Hello people! This is a plot bunny that has been bitting me for a while. So, I finally decieded to post it.

Full Summary:

Extreme AU. Vlad was exposed and became ruler of the world when Danny was about four. His family went into hidding. His parents wanted to help to try to stop Vlad, so when Danny was fourteen, his parents made a Ghost Portal. Danny tried to get it work, but in the process, he became a half ghost. He tried to hide his powers for a while, but eventually ran away, not wanting to deal with what his parents would do to him. Danny never met Sam or Tucker, he didn't know anybody from Amity Park for that matter. He had no friends. No body to take him in. He was on his own.

Two years later, Vlad is taking out people of power, in Miami, the Jeremy and Pamela Manson are killed, leaving there daughter, Samantha Manson on the run. When hiding in Miami, she meets six other teens, consisting of Tucker Foley, Valerie Gray, Dash Baxter, Kwan Sie, and Star Delisle, and Paulina Sanchez. Together they go back to Amity Park.

The group is then taken through a serious of crazy adventures. They begin seeing a black-haired boy like everyday, but every time they try to approah him, he mysteriously disapears. And what is with this new ghost kid? Does he have something to do with the black-haired boy? Will Vlad ever be taken out of control? And if so, how? All of these questions and more will be answered in my new Fanfic, A Hopeless Cause. Rated T for safety. Please R&R.

I want to throw out a big thank to one of my two editorial muses HorseLady! Thank you so much!

Disclaimer: I don't own Danny Phantom.

Chapter 1: Going Astray

I began to snivel as I silently walked out of my previous home. I turned the corner and went ghost. I then flew off into my old home to see the faces I'd learned to love. I saw my mom and dad in bed. I gave them each a kiss on the cheek and they both smiled unconsciously. I finally came across my sister, and I couldn't stop but I let out a tear and I sniveled at her. She then looked around, still awake and reading, but she didn't know I was there, being that I was invisible. Jazz, my sister, who finally thought that she was hearing things, went back to her book. I then flew off, knowing I would never be able to see their faces again. I knew I couldn't ever go back. Never. They would never be able to accept the truth. You see, my problems started about ten years ago, when I was four…

I still remember that day. My family, the rest of the town of Marshfield, Wisconsin, and even people from all over the world showed up to see what a middle aged man named Vlad Masters, also the mayor of our city, was about to do to save the Earth. You see, we were all about to be attacked by a giant asteroid thing. It didn't make sense to me at the time, but now it was clearer then glass. Vlad gave a very good speech from what I could remember, and then he did something that surprised everybody-he turned into a ghost. He then said that he would save the Earth by turning the asteroid intangible, but for a heavy cost. He would get to be ruler of the world. Being that it was our only choice; the people of Earth took up his deal. So, his plan commenced, and he was given a shuttle to fly up to the asteroid.

While he was up in space, my parents took my sister and me from our home of Marshfield. I protested several times, not understanding at the time why we had to leave. When I got a bit older, we moved again. I didn't know it at the time, but we were on the run. Eventually, my parents explained to me that Vlad use to be a good friend of theirs, and when they were in college, there was an accident that turned him into what they called a halfa. Being that my parents had always hunted ghosts, I wasn't at all surprised that that's what they did in college. The accident must have had something to do with their research… Anyways, they said that Vlad blamed them for it. They never explained the accident further, they always just said accident.

So, we kept moving, and eventually, when I was fourteen, my parents started a project in the back room of our apartment. They called it a Ghost Portal and that if it worked, Earth might have a chance at getting rid of Vlad. Finally, they had finished it, and brought my sister and me into the room to see it. The thing was massive. It was a large hole in the wall - how they fit it into our apartment still boggles me. My dad then picked up two cords and said a few words that I didn't really pay much attention to. Although, now I am regretting all the things my parents did that I just rolled my eyes at and didn't pay much attention to. Anyways, once my dad put the two plugs together, the thing sparked and then nothing. Not even a hint of ectoplasm or anything for that matter. My parents were so depressed that they went to bed early. My sister just shrugged it off. I knew that she felt bad for them, but she knew that there was nothing she could to help. She then left the room and went to her bedroom and read or something.

