Chapter 1 The Days After...

In a wooded area not far from the hospital where Danny slept, three ghostly figures were speaking of the young halfa. One looked like a vampire, another halfa known as the Wisconsin ghost a.k.a. Vlad Plasmius or his human name Vlad masters. He was speaking to two other ghosts, one was tall and white wearing a black hat. His name is Walker and he runs the ghost prison. The other ghost was a cyborg with flames for hair, known as Skulker the "Ghost Zone's greatest hunter."

"I have asked you two here today because you both are the most powerful leaders in the Ghost Zone, and to make a truce between humans and ghosts," said Vlad in a sad voice. Both Skulker and Walker looked at each other before laughing.

"Vlad why would you ask for such a thing," asked Skulker in between laughs. At the dark look they received from him they stopped laughing.

"I ask for this truce after what happened to Daniel," said the old halfa in an angry voice.

"You mean the death of the punk's family and friends," said Walker who had opened his rule book. "Nowhere in my rule book does it say that a prisoner who loses their family should be pardoned."

Vlad was rubbing the bridge of his nose to stop an oncoming headache from the frustration these ghosts were giving him. "If you two would just shut-up and listen as I explain, you will know why im asking for this truce." Both ghosts immediately shut their mouths as his hands glowed red. "Last night as I was getting ready for bed, when Clockwork paid me a visit bringing me my self from the future. In the future I had become a decrepit old man. I had lost my ghost half who was merged with Daniel's ghost half creating the most powerful evil ghost to ever walk this plain of existence. The cause of all of this, is if young Daniel falls into Depression and that is why im making this truce, to keep from destroying the future." He paused for a moment taking a deep breath. "So will you agree to my truce and not attack anymore?"

Vlad held out his hand while both ghosts thought for a minute. "Yeah I agree to not attack the little whelp,"said Skulker as he grudgingly shook his hand, while also trying to squeeze the life out of it.

"I'll pardon the little punk until he crosses me again," said Walker as he also shook his hand.

"Remember this Plasmius, this truce wont last forever," said Skulker and as he was about to leave his arm rung and the PDA attached to it had words scrolling across it. "I thought I stopped this Damn thing from happening. Now I gotta go to the library and check out a book on a purple back Gorilla, again!" Jetpacks appeared on his back and he flew away. ( Im wondering if anybody had to check out that book, would it be there?)

"I'll spread the word through the Ghost Zone and Enforce it as law," said Walker who was grinning before he disappeared. Vlad sighed, his arms sagging.

"Maddie, Jack, my oldest most dearest friends, I hope you can forgive me for my past actions against you and your son."As he disappeared a teardrop hit the ground where he had stood.

Danny woke up in a cold sweat, he had a nightmare of his family dying and look of fear on their faces before the explosion was imprinted on his eyelids while the laughter of his older self rang through his head. As he sat up he felt pain in his side but it wasn't as bad as before. He noticed their were tears in his eyes but he did nothing about them. I wonder what im going to do now?' His thoughts were interrupted when the nurse walked in a few seconds later to see if he was awake. "Daniel you have some visitors."

"Could you call me Danny, and I have visitors?" The nurse nodded before walking out of the room. I wonder who would visit me, thought Danny. His question was soon answered when Mr. And Mrs. Foley followed by Mr. And Mrs Manson walked in. Mrs. Foley rushed over and gave him a warm hug.

"Are you okay Danny?" Mrs. Foley asked. Danny saw pain in her and everybody's eyes but not only that, he also saw worry and caring.

"Yeah Mrs. Foley thanks." Danny returned the hug before she let go. Their was sniffling from Mrs. Manson and to everybody surprise especially Danny's, she rushed past Mrs. Foley and gave Danny a big hug.

"You were one of Sam's few friends." Mrs Manson was crying now. "All I ever did was look down on you and your family and im sorry." He returned the hug.

"Its ok Mrs Manson, I forgive you."

"Thank you Danny," and she let go. After a minute the room was silent and Danny decided to break the uneasy silence.

"Something was going on before the explosion, a ghost fight." Everybody in the room had their attention glued to Danny. "Danny Phantom was fighting a powerful ghost who was claiming to be his future self and we were helping him." Danny paused to take a breath and to wipe away tears forming in his eyes. "The evil ghost got the upper hand and the others were trapped in the Nasty Burger. Me and Phantom were trying to save them but the ghost wouldn't let us. I failed them and because of me their all dead." Danny hung his head low crying afraid to look at their reactions.

"Danny its not your fault," said Mr. Foley who was holding his wife as she cried.

"That's right Danny.. sniff.. you did everything you could." Said Mrs. Foley while the mansons nodded in agreement. "Tucker wouldn't blame you for this."

"And Sam wouldn't either." added Mrs. Manson.

"I know, but I still can't help thinking I could have done more..."

The two days after the Foley's and Manson's visit were quite uneventful. The Doctor wanted to keep him in the Hospital so he could monitor his condition until he was completely healed which Danny didn't object to. At the end of the second day Danny received a surprise, an unwanted surprise.

Danny was drawing on a sketch pad given to him by the Foleys and Mansons. He had just finished drawing a picture of his family and friends when their was a knock at the door followed by... "Hello Daniel." The formality of his name and the slimy voice that used it, almost caused him to jump from the bed and punch the speaker. He looked up from his drawing to see the richest bachelor on the planet, Vlad Masters.

"Plasmius," Danny replied, glaring at him

Vlad, unperturbed by Danny's glare, he sat down in the chair next to his bed observing him. The first thing he noticed was Danny's eyes which had once been full of youthful happiness were now dead, full of anguish and sorrow. "Daniel Im here to..."

"What, get me to dance on my parents graves, while swearing my loyalty to you? No thanks." Interrupted Danny whose glare deepened.

"Calm down Daniel, I'm not here to start a fight, Im here because im now your legal guardian."

"You're... my... what?" Stuttered Danny, then he remembered the events of the future and went silent.

"As you know, im a millionaire and I don't know how to take care of a teenager, so I make this offer to you from the goodness of my heart and the memory of your parents. You can either live with me or you can live on your own with an account setup where I will give you funds to live off of. The one stipulation of this deal is that you must go to school." Danny couldn't believe the deal Vlad was offering him.

"I'll live on my own," replied Danny feeling extremely relieved

"Good, then I will go get you signed out and at the end of the week we will get the documents required for where your going to live," said Vlad as he stood up

"What do you mean by where im going to live?"

"Well I thought you would like a change of scenery considering all the painful memories you have here. The place isn't to far from here and I can keep an eye on you since I own a few companies there."

Danny considered this for a minute. "What is the place?"

"Well my dear boy, the place is called Jump City."