Danny Phantom and the Irony Maiden

An Alternate Universe story

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

"Danny?"

"Sam?" he said. "What happened?" He had been moved into his room after he passed out and reverted to human.

"Let me field that one," Daria said, "You, out of curiosity and after fully considering my warning, went in the Ghost portal. By some miracle, the portal didn't kill you. It just made you into some kind of half-ghost freak of nature."

"What?" Danny said.

"When you left the portal, your suit had inverted colors, your hair was white, and your eyes were green. You fainted, and one of your arms fell THROUGH the floor," Sam said, "that sounds ghostly to me. But after a few minutes, you turned back to your normal self."

"Best we could tell, now you're half-ghost," Daria said, "Try to go ghost again."

"Go ghost?" Danny said.

"Too cheesy?" Daria asked.

"No," Danny said, "it sounds like a perfect battle cry. I'm GOING GHOST!" He concentrated. Rings of light enveloped him, and he went to his ghost mode.

"Y'know, you should be a superhero," Tucker said, "like Spawn, or Ghost Rider, or—"

"Or Spider-Man?" Danny said.

"Well, I was going for darker, but yeah. That would work too," Tucker said.

"Well, I'll need a name, then" Danny said.

"How about Danny Phantom?" Sam said.

"That sounds GREAT!" Danny said, enthusiastic.

"Welcome to Amity Park, home of Danny Phantom, which sounds absolutely nothing like Danny Fenton," Daria said. Her remark fell on deaf ears.

"Danny Phantom it is!" Danny said.