First off I would like to start by saying thank you for giving me a chance at my first ever fanfic. I am an avid fan of DP and was sad when the show ended. I felt there was so much potential and now I'm expressing all my ideas in this story. Hope you all like this and let's begin!
(Clockwork Tower/ Clockwork's POV)
It has been years since my young apprentice has first made contact with this world and in that time much has changed, all in large part due to him. I have watched as he developed into the man he has become ever since he first stepped into his parent's ghost portal. From there I have observed as he transformed into the second ghost-human hybrid ever created.
My young apprentice, Daniel has had to face many hardships including keeping his condition a secret from his own family, who viewed all things paranormal as abominations that must be destroyed, to maintaining the façade that he was just a regular teenage human. It had gotten even worse when ghosts had started to realize that there was a secure portal linking our world to the human world and started crossing over. Once Daniel caught on, he did his best to send the ghosts back to their world and, out of guilt for creating the link between both worlds, vowed to protect his hometown with the new identity, Phantom. And through it all, he always had his two companions, the Goth girl and the technologically enthusiastic boy, with him, risking their lives, sharing the burden of capturing all the wandering ghosts, both filled with guilt for causing their friend's condition. I have watched as he mastered his ghostly abilities, using them to fight his new adversaries, each getting more and more dangerous. And on the occasion he would use them to prank his human tormentors.
After the first year, young Daniel faced his first major challenge. The former Ghost King, Pariah Dark, was released from his eternal imprisonment by Daniel's arch nemesis, Vlad Plasmius, in an attempt to acquire the fabled Crown of Fire. Once Pariah was released, chaos ensued within the Ghost Zone causing a mass exodus to the human world. All of Amity Park was soon trapped within a dome created by Fright Knight using his sword, Soul Shredder. Daniel, not knowing of the consequences pulled out the sword from the ground to use against Plasmius, causing the entire Amity Park to be transported into the Ghost Zone.
Using his parent's hazardous battle suit, Daniel transformed into his alter ego, Phantom, and fought headstrong through Pariah's army. Soon after, Daniel's adversaries joined in on the fight creating a path for Phantom to head into Pariah's castle. Once there the battle began between both opponents. Both had started out as equals thanks to the battle suit but soon the suit started to take its toll on Daniel. As a desperate last attempt, Daniel forced Pariah back into his coffin and sealed him away once again, not knowing that both the Ring and the Crown vanished.
Not long after did I meet Daniel, although I knew it was bound to happen. Who knew that one single selfish act of cheating on a test would be the catalyst for human genocide. Of course I did but, that's beside the point. Once the Observers realized what the future had in store for Daniel, they tasked me with eliminating him. Of course I had different plans, I mean why eliminate him when I could just teach him a lesson. From there I organized everything to follow along as it originally should but with some minor interference from me and the future.
I knew that eventually the three young ghost hunters would be transported to my domain, thanks to my time medallions. So I had my Temporal Portal set to the year when the Dark version of Daniel would be at his strongest. Once the three made their appearance I waited for the girl to grab one of my medallions before I made my appearance. Pretending to be trying to eliminate my apprentice was quite amusing although it didn't last long like I knew it would due to the girl realizing the ability of my medallion. The three made their escape to the future where I knew they would meet the future Daniele and see the true consequence of his actions. Of course I also knew that the future Daniel would trap young Daniel in the future and replace him. Young Daniel would see just how much damage he caused to all incuiding ghosts.
The ghosts of course attacked Daniele once they saw him causing him to develop the ability that the Future Daniele had just acquired, the destructive Ghostly Wail. From there Daniel would make contact with the completely human Plasmius, or Masters as is his human name. Daniel would learn the entire story as to what has caused for him to go dark. Masters had begrudgingly helped Daniel return to his time to face off against his future. However the future Daniel was not idle and arranged everything to go as it had originally, from cheating on a test to securing all of young Daniel's friends, family, and his teacher to a volatile boiler. Young Daniel faced off against his future self and was massively overpowered by his older and more experienced counterpart. Using his Ghostly Wail, young Daniel managed to catch his counterpart off guard and contain him in one of his ghost contraptions.
However what no one but I noticed was that something went wrong when the Darker Daniel was being captured. No one but I noticed that the device used was damaged during the fight and that when it had captured the future Daniel; it had enveloped young Daniel in transparent arcs of electricity that no one, not even himself, noticed. Nor did he notice that for a brief moment, his eyes flashed red.
Once Daniel captured his older self, he rushed towards the others although it was too late and the explosion occurred before he could reach them. Fortunately for him, I had saved them and I explained that all that had occurred was part of my plan all along to teach him a lesson; that with his powers, every choice he makes can have an echo that could harm others. After taking the portable ghost prison in the shape of a thermos, I transported both Daniel and I to the past when The Test took place. Taking the lesson to heart, Daniel turned in the answer sheet to the test preventing the events that led to his dark future. Daniel later shared the full story with his friends while I looked over the Thermos in my Tower, knowing that the danger has far from passed.
