Finally! Got this chapter done! So anyway, yeah I really don't have anything to say so go and enjoy!
"-And finally I am able to bring my plans to completion! Now the world shall be mine, as I have obtained power only seen by GODS!..." Danny hadn't really heard this particular version, but he could spot a person with ill intent, aka a villain, monologuing in their supposed triumph. Although in hindsight, Danny probably would have heard the "obtained untold amounts of power" variation if whatever Vlad was planning to do with Pariah Dark hadn't blown up in the older halfa's face.
Vlad was the least of his worries as the smoke that has been obscuring his view and the view others have on him was thinning, showing a tall figure near where he sat, who was the one giving the monologue, and several figures a ways in front of Danny and the monologuing villain. Deciding that it was best to test to see if he could stand up, Danny began to move. Thankfully he found that he could, in fact, stand and all that act promises. Danny was ready to move should trouble start, and not a moment too soon as the smoke was finally clearing away. Just in time to give dramatic flair to the villain's chosen ending of his monologue: a cliché maniacal laugh.
Lucy was of the mind that the hooded man probably read a lot of cheesy children stories when he was a kid, the guy hadn't stopped talking about how he had already won for the past five minutes. If it wasn't for the fact that whatever spell he was casting had in fact been cast, and had brought something forth, Lucy would have snickered at the robed individual.
For once her companions where successfully reading the mood, especially when they saw movement from behind the smokescreen. If even half of what the hooded whack job said about whatever he had summoned was true, then the Fairy Tail mages were in for the fight of their lives, or they were going to die quickly.
The group tensed as one as the maniacal laughter reached a crescendo as the smoke finally cleared revealing... A scrawny teenage boy in a black and white one piece suit of some kind. Frankly no one expected a teenager to be the thing that was brought to their world, including the one who had brought him there. The hooded individual had stopped his laughter and just stared at the awkwardly standing teen.
"So sorry." Erza, Natsu and Gray gave their condolences to the hooded man.
"Don't pity me!" the robed individual snapped upon hearing his enemies expressing their sympathies. "The spell can't have failed! Besides hasn't anyone told you fools not to judge a boot by its cover!" Turning back to the entity he ordered "Now, show them you're power, O' Black King! Pariah Dark!"
Somehow Danny had successfully become even more confused with the situation he had found himself in. If being supernaturally dragged who knows where wasn't strange enough, he found that he was in front of a group of exotic looking people who acted like they felt sorry for the obvious villain in a robe. Oh, and the robed fruit-loop thought he was Pariah Dark, the freaking Ghost King! Yeah, no.
"I-I'm sorry. I think you've mistaken me for someone else." At this the robed man slumped slightly in what Danny took as shock.
"No. I did the spell correctly! You have to be Pariah Dark! Do not trifle with you're master, spirit! I know who you are!"
Danny stared at the man for a moment getting frustrated himself. "Do you even know what Pariah Dark looks like? He's like ten to fifteen feet tall, muscular, older looking with a beard and a eye-patch. I have none of that."
"So... You know what he looks like? Then are you his herald or some such?"
"Herald? No." The guy was obviously reaching for anything now.
"Then who the hell are you!? And why didn't Pariah Dark appear!?"
Before Danny could answer the fruit-loop, who looked like he was starting to lose it, one of the people from the group that were watching them rushed up and launched his fist into the Robe-full-of-crazy into the opposite wall. Of course what managed to keep Danny's attention from the feat of violence was the fact that the guy's fist was on fire! Of course he's seen stranger things, but the guy was pretty obviously human albeit with pink hair. He probably dyes. Evidently Danny's shocked mind could only come out up with the complement "Nice shot."
"Thanks." the pinket replied not missing a beat, or outright ignoring the surreality of the situation.
"So you're not like those other things?" The blonde of the group, who was wearing the most normal looking outfit, asked when the rest of the pink haired guy's group came over from where they were standing.
"Like other things? You mean Ghost?" Danny replied shocked that there were other ghosts around besides him. Probably long gone by now considering his Ghost sense didn't trigger.
"You mean we were fighting dead people?!" asked a obviously freaked out talking blue cat with wings... Danny couldn't help but stare for a minute privately wondering how much more strange-from-left-field he could actually handle.
