A/N

Hey guys! Welcome to my first fanfic. Someone pointed out that I forgot to put up my disclaimers...So thank you for reminding me. I am not Butch Hartman and I don't own Danny Phantom. I'm just going to say this once. The only thing I own is the plot...now on with the story!

Oh My Field Trip

It was a nice rainy day in Amity Park and Lancer's class was glad to be inside. All but one. Poor Danny Fenton wanted to scream, run around in circles and punch the Box Ghost so hard it lost consciousness. He had just heard about the upcoming field trip. Where to you ask? To the, much to Danny's dread, Ghost Zone. Danny didn't mind going there alone, it was as a second home to him and one he was most comfortable in, but with his class? That would be hell. Many people didn't know the secret that Danny Fenton kept within. Danny Fenton was also secretly known as the ghostly town hero: Danny Phantom. In fact, Danny was a half ghost, not fully human and able to switch between his ghost and human form. A few people knew this, namely his friends Sam and Tucker, his sister Jasmine, and his arch nemesis Vlad Master who was also secretly known as the slightly more evil Vlad Plasmius. That is if you don't count all the ghosts in the Ghost Zone. But what Danny's friends, family, and enemy didn't know was that Danny was becoming more of a ghost each day. His ghost side was overpowering his human side and it became harder and harder to maintain his human form. Soon Danny would be a full ghost without his human half and fate would take a turn for the young halfa.

Danny was walking home with his friends and sighed, he was planning on telling Sam and Tucker his "problem" but he didn't have the heart to say it. Danny himself didn't even know how it would be, turning into a full ghost nor did he know how Danny Fenton would disappear. He'd probably die in a horrible accident without finding a body. But now they were walking home and talking about what would happen once they were in the Zone.

"I don't know what is going to happen either Sam," Danny said with a sigh of despair.

"We'll just have to pack a lot of ghost weapons for everyone in case of emergency, a few wrist-rays, spectre deflectors and a lot of thermoses," Tucker said already tired of the quacking going on between Sam and Danny.

"But what if one of your enemies comes and calls you "Ghost Child"? What will you do then?" Sam fired back at Danny.

"I'll tell everyone the call me that because of the fact that we're the ghosts in the Zone," Danny answered.

"Guys! Please let's not fight about this we need all the help we can get and some things just are the ways they are, so drop it!" Tucker yelled angrily.

"Tuck's right, we shouldn't fight about this. I have got a plan but let's get inside first." Danny said.

Once they were inside, the trio quickly walked upstairs and disappeared into Danny's room. Danny was about to continue his talk when suddenly the room started to turn. Danny fell to the floor and lay there trembling and shaking, both friends rushed to Danny's side trying to calm him down. Meanwhile, Danny was having another one of his so-called "mini-deaths". It was when he felt like dying but he was still alive. At first it happened once a month but now, after six months, it now became as regular as once or twice a day usually but never in morning or afternoon, it always happened at night. However, today seemed to be an exception. His friends panicked when they saw their friend twisting and turning as he grew paler and paler, a sickening blue color taking over his normal skin tone, his eyes rolled back into his head and heartbeat slowed down and almost stopped. A few minutes later Danny was back on his feet with only a bump on the head because of the fall. Sam and Tucker looked at the young halfa with worry in their eyes. Danny just stared at them sheepishly.

"I wanted to tell you guys for a long time but this didn't work out the way I wanted it to work out," Danny said while rubbing the back of his neck.

"What the hell was that Danny!" Sam and Tucker yelled in unison.

"I call it a "mini-death" and this started happening about six months ago, after the first time I went to see Clockwork and he told me that I am dying," Danny said hurriedly.

"Wait slow down. What did Clockwork say?" Tucker asked.

Danny sighed and said: "Clockwork said that I'm dying. He says that my ghost half is overpowering my human half and soon I will turn into a full ghost, so no human Danny Fenton anymore."

