Ghost King Danny: Book 1

A Danny Phantom Overlord Fanfiction

Author's Note: Well, we're here. Chapter 15.

Last Time

"If you would please follow me, I will lead you to your rooms." The large, muscular butler walked with a grace that could only be pulled off through years of being a butler. Danny walked behind the man, the other workers following meekly behind him. It was obvious who the leader of these servants and house workers was. After walking for a while, the man, whose name turned out to be Sebastian, turned into a hallway with a red velvet carpet, and six rooms. Sebastian stopped in the middle of the hallway, causing the other workers to look at him for orders.

"The master has informed me to give each of you your own rooms. With the exception of Jackson and Maddeline, of course."

Jazz, always the levelheaded one, was the first to ask the question that was on the teen's minds.

"Why must the four of us have our own rooms, if you don't mind me asking?"

Sebastian smiled at the redhead, his kind eyes lighting up at the question. "The master stated that you may need some space away from each other, after your quote unquote 'car ride'. At the words 'car ride' Sebastian looked pointedly at Jack with an amused glare, causing the large, orange suited man to be flushed with embarrassment as his face turned a particular shade of red. When Sebastian finally looked away, Jack took this time to bolt into the room closest to him, this being the first door on his right. Maddie followed Jack soon after to try and comfort him from his embarrassed state. This left the four teens standing in the middle of the hallway with the butler. Suddenly, a beeping noise emitted from the butler's jacket pocket. He reached in his pocket and pulled out what looked to be a mini pager. He then frowned.

"It seems I am needed elsewhere. I assume you will have no trouble here?" The four teens shook their heads in answer, to which Sebastian replied, "Good. If ever you should need me, just call me using the phones provided in the rooms. The speed dial number on these phones is three." And with that, he almost sprinted 'round the corner, and effectively disappeared. Danny and the others had decided to simply take a chance on whatever these doors held. At least this way, they could be near each other if something came up. And with that, the four of them opened their respective doors in front of them, and stepped inside, wondering what awaited them inside the rooms and the rest of this week.

This Time

The four teens walked inside their rooms, and like they expected in Vlad's mansion, a large king sized bed with a mahogany dresser and nightstand, as well as a large ninety inch plasma screen television adorned each room(which Tucker obviously adored). The only thing that was different in each room was a gift that was placed on the center of the bed in an assortment of gift wrappings; electric green and ice blue for Danny, granite black and royal purple for Sam, a cool turquoise for Jazz, and a metallic gray for Tucker. The four of them were confused at the gifts and were wary to open them. The four teens came out of their rooms into the hallway to talk.

"Should we open them?" Tucker asked in slight worry.

"To be honest, I'm debating whether this is just another plot to spy on us. I don't know if we should." Danny said apprehensively.

"Maybe we should ask Mom and Dad first, Danny. Who knows, maybe they got a gift as well. We do need to know whether Vlad is spying on us, even though he probably is, and opening these gifts in front of them will help us get over our fear that he is spying on us and may help us form a plan on what to do when he actually does try to spy on us." Jazz said logically.

"I agree with Jazz, Danny. Who better to open our gifts in front of than your parents? If anything, this will show Vlad that we aren't afraid of him, or anything he could throw at us." Sam said with conviction.

Danny took in Jazz's argument. While it was sound, he didn't want to endanger his parents to anything Vlad may have put in their boxes, especially his father. While they knew that Vlad wouldn't risk harming the woman of his dreams, the man was fair game, and Danny was determined to protect him, as well as his friends and the rest of his family, and that included the one he had created, which included his friends, his sister, and his clone, Danielle. Knowing that she was alone and on the streets worried him. She was safe from Vlad, but he didn't know how long that would last. A whole lot rode on this decision, so he had to choose carefully. The more he thought about her argument though, the more he found himself leaning to her side. He knew she was right, and she knew she was right. So why was he still debating the decision?

"Ok guys. Let's go ask them. Maybe they did get gifts. Besides, it'll probably be easier to open our gifts in front of them anyway." At this comment, Jazz had a small smile on her face, glad that he took her suggestion.

The three of them walked up to their parents' temporary room and knocked twice. A minute later and the door was answered, Maddie at the door.

"Oh, hey kids! What brings you here?" It was then that she saw the gifts in each of their hands when she clapped her hands together.

"You got gifts too? I thought it was just us." Maddie seemed genuinely surprised at this. "We wanted to show you our gifts too. Jack! The kids are here with their presents!" Maddie then beckoned the teens in as she sat on the bed next to a pink and blue striped package. It was during this time that Jack came back from the bathroom, bounding towards his wife and children as well as his two friends, after getting his blue and violet package from the nightstand. After a quick hello to the Fenton matriarch, the gift opening began, with Danny going first.

Danny carefully opened his package with the skill of a neurosurgeon and lifted the box cover to find…a laptop? Danny wasn't exactly sure why, but he felt slightly touched by the fact that Vlad would give something like this to him of all people. Of course that feeling went away when he got his head back in the game and realized it might be a trap. To keep up appearances however, he smiled at his 'gift' and lifted it out of its small box covering to show his family and friends. All of them were shocked to say the least, to see the laptop within the small box. The laptop was silver with green accents on the sides and a silver and green wireless mouse sitting in the box. One thing Danny noticed about the laptop was how it didn't come with charger cables. If it was a computer, and Danny was certain it was, then how was it supposed to be charged? It wasn't as if he could just say "Computer charge" and it would respond to him.

