Author's Note: This story came from the idea that the Teen Wolf universe was really unfair to Derek and his pack that and Erica was beautiful. If you like this story Check out my other Shattered-phantom-verses like Ultimate Phantom or Central City's Phantom.
Prologue is under story called Clone's farewell
Chapter Two: Joining the Pack
Danny looked at the place where Erica and Isaac had led him to. This building was in the heart of the warehouse district. It used to be the Beacon Hills' railroad depot.
They let him walk in first. Danny already knew that Derek was aware of him being at the door the moment that he entered the area. It was near impossible to deceive a werewolf's sense of smell.
Danny entered the building and began to take a look around. His attention was drawn to the subway car in the building. That is probably why he didn't see the six foot werewolf charging right at him.
Derek growled at him with his eyes glowing the color red signifying his alpha status. Danny groaned in annoyance.
"Seriously Derek. Is this any way to treat your godbrother?" Danny asked him as Derek got up and extended a hand for him to grab.
"I couldn't resist." Derek said with a grin on his face and Danny was again reminded how weird it was to see Derek's werewolf face. The riged eyebrows and pointed ears. Not to mention those terrible mutton chops.
"I see you still can't transform into a wolf." Danny said with a grin while Derek scowled.
"Most of can't do that." Derek said and then they shared a moment of silence for Laura. Danny had helped Derek bury her. His family had offered to get her the complete service and a proper funeral but Derek wanted to lay her at their ancestral home.
"You two know each other?" Isaac asked them as he and Erica walked in and brought themselves into the conversation.
"Yeah. Danny and I go way back. I had wanted to ask to join the pack along with someone else I've had my eye on." Derek answered them.
"So you are going to turn Danny into a werewolf then?" Erica asked as she glanced at me.
"Can't. I can't turn someone who is already supernatural." Derek answered her.
"But you still want him to be part of the pack?" Isaac asked him.
"A pack is usually filled only of werewolves but not always." Derek answered him.
Danny would ask him later what alpha he killed to get alpha status. It had to be recent given that he just turned Isaac and Erica.
"So do you want in?" Derek asked him.
"Why not." Danny said with a grin. They shook hands and that was it. It was more a symbolic thing since Danny wasn't a werewolf Derek would not get stronger from him being in the pack.
"Alright now that you are all here it is time for training." Derek said to Erica and Isaac.
"Training?" Erica and Isaac asked him.
"Yeah we need you two getting into fighting shape." Derek said making Danny glance at him.
"What are you talking about?" Danny asked.
"A family of hunters moved into town last month." Derek answered. Looking at Isaac and Erica it looked they knew that already.
"What are their names?" Danny asked wondering if his memories knew who they were.
"The family is the Argents." Derek said and glanced at Derek. Danny knew the relationship he had with Kate and how badly it ended.
"By any chance did you see Kate?" Danny asked him.
"Kate is dead." Derek said with a hard look in his eyes. Danny decided not to ask about her. Her being dead was good enough though he wondered who did it.
"Anyway. Isaac vs me, Erica vs. Danny." Derek said. Danny glanced at Erica and saw that she was looking forwards to hitting him.
"You sure we can't switch?" Danny asked him and sighed when he saw Derek shake his head.
"We need them to get used to fighting and using their new powers." Derek said as he led Isaac up the steps so to give both groups space.
"Why am I fighting you?" Isaac asked as he had a pained look on his face.
"Oh we will switch eventually but I need you to get used to fighting people that are either stronger than you or have abilities that are difficult to overcome." Derek answered.
"What kind of things?" Isaac answered.
"Many things in this world lived outside the scope of science and reason. You are one of those things now. So don't assume there aren't others." Derek answered.
"Ready?" Danny questioned Erica as he took his hoodie off and began to stretch.
"Not yet." Erica said as she went around the corner. It took ten minutes but she came back in a different outfit. She was no longer wearing her leather jacket, low cut blue shirt and black skirt. Now she was wearing dark leather pants and a tight red top.
Given the grin on Erica's face she knew those clothes on her were very distracting.
"You have spare clothes here?" Danny asked wondering if she had run away like Isaac. With that reminder he needed to talk with Isaac later.
