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Katherine and Remon Perez are twins and on occasion, liked playing pranks on people by doing the worst things twins can do. Everything is identical and be in sync to an alarming degree. It was October, the perfect month to mess with people. Due to them getting a little too into the act the year before, the headmaster made sure they didn't share more than 1 class together. They didn't like that they would have to make due. They were still close to each other so they could meet up before the next class and stocked the halls to mostly spook their friends. It was on one particular Wednesday that Katherine ran up to Remon in a panic.
"Breathe sis, the dogs aren't chasing you. What happened, you look frizzled." Remon wasn't sure what had gotten into his sister but she started shaking, he was worried she was about to start crying until she started laughing hysterically. "Have you gone insane or did you somehow inhale the joker toxin??" She pushed herself off him before calming down.
"Ray you will never believe what I've found." Remon looked unimpressed with his sister. Whenever she said that why they were about to get into something messy or something chaotic. And high chances it was both. "Oh come on, don't give me that face. You know that guy I told you about. The one from my American history that is always sleeping? Yeah apparently he is a big fan of horror. He had the scream soundtrack as his ringtone it was hilarious when it went off. I asked him about it and he told me he liked horror movies. We should totally get him on board with our plans!"
"Why are we doing that exactly? Isn't he new? I also heard he is a bit shady Kathy." Katherine pouted, Remon couldn't really say no to his sister, plus she knew how much Remon was actually interested in meeting the new transfer student. Transferring to Gotham academy was already rare, even more for the last year of high school. He sighed and shrugged at his sister. Like that, they were off to find him.
Turned out Danny had Study hall at the moment so they ended up in the library. The academy was huge to accommodate all the students topics from arts to zoology. After scooping out the library for a bit they had finally found him. He sat at the end of the table reading what looked to be a greek mythology book next to his friend Duke who was clearly stressing over chemistry. Danny glanced over to his friend once before carefully sliding his notebook to him. He went back to his book, while Duke seemed to be silently praying to him like some kind of deity. Remon was going to walk over before Katherine grabbed him and they hid behind a bookshelves. He looked over at his sister before she told him to shush.
He was going to ask why before he looked at his sister and she was looking through the gaps in between the selves. She was looking at Danny and he decided to just follow. A few moments passed where he was going to ask why they were doing this when Danny closed his book rather loudly. They were a bit confused on why he did that until he looked over directly in their direction. Remon grabbed his sister and pulled her down. Was Danny's eyes glowing? It almost looked like he was breathing out mist. When they peeked back over to see if he was still looking, he was gone. Duke left on his own with Danny's notes. They definitely didn't hear him leave or even get up. They looked at each other and agreed that maybe not asking Danny was a better idea. They didn't believe their classmate was exactly human.
When school finally let out for the day Remon and Katherine were walking out with their friends to head over to the park. Remon and Katherine spotted Danny sitting under a tree. After the library either of the twins ran into Danny until now. Looking over to him it looked like he was beaten up. But getting a clear look at him, he didn't look like Danny exactly. He looked paler, his eyes were glowing a bright green in contrast to Danny's blue. Even worse it looked like he had fangs and pointed ears. Danny was some kind of vampire?
"Are you seeing this?" Remon asked his sister and she nodded. She went to snap a picture to see if they were hallucinating but Danny's(?) head snapped their direction and Katherine dropped her phone. She scrambled to grab it and when she looked back up, Danny(?) was gone. "Did any of you guys see that?" Remon asked their friends but they all looked at them confused. Looking back at Katherine who looked concerned they decided to wave it off as a very weird day. In Gotham, hallucinations were common. They were probably just hallucinating right?
Wrong, very wrong. Anytime on or the other twin saw Danny that week they were deeply unsettled. Remon, walking into the men's room to see Danny flicking in and out of existence in the corner. The bathroom lights flickered along with him and all the sinks were turned on and off. He was lucky Danny was turned away from the door because he walked right back out. Katherine, ran late to American history and finally arrived at class. She took her seat only to hear some kind of chanting whispers next to her in a language she didn't recognize. Danny was aggressively driving his pencil into the note book. She couldn't exactly see it but she could tell his eyes were glowing. Eventually during their lunch, instead of going to the cafeteria they liked spending time in their favorite teachers classroom. When they opened the door, they found their favorite teacher tied to the chair and duck tape over his mouth with Danny hair tied up, holding a notebook and Duke holding a baseball bat. There was a moment of silence before Remon excused him and his sister closed the door and ran off.
Katherine told Remon they should tell a teacher, but when they went back because they actually had that class after lunch their teacher looked fine. He even stopped them and asked if they were already and that they didn't drop by for lunch like they usually did. They weren't sure what to tell him. They just made an excuse and went to sit. Remon and Katherine were going insane. Late that day, they watched Danny and Duke leave the school laughing as if they didn't hold a teacher hostage in their own classroom. They seem to be the only ones actually experiencing this. No matter how many stories they told their friends, none of them believed them.
It was now three days before Halloween, Gotham had rules and the twins decided to not worry about Danny any longer and focus on the upcoming worst and best holiday in Gotham. Both preparing their costumes and the academy decorating the gym for the Halloween dance. The student council asked them to retrieve some things from the science & arts department so that's where they went. Remon ran right into Duke and Danny.
"Oh, sorry dude we didn't see you there." Danny signed to Duke who just shook his head. "Apparently only I didn't see you, rude. Anyway are you ok? I thought you guys were on the party committee. This is the wrong building. Right?" Duke upclose sounded genuinely worried. Remon wasn't even sure what to feel, he did notice that Danny offered his hand to pick him back up. He took his hands and now was back on his feet. Katherine was fidgeting a lot and hid behind him so the other two wouldn't notice. They were definitely nervous of Danny. Danny signed to Duke who looked a bit shocked before turning to him. "Danny asked if you two have plans tonight?" Both of them shock their heads. Danny signed again and Duke translated, apparently a few students from class were getting together to go to a movie and asked them if they wanted to join. Not wanting to cause trouble they said yes without thinking.
They went to see an old horror movie that was replaying for Halloween. Unfortunately for the twins they sat right next to Danny and Duke. Duke had his moments, almost screaming as much as Katherine. Remon hated old horror movies so he definitely knew he was going to lose his voice by the end of it, but looking over to Danny, he didn't scream once. He was completely still the whole time. Even worse Remon was pretty sure Danny fell asleep at some point because by the end of the movie Duke had to shake him awake. Afterwards Duke offered to take them to Bat Burger for a quick meal. Danny was drowsy the whole time and kept passing out on Duke who just shoved fries in Danny mouth that caused Danny to start choking.
"Is he ok???" Katherine asked and Danny just waved her off. He jabbed Duke in the rib, and whined really hard. Almost as if he was injured beforehand. Duke glared at Danny who was victoriously eating his burger. Remon couldn't help but laugh at their antics. It reminded him a lot of him and Katherine when they weren't playing the whole twin stitch. Whatever they saw mustn't have been real. Right in front of him were two guys that goofed around way too much. Katherine seemed to agree because she started stealing his fries too.