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Title: The Honoring Ceremony

Prompt #: PR100

Prompt used: A ghost friend invites Danny to participate in an important ghost culture ritual or event. Soft and cozy body horror encouraged. AUs like mer AU, dragon AU, fae AU, etc. are OK, just replace ‘ghost’ with whatever Danny is half of.

Prompter: @five-rivers / Marsalias (on AO3)

Word Count: 1,668

Chapters: 1

You can read on AO3 or down below the cut

“Great one! I'm so glad you could make it!” Frostbite greeted with open arms and a huge smile.

“Of course! Wouldn’t miss it!” Danny said as he flew right into Frostbite’s chest to receive the best of hugs. Frostbite’s fur was soft and warm like a well-worn blanket fresh from the dryer and his arms were strong enough to squish all the tension out of his spine.

Once Danny had his fill he floated up to sit on Frostbite’s shoulder as they went to the center of town.

They chatted as they went. Danny caught Frostbite up on how things were at school and the ghosts that had their butts kicked by him.

“It’s always good to hear you are still doing such an excellent job in keeping your home safe.”

Danny felt his cheeks get warm and his core lightly buzzed from the praise.

“Thanks. I do what I can.” Danny said in what he hoped came off as casual gratitude and not embarrassment or arrogance.

“Speaking of your good work, my people and I were hoping we could honor you properly after the feast?”

“Oh?” Danny had no idea what that could mean. He thought they had been “properly honoring” him the whole time with the whole Great One title and all.

“We normally would have done it right after your great victory, but we’ve never done it for anyone so young, or not a member of our tribe.” Frostbite said, “But you have mastery over ice and you are more than just an honorary member. It’s long past due that we celebrate you.”

Danny wasn’t sure how, but Frostbite had once again blown him away with so much praise in a single sentence than he ever got from anyone else in his whole life.

He wasn’t sure he’d be able to handle any more praise, but it seemed like it was a really important thing for Frostbite and his people to do.

“I don’t have to make a speech or anything, do I?”

“It’s nothing like that. You just have to sit in the chair. We’ll do all the work.”

“I guess that doesn't sound too bad.”

“So you’ll let us honor you?”

“Sure? Why not?”

“Excellent!” Frostbite said with an even wider grin and a gleam in his eye that Danny couldn’t quite place. “But first we feast!”

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News that Danny was going to have his honoring ceremony spread before they even sat down to eat.

They pulled out a special chair for him to sit in. It was made of ice like all the other furniture in the Far Frozen, but this chair was different. It was actually a chair and not just a bench. It was also proportionate to him, not something huge for the yetis to sit in. Although the legs of the chair were much taller than a normal chair. Which was good because otherwise, it would have been too short to reach the table.

It was also intricately carved with lots of detailed lines and even his insignia in several different spots. Which only proved that they made this chair just for him.

It was also surprisingly comfortable. He could take a nap in it if he really wanted to.

They also gave him a golden circlet for him to wear. It had a bright blue stone that rested nicely against his forehead.

It felt a bit much, but Frostbite said it was part of the honoring ceremony.

Danny was just glad his friends weren’t here, they’d probably joke that it looked like a princess tiara or something stupid like that.

Luckily once it was on, he hardly noticed it was there.

The feast had so much delicious food and Danny ate until he was stuffed.

Once everyone was finished Danny was a little worried that maybe he ate too much, because when Frostbite announced it was time for the Honoring Ceremony, he did not want to get up.

However, that quickly turned out to not be an issue at all, because a pair of yeti’s picked him up by the chair and carried him to where the Honoring Ceremony was going to be held.

They traveled to a part of the village that Danny had never been to before. It was behind the main area in a cave that was much darker than any of the other ones and was lit with blue-flamed torches.

The cave was mostly open save for one wall that had four throne-like chairs atop a pedestal with nameplates. Each one had a different title, The Mighty, The Fierce, The Brave, and The Loyal.

