See, now I have gone and broken my promise about not starting a new fanfiction until finishing any current ones. But no, I can never keep promises, and NOW I've gone on to make a crossover of one of the most overdone crossovers in the Danny Phantom fanfiction archive ever.
I have plans for this story. No, Danny will not be overly angsty No Danny will not have lightning powers. No, romance will not be heavily implied, in fact no ship has been decided on yet. No, not all of the chapters will be based on episodes, I will be trying to do my own stories when I can. And yes, the Fenton Anti-Creep Stick is not just a bat. :P
These first two chapters are unbeta'd, I may reupload them in the future when they are, but please bare with me if you read them before then.
Now, let me not delay you from your reading any longer. -Emzy
Edit: As reviewer chicaalterego pointed out, this is the 200th fic in the Danny Phantom-Teen Titans crossover section. I hope to live up to my number.
Chapter One: Going Ghost
Danny Fenton's ice blue eyes frantically looked back and forth. The raven haired boy was nervous, he didn't want to be caught down in his parents' lab. "We shouldn't be down here, Sam." He gave his goth friend a look, to which she only smiled in turn.
"Come on Danny, you already promised you'd show us the portal." Sam reminded, amethyst eyes showing amusement. Danny had always been paranoid about his parents stuff, but she found it kind of cool.
Sam opened up one of the larger cabinets, pulling out a white and black hazmat suit and tossing it to Danny, while shouting, "Catch!"
It landed on his head, making the teen deadpan at her. He pulled it off, sighing. "What's this for?"
"Pictures." Sam replied, pulling out her camera. "Why don't you stand in front of that bad boy? This is defiantly going in the scrap book."
"You still have that?" Tucker spoke up, curious. The darker toned boy scratched at his red beret, an eyebrow raised.
"Yeah." Sam glared. "Is there a problem with that?"
"No, no, not at all." The techno geek raised his hands defensively, eyes widening in slight fear. He knew better than to argue with Sam by now.
Danny shook his head at them both, walking up to the portal while holding the suit up. "How's this?"
"Smile!" The flash went off before Danny could actually change his expression.
He swore he saw stars for a moment as he shook his head. "Alright, I showed you the portal. Can we get out of here now? My parents could be back any minute. It doesn't even work, anyway." He reminded.
Sam wasn't having any of it. "Come on Danny, a Ghost Zone? You've got to check it out." She tried, looking into the empty portal.
Danny pondered that. Yeah, it was true. If the portal really did work… "You're right. Who knows what kind of cool things could be on the other side." He mused, now smiling.
It was the same reason he wanted to be an astronaut: To explore the unknown, be places where not many have traveled before. And, if his parents were the only ones to ever make a portal like this, he could be the Neil Armstrong of the Ghost Zone.
He made up his mind, pulling the Hazmat suit over his clothes. Yup, he already felt like an astronaut as he zipped it closed. And though he'd never admit it to his dad, it did feel nice against his skin.
"Hang on," Sam stepped up, looking annoyed. She peeled a sticker of Jack Fenton's face off the suit. "You can't go in there with this on your chest." Danny internally laughed, remembering how his dad liked to plaster his face or the word Fenton on everything they owned.
He shifted his expression, now serious as he imagined himself as his desired profession as he turned to the portal and walked inside. It was dark, so he leaned his hand against the wall, just in case he caught his foot in a wire or something.
His hand brushed against something round that gave way with ease. "Oh no." The words barely escaped Danny's mouth before his world was filled with intense pain.
He was screaming. Every nerve, every molecule, every strand of his DNA, was on fire as the electricity entered him, mixing with ectoplasm as the portal turned on.
He hadn't even noticed he had managed to crawl his way out, he didn't notice the pain had stopped, the cool tiled floor of the lab against his back. He did snap out of it when Sam and Tucker hovered over him, their expressions frantic, lips moving quickly.
"-God, I killed him- He's- White hair- Explain- Parents."
"Dude- Earth to -"
Danny finally blinked, covering his ears as he slowly came out of shock. "Guys, one at a time…" He growled.
"Danny!" They both exclaimed at once, both pulling him into a hug.
He gave them a blank expression. "Guys, I'm fine. You look like you've seen a ghost."
His friends shared a look that Danny didn't miss. "Um, dude…" Tucker coughed as the three separated. "You might want to check the mirror, uh…"
Tucker didn't even get to finish as Danny rushed to the mirror located in the lab. He didn't expect to be greeted by snow white hair or the glowing green eyes. "Oh my god." He whispered, running his gloved hand through his hair. The suit's colors had inverted as well. He was a-
"Kids!" Voices called from the stairs. Danny panicked. His parents were coming and he looked like a ghost!
Bright rings of light formed around his stomach, separating to reveal his white shirt with a red oval, his jeans, and it traveled his whole body until he was standing there, human. Danny blinked at the mirror again, before letting out a sigh of relief. Maybe that weird look had only been temporary.
He wouldn't get to find out for a while as his parents came down, shocked to find the portal was working. Tucker and Sam made up excuses, saying Danny had fixed it, got a small shock but was otherwise fine. The adult Fentons decided to herd the teens upstairs to celebrate.
(Break)
It had been three days since the accident. Danny cringed as another glass phased through his hands, breaking. His mom looked up from working on another ecto-infused meal, wearing a confused expression under her goggles and hood. "Danny, is something wrong? You've been pretty shaky lately and dropping everything, sweetie…"
"I bet it involves a ghost, doesn't it!?" His father, Jack bounced into the room, making Danny freeze in spot.
