Disclaimer: Don't own Danny Phantom nor am I making any money off this.
Warning: There shall be a few characters that are not in the show. Swearing, violence, character death, and some other things. And Vlad Danny paring!
Also I am assuming you have watched Ultimate Enemy, and since I do not know what to call Danny's evil future self I shall call him Dan since most people seem to do that.
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Chapter 2: Me with child
Danny still was having a hard time coming to terms with what his future self said, after all it would be hard for anyone to believe they become gay with their most hated enemy and have three kids.
Once more again the proof of the future was there sitting on his bed eating a bowl of cereal while glaring at everything in the room, including Danny who had not been able to get another word out of the boy.
If it wasn't for Vlad Jr. saying he hated his future self the teen would think he was a mute, but then again the kid minus well have been since he refused to speak.
"Should I call Sam and Tucker now or wait till morning?" Danny asked himself causing the kid to pause before spooning another bite of his artificial fruit flavored cereal into his mouth. The blue eyed teen looked at his alarm clock which read 4:09 AM then sighed; he needed to think of a plan before his parents woke up.
He was not going to school that was for sure, maybe not for the next few days since he had to go to Wisconsin. No matter what he had to get this kid to Vlad so the middle aged man could take care of him. After all Danny couldn't take care of a five year old, how would he explain that to his parents? The 16 year could already see how that would go.
"Oh mom dad, guess what! Me in ten years came to visit me last night and drop off a kid I have with my husband while he goes back to the future to kill the other evil me in ten years. By the way his name is Vlad Jr., after his father of course, and also he appears to hate my guts."
That had the teen laughing slightly as he picked up his cordless phone and dialed Sam's cell phone number.
"Hello?" Sam answered with a yawn "What's up Danny?"
"Sam I kinda need help with something." Danny said slowly glancing at the kid who had stopped eating and was now listening to the phone conversation. "Could you cover for me with my parents today?"
Sam was awake in an instant.
"What why?" The Gothic girl asked, Danny sighed and decided to tell her what happened just an hour ago. He wasn't surprised when she was silent after the story, but he was slightly concerned that Sam might have been hurt by the information that Danny became gay. After all it was no secret between them anymore that they had liked each other, but because both were shy around the issue they had never gone out. And finally Tucker asked Sam out, after making sure it was okay with Danny.
"So you have to take this kid to Vlad." Sam stated after a moment, Danny grunted his response and leaned against his bedroom wall.
"Okay, I will call Tucker and we will cover for you at school and at home. You want Tucker to tell your parents you're spending a few nights, and have me write up a note for school saying you have the flu?"
"I don't think I will be gone long enough to call it flu, how about food poisoning since I should be gone for only two days max?" Danny suggested.
"Sure." Sam agreed "Danny, are you going to be safe going to Vlad's house? There's a chance he won't believe you."
Danny frowned, what would he do if instead of helping Vlad attacked him? What would happen to the kid? Vlad wouldn't hurt a child would he? No Danny was certain Vlad wouldn't hurt a kid, especially if he said it was his from the future.
"I'm sure Vlad will help, I mean the kid looks like him!" Danny assured his best friend who agreed reluctantly.
"Well…" Danny said after a moment "I better change clothes and get going, its going to take me awhile to get to Vlad's new castle in Wisconsin."
"Bye Danny, and be careful."
"When am I not?" Danny asked and said his goodbye before his friend could answer the question.
The teenager looked at the boy who had stopped eating his cereal sometime ago and was still staring at him, more like glaring actually, but Danny ignored it and decided that the kid needed some new clothes before they could leave.
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"There." Danny said happily as he stared down at the kid who was scowling and pulling at the clothes Danny had gotten from his baby box from the attic.
Vlad Jr. was now wearing an outfit almost identical to the one Danny was wearing, only instead of pants the boy had shorts that were slightly too small for him like the shirt was.
"Well now that we are both dressed lets get going to Vlad's." The five year old nodded but stepped back when Danny attempted to grab him.
"Unless you can go ghost…" Danny blinked and looked down at the smirking child "Can you go ghost?"
The boy nodded and just like Vlad and Danny he went ghost, looking remarkably like a young Plamius. Same blue skin, same black hair standing up, though his clothes stayed the same as the ones he was wearing. The only thing that was remotely like Danny was the glowing green eyes.
"Okay so you can go ghost, don't know why that surprises me." Danny muttered after a moment of studying the small boy before going ghost himself. "Let's go."
Vlad Jr. nodded and became intangible just like Danny and began their trip. Danny only wished the boy would talk to say something, otherwise this was going to be a long trip.
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Vlad looked up at the large flat surveillance screen with interest as an alarm went off alerting him to intruders.
"Let me see a video image on the intruders." The middle aged man ordered his computer and watched with interested at the flying figures on the screen.
One Vlad could easily tell one was the bane of his existence, Danny Fenton, but the other that looked rather familiar he had no idea about.
"Should I destroy them?" The computer asked in a cheerful tone.
"No, not yet." Vlad informed his computer and continued to watch the two ghosts fly towards his new and improved castle.
