Darkness Phantom

Disclaimer: I do not own Danny Phantom.

Kenshin: This chapter will begin shortly. But first, a tribute to those who have died in this story.

Yusei: We'll do it later. In this chapter Danny begins to confront his feelings for Desiree and has to choose between them. Before that though he has to face Dan.

The Eleventh Darkness: The Return of The Ultimate Enemy


Danny flies to Vlad's manor, placing the psycho half ghost in bed. The wound he made on his left arm is still present, but that's not something he's worried about. After this Danny flies out, heading back to return to his friends. He breathes a sigh of relief, glad that all this craziness has ended. But just as quickly as he calms down, his mind is instantly reminded of Dan Phantom. I still have to deal with him...

"Danny!" Desiree shouts out to him as she approaches the boy. Danny looks up and spots her coming.

"Desiree? What's wrong? Where are Sam and the others?" he asks.

"They left for your place. I followed you because I wanted to ask you something, something important," she says, floating closer to him. "What do you feel about me? As a woman?"

"Uh, wow..." Danny says, pretty much caught off guard by her question. He backs away for a moment, unable to answer her immediately. This is awkward. "I thought you were only interested in me as a friend."

"I am, or I was... You see-" Before she could continue, Danny's ghost sense goes off. He looks around and spots what he sees is himself, as a human, floating in mid air. That Danny smiles and flies off at high speed. "Who was that?"

"I hope that was Amorpho..." Danny whispers to himself before he flies after that Danny. Desiree follows behind.

Danny chases the fake to a building, who turns around to face him. Danny says, "You're Amorpho, right?"

That Danny begins to chuckle evilly, turning back to face the half ghost. A ring of white light passes through him from head to toe, turning into a complete copy of Danny Phantom. He blasts the building before him, creating a devastating explosion.

"Hey, stop!" The real Danny shouts. The fake one laughs evilly and shrinks into a small light, teleporting away. Danny heads into the building to see a board of directors in trouble of being crushed by debris. Danny tenses himself, splitting himself up into four Dannys. He then begins saving the humans, by taking them out of the collapsing building to a safer spot. After this was done they return to help anyone else inside the building.

Elsewhere, the fake Danny watches as the real one continues to save the unfortunate humans. He smiles before heading through the town of Amity Park, blasting at random people around him. After he wrecks the Nasty Burger he generates a portal and disappears inside it, laughing evilly as he does.

Meanwhile, real Danny finally saves everyone from the collapsing building. He then returns to Desiree. "I seriously doubt that was Amorpho..."

"Who?" - Desiree

"Amorpho; he's a ghost who can turn into anyone and anything he wants. That Danny had the same red eyes as him, and every person he became shared that trait... If it was just him messing with me again things would be better, but now I'm convinced he's Dan." Danny explains to her.

"Dan?" - Desiree

"I wish you would know about my memories of my future evil self, Dan Phantom," Danny says, and her powers activate. Soon her head is filled with the knowledge of Danny's future evil self; going from how he was born and how he killed his human self to Danny meet with him and eventually sealing him away. The look of terror on her face after absorbing this information is something Danny couldn't even look at. "It's really bad."

"Danny, that was such a horrible vision. Is that why you continue to be the hero you are?" Desiree asks, beginning to put two and two together.

"Desiree, it's because of that image of him that I keep my ghost half. If that half of me is removed from my human side that me loses all human emotions. As long as I stay as Fenton and Phantom no one will be killed by my hands," he speaks. "I don't ever want to become that monster!"

"I see," Desiree whispers, floating closer to Danny. She reaches her arms out and hugs him, surprising the white haired teen ghost. "I'll make sure that doesn't happen."

"Huh?" This is all Danny could say before he backs away from Desiree to look at her.

"I'll make sure you stay who you are, no matter what," she speaks, leaving in closer to his face. Her lips were about to touch his when his ghost sense goes off.

"I see you have time to flirt about ghost child," A deep voice speaks. Danny and Desiree turn left to see the Fright Knight.

"You!" Danny immediately releases Desiree, and pushes her behind him, and faces the knight. "I've been looking all over for you! Where is the canister you stole from Clockwork?"

"The thermos? I have already released you from your prison," he explains, dismounting his stead. "That's right, I have a new master. And even though it sickens me knowing it's you, I will follow your future self to the end."

"You don't know what you're doing! He's going to destroy you and everyone around him!" Danny shouts at the knight.

"That has nothing to do with me. You have more important things to do now though...I believe your family is an inch away from hell," At that the knight holds up a time medallion and slaps the flat side of it. He then speaks out, "Clock Out," and the knight disappears along with his horse.

"What was that?" - Desiree

"...That's right... There were two necklaces... It would make sense that he'd keep both," Danny says, remembering that time where Sam and Tucker had to ditch their medals to escape Dan. "But what did he mean by my family-"

"Danny!" He looks down to see Tucker, Sam and Jazz coming up to him.

