Dick Grayson first sees his imaginary friend after the death of his parents, the moments before the meeting are a blur his mind all the boy can think of at this moment his parents lying cold on the floor of the circus, the boys grieving is interrupted by a hand that feel warm as a sunny day falling on her shoulder. When the boy looks over the face that looks back at him is friendly-looking with its baby blue eyes and concerned little smile, before Dick can get a word out the man is speaking in a voice that wouldn't be out of place on a children's story time show. " what seems to be bringing you down, Dear Boy". Feeling like he can trust this man dick begins to tell him about his parents death, when he's done dick can feel the tears beginning to well back into his eyes, but the tears quickly wiped Away by a satin gloved hand." don't cry, little acrobat, the sadness maybe much now but soon you'll learn to live with it, here let me do something to make you feel better" and was that the man stands from where Jake is sitting and with no further would do he reaches up to pluck the Hat he was wearing from his blond-haired head, the man sticks hand into the Hat deeper than it looks like it should be able to go, and after a couple seconds of digging around he pulls out a deflated balloon, bring the balloon to his mouth the man begins to blow into it not pausing until the balloon is fully inflated.
The man's hands begin to move faster than a human should be able to move and with a couple squeaking sounds the balloon is shaped into the form of a dog, the man then puts the dog balloon on the ground where to dick's supplies it begins to move around like an actual living creature squeaking as it walks over to dick, the balloon dog then lets out a high-pitched squeak like bark a zit jumps up into dick lap and begins to nuzzle his arm. Tick squeezes the balloon dog eliciting a squeak from the rubber canine," thanks mister, I'm feeling a little bit better now" Jake says looking up but instead of seeing the smiling blond he sees instead the blond hat on the ground, but almost out of nowhere one of the man's hands appear dragging the Hat into somewhere out of human vision. And dick is left alone with the balloon dog and the burning question of who that man was
the first time dick sees The Boogeyman, is the second night of his life with his new father, dick lies in bed trying to muffle the sound of lightning outside with his pillow shaking violently from each boom, eventually the booms seem to taper off and when dick move the blankets away from his face it takes him a couple seconds to register the shadowed figure standing at one corner of his room, The figure is illuminated Suddenly by a crash of lightning revealing something that looks like a man dressed like a scarecrow, before dick can get out a surprise Scream the figure seems to teleport to the side of his bed, leering down at him is the burlap face of the Scarecrow man, icy blue eyes Pier From the holes in the mask." have you been a bad child" a voice emanates from the mouth hole of the Mask, and Dick can only get out of Winnipeg no before the figure lets out a guttural laugh that sounds like a choir of Crows," well that's good to hear" the figure says and the the eyes of the figure seemed to soften," I try to get some sleep oh, it's important for glowing boys to get a good night's rest" the fake it continues before slipping something into Dick's arms," here take this, it should help you sleep through the night". the figure says, and on cue another bolt of lightning lights up the room and when the flash is gone so is the figure. And so dick is alone with what he now realizes is a stuffed Crow held in his arms
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The first time Jason Todd sees his imaginary friend he's sitting in the park waiting for his dad, bored out of his mind, in an attempt to stem his boredom he goes to the swing set and begins to swing slowly. Jason's wedding is interrupted by someone sitting on the swing next to him, when the boy looks over he sees a red headed man dressed like a hobo. The man looks back at him and lifts up one poorly manicured hand unfolding it to reveal a piece of pristine candy," a kid, you want some candy" the man says in a giggle of a voice, " I'm not supposed to take candy from strangers" Jason says matter-of-factly, this elicits a short chuckle from the hobo man who says in his giggling voice " well you can call me mister hat oh, and I will where do you know who you are Jason". At healing the man say his name Jason gets a look of shock on his face, he can barely get out a how do you, before the man shoved the piece of candy into his mouth, his mouth is filled with the taste of chocolate I don't Instinct he starts chewing, which has done eating the candy he looks back over to see the redhead is gone, but suddenly he feels two hands behind him starting to push him on the swing. His shock is turned to excitement when the pushes keep putting him higher and higher. After some time of swinging eventually the swing begins to slow down and Jason stops, when he looks back he sees that the man is gone and now he is alone waiting for his dad
the first time Jason sees the boogeyman it looks like a clown
the second time he sees the boogeyman it's also the second time he sees Mr Hat, Jason once again sets in a playground, this time he waits for nothing sitting on a bench alone with his thoughts, suddenly he feels a cold present next to him and when he turns to look he sees a tall man, his face covered by a hood," I sense much turmoil in you, pájaro roto", the man says, Jason is going to respond but the man continues " you may believe you want revenge on the clown, but I sense deep inside all you want to do is go back to your father and try to make things like they used to be, they'll never be like they used to be, but your relationship with him can always be better than it is now". And Jason knew in his heart that this was true, before he could stop himself he's weeping and soon after a warm pair of arms are wrapped around his forum, looking over he sees looking as the same as he did when Jason first saw him." don't cry Jason, you can go on the swing again if that'll make you feel better. Which Jason is back on the swing he's barely settled in for hands I pushing him forward, after some time of excited swinging, the swings closed down and once again he's alone with his thoughts but he does feel a little bit better
