Hey guys! Here is the first chapter of My We're a Family rewrite!

After re-reading everything I had written previously and coming to a conclusion, I decided to use the same concepts in a more concise fashion. I am liking the way that this story seems to be unfolding much better than the way that I started We're A Family. It will all fall together a lot better than the other story I promise! My updates will be all over the place I am sure. I do have school and I also have work, So I don't know when I will have time to sit down and get more chapters in, but I will do my best and make them as regular as possible! :D

Sincerely,

SCC-ShadowCatCecily

You know, I've had some pretty bad ideas in my short half-life, but this is probably the one that is going to take the cake. If Vlad realizes that I am back in the lab instead of trying to escape he's going to melt me into Ectoplasm, well...he was intending to do that anyway, but I got away...I need that file though, I think he set it down on the chair next to that freaking metal examination table he had me strapped to before. I know I am re-risking my half-life by being here, but that file is the only thing that will be able to give me any clues about myself...

I still couldn't believe that I was going back into the place where he had kept me for so long. It was a completely idiotic thing to do, but I felt I had to do it. If I didn't then I wouldn't ever know anything about myself. I had s many questions; Why am I a girl? Why am I not seventeen now?Why wasn't I fourteen when I was created? I'm like...eight...um...Physically a least. A normal eight year old should be able to read a lot more than I can, that is for sure... I also wanted to know why I am not aging even though three years have passed since my creation. And why do I feel like something about me isn't quite right? Those were just a few of them, and there were certainly more that, I hoped, could be answered by that blasted Cheese Head's file.

I phased my way into Vlad's lab and cringed at the sight that it was in; vials of sample ectoplasm lined the walls, labeled neatly, and an incubation tube for a new clone to start it's short life of servitude for his or her black-souled creator. In the center of the lab was an examination table, the same one that I myself had been strapped on not too long ago before my escape; which didn't leave me uninjured might I add.

Not only did I hurt myself when I broke out of my bonds, burning my wrists to the point that the skin was near boiling point, but Vlad had taken me and examined me...very thoroughly, or at least he tried to before I managed to break free. I had an incision mark coming down from my right shoulder to the middle of my chest. I managed to get away before he could do anything else.

I was in a lot of pain, but I pushed through it, I was going to grab that stupid file and get out of here as fast as I could. My wounds were healing, a lot faster that they would have been had I been a normal human, but it was still going to take a lot longer than it would have with the proper treatment that my wounds needed. When I visited Danny last he taught me to control my Ice powers some, so I had managed to cool the burns and covered the incisions with ectoplasm infused ice, closing them up as best as I could.

My chest still throbbed as I made my way over to the table and grabbed the folder that had the letters D-A-N-I-E-L-L-E P-H-A-N-T-O-M spelled out on it. I was never taught how to properly read, but I knew that those letters spelled out my name, Danielle Phantom. After I nabbed the file I turned invisible and flew up and out of the mansion, glad to say farewell to the godforsaken place.

I looked around to see where I was. Snow had been falling in a heavy manner and the roads were covered with the cold white blanket. It seemed to be a good 29 degrees or so outside, but it didn't bother me at the moment, since I at least had a little control over my own powers over ice. Flying invisibly down what seemed to be a main road for a short while, maybe five miles or so before I reached a sign that had Danny's Ghost form on it, I think that meant that I was close to Amity Park...I hoped.

I thanked whatever being that was watching out for me and picked up my speed, flying through the air thick with falling snowflakes towards my destination.

I hope that I can find Danny or one of his friends before it gets any worse out here... I thought to myself. I could tell that the weather was getting worse, maybe I would run into Danny if I get lucky. I had to be quick though, maybe I should just go straight to his house, like I did that first time...but maybe he would think I was up to no good if I did that though...I wasn't sure about anything anymore, would he even want to see me? His clone that his arch enemy created from his DNA without permission?

Why did I feel so conflicted about all of this? When I first met Danny I knew that we had some sort of connection, it was definitely deeper than a clone and it's original, or even being cousins for that matter. After he saved me I was sure that there was something deeper there, I mean, who would risk there life for someone who was created with your DNA without your consent? Of course Danny has a Hero complex, and he definitely isn't your everyday normal teen, but come on, I'm just a clone, and he still came to rescue me. Whenever I stopped by to say hello or if I needed any help I felt something between us. I wont say that it is a bad feeling, because it is definitely not. On the contrary, I like the feeling I get when I am around him. I feel safe, protected, and like I actually matter to someone else. I always end up leaving though, because I don't want to get in the way. Having me around would probably just make keeping his secret even harder and I would probably just be a nuisance to him in all honesty...

I know this might sound pretty strange, but I kind of see him as my dad. Every time I show up he always treats me so nicely, and tells me that I am always welcome to stay with him. Danny is way more of a Dad to me than the crazy fruitloop who claimed he was my father and then betrayed me. A dad would never do that to his daughter, even if he had wanted a son. Danny's not even 18 and he takes care of me like a dad should. He's thoughtful and kind and makes sure that I am safe.

