Danni Kingston

Location:Strange Academy: Medical Waiting Room
Skills: Pyrokinesis
Danni preened at Agathaâs comment. Obviously, he was Agathaâs favoriteâs gay. He conveniently ignored the disaster part because that was clearly an exaggeration. âOmg! You âere tâat AmĂ©lie? You can meet your maman, too! Look at tâis family reunion.â Danni booped his dragon on the nose, conjuring a little puff of fire for her to bite at. âOf course we miss you, Aggie! Who could ever replace you? But actually, itâs been a wild ride since ya left. Gosh, âow long âas it⊠Oh! I know where ta start!â
âSo, ya obvi were at tâe festival but ya know, it got real wonky after I left ya tent. So, before tâat, Spicy actually ran inta Dee and âit tâe ground. I tried ta do tâe eye tâhinây âcause âe clearly might âave maybe âad a construction and I - and Iâm not sayinâ tâat I did tâis but rumor âas it, ya know? - supposedly messed up and caught âis jacket on fire. But like, who wears velvet in summer? Tâat stuff is âotter tâan me and not in tâe good way. Like 10/10 tâat âe stopped wearing it since really, but yeesh was tâat a choice. Anyways, Pa made a new jacket for me lickity split and tâen I graciously gave it ta Dee so tâat âe could be tâe knight in shininâ armor since âe was âead over âeels at first sight. Jeez, like âopelessly ta be âonest. Kinda gross.â Danni rolled his eyes at the memories. âOf course, Spicy âated me for tâat. Andy kinda âated em too âcause apparently I made tâem feel like I was mockinâ tâeir clothes but I was just givenâ some fashion advice. And tâen we found Zeldâs who was freakinâ out and conjured a bee storm so I tried ta set it on fire, but instead I kinda lost tâat whole fireball and burned all my clothes and some light burns ta people. But I did make a wicked cool fireball earlier tâat day!â
âAnd tâen we âad our presentations, which was so fun! I made a whole routine! It was a whole dance routine, âcause ya donât wanna be basic AF and borinâ when tâere are already so many otâer people goinâ and doinâ just tâe normal wham, blam, tâank you maâam routine, ya feel? Gotta keep it fun and fresh! So lots of flaminâ pillars, lots of spins and whirls, I even gave myself some pretty wings right at tâe end!â Danni spread his arms, barely giving Amelie time to scamper up with plenty of disapproving chatter. âSorry, Amelie. I forgot I was âoldinâ ya darlinâ! But tâen I kinda, sorta, maaaaaaybe set fire ta tâe Judgeâs table and tâen exploded it instead of one of tâe targets and so I kinda tâink Poisson-Pas was tryinâ ta kill me witâ all tâe bombs and survival traininâ witâ revenge but I got tâe last laugh âcause Iâm alive and âeâs not! Oh, you werenât tâere, but Poisson-Pas âad a âeart attack or sometâinâ, but weâre doinâ a seance âcause a lotta people are all spooked even tâougâ just âcause youâre dead doesnât mean dead, ya know? Even if tâey donât come back, theyâre still around. Ya just gotta learn âow ta dial tâe spook phone! But tâen, we were all super excited for tâe team announcement, and youâll never guess tâe bullshit tâese people tâought ta pull!â Danni paused for a moment to give Agitha a moment to guess but waved his hands and kept going, impatient.
âTâey broke us up! Princess and Dee and I wanted ta be on tâe same team - we said it a lot and loudly and I know tâey âeard us âcause Iâm loud - and tâey broke us up! Like, ta disrespect, right? So tâat was a whole tâinâ âcause like Zelds was on our team but didnât want ta be âere so tâat was a whole tâinâ. I tried ta cheer âer up and just, like any sane person, asked for no bees, flaminâ or otâerwise. Spicy want ta murder us and Beanie was just tryinâ ta figure out âow ta get everyone on board. Dee eventually gave inta tâat and like, tâey co-captianed? Idk if tâatâs âow it boiled out but I decided tâat in my brain. So tâat, Poisson-Pas split us up and made us challenge each otâer in tâis wicked race and we âad ta cross a canoe or sometâinâ and tâen figure out tâe door tâat a bomb was behind, which we tâought was fake tâat wasnât fake cause it went fuckinâ off, but itâs fine âcause fire, ya know? And Dee went in Spicy for tâe first time and made âim use âis powers so Beanie and Spicy went back ta tâe beginning, but I tâink⊠No, no we won âcause we survived tâe bomb. I tâink Spicy and Beanie died.â Danni pondered for a second and then shrugged, Amelie flapping her wings along with the motion as she peered around the room for something more interesting. ââonestly, Idr âcause âe put us târough so much deatâ stuff tâat it all kinda blurs togetâer. And âis rewards were never fun. Tâey were always just more âomework and survival tactics and trap doors tâat âe said werenât trap doors and âonestly, I feel for it way too many times. But what if, just once, âe actually got tâe winner Tâe Supreme Collection of Madame Margretâs skin care? I canât pass tâat up!â Amelie agreed loudly.
