Chapter 4: Adaptions

"Okay, recap. You became halfghost in an accident when you were 14, and you made ghostly enemies and allies. One of those enemies is another halfghost called Plasmius. One of your allies is Clockwork, master of time. In an alternate future, you became evil and destroyed everything except Amity Park. Clockwork made you battle your evil self, and you captured him, but as it turns out, you now look exactly like the younger version of your evil alternate self?"

"Yup, that pretty much it...so what now?"

"The first concern is that your now a vampire ghost hybrid. That means that we need to test all your powers and discuss the possibility of you having new powers."

"That makes sense, so when will we test my powers?"

"Will do that later, now you need to learn some stuff about vampires."

"Like what?"

"Okay Danny, you need to know the basics of vampirism. No eating animals, that's gross, and you can't digest their blood. Yes, you need to drink human blood, but it's not as revolting as it sounds. See it as a way of life, you'll get over it. There are a few perks to being a vampire. First of all, you can't feel pain. Nothing can hurt you. Your skin is impenetrable to most things, only a few things can pierce your skin. As weird as it sounds, stakes can hurt and if you're stabbed in the heart kill you. You're immune to garlic and all that other bullshit, and there no need to be afraid of the sun. It won't burn your skin or incinerate you, but you'll be very prone to sunburn. Let's see what else...Oh, you have increased hearing, smell, taste, speed, strength, stamina, and you can levitate and wallcrawl. Maybe you can do more, but we'll see about that later. I forgot to mention, all vampires have increased beauty for luring prey, and all of us have a unique ability. I'm telepathic, I can communicate with you in your mind/ mindreading. My brother can teleport and command people to do things for him." Emmy rambled to Danny.

Meanwhile, Danny was just sitting there. Like a dead man. Soaking up the information like a sponge. He made a snorting sound in the back of his throat and looked into Emily's eyes.

"I can't see my friends and family again, can I?" His voice was solemn and filled with dread.

"Well, you need to control your thirst for human blood, before we can think about visiting friends and family. You'll be gone for more than a month before you can manage your needs. What do you think your family will do with you missing for an entire month? You can't go and live with them either, your blood was all over that alley. They will think you died Danny. Do you want to put them trough that hell again?" She answered softly.

Danny thought this over for a minute, it all made perfect sense. He groaned and dropped himself on the bed.

"Why does life have to be this difficult?"

Emmy chuckled, the poor fledgeling had a lot to learn.

After one month stuck in the woods, feeding of hikers and travellers, Danny was ready to face the outside world.

Danny looked in the mirror again, how could he have changed so much in so little time? Danny's hair was cut slightly different. The hair on the sides of his head had been shaved, but the top still fell into his eyes. His eyes were still china blue, although it looked more muddy blue because of the red behind them. They would return to his original colour in a while, and become blood red when he hunted. Danny's fangs were only extended to full length when he wanted them to, and typically he looked like any average kid. He traded his white and red shirt for a solid dark blue one, and his jeans were now coloured black. He wore dark brown combat boots and sometimes wore a black leather jacket. In one word, he looked hot.

Danny sighed, and it didn't go unnoticed to the other occupant of the room.

"Geez Danny, that's like the umpteenth time today." Lucas joked.

After the initial shock of having a new at home passed, Lucas and Danny became really good friends. They talked like brothers with Emily as their annoying older sister.

"Yeah, it's just a lot of change. I'm not used to that."

"Ah cheer up, you'll get over it soon enough. Have you considered out offer yet?"

Danny grinned at that. After living with the two vampires for a month or so, the two had asked him to become part of their family. He would be the younger brother, and his name would be Danny Whistler. Papers wouldn't be a problem, Lucas could command the humans what to do.

"You already know the answer to that, isn't that right big brother?" He replied with a smirk.

Lucas beamed at the title and gave Danny a bone crushing hug, not that the other noticed that.

They'd found out that Danny had retained all his abilities from his former life and had gained new ones. He could use all his skills in his "human" form and boost them with his enhanced senses. Teleportation was one of the skills he enjoyed most, and he now knew why Lucas did it so often. His vampire ability was an odd but powerful one. He could change his appearance at will. Not that he minded how he looked, but his ghost form still bothered him. He could change how he looked for certain amounts of time. In the beginning, he could only hold on to his facade for about five minutes. But now he could easily last a few days in disguise. He could even sleep in them. His main power as a ghost, his Ghostly Wail, had been a shocker for the other teens. Instead of green energy waves, they were blood red. Just like his ectoplasm. When it flowed through his body it was green but as soon as he made an ectoblast it turned red.

At this moment Emily walked in and laid an envelope on the table.

"It's for all the inhabitants of the Whistler estate." She said, her voice oddly quiet.

"Let's see," Danny said as he picked up the envelope and opened it up.

"Dear neighbours,

We have invited you to the neighbourhood party on Sunday the 12th. Our address is stated below, and we hope that you'll attend.

The Mansons.

32 Juniper Street."

Danny dropped the letter and stared in front of him.

"Hey, the Mansons. Wasn't that your girlfriend's last name?" Lucas asked completely unaware of the effect if would have.

"Yes, and that's exactly why we're going."