A/N: I don't own Danny Phantom
Summary: This is a response to Squirrel holding a bazooka's Challenge about Danielle. Danielle gets caught in the Fenton home so she decides to call Danny what she's always called him. However, Jack and Maddie take it the wrong way turning what Dani said into a lie. With a bit of help from Danny and his just-as-intelligent-as-Maddie Aunt, can the lie turn to truth?
Ghost Adoption
Chapter 1: Dani Phantom
Danny Fenton was updating his ghost files with his older sister making sure that she knew the REAL names of the ghosts so that she could stop calling Skulker 'Ghost X.' He actually didn't mind her calling the Box Ghost 'Crate Creep,' but as she was a part of Team Phantom, and had been for some time now, he wanted to get her on the same level as his friends
"What's this link?" Jazz Fenton asked as she pointed to a file labeled TDFAETF
"Too Dangerous for Anyone Else to Fight" he told her "Luckily, we shouldn't have to deal with those two"
"Isn't Vlad in that?"
"He would be…if I didn't see Dad kick Fruitloop butt by himself" Danny said "No… Only Dark Dan and Paraiah Dark are in that. But as Paraiah is in the Sarcophagus of Forever Sleep and Dark Dan's with Clockwork, we won't have to worry"
"Ghost Allies" Jazz read the next folder. "Can we look at that?"
"Sure. I need to update Dani's anyways as I just got her stabilized" Danny said clicking on the link.
"Who?" Jazz asked having not been informed of the third halfa in existence.
"Complicated" Danny explained as he clicked on Danielle's file.
The picture of a young ghost girl of about 12 at max appeared. Jazz's mouth dropped at the similarities between the girl and her brother in ghost form
"Oh my goodness" Jazz swore when she read Danielle's description
Name: Danielle 'Dani' Phantom
Status: Halfa.
Location: Unknown
Known Powers: Invisibility, Intangibility, Flight, Ecto-rays, might have more of my abilities as she gets older.
Info: Danielle Phantom was created by Vlad Plasmius as he tried to make a perfect clone of me. Something went haywire with her and she developed a mind and a will of her own. When Vlad told her that she existed to serve him after she hesitated with an order, she switched to my side and gave Vlad one heck of a beating along side me and now thinks of me as a cousin. She is currently unstable.
Jazz could only watch as Danny typed in the rest of the info after he deleted the last sentence of the info paragraph
She returned to Amity as her destabilization was rapidly approaching hoping that I could save her. While looking for me, she was captured by Valerie but then was used as bait for Valerie to trap me and then turned Dani in over to Vlad. As Valerie saw that Dani is only half ghost, I was able to convince the huntress to help me rescue the girl who she believes is my cousin. Using the Fenton Ecto-Dejecto that had yet to be fixed, I was able to stabilize Dani and she, Valerie, and I kicked Plasmius butt.
"You have a clone?" Jazz asked
"In a way" Danny said. "True she's made of ectoplasm and was created in a testtube or whatever Vlad used. But she's her own person, Jazz"
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Meanwhile, downstairs,
A young girl of about 12 with black hair and baby blue eyes walked up to the Fenton house. She took a deep breath and phased through the door.
Now that Danielle was stabilized, she had been able to travel longer distance. But of course, most of what she wanted to do she was too young for. Half of that stuff she had just gone ghost and invisible, but some of the other things she didn't have the guts to do. After all, she did share the same D.N.A as Danny Fenton/Phantom.
So, she was bored and looking for a place to crash for a few years.
Suddenly, a large man by the name of Jack Fenton appeared in the kitchen and raided the fridge.
"Excuse me" Dani said
Jack turned and looked at the young girl
"How'd you get into my house?" Jack asked. "And who are you?"
"I'm…I'm…" she stuttered. She didn't want to get Danny in trouble despite the fact she was looking for him. But if she called him her cousin, that would bring up the fact that the Fentons didn't know her. But if she asked for Danny point blank, that would bring up the question on how he knew her. Not to mention that small fact that the door had been locked and she and Danny shared the same name (with hers being more feminine)
So, Dani just feigned a faint from hunger
"HEY MADDIE!" Jack called since Maddie was better with kids and girls and this intruder was both.
"What's the matter Jack?" Maddie asked before seeing the girl "Oh my!"
Maddie ran up to the girl after grabbing a towel and wetting it with cold water. Once Dani 'recovered,' Maddie couldn't help but to notice the similarities between the girl and her son.
"Let's get something in your stomach" Maddie said kindly "You must be starving"
"Thanks" Dani said 'weakly'
A few minutes later, the Fentons couldn't believe what they were seeing
The girl had the appetite of a teenage boy.
"So…what was your name again?"
"Danielle" Dani said. "But everyone just calls me Dani"
"Wow!" Jack said. "I have a son named Danny"
"So what brings you here?" Maddie asked
"I'm…I'm looking for my cousin" Dani admitted "I…I was recently adopted and I heard that I had a cousin with a similar name as me and I wanted to meet him"
"What's your cousin's name?" Maddie asked getting a bit suspicious.
"Danny….I think the last name is Fenton" Dani said not knowing what she was getting herself into
Jack and Maddie exchanged a look. Jack was an only child and Maddie only had one sister who lived without a phone.
"Is Alicia with you?" Maddie asked
"Who?" Dani asked
"Your new mother. My sister" Maddie said
"Oh…no. I…ranaway" Dani said quickly.
How does Danny lie so much? It's getting me deeper into trouble than I ever got in with Vlad. Dani thought
Just then, the other two Fentons walked into the kitchen. Danny was holding the Fenton thermos that held an annoying ghost by the name of the Box Ghost and the siblings were going to go stuff the ghost back into the Ghost Zone
However, the plan took a dramatic turn when they saw the Danny clone
"What's going on?" Danny asked Dani though he was directing the question to his parents.
"Danny. This is your new cousin, Danielle. Apparently your Aunt Alicia adopted her" Maddie said.
"Can't blame her." Jack muttered. "Not much to do where your Aunt lives."
"I…uh…I heard that I had a cousin now who looked like me and…I…wanted to see if it was true" Dani said giving Danny a look that said 'help'
"Wow" Danny said playing along. "Well, it's nice to meet you Danielle. I'm Danny and this is your other cousin Jazz."
He gave her a look that said that he'll handle it.
"Well, now that I've met my cousin, I'll just head back home now" Dani said innocently before attempting to make a break for it
"WE'LL take you home" Maddie said
"We/You will?" Jack, Danny, Jazz, and Dani said confused/nervously
TBC