Author note: Be warned I do not have a beta reader so don't expect it to be absolutely perfect. I plan on uploading part of a chapter every week. Also, I am sorry if I wrote the characters poorly. I have never written a fan-fiction before.


A few months have passed since the Disasteroid incident. A few months since Jack and Maddie began treating him differently. Maybe he was too hopeful to believe nothing would change… That they would still love him as much as before. Now a days if anything, absolutely anything, went wrong he is blamed.

"Oh No! I dropped a piece of paper. This is obviously the work of a ghost!" Danny mockingly thought.

They blame him for anything and everything that goes wrong. He was blamed if dinner was a little over or under cooked. He was blamed if an invention explodes or just doesn't work. He was blamed because he is a convent scapegoat. The only people that ever ask for his side of the story are his sister, friends, and Vlad.

Now he doesn't even stay at Fenton Works due to his rocky relationship with Jack and Maddie. He got in too many arguments with them to even bother going back to their home. A majority of the time he hangs out with his friends in the Ghost Zone. Vlad was more than happy to let Danny use his ghost portal. Well, as long as he occasionally spends quality time with the old fruit-loop.

Skulker is the one ghost he tends to stay with when he was in the Ghost Zone. They actually became pretty good friend, despite all the fighting they used to do. The ghost hunter loves to teach Danny new hunting tricks and techniques. Danny is grateful the hunter no longer wanted his pelt… Just thinking about it made him shiver.

He never did find out if his pelt included his cloths or not. Danny prayed his cloths would have been include. It was just weird to think of Skulker having his bare 'pelt' sitting above a fireplace. Then again, Skulker probably wouldn't care since he is not a human ghost.

Light filtered through the blinds of his room at Vlad's mansion. A big canopy bed, which he is currently laying in, donning midnight blue sheets sat in the middle of the giant room. Sky blue walls surround the room accompanied by a matching rug on the floor. Other than the nightstand and clock next to his bed the room is bare. Danny did not care enough about his stuff from Fenton Works to go fetch it.

Sam or Tucker would have happily let him stay at their house, but all of his fans were getting way too intense. The last thing they need is a mob of Phantom's fans at their front door. "At least I'm popular now." He bitterly thought.

He rarely saw Sam or Tucker due to the curse of popularity. After the Disasteriod, he and Sam had a more romantic relationship. Unfortunately, the longer he is away from her the more he felt that spark of love they share vanish. There are often many interruptions whenever they do ever manage to spend time together. They would hang out in the Ghost Zone if it was human friendly. Sadly, the Ghost Zone will never be compatible with humans.

Tucker has also been drifting away from him. They used to be great friends, but now it is almost like they do not know each other anymore. Danny missed the days no one knew who he is. If his secret identity was never compromised then maybe he and Tucker would still be good friends or he could have actually dated Sam. It is very unlikely Clockwork would rewind time for him again.

Clockwork has taken the role of his ghost guardian. Vlad would have jumped at the chance to be his ghost guardian but he is already Danny's guardian in the realm of the living. It was strange and scary that fruit-loop managed to become more of a father to him than Jack. The moment Jack wanted a sample of Danny's blood was the moment he fled to Vlad.

At least he did not need to worry about Vlad trying to experiment on him. Sure Vlad had done some pretty messed up stuff in the past, but he was just lonely and need someone to spend time with. Loneliness does crazy things to people. After they started spending more time together Vlad got a lot better. He did not even look in Maddie's direction anymore. Their behavior toward Danny disgusted Vlad, especially the fact they claimed they still loved Danny, evidence proved otherwise.

Danny had not been very excited for today, his death day. How can anyone be excited for the day they half died? He knew a few of his ghost friends have surprises for him today. Maybe they planned a party or something? Either way he would find out later… If he decides to leave his room today.

A gentle knock vibrated throughout the room. "Daniel, you can't hide in your room all day." Vlad firmly stated. With a sigh Danny dragged himself out of bed and quickly glanced at the clock on his nightstand. "There goes spending the day in bed." Danny grumbled. According to the clock it was already noon. He sauntered over to the door and slow opened it so it would creak.

"Is making that obnoxious noise truly necessary?" Vlad asked with a hint of annoyance. The fruit-loop is dressed in his usual attire, a black suit. A black suit is definitely better than a white suit. The Guys in White ruined the color white for Danny. If he ever saw them again it would still be too soon. "Yes." Danny immediately replied.

Vlad took a good look at the young man in front of him. Danny was wearing a black shirt with a blue circle in the middle and blue jeans. He had been quite surprised when the boy decided to abandon his signature shirt. The boy slouched in the door way, messy raven hair hanging in his face, his icy blue eyes dull and a deep frown on his face. "Not looking forward to the day, little badger?" Vlad questioned, a look of concern on his face.

Danny let out a humorless laugh. "Can anyone really look forward to the day they died?" He retorted. His response made Vlad appeared uncomfortable. Vlad muttered 'butter biscuits' under his breath, Danny's super hearing allowed him to hear it. "Great. I'm making Vlad worry about me even more than he already is." Danny thought.

Vlad knew ghost have a tendency to become depressed around their death day. He was worried this would happen to Daniel. After all he has experienced it himself when he was young. It was far from being a pleasant experience.

