Reminder: I still don't own Danny Phantom. sobs uncontrollably

And now...the chapter begins! Yay :D

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Chapter 1

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All four members of the Fenton family stood outside FentonWorks. Danny had a bored look on his face. Jazz and Maddie were neutral. Jack, unlike the rest of the family, was really, really excited to get going.

Danny joked grimly, "Can't we leave without them?"

"Danny," Maddie scolded, "the Lights are a very nice family. We haven't spoken with them for years, and we want to have a good 'first' impression!"

"Well, they have a sense of humor, at least. They named their daughter 'Star'. Star Light. Starlight. Hilarious." Danny rolled his eyes slightly.

Maddie sighed and said in a warning voice as she wrapped her arm around Danny's shoulder, "Danny..." she suddenly got a thoughtful look on her face. "Star...light...oh, I get it now!"

Danny blinked. He opened his mouth to respond, when a blue ectoplasmic mist twirled out of his mouth. He glanced around nervously to see if he could find a way to go ghost, but Jack suddenly said, "There they are!" Danny followed his father's gaze, deciding to not worry about the ghost...yet.

The half-ghostonly saw two people. One of which was, of course, Star. She had blonde hair and the same icy blue eyes Danny himself had. She wore a dark blue coat and dark blue jeans. A pair of black shoes were on her feet. There was a blue 'star' clip in her hair. Danny was surprised to see she didn't look annoyed or pissed about the situation. She looked a little bored, but was overall fairly neutral. The other was what seemed to be her mom, who looked (to Danny's slight amusement) like an older version of Star, though she wore a black sweater with red horizontal stripes on it, red sweat-pants, and dark blue shoes. Danny guessed this was 'Moon' Light.

Maddie unwrapped her arm from around Danny's shoulder and smiled at Star's mother, "Moon, it's so good to see you again!"

"You too, Mads." Moon smiled, hugging the blue/black jumpsuited woman.

As if tauntingly and/or daringly, Danny's ghost sense went off again. Luckily, it didn't make him shiver anymore since he was used to the cold by now.

Maddie asked, curiously, "Where's Comet?"

Danny couldn't take it anymore. Ignoring his ghost sense, he slapped his forehead, "Comet? Ok, seriously, can someone tell me who names these people!?"

Jazz nudged her little brother, "Danny, behave."

Danny sighed, "Sorry, but waking up this early and the morning and not being a bit grumpy isn't physically possible...for me, anyway." He glanced around resignedly at all the fully-awake people around him.

The parents didn't notice this exchange. Moon got a slightly depressed look on her face, "Comet, he...um...it doesn't matter." She cheered up, "So...you two still ghost-hunting?"

"Of course we are!" Jack boomed happily, "Is there anything else to do?"

"Yes." Danny replied, though Jack didn't hear him.

The adults began catching up with old times. Star got bored of their conversation and turned her attention to Danny and Jazz. Cue Danny's ghost sense to go off again. Jazz noticed this and said, "Danny, you okay?"

"I have to go. I'm going gho—!" Danny started to cry out his battle cry, when Star approached them.

"What's with you? Shouting for no reason, I mean." Star pointed out, confused.

"...I'm goin' inside. Be right back!" Danny guaranteed. He ran into FentonWorks quickly.

Inside, he shouted, "Going ghost!" He jumped into the air, bringing his knees closer to his chest in mid-air. He stayed airborne as two light blue rings formed at his waist. One moved up and the other moved down, morphing him into Phantom.

Outside, Star blinked. She said, "Maybe I should have been a bit more casual?"

Jazz spoke as we see Danny Phantom and a ghost wolf fighting inside the half-ghost teen's room, "It wasn't what you said, trust me."

Danny ducked under a swing of the ghost wolf's claws. The half-ghost's eyes suddenly went fully green and unleashed green ecto-blasts from his eyes , sending the ghost wolf flying. Danny blinked in surprise, his eyes fading into normal green eyes. Jazz's voice continued, "He acts a bit strangely sometimes. He keeps things from people that he only tells his friends...only some of them I know about!" Danny unleashed an ecto-blast from his left fist to hit the ghost wolf, but it dodged and slashed at him again. Jazz narrated, "You get used to it, though. He'll only tell you his secrets if you're both trustworthy...and his friend." Danny flew over it, grabbed it's tail, lifted, began twirling in the air, and threw the wolf flying into a wall. Danny pulled out the thermos, but the wolf suddenly ran way; phasing through the wall.

Good timing, as Maddie's voice called out, "Danny, we're ready to leave!"

Danny phased down through the floor and landed in the living room. In a flash and the usual movement of two light blue ecto-rings, Phantom became Fenton before he opened the door and quickly ran out. He was feeling awake now after that fight. His now-awake attitude surprised everyone except Jazz, who gave her half-ghost brother a reassuring smile. Danny grinned back at her.

The grin faded when he saw Star's slightly suspicious look. Star rolled her eyes and boredly looked away from him.

Weird, she was pretty friendly before I had to leave and go ghost...what's wrong with her now? Danny thought, confused. Oh, well. I hope this camping trip isn't so bad. He suddenly had a thought, "Um...who's driving to the camp site, anyway?" Please don't be my dad please don't be my dad please don't be my dad...

Jack shouted eagerly, "Me, of course! We'll be there in no time!"

"The way he drives, he means that almost literally." Danny informed Star. The blonde cheerleader looked surprised that he spoke to her, but gave him a quizzing look when she recovered. Danny just shrugged and followed the adults towards the Fenton Family Assault Vehicle—I mean, the Fenton RV. The teenagers sat in the very back of the RV, very quickly putting on their seatbelts when they saw Jack all ready to begin driving.

"Ready, everyone!" Jack boomed.

"No." Danny answered for all three teenagers...and probably Maddie and Moon, too. Both of the girls sitting beside him snickered.

Jack cheered, "Then let's go!" He started driving. Which was more bad news then good news, but with him driving, at least they'd get to their destination quickly, right?

Right.

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Bad ending to the chapter, I know. :P Danny was really grumpy, wasn't he? I don't blame him; I'm not a morning person, either. Especially five in the morning...

I resisted the urge to use the term 'halfa', since it's not a 'canon' term; it was only used once in the series, by one character. I won't use the term anymore unless it's an AU story where it's a common term or...something. Meh.

Jack never seems to hear anything anyone says that doesn't have to do with ghosts, does he?

First new ghost power for Danny in this story; eye beams. Vlad did this in Maternal Instincts a few times (in human form, too). Danny had to learn it eventually, right:D

Important: In my continuity, a ghost is usually semi-intangible so it passes through anything that isn't another ghost or from the Ghost Zone. However, a ghost can chose to be tangible so it can touch real-world items.