"How will you stop this?" Sam asked while her eyes started to tear up.

"We started working on a cure but nothing seems to slow it down," Danny said while biting his lip.

He really wanted to tell his friends that he didn't want a cure, he also found out that once he turned full ghost his destiny was to become the new 'Master of Time' so he was going to be Clockworks apprentice for the years to come and only time will tell how long that will really be. He didn't like leaving his friends behind like that but the truth was that one day Clockwork would be finished as Time Master and a new one would take over, and this person had to be Danny because only he and Clockwork knew how important meddling or not meddling with the Timestream was.

What the young halfa didn't know was that no matter how long he was in training he would still end up becoming Time Master earlier than expected. The only one who knew this was Clockwork, but indeed he knows everything.

The next day

Danny woke up groggily and slammed his fist down on his alarm. Nothing, but nothing, was worse than this day. He got out of bed and limped over to his closet, he always wore the same clothes but he had decided to make a few changes for today. His normal outfit, consisting of a white t-shirt with a red oval in the centre of the chest and some baggy blue jeans, was changed to a black hoodie with a white DP symbol on it and some dark blue, not so baggy, jeans plus some dark brown combat boots. His hair was messy as always but another new thing to his outfit was a small silver necklace with a pendant with his Time Symbol on it, it worked the same as the bigger ones Clockwork had hanging in his tower but you didn't see it as much. He walked over to his desk and began packing the things he had laid out into his backpack. After five minutes Danny had a backpack full of ghost weapons, emergency kits, food, and water but most important of all a very weird looking black staff with a button on the side. When pushed the stick transformed into a scythe and could send enemies to another timeline with a single hit.

Danny heard some commotion down in the kitchen and headed downstairs. When he entered the room, he saw his entire class standing there and looking at him. Mr. Lancer, the A-list kids, the nerds, Valerie and his two best friends. Danny was terrified. Suddenly Jack Fenton, a.k.a. Danny's father, slapped him on his back and nearly screamed. "Good morning Danny-boy! All of your friends are already here, so why don't we go now!"

"Well good idea Jack, let's go!" Danny's mother Maddie agreed.

Danny was about to run into a wall when he felt Sam and Tucker pushing him back and restraining him, he quickly changed his posture and just slouched against the wall while rubbing the bridge of his nose. Sam and Tucker sighed at the sight of their beloved friend, he was losing himself and they couldn't do anything about it. Danny felt the back pocket of his pants burning, in it was a temporary "cure" for his mini-deaths, it would keep them away for two days and he had two bottles, but he didn't like using them because they made him more ghostly and that wasn't what he wanted during this trip.

The room fell silent and one could feel the awkwardness in the air, that's when Danny's parents ushered everyone down to the basement. Danny just sighed and started the dreaded walk towards the newly improved Specter Speeder Bus, it was bigger and had a "better" defense system against ghosts. As soon as Danny came close, the vehicle started screeching and out plopped hundreds of ghost weapons, each one of them aimed at Danny.

Everyone gasped at the young halfa but he just kept walking and let out an annoyed groan. Soon enough everyone stopped gaping and walked in.

The adults walked up to the front of the upgraded Spectre Speeder, the A-list kids sat in the middle so the nerds chose to sit closer to their teacher and Sam, Danny and Tucker sat in the far back. Maddie took the controls and Jack sat down next to her together with Mr. Lancer. Everyone waited in silence as the doors to the Ghost Zone opened and revealed its green "sky", almost everyone gasped at the sight but nobody suspected that three children wouldn't. Jack and Maddie had never been to the Zone so this was a first for them too, it took awhile before some had noticed the strange purple doors that seemed to randomly float there.

"What are those doors for?" Mickey asked.

"We don't know, this is our first time as well," Maddie answered calmly.

Several "What?" 's and "Huh?" 's were heard, they got themselves into an alternate dimension with inexperienced people! This was bound to be a disaster. Danny and his friends sighed as the rest of them freaked out, Anyone of them could tell you what those doors were for, or it was a route to a ghost lair or it was a door to another time and place on earth.

