ok soo this is my first Danny phantom fanfiction. it's been running around in my head for a while so i decided to type it out. it's a slash so please no flaming. and there are situations dealing with abuse. so if you feel uncomfortable to continue reading i won't be offended. the story is basically a 'what would happen if Danny's life went this way instead of the other way' kinda thing. where Danny feels he's got to put himself in situations if it meant he could protect those he cared about. please read and review i'll try to get a chapter out at least once a week.

Chapter 1

5 year in the past: The Underworld.

Where everything is hot and rivers of lava flow freely. Where demons and demigods ruled the land. The Underworld; being one of many realms, and more popularly known as Hell.

It's a less traveled realm thought; unlike the Ghost Zone or the human world. Here, it's more like a one way trip for the damned. Much like Heaven is to the blessed. The Ghost Zone acting as a sort of purgatory for those who didn't remember how they died' and until they do, they either end up in Heaven or Hell. The human world, smack dab in the middle of it all. Where a constant war between good and evil is waged every day.

But there is a balance.

For every good in the world, there is and equal evil. Without that balance there is chaos.

Unlike in Heaven; however, where there is one ruler above all. In the Underworld, there have been many. Every few thousand years a Coronation takes place for a new ruler and for the old to step down and act as a guide till they waste away to ash. In that time, the new Ruler gains the powers of the old and the knowledge past down through generations.

How does that work you ask? Well that's simple.

Demon falls for a human (or other demon), demon woos them, they get busy, baby is born naturally, mother dies. And wallah new hair to the thrown.

But if a human is involved wouldn't that make the baby half demon? Yes. And as weird as it sounds it's preferred that way. The baby would take on the appearance of the human making it easier for that baby to blend with the environment. Though it would never be there long enough for the humans to catch on to the differences, I.E. horns and a tail.

The mother; if they are human, dies while giving birth. If the human is male then they simply meet some kind of untimely demise later. Less mess to deal with when they start asking questions. The baby is then taken back to the home world where is is raised by the remaining parent until they come of age. Which ranges from age 216 to 225.

It gives enough time for the baby to grow to full maturity and for the parent to determine if the hair is worthy of the thrown. The years between 216 and 225 are simply the phase where the hair learns the ways of the ruler and is getting prepared for their Coronation. If both parents are demons, however. Well, then, the child gets to have both parents.

Even though this sort of thing goes smoothly most of the time there are those who are stubborn and wish to do what they want. Simply for the sake of wanting to be difficult. That is once such case with one Ester Alexander Borne. A half-blood demoness on her last years before her ceremony; which happens to be a few weeks from now. A women whom was now giving her father a headache with her pestering and whining about going to the human world for her own reasons.

"But dad! Why can't I go to the human world? I want to see where my mom was laid to rest." "And I said NO! That is final Ester. You belong here in the Underworld and here is where you will stay. No amount of your pestering this past few weeks will change my mine! The human world is no place for a young girl such as yourself an-" "And it's too dangerous 'cause you're not old enough." Mimicked Ester as she strutted around the thrown room, making a show of how her father would walk and talk with a big ego. "I've heard that all my life! I'm 225 years old; I'm a grown women by human standards. And you know I can blend in with my tan completion. All I have to do is wear a hat to hide the horns and pretend the tail is a belt or something an-." "MY RULES STILL STAND!" Ester winced at her fathers booming voice as it echoed through out the extensively elegant room. She turned towards the towering gold thrown where a red skinned man sat.

Right now the man was in his more modest form; looking like that of a human, but with piercing yellow eyes. And great black horns pointing out from either side of his forehead. His matching black tail twitching back and forth in agitation. The barbs on it looking as deadly as they always where. Ester looked much the same though her horns protruded out the sides of her head much like hard animal-like ears. Her tail had that same barbed look, but it looked less deadly with it's softer curves. She frowned and defiantly huffed; crossing her arms and glaring up at him. Her father glared right back, giving her the same look she was giving him. After a long moment of a staring contest, Ester looked away and huffed again. The demon smiled when he won that little game, showing sharp, white, fangs.

