The Rise of a Warrior: Danny Phantom

by The Legendary Dragon Reaper

Leonardo Hunter, Danny Fenton. Both high school freshmen, both half ghosts, both using their powers for the greater good, no matter how much the greater good may hate it. And it does. Basically my OC in Danny Phantom. Also, expect some semi-major plot involvement from 2 characters that go way underappreciated. Please read each chapter until the end and check for authors notes.

10. Reality Trip

A beautiful day in June, the sun was shining through the clear blue skies and the birds were singing their majestic harmonies.

"I'm late I'm late I'm late!" and Leo was tumbling his way down the stairs 'Son of a bitch how could I have overslept today of all days? I can't have Lancer keeping me on the last day of school so-" he stumbled his way into the kitchen and found Raphael sitting there with two men in white suits "Oh god the Guys in White again? I thought I got you two to leave me alone after the living hell that was that weekend in Jamaica."

"You did." Agent K said dryly.

"But you did agree to stop hounding us for our father's research after that." Raphael pointed out.

"That we also did."

"I'll leave the three of you alone then." and he made his way down to the lab.

"Then what do you two want?" asked Leo "I'm already late for school as it is.

"Your father was one of the greatest ghost hunters this world had ever seen and he had a vast reservoir of knowledge on ghostly items, or more specifically this." Agent O pulled a picture out of his suit and placed it in front of Leo "Is there anything you would care to tell us about this?"

Leo studied the picture and his eyes narrowed "The Reality Gauntlet, my dad once said that it's the most powerful artifact to ever be discovered in the Ghost Zone."

"We believe this to be true, the Reality Gauntlet may very well be capable of generating enough spectral power to eradicate ghosts forever. Perhaps even these two." he pulled out two more pictures, these ones being of Leo and Danny in their ghost forms.

"And you want to know how to make it work. Fine, just hold on a second." Leo pulled a book off of the shelf and opened it to a page with a picture of the Reality Gauntlet "The gauntlet itself is useless without its main sources of power, the Reality Gems and each one has a specific power over reality. First there's the red one, the Gem of Life. It can bring anything to life, whether they be organic or not. The yellow one is called the Gem of Form, it can manipulate matter and allow the user to transform anything into anything else. The blue one is known as the Gem of Fantasy, it can make the user's dreams into reality. The green one is called the Gem of Time, it gives the user power over time itself. All the wearer of the Reality Gauntlet has to do is touch all of the Reality Gems in the right sequence will allow the user to have complete and total control over reality itself."

"And what can you tell us about this orange gem?"

"Oh that one? That's the power source for the Reality Gauntlet, call it the Gem of Power if you want. That gem is the most important one of them all and even if one has all of the other Reality Gems the gauntlet is still useless without it. Don't bother asking about that though, the Gem of Power has been lost for centuries."

"I see." both agents stood up "Thank you for the information you've given us, it will be of great help in furthering our investigation." and they made their way out.

"I wonder what that was about. Oh well, I'd better get Danny and head for school." he flashed into his ghost form "I guess I'd better take the airel route. See ya bro!" and he took off out the window.

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A quiet morning in the Fenton household.

Jazz was sitting on the couch looking at an old family photo album and she let out a small sad sigh 'Danny and I used to be so close back then.' she heard someone knocking on the door and answered it.

It was just Leo standing there, now back in his human form "Hey Jazz."

"Oh hey Leo, Danny's just doing an early morning workout session down in the lab. You wanna wait for him?"

"Yeah sure, thanks." he sat down on the couch in the living room and looked at the photo album, revealing a picture of Danny and Jazz when they were kids "You guys were really close back then weren't you?"

"Yeah, we really were." Jazz let out a sigh "Danny and I shared everything. Secrets, pizzas, sodas. They really were great times."

"You miss those times don't you?"

"Yeah, I really do. Ever since I started high school Danny and I have been drifting apart, I mean first it was hanging out all the time with Tucker and Sam and ever since he got his ghost powers from that accident he's been training with you a lot of the time." she gave a small smile "At least with you guiding him he's becoming really mature and responsible."

"Well I do what I can, I am Danny's teacher but I'm also his friend and as both of those things I have to make sure Danny has his priorities in order."

"I'm his big sister so I have to do the same, but the problem is that he always feels like I'm such a pain now."

"Oh come on don't be like that, you're always looking out for Danny just as much as I am. I mean you were the one who saved Danny from being trapped in the Ghost Zone 10 years in the future, not that he isn't still shaken up by what happened then by he's come to terms with it and now he's even more motivated than ever when it comes to his training and studying alike. I don't think I can ever thank you enough for that."

"You can thank me by continuing to cover for Danny with your dad."

"I think I can manage that, it's gonna be pretty hard though." they paused before they burst out laughing.

However, what they didn't realize was that Danny was listening in from the other side of the wall in the kitchen, and he frowned 'I miss those times too Jazz, I really do.' but in order to make sure they didn't realize he was listening in, he cleared his throat and walked into the room "Hey guys, how's it going?"

"Hey man, you ready to go?" Leo stood up and stretched.

"Yeah sorry I kept you waiting, I had to put away the Fenton Helmet before my dad found out I was using it."

"I thought he hated it when you guys use that thing for exercise."

"He does, but I tried to use it for something that you taught me from watching Naruto all that time: training in visualization. I put tons of virtual simulations of my fights with Skulker and a bunch of other ghosts on there."

"Cool. Well we'd better get going, we're gonna be late and I do not want to have to be kept after right before summer vacation starts." he flashed into his ghost form.

"And you think I do?" Danny flashed into his own ghost form in response "It's almost summer vacation and starting at 3:30 we're not gonna have to listen to anyone or do anything school related for a damn long time! Well see ya Jazz." and he took off through the wall, with Leo following him.

Jazz watched them go and gave a small smile 'I don't think I've ever seen Danny happier than he is now, ever since Leo first showed up he's been changing for the better.'

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Danny stopped in mid air outside his house to admire the scenery "This is what I needed."

"Everything alright?" asked Leo.

"Yeah I'm fine, just taking a second to enjoy the scenery, think about everything I want to protect and what not."

However, this was when Jack noticed them while he was in the shower "You ghost kids, when I get my hands on you I'll tear you apart molecule by molecule!" he pulled an Ecto Bazooka out of nowhere and began firing at them.

Danny narrowly dodged the blast, with Leo not even having to bother "Which is a perfect example of why I'll be spending the summer being a lot more subtle."

"Listen to me when I'm talking to you!"

"As I said before, it's almost summer vacation and starting at 3:30 we're not gonna have to listen to anyone or do anything school related for a damn long time!"

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At the same time, in order to confirm the information Leo had given them, the Guys in White went to the Amity Park Penitentiary to see Freakshow, who had been in jail for almost 6 months ever since he first brought his Circus Gothica to town, and they questioned him about the Reality Gauntlet.

Freakshow initially denied knowing anything about it until he was shown the captured Lydia and learned of how the Guys in White planned to use the Reality Gauntlet to eradicate all ghosts from existence, including Danny Phantom and the Phantom Blade, or Danny and Leo, not that any of them knew that.

Desperate to get revenge on Danny and Leo for what they did to him, Freakshow was quickly freed from his chains and basically confirmed everything Leo had told them as he placed each of the 4 initial Reality Gems, those being life, form, fantasy and time, into the gauntlet one by one, only to reveal that he had the power source with him all along in the form of one of his earrings.

Now that the power of the Reality Gauntlet was his to command, Freakshow immediately used the Gem of Life on the weapons the Guys in White were holding, causing them to come to life and trap both of them.

However, Freakshow also discovered that the Reality Gauntlet could not be used to its fullest extent unless the wearer were to operate the gems in the correct order and since he didn't know what the order was his power was limited.

With this in mind, Freakshow freed Lydia and escaped, his intentions being to make himself the ringmaster of all of reality and take over the world.

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The last day of school was finally over, and summer vacation could at last begin, and the students couldn't be happier about it.

Danny made his way out of the school with Leo by his side "Finally, I've been looking forward to this summer vacation forever!"

Leo nodded "I know what you mean, if I have to listen to one more crack about Tetzlaff's love life I'm gonna lose it."

"So what's our plan for training now that school's out?"

"Simple, for you to enjoy the Dumpty Humpty concert while me and my brother head up to Wisconsin for a couple of days."

"...You mean to see Vlad?"

"Yeah, look I know how you feel about Vlad but I'm gonna be fine."

"Yeah I know but…"

"What, do you really not trust him alone with me and my brother that much?"

"No it's not that, it's just… You know what it can wait, just enjoy your trip."

"Are you sure man? You know you can always talk to me if something is bugging you."

"Yeah I know but seriously, it's nothing important."

"If you say so. Well later, see you in a week." and he departed.

