This is my first Danny Phantom fic on the site! I got the idea for this fic after watching the medieval episode "Beauty Marked". Afterwards, I expanded on it; this fic being the end results (and by expanding on the idea, I mean getting inspiration from a video game I like, though it's not a crossover). But before the fic officially starts I'd like to thank Adriannrod Svit-Kona for her review. I may be experienced but I'm still learning. Hopefully, now the text has more breathing room and is easier to follow!
Night, "12:00 A.M", Streets of Amity Park: Waxing Gibbous Moon
In Amity Park, the moon shone brightly through the midnight darkness. 'Almost' everyone was asleep as a strange power altered space-time itself. The city grew darker and gained a creepy atmosphere as it darkened and red goo, most likely blood, was splattered everywhere. This strange scene change also brought out strange ghosts. Black or mostly black colored ghosts of all shapes and sizes wandered the streets and alleyways of Amity Park looking for the chance to cause mischief. But one ghost was not like them, and to separate this ghost even further from the others, this ghost's also half human. Danny Phantom wandered the streets alone as he inspected the changed city. His ghost sense went wild the moment all these ghosts appeared. As he wandered, he became wearier as the darkened city gave a feeling of dread.
'If my ghost sense is picking up ghost activity, then where are they?' Danny thought to himself, not knowing that the strange ghosts had no interest and were even hiding from him.
'Maybe I should get Sam and Tucker's help' He almost did but decided against it as he didn't want to wake them up.
"Screeeeeech!" Danny's ghost sense went off as he locked eyes with a black eagle ghost. It had a green head and tail feathers with red eyes, beak, and legs. Danny prepared for a fight when the eagle flew away.
"Hey, get back here!" He chased after the eagle until a green tornado like gust of wind struck him. He fell from the sky and managed to stop just before he hit the pavement. Danny shook off the unexpected attack and realized that he was surrounded by two other eagles as the first eagle descended to face the half ghost. Danny shot an ice blast at one of the eagles but it easily dodged the attack as the three eagles struck with the same wind attack. The combined attack was powerful enough to revert Danny back into human form, good thing he was only a few inches above the ground. But now he was too tired to go ghost and fight back. The eagles advanced closer and charged with their talons pointed straight at him. Danny thought this was the end, but the attack never came. He looked around and saw that the eagles were gone and Amity Park had returned to normal.
'My ghost sense isn't detecting anything, I better go home' Danny thought to himself as he walked back.
When he arrived home he was surprised to see his clock read 12:05, even though it felt like he had been out for over an hour.
Afternoon, 4:00 P.M., Fenton Household: Full Moon
"There were ghosts everywhere! I didn't see them, but I sensed them. They were all over the place and then all of a sudden, they were gone!" Danny explained to his two friends, Sam Manson and Tucker Foley, about the night before.
"Also, it was like I was in a horror movie version of the city. There was even blood everywhere!" The other two seemed grossed out by the last part.
"But just before these eagle ghosts tried to claw me, everything was back to normal and the ghosts were gone. When I returned home, my clock said it was only five minutes after twelve when it felt like an hour passed" he continued.
"Maybe this is a time related thing. Let's ask Clockwork" Sam suggested. Tucker shouted "I call shotgun on the Specter Speeder!"
Afternoon, 4:27 P.M., "Clockwork's" Tower in the Ghost Zone: Full Moon
When the three arrived at the tower something was horribly wrong. Danny recognized the dark and bloodied scenery the tower has as what Amity Park looked similarly to the night before.
"What happened here?" Tucker asked.
"I took over!" The teens saw the de-throned Prince Aragon in dragon form standing beside a cage with Clockwork and Dora held prisoner inside.
"What? How did you beat Clockwork?" Danny questioned.
"When you have an army of Kage Ghosts that defy the laws of our time it was easy to defeat the ghost of time! Go forth, my Kage army!" and then an army of different ghosts charged towards the teens.
"I'm goin' ghost!" Sam and Tucker moved aside as Danny shot ghost ray after ghost ray at the army but with no success.
The Kages closed the distance and pummeled the hybrid until Danny managed to get away. He tried an ice ray but with the same result. A snake like Kage swiped at Danny and sent him flying toward a wall; he landed next to the cage.
"You can't hurt them unless you're wearing this!" Dora told Danny as she handed him her amulet. Danny was a little reluctant about taking the amulet, but Aragon and the Kages were advancing toward him.
He quickly took and put on the amulet (but didn't turn into a dragon) and fired a ghost ray. For some reason, the ray worked!
"Looks like we're even now, Eragon fanboy" Danny taunted as he prepared another attack. Aragon roared and lashed his tail at Danny, who easily dodged it.
The gem on the amulet changed to blue as he fired an ice ray at Aragon and froze him. He fired rays at the army but that had mixed results. Some of the Kages were hit, others appeared badly hurt, were unaffected, or even reflected the attack back! But the reflected blasts didn't affect Danny. He thought he had the upper hand when one of the Kages fired a black ghost ray, the attack caused him to revert to human form.
