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Vlad Masters was died! He had finally kicked the bucket and Dani was free!

Shortly after finding out that Vlad Masters was a half ghost and the things that he had tried to force her to do, Valerie Gray had plotted his murder, waiting until he let down his guard before putting an ectobullet between his eyes while the criminal mastermind was asleep.

Was it the ethical thing to do, who knows, but Dani didn't care as long as that monster would no longer be hounder her wherever she want. She had lived in constant fear of the man ever since she had managed to escape him the first time, to the point where she found it difficult to sleep even when she found a safe place to rest her head.

She had been on the run from his, homeless and alone for so long because she couldn't risk staying in one place, but now that he was dead and she didn't have to worry about melting into a puddle of goo, she could finally settle down and have a life, a real one.

Danny, the boy she had been cloned from had offered to get his parents to let her stay with them. It had been tempting, but... Dani didn't trust Danny's parents, and having Danny around was a constant reminder that she wasn't really her own person, regardless what people said. Add to that the fact that Amity Park still had daily ghost attacks, and Dani really didn't see any appeal in living there.

Danny had been a little sad about the rejection, but he understood that what Dani wanted was to be her own person.

At first, Dani was unsure of where she would go, she had been to several places across the world, but none of them jumped out at her as nice places to make a life. So she took a map of the world and started throwing darts. After hitting nothing but open water a few times and the South Pole, one of the darts landed on Japan... ok, so it was the water right next to Japan, but it was close enough for her.

Once in Japan, she was quickly entered into a orphanage and placed in a foster home while they were looking for a family to take her, not that one was likely to do so. With a physical age of eleven, she was a little older than the kind of child that people look for to adopt.

She didn't mind. The family she had been placed with for foster care were a middle aged couple who worked late and slept through most of the day, so Dani didn't really have to deal with them much.

That isn't to say that Mr. and Ms. Tsunashi where mean people. They were nice enough and provided everything she needed; a roof over her head, some meals that she could just toss in the microwave, clean clothes. Dani just didn't have to try to pretend she was an ordinary little girl with them. She didn't even know what a normal little girl acted like. She had seen them in passing, but she had never talked to them. She had hardly talked to anyone.

She learned Japanese quickly and perfected its mannerisms over the course of a short weekend. She wondered if it was her ghostly nature that made it so easy for her to pick up languages, or if it had something to do with the Fenton family genes. Either way, she new her stuff and could hold a conversation well enough, if she couldn't run away from it.

She enjoyed being able to settle down a little, having a place to sleep, being able to completely explore the tower without fear of having to move base if she was spotted by one of Vlad's minions. She liked watching TV and taking hot baths. For the first time ever, she was enjoying life.

But there was one thing that she was forgetting. One thing that had to come as a price for setting down. Something that she had only been to in her nightmares. Elementary School.

Dani stood uncomfortably as Seiyo Elementary loomed over her. The place looked more like a mansion than a school. The place was huge, at least six stories tall with white plaster walls that made the whole thing look like a castle out of some kind of fairy tale. The pathway leading up to the building had flower beds and trees to either side of the path and the stone path itself was well maintained and pretty. The atmosphere was friendly and several dozens of children laughed joyously as they walked in groups towards there classes.

The entire thing was so magical, so pure and light... so terrifying to Dani.

She had never spoken to another person her age ever. Not even once in her entire existence. She didn't know how to act or how to make friends. She didn't even want friends. She was fine on her own, she always had been.

Why did she even have to go to school? She was smarter than any of these little kids, Vlad's programming had made sure of that much. So why did she have to go?

She was scared to go in. She wanted to just turn and run. Maybe even flee the whole country, find a new place to settle down, but... She wanted to be able to have a normal life.

So swallowing her fears she put on her game face and strolled onto the campus.

Whispers followed her as she walked along, her book bag thrown over one shoulder, her eyes kept looking forward to ignore the people's talk. But she could still hear them, every single word they said.

"That's a girl right? Why is she wearing a boy's uniform?"

Dani had openly refused to wear the girl's uniform. The red checkered skirt was just something she didn't want to wear. It were so girly and childish. She just would not wear it. So instead she had gotten a male's uniform, which though still rather lame and childish, was at least a pair of ordinary shorts rather than a skirt.

Dani didn't understand the importance of appearances. She had been alone all her life, so she just wore whatever was practical and comfortable. She didn't even bother to straighten out her black blazer since it would just get messy again while she walked to school from her foster home. She didn't even wear the stupid tie. Even her wild black hair was completely a mess, though at least there it was mostly in a ponytail to keep it under control.

She didn't look bad, but her lack of caring really did show.

She didn't need anyone's approval. No one had ever approved of her even existing, so why should she care about their opinions. She was strong. Strong enough to survive on her own. She didn't need friends.

Someone asked me if I could name an unused crossover where it would actually make sense to use Dani as the MC, and this was the only show that came to mind.

So I'm putting this up as an example of how such a thing would start.

Consider it a challenge to anyone who wants to do a Dani crossover but can't think of a good show for it.