Danny prayed to Clockwork that they wouldn't float near one of his enemies lairs, he wasn't very popular with the majority of the Zone and his head had a big prize on it. To list a few of his enemies, there was Skulker the self-proclaimed "Greatest Hunter in the Ghost Zone", Ember McLain, the resident ghost rocker, Spectra and her butler Bertrand, Desiree the wish-granting ghost, Walker the warden of the Ghost Zone's prison, Ghostwriter, and many others. He looked out of the S.S.B and gasped when he felt a shiver running up his spine and a blue mist erupting from his mouth, since they were in the Zone only really strong ghosts would trigger his ghost sense. He nudged Tucker next to him and whispered something in his ear, Tucker shot up from his seat and started for the control panel in the back of the speeder. He quickly connected his PDA and a ghost shield surrounded the bus in seconds. The Fenton parents looked at each other as to say "Did you this?" when both shook their heads Jack jumped up and screamed. "GHOST!" the whole class buzzed with fear and excitement, some sought cover under their seat while others looked around for the ghost. Danny turned to Sam and nodded towards her wrist as he gave her, Tucker and himself a wrist ray and as if on cue the Ghost Zone's self-proclaimed greatest hunter appeared outside of the shield.

"Good thing to see you so soon, Whelp!" Skulker exclaimed.

The class was looking around frantically to see which unfortunate kid was Skulkers target.

"Oh yeah... they don't know your little secret. What a shame that you're now powerless against me." Skulker said with a grin.

The Fenton parents jumped out of their seats and set their weapons in full gear. Danny knew he couldn't just go over and fight with them because that would be very weird and because the shield was up. Skulker probably had the same train of thought on the ghost shield, because after a few minutes of battle, and desperately losing, he gave up and flew away.

Danny hopped onto his feet and walked over to Tucker, who was still in the back of the speeder and thrown back because of the speeder's shaking. Tucker glanced at his best friend and gave a quick smile, to say that everything was fine. Danny asked Tucker to check on the fuel tank, to see if anything was wrong, but of course Skulker had to do something to annoy Danny and so it was damaged.

"How much time do you think we have Tuck?" Danny asked.

"I think we have about 30 minutes...or less," Tucker answered.

"Guys, I think we have a bigger problem." Sam interrupted.

"Huh? What do you mean?" Danny asked worriedly.

"Look out the window," Tucker said bluntly.

At that moment the Speeder came to a screeching halt, and where did they land? Right at the door of Pandora's pantheon, not that Danny and friends were scared of Pandora but she didn't do well with strangers. Mr. Lancer quickly did a head-count and walked over to the Fenton couple.

"How will we get my class out of here?" He asked with a hint of panic in his voice.

"I don't think the speeder will be up for it. The engine has been tampered with and without the proper equipment, it might take a very long time to repair. Even with the equipment it might take as long as a week." Maddie said with a sigh.

"Then there is only one thing left to do, go on foot or die in this place," Lancer said.

Danny had overheard the conversation and had a hard time deciding what to do. Of course, he knew a way out of the Ghost Zone from here but who would listen to him? After a talk with Sam and Tucker, he decided that the best thing to do is tell everyone that he knew how to get home and except the weirdness of it all. He walked to a spot where everyone could hear him and spoke up: "Guys, I know how to get us out of this place." Several disbelieving gasps were heard and some grumbling as well.

"How would you know where to go Fentina?" Dash asked mockingly.

"Because I've been here before," Danny answered already afraid of the reactions.

"I always knew you were a freak Fenton but having been here before and probably hanging around with ghosts has to be the limit." Dash said with disgust.

Danny winced at his comment, knowing that he could never be accepted as a halfa. Sam patted his shoulder in comfort, trying to get him to talk again.

