I don't own Danny Phantom or any of the characters. They are doing a life sentence to their original owners without the chance of parole. Enjoy part 2 of Danny one half the reboot.
(AN: The first chapter of this story has been changed massively. So I would suggest rereading it otherwise the story won't make any sense. Also whenever Danny is in his female form I will be changing all the he/him/himself etc to she/her/herself. Now on with the story.)
A temple on the island
"Tampini, you said you would explain everything to me so tell me what is the story behind…this?" Danny asked while gesturing to her new form and body.
Tampini hearing the annoyance and concern in female Danny's voice grabbed her tea kettle and poured some of the hot water into several cupa while mixing in some other ingredients while her brother grabbed some tea cookies and placed them in front of him before sibling took a seat next to him on opposite sides.
"Long before you, before me, and before even many of the other ghosts such as Dora, Aragon, And even Desiree there was a nameless ghost that was one of the most wicked in the Ghost Zone. Like Spectra and to an extent your arch enemy Vlad Plasmius this ghost had no problem killing humans and making ghosts 'dead dead' as long as it got what it wanted in the end. However, there was a nasty twist that came along with killing it's victims. Every time a victim would fall to this ghost it's looks and abilities were imprinted within the ghost which not only made said ghost more powerful, but gave it the ability to change into said victim at will." Tampini explained in a grim tone.
Danny seeing that the story was one of those kinds of stories that went into a massive lecture took some of the tea cookies to munch on while drinking what appeared to be Jasmine tea as Tampini continued to give him his explanation. But even so the very thought of having to fight such a ghost sounded horrifying.
"Eventually fearing for safety of both the human world and the Ghost Zone the Ghost King Pariah Dark went to take care of the threat to protect his subjects, but unfortunately for Pariah the ghost had become too powerful for him to beat alone. It was because of this encounter that he now has this broken horn and scar on his eye, and it was only thanks to the Fright Knight being nearby that Pariah wasn't killed himself and his form and power imprinted into said ghost. However, despite losing and being forced to make a retreat Pariah was still determined not to fail his subjects would once again go and confront this murderous ghost. But this time around he had several of the same ancient ghosts that sealed him away find a way to empower his already massive abilities enough so he could finally take this ghost down." Tampini explained causing Danny to go wide eyed.
"The crown of fire, and the ring of rage." Danny said silently putting the pieces together.
"Exactly Danny, however the power Pariah gained to save both realms came at a price. While he would be able to anything when he wore both items the price he had to pay was his kind and benevolent personality. You see Danny the two items were cursed items that would corrupt the wearer the longer they wore the items. The battle between the nameless ghost and Pariah lasted 40 days and 40 nights, and when Pariah finally beat it his benevolent personality was warped into the tyrannical fiend you fought a eighteen months ago. But that isn't all. Had Pariah been himself he would have just killed the ghost and let the higher forces to the work of judging this fiend. However, since he was no longer himself he didn't. Doing such was 'too merciful' a punishment so instead he used the crown and ring's powers to augment his own powers so he could transform it into this very island that we are on. As for those he killed their imprinted forms and abilities were all turned into the naturally hot spring temperature water that was within each of those springs which would dry up the moment someone would fall into one of them." Tampini finished as she took one of the cups of Jasmine tea she poured for herself and proceeded to drink it herself.
Danny couldn't believe what he was hearing. While it didn't answer his original question learning how the ghost king was originally a benevolent ruler turned tyrant due to putting on those cursed item to protect those he cared for actually made him feel sorry for the now imprisoned king. Also knowing there was once a foe that was could give the ghost king a run for his money with those cursed items, and slaughter him without them actually scared the young halfa.
'Thank goodness that creature is beaten, but…' Danny thought before saying.
"While I will admit that was an interesting tale it doesn't explain why I am like this." Danny replied only for Jerry to speak up this time.
"Forgive my sister, but she just likes to tell the origin of the island we are on. The answer to why you are like that is simple. When Pariah converted the ghost into this island using a vast amount of power, the ghost in return has yet another secret ability that would allow it the resurrect itself. All that is needed for this to happen is for enough people to fall into every spring and absorbing the essence of the whatever was within that spring. Once all the imprinted essence is gone the conversation will reverse itself and the ghost would be free to cause havoc again. It is the reason why you have changed into what you are now, and why when you were looking down at the spring the water within it dried up." Jerry explained.
"Thank you for answering my question, but I need ask if this is indeed the body of an ancient ghost like Pariah Dark, and you knew of this, then why isn't the island protected to keep unsuspecting ghosts and humans like myself from landing here and possibly going into the springs?" Danny asked not liking what he was hearing.
