A/N: Ok, so I know NOTHING basically about Danny Phantom, but this is a Get Well/Christmas/Thank You Present for my friend Rygel-n. I watched, I believe…two episodes? One was about some sort of cloning thing, where Danny got a clone named Danielle, and a 'fake-out-make-out episode'.
With what little I know about Danny Phantom…I begged her to let me do something else, but this is what she wanted…and if you know Ry, she's a stubborn child who always gets what she wants…
So if this is slightly AUish don't blame me. I'm trying my best off of what I've seen, the fan fictions I've read, YouTube videos I've watched, and what Rygel-n has told me. Its not on the air anymore, so I'm trying to find other places I can watch it…so let's hope Ry's obsession with the show pays off.
She won't look here, so I can post it here before I post it on Deviantart for her to read.
Phantom Planet never happened here, or at least we're pretending it didn't. Never watched it, but Rygel-n had to tell me ALL about it anyway…so…here we go…
CHAPTER ONE: PHANTOM OF THE OPERA
Danny sat down with a groan. He looked out the back window of the 'Fenton Family Ghost Assault Vehicle' as their house disappeared into the background. He let out an exaggerated sigh, causing his older sister to roll her eyes.
"Its just a musical, Danny. Its nothing to get worked up about." She said matter-of-factly.
Danny pouted, folding his arms. Everything was matter-of-factly with Jazz. He rested his head down onto his hand. And that was why she was a straight 'A' honor student, and he a 'C-' Average student. Not that it mattered, he had another reason for bad grades.
He was a super hero.
He grinned to himself, ok, so maybe not 'super hero', but he was a hero nonetheless. Due to an accident over a year ago, he gained ghost powers. Now he was a Halfa, half ghost, half human. Which was kind of awkward when he lives in a family of Ghost Hunters. He was not only Daniel Fenton, High School Student…he was also Danny Phantom, Ghost Child.
Danny looked up and saw Jazz glaring at him. He sighed and folded his arms defiantly, "Yeah well. If you haven't heard, the Box Ghost 'invaded' some cardboard factory on the edge of town last night, and 'Danny Phantom' was supposed to kick him out today."
"Phantom! Where?" Their father gasped, turning to look at them, wrenching the wheel sideways without thinking.
The Fenton Ghost Assault Vehicle weaved out of its lane and pounded through the shoulder. Their mother quickly reached over and straightened out the vehicle before they rolled onto the sidewalk.
"Dad!" Jazz gasped,
"Sorry sweetie!" Jack Fenton laughed, "I thought I heard the word Phantom." His face went comically serious, "And I will let nothing stop me from pulling that ghost apart…molecule by molecule."
Danny rolled his eyes. If he only knew…
They pulled up at their school and Maddie turned around to look at them, "Now you kids have fun! Oh, and STRAIGHT home after school. I don't want you to be late."
Danny grinned. Oh he'd still make it home before the stupid musical. He was the one with Ghost Powers after all. Jazz gave him a warning glare. Danny ignored her and climbed out of the Assault Vehicle. Even though he had no idea how she found out, Jazz was one of the three living people in the world that knew his secret. The other two were his best friends, Samantha Manson, and Tucker Foley.
Thankfully, they were waiting outside for his arrival. Sam gave Danny a warm smile, which was weird since she was Goth, and she usually did not like to display her emotions. With him though, it was different. He just looked at her for a few seconds, forgetting all about the stupid musical, and the ridiculous cries for attention from the Box Ghost.
"Hi Danny." She said, staring back at him…Oh, oops. He was staring. He shook his head and smiled back at her, "Hi Sam."
"Oh come on guys!" Tucker snapped, looking up from the PDA, "I'm still here."
Sam and Danny looked away from each other, blushing. Jazz reached out and grabbed Danny's shoulder, "Remember Danny - NO ghost hunting tonight."
"But aren't we taking out the Box Ghost?" Tucker asked,
"Not tonight! You can take care of it." Jazz folded her arms, "Its Mom and Dad's anniversary tonight, and nothing is going to ruin it. Especially not Danny Phantom."
