Disclaimer: Danny Phantom is not mine.

I'm challenging you.

Yes, you.

Want to take a challenge?

Well, step right up, because we've got challenges a-plenty.

For how much? Well, absolutely free.

But do make sure to credit me. Not hard, is it?

No, no. Not at all.

Here be the rules for all the challenges:

1. As previously mentioned, credit me with the idea and the challenge.
2. No yaoi/yuri lemons. Even the slightest hint of citrus will make my mouth pucker. And not in a good way.
3. In fact, no yaoi or yuri at all.
4. Do research where it's needed.
5. No Sues or Stus.
6. No fluff.
7. No narcissim. AKA, Pitch Pearl. (Sort of a redunant rule after the "no yaoi" rule.) Don't even split Danny into two people. You have no idea how it irks me.
8. If you're taking a challenge, let me know.
9. Do your best.

What do you get? Well, absolutely nothing, save for inspiration and a brand spanking new story.

I'm listing genres that these can generally or possibly be. So, if you're looking to write angst, just look in "genre" for "angst." However, these can be whatever you want to make them.

Oh, yes. It is rather spiffy. :D

Challenge One - Otherworld
Genre: Fantasy; (Possible) Horror; Partial AU

Read my story "Those of the Otherworld." Once you've done that, write a one-shot based on faerie myths, using my story as a "canon," if you will. You can incorporate anything you want into it, so long as it is based on mythology, and NOT another work.

Challenge Two - A Question of Life and Death
Genre: Angst; (Possible) Hurt/Comfort

Write a little angsty one-shot about Danny questioning exactly how human he is, if he is truly alive, etc. Really have him contemplate. If you'd like to have him consoled at the end, you may do so. If you'd like a little romance at that very end, you may do so, so long as it is not fluff. Make it realistic.

Challenge Three - In the Shadows
Genre: Horror; Supernatural

In many of my stories, I use the "shadow people." If you don't know what they are, look them up. Write a story featuring one or many of these beings.

Challenge Four - The Poetry Challenge
Genre: Any

Find a poem or part of a poem. Write a story based on it, using the poem or poem segment at the beginning of the work. For those who would like somewhere to start, I suggest John Donne.

Challenge Five - The Eternally Evanescing Autumn Challenge
Genre: Any

Write a songfic. Simple, right? Wrong. Use lyrics by either Sopor Aeternus and the Ensemble of Shadows, Emilie Autumn, or Evanescence. If you use Evanescence - clearly the most mainstream of the three -, please try to use a song that isn't over-played. The three songs I will not particularly be happy with are "My Immortal," "Call Me When You're Sober," and "Bring Me to Life." You may still use them - I'm not stopping you. However, there are SO many fics out there that use those songs. Please make it original.

Challenge Six - Are You Talking To Me?
Genre: Supernatural; (Possible) Humour; (Possible) Horror

Write about séances, ouija boards, and the like. Have Danny present during the usage of one of these things. To make it humourous, have the "contacted spirit" be Danny himself, and if you would like to make it horror, you can have it go awry, and something horrible can be unleashed. You can do both, actually, by having it start with the humour, and slowly progress it into horror.

More challenges are to be added soon. I want to start something soon - a serial of one-shots -, and once it is started, it will become a challenge as well.

Good luck!

- Vague Apparitions.