Luckily he managed to shake off his shock for what felt like the millionth time that day and answered the cat. "I wouldn't call most of them dead people... Some of them maybe? I think that most of them just call themselves Ghosts for lack of a better name."
"So I take it that the dark mage's spell didn't work and you are not under his control?" asked the other woman of the group who wore armer of all things and the reddest hair Danny had ever seen.
"Spell? Right. I'm not going to attack you if that's what you mean. Any way... can any of you tell me what's going on? Or where..." Danny was interrupted by what sounded suspiciously like an explosion and a giant cloud of dust come from what looked like the only exit out of the chamber they were in.
"Hey were'd that hooded guy go!?" asked the black haired guy, who Danny could've sworn was wearing a jacket a moment ago, bringing the groups attention to the empty spot that was once occupied by the body of the hooded fruit-loop was now empty.
Before any one could react to that latest bit of news the chamber started to shake with cracks appearing and running along the walls. "He plans to bury us here! We need to get out!" The red head ordered, Danny guessed that she was the leader.
"How?" asked the black haired guy panic making its way into his voice. "We'll be buried by the time we can clear a way out!"
As the group continued to try and figure a way out Danny had already started to plan on his own on how to get everyone out before the room fully collapsed. There was four people and one talking cat. It would be too awkward to hurriedly carry them out by himself, unless he could make a duplicate to give him a extra pair of hands. He could reliably make one duplicate about eighty-five percent of the time. He worked with less.
Danny focused on his being, manipulating his energy to solidify and divide from him. Danny thanked whoever decided things for his life when he managed to split himself into two entities. Both Danny's knowing the plan rush forward to save the only other people in the collapsing chamber. One grabbed the two women while the other grabbed the others, holding the cat with his free hand he wrapped an arm around the pinket whilst also taking ahold of the black haired guy. As soon as everyone was with in their clutches both Danny's turned themselves and everyone they were holding intangible and launching off towards the exit. By this point the chamber was already starting to collapse, chucks of rock the size of cars raining down around them as they all flew out through the rubble that was once the entrance and into open air.
Setting the people and cat down Danny turned back towards the structure that was now a pile of rubble hidden behind a plum of dust. Whistling at the close call Danny merged with his duplicate and turned towards the group that he had saved, noticing the confusion on their faces. It was the cat that asked their question. "Hey, what just happened?"
" Uh, I saved you. Sorry if I was a little rouh." Danny answered getting used to the talking cat.
"Being a bit roughed up beats being squashed under a couple tons of rock." The black haired guy replied somehow missing his shirt now much to perplexity of Danny.
"Agreed. If there is anyway to repay you just say it." The armored red head said, Danny really need to learn their names.
"Um, no need for that. Just tell me your names and well be even." Danny replied with a nervous grin and chuckle thanks to the red heads gesture.
Nodding to the terms, and again taking the role of leader the red head introduced herself "My name is Erza Scarlet." Gesturing towards the blonde "Thats Lucy Heartfilia." Pointing to the pinket "Natsu Dragneel." To the black haired guy "Gray Fullbuster," finally pointing to the flying cat "and Happy" Happy decided to emphasize this by saying "Aye!"
"Nice to meet you. I'm Danny Phantom." Danny introduced himself, albeit his superhero persona.
Grinning and scratching his nose Natsu replied "Likewise. Weird name though." He either ignored or didn't notice the reproachful look Lucy shot him because he continued and asked "How'd you get us out anyway?"
Blinking at the sudden change of subject Danny answered "Um. Well I turned everyone intangible when I grabbed you guys and just flew through the rubble."
"Cool."
Danny chuckled sheepishly at the simple praise before changing the subject to what he really needed to know. "Thanks, but can you guy's tell me where I am?"
"You are currently in the country side of Fiore." Erza answered.
"Fiore?" Danny had never heard of anywhere called that, then again he wasn't doing so good in Geography.
"Um, no offense Erza, but I don't think he would know where Fiore is." Lucy interrupted on Danny's behalf. Turning to the ghost boy she continued "And not to sound rude, but why would you need to know where you are? I'm pretty positive there isn't anyone forcing you to stay on this plane so can't you go back to where you belong?"