'Vlad huh? Ever since that gigantic fight I had with my evil future self and I learned the truth about Vlad and his ghost half I haven't been able to stop thinking about him. The only problem is I can't risk telling anyone without him finding out, not even Leo. I guess all I can do is keep trying to find a way to save Vlad from his evil half, even if it does mean costing him his ghost powers.' he sat on a bench outside of the school as he started at the 3 fliers in his hands 'Well it looks like me, Tucker and Sam are doing our own things this summer and scattering across the country as a result. I'm going with my family to Cape Canaveral Space Center in sunny Florida, Tucker is going with his family to the comic book, sci fi and fantasy expo in sunny San Diego California, and Sam is going to Gothapalooza in the bleak desert of Nevada. Tucker and Sam already left yesterday though, and Kwan and Star are off But tonight I can meet up with them and rock out at the end of the year Dumpty Humpty concert. I still feel bad about going to the last one with Leo and missing Sam's birthday, I promised Sam I would make it up to her when she got back from her trip, but for now I've got nothing. Leo already left to go with Raphael to visit Plasmius up in Wisconsin, he said it was okay since Vlad liked his dad even though he hates mine. Still though, it's a school's out concert and I'm all alone.'

"Hey Danny."

'Or maybe not.' Danny looked up and saw Jazz sitting down next to him on the bench "Oh hey, I thought you were gonna be working on your thesis."

"Yeah I was but I saw my baby brother sitting all alone on the last day of school."

"I'm not a baby anymore you know." he checked out the books that she was holding "What the hell? Ghost Envy For Dimwits? Ghosts are not the boss of me? Are you serious?"

"Yes, ghost envy is what I'm doing for my college entrance thesis. I mean sure college is still a full year and a half away for me but you can never be too prepared can you?"

"I guess not, but anyway Jazz I was wondering…"

"Yeah?"

"Well since the concert is tonight and I don't have anyone to go with, you think it would be alright if we… went together?"

"...Sure, I don't see why not."

"Great, you know it's been forever since we-" he was cut off when everyone started panicking and screaming "What the hell is going on?"

"I'm guessing that would be because of her." Jazz pointed upwards to where Lydia was spreading out her ghost tattoos and causing all sorts of chaos, only to be caught by one of the bat tattoos herself.

"Jazz!" thinking quick about the situation at hand, Danny found a place to hide and flashed into his ghost form, then surveyed the situation.

Paulina was being harassed by three tattoo animal ghosts "Get away from me!"

"Duck and cover!" Danny fired a quick barrage of finger beams at each of the tattoo ghosts.

"He loves! He loves me not! He loves me!" note how she said one of these after each finger ray hit.

"...Sure, why don't we go with that. Now to beat the crap out of whoever tried to mess with my sister.' and Danny flew off at full speed.

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Jazz found herself in a trainyard, now bound by the ghost bat that was carrying her 'Well this is just great, this is worse than when I visited that creepy albino ringmaster in prison to get an example of someone with ghost envy.'

"Hello my dear." this was when Freakshow appeared before her.

"Oh joy, Freakshow."

"In the anemic flesh my dear, tell me how's Tricks? Have a nice 6 months while I was rotting in jail because of your dear younger brother and his friends?"

An Ecto Ray sent him crashing to the ground, courtesy of a thoroughly pissed off Danny "Well actually yeah I did, it gave me some time to work on my aim, learn a few new tricks and the like."

Freakshow blasted the fence beneath Danny, bringing it to life and causing it to rap around him like a sort of cocoon "Looks like we found something in common. Say hello to the Reality Gauntlet, which is now twice as powerful as it was before now that I've learned how to activate the Gem of Form." he fired a blast at two nearby tankers and transformed both of them into gigantic ugly robot golems.

Danny unleashed a small burst of fire and easily broke free of the net cocoon "So what the hell are these things supposed to do, rust on me?"

"And Freakshow said, let there be life!" Freakshow hit the golems with a blast from the Gem of Life, bringing both of them to life.

Danny dodged an attempt to smash him to the ground by one of them, only for the other to grab him by the back of his jumpsuit with its teeth and shake him around like a dog shaking a chew toy before sending him crashing to the ground in front of Freakshow "Ow…"

"Well that's odd, I commanded it to eat you. I must need more practice with this."

That was when Agents O and K of the Guys in White arrived on the scene "The Reality Gauntlet is active, this is bad."

Agent K nodded "Very bad, when I file a report I shall be affixing the blame on this matter to you."

"Not if I affix it to you first. Freeze freaks!"

Freakshow shot them a malicious smirk "Freeze? Well if you insist!" he fired a blast at a cloud above them, transforming it into a gigantic snowman and causing it to fall on top of both of them, burying them underneath it "Now where were we? Oh yes of course." he grabbed Danny by the front of his jumpsuit "I was going to ruin your life the very same way that you ruined mine."

"I think we can beg to differ on that. Ice Devil's Zeroth Long Sword!" Danny covered his right fist with his left palm and separated them, creating a long sword made entirely out of ecto energy infused ice, and slashed Freakshow across the chest with the blade, sending him tumbling backwards "Looks like the show is over for you you sick albino freak." he rose the sword and prepared to aim for the Reality Gauntlet, only to be suckerpunched away by Lydia while his guard was down.

"It appears that our grand showdown is going to require a bigger audience." Freakshow promptly summoned his Circus Gothica train "A much bigger audience!" as he had Lydia recall her bat tattoo, freeing Jazz in the process, he used the Gem of Life to bring the train to life, granting it gigantic bat wings that allowed it to fly into the distance.

"Son of a bitch, he got away." Danny helped Jazz to her feet "Are you alright?"

Jazz nodded "I'll be fine, but what are we gonna do about him?"

Danny looked and saw the Guys in White pop up from the snow "I'll let those two deal with tracking him down for now, but if this Reality Gauntlet or whatever is as powerful as that little display made it look then I've gotta do some research on this thing. But in the meantime, there are two words that I've been wanting to hear for a good long while and now I get to hear them with my big sister."

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"DUMPTY HUMPTY! DUMPTY HUMPTY!" every student in the stadium was cheering for the concert to start already.

Danny watched eagerly as smoke covered the entire stage, but when he looked over at Jazz his excitement faded away and his face saddened 'From what I overheard from Leo and Jazz talking this morning she really does miss how we used to talk and hang out all the time like when we were younger, and I never thought about it before then but I do too. I should at least give her this before I go out to deal with Freakshow. Hey Jazz, listen…"

"Hold on." Jazz looked up from the book she had been looking over "According to this book that I found in the library the Reality Gauntlet consists of a total of 5 Reality Gems which-"

"Jazz come on, we never get to do stuff like this anymore and I kind of want to enjoy it."

"Just take a look at the author." she showed it to him "I think you're gonna be interested after you see who wrote it."

"What, some guy named Frederich Isen Showenhower?"

"Yeah but when you look at it like this…" Jazz folded the page over slightly, revealing the true identity of the author.

"Freakshow? Yeah now that I think about it leaving the Guys in White to go after him by themselves may have been a bad idea."

"You think?"

"Look I'll go track down Freakshow the minute the concert is over, but for now let's just enjoy this time together alright?" he looked up "Oh man this is my favorite part, this is where all of the band comes out of a gigantic egg."

However, as the smoke on the stage cleared the egg suddenly came to life and roared out at the audience, revealing the band members inside gasping for air.

"Oh crap."

That was when Freakshow suddenly appeared on the stage "I hope you kids are ready to have a great summer, because Dumpty Humpty had a great fall!" he let out a laugh.

"Double crap."

"Danny!" this was when Jazz was caught by Lydia.

"Yeah it's official, for heroes summer break doesn't exist." Danny dove down underneath the bleachers where nobody could see him and flashed into his ghost form.

"Oh but there is only one thing better than an audience my friends, and that is a captive audience!" Freakshow summoned seatbelts in the bleachers, trapping everyone in the audience there.

"Ice Devil's Zeroth Destruction Fist!" Danny appeared above the bleachers as he summoned two gauntlets made of ecto infused ice and charged at Freakshow at full speed "The show's over for you Freakshow!"

"Au contraire. That's French for, I'll bet this hurts!" he let his fist covered by the Reality Gauntlet fly.

Danny let his own fist fly, Reality Gauntlet against ice gauntlet, sending out a small shockwave as a result of the clash.

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Things were calm and quiet in Wisconsin, with three men, or should I say two men and one half ghost, discussing some very important business.

"I call." Vlad placed down his hand "7 queens, beat that my boy."

"It's a done deal." Leo placed down his hand "7 aces."

"Again?"

"I'm just that good."

"Oh for-" Vlad looked at the TV "Oh no."

"What's the matter?"

"I believe you may want to take a look at this."

