A/N:

Hey everyone! I hope you liked the prologue. Sorry it was so short. TRUST ME, chapters after this one begin to get a LOT longer~

Anywho. Enjoy~


Amity Park Research facility- present day.

The halls were endless. The building hadn't changed much- an extra wing had been added on, some rooms added onto the old wings. It was still the white; depressing place it was eighteen years ago. Maddie ran her hand along the wall as she walked through the depressing halls, thinking about the only thing that cheered the drab place up.

All those eighteen years ago when Jack had discovered the serum, they brought it up with their superiors, who had whisked it away, saying that they had their own ideas for the concoction. Maddie and Jack and been sent back to their other ghost-oriented projects, and their bosses had said that when the time came, the two of them would know what was done with the discovery.

A few weeks after that, Maddie recalled, her boss had come to her with a bundle wrapped in a fleece blanket. "Mrs. Fenton." he said, readjusting the bundle. "The government of the United States of America, and the Management of the Amity Park Research facility would like to thank you and your husband for your discovery of the ghost serum.

"Thanks to you, the government was able to discover that the power held in that vial was transferable to living entities." At this, Maddie became suspicious, especially since the bundle in the man's arms began to squirm. "Mrs. Fenton, on behalf of the Research facility, we would like you to take care of this." He pulled back the fleece blanket to reveal a fussy baby boy. "He is the first, and most important, aspect of this project."

Maddie gasped and looked at the man's face. His eyes were hidden behind sunglasses and so showed no emotion; his face was set in a line. "No others will be created like him, until further research has been conducted, and we know the full damage- or benefits- of the serum. We still do not know what powers he will acquire, when they will manifest, or what they will mean for his health and life."

Carefully, Maddie picked up the bundle. "His name is up to you, Mrs. Fenton, as is his well-being, education, and training." The man nodded "Good day, Mrs. Fenton."

Smiling, Maddie was pulled out of her thoughts as she came upon the door she was searching for. She knocked on the door and waited for a response. A muffled thud was heard through the door. "Gah! Ah- um, come in!"

Opening the door, Maddie walked into the room. Into the only room that looked nothing like the rest of the building. There was a desk in one corner with a laptop on it, and some magazines scattered on the floor as well as a small bed. A boy- a young man, really, was just standing up, rubbing the back of his neck embarrassment as Maddie came into the room. "Uh, hi, mom." he said, looking over at her. "Is it time to go already?"

Every day, Maddie would start his day by coming and taking him to his classes. He was tutored by many different people, on many different subjects. After his classes, the next order of business was training- to see if he could master something they called his ecto powers. Every available person from the facility would gather around the circular room whose walls were made of one way mirrors, simply to watch and see if anything would happen today. It never did.

"Morning, Danny!" Maddie said cheerfully, pulling her son into a hug. "Yes, it's time to go and start this wonderful day! How are you feeling?"

Daniel "Danny" Fenton shrugged, as he did every day. How he was feeling was a standard question his mother asked, and for some reason, there was always a sincere concern behind it. He didn't know why- aside from getting the occasional head cold, he never felt any different. "I'm fine mom, thanks."

Maddie smiled at him and turned to leave his room. Danny followed her, glad for a chance to get out of the cramped little room. "You think they're ever going to put windows in there?" he asked, pointed his thumb in the direction of his room.

His mother turned back to him and smiled a small smile. "I don't know, Danny have you asked your father? Maybe he can convince them to knock out some walls and give you some natural light."

Danny was unconvinced. He didn't know much about the people his parents worked for, only that they were supposed to stay in this building, and they were supposed to help him with his so called ecto powers.

Danny had no friends. Sure, he had his mother and father, and his sister Jazz, who was also his psycology tutor, but he had no kids his age. Jazz was twenty and he only saw her once every two weeks. Something about her being off at a community college. Whatever that was. Danny didn't mind not having friends. He was quite content with just his family and his tutors. He didn't feel he needed any others.

His mother held open his first class' door. "Here we are, sweetums. I'll be back for you in two hours. Try to pay attention." his mother warned, before smiling and waving and walking away. Probably back to her lab. Danny had been there once, but it had scared him so bad, he never wanted to go back. On the far side of the room was a circular door held closed by many locks his father called the Ghost Portal. On many of the desks were glowing cages holding creatures that floated above the surfaces. Danny had felt a strange connection with them, as they had stared at him from behind their prison, and hated seeing them trapped and afraid. That was what scared him the most. The overwhelming sense of fear and death radiating around that room.