"Before Pariah went completely corrupt he did two things. The first was create a barrier that would not only mask the presence of this island, but also protect it from all forms of attack. However, the barrier itself had a decaying factor within it. This means that over time the barrier would become weaker and weaker until it eventually would fade. This was why he also brought our first ancestors to the island, and gave them the duty to not only protect the island from unsuspecting ghosts and invaders if the barrier should fail, but also taught them the skill to strengthen the barrier once again though it wouldn't be nowhere near as effective due to a lack of power. When me and Jerry came out we were going to due to process of strengthening the already weakened barrier, but before we could an explosion from far away struck the already weakened barrier enough to the point where you could see and get on the island." Tampini explained earning a frown from the transformed halfa.
'Well that would explain why I was able to find this place.' Danny thought to himself before Tampini turned to him giving him a serious look.
"Danny I know you already know the consequences that could happen if anyone else were to find this place so for both the human world and Ghost Zone I must ask you to…"
"My lips are sealed Tampini I will take this secret to my grave. But how am I supposed to go on with my life looking like this? My parents don't even know of my double life of being Danny do you really think they will take to some redheaded vixen telling them that they are their child? I could see it happening right now. 'Hi mom, dad I might not look like it but due to falling into a special hot spring your son is now your daughter.' Yeah that will totally go over well." Danny replied only for Jerry to pour some of the hot tea kettle water on Danny's head.
"Hey what did you do that for?" Danny asked only to notice a change. "Wait a minute? My voice is back to normal, I am me again! But how? I thought I was cursed to be the opposite gender due to falling into the spring." Danny asked surprised but happy to be himself.
"Your body has indeed assimilated the female form you were just in. However, the ghost in general had a weird quirk to its powers. In order to change itself into any of its victims it would need to get hit with cold water and think of what form it wanted to change into said form. In contrast warm water would turn it back to its original form. Since the water had the essence of the being you assimilated the same quirk now applies to you. But seeing as you only have one form you will automatically change into that female form by default." Tampini explained earning a sigh of discontent from the young halfa.
While he was happy that his newly assimilated form wasn't permanent, the way it came out and about would totally complicated his life. He could see it all now. He would now need to be on the lookout for any and all forms of cold water due to it being the trigger to his other form. This also meant water parks, and the pool until he got rid of said female form were out as well.
'Oh and let's not forget the joy of the cold rain. That will go over all so well.' Danny thought with plenty of sarcasm.
"Great just great, can this get any worse?" Danny asked only for Jerry and Tampini to give him a look that totally said he jinxed himself.
"Sadly it does. Not only can't the essence your body absorbed be removed, but there are several other quirks that might exist within your other form some of which won't be pleasant. But enough about this, Jerry seeing as I will need to strengthen and repair the barrier Pariah put up all a Centamillenium ago I will need you to create a ghost portal to the human world so Danny can go back home without being seen." Tampini replied causing Jerry to get completely upset.
"Does he have to go already? I finally got to meet my idol, and there is so much I know I can learn from him! Can't he stay here a little longer and then after I can send him home please?" Jerry pleaded causing Tampini to look at Danny.
"He has his own life to live just like we do, besides you know his story better than anyone. He is living a double… no scratch that a triple life now, and if either are found out by his parents he will be in a Ghost Zone of trouble." Tampini explained only for Jerry to go on the offensive more.
"But Tampini it isn't every day I get to meet the person who stopped the corrupt Pariah Dark from destroying both realms. Besides I am not asking him to stay for free, I can even teach him how to make ghost portals and a few other things if that is the issue. So pretty please with those tea cookies on top?" Jerry pleaded earning an exasperated sigh from Tampini.
"Fine but only if he agrees to it." Tampini said in an equally exasperated tone.
'This is going to be a long day. But at least some good will come out of it.' Danny thought as he decided to look at the bright side of the events that were happening.
Fenton works Danny's room 3 hours later
"And we haven't seen him since. What makes it worse is that we can't get in contact with him either. Even in the ghost realm our phones would still be able to reach his." Sam said voicing her concern.
"You don't think Dash actually caught, him, beat the crap out of him, but went too far and killed him?" Tucker asked getting a disbelieving look from Sam.
"Tucker this is Danny we are talking about! He gives Dash the slip on a regular basis. But even if he couldn't Dash while not only reeking but tasting like failure isn't stupid enough to actually kill Danny." Sam countered.
"I was actually going to say run away from everything after he escaped from Dash but…"
"Tucker, that is even worse than your theory on Dash actually catching him and killing him!