I on the other hand, looked at it for a second. I wasn't sure what I should do. So, alone in the lab, I stared at the portal for a second. I then thought, maybe it is working, and it just doesn't look like anything. I decided to test out my hypothesis. Despite that this was one of the stupidest decisions of my adolescence, I did at least put on a hazmat suit. I actually thought it was pretty cool looking. It was a mainly white suit with black boots, gloves, and neck collar. The thing I didn't like about it was the fact that it had my dad's face on it. I was easily able to rip his face of. I then stepped into the portal. It turned out that my clumsiness had been my fatal error, or half fatal error. I tripped on a few wires and hit some sort of button. Of course, my parents put the on switch on the inside. The thing began to power on, and I struggled to try to get out. It took me almost fifteen seconds to get my foot out of the wires. Just as I was standing up, the portal turned on. I felt pain unlike any other. I tried to scream, but my voice wouldn't work. Which was probably why nobody knew what happened.

It felt like I was being electrocuted, scratch that, I actually was being electrocuted. It felt like every molecule was slowly being tortured by a merciless soul. It was probably the most painful thing I had ever endured. After going through this pain for almost a minute, I passed out.

The next thing I remember is looking up at the ceiling of our back room. I sat up. I immediately grabbed my head, being that I had a horrible headache. When I grabbed it, I noticed three things: 1. My glove was now white, 2. The main part of my suit was black, and 3. Due to some of my hair falling in front of my face, I noticed it was snow white. I quickly got up and began to back up in shock, I then bumped into a table, and when I turned around, I saw a mirror. There, I saw an even worse horror. My eyes weren't there regular sky blue, they were a toxic green. I then backed up again. I crumpled up against the wall. I put my arms around my legs. A tear formed in my now green eyes. I felt very, very cold. I didn't need to be smart to be able to see what I had become. I was a gh-ghost. Another tear went down my cheek. As I sat there I began to think about what my parents would think of me. I tried to tell myself that they would still love me, but, all the facts were against me. I knew they never would. And if I was a ghost, that meant I was…was…dead. I was dead. I then broke down crying even more. I then hung my head further and I began to feel a little warmer. I began to embrace the warmth further. I let it spread all over my body. And while giving into the warmth, I fell asleep.

The next morning, I was awakened by my mom nudging my leg, and saying, "Honey, are you okay? You must have fallen asleep in here last night after we left. Your father and I have something to show you." I then looked up at her. I wasn't sure how she thought that I was still alive, but she seemed to not notice anything wrong, so I nodded and said I was fine. She then stood up and stuck out her hand and helped me up. When I brought my hand up and took hers, I noticed I was back to normal. No hazmat suit. As she walked over to my dad, I looked down at myself; I noticed everything was back to normal, my jeans, shoes, and T-shirt. I let some of my floppy hair fall in front of my eyes. Black. It was black. Black! I then ran to the mirror and saw that my eyes were the same icy blue. I remember thinking that I must have just dreamt everything that happened. But, my fantasy was short-lived, because I then saw the portal. It was on. On. My parents were jumping for joy, and I was shocked, again, but this time, not literally. I was dumbfounded.

I tried to hide my halfa self from my family. But, it was very hard. I spent about a half of a year more with them. I spent it learning to control my powers. My parents had seen my alter ego, Danny Phantom, as I called myself, and they had become sworn enemies against "him". They had said many times, "He is such a horrible putrid protoplasm," or, "He has such nerve flying around here, it is a sin for him to even exist!" These comments and more added to me leaving, but, one day my parents almost figured me out when they made a ghost tracker. It lead them straight to me. Due to their stubbornness, they made no connection. But, I knew that one more thing like this would push them over the edge. I made the hard decision to leave. And it wasn't their rants that got to me, it was that ghost tracker. So, I ran, or I should say flew away.

That's basically what happened. I knew they would never love me if they knew my secret. Man, how screwed up life can be. I don't know where I am going to go. Maybe I could go to some cave or the Ghost Zone. I felt kind of like I was betraying my parents, but I had no choice. It would be better this way. They would never have to deal with me again. Me, Danny Fenton and Danny Phantom. I flew with no goal in mind, a heart ripped into shreds, and eyes drowned in tears. I had no future. No family. No friends. Everything probably would have been better had I never existed…

Wow, that was long. Thanks for reading. This was kind of just something to start it off. I hope you liked it! But, I won't know unless you review!

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