For years Daniel had kept his Phantom identity a secret until the event that united all ghosts for a common cause. In his third year as Phantom, during a battle against Plasmius, an asteroid composed of an anti-ghost element was blown in the direction of the Earth. Of course I could have reversed time and prevented this, but once I saw what the future had in store, I held back.
Before the Asteroid became a problem, Daniel was facing his own problems. A team of human ghost hunters, funded by Plasmius, appeared out of nowhere that seemed to be better than Daniel. Each time a ghost appeared, Daniel was humiliated and outshined. Eventually Amity Park turned their back on Daniel and so he decided that Phantom was no longer needed. Explaining to his friends that since the Ghost Portal was what gave him his powers, it should be able to remove them. His theory was proven correct; however the Ghost Portal was destroyed in the process. Daniel came out with no powers and yet he retained a streak of white hair mixed with his usual black hair.
The loss of his powers caused a strain in his friendship with the Goth girl as she had admired him for going at great lengths to help others. Soon after the human Ghost hunting team started to capitalize on being the only ghost hunters and started to bill people for saving them. Eventually Daniel realized his mistake of getting rid of his powers when a ghost attacked his school and he attempted to use his non-existent powers. At this time the humans discovered the asteroid heading towards them. Recognizing the imminent danger the asteroid poised, the top leaders of the world congregated and decided to send various missiles to the asteroid, hoping to destroy it.
Unfortunately the bombardment was unsuccessful and the world started to panic. Taking advantage of the opportunity Plasmius in his human form, Masters, proposed to send his ghost hunting team to deal with the asteroid, for a fee of course. The ghost hunters and Daniel's father, Jack, flew to space to manually launch a specialized missile, conveniently developed by Masters. The missile was launched however it hit another asteroid that was floating nearby. All the blame was placed on Jack who went on to say that it was Masters who programed the missile's flight though no one seemed to listen to him.
Soon after, Plasmius gathered the people to propose another plan. Masters proposed that he himself alone will deal with the asteroid, transforming into his ghost self, Plasmius, shocking the entire world. His ghost hunting team attempted to take him down though he overpowered them. Plasmius went on to explain that with his powers he will turn the asteroid intangible, thus saving the world, but in exchange he will become the ruler of the entire world. Sensing no other alternative the world leaders caved in to his demands.
Both Plasmius and Jack were sent towards the asteroid where Jack asked Plasmius how he became what he is. Plasmiuis then told Jack that it was his fault that he became half ghost since he was blasted in the face by Jack's miniature Ghost Portal back in their college days and that it was because of that, that his life was ruined and lost his opportunity with Jack's wife, Maddie. Plasmius then left the ship but not before expressing his deep hatred for Jack. Reaching the asteroid, Plasmius attempted to touch it; however the asteroid seemed to harm him. It was then that one of his holograms in the form of Maddie informed Plasmius that the asteroid was composed of an anti-ghost element called ectoranium. Plasmius then tried to return to the ship begging forgiveness from Jack however Jack turned his back on Plasmius and returned to Earth without him.
Now that there seemed to be no possible way to save the Earth, Daniel decided it was time to once again be a hero. Heading into the Ghost Zone with his friends with the help of the Infi-Map, with the intent to gain the help of the ghosts, they are soon overwhelmed and Daniele sends his friends back. Trying to explain the situation to the ghosts, Daniel is soon attacked, receiving hundreds of ecto-rays which infused him once again with Ghost DNA, thus returning his powers and alter ego. Using his Ghostly Wail, Daniel defeats them all in one blast and returns to the human world.
It is there that in a press conference, in his Phantom form, he proposes to cover the world in large metal tubes connected to a central hub and to use the ghosts' energy to turn the Earth intangible. At first his plan was met with silence until Daniele's parents started clapping and soon the others joined. After assembling everything together and setting up the central hub in Antarctica, Daniel was just about ready to head towards the Ghost Zone, when his Goth friend stopped him. There they finally expressed their feelings for each other and Daniel promised to return to her.
Once in the Ghost Zone, Daniel started to gather all the ghosts, when he was attacked once again by his enemies. Daniel then successfully explained the situation to the ghosts. Exiting through a natural portal, Daniele and all the ghosts converged on the hub and used their energy to successfully turn the earth intangible long enough for the asteroid to pass through.
All the ghosts soon left while Daniele went up to the people. It was there that his sister convinced him it was time to reveal who Phantom really was and so Daniele reverted into his human form, Fenton. He was hailed a hero across the globes with statues raised in his honor in every country's capital. Daniel's parents accepted him for what he was, his Goth friend became his mate, and his male friend was elected mayor of their hometown. Daniel's "clone", Danielle or Dani as she likes to be called even reunited with her original.
All was well for Daniele for the rest of the year, aside from all the confrontations he faced when he returned home, and it seemed like his life was finally at balance. Little did anyone but I know that that was about to change because of course I know everything.