A young man sat on a green bench, waiting for a bus to take him back home. Home. That was not a word that he had been able to use for a very long time. Rain started to pour. Perfect. Well, it would be appropriate. It had been five long years since he was forced to leave the only place that he had considered a home.
The man's name was Daniel James Fenton, Danny to those who knew better, son of Maddie and Jack Fenton, professional ghost hunters in Amity Park. They, ironically, were also the cause of the ghost infestation in Amity Park and were indirectly responsible for their son's disappearance. An accident occurred with one of their experiments leaving Danny a half-ghost. They had not known that this occurred because Danny had managed to keep this a secret from everyone (with the exception of his two closest friends) for two years. Secrets, however, do not stay hidden forever.
After his town had found out about his ghost alter-ego, they did not really give him much of a choice whether he could continue living there. Immediately there were debates on whether or not he should be killed since, after all, he was an abomination. He tainted their "perfect" society, even though he was the one keeping them safe. When they decided that the best thing to do was to experiment on him, Jazz helped him escape.
Jazz was his only sibling, his beloved older sister. He had, at times, thought of her as an annoying, overprotective, nosy older sister but now only could think of her with the utmost respect. She had always loved him, she had always looked out for him, and she was the one that helped him when he became a pariah.
Although Jazz was the one who helped him escape Amity Park, he could never tell her or anyone else where he went. When he left he knew that it had to be for good, but here he was, coming back to the place that had tossed him out of society. If he had told Jazz or anyone else of his location, it would risk their lives along with his own. Immediately after he left, he began seeing himself on the news saying that he "ran away" and that he "may be potentially dangerous". He missed his family and friends more than anything but knew he could not face them.
After laying low for a while, he began attending a new High School under a different name. Because he no longer had to have the grueling responsibility of protecting this new town, he earned straight A's and became valedictorian, like his sister. He, ultimately, had nothing more to work towards. The only real difficulty he had was not having a real home; but, because he never let anyone close to him, nobody really noticed. The school never looked into the forged papers he turned in, and they never suspected someone with such a high GPA could possibly have a secret like that. If they had looked into it, they would have noticed that the address he gave led to an empty parking lot. He made a home on a rather cozy roof of a boarding house.
He then got a full ride to local college and got a job to cover the rest of the expenses. Now he was heading across the country because his annoying, protective, nosy sister was getting married to some hot-shot senator. He had to be important because their wedding had made the several states over from where they were.
Leave it to Jazz to marry a senator; Danny chuckled just before a bus stopped to pick him up. Glad to get out of the rain, he sloshed down on a seat and sighed. He knew that someone was bound to recognize him or expect him to be there. He planned to flea as soon as someone recognized him but knew that it would be difficult because he did not even recognize himself anymore. He had changed a lot since he was sixteen He had grown from 5'8" to 6'2". He had matured from a scrawny little teenager to having sculpted muscles while still bearing a lean, skinny form. He had grown his hair almost shoulder length, and had a scruffy unshaven look. He went from cute but awkward teenager to an incredibly handsome young man. Girls were always flirting with him while he did not have the time of day. He always thought about how he would have loved that in High School but it now seemed like a waste of time. The biggest difference about Danny was that where there was a spark of innocence and youthful spirit in his eyes, were replace by a cold stare that gave a hint that he was mature beyond his years.
Danny hoped that this trip would not be as painful as his last as he watched the town disappear in the distance and the rural landscape begin to unfold. This was going to be a long ride.