Danny Phantom doesn't belong to me, but an OC does, so thank you for reading and I hope you enjoy...
She... wasn't sure where the idea came from, after all, she was Ember McLain, the ever-confident rock star, she didn't have need for doubts, she was rebellion in the teen spirit, so what was she doing, far from her home in the Ghost Zone and in the Human world?
It was crazy, weird even, but through the ghost vine, there was word of... someone experimenting with ghost abilities, tampering with ectoplasmic strengths and weaknesses, sending a majority of the Ghost Zone into a panic, but Ember... she was different as she took the chance, zooming past Dipstick's patrol and taking to the hills close by, suppressing her own power long enough for the ghost boy to not track her and breathed with relief as he headed back to Amity Park. She took off again in search of this person before she reached the far edge of Amity, the exact position was not given, just hushed voices and tones as she looked around a bit more before she felt it, a surge...
"Bingo..." She landed on the ground, her legs forming under her from the extended power as she walked to the truck of a great tree, though some of the branches looked to be metallic as she stopped and readied her guitar to blast the tree open before it opened up a hidden passage with a hiss and out stepped a cloaked figure, she still holding the powerful tool as she spoke. "Word on the street is that you are dealing with ghosts, you got something to prove?"
"Amber T. McLain..." Ember stopped short, how did this figure know her full, human name as it extended a hand and out came several sheets of paper. "Cause of death being a mix of a shattered heart and a intense house fire, witnesses couldn't find the body, as if it was taken away by the flames, ashes and all." The arm dropped as the figure continued, Ember ready for combat in case. "You are correct, I am tampering with ectoplasmic powers and abilities, but I am currently researching a different method..." A bright, white smile seemed to glow from under the darkness of the hood. "...A method of transacting ghosts into full-formed, human personalities, as in how does one convert a ghost into a hybrid of human and ghost DNA." Ember stumbled back some, something about this figure was not right, she could feel her core shuddering at the tone and behavior, was he testing her or treating her like a test subject and he the ever-insane scientist.
She shook her head and breathed as she readied herself for combat. "Well, you won't get the chance, 'cause I'm shutting you down!" She strummed out a maelstrom of fire at the figure and smiled as it consumed him, but the emotion dropped as the fire slipped on past and seemed to generate behind him as a sole white eye stared into her soul.
"Unwise to fight, you have much to learn, but I suppose years, perhaps even decades in the Ghost Zone has made you headstrong to the threats beyond yourself, I can always find more suitable candidates for my research, you really don't need an encore to come back from this." Ember was right in dodging as her own fire, her own attack, came straight back for her as she took to the air and evaded the attack, fire enveloping the landscape as she tried to blast more, but it looked to her that, while the attacks were affecting the figure, they just barely touch before coming to his control and striking back at her, she didn't see where she was moving when she was suddenly hit, her right arm getting blasted and she felt like the limb was knocked out of its socket, she grimacing as she gripped it and landed from the figure in hiding as she waited for her healing to fix the damage, the figure speaking. "Do you believe that you can manage this, I have just started out and I have glazed so much research from a man calling himself 'Plasmius', his notes were quite detailed and refined, but lack in the basics, his vision must have been quite shrewd for someone, he never pressed it a different way." Ember heard about Vlad Masters, guy was changed and had a mind for the Fenton's maternal member, some woman named Maddie, but Ember was pushing it out as she bit her lip as the limb and socket reattached itself, she just needed a few minutes to be fully combat-ready. "Now lesser spirits and souls cannot achieve a full transformation as they lose personality and behavior first and are only roaming entities, but spirits that linger onto their past lives, still wear an appearance that can resonate with them can be treated, the only question is if they possess enough strength to undertake the process I have in mind."
"I'm not your plaything!" Ember shouted as she phased out, getting behind as the arm returned, and she blasted him from behind, not enough time for him to project whatever he used to blast her, sending him flying before he skid across the ground and stood up, grabbing the cloak a bit before swishing it out as he spoke.
"Resistance... you have got quite the spirit in you." Ember didn't blink, nor did she take her eyes off the figure, but one moment he was a fair distance away, the next he was up close, hand sparking as he delivered a uppercut, blasting Ember into the trunk of the tree as her guitar shattered to pieces from the impact. She couldn't stay conscious as the figure walked over to her fallen form against the tree. "Now, I understand that consent is not required at this present time as your senses are shutting down, despite your ghostly abilities, and I am the 'villain' here, but I can only ask you to help me in a little project... of mine..." Ember blacked out as she felt being lifted up and taken away, going somewhere unknown...
Danny Phantom didn't have time to worry as a recent Ghost Portal surge had his hands full, allowing him to go ghost and deal with all of them, but the sense of concern filled him as Ember McLain was unaccounted for, she just zoomed off to some point of the town and he attempted to go after her, but she just... vanished before he focused on the rest of them. After returning them back to the Portal, he set out to find her before she led another band revolt, but... nothing, his senses weren't going off, he couldn't find her and any trace of her presence was not seen or shown, leaving him to make up a 'hangout' with Tucker and Sam at Nasty Burger to settle his mind as Tucker spoke to the downtrodden Danny. "Hey, man, cheer up, so what if Ember's out and about, we can get her at any point."