This man wasn't just some demigod. No. This man was known throughout the realm as the king of the Underworld. Lucifer Borne the VI. This man could cause unimaginable pain; make the bravest of the brave wet them selves at the sight of him. He could manipulate the most cunning of men and make them see horribly gory visions, that would drive someone insane.

Yet his daughter; Ester, didn't bat an eye when she wanted her way. She wasn't all that afraid of him; he knew that, and it made the man wonder how he ever got such a hard headed girl.

Sighing, Lucifer rubbed at his forehead; feeling a headache coming on. "Look, I know you're eager to find your mothers grave." He said getting off the thrown to go down to her. "Trust me, I would love for you to meet her, and I miss her deary; I do." He put a gentle hand on her shoulder. "But I can't risk the possibility of loosing you. Your Coronation is in a few weeks, and if you eloped to the human world or went missing it would mark the end of the Underworld. Right now timing is everything. And if there's one miss-step everything you know will implode and our world will spill into the human world and if the "Big Man" upstairs gets wind of it. I; as well as you, will have to answer for it."

Ester looked away still upset and pouted. "That seems to be all you care about." She brushed her fathers hand off her shoulder. "Can't we move the Ceremony to a later date? I could be there in the human world for a while and come back and it would be like I never left."

Lucifer growled at Ester in frustration. She was getting better and winning arguments, since it wasn't unheard of for the heir to have such a thing postponed. But it could only be for a year, at the least, before the portals to the human world start to crack and break. Leaving innocent lives in danger.

But he was still her father; and as such, needed to keep her safe. Once she becomes queen then maybe she could do what she wants. But until then the answer was still no. "Ester, the Coronation is important but you're more important. I just want to keep you safe." Ester huffed and rolled her eyes. "It's always about what you want, well what about what I want." "It's not about what you want women!" She flinch at her fathers sudden out burst. "My answer is still no! And if you so much as step a foot out of line, I will have you locked in you tower so fast your head would spin!"

The torches lighting the grand room suddenly flared up making the room glow brightly as the light bounced off the gleaming, black, obsidian walls. Ester's own temper flared as the flames turned from reds and oranges to blues and purples, as she stomp her foot angrily. "I hate you father! Stop treating me like a child!" She screeched, before turning and storming off to the side door.

Opening the door she looked back at Lucifer's stunned expression. "What if I don't want to become the Queen of the Underworld!? You ever thought of that dad?" She said the last part with a sneer, knowing full well that she never called him that unless she was really pissed off.

With that said she slammed the great door, hard enough to actually make the stone chip in places, leaving her father shaking his head at her melodramatics.

"What am I going to do with her..."

Later that night; if you can call it night in the Underworld, you could see a hooded figure making their way towards one of the lesser known portals to the human world. This one in particular lead them straight to a town called Amity Park. A town known for how haunted it is, and for the once famous Danny Phantom, who had disappeared without warning years ago. It was also where her mother was known to be buried. "I can't believe him." Muttered the hooded figure. "Treating me like I'm still 112. I can take care of my self, thank you very much!" Realizing she has shouted that last part, and was shacking her fist in the direction of the castle, she looked around sheepishly for anyone who might have heard her. Seeing no one she quickly made for the portal and slipped through it without a noise.

Unknowingly though, she had been followed. Her youngest brother, Jasper had over heard the argument and saw fit to tail his dear sister to see what she was up to. Jasper couldn't help but smile at his sisters disobedience to their father, and figured he could use this to his advantage somehow.

Lucifer; after dealing with his daughter, was making his way down a long hall with a vaulted ceiling. The walls featuring framed pictures of past kings and queens of the Underworld. Each painting framed in gold of intricate detail. Stopping at one in particular, Lucifer looked up at the familiar face of the first demon god. The name plate only reading one name.

Satan.

Next to his painting, there was another; of a women, who looked quite a bit like the first demon king.

Not many knew this but Satan had a daughter. He also had many heirs, but the first born was a girl, and was thus the first queen to the thrown. Her name being Gwendoline Evangelyne. During her rain as queen, she was responsible for raising great winged beasts that breather fire and had the strength to take down whole armies. Most of which now were extinct due to the tenacious behavior of the humans from that time. Gwendoline also had this infatuation with causing destruction and was a horrible tyrant of a women. She took what she wanted and killed those who got in her way.

