Darkest Intentions
Rated; T for cursing, violence, and possible gore(though not graphic)
Pairings(DP); D/S, T/D, J/C
Pairings(KH); SoKaiKu OT3, Ven/Xion, RokuNami
Thoughts
Item/Boss/World/Party Members
Warnings; Spoilers for all KH releases up to Birth by Sleep, and for DP fans, no PP
AN; Like before, I'd like to clarify that the idea and plot for this fanfic was written out before a lot of information about Aqua, Terra, and Ventus was known. Thus, a lot of that game, and anything released beyond it, will be blatantly ignored. Lastly, I'd like to remind you all that this is a rewrite of the original, which can still be found on my profile...Also, FAIL Fighting scenes.
Prologue
Destati
Thick murky liquid encompassed everything he could see, making everything dark. To him, darkness was rather common as he was injured to the point of unconsciousness quite often. However, it was also because of this that he knew this darkness was far different then what he usually ran into.
Daniel 'Danny' Fenton was rather unhappy with this observation.
After deciding this, the young man realized that he was falling, head first. Normally, one would notice this first, but the fact that he was not drowning was what registered in Danny's mind first. While he discovered these facts he cast a look above(or was it below?) and noted that there was a shaft of far away light. Danny then looked in the other direction and spotted some sort of platform there. It grew larger the longer he fell and the dark haired teen realized he was falling towards it and away from the shaft of light.
As he touched down, Danny had put a few seconds to glance around before the area burst to life, birds soaring in all directions around him. A few feathers drifted to the ground as the teen gazed after the rapidly retreating birds. Well, He mused, that wasn't strange at all. The blue-eyed teenager leaned down and picked up one of the feathers, casting the platform he stood on a dispassionate glance—and then looked again.
The platform was stain glass mural of himself with a silver haired replica leaning against his back in the center. On Fenton's side, three circles depicted his sister and two best friends; Jasmine 'Jazz' Fenton, Samantha 'Sam' Manson, and Tucker Foley. On his green eyed look-alike's side were three more circles, one with a girl tied in a ponytail, another of hooded, blue skinned man, and the last awhite furred yeti-like creature. These three were Danielle 'Danni' Phantom, Clockwork, and Frostbite. The back ground of Fenton's side was of an aerial view of Amity Park and the background of the other's was of a place commonly known as the Ghost Zone. The main color oh the station was dark green.
Now, it was rare that anyone really knew the secret of who Fenton really was. The only people who did that didn't want to skin him alive were on the platform beneath him. This secret was of course the fact that he was also, and probably more, known as Danny Phantom.
The young halfa, as he was called by many of the denizens of the Ghost Zone, frowned in concentration. Where was he? As far as he knew, there was no place like this in the Ghost Zone, let alone the mortal realm. And added to that, was the question to why was he here?
So much to do, so little time... Take your time. Don't be afraid.
Now, Step forward.
Can you do it?
"Lovely, I'm someplace insane again," He muttered under his breath, "With an insane voice talking to me." He stepped forward regardless of how crazy it felt to follow the instructions of a disembodied voice.
Good.
That was anti-climatic.
Power Sleeps within you.
But now it starts to wake.
What form will you give it?
Danny frowned. Power? He really didn't feel like having more power, as the teen felt he already had too much to begin with! But, he realized, there was doubt that the voice would allow him to leave without following the instructions. He glanced back up to see that three pedestals had appeared. Atop each was a sword, a shield, and a staff. He approached the sword first.
The sword held a silver blade with a bronze hilt and dark navy grip. Inlaid on the hilt was red gem with 3 circles forming a familiar insignia, though he couldn't place where it was from. Danny reached forward and touched a hand to the hilt.
The power of the warrior.
Invincible courage.
A sword of terrible destruction.
Is this the power you seek?
"As nice as some of that sounds, no thanks," He said, letting the sword go. Danny gave the staff a curious glance but then decided not to bother; Staffs definitely weren't his thing. Instead, he turned to the shield. The shield was mainly bronze with a black paint job on the front. In red was the same insignia from the gem on the sword's hilt, which meant that it too had a relation to that familiar feeling. The halfa allowed himself a frown with that thought and took the shield in his hands.
The power of the guardian.
Kindness to aid friends.
A shield to repel all.
Is this the power you seek?
"Now, that's something I like. Sure, I'll take it." A flash of light and the shield disappeared. Danny blinked, surprised. Then, he shrugged, figuring there wasn't a point in wondering what had happened. The voice spoke up again.
What power will you give up?
The halfa looked up and around. Staff or Sword…Courage or Wisdom…With a jolt he came to a decision to his choice.
Is this the power you will give up?
"Yeah."
The staff disappeared in a flash.
Danny turned away from the pedestal just as the whole platform rumbled. The three pedestals shivered and sank into the stained glass mural. Throughout this display the rumbling continued to get stronger and stronger…and the glass collapsed. "Oh, come on!" The black haired teen yelled as he fell into the dark abyss—
And landed on his back on another platform.
