"Normal speech"

'Normal thoughts'

flashback/viewing portal dialogue

Disclaimer: I do not own Danny Phantom


Chapter 2: Birth of a Phantom

Clockwork watched the birth of Samantha Manson. Although in this timeline she wouldn't have the name of "Manson". He rubbed his chin as he watched the scene and thought about it. This timeline is one of the newer ones that had shown itself.

The common misconception that people have about the flow of time is: that timelines do not always start at the beginning of time. Many of them start on a major event of that timeline and then the past and future are built from there. And although Clockwork sees all that happens in every timeline, sometimes a new one is made and he must go through it himself.

This is one of the new ones that have appeared.

He thought about what this event could do to the rest of the timeline. Lifting his scepter to change the viewing portal, he saw the fate of one Daniel James Fenton, the one destined to become Danny Phantom and the hero of his world. What he saw caused him great concern. "Without Samantha Manson there to give Daniel the much-needed suggestion to enter the portal, Daniel never entered it and gained his powers." he continued watching to see the fate of this timeline. It wasn't pretty. The portal would still activate after Jack Fenton tripped on one of the loose cables and the wrench he held flew into the portal, hitting the poorly placed on/off switch. Once the portal is activated ghosts would enter one by one, obeying their obsession, creating havoc among the citizens of Amity Park.


Ember Mclain: hypnotizing the people of Amity gaining exceptional power and claiming the city as her territory.

Desiree: granting every wish she hears also gaining power through them, with some of them going against Ember, causing strife between the two specters.

Spectra feeding off the misery of the townsfolk, until her powers rival the previous two.

Katherine and Jonathan or as they prefer to be called: Kitty and Johnny 13: riding through the city causing more chaos until Johnny begins to flirt with some of the human females, which causes a fight between him and Kitty. The chaos caused by this cause Kitty to banish Johnny and several other men into another dimension until they are lost forever.

Skulker, releasing several of his prey in order to hunt them down in a new location, causing collateral damage to many of the buildings and many innocent bystanders ending up injured or worse.

Later on, Prince Aragon, wanting to expand his kingdom arrives, causing a battle between himself and the other ghosts already there with his sister dragged along in chains. Afterward, Amity park became a continuous battleground with each side vying to claim it as their own.

It wasn't long until the constant destruction of nature caused Undergrowth and his daughter to rise to its defense. They enslaved any survivors they could find and used them to feed their so-called children.

Plasmius, much like many other timelines, allowed his foolishness to get the better of him and in an attempt to gain more power over the rest of the ghosts, released Pariah Dark from his sleep. This action spelled the end of the human world as there was no one strong enough to stop him.

Jack and Madaline Fenton spent most of their time trying to capture the ghosts and stop them from causing more harm. However, due to them being unable to do much other than cause some minor injuries to them, they must continuously go out to stop any kind of attack, leaving very little time for them to invent some of the weapons that would be needed to stop some of the more powerful ghosts. It is because of this that tragedy hits the family hard.

Jasmine Fenton or Jazz as she likes to be called was one of the females that Johnny had attempted to flirt with. Kitty had witnessed this and attacked them both. Unfortunately, Skulker was hunting a large lion ghost in the very same area and due to the carelessness of Katherine, Jazmine had been pushed into the path of the animal and Skulker, testing out a new weapon, blasted them both which caused Jazz to fly into oncoming traffic. A driver who was looking behind him in fear of the ghost battle he just passed, did not see the young girl in front of him.

Tucker Foley was in one of the last remaining electronic stores that remained open when Technus chose to claim the electronics in the store as his own. The creation of the new robotic body had caused the building to collapse, and without anyone there to assist him Tucker could not evacuate the building in time.

Valerie, due to not having any ghost hunter tech, fell victim to Undergrowth and was taken away to become food for the plants.

Danielle was never created since Daniel never obtained his powers so Plasmius never thought to clone the boy.

Jack was assassinated by one of Plasmius' schemes when Jack was having a vulnerable moment due to the loss of his daughter. With Danny unable to detect ghosts and help his father when he was in danger, Jack fell to one of Vlad's attempts after many failures. Vlad had attempted to woo Madaline during her grieving process but she had told him that she could not and would not love him. She could not see him in any kind of romantic sense.

