper 12 year old that liked to swing on the chandelier, he was sure he still did it but had just gotten better at hiding it but the point was that Danny and Dick together were a very scary team. The boys really had bonded and at first he had assumed that Wally had been enough for Dick but then Bruce realized that he had also adopted Danny, Wally understood the hero life but not all the sacrifices, he still had both his parents and he lived in Central City. The rouges there, they wouldn't really hurt him, they weren't really murderers, thieves mostly and the others and most of them made friends with Kid Flash. Wally, he knew death but people like Dick, Danny and Bruce they lived it.

They knew loss and sacrifice and then there were the media circus around the fact that he now had two heirs to the family fortune even though he knew neither boy cared and then Danny basically made himself a billionaire with his ecto energy filtration device and he put it under his company. The patent was named Fenton however the company that was installing, selling and basically dealing with every other major company in the world was Wayne Industries and Bruce actually just gave in and face palmed because he was sure that when they totaled the profits in the next couple months he was going to be the world's first Trillionaire and he was really hoping that wouldn't be true because the media would eat them alive if it happened.

However getting back to the point was that, Wally was someone that Dick could talk too and he did help but he wasn't someone who understood and Danny he understood Dick. The two boys were thicker than thieves because they both went through similar experiences and dealt with the same type of issues and while Wally would listen and always be willing to try and help Dick lighten weight of the burdens he bore, he couldn't understand them and Dick didn't want to him too because that would mean his friend would lose the people who meant the world to him and he didn't wish that not on anyone.

Gotham was darker than the other cities, they dealt with mostly the insane, the deranged and the dangerous, things that Kid Flash couldn't understand because he didn't live in a place like Gotham but that was alright because Wally helped take his mind of all the bad and reminded him of all the good things still out there. Wally was a good friend but Danny had managed to become Dick's brother and that was something that no one could change.

Black Canary made sure no one spoke of Danny and after Batman took him off the Watchtower many assumed that they wouldn't see the boy again. The only ones who knew that he was now Black Canary's protégé was Superman, Green Arrow, Flash, Martian Manhunter, Wonder Woman and Batman. He went by the name Phantom when in ghost form and he was absolutely not coming to meet the rest of the protégés. He didn't need the world to know about him and he was happy in the shadows, he also had a class on robotics and a meeting with Lucius about his work so he was going to be running around Gotham in his human form while Dick did whatever he was up too.

Then his left eye started twitching and he just knew that it was because Dick had somehow gotten into some sort of trouble. The past few months he was able to track Robin and he was getting better at sensing when he was in danger. He had also gotten used to things like this happening, when Dick was out as Robin he was always in danger but slowly the feeling got worse and then he got a call from B saying telling him what happened with Roy and that the rest of them were missing.

Danny could admit to himself that ever since he had come here, he was a little over protective of what was his. His family here in this universe was made up of B, Dinah, Dick and Alfred, it was a small circle and he didn't let people close he knew it too but he was happy with the people that he had and he knows he tends to mother them a bit but when they're in danger, when he could lose someone after everything that he had already lost he knew he could be a little scary.

He was able to access most of his powers without turning full ghost, so he pulled on a black and white version of the Robin suit with the DP symbol where Dick R symbol is and flew to where he had managed to track his baby brother too and phased through the walls looking for him just in time to see a 8' tall monster tearing the room apart while Kid Flash seemed to distract him. Then KF tripped and Dick called out for his friend and Danny rolled his eyes, turned visible and punched the monster person through two walls bringing down the entire building, he grabbed everyone he could and phased them through all the rubble.

Then the League showed up and somehow he was involved until Black Canary stepped forward and raised an eyebrow at him while Kid Flash muttered, "We don't know him, he showed up and punched the Doc in the face though."

Dick rolled his eyes and Black Canary raised an eyebrow, "B said he was missing and in danger. I went running whatever they did, they managed it themselves."

After Superboy made his big declaration to 'get on board or get out of the way' Danny noticed B's jaw clenched and he sighed, he really didn't want to become known not anyone not even the other heroes.

"B we talked about this. They need more experience, dealing with people that aren't their mentors, making their own mistakes and learning from them. One day they expect to be ready to join the League, they need to work with other people in other environments and you know they're ready. You can't protect them from this life forever."

Danny went back home before the dynamic duo and Dinah would be around tomorrow as well. She stayed at the manor mostly but she sometimes went back to Star City, she still had her apartment there. She already made plans to close her practice as she was hardly ever there anymore. She was also looking for work in Gotham and while Bruce told her that she didn't need too, they all knew that Dinah and Bruce weren't just friends anymore and that while she was living with him, he would support her but she wasn't ready to just stop working and spend her time between the boys, Bruce and their nightly activities. Black Canary was now a normal sight in Gotham and she was shocked at the sheer amount of villains in this city. She was amazed that he managed to carry Gotham by himself for so long.

A couple days later Dick was begging for Danny to come with him to wherever Bruce was taking them. Danny wasn't so sure he would be welcome, he wasn't really someone that could work on a team and he told Dick that but Dick was stubborn. He was sure that there were things that Danny could teach them even if he didn't want to join their team in the end it was Bruce that convinced Danny to go.

After meeting Miss Martian for the first time Danny stepped into the cave as well. He wore the same glasses as Dick but he was wearing black jeans and a grey sweater. He felt everyone on the place freeze and he smiled or at least he tried. Danny was exhausted, his hair was messy and he had bags under his eyes, one of his experiments went wrong and he spent the whole night fixing it until he realized it was no longer night and he was going to be late.

Black Canary smiled at him though, "This is Phantom, my protégé. He isn't joining the team but he will be here to help you guys as a sparring partner or even for some advice."

