Hai guys! So yeah, this is my first Danny Phantom fanfiction, but hopefully not my last. I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I enjoy writing it. I know it seems silly that i'm 14 and I absolutely love DP, but whats not to love! But shush anyways, because if my friends found out about this I would never hear the end of it! Let it be our little secret... Now go on, and enjoy chapter one!

Chapter 1

The small town of Amity Park was unusually quiet today.

Sure, there were plenty of people around, all chattering amongst themselves and minding their own business. Traffic was as normal, several drivers were getting angry as they were made to abruptly stop by some rebellious teens skateboarding across the road. A small jolly tune drifted through the air, strummed by a homeless man who hoped in earning a few pennies for his next meal.

But still, it was too quiet for Danny Phantom.

Where were the screams of terror, the calls for help, and the cries of pain? He wasn't too early was he? Danny glanced down at his wrist and laughed. It wasn't like the ghosts were on a tight schedule or anything. They just turned up and attacked the town whenever they felt like it. And Danny would be there, ready, waiting.

And that was exactly what he was doing right now... waiting. In fact, that was all he was doing. It wasn't like he had anything better to do, both his best friends were busy, and his family was working on some new dangerous ghost weaponry that he wasn't allowed to help with. The young teen sighed loudly, drumming his fingers on the wall that he was leaned against. He had to admit to himself, he was bored.

Bored. That wasn't a feeling that he experienced very often. He never had time for boredom; actually, he barely had time for anything. If it wasn't for Tucker and his PDA, his life would be a total unorganised mess. Mr Lancer had already given him two months detention for never handing in his homework on time. It probably would have been longer if he hadn't managed to overshadow his farther when he was on the phone, and gotten him to explain that Danny was simply too busy to do his homework.

Maybe he should do his homework now - That would definitely put him in Mr Lancer's good books if he handed his homework in early. The young hybrid groaned at the thought. No matter how bored he was, he certainly wasn't THAT bored.

Suddenly a loud scream pierced the air. That was the signal that he had been waiting for. Instinctively, he thrust his fists into the air, and let out his signature battle cry. "I'm going ghost!" He shouted. A white glowing ring appeared at his torso, split into two and travelled in opposite directions across his body, as if they were repelled by each other. As they reached either end of him, they fizzled out into nothing, revealing his black and white hasmat suit, his green glowing eyes, and his bleached white hair. He looked down and smiled as he realised he has successfully transformed into his alter ego. Ignoring the shouts of the excited pedestrians below, he quickly shot off into the air towards the source of the sound.

Seconds later, he had arrived at his destination. He quickly scanned the area, looking for the person who had screamed. He spotted her, hunched up in a ball at the other end of the alleyway.

"Hey! Are you okay?" Danny shouted, slowly walking towards the woman. She glanced up at him and Danny saw that her eyes were red and puffy, obviously from crying. She had short blond hair, which was mostly covered up from her loosely worn grey beanie. She looked like she was in her early 20's, and Danny noticed that she was heavily pregnant. He sped up and ended up at her side, putting his hand on her shoulder reassuringly.

"I... I couldn't stop him!" She sobbed, rubbing her eyes with her long blue sleeve. "He just barged me over, I couldn't get up... He took my bag and ran." She grabbed her baby bump and gasped, clearly in pain. "I can't move... please ...can you call an ambulance?"

Danny frowned. He didn't have his phone on him, and he didn't want to leave this woman by herself. He could fly off and get help; he would be there and back within minutes. But the woman obviously hadn't noticed his 'ghostliness', and he didn't want to startle her. Wait! He had an idea.

"Hmm, can you walk?" He asked, holding out his hand for her to grab it. Without her noticing, Danny released a little of his healing energy into his palm, which silently flowed into the woman as she grabbed him. He helped her up, and they quickly walked down the street together, towards the taxi rank. Danny knew he had to hurry, his healing powers would only numb her pain for a short time, and it didn't actually repair any of the physical damage done to her.

He knocked on the window of the nearest taxi, and waited for the man inside to role his window down.