"Right." That made sense. If any fantasy game he'ed played, and Sam, had taught him anything its is that summoning something needs the summoner to keep them them there. "How-how do I do that?"
Lucy blinked in shock not expecting that question. "You don't know how to go back?"
"It's not like I get summoned often." Danny replied flippantly not at all hiding his nervousness.
"Lucy?" Erza said starting to catch on to where the conversation was going.
"He can't go home." Lucy stated paling. "And I don't know what will happen to him if he stays here." Noticing the questioning looks from her companions she elaborated "If it's like a celestial spirit without a mage to constantly give them magic they can't survive in this world, not for long anyway."
"Whoa, whoa, whoa!" Danny interrupted. "It might not be as complicated as that." He knew he was grasping at straws, but what choice did he have? "Have any of you heard of Amity Park?" The group in front of him gave him all negatives. "America?" another round of negative responses. "Wha-what year is it?"
"Seven eighty-four." Natsu answered causing Danny's gut to drop. Of course the number made no sense for the poor halfbreed, the groups cloths were over all too modern looking to be ancient times. Sadly that little piece of logic didn't help him any. He was in a place he knew nothing about and currently had no way home. He was stuck.
Suddenly he found it hard to breathe, he was probably hyperventilating.
He was stuck.
The ground wouldn't stop shaking, or he couldn't stop shaking.
He was stuck.
His legs gave out forcing him to sit down.
He was stuck.
He felt his powers recede and hardly noticed the light show that signaled his transformation from Phantom or Fenton.
He couldn't bring himself to care.
He. Was. Stuck.
Mages in general are able to take surprising and logic defying event in stride. Of course that's usually because the mage knows, at least a little bit, about what is happening. This is true for anyone who trains in the magical arts, they can just roll with the punches. This was especially true within the Fairy Tail guild of mages where the punches keep coming. In fact it was Fairy Tail's Guild Master, Master Makarov, had put it in a very simple yet awe inspiring way. "The power to overcome reason comes from reason." Those words have helped Lucy adjust to Fairy Tail's shenanigans, but even more so those words she had found are incredibly true, as every thing she had witnessed since joining Fairy Tail could be explained by one simple word: magic.
So when she found herself in a life threatening situation, again, she could explain it. When she and her friends were saved by a summoned creature that was meant to fight them, she could explain it. When said creature started to have a panic attack before falling down due to shock of the fact that he couldn't get home, she could explain that. When a halo of light appeared around the spirit, split in two, and transformed it into a normal looking human kid, her brain flat lined for a moment.
She wasn't the only one as the rest of her team were rendered speechless upon the sudden transformation. For what seemed like an eternity nobody moved not even the sudden human in front of them, in fact as the Fairy Tail mages' shock wore off they noticed Danny wasn't moving. Instead he was simply staring off into space with a dead look. Happy was the first to fully recover from his shock and moved toward the once spirit and nudged Danny's face with his paw.
After a moment Happy turned back to the group and stated "Hey guy's, I think he broke."
"What?" Natsu said as he too recovered and walked over to the boy and started to examine him, which consisted of poking the poor boy in the head.
Soon the others moved in to check on Danny and eventually came to a conclusion.
"Ok, he's completely out of it. We could yell straight into his ear and he probably wouldn't notice." Gray said after the group was finished with there examination.
"The shock was just too great for him to handle all at once." Erza added obviously concerned for the boy.
"What should we do?" Lucy asked feeling like she was the one at fault for Danny's current condition.
"Easy." Natsu stated with an easy going grin. "We bring him with us, besides we need to go and tell the village's mayor that we finished the job." The mages nodded in agreement and started on their way. Luckily despite no longer being aware Danny was still able to walk, so with some coaxing they managed to get the teen to start walking, being lead with a length of rope that Erza had produced tied around his waist to make sure the catatonic teen didn't wander off or simply stop.
As the group continued on their way the mages discussed what had just transpired. The agreed that what ever plans the hooded individual had were not over, but for the time being it wasn't something they could worry about at the moment. As the topic turned towards there sorta-travel companion Danny things became a bit less sure. They didn't even know what he was, one moment he was a spirit like entity the next he was, by all accounts, human. It was a conundrum for sure, and answers would most likely come only from the teens mouth.