"Guys? What's wrong?" - Danny

"Our house... Mom and dad..." Jazz sputters almost into tears.

Later That Night...

Danny is currently sitting outside of a hospital room. Inside it his parents are unconscious, having suffered severe injuries from the house 'collapsing on them suddenly'. Of course, Danny knows better. He knows full well that his future self did it. He drops his head down into his hands, sighing in depression.

"Danny, it's alright," Sam says, placing a hand on his shoulder to comfort him. He moves his shoulder away and groans.

"Dude, you gonna be okay?" Tucker asks.

"I'll be fine. I just need to be alone," he replies, slumping his head further down.

"Danny, it's not your fault. Don't blame yourself." - Tucker

"It is my fault. That's the whole point; it's all my fault. My future self did this to my parents!" Danny suddenly bursts out.

"Danny, you promised yourself you wouldn't become him right? Don't beat yourself up over him! We'll defeat him, this time permanently!" Sam says, hoping to cheer him up.

"What I don't get is why didn't he kill his parents?" Tucker asks. His two friends turn to face him. "He just caused a building to crash on them; that would normally be enough but if he wanted to make sure they were dead he could have just done it himself."

"Who cares why he did it like that? He was trying to kill Danny's parents, and then he would frame it all on Danny," Sam explains with a rash temper.

"I have to go find him." Danny rises up from his seat and prepares to transform into Phantom. Desiree grabs hold of his hand to stop him. "Desiree, let go. I'm going."

"You've done so much for one day," Desiree says, placing a hand on his face. "You need to rest yourself; your bags are starting to gain bags!"

"I have to go! I can't-"

"Desiree, I wish Danny would rest for the rest of the day!" Sam wishes, making her desire known to the genie ghost.

"Your heart's desire is gratefully granted!" Desiree chants up pink dust and splashes it on Danny, causing him to crash to the ground fast asleep. She manages to catch the ghost child, lifting him up in her arms bridal style. "Where should we take him?"

"Well, Jazz is still in there with their parents so she can stay at the hospital for now, but Danny can rest at Tucker's," Sam says, pointing to the techno geek.

"What? Why take him to my place?" he asks suddenly at a high pitched tone. The girls glare at him. "I mean, not that I don't mind, but what about Sam's place?"

"Haven't you been paying attention Tucker? My parents hate Danny. At least with your parents they won't give you a thousand questions as to why he's staying," Sam explains with a pissed expression.

"I see. But what about Desiree? Where can she stay?" Tucker asks, turning to the genie ghost.

"I'll head home. I can come back with the map to another portal," Desiree answers, holding up the Infi-Map. "It's getting late."

"Yeah. Let's go." Tucker and Desiree head out the hospital to his home, the ghost flying through a wall like always.

Tucker and Desiree make it to his home, and she heads into his room while invisible/intangible. She finds that it's empty and places Danny on Tucker's bed. With him lying down Desiree takes a moment to look at his sleeping form, and a blushes rises on her face.

By the time Tucker reaches his room Desiree is gone. "Huh, must have left. Well don't worry Danny. I'll look after you... But first, some lunch."

Tucker heads down the steps to get something to eat. Once he's gone Desiree reappears from her invisibility. She looks down at the helpless ghost child, placing a hand on his forehead. Her hand slides down to rub his cheek, before she says, "I should have become your friend sooner... I'm so glad you're okay."

She then does something that surprises her; Desiree leans down to give him a kiss. She actually kisses him on the lips. The sleeping Danny manages to kiss back, not realizing he's really being kissed. Desiree pulls back, still blushing at the thought of having kissed Danny. He seems to be smiling a bit, having enjoyed the kiss despite being asleep. It could be a dream of his.

Desiree then goes through the walls of Tucker's room, leaving Danny to finally have his rest. She continues to fly away, using the map to find another portal. She keeps flying until she reaches her home, and enters into her bedroom. When she lands by her bed she is gripped by someone.

"Isn't that sweet?" A rugged voice speaks. Desiree looks before her in recognition of the voice. Fading into existence is Dan Phantom, holding Desiree by the throat. "Someone has a little crush on me. You know if you had done what I desired in my future you probably wouldn't have died."

"W-What?" - Desiree

Dan tosses Desiree into her dresser, destroying it in the process. "Hand it over, the Infi-Map."

"That's what you're after?" Desiree takes out the map, which she kept snuggled in her chest. From her memories of seeing him thanks to Danny's wish, she knows full well that she doesn't stand a chance, even with her power up. She then says, "Go to the nearest portal!"

The Infi-Map flies out of her hands towards the nearest portal to the human world. Dan doesn't even bat an eye as it flies passed his head. He simply slaps his chest, saying, "Clock Out," and disappears in a flash. Not even a second later he returns, with the map in his hands.