"Danny Phantom!"
The four turned around as Paulina, the most gorgeous girl in school, and her gang of jocks and cheerleaders approached the school.
"Hey Fentonious! Did I hear you defile the great Danny Phantom's name?" Dash, his personal bully, and the schools best Football Quarterback, growled.
"I didn't say anything!" Danny snapped.
Dash reached over and grabbed Danny by the front of the shirt.
"Dash!" Jazz gasped, "Violence is never necessary."
Dash looked over at Jazz and smiled. He gently placed Danny on the ground, "Sorry babe."
"Dash, are you coming?" Kwan asked, another Football player.
Dash gave Danny one final glare before following his groupies away.
"What's his problem?" Sam snapped, as Danny straightened out his shirt.
"Dash has been a full-out Danny Phantom Fan since the 'Crammer' incident." Danny sighed, as Jazz walked off towards the school.
"Jeez Danny." Tucker snickered, "Stuck with the 'rents tonight?"
"Yeah. I'm stuck going to some stupid musical." Danny rolled his eyes.
"An musical!" Sam's voice sounded higher then she meant to sound. She blushed and looked away, "I mean, its not like I like them or anything, but I heard that Phantom of the Opera is playing tonight and its my favorite…"
Danny smiled, seeing straight through her, "Want to come with me? Jazz is taking Jayden, so I think it would be alright."
Sam beamed, "Oh…ok. I mean, if its not any trouble!"
Danny had to laugh at how she struggled to keep her voice sounding indifferent. She glared at him darkly as he laughed, her eyes locking on him. Tucker made a face.
"So after school we take out the Box Ghost, and then I'll fly us back home in time to go." Danny nodded.
Sam imagined him holding her in his arms as they flew through the air and blushed deeper. "Yeah. Sure."
"I AM THE BOX GHOST! BEWARE!"
"Yeah, yeah. We've heard it before." Danny smirked. He was feeling cocky. Mostly because the Box Ghost was really no threat, and they had taken him down countless times before. He pulled the Fenton Thermos, a device created to capture ghosts, from his belt, and opened the lid, a blue beam of energy blasted from the Thermos, a smaller white beam circled around it, sucking the Box Ghost inside it. Danny closed the lid as the Box Ghost disappeared into the Thermos.
"BEWARE!" He called one more time before the lid was fully closed.
"Yeah, beware this." Danny smiled, throwing the Thermos down at Sam.
Sam looked down at her watch, "Hey Danny. Its almost seven. We'd better get going."
"I'll walk home." Tucker offered, hoping onto his electric scooter.
Danny was grateful for his friends generosity as he watched him disappear down the road. He smiled and turned back to Sam. She looked back at Danny Phantom with a thoughtful look. She had no idea what it was, but she loved him in his ghost form. Even though that's insane, because unlike video games and comic books where a the two different appearances were two different personas, Danny Fenton and Danny Phantom were the same person, just different in looks. It must be the white hair and black jumpsuit. It almost looked gothic to her, and that pleased her.
"W-what?" Danny asked, blinking his large glowing green eyes.
Sam blushed, realizing that she had been staring at him again. "Um…are we going?"
"Right." Danny gasped. He scooped her up in his arms and jumped up into the air.
She felt the wind beat against her as they flew. She wrapped her arms tightly around his neck, a mixed smell of ectoplasm and soap filled her nostrils as she laid her head next to his chest. She loved that smell…Danny's smell…she couldn't stop herself from thinking, if they made a perfume of his scent, she'd buy a life supply of it.
Danny made them go intangible, she knew because of the familiar tingling feeling she felt whenever he did that, and the fact that if she looked up at him, she could see right through him. He flew them through the wall of his bedroom, landing gracefully by the window. She felt a pang of disappointment as he placed her on the ground.
"I um…" She muttered, "Should change. Its a formal event after all."
Danny nodded, "Jazz can help you."
