… Am I in trouble? Lawl, I haven't updated in almost a month… X3
Blame… um… global warming. Yeah. It burned my house down and ate my flash drive.
…. You don't wanna know how I got it back 0_0
Disclaimer!: …
Dani: Well?
Me: Hold on, I'm thinking!
Wally: Well, think faster.
Dick: We can't all work at super speed, Kid Mouth!
Wally: How dare you :U
Wally and Dick: *Bickers*
Dani: … OHA doesn't own anything.
Me: !#$%^&*%#$%^&*%$#$%- I dun like you -_-' BUT HEY. I do own the clothes!
Dani: XP Who cares?
Me: -_-' *sigh* Anyway, I HAVE A BETA FOR THIS STORY! 8D I just wanna give a BIG THANKS to…
FLIA TIA! :D
Thank you, so so much for beta-ing this dude X3
(A note from your ever-wonderful beta, Flia Tia: I AM NOT A DUDE!)
*Sigh* If I am correct, 'Dude' is a term of endearment. AKA, it means I call whoever the heck I want 'Dude', regardless of wether you're a guy, girl, cat, half-ghost, speedster, martian, Kryptonian, or fish-person :) XDDDD
ONWARD WE GO!
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Current Date: July 6th, 2011
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"So… what do we do now?"
It had been almost 24-hours since Dani first landed in this alternate world apparently named Earth Insert-random-number-here. Okay then.
Anyway, the 'special team' that she and the other sidekicks ("PARTNERS! It's partners," Dick/Robin corrected.) had wanted was in the makings of being formed and was to be called "Young Justice." ("That makes no friggin' sense," Dani said. "Believe me… I know," Dick replied.) Batman and the other founding members of the "Justice League" ("The what?" "Big group of international superheroes." "Oh…") were currently renovating a cave inside a mountain called "Mount Justice." ("Well, that's secretive and not-obvious. And what's up with the cave?" "Batman's a bat. He lives in caves." "Seriously?" "No, what do you think this mansion is?")
And while Batman was gone that left two very bored teenagers. Thus prompting the question asked by Dani above.
Dick shrugged. "Bruce-I mean Batman- wanted us to go to the mall and… stuff. Yeah." Please don't ask why, please don't ask why…
"… Oh." Dani blinked.
Insert awkward pause here.
"… Wanna go to the arcade there?" Dani suddenly asked.
"Do you even have to ask?" Pause. "Yeah, let's go. 'Sides, you need new clothes."
Dani snorted. "I've never heard a boy say I need to go shopping." Dani looked at Dick suspiciously. "You aren't keeping something from me, are you?" Her expression read, 'Cough up Dick. Remember: You're with friends…'
"What? You don't mean- you aren't asking if I'm- Oh God no. Not that there's anything wrong with that, I'm just… not." The famous Boy Wonder fought to say a complete sentence, while Dani rolled around on the floor laughing at his dilemma.
"But seriously though," Dani said, finally gaining her bearings after laughing so hard and standing up. "We have to go shopping?"
"You have to go shopping," Dick corrected gleefully. The answer he got in return was a very large, very fluffy pillow in his face. "… I don't like you."
"I dun like you," Dani retorted as she pouted on the couch opposite the boy, arms crossed and bottom lip jutting out.
"It's not 'dun', it's 'don't'," Dick corrected yet again.
Dani sighed. "What are you, an English teacher?"
"It's my favorite subject!" Dick defended fiercely.
The girl rolled her eyes. "Whatever. Fine, I'll go to the mall… But, I'm getting the exact same clothes!"
This was uncharted territory for Dani, honestly. Usually, she just got her mom to order the exact same clothes for her and with the speedy delivery system that attended the Manson's; new clothes for up to six months appeared on the door step in just minutes. But, being in an alternate universe that may not have the same shops, and therefore clothes well…
This was going to suck.
"… Not even a pink sock?" Bad Dick, you're barking up the wrong tree…!
"Not funny, dude. Not funny." Oh good, disaster averted.
Dick gave her a puppy dog look that said, 'Oh come on… Lighten up!'
Try as she might, Dani finally cracked. "Oh fine. We'll go to the mall…" Dani's eye was twitching as she spoke, showing how against the mall she was. But darn it, why did her only weakness have to be puppy-dog eyes? Of course, maybe it was karma just smacking her in the face: give an epic puppy-dog look, fall victim to an epic-puppy dog look. Speaking of which, let's just say, Cujo may as well be the fattest dog -ghost or not- in the world (But that's a long story).
Dick pouted and crossed his arms. "Stop being so dramatic, Dani!" At Dani's evil eye, which could bring super-villains to their knees and kept her Godfather/Uncle Tucker in line, Dick quickly added, "I mean: Let's go!" Attempting to sound enthusiastic, Dick couldn't hide the grimace at the thought of shopping himself.
