Chapter 4: Baby-Dip
Dani: Welcome back readers and mortals alike to Unexpected Royalty.
Shadow: You hypocrite!
Dani: What did I do?
Shadow: Every time I say those very lines you and the other reps turn around and say "What is it with you and this 'mortals' thing?" and then now when I allow you to do the intro you say the exact same lines and expect no backlash.
Dani: Well excuse me. What did you expect me to do? Saying those lines have pretty much become a tradition in the CA15 fanfics.
Shadow: Just finish your intro before I smite you.
Dani: *sticks her tongue out* Alright the reason I'm giving the intro for this chapter is because CA15 got such an amazing feedback from you readers when most of you said you wanted a chapter about me next. So because of that and my ego I was allowed to give the intro. Now for the brief recap before we continue with the story.
Shadow: Why did I agree to this? Okay last time Danny spent a Week with Ember's family. Through this weak he learned of Ember's siblings and that Johnny and Kitty were Ember's best friends. He also saw the construction of his castle in New Ecto City. Later he went to School in the Ghost Zone where he got reacquainted with Tuck Phantom, Samantha Ivy, Dash Beast and Paulina PussyCat. Yeah that's it. Now we can continue.
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Several months ago
"Computer, genetic analysis subject D-01." Vlad Masters AKA Vlad Plasmius said to his computer
"Analysing." A computerised female voice replied. "Error genetic code unstable, genetic donor Fenton Daniel J not compatible."
"Genetic analysis subject D-02." Vlad said.
"Analysing. Error genetic code unstable, genetic donors Fenton Daniel J and Masters Vladimir not compatible." The computer replied.
"Genetic analysis subject D-03." Vlad said while quickly losing his patience.
"Analysing. Error genetic code unstable, genetic donors Fenton Daniel J and Manson Samantha not compatible." The computer replied.
"Genetic analysis subject D-04." Vlad said with a growl.
"Analysing. Error genetic code unstable, genetic donors Fenton Daniel J and Grey Valerie not compatible." The computer replied.
"Genetic analysis subject D-05." Vlad said.
"Analysing. Error genetic code unstable, genetic donors Fenton Daniel J and Fenton Jasmin A not compatible." The computer replied.
Vlad continued to growl as all the results kept on popping up as failures.
"Damn it." Vlad said as he slammed his hand onto the consol. "How am I supposed to clone Daniel when his DNA is not compatible with anyone else's?"
"I'm not sure I understand you great fascination with the Ghost Child or this DNA compatibility." Skulker said from behind Vlad.
"Daniel is the only other half ghost half human hybrid other than myself and he has clearly expressed no interest in joining my side so this will give me the perfect half ghost son that I deserve." Vlad said. "As for the DNA compatibility, if this were a natural born child from Daniel then it would be fine because the child is being formed in a lab I need the correct genetic material to stabilize the child and allow it to live."
Skulker rolled his eyes.
"There is such a thing as online dating you know." Skulker said. "Great the Whelp and Ember have started rubbing off on me." He then walked forward and placed a bunch of tubes containing DNA inside on the table. "Anyway here are your next 'genetic samples' as you call them. I expect full pay for this plus interest. You don't know how hard it was to get these."
"Yes, yes, you'll get your money." Vlad said as he continued to work.
Skulker then walked away.
Vlad continued to work with the vials of DNA and he was so near to bursting a vein out of frustration as none of the DNA seemed to be compatible with Daniel's at least until…
A dark grin graced Vlad's lips as he saw a genetic pair that worked.
~00Present Day00~
When Danny and Ember returned from their week in the Ghost Zone they, Danny, had a small issue to deal with, namely Dash and Paulina who had learnt of Danny being Danny Phantom and heir to the thrown in the Ghost Zone because of their links with their ghost personas. Danny had made them promise not to tell anyone then he had to handle Paulina who gone from shallow to gold digger within seconds as she constantly tried to throw herself at the halfa and become queen of the Ghost Zone. The situation with Paulina got so bad that it caused Ember to say that she was Danny's girlfriend and would end up as the queen.
Only problem was then that spread through the school like wildfire and now Danny and Ember as Amber McLain were seen as officially dating and it didn't really help the news of their arranged marriage that spread around the school.
And now after two weeks of being back everything had gone back to being somewhat normal, either everyone had forgotten about the whole boyfriend girlfriend thing or they had gotten used to it. But since they know had a bit of peace and quiet they could talk to Sam and Tucker about what happened during the week with the McLains as well as do a count of the amount of people knew about the royal couple.
When looking through the amount of people who knew about the couple they knew they had to be more careful because too many people already knew and they hoped to keep it on the down low.