"What? But how?" - Desiree

"I've inserted the time medallion inside of my bodily system. With it I not only exist outside of time, but I can also slow down time," Dan says, patting his chest lightly. Inside of his body the time medallion exists within his ghostly structure. "I've dealt with Clockwork before, so I know full well how to use this device. I've even mastered time travel with it, Clock Out."

"Go to the nearest portal!" The Infi-Map flies out of her hands towards the nearest portal to the human world. Dan doesn't even bat an eye as it flies passed his head. He simply slaps his chest, saying, "Clock Out," and disappears in a flash. What really happened though is time simply slowed down for Dan.

He flies towards the Infi-Map, which has already headed outside of Desiree's home. He floats in front of it and grabs the map, rolling it up and stopping it. He then flies back to where he was just standing, Desiree still frozen in her position. Dan then pounds his chest, saying, "Clock In," and time returns to normal.

"I placed the device inside of my younger self some time ago, so he must have realized how it works to return to his time. I don't have to worry about him removing it from my body," Dan speaks, stepping slowly over to Desiree.

"Whatever you do, he will never become you!" Desiree shouts at him. Dan grabs her hair and lifts the woman up off her tail.

"Of course he won't, so I'm gonna give him motivation," Dan speaks before he punches her in the face. Her nose is bent and ectoplasm drips from her lips. "Even I can't remove the medallion from my body, so I don't have to worry about disappearing anymore. But that still doesn't mean I can lay easy; once I turn Daniel into me he can remove my medallion and I will simply be reborn as him. It's as easy as that."

"You're crazy!" Desiree shouts at him, resulting in another punch to the face.

"I'll keep you as collateral just in case. There's something I wanna test before I continue my plan," Dan releases green ectoplasm from his hand, having it encase Desiree in a hardening shell. Dan then drags her with him out of her home, flying out into the opening.

The Next Morning...

Danny suddenly wakes up, the effects of the spell leaving him finally. Danny looks around to see he's in Tucker's home, before he puts two and two together. "Damn it. I forgot her wishes can affect me."

He gets up to look at the calender, and finds that today is Monday, time for school. "I'm not sure I can go to school, not with everything that's going on."

"No, I very much doubt it," Dan's voice speaks. He turns around to spot his future self floating behind him. "Hello, Daniel."

"You!" Danny immediately gets him and goes ghost. He then flies towards himself, knocking him through the wall. Luckily they both go intangible.

Now out in the middle Danny releases Dan and prepares to punch him. Dan reaches out and grabs him by the throat, something Vlad tends to do all the time. "Enjoy the last few weeks of me in a canister?"

Danny breaks out of his grip and forms light blue energy on his hands. "You were the one who hurt my parents, weren't you?"

"Yes, I did that to my parents, or to be more specific, you did." Dan forms a green ball of energy on his left index finger and fires at Danny. He splits into four of him and flies at Dan, firing ice beams.

Dan is immediately frozen, but breaks out. The debris hits the clones and distracts them. Dan then forms a green sword just like Plasmius did, and slices the first two clones. They disappear, leaving two left. "Cryokinesis, an interesting power. I myself don't have such a thing."

"What are you gonna do, waste me? Like I said, what happens to you?" Danny questions him.

Dan laughs evilly. "And like I said, I am still here. As long as you exist, so will I. All I have to do is change your future and turn you into me again. History will continue to repeat itself, only this time I'll kill Clockwork and make sure he can't get in the way again."

Dan extends his blade and pierces through one Danny, causing it to disappear. He then slashes the same blade, forcing the real one to duck. Danny flies towards Dan, his right hand placed on the blade to keep it in place, and fires a blast at him with his left hand. Dan forms a shield and blocks it, before causing it to explode and release shards of green energy. Danny is blown away by the attack, crashing into a building, before he summons the Doomsickle. Danny flings his scythe, causing the blade to extend.

Dan blocks it using his blade, but Danny pulls it back down to slice off his entire arm. Dan grips his wounded area painfully, watching his arm fall down. He dives down and grabs his arm, before attempting to glue it back with an ectoplasmic constrict goo. It fails, but he continues to pile it on. "I see. So he wasn't kidding when he said that."

"Who wasn't?" - Danny

"I'll see you again Daniel," Dan says before he pounds his chest, saying, "Clock Out," and runs off at a speed Danny couldn't follow.

Danny sighs and returns his scythe to his arm. His eyes begin to wain a little, but he shakes his head to regain his vision. Danny looks to the school not far ahead, and flies there. I'll get him after school.


Yusei: This ends this chapter. Next time... What will happen?

Manabu: Dani returns to help Danny fight Dan, and the Fright Knight advents. But first, Dan lays a trap.