Chapter 2
The ghosts have been restless, provoking him for a fight left and right. He had to ditch almost half of his classes for the day, somehow managed to destroy the gym, got a handful view of Sam in the girl's locker room, and got blasted with rotted pudding in the cafeteria. Add Dash chasing and stuffing him into the locker 3 times per day, all week long, and the result is one half-ghost named Danny Fenton/Phantom that was ready to drop dead… well, you know.
The stress was too much for the teen, Sam and Tucker - even Valerie! - thought he was a zombie dragging his feet across, mind dead to the world. With the help from Jazz, they decided to bait Danny's parents to helping them capture the ghosts, much to Danny reluctance.
The routine is simple, detect a ghost, grab one the ghost hunter's attention, and chase after the ghost while evading shots from them. In the beginning, Jack and Maddie kept shooting and confused to why the ghost child didn't even acknowledge them. After a few rounds, they understood that Phantom was provoking them while chasing after his target, daring them to catch it before he did.
Just like a game.
Curious of Phantom peculiar behaviour, the two decided to follow Phantom whenever they can and tried their best to shoot, slime, punch, and document the fight that always happens after.
To the elder Fentons and Phantom - and the hidden teen-hunters in the back - it was an unspoken truce and both sides were content with it. They even managed to capture a few of the ghosts Phantom are hunting in their Thermos! But they never could manage to capture the young spectre, and the thermos almost always disappears sooner or later. Except the Box Ghost, for some reason that the scientists couldn't understand why. Jack mused that maybe the ghost boy was tired of dodging boxes and decided that the Fenton would have a final decision with the annoying being.
Except that the Box Ghost had a knack of getting away. Every. Single. Time.
But even with the Fenton's helping out in the background, recovery is still a long way for the young halfa.
"Why can't they bother Vlad? Or Danni? Or Valerie?" Danny grumbled.
Why indeed? It's because the ghosts know that Vlad method of disposing ghosts were brutal even to their standard, Danni was never in a fixed spot to track, and Valerie was forced for a one week camping trip away from Amity by her father.
Danny on the other hand, who is stuck in Amity for the summer had to defend his territory fiercely. And Danny Phantom's territory covered more than half of Amity Park. A huge territory guarded by an extremely young ghost intrigued the specters and they couldn't help wanting to seek out this legendary Phantom and test their skill against him. So far, only Vlad managed to settle down in the town, due to several unavoidable reasons - coughJackFentoncough-.
"I need some kind of vacation…" Danny grumbled as he plopped face down on his bed, falling asleep instantly after his head landed on the mattress, completely missing the pillow.
He didn't even notice a clock hand materialized in the air, swiped a full 12 hour movement to carve ripple in the air and the Time Master stepped out.
Clockwork eyes softened as he saw the exhausted body of his charge, filled with cuts and bruises from his most recent fight. They would be gone by the morning, but then Danny would come out even more exhausted, as more of his energy working overtime to heal his body.
The Time Ghost floated nearer and Danny shuddered as a slight mist of cold air ran through his body, alerting that a ghost is nearby, but he was too tired to notice.
Clockwork pulled out a small vial of liquid out from his robe. With a small movement of his staff, Danny's body floated near to the Time Ghost.
"When you meet her, tell her I said Thank You." Clockwork told the unconscious teen. The small flask unscrewed its cap by itself and emptied its content into the young boy throat. Danny unconsciously gulped the liquid down, and his body twitched as they started their way into his system.
"Good Luck."
With a flash, the two disappeared.
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Exhausted to the point of not waking up when a ghost visited him, Danny shuddered as the cold engulfed his room. He vaguely saw someone in front of him, but in his half asleep state he was too groggy to even comprehend what was happening.
Something cool slid into his throat, shocking him to awareness. But a burning heat suddenly coursed through his vein and he couldnt help but yelp in surprise. His body involuntarily spasmed as the pain intensifies, his mind barely noticing the time-ghost picking him up.
He vaguely felt someone holding him, and in his hazy mind Danny panicked and did what all frightened children do when they are held up by an unknown stranger.
He started struggled, clawing, biting and screaming. But for the life of him he could see anything but a big mess of colorful blur when he opened his eyes, and decided to just lash out to this... unknown person.
He didn't realize that his nail had sharpened into point like claws, his hand now got an obvious paw-like quality on them, but it still maintain the function of a human hand. The sudden change almost caused the boy to tear through the time ghost cloak, but the fabric resisted and the boy's claws ended up getting stuck in it. Clockwork pay no mind, but his face grimaced as Danny choked in-between his screaming. The time-ghost silently apologized for speeding up the changes in the boy, but time is an essence and he couldn't afford distracting the pesky watchers(Observants) any longer.
The sounds of fabric tearing woke Clockwork from his musing, he anticipated this, but it's different when you actually see the event right in front of your eyes than seeing them through his mind. He recognizes that this particular change will be the main problem for Danny in that world, as he wont be able to summon his ghostly persona because all of his energy are spent on this violent...
RIIIP, The boy's shoes ripped apart at the seam by the changes in his feet.
'Transformation...', Clockwork sighed as he phased the torn up shoes off the boy's feet. They no longer looked human, instead they looked more like an animal feet, with four furry toes that brandished leathal claws and a slightly arched foot that will force his balance on tiptoes.
His hair grew a few inches while his slowly growing ear snaked it's way up to the top of his head molding itself into a triangular points around 3 inches long. A fine layer of fur that matched his hair grew around the newly formed ear, and if one look closely they can see a few fine white furs in the insides.
His back arched up as he opened his mouth into a silent scream. The base of his spine jutted itself outward, emitting loud sickening pops and cracks as it extended, grew and aligned itself, pushing up against his jeans. Soon the growing appendage slid out from the top of the jeans and the tell tale of a black furry tail made ifself known, flicking with panic.
It wasnt long until the boy fell limp, weakly curled himself in hope to rid of the phantom pain that sill lingered over his body. The transformation continued slowly until it his ears are the size of his palm and his tail are around 4 to 5 foot in length, both covered with silky soft black fur. His face didn't change much, except for the feline fangs, his face was still pretty much human. 'It wasn't enough to change him fully, but enough for him to survive at least.' The Time Master thought, gazing the boy, his hand felt frozen, as if they don't want to let him go.
With a heavy sigh, he slashed the air using a golden claw, ripping open a portal window vaguely noticing a certain robotic couple strolling along a warehouse as they knocked out a few rouge gangs. Slowly, he eased the boy through the portal, trusting time that the boy will be okay by the end of this ordeal.
"Good Luck, Danny Fenton/Phantom."
Author Notes :
Short, yeah... whatever... It's not like this was gonna be a real printed novel or something...
ONWARDS!
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