Leo did so, and he let out a groan "Oh god, not the creep albino again."

"And is he wearing what I think he's wearing?"

"The Reality Gauntlet, the Men in Black rejects showed up at my house this morning asking for information about it. I told them what I knew about it, no more and no less."

"I see."

"Hold on, I wanna hear what they're saying."

"It's ghost based chaos at the Casper High school's out concert where notorious ghost kid we know as Amity Park's own Danny Phantom is currently fighting for his afterlife.'

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"Have another taste of the Gem of Life!" Freakshow hit the drum set with an ecto blast from the Reality Gauntlet, bringing it to life and causing it to take on the form of a gigantic drum spider of some sort, and he sicked it on Danny, laughing maniacally all the while.

"Have a taste of my cold snap!" Danny sent one ice gauntlet covered fist forward, destroying the drum spider in a fiery explosion, the force severely damaging the stage and sending Danny flying and crashing to the ground on the football field.

"Any last words my boy? Might I suggest something along the lines of, "Oh no Freakshow, please don't hurt me." or something."

Seeing Danny in trouble, Jazz pulled Lydia's hood over her face, sending her flying away screaming "Leave him alone!" she grabbed the book and threw it at Freakshow, knocking him to the ground.

Freakshow picked himself back up off of the ground and smirked when he saw the book "I see you and I have the same taste in authors."

Jazz kicked the book out of his grasp and grabbed onto the Reality Gauntlet.

"And in gloves apparently, let go of me girl!"

Jazz only tightened her grip, accidentally touching the Gem of Time and the Gem of Form, leading them to be lifted into mid air.

"Jazz!" seeing Jazz in trouble, Danny quickly found his second wind and flew up to join them, in which he grabbed onto the Reality Gauntlet.

"Let go of me!" Freakshow tried to shake them off.

"Remember Jazz, don't let go no matter what!" Danny grabbed onto the Gem of Life and the Gem of Fantasy, with Jazz grabbing onto the Gem of Form and the Gem of Time, both of them doing this in that specific order, taking Freakshow by surprise.

"You did it, you found the combination that activates all of the Reality Gems which means that I can now control all of reality!"

"Not if we have anything to say about it cueball! Alright Jazz, what's the plan?"

"The plan is that as long as we're touching the Reality Gauntlet we have just as much control over its power as he does." Jazz told him "According to the book I was reading, the Reality Gauntlet has a defense mechanism. Try and think of a place to hide the Reality Gems that you're touching right now."

"Right." Danny closed his eyes and the Gems of Life and Fantasy both disappeared.

Jazz closed her own eyes and the Gems of Form and Time both disappeared.

"No, NO!" Freakshow could only scream in rage before an explosion ensued.

When the blast subsided, Jazz found herself back on the stage and looked around to see everything being set right, from the drum set being back where it originally stood to the seatbelts binding the audience to the bleachers all disappearing 'Yes, it worked!'

However, that was when a pissed off Freakshow landed on the stage "Curses, all of the gems are gone. We must flee, but dramatically!" so he summoned Lydia and fled in a dramatic fashion into the night sky.

'Well he's gone, but what about Danny?'

That was when Danny crashed down onto the stage, severely weakened by the battle, and he unwillingly transformed back into his human form, only for everyone to see "Uh…" he looked around 'Okay let's see here. Everyone in the bleachers, check. News helicopter right above me, check. Guys in White on jetpacks, check. Only option left? Desperation. Okay, so nobody saw that right? Jazz?"

"They did."

"Yeah I know, I just had to check."

"Holy son of a sweatsock!" Dash blurted out "Danny Fen-Turd is Danny Phan-Turd?!"

Paulina clearly saw this as a positive thing "And he's totally infatuated with me, this makes things so much easier. For me!"

Danny let out a groan 'What the hell did I ever see in her? Maybe Leo's right, I really oughta just ask Sam out before someone else gets to her like that one Hungarian-Michigan or whatever goth guy.'

Jazz looked around and noticed everyone in the audience climbing onto the stage and making their way towards Danny, and she quickly got in between them "Back you hairy underachieving beasts, back!"

"Jazz…"

"Back savages, move it!" this was when another figure showed up on the scene "I've got your back Danny."

"Valerie?"

"I told you I was gonna make it up to you and that's what I'm gonna do, I'm the kind of girl who makes up for her mistakes. Besides, it could be worse?"

"Oh really, how could my secret being revealed to the entire world, including my ghost hunting and ghost hating dad, possibly get any worse?"

"Nobody move." this was when the Guys in White dropped down onto the stage.

"...Oh. That's how."

"You're coming in for questioning and for experiments, lots and lots of really painful experiments."

"I wouldn't be so sure about that. Jazz, Valerie, both of you grab onto me and hold on as tight as you can. I'm going ghost!" he flashed into his ghost form and took to the skies, drawing cheers from everyone in the crowd.

"Wow, looks like you're a rock star now." Valerie noted.

"Yep." Danny unintentionally powered back down to his base form "A rock star who can't do anything."

"So basically a rock star."

"Yep." they fell to the ground and landed back on the stage with a loud thud.

"What happened?" asked Jazz.

"That explosion with the Reality Gauntlet must have messed with my ghost powers."

"I'll hold these two off, you guys just get out of here." Valerie pulled a couple of smoke bombs out of her bag and handed them to him, then armored up "Just go!"

"Valerie… consider us even." Danny threw down the smoke bombs, covering the entire stage, and when the smoke cleared, he and Jazz were nowhere in sight.

"He's lost his ghost powers, get him!" the Guys in White prepared to pursue him.

However, a fully armored up and clearly pissed off Valerie blocked their way "You're gonna have to get past me first."

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Leo watched the events unfold on the screen as he sipped a cup of coffee nonchalantly "This would make a great movie."

Vlad raised an eyebrow "You're not even the least bit concerned about the two of them?"

"Are you?"

"That's a different subject."

"Look I am Danny's friend but I'm also his teacher, which means that I have to know when to let him fight battles on his own. Besides he's got Jazz with him, I'm sure he'll be fine." he heard his phone ringing and pulled it out of his pocket "This is Hunter. Oh hey Sam. Yeah I know, I'm seeing it on the news right now. I'm in Wisconsin. Yes that Wisconsin. Anyway I thought you and Tucker were out of state for your family vacations over summer. Oh, yeah I guess that makes sense. Look I'll be back as soon as I can alright? Okay bye." he hung up "Well apparently Sam and Tucker's parents are freaking out over Danny being half ghost and now they're going over to confront Danny's parents, or more specifically his dad."

"Oh yes of course, his mother was already aware of his ghost abilities. I have to ask though, is she aware of my… you know?"

"As far as I'm aware, no."

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Morning came, and things were calm. Or they would be if this were about someone else.

Danny peaked around the corner and looked out at the Fenton Works "Okay Jazz, just wait here for me. I'll zip in and get my stuff-"

"Let me stop you right there." Jazz cut him off "What exactly is your plan from there, to run away from home?"

"Well it's not like I have any other choice, I mean the whole world knows my secret and I'm not gonna let you guys be hounded by the government or anything because of my screwups. I'm doing this to protect all of you."

"But there is a way to fix this Danny, all you have to do is get the Reality Gauntlet and then you can change reality so that none of this ever happened."

"Yeah but we'd have to find all of the Reality Gems and who knows how long that will take, not to mention that I would have to get the Reality Gauntlet itself from Freakshow and who knows how hard that's gonna be." Danny led her inside "Believe me Jazz, for the time being it's gonna be a lot better for everyone if I just-" he turned on the lights and looked ahead "-disappear. Son of a bitch."

Yep, it turns out the Guys in White were armed and waiting for him "Seize the human!" several of the men caught Jazz from behind.

"For those not counting, that's 3 times I've been grabbed in the past 2 days." Jazz pointed out dryly "And none of them were by ghosts."

"The human is secure, take down the ghost child."

"Where are my mom and dad?" Danny snarled "What the hell did you do to them?" in his anger he failed to notice Lydia phase in invisibly and slip two of her ghost tattoos onto Danny and Jazz before she disappeared without being noticed by any of them.

"Daniel Fenton, in accordance with the federal anti ecto control act, article 1, section 1, subsection A, you're under arrest."

"I'm gonna give you sons of bitches one warning and only one warning, let my sister go and get the hell out of my house!"

"Or what?"

"Or this!" Danny ran over towards the wall, pulled out a hammer and broke the glass surrounding a button labeled to only be used for emergencies, then pressed it, and an alarm began sounding.

"Fenton Works anti-creep mode activated. Our special today is fudge- I mean pain." claws extended from within the walls and began grabbing agents out of nowhere.

"Fire ecto weapons!" the Guys in White began firing weapons at Danny, only for a gigantic glass shield that looked exactly like Jack to protect him and Jazz.