"Huh? What happened?" Danny was puzzled about what happened but Clockwork explained "Every ghost has a glow around them, and some glows are stronger than other ones. This can be an advantage or a disadvantage depending on whom or what you're fighting".
Danny examined the crowd of Kages and saw four different colors; Red, Blue, Black, and White. Danny went ghost and looked at his hands to see that he had his usual white glow, but the amulet's gem turned blue. Suddenly, Aragon shattered his icy prison and blasted black fire at Danny. The fire burned the teenage hybrid and he reverted to human form again.
"Damnit! There's too many of them!" Danny cursed as Sam called out "Retreat! You're outnumbered!"
The teenagers quickly got in the Specter Speeder and fled the tower as Aragon's laughter echoed through the tower. "I shall rule the Mortal, Ghost, and Shadow Realms! The Shadow Hour shall be the precursor to the Shadow World!"
Evening, 6:42 P.M., Fenton Household: Full Moon
Danny stared at the now green amulet and wondered about the Shadow Hour and the amulet.
'If Aragon has Clockwork imprisoned, did he make Clockwork create an extra hour for his scheme? And how is this amulet capable of harming the Kages?'
Sam and Tucker left a while ago so now he was in his room by himself when his father, Jack Fenton, came into his room and showed him a device.
"Hey Danny, look at what the Fenton Ecto Detector found!" The device showed ghost energy from last night with midnight showing a huge spike, but the spike didn't even last one second.
"Shadow Hour" Danny mumbled; his father heard him.
Evening, 7:02 P.M., Fenton Works Laboratory: Full Moon
Danny decided to tell his parents about what happened last night and in the Ghost Zone. Jazz was there too when he told everything.
"OK, let me get this straight; an evil ex-prince has imprisoned the ghost of time and plans to rule our world, the Ghost Zone, and another world called the Shadow Realm? And the spike in ghost activity was from a hidden extra hour called the Shadow Hour when ghosts called Kages come out from their realm?" Maddie Fenton, Danny and Jazz's mom, tried to comprehend everything.
"That's pretty much it" Danny said.
Jazz noticed the amulet her brother had on and asked "Isn't that an Amulet of Aragon? There are only two, how'd you get one?"
"One of Aragon's prisoners, his own sister Dora, gave it to me. It's the only way to be able fight the Kages" The amulet had returned to its green color sometime after leaving the Ghost Zone.
"I have an idea, let's see this Shadow Hour and find out a little more about the Kages" Maddie said. Jack was ecstatic about the idea "Alright, we'll be kicking ghost butt tonight!"
Evening, 11:59 P.M., Outside Fenton Works: Full Moon
Danny Phantom, with his sister and parents equipped with Fenton gadgets, were ready for the Shadow Hour. Jazz looked at a wrist watch she had on and said "Shadow Hour in 3… 2… 1…"
Amity Park transformed into the horrific scene Danny saw last night as the Shadow Hour had the city in its grip.
"Alright, the Kages should be out no-!..." Danny looked behind and saw three coffins where his family once stood.
"Mom? Dad? Jazz?" Danny was on his own in the Shadow Hour again, and this time the Kages were after him. The three eagles from before gathered around him, intent on finishing their interrupted fight. Danny prepared for the fight when the eagles moved aside for a large dragon Kage. The black dragon had two legs and red wings, horns, and eyes with green claws. It also wore a green metallic mask. Danny saw that its ghostly glow was green, so he experimented.
He fired a green ghost ray, but the dragon shrugged it off. He tried a red ghost ray, but not much happened. He tried white and black ghost rays with only similar results, not even blue ice was all that effective. The dragon shot green electricity at Danny, he tried to dodge but the electricity hit the amulet. The electricity coursed through the hybrids body as the amulet started to glow. The Kage seemed surprised as the ghost hybrid transformed into something big. Danny shook off the attack and realized that the amulet had turned him into a dragon.
He was black with a white belly, wings, feet, hands, rings around his eyes, and a fin on his head in the shape of his hairstyle as well as green antelope like horns, claws, and fins on his cheeks. A green spine on his back traveled down to his tail and faded in color until it was pure white halfway down his tail. The spine stopped under the tip of his tail and formed a five pointed fan. A black DP symbol is visible on his white chest. "Alright, you gecko. Bring it!"
Alright, first chapter! I got some of the ideas from Persona 3 (FES); the Shadow Hour is based on the game's Dark Hour; the Kages are based on the enemies, the Shadows (Kage means Shadow); and the importance of the moon phases is based on the game as well, bosses always appeared during a full moon. The ghostly glow that surrounds ghosts will be referred to as auras for the rest of the fic. Here is information on which aura beats the other color: Blue beats White, reflects Red, unaffected by Blue, and weak against Black; Black beats Blue, reflects White, unaffected by Black, and weak against Red; Red beats Black, reflects Blue, unaffected by Red, and weak against White; White beats Red, reflects Black, unaffected by White, and weak against Blue. Green aura is neutral, beating, reflecting, being unaffected by, and weak against no aura color. I put a lot of detail on Dragon Danny because I drew Dragon Danny and got an actual picture instead of a mental image. Until the next chapter!