Maddie fell when she was overrun by the citizens that were under Undergrowth's control. She had lasted longer than the others but soon the numbers overwhelmed her.

Daniel…...was the last to go. Due to his wit and clever thinking, he had been able to escape several dangerous situations but he soon found himself in a dilemma that he could not escape from. During one of his escapes from a ghost battle, he had run into princess Dorthea and seeing her in chains, found the heart to release her. They then made a plan to leave amity and run away from the center of all the dangerous battles. Unfortunately during their escape, Pariah Dark, Undergrowth, Prince Aragon, and Vortex were in the midst of a battle. The onslaught of power forced them in the center of the three. Dorthea would have used her dragon transformation but her brother had taken her amulet and destroyed it, leaving her with the basic of powers. They were both wounded and unable to move, so they were unable to dodge the blasts that were heading their way. At the very last second, Danny had seen Samantha and both locked eyes. For that second, both felt like they should have known each other as if they were meant to know who the other one was. Dorthea in fear hugged Danny as they spent their last moments in fear of the end. Dorthea found her existence erased and Danny was destroyed.


Clockwork watched all this occur and could only sigh at the dark path this timeline took. He rewound the viewing portal to the creation of the ghost portal. Both Maddie and Jack were working on the final touches of it.

"Jack, did you connect the power couplings?"

"Yep! Connected and ready to power this baby up!"

Maddie moved over to the blueprints and looked them over to make sure that they didn't miss anything.

Clockwork paused the screen and thought about something. In order to avoid the dark future, he would need to intervene a bit.

This didn't pose a problem since although it is said that one shouldn't mess with the flow of time, it is actually not fully against the rules. It is just recommended not to. The Observants always make a big fuss on messing with events within a timeline but Clockwork being the master of time, had full authority in doing so. He just chooses not to since most of the time he is not needed and it saves him the headache of listening to the eyeballs. He began to look at what would be the best way to cause the accident. He could not help but smile at some of the possible outcomes his interference might cause. Some full of strife, some full of peace and some a little more entertaining. After watching them, he chose the action that had the most amount of paths from his single action. He raised his scepter to rewind just a bit to show Danny reading in his room. Waving his scepter again he said "Slow time." Everything in the world had slowed down so much that one would think that he used his "Time out." flying into Danny's room he merely whispered a single suggestion into his ear before leaving.


Danny was reading a comic since he didn't have anything to do. He had actually read this same comic a few times but it was his favorite out of all the ones he had. As he was turning the page he grumbled to himself at the boredom he was feeling. Suddenly, he had a stray thought 'help out your parents'. He thought about it for a second before shrugging his shoulders, got up, and headed towards his parents' lab.

Normally he wouldn't really care much about what his parents did but on occasion, he would help them out in testing out some of their inventions. Thanks to this he had an understanding of mechanics and science which he felt would benefit him since he wants to become an astronaut. He even helped design a few simple inventions but they were unusual due to the lack of strength they had.

As he was walking through the hallway, he passed his sister's room.

"Hey, Danny."

Danny looked back to see his sister coming out of her room with a bag in her arms. "Hey Jazz, going somewhere?"

Jazz hefted her bag as she moved to walk past him "going to the library. Need to renew the psychology book that I borrowed. I only read it twice and need more time in order to get everything memorized.

Danny could only sigh at his overachieving sister. 'Only she would think of doing something like that.' he moved towards the lab as he waved his sister goodbye

Jazz noticed Danny going towards the lab before shouting out "careful not to get sucked up in whatever they are doing!"

"Got it Jazz!"

Danny walked down the stairs to see his parents work on the wiring of their so-called "ultimate invention". Walking closer to his mother who was looking over the plans, he asked "hey guys need any help?"

Maddie looked up from the plans before she removed her hood and goggles to smile at her son. But before she could say anything Jack appeared out of nowhere and wrapped Danny in a one-armed hug

"Danny! So good to see you taking an interest in our line of work! Come over here!" Jack dragged Danny until they were standing in front of the hexagonal hole in the wall "here she is! Years of work finally here for everyone to see!" he paused for a moment before he rubbed the back of his head "well….everyone in this household at least."

