Phantom
By
Landon Richardson
Official Disclaimer
The characters of Lieutenant Commander Steven 'Steve' McGarrett, Chin Ho Kelly, Officer Kono Kalakaua, Adam 'Toast' Charles, Meka Hanamoa, Amy Hanamoa, Billy Hanamoa Mary McGarrett, John McGarrett, Steven McGarrett (Steve's grandfather/namesake) and Doctor Max Bergman do not belong to me in any shape or form. I am merely using them for my own entertainment purposes.
The characters of Danielle 'Danni' Williams, although originally based on the male Danny Williams on the show, is probably different enough that she can be considered her own creation since she has a different background and different personality to her male counterpart. This also in turns changes Grace to an extent as Danni has full custody but also a civil relationship with Grace's father which reflects in the way Grace is. I should also add that Grace's surname is Taylor as Williams is Danni's maiden name which she reverted back to after her divorce was finalised.
The characters of Lily Williams, Doctor Rosamund 'Rosie' Lange, Lieutenant Colonel David Williams, Special Agent Jack O'Connor, Lieutenant commander Riley King, Lieutenant Louisa Palakiko-Cowan and Bertie Reynolds are mine as well. Any other character who might pop up who you don't instantly recognise will probably belong to me as well. I'll hopefully catch them in time to put above though.
Author Notes
Welcome to 'Phantom'
Mu supernatural A/U of Hawaii 50, supernatural as in the actual supernatural genre and not a cross over with the TV show.
I've always wanted to write an A/U like this and this seemed as though it was the perfect way to do that.
I'm not sure how long this story will be or how long it will take to finish or even how quickly it will be updated, juggling several stories and dealing with real life tends to stop me being able to say for certain, but I can promise that it won't be abandoned. However long it may take. This story and my many others will all eventually be completed.
This is a one shot, I currently have no plans to come back to this world once this is completed but I would ask you not to hold me to that answer. What I may think now at the beginning of the story and what I may think at the end of the story could be miles away.
Anyway please enjoy.
Overall Summary
Danni Williams has always kept her secret close to her heart, guarding it preciously, determined to hide who and what she is but when that secret threatens her life and those around her she realises that some things aren't meant to be kept secret. Some secrets have to come out no matter what the consequences are. (McDanni saga)
Chapter Summary
Danni Williams had always known deep down that she was special, that she was different from the other children around her though it wasn't until she reached the age of five, when Bertie Reynolds had burst into tears and called her a freak before running away, that she had begun to realise just how different she was.
Overall Romance
Steve McGarrett / Danni Williams (McDanni)
Chin Ho Kelly / Malia Waincroft (Chalia)
Kono Kalakaua / Charlie Fong (KoFo)
Mentions of past Duncan Taylor / Danni Williams (Dunni)
Mentions of past Steve McGarrett / Catherine Rollins (McRollins)
Chapter Romance
Mentions of past Duncan Taylor / Danni Williams (Dunni)
Other Note
~ Point one – Please be aware that nearly all of the locations which are used in this story are either from the internet (thank you Google!) or made up by me. I claim no knowledge of Hawaii having never been there before.
~ Point two – Although this story is technically part of the Danni and uses many characters from the universe, it is to be considered an A/U of the world and not one which is reflect or affect any of the other stories I write unless stated otherwise.
Prologue
Danni Williams had always known deep down that she was special, that she was different from the other children around her though it wasn't until she reached the age of five, when Bertie Reynolds had burst into tears and called her a freak before running away, that she had begun to realise just how different she was.
To say that she had been initially confused by his reaction would have been the understatement of her young life at that point. She and Bertie had always played together and been friends.
She had thought, in her childish way that Bertie would want to know that his big brother was looking out for him and that he would be happy that he was always with him but he hadn't wanted to know and he certainly hadn't been happy if his reaction was any indication to go by.
She had found out later on that she had made him sad because Bertie Reynolds big brother was dead and had been for seven months after being hit on the street by a drunk driver.
He was dead and yet Danni could see him and interact with him the same way she could see and interact with her friends.
She shouldn't have been able to, in fact no one should have been able to.
She had ran home in tears, racing through the large home which her family owned until she found her mother, who had taken one look at her tear stained face and swept her up into her arms, cooing words of love and comfort to her until Danni's tears had subsided into the occasion hiccup. Only then did she ask Danni why she was crying.
Even years later Danni could still picture the sad, resigned smile which had come to her mother's face when she had told about what she had done and what Bertie Reynolds had said to her. She had lowered them to the bed, her mother curling round her and stroking her long wavy blond hair away from her face the same way she always did when Danni was sick and then had proceeded to tell Danni the story of their clan and their kind.
She had explained in her musical voice how they were different from normal people because of the abilities which grew inside of them, abilities which for most of their kind manifested in their teenage years. The Williams-Clements clan was special because of who they were and they tended to manifest much earlier though her mother had admitted that at five years and two months both Danni and her older twin brother David had broken the rules.
No one could see the dead anymore, once upon a time it had been different and there had been a few death walkers roaming the earth but that talent had been thought to have died out until Danni.
Danni had been fascinated by the tales but she hadn't been prepared for the way her life had changed after that day. Gone were the old ways, she and David had immediately been taken out of their school and taught at home by several tutors, normal lessons were completed but other lessons, lessons which no normal person would do, had filled her hours away.
Her life had become restricted and regimented. There had been so many rules to follow that her head had swam, she had to get used to a title, to meetings, to learning the proper way to behave and on top of this, and most importantly, she had to learn to control her gift. To block out the dead which would always be with her.
She had done what was expected of her, became more powerful than even her tutors had imagined but she always held back on what she could do, concerned about what would happen if she unleashed her full potential.
And every day she repeated the same rules which her family and tutors had drummed into her daily, making her speak them and write them until they were imprinted in her head.
Do not tell anyone who you are
Do not tell anyone what you are
Do not tell anyone what you can do.
She had gone through the typical rebellion stage, hers occurring when she was nineteen when she had met Duncan Taylor who had encouraged her to branch out. Because of him she had experience a fairly normal life. She had gone to University and graduated top of her class, she had decided to become a detective in the Police force and had made her way through the academy and through the ranks until she was a detective in the Homicide department in charge of her own team.
She and Duncan had married and their daughter Grace had followed quickly after the honeymoon but then things had gone wrong, their love had changed becoming the love of friends and they had decided to end their relationship. That had been hard enough but then Danni found herself having to move to Hawaii, working in a department who hated her and without a large support network of their kind.
That was when the rules she had been taught had taken on new meaning for her.
That was when she had decided that the council and her parents were right and that she needed to accept her duty and be what was expected of her.
And that was when she met Steve McGarrett and everything had gone out of the window.
It appeared that fate had a different plan for Danni Williams regardless of what she may have thought about it and that was that.
Author Note
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