Author's Note: This is the latest story in my shattered phantom universe. The prologue for this story is on my page under clone's farewell.
Chapter One: A Phantom and a Wolf
"Go away." Danny said as he rolled the covers over his head and tried to go back to sleep. He was letting his mind adjust to the memories this world's version of him had.
"Master Daniel wake up." Bertrand called out to him. Danny was considering ignoring him out of pure spite.
"I don't want to. Go away." Danny said. He knew they were the only one in the mansion anyway given that his "parents" were on a vacation in Europe. Danny hoped that they stayed away for a long time.
Danny was not ready to see what the married versions of Vlad and Spectra were like. Even though he was not the original and they had done nothing wrong to him he still felt that it was creepy.
"Wake up master Daniel." Bertrand said as he yanked the covers off of him. Given that the door had not been opened he guessed that Bertrand walked through it.
"Fine whatever." Danny said as he got up and got ready for school. As he brushed his teeth he took a look at his mirror and saw his reflection or rather the reflection of this world's version of him.
All in all he looked the same as he originally did. Black spiky hair and blue eyes, he was five foot eleven. The body that his mind had taken over was about a year older than he had been putting this body at sixteen.
The outside may have been similar but the inside is what was truly different. This body had ghost powers. It was after all the son of a full ghost and a half ghost.
The thing is that while this body had ghost powers they were weaker than his had been. This body was more human than ghost.
According to the memories this body was getting more and more ghostly by the year. It was more than likely that eventually that this body would move past half ghost and become a full ghost.
Danny wondered how long that would take. He also hoped that by that point he got a power to manipulate what he looked like because if he didn't become a full ghost until old age the rest of eternity would be nightmare.
"Hurry up." Bertrand told him outside the door. He really wanted to shut him up. So complying with the butler's request he took a quick shower and got dressed and phased through the floor and out the door.
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(Beacon Hills High)
Dressed in a dark hoodie and blue jeans Danny arrived at school. He spent ten minutes on his drive here just enjoying living and being in a world he didn't have to be compared to anyone else.
Dani wouldn't have that luxury with both the original and Vlad around.
Looking around at the school Danny took in all the sights because even though this body had already gone to school here and he had the original's memories of high school this was his first time.
He was so lost in his mind that he didn't someone bump into him until he fell to the floor and heard some crash to the other side of him. Looking at who it was he ran into he knew he would have to hurt someone.
"Watch where you are going." Jackson said to him glaring as he began to stand up.
According to his new memories he and Jackson never got along that well. He kept picking on his friends and Danny would usually have to step in and give the guy a well-deserved beat down.
Danny was all for that right now. The guy was just asking for it.
"Why didn't you move out the way first." Danny said to him as he got up and looked up to Jackson. The dude was about six foot four, rich and played on the school Lacrosse team.
None of that would have been a problem with Danny even though he did not like lacrosse like his friend Isaac.
Come to think of it he hadn't seen or heard from either Isaac or Erica today and usually one of the two texted him early in the morning.
Luckily Jackson was on the Lacrosse team so that meant he had to have seen Isaac today.
"Move it." Jackson said as he tried to shove Danny expecting him to be knocked backwards as he saw him not paying him any attention but was surprised when Danny bent his arm and held him up against the lockers.
"Now that is not nice." Danny said to him. In his memories Danny knew that this version of him barley used a fraction of his strength when dealing with Jackson but he needed answers.
"Hey Jackson have you seen Isaac." Danny asked as he held Jackson back who tried to struggle out of his grip. While he may no longer have the strength to lift buses Danny still had enough strength to keep Jackson tied and restrained.
"Why would I tell you anything?" Jackson asked still struggling as he refused to accept that he wasn't going anywhere unless Danny wanted him to.
"Because all it takes is one little twist and you can't play lacrosse anymore." Danny said with a grin on his face like he wasn't threating to break Jackson's arm if he didn't answer his question.
"I haven't seen him since a friend of his picked him up earlier today in front of his house." Jackson said. Danny gave a sigh at that.
"Why must you lie to me?" Danny said tightening his grip while making sure no one else was in the hall way.
"I'm not lying." Jackson said as the pressure on his arm increased.
"Who was this friend then?" Danny said as he lightened his grip giving Jackson the chance to tell his story. It was always possible that Isaac had friends other than him and Erica and it was better to wait than jump to conclusions.
