A World Tipped on its Head
By: Garnet Sky
Disclaimer: I don't own Danny Phantom. The story plot belongs to Cordria
Emerald Vision
"Treat your friend as if he might become an enemy."
--Publius Syrus
Vlad was going on and on about some business figures, when a sneezing fit overtook him.
"Sorry about that, gentlemen," he said, when he recovered. "Someone must have been talking about me."
"So basically, it has something to do with another one of your parents' crazy inventions," Tucker said, when Danny brought everyone up to speed.
"Why am I not surprised?" Sam asked.
"Because you aren't," Tucker replied.
"It was rhetorical!" she yelled at him.
"At home, you two would have exchanged ecto-blasts," Danny commented.
"Speaking of which, how are we going to explain this to your parents?" she asked him.
Danny rubbed his throbbing head. "We don't. Just get me into the lab, find the stupid necklace, so I can go home. I hate it here.
Tucker's face drooped. "And here, I thought we'd have some fun."
"Tucker!" his friends yelled at him.
Danny's face brightened. "Maybe Uncle Vlad can help. He's the only human in his business conglomerate. If anyone can help us, he can."
"Danny, bad idea," Tucker said.
"Why?" he asked cluelessly.
Vlad let out a single sneeze as he was going over the files on the Fenton family.
"Someone must have been talking about me," he murmured, eyeing the info on the human son of the world's most famous ghost hunting apparatus inventors.
"I must bring the boy to me. The small town of Lucyville has been asking for more human children to adopt; the boy would be ideal. Maybe it's time I called on my old college pal, Jack," Vlad said, touching his fingers together in a steeple fashion.
"So how am I supposed to get home?" Danny asked his other's mother. "I can't just leave Amity Park undefended from the ghosts coming out of the portal!"
Maddie Fenton smiled down at her new son. "We'll find the necklace later. How about we make some snickerdoodle cookies for your father?"
Danny sighed. "Some things never change," he muttered.
"The Vlad you know is not the Vlad we know," Sam explained.
"In this world he's an evil half-ghost bent on killing your father, marrying your mother, and making you his evil apprentice," Tucker added.
Danny's face registered disgust. "Sounds like he needs a cat or a hobby. Does he eat Fruit Loops for breakfast?"
Sam and Tucker cracked up over this, confusing Danny even more.
The phone rang just then.
Maddie arched an eyebrow at Danny when she heard the voice on the other end.
"Hello, Vlad, nice to hear from you again," she said, noting Danny's eyes flash green for some odd reason.
"Vlad, I gave you my answer last week. I am not sending Danny to live in a city full of strange people--human or otherwise. Good-bye!" she slammed the phone down.
"What'd the cheesehead want?" Danny asked sourly.
"Nothing for you to worry about," she told him. "Get the cinnamon and vanilla extract from the spice cabinet, dear."
She felt Danny bore a hole in the back of her head, before moving to obey her.