Ch.15: Ninth Birthday On Halloween

"Happy birthday, Master Daniel." Alfred said and placed a plate full of chocolate-chip pancakes topped with whipped cream and chocolate syrup in front of the boy. Danny squealed and then promptly started shoveling the food in his mouth.

The butler raised an eyebrow. "Lovely... Are you excited to go trick-or-treating tonight?"

Danny nodded excitedly.

"Everyone say 'happy birthday, Danny!'" Mrs. B said to her second grade class.

"HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DANNY!" The class yelled. Sam and Tucker gave him thumbs-up.

Danny smiled at them but his eyes showed he was totally confused by the gesture.

"Happy birthday, sweetie! Have a birthday lollipop! Would you care to tell the class what you're going to be dressed as tonight?" Mrs. B asked her student. Danny nodded, taking the cavity-on-a-stick.

"Ready to go to the Watchtower, Danny?" Bruce asked, putting on his cowl. Danny nodded and let the ring appear around his waist, transforming him into Danny Phantom. "Yep!"

Batman smirked and led him to the Zeta-portal. Danny followed behind with a big smile.

In a flash, they were in the Zeta-portal control room. Danny frowned. "Where's Martian Manhunter? He's usually stationed here for emergencies."

The Dark Knight shrugged and jerked his head to the side. He began traveling down the hallways with Danny behind him confused. Batman stopped outside the cafeteria doors and motioned for Danny to open. The small child did and as he entered-

"SURPRISE!"

Danny let out a small squeak and a small ecto-blast flew from his hand. Superman narrowly ducked out of the way.

"Dang it! You almost had him!" Nightwing yelled and got a glare from the Man of Steel. The black-haired paled and pointed at the Caped Crusader. "I blame him!"

The Man of Steel pinched the bridge of his nose with a sigh.

Danny looked at his adopted father confused. "What's going on?"

The Leaguers either A) sighed or B) face-palmed. Flash did C) none of the above. Meaning he had fallen onto his back in total exaggeration. He quickly got back up though.

"Kid, you depress me!" He said loudly. Nightwing slapped him upside the head. Flash slapped him back. Nightwing slapped him back. This continued.

"It's your birthday. We're having a party." Batman explained, nudging his small ward. He then glared at Flash and Nightwing, who continued slapping each other.

"Boys, enough!"

The two heroes did so as told and gave nervous but innocent smiles to the Dark Knight, who gave them an exaggerated sigh.

"Oh! I remember having a party when I turned four!" Danny said, jumping up and down. "There was a cake and ice-cream and Mommy and Jazzy and my other Daddy was there! And Daddy was nice and happy like Mommy! And Mommy took pictures! And Jazzy got me a toy car! And-"

"He talks more than me." Flash said, totally astonished. "No one's ever talked more than me."

"No kidding- OW!"

Red Arrow rubbed the place where Flash had slapped him. Nightwing laughed.

"OW!"

Nightwing rubbed his head, growling.

"Well, let's get this party started!" Flash yelled, totally ignoring the fact Nightwing and Red Arrow were going for their weapons.

"Happy birthday to you~!" The League sang, minus Batman. He was too busy trying not to smile.

Danny bounced up and down in his seat, a big smile plastered on his face.

"Blow out the candles!" Wonder Woman said, holding a camera in her hands. Danny did as suggested and blew out all the candles on his massive cake.

"I wanna cut it!" Danny sang and was given (an extremely dull) knife. He placed a piece of cake on a plate and was about to hand it to Superman when-

SLAP!

He threw it in Superman's face.

The League began laughing (even Batman smiled). Flash was the loudest when-

SPLAT!

Another piece of cake was shoved in his face. Danny grinned, icing all over his hands from where he had picked up the piece of cake instead of using the plate.

Nightwing and Red Arrow stumbled up behind the newly nine-year-old boy and the two hugged him.

"W-We l-l-love you, k-kid!"

"Can't... Breathe...!"

Danny tore open the present Martian Manhunter had gotten him. Inside the box was a red rock, looking a lot like solid clay.

"It is a rock from Mars." The Martian explained.

The boy's eyes widened to be the size of saucers. "OOOOOOOOO!"

A good portion of the League laughed at the interest in the kid's eyes. A lot of his presents had been science or astronomy related because of his interest in both fields.

Batman, who had been standing beside his ward, slipped a small package in front of Danny. The nine-year-old placed the rock from Mars next to his other presents (it was a big pile because there were a lot of Leaguers). He placed the present in his lap and picked up the card on top. The card itself was extremely plain but a giant smile was making its way onto the kid's face as he read it.

"I am officially terrified." Flash announced, speaking everyone's minds. Everyone but Nightwing took a large step back.

The former Robin looked over his adopted brother's shoulder and read the card. He placed a hand over his mouth and started laughing.

Another large step.

Danny opened the box and pulled out a white utility belt with a bunch of legit gadgets on it.

"Batman's gonna train me to become his partner!"

Flash fainted. Everyone else paled. Another partner. They were not gonna survive another child partner with a bunch of high-tech gadgets that could destroy the entire League. They were all royally screwed.

Batman smirked. They should be scared. This partner could take over their bodies.

"Ready to go trick-or-treating, Bud?" Batman asked. Danny nodded excitedly and got off the table. The Dark Knight handed a bag and Danny skipped to the bathroom.

He came back a few minutes later dressed as Nightwing, who promptly went star-eyed and began suffocating his Little Bro with a bear-hug. The poor kid looked like he was about to die.

What I found extremely funny was that everyone thought I was gonna have Danny have a mental breakdown due to the song in the last chapter. I had small thoughts about it but dismissed it. Thanks to you lovely readers, that's a future chapter! *evil smile*

Kadzait: What hell have you people unleashed on this world?

Anonymous (a viewers): *slaps smiley sticker face over his mouth*

Kadzait: *struggles*

Oh hey look! You even added GLUE!

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Reviews:

Sina Xiel: AHAHAHAHAHA! You started the future chapter mess! AHAHAHAHAHA!

The Keeper of the Worlds: Ember as a big sister... That's actually not a bad idea, THANKS!

Lexosaurus: *face-palm* That sounds like something I would have done...

Supaherolena02: Ectoplasmic radiation... DIDN'T SEE THAT COMING, DID YA?! XDD

Bibbledoo: HAHAHA! No. This chapter was NOT about a mental breakdown. PLOT TWIST~! *dances*

BringbackDannyPhantom: Oh, the car probably would be but it wouldn't it be so ironic if the CD continue playing? With that song? That was the whole point. XD

Anonymous: Oh he never smiles about chapter. But now does. Thanks to you. XD

IWasNeverReal: ...I MADE SOMEONE CRY! YES! I mean... *coughs* That's horrible. So sorry.