Maddie POV
The way my day started out was normal enough. My eleven year old daughter, Jazz, was in her room reading one of her books for the millionth time. My husband Jack was down in our basement lab, working on one of our many inventions, which I expected an explosion from him any minute. My nine year old son Danny was helping me bake cookies. My whole day and my whole life changed when an unexpected knock came at the door.
I left Danny to the cookie dough, hoping he wouldn't eat it all by the time I came back, and walked into the living room and opened the door. Two police men were standing there, with a young girl hiding behind one of the men. At first glance she looked to be about the same age as Danny.
"Mrs. Fenton?" One of the men asked me.
"Yes? Can I help you gentleman?" I asked, confused at why they would be at my door. The two men shared a look.
"I know this might come as a shock ma'am, but this girl is your daughter." I couldn't help but start laughing. There was no possible way this young girl was my daughter. My laughter slowly died down as the men stayed serious.
"This has to be a joke." I said and the men shared another look.
"DNA doesn't lie ma'am. If you don't want her we can take her to a foster home." They suggested and I looked down at the girl, who was peeking up at me from behind the men. Her glowing green eyes were filled with fear and even though there was no possible way for this girl could be my daughter, I couldn't just leave her.
"No, no I'll take her." I said quickly and they handed her over after I had quickly signed some papers. As soon as they left I called Jack up and explained what had happened. He quickly agreed whole-heartedly with my choice as soon as he set his eyes on the girl as well and took Danny upstairs so he could explain to the kids, and so I could get some alone time with our new daughter. I kneeled down in front of her and smiled kindly at her.
"What's your name honey?" I asked. She shifted nervously, afraid of the new surroundings.
"M-Maximus." She whispered shyly. I smiled, happy to have her talking.
"Well Maximus. I know you'll really like it here. I promise." I reassured her and she gave me a slight smile, which was so adorable I couldn't help smiling back at her. I finally heard Jack and the kids coming down the stairs and Maximus immediately hid behind me. Jazz was eyeing her cautiously, while Danny was just trying to get a good look at her.
"Kids, this is Maximus. She'll be staying with us from now on." Jazz gave me a strange look, but Danny stepped forward.
"Hi Max! I'm Danny! I'm nine years old!" He babbled, as a child his age would. Maximus smiled slightly at him.
"I'm nine too." She whispered and Danny's smile widened.
"Wanna help me make cookies? I'll let you have some of the batter." He suggested and she nodded quickly. He grabbed her hand and towed her to the kitchen.
After that, Max seemed to be glued to Danny's side. She was always with him. He would teach her things she didn't know which was strangely a lot. He would take her to play with his friends, Sam and Tucker, who became her friends as well. Even Jazz got used to her and would talk to her and even let her borrow her books. Maximus talked more, but she talked most to Danny. She seemed to feel safe with him.
One morning a couple weeks later, I saw Max sleeping with Danny in his bed. When I asked him about it he explained that whenever Max had a nightmare, she would sleep with him. He said that she felt safest with him.
Over the next few years, she grew into her humor and confidence. She didn't need Danny that much anymore, but still liked to be near him whenever possible. We had tested her for school, and figured out she could have been in Jazz's grade, but insisted on staying with Danny. She also grew into technology. She loved to watch Jack and me working on our lab and she would always ask questions.
Now all my children are in high school. Jazz is sixteen as is always buried in some book. Danny and Max are fourteen and are best friends with Sam and Tucker. Their lives are perfectly normal.
Max POV
My life is far from normal. With my brother Danny getting his ghost powers combined with my own ghostly abilities, life gets pretty hectic. Currently Danny, I, our Goth friend Sam, and our tech geek Tucker, were sitting in the Fenton Lab. Dad was babbling on about ghost hunting and all of us weren't paying him much attention. I heard Danny gasp and I shivered at the same time. We both looked over to the Fenton Ghost Portal. We saw two ghosts, which looked like two octopuses, grab Sam and Tucker. I bolted next to Dad, asking him to tell me one of his "hero" stories, and he started telling me enthusiastically.
His black hair turned ghostly white and his blue eyes turned into a glowing green. The same color of my eyes. His white shirt and blue jeans tuned into a black and silver jumpsuit. I, being my awesome self, kept Dad busy until Danny defeated the ghosts and changed back. Poor Tucker and Sam were shaking with fear in their chairs and Danny, back to human, was panting hard and out of breath. I let out a sigh of relief as my Dad kept babbling, not paying any attention to the conditions of the teens in front of him.
Now let me explain about myself. When I came into the Fenton family, mom and dad always told me that it was a mistake that the police said my DNA matched theirs, but that they were happy it had happened. I knew the real truth. My father, my real father, was a lunatic scientist who used to work with Maddie and was obsessed over her. He somehow obtained some of her DNA and mixed it with his. We his experiments would never turn out right, so he got so mad he threw ecto-plasm and it got into some of the samples. What came out of that was me. I was born with ghost powers. He decided to use me as a weapon and trained me until I ran away. When the cops found me they assumed it was abuse, so they arrested him and sent me to live with my mom, who I had only seen pictures of.