Maddie then walked up to stand next to them "it will still help us in our research on the paranormal."

Danny didn't really believe any of what his parents were really into. He didn't believe in ghosts since he had never seen one before and in the scientific community, his parents were seen as crackpots. They still received funding due to their scientific expertise in other fields and helping out other scientists but their focus will always be here. And although he didn't believe in the paranormal, he still wished his parents success. Although some of the things they said they would do to a ghost when they captured one still made him wince a bit.

Jack patted Danny hard and moved him over to the center of the lab. "You can help us out now that you're here!"

Maddie moved to join them and pointed to the side "you should put on one of the hazmat suits. You never know whatever might happen so you should have some sort of protection."

Danny nodded as he moved to the wall and took off one of the hazmat suits. Putting it over his clothing, he zipped it closed. He never really liked wearing the suit over normal clothes since it was uncomfortable but he was not in the mood to just use it as a normal pair of clothes like his parents. Once it was on he made his way towards his mother but paused when he looked down to his chest to see the smiling face of his father "ugh dad do you have to put your face on this?"

Jack who was welding something on the portal, stopped and looked over to his son while lifting up his goggles he smiled at seeing his face on the suit his son was wearing "it's a Fenton product! Gotta make sure that everyone knows that we made it!" He then went back to welding what he was before.

Danny looked back to his dad's face on his chest before he ripped it off and put it on the table his mother was at. "I need to make my own logo if I ever make something."

Maddie smiled as she pulled up her goggles again "it's not that bad Danny. But maybe later you can come up with something to put on your suit. You know…..if you ever decide to get your own personalized suit."

Danny gave n uneasy chuckle at that "Heh heh, thanks but no thanks, mom. I don't think I will get used to wearing this much. So do you need any help with something?"

Maddie smiled more before pointing at a part of the blueprints that she was looking over. "You can help me with this here. You see…"


For the next couple of hours, the three worked on the final touches of the portal.

Danny didn't really do much of the more complicated aspects of it but he was able to help out by connecting some of the wirings and helping hold things in place.

It was now the moment of truth. It was time to plug it in and watch all their hard work pay off.

Maddie and Jack were bouncing with excitement

Jack looked around the lab with the biggest smile on his face "where's Jazzy pants? She's going to miss this!"

Danny looked to his father "she said she was going to the library. She most likely stayed there to do some more studying."

Maddi felt a bit downtrodden at hearing this "oh she is going to miss this."

Jack brought his hand to her shoulder "don't worry Maddie. The portal isn't going anywhere. She can see it when she gets back." Jack and Maddie moved over to a plug and socket extensions and picked them up. Jack looked over to Maddie "just like in college."

Maddie's smile dropped a bit as she remembered that fiasco "except this time it will work."

Danny stood back so to let them have this moment. If it worked then it should be them standing in front of it. He watched as his father brought up the two halves in the air and in his excitement shouted out

"Banzai!"

Jack slammed the two together and they all watched with bated breath at the portal.

They heard the portal powering up and the couplings glow with energy.

After a few more seconds they were disappointed when all they saw were a couple of sparks of green electricity.

Both the parents slumped at this as they were really hoping that it would turn on.

Jack felt like he had failed again at proving the existence of ghosts. "Another failure." he gave a heavy sigh as he turned around and began to trudge his way out of the lab. "I was so sure it would have worked this time."

Maddie was saddened to see her husband looking so depressed. She turned to Danny and gave a weak smile "I'm going to make him some fudge to cheer him up. Don't stay down here too long." she then moved to follow the man upstairs. she passed at the bottom of the stair before looking back at Danny "oh and if you need us, come and get us. We won't be able to hear you due if you shout for us since you know the lab is soundproof."