"I know it sounds weird, but this is our only chance of getting out of here alive. Stop skulking about it and listen to me for once!" Danny said with a surprising amount anger.

Everyone was a bit shocked by this and decided to shut their mouths.

"Now let's get started, this is the lair of Pandora, a greek ghost that has a very powerful box. Don't touch anything and walk behind me, she isn't very nice to unknown visitors." Danny continued.

"Why should we get the help of that piece of ectoplasmic trash," Maddie said a bit bitter. She didn't even care that it was her son up there, he was probably overshadowed by some ghost. No matter what ghosts were evil.

"Have you not heard me! We die out here if we stay, not every ghost is as nice as Pandora and I could name some who wouldn't care to spill human blood!" Danny roared with anger.

Suddenly everyone had something better to do and formed a line behind Danny. Sam and Tucker looked at each other worriedly knowing that this whole trip was pushing Danny to his limits, and reaching his limits wasn't fun.

Danny stalked ahead of everyone and quickly reached Pandora's front gates, after a knock on the gate Pandora opened it and stared at the mix-matched group. Danny walked up to her and started talking, Pandora happened to have a soft spot for those baby blues and let the entire class in. She gave a rage-filled warning to everyone, they were not to touch anything or leave the indicated path. The entire class gulped and nodded, no offense to Pandora but she could be pretty menacing. They walked along a series of different hallways and finally stopped at a dining room. The humans noticed how long ago they had eaten and so they all hungrily attacked the food they had been granted by the ghost. The more experienced ghost hunter doubted their dinner at first but quickly gave in, being very hungry as well.

Danny, Sam and Tucker had a talk with Pandora, discussing what would be the best plan of action on getting them home. In the end, they all agreed that leading them towards Princess Dora's castle or the Far Frozen would be their best shot at this, knowing that Frostbite had the plans for a speeder and the proper equipment and technology to build one.

An hour later, Danny, Sam, Tucker and Pandora came back and told everyone of the plan, there were a few objections but after a threat from Pandora everyone agreed. They all finished dinner and Danny thanked Pandora on the way out. Danny looked at his friends in gratitude and silently thanked the universe for having such great friends. Soon they would start the walk that would alter their lives.

Danny walked in front of the rest by a few meters, flanked by Sam and Tucker. He was thinking of everything that could go wrong and clearly had a hard time focussing on the road ahead. They used Johnny 13's bike trail as a road because it lead literally through the whole Zone. Thirty minutes in and almost the entire class was complaining about how hard it was to walk and that they needed a rest. Danny didn't give in and kept a steady pace, with the argument of "We'll never get there in time if we have to stop every half an hour."

An hour later, without rest and most of the class had grown impatient with Danny and wanted a new leader for their group. Dash had worked his way towards Danny and gave him an angry shove, and Danny, not knowing what hit him, stumbled forward and tripped. He stood back up on his feet and whirled around, the fury visible in his eyes, which flashed green for a split second. Dash, instead of backing up like a normal person would, gave him another shove. Danny didn't stumble this time and instead shoved him back, knocking the jock of his feet in the process.

Dash was furious, to say the least, and this time gave the smaller boy a punch to the side, resulting in a nasty crack of his ribs. Danny had flown back from the sudden force and hit his head on a rock at the edge of the trail. Everyone gasped as a pool of blood gathered around Danny's head. Everything seemed to be in slow-motion, Sam's frightened scream, her running towards Danny, the whole class in utter silence.

Sam was the first to reach him and hurriedly grabbed a first aid kit out of her spider backpack. She propped his head up and pressed a piece of disinfected gauze on the wound. After that, she quickly checked for a pulse. When she felt none, the world just stopped. She looked at Tucker, letting him check again. He shook his head, no pulse, no heartbeat, no life. She let out an ear-piercing scream and collapsed and sobbed into her friend's chest, waves of emotion tearing her apart. By now everyone who had witnessed their actions immediately came to a realization of what had happened: Danny had just died.