Ok, this is later than I had hoped, as usual. But I've been really busy lately with the school play, homework, I made the honor roll! And life in general has just been plain hectic lately. Its kind of been depressing reading stuff on this site, it feels like no one updates except for like in six month intervals. Well, now you finally get to see the climactic battle between Daniel and Dan, as well as the revelation of the prophecy, although the prophecy may sound cheesy. Note I do not own the song Dance with the Devil, Breaking Benjamin does.

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Here I stand, helpless and left for dead
Close your eyes, so many days gone by
Easy to find what's wrong
Harder to find what's right

The entire room began to shake, as the ghostly roar erupted from the orb that contained Dan's twisted version of reality. Great cracks crept up the bloody walls, spreading to the ceiling. Danny looked up at Dan, and saw in his face something he'd never expected to see, shock. The roar continued, and in it they could hear all the pain, and all the anguish that filled Daniels heart.

A misty fog flowed from the cracks of the orb, covering the room in dark shadow. The sound of shattering glass filled the chamber as the orb exploded, spraying a cloud of sharp projectiles in every direction. A dark figure stood in the fog, his features completely blocked out, except for his eyes. Daniel stepped out of the fog, his eyes aglow like beacons of anger, sadness and hope, filling the whole room with bright green light.

I believe in you
I can show you, that I can see right through
All these empty lies
I won't stay long
In this world so wrong

The sword of unity was in his hand, and it was suddenly aflame with power. Daniel and Dan looked directly into each other's faces, green eyes at red, angel at demon. And then Dan spoke barely above a whisper, his thin face devoid of emotion.

"So, this is it, isn't it?" Daniel nodded his agreement.

"Yes. Now. You. DIE!!!!" At the same moment the two combatants launched into the air, breaking through the ceiling as if it were tissue paper. Danny felt the restraints that held his feet down disappear as Dan no longer used any energy to maintain them. He turned to see his family and Tucker had also been released. There was a groan behind him and he turned to see Sam conscious, rubbing her head in pain. He started to run to her side but she had other plans.

"GO!" she yelled, pointing upward at the battle high above them. Danny hesitated, then launched himself into the air, following his two futures.

Both Dan and Daniel had their weapons raised above their heads, each shining brightly, one green, one red. They charged at one another, blades clashing together with unimaginable force. They exchanged blow after blow, explosions erupting around them every time the swords made contact.

Say goodbye
As we dance with the devil tonight
Don't you dare look at him in the eye
As we dance with the devil tonight
Hold on, Hold on

Danny didn't know what to do. He could fight, he was powerful, but this, this was insane. It was only now that he realized he hadn't seen either Dan or Daniel REALLY fight. And now the two of them were battling like gods, their full fury finally unleashed.

The two fighters broke apart, leaping backward, increasing the distance between them. Simultaneously their blades were lowered, and their free hands thrust forward, and from each exploded beams of energy. The two beams met in midair, struggling against one another for dominance. The beams dissipated, and then Dan and Daniel were at each other once again, blades meeting.

Far below them the battle between the ghostly army and the demonic forces continued on. The ghosts had pushed past the gates, and now fought in the doorway of hell. Danny could hear the blast of Embers guitar as she shattered the ears drums of the infernal army.

Dan turned his head to look down at the war as he battled his counterpart. He removed a hand from the hilt of the soul shredder and waved it in the direction of the battle. Danny watched as the demons shifted position, forming a circle around the ghosts surrounding them.

Trembling, crawling across my skin
Feeling your cold, dead eyes
Stealing the life of mine

"Help them!" Daniel bellowed as he battled the devil. "Help them, he's mine!" Danny wanted to argue, he wanted to help take down Dan. But there was no time to argue, and every second he waited both battles came closer and closer to being lost. He dove downward, hands out in front of him, raining ectoplasm into the demons exposed back.

"Good to see ya Dipstick!" Ember called to him from the heat of the battle, her hair free of its ponytail, surrounding her like a fiery cape. Technus was wearing a customized suit of armor designed like a D.O.O.M character, except this one was very different from Sam's character, now appearing to be a bulky lab coat with a dozen or so weapon attachments.

Danny hacked away at the demons, entering the fray. Then out of nowhere an icy spear the size of a telephone pole impaled the demonic dragon inches away from Danny's left temple.

"We have come to join you, Great One!" a deep voice that he'd recognize anywhere rang out. Danny looked up the see a fully armored Frostibite and his yeti army enter the battlefield.

I believe in you
I can show you that I can see right through
All these empty lies
I won't stay long
In this world so wrong

The two armies were now evenly matched, and as Dan was distracted high above, no new demons were being spawned.

"How does it feel Dan?" Daniel hissed as he lobbed meteor sized energy balls towards him. "How does it feel to be losing, how does it feel to know that you are not omnipotent, that you are mortal?" Dan used the soul shredder to slice the oncoming attacks in half, sending his own volley of chaotic energy back in response.

"Mortal?" he grunted from his fanged mouth. "I, mortal? You still do not understand, Daniel. I. AM. A. GOD!" he raised his hands high above his head, and instantly the demons below began to shriek. The entire demon army began to disintegrate, forming a cloud of dark red particles. Dan took a breath, and the cloud flew instantly into his flared nostrils.

Dan's horns became longer, his pale skin became blood red, and the aura that surrounded him became pitch black as he absorbed the essence of every demonic creature in existence. He turned back to Daniel, his eyes now lacking pupils, now only bloody rubies.

"Now Daniel, it ends". Daniel raised his sword preparing to fight to the death, but Dan did not attack. The devil raised both hands, and brought them swishing downward. Instantly a dark hissing portal opened, that began to suck at the chamber of hell like a black hole. Danny watched as Daniel was forcibly sucked inside, and felt himself being pulled in.

