Hi there, this is my first ever fanfiction and I hope you'll be gentle with me!
I'm not a native english speaker, so please point out any mistakes I make and feel free to give constructive criticism.
This is going to be a SLASH Fanfiction, so anyone who has a problem with that, please just do not read it.
Disclaimer: Nothing you recognize belongs to me, just the idea is my own and I'm not making any profit off of this.
Prologue
Danny Fenton took a deep breath. Slowly, he raised his left hand to knock on the door leading to his parents' research lab. Today he would finally tell them. It had been a secret for too long and with each passing day, it became harder to lie to his family. The only reason he had ever hidden his differences in the first place had been because of his parents' occupation, or rather their obsession.
"Enter!", called the cheerful voice of his mother from inside.
Danny tried to swallow his nerves, steeling himself for the unpleasant exchange to come. When he felt sufficiently prepared, he turned the knob and entered the futuristic domain of his parents.
As soon as he saw him, Jack Fenton asked in a booming voice "Danny, ma´ boy! What's wrong with ya?" Danny shuffled nervously and looked down at his ratty trainers.
"There is something I have been meaning to tell you. But I .. I..", he stuttered and then stopped speaking altogether.
"Spit it out!"
His father's patience seemed to be running thin, although his mother Maddie laid a comforting hand on her husband's arm to calm him down.
"I .. I am Danny Phantom."
The silence following upon his words was palpable, creating a tension in the spacious room which seemed to crackle with electricity.
"What." One word. Not a question, just a statement, full of disbelieve and suppressed rage, seemingly flickering within Jack's eyes, daring Danny to repeat that confession.
Danny braced himself and looked into his father's eyes for the first time in two years. "I am Danny Phantom. I have been a half ghost ever since you build your ghost portal and I explored it."
In another situation the rapid changes of his parents' expression might have been funny. Disbelieve. Anger. A flash of hurt. Disappointment.
Danny looked away, closing his eyes in defeat. Mentally preparing a speech to tell his parents why he had been hesitant to confess earlier.
Danny had not seen the final expression his parents' faces had settled into. It was due to this that he was completely blindsided by the next sentence out of his father's mouth.
"Get out. You are no longer welcome here, ghost-freak."
Danny's gaze shot up. "W-What?" His voice quivered as he looked into the expressionless faces of the people who had raised him.
"You heard me just fine. Get out of our house before we exterminate you" Never before had Danny seen his father so icy. Jack Fenton had always been a man of emotion, seeing this cold, calculating sneer directed at him now was too much for the ghostboy.
Gazing into his mother's eyes one last time, seeing none of the expected understanding gentleness she had always radiated when around him, Danny turned around and ran.