"No. When I was young even I never looked forward to my death day." Vlad hesitantly answered, thinking of a way to cheer up Danny. He knew Danny wasn't close to his human friends anymore, the likeliness of them chasing away some of Daniel's death day depression was slim. Jasmine left for college and was not going to return for quite some time.

Maddie and Jack would only make it worse. Vlad would have to completely die for those two to manage get in the same state as Daniel. Even then he would transform into a full ghost and haunt them to death if they dared to get too close to Daniel. Perhaps some of the ghost Daniel befriended could help.

"That's it! How could I have forgotten about Daniel's death day present?" Vlad thought. "The blasted thing was shrieking enough to wake the partially dead." Of course that would have to wait until after lunch, he was determined to make sure Danny ate something today.

"I always thought Vlad liked being a halfa. Guess his spirit lifted eventually." Danny thought to himself during Vlad's un-diabolical planning. "Well, little badger, what would you like for lunch?" Vlad asked, hopefulness creeping into his voice. Danny stopped to consider this for a moment. Now that he thought about it he hadn't been hungry at all recently. When was the last time he ate?

"I guess, some fruit or yogurt." Danny replied after some consideration. Despite not eating for the past few days he did not feel the bite of hunger nibbling at his stomach. "Are you sure you don't want something more filling?" Vlad said, his look of concern shifting to worry. Vlad knew for a fact Danny had not eaten in a least a week. Was Daniel starting to feed off emotions like other ghosts?

It made sense. When Daniel activated the ghost portal he was hit with a larger amount of ecto-energy than Vlad. He was likely more ghost than Vlad himself. That explains why the boy had hardly grown since they first met and why he did not need to eat as much as a normal human. Daniel did agree to eat something so that was a win.

Lunch went by fairly quickly. Danny managed to eat an apple and some strawberries. His stomach was rebelling against him though. The pain was worth it since Vlad looked so happy he actually ate. Currently he was following Vlad down one of his mansion's various long hallways that lead to his secret lab. Apparently that is where his death day give from Vlad was because it was too noisy.

What on earth could Vlad have gotten him that was loud and according to Vlad annoying? As Danny was lost in thought he failed to notice Vlad stop in front of one of the lab's hidden entrances. Thus causing him to continue walking straight past Vlad.

"Little badger, the door is over here." Vlad awkwardly pointed out. Vlad's sudden speech snapped Danny out of his thoughts. Danny then embarrassedly rubbed the back of his neck as he returned to Vlad's side. "Sorry. I was lost in thought." Danny admitted. A small smile tugged at Vlad's lips. "It's okay, little badger." Vlad stated reassuringly.

When they began their descent to the underground lab Danny could not help getting excited. He had no idea what Vlad had gotten for him. Which was why it was so exciting. It was almost impossible to keep a secret from Danny and the very fact Vlad managed to do such a thing made him look forward to his gift even more.

"Here we are." Vlad announced. The lab was as clean as the last time Danny had been working there. The spotless charcoal grey floors and light grey walls almost sparkled. The lab walls and floor used to be pure white but after a few run-ins with the Guys in White Vlad decided to change them. He despised the organization almost as much as Danny.

Suddenly a blur of pitch black feathers speed past them. "There's that blasted bird." Vlad said, annoyance creeping in to his voice. "I remembered you once said 'it would be cool to have a pet owl' so I acquired one for you." Danny was ecstatic. A pet owl. How had he have not guessed that? Then again it had been a long time since he mentioned wanting one to Vlad. He should have remembered Vlad actually listened to him, unlike Jack who brushed over or ignored the things the interested Danny.

Soon the frown that had graced Danny's face all day was replaced with a happy grin. "An owl. You really got me an owl! I'm going to name him… or her Spooky!" Danny excitedly exclaimed. "Is it a boy or a girl?" Danny crept toward the horned owl, which was now perched upon a counter, as to not startle it or scare it away. "Well… I can't really say for sure. That foolish breeder never said what gender it is." Vlad admitted. "I did not think you would care and I did not want to ruin the surprise." Vlad was right, Danny could care less what gender it was.

For the sake of not calling it him/her for the rest of its life he concluded Spooky would be known as a girl. It had been one of Danny's dreams to own an owl and the one Vlad picked was perfect. Spooky had pitch black feathers, a splotch of white on her head, and bright yellow eyes. When Danny got in range of the owl she flew straight at him and landed herself on his right shoulder.

"I love her!" Danny whispered. Vlad on the other hand was worried Danny would pass out from excitement. He was pleased that his gift made Daniel so happy, even if he was slightly worried. "Well, little badger, I am sure you will have plenty of time to bond with Spooky after we visit some of your ghost friends." Vlad reluctantly spoke, as he watched Danny gush over the horned owl.

Danny immediately deflated a little, it wasn't that he did not want to see his friends he just wanted to spend more time with Spooky. But Vlad was right. He would have plenty of time to play with Spooky later. Plus it has been far too long since her last saw some of his partners in ghosting.

"All right." Danny sadly stated, reluctantly removing Spooky from his shoulder and gentle placing her in a room cage he had not noticed before. "Let's go." The portal door dramatically opened as Danny and Vlad walked over. Before stepping through the green swirling vortex both halfas transformed into their alter egos.

To Be Continued