Danny arrived at his home, Fenton Works just in time for dinner. Well hopefully a normal dinner without the food trying to eat him instead of the other way around. He opened the front door and entered his house. He saw his sister Jazz on the couch reading a book on teen psychology.

"Hey Jazz, how far are ya in your book?" greeted Danny.

"First it's 'how far are you in your book?' and second I just got into Post Traumatic Stress Disorder in young adolescences. You should really try looking into this kind of stuff," answered Jazz.

"I'll take a rain check on that. Anyway, where are mom and dad?" asked Danny as he headed towards the kitchen.

"In the basement working on that ridiculous ghost portal," answered the red head.

"That old project again? You would think they would give up on that thing," commented Danny as he grabbed a soda and a bottle of water. He tossed the water to his sister

"I wish, and then they can finally get real jobs. It's amazing how we managed to have enough money to keep the house," complained Jazz as she closed her book and caught the water bottle. "Thanks,"

"No problem, anyway how do mom and dad get the money for the bills?" asked Danny as he drank his soda.

"You know, that's a good question. They never told us," replied Jazz.

As the Fenton siblings drink their beverages they heard a loud explosion coming from the basement. They both jump at the sound and ran into the basement to see the problem. They saw their parents standing in front of a large hole with a metallic outline. Their father Jack saw his kids.

"Jazzy-pants, Danny-boy, great you both came down to see it," called out Jack as he went to his kids and dragged them to the hole.

"Dad, did you just blow a hole through our basement before you and mom installed the portal?" asked Danny.

"Of course son. Why wouldn't we?" answered Jack as if it made all the sense in the world.

"Aside from possibility destroying our home? I can't think of a reason," commented Jazz sarcastically.

"Don't worry kids. The house is built to withstand any type of blast," replied Jack as he walked towards his wife.

"Funny, last I remember the house couldn't handle that angry mob that tried to plow through with that bulldozer to get to dad for mistaking the Mayor for a possessed garden gnome," whispered Danny as Jazz laughed at that memory.

"Well I may have made a slight mistake on that one," muttered Jack.

"Your father is right sweetie. Besides that was a long time ago," agreed Maddie.

"Mom, that was two days ago," countered Jazz.

"Can we just get this over with? I'd like to eat some time tonight," complained Danny.

"Your history homework can wait Danny. Because we are gonna bust open a portal into the ghost dimension tonight," stated Jack as he grabbed two extension cords.

"Does dad ever listen to anyone or is there a little wind-up toy in his head," commented Danny to his sister.

"Honestly, I'm hoping we were adopted. There is no way we could be related to them," whispered Jazz.

As it is Jack and Maddie were now standing in front of their newly installed Fenton Portal. Jack has the extension cords in his hands. Maddie stands by her husband with confidence in their work. The Fenton siblings were standing next to a table. Jazz was sitting on a chair and Danny was leaning on the table.

"BONZAI!" the Fenton sibling heard their father. Jack plugged the two cords together. The two hazmat wearing (questionable) scientists expected a grand flash of light and possibly a swirling vertical pool of ectoplasm to appear. Instead, they barely got a fizzle or spark. Heartbroken the two scientists walked towards the stairs and headed towards the kitchen, leaving their children behind.

"Well, that was epic," said Danny while chuckling.

"Yeah an epic waste," added Jazz as she walked upstairs. "Order pizza?" she asked.

"Order pizza," answered Danny as he started to follow his sister, but he stopped for a moment.

"You coming Danny," asked his sister from the kitchen.

"In a minute Jazz, I'm gonna unplug the stupid thing. Don't want the electric bill to rise up," answered Danny knowing that even unplugged his parents' experiments seem to always pull something off.

As he unplugged the portal Danny saw his Contract Monster, Dragredder flying in the reflections in the lab. Dragredder flew into the tunnel and Danny followed wondering what his partner was up to. He saw Dragredder stop at the middle of the tunnel and he saw why. Inside the tunnel were a green and red button, the green one saying on and the red one saying off. Danny started to laugh at the sight of them.

"Thanks Dragredder, that made my day," commented Danny as he headed back up stairs to get ready for dinner. Dragredder flew off while giving off a short low roars that sound suspiciously like laughter.

