Author's note – READ THIS FIRST:
No, obviously I don't own DP or any other character in this – save for the villain, whom you'll meet later.
There. Done with the disclaimer. Now, to those of you who are about to read this fic – this is the first proper one I'm publishing under this fandom, so I have to make some things clear first.
1. This is my imagination of the last episode of Danny Phantom, (that is, if there's no movie) here meaning that although the last episode will probably be some huge conclusion with a major ghost fight with all the ghosts, my story won't be following that. But I hope you'll still enjoy it.
2. Do note that the story line is based on episodes one ("Mystery Meat") till "13" only. For some stupid reason or other, the Nickelodeon in Asia is still screening episodes only up till there. Though is able to provide me info on episodes that have yet to be shown here, I find I work best when I know exactly what I'm writing about. In other words, I prefer to see the episode first. As such, in this story, which is what I imagine the last episode of Danny Phantom to be like, the events that happen are based only on what I've seen so far. I know it's gonna be difficult and confusing in some parts, but please bear with me.
3. I accept ALL reviews – the good, the constructive criticism, the flames. But of the three, of course the first always makes my day. :) So reviews are very much appreciated! Let me know what you think, make suggestions, correct me if I'm wrong, whatever. Just keep 'em coming, and if I can, I'll try and do as many responses as possible.
4. To put it nicely, I don't quite like out-of-characterization (that's OOC, right? Or is it OC?) myself, so I will do my BEST to keep the characters and typical episode story line in character, but do let me know if I go too out of line.
Alright, enough of my ranting and on to the fic!
Sparks
Prologue
"Let's see. So, if there are four atoms of chlorine on the right hand side, I'll need to multiply CaCl2 by four, right?" Fourteen-year-old Danny Fenton asked as he stared down at the chemistry worksheet in front of him. "Is that the answer?"
"No, not really. Because after that you'd have eight atoms of chlorine on the left hand side," His best friend Samantha Manson pointed out from her seat beside him, jabbing the equation on the paper with her finger.
"Danny, do you even understand what we've been trying to teach you all the long?" Danny's other best friend, Tucker Foley, raised an eyebrow questioningly. He was seated across from Danny and Sam, at the table they were all working on in the study.
"Well yeah, I guess," Danny answered before frowning at the worksheet. "But I still don't get..." He trailed off as his frown deepened, bright blue eyes studying the equation as carefully as he could.
Okay, so if he multiplied CaCl2 by four, there'd be eight atoms of chlorine. But on the right hand side, there were only four. So he could multiply those on the right hand side by four – no, no, two, and then he'd have... or he could just multiply CaCl2 by two, and divide the number – no, that was wrong, you couldn't divide atoms... Oh well, in any case, the atom count... no, the number of atoms on the left hand side had to be equal to those on the left hand – right hand side and –
"Aaaarrgh!" Danny flung his pen to the other end of the room in frustration before resting his head on the table. "My head hurts," he moaned.
Tucker clicked his tongue in annoyance. "Come on, Danny. The answer's obvious!"
"Tucker, don't be so hard on him," Sam cut in. " We've been working on this for three hours straight." She glanced at the clock. It blinked 9.52 p.m.
Tucker groaned. "Danny, do you always have to sleep through class?"
Danny lifted his head to look at him. "I can't help it! All that late-night ghost hunting is starting to wear me out!"
Danny's parents were scientific – well, okay, so maybe not all that scientific, but still – inventors obsessed with ghosts.
Some time ago, Danny had been fooling around with their latest invention, the ghost portal, when it was only half done – without his parents' knowledge. He'd hit one of the switches, and the portal had reacted immediately, zapping him just as he was standing in its doorway – half in the human world, and half in the realm of ghosts.
The result? He'd been granted ghostly powers, and the ability to transform from human to phantom and back whenever he pleased.
With that, of course, came the responsibility of making sure Amity Park was free from all sorts of ghost disturbances. Almost every night was spent hunting down ghosts and sending them back to where they belonged – most of the time with the help of Tucker and Sam.
Danny didn't really mind the job – in fact, it was kinda fun. But it meant late nights for him and sleeping through his classes, which resulted in the dropping of most, if not all, of his grades.
And so when his ghost sense didn't go off that night, he'd grabbed the chance to ask Sam and Tucker over to help him catch up on his work.
Which was proving to be a very tiresome thing. His head was indeed throbbing from all the information that they'd tried to cram inside within the past three hours.
Danny lethargically leaned back in his seat, stretched, and let rip a giant yawn.
Sam smirked. "Tired?"
"Yeah," he stifled another yawn. "Let's get this done before I totally knock out."
With a sigh, Tucker leaned forward to get a closer look at his best friend's worksheet.
"Okay," Tucker began. "See, if you multiply CaCl2 by four..."
Meanwhile, in the basement of the Fenton residence, down at the laboratory, Jack Fenton, Danny's father, was also hard at work.
He picked up a spanner and lay down on a skateboard, sliding under one of his many inventions, the Specter Speeder.
"Stupid nuts just had to come loose," He muttered frustratedly, gritting his teeth and grunting as he tightened another loose bolt with the spanner. "Just when I thought it was finally ready to enter the ghost portal."
In front of Speeder, the doors of the invention that had zapped Danny half-spook stood open, revealing a warp of eerie slime green smoke – the doorway into the next world.
"Honey?" Came his wife's voice all of a sudden. Jack jumped in surprise, forgetting that he was underneath the speeder, and knocking his head hard on top.
"OW!" Maddie Fenton heard her husband cry out before he stuck his head, which was now coated all over in black petroleum oil, out from the bottom of the speeder. "Yeah?" He asked.
"Jack dear, did you clean out the garage like I asked you to?"
"Oops," Jack grinned sheepishly up at her.
Maddie sighed exasperatedly. "Go do it now. You never know if there might be some old tools that'll help us invent more ghost gadgets lying around somewhere in all that mess."
"Hey, that's right! Great idea, Maddie!" Jack agreed, grinning. He slid out eagerly from under the vehicle and stood up, still drenched in oil from head to shoulder. Maddie cringed at the sight.
"On second thought, you'd better go wash up first," She then shooed him out of the laboratory.
Neither noticed that the portal had been left open...
A girl ghost floated out of it, smirking as she took in her surroundings. Long ice-blue hair, tied up in a high ponytail, flowed from her head, and her ice-blue eyes, set deeply into a face with the fairest skin, held a cunning gleam.
She wore a navy blue tank top and a pale blue skirt, with black platform boots on her feet.
Out of fun, she ignited her hands with a volt of electricity, throwing a few sparks here and there, before phasing out of the lab with a sinister laugh.
Right, that was the Prologue. You can start imagining the DP theme playing now, if you like. :P
About the chemistry thing, I don't live in America, so I don't know if you guys are doing equations at that age. But since I'm also 14 and that's what I'm doing in school now, I decided to put it in. Trust me, those things really DO give you brain pain.
Ok, so you've read it – yep, you guessed it – now REVIEW!
(And speaking of reviews – to those who reviewed my one-shot fic, I just want to say a big THANK YOU! Your reviews were really encouraging!)
PS: If I do get more than 3 reviews in 2 days, I might just put up Chapter 1 in less than a week. (1 week will probably be my usual interval) 'Cause I know this is the prologue and it's not really much to go on. And yes, all you DS shippers, there will DEFINITELY be some DS action the next time I update! That's a promise!