"My parents ask enough questions. If they saw these clothes they would become even more paranoid." Erica answered him.
"You ready?" Danny asked her but her answer was to swing a fist at his face.
"I'll take that as a yes." Danny said and blocked the kick she sent at his midsection. He tossed her foot trying to throw her off balance but all she did was do a black flip.
"So why did you never tell me you weren't human?" Erica asked as she closed in a gave a punch to his stomach and then his head.
Danny's head snapped to the right as he tried to give an answer.
Danny's head snapped to the right as he tried to give an answer.
"I am mostly human. I don't know when I would become a full ghost." Danny said and grabbed her shoulders and kicked out her feet from under her.
"I haven't told anybody except you and Issac about me." Danny said trying to reason with her. The original owner of this body hadn't told Erica and now he had to find a way to explain. It just wasn't fair.
"Aren't you the one who said we shouldn't have secrets between each other?" Erica as she gave him a punch to the stomach and fell to the ground.
Danny would admit that those punches both physical and verbal actually did hurt him. These memories while useful did have a downside as they made him care for these people.
He had just met them but he had also known them all his life so his feelings were varied in how to respond to them.
"I'm sorry." Danny said and she nodded.
"Fine. Do not lie to me anymore alright." Erica said to him with a determined look on her face.
"So are we cool?" Danny asked with a nervous grin on his face and it only grew as he watched her move into a thinking pose.
"Sure. We are going out later though." Erica told him.
"Sure." Danny said with a grin then had to jump back quickly as Erica came at with a wipe of her hands. Normally Danny wouldn't have been worried of something like that.
The problem was that Erica nails had become claws. Looking at the golden eyes that were amused at his reaction Danny knew she was actually going to be trying now.
"That was kind of close E." Danny said looking at her as she curled and uncurled her claws.
"You are a tough guy I am sure you can handle it." Erica said and while that was true Danny didn't want to have his face clawed up.
"Fine bring it on then." Danny said as he blasted her with a weak ghost ray. That sent her flying backwards into a wall. Danny knew she was alright because the energy blast he sent her way was enough to knock her down but not kill.
"What in the world was that?" Erica asked looking at his glowing hand.
"Werewolves have their abilities and ghost have our own." Danny said. He could see the excitement in her eyes. He really hoped that being turned hadn't turned her into a battle maniac. Danny glanced upwards and saw Derek and Isaac fighting.
Isaac was trying but there was no chance that a new beta werewolf could take out an alpha.
With a growl Erica charged at him trying to tackle him. It didn't work because Danny turned intangible and let her phase right through him. Once he was behind her and solid again he tripped her and sent her to the floor.
"Had enough?" Danny said pointing his hand at her with a ghost ray powerful enough to knock her out.
"Not yet." Erica said as she swung her legs around his and twisted. She reversed their position with him lying underneath her while she straddled him.
"How about you?" Erica asked as she she leaned closer to him.
"I'm good." Danny answered with widened eyes.
"I'm glad." Erica said as she landed a kiss. They kept at that for a while only stopping when they heard a thud behind them.
Isaac apparently had been thrown from the platform and landed on his back. Danny gave a wince at that. Even with supernatural healing Isaac's ribs were probably bruised.
"This is so unfair. Erica and Danny get to basically flirt and make out and I get to deal with Derek." Isaac said.
"The world is unfair." Danny said to him.
"Thanks buddy. Really appreciate your help and input." Isaac said as he got up.
"Alright that's enough for today." Derek said as his face returned to normal. He jumped off the platform and joined the rest of us.
"Isaac, Derek I have been meaning to ask you something." Danny said to them gaining their attention.
"I wanted to know what happened to your dad." Danny said. He watched Derek turn to Isaac who sighed and nodded.
"I don't know who killed my dad." Isaac said to him.
"What do you mean?" Danny questioned him.
"It happened a couple days after Derek turned me. My dad was just going crazy on me." Isaac said. Danny eyes glowed green at that. He was never fond of children being abused or discarded by their parents.
It was something which he found completely unforgivable. There was no way that he could let that go.
"So I grabbed my bike and got out there. I'm guessing he followed me. Guess he felt guilty about almost blinding me." Isaac said.
