Dani's Untold Tales-Walker
Chapter 1

I know this story might be slightly off-canon, but any flames will be welcomed and used to light my late-night writing sessions.

I do not own DP. If I did, the episodes would be longer. Muuuucch longer.

Dani collapsed onto the floating endoplasmic rock, her body barely able to support her after the hours of running and floating. She shuddered with fatigue, her chest still rising and falling with the impression of breathing, although it didn't help any. Curling into a ball, she closed her eyes and tried to forget the pain coursing through her body.

She was older than her "cousin" would have remembered her, and no stranger to pain, but after Amity started seeing her as a ghostly menace, she decided it would be better for all if she just fled to live in the Ghost Zone. However, her time there had been spent mostly running from other ghosts with oaths against any halfa. Exhaustion overwhelmed her muscles, and she succumbed to sleep. The cold of the Ghost Zone numbed her fingers, but she hadn't been warm for years now…An ironic smile crossed her face…she hadn't left this place for years.

Movement around her interrupted her thoughts. She squeezed her eyes together even tighter, trying to ignore the light and dark flashes around her, but she was grabbed by both arms and hauled to her feet by two…somethings.

"Open your eyes, punk."

She struggled to do as it asked, looking up to see a tall, white ghost standing before her regally.

"Walker."

"So you know who I am. Good. You should also know what I can do. If you resist…pain is assured."

Dani's eyes fluttered open for good this time, and she looked up at the merciless warder. Realizing that it would be useless to argue, she instead asked, "What is my charge?"

"Silent, pri-"

"Quiet, captain. He-She can know what she's done." He leveled his gaze on her. "For consorting with the human world, being an unregistered ghost, and trespassing on my property."

"Unregistered? Walker-"

"You shall be silent until we reach the prison, punk. If you speak, punishment shall be swift and painful. Bring her." He gestured to his guards, then turned and began floating back in the direction of the prison. Dani opened her mouth to protest, but decided against it and simply slumped in the arms of the guards. They were used to dealing with much more…restless prisoners, and didn't quite know how to handle the unmoving Dani.

"Miss?"

"What…" She looked up at the guard who had whispered to her.

"I-I'm sorry, I don't-"

"What are you saying?"

"We've never dealt with someone as young as you. Even that Phantom kid is older than you. So if-if I hurt you, then…I'm sorry."

"Thank you...I guess." She faltered in her floating and slumped down, resting in a fog of confusion before entering the prison. She watched as she was shuffled into a cell and wearily sat on the bench. All the guards were dismissed on Walkers order, and finally he stood alone in the hallway, facing Dani.