The next order of business was telling Sam and Tucker about the previous week with the McLains and Danny told them almost every detail while making sure to leave out the part of him and Ember sleeping in the same bed and very crude conversation with Kitty and Johnny.
After that Team Phantom plus Ember had a moment to relax before something else happened.
~00000~
The city of Rome was usually a peaceful place, usually being the key word. Today however it was a tad bit chaotic as the Italian Guys in White Agents were chasing several escaped ghosts that were released by Dani Phantom.
Right now a lot of the Guys in White were chasing after Dani and unfortunately for her they were a lot more a lot more organised than their American Counterparts and that meant they were much more of a force to be reckoned with but luckily and unluckily most of the Guys in White were focusing on Dani because they saw as a bigger threat due to her resemblance to Danny Phantom and that allowed the other Ghosts a chance to help each other and try and escape to the Ghost Zone.
Although that was not her original objective for coming to this city she was glad that she was able to help out alongside complete her real objective.
She had two real reasons to come to this city, first this city was her next stop on her trip around the world and second she was coming here because the Mayor of Amity Park, Vlad Masters, was currently in Rome. Dani had learned that Vlad had more information concerning her creation including one crucial piece of information concerning her mother… female genetic donor. She had also learned that Vlad would be meeting with the Guys in White in Rome and that some information she needed might be there and even though she was afraid of Vlad and the Guys in White she was more afraid of not knowing who her 'family' was.
So when she arrived in Rome she decided to keep her ear on the ground and try and find out about the Guys in White facility in the city while viewing the sites of such a great city. While she remained in hiding a ghost found her and begged for her help, while recognising her to be related to Danny Phantom.
The ghost asked her to help free a whole bunch of ghosts trapped in the Guys in White facility and Dani agreed and through a very complicated plan she was able to do it alongside search for the info she required. She then decided to allow the ghosts a chance to get to the rendezvous point to get back to the Ghost Zone while she lured the Guys in White away.
And all that brought her to where she was now, being chased by a ridiculous amount of guys in white. Seriously, who the heck thought it was a good idea to chase one girl with 100 hunters?
The young Phantom flew at high speeds above the city while trying to shake the Ghost Hunters from her tail and avoid their constant attacks.
"Okay think Danielle, how can I get rid of these guys." She asked herself before coming up with a plan.
Dani then shot towards the Tiber knowing that her advisories would follow and when she arrived she put her plan into action by flying right over the river.
Dani's hands then began to glow blue with energy before blue flames came to life in her palms. She then began to super heat the water bellow as she flew over making a lot of mist start rising into the air and thus obscuring the vision of the agents dumb enough to follow using jet packs.
After that it was just as easy as either disarming the hunters or knocking them into the river to stop them.
During the confusion within the fog Dani made a quick escape to recuperate and landed in an abandoned alley.
Dani took a brief breath and pause. Using her fire power always drained her more than most of her other powers, most being the important word. A few weeks earlier new powers began to emerge within Dani and they were both immensely powerful and incredibly draining to use. The first power was pyrokinesis and the second was… sound to put it bluntly.
Dani then noticed her reflection and was forced to roll her eyes.
"Not again." She said looking at her hair that had become white flames.
The young halfa then focused on her hair before the flames were doused.
She then listened silently for any sounds of her pursuers but was pleased to hear nothing of the sort but she still had to be careful so she called for the beating of her heart as opposed to the pulsing of her core and transformed back to her human form before she decided she'd walk over to the rendezvous point to make sure all the ghosts made it.
After about an hour of walking - Rome was a big City and there were Ghost Hunters everywhere so she had to be cautious – she reached the rendezvous point and was delighted to see that all the ghosts had made it and were waiting for her before leaving.
"We would like to thank you for your help Danielle Phantom." one of the yetis from the Far Frozen
"It's no problem, I was glad to help." Dani said as she rubbed the back of her head sheepishly with a small blush.
"No truly, if not for your bravery many lives would have been lost. We owe you our lives." The yeti replied.
The ghosts all agreed causing Dani to blush.
A portal was then opened for the ghosts as they all went back into the Ghost Zone.
The last two to go in were the Yeti and Dani.
"So I assume you will be heading to see the Great One about the news?" the Yeti asked.
"Danny? I… I don't know really. I want to but…" Dani started while looking down.
"What is wrong little one?" the Yeti asked with a concerned tone.
"Because of the way I came to be I really don't have a proper family and every time I think of a father figure Danny always pops into my head. Because technically he is my father and that's what I want more than anything for him to take me in as his daughter but… I can't ask that of him. He probably wouldn't want me as a daughter any way." Dani said as a single tear rolled down her cheek.