Danny watched the carnage unfolding and smirked 'Hey you can't say I didn't warn them.'

"Did you really have to activate the anti creep mode?" asked Jazz.

"Hey I told them to let you go and they didn't, this is what happens when people hurt the people I care about."

"Yeah but that means that you can't go ghost either or the house will think that you're an enemy too."

"Oh yeah that reminds me, run!" they made a beeline towards the stairs, only to stop when some of the agents tried to pounce on them, but they were blasted and bound to the wall.

"Where are mom and dad anyway?"

"My best guess is looking for me, or a scalpel to dissect me with."

"Danny you know mom would never do that."

"I know, but it's dad I'm worried about. Look we don't have time for this, let's move!" they made their way towards the stairs.

However, another agent appeared in front of them "Freeze!"

"Alright, if you say so."

Said agent was promptly slammed into the wall repeatedly by metal cutouts of Jack and Maddie before tumbling down the stairs.

"Keep moving!" Danny led Jazz into Jack and Maddie's bedroom and pulled a round rug off of the ground, revealing a sort of metal manhole cover "2 to the Ops Center!" a metal tube surrounded them and they were sucked upwards.

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The Emergency Ops Center was quiet.

That is, until Danny stepped out of the fridge, with Jazz right behind him "Note to self, once I fix reality I have to remind dad to get rid of that ham."

"He did last week." Jazz told him dryly.

"Oh. Crap."

"Try being forced to sniff it out." she looked out and noticed the Guys in White all climbing up to the Ops Center "This is bad, they're coming fast."

"Well then I think it's time to lock up for the night!" Danny quickly punched in the code and put the Ops Center on lockdown, only to notice them beginning to cut through with a laser "Jazz quick, hit the emergency release button!"

"Right!" Jazz swung the fridge door open and pressed the other button, transforming the Ops Center into a blimp and setting it adrift into the skies of Amity Park "The Fenton Blimp? What are we supposed to do Danny, bore them off of our trail in a low speed chase?!"

"Hey this isn't an episode of Robot and Monster, I've got something much better in mind for these guys." he picked up the ham and pressed the button hidden underneath it, transforming the blimp into a super fast jet "How do you like that one?"

"I'll like it a lot better when you GET INTO THE DRIVER'S SEAT!"

"Oh crap, right!" Danny bolted into the driver's seat and found Casper High sitting right in their path "Oh crap."

"We're going to destroy the school!"

"I don't know what to do!"

"Hit the auto dad button!"

"Oh yeah right." Danny hit the Auto Jack button and sat back with Jazz.

An inflatable copy of Jack appeared in the pilot's seat "Auto Jack activated, please buckle up and pass the punch."

"You heard the inflatable dad, buckle up!" Danny quickly buckled up, with Jazz doing the same, and they narrowly avoided hitting the school before bursting out of the city limits, only to notice the Guys in White following them in fighter planes "Son of a bitch!"

"It's after 5." Jazz grumbled "It's times like this you wish they would quit like every other government employee."

"Just hold on Jazz, I'll make this quick." Danny flashed into his ghost form and used his powers the jet invisible, unaware of the fact that they put a tracking device on the ship.

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Morning came.

Jazz let out a sigh "Danny we lost them yesterday, I'm pretty sure it's safe for you to stop now."

"Alright." Danny gave up on keeping the ship intangible and powered back down to his human from from sheer exhaustion.

"We really should try to get into contact with Leo."

"And tell him what? Sorry I blew my secret and now I'm running for my life from my family and everything I know and I'm dragging my sister with me? I'm not trying to contact mom or dad either, what am I supposed to say to dad? I'm sorry I've been lying to you for almost a year, please don't rip me apart molecule by molecule or disown me or anything? Besides, if any of them have anything to say to me then they could always contact me. But I don't really have anything to say to Leo right now."

"Why not? He could help us."

"I know he could get us out of this no problem, but to be honest there's a part of me that wants to prove I can get through this whole thing without his help." he looked and noticed the communication console beeping "And just like that, here we go." he pressed the button.

However, Freakshow was the one who appeared on the screen "Oh hello, I hope I'm not interrupting the worst day of your life ever! But it would seem that I need your help."

"You miserable freak, give me one good reason why I should ever help someone like you."

"Oh I'm terribly sorry, did I say need? I meant demand." with a malicious laugh, he moved out of the way, revealing Tucker, Sam, Kwan, Star, Valerie and their families, not to mention Jack and Maddie, all being held captive by him.

'Dammit this is bad, he's got Tucker and Sam and all of them! What's your game Freakshow, why would you drag them into something that doesn't concern them?"

"Well it's quite simple my boy, I have something you want and you know the location of something that I want: the Reality Gems, which the two of you will retrieve and bring back to me if you ever want to see your families alive again. Oh and just for the sake of keeping things dramatic, I'm giving you 4 days." with a maniacal laugh, he signed off.

"Dammit!" Danny slammed his fist into a wall out of pure frustration "Why is it that whenever I try to do good something like this happens?! First it was Walker with that stunt with the mayor, then that whole thing with my evil future self, and now this!"

"Danny get ahold of yourself." Jazz called him off, calming him down somewhat "You heard what he said, we have to find the other Reality Gems within 4 days."

"But how are we supposed to do that? We don't even know where to start looking!"

"You mean you don't know where to start looking, I'm the one who read the book. We're the ones who hid the Reality Gems remember? What places were you thinking about when you touched the Reality Gems?"

"Well I was thinking about the comic book convention Tucker was gonna go to in San Diego and the space center in Florida. What about you?"

"Well I was thinking about Sam's Gothapalooza in Nevada for one of them and for the other… I was thinking about where they filmed that show we always used to watch together."

"What are you- Oh you mean Legends of the Hidden Temple."

"Yeah that show was amazing, I always loved it for its history aspects."

"And I loved it for the fact that it was a 90's game show that could scare the crap out of people."

"So it looks like we're going to Nickelodeon Studios too."

"But we're going here first." Danny pointed to Cape Canaveral on a map of the US.

"Auto Jack setting new course for Cape Canaveral, Florida."

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Hours passed, and Cape Canaveral was within their sights.

Danny looked out at the space center below them "Alright Jazz, anything else on the Reality Gems?"

Jazz looked in the book "According to what Freakshow wrote about it the Reality Gems are activated by touch, so as long as nobody found it yet then maybe this will be easy."

"Jazz life lesson number 1, whenever someone says that something is gonna be easy it becomes thousands of times harder." he looked ahead of them and saw an angry living space shuttle shooting towards them with the Gem of Life on its nose "Like that."

"So we're about to be eaten by a gigantic living space shuttle."

"Looks like it." the space shuttle chomped down on the Fenton Jet "I'm going ghost!" he flashed into his ghost form and phased the Fenton Jet out of the mouth of the space shuttle "Jazz stay here, I'll take care of it." he made his way out of the Fenton Jet and hit the space shuttle with a barrage of Ecto Rays.

The space shuttle wasn't even fazed and rammed into him, giving him a clear view of the Gem of Life in the pilot's seat.

'Yes, there it is!' he got thrown off and sent crashing to the ground in a crater "Ow…"

Jazz landed the Fenton Jet close to where he landed "Danny hurry, go get the gem!"

"I know!" Danny flew up and grabbed onto the space shuttle by its fin.

The space shuttle let out a roar and tried to shake him off.

'Come on Danny, you can do this!' Danny slowly inched his way forward, closer and closer to the cockpit, causing a chunk of the outer hull to peel away as he gripped onto it "You know I always wanted to ride a space shuttle, I just never imagined that I would be riding on the outside of it!" he forced his way forward and managed to phase his way into the cockpit, where he picked up the Gem of Life "Yes, I've got it!"

Unfortunately, this caused the shuttle to revert to its inanimate form and begin falling towards the ground, directly above the Fenton Jet.

"Jazz!" seeing that his sister would never survive such an impact, Danny phased his way into the cockpit of the shuttle, his mind racing "Okay Danny, you can do this. You've run this simulation about million times on your computer at home." he hit a number of buttons and switches, activating the landing gear, and he pulled back on the controls as hard as he could, allowing the shuttle to narrowly miss the Fenton Jet as it landed on the ground and came to a stop "Okay, that was way too close." he phased his way back out "Ladies and gentlemen, the eagle has officially landed intact!"

Unfortunately, that was when the Guys in White showed up and ruined the moment "Attention Daniel Fenton, AKA Danny Phantom, give yourself up." they fired a torpedo at the Fenton Jet, destroying it in an instant.

"Jazz!" Danny rounded on them in a rage "You sons of-"

"Danny it's alright." Jazz emerged from the smoke on a motorcart, completely unharmed "I'm not hurt."

"Oh thank god. Come on, let's get out of here." he grabbed her by the motorcart and phased them into the ground.