"It was Derek Hale." Jackson said and Danny connected the name to his memories. There were many lessons that Vlad gave this body and the supernatural people that lived in this town was one of them.
The Hale family are werewolves and friends with his family. The Masters and The Hales were in an agreement to always help the other when it was needed. After the fire the remaining Hales were offered to be taken in by his family but they decided to strike out on their own.
"What is going on?" A voice called out to him and he saw it was Scott McCall and his friend Stiles Stillinski. He was in a few classes with them but he didn't really know that much about them except Stiles' dad was the sheriff.
"Nothing." Danny answered as he let go of Jackson and backed away.
"Nothing that is any of your business McCall." Jackson said as well glaring at him. If Jackson didn't like him he absolutely hated Scott. Danny wondered what the story behind that was.
"Just wondering do you guys know where Isaac is?" Danny asked him and watched as they glanced at each other.
"Get out of my way." Jackson said as he gave him a shoulder shove and walked away. He walked through the oncoming rush of students that moved through the halls.
Danny was sure that they had the answer to his question. The only question is how would he get it out of them. Danny could resort to violence but he didn't want to hurt people that didn't deserve it.
"You haven't heard?" Stiles asked him and he shook his head wondering what they were talking about.
"About what?" Danny asked.
"Isaac's dad died. People think he did it." Stiles said and Scott glanced at Stiles and Danny realized that he wasn't getting the full story. What did any of this have to do with Derek Hale and why hadn't Isaac called him or at least the original owner of this body.
"Why do they think that?' Danny asked them. Wow miss one day and you miss everything.
"Jackson told the sheriff that they had a fight before his dad died. He escaped custody yesterday" Stiles answered him very rapidly. It took him walking up to him and glaring at him. He probably remembered what Danny was doing to Jackson to get answers and did not like his chances if they got into a fight.
Danny always knew that Stiles was smart.
"Isaac is on the run but he's safe." Scott said to him then dragged Stiles away before Danny could ask any more questions. Danny wondered how much they actually knew.
Danny also wondered when did Scott become a werewolf. Another difference in this reality was this body had the power to detect the supernatural beyond just ghosts. The feeling Danny got from Scott was similar to the memories he had of when he met the Hales.
What was clear was that Danny had to find Isaac. It was likely that if he was hanging out with Derek he knew the truth about him but still he would feel better once he saw him and learned his friend was okay.
He knew Derek wasn't the friendliest guy in the world.
"Hey Danny." Hearing the voice of his other friend Danny turned around to face Erica and was shocked for a couple reasons.
One was the way Erica was dressed. Erica was usually plain clothes that allowed her to blend into the background just the way she liked it and no argument would sway her. Now Erica was wearing dark leather and a low cut top, black high heels, and her hair was curly and reached down drawing focus to her chest.
The Erica he was facing and the Erica in his memories were two different people.
There was also the fact that she was a werewolf.
Danny wondered what Alpha werewolf was turning his friends into werewolves and what Derek had to do with it.
"You look different." Danny said as he looked Erica up and down a couple of times.
"I know. You can't stop staring." Erica said and made him focus back on her face and see the smirk on her face. Danny would admit becoming a werewolf had really changed Erica.
The old Erica was never this bold.
"What happened to you?" Danny asked her.
"Secret." Erica said as she gave him a wrapped her arms around him and put her forehead against his. Danny could try to figure this out and fight it but so far nothing negative has happened to him so he was going to run with it.
"We have been friends since kindergarten. I thought you could tell me anything." Danny said as he looked her in the eyes.
"I can tell you. Just not here." Erica said as their heads grew closer to each other. They were perfectly fine ignoring all the other people in the hallway.
Danny knew from his memory that he and Erica had been dating for a month prior to this so he wasn't as shocked as he would have been had be not been given a cheat sheet on his relationships with other people.
"Do you know where Isaac is?" Danny asked her figuring she out of all the others would know where Isaac was if she had been turned too. He just hoped that she wasn't like Scott and sworn to secrecy.
"Yes. We are going to meet him now." Erica answered him. Before anything else could happen though a loud whistle rang out through the hallway and Erica gripped her ears to block out the sound.
Supernatural hearing must have been horrible when it came to things like this.
