I own nothing! Important A/N: I will not be updating on December 1, and 8, because those days will be too close to Latin 1 finals. If I manage to write a chapter, I will post it, but if I cannot, I hope I will at least have extra ideas for more chapters.

Chapter 1: Vlad

Mommy and Daddy had some important visitors, and Vlad had offered to take care of Danny so he wouldn't get in the way. Jazzy was staying; she wasn't a nuisance like Danny. She knew how to behave. Vlad's mansion was a few hours away from town, but Daddy and Mommy had taken the opportunity to talk to him. Danny didn't know why Vlad gave his Daddy mean looks, or why he kept holding Mommy's hand when he could.

Vlad was nice. He read to Danny, and let him chose the book. He gave Danny sweets, and let him play with his phone. But Vlad caught Danny.

Danny had been trying to reach a book in the library, so he could look at the pictures. Vlad let him do that. It looked like it had lots of stars on it. Danny couldn't reach the book, so he decided to do something Jazzy told him not to do around anybody, especially Mommy and Daddy. He thought hard, come down. The book came down, and Danny just barely managed to catch it the way he had learned to, to imagine a big shelf that stopped it from falling.

He heard a sharp gasp of astonishment from behind him, and he turned around, jumping. He wasn't supposed to get caught. Jazzy said that Daddy might do bad things to him if he got caught.

Vlad was behind him. He was staring at the book that crashed to the floor as soon as Danny lost focus. His gaze switched to Danny, who had flattened himself against the bookshelf.

"Did you do this, Danny?" His voice was nice. Calm.

Danny stayed very still. Something bad would happen to him, he knew. Jazzy was always right. He shook his head rapidly, but didn't say a thing.

Vlad sat down beside him, exuding patience, before gathering a pretty ball of pink energy inside the palm of his hand. "I can do things like that, too. See?" He let the pink ball drift off his hand, and move slowly towards Danny.

Danny relaxed a little. The swirly ball was weird, and Vlad was making it. That meant that Vlad was like him! He slowly shuffled forward, until he was able to touch the ball. The ball shocked him, making him yelp. He tried to shake it off, but it stuck to his hand, and he finally calmed down, Vlad watching him with amusement. Danny brushed his hand over the ball, fascinated by its warmth. He glanced up, face lit up by the pink glow.

"Are you sure you didn't make the book float? I don't mind." Vlad's voice was smooth, and Danny gave in.

"Yes, sir," Mommy told him he must be respectful to his elders, "I did." Danny waited.

"Can you do it again?" Vlad was smiling at him. Danny had never seen such a nice smile on an adult's face.

Danny made the book float again, but froze when it hit Vlad, gently. Vlad wouldn't like that. Mommy hated when he did things like that. Last time, he got slapped. He automatically braced himself.

"Danny, don't worry." Vlad knew what he had been thinking of, probably from his stance. "It didn't hurt. Do you want me to read that story to you?"

Danny nodded, happy, and relaxing, because he wasn't going to be slapped. Vlad stood up, offered him a peppermint, and walked to an armchair, before sitting down, and helping Danny get into his lap. Danny settled down, and listened closely as the story began, curled up, and sucking on the peppermint. It tasted very good, and the story was nice. It was about a girl who fell asleep, and didn't wake up for a hundred years. There were lots of pictures, and one had the girl lying down, and the prince was kissing her.

"Was his name really Prince Charming? An' why are they kissing? Mommy and Daddy do that a lot, but I thought people didn't kiss when they were sleeping. Shouldn't she be kissing him too, like Mommy kisses Daddy when they're in bed?" Danny was curious. Daddy didn't answer questions like that, and Mommy yelled at him when he'd walked in on them kissing in their bedroom.

"No, his name was…I have no idea what his name was, but it wasn't Prince Charming. They're kissing because Briar Rose is pretty, and he likes her." Vlad looked a little awkward at the last question, but managed to get some form of answer out. "You don't kiss that was until you know somebody for a while."

Danny was silent for several seconds, before he boldly declared, "I like you, Uncle Vlad." It was the first time he'd called anyone uncle, but he liked it, and, from the way Vlad was smiling, he liked it, too.

"Say that again for me, Danny." Vlad looked startled, but pleased.

"I like you, Uncle Vlad. Can I call you that?" Danny questioned, anxiously.

"Yes, you can. In fact, please do. Now," Vlad got up, but settled Danny on his hip, somehow, "I have someone I'd like you to meet. She cooked that meal you ate. Jack and Maddie might not like her, but I think you would. She's like you and I." He walked up the stairs, and into another room, a burgundy room.

The occupant of the room was startled, and rose with a little start, but relaxed when she saw that it was Vlad who entered. "Hey, Sugar-Daddy! Who's this kid?" She greeted him with a smile, and a gesture to Danny, who Vlad carefully set down.

"This is Daniel Fenton." The woman looked worried, and Danny shrunk behind Vlad's legs when she approached. The lady had green skin, which contrasted against the pale blue halter-top shirt she wore. "Danny, meet Calla Dinan." He tugged gently on Danny's arm, slowly pulling him out into the open.

"Vlad, what are you thinking, bringing someone with his parents here?" Her tone was careful, clearly cautious.

"He's like us, but he's telekinetic. I decided to let him meet you." Vlad imparted the news with a smile. "I thought you might like him."

Danny watched her closely, as she moved towards him, waiting for the near-inevitable retreat. Danny stayed very still, but let her approach. She finally bent down to his level, and asked him to show her what he could do. Danny glanced up towards Vlad, to see if it was alright. Vlad nodded, so Danny slowly lifted a pen on the table behind her, before letting it come to him. She stared at the pen.

"So, nobody in his family knows?" She enquired.

"I don't believe so. We all know what would happen to him if they did." Vlad answered.

"Jazzy says not to show anybody, but she doesn't tell me why. Why can't I show Daddy?" Danny asked. Maybe his family would like him better if he showed them the cool things he could do.

The pair exchanged glances, before he was informed by Calla, "They would do bad things to you. Do you know what they do, as scientists? They would decide they wanted to hurt you so they could understand what made you do things like you just showed me. You should remember to obey your sister. She's very smart." Danny nodded, and decided he liked Calla already.

"Why's your skin green? What can you do?" He wanted to know that, and he was glad when he got an answer as Vlad left him with her, and he followed her, questioning her constantly, and gathering new information. He liked her, too, and he finally addressed her as Aunt Calla. She liked that, and Danny was very happy she did. She let him ask all the questions he wanted to, and she told him that she might call someone she knew who could help him do better at controlling his power, powers, she corrected, when he told her he could feel anything she felt.

He was quickly caught up in life at the mansion, and didn't want to go home, even by the time he had spent a week there. He even got to meet their son, Alder. They weren't married, which Danny didn't understand. Didn't you need to be married so you could have kids? Everyone he knew was, so he hadn't known it was possible to have kids and not be married. He missed Jazzy, but he didn't miss Mommy and Daddy. Besides, Vlad and Calla paid him lots of attention, and took him on a short trip to a zoo, where there were lots of giraffes, and, when he expressed interest in astronomy, they took him to a planetarium.

How do you like this story? Read and review, please! Danny is five or so, and he is staying with Vlad for a short time. At this point, the Fentons live a few hours away, because they will be requested (ordered) to move, because of dangerous experiments. They wind up moving to California.

-MiaulinK