Chapter 1: New Birth

Vlad Plasmius paced around his laboratory in a fit of rage as he looked over the results of his latest experiment. For months, he had repeatedly attempted to clone his nuisance of an enemy, 14 year-old Daniel "Danny" Fenton, also known as Danny Phantom in his ghost form. But all of Vlad's attempts have been failures, leading to Vlad's current predicament.

"The first one is smaller than a coffee bean, the second is nothing but bones and the third is a hulking monstrosity who can't even speak coherently. No one would believe that any of them were Daniel!" Vlad shouted as he lit the paper in his hand on fire, reducing it to ashes. "Not to mention that none of them have a human form, which means I am left with only one option." Vlad stalked over to the fourth pod, putting in the combination. "In order to perfect my clone, I am going to have to get a mid-morph DNA sample from Daniel. In order to do that, I need a way to get close to Daniel so that I can catch him and get my sample. Failure or not, I guess I have no choice but to use this one. The real clone is not stable enough yet." The pod opened to reveal a young child with long pure white hair and pale skin. As the cool lab air flooded into the small chamber, the child began to shiver instinctively as the wind graced its naked form. Vlad, though disappointed that this had been another failure, took a moment to appreciate his work. "Wake up, dear child."

Slowly, the child began to wake, opening one eye, then the other, revealing stunning bright green eyes that matched Danny's exactly. Slowly rising, the child scanned the open area for the first time before focusing on the man standing there.

"Wh-where am I? Who am I?Wh-who a-are you?" the child asked.

"Why, I am your father," Vlad said with a twisted smile. "And you're in my lab, Danielle."

"Danielle?" she asked, wrapping her arms around her naked body as she, subconsciously, became embarrassed being in front of her father with nothing to cover her.

"Why, that's your name, dear. Come, we'll get your clothes and then I will brief you on your mission," he said as he covered her with a blanket and helped her out of the pod.

"My mission?"

"Yes. You see, my dear, you were created for a purpose. You were created to-"

"To replace Danny Fenton…" she said as her pupils suddenly dilated, covering a majority of her vibrant green eyes. Information started to flood her mind like a raging river during a storm, and as she tried to retain it all, Danielle could feel her mind, almost as if it were cracking, splitting down the middle, causing her to fall to her knees and clutch her aching head, wishing that the pain would stop. "Oh god! So much! Too much-too fast!" she cried as tears began to fall from her eyes. "Daddy, make it stop!" Vlad watched in curiosity, wondering if perhaps she was too unstable or was not ready to be released, and if she was going to die, right here and now on the floor. A bright light flashed as her body lit up, and a white ring appeared around her body, and spilt, changing her skin to a more normal color, her eyes to a blue, and her long white hair to black as it hung around her shoulders. Danielle feel over, panting on the cold floor, which gave her a little bit of relief from the headache she had acquired, as she tried to speak once more.

"Wh-what….what was that?" she finally managed.

"It seems that your programming has kicked in, though it was a bit unexpected, thus causing you to experience a great amount of pain as your newly developed mind was flooded with information," Vlad said, turning his back and walking over to a cabinet. Opening the doors, Vlad pulled out a pair of red shorts, a blue hoodie, a pair of socks and blue shoes, and lastly, a red beanie. Looking over, Vlad decided it was probably useless to give the girl a pair of boy's underwear, which only reminded him of his setbacks and his failure to acquire a son like he had wanted. It won't matter anyway. Once she fulfills her task, she will be of no use to me anyway. Walking back over, Vlad knelt down, and presented her with her clothes before turning and walking over to his wall sized computer.

"My programming? Who knew learning something could hurt so much," Danielle mumbled as she turned around, once again trying to hide her embarrassment at her nudity, and began to get dressed.

"Yes, yes. Now on to more pressing matters. As I'm sure you now realize, everything that you now know is necessary information on Daniel's family, life and his powers; powers, of course, that the two of you share," Vlad said, turning to see her now fully dressed, adjusting the red cap onto her head, and putting her hair into a ponytail.

