Posted on March 18th 2007
FC: since I still have no active Danny Phantom OCs … things will be quiet…. Let's hope I don't go insane...
Second Chance
Prologue: New Beginnings
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(First person POV)
It was dark…Oh so very dark…And cold…like ice… My eyes flickered open to a dark green room. It looked a bit like a waiting room at a hospital
Where am I? How did I get here?
I had been on the floor, apparently passed out from something. My head hurt, and I felt like a truck hit me. My vision was slightly blurred yet, I studied my surroundings. The room was comprised of mostly green and black furniture. There were no windows and two bright purple doors. I saw what appeared to be a receptionist's desk, where one might "check in." Someone was sitting at the desk reading a magazine. It was worth a shot.
(Third person POV)
He stood up and staggered to the receptionist's desk. He leaned heavily on the desk. "Excuse me, but where am I?" the boy asked uncertainly. The girl lowered her magazine, about to retort and stopped. "Danny? This can't be good…" she girl asked surprise in her voice. "Ember!? Wait, what's going on? " Ember laid her magazine aside, and pick up a folder, labeled 'Fenton, Daniel'. "I hate being the one to tell you this but… you died…"
Her voiced was a barely audible whisper. But Danny had heard her. He quickly studied himself. He looked like his human self, except for the glowing skin. "How? How am I dead? I was at the park with Tucker and Sam…" His voice was frantic. Ember sighed and opened her file. "Right, you were at the Park when you died. It went down like this, you were hanging out with your friends, you saw a little kid run into the street after a ball, you then saw the oncoming truck headed right for him. You reacted without a second thought, you didn't even 'go ghost' as you like to call it." She emphasized Danny's battle cry. "You sacrificed your life for the kid's." Danny stood there trying to take it all in. Everything had happened so fast… But he remembered it slowly. Ember continued, "But since this wasn't you time to die you have the option for Second Chance."
Danny wasn't listening to her last statement. "What?" Ember was becoming slightly annoyed yet attempted to remain patient with him. "Second Chance," she repeated "When someone dies before their time they have the option of going back. Not as themselves of course, but reincarnated as something else." Danny thought for a moment, and then he hopefully asked, "So I can go back?" Ember sighed again, "You truly are a dipstick aren't you? Yes. But not as a Human." Danny remained silent for sometime thinking things over. "So if I wasn't supposed to die from getting hit by a truck, how was I supposed to die?" Ember smirked 'easy target' she thought mischievously, "You died losing to the Box-Ghost. Kidding! I'm kidding! Jeez! Can't a ghost have a little fun?" She laughed at the sight of Danny's appalled expression. "So how was I supposed to die" Ember hesitated and glanced down at the file. "It doesn't say. Most of your file is empty. Well up to today that is everything past that is blank. It's really strange actually." She trailed off leaving the two in an awkward silence.
"I have two more questions, what is this place and what are you doing here." He continued being curious, breaking the silence. Danny finally crossed Ember's boiling point. "This is where you 'cross over' and community service now get out of here and find Clockwork. He'll send you back." Danny nodded, thanked her and ran out the door. "What a Total Dipstick," Ember muttered as he left returning to her magazine. (A/n: I envisioned that going a lot differently, and better…)
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Danny bolted across the ghost zone. He passed Frostbite's realm, Walker's prison, Skulker's Island, Pariah's Castle, and Aragon's old kingdom. Finally, the Time-master's lair came into view, as did a large amount of Danny's ghostly enemies. He slowed to halt in front Skulker. "Ahh, My prey has finally met his match." Danny gulped, "Skulker? Wait. How do… you… know…" Danny paused realizing that along with his past enemies, and his friends. "Greetings Danny." Danny turned his head to face Frostbite, "Amiko!" Wulf cried happily. "How's it going, Punk?" Walker. Who else? Danny smiled at them. "Why are you all here?" Dora, the dragoness ghost, approached him, "We are here to wish you luck in your next life. We also are here to announce," "That Amity Park will no longer be under attack by Ghosts or any of us at least." Kitty finished, wrapping her arms around Johnny 13. "Yeah, what's the point since you're dead?" Johnny added. Everyone shot him a look. "What? You're all thinking it, I just voiced it!" Danny just beamed at them, all of them. "You have no Idea what this means to me." "Spare us the sap, and get back to life mate" Youngblood growled, a smirk on his face. Danny smiled once more then flew past them onto Clockwork's tower.
"Clockwork," Danny breathed, still overwhelmed with everything that had happened. "Danny. Now's your chance." The Timemaster said, floating over to the boy. Together, they approached the large viewing screen Clockwork had to watch over time. He waved his staff, and the previous image rippled and faded, only to be replaced by an image of Amity Park. Danny began to move forward but clockwork stopped him. "You cannot go back just yet. First you need to know a few things." Danny nodded allowing Clockwork to continue, "The town knows your secret now, and they are hoping your ghost half will come back. Your human self no longer exists, but you will still have your ghost powers. You will have to trigger them though. You seek out your friend if you like, and interact with them. If they can figure out that you are you, then you will be able to communicate with them. What did you think you were going back as a human?" Clockwork asked gazing into Danny's clearly confused expression. "Don't worry, things will make sense over time. Oh, one last thing. Good luck." Danny opened his mouth to thank Clockwork, but a huge jolt of energy coursed through his body, rendering him speechless and unconscious.
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When Danny awoke he was in the park, rain falling around him. He was terribly wet and cold, and it was dark. 'Okay I have a new life now, and I have no Idea what to do…well getting out of this rain is a start.' He thought glumly, 'then I'll go find my friends.' Danny staggered to his feet realizing that he was standing on all fours. 'What the… I'm a Cat!?'
Fc: Heh, it's not a great beginning, but it will suffice for my needs. Flames will be forwarded on to my buddy Kali, who shall feed them to her pet dragons. and then you'll be in for it!