"Oh come on, I'm not that bad." Dani teased him, pretending that she thought he wasn't looking forward to spending time with her.
"What?" Dick said straightening, before also going with Dani's line of thought. "Are you kidding me? I'm Robin, the Boy Wonder! I can handle anything! …Except you on a sugar rush." Probably. Who knows what happens when you give Danny and Dani sugar?
"Oh yes, whatever you say, Boy Blunder." Dani's tone practically screamed, 'I am superior! Bow to me, peasant!'
Dick looked at her suspiciously. "Have you been hanging out with Wally, I mean, Kid Flash?"
Dani blinked at him, her sky blue eyes genuinely confused. "What do you mean?"
"…Never mind." Oh, nice job Dick. Now she's going to want to know what you meant!
As if on cue, Dani kept pace with Dick, who had been trying to walk away from the conversation both figuratively and literally, before stopping right in front of the boy. "Tell me what you meant." At Dick's silence, Dani resorted to one of her rarely used methods: The dreaded Dani-dog look.
Referred to as, 'The convince-you-to-jump-off-a-bridge-look' by her family (no friends, since everyone outside of her family and family friends just wanted to mooch off Dani's fame). Dani only used this when she really wanted to know something, or really, really wanted something. She wants it, she gets it. Fortunately, Dani's not a very greedy person. For if she was...then the world would be screwed.
Be thankful, be VERY THANKFUL.
Moving on, Dick quickly cracked under the pressure of the cuteness and epicness. Not to mention just the hint of sadistic-ness in the back of Dani's eyes threatening torture (AKA tickling) if information was kept under wraps.
Once again, you should all be thankful. Yes.
The Boy Wonder gave a sigh, before pinching the bridge of his nose in annoyance. "Wally… calls me the Boy Blunder sometimes," he admitted sheepishly. "I thought you picked that up from him, but if you're honestly coming up with that right now, well then…"
"THEN IT MUST BE TRUE!" Dani shouted, pumping a fist in the air before stopping at Dick's expression. "… Sorry."
Said boy shrugged as he tried getting his twitching eye under control. "S'okay, just… don't bring this up to Wally, okay?"
"I've never had a secret before…" Dani said, cocking her head and looking up at the ceiling thoughtfully. After a moment, she directed her attention at Dick (Having to tilt her head up in the process- Why the heck did she have to be so short?) blue eyes sparkling with excitement. "Okay!"
Dick blinked a moment at her eagerness. Wow… she's just like Superboy. Except… happy. She doesn't seem to have done a lot of normal things, but she understands them. Maybe it's a clone thing? "… So, want Alfred to drive us there?"
"I CALL SHOT-GUN!" Danielle immediately shouted before running off to where she last saw the British butler.
Dick looked after her. "Is… that a yes?"
LET'S CHANGE SCENES NOW!
"Alright… so… where do you wanna go first?" Dani asked Dick as she examined a map of the mall.
"It's 'want to'," Dick corrected, and in returned he got whapped on the head by said map. "Ow!"
"Boy Blunder. Wally." Dani reminded the other boy in a singsong voice. Right now, they were in their 'civvies' clothes, minus the glasses for Robin, who was in 'Dick Grayson' mode instead of 'Robin in normal clothes' mode. Dani was just in 'Dani Fenton' mode, but when she joined Young Justice, she'd wear slightly different clothes then her normal, every day outfit. Complicated, I know. It made even Dani's head spin when it was first explained to her.
To make it easier for her, before leaving for the mall Dick had tried on each of his different outfits as an example. So far, this was all that Dani had figured out:
Dick Grayson mode = Loose jeans, sneakers, and a gray tee with a brown jacket.
Robin-in-normal-clothes = Electric green tee, black windbreaker, black skinny jeans, black sport sunglasses, and sneakers.
So yeah, once Dick and Alfred had spent nearly an hour explaining this all to her, as soon as Dani could speak without being interrupted, she just looked at Dick and said, "You have a lot of clothes."
After sending the Boy Wonder into full-pout mode, Alfred and Dani discussed what her two outfits would be. Eventually, they drew up this using Dani's new identity-
"Whoa, back up a sec. I'm getting a new identity?" Dani asked, raising an eyebrow.
"Yes, Mistress Dani. In normal girl mode, you will pretend to be my niece, Samantha Pennyworth, who's only just started schooling with other kids." Alfred replied in his usual calm manner.
"As opposed to what?"
"Why, homeschooling, Mistress Dani."
"What?"
"…" For the first time ever, Alfred did what can only be called a face-palm while Dani laughed.
Ah, family…
Anyway, getting back on track:
Samantha 'Sam' Pennyworth = Red beanie, red khakis, blue kangaroo pouch hoodie, red on white sneakers and short messy pony-tail.