The yeti nodded clearly knowing about Dani's situation from what the Great One had told all the members of the Far Frozen.
"All I can say is that you must take a leap of faith and try and go for that which you truly want as the Great One deeply cares for you and could perhaps take you in as his pup." The Yeti said. "And if he did that could essentially make you the heir to his throne."
"Heir to his throne?" Dani asked. "What do you mean?"
"Do you mean you do not know?" the yeti asked with a shocked expression.
"No I don't." Dani said. "Is this about the news you mentioned earlier?"
"It most certainly is." The yeti said. "Daniel Phantom is to be crowned the king of the Ghost Zone within a few months on the date of his wedding."
"Daddy's getting married?" Dani asked.
"Indeed. The Great One is to marry Ember McLain because of an ancient prophecy." The Yeti finished.
"Tell me please." Dani pleased.
"I will but when we are safely within the Ghost Zone before the portal closes." The Yeti replied.
Dani then wasted no time in pushing the yeti into the Ghost Zone before hopping in herself and just in time for it to close.
Once inside the yeti only laughed loudly at her antics and told her about the prophecy and how Danny and Ember fit into it and how very little people knew of it for now.
After that Dani thanked the Yeti before she set off for Amity Park.
~00000~
It was a lot quicker to get to Amity Park than Dani expected because she only spent one night in the Ghost Zone before leaving through a portal and flying the rest of the way in the Human World.
By the time she arrived in Amity Park it was in the early hours of the evening around the time Danny would be on patrol. Once she reached the city limits she was joyed to feel a blue wisp of warm air escape her lips before she boosted her speed. The thought of seeing her father again brought endless joy to her.
"Don't think like that Dani." A voice said in her head. "We don't know if he'll actually accept you as his daughter."
"I don't care. I've accepted him as my father even he doesn't want me as his daughter." Dani thought back with a bit of doubt.
Her joy increased tenfold when she saw Danny floating in Phantom form next to Ember while talking to Valerie in her Red Huntress outfit.
She was now close enough to hear the conversation.
"Seriously Red, Ember is one of the good guys now." Danny said.
"Hey I'm an anti-hero. The only reason I'm here is to watch you take down the evil ghosts and mock you when you fail." Ember said with a smug smirk.
"You are not helping your case here." Danny said with a face palm. "Trust me Red she's… oof"
His speech was cut off when a black and white blue collided with waist, wrapped her arms around, and knocked him onto the rooftop with tears in her eyes.
"Dad-ny!" Dani exclaimed as she hugged and knocked him onto the rooftop. She was filled with such positive emotions but there was also something else which she wanted to do.
"Dani?" Danny asked before a huge grin appeared on his face but before he could say anything Dani began pounding on his chest, in a very childish way, with a cry of frustration.
"How could you not tell me you and Ember were getting married and that you were going to be the king of the Ghost Zone?" Dani yelled while pounding on his chest.
"Hey I'm sorry but I didn't know where to find you to tell you the news." Danny said as he grabbed her arms before hugging her back. "And it's good to see you to."
"That's no excuse. You should have searched online for sittings of white haired ghost girls online. Then you'd be able to find me." Dani said as she crossed her arms in a huff.
Danny then stood and patted her on the head. "Sorry squirt, I'll remember to do that next time I need to find you." Danny said with a grin. "But I didn't know you'd gotten so popular that I'd be able to search you up online."
"Well I am a Phantom." Dani said proudly. "And the world loves Phantoms. I mean really when I went to Japan I saw an Anime based off of you and while I was there I also saw an Anime about me being put into production."
"Wow." Phantom said. "Why the heck to I live here when in other countries I get respect?"
"Because you're still a Fenton and your parents still live here." Dani said with a shrug.
"Good point." Danny said. "Maybe I should just do what you do and travel around the world and be a hero all over. That way I'd also be able to take care of you."
"Take care of me?" Dani said with a small laugh. "No need. I can handle anything and…"
"What?!" the voice of Red Huntress interrupted the two and reminded them that they weren't alone.
They turned to face Valerie and Ember who had her face in her hand and was shaking her head.
"Please tell me you didn't hear that." Danny asked.
"Danny Fenton, Danny Phantom." Valerie said finally connecting the dots before she looked at Danny with a mix of emotions that included sorrow, anger, betrayal, regret, guilt and surprise. "And you must be Amber McLain." She said while pointing to Ember. "And you're going to be king of the Ghost Zone and you're marrying her?"
"Please don't tell me I just revealed your secret." Dani said as tears began to appear in her eyes and before Danny could reply Dani burst into full on crying. "Sorry Daddy, I… I didn't know… I thought that… I that she already knew and…"
"Shh calm down Dani." Danny said quietly as an unknown instinct took over. "It's alright, you didn't do anything wrong."