"So that means I should be able to use the same ghost powers as him, right?" she asked as she walked over and stood next to him.

"That is correct. However, unlike Daniel, you have a very unique ability that I have given you that will ensure that things go the way that they should."

Vlad faced the computer and pressed a button that changed the screen to a virtual image of Danny on the left side of the screen as well as one of Danielle on the right, both in human form. "I have compiled a list of his abilities as well as yours so that you can see and compare them."

Danielle crossed her arms and began to go over the list of abilities that Danny possessed, starting at the top with the ability to transform from human to ghost, and back. In a flash, the knowledge of how to transform entered her mind, being stored away for her to have access to. She continued this process, scanning, learning and storing all of his tricks, until she came across one that she didn't seem to know or have knowledge of.

"That last one…what exactly is a "Ghostly Wail", and why don't I have it or any knowledge of how to use it?" she asked in irritation while glaring at Vlad. Having been silently watching her while she quietly looked over the information, Vlad was a little surprised, not only for her sudden outburst, but also the attitude she gave with it, and quickly grew peeved at her disrespect.

"First of all, you'd best watch yourself, young lady. I do not tolerate that kind of attitude and disrespectful tone from anyone, especially not a child of my own creation. Is that understood?" He said, narrowing his red eyes at her menacingly. Danielle set her lips in a hard line as she glared back at him before conceding and averting her gazed to the floor.

"Yes, sir," she mumbled quietly. Vlad continued to look upon her angrily for a moment before turning back to the computer.

"The reason you do not have that ability is because at the time of your creation, Daniel did not have that ability either. It was during a recent venture where he and I were forced into working together, that I discovered he could produce such a massive sonic blast from his mouth, though how he acquired such an ability is beyond me. This, however, means that you may possibly be able to develop the ability as well."

"So how do you know he won't just use it to blow me away if I get too close to him?"

"As luck would have it, the attack, though immense in power, uses up too much energy, and would leave him vulnerable. For this reason, along with its destructive power, Daniel only seems to use the attack as a last resort, but by that point, he shall be weak enough that taking him will be no more then childs play."

Danielle nodded, though she thought his pun was a bit unnecessary, and smiled a devious smile as she moved onto the list of her powers. All of them were the same as Danny's, but there was one that caught her interest.

"Hypnosis?"Danielle asked in disbelief. "From the knowledge I have of the Ghost Zone that you have programmed into me, I don't believe there are any ghosts that can hypnotize people other than Ember McLain with her musical guitar."

"That is correct," Vlad said with a smile as he made the computer focus in on Danielle's eyes. "I have installed in you a special technique. It's an ocular ability that you can use to gain control over people and get them to believe whatever you so choose." Turning to Danielle, his eyes showed that they were full of seriousness. "You are to use this ability to trick Daniel into coming here so that I may get a sample of his mid-morph D.N.A. Is that clear?"

Danielle put a smirk on her face, but thelook in her eyes was one of mischievous intent.

"Yeah, sorry, but I have other plans then helping you, "Dad"," she said as she used air quotes to mock him. Vlad was taken aback by her sudden refusal to obey him, and flew into a rage at her mockery.

"Listen, child, you live to obey me, and you shall do as I say! Or so help me, you will regret this!" he yelled as he stood over her in an attempt to intimidate her back into her place. To his surprise, the smile never left Danielle's face as her eyes turned green.

"Sorry, but my programming told me that I'm to take over Danny's life, and from the information I have, that sounds a hell of a lot better than whatever whacked out plan you might have. That being said-" she paused as the two white rings appeared around her tiny waist, and travelled around her, returning her to her ghost form, revealing a jumpsuit with mixtures of black and white, a pair of inverted gloves, white boots, and a white D with a P on the inside, logo on her chest, "I'm gonna have to be sure that you won't intervene with MY plans."