"Then?" Danny asked.
"He never found me. The next day I show up to school and the police accuse me of murdering him." Isaac said.
"Yeah you can blame Jackson for that." Danny said wondering how the idiot managed to survive as long as he did.
"Really? Oh man I really want to hurt him." Isaac said his eyes turning gold clearly imagining horrible punishments for their least favorite jock.
"Well do you have any kind of plan?" Danny asked him. This was a fine place to crash for a couple nights but living here would be a nightmare. He was fine with letting Isaac stay with him.
"Derek said he had a plan." Isaac said turning to the werewolf in charge who was sitting on a chair next to a steel support beam just watching us.
"Yeah I wanted him to wait so I could contact you and since you are here now we can begin." Derek said as he got up and came over to us.
"Okay so what was your plan?" Erica asked.
"I need your boyfriend over here to do his thing." Derek said glancing at him.
"You want me to overshadow someone?" Danny asked and Derek nodded.
"Overshadow?" Isaac and Erica asked.
"It's a ghost's term for possession." Danny said to them.
"So who am I going to be overshadowing?" Danny asked him.
"I had planned for him to overshadow the sheriff but now I have someone else in mind." Derek said.
"Who?" Erica asked.
"Jackson." Derek said.
"How do you know him anyway?" Danny asked Derek.
"Not important. Anyway you and Erica find Jackson. Overshadow him and convince the sheriff to stop hunting for Isaac." Derek said.
"Where am I in this great plan of yours?" Isaac asked.
"You and me are going to talk to someone." Derek told him.
"Who?" Isaac asked him.
"Boyd. I have watched him for a while and I think he would be perfect for the pack." Derek said.
"You think he is going to say yes?" Erica asked. According to what they had told him Derek had asked them for consent before being turned into werewolves and informed them of the hunters.
"Alright everyone understand the plan?" Derek asked and when he saw that everyone understood he nodded.
"Let's go." He said walking out a door by the side of the building with Isaac following alongside him.
"You ready?" Danny asked her.
"Let me get changed first and we'll go." Erica said. She made it sound like it wouldn't take long. The truth was it took her twenty minutes. That was due to fact that she had to redo her makeup, brush her hair, and change her clothes.
"Let's go." Danny said relieved when she finally showed up. With nothing to do besides wait for Erica he was getting bored.
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Danny was driving towards Jackson home with Erica. Their plan was to wait for Jackson at a place that they knew he would be returning to. That was easier than searching all over town and hoping that they would run into him.
They would wait near his house and when he showed up after lacrosse practice was finished they would jump him and overshadow him. Danny just wished that he came home before dark otherwise the Sheriff would be off duty. Then Danny would either have to be in Jackson's body for a day or do this all over again.
"Hey Erica." Danny said to get her attention as she was looking at herself in the mirror. Looks like he was just as distracted at her new appearance as she was.
"Yeah?" She answered.
"I have been wondering why Scott wasn't at the warehouse." Danny said to her.
"Scott isn't part of the pack." She answered. Scott was either very brave or reckless. Being an omega was a very thing especially with hunters in town.
"Who turned Scott then?" Danny asked.
"According to Derek it was his uncle that turned him." Erica answered. Derek's uncle Peter. Danny hadn't seen him for a long time and was happy about it. The dude was certainly suspicious.
The old version of him wouldn't have trusted Peter Hale to do the simplest tasks. Last time the old him had seen Peter he had been both impulsive and reckless and while this version of Danny liked to think he was similar Peter took it to another level.
Vlad and Spectra liked him apparently and that was all Danny needed to know to be suspicious of him. Spectra fed off of misery for strength and Vlad was manipulative enough.
"Look there he is." Erica said dragging Danny from his thoughts. Danny turned to where she was pointing and saw that she was right. Jackson was driving home with a frown on his face.
It was way too early for lacrosse practice to be over so either the coach ended it early or Jackson was skipping practice.
Either way he had made this a lot easier for him.
"Here." Danny said as he gave her the keys to his car.
"Why are you giving me these?" Erica asked.
"I don't want Jackson touching or driving my car even if I'm the one in control." Danny said and waited for Jackson to get out of the car. The moment he did Danny turned invisible.