Turning to look Danny could see coach Finstock was the one who had the whistle.
"Move out of the way!" Coach shouted as he tried to move through the crowd. He was ranting about passing out detentions to people if they walked any slower.
"So do you want to meet Isaac or do you want to go to class?' Erica questioned him.
"Lead the way." Danny said and handed Erica the keys to his car. Solving the mystery was a lot more important to him than class. However, while Erica walked in front of him he sent a duplicate to take his place for the day.
With that they were off.
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(Woods)
"Alright so where is Isaac?" He asked her as they stood in the secluded woods. Danny could no longer see building or streets. All he could see was trees and stumps.
"He'll be here soon. I want to talk." Erica said to him.
"What about?' Danny asked her he wasn't tense after all if he was in any true danger he could just fly off.
"You obviously noticed that I am very different from when we last saw each other." Erica said stating the obvious.
"No kidding." Danny said and watched as she began to stretch. He could hear rustling in the grass. He couldn't however tell where it was coming from given that whatever was making that noise was running fast and in random directions.
"The world is a lot stranger than you can believe." Erica said to Danny who felt like laughing. His life was way weirder than hers regardless if she was human or a werewolf.
"I'll show you." Erica said and made a fist and punched one of the tree stumps around her. Danny watched her fist impact the wood and leave a mark inside the stump.
"Impressive." Danny said clapping. He could do better but he didn't want to ruin her show. This was a recruitment drive if he ever heard one and while he couldn't become a werewolf due to being a ghost already but he was still willing to listen.
Just because he was willing to listen however did not mean that he was willing to be tackled so when the person behind came leaping at him Danny grabbed him by the throat and threw him to the ground.
"How in the world did you do that?" Isaac asked. He was wearing as much leather as Erica.
Isaac looked pretty well. Danny had been worried. The original had known of the abuse that Isaac went through from his father and tried to help Isaac whenever he needed it so Danny was happy that Isaac was happy.
There were some questions he had for Isaac though now that he did know he was alright and a werewolf.
"Hey buddy." Danny said as he extended a hand to Isaac and lifted him up.
"What in the world are you?' Isaac asked him.
"That is a long story. Aside from that what was with the recruitment pitch?' Danny asked them.
They looked at each other before turning to him.
"See the person that turned us was looking for another. He had one idea but asked if we knew anybody." Isaac began.
"So naturally we thought of you. We didn't know you weren't normal after all." Erica said looking at him and he knew that he would have to do a lot of apologizing to her later.
Even though Danny knew that it wasn't his fault he was going to have to do it to get back on Erica's good side.
"I promise I will explain but please tell me who turned the two of you?' Danny asked them he knew that if an Alpha turned both of them and was looking for more something big was happening. While Danny might run head first into trouble he didn't want his friends to be pushed into something like this.
"You go first." Erica said to Isaac and then they told him their story of what happened.
After hearing all of that he was very conflicted on what he heard. One was that proud that Derek had made it to become an Alpha but he wondered what alpha he had killed for it.
He was glad that Isaac and Erica were happy and given the choice to become werewolves but the fact was they could have died if they hadn't taken the transition so well and that was one of the better results to being turned.
He was certain that when he saw Derek that he was going to give him a punch that would knock him out it did not matter to him if Derek was now an alpha. Danny was sure that even if he couldn't win he would make it hurt.
"So what are you?" Erica asked him.
"I am half human and half ghost." Danny told them and watched them blink a couple of times.
"How can you be a ghost aren't you alive?" Isaac asked him.
"For the most part. Every day I get closer and closer to death." Danny said trying to be all mysterious and edgy for the moment.
"Isn't everybody?" Erica asked ruining the tone he was trying to go for. If the original owner of his body didn't love the girl so much Danny would have found her a little annoying.
"In my case however when I die I am coming back." Danny said to her and gave her a look for ruining the mood but she just rolled her eyes and walked to the car.
"Looks like you are in trouble." Isaac said to him as he patted him on the shoulder and began to follow her to the car.
"No one appreciates me." Danny said to himself as he followed those two. Erica was very petty and was totally the type to steal his car and leave him there. She did not know he could fly however so in her mind that would probably be good as revenge.
Danny wondered why the old him loved a girl as crazy as she was then the answer came to him immediately. She was not boring.