Calling upon her inner power, Danielle forced her hands to glow with a bright green light as she held them out in front of her and unleashed a powerful blast of ecto-energy, hitting Vlad square in the chest, and sending him flying into the large computer screen behind him, destroying it, frying the entire system, and giving him a nasty shock.

As Vlad staggered out of the wall of the computer, no longer in his ghost form, the entire lab was bathed in a red flashing light as the Maddie Hologram appeared, shaking horribly. Upon seeing this, Danielle couldn't help but roll her eyes at him.

"Wow. A hologram of Maddie Fenton. How much more pathetic can you get?" she taunted before rising into the air. "I'm just going to make sure you don't try to pull anything after I leave. Better get to work, you know, taking out the rest of the lab." Danielle smiled as she turned and began to throw ecto-disks at the various tables, blueprints and vials in the room. As she flew around, laughing evilly, or as evilly as a little girl can, she paused in midflight at the sight of her former pod as well as the others right next to it. "So. I wasn't the first one, or the only. Can't say I'm surprised," she said with venom in her voice as she peered over her shoulder at the tired and beaten form of Vlad. "It's not exactly fair, and I don't want to, but I can't risk these guys coming after me. Lord only knows what kind of chaos they would cause and how badly they would screw up my plans." Danielle backed away from the pods as a look of sorrow and regret came to her face, as well as a few tears, before her hands started to glow. "I'm so sorry for this, brothers."

In a flash of bright green light, followed by a devastating explosion, the pods shattered and were blown to pieces, completely destroying all the clones and equipment that housed them. Though it pained her, Danielle took a small amount of comfort in knowing that their deaths were quick and that they felt no pain. Vlad covered his face as the wind fought against him.

"No! You foolish girl! Do you know what you have done!?" Vlad yelled in rage as he glared up at her. "All of my hard work! All of my research! GONE! And you're going to pay for it!" As Vlad stood to his feet, two black rings appeared around his waist.

Danielle, though a little shocked he got his bearing back so quickly, wasted no time and flew off toward the weapons vault. Phasing threw the door, she turned invisible as she began to search through the weapons, many of which she recognized as designs made by the Fentons.

Come on, come on! She thought. I know it's around here somewhere!

Vlad phased threw the door, anger flashing in his piercing red eyes as he searched the vault for the annoying brat of a creation he made.

"Come out, girl. You've had your fun, but there's nowhere left to hide, and it's time for you to receive your punishment," he called as he balled his fist up.

"Careful what you wish for."

Vlad turned to see Danielle as she charged forward and jabbed him in the chest with something, sending an agonizing amount of electricity that flew into every cell in his body, causing him to drop out of the air onto his hands and knees. He soon felt the all too familiar sensation of his body growing weaker as he changed back into his human form. Looking up, he met yet another victorious smirk on the face of young Danielle.

"What-How-"

"You know, it really helps when you know certain things about your opponent. Like how he never creates his own weapons, just steals them from his former friends and obsession. It also helps when you know he has a weapon that can short out ghost powers for up to three hours," she said as she swung said device in his face.

"My Plasmius Maximus! But how? How could you have possibly known about all my equipment!?"

"It's funny the kind of information and things you know about someone when you share D.N.A with them. Like how your programming tells you what does and doesn't work against them. Maybe, instead of worrying about your perfect little clone slave, you should have paid more attention to the information you fed into me, Vlad," she mocked again. "Too bad for you, these weapons aren't gonna help you escape. What with the vault being ecto-proof and resistant to ecto-energy. Only way in or out is phasing, which you can't do right now, and the password, which can only be put in from outside the vault!" Danielle said, gasping in fake shock. "Oh no, Vlad. Whatever shall you do?" she giggled as she put the Plasmius Maximus into her pocket and turn intangible. "Bye Bye, Daddy." With a wave, she phased out of the sealed door.

Vlad growled and slammed his fist on the ground as all his anger came to a boil. How could he, Vlad Masters, have been tricked by not only a teenager, but now, a preteen, of his own creation, no less? A girl, only minutes old, had outsmarted and trapped him in his own vault, destroyed his lab and all his work, and was now loose to do as she pleased, which would no doubt ruin his plans.