Agent O scowled "We lost visual, again!"

"Don't worry, they won't get far." Agent K assured him "We've got sensors everywhere."

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Danny led Jazz above the streets of Florida "Alright, Nickelodeon Studios shouldn't be very far away from this point-" he was cut off by a thunderous roar and electricity zapping all over the sky over the studio "What the hell is that?!"

"It looks like some kind of wormhole over the studio." Jazz noted "I'm guessing that means we found the Gem of Time."

"Looks like it." he set her motorcart down on the ground "Jazz wait here, I'll go in and bring back the Gem of Time." and he flew into the wormhole and disappeared with a massive flash of light.

'Just be careful Danny.'

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Danny uncovered his eyes and looked around, being sure to use his powers to keep himself invisible 'Where the hell am I? A moat, a set of steps, a bunch of teams wearing different colored animal t shirts sitting on the sidelines… That wormhole must have sent me back in time to the airing of an episode of Legends of the Hidden Temple! Yes, I've always wanted to see one of these live! I mean sure the movie was good but this has a ton more suspense. The question is, which episode is it? Oh yeah, and where's the Gem of Time?' he looked down 'Okay so we've got Kirk Fogg in front of the camera, the Red Jaguars are going to the temple, yeah like that really narrows it down.'

Sure enough, Kirk appeared in front of the camera with the Red Jaguars "Welcome back, Kim and Nick have proven themselves worthy and now they've earned the right to enter Olmec's temple. But before they get started Olmec is gonna give them some information that will help them retrieve the missing weather maps of Charles Lindbergh."

'Oh yeah, this is one of those failed runs to get an artifact out from the Dark Forest. I'm pretty sure the Temple guards are in the Ledges, the King's Storeroom and the Shrine of the Silver Monkey. Oh wait, Olmec is giving information.'

"You could start by climbing through the Ledges and climbing down into the Pit, then race into the Laser Light Room. Unleash the power of the special white laser and you could choose to go up into the Room of the Mandarin Hand, or into the Jester's Court. Press yourself against the right wall painting and you might have a chance to enter the Dark Forest, where you can grab the missing weather maps of Charles Lindbergh. Reach into the hole and find the key, but be careful. One of the trees could be inhabited by the spirit of a Temple Guard, if they grab you then you'll have to give up a pendant of life. Next, plow through the wall and into the Mine Shaft. There, ride the elevator up into the Room of the Secret Password. Find the tablet with the right password and shout it out to open the door to the Shrine of the Silver Monkey. Assemble the statue there and you may be headed for the King's Storeroom. Smash the clay pots to find the key which will allow you into the observatory. Put together the puzzle on the stone column and swing on the rope back across the pit. Then pass through the Crypt, race down the stairs and back through the temple gate."

Danny looked around and noticed a glowing green gem on one of the trees in the Dark Forest, much to his joy 'Perfect, there it is! All I have to do is get the Gem of Time and I can get out of here!' but then a thought occurred to him 'But then again, I guess it wouldn't hurt to help these guys out since the run turns out so bad. If I remember correctly then Nick was the first one to go but he encounters the Temple Guards in the Ledges and the King's Storeroom, I have to think about which one to possess. Or maybe I can overshadow the first one until he gets taken out then fly over to her and overshadow her just in the nick of time. Yes, that might work.'

"The choices are yours and yours alone. You won 2 pendants in the Temple Games. Who is going first?"

Danny quickly took this chance to overshadow Nick and take over his body "I am."

"Very well Nick. When Kirk gives the signal, you will race through the gates into the temple and make your way towards the missing weather maps. Hidden inside the temple are Temple Guards assigned to protect 3 specific rooms. You can trade your pendant for an extra life and go on but if you're caught without a pendant then you'll be taken out of the temple and it will be Kim's turn to enter and try her luck. If you can reach the missing weather maps then all of the doors in the temple will instantly unlock and the Temple Guards will vanish. Return through the gates with the missing weather maps of Charles Lindbergh and you will both be handsomely rewarded, and here's how!"

'Yeah blah blah blah, I know how this part works. For just reaching the temple these things get a microscope, grab the missing weather maps within 3 minutes and these kids will get some bikes or something, bring the missing weather maps out of the temple within 3 minutes and they get to go to space camp.'

Kirk positioned Danny outside the temple gate "The Red Jaguars said that they can do it so let's see. Alright Nick, let's get into position. Let's set the clock for 3 minutes. Olmec lower your gate." the gate was lowered.

'Okay, here goes nothing.'

"On your mark, get set, go!"

Danny took off running up the stairs to the Crypt and pulled the book from the second skeleton, opening the door with 2:48 on the clock 'Okay, now to avoid the dead end in the Jester's Court by going straight to the Room of the Mandarin Hand.' he went into the Room of the Mandarin Hand and put the fingers on the globe, opening the door to the King's Storeroom with 2:32 left on the clock 'Alright, this is where I'll find the first Temple Guard.' he made his way into the King's Storeroom and managed to break a single pot.

That is, before the first Temple Guard made himself known.

Danny handed him the pendant "Here."

The Temple Guard left.

'Okay, now where were we?' Danny broke 2 more pots before he found the key 'Perfect, next stop is the Shrine of the Silver Monkey!' he slammed the key into the hole in the door and raced into the Shrine of the Silver Monkey, only to find another Temple Guard there '1 minute 56 seconds left. Looks like Nick has done his part.' he flew out of Nick's body while remaining invisible and quickly flew into Kim's body, overshadowing her 'Alright, here goes!' now inside her body, he took off again, repeating his same path until he finally made his way back to the Shrine of the Silver Monkey with 1 minute 22 seconds left on the clock 'Alright, now for the part that comes off as way harder than it should be.' he spent 30 seconds in the room but managed to figure it out without much trouble, leaving a total of 54 seconds left on the clock 'Okay I should have plenty of time now to get to the map and the Gem of Time.' he made his way down into the Dark Forest and grabbed the missing weather maps off of one of the trees 'Perfect, all of the doors are unlocked and the last Temple Guard in the Ledges is gone. Now all I have to do is get out of here and I've still got 44 seconds!' he made a beeline along the bottom level through the Jester's Court, the Laser Light Room and the Pit, before climbing his way up the Ledges and rushing down the stairs and out of the temple "I've got it!"

"She's got it!" Kirk held up the missing weather maps in triumph "They've done it, they've got everything! They've got the microscope, they've got the bikes and they're going to space camp! They both had a great time and they played a great game. We had a great time too, join us again next time for another Legend of the Hidden Temple. See ya!"

Danny took this moment to leave Kim's body and snatch the Gem of Time 'Okay that was totally awesome, but all the same I really should hurry and undo this. It was an amazing show but its time has come to an end.' he held up the Gem of Time and unleashed a blast from it, erasing everything from the Legends of the Hidden Temple as a result, leaving him alone with the Gem of Time in an empty studio.

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Jazz waited outside and watched as the wormhole disappeared 'The wormhole is gone now, I guess that means Danny got the Gem of Time.'

"Jazz!" sure enough, Danny emerged with the Gem of Time in his hand "Alright let's move, I' don't want to have to deal with the Men in Black rejects any more than we have to or get anyone caught in the crossfire."

"Right, let's go."

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The streets of Florida on a rural highway.

The police had set up a blockade in case Danny or Jazz tried to pass "All units be on the lookout for the ghost boy and his accomplices. I repeat: All units be on the lookout for the ghost boy and his accomplices.'

Danny put Jazz's motorcars down on the road a fair distance away from the blockade "Alright, I'd better put these Reality Gems in a place where their ghostly energy can't get out." so with that in mind he stuck them in the Fenton Thermos "That should keep them safe for a good long while."

"But it's not like we'll be able to make it across the country to Nevada and San Diego in 2 days on a motor cart." Jazz pointed out.

"Didn't you pay attention during those family meetings?" he pressed a button on her dashboard, converting the motor cart into a hovercraft "Does that work for you?"

"Actually yeah it does."

"Well then shall we? We've still got a world to save from an evil ringmaster." and he flew off into the horizon, with Jazz following him by his side.

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Nightfall came, and things were calm in Amity Park, at least for the people that were being held captive by Freakshow.

Sam's father turned to Tucker's "This is Fenton's fault, pass it down."

Tucker's father turned to Jack "This is Fenton's fault, pass it down."

Jack turned to Maddie "This is- Wait a minute!"

"Settle down now Jack, it's alright." Maddie told him "I can imagine that all of this business about Danny being the ghost boy has you really confused and baffled."

"I know Maddie, I just can't wrap my head around it. I can't imagine it Maddie, our own son has had ghost powers for almost an entire year and yet he kept them a secret from us. But we love him! I don't understand, why wouldn't he trust us enough to tell us?"

