This idea kind of popped into my head straight out of nowhere when I was at work today. It seemed so unorthodox. So unique. I HAD to write it! Please enjoy this chapter, and don't forget to leave a LONG review at the end of the chapter! I'll also have some questions for you to answer when you get to the end. Enjoy!
*I don't own Danny Phantom or The Legend of Korra! If I did, then Korra wouldn't have been so arrogant in the beginning, or so ignorant as to the workings of Republic City. Not to mention, the whole situation with Amon would've been handled better.*
*Speech Key*
"I'm going ghost!" = Normal Speech
'I'm going ghost!' = Thoughts
"Going ghost!" = Someone Yelling
At the Amity Park airport, Daniel James Fenton, better known as Danny by his best friends Tucker and Sam, was pacing about rather impatiently as he and his family were waiting for someone very special to Danny. His long distance girlfriend of about a year now. They first met during their last year of middle school during a foreign exchange program and hit it off right away. One might say it was love at first sight, as corny as that might sound, but it's true. Even after his girlfriend left for home for the summer, the two of them kept in touch exchanging things like letters, Emails, Skype messages, and even took time to video chat with each other.
And Danny's parents had both approved of their relationship and encouraged it, happy that their son wasn't all head over heels for some shallow popular girl who would have used him and then dropped him at the turn of a hat.
Somewhere in Amity Park, a certain Latina girl sneezed.
And there's a good reason for Danny's lack of patience today. He had gotten a phone call from his girlfriend, and she had big news for him. Her dad got a job in Amity Park, and so, she's moving there with her family! Needless to say, Danny's excited to see her. To have the chance to hug her and hold her in his arms again.
And of course, there's her pet dog that she has. An especially one of a kind breed that was rescued as a pup from an illegal animal testing laboratory that was experimenting with cross breeding several different species of animals together to form an entirely new ecosystem to replace their current wildlife. However, Korra's pet was the only successful hybrid animal from this method of crossbreeding. A rare and unique hybrid of a polar bear and a domesticated dog. More specifically, a Labrador Retriever.
The Danny's girlfriend, who is actually named Korra, had affectionately named the breed a Polar Bear Dog. Named the pup herself Naga.
Jazz looked up from the magazine she was reading to pass the time while waiting for Korra to arrive, and saw how her brother was practically wearing a hole into the floor with his constant pacing about. She rolled her eyes at this, knowing full well what his anxiety was about. But she had to be honest, his way of dealing with it was beginning to get on her nerves. He acts like he's waiting for his kid to be born, for crying out loud!
"Danny, will you calm down? I know you're excited about Korra moving to Amity Park as a more permanent means of residence instead of just being part of an exchange program, but wearing a hole in the ground by pacing isn't going to make her get here any faster!" Jazz exclaimed, getting tired of her brother's anxiety.
"How do you expect me to calm down, Jazz? This is the first time in a year that Korra and I have seen each other in person, and who knows what could have changed in that timeframe?!" Danny exclaimed in a panicky tone.
"Son, if your mother and I can relate to you in any way at all, it's that we dealt with similar anxieties when we were your age." Jack said, looking up from the comic book he brought with him. "Your mother and I went through the same experience you're going through now with Korra. When we were in college, we both lived in different parts of the U.S., and tried to spend as much time with each other as we could before we had to part ways during summer breaks and at the end of our time in college. But once our time there ended, we got past our fears and decided to move in with each other. It wasn't long after that we got married and started our family."
"And we couldn't be happier." Maddie said with a smile as she ruffled her son's hair.
Their words helped to calm Danny down a little bit, but he was still kind of nervous about seeing Korra again in person. What would she be like? Did she change at all during the time they were away and didn't show it? Guess he'll have to find out when she gets here.
"Hey, Danny! There you are, Babe!" shouted a feminine voice.
A voice that Danny recognized right away.
He turned around and broke out into a giant grin as he saw the love of his life running straight towards him. She was dragging a suitcase behind her, and her Polar Bear Dog was trotting alongside her.
"Korra! You're back!"
Korra is a fourteen year old girl with brown skin, cyan colored eyes and shoulder length dark brown hair that was done in a high ponytail with two thin pigtails framing her face. And despite being only fourteen, Korra is a little more developed than most girls her age, having curves in all the right places that a certain Queen Bee of Casper High would kill for. She wears a light blue tank top, dark blue GI pants, and a pair of brown boots.
Her Polar Bear Dog, Naga, looks like quite the strange hybrid animal, and although she looks a little intimidating, she's actually very sweet. She actually looks mostly like a polar bear with several body parts of a Labrador Retriever stuck onto certain areas. She has the stocky, muscular front legs of a polar bear along with the strong and robust build, but her hind legs and tail are those of a dog. She even has a Labrador's floppy, adorable ears. She has an elongated snout full of polar bear teeth, a black nose, and black eyes. She's actually now at an age where she's big enough for Korra to ride like a horse.
And seeing her second favorite human in the whole wide world, Naga broke out into a full run and bowled Danny over, knocking the wind out of the boy as she began to cover his face in slobber using Polar Bear Dog kisses.
"Naga! Down, girl! Stop!" laughed Danny as he managed to push her off, with some effort. "Come on, show a little respect now."
