Vlad smirked, his plan had worked perfectly, he had convinced Maddie to go to dinner with him tonight, only to talk about old times of course.
"I knew moving to this dump of a town would pay off" Vlad gloated as he drove to Maddie's house, knowing the bumbling oaf Jack Fenton wasn't in town and was at some ghost expo, leaving Maddie alone to care for their daughter and Maddie had managed to get a sitter for the night.
When Maddie came out the door she was wearing a scarlet dress and matching heels, not too happy she'd have to wear this sort of clothing just to fit in at where they were going, Maddie slipped into the passenger seat of the car and saw Vlad was wearing his regular suit.
'Soon Maddie, soon you'll be crawling back to me, begging me to take you in' Vlad thought to himself gloating.
"I still don't know why you didn't want to wait for Jack to come back" Maddie commented as Vlad drove in the direction of one of the more fancy restaurants.
"This Was the only time I could get a reservation, it was either tonight or tonight in two years' time and I didn't count on Jack been out of town" Vlad lied, he knew well that Jack would be out of town and with his money he could get a reservation anytime he wanted.
The car soon came to a stop, Vlad slipped out and came round the car and opened Maddie's door for her.
"Thank you" Maddie murmured as she slipped out of the car, the duo headed toward the entrance and entered the restaurant, quickly taking their seats, when Maddie saw the menu she nearly had a heart attack at the prices.
The night was uneventful in Maddie's view of things but things went perfectly for his plan, he spoke to her about ghosts, keeping her interested, even bringing up his own 'theory' about giving a human ghost powers by exposing them to large amounts of ecto energy and how it could help when fighting more powerful ghosts but soon Vlad got the opportunity he needed, Maddie went to the toilet, allowing him to slip a little something into her drink.
The Next Day…
Maddie's eyes fluttered open, her head was pounding, she sat up, looking round the room.
'This isn't my room…where am I?' Maddie questioned until she heard someone breathing beside her, she looked to her side and saw Vlad without a shirt, she looked down at her own form, slowly lifting the covers, praying to any god that she wasn't…
'NOOOO!' Maddie screamed within her mind, she was, she was naked, she took another look around the room, she was in a hotel room.
'I must have drank too much' Maddie thought, her mental voice frantic, she quickly slipped out of bed and got dressed before picking up her heels and running out of the room and all the way home barefoot, ignoring the pain, knowing her heels would only slow her down at best, completely unaware Vlad had been awake the whole time.
Vlad now watched her from the window "Perfect, now Maddie let's see how long you'll last with a ghost child…soon you'll be mine, you'll know I'm the father" Vlad gloated, wearing his usual dark smirk.
When Maddie got back she was confronted with quite a miffed babysitter.
"Julie I'm so sorry I'm this late back" Maddie droned, the blonde sitter merely glared.
"Maddie I said I'd babysit for two or three hours, not fifteen hours" Julie screeched.
"I'm so, so sorry…I must of drank a little much last night…here I'll give you a little extra for the extra hours…and could you not tell Jack about this" Maddie begged has she handed over a roll of green bills, Julie smirked.
"Fine I'll keep my mouth shut" Julie replied as she stormed out 'Bloody cheating slut' this phrase kept repeating in her mind as she made her way home.
The minute Maddie entered the living room Jazz crawled towards her, a large smile on her face, Maddie picked her up and pulled her into a hug which Jazz tried to return.
17 Years Later…
Danny, now sixteen years old, huffed as he headed down into the lab, having been sent to get Dani. He spotted Tucker and Sam talking to his younger sister. Danielle was fourteen years old and seemed to have trouble socializing outside Sam and Tucker and was a prime target for bullying.
"Go on Dani I dare ya" Same laughed, Danny picking it up with his stronger hearing, Danny's ghost powers appeared when he was one, it was his first memory, going invisible when playing hide and seek by accident, the house had been in utter chaos, Danny still couldn't believe he'd managed to hide his ghost powers for fifteen years.
Dani stepped into the portal, wearing a hazmat suit with two Ds on the chest area, Danny walked up to her friends from behind.
"What is she doing?" Danny questioned, the two friends yelped, nearly jumping out of their skins.
"Will you stop doing that" Sam snapped, she didn't know how he did it but whenever Danny needed to talk to them he'd sneak up on them and scare them.
"Answer the question" Danny stated.
"Sam dared her to go into the portal" Tucker answered, there was a sudden flash, an ear splitting scream filled the air, all eyes turned to the portal.
"Oh shit" Danny muttered, charging towards the portal 'The idiot, she's turned it on from the inside' Danny thought frantically.
The green light vanished and Dani was lying on the floor within the portal, her hair now white, her skin pale, Danny crouched beside her, checked her for a pulse and found none, he bowed his head. Dani let out a low moan and stirred, Danny's body stiffened.
Dani's eyes fluttered to reveal their once beautiful blue to be now an eerie green.
"Err…Danny…what happened?" Dani asked weakly, a slight echo to her voice.
"You turned the portal on from the inside" Danny stated, helping Dani to her feet, surprised to see no body where she once lay.
'Does this mean she's like me?' Danny mused with a slight frown. Dani looked down at her new body, she felt different, she no longer felt blood pumping through her veins or her heart beating, she didn't breathe.
"Am I dead?" Dani asked, her voice shaking.
"I'm not sure Dani…Dani close your eyes" Danny instructed, she obeyed "Now reach down within yourself…search for the warmth within you" he continued, Dani found it and reached deep within it, two white rings surrounded her body and moved in opposite directions along her body until she had reverted back to human and the rings vanished, two loud gasps filled the air.
Danny glanced over his shoulder and glared at Sam and Tucker who had apparently come up from behind him to check on their friend, Dani's eyes fluttered open, she looked down at her body.
"I'm…me again" Dani gasped.
"Yeah, you're half ghost, now come on mom says dinners ready" Danny replied, before turning and leaving the lab.
"Hey, how'd you know what happened to Dani?" Tucker asked Danny's retreating form, Danny paused.
"That's none of your business" Danny replied before heading up the stairs and exiting the lab, leaving the three confused teen, soon Sam and Tucker were sent home and Dani was sat at the table, she was about to tell her parents what had happened when they started arguing about destroying and dissecting ghosts.
A/N This is my first Danny Phantom fic in a very long time, I have quite a lot planned for it and I am sorry it is so short, plz review and I am open for suggestions as always.