Welcome to Day 5 of Piades' DP/YJ Ficathon!

Day 5! almost a third of the way through round 1! I'm doing something different today. I decided to post to similar prompts on the same day. Also, I totally apologise if I screwed up Billy. I've only ever seen him in Young Justice. So... please tell me which story you'd like to see continued!

round 1 - day 5/16 - story A (How To Human?)

Danielle sat dead still between the support columns that held up a busy bridge. She closed her eyes, dipped her nose into the high, fluffy collar of her jacket, and pretended she was safe and warm.

"Hey, are you alright?" a voice asked.

Danielle flinched. Her eyes widened and she flailed. In front of her, there was a teenager with freckles and brown eyes, her long hair kept back with a headband.

"Do I look fine?" Danielle asked bitterly.

The teenager shook her head laterally a few degrees each side. Danielle watched the strange gesture with a lack of comprehension.

The teenager cringed and began babbling. "Uh, that's shaking your head! It's an Earth thing! Like, a human thing? I learned it from this show, about Earth. And humans! It means "no". I mean. Of course you know that. Aaand I knew it too! Since we're both. Human."

She cringed, turned pink, and looked to her friend, whom Dani only noticed now. He was a large boy, with black hair and blue eyes.

"I. Well." She wasn't about to admit she didn't know that, but it was good to know. "Yeah I know, it's not look being human comes with a manual."

The teenager sighed in relief and flopped down into a sitting position. "Oh man, yeah, I know. Just when I think I've got it all figured out, that all humans look different, it turns out identical twins are a thing!"

She paused, awkwardly, and looked at her quiet friend again, leaving Danielle to ponder her words.

"Identical twins? I thought the only way to get identical humans was with cloning."

A spark of glee filled the redhead's eyes. She obviously loved humans.

"Oh man, we learned about it in health class! It's so cool—they happen when a fertilised ovum splits into two—so the mum has two babies instead of one! Even though she only had one egg."

Danielle scratched her head. "Wait, wait — humans come from eggs? Like birds?"

"Well… Connor? Do you know?"

The boy — Connor, must be Connor — shrugged. "Don't look at me. I got the "how to be a weapon" manual, not the "how to be a human" one."

That sounded… familiar to Dani, and it made anger boil in her gut. Sure, she hadn't been intended as a weapon, but some of her brothers had. Time to think about something nice.

"Oh," Danielle said. "Yeah, that would totally suck. Say, what's the weirdest thing you ever saw a human do?"

"I saw a human get super upset about a haircut once!" The red-head said. "It's so weird," she flicked her hair, and as it fell back down it grew a few more inches. "They're so concerned about their appearances! I'd hate to have a. Uh. Static appearance."

She looked at Connor in worry.

Connor just shrugged. "I don't think the ones we hang around with are good examples. Wally once ate rat poison and we had to pump his stomach. And Robin…" he trailed off.

"True," the red-head laughed. "Our friends are weird — we've got a couple of human friends. I've always wondered what happens in banks, though."

"Banks?" Danielle asked. "They look boring."

Redhead. "We don't have them back on Mars. I want to find out what they're like."

"Well, I'm in," Danielle said. "Let's go human-watching!"

"Awesome. Oh. Hello Megan!" Redhead hit the side of her head. "I'm M'gann, and this is Connor."

"I'm Dani," Danielle said.

As they approached the bank, it occurred to each of the three non-humans that they hadn't established what they were.

round 1 - day 5/16 - story B (Billy and Dani fic)

Being Billy Batson was pretty hard, no matter what shape he was in. Schoolwork sucked. It would be awesome if he could just Shazam! in the middle of class and then get it all done. He'd get top marks for sure! But… Billy wasn't sure that Captain Marvel would be much more help in this situation than plain ol' Billy Batson.

There was a girl sitting on the park swing, rocking back and forth listlessly. There were no other people about, no adults, no other kids. Kids in this neighbourhood often went out without supervision, but Billy had never seen this girl. Her family could be new to the area. Or… maybe it was just her, alone.

She didn't seem to have any injuries.

The girl shuffled off the swing, and Billy followed her, careful to avoid notice. The girl clambered up a tree at the edge of the park and looked over into the backyards of the houses beyond. She looked over them, like she was casing them out. She turned back around, a frown on her face, and bent her legs to drop down.

Then she spotted him.

Billy swallowed. "Hi?"

"What are you looking at?" She snapped.

"You look about my size," Billy said. "I could lend you some."

"Clothes?" Hope appeared on the girl's face for a moment. Then she shook her head. "What makes you think I'd give them back? I go through them pretty fast."

Billy shrugged. "So do I. Don't worry. My Uncle won't notice."

"I'm not coming into your house," the girl said, but hopped down. Win!

Billy lead her back to his place and left her outside while he plunged through his draws. He got out a few layers of shirts, some thin shorts and thicker trousers, and some underwear that was only slightly used. His Uncle would notice their absence, but he wouldn't say anything much about it.

And maybe he'd get some more girly things next time they were shopping…

He smirked to himself. Even that wouldn't make Uncle Dudley bat an eye.

Outside, the girl was hovering nervously by the letterbox, hands in her pockets as she watched the houses. She jumped when she saw him, and then, for a long moment, she stood stunned. Billy handed her the clothes.

"There's an empty place two streets north where no-one's set up," he said. "It's boarded up, you could use the yard to change."

"Thanks," the girl said. She sighed. "I'm Dani."

"Nice to meet you, I'm Billy," Billy held out his hand. Dani beamed.

He hadn't managed to get his mind off Dani when he walked into school the next morning to find his friends crowded near the entrance.

"Over here!" yelled Aiden, beckoning to him. And beside him—was that Dani? It was!

"This is Dani," said Madison. "Isn't it crazy? Her clothes look exactly like yours!"

Billy looked her clothes — his old clothes — up and down and grinned. "Nope. I haven't got any clothes like that at all!"