Dani Phantom-in-normal-clothes = Black tee, white with black trim jacket, black baseball cap, black skinny jeans, and combat boots. ("Why combat boots?" Dick asked. "Dude… have you ever been kicked by someone wearing combat boots?" Dani replied. "… No." "Consider yourself lucky then.")
Dani's thoughts on this whole charade? "… I have a lot of clothes."
"Will. You. Just. LET. IT. GO?" Dick shouted at her, his eye twitching.
Coming back to the present now, what Dani and Dick were doing at the mall right now was buying Dani's new outfits… more or less. First stop? The first store the duo could come across. There, they bought several things, including jackets, sneakers, and jeans.
As they left the store with their bags in tow (via Alfred… poor old guy), Dani decided to speak up. "Why are we getting all this stuff," Dani gestured to their bags, "when all we needed were these?" At that point, Dani dug around in one of the bags before producing a pair of skinny black jeans.
Dick rolled his eyes. "Because," the word idiot hung after the 'b' word (Apparently, Dick was spending too much time with Batman.), "don't you think evil villains don't check people's credit cards? If they saw that Bruce Wayne's credit card just happened to have every piece of clothing that Robin, in civilian clothes, and Dani Phantom, in civilian clothes, on it, then they would figure out all our secret identities."
"…" Dani paused, then nodded after a moment. "Oh, I get it now. So… where to next?"
The two continued along, not even glancing towards the stores like 'Victoria's Secret' before coming along a shop that looked kid/teen oriented.
"Oh my gosh, look!" Dani suddenly shouted as they were browsing. Dick rushed over, while Alfred took his time as he had to drag a mountain of shopping bags with him. "Ta da!" Dani cheered, before holding up a black baseball cap. Before Dick could express his disinterest, Dani turned the cap so Dick could see that on the front of the cap, where the baseball team logo would go, was a little white ghost emblem. It didn't look like any ghosts Dani had described to Dick from her hometown, more like one of those bed-sheet ghosts kids dress up as for Halloween.
Dick could see why Dani liked it so much though: It reminded her of home.
"Let's get it." The words were out of his mouth before he could think, and Dani's shocked look is evidence of how strange this was for him at least, the hacker with the crazy laugh (He really should spend less time with Batman, who didn't even allow you a piece of candy). However, the grin that split Dani's face in half, and the hug that followed made it all worth it.
Said hug lasted too long, and ended too soon as Dani broke away to go skip over to Alfred the hat resting atop her black haired head.
SCENE CHANGE DERP :3
"Well… as much as I hate to admit it, that honestly didn't suck," Dani admitted before she stuffed a piece of pizza into her mouth. "Mmmm."
"Ha, see, told you so!" Dick gloated, before also taking a bite.
Dani quickly swallowed so she could retort. "No, you were the one to say how much you hated the mall!"
"Nuh uh!"
"Uh huh!"
"No!"
"Yes!"
"No!"
"Yes!"
"NO!
"Yes you did, admit it Richard!"
Dick narrowed his eyes. "How dare you! Why I ought to-" Dick's teasing threat was cut of short when the following sounds happened:
CRASH!
BOOM!
HISSSSSSSSSSS!
Followed by the screams of terrified people. Dick and Dani locked eyes for a moment, understanding coursing between them, before shooting a glance at Alfred.
Said British butler looked up from his newpaper where his nose was buried. "Well… if you insist," he drawled out in a bored monotone, but both super-kids could see the play-full twinkle in his eyes.
"Thanks, Agent A!" The duo chorused in unison, before hugging the older man tightly around the waist. Then, the two turned and joined the panicking crowd, disappearing into its midst.
"Just… come back safe." Alfred sighed, watching them go, before turning back to his newspaper and began reading again, tuning out the crowd rushing past him.
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... My sound effects are amazing, aren't they -_-' NO COMMENT FROM YOU, FLIA! XD
Alfred is so epic, I'm just saying it now.
Anyway, SUCKISH CLIFFY IS SUCKISH! XD
Hahahahahahahahahaha!
Robin: Hey! That's my signature cackle!
Me: Oh, sorry! Well, I guess I'm GOING GH-
Dani: No.
Me: -_-' Alright, how about…
REVIEW! :3
Dick/Dani: That's not a signature line!
Me: Shush! *Smiles at camera*
~OHA
Ok, I suppose that I am somewhat to blame for the long wait in between updates, but my parents dragged me on vacation to Yosemite, and it was so boring...Nah, I'm kidding you, Yosemite is awesome! Anyways, "She started the slow updates for this story!" *Points finger at OHA and runs away.*
Your ever-wondeful beta,
Flia Tia
=P
… For the record, I still blame you XP JK!