Danny watched as his parents left the lab before he looked back to the portal. "Man, they were so excited too." he walked up to the hole ad looked it over "what could've gone wrong? I mean I know I am nowhere near smart enough to understand all of the mumbo jumbo they go on about but with how they were acting, it seemed that they had everything right." he paused as he realized what he just said before facepalming "man I need to stop listening to Jazz when she talks about psychology." Danny looked around until he found a small flashlight. Turning it on he took a few tentative steps inside it to see if there was something wrong with it. He smiled as he spoke his thoughts out loud "Man wouldn't it be cool if it did work. I mean, what could be on the other side." After taking a few more steps inside the flashlight died out Danny smacked it with his other hand as he grumbled "did dad forget to replace the battery in this thing again? He always does this for everything!" his action was a mistake on his part as he stopped paying attention and found his foot caught by a cable that was protruding upwards. "GEH!" He tripped on the cable and stumbled a few feet deeper into the portal. He was able to steady himself by placing his hand on the wall. "I get bullied at school already, now my parents' invention is out to get me."

*CLICK*

Danny looked to where his hand was on the wall and although he couldn't see clearly, he was able to see a red button with the word "OFF" underneath it. His eyes widened as he moved his hand from where it was to see that he had hit a green button with the word "ON" below it. His eyes grew in panic as he heard something powering up. His mind instantly knew what was going on and he turned around to run out of the portal before it turned on. "GAH!" He tripped on the very same cable and fell face-first on the ground before he quickly picked himself up and started to run again.

Unfortunately, he was only able to take one step before the portal sprung to life.

"gggaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHH"


"Time Out"

Clockwork, who was in his infant state, watched the whole scene take place and smiled. He knew that Daniel would survive this ordeal and become what many other Daniels have become. Thinking on something for a second he waved his scepter at the viewing portal and watched as two screens appeared. Each showing a different Clockwork. He normally didn't do this but for new timelines that were created, he always consulted with himself from other timelines. They are essentially him and not just different dimensions of him, he is them and they are him because, throughout all timelines, there is only one Clockwork. "I can see that your path has gone in that direction." he said to the clockwork on the left who was the adult version of him, before looking to his right at the old man version of him "and yours has gone with that direction. I must ask you both, how fairs young Daniel."

The adult spoke first "we know how he fairs. This path shows him through his struggles and hardships but like we know, he perseveres and finds a way."

The old man stroked his beard "yes. He shows the same tenacity on this path as well. Though as you both know, I will give my help to our young apprentice."

Clockwork nodded before he shifted his form to be that of an adult. This caused the other two to shift their forms as well.

The adult became an old man and the old man became a baby

Clockwork smiled "Daniel shall become great again in these new timelines." seeing the other clockworks nod and smile they each waved their scepters to turn off the viewing screen "it is only a matter of time."


End of chapter

IMPORTANT NOTICE

The original concept I had for this story has split into several different ways it can go. I could not decide which one to use since each of them sounded great so I have chosen to end THIS fic and make sequels. The only review I got ( :'( )for this story gave me the idea of this being able to become anything so I will do that. A small factor for making sequels instead of continuing on this fic was something many know about: the pairing. Based on how this is set up, being called "Kiss from a Rose", and having Undergrowth Sam as the cover, it would make sense if she was the main pairing. I am fine with that but as I read other fics I found myself rooting for other girls a well. Then when I felt like coming back to this fic I felt my mind going to other ways to do it. So I came up with this fic being a prologue of sorts and making different stories based on this. So yeah

Also if any writer reads this fic and wants to use it for themself, let me know so I can read it

Now or the clearing things up bit of this.

I started to think about a world without Sam in the picture and the episode with Desiree gave me the idea of the town being overrun. But I wanted to put in some heavy hitters in a battle against each other. So I put in Pariah Dark, Undergrowth, Prince Aragon, and Vortex. I left it vague on what they were doing but I'm sure that you readers can think of something.

The Dorthea bit I put in this was something I just kinda added. Princess Dora rarely ever gets any time to shine even though she is one of the early characters. Despite only showing for a second until she gets her own small episode after that she isn't seen again unless in her dragon form. She needs more stories with her in them.

I hope no one was confused with the Clockwork talking to Clockwork thing. Hope you guys understood what I was going for with that

I hope new readers enjoy this fic and look forward to one of the upcoming sequels. If you have any ideas for them please PM me or leave it in a review.

Changed the summary

Ps new laptop with some weird keyboard problems so please forgive any misspells you might find

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