"This lady needs to be taken to the hospital... now!" Danny said urgently, opening the door for the woman and helping her in. The taxi driver nodded in understanding. The woman gave Danny a weak smile of gratitude, before the taxi whizzed away.

Danny sighed. That wasn't exactly the ghost fighting action that he was hoping for. He was glad to help that woman, and felt good that he had done so, but still it wasn't the same. He wasn't just your average superhero; he was a ghost fighting superhero. So why should he be stuck doing stuff the police could handle? He growled in frustration, then stopped himself, realising that he was being over dramatic about the whole thing. "You should be thankful for the peace Fenton; it's not often that you get a break like this." Sighing once more, Danny took off into the air in the direction of home.


When Danny arrived back at his room five minutes later, he got even more upset. He shouldn't have been able to get home that quick, some ghost of some sorts should have gotten in his way. Where were all the ghosts? Amity Park was usually crawling with them, no thanks to his farther and the temperamental ghost portal. "Wait, was the ghost portal broken? If it was, that would explain why there were no ghosts around." Danny thought. "No... It can't be. If it was, I would be able to hear dad sobbing and breaking things. He really does love that portal." Danny chuckled to himself, before remembering why he was hoping the portal was broken.

Danny decided to go check the portal anyway; at least it would give him something to do. Instead of phasing through the floor into the lab, he reverted into his human form and took the long way round, just in case his parents were in there.

"Come on Maddie, please..." Jack Fenton begged his wife. Maddie Fenton, who was wearing her usual blue jumpsuit, had a bemused look on her face.

"So you really want this cookie?" She teased, holding a chocolate biscuit a few inches away from his face.

"You know I do! Please Maddie... I'll do anything!" He pulled a face that no adult should be able to do successfully, but sill he managed to beg her with his huge puppy dog eyes.

"Anything?" Maddie cocked an eyebrow at him, before smiling mischievously. "Would you... perhaps... wash the dishes?"

"WASH THE DISHES?! Are you mad woman?" Jack shouted, throwing his arms up in the air and nearly smacking Maddie in the face. "That's Danny's job anyway..." He pouted.

Danny was just about to enter the lab when he stopped. Hearing his name and the word 'dishes' in the same sentence was never good. He was about to retreat when his farther spotted him, and motioned for the younger boy to go over to him.

"Ahh Danny my boy, there's something I want to show you!" Jack announced, momentarily forgetting the cookie that Maddie still had. "It's a new extension for the ghost portal. I call it the Fenton Portal Extension!" Danny rolled his eyes at the name, but Jack ignored him and continued. "Want to know what it does? Of course you do. You see, I can't stop ghosts from using the ghost portal, as it seems to have a mind of its own. But I thought to myself; if I can't stop ghosts from coming out of the portal, why not make it so it's easier to put them back in?" The older man gestured towards a strange looking contraption on the table in front of them. It was the size and shape of a shoebox, but it was made entirely of metal. Strange buttons decorated the sides of it, and a rather large red one was on the top. "Now this baby will help me do just that. When I connect it to the portal, it will project an invisible ectoplasmic wall in front of it. The ghosts won't be able to detect it, so they'll just fly straight through it! And then comes the best part, when they fly through the wall the ghost gets zapped, and that zap will short circuit their ghostly powers for a good few hours. I'm working on a stronger blast to see if I can short circuit their powers for longer, but in the meantime this will have to do."

"So the ghost portal still works?" Danny asked, completely disregarding everything the older man had just said. Jack frowned, upset that his son wasn't more interested in his latest invention.

"Yeah... It does. But don't you think the extension will make it even better?" Jack replied, hoping to at least get a little bit of appreciation for his hard work.

"It's cool dad. I gotta go now though." Danny said, slumping out of the room. The only reason he had come down to the lab was to check up on the portal, he didn't need his dad blathering on about yet another invention that could potentially kill him. He probably should have paid attention to what his dad had said, but he was too annoyed for that. The portal still worked... So where were all the ghosts?