No. He wouldn't let that happen. The girl was going to pay. When he got his hands on her, she was as good as ectoplasm.

"Oh fear not, dear girl. You may have won this battle, but I shall win the war, for when I get out, so help me, you will be nothing more than a puddle of ectoplasm on the bottom of my boot. This, I swear!"

On the other side of the door, Danielle looked at her handy work with pride. Everything in Vlad's lab had been either destroyed or rendered virtually useless, a fact she was happy about.

"Good. With all his equipment busted, even if that fruitloop comes after me, he won't have anything to use against me. By then, I should at least have the main part of my plan set into motion. But I've gotta get moving. I'm on a time limit, staying here, and can't waste it," she said as she pulled the Plasmius Maximus out of her pocket. "If all goes according to plan, this little device will come in very handy. But there's still one thing standing in my way."

Danielle floated over to the only still working piece of equipment in the entire lab: The Plasmius Portal. Pocketing the small device once more, Danielle started up the self destruct sequence and activated the Maddie Hologram to count down.

"Self-destruct sequence initiated. T-Minus 10 seconds and counting. 10. 9-" the wavy version of the woman said.

"And that would be my cue," Danielle said. Taking a deep breath, she quickly dove head first into the swirling green mass as it sent her into the Ghost Zone. Danielle blinked in amazement as she looked about the world of the undead, but couldn't help the small amount of fear that she felt as she looked around. Even though she had been brave and outsmarted Plasmius, she was still a little girl, one who was technically just a new born having only woken up less than half an hour ago. "So this is it. Kinda creepy, but not-" Danielle paused in mid sentence at the sound coming from behind her. Turning around, she watched as the door to the Plasmius Portal began to waver before being sucked into oblivion and disappearing in a flash of light. "-Bad…"she said as the shock started to wear off. "Well, that at least buys me more time before Vlad comes looking for me. Maybe I got lucky and the whole lab blew up with him in it," she said with a mischievous smile. "But I still have one problem to take care of; the only person who can ruin everything, and that's Danny Phantom." With that declaration, Danielle flew off into the Ghost Zone.

Walker sat behind his desk, looking over some prisoner parole papers.

"Let's see. He tried to escape two weeks ago. That's another 600 years," he said as he stamped the paper in front of him and picked up the next one. "She attacked my guards. 500 more years. This guy. I think he was having a nightmare and started screaming. That woke me up. 900 more years!" he declared, cackling. "I love enforcing the rules."

"Sir!" A call came over the intercom located in the corner of his desk.

"What is it?" he asked, annoyed he had been interrupted.

"It's Phantom, sir! We've spotted him!"

"What!? Are you sure!?"

"Yes, sir! We have positively I. his suit, hair and eyes!"

"Well what are you waitin for!? Catch him and bring him in, you idiots!" Walker yelled, slamming his fist on the desk.

"That's just it, sir; he's actually heading right this way!"

"What is that punk up to?" Walker whispered to himself. Though he wasn't the strongest ghost in the Ghost Zone, he was a devious one, and he knew that even Phantom, as strong as he was, wouldn't come barging into the jail without some type of motive or plan. Walker knew he hadn't made a move on Phantom or his little friends lately, ruling that out, meaning that the punk had to be up to something, though whether it was something Walker would benefit from was a totally different story. He also knew that this may be his best chance to capture Phantom once and for all, and there was no way he was going to miss it.

"Sir, what should we do?" the guard asked since Walker had yet to say a word.

"All guards on the outer walls stand down until that punk is inside. I want him escorted into my office as soon as he passes through the gate, understood?" he said.

"Right away, sir!"

As Walker leaned back into his seat, hands folded, his mind began to buzz in anticipation at the thought that he may finally be rid of that punk Phantom once and for all. Too bad he was in for a bigger surprise.