Luckily they wouldn't have to wait long. About an hour into their trek Danny suddenly stopped and let out a scream while pulling at his hair in frustration. "Arg. What the heck am I going to do!"
"Oh, look he's back!" Happy said happily.
Calming down marginally Danny looked around and found him self not in the same area as before. "Where am I now?" Looking down having noticed the rope tied around his waist , he fingered it curiously before exasperatedly asking "And what's with the rope?"
"I apologize, it had seemed the best way to make sure you didn't wonder off on your own, short of carrying you." Erza replied walking over to untie the rope.
"Wander off?" Danny couldn't help but ask.
"Yeah kid. You were pretty out of it." Gray explained.
"The lights were on, but no body was home." Happy added as further explanation.
"... I blacked out?" Danny asked hesitantly.
"To be fair, you did get a pretty big shock." Lucy said in an attempt to quell any worry that was probably building in the teen again. Gaining a sheepish look, Lucy hesitated slightly before asking "Sorry if this offends you, but what are you?"
"Huh?" Danny replied intelligently. He could have sworn that they've asked something like that before, and then a thought struck him. Looking down at his now bare hands his suspicions were confirmed, he had changed back into his human form in front of complete strangers when he blacked out. Surprisingly the only thought that entered his mind at this discovery was a resounding "Meh." Why should he care about some secret identity if he was, if he was correct in his assumptions, in a completely different world? It's like a bad comic book plot.
"I bet it's a Take-Over!" Natsu said knocking Danny out of his thoughts.
"Ghost-Soul?" Happy asked contemplating how that would work. "Or would it be Spirit-Soul?"
"I have no idea what you're talking about, I'm Half-Ghost." Danny interjected everything that was said going over his head.
"How exactly does that work?" Gray asked crossing his arms, silently not liking the image that was produced.
"Um. Very carefully? I don't really know the specifics but I was in an accident with one of my parents inventions and then I became a Human-Ghost hybrid." Danny replied really trying to avoid reliving that particular instance in his life.
"You're very forthcoming." Erza stated
"Yeah. No point trying to hide it, you guy's saw me transform. Plus I'm trapped here and have no way of getting back home." Danny's drifted to the ground, despair clouding his mind.
Seeing the boy's mood darken Erza moved forward and hugged the boy in a mothering way, bringing his head to her chest in what she understood was a way to comfort other individuals. Of course she also forgot that she was wearing a steel plate chest piece and didn't know her own strength at times, so her comforting gesture caused Danny's head to impact her armor with a resounding clank of skull-to-metal.
The action did still have the desired effect of taking the boy's mind off of his situation. It was just from pain, not the warm embrace of another person. Luckily Erza released the teen allowing him to rub his head in an attempt to coax the pain away.
"Now then, listen here." Erza addressed the teen bring his attention to her. "It is no use despairing now, no matter how desperate the situation may seem. The only thing you can do now is to move forward."
Danny blinked in confusion, but he couldn't help but to agree. There had to be a way home, he was brought there so he should be able to find a way back. He will find a way back. Yet he knew he needed to take this one step at a time, and he didn't know what that step would be. "Right. What do I do now?"
Natsu grinned "You can come with us! You should join our guild, Fairy Tail!"
"Fairy Tale? I don't get it." was Danny's response.
"It's the guild we belong to." Gray explained pointing to the blue emblem on his chest. "And that's probably a good idea, the master might know something about how to get you home. So it wouldn't hurt to come with us, even if you decided not to actually join." This earned general approving responses from the rest of the guild members.
Not seeing any alternative, shrugged and Danny agreed. "Sure, why not."
Ok. Now that you're finished I do have an announcement about this story. It's going to be a series! I have a rough outline type of thing for the other stories that will tie into this one. Oh, and it's going to be a multi-cross latter on so be prepared. In fact somewhere around this story (IT IS NOT IN THE STORY YET, DO NOT LOOK FOR IT!) there is going to be a little hint to what fandom I'm going to be bringing in next. Anyway see y'all later.