Blood.
Pain.
Suffer.
These are the only things Danny can remember as of now. Danny stood in front of the lifeless bodies of those he cared for. Their skin becoming cold and pale. Their faces frozen in fear.
Tears ran down Danny's face. Danny didn't know what to do in this situation, after all he was only fourteen. No one of his age should have to suffer the great deal of pain he is. However, the pain will only get worse as he grows older. As grows to discover more about his abilities and the burdens that come with them the pain and suffering will only grow until it drives the boy to madness.
A man in a very expensive looking suit placed a reassuring hand on the boys shoulder. To his surprise Danny jerked himself away from the man.
"We need to take you to your godfather." The man informed him.
Danny did nothing. He did not want to go anywhere. He sat there secretly hoping they would turn to ghost though a part of him knew it was to late for that.
The man watched Danny stare hopelessly at the bodies of his family.
"Please, Danny," the man pleaded, "it's gonna be better."
Danny felt he had no choice. He got up and silently followed the man to his car.
"So who is my godfather?" Danny asked after a few moments of silence.
The man looked up, "Mayor Vlad Masters! You'll get to live in a big fancy house now!" He tried to make the situation better, but only made it worse.
Danny's eyes widened. Was this his plan? Did he kill them so I would become his son? Danny was enraged at the sound of that man's name.
The rest of the car ride was silent. Danny looked out his window and saw children happily playing ball. The happiness on their faces was unsightly. How dare they be so happy on such a sad day.
When they got to Vlad's mansion the man knocked on the door. Vlad answered knowing who was there and why. He looked at Danny truly feeling sorry for the child, but Danny only looked at him with anger in his eyes. Vlad killed his parents, that was the one thing Danny was sure of.
"Why don't you come in?" Vlad was honestly making an effort to be as kind as he possibly could. "I've prepared some warm tea for you."
Danny walked in refusing to look at Vlad or anything, but the floor beneath his feet.
"Thank you." The man said. "The last thing that boy needed was to end up in the system."
"Yes, I know." Vlad whispered.
The man left and Vlad went to go join Danny.
Vlad poured Danny a cup of tea, but before he could give it to him he was shocked to head what Danny had to say.
"I know what you did." He told him. "You killed them. You killed them so you could have the apprentice you've always wanted."
Vlad dropped the cup. He stood in silence, and in shock. Quickly that shock turned to anger.
"You blame me for their death?" Vlad asked angry.
"You've always wanted my dad dead, and with them dead I am forced to live with you." Danny retorted.
"I wanted your mother more than I wanted you, Daniel. Not everything has to do with you." Vlad's eyes were now glowing red.
Vlad calmed down when he realized that this is just what the boy instinctively did. Vlad realized that Danny was just angry and this was his way of dealing with it.
"Danny, what happened was an accident. You need to know that." Vlad said in a calm fatherly voice.
"Then why did I live? Why didn't I die with them?" Danny asked tears once again rolling down his cheeks.
Vlad knew the answer, but he also knew the boy should never find out, not now anyways.
Vlad went in to give Danny a hug, but Danny pulled away.
"Show me to my room." He demanded.
Vlad stared at him shocked. He'd never known the boy to act this way. It was not like him, though seeing what the boy saw just now can change someone.
"Right," Vlad said, "its right upstairs."
Vlad stood up and showed Danny his new room. The room was very plain. The bed had a plain white sheet and pillow. The walls were also white. There was one window, but it barely lit up the room do to the gloomy look outside. Danny walked in, and shut the door behind him.
Vlad sighed, then left the boy to his solitude. He went downstairs and picked up the broken glass. Vlad sat on the couch when he saw a picture of his now deceased loved one. A small tear ran down his cheek before he sat the picture face down on the same table.
A few days had passed and it was now time for their funeral.
"Its time to go." Vlad said through the door of Danny's room.
Danny walked out wearing the black outfit Vlad had bought for the occasion.
Danny attended and so did Sam and Tucker though few words were spoken.
Danny went back to Vlad's mansion, and back to his room.
"Danny." Vlad said.
"What?" He asked.
"May I ask, how did your parents die?" Vlad asked.
Danny froze as memories of what happened started flooding in his head.
"Its not important." Danny said as he shut his door.
Vlad sat back down on the couch when his cat showed up.
"Oh Maddie," he sighed, "I don't know what I should do. Obviously me and Danny can't fight the way we used to."
The cat meowed and Vlad looked at her as if shed said the smartest thing has ever heard.
"That's it! Maybe he just needs a small ghost fight to get him back to his usual self." Vlad smiled.
Vlad walked down to his "secret" lab, and pulled out his phone.
"Skulker I need a quick favor from you."