Disclaimer: I don't own Danny Phantom. Pretty much.

This story is going to be a chapter-long one. If I actually update it, of course. :P Heh...

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Danny Phantom was locked in battle with his greatest enemy yet on a snowy, December day...

"I AM THE BOX GHOST!"

...Ok, not really. Danny groaned. He was still in human form, not that it really mattered. This was the twenty-seventh time the Box Ghost attacked him that week...and it was Tuesday! The Box Ghost was the most annoying ghost he had ever fought. More annoying then, say, Klemper or those green octopus ghosts that always want to come and get revenge...

"Prepare to be defeated by the mailbox...of doom!"

Danny sighed, "Dude, you've already used that one before." He pulled out the Fenton Thermos, aimed, and activated it, sucking the Box Ghost inside the huge explosion of swirling ecto-energy.

"I WILL RETURN!" The Box Ghost cried before he was fully trapped by the thermos.

"Yeah, yeah, I know." Danny muttered in annoyance, putting the thermos away to who-knows-where. Danny looked at his watch, "Well, that leaves me five minutes to get home before curfew. I guess that means..." Danny ran into a nearby alleyway. As he ran through the alleyway, he shouted. "I'm going ghost!" There was a flash in the alley and Danny Phantom flew out at full speed, his legs fusing into a ghostly tail as he flew through the air. Danny's icy blue eyes were now an emerald green. His raven black hair was now a snowy white. His white t-shirt, red coat, and blue jeans were swapped with a black hazmat suit with white gloves, boot, and belt .

The half-ghost teenager reached his house in two minutes. He said to himself, "Wow, my flying speed has devinantly increased." Danny landed in the alley beside FentonWorks to change back to Danny Fenton before entering the house.

The rest of the Fenton family stared at him in shock as he entered the house. Jack Fenton, his father. Maddie Fenton, Danny's mother. Finally, Jazz Fenton, his sister. All three of them asked, "You got home on time!?"

"...Uh, yeah. So?" Danny asked, confused.

"You're never home on time, since the past two years!!" Maddie replied.

"Right. Well, I'm tired, so uh...good night!" Danny went to head upstairs.

Maddie stopped him, "Danny, wait. We need to tell you and Jazz something!" She sounded excited.

Danny and Jazz glanced at each other. Jazz, other then Danny's two best (and only) friends, was the only one who knew about Danny's ghost powers. She covered for him most of the time when he had to 'go ghost'.

Danny sat on the couch beside Jazz boredly. He asked, "What new invention is it this time? The Fenton Saber-Sword or something?"

"Hey, how did you know we made one of those today?" Jack held up a black and green sword.

Danny blinked.

Maddie sighed and grabbed the sword from Jack, putting it on the coffee table. She said, "This isn't about a ghost-hunting weapon. This is about...Christmas vacation, of course! We're going on a camping trip!"

"Yay." Danny cheered very, very sarcastically, "What haunted forest is it?"

"Now that you ask, it's one that's said to be haunted by ghosts!" Jack boomed happily. Maddie gave him a look. Jack's smile vanished and he asked, "What?"

"We're sure it's not actually haunted, but we can handle it if it is." Maddie said, off-handily.

"Fine, then. I'll go get packed, I guess." Danny sighed and stood up boredly.

Maddie stopped him, "That's not all, Danny. An old family friend of ours is coming."

Danny thought, Don't say Vlad don't say Vlad don't say Vlad...

"It's not Vlad." Maddie assured, seeing the look on Danny's face.

"Well, there can't be something worse then Vlad, right?" Danny asked himself more then his mom.

"Her name is Moon Light...I think she has a daughter your age." Maddie gave Danny a knowing look.

Danny blinked and got a bored look on his face, "Your point is?"

"Nothing." Maddie replied innocently.

Danny rolled his eyes and continued upstairs to his room to pack. Something told him this trip wasn't going to be that great.

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He's a phantom

Danny-Phantom-Phantom...

Yo' Danny Fenton,

was just fourteen,

When his parents built,

A very strange machine

It was designed,

to view,

a world unseen

(Gotta-catch-em-all-cause'-he's-Danny-Phantom-Phantom-Phantom

When it didn't quite work,

His folks,

they just quit,

But then Danny took a look,

inside of it,

There was a great big flash,

Every thing changed,

His molecules,

got all rearranged!

(Phantom! Phantom!)

When he woke up,

He,

realized,

He had snow white hair,

And glowing green eyes,

He could walk through walls,

disappear,

and fly,

He was much more unique,

Then the other guy!

But then Danny knew,

what he had to do,

He had to stop the ghosts who were coming through!

He's here to fight,

For me,

and you!

Gotta-catch-em-all-cause'-he's-Danny-Phantom!

Gotta-catch-em-all-cause'-he's-Danny-Phantom!

Gotta-catch-em-all-cause'-he's-Danny-Phantom!

He's Danny Phantom!!

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Starcrossed

(Good UNLUCK)

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Prologue

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"Light? Who the heck has the last name 'light'?" Tucker Foley, Danny's best friend, asked in confusion. He wore a yellow t-shirt, green baggy jeans, and brown shoes. A red beret was on his head and a pair of black-rimmed glasses.

Sam Manson, Danny's other best friend and (known only to a few) ex-girlfriend, shrugged. They had attempted dating a while ago, but it didn't work out. ("They haven't had a blushy moment since." —Tucker) She wore a black shirt that showed her mid-riff, a black skirt, and black combat boots.

The three friends were in Danny's room—how do the kids say it these days? —'hanging out'.