Say goodbye
As we dance with the devil tonight
Don't you dare look at him in the eyes
As we dance with the devil tonight
Hold on, Hold on……..

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Danny opened his eyes, and what he saw nearly made him faint. They were in space, high above the earth, the moon high above them. He looked down at the earth, which was no longer green and blue, but red with the corruption that Dan had brought upon it. He realized he was on top of something, and turned to see that he was standing on a large flat rock, surrounded by a red barrier.

His family, Valerie, Tucker, Sam, Skulker, Vlad, Dani the Mansons, and Frostbite all surrounded him, all looking just as shocked and confused as he was, and right beside him was Daniel.

"So here we are" Dan called out to them. They looked up the see Dan looking down at the planet below, a strange longing in his soulless eyes. "We always wanted to be an astronaut, but now that I'm here it feels so empty".

"I am the king of hell, the infernal lord, master of darkness. I rule all, I am the supreme being of the universe, and yet I feel nothing". He turned to face his counterpart, his face expressionless.

"The earth is the nexus point of all existence, the source of all life that flows into adjacent worlds and dimensions, and I rule it. The cycle ends now, I am the earths ruler, and I will do with it as I will. Prepare yourselves, for now, everything comes to an end". He waved his hand, and D

Dan raised his hands once more, and above him began to form an energy ball that's size surpassed the moon. It was black, and looked like some kind of dark sun. It looked as if it were alive, and had a life of its own. With a great heave Dan sent the dark bomb spinning towards the earth, and looked down at Daniel once again.

"Now, existence ends".

"What do we do?" Danny asked the silence. No on replied, their eyes full of tears as all hope faded. Daniel fell to his knees, stabbing the sword of unity into the rock beside him.

"So I failed again" he whispered. "I'm pathetic, and now nothing can save us, not time, not anything" Danny felt his stomach drop. Daniel ad given up, and if he felt that nothing could be done, all was lost.

"Oh magnificent one" Frostbite spoke, approaching the hybrid, placing his large clawed on his shoulder."It is time that you read this". He placed the tattered scroll into his gloved hands, and slowly backed away. Daniel looked down at it, as if unsure of what to do with it. After a few moments, he fumbled for the ribbon wrapped around it, and read.

It was a long silence as Daniel read, and when he was finished, he surprised all of them, he smiled.
"So that's it, isn't it?" he asked, looking over at Frostbite. He smiled, looking down, before looking up at all of them.

"Well, good luck everyone, this is the end, I hope we see each other again someday".

"What do you-" But before Danny could complete his sentence, Daniel had leapt upward, puncturing the dome that surrounded them, and flew directly towards the mass of energy headed straight for earth.

"He's lost it!" Tucker yelled out.

"What's he doing?!" Sam shrieked, her voice filled with panic.

"I…. I don't know" Danny whispered.

"Great one" Frostbite said as he bent down to pick up the discarded scroll that Daniel had dropped. "It is your turn to know the truth. Danny felt the parchment being pressed into his grasp, and it was with a heavy heart that he began to read.

Three beings of great power, separate yet born as one
Born a boy, gifted with the power of the spirits
In the beginning the three shall walk the path of power together
The first fork in the road will split them
And they shall become boy and demon
The boy and Demon shall clash, and the boy will strike his demon down
The third shall become the man, future of the boy, reflection of the demon
As the path of power comes to a close all shall meet
Man and boy will unite against Demon, the man wielding the powers of unity
And then the demon shall unleash his wrath, and the mans strife will end in sacrifice
As the man and demon become one, the boy will take on the mantle of unity
Together man and demon will be slain, and the boy shall become the man

"No….no!" Danny yelled, dropping the parchment, watching helplessly as Daniel flew out towards his doom.

"What is it Danny?" Sam asked desperately, coming to his side.

"He's going to sacrifice himself!" Sam's eyes filled with horror, and all at once the crowd within the dome screamed and called out to their friend, but he did not respond.

Daniel found himself between the black star and the earth. He reached into his armor, and pulled from it a green stoned ring. He held it to his lips in a silent prayer, and gazed back at his younger self and the girl who would be his wife.

"Good luck kid" he whispered.

Daniel Phantom spread him arms out to his sides, emitting massive discs of solid blue energy around his hands. He slammed them forward, directly into the star, and the star became narrower, he was going to take the entire blow. He closed his eyes and held his hands together, as the star made contact with his body, and Daniel lived no more.

The star was gone, and in the place where Daniel once floated was a cloud of blue and green dust, the essence of the phantom. Dan cackled as Danny and his comrades screamed, and bellowed in agony. He opened his mouth, and the blue green cloud flowed into it.

"Don't you see now?" Dan asked as he landed within the dome, a smirk upon his face. "He had to be the noble one, had to give his life, and now he has given me the key to omnipotence, the key to the power that will not only allow me to end this universe, but to bring down every timeline, every reality. I will destroy the omniverse."

He raised his hand and the sword of unity flew into his grip, and this time it did not reject him.

"It's a pity you will all die beforehand". He raised the sword, dropping the soul shredder from his other hand. Danny wrapped himself around Sam, his family and friends preparing for the end. But the end did not come. Dan's strike had stopped midair.

He raised the sword again, but once more, but the strike was once again incomplete.

"What is going on?" Dan asked, astonishment clear in his voice. There was a loud crack as one of Dan's horns snapped off. Blotches of his skin ceased to be read, and became a natural peachy color. One of his eyes ceased to be red, and became bright emerald green. The devil clutched at his head in agony, as he fell to his knees, everyone staring at him, not having any idea what was going on.

And then Dan's head raised to look Danny straight in the eyes, and spoke not in the cool sadistic voice of Dan, but the harsh and desperate voice of Daniel.

"DESTORY HIM!!!"