WIZARDS IN PHANTOM CITY
CHAPTER ONE: ALEX MEETS DANNY
"Ok, now we're all nice and comfortable in our new house." Jerry Russo said. Teresa, Jerry's wife, Justin and Max, Jerry's sons, smiled and nodded. Alex, Jerry's daughter, sighed while Harper, Alex's best friend, giggled.
Justin had just used his magic to set their new house up. See, the Russo's are a family of Wizards and supposed to remain secret but somehow rumors began to surface back in New York that they were sorcerers so Jerry decided to move them to a quiet little town in Ohio called Amity Park, hoping to get away from the excitement of a big city.
"I miss New York." Alex muttered. She missed her friends back in New York, although she had Harper, it wasn't the same. And tomorrow she had to start at a new high school called Casper High.
"We know. Come on, at least give it a chance here. You never know, you might meet someone really special here." Jerry persuaded.
"Fine." Alex relented. Jerry nodded and everyone went into the new 3-story house.
Jerry and Theresa had a room on the top floor while Justin and Max shared a room on the 2nd. Alex had her own room also on the second floor and Harper had a room in the basement.
After setting in a little bit more, Alex quickly got bored and decided to sit outside.
"I'm gonna go sit on the front stairs." Alex announced as she walked by her family who sat on the orange couch, murmuring there 'mph hums'.
Alex sighed as she walked out the door, the wind blowing her beautiful brown hair back as she stepped out and shut the door behind her. All was peaceful and calm as she looked around the night sky. She just sat there looking down at her purple t-shirt, wondering if this was the highlight of their road trip from New York until she heard shouting coming from above.
"Listen and listen good, Whelp. I will have you're pelt at the foot of my bed!" Shouted some robot-looking person, in a deep voice, floating on air. He had grey armor on with a green flaming Mohawk with matching eyes. The figure was surrounded in a blue-ish glow. Alex couldn't hold back a gag.
"Didn't we go this 2 days ago, Skulker? I thought for sure you'd bring back-up this time." Another floating person said. His voice was deep to, but had a lighter touch to it. They both had echoes to them though. This one was more human-like.
He had a black HAZMAT suit on with white gloves, belt and collar with a ghostly wisp where his legs should've been. He had snowy white hair that almost sparkled in the night and toxic green eyes that illuminated the air around him. He had a symbol on his chest that had a white 'D' with a black 'P' inside, like an insignia.
'He's kinda cute. A lot cuter than Mason.' Alex found she thinking and blushing instantly after.
"That, Ghost Child, is where you are wrong." Another echoing but hi-pitched voice said. This time the floating person had green skin with a green tail instead of legs. He wore a lab-coat almost as white as the boys hair and he had glowing red eyes and light white hair that stood straight up.
Behind him were 3 other floating figures.
One had flaming blue hair and pale skin and wore black make-up around her apple-green eyes. She wore a black rocker-chick outfit complete with one extra long black glove and a purple guitar slung around her waist.
The second and third were just green floating octopuses with giant red eyes, glaring at the insignia-wearing boy.
Alex had just processed what this lab-coated person said. 'Ghosts? Ghosts weren't real, right? But then again most people thought Wizard's weren't real either. If they are ghosts that explains the glowing and floating, but it looks like the White-haired boy and the others are fighting. Wonder why?' Alex thought.
"Technus, Ember and 2 Ectopuses? That's the best you got, Skulker?" The White-haired boy taunted. She had to admit; she was impressed with this 'Ghosts' confidence. He was outnumbered 5-to-1 and he wasn't fazed in the least.
"Think whatever you need to baby-pop, but tonight is the night the Great Danny Phantom will fall, and we'll go down in history as the ghosts defeated the Mighty halfa known as the Phantom." The rocker ghosts, she guessed Ember, said.
'So they are ghosts. Why do they hate this Phantom ghost so bad? And what in the Wizard World is a halfa?' Alex thought as she watched the ghosts start charging attacks. Not releasing though, they were still exchanging some kind of witty-banter.
"And getting the Amulet of Time that Clockwork gave you would be a big bonus." The lab-coated ghost, she assumed Technus, added.
She guessed he struck a cord because the ghost she assumed was Phantom stopped talking and shot a ray of green light at his chest that send him sailing to the ground in 1 hit.
'Nice power.' She thought as she watched the fight.
Phantom was good. He shot another ray, this time whiter and presumably powerful, at the duo of ghostly octopuses and they instantly dropped. Before anything else happened a blast of blue light sucked the 2 downed ghostly octopuses into a black thermos with white trim. He smirked as he capped it.
"You'll need more than that to defeat us, baby-pop!" Ember shouted, sending a giant pink fist towards Phantom that came from strumming her guitar.
"I have more than that." Phantom responded as he charged up a small ball of more green energy. The ball was thrown and it collided with the fist and caused an explosion.
Phantom obviously took this opportunity because a white glove socked Ember from the front before a missile hit Phantom in his mid-section. Phantom was given no time to respond because Skulker, the metal ghost she thought, followed by pulling out a large cannon-looking thing but instead of blasts it shot out a green net.
Phantom saw it coming and disappeared into the ground as the net landed exactly where he had been and Alex couldn't help but be a little relieved. Technus was back in the fight now because random T.V.'s that were glowing green were tackling Phantom who broke everyone with a punch or kick. It became more difficult when random cellphones, also glowing green, were shooting more green light at him.
"Not so hot now are you, Phantom?" Ember questioned as she used her flaming hair to send fireballs at the white-haired boy.