âAaaaanyways, tâen we âad tâe qualifyinâ round, right? Even tâoiugh we passed tâe auditions, âad our âearts and dreams crushed âcause our teachers live on tâem, we âad ta again fight for our right ta do tâis. Which, so rude. âOwever, Zelds made us tâese bomb fits so we rock tâem and tâatâs definately what got us tâe win. The otâer team, even tâough tâey âad people who like, et light - It was weird and I didnât like âow my fire was useless against tâat - never really challenged us ta be âonest? Like, tâey âad tâis siren lady who was a tough cookie but after everyone broke free, she kinda folded. So I fell back âcause I tâought people were gnna rush tâe point, right? Well, tâey didnât. I wrapped me and tâe point in a pretty wall of fire, absolutely majesty if ya know what I mean, and tâen⊠notâinâ. Like, Beanie and Spicy and Dee and everyone just kinda wailed down on tâem and I didnât get ta do nothinâ. Like, just vibe tâere. So kinda borinâ but we won. So it was a great tâinâ ta brinâ ta âomecominâ, which tâe trio won.â Danni sighed. âBut like, not us even tâough I tâink it should be. No, it was Princess and Beanie and Leah when tâey were still âead over âeels about. We did a whole tâinâ, ya know? Actually, lemmeâŠâ Danni patted his pockets once, twice and then went cross eyed trying to glare at Amelie, who tilted her head as she tried to stare back. âAmelie, did ya eat my phone again? âOw many times âave I⊠Oh. Nope, Pops âas it âcause âeâs a butt. So I canât show you, but it was epic. We all did She-Ra cosplays, tâen I got photos of all of us in tâe âallway witâ pretty little fires everywhere âround âte couples. And tâen I realized I was tâe only one not datinâ someone but yeesh, tâereâs a lotta drama tâere so I felt super left out at tâe time but lookinâ back, I tâink I kinda dodged a âotshot? âCause, yeesh tâe drama but anyways, tâe girlies win âomecominâ royalty and tâen we were all bickerinâ âbout wâat ta do first and we all split up âcause I wanted ta dance but people kept sayinâ tâat it was lame so I was gunna just go dance by myself âcause Iâm âot enough ta âandle myself, but tâe relationship girlies just wanted ta go off on tâeir own little bubbles. So tâe girlies went ta tâe âaunted âouse⊠actually, lotta people went ta tâe âaunted âouse and I tried ta warn tâem it was a bad idea. Who wants ta go ta a âaunted âouse in a school tâat âas instructor witâ superpowers and magic? Like, it was obvi gunna be a whole nightmare tâinâ so I noped out and sure enough, I was right, like I always am. Itâs a whole tâin. People are cominâ out beat up, one kid came out witâout an eye, anotâer one âad a whole arm torn off. It was awful. Supposedly, ya âad ta kill yourself or be killed in tâere and man, I tâink tâe school is gunna run outta tâerapy money at tâis rate if tâey keep messinâ witâ tâeir students. But Princess comes out, water is spoutinâ outta everyâinâ, Beanie and Leah are all I gotta defend my girl, lemme at âim, lemme at âim so Dee and I gotta calm âer down, âave spicy pop âer outta tâere ta tâe dorms, and âave us run behind tâem. I really donât know what âappened after tâat but it took fooooooooooorever for the place ta be fine again. Tâough, some people who got really spooked still wonât go anywhere near tâat place âcause tâey swear tâey still see tâemselves in tâe reflections. Itâs wild.â
Danni shook his head and waved it off. It wasnât a fun thing to think about so Danni just⊠wasnât! âSo tâen, we really wanna win tâis contest right? So our friend âCadie comes in and tells us all âe got a cool plan. âEâs âacked tâe framework like tâe smartie âe is and we all sneak inta tâe traininâ rooms ta suit up and practice tâe night before break, right? Weâre feelinâ pretty cool âcause like, âow many otâers were able to sneak past tâe campus guards, avoid tâe little security traps tâe adults put up, and break inta tâe framework ta get some extra traininâ in? âcause is it really fair tâat tâe Young Avengerâs get all tâis extra practice time and we are stuck in classes all day? Correct answer is: No. So, we take fate inta our own âands and make some extra time ourselves. And more âcause we ran into a real life villain!â Danni laughed, scooping Amelie back into his arms as he bounced. âTurns out, âCadie chose us ta kill for âis villian debut! Which like, so cool ta be first pick for a bludgeoning villain, you know? So we get uploaded inta tâe game, all split up, reveals âis true identity: Ed! Wait, no. Ed was t'e fake name, âCadie was t'e real one. Well, no âArcadeâ but botâ t'ose names are lame so he's âCadie. Isn't t'at so much cuter, Amelie?â Danni paused to give the dragon some attention, cooing at her as she bit at the little puffs of fire he gave out. He flicked his fingers, giggling as she scampered across his shoulders to chase one.