Jazz who listened to the entire explanation of what was going on like Tucker and Sam was equally concerned. While she knew her little brother had his issues some of which he kept to himself from the others (Due to finding his diary and reading it) did see enough within it to make her think he would do this. However, due to it being summer vacation the thought went out the window due to him being able to get a much needed break from everything that was thrust on him.
"If I had to guess he just got into a situation where he is unable to contact us, and is doing everything he can to get back to us… wait a minute I can't believe I didn't think of this before. Tucker when you and Danny went to look for Sam in the Ghost Zone the Specter speeder was able to pinpoint her exact location wasn't it?" Jazz asked earning a nod from Tucker.
"Yeah it was, however that would only work in the Ghost Zone. Here it would work at all. Not to mention even if I was able to reverse the process to make it look for ghostly items you have to remember ghosts invade our realm on a normal basis so there would be no grantee we would find him before finding another spirit." Tucker explained.
"It doesn't matter because if we don't find him, and mom and dad find out he is missing, that could lead to having to reveal the truth about his double life. I remember how it went the first time around however…" Jazz replied causing both Tucker and Sam to remember the alternate future with Danny turning evil and them dying.
As the trio planned their trip into the Ghost Zone in the hopes of finding Danny, they failed to notice a green vortex similar to the Fenton portal forming right behind them with the very person they were looking for stepping out of it.
'I will have to thank Jerry for teaching me how to make ghost portals.' Danny thought to himself before seeing Sam, Tucker, and Jazz sitting in his room.
Noticing that the three of them weren't paying attention to their surroundings Danny unable to resist made two copies of himself, had them and himself become invisible, and silently moved towards whisper range before using his best Box ghost impression and shouting 'BEWARE' startling Jazz while causing Tucker jump into Sam arms.
"Oh god, Ha ha, I can't believe… ha ha… that worked. You should have… ha ha... seen the looks on your faces." Danny replied between giggles causing three sets of narrows eyes to glare at him.
"Dude, that wasn't funny at all! You may have just caused me to prematurely grew some gray hairs!" Tucker replied still clinging to Sam.
"I owe you one for that one little brother, but before we get off topic I need to ask where have you been, why didn't you contact us... and why does your clothes look torn and stretched out?" Jazz asked with concern.
"She is right Danny, we were trying to call you after Dash came back with a look on his face that said murder, but we couldn't get through to you." Sam added before dropping Tucker like he was a dead weight.
"What she said. So spill what kept you from contacting us? You have been gone for almost 5 hours." Sam asked earning a sigh from Danny.
"It is kind of a long story…"
"Which we have time for so spill Danny! Where were you, and what happened to cause your clothes to look like that?" Tucker replied cutting off the halfa.
Feeling a bit of Dejavu due to taking the role of Tampini Danny decided to start from the beginning.
"Well after Dash came after me due to getting summer school I decided to use the old invisibility and intangibility escape viva running into an alley. All was going according to plan until one of the natural ghost portals Frostbite mentioned opened up just as I reached the wall and just my luck I ran through it. I was about to leave it when it closed up behind me. Worse to wear the portal took me straight to skull Island aka Skulker's home and lucky me I just so happened to run into the Ghost Zone greatest hunter." Danny explained causing a wince from Jazz and a frown from Tucker, and disbelief surprisingly from Sam.
"Wait a minute Danny, you are telling me you spent nearly 5 hours fighting Skulker? I find that hard to believe especially seeing as you not only barely break a sweat against him anymore, but if you had been fighting him for that long you would look like you went 30 rounds with Dash before you gained your ghost powers." Sam replied in a skeptic tone.
Upon hearing Sam's reasoning she knew she had a point. Had it been any other encounter with the cyberarmor wearing ghost he would have indeed kicked his butt without breaking a sweat. However this time was different unfortunately.
"I know, however I am not finished my story yet so let me finish and please don't interrupt me. Now normally I would agree with you, but due to him having a fight with his no hit wonder of a girlfriend and her calling him a lousy hunter Skulker surprisingly stepped up his game. His armor was so strong that it deflected my ghost rays, and with his updates he had me on the ropes. Also Jazz remind me to tell mom and dad to lock up their weapons and devices with a ghost shield because thanks to Skulker getting the boo-merang he was able to make homing missiles that were keyed in to my ecto-signature."
Upon hearing this Tucker, Jazz, and even Sam winced at the thought of having the ghost equivalent of homing missiles after them without a way to dodge them.