I never told anyone what I was. Too afraid that they would kick me out and be disgusted with me. When Danny got his ghost powers, I decided to let the truth slip a little. I showed him my powers. When he asked how I had gotten them I told him it must have been from the radiation from the blast that changed him. Since I was the closest one to him at the time he believed me. Now my brother and I, our good friends who were there at the time, Sam and Tucker, are all helping Danny through his "problem."
Right now Danny and I were eating breakfast at the kitchen table, ignoring the sparks flying from our mother working on an invention right next to us.
"It's finally done!" She exclaimed and I looked up from my cereal.
"What's done mom?" I asked, eyeing the gadget in her hands. I usually trusted it if mom made it, but if dad worked on it I had to keep my distance.
"The ghost detector!" I spit out my cereal and looked at Danny while mom started the thing up.
"Two…one Ghost in front of you." The gadget said, making me roll my eyes. Their gadgets were always malfunctioning around me, not knowing whether I was a ghost or not. Danny started backing away from mom as it started beeping and leading her towards him. When he was finally backed up against a wall it seemed he was finally going to tell mom and dad what happened to him a month ago when Jazz decided to pop out of nowhere. She went off on our parents about Danny being an impressionable little child.
"Come on Danny. I'll drive you to school." She said huffing at our parents and dragging Danny away.
"Hey! I'm mentally scared too! Wait for me!" I yelled and ran after them. I couldn't just pass up a ride to school.
When we finally got to school Jazz ditched us and we met up with our friends. Danny was sulking about not being very good at controlling his powers. I tried to tell him that with practice he could get better, but he wasn't hearing any of it from me, so after a while I gave up.
Sam decided to ruin it more by telling the guys that she had finally succeeded in changing the lunch menu. They, mostly Tuck as the meat eater, freaked out and I rolled my eyes. I had tried to tell Danny this morning, but he didn't listen, as usual. Sam had told us all last week what she was trying to do, but as always I was the only one that listened.
By the time lunch rolled around, Tucker was looking deeply depressed. I watched them as they came to our table with a tray of, what looked like, grass on toast.
"You going to get some Max?" Danny asked, hoping I would suffer along with him.
"Sorry bro, but no. I have explained to Sam, that while I respect her likes, I will not be changing mine." I said, biting into the apple I had brought from home.
"Unlike you boys, Max actually talks to me about these things." Sam said, looking accusingly at them. The quickly hung their heads.
Suddenly Danny and I gasped. The hairs on my arms were standing on end and his breath got so cold I could see it come out of his mouth. We both looked around for the ghost we sensed. I was the first to notice her. She was in the school kitchen and she looked like a nice old lunch lady. She didn't seem the type to cause trouble. Dash, the school bully, had to step in at the worst time. Dash was a quarterback for the football team and would always bully Danny for no reason. That wasn't the only reason I hated him though. He would hit on me constantly, even though I've threatened him a million times.
Danny, being the quick thinker he is, started a random food fight that gave us the chance to sneak away. When we finally entered the kitchen, the seemingly harmless ghost turned to look at us.
"Excuse me children, but did someone change the menu?" She asked in a sweet voice. I knew we could take care of her easily. She was just a harmless ghost.
"Yea. She did." Tucker jabbed a thumb over his shoulder at Sam. My thoughts about her being a sweet old lady changed instantly as she growled. Her voice got louder and getting a hard edge to it.
"Everyone get behind me." Danny ordered and we all jumped behind him, as he was in a fighting stance.
"Wow I feel safe." Sam stated sarcastically and I hit her shoulder, sending her a glare. Danny transformed into Danny Phantom and went after the ghost. He wasn't very good, but he still landed a few good hits.
When she started sending things our way, Danny flew over and tried to turn all three of us intangible with him, but he was having a hard time getting all of us at once. An idea flashed through my mind and I quickly sent him some of my ghostly energy. When our two energies mixed together, it gave him enough power to pull all of us through the wall.
Danny did all the work, but I felt as exhausted as he looked. That stunt took more energy than I thought it would have. Danny looked at me with wide green eyes as he panted.
"Did you-?" He panted to me, a questioning look on his face. I nodded, panting a little myself. We all jumped as the locker doors surrounding us all slammed open. Books and papers started flying around us as The Lunch Lady, as I will now call her, entered into the hallway. I stood with Danny, facing her.
"Alright Danny if we use both of our powers, we can defiantly take her." I said confidently. That is, until she surrounded herself with meat until she became this massive meat monster.
"Aw come on!" I yelled, throwing my hands into the air. "That's totally unfair!" The Lunch Lady suddenly grabbed Sam, disappearing with her.
"Come on we have to go after her!" Danny yelled, as he switched back into his human form, by accident. We were about to run after her when our English teacher, Mr. Lancer showed up. I face palmed as he dragged us to his office.