I realise it doesn't look like it, but 1) I actually have impending important exams and 2) I wanted to concentrate on pure Sonic this year, due to his 20th. So much for that.

This is the TUE!Danny, in the non-Clockwork-meddled timeline.

Disclaimer: AHAHAHA- no.

For once, Death was quiet as the form of Danny Fenton faded in. They stared at each other for a moment, and Death could see the knowledge clicking into place in the blue eyes, before the boy broke the silence with a listless "Hi."

Awkward silence reigned. Danny broke it again. "So, I'm dead, then?"

"Yeah. No halfway point this time."

"Ah. Great." He sounded like he couldn't care less.

"...You know, being Death, I meet every single person who has died."

It took all of three seconds for this to sink in, then those blue eyes looked at him again with heartbreaking hope and despair. "How were they?"

"Look at it this way," Death deadpanned. "Meeting Jack Fenton is an experience I will never forget."

That put a faint smile on the halfa's face, a brittle thing that looked like it could break any moment. "Did he have his weapons on him?"

"I'm still here, aren't I?"

This time, the silence was not nearly so frigid. Danny spoke up. "...Where do we go, after this? Am I going to hell?"

"Somehow, the girl managed to predict that. She said, and I quote, 'Tell Danny, when he gets here- and it had better be a long time after this!- that he should get the misconception that he deserves to go to hell clear out of his head.'"

"But I-"

"And the boy adds, 'Tell Danny that we don't blame him for what happened. It was just a freak accident, and entirely not his fault.' Of course, that was after he placed bets with everyone else that Sam would be correct. I owe him the best computer in your time, now, thanks to your stupidity." It was amazing how even hooded with no visible face, he could look like he was pouting.

"I doubt my family is as forgiving, though." Danny gave a bitter laugh. "Jazz is probably freaking over how she never even got to Harvard, and my parents- they probably hate me even more now, both Fenton and Phantom."

"As a matter of fact, they all know about you." Death spoke over Danny's horrified choke. "Your sister has known for quite awhile, and helped your friends to explain it to your parents."

"That's even worse!" He wailed. "Now they all know that there's actually only oneperson to hate, not two separate beings!"

"Don't underestimate the strength of their love for you, Danny- they forgave you long before now. And they can't wait to see you again."

Death stretched out a hand, and with a slight hesitation, Danny took it.

"So, are you afraid of Death?"

"...Well," Danny spoke slowly, "It's just like going home, now, isn't it?"

Death seemed to give him a sad smile, hood turning down to face him. "That is certainly one way to look at it."

"So, where are we going? Heaven?"

"That would be giving away all my secrets, and that wouldn't do, would it?" Death paused for awhile, and turned to Danny again. "Another thing, I almost forgot."

"Yeah?"

"Your girlfriend also tells me to inform you that you have an entire afterlife of 'I told you so's to expect."

A true smile finally stretched across Danny's face. "Looking forward to it."