Sam smiled, "I don't know, but it's a pretty unique last name."

"However generic it sounds." Tucker argued.

Danny ignored them and continued, "I wish I knew who it was. I don't want to end up with someone I'll hate."

Tucker shrugged and pulled out his PDA. He read, "Ok, Dash, no. Kwan, no. Paulina, no. Ashley, no. Since the chances of the person being on the A-list, with your luck, is high, that only leaves one person..." Danny and Sam blinked at him. Tucker finished with a grin, "Satellite—I mean, Star."

"Star? Paulina's best friend? Great. The chances of her being nice to me are slim to none!" Danny sighed.

"Well it couldn't be that bad, could it? Kwan isn't so bad without Dash around , so why can't the same thing apply for Star and Paulina?" Sam pointed out.

"Oh, yeah? She was mean to me when we were 'dating' ?"Tucker retorted.

Danny pointed out, "Well, maybe she was just mad about 'Paulina' dating me ?"

Sam suddenly changed the subject (slightly), "Wait, Star...Light? Star Light? Starlight? Jeez, who comes up with this stuff?"

Tucker shrugged, "Somebody who has a sense of humor ?"

Danny rolled his eyes, "Who cares. All I know is, ghosts don't attack during Christmas, which means no going ghost!" Danny proudly crossed his arms. Suddenly, a whisp of blue ectoplasmic mist leaked out of his mouth; his ghost sense!

"Actually, whelp, we only don't fight during Christmas day itself."

The trio spun around to see Skulker, the greatest hunter from the Ghost Zone, in his battle suit. Danny struck a battle pose and said, "Great. I guess that means I'm going ghost!" There was a flash of light. Two light blue rings of ectoplasmic energy formed at his waist. One moved up his body, the other moved down. The one that moved down split into two rings, one for each leg. The one that went up split into three rings, one for each arm and one to go up his neck and head. As they passed over his body, Danny Fenton became Danny Phantom .

Danny Phantom asked—his voice being the same as it was in human form, but with a ghostly echo, "So, am I invited to the Christmas party?" He dodged a laser shot from Skulker's wrist-cannon.

"Everyone is, including half-ghosts like you. Well, except Plasmius, but he never comes anyway." Skulker shrugged. A cannon appeared from his shoulder and fired. Phantom created a wall of ectoplasmic energy to deflect it back into Skulker, sending the 'greatest hunter in the Ghost Zone' flying through the wall, luckily going intangible.

Danny fused his legs into a spectral tail as he dashed forward, phasing through the wall. Once outside, (his legs splitting into legs again once he stopped moving) Danny quickly went intangible so a punch from Skulker went through him. Danny clenched his fist and green energy formed around his fist. He punched forward, unclenching his fist. A green ray of energy sent Skulker flying. The ray was exceptionally large, especially since it was a ray coming out of one hand. Skulker recovered in time to be frozen by a glowing-blue eyed Danny's ice beams from his hands.

Danny joked, "Wow, the weatherman really is always wrong. There wasn't a chance at all of freezing temperatures." He dashed forward with a ghost tail. He went intangible and phased through Skulker, bringing his true form with him: a small green blob of ectoplasm with arms, legs, and red eyes.

Skulker squeaked, "I will get your pelt next time, ghost child!"

"Yeah, yeah, that's what you always say." Danny rolled his eyes. He pulled out the Fenton Thermos from his belt and activated it, sucking Skulker inside. Danny looked over his shoulder to see Skulker's frozen battle suit fade away as ghostly objects usually did when their owner was sucked into the thermos.

Danny sighed in relief and flew tiredly through the wall of his room to hover over to his friends, keeping his legs fused into a tail as he hovered. The tail was 'wagging' slightly in the air.

Tucker spoke, "Wow, that didn't take long."

"Are you kidding? These ice powers make some fights too easy!" Danny created an ice crystal in his hand. The ice he made with his powers could either be normal ice or a ghostly ice that would never melt unless in the Ghost Zone. In the Ghost Zone, it was the opposite; normal ice didn't melt in the Zone, but ghostly ice did. Danny threw the ice crystal boredly onto the floor. He landed on the ground, legs reforming. In a flash, two light blue ecto-rings formed at his waist. One moved up and the other moved down rather quickly to transform him back into his human form.

"Now you've jinxed it with the ice powers making fights easy, you know." Sam pointed out, "What if something happens on the trip?"

Danny shrugged, "Oh, come on. What can possibly happen on a week-long camping trip?...To a haunted forest?...With...Star's family as well as mine...ok, maybe something could happen. I'll be fine. I can handle it, right?"

"Yeah. And if you need someone sane to talk to, just call us!" Tucker grinned.

"Yeah, Danny. Just take it easy a bit, ok? It is a vacation, right?" Sam smiled.

Danny nodded and frowned, "But...why do I feel like something bad is going to happen...?"

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Whew, it's over...

WAIT, a chapter-long 'episode-format' DP story? Sure, it's been done by a few, but I usually write 'DP episode format' stories as one-shots. Then again, this story might be a little more mature then what they would show on a real DP episode...but not by much.

In my continuity, no 'dp' logo. Because I can do that. And I don't like it, for some reason. Yeah, I got used to it, but...whatever.

References to Lucky in Love.

Thanks for the compliment, Tucker!

Since this story is set after D-stabilized (but is not canon to Phantom Planet, which is obvious because of certain events in this story...), this is probably one of the few dramatic transformations from Fenton to Phantom since the start of Season 3. Oh, well. I guess since we all know what's going to happen as the rings pass over his body by now, it doesn't have to be dramatic. shrugs