Ch. 1
Of all the crazy things that has ever happened to him, this was the most surprising. Yet somehow he kinda saw it coming. It was just a normal day, more normal than usual, when suddenly a knock was heard on the Fenton's front door. With his sister Jazz off to college and his parents working in the lab, Danny had no choice but to answer the door.
At first he was pleasantly surprised when he saw an old family friend he's grown to call Uncle Bobby. However once he sees the two unfamiliar tall men behind him he had a sinking feeling he knew what they were here for. And it set every nerve in Danny's body on edge.
"H-hey Uncle Bobby!" He says giving them a sheepish smile. "Common in."
The shorter of the two strange men gives Bobby a surprised look. "Uncle Bobby?" He scoffed in amusement, as the group entered the living room.
"I used to come over every now and then when Danny-boy here was younger." Bobby explained, an amused and warm smile on his face. "Jazz is in college right now right?"
"Yep, and I just graduated about a month ago too." Danny says shyly, shoving one hand in his pocket and rubbing the back of his neck with the other.
"Damn, you kids are growing up too fast." Bobby mumbled, shaking his head in disbelief.
Then suddenly a forced cough came from one of the unfamiliar newcomers. "Ah right! Danny this is Sam," He introduces, addressing the tallest of the two with shaggy brown hair. "and this is Dean." He says gesturing to the shorter man with a dirty-blonde buzz cut.
"Danny, Danny Fenton." The raven haired boy says as he shakes hands with the two. Giving them a friendly smile as he does so.
Once it seemed introductions were done with, Sam takes the moment to speak. "So, Danny where are your parents?"
"They're in the lab. I can go get them if you want." The boy says pointing his thumb towards the direction of the lab.
"Oh no, not yet." Dean stated with a smirk. Causing Danny to look at the three in confusion.
"Danny," Bobby says grabbing his attention, "we came here to talk to you."
Well that was unexpected, but a better alternative to what he originally thought. At first he assumed they were here for his parents to help with the demon war. Danny is many things, but he's not as clueless as many people assume. He has heard about the war a few times before from some of the ghosts, before they all went into hiding many months ago.
Unfortunately, soon after they all went into hiding, Danny noticed his powers starting to act weird. While he still could do the generic things a ghost can do, such as invisibility, intangibility, occasional overshadowing and floating. But no matter how hard he tries, he could not change to Phantom, and what scared him the most is how he could feel his ice core dimming.
Still, even with all that, and the overwhelming fear in his chest, he'd rather it be him getting caught up in this war, instead of his parents. Although he shouldn't jump the gun just yet. They might not even know his alter ego. Maybe they want to talk to him about something else?
"Oh okay. What's up?" The boy questioned, shoving both hands in his pockets to help ease his fidgeting.
"Look Danny," Dean speaks up, "we're not gonna sugarcoat anything for you, okay?" Danny nods his head in understanding.
"Danny," it was Sam who spoke up this time, "has your parents ever mentioned a possible... demon war?" He said carefully and calmly, to not scare the poor kid. Only to be surprised with a relatively calm response.
"No my parents haven't said anything. They focus more on ghosts. I'm not sure if they even know about it." Danny chuckled nervously. "But I've heard about it before."
"Well then you probably know why we're here then." Dean says with a smug look on his face, looking at Danny expectantly.
Even though Danny had already seen this coming a mile away, he couldn't help to get nervous. Trying his best to tell his paranoia that these guys were clearly far from being anything like the Guys in White. Having to swallow a lump in his throat before nervously shifting his weight from one foot to the other.
Bobby gives the dark haired boy a serious look before speaking. "Danny, be honest with us, are you the Phantom?"
Danny swallows another lump, looking down to his shoes to avoid any eye contact. He knew he wouldn't be able to lie his way out of it anyway. Even if he'd try, they'd easily call his bluff. Taking in a shaky breath he finally speaks quietly, "Yah, I guess I am."
"Dude," He hears Dean scoff. "That is fucking awesome!" He exclaims, surprising everyone, but Danny mostly. Causing the boy to lift his head to look at the man with wide eyes.
"Hey, can you show us how you change or shift or whatever?" Dean says with an excited grin on his face.
It takes Danny a moment to comprehend the response he got before answering shyly. Scratching his neck again. "U-uh not here. There are ghost sensors." It wasn't completely a lie. There had been many times where he shifted to Phantom in the house, and the experience is never pretty.
The three men nodded in understanding. "Maybe some other time then." Dean says patting Danny's shoulder. And the boy couldn't help the shy smile that appeared on his face, his nerves finally calming down.
"Does your parents know?" Sam interjected, his eyebrows strained with worry. Danny briefly looks back down to his red converse shaking his head mumbling out a nope. Quietly popping the p at the end.
"Well then we're gonna need to think of another excuse to convince your parents to let you come with us." Dean says, setting his hands on his hips in thought.
Danny couldn't help but chuckle at that, raising a hand as if to wave away their worries. "Trust me, it shouldn't take a lot to convince my folks. Just tell them you'll be taking me out on a hunting trip and they'll be more than okay with it."
"You sure about that Danny?" Bobby grumbles in disbelief. "You're gonna be with us for a while, about a year at the very least. Five years tops."
"Oh I'm sure," Danny says with an amused grin, "they've been trying to get me to move out for a while anyways. Just give me the rest of the day to say bye to a couple friends and I'll pack my things."
AN: This fixer upper has been long overdue! Hope the edits will help to explain some things without spoiling anything. I got plans for why Danny's powers are acting wonky. And I'm so sorry for making Jack and Maddie look like trash before! I'm a horrible person! :'(
But anyways, I hope you guys like it so far, and chapter 2 should be up sometime this weekend. Also, let me know what you guys would like to see in your favorite episode of season 3. I'd love to see what you guys come up with!
