Danny looked around at his competition haughtily. Copies of his hazmat suit and white hair could be seen all around him. At least 20 people were seriously cosplaying, the other 10 or so just had t-shirts and sometimes wigs, obviously just entering the competition for fun.

"There are some pretty good costumes here, Danny." Said Tucker, who was standing next to said halfa and also watching the crowd.

"Like I would lose a costume contest for myself." Danny snickered. He and Tucker had been looking forward to this all day. Ever since the reality gauntlet incident, Danny had wanted to do this. And now that everyone knew who he was after the Disasteroid - he stood by his claim that that was a horrible name- he felt comfortable doing so without ghost hunters showing up. At least, he hoped.

The pair of the trio -Sam's mom had dragged her to some party, she would be coming tomorrow- had wandered around the convention all day. It wasn't completely Phantom-themed, but given that he'd saved the world a few months ago, a lot of it was. Danny pointedly stayed away from the artist alley. Frankly, he was a bit afraid of what he'd see. It was also cool that they got VIP passes, in exchange for hosting a panel on the last day of the convention. Danny didn't think that a comic-con suited him necessarily, but he is like the first real superhero so it kinda made sense.

"I don't know, Danny. I could probably confuse you and that guy." Tucker said, pointing at someone that did look a lot like Danny. But his face was a bit longer and he didn't have Danny's freckles. There was also a person who was a lot shorter than Danny and had a rounder face, he looked almost exactly like 14-year-old Danny. It was uncanny.

"Oh come on, he's not nearly as handsome as me." Danny made a goofy grin before it broke and he ended up laughing along with Tucker.

"I'd be inclined to believe you, if you hadn't gotten turned down by Paulina even after you saved the world."

"I turned her down, you-"

"Contestants please come to the stage." Came a voice over the speakers. Immediately the crowd began heading in that direction. Danny said goodbye to Tucker and headed for the stage. He'd made sure he was entering a contest that didn't have a prize of any sort, if he won he wouldn't want it. But this one is just for fun, and they tell everyone what place they're in so he wouldn't be taking the glory away from anyone else.

Danny got into his spot in line with his doppelgangers and they went up to the stage, one at a time by order of the number they received when they signed up. Three judges were sitting at a pop-up table in front of the stage. Danny went across the stage -number 22- with a smirk on his face. He was half-tempted to fly over it and out himself there just to give everyone a laugh but decided not to, instead channeling the very essence of his "Phantom" persona into his expression and gait. One of the judges looked slightly confused, one was seemingly surprised and the third was unreadable. Danny didn't stretch out his time on stage and joined his lookalikes on the other side of it.

"Woah-" Said a guy who had a mid-tier cosplay. A bit of his blonde hair was sticking out from under the wig.

"You look just like him. How'd you get the glowly look?" He exclaimed. Danny stuttered for a moment. How would a cosplayer make themselves look like they have an aura? Should he have tried to tone it down?

"Uh- that's my little secret." Danny gave a grin he hoped was convincing. The guy just gave him a knowing smile and a nod before going off somewhere else.

Danny waited with bated breath at the last ten or so Phantoms crossed the stage, and then the judges asked them all to come up, standing side by side. Some had to stand on the step leading up to the stage at the front because they wouldn't all fit shoulder-to-shoulder. The judges took a few more moments of deliberation before the unreadable one took a breath to speak. The halfa leaned forward unconsciously, beaming and waiting for the judge to say 'number 22.'

"First place goes to number 13!" The announcer said with a big smile on her face.

"Awesome!" Exclaimed the long-faced guy from earlier. At the same time came two shouts of:

"What?!" Danny looked surprised that someone had shouted at the same time as him. He saw the short cosplayer from before standing next to him and squinted his eyes before he realized exactly who it was.

"Danielle?!" He exclaimed.

"When the heck did you get here? I though you were still in Tokyo!" Danielle smiled sheepishly.

"I wanted to have some fun, but you beat me to it!" She socked the older halfa in the shoulder and made him laugh.

"uh- is there something going on here?" Asked the guy judge who had looked confused earlier. The Dannies exchanged wide grins.

"Oh nothing much," Danny started. And then he triggered his transformation back to Fenton and let his feet leave the floor. (he'd been practicing using his powers in human form, it seemed it'd paid off.) He'd made sure to wear the same outfit as Antarctica, just to be sure they'd recognize him.

"My clone and I are just a bit confused how we didn't win a costume contest on being me! Guess I wore the wrong face this morning." Danny said the last part, looking almost troubled. Danielle changed and rose into the air with him and the whole room froze. Except for Tucker, who could be heard cackling.

"Hey I thought we agreed on cousins- and I got back just to mess with this. I even cut my hair! In both forms!" She exclaimed. And she was right. Except for her jacket and beanie, she looked just like him. She was even wearing the same clothes in human form as Danny. He wondered at first where she got them but then he looked a bit closer and saw a spaghetti stain he distinctly remembered making a few weeks ago.

"Did you raid my closet?" He asked. He thought a few things had gone missing!

"It had to be authentic! I've gotten like twelve compliments on my outfit just today." She smiled a smile that reached her eyes, one Danny had only rarely seen.

"Are you really Danny Phantom?" Interrupted one of the contestants incredulously.

"Me?" Asked Danielle, though she knew it wasn't aimed at her.

"Nah, I'm just a clone of this dork." She elbowed Danny in the ribs.

"I resemble that remark!"

"Clone?!" Came a confused consensus.

"Oh yeah, Plasmius was a real fruitloop." Danny said, and the pair nodded in sync. That was almost creepy. There was a beat of silence before Danny continued.

"So I figure I'm disqualified -you too buttmunch- but I'll say here; I'm hosting a panel tomorrow and I'll probably somehow convince this brat to join me. So be there!" With that Danny disappeared, invisible, and Dani followed suit a moment later.

The first ten minutes of Q & A the next day was just about the competition, and Danny had completely confused half of them by saying he had no idea what the heck they were talking about. And when questioned about the girl next to him he told them that was his sister- if they were true fans how didn't they know he had two sisters? Overall he trolled the crowd for a few hours and explored afterward as Phantom, getting compliments on his cosplay. Sam somehow convinced him to go down artist alley, claiming no one was allowed to have explicit stuff.

One: Sam was wrong. And two: There was so much blood.