âSo, I get turned inta t'is âot AF dragon and I still got all my fire powers and Leah turned inta a big, stronk person and t'en Spicy was a⊠goblin? Yeah, def a goblin. T'ere like gremlins right so makes sense! And Diana was somet'inâ... probably a goblin tbh. She was always a little wonky, especially since she refused flaming arrows. Flaming arrows! Who in t'eir left minds turn down flaminâ arrows, am I right? So tâen we find a tâinâ tâat I tâink is Zari, idk I donât know. But tâen everytâinâ âarts, like real bad Aggie. Like, we didnât tâink we were makinâ ot, but we popped out just fine and âCadie panicked and Beanie and Dee said some stronâ stuff ta âim and suddenly âe realized âe was doinâ bad stuff so tâe Avengers showed up, ignored us when we didnât want ta talk to tâe ârents, and bundled âI'm all up ta prison! Sups easy ya be âonest. Except tâe groundinâ. And tâe nightmares. And tâe burninâ random stuff down got waaaaay worse. Like, âouse sized worse, ya know? So t'e gave us all A's for t'e semester and gave us therapy and Mavie is such a sweetie. Super chill, t'ough I still t'ink âer idea of relaxinâ is waaaaaaay too basic but t'at's just me. Oh and âapparently, we did all actually die but t'at time doesn't⊠No, hasn't⊠No, won't? Idk tbh but we're still alive so who cares? Stil stand by t'at, btw, but lotta people got spooked and angy âbout it so it was a whole lotta arguing and I just wanted ta âave a good time so I tried ta just talk about y'e contest, but apparently callinâ dibs on teams is a bad t'inâ ta do âcause I got pulled aside and told it was a bad t'inâ and âonestly, Princess, Dee, and I are all on t'e same team soooooo I got what I wanted, t'ank you very much!â
âOooh, and t'e juicy stuff! So t'e âomecominâ royalty is broken up. Princess axed t'at whole t'inâ from t'e asylum âcause she was feelinâ a little self murderous and needed a little grippy sock vacation. Idk âow Beanie and Leah are âoldinâ up t'ough. Gotta check in on Beanie too, t'ough idk if âer or Leah wanna see me you know? Beanie was real spicy witâ me before, but I t'ink we're good, but t'en t'ere's t'e whole ex drama but we can still be friends, right? Like⊠Hm, maybe I gotta ask Princess. But Leah's probs glad ta âave me outta their âair, t'ough t'at stuff is dangerous so I wasn't t'ere in t'e first place, and she might just punch me⊠Eh, still wortâ sayinâ âI right? I'll just get ready ta fly!â Danni giggled as Amelie jumped, chomped down on the fire, and burped out a puff of smoke. âAnd t'en t'ere is Dee and Spicy. still not sure âow I feel âbout t'at âcause like, we kinda did everytâinâ taget'er and t'en now Dee's bumpinâ uglies witâ a freshie, well Spicy ya know, and it's not like Spicy is terrible but def not my jam. I don't t'ink Spicy could âandle me 24/10, ya know? But like, kinda makes me sad again âcause âe's leavinâ me out! And! âe just prings it on me! Sends me a text like FYI, I'm rollinâ âround t'e âay witâ my frieshie so like be cool. âow am I, t'e resident volcano, meant ta stay cool after t'at?! Just beinâ dropped t'is little nugget, âow could âe not expect me ta explode? So âcourse, I go off, catch t'e dorm on fire again, but remember Dee's ta blame, and t'en boop! My most precious wittle baby is born! I was kinda annoyed âcause not everyone came.over ta celebrate. Tâatâs why I'm âssuminâ Beanie doesnât really wanna talk, âcause who wouldnât come over ta âhangout witâ a dragon?! Spicyâs on the lame list too for tâat âcause âe tâought I didnât notice âim pull away from tâe group when âe coulda said âI ta my baby. Still waitinâ on tâat apology, hm, from botâ of tâem.â Danni asked irritably at the memory, but it was gone as soon as it came.
âBut tâen, we invited everyone over ta our âouse ta âang for tâe contest! Super cool, right? But Princes couldnât come âcause tâe sperm donor âates Pa. Weâve tried for yeaaaaaaars ta âave a âangout but nooooooooo. Still, âapparently Andy knows Old Man Erik, who wasnât a meanie ta âer which great!, and Vickyâs room is borinâ? Dee and Spicy took way too long in tâere room and so Pa just decided ta pull tâe portal out from under us and pop us âere! So poof, âere we are!â Danni did a little flourish, beaming at her and the students behind her.