"...I think there's someone else you should hear this from." Maddie pulled something out of her jumpsuit, a device that looked like a stopwatch.

"What's that thing?"

"Something Leo gave me a few weeks ago." she put it on the ground in front of them and pushed the button.

"I don't get it."

This was followed by the appearance of a holographic image of Leo appearing in one of the rooms of Vlad's castle, clad in a white collared shirt, a pair of white socks and a pair of shades, using a dust mop as a microphone and playing and dancing to a certain classic "Just take them old records off the shelf! I'll sit and listen to them by myself! Today's music ain't got the same soul! I like that old time rock and roll! Don't try and take me to the disco! You'll never even get me out on the floor! In 10 minutes I'll be late for the door! I like that old time rock and roll! I like that old time rock and roll! I like that old time rock and roll! That kind of music just soothes the soul-" he paused when he finally noticed that they were watching him "Uh… Hey. How long have you guys been watching?"

"Long enough to have more important things on our plate." Maddie told him dryly.

"Oh yeah right." he sat on a bed "So Danny and Jazz are still off searching for the Reality Gems across the country?"

"Yes but that's not why I called you."

"It's because you want me to talk to his dad. Alright, where is he?"

"I'm right here." Jack told him.

"Start talking big guy, what do you wanna know?"

"Everything. My own son has had ghost powers for almost a year and he's kept them a secret from me. But I love him, why wouldn't he trust me enough to tell me?"

"...You're kidding right?"

"Of course not!"

"Well then let me spell it out for you. Hey Maddie let's destroy the ghost! No wait, let's dissect the ghost! Oh no wait I've got it, when I get my hands on those ghost kids I'll tear them apart molecule by molecule! Yeah that just screams loving and understanding father."

"But that-"

"-was 3 days ago. Face it man, you were so busy ranting over wanting to kill ghosts that it left the poor guy terrified of the thought of telling you."

"But he's my son, I would never hurt him ghost or not! I love Danny for who he is, whether he's ghost or boy or something in between!"

"Tell that to him not me, he's the one terrified of confronting you. He needs to hear it from you and only you face to face. That's all the advice I can offer you and be warned, if you try to hurt him then I won't hold back." and the hologram disappeared.

This was when Freakshow made his way towards them "Your beloved children has but one more day to return my Reality Gems to me, and if they should fail then let's just say that I have some big plans."

"So that's it?" asked Maddie "That's basically the equivalent of us just sitting around until you get these gems back, and to be honest that really doesn't make you much of a bad guy."

"I beg your pardon?"

"Well I mean it's not like you have any powers and technically Lydia is far more powerful than you so without her…"

"I WILL NOT! BE UPSTAGED! BY GHOSTS!" and cue the crazy bad guy eye twitching.

"Wow, jealous much?"

"Of ghosts? That couldn't be further from the truth, I love ghosts. I've worked with them all of my life."

"By seeking to control them, that's ghost envy if I've ever seen it. You know now that I think about it you would be a perfect example for my daughter's thesis for her college entrance essay."

"I DON'T HAVE GHOST ENVY!"

Lydia phased out of one of the train cars.

"USE THE DOOR LIKE A PERSON!"

Her eyebrows shot up in confusion.

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The sky was pitch black across the state of Nevada.

"Here it is." Danny led Jazz along the road "Gothapalooza shouldn't be too far away."

Jazz nodded "All we have to do is grab the Gem of Form and then we move on to the comic book convention in San Diego."

"Right. Too bad Sam isn't here right now, she would love this. I mean for crying out loud it's the ultimate celebration of despair and darkness." he looked and saw the exact opposite of what he just said, that being a cutesy world of happiness and teddy bears, as in lots and lots of teddy bears "Oh boy." they set down in a field of flowers "It may just be the fact that I spend a lot more time with Sam than I probably should but this is so wrong on so many levels."

"We love you!" the massive army of teddy bears all converged on them and began hugging them to death.

'Let's see, what would Sam do in this situation? Well she'd probably find the gem that did this and rip the stuffing out of every last one of them. No I doubt that's necessary. May I have the Gem of Form?"

"Say the magic word!"

'Die? No, get the Sam thoughts out of your head. Please?"

They cleared away and one teddy bear approached them with the Gem of Form.

"Thank you." Danny then proceeded to use the Gem of Form to turn everything back to how it was originally, the true ultimate display celebration of despair, darkness and most of all, questionable hygiene 'Note to self, never let Sam find out about this.' he stuck the Gem of Form in the Fenton Thermos with the Gem of Life and the Gem of Time "That's 3 Reality Gems down and one to go, and less than 24 hours to get to the comic book and find the Gem of Fantasy."

"Hey Danny, I think we've got company." Jazz pointed to where a missile was fired at a nearby mountain, courtesy of the Guys in White.

"Son of a bitch, these guys just don't let up do they?" Danny grabbed Jazz and phased the both of them through a nearby mountain, leaving the Guys in White to vent in fury over letting them get away.

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Danny pulled Jazz out of the mountain and spotted a semi travelling along the road "Perfect, we can hide in there." he phased them into the truck, unaware of an ad promoting information about him on the outside of it, and he set Jazz down "What's this?" he picked up a newspaper "Well that's just great."

"What's the matter?" asked Jazz.

"Take a look." he held it up, revealing a front page headline about how they were missing.

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Morning came, and the truck came to a stop in Hollywood and Vine.

"Alright, I think we should get out here." Danny phased himself and Jazz out of the truck, only to see lots and lots of adds about him, and he found himself swarmed by tourists and the paparazzi "Oh crap."

"I think now might be a good time for us to find a train to the comic book convention." Jazz told him.

"For once we agree." he phased them down below into the Hollywood subway station "Alright, we just have to find that's headed for the comic book convention without drawing any sort of unnecessary attention to me."

"Wow dude, great costume!" a geek in a Danny Phantom costume passed him and headed to the line with a bunch of other geeks.

"Looks like we found our train."

"Looks like it." Jazz followed him into the line "Looks like a lot of you and Sam, does that remind you of anything?"

"Well yeah it reminds me of one thing, that there's a time and a place for trying to ship the thought of me and Sam being together and this is neither of those things!"

However, this was when the Guys in White entered the subway station looking for him "Over there!" they grabbed a figure with white hair and a black jumpsuit "Okay spook boy, this is the end of the line for you."

But it turned out that it was just another geek "Hey paws off buddy, this suit's hand made!"

They looked and saw Danny and Jazz waving at them from within the train before it pulled out of the station "The train's leaving, but we know where it's headed."

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The comic book convention was in full swing.

Danny looked around at the massive swarm of geeks dressed like him and Sam "And yet there isn't a single person who dressed like Tucker."

"Yeah but he's not part of the shipping." Jazz pointed out.

"Not the point. Anyway it looks like everything here is normal."

"Compared to what?"

"Compared to some kind of bozo finding the Reality Gem and activating it, that's the last thing we need right now." he looked and saw a powerful blue light coming from inside the convention center, followed by roaring and growling "And yet I spoke too soon." they rushed inside only to see three seriously hulked out figures "Well that sucks."

"Why? The Gem of Fantasy turned a bunch of geeks into comic book superheroes, they can help us save our parents and friends and everyone else!"

"...Jazz this is a perfectly good example of why you need to read more comic books. They happen to be Crystal Leviathan, the Scarlet Samurai and the Empress She Wolf!"

"What?"

"Those aren't superheroes, they're supervillains!"

"Oh. Well that's bad."

"My point exactly! Hold on a second. Ice Devil's Zeroth Destruction Fist!" Danny quickly pulled Jazz out of the way of an energy blast and formed a pair of ice gauntlets 'I've gotta hurry and get the Reality Gem before these geeks to any serious damage.' he dealt Crystal Leviathan a sharp uppercut to the jaw with his ice gauntlets, sending him crashing to the ground and knocking the Gem of Fantasy out of his grip.

However, Crystal Leviathan quickly rebounded and threw Danny into a Danny Phantom stand, causing a biography of him to land on his face.

"Hey! I never approved of this!"

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'Come on come on!' Jazz was running through the convention center at full speed when she found the Gem of Fantasy 'There it is!'

However, that was when Empress She Wolf appeared and blocked her way "You shall never pass, so speaks Empress She Wolf!"

"You don't scare me, not when my brother and I are fighting together like the well oiled machine that we are!"

Empress She Wolf morphed into a significantly more wolfy and less humanoid form and let out a roar.

"And now you scare me."

"Jazz get down!" Danny burst onto the scene and pinned Empress She Wolf to the ground with his Cryo Gauntlets, reverting back to her previous state.

This was when the geeks began freaking out "Our comics have come alive, I don't know whether to be horrified or to run and report this on the internet!" and thus everyone started panicking as mass chaos ensued.

