A week and much deliberation and consultation later he sent a letter to the mayor, asking to host a press conference. As he sent the letter, he glared at Clockwork, "Well, if I'm going to do this, I should do it right." He received an approving nod and a pleased smile. "I'll announce it to the Zone tomorrow so hopefully I'll be more prepared for a tough crowd."

As anticipated, there were mixed reactions from the ghosts. Frostbite's clan roared in victory, and Dora's subjects clapped politely. Skulker attacked him in a last-ditch effort to get his pelt - Technus assisting - but was slapped out of the air before he even got close.

Danny asked for a temporary cease-fire in preparation for the shift. "I know I've been pretty indiscriminate when someone comes through the portal, but I couldn't afford not to be. I am announcing a regime change to the humans next week and requesting an inter-dimensional treaty.

"If it works, the Guys in White will be disbanded, and an international authority on ghosts will take it's place. Someone may even have to take a seat in the United Nations. Please be somewhat gracious to them, so I can eventually assure free travel between the Zone and the Human World. That means any and all ghosts with a reason to be there."

With the ghosts' cooperation ensured, he waited with baited breath for the turning of a week.

The day before the press conference, he called his family along with Sam and Tucker to his living room. Tucker, Sam and Jazz knew about the king business, and agreed to help him explain things to his parents.

"Mom, Dad..." He paused for a moment trying to decide which bomb to drop first. "You - well, Mom - have suspected something since the Disteroid incident. You were right to be suspicious, but probably not for the reasons you think. There was a short period of time when nearly everyone on the planet knew what I'm about to tell you."

Jazz broke in, "Suffice it to say, we found a way to make sure no one knew. That week was hell on all of us. We had more organizations trying to tear our door down than there were letters in the alphabet." He looked at her gratefully and nodded before facing his parents.

"I'm Danny Phantom." He started a partial transformation, the rings wrapping around his head and stopping at his neck, leaving the rest of him human. "Before you ask, there was an accident. I walked into the portal, it got turned on, and presto! I became a halfa. I decided to do something right with my abilities, and started fighting ghosts."

"Danny..." Maddie's voice was soft but full of emotion, and Jack's face was more serious than they had ever seen it - except they had. She pulled Danny into a hug, Jack swooping the rest of the kids behind her. "Why didn't you tell us?"

"There are lots of reasons I didn't tell you, but the biggest was Vlad. We kept the other's secret and held it over the other's head. After the Disasteroid, we told you and a couple of news stations about it. Not only did the GIW start hunting me as a human, every ghost hunter in the world started moving toward Amity Park.

"It was too dangerous to keep going that way, and we erased the world's collective memory. Your memories we're relatively shorter, and were also erased." Maddie pulled back a little to touch her temple with a slightly shocked expression. "It's better you don't know what we used, but it did leave an imprint of the memory on those who had stronger emotions tied to it."

They were all silent, before they dispersed and sat back in their original seats, Team Phantom taking the couch.

"The reason I'm telling you this now, even knowing about Dad's mouth, is because of Pariah Dark. I defeated him a couple of years ago when the town was sucked into the Zone. The Ghost Zone's judicial councils have unanimously chosen a successor."

Maddie gasped, looking worried, but Jack broke out into a wide grin.

"It's you, isn't it, Danny?"
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Before you ask about the mind erasing, I have an idea about that, but it has no business being put in this part.