Alright now guys, this fic is an experimental one. Don't be afraid to state your honest opinion, as long as there's NO CUSSING! Now this idea came to me after watching Nat Geo Wild on TV. What would it be like if Danny didn't get ghost powers from the portal, but instead it turned him half lion? What if Sam went in with him and became half lioness? GASP! WHAT IF DANNY COULD BRING CERTAIN GHOSTS BACK TO LIFE?! Anyways read and review! I love receiving constructive criticism! Flames are not welcome! Know that this is my first time writing something that's not a crossover, so give me any advice you can along the way, and tell your friends about my Fics! Please, I'm begging! Well anyway, on to the story!

Disclaimer: I don't own Danny phantom! But if I did, Danny would've had a LOT more friends, and he would've told his parents about his powers in the first episode!

"This is MY pride!" = Talking

'What are you hungry for today belly?' = Thinking/Flashbacks/songs(If I decide to do one)

"Roooaaarrr!" = Yelling/Roaring

Prologue: The start of a Pride

"So this is your parents ghost portal? It doesn't really look all that impressive." This was voiced by a fourteen year old girl wearing black clothing. She had black hair that had a forward facing ponytail tied at the top. She also had purple eyes and wore purple lipstick. She was wearing a black tank top with a purple oval on the front, a black green and yellow plaid skirt and a pair of combat boots. This is Samantha Manson, or Sam as her preference. She's one of Danny's best, and only, friends.

Danny is a fourteen year old boy of average height. He wears a baggy white tee shirt with a red circle in the middle of the chest area, baggy jeans, and a pair of white and red sneakers. He also has black, spiky hair that goes towards the front. His eyes are blue. But the thing about young Danny is, he's been bullied a lot in his life. The school always turns a blind eye, so ever since his second year of middle school he's had a deep rooted inferiority complex! His mom's been trying to help him out of it, but has only had any luck in strengthening THEIR bond as mother and son. As a result he can't make many friends.

But I'm getting slightly off topic here. His father was currently going over the functions of the portal. "Well kids, this is it! The Fenton Ghost Portal will open a portal between the realm of the living, and the ghost zone! Now people will see that we AREN'T crazy!"

Maddie, Danny's mom, was smiling something fierce! "Isn't this wonderful kids? We won't be crazy anymore! And I'm sure that if we meet a good ghost, we can help you make a new friend Danny." She told her son, once again trying to help him come out of his shell. But he just looked down at his feet, so she knew she didn't succeed.

So she went over to her desk to check on the designs...and noticed something wrong! "Jack wait! There's something wrong!" But Jack didn't listen! "BANZAI!" And he plugged in the portal! It began to glow an ecto green color on the inside, but the portal was unstable! And Danny and Sam were standing RIGHT IN FRONT OF IT! Then, before Maddie could tell them to get out of the way, the portal sent a giant blast of electricity and ectoplasm at the two! "AAAAAAAAAAAUUUUUUGGGHHH!"

Their screams of pain only intensified as the ectoplasm and electrical charge engulfed the two in a cocoon. The two were only visible as silhouettes as the people on the outside could see them transforming! Their bodies turned feline, tails grew from the base of their spines, their hands and feet turned into paws with retractable claws! Finally their bodies were covered in fur, their ears became rounded and moved to the top of their heads, and their jaws elongated to look like a cats mouth! ...But bigger... (Basically, they look like the lions and lionesses from disneys the lion king. Oh I love that movie!)

When it was over, Maddie, Jack and Tucker opened their eyes which they had to squint because of the harsh light and saw in Danny and Sam's places, was a Lion that was completely white, from its mane to its fur, with crystal blue eyes and a medium length mane. In Sam's place was a lioness that was completely black, save for its purple eyes and pearly white teeth. Both are currently unconscious, but the three had a pretty good idea as to who they really are.

"Jack, I'm going to run a blood test, just to be on the safe side. In the meantime, watch over them and make sure that when they wake up they DON'T hurt themselves...OR OTHERS!" Maddie said taking two hypodermic needles and drawing a bit of blood from the two of them. Jack just gave a quick salute, and pulled up a chair.

It took two hours to get any conclusive results from the blood test, but Maddie gave the news that the two lions were still Danny and Sam, much to everyone's relief. Especially Sam's parents, who arrived an hour ago to pick up their daughter. Finally the two began to stir, releasing low roars as they yawned, though neither of the two teens noticed as they were still half asleep.

Danny finally spoke up, but in a much more laid back manner. "Man, I can't even remember the last time I had such a good nap." Sam unknowingly scratched the back of her ear using her hind leg. "I'm with Danny on that! For the first time since I was seven, I feel well rested! So, anything happen while we were...why are you guys so much taller than us now?" Sam asked finally noticing that everyone was suddenly so much taller!

Danny took notice of this, but he also noticed that he was standing on all fours. He tried to stand on his hind legs only to lose his balance and go quadruped again! He looked at his hands only to see white lion paws! In his panic he looked to Sam only to find a black lioness looking right back at him! At this point they did the first thing that came to mind...they screamed!

"AAAAAAAAAHHHHH! What happened to us?!" At this point they were so scared that they were running around like chickens with their heads cut off! Jack and Mr. Manson tried to get them to stop and calm down, but had no luck. Sam's mother Pamela, however got an idea! She got in front of her daughter, removed one of her gloves, and began to scratch Sam behind the ear! Sam at first tried to run again, but soon found that she liked having her ear scratched and gradually began to calm down.