He flew right at Jackson and phased into his body. Once in control he turned to Erica and gave her a thumbs up sign.
Danny turned towards Isaac's house. The police tape was gone but Danny doubted Isaac would ever be going back there. He had already taken all his things.
"Come on." Erica said as she pulled up and opened the side door for him to sit in.
"It is still weird talking to you but seeing his face." Erica said to him.
"I know. It's like I can feel myself getting dumber by the second." Danny said using Erica's little mirror to look at "his" face.
"Just looking at your face makes me want to punch it." Erica said to him with a grin on her face.
"I know what you mean. This idiot has a very punchable face." Danny said in response.
"Let's go and save Isaac." Erica said as they drove off to get the police to stop hunting their friend.
"Isn't that what we usually do?" Danny asked her with a grin on his face.
"What else are best friends for."Erica said to him.
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"Are you sure Jackson?" Sheriff Stilinski asked him.
"Yes Sheriff. Isaac's friend Danny told me Isaac was with picked up by him before the time of the murder." Danny in Jackson's body answered.
None of this was true but if the sheriff asked either him or Bertrand that was the answer they would receive. He had contacted Bertrand earlier to get him to agree to the alibi.
"Why didn't you come to me with this sooner?" Sheriff Stilinski asked him as Danny looked around the man's office. It was the usual type office of police that you see in television.
On the desk was a picture of the sheriff and a younger Stiles.
"Danny wasn't there the day you took Isaac and when he found out he told me what happened." Danny said.
"Does he happen to know where Isaac is?" The sheriff asked him.
"If he did he didn't tell me. I don't think so though." Danny said and sat back in his chair.
"Alright. We don't think he did it either." Sheriff Stilinski said.
"Really?" Danny asked. Danny knew that Isaac was innocent but Jackson didn't know that.
"Yeah. I can't tell you any more than that." Sheriff Stilinski said. Danny was fine with that as he knew that the police didn't know that much. What Danny did know was that the thing that killed Isaac's father was supernatural.
Rumor was it that Isaac's dad's body was ripped and shredded all over.
"Well if that is all I will be going now." Danny said.
"Very well. I will stop the hunt for Isaac. If you do see him tell him we're sorry." Sheriff said. They shook hands and Danny walked back towards Erica and the car.
"Done?" Erica asked him.
"Yup. Now let's drop him off and get me out of this body." Danny said and she drove off.
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Danny walked through his front door. He was glad back to be able to look into a mirror and see his own face. Looking like Jackson was something that he would not wish on his worst enemy.
It was on the same level as leaving them in a room with Spectra or listening to one of Vlad's lectures.
Those were actions that were haunted the old version of him's nightmares.
"Master Daniel." Bertrand called out to him. Seeing the little butler ghost man come near him walking near him was not something that caused him major annoyance but with that grin on his face he doubted that would be the case this time.
"What is it Bertrand?" Danny asked and was handed the television remote.
"Your parents are calling for you." Bertrand said and Danny gave a groan. Just what he needed after being waiting for Jackson for a couple hours and then overshadowing him for another hour was bad enough but now he had to do something he had been dreading for a while.
Talking to his parents.
Walking in to the living room and sitting on the couch Danny sighed and picked up the phone that was lying on the coffee table.
"Hello?" Danny said hoping that they hung up. Perhaps they were going through traffic or under a tunnel and they couldn't speak to each other.
"Put us on the television." Vlad said and he gave in pressing a button on the remote Bertrand had given him and watched as their huge television showed him a picture of Vlad and Spectra.
The worst thing about them was that they were wearing very little clothes. Vlad was wearing shorts and Spectra was wearing a green and black bikini. Danny just shivered at the sight of them.
Some things once seen cannot be unseen and some if these things require years of therapy to forget and or accept.
"Hey sweetie." Spectra said with a sweet voice that the original Danny would never receive from her. He was not sure if he wanted it himself.
"Hello mother." Danny said with a fake grin on his face.
"We hear Derek moved back into town and he is an alpha." Vlad said.
"How did you learn about that?" Danny said. Vlad and Spectra were always travelling for Vlad's work as a billionaire inventor who ran Vladco.