The next day, Danny and Tucker were heading to school. Inside Danny right pocket is the deck, the Dragredder deck. Ever since he was given the deck, Danny has never been anywhere without it. The deck became his security blanket, his lifeline in fact. He spent more time studying it, than studying text books.

Last Night

Inside Danny's room, Danny was sitting on his bed looking at the cards that came with his deck. The Advent Cards of Dragredder.

"Sword Vent AP 2000, Strike Vent AP 2000, Guard Vent AP 2000, Attack Vent AP 5000, and Final Vent AP 6000. I would guess AP would mean either attack power or attack points. I hope its attack power otherwise I would feel really dumb for using them. Still, it looks like Attack Vent and Final Vent are my strongest ones. However, Dragredder only stayed after I beat that monster and ate the glowing light. I wonder why?" Danny thought out loud as he flipped through the cards.

"That how the contract works," said a familiar voice.

Danny looked up from his cards and saw the person who gave him the deck inside his window's reflection. Danny already figured that this man was not normal after he was given his deck.

"Rider, Remember that there are eleven other Riders and only one must stand. Defeat them and I will save your friend," said the man in the window.

"Defeat them, how?" asked Danny.

"Final Vent," was all the man said before he vanished.

"Hey Danny, you okay dude?" asked Tucker as they arrived to their first class.

"Huh? Oh yeah. I'm fine Tuck," answered Danny as he snapped out of his thoughts.

"You sure man? Because we need to get ready," said Tucker as he took his seat.

"Ready for what?" asked Danny as he too took his seat.

"For the upcoming dance remember," answered Tucker all excited.

"Isn't that next week?" asked Danny not really interested. Tucker looked at his best friend in shock.

"Of course, but we need to get started on asking girls to go with us," replied Tucker with a daydream expression on his face.

"Who will all say no before you even ask," countered Danny with such sarcasm that Sam would be proud of.

"Are you joking? Who could resist my good looks, charm, and charisma?" challenged Tucker.

"Let's see, Ashley, Nicole, Amanda, Rachael, Holly, Hannah, Angela, Jillian, Brooke, the volley ball team, the girls basketball team, the cheerleaders, and let's not forget the Big Three," Danny listed. "Seriously, how's are those 'good looks, charm, and charisma' working for you?" he asked with a slight smirk.

"Okay so maybe I have high standards," admitted Tucker.

"Amanda and Brooke are from the school band," mentioned Danny.

"Okay, what about you wise guy?" asked Tucker after being humbled for a moment.

"What about me?" questioned Danny.

"What do you have that I don't have to impress the ladies?" explained Tucker.

"I've got nothing. You know that Tuck," answered Danny. 'Aside from a red dragon flying around in a parallel world,' he mentally added.

"Oh come on Danny. You know that's not true," complained Tucker.

"Tucker, my parents are ghost hunting morons who are viewed as public menaces. Remember how my dad accused the mayor? I still dream of pitchforks and bulldozers," started Danny slightly gaining attention from other students since their teacher isn't in yet.

"Well, it wasn't that bad," muttered Tucker.

"They show me one of their crazy half-ass inventions to on a daily basis and I always come out with some sort of injury," added Danny.

"Not always…." Tucker tried to interrupt know where this is going, but was cut off.

"They show me their Fenton Foamer. I stuck to a section of the living room wall. They show me the Fenton Grappler. I get caught in it and attached to a car. They show me the Fenton Crammer. I get shrunk down to the size of a roach and maul by a rat. They show Jazz and me the Fenton Stockade. We get shoved and locked in," Danny listed as he ranted.

"You and Jazz got locked in a stockade?" asked Tucker in awe.

"It was more like a freaking Iron Maiden," ranted Danny ignoring the stares he was getting.

"Dude are your parents nuts or what?" asked Tucker.

"Not a day goes by that I don't ask myself that same question," answered Danny as the teacher, Mr. Lancer came in to start class.

