Danny Phantom and the Irony Maiden

An Alternate Universe story

NOTE: I own neither Danny Phantom, Daria, nor associated characters.

"This is my house," Danny said, showing her the living room.

"Wow," she said, "and judging by the equipment you're using, I'd say you're trying to detect a ghost. Too bad the power supply isn't actually connected."

"How would you know?" Danny asked, curious.

"Sick, Sad World had a special on ghosts once," Daria said.

"Well, if you like ghosts, I've got something you'd love," Danny said. He led her down into the lab.

The lab was spotless. It was filled with ghost hunting gadgetry, and had metal walls and floors

"What's that?" Daria asked, pointing to an octagonal opening in one of the lab's walls.

"That's a portal to some sort of Ghost Zone," Danny said, "at least it's supposed to be. They said it doesn't work."

"Perfect photo op," Sam said, "hold up that suit to your body."

Danny did so.

"Smile!" She said, and took the photo.

"Okay, I showed you the portal," Danny said, "Now could we get out of here? My parents could be back any minute!"

"Come on Danny, a ghost zone? Aren't you curious? You gotta check it out!"

"Yeah," Daria said in her usual cynicism, "some of the most important things were discovered by accident, like how long we can go without oxygen, or how deep we can go in the ocean without being crushed by pressure."

"Y'know, Sam's right. Who knows what kind of awesome super-cool things exist on the other side of that portal?" he said, putting on the suit.

"Yes, like the jaywalking dead," Daria said.

"Wait," Sam said. She walked up to Danny, and tore off the picture of his dad on the suit, "You can't go walking around with that on your chest."

"Yeah," Daria said, "they may take logos as a sign of war there."

Danny walked in and there was a blinding flash. Sam quickly flipped the switch off. Danny stumbled out. But, something was amiss. His hair had turned white, his eyes green, and his black and white suit had inverted itself. He fell to the floor.