Origins: A Danny Phantom Fic
Prologue: "The New Experiment"
Note: This fic, as some others, does NOT follow the original continuity of the TV series. Both minor and major changes can and will occur.
It was a quiet, starless night in Amity Park. The full moon shone above, partially obscured by clouds. Most of the town had gone to sleep, and all the streets were quiet, but for one street, where three teenagers could be seen walking by.
"I'm really not seeing the funny part yet, Tuck." said the only girl of the three, uninterested. She had dark hair, purple eyes, and wore goth attire.
"Let him finish his joke, Sam." said the black-haired boy in the middle. "However lame his joke turns out to be, you should at least give Tucker a chance."
"Yeah, Sam. You never seem to laugh at my- hey, did you just call my jokes lame?" said the other boy, who was wearing eyeglasses and a cap.
"I think he just did." Sam said. "And about not laughing at your jokes, I'm a goth. Gloom is what I do."
"Ignoring that," Tucker said after a moment, "let's get back to my joke. Where was I again? Oh yeah. So the can said to the glass-"
But his joke was cut short by the sound of an explosion, coming from a house not far from where they were standing.
"Uh, Danny? Isn't that your house?" Sam said, pointing at the house.
"It is? Oh, yeah. It is." Danny replied.
"Why don't you seem the least bit worried by the fact that something exploded in there?" Tucker said.
"Nah… I bet it's just my parents doing another one of their crazy experiments." Danny replied lazily, walking towards his house, Sam and Tucker following behind him.
Opening the door, Danny said, "What's with the explosion, Dad? Dad?" Noticing there was nobody in the living room, he said, "I guess they're in the basement. Let's go check."
"Isn't that a bit dangerous, considering the explosion we just heard?" Tuck asked.
"All the more reason to check up on them." Danny said, opening the door to the basement. "They might hurt themselves." he added, chuckling.
"Hey Mom, hey Dad. Was that an explosion we heard earlier?"
"I'm afraid it was, son." replied Jack Fenton, who was wearing his usual orange jumpsuit and was sitting amongst a pile of rubble.
"What were you doing anyway?" asked Danny, helping his father up.
"It's another one of your father's experiment." replied Danny's mother, Maddie, who was being helped to her feet by Sam.
"And it's bound to be my most promising project yet." Jack said, beckoning them all to a nearby table. "It's a breakthrough in my ghost research. By analyzing remains of ghosts when they disappear and places where they appear, we have found out a common ecto-element that has led us to believe that ghosts exist in a separate world from our own—the 'Ghost Zone'—so I call it." Jack explained.
"And we believe that by compressing these ecto-compounds and processing them and filtering them out, we can create a portal to the Ghost Zone." Maddie said.
"Sounds cool." Danny commented.
"And it would be cool too, if only it doesn't fail all the time."
"'All the time'? You mean you've tried this before?"
"Well, something like this, but not exactly like this. Anyway, it was a long time ago. No use talking about the past, especially when it's a failure. Come on, Maddie, it's back to the drawing board for us." Jack said, leaving the basement with Maddie, ignoring the fact that Danny and the others were still there.
"Wow, a Ghost Portal, huh?" said Tucker in slight amazement.
"I wouldn't put too much faith in it if I were you, Tuck. My parents' experiments always almost certainly end in disaster."
"Almost certainly? Why 'almost' certainly?" asked Sam.
"Well, they are my parents after all. I've gotta give them at least some respect, right?" returned Danny, grinning.
"But still, the Ghost Zone, Danny. How cool is that?" Tucker said, slightly oblivious of the brief words exchange between Danny and Sam.
"Anyway, Tuck, we should just leave it be for the time being."
"Yeah, you heard what Danny's parents said, this thing isn't finished yet."
"So what?" Tucker said stubbornly.
"So it's not worth checking into. Duh." Danny replied.
"Yet." Sam said. "I've got a feeling that this experiment might just be interesting once it's finished."
"If it ever gets finished, that is." Danny said. "Now come on, I think I sense my parents calling."
"Danny, come on! You'll miss dinner!" Maddie shouted from upstairs.
"Good call." Tucker said to Danny.
Author's Note(s)
Like I said before, this fic doesn't follow the original continuity, so changes will happen.
This is my first Danny Phantom fic, so go easy on me.
This is only a PROLOGUE. I'll continue only if ppl like this (i.e. I get positive reviews)