Disclaimer: I don't own DP or Sky High.
Taunting Gravity
Danny fidgeted in place, shoes squeaking on the scuffed gym floor. His parents had been overjoyed when they'd gotten the information packet from Sky High, seeing it as the perfect opportunity to make their son gain the skills he would need as The Best Ghost Hunter Ever. Never mind that he didn't want to be a ghost hunter. Who cares why their supposedly normal human son had gotten a scholarship to a school for superhumans? No, this was Opportunity Knocking, and darn if they were going to let this chance pass him by!
Opportunity. Yeah. Great.
Danny yelped when his feet sank through the floor, thankfully stopping before his knees – and the rest of him – could follow. He flushed red as a ripe tomato as a boy in a striped shirt pointed and laughed. Great, I've been here for less than an hour and I've already met the resident jocks. Help.
"FENTON!" Coach Boomer boomed. "You must be eager to demonstrate your powers, right? That does not give you the right to show off!"
"I'm not showing off, sir," Danny stammered. "It's just that my powers are new, and I can't really control them yet."
The man glared. "Get yourself out of the floor, Fenton!"
Groaning, Danny pushed off against the ground and felt his feet slip back into solidity. He straightened, and then tumbled back down at a sudden sharp impact to his back. "Ow."
"…Get up, Fenton. Since you're so eager, why don't you show me what you can do?"
Danny flinched. Hesitating, he walked out into the center of the gym and turned to face the others, their snickers and sneers boring holes in what was left of his composure. Danny looked down, and sure enough, his knees were shaking.
"What's your power, loser?"
Danny started. Had the teacher just called him a loser to his face? …Yes, yes he had. Great. "Um, invisibility and intangibility, sir."
"What was that?" Coach Boomer shouted.
"I can turn invisible and phase through stuff, sir!" Danny repeated, slightly louder.
"Let's just have a quick demonstration, then, loser. Invisibility!" he barked.
Danny drew himself up and reached, trying to grasp the wisps of power that came and went as they pleased, and of course he missed by a mile. "Uh, sir? Like I said, I can't really do this on cue yet…"
"Pathetic," the coach harrumphed. "Fine, then, we'll just have to see about that."
Danny tensed. So he might not be a genius like his sister, but he definitely knew a threat when he heard one. "Sir?"
"Testing for phasing capability in three, two, one-"
A bunch of rocks went flying right at him.
Danny definitely hadn't squeaked like a frightened rabbit. He had, however, jumped to one side and curled up in a ball, hands over his head and neck to protect his vitals.
Ten seconds later, he nearly got his ears blown out with Boomer's judgement of "SIDEKICK!"
Author's Note: This is meant to be a "shared world" sort of AU crossover, not dimensional travel, so don't forget to reconcile the different fictional universes. DP started airing in 2004. Sky High came out in 2005. In this challenge, Danny is starting at Sky High a year before the events of the movie. How much do you wanna bet he won't blow a certain royal pain's plans sky high? Have fun.