welcome, welcome to the dangerous tale of The Phantom Runaway, Now first off I have three announcements to make 1'st is that tam and Ricky have gone on holiday and will be gone for a couple of chapters so Danny will step in.

Danny: Wait!What? I didn't agree to this.

shush it mister, anyway 2nd I have gotten an AMAZING! beta reader called purpledragon6 you will notice that there is about 4x as much as the first chapter/prologue well you can thank her for that and not me

Danny: get on with it

3rd is that I have decided to make this a crossover so with the suggestion of putting up a poll from purpledragon6 I have done exactly that so with that said I OWN NOTHING BUT THE PLOT/STORY LINE AND THEIR NEW NAMES so read and review.


"I swear I'm an insomniac... But I guess I have to work with the amount of sleep I- Wait! That would imply that I actually sleep!' Danny thought as he flew towards the school, mentally face-palming at it before picking up his pace.

The brick walls of the school building were quickly coming into his line of vision as he ducked down closer and closer to the ground. Quietly, he landed evenly, and then transformed into his human self behind a tree. Checking himself over quickly, he nodded his approval at his raven's wing hair and pale skin before running at human speed to where he, Sam, and Tucker had agreed to meet, but then he stopped. A memory suddenly touching his thoughts and urging him to run a little slower than he had before, giving him more time to think before arriving in the gym.

'I'll just let her explain...' He thought as he walked around the corner, to the back of the bleachers.

When he got there, he had expected to see his friends hanging around or goofing off like they usually would. However, he gasped at what he saw. There was Sam, his childhood friend almost 7 years, and his other best friend, Tucker. The two were seemingly cradling each other in the other's arms, something unlike the two of them, or at least as far as Danny was concerned it was. Sam looked up suddenly from the hug, still mindless to the fact that Danny was behind the bleachers with them, and straightened out a little bit so she could reach her slightly taller friend, and gently kissed his cheek, or rather the corner of his lips. Now that was something Danny had not expected to see that day.

"Sam, Tucker?" They both turned in unison and looked at him with wide-set eyes. 'Maybe I should just leave town now... Things are just getting way to wrong and way to quick!'

"Danny! Wait!" Sam's voice came, wanting to explain for the two of them, but by now Danny had already backed away and took off running.

He turned the corner, to lost in his thoughts to even hear Sam still calling for him. He needed to be alone, to process everything that had just happened. Dots of tears spotted his eyes, and he brought up his arm to wipe them away. However, because of the quick rub of eyes, he hadn't realized that he would be running into someone until it was a little to late.

"Oh my god! Watch where you'r- Wait! Oh I'm so sorry Danny!" He took his arm away from his eyes and looked up, breathing a sigh of relief when he saw who it was.

"Hey Re- Val... No, its my fault I wasn't..." She raised an eyebrow in his direction, eyeing the light tear streaks that were down the side of his nose.

"Danny whats wrong?" She asked, suddenly feeling a wave of worry wash over her.

A tense silence passed between the two as Danny fought with himself mentally, torn between telling her everything that was on his mind now, so at least one person knew before he left and just leaving now without explaining himself, like everyone else seemed to be doing lately.

"Meet me at the Nasty Burger after school. I really don't want to talk about here." Danny said suddenly, still wanting that alone time to gather his thoughts.

She nodded her head slowly, knowing that pressing him for answers now wouldn't be good for either of them. Danny was slightly glad that she respected this, and put on his usually doppy face just for show as they walked to their respective classes in an uncomfortable silence. Everything after that passed by in a blur. The lessons were as slow as ever but all seemed to streak together as they went by. The end of the school day finally came around as it always did though, and as the last class had finished, Danny pulled his black and blue backpack on over his shoulders and sprinted at his top human speed to the Nasty Burger, where Valerie was already waiting for him.

They entered the restaurant silently, without even acknowledging the other. They also stood in two separate lines as they ordered their food, gathered their trays, and they decided where to sit. The pair ended up choosing a corner booth, which was a little farther off from the rest of the crowded eating area. Once there, Valerie wasted no time in getting down to business.

"Now will you please tell me whats wrong? I've been waiting all day." She said, slowly unfolding her napkin and placing it on her lap for no real reason.

"Look... Its kind of hard to get out all at once... And I'm still trying to figure it all out... Gosh, I just to tell someo-"

"Thats why I'm here now Danny. Just try me, I'm sure I'll be able to handle it." She cut-in, folding her arms over her chest now. "I'm your friend. Maybe not like Sam and Tucker, but you know me enough to trust me right?"

"Right..." He muttered dryly as he looked away, taking a deep breath. "I just need someone to talk to about this."

"Thats why I'm here, like I've said. Now let me have it." Valerie sat back, and opened her mind to anything she was about to hear.

"Okay... This all started when I was born I guess... I just found out recently that I was adopted... So I guess that is where this all started-"

After that, he just let everything flow out so freely that he didn't even know what he was saying, other than the fact that he knew he was explaining things from the accident with the portal when he was just 14 years old, the lies and betrayal he faced with his new found abilities, what he saw before he ran into her, right up to his decision to runaway. All the while, Valerie stayed quiet and let him finish, even offering him a napkin when tears began to dot his eyes again.

"So... You're-" She started slowly, trying to pick her words carefully in her state of surprise.

"Yes."

"But then that means..." A simple nod answered her unasked question.