Each seat had an intricately carved yeti wearing a circlet sitting in it. Their horns were much larger than any of the other yeti’s in the room, so much so that the tips of them touched the ceiling.  They looked more like those classic marble statues of Greek gods in museums than any other ice sculpture that Danny had seen around the village, with how much detail was in each tuft of fur and fold of fabric from their tunics. Their chairs were also beautifully carved as the one Danny sat in now.

If it weren’t for being made entirely of ice and how each one had its eyes closed, he would have assumed they were just more Yeti’s waiting for them.

There was a fifth pedestal at the end of the row, it was much higher than the others and it was missing a chair.

The yetis carrying him set him down on the pedestal, which was tall enough that he was at eye level with all the sitting ice yetis.

Danny wasn’t sure what was going to happen next, but Frostbite had only said he was just supposed to sit there. So he did.

Once the yetis who had carried him had rejoined the group, Frostbite stood beside him and started to tell the story of how Danny had fought against Pariah Dark and even his fights against all the other big bads he had after that too.

There was a lot of emphasis on how strong, and brave, and wonderful he was because of all that he had done.

Normally he would be feeling super flustered and flattered by all of this positive attention, but he wasn’t as phased by it because he was starting to get tired.

It didn’t help that the cave was dimly lit and that Frostbite’s voice was so deep and soothing that his regaling tale of Danny’s accomplishments sounded more like a bedtime story.

He did his best to stay awake but the more he fought it, the harder it got to keep his eyes open.

He blinked hard and when he opened his eyes Frostbite wasn’t talking anymore. In fact, no one was saying anything.

He was pretty sure Frostbite had been in the middle of a sentence the last time he checked.

Now everyone was looking at him. Or at least he thought they were, it was much darker in the cave now.

Frostbite was closer now, his large paw gently holding Danny’s head.

“I’m sorry. I didn’t ruin it did I?”

“Not at all, Great One. You’re doing perfectly.”

“I am?”

“Yes.”

Danny sighed in relief, he’d been so worried he ruined this super-important ceremony thing.

Now that he wasn’t worried about that, he noticed it was snowing.

Which, while not an odd thing to happen in the Far Frozen, it was odd to be happening in a cave.

Also odd that it was only happening over his head.

The snow was soft but it had a weight to it. It was like an oversized blanket and with the way it collected on his lap, it looked like one too.

“You’ve done so much for us, Great One. So much more than we would have ever asked of you. So much good. And you did it all so bravely.” Frostbite said to him softly as he gently rubbed the pad of his thumb against Danny’s cheek.

Danny was too tired to respond so he just leaned into the touch.

“May your stress be lifted off of your shoulders and your worries out of your mind.”

Danny winced when a sharp twin pain on either side of his head made itself known.

“It’s alright,” Frostbite reassured, “there’s no need to fight it. Just let them go.”

Danny wasn’t really sure what that meant, but he was too tired to think about it. He figured the best way to not fight, was to relax. So he did.

He went as relaxed as he could. Completely wet noodle limp.

Normally this would have caused him to fall out of the chair he was in, but there was so much snow on him his body couldn’t move. Frostbite’s hand was still holding his head steady so he didn’t have to deal with his head flopping over and getting a crick in his neck. That was nice of him.

There was the distinct sound of ice. It was forming, cracking, and branching.

It was hard to locate the sound with his eyes closed, but it seemed to be going away from him, so it was probably fine.

Danny wasn’t worried.

“That’s perfect Great One,” Frostbite said as he slipped his paw away from Danny’s face.

Danny thought that his head would drop the second Frostbite let go but it didn’t. It stayed perfectly still.

The snow was up to his chin now and still falling. Maybe that’s why he couldn’t move his head.

If he wasn’t so tired he’d open his eyes to look. Then again, the amount of snowflakes on his eyelashes was heavy enough to keep them closed anyway.

“Great One, we thank you for all that you have done. Now it’s time to rest, you’ve more than earned it.”

It didn’t take long for the snow to cover Danny completely.

He couldn’t see, he couldn’t hear, he couldn’t move.

There was nothing else he could do but sleep.

So he did.