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The first time Tim Drake sees his imaginary friend, it's also the second time Dick Grayson sees him. Both boys are at the circus, sitting on a bench eating cotton candy together, the boys cotton candy consumption is interrupted by a short man in a top hat walking up to them and beginning to speak," hello boys, it's good to see one of you again" the man says as he glances to dick, the man's face seems to shift as if he's remembering something he forgot to do," that reminds me, I never did tell you my name", the man reaches beneath his hat and quickly pulls out a business card handing it to dick, the car weeds mr. Hat: professional imaginary friend in bold multi colored font, dick head barely finished reading the card when it's suddenly sprouted into pink fire and burned away into nothingness." would either of you boys like a balloon animal" Mister hats said as he took off his trademark Top Hat. When both of the boys know their heads in agreement he reaches his hand in and pulls out to deflated balloons, sticking them both in his mouth he inflates them and does his faster than a human should be able to balloon making, when he's done he hands Grayson another balloon dog, and he hands ham a balloon in the shape of a cat, who Let's out of squeaky meow, when the boys look back up mr. Hat is gone leaving them with the new rubber companions
the first time Tim sees the boogeyman, he's on the subway, sitting among strangers he had lost his way from his father and now he sits worried that he may be snatched, the dark scenarios running through his mind or interrupted buy a gut feeling that something Beyond human understanding sit beside him, when he looks over he sees a man in a preacher hat, the little bit of the man's face he can see is skeletal his black hair is unkempt and greasy, the man seems to sense his eyes on him and turns his head bending down to whisper something to the boy. " don't be scared child, I'll protect you from anyone who would do you harm until your back with your father" the whisper that comes from the man is surprisingly reassuring, and Tim feels a little bit safer
Damian Wayne first sees his imaginary friend on the first birthday he spends with his father, the boy was sent to his room to get something full for the party, his sifting through the identical suits is interrupted by a sudden loud honking sound beside him, when the boy looks beside him he sees the face of a grinning brunette man who has a little bit of stubble on his chin, before the boy can do anything the man Screams happy birthday pulling something out of his coat and with another Bang confetti flies onto the boy, rubbing the confetti that got into his eyes when he looks back the man is gone leaving to used confetti poppers and the faint smell of birthday cake in his place
Damien sees the boogeyman later that night sitting in his bed, the faint Taste of birthday cake still on his tongue, the boy is nearly asleep when there's a creaking at his closet door and like a flash something comes beside his bed. What the boys sees when he turns is a burlap sack over a head the eye holes revealing too cold blue pupils, the boy can only shudder before the creatures speaks in the voice of a child psychiatrist. " happy birthday child, have a present" and before he knows it the creature is gone leaving in his place a present on the boys lap, when the boy opens it he sees it it's a gift from his imaginary friend which is a very cute bat plushie
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Bruce Wayne sees his children's imaginary friend when he walks in on the friend juggling knives to entertain Jason and Damian, the man takes the form of a stringy-haired brunette, when the man turns around to see he's been caught he lets out a chirping gasp and disappears in a cloud of cake scented smoke. Bruce sees the friend again two days later when he walks in on the man making balloon animals for dick and Tim, this time he takes the form of a medium sized blonde, when he notices bruise he reaches up to his hat and in a Flash the man is gone leaving the Hat in his place, the Hat in turn pops like a balloon
the first time Bruce sees the boogeyman he's pacing willardly in a subway station, the reason for this is that he'd lost him and now here he paces thinking of all the horrible things Tim could be going through. His pacing is interrupted by the train doors opening and Tim's voice crying out before little arms are wrapped around his leg, his relief at seeing him again is dampened when he looks up to see a man with a skeletal face his eyes blocked by a preacher had standing in front of him, the man speaks before he does." I watched over your boy until he was brought back to you, I do not wish for payment seeing a family reunited is reward enough", Bruce only blanks but when he opens his eyes again the man is gone leaving him with his son. the second time Bruce of the boogeyman is also his third encounter with his children's imaginary friend, Bruce had gone to Dick's room to tell him that it was time for his friends to go home but when he opens the door in addition to his teenage son's friends Bruce also sees two men, one of man is dressed like a scarecrow he knows instinctually this is the man who helped Tim get back to him and the other is obviously his children's imaginary friend. Both of the men are speaking to one of his sons female friends, the girl in Black," I'm sure you and our eldest will get a long just fine", the blonde man says painting the Goth teenagers nails a very beautiful shade of purple," the two of you share an interest in the macabre" the Scarecrow continues before bringing a chocolate chip cookie up to the mouth hole of his burlap mask placing it in to disappear into the darkness. When Bruce clears his throat the room stares at him and the two adults disappear in smoke that smells of rotten pumpkins and sugar respectively.
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Stephanie Brown sees her fairy God uncle for the first time when she's 10 years old, this is also the first time her father Goes to Jail leaving her alone at home, the young girl sits in the living room eating a hastily done PB&J, it's not a very good PB&J, she wants waffles but she doesn't know how to work the toaster, her thoughts are interrupted by the sound of the toaster being turned on, when she looks into the kitchen she sees a man in a green coat pudding the freshly popped waffles onto a plate walking gingily into the living room and putting them on the coffee table in front of Stephanie. Stephanie only being 10 does not question and begins to eat the waffles, a hand messes her hair when she's done with the waffles and what she looks up to get a better view she sees the man is a brunette, " Hey kid you want to play some games" the brunette says pulling a medium-sized cane tipped was a question mark Seemingly out of nowhere, before the girl can answer he's twirling the cane which leaves a streak of green light in its wake, and before she knows it adore manifests in front of them and promptly opens trivial a sprawling landscape of beautiful sights, Stephanie once again only being 10 gladly follows this complete stranger into an alien world of Beauty and Tea Parties and riddles and games, and before she knows it she's back in the living room fast asleep on the couch a blanket covered in question marks covering her body