"Yes... It does. I'm not happy about it either, but I just wanted someone to know all this before I go, which I guess would be now." He said as he quickly rose to his feet and tried to leave, only to have his arm grabbed by Valerie.

"First off, Danny I am so sorry about what happened... And secondly... You are so not doing this on your own!" Her voice grew in strength the more she spoke. "I know we're not the best of friends, but-"

"Nothing to be sorry about... And I am doing it on my own." He responded in such a monotone voice, that Valerie had thought that she imagined it for a moment.

She just glared at him, her hand shooting out as if to slap him but suddenly dropping it onto his slightly bigger one in an attempt to keep both of their cool.

"No, we have to find Danielle. I'm going with you to do at least that much." Valerie frowned and began her previous statement once again. "I know we're not the best of friends, and that our alter egos have fought before, but that doesn't mean that I don't want to help you now. You need it most right now and I can tell."

"Val, this isn't something th-" She cut him off, feeling the full weight of the world falling on her shoulders as she spoke next.

"This isn't something you can say no to! I'm coming with you and that's that." She said sternly, pushing back on her chair and standing up boldly.

"Val, you have a home and a family you need to return to. I don't want you getting wrapped up in my problems." Danny stated, trying to reason with the other.

"Listen here, Danny. All I have back at that apartment is my dad, and with the way things are now all I am is a burden to him. I'm coming with you." The male didn't say anything against this, all his did was slowly nod his head slowly. "Now come on, we need to stop at my house before we leave."

Danny frowned in defeat, but then nodded his head again before he allowed Valerie to gather up their food and drag him to the nearest bus stop for transportation, and after a quick bus ride and quick walk, they went to her house to pack her things up for the trip. In her bag, she packed a first aid kit ,three pairs of clothing, water bottles, some non-perishable food, $350 in cash, her red huntress gear, and a spare set of weapons just in case.

"All set... Oh and Danny?" He looked up in response after packing the last of their things.

"Sorry for thinking you and your dog ruined my life...And that all ghost's are evil." He chuckled bitterly at this and grabbed her hand gently.

"What was that for?" He asked softly, with a little liveliness in his tone.

"Just felt the need to say it, but right now we will need an alias each. Just to get it out of the way before we leave." They looked at each other for a split second as Valerie thought of their names, and Danny just looked at her with a raise eyebrow.

"Sooner or later, people will notice we're missing and come after us. We need to get off the grid ASAP." Valerie explained, all while still in deep thought. "Its a trick I learned from my dad a while back while he still worked at the labs, so I'll be Emilia Knight. Its an old allies but since I never used it on dad then it'll do for me."

Danny nodded in approval of this name, and Valerie was quick to shoot a name back at him. "You're Derrick Thantos. I guess you can be Emilia's cousin for the time being unless we think of something different. Now lets do this, because I really don't want to stay another minute in this backwards town!"

She laughed at this name an her statement, and Danny laughed with her for the sake of laughing as he flew them out of her room and in the direction of the only forest in town at his top ghost speed of 112MPH. Once there in the clearing, Danny landed and began to look around quickly for something, leading to the confusion of Valerie.

"Why the forest?" She asked him with a raise of the eyebrow.

"Portal's to the ghost zone tend to open away from civilization. At least I'm pretty sure the-" He answered quickly and scanned the area quickly, only to pause and point. "Found one!"

"Where is-" She didn't get to finish that statement, as her hand was suddenly grabbed and she was dragged away.

Everything sorta went black after that. When she finally woke up, Valerie looked around in a state of panic at her new, ghostly surroundings, before registering that Danny's limp body was right next to her's and he too had been knocked unconscious from the rough ride in this natural portal. Shaking her head clear, the young hunter eyed Danny's chest to make sure he was still breathing before attempting to wake him.

"Danny, Get up!" She called as she poked him in the side, but he just groaned and rolled over slightly and did not wake up. "Danny come on we have to get Danielle!"

"Lets go then." He yelped as he jumped to his feet suddenly, opening his eyes wide now.

Valerie smiled at her friend's renewed amount of energy, watching as Danny floated upward in his phantom form before flying away at again, his top speed. Valerie frowned, quickly rummaging through her bag until she found her compact hover and clicked it open. Stepping onto the sleek metal of the board, she followed him and after a short trip of flying, they finally ended up in a barren white landscape. Danny stopped suddenly and let himself float down until he hit solid ground. Valerie on the other hand, stayed floating just a while longer.

"Danny, are you sure this is it?" She asked, but gasped in surprise as she watched her half ghost friend suddenly being tackled to the ground by a masked figure. "Danny!"

"Hey! Get off!" Danny groaned, trying to knock the figure from him but having a difficult time by how fast it moved.

Valerie watched for a moment as the two figures on the ground wrestled, each throwing their own set of what sounded to be painful punches. Acting on instincts, Valarie searched for a weapon among her supplies, mainly because she did not know the capabilities of the second figure down below.

"Danny! Try to stay low!" She called when her hands finally touched the weapon she had been looking for. "Perfect."

"Yeah! I'm trying to!" Danny called back in a low growl, his voice covering the soft gasp that his attacker let out upon hearing his name.

"Wait! Don't!" The voice behind the mask suddenly called up to Valerie, but the hunter wasn't stopping.

Pulling out her mini-gun, Valerie took aim, keeping her eyes on the attacker and was about to shoot when the attacker suddenly sat up on Danny and removed the dark mask it had been wearing, allowing the teens to finally see the assailants face. They both gasped in surprise by what they saw.

"Dani!?"