Ch.12: School

Danny stood nervously beside his adopted father. In front of them loomed Gotham Elementary. A blue backpack was hanging on Danny's shoulders and a Batman lunchbox was in his hands.

"Do I have to go?" Danny asked Bruce. The billionaire nodded down at him. "Yes, Danny. You have to go."

"Are you sure?"

"Yes, Danny."

"Are you positive?"

"Yes, Danny."

"Are you positively-sure?"

"Yes, Danny."

Danny looked forward at the school and whined. "But I don't wanna go."

"Don't you want to make friends?" Bruce asked his ward.

Danny looked back up at his adopted father. "Yes, but at my last school, no one liked me."

Jack did send his son to school. Not a very good school. Or a clean school. Or a kid-friendly school. But it was school, nonetheless. (not really)

Bruce sighed and led the unhappy child inside, who was growing even more nervous by the minute.

The two entered Danny's lively second grade class. A lot of the others kids were already there and playing around the room with the other kids. The teacher saw them come in and flew across the room to meet them.

"Hi there! I'm Mrs. Bermuda, but a lot of people just call Mrs. B! Are you Danny?" The teacher, Mrs. Bermuda, asked.

The eight-year-olds eyes widened. "How do you know my name?"

Bruce face-palmed. "Oh geez... This is going to be rough..."

Mrs. B continued smiling though. It honestly creeped Danny out. The last time a teacher smiled at him like that, a meeting was set up.

"I know your name because you're the last one to show up, silly! Why don't you go take a seat! Class is about to start in a few minutes!" Mrs. B suggested.

Danny turned to his adopted father. "Is this the part where I'm supposed to start crying and tell you not to leave me?"

Bruce raised an eyebrow at that. "Where'd you learn that from?"

"My other Daddy made me do it the first day of school."

"Ah..." Bruce mumbled and then continued. "Well, you don't have to burst into tears. Alfred's picking you up at the end of the day. I'll see you later, Bud. Go have fun."

Danny shrugged. "You make it seem like I will have fun. But I won't. I never have fun at school." The child mumbled before going to place his backpack on his hook and his lunchbox under it.

Mrs. B looked between her student and the student's father. "Is there something I missed?"

Bruce smiled and shook his head. "Of course not, Mrs. Bermuda. His last school wasn't his best experience."

"I see." The teacher said. "We'll just have to change that, won't we?"

Bruce chuckled before nodding. "Yes, we will. I hope to see you soon, Mrs. Bermuda."

The teacher nodded. "Same here, Mr. Wayne."

Once the man was gone, the teacher grabbed a bell and let it ring. The kids all turned to her, and she smiled. "Alright everyone! Take a seat!"

Danny sat on the swings sullenly. No one had asked him to play at recess. But that wasn't unusual for him.

A girl and a boy ran up to the swings next to him, laughing as they did. They both started swinging and seeing who could get higher.

The girl, who Danny recognized as Sam from his class, had short black hair and dark purple eyes. The boy, who called himself Tucker and also from Danny's class, had cocoa-skin and forest green eyes. Both were enjoying themselves thoroughly.

Danny didn't pay much mind to them as he fingered the hem of his shirt nervously in his hands.

"Your name's Danny, right?"

Danny's head shot up and he looked over to where the two other kids were. They had stopped swinging and were smiling at him.

"What?" Danny asked.

"Your name is Danny, right?" Sam repeated.

The boy-in-question scratched the back of neck nervously. "Uh, yeah. You guys are Sam and Tucker. We have class together."

Tucker nodded. "Yep! Mrs. B is awesome! She's my mom's best friend! I see her every weekend!"

Danny shrugged. "That's cool." He said absently.

"Wanna play with us?" Sam asked.

"You guys want me to play with you?" Danny asked, astonished. The two nodded eagerly.

"Yeah! You're so much cooler than Paulina or Dash!" Sam said.

Danny smiled. "Yeah, I'll play with you! What game are we gonna play?"

"Let's play superheroes! I'll be Cyborg!" Tucker said, jumping off the swing to stand in a pose.

Sam jumped off too. "I'll be Hawkgirl!"

Danny followed his new friend's example. "I'll be Batman!"

Alfred waited patiently for Danny to come out of the school and get in the car so he could drive home.

He never liked the pick-up lines.

As soon as his name was called, Danny came rushing out, waving to someone behind him. He opened the car door and climbed inside, getting in his seat and buckling himself up.

"Alfred, Alfred! Guess what, guess what!" Danny exclaimed excitedly.

"What is it, Master Danny?" The butler asked.

"I made two friends today! Their names are Sam and Tucker! Sam's a girl though! She doesn't like her real name. And we played superheroes at recess and sat by each other in class! We had so much fun!"

Alfred chuckled from the driver's seat. "I'm glad you enjoyed your day. But save some of the story for Master Bruce, alright?"

Danny nodded but went into detail about his day anyways.

Alfred smirked from his spot.

And the kid said he wouldn't like school.

Good morning to you all!

Kadzait: IT'S THE WEEKEND! WHAT ARE YOU DOING UP AT 7:45?!

Doing this, obviously. Kad, we've been over this. I fall asleep super late, only to wake up really early.

Kadzait: I don't understand how you do it!

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Sohrem666: Heh heh... Yeah... It was a little cruel... But Ace is there to make everything better! Yeah! Oooooohhhh, I'm going to leave that to your imagination! GRAPHIC-NESS!

Lexosaurus: Hahahahahaha! I'm glad I could make your feelers act up! And a lot of people wanna hug Danny. I'm one of those people. And yes, LET'S BEAT UP THE DUDE! WHOOP WHOOP! And yes, Ace is an awesome dog. XD And yeah, that was DEFINATELY from his past. Nothing like flashbacks~! And yyyeeeaaaahhh... Human-trafficking (kids, teens, and adults) is frikkin horrendous. (I watch Criminal Minds so) And yeah, they're sick. Sick sick sick sick sick... What were we talking about? XD Hope you feel better! FRIDAY IS HERE!

Sina Xiel: Next time you beat the crap out of a character, please invite me. (Kadzait: DON'T INVITE HER! Me: *hits Kad with metal baseball bat* Ignore him!) And Ace is just that awesome. XD And yes... Danny is owning the League because HE'S DANNY! XDDDDDD

Anonymous: There's a lot of people and a lot of champagne! It's hard to keep track of that stuff! XD And thanks! PICKLE! *grabs pickle and takes huge bite* I love pickles...

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BringbackDannyPhantom: IT WAS A CLOSE CALL! CHILL! And statistics says a lot people are raped a second time for whatever reason... HOPE THIS CHAPTER DIDN'T DISAPPOINT!

IWasNeverReal: Hahahaha! Ace is so cute when he's comforting Danny! XD And you're gonna LOVE the next chapter...

Ethiopian1987: Not the hospital; the ICU. Bats don't take that kinda lightly. XD And yes, Ace deserves a steak.

Supaherolena02: That's a great question. Why do a bunch of a-holes go after Danny? Because the author is cruel... XD AND YOU GOTTA LOVE DADDYBATS! AND THE DOGGIE! And the Totems would've been so interesting in that chapter. And scary for the dude... And yeah... The Little Raven is just awesome like that.

Bibbledoo: Oh, you know... Probably at home... Here's his address. *hands you index card with address on it* Have fun. XD