As Mr. Lancer lectures on about some random book that Danny didn't bother to listen to as he was more interested in drawing in his notebook. The picture was of his contract monster, Dragredder circling around a stone pillar. Smoke was coming out of the red dragon's mouth. Ever since taking the Dragon Knight deck, Danny felt a connection to Dragredder. The connection was an instant one, but it was slowly getting stronger. To Danny, the red dragon was strength, and in a way a part of him. This dragon was not only powerful, but was proud. Something Danny was never able to be when compared to others. As Danny continued to draw he heard a strange sound. It was like a ping but high in pitch almost like a dog whistle or a bell. He looked up, but saw nothing and yet he still heard it. Without a second thought Danny raised his right hand and caught Mr. Lancer's attention.

"Yes Mr. Fenton?" asked the out of shape teacher.

"May I use the restroom?" Danny asked.

"Alright, but make it quick," answered Lancer.

With that Danny left and headed out into the hall and walked towards the bathroom. As he walked there he saw one of the janitors get grabbed by a brown gazelle humanoid monster. The creature was followed by two other gazelle like monsters. They dragged the poor old man into a nearby window and jumped in.

"Damn it," cursed Danny in a low voice. He ran towards the nearby bathroom and saw no one in. He pulled out his deck in front of the mirror and the silver buckle appeared around his waist again. "Dragon Knight," he said as his armor's two reflections appeared again and overlapped onto him turning him into Dragon Knight. "Alright," he said clenching his right fist close to his face as he dived into the mirror.

Danny exited the mirror world's Casper High bathroom and saw the three gazelle monsters feeding on the janitor. Once again Danny was too late to save another innocent person.

'I know I'm only fighting to save Sam's life, but I really should at least consider the lives of others,' thought Danny as he slid his dragon gauntlet down and pulled out a card. He placed it in and slid the dragon gauntlet back in place.

SWORD VENT

Dragredder flew right through the mirror school's second floor and disconnected it tail blade. The sword fell towards the ground and Danny caught it. The entire event caught the gazelle monsters' attention as they looked at Danny. One had a small spear that had two blades set up like a moon crescent. It charged towards Danny with the spear raised high. Danny saw it charge and ran towards it. Just as soon as the two combatants reached each other, Danny ran on the lockers and evaded his foe. Danny landed behind the beast, turned around and swung his sword down its back.

The gazelle monster stumbled forward as it shrieked in agony. It turned around and glared at Danny. The other gazelle monsters lunged at Danny who was focused on the one he hit. The two gazelle monsters flipped over him as their antlers hit his back. Danny lost grip of his sword and was kicked by the two attackers. He was flung backwards and landed on the floor and rolled backwards to get some distance from the three monsters.

"Crap," muttered Danny as he recovered. He glared at his foes and slid his gauntlet down again. Danny pulled out another card as he slowly got up. The two gazelle beasts that hit him started to charge him. "Shit!" Danny cursed as he put the card in and slid the gauntlet back in place.

GUARD VENT

Two shields shaped like Dragredder's underside with his legs appeared on Danny's arms as he raised them up to block the two attacking monsters. They collided with the shields and started pushing Danny back. The one with the weapon stalked towards its partners and got its spear ready to plunge into Danny as the other two pried the shields away from Danny. Just as it was going to rush him, another monster appeared and tackled it. The other two stopped and looked at their leader and saw the new beast.

It was humanoid rhinoceros and is slightly shorter than Danny's dad. It has silver armor covering its body. The parts not covered in armor were the dark brown in color and were obviously muscles. The main horn was golden and designed like a drill. On its hands were golden claws. It has light glowing eyes as it stared down the leader gazelle monster.

"Great just what I needed. A new playmate," muttered Danny as he tried to get some distance from the monsters to grab a new card. As he did, Danny stopped and saw another figure appear. This one really surprise him as it entered the battle hall.

This new being was defiantly a human male, because he was wearing a black bodysuit similar to Danny's. The main difference is that the forearm guards were silver as well as the grieves. He also has silver side skirt armor on both sides of his hips attached to the silver bolts. The chest was covered by a silver chest plate based on the rhinoceros monster. His left shoulder pad was silver, round on the side, while flat at the front with a dark gray cover on it. There was large red horn on the top end of it. The right shoulder pad was similar to the left only without the horn. The helmet had a grill like faceplate like Dragon Knight's, but in the center was a big silver horn like a rhinoceros. At the center of the belt was a black deck like Danny's only with the head of a rhinoceros. Danny knew exactly what he is just as soon as he saw him.