"Yikes, that is a massive improvement over the old Skulker's weapons and equipment. Ember must have really pissed him off for him to step up his game that much." Tucker said still wincing at the thought of those after him.
"I know, and that isn't even the worst part about this fight seeing as I learned about this the hard way. Skulker literally had me by the throat, and had it not been from him not updating his insides to be frost proof like the outside I would have been either all ghost or worse a pelt that Ember would have around her neck. But I wasn't out of the woods yet. Just when I thought I was home free due to getting a good distance away from him Skulker's homing missiles along with what appeared to be a Tsar Bomba were…"
"Ok you must be joking about that last one because there is no way Skulker could get his hand on one of those, and even if he did the bomb is ancient. It had to have been…"
Before Sam could finish her thoughts Danny's door busted opened and in came Team Phantom's parents much to the dismay of everyone.
"Haven't you ever heard of knocking before barging into someone else's room? What if Danny was indecent? Jazz replied with her hands on her hips.
"If he was indecent we wouldn't have heard idle chit chat about who knows what either but that isn't why we are here." Pamela replied looking at the teens.
"Not the point mom! The point was that you and the others need to learn to respect your children's privacy and knock first! Would you like it if you were doing something in your room that you didn't want me to see or here for example and I burst into your room without knocking?" Sam added trying to get them to see her point.
Ignoring what Sam had to say and wanting to get out of his arch-enemy's home Jeremy decided he would be the one to explain why he and Pamela were there.
"Sammikans me and your mother are going to your Aunt Roll and and Uncle Rock's home..."
"And you couldn't tell me this over the phone like normal parents would? Besides what does any of this have to do with me?" Sam asked cutting her father off.
"Well that is just it. Your aunt and uncle and especially your three cousins want to spend the summer with you. So of course we told them we would bring you with us for the summer." Jeremy explained earning a death glare from his daughter.
"What?! But you told me that I could spend the summer with my friends!" Sam spat outraged.
At this it was now Mr. Foley's turn to speak up to this.
"Well don't feel too bad Sam, because we are also here to inform Tucker that he will also be coming with us for our summer vacation." Mr. Foley replied now causing Tucker to feel almost as betrayed as Sam.
"Dad, you also said that I could…"
"No butts Tucker, your Uncle Benny is getting married in 2 weeks, and he wants as much of his family there for the happy occasion. You can spend the summer with your friends when the wedding is done." Mrs. Foley explained much to the annoyance of Tucker.
"Even if one of my best friends won't be with us, I can at least spend the time with my other best friend. Or if I you are so adamant about me not spending the summer with my other friend I can always stay here with Grandma for some Grandmother/Granddaughter time." Sam pleaded using her other option.
"Nice try Sammikans, but you are not staying here. You are coming with us. Besides you can spend time with your little friends and even my mother-in-law anytime. Your cousins you rarely get to see and besides your cousins love you." Pamela explained.
"I would sooner wear those dresses you try to get me to wear while adding meat to my diet than to spend a moment with those three!" Sam hissed not holding back any of her distaste.
"Hmm…"
"No Jeremy even if it would be nice to see both of those happen Sammikans is coming with us for the summer so say goodbye to your little friends for the next 10 weeks." Pamela replied before grabbing Sam's hand and taking her out of the room.
'Oh that is it! The gloves are off big time!' Sam thought to herself with a look that Danny and Tucker knew all too well.
"Don't worry Sam, you still have your skype and face chat right? I can tell you and Tucker the rest of what happened." Danny said trying to be the upbeat one.
As Danny watched Sam and Tucker walk off with their plan breaking parents he couldn't help but feel bad for Sam. The one time he spent time with her babysitting her cousins, it took everything within him to not duplicate himself and overshadow each of them until Sam's parents got home and that was just one day. He could only image the horror that would happen due to spending ten weeks with them.
'I wouldn't wish that fate on anyone.' Danny thought to himself as both the Manson's and the Foley's left the room leaving the Fenton Family alone.
"Let me guess? You have some ghost convention to go to for the summer, and you want to cancel our plans as well?" Jazz asked taking a logical guess.
"Of course not Jazzy pants, we know that you have to go and visit said campuses that you were accepted to. Paris Descartes University, Yale, Stanford, University of Padua, and Tokyo University of Social Welfare all accepted you due to your hard work and top grades. Heck they even were so generous to pay for two tickets for each flight. To do something like that when you need your summer to decide which school you want to go do would be criminal." Jack replied earning a look of relief for the older sibling.
