HalfafanD: Behold! A new chapter! I've had writer's block for this one for a while. I didn't even come up with a good plot until now. And for this story; Vlad isn't the main bad guy! YAY! But he still shows up in the story (Spoiler alert). But I'm just tellin' ya that he's not our main bady. Anyway, on with the chapter!

Disclaimer: Behold; as I show you the proof that I don't own Danny Phantom.

Proof- Danny Phantom © Butch Hartman

Mind Sweep

There was a long unnerving silence in the living room. It lasted for about five minutes before Danny was fed up with it and broke it.

"Ok; I've had it! What the heck is going on?! Who am I; who are all of you; what's going on; and who the heck is this Phantom guy?!" Everyone turned to the ghost boy on the couch who was by now imitating a tomato from the sudden outburst.

Jazz quickly ran down the stairs and came to the ghost boy's side. She began to rub his back soothingly and after a while of the continues looping action, it got its intended effect. Danny's face color returned to normal and he slouched slightly in relaxation calm contentment.

"I know you're confused as to what's going on; trust me. I have no clue either. But your name is Danny Phantom. My parents call you Phantom for short. That's who Phantom is; you. And as for what's going on…" She turned to her parents who looked at each other as if silently debating on whether to tell the ghost boy the truth or not. Finally after a few seconds of expecting silence. Maddie spoke up.

"My name is Maddie Fenton." The woman started. She gestured over to her husband. "This is my husband; Jack. The girl who's next to you is my daughter, Jazz. Me and Jack are ghost hunters; which is what you are. Jack spotted you out in the woods and used one of our inventions on you. It was designed to erase any memory of being a bad ghost; but apparently, the invention failed and just plainly wiped you of any past memory."

Danny sat there, awestruck. "I… I'm dead?" His voice being barely a whisper.

Maddie nodded.

Danny was no longer there; he was lost in his own thoughts. "Tha-that doesn't make any sense. I… I can't be dead. I don't feel dead." He pressed his hand against his chest. "I have a heartbeat." He pressed two fingers on his neck. "I-I have a pulse too." He moved the two fingers under his nose. "I'm even breathing." He looked back up to the two ghost hunting parents. "How can I be dead when I have that?"

Maddie and Jack just stared at him. He had a heartbeat; a pulse; and he breaths? That made no sense. Maddie went over to Danny and copied the actions and it was confirmed.

Jack then broke the silence. "How can that be? Ghosts don't need to breathe or have heartbeats and pulses."

Maddie nodded. "It's certainly something to ponder over. In the meantime, Jazz; why don't you show Phantom to the guest bedroom? You two stay up there until your father and I come up with a solution to this."

Jazz nodded. "Come on Danny." And lightly she pushed Danny upstairs and into the guest bedroom.

Once the sound of a door closing was heard, Maddie turned toward Jack.

"I had an idea. What if we treat Phantom as our guest?"

Jake put on a bewildered look. "WHAT?!"

"Calm down dear; let me finish first." Maddie interrupted. Jack looked a bit skeptical but calmed down. "We could give Phantom harmless tests and treat him as a guest so he'll trust us and do the tests willingly. That'll give us more than enough information on ghosts and how he's different form other ghosts. And in return for his volunteer work we'll give back his old memories by fixing the Fenton Mind Sweep with a reverse button to only, and ONLY give him his memories without the ones of being a bad ghost. What do you think?"

There was a few seconds before Jack finally made up his mind. "Brilliant Mads!" Jack declared. "I'll get started on setting up the tests!"

"Remember Jack; make them harmless. And since Phantom doesn't have his memories that means he doesn't know how to use his powers, so he's defenseless."

"Got it; harmless." And with that the large ghost hunter ran down the stairs. Maddie smiled, and began to make her way to the guest bedroom. Only to find it empty. But where could they be?

Maddie noticed Jazz's door was closed. Shadows where moving underneath the door. Maddie shook her head. Of course Jazz would use her phycology tests of Phantom.

Maddie slowly opened the door to peak just her full head in.

Inside the pink painted room, stood Jazz leaning against her desk watching as Phantom sat on her bed observing her stuffed animals. He was particular looking at the husky one. Danny reached over and pocked to tip of its nose. Maddie smiled and Jazz giggled.

"That's Jingle." Jazz explained. "I got her as a get well present from my mom when I was sick."

Indeed; Maddie remembered that husky from when Jazz caught the flu.

"You can have her if you want." Jazz offered. Danny smiled as he grabbed Jingle and hugged it tightly to him. Maddie then decided to make her presence known by walking forward from the door.

Jazz and Danny looked at Maddie and immediately Danny let go of the husky.

"No its ok. As long as you take good care of it, you can have it." Maddie said.

Danny looked at her warily. "Why are you suddenly being nice to me? At first you were all assassinator and now you're all nice."

Maddie sighed. Of course Phantom wouldn't trust her. "We're going to try and give you your memories back. The Mind Sweep was only meant to wipe away memories of you being bad but it wiped them all so we're going to try and fix it. On one condition; you volunteer for some harmless tests. They won't hurt or do permanent harm. Their just simple observation tests."

Danny looked down deep in thought.

"Mom you can't do that!" Jazz said. "That could very well do serious damage to his mental health!"

"Jazz, these are harmless. Plus we'll only do them if Phantom's ok with it. If Phantom feels uncomfortable then we'll simply work around it to benefit us both." She turned to Phantom. "And as long as you don't have your memory, it's best to stay here since you can't remember where you live and such. Are you in?"

Danny still looked down. During Maddie and Jack's conversation; Jazz told him the truth. How he had two forms and how he had two best friends who knew about it, him being half ghost and these people being his parents and not knowing about his secret. But since that's all true then it was best to stay to get his memory back.

Danny nodded.

Maddie smiled. "I'll go ahead and start of lunch." She was then cut off by a rumble. She and Jazz turned to Phantom who looked at his stomach confusingly.

"Guess you made good timing." Jazz commented and she and Maddie giggled. Danny smiled and grabbed Jingle before following Jazz and Maddie down the stairs to the kitchen.

HalfafanD: Yes I made Jazz tell Danny the truth but Danny doesn't know all the specifics so there will be some father/son and mother/son stuff and Danny will act as if they're his parents only without calling them mom or dad and such while Maddie and Jack just treat him like a friend. You'll see how this all comes together in the end later. I finally was able to upload in this chapter. Please review, no flames please.