"I have my ways of keeping an eye on you and the town without you being aware." Vlad answered in his completely creepy way.
Marriage had done nothing to make Vlad a better person. In his opinion marriage had just made the two of them more unbearable.
"Yes I have joined his pack." Danny answered.
"I am so glad that you both have people looking out for you." Spectra said as she clapped her hands together.
"Me too mother." Danny answered still creeped out by a Spectra that was supportive of him. No matter the memories he had of this new life he still considered this weird.
"We are coming back to town soon." Vlad said creating a sense of impending doom into him.
"What is the reason?" Danny asked wondering if he could deal the problem so that they could stay far away from him. Let them enjoy their beach work/vacation and he would enjoy being an entire continent away from him.
"There is a lot of reasons but one of them is talk to that girlfriend of yours." Spectra said to him and Danny broke out into a coughing fit.
"You want to talk to Erica?" Danny asked.
"Yes. I think it is time we had a meeting between our families." Vlad said. He was trying to be a responsible parent but Danny knew the only thing that would come of it would be awkwardness and a power up for Spectra.
"Could we possibly reschedule?" Danny asked if he could he would delay the meeting for decades.
"No. i think it is time for us to meet young Erica." Vlad said. Watching Spectra snuggle into Vlad only made this conversation worse.
"When we arrive we will set up the meeting date." Spectra said. This was seriously horrible. Danny wished that they would get so busy that they will actually forget.
"Goodbye sweetie." Spectra said blowing him a kiss.
"Bye." Danny said as he clicked off the television and turned off the phone.
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(Next Day)
"So are you ready to meet Boyd?" Erica asked him as they tossed Stiles into the dumpster outside the hockey rink.
They had been told by Derek to watch his house in case Stiles or Scott showed up and to deal with the problem. Erica chose the most direct method possible to deal with Stiles.
She messed with his jeep to prevent him from driving away. She then knocked him out with a punch to the face.
They thought about leaving him in his jeep but figured he could wake up and still be a problem and so they figured put him in a dumpster.
"Yeah. Let's go." Danny said as they entered the hockey rink and began to look for Derek and Isaac.
"Finally you guys are here. We have been waiting for so long." Isaac said as he and Derek showed up. Wearing his new leather Jacket Isaac was eating some candy. He was clearly happy about not having to deal with being wanted by the police anymore.
"Yeah, yeah. Let's get on with the introductions." Danny said to them. They walked in and saw Scott and Boyd talking.
"Has Derek told you everything? Has he told you about the hunters?" Scott asked him. Derek had told them that Scott had problems with Derek turning people into werewolves.
"And you still said yes? He is just using you?" Scott said.
"That is true but unfair. You have to have a consensus before you can ridicule me." Derek said bringing our arrival to Scott's attention.
"Isaac, Erica how have your lives been since you met me?" Derek asked them.
"Never better." Erica answered.
"I have no complaints." Isaac answered.
"Don't do this." Scott said.
"We don't have to. You can leave." Derek said to Scott.
Isaac and Erica transformed into their wolf worms and rushed Scott. He transformed as well punching the ice. He faced the other two and roared.
"Leave him alone." Scott said as he grabbed Isaac and shoved him against the wall and kicked Erica back towards the Zamboni Boyd was driving.
They tried to fight Scott but he had a surprising amount of strength for an omega.
"You think he gave you some gift. He didn't do it for you but to add to his own power." Scott said as he tossed both betas towards Derek and him.
"He has made you nothing but guard dogs." Scott said and Derek began to walk towards him. Danny would have liked to help but this was a matter between the wolves and even though he was part of the pack he was not a werewolf.
"You are right Scott. It is about power." Derek said as he transformed on the ice and went towards Scott. Scott tried to fight back but Derek was stronger. It only took a couple of hits before he went down. Derek stepped off his throat and Scott began to breathe though it was probably painful.
"You don't want to become like them." Scott said to boyd though he was bleeding from the mouth due to Derek's punches.
"You're right. I want to be like you." Boyd said as he lifted his shirt up and revealed where Derek bit him earlier.
They walked away leaving Scott behind but Danny kept a duplicate there to watch over him and to let Stiles out of the dumpster.
