Summary:
Daniel Fenton is just your shy, clumsy, D average 15 year old. Quite opposite of his alter-ego: Danny Phantom, Amity Park's ghost hero, who saved the world from the Disasteroid only a few months ago. He's half human, half ghost. Everything is going great for him and his two best friends and family, and still, no one knows his secret identity except his friends and sister. But one night, after a few harmless ghost fights, everyone is kidnapped.
All at once, the Fenton's, Sam, and Tucker's lives are tipped upside down. Then, at a secret government facility, Danny and Sam meet a teen not much older than them; a half-blood named Percy Jackson. They devise a plan to escape, but then everything goes wrong.
After a series of unfortunate events, Danny, Sam, Tucker, Percy and another half-blood; Annabeth Chase must save Danny's family and friends before it's too late. Do these 5 teens have what it takes?
Important Author's Notes: Hey everyone, and welcome to my first DP multi-chapter fic: The Lives We Once Had! I've been hyped about this story ever since I came up with the idea for this, and let me tell you, the original plot line has changed. Majorly. But I'm happy as to where it's going at the moment. ^^ This is going to be a long story, although I'm not exactly sure how long it's going to get. :1 I have the entire story planned out, but I only have about 10 chapters written and 6 of them edited. There are going to be about three story arcs in the plot, and hopefully you'll all like how this goes! :D
Also, if you didn't know, this is a Danny Phantom/Percy Jackson crossover. If you don't know what either one of them is, just send me a note and I'd be more than happy to give you the info you'd need for what's going on, although it'd be best if you already knew. =) School is starting on Monday, and this fall is going to be cray-zee. D; So updates are only going to be about once every other week or so, depending on how much I get written and edited, and it would be kind of hard to squeeze in the time to reply to needing info about either series. :P It's hard enough just trying to get my writing and drawing in as it is now. And it's summer. Dx
There are going to be major spoilers of both series. I hate it when someone tells me something about a book/movie/TV show part that I haven't seen yet and spoils it, so if you haven't seen/read either of these, don't go around complaining that I spoiled something because I'm telling you right here.
PJO will be coming in somewhere around the 7th or 8th chapter at the moment. I'm still trying to figure that out. x1
One last thing: This story is rated T for a reason. There will be lots of violence (fights, some torture at the GIW :c, a little bit of gore), some language (normal PG stuff: s***, d***, possibly a**...that's about it. :1), and some kissing. :3 Not too intense though. xD
Alright, enough! On to teh storeh! 8D
Disclaimer: Sadly, I don't own Danny Phantom or Percy Jackson. :c
The Lives We Once Had
Chapter One
May 3rd, 2009
"I AM THE BOX GHOST! RULER OF ALL THINGS CARDBOARD AND SQUARE! ... Wait; there was something else….uh….Oh! AND BUBBLE WRAP! BEWARE!"
"Dude, seriously, you need to come up with a better battle cry." Danny Phantom stated while trapping the obnoxious box ghost in the Fenton Thermos for about the third time that night. "And stop bugging me!" he added as he gave the cylinder a light shake.
"Danny, it looks like there are a few ghosts over by the library." Tucker informed.
"We have a library?"
"Yes Danny," Sam Manson responded. "We in fact do have a library. If you were book savvy, you'd know that."
Danny rolled his eyes and smirked. "Yeah, well I guess that's one downside to being one busy, ghost-busting hero."
"…Touché."
Tonight was just another normal night for Danny. It was the usual routine of chasing down ghosts until past 10 o'clock, usually getting grounded, not getting his homework done, falling asleep in class, then, getting detention the next day at school. Again. He was used to it by now. As were his friends. In fact, not too long ago, the young 15 year old had saved the world from the Disasteroid. He was a global hero. There was a statue of him in every capitol city of the world; Washington D.C., Paris, Beijing, and even one in Amity Park, since it was his hometown.
But still, no one knew his real identity.
It was amazing no one had figured it out yet. Besides Vlad and Jazz, of course. He was surprised his parents still had yet to figure it out. It was both a shock and a relief that they hadn't seen the similarity yet.
As our young hero flew off to continue to defend his hometown, his girlfriend, Sam Manson, watched Danny worriedly.