Her mother was whispering soothing words to her daughter. "It's okay Sammy. I want you to know that even if this is permanent, we'll find a way to help you. And we most certainly will NOT try and turn you into a pelt on our wall!" She glared at her husband at that last sentence, daring him to try something against her daughter. Naturally, he backed off.

Maddie said the same stuff to Danny, only she was rubbing his belly to get him calm. He was actually PURRING from the belly rub! And lions NEVER purr! Once the two were completely calm, Maddie began to explain her findings.

"Alright, from what I found in the blood tests, it seems that the portal has altered your own DNA. You both are now half lion!" She said to them, her more scientific side taking over. This however confused everyone in the room. Especially Danny's older sister Jazz, who arrived a half an hour ago. Mr. Manson decided to voice his confusion. "But Mrs. Fenton, I'm confused as to how this happened. If I remember correctly you and your husband were creating a Ghost Portal, correct? So shouldn't they have become half ghost and not half lion?"

As much as Maddie hated to admit it, it was a very good question. She then turned to look at the kids. "Tell me, were either of you wearing anything that had animal DNA in it?" The two remembered the necklaces they were wearing. "Yeah, the two of us were wearing our lucky lions tooth necklaces! We wore them today for good luck." Danny said, reaching for the necklace, relieved that he still had it! Sam's, like Danny's necklace, was hidden within their fur.

A cartoon lightbulb then appeared above Tucker's head! "Guys! I think I know why you're half lion instead of half ghost! The ectoplasm and electrical charge from the portal must've caused the lion DNA in the fangs on the necklaces to merge with your own! It's the only logical solution!" Tucker explained, showing everyone a diagram of his theory on his PDA. Surprisingly, Sam and Danny were using the tufts at the end of their tails as paint brushes to take notes.

Pamela then asked a very sensitive question. "What's going to happen to them now? I mean obviously lions live in prides normally consisting of one male and multiple females. So, what do we do?" The grown ups decided to leave the room to talk about this in private, meanwhile Danny and Sam were trying to figure out how to change back.

Then, without warning, an aura of black fire in the form of a lioness surrounded Sam! When it dissipated, there stood Sam totally human again! Thankfully she was still wearing what she had on before the transformation. "Sam, how did ya do that?!" Sam just shrugged at Tucker's question. "I don't know. I just thought of myself as a human. Next thing I know, that aura shows up and I've turned back!" Danny thought about this. If what Sam said is true, then that means that all he has to do to transform is think of his human self! So he did, focusing hard, and he was soon engulfed in an aura of white fire in the form of a big male lion! When it was gone, human Danny stood in place of the lion!

That was what the grown ups saw when they came back downstairs. But rather than dwell on it, they decided to cut to the chase. "Well kids, I think you should sit down for this." And they did. Pam then just stated what she knew. "Now Sam, Danny, we all know that you two have been dating in secret for the past year." This made the two teens nervous. Sam's mother only called her 'Sam' when she was being TOTALLY serious about something! Sam knew that whatever it was they wanted to talk about, it's a real doozy! The two teens just nodded looking at the ground.

Maddie began to feel uncomfortable with where the conversation was gonna go. But she decided to just get it over with. "Well, kids...uh, this is gonna be kinda...awkward. But this month is the beginning of...well...thebeginningofmatingseasonfor lionsofyouragegroupandover!" The last part came out pretty fast, but thanks to Danny and Sam's now enhanced sense of hearing they understood what she said, and their jaws dropped right down into the ground at what Danny's mother is implying!

Danny was the first to recover, but all he could get out was this. "What, but I, we, you think, you want us to, WHAT?!" "That's right Daniel. And unfortunately, we have no idea how to stop this without hurting either of you. So Sam's parents and her grandma, who we called so she'd know what's going on, have given you their blessing to start a pride with Sam. Also, you need to not back down to bullies like Dash Baxter! You need to protect your pride, and embrace your inner lion! Don't fight it, because it's as much a part of you as your human half!" Jack explained, actually saying something that made sense instead of random ghost nonsense!

Tucker just looked confused. "Mr. Fenton, how can either of them have pride? It's not in their natures!" Pamela was the one to clear things up for the young techno geek. "Actually Tucker, in the wild a Pride is what people call a group of lions!" No sooner had she said this did Tucker finally catch on to the whole 'mating season' bit that he missed, and he passed out onto the floor. But before Danny and Sam could react, they instinctually turned back to their lion forms and ran up to Danny's room!

What happened in there no one wanted to know. Thankfully they couldn't hear what was going on because the rooms in the house were soundproofed. The adults decided to try and find a place in the outskirts of Amity Park where they could go to better get in touch with nature.

No one knew it yet, but with new life beginning to form in Sam, a grand adventure was about to unfold! And on a side note, Jack and Maddie managed to fix the problem with their portal and it now worked properly! YAY FOR THEM! And all just before bed! Now, how will this incident change things for Danny and Sam? Who are the others who will join his pride? Read the next chapter and FIND OUT!

Well, I'd say that's all I've got for this story for now! I'll be working on the next chapter once I get my newest chapter of Phantom of Perim up and running! Also, I'll need help deciding who I should add to Danny's pride. Send me a few ideas in the reviews, and I'll set up a poll so you guys can vote for who you want to be in Danny's pride! The girls can be either human or ghost, but know that I will NEVER DO INCEST! Also, just because Danny now has a pride, does NOT mean I support polygamy! Well with that outta the way, READ AND REVIEW! Constructive Criticism always appreciated, Flamers not welcome!