If I were to have a dad like Danny I wouldn't want to go anywhere on my own. I mean, even when I am with him now I don't want to go anywhere, I want to be loved and taken care of in a warm house, with Danny and Sam, and maybe even Tucker and Jazz! In fact, I've had small dreams about it when I had time to sleep while I was traveling. He and Sam were taking care of me like we were a family. Danny made the best Daddy ever, Sam was the coolest Mom. Jazz was more of a big sister than an aunt, but it was still great because she talked with me and we painted our toenails and mostly talked about whatever we wanted to. Tucker was the fun uncle, the one who would hang out with me and play games while slacking off.

Danny really needs to talk to Sam about his crush that he has on her. I know that He has it bad for the goth but I swear that boy is clueless.

I also really like Sam. She is an awesome person altogether. Sam lets me stay at her house when I am in town and need a place to stay when I cannot stay over at Danny's. Her mom, Pamela, scares me a bit, and she is also super rude... When she told her mom that she was babysitting for a neighbor when they went out of town for a business trip she huffed and got all prissy saying; "It is good that you are finally taking just a little bit of responsibility, Samantha. Make sure that the girl is behaving herself." Sam had just crossed her arms and told me to follow her upstairs before I was put into a bright pink dress. Yuck, pink is gross.

And also, the last time I stayed with her she got me some new clothes, since it was going to start to get cold soon and she said she was worried about me flying off in a sweatshirt and shorts. I now have a nice pair of black pants and a purple long sleeved shirt with some warm boots and a sweatshirt with Danny's and my DP symbol on the right shoulder. I had told them that I didn't need a big coat, and that a sweatshirt was just fine because I have a small natural immunity to the cold.

She also needs to talk to Danny about her crush on him. I just really want them to stop dancing around each other and their feelings for each other and just get together already. They belong together, and everyone knows it except for them.

Jazz is kind of overbearing, but she is a great person to hang out with when you want to talk to someone about just anything at all. She's really smart, but Danny thinks that she is a little full of herself. I don't blame him though, she is a little bit crazy about being right all of the time...

Tucker is kind of weird, but it is a good weird and not the bad kind. He can be a bit silly sometimes but he spoils me every time that I come to town to visit for a while. We had gotten separated from the group when we went to the mall once, purposely leaving Danny and Sam together, even though that didn't amount to anything, and went to the arcade.

There was always a deeper connection between me and Danny, and even with Sam sometimes, now that I think about it. I felt something similar around the goth that I did around Danny. I was a lot like her, and even Tucker had something to say about it one time when he had made me angry and I kicked him in the shin for it. After I had kicked him he had said that I was like a combination of Danny and Sam. I had mixtures of Danny's personality as well as Sam's. And now that I think about it he might be right...I have the same general dislikes as Sam, like the color pink, I wasn't a fan of meat either, but maybe that was from me being traumatized by Tucker, and black is one of my favorite colors along with baby blue.

Of course I would have all the same, or even just similar, likes as Danny. Space, Protecting my friends/family, and everything else as well.

If I was only a clone of Danny...then why was I so much like Sam?

Thinking about it then gave me a small clue in my mind. Since Danny was My original, the template of DNA that Vlad had used to make me, then wouldn't that technically make Danny my biological dad at the very least? Maybe?

And what about Sam? Had something gotten mixed up? Maybe something got on whatever Vlad had used to clone Danny and that was why I was a girl? Well, if that was the case then I have two parents. Biological parents at the very least. It would mean that I wasn't completely a freak. And those small thoughts made me even just a little bit happy.

I guess those are more questions that need to be answered by the file, if there is anything in there like that about me...I hadn't bothered opening it because I know that I wouldn't be able to read it, since I was never actually taught properly. And the only person that I felt comfortable reading it to me was Danny, He was the only one who had the right to read it anyway, because if I had someone else read it I would be locked away and Danny's secret would be null.

I thought about my options a bit more before making up my mind completely and sped up my flight. I needed to get to Dad- Danny as quickly as I possibly could so I could have answers for all of my questions. I slipped the file into me sweatshirt to keep from loosing it and then continued flying again, hurrying my way through the falling snow into the city that was ahead of me, completely unaware that I was being followed.

No one's P.O.V

"Do you have the target in sight?" A male voice crackled over the radio.

"I do, the Ectoplasmic slime has no idea that I am following it, and nor will it detect that I am here, Agent K" The African American man said. He was using a government issued jetpack to the Guys in White, the section of the American military that took care of ghostly problems throughout the United states.

"I will be catching up with you soon, I am on the other side of the city and am currently leaving the ground. I will be able to intercept the post human consciousness as soon as it reaches the park in the center Agent O."

"Copy," Agent O announced the acknowledgment from his partner and continued to follow the ghost into the city.