'Great, the other problem with being in geek central. There's thousands of innocent people in here!' with this in mind, Danny burst through the roof of the convention center and led Empress She Wolf, Crystal Leviathan and the Scarlet Samurai down the streets of San Diego.

Empress She Wolf fired off an extendable wolf claw attached to a cable and grabbed Danny by the ankle with it, yanking him down and sending him crashing down onto a rooftop.

Danny rolled out of the way of an attempted stomping by Crystal Leviathan and quickly froze him to a nearby flagpole "Alright that's one down, now all I have to do is finish off the rest of the legion of super geeks." he and Scarlet Samurai charged at each other.

Unfortunately, that was when the Guys in White showed up, now thoroughly exhausted from chasing Danny and Jazz all over the country "Man, these cross country ghost chases are like… totally exhausting." and yet the fired at Danny and the Scarlet Samurai, trapping both of them in ecto nets, then turned their attention towards Empress She Wolf and Crystal Leviathan.

Scarlet Samurai was the first one to break free and slashed at their jetpacks, disabling them and sending both of them crashing down onto the rooftop.

Danny took this moment to use his ice powers to forge a sword and carve through the net, freeing himself "Not so fast legion of super rejects! Fire Dragon's Roar!" he unleashed a blast of fire, knocking the Gem of Fantasy out of their grasp and reverting them back to normal "Alright, there we go." he took the Gem of Fantasy and took off.

The Guys in White approached the fallen geeks and were obviously disappointed "Hey! You're just a bunch of geeks!"

"I prefer to think of us as enthusiasts." one of them mumbled.

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Danny made his way back to the comic book convention and held up the Gem of Fantasy "Done and done."

Jazz breathed a small sigh of relief "Good work out there Danny, we've got all 4 Reality Gems now."

"And Freakshow only has one of them, that means that once we get back home and find him we can beat him and take the Reality Gauntlet." he failed to notice as Lydia appeared behind him and unleashed a swarm of her ghost tattoos.

However, Jazz did notice "Uh Danny?"

"We can save our friends and family and everyone, and then we can change reality so that nobody remembers I'm half ghost."

"Danny!"

"What?" he looked around "Son of a-" the swarm converged on them and they disappeared.

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Things were quiet in the farm area where Freakshow had set up camp with his train.

Danny suddenly materialized in front of the train along with Jazz, thanks to Lydia and her swarm of bats "We're back home… Just great…"

Freakshow made himself known in front of them "Well well, look here at what the bats dragged in and with all of my missing Reality Gems no less."

Danny stared at the Fenton Thermos in his hand containing the Reality Gems and an idea came to him "I wouldn't be too sure about that!" he prepared to use them on Freakshow, only for the thermos to be stolen from his grasp by a swarm of ghost tattoos.

Freakshow caught the Fenton Thermos in his grasp with a malicious smirk.

"Oh crap." Danny found himself, along with Jazz, bound in place helplessly by all of the ghost tattoos.

Freakshow studied the four Reality Gems in his hand with obvious glee as he placed them into the Reality Gauntlet one by one "The Gem of Life… the Gem of Form… the Gem of Fantasy… the Gem of Time… and putt them with the Gem of Power, and thanks to the two of you I now know how to activate the full power of the Reality Gauntlet!" he began tapping out the sequence on the Reality Gems.

"Dammit!" Danny struggled to break free of his bonds, to no avail "I can't break free!"

Now with the Reality Gauntlet at full power, Freakshow rose up above them on a massive pedestal "Thanks to you, I have now become the ringmaster of all of reality!" he turned day to night with a mere sweep of his hand "Quite remarkable is it not?" he turned his attention towards where Tucker, Sam, their families and everyone else were being held captive with a malicious smirk.

"Let them go Freakshow, it's me that you want not them! I brought you the Reality Gems like you said, we had a deal!"

"The deal my boy was for you to bring me the Reality Gems if you want to see your friends and family alive again. Well here they are, alive. For now that is." he let out a malicious laugh as he teleported all of them, along with Jazz, onto a hellish roller coaster that he created using the power of the Reality Gauntlet, complete with a gigantic jack in the box that breathed fire, two gigantic stone mallets slamming into each other at full force, and ending with Deadman's Drop, which would go into a large pool of acid at the very end of the track, and he had Lydia set the roller coaster of death in motion.

"You son of a bitch, you lied to me!"

"Indeed I did my boy, good for me. But then again, it wouldn't be drama if I didn't give you a sporting chance now would it?" he released Danny of his bonds "Not to mention an audience, a big audience!" with a wave of his hand he summoned a massive audience consisting entirely of clowns.

Not wasting any time, Danny took off towards the roller coaster at full speed.

Freakshow summoned a microphone "Ladies and gentlemen, freaks of all ages, may I direct your attention to the center ring where Danny Phantom, AKA Danny Fenton, will attempt to rescue his friends and family from a ghastly doom of the construction of yours truly!" he fired a blast from the Reality Gauntlet at Danny, transforming him into immobile orange gelatin just as he reached the track, leaving him stuck there as the roller coaster closed in on him.

"What the hell did you-? Oh son of a-" he was cut off when the roller coaster slammed straight into him, splattering him all over the ground in a gooey mess, much to everyone's horror.

"Only to be stopped at every turn by the ringmaster of all of reality!"

Everyone on the roller coaster of death actually forgot about their peril for a moment when they saw Danny splatter across the ground, and they were consumed by grief.

Freakshow listened to the crowd cheering for him "What's that? You want more?" he was met with more cheering "Well if you are so insistent then I'll give you more, much more!" he held up the Reality Gauntlet and unleashed a wave of energy, turning the entire world into his own personal circus, including replacing all of the faces on Mount Rushmore with Freakshow's head, turning the Golden Gate Bridge into a roller coaster, the Capitol Building into a circus tent and the Washington Monument into a hammer game "It's all mine now! My revenge, your nightmare!" he took a moment to marvel at his world "There, a kingdom fit for a freak and a freakdom fit for a king!" he looked at Danny's gooey remains on the ground and his smirk widened "Your effort was a valiant one but in the end you never stood a chance.

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Danny slowly opened his eyes and sat up "What the…" he looked around and saw himself in a green void "Where… Where am I…?"

"You're in ghost limbo, the halfway point between Earth and the Ghost Zone."

Danny looked up and saw Leo sitting in front of him "Leo… I must look pathetic to you right now, seeing your apprentice lying on the ground like a total failure."

"You're only seeing half of the picture right now Danny, and now you're just going to give up without even fighting back?"

"...Freakshow's too strong, I can't beat him without your help. I've never been able to beat them on my own, every time I thought I won I just screwed it up and you had to come in and save the day in my place! You're the strong one Leo not me, all you've done is waste your time, effort and strength on a pathetic weakling and a failure!"

"Was I ever apart of your true strength? I was there to help you to learn how to control your powers, to focus them. I was never the true source of your strength Danny, and your ghost powers aren't either for that matter."

"It's too late, he's already taken everyone I love and I'm powerless to stop him!" by this point he had tears streaming down his face "I'm not strong enough to do it on my own, ghost powers or no ghost powers!"

"Your ghost powers were never the true source of your strength either Danny, what makes you truly strong both in body and in mind is your iron will to never give up and your unwavering determination to protect the people you care about. And even now, right now, especially now, all of those people need you to save them from Freakshow." he stood up and began walking away.

"I can't do it Leo, I'm not as strong as you!"

Leo stopped walking, turned back to face Danny, and he gave him a small smile "No Danny, you're not as strong as me. You're stronger than me, you have been for a long time. Ever since you beat your future self actually. You've used the strength of your will and determination every day of your life, long before I ever came into the picture. It didn't let you down before and it's not gonna let you down now. Go Danny Phantom, go and show that creepy albino bastard what you're made of." and he disappeared.

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The roller coaster of death kept on going, and the audience kept roaring with cheers.

Danny's eyes shot open as he began pulling himself back together 'Come on Phantom, Leo's right. It doesn't matter if you have an inferiority complex or whatever, you have a job to do and you have people to protect. You haven't let them down before and you're sure as hell not going to start now!' he burst upwards.

The roller coaster finally came to the fire breathing jack in the box, but just as it unleashed a blast of fire…

"Ice Make: Shield!" Danny suddenly tumbled in front of them and summoned a shield of ice, dissipating the flames, leaving the others in relief over the fact that Danny was alive "I don't care if the whole world does know my secret, I am Danny Fenton and Danny Phantom and I'm not gonna let it stop me from protecting the people I love!"

"Danny listen!" Jazz called out to him at the top of her lungs "He has ghost envy, USE PSYCHOLOGY!"