Phantom brought up a green wall that easily held off the onslaught of fire before he made the wall accelerate at Ember, slamming into her and tackling her to the floor. Phantom, making Skulker's missile's pass through his body turned and shot another green ball at Skulker that exploded on contact.
Before he could celebrate his victory Technus touched 2 broken telephone wires to either side of his torso as Phantom winced in pain. He surprised Alex by now crying out because she knew if she were he, she would've. Phantom used one hand to grab one of the wires before green energy started creeping up it and eventually reached Technus.
Said ghosts cried out in pain and dropped the wires that connected him and Phantom. Phantom turned around and swiftly kicked his side, kneeing his gut and punching his back, sending him down to the street.
Phantom sucked up all 3 downed ghosts into his thermos that matched his suit before smirking to himself as the voices swore revenge.
"Get in line, would ya?" Phantom responded as he capped his thermos and the white light disappeared.
Phantom then turned to Alex, surprising the young wizard.
"You okay? You didn't get hurt did you?" Phantom asked, generally concerned.
Alex nodded. Phantom looked surprised.
"You're not going to run away screaming about me being an evil ghost? Are you new in town?" Phantom asked jokingly.
"Why would people think you're evil? And I am new here. There are really ghosts here?" Alex responded, a little aggravated at the 'new in town joke'.
"No. Its just most people here think all ghosts are evil just because we're dead so when I help most people hate me, thinking I'm the bad guy. Really? Sorry didn't know that. And yes those, and me, are ghosts." Phantom responded.
Alex was surprised he picked up on her aggravation. Most people didn't.
"You don't seem evil to me, if that's any consolation. How did you know I was angry? A lot of people don't notice that." Alex commented.
"You learn a lot of things when reading people and listening to their voices are vital to your li-wellbeing." Phantom said, wincing slightly.
Alex nodded, letting his slip-up go in favor of introducing herself.
"I'm Alex Russo. My family just moved here from New York because we were almost dis- I mean because we got sick of the excitement in a big city." Alex said, mentally kicking herself for her almost slip-up.
"Nice to meet you Alex. I'm Danny Phantom, the resident 'Ghostly Hero' or 'Public Enemy #1' depending on who you ask." He said with a smile.
She couldn't help but smile in return. For a ghost he sure is sweet.
"So do you need help getting home because I've never seen a house for sale on this block?" Phantom said, pointing at the ground.
Only then did Alex realize she wondered away from her steps and ended up right below the fight she witnessed. Still trying to process how this happened, she nodded.
"What's your address? I'll take you home. If you want." Phantom said, adding the last part quickly as he stuck out his hand.
"I don't remember my address here yet but if I could see my house I'd recognize it." Alex said, blushing a little in embarrassment.
"That's fine. I've got all night." Phantom said, gesturing again with his hand.
Alex smiled. She took his hand without a second thought and he floated up above the houses. Alex gasped at the sight. Most of the houses didn't have any lights on so there was a perfect view of the starry night sky. Without thinking she pulled herself closer to Phantom so his harm was around her waist, keeping her floating as she looked out at the city.
"So, which way?" Phantom asked. Alex pulled out of her moment and pointed to a house 2 blocked north. Phantom nodded as they gently soared towards it.
Before she knew it Phantom had set her down in front of her steps with a smile as he spoke.
"Here we are. Okay, I gotta go put these guys in the Ghost Zone now but who knows, maybe I'll see you again." Phantom said, removing his hand from her waist.
"I look forward to it." Alex said with a smile. She smiled wider as she watched him fly away, much faster than he had with her, his snowy white hair blowing in the wind.
She couldn't stop smiling as she walked up her steps and into her house, revealing her family hadn't moved since she left. Before she could even question herself she spoke.
"Dad? What do you know about ghosts?" Alex asked, smiling slightly. Half at Phantom, and half at her dads face when he realized she asked to learn.
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Danny flew through the air, not at top speed, but fast enough so his parents wouldn't notice his absence. He had just expected Skulker not Ember, Technus and Ectopuses. Then that Alex girl he sensed watching the fight showed up and they talked. She surprised him by not being afraid of him, attacking him or praising him. That alone was enough for him to like her but her being as pretty as she was was a huge bonus.
He could sense she was hiding something as well, maybe even as big a secret as his. He could tell because he caught her slip up about leaving New York and how she quickly covered with a reasonable explanation. He also couldn't help but smile at the thought that she was probably starting Casper High tomorrow.
Danny landed in his room at FentonWorks and let his familiar rings of light appear and they washed over him, like the thousands of other times before.
As the rings split they traveled in different directions changing his appearance. His HAZMAT suit became a baggy white T-shirt with red trim and baggy blue jeans. His hair changed from snowy white to midnight black and his toxic green eyes changed to an electric blue color.
Danny let out an exhausted groan as he phased through the floor twice into the lab, emptied the thermos and walked up the stairs to the kitchen.
"Hey Danny, your lucky. Mom and dad just went to bed." Jazz, his big sister, informed him before questioning which ghost he fought.
"Skulker. He also brought Ember, Technus and some Ectopuses for backup. Nothing I couldn't handle though. Although those power cable's are going to leave a nasty scar." Danny explained, subconsciously running his hand over the left side of his abdomen where 1 cable touched.
"Power cables? Did Technus electrocute you? Do you need help?" Jazz asked worriedly as she tried to look at the injured area.
"It's fine. The electrocution wasn't as bad as the Portal or Vlad's cloning chamber." Danny explained. Jazz winced a little but let it go as Danny climbed the stairs.
Danny flopped into bed as he drifted into a well-deserved sleep, his last thoughts about seeing Alex at school tomorrow.