Author's Note: This is from a plot bunny of the same name that jeanette9a said I could do. It's going to replace Lend Me Your Advice because it follows a similar premise to what that story is about. Also, because the accident occurs later than in the actual series, this will likely end up being an AU of the Danny Phantom series and most, if not all, episodes after BR will either be AU or not occur. I suppose it just depends on where it takes me. I hope that you like it and reviews, as always, are much appreciated.

Disclaimer: I don't known Danny Phantom, I never have, I never will and I am only saying this once so I will not repeat it in later chapters.

Legacy

1.

Accident

Danny Fenton's life has never exactly been normal.

His parents, Maddie and Jack Fenton, were professional ghost hunters who enjoyed creating weapons to use on ghosts should they ever come into contact with one. Most of their weapons never worked but their greatest invention was what turned Danny's not-so-normal life completely upside down.

The ghost portal was an invention that his parents said would open a gateway between Earth and what they called the Ghost Zone. Unfortunately, like all their other inventions, it didn't work, which disappointed them greatly especially since they, or at least Danny's dad, wanted to brag about it during the college reunion the family would be attending in less than two weeks. Danny, being curious, invited his friends Sam Manson and Tucker Foley down into his parents' lab to take a look at the portal.

"Come on, don't you think it would be cool to check it out? I mean, who knows what could be on the other side of this portal?" Sam said. Both she and Tucker stood to the right of gazing at the yawning tunnel of technology gazing into it.

Danny also peered into the tunnel. "Well, I've always wanted to see what it looks like inside since Mom and Dad finished it," he said.

"Then go check it out," Sam said.

Danny looked over at his Goth best friend before looking back at the tunnel. Deciding to do that to avoid being called a chicken by his friend and to satisfy his own curiosity, he walked over to one of the lockers in the room and pulled out a jumpsuit. Thankfully, it wasn't a horrid orange like his dad's; it was white with black gloves and black boots though Danny found he could do without the image of his dad's face on the chest.

Pulling on the jumpsuit, he zipped it up and Sam walked over to join him. "Hold on," she said before she stretched out a hand and ripped the logo off it. "You can't go around with that on your chest." She tossed the logo to the ground.

Danny gazed at the yawning tunnel. "Well, here I go I guess," he said and slowly made his way into the tunnel. There were a lot of wires on the ground and it was difficult navigating his way around them to avoid tripping and, unfortunately, he was unable to avoid all of them.

Tripping over a loose upturned wire, Danny quickly stretched out a hand to stop his fall only for his hand to connect with a switch embedded on the wall. Then, his world went white with agony; he barely registered the scream that emerged from his lips as he felt the electricity and surge through his body.

He didn't know how he survived but, somehow, he found himself on the floor of his parents' lab with his friends kneeling at his side. For a long moment, he just lay there feeling his friend's, he couldn't tell which one it was, hand on his neck as if they were feeling for a pulse. Finally, he blinked open the eyes he didn't realize he had closed to find his friends gazing down at him with shock and worry in their eyes.

"What happened?" His voice sounded hoarse to his own ears and, as he slowly sat up, he raised a hand to his head only to stop when he noticed something odd. His hand was gloved but the color of the glove was reversed and there was an unusual white nimbus around it. He stared before he lifted his head to look at his friends.

"Guys, what happened?" he asked.

"Um, dude, I think you should see for yourself," Tucker said and, after helping Danny to his feet, guided him over to the mirror in the lab.

Danny stared at his reflection.

He was still dressed in the hazmat suit he had worn when he stepped into the lab but the colors were inverted. His hair was the color of freshly fallen snow and his eyes glowed neon green. He could also see that the white nimbus around his hand surrounded his entire body.

"W…What happened to…?" He broke off as a sudden wave of exhaustion went over him and he sank to the ground.

"Danny!" That was the last thing he heard before he drifted back into unconsciousness.

When he woke up, he was surprised to find himself in his bed and was even more surprised to find that not only was he dressed in his normal clothing but the white nimbus had vanished. Confused, he started to sit up only to be pushed down by a pale hand. Turning his head, he found Sam sitting on the edge of his bed.

"Sam, what happened?" Danny asked when the memories of everything that happened came back into his mind.

"You remember what happened, about you going into the portal and all that?" Sam asked.

Danny nodded, which proved to be a bad thing when his head started hurting. "Yeah, I remember," he said. "I don't understand."

"None of us do, dude," said Tucker who was sitting on Danny's computer chair with his PDA in his hand. "We've been trying to figure it out but, so far, we've come up with nothing. It's weird."

Considering I was electrocuted and yet find myself alive, yeah, I'd say it's weird, Danny thought. "How am I alive?" He said though he wasn't expecting an answer because he was sure his friends didn't know.

