A/N: This takes place five years after The Ultimate Enemy.

Disclaimer: I do not own Danny Phantom or any associated characters.

Chapter 1: Homecoming
Fenton Family Ghost Assault Vehicle
December 2nd, 2010
11:16PM Mountain Daylight Time

Forcing himself to stay awake while everyone else slept, Danny kept his eyes on the road. His desire to return to Amity Park after so long was the only thing keeping him running after being up late yesterday fighting ghosts. It seemed like just yesterday his family packed up and moved to Washington DC.

It had been five years since that fateful day when his parents broke the news. They had applied to the US government for government funding on further paranormal experiments, and presents the information they gathered from the Ghost Zone as proof of the paranormal. In what could be only a cosmic fluke, some bigwig in Washington actually approved the grant, on the condition they move to DC. In what felt like a blink of the eye for Danny, everything was packed up, and he was saying his final goodbyes to Sam and Tucker.

The Fentonworks building was boarded up, and locks installed on the lab, since some items, such as the Fenton Ghost Portal couldn't be easily moved, and thus left behind. His parents, using some of the grant money, had been paying for the property for the five years they had been gone.

Due to a continued rise of paranormal activity in Amity Park over the last five years, the government allowed the Fenton's to return in order to investigate. Sources have citied that an unknown ghost has been working to try and help other people, but nothing clear has materialized on the subject, expect for the fact that this new ghost wasn't Danny Phanton, since he was now reported to be haunting Washington DC.

Danny had kept in-contact with Sam and Tucker throughout the years, but he knew deep inside the once close friends were drifting apart. No, that wasn't right, it was more Danny and Sam who had drifted apart. It was slow, but noticable, but they hardly talked to each other anymore. Tucker told Danny that she was going through some hard times, but he refused to elaborate, saying Sam will tell Danny when she is ready.

As the RV blazed down the road, Danny kept eyeing signs to say he was going the right way - he had a sneaking suspicion he made a wrong turn somewhere. Fighting fatigue, he finally saw the sign in the distance - I-56 West 1/2 Mile. Feeling someone relieved, he turned into the left most lane, and merged onto the interstate 30 seconds later.

A good hour passed in silence, which was only punctured by Jack's snores. Danny was determined to get back as soon as he could, but he found sleep was being to win out. Once he found himself swirling violently, he saw defeat, and pulled over into the breakdown lane, and went to wake up his father.

"It's your turn to drive ..."

"Five more minutes mommy ..."

Danny stared at his father for a full ten seconds before his mind got back to him. Then suddenly an idea hit him.

"There is a ghost at Amity Park, dad, he's there right now, I heard it on the radio"

The result was instant and predictable. Jack darted right up, got in the drivers seat, and floored the gas pedal.

"Oh boy, I can't wait to catch that ghost!"

Danny bent down, and got in bunk on the side of the RV. Maddie was sleeping on the other bunk, with Jack taking up the floor. Jazz was currently away at college, and as such, not with the family on their return to Amity Park. She said that she would meet up with them here over Christmas Break.

Feeling his head fall against the pillow, Danny let sleep overpower him, hoping that tomorrow, he would see the places and people he left so long ago ...

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Fenton Family Ghost Assault Vehicle
December 3rd, 2010
09:17AM Pacific Standard Time

"Danny, Danny! Wake up!"

"Ugh ... what"

"Look!"

As Danny forced himself into an upright position, he got blasted by a burst of sunlight glaring the front windshield. As his eyes adjusted, he could see that they were crossing a large bridge, and in the distance, Amity Park.

"We're almost there!"

Jack's snoring rang through the RV, apparently Jack and Maddie switched throughout the night. Danny took the passenger side-seat, and got a better look of his hometown. It looked almost identical, and he'd be there in a matter of minutes, as the Skyway Bridge had an exit right onto Main Street.

Danny couldn't help but wonder what Tucker and Sam's expressions would be like when he saw them. Over the years, he'd grown quite a bit, as well as developed many new ghost powers since the last time they saw each other. Danny's excitement swelled as the RV finally rolled into town, and he finally felt like he was home once again.

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Nasty Burger
December 3rd, 2010
9:21AM Pacific Standard Time

Mr. Lancer was ordering his usual coffee, and egg-on-a-roll from the grease-covered attendant when something caught his eye. Turning around, he saw the tank-like RV roll by, with the promote Fenton logo plastered on it's side. He wasn't the only one as a quite hush fell over the Nasty Burger as people looked at the strange vehicle as it rolled by. Some of the towns older residents recognized it, knowing that the best experts in the paranormal had finally returned home.

"Jimmy Cricket! Their back!"

In another corner of the Nasty Burger, an African-American teenage, with a large PDA on his belt saw the massive assault vehicle roll by. Wasting no time, he grabbed his PDA, and took a few pictures of the vehicle as it rolled by, and quickly attached them to an email. He knew that Sam would want to see this as soon as possible, and some advance warning be better then just having Danny drop on her doorstep all of a sudden without warning.

A/N: Please Read and Review, it motivates me to update faster ... :-)