Based on prompt from danphanwritingprompts on Tumblr, submitted by browa123

"Danny learns the hard way, that even though the Reality Gauntlet is destroyed, he still has control over reality."

Danny huddles in cave somewhere in the middle of nowhere. His breathe fogs in front of him, not from sensing a ghost but from cold. He rubs his hands together. It could be worst, he thinks soberly. At least his ice core has kept him from freezing to death. But Danny really wishes he could build a fire. His stomach growls ravenous, feeling like its eating itself from the inside. Finding food would also be nice. But he can't do either of those things, because they might find him.

It started when Danielle was captured by the GIW. They quickly and painfully discovered the existence of half ghosts and from there, it was very easy to find out about Vlad and Danny. The GIW had beaten down the door of Fentonworks, swarming the place to capture him. His friends and family, even his parents who didn't find out he was Phantom until that disastrous moment, fought tooth and nail for him to escape. He had been running ever since.

Danny feels the tears freeze on his cheeks. He really shouldn't dwell on it but he misses his friends and family so much and they were hurt because of him. During his last encounter with the GIW, they had boasted that Danielle had "expired" their care, saying it was too bad she was so weak, they could have learned a lot from her. But now they had and were painfully experimenting on Vlad. Then they had taunted Danny with the fate of his friends and family. His mother had been killed in the initial raid, from a gunshot to the head and his sister was in a coma from her injuries. His father and two best friends had been arrested and will never see the light of day again. The tears well again and Danny curls in on himself. It was all his fault.

Suddenly Danny shoots up. Are ...are those dogs barking? His heart starts racing. And those...those are sirens. They had found him. Danny shakily tries to stand but his body feels like a wet noodle. There is no way he could fight. He's so tired, tired of running, of fighting. He's going to die. They'll catch him right now and torture him until he dies. He'll never see his friends and family again. Danny's whole body is shaking. He can hear the agents outside the cave shouting. He wishes he was anywhere but here. He wishes that none of this had happened, that he was still safe at home surround by the people he loved him- his mom and dad, his sister Jazz, his friends Sam and Tucker, and his cousin ( sister?) Dani. He wishes the GIW had never existed at all.

At some point, Danny's eyes had closed but just then they shoot open. It is silent, no dogs, no sirens, no shouting. His eyes flicker around the cave. It's much brighter than it was earlier. And the air is shimmering, like the air above asphalt during the summer. Except it's cold and the shimmering is all around him. The colors are different too, all pinks and orange reflecting and warping the light coming through. It's... it's like he's in a giant soap bubble and the effect is spreading...out from him? From his arm? He looks down at his right arm. Around it is a mirage, a hologram of a glove. No it's a gauntlet, gold with four gems. Danny tries to touch it with his outer hand but just touches his skin. It's like the image, the power is seeping up through his skin and radiating from that arm. Danny can actually feel something changing in the air around him, or maybe deeper like in the fabric of the universe itself. He blinks and everything goes white.

Danny's eyes shoot open and he quickly sits up.

"Danny!" "You're awake!" "Sweetie!"

Several voices call at once. His eyes flicker around the room. It's Sam and Tucker! And his Dad! His eyes fall on Jazz. She's supposed to be in a coma. And then he sees his mom. His mom who was supposed to be dead, who had died defending him. Danny practically flies into her arms and squeezes her. She strokes his hair. "It's okay Sweetie."

"Danny!"

The voice is that of a young girl. He keeps hugging his mom but turns to her. His mouth falls open. It's Danielle, here, alive, and in front of his parents. She smiles at him. "I'm glad you're okay. bro."

Danny has no idea how to process this but with one arm pulls Dani into a group hug with his mom. With two seconds the rest join, forming a pile of limbs on the floor. Danny' in the middle, having the life squeezed out of him but it feels so good. They're all here, and alive, and safe. For a second, he thinks it's a dream but this is too real to be his imagination.

Tears are falls down his face now. Danny coughs. "I can't breathe, guys."

Everyone pulls away slowly and questions come pouring out of Danny's mouth. "How are you guys here? How am I here? I thought... the Guys in White said mom and Dani were...were... dead. And Jazz, that you were in a coma."

Jazz tilts her head. "Danny, who are the Guys in White?"

Danny pales and looks at his arm. The mirage, the Reality Gauntlet is gone. But it had been real. It must have been. He...he just changed reality. Ever though the Gauntlet was destroyed, he somehow used it to change the past. He wanted the GIW to never exist and so they didn't. His family and friends are still looking at him expectantly.

He smiles, though it's unsure. "It's nothing important. I'll tell you later."

He goes to hug mother again and the cuddle pile reforms. Danny's not stupid, he's read comics and knows all the trope. Heck he's been in the superheroing/ ghost hunting business long enough to know. However he managed to use the Gauntlet to fix everything, there will be consequences or a cost later. But no matter what, he has his friends and family back and he's not losing them again.