However, one man actually caught her interest, and became her down fall in the end.

Lucifer looked to the women in question next to her father; a fiery red headed women with piercing green eyes. Legend had it she sold her soul to Satan to save a mere human because she loved him dearly. Other legends foretold that she was the reason why there are so many red headed humans today. Gwendoline was a tenacious women herself and had no mercy. She was also every bit of hardheaded and took no for an answer even when that no came from her own father.

Needless to say, her time as queen was rather short, and since she had no real heir to the thrown that any could find, her brother became next in line.

"How did you ever handle such a women Grand Father? I can't seem to keep Ester under wraps, and she does what ever she please. How do I deal with her? I fear that when she becomes queen her time will be just as short as your daughters. Though she may not have the same destructive tendencies, she is still as stubborn as a mule."

He paused for a moment in thought. Ester's Coronation wasn't for a few weeks and time differed here then in the human world, where a year here was two months there and it was ok to postpone her Ceremony for a year before things needed taking care of. Even if when the portals start to break down it would still take quite a while for the demon population to make a major difference. He kind of liked the idea of causing some strife to the "Big Man" to deal with. Lucifer smirked at that old feeling of making mayhem.

"Maybe a vacation from responsibilities could be in order and she did raise some very good points on how she could keep hidden in plain sight." Looking back up at the painting again he shook his head. "I feel like I'm going soft." Just then he heard someone calling to him; looking to his left he could see his second youngest son; Joseph, running towards him.

"Father! Father! We have a problem! Ester she- she's not in her room!" "My dear boy, what are you talking about, she is probably out exploring her maze garden again." He said as he watched his son run towards him. Lucifer caught the boy as the clumsy child tripped over his converse style shoes. "Now what are you yelling about Joseph?" Joseph righted himself as his father caught him from falling and paused to catch his breath. "Ester, she- There was a note in her room. I had gone in there looking for her when I couldn't find her in her garden. She's gone to the human world!" He handed the note to his father and leaned against the wall. "What?!" Plucking the note from Josephs hand he read the words on the crumpled paper.

Dear father,

I've gone to the human world. Don't bather coming to look for me. You won't find me.

I promise to be back before the Coronation.

Love, your precious daughter

Ester

Eyes glowing fiery red with rage, Lucifer crumpled the paper and turned it to ashes. "That women is going to be punished for her insolence!" He roared as he rushed down the hall with his son rushing to catch up. Getting to Ester's room, Lucifer slammed the door open to find it indeed empty. His daughter had done exactly what he didn't want her to do. Even when he had just about been on his way to tell her she could go as long as she kept in touch. "When I find that girl she's gonna be in so much trouble." He stormed out the room leaving his son behind.

"Ester, you really know how to piss off people..." Joseph mumbled, shaking his head in disbelief.

Else where in the human world.

Ester was flying high above Amity Park, her silky black hair whipping about wildly in the wind as she searched for every cemetery that could possibly hold the remains of her long past mother. The portal she went through was a little off in location. Apparently it wasn't in Amity Park, but on the out skirts.

Spotting an other cemetery, she quickly flew down and landed. As she walk a short ways she placed her knit cap over her head to hide her horns and wrapped her tail around her waist. Moments later though, she was apparently spotted by an old man and his dog as he sputtered out something about seeing her flying.

She waved at him sheepishly as her purple cloak shifted about her, showing off her slim figure. Her hat slipped sideways revealing one of her horns; which the man saw, and the old geezer proceeded to pass out from the shock. "Oops... I didn't mean the scare the poor old man..." She said as she tapped the mans foot with hers.

The dog that was with him started barking at her. Groaning she turned towards it and used her power to show it terrifying things, scare the mutt into silence. The result was almost instant as it started whimpering and backing away to run. "That's better. I really don't want any more attention then I already got."

Walking down one of the trails, she fixed her cat-eared shaped, knit cap, to hide her horns better and made sure her tail was staying in place. Ester spent about an hour looking at each tome stone as she passed them and realized something rather cute about this cemetery. It was organized by date if death with in each family grave sight. "That makes searching for her grave easy." Ester hurried to the area where the dates were in the 1700's.