'Psychology? Ghost envy? Oh this is gonna be fun. Ice Devil's Zeroth Longsword!" he summoned a sword made of ice and took off the head of the jack in the box, then turned his attention towards the gigantic stone mallets 'They're gonna hit those things any second now and there's no way I can reach it in time.' he summoned a bow and arrow made of ice 'Come on Phantom, you've only got one shot at this so you have to make it count. Here goes. Ice Devil's Zeroth Destruction Bow!" he fired off the ice arrow, destroying the stone mallets with a small explosion right before the roller coaster sped through that area 'Yes!'

That was when the gigantic form of a clearly pissed off Freakshow appeared behind him "Oh no, you do not get to leave this world with a smile."

Danny dodged an attempt to grab him along with several more attempts "Give me one good reason not to smile. I don't care if you are the most powerful human in the world, no matter what you may do or try the fact of the matter is that I'm half ghost and you're not."

"I am the ringmaster of all of reality!" Freakshow fired a blast from his Reality Gauntlet.

Danny extended and bent his body around the blast "Yeah but I bet you can't do this now can you?" this earned a number of cheers from the audience.

"What? No! He's not the star of this circus! I am! ME!"

"Ghost powers, ghost energy. Ghost to the ghost to the ghost!" Danny continued showing off his ghost powers as he fired a number of Ecto Rays, carving a smiley face into Freakshow's hat, drawing even more cheers from the crowd.

"I WILL NOT! BE UPSTAGED! BY A GHOST!" this was met with everyone in the audience beginning to throw things at Freakshow.

"Well technically I'm only half ghost but I'm still way cooler than you, and that's not the only reason why.

"ENOUGH!" having finally lost his temper, Freakshow swatted Danny to the ground with one clean strike "I may be losing control over the crowd but the fact remains that I hold control over all of reality."

Danny crawled his way over towards his Fenton Thermos 'Just a little more…'

"And if you think being a half ghost is so cool…" Freakshow transformed himself using the full power of the Reality Gauntlet, turning himself into a big and ugly ghost with four arms, wings and a face on its chest.

'There it is, he just opened the window of opportunity for me.'

"Now what do you think of me now that I'm a full ghost?"

"I think you just made this a hell of a lot easier for me." Danny whipped out the Fenton Thermos and began sucking Freakshow in.

"What?! No! NOOOOOOO!" Freakshow could only cry out desperately in an attempt to get himself free, only to fail and be sucked into the Fenton Thermos, leaving only the Reality Gauntlet behind on the ground where he once was.

Danny closed the lid on the thermos and picked up the Reality Gauntlet "And that's what happens when you mess with the people I love." not wasting any time to think about his victory, he quickly put on the Reality Gauntlet and used the Gem of Form to change the pool of acid into a regular pool.

The roller coaster of death landed in the pool with a thunderous splash, and everyone popped up above the water unharmed.

Danny quickly made his way over to them to see if they were alright "Are you guys okay? Oh hi Mr and Mrs Manson, Mr and Mrs Foley and everybody else."

A pissed off Lydia appeared in an attempt to attack Danny from behind.

"Hold on just a second." Danny quickly turned his attention to Lydia "And as for you…" he turned her into a number of different objects, including a fish, a mallet, an apple and a teddy bear before turning her back to normal.

Terrified of what Danny could do to her, Lydia took off as fast as she could.

"And now to save the day, Phantom style." Danny raised the Reality Gauntlet into the air and sent out a wave of ecto energy, undoing everything Freakshow had done, restoring the world to how it was originally, as well as turning night bad to day, before landing on the ground and returning to his human form.

"Danny!" a voice called out to him.

Danny looked back and saw Jack walking towards him, his expression unreadable 'Here it goes, no turning back.'

"Young man, there's something I need to say to you."

"And there's something I need to say to you first." Danny took a long deep breath and looked him in the eye "All this time I've been terrified of telling because you might reject me before you rip me apart molecule by molecule, and partly because I've been afraid of myself and what I might become. But that ends today. I'm done running away, I'm done being afraid, and I'm done lying about who I am." he flashed into his ghost form "This is who I am now, I've accepted it and I embrace it." he returned to his human form "Now whatever you have to say to me, go ahead."

"I can speak now?"

"You can speak now."

"Good." Jack suddenly caught Danny in a bone crushing hug "I'm very proud of you son, more than you could imagine."

"...Wait are you serious? I mean I lied to you for almost a year, if I were you then I'd be furious as you if someone at the last piece of fudge."

"Well of course you lied to me, it's not like I ever gave you a reason not to. All this time I've been yammering on about destroying and dissecting ghosts, I would've been scared out of my pants too if I were you but that doesn't matter now. I love you for who you are Danny, whether you're a ghost or a boy or something in between. We are family and nothing is ever going to change that."

"And I appreciate that, a lot more than you will ever know." he caught Jack in a hug and looked at the Reality Gauntlet "And a lot more than anyone else will ever remember." he used the power of the Reality Gauntlet to wipe out everyone else's memories of what happened.

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The Guys in White were hard at work when the alarm suddenly went off "What the- The computer is detecting a massive spike in ecto energy." they looked up.

Sure enough, Danny was casually floating above them with the Reality Gauntlet "That would be yours truly."

They readied their weapons.

"Not so fast guys." he turned their weapons into a chicken and a tuba "Here, call this a gift." he threw the Fenton Thermos down onto the ground and it cracked open, revealing Freakshow, who he then turned back to his human form.

They quickly cuffed him.

"Oh and from now on, you guys are gonna leave the Fentons and the Hunters alone."

"Why would we do that?"

"It's simple." he used the Gem of Fantasy to wipe their memories "He's not the ghost you're looking for."

"He's not the ghost we're looking for."

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Nightfall came and everything was finally calm again.

Danny lay on his bed, staring at the Reality Gauntlet he still wore on his arm 'So that's it, I set almost everything back to the way it was before. The only difference is that I made it so that my dad remembers my secret, but aside from him nobody knows about me being half ghost except for those who already knew. Now I guess I'd better get to destroying this thing for good.' he looked and noticed something pop up on his computer "A video chat request?" he opened it up.

As it turns out, Leo was on the other end "Hey man."

"Hey Leo, what's up?"

"Just checking in on the guy who saved the world from a freaky albino ringmaster. So you fixed everything that happened?"

"Yeah, well almost everything. I erased the memories of everyone in the world who didn't know my secret identity, with the exception of my dad."

"And you're cool with him knowing about you being half ghost and all of that?"

"Yeah I am, the time for keeping secrets from my family and lying to the people I care about is over. Things are changing in the world so I think that maybe it's time I change with it. My dad even says he wants me to team up with him now, he says I can be his sidekick. It's kind of weird having him know now."

"Yeah but it's like you said, the world is changing so maybe we should change too. Hey look on the bright side, now that everything else was undone you really oughta start getting ready for your Fenton family vacation."

Danny let out a snort "Are you kidding? I just spent 4 days taking a trip across the country alone with my sister, I think I've had enough family bonding time for a good long while. Besides, I doubt I could handle anything else like that for a long time."

"If you say so, it's your choice. Still though, you did a great job in your fight."

"Yeah that was the other thing I wanted to talk to you about. Did you mean what you said to me then, about me being stronger than you?"

"Of course I did, I mean you became stronger than me the minute you unlocked your Ghostly Wail during your fight with your evil future self a few months ago. I told you when we started training together that you had the potential to surpass me and now you're living up to it. I'm proud to call you my protegee and my friend."

"And I'm proud to call you my mentor and my friend, I seriously can't thank you enough for helping me reach this point."

"Hey that's what friends are for, and besides us half ghosts have to stick together right?"

"Yeah you're right. Well I'm gonna hit the hey, good night."

"Later." and he signed off.

Danny began stretching his arms "Time to get some shut eye." he looked at the Reality Gauntlet on his arm and flashed into his ghost form "But first things first, time to finish this." he leaned out the window, threw the Reality Gauntlet up into the air and fired a simple Ecto Ray, destroying it on the spot "Well that's a load off." he laid down on his bed and shut his eyes in thought "Things are changing a lot, and whether these changes are good or bad I welcome them with open arms."

A/N:

I know it was originally supposed to be Sam and Tucker that went with Danny to retrieve the Reality Gems, but I figured this would be a good chance to give Jazz some spot light for a change.

I added in that bit about the Gem of Time and Legends of the Hidden Temple because it just popped into my head once and I decided to go with it, especially since Legends of the Hidden Temple was one of my favorite shows when I was a kid, along with Danny Phantom. Also, the Missing Weather Maps of Charles Lindbergh was one of my favorite episodes and I figured that knowing about the episode beforehand would be a great asset to them.

I decided to let Jack know Danny's secret even though everyone else's memories were wiped out by the Reality Gauntlet, I mean I can see why Danny erased their memories but I decided that since Maddie already knew, it was time Jack knew as well.