Vlad Masters: Father
Chapter One: A Startling Discovery
Third-person omniscient perspective
It is March 3, 2008. Vlad Masters has arrived in a limo and dropped off at the Fenton's house.
Since November of 2007, Vlad Masters had been in prison for his past crimes, and Danny Fenton, his old arch-nemesis, had aided in Vlad's rehabilitation. After that, Vlad was out of a mental home and was allowed to go back to his old mansion. With his new-found freedom, Vlad had also reformed his company, Vlad Co., Ltd., from an illegal weapons manufacturer (Author note: I don't really know what Vlad's company did, so I made it up) to a charitable energy-producing syndicate. Since February Vlad has been helping lower-class Americans by supporting them with high-tech energy systems for their homes – with no charge. Vlad was slowly becoming a philanthropist, just like his younger brother, Norman.
Norman Masters was another story. He was ten years old when Vlad went to college in 1982. Norman started out as a newspaper boy in high school, before he signed up for a secret military operation to liberate his mother's home country of Romania from Communism. It was a dark and brutal battle as Norman found himself lost in the wilderness, only to be rescued by gypsies. While traveling the country, Norman came across a castle and decided to explore out of curiosity. What he found was something that was not meant to be pillaged – the coffin of Vlad the Impaler. Having removed the coffin, Norman unleashed Vlad and his ghoulish army. Norman took a handle for a sword that he found lying on the floor and, stunningly, a beam shot from the handle, creating a green beam-sword. Without hesitation, Norman used it on a few of the ghouls and they were destroyed immediately. Then Norman used it on the Impaler and so the Impaler fell back into his coffin. Norman sealed the coffin and ran off. Norman did not realize that this event would be the first record of the world's very first ghost hunter. Norman took the first plane home, and leaving all but the sword behind him.
Norman came home and finished college. He went to a university to learn the basics of medical doctors and businessmen. He married a young woman, Mary Crane. Norman knew what his career would be: he would one day found his own medical company. Starting out with some friends as a doctor at a drug company, Norman and his colleagues were fired as a result of corporate downsizing. From that point, Norman and his colleagues founded their own pharmaceutical company, titled Masters Pharmaceutical. The company was founded in 1998, and since then Norman has been helping people all around the world – including the poor. Norman has the trust of patients globe-wide, and he couldn't be happier.
Currently, Norman was waiting for Vlad at the Fenton's doorstep, and he seemed very welcoming to Vlad.
However, Norman has some very startling news for Vlad – very startling.
"You know this is not just a social call," Norman replied knowingly.
"I know that," Vlad said. "So why are you here?"
"Do you remember Karen Hoover – a friend you knew after college?" Norman asked.
"Yes, I remember."
"Well, she died just recently. And…" Norman had tears in his eyes, but tears of happiness. "She left something for you!"
"Well, what is it?" Vlad asked.
"The appropriate question is who?" Norman replied.
Vlad was stunned – no, shell-shocked. Before Vlad could say more, Norman called out to someone.
"Kathy, you can come out now!"
What Vlad saw was something he could only dream of. No words could describe how he felt. He had joy, sorrow, and shock all rolled into one. Coming out of the shadows was a beautiful girl – about twelve years old, or so, that had raven-colored hair that matched Vlad when he was younger – in fact, she also had Vlad's eyes and his skin. But she had Karen Hoover's face. She was staring, kind of confused, not knowing what was going on.
"Vlad, meet Kathryn "Kathy" Masters, your daughter," Norman said casually. "And Kathy, meet Vlad Masters – your father."
Both Kathryn and Vlad were looking at each other with some modesty, trying to figure what would be in store for them.
Official Greeting to readers: Credit for this fic goes to fanfiction authors Lord Maximus, Charmed-and-More, PhantomGirl12 and pegasusVladdy. Without their stories I would not have a unique perspective of how to write a Danny Phantom fic. These authors are unique writers and certainly understand Danny Phantom. God bless you all! P.S. I hope some of the authors mentioned will write me a critical review, as long as there is no profanity of any kind - that is all I ask. Also, in terms on continuity, I am following up part one of Lord Maximus' fanfiction tale She's a Phantom and Charmed-and-More's fanfiction tale Rehabilitating Vlad. This is also loosely inspired by pegasusVladdy's fanfiction tale Howl of the Halfa, and this is a character show, not an action show.
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