She cursed at herself for even thinking it, but what she really wanted to do was change right here, in front of him. But instead, she nodded silently and walked off to the Jazz's bedroom down the hall.
Danny watched her go before locking the door behind her. He sighed and closed the blinds, before walking over to his closet. Buried in the back was the one suit he owned. He grimaced at he looked at it before trying it on. Shockingly, it still fit, but he could not figure out how to tie the tie…
Someone knocked on the door and he jumped.
"Danny? Danny are you decent?" Jazz called through the door.
Danny walked over to the door and unlocked it, "Yeah. Great timing Jazz."
She frowned when she saw him, "You can't possible go like that." He barely heard her, he was shocked at what she was wearing.
He had never in his entire sixteen years of life had he ever though his sister as attractive, but he was impressed, and slightly proud at how she dolled herself up. Suddenly, Jay did not seem good enough for his sister.
Jazz was wearing a green and emerald cocktail dress, which clashed lovely with her orange hair, that was lightly curled and floated down over her shoulders and down her back in waves, making her blue eyes stand out like sapphires. Even though she was naturally taller then him, with those black stilettos, she toppled him. He frowned and looked down at himself, suddenly feeling underdressed.
Jazz pushed him away from the door, leading him out into the hall and over to the bathroom, "I can't let you go looking like this. Especially not when you have a date."
"Its not a date." Danny blushed, "And why are we even going to a musical? Mom and Dad don't seem the type…"
"Vlad invited them. Or Mom actually." She stated. Figures. She ignored his glare and continued, "He was imperative that you come along as well, and she said since it was her anniversary, she wanted Dad and I to come along as well. So he gave us tickets, as well as two extras for guests."
Vlad's reasons confused him. Vlad must be up to something…and probably not just trying to get a Date with his mother. Vlad was a collage friend of Jack and Maddie's. But Jack caused an accident that destroyed Vlad's life, giving him Ghost Powers like Danny. Since the moment he met him, Vlad has been trying to seduce his mother, and win him over as well. For some reason, he thought that having a Halfa for a son as well would be wonderful.
He shook his head as he allowed her to tie his tie, and straighten out his dress shirt. He felt like such a phony dressed up like this. She put gold clasps on his cuffs and grabbed a brush. He groaned as she grabbed a bottle of hair gel…he did not like where this was going.
By the time an hour passed, she finally felt finished with him. She stepped back to admire her work. Danny turned towards the mirror and had to smile. He looked pretty sharp. His black hair was slicked back, making his own blue eyes stand out, and the black and white contrasted brilliantly with his pale skin.
"And remember." She snapped, "No going ghost tonight, or I'll kill you."
Danny smiled, "Yeah…right."
"Jazz! Jay is here!" Maddie called from downstairs. Jazz gasped and seemed to forget all about Danny standing there. She hurried from the room to make her grand entrance downstairs. Danny made a face in the mirror. He did not need to see that. Smiling to himself, he thought about going ghost, but then again, it would ruin his outfit and Jazz would be horrified.
"Danny! Come down here please!"
Danny quickly looked himself over one more time, and then slipped downstairs. Maddie was busy shooting pictures of Jazz standing next to an attractive white-blond haired boy, with a single blue stripe down the side.
Jay was a Ghost…sort of. He was a being that Danny had come to know as an 'In Between'. - Basically, the real Jayden was lying in a coma somewhere dying, and his spirit had been separated from his body. Being an In-Between, a human form was easy for him, though Danny still had to sneak up to the Op-Center and deactivate the weapons so the house did not attack him.
Sadly, Danny either wished for Jay to recover and be human again, or die and join them as a ghost. He knew Jay would not cause them any trouble, and would make a great member to the team, human or not. He hated himself for thinking that, but being an In-Between was painful. The Spirit felt all the pain the body did, but was helpless to stop it. Most of them spent the time praying for death, or even killing their bodies so they could move on. Luckily, Jay wasn't as suicidal. He was struggling to get better, which hurt Jazz because whenever he was on the mend, the In-Between Jay would disappear whenever the body woke up. And they had no idea where Jay's body was, or what it looked like.