"However, Danny since Sam and Tucker will no longer be with you for the summer due to their families pulling them away, you no longer have any plans for the summer. While Jack suggested we send you with Vlad I vetoed the idea for reasons we all know." Maddie replied earning a breath of relief from Danny.
'At least I won't be stuck with the fruit loop for the summer. Lord knows what he might do if he ever learned of this 3rd identity I now have.' Danny thought to himself.
"Which is why I will be looking after my baby brother for the summer. He did promise me that we would spend some time together after the whole family vacation fiasco, and with me about to leave for college in the fall what better time to do it than now. Pretty please with fudge on top?" Jazz pleaded while smiling her best while knowing how much her father loved fudge.
Jazz smiled as she watched her father crumble under her pleas. Like their mother was a major softie for Danny in certain areas, it was a known fact that Jazz was Jack's favorite much to Danny's displeasure. Danny was about to protest to this idea when Jazz looked at him out of the corner of her eye and winked at him causing whatever resistance to happen to stop instantly.
"Why not? I mean Jazz is already 18 and the legal age to look after her brother, plus since the accident happened 2 years ago the two of them have gotten closer with one another." Jack replied earning a frown from Maddie.
'Yeah and while he has grown closer to his sister he has drifted apart from both me and Jack. We used to be so close, but now it feels like we are a Ghost Zone apart. In fact, the only things we agreed on was who was bad for Jazz and how Vlad is a scumbag.' Maddie thought sadly.
"Ok you can go with your sister for the summer. All I ask for in return is some more mother/son camping trips like after we send Jazz off to the college she chooses." Maddie replied putting the condition on.
'Mom is really dead set on trying to rekindle the bond we had before I met Tucker and Sam.' Danny thought seeing the same desperate look on his mother's face.
"Well I did have fun on the last one despite certain incidents happening. Hopefully we can actually have a normal camping trip afterwards. Just promise to keep the cold water away from me." Danny replied calmly.
"Jack we need to go now and finish packing our bags. As for the two of you make sure you pack your bags, and Danny…" Maddie replied giving Danny five hundred dollars. "Don't spend it all in one place see you later." Maddie chirped before both she and Jack left the Danny's room.
Seeing that their parents had finally left the room, Danny decided to finish telling her the story about what happened in the ghost zone from him using his duplication power to steer the massive bomb away from the original him, to the gaining of his female from, and the story behind it. By the time Danny was finished telling her the tell Jazz only had one response to this.
"While I can believe the part where you had to deal with an updated Skulker, or the part about you learning how to make ghost portals, I find it hard to believe that you can now change into a girl with a splash of cold water and back with warm water. I think you have been reading far too much Japanese manga." Jazz replied only for Danny to give her he was serious look.
Seeing that Jazz wasn't convinced Danny locked his front door, went into his bathroom and filled a glass with cold water, and another with hot water. Coming back with both glasses in each of his hands Danny knew that sadly only seeing was believing.
"Observe Jazz cold water normally would just make me wet. However now…" Danny replied before the transformation took place causing his body to shift and change. "It turns me into a wet and very attractive redhead with an angelic voice." Danny finished.
Seeing her baby brother change into what he or rather what she was now surprisingly left Jazz speechless. It was one thing for a ghost portal to make him half ghost. However, seeing this transformation for the first time was almost if not even more shocking than when she witnessed Danny turn into the ghost boy for the first time. Also seeing the change in height and body proportions completely explained why his clothes were in the condition they were in. Danny was about to use the hot water to change herself back to normal when she decided to test her other theory.
"I am going ghost!" Danny said as the same white ring appeared around her body and within seconds her human form just like with her male form transformed into its alter ego.
Wanting to see what her female form looked like Danny created a clone and took in every detail of his female ghost form. While her eye color remained the same as her male counterpart, her wild untamed mane of red hair now matched Ember's hair color minus the flames. Lastly her suit instead of being a one piece was now a two-piece suit that unlike her human clothes actually supported her new frame much to her relief. Impressed with how her female form in ghost mode looked Danny splashed herself with the warm water reverting the gender transformation before reverting back to his human form.
"Well now that you not only know the full story, but seen the full story what do you think?" Danny asked slightly worried about his sister's option.
"I think that your life has gotten just that much more complicated Danny." Was Jazz's simple answer.
Stage out
For all those who wanted a rewrite of the original this was based off of I must apologize seeing as this won't be that. However, I can say some of the humor that was in the original will show up in later chapters of this story (I won't say which) Also I must thank the other reviewers who gave me the chunks of negative criticism seeing as it was your reviews that helped to spawn this story. Any thoughts comments concerns? Send them to me Viva PM or write them in your reviews.