"G-ghosts? W-why would you say that? N-no ghosts dad, I swear." Danny gave a fake grin as he grabbed for the broom. After the first three broken objects, the boy had specifically had the broom moved for better access.
The older Fenton's disappointment was clear on his face and Danny sighed, wondering if this might be an opportunity to tell them. "Well, maybe…"
His sister Jazz came in, stomping with an annoyed expression. The redhead's teal eyes scanned the three members of her family in a judgemental sense, before she grabbed Danny by his arm and dragged him off. "You two, I swear. Stop littering his mind with this nonsense. There are no such things as ghosts!"
Danny didn't bother resisting, hoping that another argument didn't start up if he let Jazz remove him from the kitchen. He held back a snort as the broom fell from his grip, his fingers deciding now was a great moment to turn intangible. Thank goodness neither of his parents noticed.
(Break)
A week. A full week of these strange powers and shoving some ghosts back into the portal. Random changing forms, the occasional invisibility, and the intangibility that was haunting him- He knew his parents would find out soon enough, especially since his powers were acting up in plain sight.
They hated ghosts though, he couldn't let them know. His dad had been rambling about tearing the first ghost he saw 'Apart, molecule by molecule'.
Danny had a solution in mind, though: Run away, and don't come back until the powers were under control.
It was easy enough. He could just turn the portal off to stop the ghosts, and keep moving so nobody would find him. Flight, invisibility, and intangibility were all very useful abilities if he didn't want to be found. Plus, he had his other form as a disguise.
With that plan in mind, Danny emptied his purple book bag of books and homework, filling it with two extra sets of clothes. He phased through his floor, landing in the lab. His parents were out of the house on a false lead for ghosts, so he could freely walk around the lab without getting in trouble.
He looked back and forth between inventions. A lot of them were bulky, but then there was the Fenton thermos. He grabbed it, looking it over. It didn't work yet but maybe he could fix it if he kept it on him, so he shoved it into his backpack.
Next he looked to the portal and its controls. Danny glared at the on and off switch on the control panel, its existence seeming like it was meant to taunt him. How many on buttons did that portal have? Either way, he flipped the switch, and the unusual green light illuminating the lab died down.
Danny looked inside, giving the same annoyed expression to the switch on the inside. He picked up one of the blasters laying around, destroying that specific 'on' switch. No need to make another half ghost out of anyone else stupid enough to go into the portal.
He checked off things mentally in his head and decided on a last minute addition to his plan, running over to the portal's blueprints. He grabbed the plans and reached into his bag for the thermos. He folded the blueprints in half, rolled them up, then placed them inside the defective technology.
'At least the thermos is good for something else besides catching ghosts', Danny thought as he took one last look around the lab.
He was really doing this. He really was leaving home. Danny inhaled deeply, closing his eyes. He tried digging within him for his other half. "Going ghost," He mumbled to himself as he found the chilly feeling in his chest, the transformation engulfing him to leave Danny Phantom, as he had named his ghost half, in his place.
Danny couldn't help the grin on his face as he looked at his gloved hands, flipping them back and forth, flexing his fingers. He could get used to the feeling of power he felt flowing through him.
He hovered into the air, mumbling a "Good bye." that no one would hear, before taking off.
Next destination: Anywhere but Amity Park, he thought.
(Break)
He had been living in Jump City for about a month now. In that time, he had kept in contact with Sam and Tucker via Internet Cafes or library computers, and then sometimes 'snail' mail. He was actually living under the city in some natural cave he had found, but had had the decency to open a PO box for said mail, under a fake name. Both his friends had been livid at first, but finally decided that yes, it was better if he practiced controlling his powers before something bad happened.
Currently, he sat in his cave, eying a box that Sam had gotten him. It wasn't unusual since she had already been sending him clothes and sometimes money, but as he opened the box his eyes widen in surprise A white cape with a black clasp shaped like a D with an inner P lay in the box. He touched the materials hesitantly, before noticing a letter that went with it. He shifted his flashlight, trying to get in a better position to read.
Hey superhero, thought you could use something to complete the look. Designed the symbol myself. I would have sent you a black cape, but found a white 'ecto-proof' sheet in your parents' place, so I altered that into a cape.
I don't think they'll miss it much, they had quite a few. They're still looking for you, but Tucker and I are trying to slowly ease them into the idea that you'll come back, that you have something to do right now. I think your sister is helping them cope the most, though.
Anyways, it's been really quiet here in Amity Park. Still ghost free, Dash the quarterback picking on Mikey, yours truly still dealing with her parents being butts about her 'phase', and Tucker's actually been helping your parents lately with their inventions. Oh, I also got the school to change the menu. Tucker's going through withdrawals, but we compromised on that: He can just bring bag lunches. Him and his meat. Sigh. One day I'll get him off the stuff.
As I've said before and I'll say it again, we miss you Danny and we hope you can come back soon. But even if you don't, know that Tucker and I really care about you, and please stay safe ghost boy. Kick some butt while you're gone.
-Goth Girl.
Danny smiled as he shifted form and put the cape on, fingers lingering on his new symbol. He had the best friends anyone could ever ask for.
Sadly, his good mood couldn't last as he changed back to his human form without willing it. He sighed. "Still need to work on my control…" At least he was sure he had been getting better lately. That was only the second time this week he'd accidentally done something.