"Another Rider," whispered Danny as he pulled out his card and put it in his gauntlet's slot.

STRIKE VENT

Danny heard the sound, but it wasn't his gauntlet's. It was the other Rider's as he had pulled a card out, slid it into the slot on his left shoulder, and shut the gray covering. Soon enough a silver gauntlet shaped like the rhino monster's head appeared on the Rider's right arm. He swung the horned gauntlet at one of the gazelle beasts and impaled it with the golden horn on it.

As that happened the rhino monster was fighting the leader gazelle monster. The two beast brawled with reckless raw power. As for the other gazelle monster, it tried to flee. However, it stopped when it heard another sound.

STRIKE VENT

Over Danny's right forearm was a red gauntlet that looks exactly like Dragredder's head. Danny pulled his fist back and Dragredder appeared behind him. The red Rider threw his right arm out and the red dragon lunged and shot a fireball at the stunned gazelle monster. Danny lowered his arm and saw the other Rider pull out another card as the rhino monster threw the leader gazelle down the hall. The Rider stepped in front of the beast and placed his card into his slot.

FINAL VENT

The rhino themed Rider jumped up and his monster started to charge forwards as its master's feet landed on its shoulders. He was perfectly horizontal as the beast charged at the staggering gazelle. The Rider had his gauntlet pushed out in front making a spear. The two moving as such blinding speed the gazelle didn't have time to move. Soon enough the Final Vent was complete and the monster was impaled and trampled on. The beast soon exploded into light as well as its companions. Dragredder and the rhino monster moved in to feed on the lights. The two ate one each and were ready to fight each other for the third.

"Metalgelas. Stop right now," ordered the rhino themed Rider. The rhino monster turned to look at it master in confusion. "You already had your share so don't be greedy," explained the Rider. The Metalgelas seemed upset with the explanation. "Don't hand me that jazz," his master commanded.

"Dragredder let that one go," ordered Danny. Dragredder didn't seem happy either, but complied after watching its meal float away. "I know you're mad, but I hate looking selfish after getting help," Danny explained to his partner who took the explanation well and left along with Metalgelas. "So who are you anyway?" he asked looking at his possible enemy.

"Me? Why I'm the Masked Rider Thrust," answered the Rider. "Who are you, fellow Rider?" asked Thrust.

"Call me Dragon Knight and leave it at that," answered Danny as he charged at Thrust to throw a right punch at him. The other Rider dodged the attack.

"Whoa Wait!" yelled Thrust as he backed away from the Dragon Knight. "What's with you!" demanded Thrust as he blocked a left roundhouse kick to his head.

"Nothing personal, but we're Riders. So we have to fight each other," answered Danny as he threw another punch with his left hand.

Author's Note: There's chapter two and now a new Rider has appeared. So far only two have been revealed and Ant Crown has chosen the person to be Thrust. You can guess who he is, but I still need other potential candidates for the others. The only Rider or Riders not up for grabs is Onyx/Ryuga and maybe Ouja, but I'm flexible with Ouja. Onyx/Ryuga on the other hand, he's off limits because he is my spare Rider that will be used when I see fit. Also everyone doesn't have to pick a character that seems to be similar to the original Rider from Ryuki or the Dragon Knight adaptation. Just pick someone you think would look like a good fit with the costumes. For example I picked Danny to be Dragon Knight, because Danny from the series is more or less a balance fighter. Ryuki/Dragon Knight is a balance Rider so the two just seem to mesh well together.

I'm also aware Danny may seem out of character, but keep in mind this Danny is different from the canon Danny, because he is making a choice that he believes will save Sam. The only way to accomplish it is to fight the other Riders. All the Riders will have a reason to fight. They can be for good causes or selfish causes. I'm also thinking of making Jack and Maddie more or less a comic relief duo with there ghost portal. Mainly never figuring out how to turn it on.