"Well, we kinda have a theory," said Sam. "Considering you were electrocuted by a ghost portal and, since we stayed the night, we saw you sorta fell through your bed while you were unconscious."

"I what?!"

"Yeah, surprised us too," said Tucker. "Kinda supports the theory we came up with cause ghosts can go through solid objects."

"You mean, I'm a ghost?" Danny stared at his friend as if he had grown another head.

"That's what we thought, considering not only did you fall through your bed but you also went invisible," said Sam. "But ghosts don't have pulses and they can't breathe; at least, that's what your parents always say but you have a pulse and you're breathing. At least, you are now. You weren't when you woke up after the accident."

Danny stared at Sam. "Okay, this is getting weirder by the second." He rubbed his head as he sat up very slowly and rested his back against the headboard of his bed. "So what's your theory?"

"Based on what's happened and everything, we think you're half-ghost," Tucker said.

"I didn't think that was possible. At least, Mom and Dad never said it was and they're the ghost experts."

"It's the only thing that fits," said Sam before she grabbed Danny's arm when he, with a yelp, suddenly started sinking through his bed. Tucker grabbed his other arm and pulled him up as his body reappeared and, once he was not in danger of falling through the bed again, they let him go.

"I think it's kinda cool," said Tucker.

Danny was about to respond when his arm suddenly disappeared. He stared. "What do I do?" he said panicky as he stared at where his arm was only to have it reappear and he breathed a sigh of relief.

"Okay, first thing is control that," Tucker said before sighing and grabbing Danny's arm again when he started sinking again. "And that."

"Easier said than done," Danny muttered.

"Well, how'd you get your arm to reappear?" Sam asked.

"Um, I just thought about how it's supposed to be there," Danny said as Tucker released him.

"Maybe that's all you have to do. I still think it's cool," the techno-geek said. "Wonder what else you could do."

"I'm more worried about what my parents will think or do." Danny didn't know if he could tell his parents because of their hatred of ghosts and he was afraid that they would hate him if they discovered he was half-ghost, if his friend's theory was right though it seemed likely.

But they're my parents, he thought.

"Are you going to tell them?" asked Sam.

"I don't know," Danny said softly. "I don't know how they would react and I'm afraid of what they might do."

Sam placed a hand on his shoulder. "It's up to you, Danny," she said.

A knock sounded on the door and Sam retracted her hand as the door opened and Danny's mom Maddie poked her head into the room. "Danny, how are you feeling?" she asked making her way into the room with Danny's dad Jack just behind her.

"Um, I'm fine, feeling fine," Danny said nervously.

"Sam told us about the accident you had in the lab. You shouldn't have gotten so close to the portal, Danny, and you might not have been shocked when it turned on. You were lucky it wasn't worse," she said and Danny felt relieved. Sam hadn't told his parents everything that happened.

"But you still got it working. How'd you do it?" Jack asked excitedly.

"Um, I don't know?" It sounded more like a question than an answer but Jack, as usual, didn't notice as he grinned.

"I can't wait to tell everyone at the reunion that my son helped me get our ghost portal working," he said.

"Jack, should we even go to the reunion? I mean, after what happened to Danny?" Maddie said concerned.

"Ah, the reunion's not for another two weeks. I'm sure Danny'll be fine by then," Jack said.

Maddie didn't look convinced. "If Danny's better by then, then we'll go," she said before she turned to look at Danny and gently hugged him. "Just be careful from now on, sweetie."

"I will, Mom."

His parents left the room and Danny released a relieved sigh before looking at his arm, which had gone invisible during his talk with his parents but he had it hidden under the blankets so no one noticed, and trying to make it reappear. Eventually it did.

"If Mom and Dad are gonna force me to go to this reunion, if they think I'm better by then, then I should probably know how to control this," he said.

"We'll figure out something," said Tucker.

A/n what do you think?

Blaze: I know it was short but it was basically just the accident occurring later than usual. The next chapter is going to skip some time and will enter the events of an AU version of Bitter Reunions.

Darth: cool so all the episodes before Bitter Reunions didn't happen?

Blaze: they didn't happen before BR anyway; they may occur afterwards though.

Darth: oh cool

Blaze: this story may span the entire three seasons (with some episodes out of order) but I'm unsure yet

Danny: Hey! I'm flying! (Flies into plane)

Sam: you forgot to go intangible

Danny: (rubs head) yeah, I know

Blaze: (chuckles) so, basically, the AU events of BR have become the Mystery Meat (that is the first conflict, of sorts, since Danny got his powers) of this story

Darth: duh

Blaze: no need to be mean. I just wanted to point that out.

Darth: it's obvious

Blaze: maybe, maybe not. Please review and I will post chapter 2, which WILL be longer, as soon as I possibly can but possibly not until sometime next week.