"Easy for you to say, 'God's Gift'." Sam seemingly growled as she turned to Danny and spoke. "If Ember is about, she should have made a move by now, maybe we have a chance to find out her plans before she does anything."
"Maybe... it was just weird..." Danny sat up and explained. "Usually, she would have made a threat like 'time to rock you out of this world, Phan-dork', but she just flew on by, my folks still blasting both the ghosts and me, so I just feel like the lack of a threat directed AT me is just a sudden kick in the gut." Danny sighed as he started to munch on some fries. "Here's to hoping that she doesn't do anything in the summer." Sam and Tucker nodded as they enjoyed their food or just Tucker and Danny as Sam enjoyed a packed vegan lunch as they turned to more normal things, like going to the water park for some 'summer fun and relaxation'...
Ember stirred a bit before she groaned, holy crap was she hurting all over, how did one punch do so much damage to her as her eyes adjusted with her groan, only to be stared at by a set of goggles, one side a normal blue lens while the other was like three size-differing lenses as the figure spoke. "Excellent, you're awake, now we can begin with consent." She glanced down to find that she was bound down to a table usually seen in those monster movies, her power drained as she couldn't phase through the bindings, the figure walking to the other side to a small terminal as it continued. "Now then, this won't hurt too badly, your strength will likely return from this as well." Ember struggled to escape, but it was too late as suddenly, electrodes surged through her, her voice finding purchase as she screamed, her lungs pumping the sound out as her eyes welled with tears, the pain was too intense, it was too much as it felt like thousands of needles pricking her ghostly body before the feeling started to... lessen, glancing down to see what was changing. It was subtle, but not impossible to miss as her skin... started to lighten with her gear, the black fading to a tan brown as one final surge sent her over the edge in her scream, the feeling cresting over her as her whole being shared the treatment, light skin and tan brown gear before it finished at her head, her fiery hair turning to a light red tone with a running strand of teal remaining to point to her ghostly abilities as the pain faded and she caught her breath. "So, my analysis was correct, by using a different method of ectoplasmic refinement, I have effectively altered a ghost's DNA structure to utilize human genes, making them a 'halfa' in other words, but further tests will have to be made before one can call this a full success."
Once Ember had collected enough of her breath, she spoke in anger. "What the heck is your problem, I will not just lay here and be insulted by turning into some sort of test subject for you, you crazed..." She stopped as the figure moved from behind the terminal and moved a full body mirror in before heading back over to the terminal, adjusting the table until she was looking at... herself, in a human form with amaze filling her violet eyes. Any more was lost as she took it all in, her light red of hair with the long teal, the light brown of her rocker look, and the darker tone of white, she was, without any doubts, turned into a living being again, albeit looking a heck of a lot more different than her past self, but it was a huge discovery as she unconsciously asked. "...What's your request?"
"Some help, if you can provide it." The figure undid the bindings and Ember rubbed her wrists before she followed the figure to the far left, where a board was set up, a lot of tech stuff that she could guess Technis could be given a run for his money. "Now, you understand that I have been operating to understand and utilize ectoplasmic or ghost abilities in a more conventional method, being able to convert ghosts into halfas is also an excellent turn, but what I require for a further testing... is a pure-blood halfa."
Ember paused as she looked at the figure. "Pure-blood halfa? All halfas are half bloods of both human and ghost genes, what is considered..."
"One that was exposed to a severe blast of ectoplasmic power or vise versa." Using whatever tech, the figure motioned with its fingers and a display appeared before Ember's eyes as he scripted some stuff. "I have looked for a noticeable amount of time, but the best source of such is one special case, supposedly the 'hero' of Amity Park." So that is the case, this figure was looking for Danny Phantom and is in belief that whatever the guy was, he was the more valued member at the moment. "Someone among the residents are not who they fully say they are, and it is up to the both of us to find them."
Ember rubbed her jaw in thought before she asked. "And how would I find them, you turned me into..."
"A halfa, one whose senses may be late, due to the operation, but has quite the newfound strength with them, as you may observe." He tossed a small orb that glowed eerie green, confusing the rock star before her breath exhaled out with a plume of flames, surprising her as with it, she sensed another ghostly presence. "This small device emits the same ghost presence as another, albeit a lesser spirit, but it triggers any form of ghost senses one may have, do you know what that means...?" Her eyes were wide in surprise as she COMPLETELY felt it and it was amazing that it even worked before she uncovered her mouth and paused before the flames plumed out again as the figure finally shut the orb down, gripping it in his palm as it was pulled back under the cloak. "Now... what say you to some additional practice?" Ember paused before she smiled.
"Oh no, not practice..." On a whim, she constructed her guitar again with her ghost powers, turning into Ember once more with the hair switching colors with the strand now red. "Anarchy..." The figure smiled as he nodded before leading her to the back, where a training field was set up beforehand...