The young man jolted up into a sitting position, casting the area a shocked look. He wasn't dead? Or more dead then he already was…Still, though, he had expected to become a pancake on the bottom of that abyss, so this was afar better outcome.
Look.
His gaze turned upwards to lock eyes with a strange white being. It stood on four legs and had a long whip-like tail with a deadly looking blade at the end. Its eyes were a swirl of dark red and blue-black. The being quivered as it very slightly leaned toward him.
This is one of the beings you will fight.
Tainted by negativity…
No light or darkness can escape it.
Danny let out a soft snort, "Lovely, an animal thing that wants to fight with me. Oh, man, Sam would kill me. Sorry, I can't—" His speech was stopped short by an attack from the being. The young man's arms pulled up to block the attack and a shield flashed into existence in his hands. He was surprised to see it, as any one would, but decided it would be a good way to defend himself. So, Danny smacked the creature across the face with his new shield.
The creature gave an angered cry and attacked again, this time with its whip tail. Dodging the blade at the end, the halfa smashed the being's head in. To be sure it was defeated, he bashed the shield across the creature's side. In the next few seconds it disappeared into wisps of dark and white strands. He let our a relieved sigh and looked up as something faded into existence across from him.
This something happened to be a red and gold treasure chest and, according to the voice, he had to open it. How he was supposed to do this, he had no idea, as forcing it open has yet to work. Then, an idea hit him. Danny tapped the top of the chest with his shield. To his surprise, it worked. Inside was a bottle with a green liquid inside. Floating in the liquid were tiny stars and moons, which confused him a tad.
Found an Elixir
As he stood, there a light splashed across his vision again, and he forced himself to spin around. Now, behind him, was a door. The door was not attached to any visible wall and, when he looked behind it, there was nothing there. "Oh," He mused aloud, "It's like one of those lair doors in the Ghost Zone, right? So, if I open it, it'll lead me to somewhere new. Maybe out of here." At this realization, the half jerked and grasped the handles of the door. With a whistle to himself, he wretched the doors open…
And was met with blinding light.
Now, Danny was standing in his family's lab, alone...but not really. When he looked around he spotted his two best friends and older sister. The halfa frowned though, as he noted that each of them had an almost completely blank look of their face. It was fairly creepy to him.
Danny finally moved toward Jazz. After he paused in front of her, she spoke up, "What are you most afraid of?" The dark haired teen looked slightly startled by the question but still stopped to contemplate it. "I guess," He began slowly, "I'm most afraid of failing the people I care about." The red head in front of him titled her head, "Is that really so bad?" Danny waited few more minutes to see if she said anything more. She didn't. He moved on.
Tucker stood in front of him now. He seemed to be examining one of the many gadgets scattered across the table. Finally, after a couple of minutes examining them with him, the glasses wearing boy spoke to him, "What do you want out of life?" Again, Danny was confused. Why were they asking such weird questions? "I…I want to broaden my world…my horizons." Tucker met his eyes, "Is that really that great?" When, after this statement, he spoke no further, Danny decided to go on.
Facing away from him was Sam. She seemed to be concentrating deeply on the portal. "…Sam?" She gave a light hum, "You know…I really think we should try it sometime. Dating, I mean." Now, Danny was startled by the fact that she had not asked a question…and the fact she thought they should try dating, of all things. "Sam, I, uh…Maybe?" The goth in front of him crossed her arms behind her and hummed lightly again.
"….What's most important to you, Danny?"
Ah, there's the question…
"Friendship," He said without any hesitation. After all, where would be now without his friends? She turned to him and looked him in the eye, "Is that really so important?" Danny moved closer and opened his mouth to answer when four hands pushed against his back and fell forward…Into the Ghost Portal. The last thing he saw before he lost sight was Jazz and Tucker standing just behind where he had just been. They pushed me in…?
You're afraid of failing the people you care about.
You want to broaden your world.
You cherish friendship.
….Your journey starts in the twilight before dawn. Struggles and challenges will block your way, but if you stay strong, you'll make it to Dawn.
After the Voice spoke once more, Danny realized he was standing on yet another platform. The young man was fairly startled now, as he had just been in the Lab…and had half expected the Ghost Zone. Though, he decided that checking out the platform might be a good idea. The new platform's main color was red, as opposed to the other two's green and blue. Danny winced as he thought of Freakshow and his jerky alternate self, Dan.
He then shook his head.
That was the past(Or Past-Future, as it was with Dan), he reminded himself, no need to think so deeply on it now.
Don't Be Afraid.
Danny jumped slightly at the sound of the Voice. "Okay! That's it! Nocturnus, if this is some sort of sick joke, quit it! Or else you'll wish you'd never died, got it?!" The halfa let out a growl after this, hoping for some sort of response.
But he received none.
And Don't Forget.
"….I really am going nuts, aren't I?"
The Closer you get to the Light, the Larger your Shadow becomes.
The halfa was clued in then that perhaps now would be a really good time to look behind him. So he did.
Danny had to choke back a cry of shock.