She had no reason to worry of course, seeing as how he dealt with these same ghosts on a daily basis. But today was different. She had no idea what, but she was sure something was going to happen tonight. Not the usual scrape or bruise, or even Skulker threatening to have Danny's pelt on his wall (…ew). Something was nagging at her, warning her…that there was something wrong. Suddenly, there was a sharp pain on the back of her head. She yelped and collapsed, then heard Jazz and Tucker cry out to her as everything went black.
Over at the library, Danny had caught Skulker watching the building.
"What; you're stalking books now? Have they suddenly become more interesting than me or something?"
Skulker turned to him. "You wish whelp. But you, you are a much more valuable prize, and you cannot escape me again, Skulker, the Gho-"
"Yeah, yeah, you're the Ghost Zone's greatest hunter, I get it. But I'm Danny Phantom, the halfa who saved the world from the Disasteroid! Fear me!"
Skulker quirked a metallic eyebrow.
Danny's eyes widened and he blushed. "….Ah-hem. Yeah. Anyway, try this one on for size!" Danny exclaimed as he threw an ice ray at the hunter.
Skulker was quickly encased in ice. As he began to fall, the young halfa quickly sucked him into the thermos.
"Jeez," Danny began, "who knew spending so much time around ego-centric ghosts with extremely long breathy titles would rub off so much?" he questioned the air.
The 15 year old suppressed a yawn. "Alright, now that he's taken care of, maybe I can make my curfew on time…" He glanced at the town clock. "9:45. Not too bad. 'Kay guys, anything on the radar?"
There was only the crackle of static in his ear.
"Sam? Tucker? …Jazz?"
No reply.
"Come on guys. This isn't funny. What's going on down there?"
Again, no answer.
He could just imagine Tucker snickering, while Sam punched him in the shoulder, clamping down on the urge to grin, but failing miserably. And Jazz, standing off to the side, trying to come up with some corny name for the next ghost to show up, not paying attention to either of them.
Danny was getting slightly annoyed. But then a devious grin crossed his features. If they wanted to scare him, boy would they be getting a surprise!
He quickly slipped invisible, and dashed down towards their makeshift headquarters near the town square. He sped behind City Hall, and flew a few feet away from their clearing in the bushes. They couldn't see him, but he decided to stay unseen anyway. He crouched and slowly floated towards HQ. He waited a moment and listened, but didn't hear a sound. He quickly became visible, sprung forwards and shouted, "RRRAAA-" and froze in mid shout, his mouth wide open, his hands up like the Box Ghost when he shouted, "BEWARE!" It was quite a sight to see. Danny's friends would have been rolling on the ground laughing, but… they weren't there.
"Where…?" Danny began. He thought for a moment, and decided to do a quick sweep of the city and check their houses to see if they had gone home.
15 minutes later, he was sitting on top of the Ops Center, very worried now. He reluctantly decided to go to bed and call them in the morning. He flew down to the alley beside FentonWorks and reverted back to his human form before heading through the front door. He had probably just missed them in his sweep on their way home, and they had forgotten to check in, he reassured himself.
But as he walked into his house to very angry set of parents, once again ready to deliver a grounding, one thought kept bothering him.
They never forgot to check in.
"—Did you hear anything we just said, young man?" Maddie Fenton scolded, hands on her hips.
Danny was startled out of his thoughts at his mother's stern tone. Crud, he thought to himself. "Y-yeah." he responded, glancing at his mother. He withered under her glare.
"No." he responded truthfully, looking away.
Maddie frowned skeptically, as she looked Danny up and down. Her eyes were drawn to her son's hand wrapped carefully around his midriff, almost protectively. Her eyes narrowed in thought.
"Danny? Are you alright?" she asked, her eyes trained on his torso curiously.
"Yeah, I'm fine," he answered quickly, dropping his arm with a barely noticeable grimace.
His mother's eyes softened in concern. "You're sure?" she questioned, unbelieving.
"Mm-hm."
She pursed her lips and sighed through her nose. "Alright." She said reluctantly. "But no TV for a week, understand?"
The halfa sighed tiredly. "Yeah, I understand."
Maddie's face fell slightly. "Oh, honey. You know we just want the best for you, right?" She told him as she stepped forward and gently stroked his hair.
"Mo-ooom," he complained as he gently pushed her hand away.
"Yep, the best fudge money can buy!" Jack added helpfully, or, so he thought.
Maddie gave him a quick glare, which brought a small smile to Danny's face. "Yeah, I know."
His mom smiled. "Good. Now, run along to bed dear. You don't want to be late to school tomorrow again."