She had just rounded the corner when she came face to face with the barrel of a ecto-gun. It was something she had never seen before and it was aimed right at her forehead. Frowning, she looked to the person holding the weapon and raised an eye brow when she saw a petite women in a blue has-mat suit with black goggles covering her face. She wasn't alone either. There was a larger man in the same type of suit only it was orange. The man was scowling at her while the women's face was set in curiousness.

"Um... Can I help you?" "You shut up, you ghost!" The man shouted, now aiming his gun. Ester blanched at the authoritative command. "Now there's no reason to be rude. If this is about the old man all I did was scared the poor thing. Honest. I never meant any harm." "SO YOU ADMIT IT!?" Snarled the man.

The women glanced at him for a moment with a frown. "Now Jack, what have I told you about getting to know a ghost first before deciding if it's bad or good?" Ester straightened up and clapped her hand in mock happiness. "Yes! I mean you hardly know me. I'm not from here after all. Listen I'm just here on a temporary visit from the Underworld. I wanted to see my mothers grave. You guys seem... like you're reasonable people." Ester said as she moved the glowing blaster away from her face with the tip of her finger.

The women looked back at her, when she felt the gun being moved. "So if it's all right with you, I would like to enjoy my small vacation in peace?" The women lowered her blaster and watched her curiously. The human names Jack, however, suddenly aimed his own gun at Ester and growled. "Bon't you touch my wife's gun you freak!" The women looked at him wide eyed. "Jack!" "I have had a bad day all day, Maddie. You can yell at me all you want later!" Before Ester, or the women in blue, could do anything, Jack fired off his ecto-gun and shot her right in the chest. Ester felt her body jolt backwards from the hit was suddenly met with intense pain that she had never felt before.

It felt as though her core was being ripped to shreds.

Screaming in agony Ester went to her hands and knees. She actually found herself begging for the pain to end as tears started running down her face. Her hat even fell off her head, revealing her horns and she was unable to keep her tail around her waist any longer.

Maddie, seeing that the younger ghost was pleading for Jack to stop, kicked her husbands gun out of his hands and rushed to the ghost girl's side. When the blast from the weapon ended she looked up in a daze. But when seeing the other women next to her with a hand on her back she looked at her in confusion. Pain still coursing through her body.

She felt off, like something in her was unstable.

"Jack, what were you thinking? She wasn't causing any harm, and she told us what she was doing here!" Yelled the women, angrily. "Ghosts can't be trusted. You of all people should know that!" Countered Jack "And we've been ghost hunting for years. Without really doing any kind of research on their behaviors. If it hadn't been for that anonymous tip off about their different personalities. We'd still be shooting first and asking questions later. Our old ways got us no where Jack!" Maddie wrapped her arm around the ghosts shoulders, trying to get Ester back onto her feet. "That anonymous tip off was a load of crap and you know it. Now get away form that ghost so I can finish it off!"

Maddie glared at her husband. Lately Jack has been going over board with the ghost hunting lately, and it was actually taking a toll on her. "No! I won't let you harm another possibly innocent ghost." Ever since her son, Danny, had disappeared the family just wasn't same anymore. Jazz moved away, blaming her father on Danny's disappearance. She was broken hearted about everything that had happened and Jack just became more and more bitter. Ever since her baby boy had finally gotten up the courage to come out.

She knew all along about Danny liking guys more then girls, and she excepted that about him. She just wished the rest of the family would have been more except too.

Jack growled in frustration. Stepping forward he yanked Maddie to the side and away from Ester, making the injured demon stumble and fall back to the ground. Taking aimed with another pistol like ecto-gun, Jack waited as it powered up to full. Ester only managed to get a few feet before she heard the gun go off and more pain spread through out her back and all over her body. Currents of electricity tearing through her.

Screaming, Ester hit the ground, her body's convulsing out of control as it went numb. "How could this be happening?" She thought, terrified. "All I wanted was to see my mother's grave..." Then when everything started going black, and her mind succumbed to the darkness of unconsciousness. The only thing she heard was the women named Maddie screeching her her husband.