Behind him was dark clothed version of Phantom. One of his eyes was a venomous green, like always, but the other was a blood red. His teeth were bared in a creepy smile. Danny noted faintly that the canines looked rather sharp—Almost like fangs. Darkness settled around his feet, drifting up on occasion as tiny streamers of purple-black.
The other him grinned wider, "You know, Evil isn't so bad."
The sound of the dark Phantom's voice jolted the young man out of his shocked horror. Danny paused a little as he stared at his counterpart. Then, his eyes steeled. He had come to a decision.
"That's what you think. But then, you're not me…at least, not really," The halfa drawled out slowly. Behind his back, trying his best to hide it, he summoned his shield. Other Phantom sneered slightly, "In denial, huh? But you should have realized by now…Dan is inevitable." Fenton scowled, "Screw you," and threw the shield like a Frisbee.
The shield sliced the Other Phantom's arm as he dodged away. He laughed then, "You threw away your weapon!" Danny scowled again before noticing two things critical: Other Phantom was being cloaked in darkness and his shield was flying back. The half-dead teen jumped slightly to catch the weapon and back flipped away from the Other Phantom.
He was lucky, really, as just after he back flipped, the darkness had covered the Other Phantom completely. The darkness shivered and convulsed, streams of light piercing through here and there before it braided itself with a strand of darkness. Finally, after some time, the strange transformation stopped.
Other Phantom was gone completely now, leaving behind a large dragon-like beast above him. Danny realized with a jolt that it was very much like the creature he had encountered earlier, except, of course, a different appearance. This one had large leathery wings and bared teeth. Though, he noted, the teeth seemed to be stuck together. The upper body was very large while the legs and waist were stick thin. Really, it was a bit freaky to look at.
Boss
Draining Rage
It was then that the black haired boy had to dodge one of the creature's thick burly arms. Danny allowed himself a squeak as the long claws of the hand bashed in the place where he just was. "This is the most one-sided fight ever." He hissed. Now, had he been in his ghost form, this fight would probably already be done. However, something was preventing him from changing. This was of course a major disadvantage for him.
Throwing his shield again, the halfa dodged around the thin legs of the beast. Consequently, he was nearly smashed by the long, horrible tail. The fight continued like this for some time, Danny dodging, attacking, dodging, attacking again, it seemed never ending. Until, of course, the shield cut open the side of the creature's face. It let out a scream of pain and teetered.
Danny swore.
Draining Rage fell forward upon his would-be victim, letting out its death cry.
"Nuts!"
As darkness dragged at his limbs and stifled his senses, Danny distantly heard the Voice once more…
Don't Be Afraid…
And Don't Forget
…
You have a Power like no other.
…..
Danny Fenton snapped up and over the edge of his bed, thumping loudly on the floor at the foot of it. Faintly, he could hear calls of concern from down stairs. The loudest of them, or at least to him, was his older sister, Jazz.
In but a couple seconds( to him anyway) Jazz had appeared in his doorway. Behind her was a larger man wearing an orange hazmat suit and a woman with short ginger hair and also wearing hazmat suit, though this one was teal. The man, his father, grabbed the door frame, "Was it ghosts, Danny?! If it was, I can tear apart with our newest invention!"
His son gave him a deadpan look, "It wasn't ghosts, Dad. Just a nightmare." Danny shot his sister a significant look then. The red-head's frown thinned slightly and she gave a tiny nod in return. They'd speak later.
The blue-eyed teen pushed himself. "Are you sure, honey?" His mother, the ginger haired
Woman, asked in concern. Danny rolled his eyes, "I'm completely sure, Mom. Look, I need to get ready for school, okay? I'll be down in a few minutes." His parents frowned but complied. Jazz glanced at him, "Talk later, right?" He only nodded in reply, watching her leave.
Danny stood up and turned around to look at his bedside table. If there was anything at all to convince him that his nightmare had not been just that, it was the object sitting there.
A glass bottle with tiny stars and moons floating in a green liquid…
Daniel 'Danny' Fenton-Phantom
Amity Park(Danny
The seventeen year old Half-Ghost, Half-Human hero of his home world. This young man is commonly known as a halfa among the ghostly residents of his world. He has been chosen for a very heavy burden. What it is or when he will be handed his burden is something no one except one knows….
Jack Fenton
Amity Park
Danny's Father. He is a Ghost Hunter, though an admitted-able not good one. He loves fudge and is a bit slow, but he cares very much for his family.
Madeline 'Maddie' Fenton
Amity Park
Danny's Mother. Like her husband, she too is a ghost hunter. However, she is much better at aiming then her husband(They still have yet to catch a ghost, though). Like Jack, she loves her family dearly.
Jasmine 'Jazz' Fenton
Amity Park
Danny's nineteen year old sister. She is striving to be a psychologist and worries over her brother. One of the few who know about Danny's secret.
Flicker
-The most basic of the Tainted, it is born of the barest thoughts of any sin. IE brief though of jealous towards someone else.
Draining Rage
-A special boss that Danny encountered. It block people's ability to feel any other emotion besides anger. Their weakness is a spot around their neck.