"Open the front doors, I shall meet them in the entry hall." The evil man stated and stood from his desk. This would no doubt be interesting despite how the tides turned for him.
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Vlad Jr. went back to his human form while Danny remained alert and tense as they entered to castle.
Experience had taught the 16 year old not to drop his guard around Vlad, only bad things happened when he did that.
"Why hello Daniel, what do I owe this unpleasant surprise?" Danny glared at the man descending down the stairs, but before he could answer the man or even begin saying a smart-alec comment the five year old boy next to him gasped.
"Who is the child?" Vlad asked looking the smiling five year old up and down.
"DADDY!" Vlad Jr. yelled shocking both halfa's as he launched himself on Vlad in a back braking hug. "I missed you daddy!"
The look on Vlad's face was priceless, and Danny found himself wishing he had a camera or a picture phone so that he could show Sam and Tucker the middle aged mans face. It could only be described as a mixture of confusion, horror, and embarrassment. Those emotions on the normally smug mans face was almost too funny.
"Get. Off. Me." Vlad hissed when he came out of his stupor and realized Danny was laughing at him while the mystery brat hugged him "I have no children."
The small boy looked hurt as Vlad pushed him away, rougher then the middle aged man intended.
"Creep!" Danny snapped and helped the little boy off the wooden floors only to have his hands slapped away by Vlad Jr. The teenager let out a frustrated noise and turned his attention to Vlad who was watching both of them now with a deadly glare.
"Who is this child?!" Vlad asked ignoring the tense angry atmosphere that filled the hall along with the dirty look Danny was giving him.
"Your son from ten years in the future." Vlad's eyes became comically large, but because of the seriousness of the situation Danny did not laugh. "My future self brought him to me this morning asking that I took care of him. But since I have school you get to take care of your kid."
"M-My kid?" The evil man whispered and looked down at the child who was sulking and avoiding everyone's eye. "He looks similar to me, but…"
Much colder blue eyes then Danny's looked up and met his own.
"He looks like you also. How is this possible?"
'I didn't think he would notice! What do I say?' Danny thought franticly, for some reason that should be obvious he didn't want to tell the older man that they got married and had three kids in the future. Because not only was that embarrassing, but slightly disturbing in its own right, not to mention Vlad would most likely react violently to the news. And Danny really didn't feel up to fighting.
"Uh, its- I mean my mom and you end up getting together in the future." Sure it was unbelievable to anyone who could say they knew Maddie Fenton, but for Danny who was desperate for an excuse and Vlad who was desperate for Maddie, it seemed like the perfect thing to say.
"Really?" Vlad said with a scowl clearly disbelieving Danny, but when the teen nodded the look disappeared into an almost dreamy expression. Maybe it wasn't the right thing to say?
The five year old who had been avoiding everyone looked up at Danny with shock, but the teen ignored the child. Sure lying wasn't really his thing, but in this case Danny didn't mind lying long as he didn't have to deal with an angry Vlad.
"So will you take care of him?" Danny asked with concealed eagerness, he wanted to get out of there as fast as possible and forget any of this happened.
"Of course, but you must tell me more about the future and what happens." The middle aged man stated and watched the skinny teen fidget nervously.
"All I know is that he is your kid from ten years into the future, and that an evil threat came up so my future self had to put him somewhere safe." He lied, well not all of it was a lie. Sure he was keeping some of the information, but he thought that was for the better.
The middle aged man studied Danny for a moment before nodding seeming to accept this, and turned his attention to the five year old that looked like he was still trying to figure out what Danny was doing.
"Can you tell me your name?" Vlad asked the child as he knelt down beside the boy. The younger halfa was slightly alarmed at how gentle Vlad was being with the kid, who would have thought the billionaire was good with kids?
"Vlad Jr, but Grandpa calls me Vladdy." Danny blinked, that was not surprising since it was coming from his dad.
"Vladdy" Vlad repeated with a frown, clearly thinking of Jack, before smiling once more again to the child.
The five year old nodded before glancing at Danny who was beginning to debate whether he should go or not. After all it seemed the two were going to get along fine, the kid was even talking to Vlad! If that wasn't a good sign the teenager didn't know what was.
"Well I am going to get going." Danny said awkwardly to the older halfa who sent him an annoyed look over his shoulder as if saying 'Okay go now'. The halfa moved to go to the door before a sudden thought struck him.
"Oh Vlad don't take of his necklace, that's the only thing keeping him here in our time." The middle aged man nodded before dismissing Danny by turning all his attention to the boy.
"Bye." Danny said lamely to the kid before taking off into the air. It was odd that for once in the past year and a half that Danny knew Vlad that the elder man was not paying any attention to him, and chances were wasn't going to for awhile…
That was good right?
Right?
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I wanted to thank all those who reviewed, and thank those who just read this story. I can't guarantee when my next update shall be, it can be tomorrow or even two weeks from now. I wish I could give a certain date but I can't. Thanks once more, and I shall honestly try to have another chapter up with in the week. No guarantees though.