Which made it all the more shocking when the screen shot open with the words 'Fully Charged, Danny' in big block letters. Danny's mouth hung open for a second before he closed the laptop and placed it gingerly on his mom's bed. After the shock of Danny's new computer wore off, Sam and Tucker were next to open their gifts. In Sam's box sat an onyx chain necklace with a porcelain black bat hanging from it, and in Tucker's box was the highly coveted, yet to be released, Dark Spirits III game that almost every gamer and nerd wished they held in their hands. Jazz's gift held three new psychology books, which would prove useful for her aspiring career as a psychologist.

Next came Maddie's gift. In her box was a box of pink lily flowers. While Danny, Sam, Tucker, and Jazz silently gagged at this…gesture, Maddie simply paid the flowers absolutely no mind, dropping them without care on the bed. What she saw next was something she, and surprisingly Jack would appreciate; inside the box was enough money, cash, to help fund their inventions, for at least the next thirty years, at least 30 million dollars' worth was inside the box. Maddie was surprised at this gift, while Jack was jumping for joy. No, literally, he was jumping around like a kid on Christmas Morning, he was so ecstatic. It gave the teens a good laugh for a few minutes before Jack's gift was opened.

Jack's gift possibly made his smile grow even wider as he opened it. Inside were blueprints for a new invention. It even came with its own name; The Fenton Ultra-Cube. While Jack was extremely happy for the new invention, Danny, Sam, and Tucker weren't. Maybe they could take a look at the blueprints later, see what it does, and hopefully avoid it.

Later that day, Danny and his friends were walking outside around the grounds, Sam admiring the plants Vlad had strewn around his garden, and Tucker was busy checking the new laptop, making sure no one, from a common house burglar to Vlad himself, could get in it without Danny's specific permission. He also just wanted to play around with the machine to see how much it could handle before cracking under pressure. Danny himself however, was a nervous wreck, and surprisingly, a bit of a workaholic, even if his grades didn't necessarily show it. However, after a few calm words from Sam and Tucker (and quite possibly another slap from the former), he was a lot calmer. He was so calm that he almost forgot why he was here in the first place.

Almost.

Danny's mind, while his conscious state portrayed a state of calm, his subconscious state was whirling, trying to figure out where, if it was at all here, the crown was hidden in Vlad's home. He was deep in thought. So deep in thought that he didn't hear Sam calling his name.

"-anny. Danny! Hey, snap out of it!"

Danny's mind snapped back into reality with a force not unlike being slammed into a wall by Skulker's rockets during their ghost fights.

"Huh, what?" Danny said, confused and dazed. It was then that he realized Sam was talking to him.

"You kinda spaced out on us, man. What were you thinking about?" This comment came not from Sam, but from Tucker, however. Danny, while knowing that not telling them now would only make them worry about him more, decided to keep his thoughts to himself for now. He'd tell them later, probably after dinner or something, all he knew was that he needed to sort out his own thoughts first.

"Sorry about that. I wasn't really thinking about what I was doing. I promise I'll tell you, just meet me in my room after dinner, and I'll explain everything." Danny said, a small smile appearing on his face.

Sam and Tucker shared identical, confused looks on their faces, but didn't say anything. He'd tell them when he was ready. And then Sam would hit him for not telling them sooner. They were out there for a while, as the sun had slowly begun setting. The trio of half-ghosts began to walk back to the mansion, unaware that a pair of fiery red glowing eyes were invisibly watching them from behind a tree.

Vlad

Vlad's clone watched the trio of friends with interest. He needed to know what the trio was hiding. By some unknown force, all of his spy cameras were destroyed, so unfortunately, Vlad had to resort to more…rudimentary tactics. As the clone followed the three teens invisibly, his scowl grew. What could they be hiding from him? For now, a mental command from his original prompted him to go through the wall and into a secret room underneath the mansion. As the clone remerged with Vlad, his eyes glowed red in anger at his lack of information. Suddenly Vlad smiled. He smiled an evil smile, a smile so evil that even Clockwork was unnerved by it. Oh, yes. He knew just what to do.

Danny

Danny and his friends after reentering the mansion, decided to sleep off the very long and hectic drive from Minnesota to Wisconsin. As Danny laid down within the comfortable king-sized bed, he had failed to notice that he had switched into ghost form, and the ring upon his finger began to transform in color, from an ectoplasmic green to a brilliant, almost angelic white. Elsewhere within the mansion, a glowing green crown started to rattle within its glass casing, causing cracks to form in the seemingly-impenetrable, platinum-infused glass, and the green glow surrounding the crown reflected the ring's transformation, as it had also turned from green to white, as well as the flames. And as both of the ghostly relics began to transform, both the crown and the ring spoke in unison.

"All hail King Phantom. Savior of the Land of the Dead and the Living. Forever may he reign!"

Author's Note: Oh, my GOD! Listen you guys, I am SO sorry about the extended amount of silence from me for two months! That is unacceptable, however, I have a math course that I have been focusing most of my time on for the summer. Damn you College Algebra! I'll probably update Riders of Amity Park soon after my first test is complete. It's due tomorrow at 11:59 PM, so wish me luck! Anyways, I hope you liked this chapter! Please Review! And I'd enjoy a bit of constructive criticism to see how I'm doing with this writing thing. Thanks for sticking with me, guys. Bye!