Author's Note: I'm going to try and write this from a psychological perspective while staying as close to the original as possible.
Warnings: Verbal and extreme psychological child abuse, some physical child abuse, child neglect, references to sexuality, mature themes, homophobia
Disclaimer: I don't own Danny Phantom.
"It can't be a boy, it just can't!"
Madeline Fenton had been screaming for the past hour, hoping against hope that the doctors had been wrong, that there had been a mistake, that the baby wasn't hers.
Jack felt her pain. They had tried in vitro fertilization for a second daughter. He had thought the nurses mixed up their baby until the doctor had told them otherwise. Apparently, there had been a mixup at the clinic and they had mistakenly implanted a male embryo instead of a female.
Jack stared down at the wailing newborn. He and Maddie had picked out the name Danielle for their daughter. When it was born and the clinic's mistake was revealed, they gave the baby the male equivalent.
"You'll have a new baby sister soon."
How many times had he told that to Jazz? Now, Jazz wouldn't have a sister.
Jack had tried to get the infant a sex change operation the moment it was born, but the doctors refused.
"He's a healthy baby boy. Why do you want to change him?"
That was the problem. They didn't understand how much he and his wife wanted another girl. Jack didn't have the money to pay for a sex change operation. It wasn't covered by insurance and it would cost him the entire family's savings to have it done.
Jack had wanted to put the baby up for adoption, but Maddie didn't want to.
"We promised Jazz a new baby sister and that's what she's going to get."
Yes, they had promised Jazz a sister. But, the baby was a boy and boys couldn't be sisters. They had been promised a daughter and sons couldn't be daughters.
So, both parents wept for the daughter they didn't have, never paying any attention to the son they did.
Author's Note: End prologue.