The young teen turned away from his parents, so they wouldn't see the disappointed look on his face. "I will." He started up the stairs, but about halfway up he stopped and turned back to his parents with a pleading look in his eyes. "I love you guys a lot, you know that, right?"
A confused smile crossed Maddie's features. "Of course sweetie. We love you very much too." She added.
Danny returned the smile. "'Night," he called as he ascended the stairs.
"'Night my boy! Don't let the ghost bugs bite!" Jack shouted a little too loudly.
Danny rolled his eyes. "I won't!" he replied.
As the teen trudged down the hallway towards his room, something was nagging at the back of his mind that there was something terribly wrong with his friends and sister. He decided he'd go talk to Jazz after he was ready for bed. As he reached for his door, small alarms were going off in his head. Too tired to worry about anything else, he carelessly pushed the thought aside, quietly turned the knob and stepped inside his room.
"Well, look who's finally arrived?"
Danny whirled towards the voice, eyes wide, and was slammed into his door with a sharp ectoblast, hitting his head. Hard. He shouted in surprise and pain, and slumped to the floor.
"Wha…?" he began, trying to squint through the blurriness from the added ache to his chest and abdomen.
"After all, it was only a matter of time."
The menacing chuckle echoed in his ears as Danny shifted into unconsciousness.
Madeline and Jack Fenton, being scientists and inventors, were working on their newest creation: The Ecto-Jammer, when the mystery ghost attacked Danny. Given Jack's gift of making lots of noise, they obviously didn't hear their son's shout of surprise.
"Oh, man Maddie! Just wait until this is finished! We won't have to worry about ghosts anymore! One shot with this and their powers will be useless!"
"I'm still not sure this was a good idea Jack," Maddie stated with concern. "What if when Phantom is fighting a ghost and y- we miss and hit him instead? Then he'll be powerless."
Jack stopped his tinkering and stared at Maddie. "So? That'll make him easier to capture! Then we can rip him apart molecule by molecule!"
Maddie frowned softly. Ever since the Disasteroid, she had felt some sort of… motherly protection towards Phantom, no matter how much her mind rejected the thought. After all, he had risked his afterlife to round up all of those ghosts, and actually cared enough to save the world. Plus, he seemed a lot like Danny, in more ways than one. That was the most likely cause of the protectiveness.
But then again, he had held the mayor hostage, destroyed all of those buildings, stole from that museum…
"But what if it destroys him Jack? Then we won't be able to study him."
His eyebrows furrowed. "Oh. I never thought of that. That could be a problem…"
There was an awkward silence for a few moments before Maddie asked quietly, "If it doesn't obliterate him, what will it do then?"
"Just block his powers."
"Do you think you can make a reverse switch?" she asked hopefully.
"Uhhhh, I guess I could try…will you make your peanut butter chocolate chunk cookies if I do?"
Maddie laughed. "I suppose."
"I'll get right on it then! Your cookies are the best!"
"If you say so dear." Maddie smiled. "Now, wait, those wires connect there…"
Only thirty minutes later, the Ecto-Jammer was almost complete. "Now just to add these last few pieces…" Jack began, "and… we're finished!"
"Jack, did you put in the reversal switch?"
"Aw, crud. Hang on a second." He replied as he began tinkering with the small machine again.
"There! The Fenton Ecto-Jammer is now complete!" the orange-clad mad shouted a few moments later.
But just then, a deep voice reverberated throughout the lab. "Ooh, a new invention. Think you could tell me what it does before the bumbling idiot hits me with it?"
"Who's there?" Maddie shouted, crouching into a battle stance.
"That's for me to know, and for you to find out."
Suddenly, a short barrage of ectorays protruded from the corner of the lab, slamming Maddie and Jack against a corner of a stainless steel table. The impact knocked them out cold.
A tall figure stepped out from the shadows and became visible. He was strong, muscled, and wore a tight black and white jumpsuit, but his form was very thin, and mostly see-through. It would flicker every few seconds, become solid, then begin flickering once more.
"Fortunately for me, you can't do anything about it." He laughed evilly.
He then brought his hand up to his pointed ear and pressed a small button on his earpiece.
"Mission accomplished."
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And yeah, it's a tad boring (or awkward) at parts, but things get better in the next two chapters. So just hang tight! Next chapter will be posted in 2 weeks! 8D
As for the attacker...you're just going to have to wait! *evil laugh*
Ta for now~
Lyssie212