"But… know…" Dani started but Danny stopped her by putting his finger on her lips.
"It's okay, Valerie's a good friend and will keep it quiet." Danny said. "Trust me everything will be fine."
There was a moment of silence around the three teens as Dani fell asleep in Danny's arms. Turns out all the crying and cross country flight exhausted her.
"She's wiped out." Danny said while carrying her as she reverted to her human form. "Val can we finish this later?"
Valerie looked from the sleeping Dani to Danny and gave a small smile. "Sure, when you feel like talking I'll be ready to listen… but be prepared to have you ass kicked for lying to me." Valerie said before flying away on her hover board.
"So who's the baby-dip?" Ember asked.
"Ember this is Danielle, my clone." Danny said.
"Sounds to me like she's more than just your clone." Ember said with a smile.
"I guess not, she's more like a daughter to me." Danny said.
"And considering she called you Daddy just know I guess you're more than source material for her." Ember said.
"Yeah I guess so." Danny said with a smile. "Come on let's jet. I wanna get to Fenton Works and put her down to rest."
Ember then flew ahead with Danny flying behind while holding a sleeping Dani.
~00000~
Ember was the first to arrive at Fenton works and when she did it raised questions as to why she was alone and where Danny was. But Ember explained that he had become a bit caught up and asked that they remain quiet.
When Danny arrived 10 minutes later a whole bunch of questions were thrown his way but an ice cold glare from him shut everybody up and then that was when they noticed the sleeping girl in his arms. Sam and Tucker where quick to figure out while Jack, Maddie and Jazz remained forever clueless.
Danny went off to the spare room and set Dani down on the bed and tucked her in before kissing her on the head. He was going to go downstairs and confront his family but he decided his time would be better spent staying with Dani and that was what he decided to do.
~00000~
When Dani awoke the next morning she found the site of Danny sitting in a chair across from her bed with his eyes closed.
"I was wondering when you'd wake up." Danny said as his eyes opened.
"How did you know?" Dani asked.
"I could feel your energy spiking from being awake." Danny said with a smirk.
"Wow can you do that?" Dani asked with wide eyes.
"Yeah, I can feel when ecto energy is around and turns out I can even feel it in a halfa." Danny said.
"Cool." Dani said. "Does that mean I'll be able to do that?"
"You already can. You use it in your ghost sense all the time." Danny said. "It's just a matter of enhancing it so that you can always feel it. It helps with predicting attacks."
"Wow, I gotta train that ability." Dani said.
Danny chuckled. "You mean I gotta teach you that ability and the other abilities you might be missing." Danny said with a chuckle.
"You're gonna teach me?" Dani asked.
"Yeah of course. I gotta teach you. I wouldn't live with myself if I didn't teach you how to use your powers properly." Danny said before he stood up and walked over to the bed. "Now I got something important I wanna talk to you about."
"What?" Dani asked.
"Yesterday, when you arrived you called me dad twice." Danny said causing Dani to gasp. "Does this mean you want me to be your father? Because seriously I see you as my daughter."
Dani was stunned before tears appeared in her eyes.
"Daddy!" she exclaimed before jumping and hugging Danny.
"Well then then you really are Danielle Jennet Fenton." Danny said.
"Danielle Jennet Fenton?" Dani asked as more tears of joy appeared. She then hugged Danny with all her strength before she let out a chuckle. "You're lazy you know that."
"How so." Danny asked.
"Danielle Jennet Fenton, Daniel James Fenton, seems a little bit rip off ish don't you think?" Dani said.
"You call it rip off I call it taking attributes from the original." Danny said with a smirk. "Now come on I'm taking you to meet the rest of the family. Your grandparents must be dying to meet you."
A large grin then appeared on Dani's face. She had a family now. The only thing that could make this better was if she knew who her mother could be.
Danny led hear downstairs where he informed his family plus Ember, Sam and Tucker what was going to happen and who Dani was. He also made sure that everyone realised there was no room for argument as he had made his decision. There was a silence amongst the Fenton Family before they welcomed Dani in with open arms.
It seemed the Fenton Family had just grown bigger and the Royal family had grown a lot more unexpected.
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Dani: I have a father!
Shadow: Congratulations Danielle.
Dani: Now all I need is a mother.
Shadow: Interestingly enough CA15 was going to reveal your mother this chapter but he decided against it as it would have resulted in your capture by the hands of Plasmius.
Dani: Wait what?
Shadow: Nothing.
Dani: Okay? So what will happen next? How will the Royal Family become more unexpected? How will the awkwardness return in the next chapter? How will I adjust to a new family? Read, Review, Favourite and Follow.