"It's great to see you again, Mister and Misses Fenton. You too, Jazz." Korra greeted.
She grunted as Jack wrapped the girl in a monstrous bear hug, squeezing the air out of her lungs with his large, beefy arms. But Korra didn't mind. If anything, she missed the bear hugs Danny's father would give her, because they remind her of the ones her uncle used to give her as a little girl before he was drafted into the military and had to leave home.
She hasn't seen him in over a year now.
"Korry! Great to see ya again, kiddo!" Jack said with a large grin.
Once he set her down and gave her a chance to realign her spine, Maddie gave Korra a hug as well, but not one that would either suffocate her or break her back. Just tight enough to show how much she missed having the girl around. Korra was always such a joy to have around the house when Danny was in middle school. The two of them were inseparable, even when Tucker and Sam would hang out with Danny.
And even though Korra won Danny's heart, Sam still felt twinges of jealousy over losing the object of her affections. But the girl knew that it was her fault that happened in the first place since she never told Danny how she felt and wanted him to figure it out for himself.
Doesn't mean she had to like it though.
But Maddie also liked having Korra around due to the fact that she also believes in ghosts. Well, more accurately, she believes in spirits. Korra and her family believe that every soul from every living being on Earth becomes a spirit when an individual dies, moving on to an afterlife known as the spirit world. And to her, hunting the spirits of those who lived and died before her seemed like a terrible sin. And with help from Danny, Korra managed to change Maddie and Jack's 'all ghosts are evil' mentality.
Now, the two are more interested in researching ghosts in a harmless and noninvasive way. Maybe even help some ghosts finish what they need to do so they can move on from the mortal plane.
"We missed you too, Korra!" Maddie gushed as she held the girl at arm's length. "My goodness, I can tell that you're growing up faster than any girl in Danny's age group!"
"Oh, this?" Korra asked, gesturing to her body. "My mom told me that all the women in our family become like this while we're young women. That's not really unique. It's just genetic."
"Lucky…" mumbled Jazz.
Seriously, she's sixteen now and she still looks like she should be a high school freshman! That is just not fair!
But a big, slobbery kiss on the face from Naga quickly broke Jazz from her small funk as she found herself trying to defend against the Polar Bear Dog's licks of love. Do not take that out of context, readers!
...Seriously, please don't…
"Okay, okay! I missed you too, Naga! Just please stop!" giggled Jazz.
Once she felt that Danny's sister had been slobbered on enough, Naga backed off and settled for sitting beside her master. Korra slung her arm around Danny's neck and gave him a kiss on the cheek, drawing a shy smile and a blush from the boy. It's been a long time since he was shown any romantic affection from his girlfriend, at least in person. They'd blown each other plenty of air kisses over their video chats, but it felt good to be able to hold one another again.
And it showed as Danny nervously wrapped an arm around Korra's waist and held her closer. This allowed Korra to rest her head on her man's shoulder, happily soaking up his warmth at this subtle act of affection.
"I missed you." she said softly to Danny.
"I missed you too. So much that it hurt." Danny replied.
At that moment, they really didn't care that their families were watching them be all lovey-dovey with each other. Who cares? Let 'em look!
"You know, as touching as this reunion is, we should probably let you get settled in, Korra. You can come over and spend time with Danny and his friends at our place tomorrow, if your parents are okay with it." Jack said. "Besides, Maddie and I are just finishing up the Fenton Ghost Portal and will be ready to show it off tomorrow!"
That got Korra grinning like a kid in a candy store. She's heard stories about Jack and Maddie's old prototype portal that they built in college with an old friend of theirs named Vlad Masters, but never did she think she'd get to see the portal fully constructed before she officially started high school.
"You got it, Jackie-Boy!" Korra quipped.
And so, after sharing a goodbye kiss, Danny and Korra bid each other farewell as Korra left to help her parents with loading up their possessions into the moving van. But not before agreeing to help her out by taking Naga out for a walk so she could get some exercise before the long drive to their new home.
Only he didn't know that that duty entailed riding Polar Bear Dog back. Oh well! He always wondered what it was like to be a rodeo clown.
*To Be Continued…*
Well, I cannot tell a lie. That's all we have for now. But tune in next chapter when we see Danny and Korra enter the Fenton Ghost Portal for the very first time! You should also note that Sam and Tucker will also be present in the next chapter, and we'll see just what goes on here. Anyway, here are my five questions that I'd like you all to answer.
1.) What do you want Korra's ghost form to look like? Anything specific you'd like to see on her? (flaming hair, long fangs, green skin, etc?)
2.) What elemental core do you want Korra to have? (This will also determine the color of her Ghost Sense. Like how Danny's is blue in the show because of his Ice Core.)
3.) Do you guys want Danny and Korra to tell off the A-List students because of their behavior and personalities?
4.) Should Danny and Korra have any friends among the popular kids?
5.) And finally, do you guys want Danny to have a pet hybrid animal of his own? (If so, please specify as to what kind you want him to have, and why.)
Again, please don't forget to leave a long review for me to read so I know if you guys liked it or not. Constructive criticism is always welcome and appreciated. Thank you guys so much for reading! And as I'll say…
May the Force be with you, and have a great day!