Jay looked over at Danny and winked one of his murky-silver eyes, trademarks of an In-Between. Luckily, his parents were only interested in full ghosts, and not half-dead people. So they never did any research on anything else, and only thought his eyes to be a birth defect. The man had his arm gently draped around Jazz's shoulders as Maddie shot picture after picture of them.
"Hey Jay!" Jack cheered, "Want to take over? I want a family photo!"
Danny looked at his parents and nearly doubled over in shock. His father wore an orange suit, much the same colour as his jumpsuit, His graying hair was also slicked back, making him look twice his age. Maddie as well, was wearing a blue mermaid gown, the same colour as her own jumpsuit. Her hair was curled, and pinned back with beautiful barrettes. It looked strange since the outfit made her look younger then she was, not older.
"Oh! Great idea Jack!" Maddie gasped, "Danny, get over here." She handed the camera to Jay. He had to struggle to get the energy to solidify his hand enough to hold something. But the young man made no complaint, he held the camera up as Jack pulled Maddie close to him, and beckoned Jazz and Danny over to them.
"Smile!" Jay grinned. Danny frowned…how could he smile when he felt so phony and standing next to his overly dressed family?
"Come on Danny! Smile for us!" Jay smirked. Danny sighed. Naturally he'd single him out…most ghosts, - whether In-Betweens, Halfas, or full-fledged ghosts did. His mother glared at him, and he forced a smile on his face as Jay took the picture.
"Ok!" Maddie cheered, "Sam! Come on down now!"
Danny heard Sam's name called and immediately grew excited. He turned to the staircase and waited for his friend to descend. His heart nearly stopped beating…it wasn't his childhood friend that walked down towards them…it was a Gothic Goddess.
Sam was wearing a black and red 'vampire-styled' dress, reaching straight to the ground. She had a fishnet shawl draped over her arms, and dark black and purple make-up. For some reason, Danny could not even think as she walked towards him. He just gaped at her, his mouth slightly open.
"So. You ready or what?" Sam asked as she stopped in front of him,
"Huh?" Danny asked, snapping out of his perverted thoughts.
"I said are you ready to do this?" She blushed, trying to avoid his gaze.
"If you mean sitting through a boring performance, then yeah." He sighed. Suddenly wishing he could sneak in a video game.
"Wait! I need to get a photo! Put your arms around each other." Maddie cooed.
"This isn't prom Mom." Jazz snapped,
"Yeah, but we won't see Danny dressed up again until he graduates." Jack replied, earning a dark glare from Danny.
A knock sounded at the door, and Danny moved to get it, happy for the distraction. His happiness fled the moment he opened the door. "Vlad." He said coldly.
"Daniel my boy! How are you?" Vlad said merrily
"Better before you showed up." Danny snapped.
He pushed past the boy and walked over to Maddie, "And if it isn't the beautiful Maddie. How are you?"
"Fine thank you." She said coldly, crossing her arms,
"Vlady!" Jack cheered, throwing his arms around the man, "How great is it that we get to see an Op-era together?"
"I can't wait." Vlad said darkly, pulling away from Jack and giving Danny a warm look, "Can we Daniel?"
Danny folded his arms and stood firmly next to Sam. It took all his will power not to go ghost and kick the shit out of him.
A bad feeling swelled in the middle of Danny's gut. He quickly looked over at Sam, and by the look on her face, he knew she felt it too.
Vlad smiled and stepped back outside, leaving the door open so everyone could get a view of the giant limo waiting outside, "And who knows? Maybe…a real Phantom will join us at the show."
So this is chapter one…did I do good? Is it anything like its supposed to be? I want to show Rygel-n how good I improved because of her help! Yeah, she did not help me write this, so its all a surprise!
Hm…I wonder what's Vlad up too?
There! Thank you for your help on fixing this chapter!