Aqualad frowned and when the Leaguers had left he asked, "Why are you not joining the team?"

Danny yawned and slouched against the kitchen counter, "You guys have been trained for a long time before you got experience, I didn't have anyone to help me for a long time and then I ended up here. Canary agreed to help polish my skills but I already have all the experience I need. They don't want me to join the League because of my age but this team won't learn if you have me around to fall back on."

Kid Flash got angry this kid was his age and they never even heard of Phantom before and suddenly he thought he was better than them. He smirked and zoomed forward to try and tackle him. That would show him that he wasn't so much better than them and take him by surprise but KF went through Danny and the counter and hit the cupboards on the other side and Danny chuckled.

"Rookie mistake, engaging an enemy you know nothing about. Look, I'm not trying to insult you guys but you have to realize how much responsibility you guys have now taken up."

Aqualad was calmer and he wanted to try and understand what their mentors believed that they could learn from someone they had never heard of, he was not so hot headed that he would over look something like this, it could even be another test, to see how they react to someone who they do not know, to see whether they are able to tell if he is lying to them or not.

"What do you mean responsibility?" he asked and he also knew that the others were paying attention.

"The creation of this covert team means more than you have realized. Firstly it gives you recognition for your abilities and at the same time it puts you all under a microscope. The League will now monitor you closely, your successes and failures and if you fail in a large way then there could be possible political consequences. It is also a measure of trust that you will not tarnish their names. Then there is the possibility of new recruits, others who are out there on their own trying to make a name for themselves, people who had been passed over to the League can be placed here and monitored until eventually being admitted to the League. This has become a testing ground, when you have been deemed ready from here to go on and join the League. It also shows those Leaguers who weren't happy that children had donned masks that even without their mentors they can be heroes and with proper guidance they can become great. They can see for themselves how you have grown. While no one will be able to know of this teams existence, the League knows and that alone puts a burden on your shoulder, proving that you are capable."

Danny turned around, took out some stuff and started working on something that no one could really tell what it was while everything that he had told them sunk in, they really didn't know what they were getting into when they all but demanded that this team be created however they weren't going to run away just because they knew that their actions would be judged harshly they knew were here to prove themselves and they weren't going to be intimidated.

"You should all get to know each other, your powers and abilities, strengths and weaknesses. It will give you guys an idea of how you can work together when you guys do go into the field."

The next time Danny sees the team he learns that they all made mistakes when they encountered Mr. Twister. Danny spoke to Dick mostly about what went wrong and since they all learned from the encounter he let it go, they were learning as they went along for now that was enough. The team was actually doing very well in the way that they handled their first mission even going so far as to choosing a leader that they could all follow and one that they had chosen based on how well the person led, they were all making good choices and Danny was starting to wonder if he would even be needed here, they seemed to be coming together fine.

After the battle with Amazo Danny went to talk to Superboy, he had calmed down but the nonexistent relationship was really messing with his head and he wasn't in control of his power and that was something that could be dangerous.

"I had a clone in my world, the process didn't go right and she ended up being a girl but I do understand."

"Your world? Clone?"

Danny smiled, he wasn't very close to the team so they didn't know much about him, "My mentor sent me here when the government launched a missile that ended up killing my world. He was trying to save me and she died along with all the others. I wasn't pleased at first, it was a huge violation and I was only 14 years old and there was suddenly this person who shared my DNA that I didn't ask for or want. He is being an ass and soon he will it, I know it isn't fair to you but he needs to process as well and I am not here to make excuses for him, I came to offer help with your powers until he pulls his head out of his ass."

Superboy looked at him oddly and Danny pulled him to the training mats, "Punch my hand, all your strength."

The rest of the team gathered around a little shocked and Dick nodded so he did so and Danny caught his hand and smiled, "That actually did hurt, not bad, you managed to move me back two steps."

Superboy just looked at him, "What are you?"

Danny laughed, "You guys are strong but there are others out there that can take your punches, I happen to be one of them."

Danny handed him a bag of apples and smiled, "Each apple is one of your human friends, you know the ones that can break easily, your first task is to keep one in your hand the whole day without damaging it. If you do then you have broken a bone of one of your team mates by accident. It will help, promise."

The team watched in shock as for the next few days Superboy concentrated on not breaking the apples and surprisingly it did help him when he was moving around. He was only out of the pod for a few weeks, he had broken a lot of things because he didn't realize how strong he was and now with an apple in his hand at all times, he figured it out.

It also helped the team view Danny differently, he wasn't around much, mostly he came after missions, listened to the briefings and asked a few questions and then nodded but he didn't really help them and Wally pointed it out a few times, that he wasn't really doing anything and one day Danny heard him and sighed so loud they all heard him.

"One of the most important things for you to learn is independence. I am here and I will help if I see the need, so far every problem that you have come across you were all able to find the solutions on your own without someone holding your hand so I didn't interfere but then Superman decided to bury his head in the sand and someone needed to help Superboy with control so I did."

Miss Martian smiled brightly at him and nodded her head, "What other advice do you have?" she asked and Danny looked at Kaldur.

"You should continue you study of Atlantean magic. I know you left to become Aqualad however I am sure that if you spoke to Queen Mera she could find a way for you to learn, it might take longer but I do not see the reason why you should limit yourself when you are here you can practice. Other than that, you have all been progressing well and gaining experience. That is all anyone can ask for, if you want to spar I'm available when I'm here."

Dick was glad that Danny was finally willing to open up a bit to the team, they might not fight together but Danny was needed here. He knew that Danny spoke to League on the behalf of the team even if they didn't know it, making sure they understood where they were coming from and advising them on what they could and couldn't handle.