Author's Note:
This is a work of fiction. There will be swearing. No sex, because I really don't want to write that and prefer jokes instead. I don't own DC, its characters or its stories. I don't own Marvel, its characters or its stories. I don't own Harry Potter, its characters, or its stories. I don't own Buffy the Vampire Slayer, its characters, or its stories. I planned on having this posted months ago, but real life and real life problems delayed this.
Introduction:
In 2005, the author Rorschach's Blot created the story: Make a Wish. This story was how Harry Potter became the infamous Mr. Black, an allegedly 10,000 year-old wizard who enjoyed wiping out wanna-be dark lords as a hobby. Characters introduced in here included: The Doctor, The Professor, and Henchgirl. In 2006, he followed that story up with: The Hunt for Harry Potter, in which Mr. Black's legend grew even bigger.
During this time and after it as well, other writers were inspired by this character and began writing different stories of Mr. Black. Some stories had Mr. Black meeting people from TV shows like: Stargate, Naruto, and Ranma. Others had him meeting Buffy the Vampire Slayer. One such story had Mr. Black meeting and interacting with Xander Harris, aka: one of Buffy's sidekicks. In that story, Mr. Black became a brother to Xander.
Most stories were short, and a few long. One of the longer stories was: Terminal Justice by the author Overkill, aka: Irrational Intelligence. In this story, Mr. Black was accidentally sent by one of the Professor's inventions to one of the many DC Universes and through a lot of convoluted logic and pure good luck, Mr. Black became known as Joe Black, aka, the Grim Reaper himself by all the heroes on that planet. And, to be fair, by all the villains on that planet as well.
Now unlike other stories where the idea of Mr. Black being the Grim Reaper was played with but not really embraced, the Grim Reaper idea in Terminal Justice really stuck with the overall Mr. Black character. And instead of Joe Black being simply considered the embodiment of death (i.e., a guy who simply kills a lot of people), Joe actually becomes one of the Deaths of the multiverse.
In fact, as Mr. Black became Death, he was officially brought into the Bonehead Union by Teleute, better known as: Death of the Endless. Joe learned what it was like to be a Death, and what his role was. And by and large, he was okay with it. This story also brought into play a love interest in Kara Kent, aka: Supergirl who is now of legal age. It also had Darkseid and scores of parademons invading Earth. More heroes came through the bleed to defeat the parademons, including Mr. Black's family which included Mr. Blue, aka: Xander Harris. While Joe Black was Death, Xander was considered the embodiment of War. And again, through scores of misunderstandings and lack of logic, Henchgirl was thought of as Famine, and the Doctor thought of as Plague. Of course, it wouldn't be funny if there wasn't some kernel of truth in it.
As a fellow Mr. Black omake writer, I would suggest reading these stories. I have read nearly every Mr. Black story (often called omakes) posted online while working on a project with the incredible Daisy Duck. She is working towards getting all stories listed and identified on the CaerAzkaban site. They are quite a fun read. While Terminal Justice was unfortunately left unfinished, the basis of Mr. Black's family was established in that story.
Now we transition to another story by a different author. In 2013, the author Worldmaker started a tale called: Origin Story. In this story, the mind of Xander Harris was merged with the body of Power Girl and sent to one of the Marvel Universe worlds through a lot of convoluted logic and pure luck which can be summed up as follows: old God with too much time on his hands put a spell on a Halloween costume that Xander wore. This story is still ongoing.
In this story, Xander, now known as Alexandra, who is a known parahuman which authorities find out is ridiculously powerful, tries to work with the law but eventually is outside the law with the Avengers hot on her flight path. She eventually gets events settled and joins the Avengers. That doesn't last. The current story arc is still ongoing in which Power Girl, now known as Superwoman, has to battle the remaining official Avengers who are unwittingly working for Hydra. In that story arc, Superwoman has since married her partner, Louise, bought a place in the Florida Keys, was promptly deported to another dimension, indirectly got Louise kidnapped and her house confiscated by government officials, and then found a way back to her home. And let me tell you, she was not pleased to find Louise missing. There is more to the story than just that, but it gives a starting point for this story.
This story takes place after that story arc will finish (and yes, I am envisioning some sort of a positive outcome in that story arc in some capacity). The reason for Mr. Black's origin above along with the comments about his family will be made obvious in this story.
Whew. Done with the introduction.
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Author's comments:
Normally, I do not give a set-up for a story as I feel a story should stand on its own, including if there are any sort of flashbacks. However, as there are multiple stories referenced here I figured I needed to set the stage here or there would be a lot of confusion for anyone who has not read all of these stories. And now… on with the show!