Authors note

Here's the first chapter of my first crossover. This is AU but I should be sticking to the Harry Potter books after the first few chapters minus the changes needed for the Danny Phantom characters.

Disclaimer-I don't own Danny Phantom or Harry Potter all I have is the parts of this story not taken from the books.

The ground in Amity Park shook as the loud explosion thundered through the air, causing the mayor Vlad Masters to pale. He knew exactly where that noise had came from but he hadn't been expecting it that was for sure. The plan had been to wait till the love of his life called his for comfort over what she would believe was an accident. Things had definitely not gone to plan.

All that was left of the house know as Fenton Works was a mound of rubble and mangled metal that had once made up the ops center that normally stood on top of the house. By the time Vlad got the crowd that had formed was starting to search for survivors with the aid of the emergency services who had only arrived a few minutes ago. It worried him that there was no sign of Maddie or the children. Surely they would have returned from the park were they normally were at this time after hearing the explosion.

Vlad tried several times to reach Maddie using his mobile with no luck, his worry increasing with each failed attempt. After he was sure she wasn't going to answer he joined the people looking for survivors hoping to god that Maddie's phone had just ran out of battery.

An hour passed before they found the first body. Vlad had broken down into tears at the sight of 12 year old Jazz's dead body. Even through the tears he kept going, if Jazz had been there then Maddie must have been too. He couldn't lose her again.

It wasn't till the sun was setting just after the floodlights had been set up on his orders so that they could continue working for as long as possible, that they found Maddie. Vlad checked several times for a pulse begging that he was just missing it but no she was dead. After that Vlad had to stop. The tears streaming down his face blurred his vision as he watch those still awake continue the search. He had lost all hope for survivors. His thoughts kept coming back to images of Maddie dead or her voice telling him this was all his fault.

It was his fault. He had sabotaged an invention he knew Jack would be working on that day while Maddie should have been at the park with the children. It was supposed to overload and kill him. There shouldn't have been enough energy in the device to cause this but it was still his fault. He was so lost in his thoughts and sorrow he didn't notice as Jack's body was removed. What did catch his attention were the shouts. At first he couldn't process what was being said, the words looped round in his head becoming clearer each time. Finally it hit him.

He's alive!

At first he thought they meant Jack till he saw Jack's body was already free of the rubble and the paramedics were rushing over to the people stood amongst the rubble not Jack. He rushed over to see them pull 10 year old Danny from the rubble not far from where they had found Jack. He was unconscious. Danny was rushed to the hospital and it wasn't till morning that Vlad was allowed to see him.

Vlad sat by the bed watching Danny sleep, he was glad that at least someone had survived. The doctors had told him earlier that Danny's condition was stable but he was still very badly injured. From what Vlad could see just by looking Danny's left leg was broken and the other was badly bruised. His right arm was also broken and there were probably other injuries that weren't so obvious. He had been sure that he had seen burns as he was take to the hospital last night but the was no sign of any now. Vlad put this down to having been tired.

Vlad jumped hearing the light knock at a much higher volume than a human would. He turned round to see a woman stood in the door way. She wasn't dressed like a doctor which only meant one thing she was a social worker.

"You must be Mr. Masters, I'm Helen Lewis." She said coming over and extending a hand to shake his. Vlad shook the hand. "I know things are hard for you at the moment with all that's happened but for your name to go down on the list of possible guardian's for Daniel I need you to fill in this form."

Vlad took the form from her a little confused. Why did they need a list? Surely he was the only suitable candidate. The only other living relative was Maddie's sister Alicia and she was definitely not suitable.

"Why would you need a list? I am certain there is no suitable family." Vlad said looking up at the woman.

"It's mostly just protocol, until we're certain there's no one else we can't start evaluating if someone is suitable." She explained. "I'll come back later for them."

A few days after Vlad had returned the papers Danny was awake. The news of what had happened had not gone down well but with what 10 year old would it have. The doctors had started to allow friends in as long as they behaved. Danny's 2 best friends were the first to visit him. Vlad watched from the door as the 3 children talked trying hard to get Danny's mind off the tragedy if only for a little while.

After about an hour their parents had come to collect them but before Sam left the room she handed Danny an amethyst that only just fitted in his palm. "Dad found it in your house." She said with a sad look on her face. "I think it was your Mom's."

Danny looked at the amethyst then up at Sam's Dad. He forced a small smile. "Thank you." He said to the man who nodded then left with his daughter.

Danny held the amethyst tightly as if it would disappear if he let go.