Tainted

Idea1: Danny finds himself tempted to go down a path of drinking. Little does he know his actions have more to effect than most teens as when he goes ghost his white circle of light is now a darker blue and his eyes have a red glow. The deeper he gets into his temptations the darker his eclipse gets and redder his eyes get. Sam and Tucker try to convince him of what happens and when he realizes what has become of him but can't quit. He takes a trip to Clockwork only to be told that he has taken a path that only he can fix. Cut out Clockwork, have this take place in season 1! (mostly cause I forgot to put the DP symbol on his chest in the picture *^^*)

Idea2: have it take place right after Control Freaks. The three ghosts (whom all I need to come up with names for them. Elastica is the only one named.) return to Amity Park and while Danny is convinced by Sam that he should probably check on what was left of the staff. Finding its pieces he collects them and brings them back to Fenton Works only to find it still had a hold on the four. The other three appear in Danny's room, drawn to the remints of the staff as the four take Danny as their new leader and they go on a robbery spree, still programed by what Freakshow had ordered them with. Danny wakes up the next morning, exhausted and goes to school like normal until a ghost attacks to show his ghost half is doing as in idea 1. Later, cops arrive at Fenton Works, trying to find the missing money only to find it hidden in Danny's closet. Might turn into an early reveal fic.

Chapter 1

"Finally, free!" Danny yawned as he stretched his back. The three were heading home after school and a demanded detention for what all had happened during Freakshow's Circus Gothica incident a week ago now.

"How do we get in trouble for catching a criminal?" Tucker asked, pulling out his PDA to check something.

"Just our luck, I guess." Sam shrugged.

"At least we don't have to worry about Freakshow for a good long time." Danny smiled as he put his hands in his pockets. "I heard something about the Guys in White getting ahold of him."

"Ouch, he'll never get out." Sam smiled until a thought appeared in her mind taking her smile away. "You sure that staff is destroyed?"

"It broke into a million pieces, Sam." Danny smiled towards her. "I think it's safe to say it's good and destroyed."

"I'd still be happier if we checked it out." Sam said, crossing her arms over her chest.

"Hey, maybe we can find out what it was made of." Tucker said, putting his PDA away to join the conversation again. He saw the looks on his friends' faces and defended, "You know, to prevent anything like this from happening again."

"I guess you're right." Danny sighed. He looked around to see they were the only one on the street and called upon the white rings that changed him from human to ghosts and floated up a few inches. "Come on."

Sam and Tucker took their friend's hands and held on for dear life as the ghost boy flew them upwards and over to the edge of town to fallow the railroad tracks.

"I still wish I knew what all happened that day. Last thing I remember was being in detention." Danny admitted, finally working up the courage to ask what happened.

"Well, other than him taking you over." Tucker called over the wind, "he made you and the other three rob a few banks and museums."

"I don't think anybody got hurt, Danny." Sam called, knowing what the ghost boy was fearing. "Though I think I'm starting to be allergic to falling."

Danny gripped tighter to Sam's hand, never wishing to hear her cry out like she had a week ago.

"There's the bridge." Tucker pointed below them.

"Welcome some G's." Danny warned before dropping a bit slower than he normally did but enough his friends would have to feel their stomach being left up in the air. He slowed to a stop a few feet from the ground before setting them down on their feet.

"I hate when you do that." Tucker rolled, repositioning his hat from the wind.

Danny snicker, knowing the boy loved roller coasters more than any other ride at a park but let it slide as he started to float around to find the staff and it's pieces.

A crack took his attention back towards his African American friend only to see him balancing on one leg and looking down at what he stepped on. "Just a beer bottle." He called out before moving forward.

"Hey, here it is." Sam called out, pulling out a red staff from the ground. She threw her book bag off and pulled out an old ziplock bag to start collecting the pieces.

Danny and Tucker made their way over to see the girl collecting pieces of red glass. Danny froze as a pain entered his stomach, involuntarily getting a grown out of him.

"Danny?" Sam asked, stopping what she was doing at the two friends look at the ghost boy.