Danny Phantom: Family Issues

By: Hordak's Pupil

Chapter I: New Surroundings

Gomez Addams

"Careful with that mummy, it's over 6000 years old," I told the movers as they carried down my prized mummy from my room. They looked at the sarcophagus nervously. "Don't worry he only comes to life on Walpurgisnacht." I am going to miss the annual seances in the family graveyard. We had the soil brought in from a plague ravaged town.

"I got the rest of the family ready to move," Fester said as he walked in the from the back. He placed his shovel on the floor. "Does the new place have a lot a storms?" he asks eagerly. "I would hate for my experiments to be ruined. I think I am on a breakthrough." I hand my brother a newspaper clipping I found.

"Mysterious Storm strikes! Ghosts to Blame," he read it smiling but looked concerned. "Why would they blame ghosts for it." I tell him that some people are weird like that. I also point out that the house has a nice spire on it perfect for attracting lightning. "Good, "I've been feeling low as of late." he placed a finger on his tongue and jumped at the shock. "Only 27 and a half volts." I ask him if he's been feeling well. "Just a bit of a cold but I have a cure of that."

"Three hours in the Sicilian bull?"I ask him as he nods. "There is nothing like it to battle the sniffles. Tell me do you use Hell fire?" He nods happily as my love comes down the steps. "Ah there you are, mi amor," she said she had just cleaned out her closet. "Did you remember the skull?"

"Why of course, I would never dream of forgetting it," she pointed to a medium sized bag beside her. "My 10 times great nephew Reznor the Damned. Excommunicated thirteen times by the the pope for unnatural acts." I always loved hearing about her family.

"I think we are ready to head out," Morticia gives out a whistle as our children raced down the stairs. "Are your bags packed?" Wednesday nods saying she has all her demonic texts packed along with her phylactery. "have you succeeded in storing your soul?"

"Not yet, Pugsley won't let me experiment on him," she frowns as Pugsley sticks out his tongue at her. "Come on nothing will happen to you. You might be damned but physically you'll be fine.

"You will have enough time to play when we arrive at our new home. Now come on, Lurch is waiting for us."

Danny

"Are you sure Clockwork can't help?" Sam asked looking up at the clock. I had, many times, begged the old time ghost to speed things up but he always says 'I am the ghost of time, not your personal servant' "Why do we have to take these tests any...," Lancer slammed a book on a desk and told us to keep quiet.

"Sorry sir," I apologize sinking into my chair as everyone laughs at me. "The Illinois Aptitude Test (IAT). The biggest waste of..." A chill went up my spine. "I never thought I would be happy for a ghost attack. "Mr. Lancer I need to use the restroom." Lancer looks from behind his magazine and says I have to wait for everyone to be done. I look around and notice that everyone is busy napping or taking the test. I phase out of the room through the floor and begin looking for the specter. No doubt Vlad is...I hear the sound of a dog barking. I look down and see Cujo jumping up and down. "Who let you out this time," I pick the ghost puppy up. "Lets..." I notice a string on is right hind paw.

"I've got you now whelp!" Skulker taunted as a glowing green cage fell on me. I ask him what he's doing instead of being the Fruit Loop's lackey. "What Vlad doesn't know won't hurt him." He aims his weapon at me but I duck out of the way. "Stand still pest!" the hunter spits as I grab a fire extinguisher.

"You really need to cool down," I fire It him disorienting for a time. He struggles to wipe it off his armor but Amity just switched to a new hi tech foam. He yells and roars as his gauntlet hits the wall releasing me. An ectoblast destroys his helmet revealing the tiny ghost inside. "Next stop- The Ghost Zone," I suck him inside the thermos and sigh in relief. I look up at the clock, "Cripes! I need to get back before the bell ring," I take off for the test room.

Uncle Fester

"So where is this new place at?" Morticia asked as Lurch started the limo. Gomez smiles saying it's one of the most haunted towns in the country. "You don't mean?"

"I do, Amity Park, Illinois- Ghost City, USA," he takes out a map of the town."Some say the entire town as built on a Native American graveyard and spirits use it as a portal from their world to ours." He points to a lone property on a hill. "Townsend Place, My lawyer, Mr. Shcreck says it's the perfect place for us."

"Max always did have a good eye for finding old mansions." I said looking looking at all the places in the town. Gomez asks if something is wrong, "There are no Occult stores in it. You would think a haunted town would have at least one." My brother assures me that they will find one nearby. He mentions the entire town vanished into thin air once. "Really?" I ask him excitedly.

"Yes, a full scale ghost invasion took place and the whole town was sucked into another dimension," he says as I smile. And look there is abandoned yard in the back. Perfect for our extended family," I can't wait to get to work on it.

Vlad

"Uh did you hear us shef?" Anacletus asked as I read the paper angrily. "Oh no his stupid football team lost...," I blasted the annoying bird out of the sky. "Hey no need to get upset we're just the messengers" I told them it's not the Packers but that someone richer than me is moving here. "Who's that," I lay the paper town and point to the article. "Addams?" the old bird asks curious.

"He's worth six hundred sixty-six billion dollars and thirteen cents. He's 10 billion dollars richer than me." I can't have someone with more money come here. What if they befriend the Fentons and gives them money. "Daniel could easily out do me and I would be ruined."

"It says here that this Addams has a taste for the macabre," Æsc says lifting his glasses to get a better look at it. "I don't get it this town has nothing to offer just some stupid burger place. Why not go to Florida it's warm there." I rolled my eyes, why couldn't I have younger minions. "Or at least Branson."

"That's not the point. I want you three to find out all you can about this Addams," I order them as they look at me. "Or else I will send you someplace much warmer than Florida." They look at me and asks If I am talking about Hawaii. "Now go!" I blast them as they scatter. "Dear Lombardi why am I cursed with these idiots?"

Tucker

"So Skulker was just hunting you because he was bored?" I asked as we walked up the steps to the Fentonworks. Danny nodded saying that Plasmius mustn't have much for him to do. "Now that you mention it he has been a bit too... the door swings open and the arm of Mr. Fenton pulls us into the house.

"I am glad you're here this is a code green!" Danny's dad says showing us a newspaper. It says that an eccentric billionaire is moving to Amity. "The paper says he's moving into Townsend Place. That place is crawling with ghosts. I bet the new owner will need someone to take care of it."

"Why is he moving here?" Sam asks curiously. "It says he's looking for a change of pace and heard good things about Amity," she points to the article. Danny picks it and rolls his eyes. He says that's just what the town needs another creepy billionaire. "I don't think this guy is like Vlad. It says here he has eccentric tastes. Finally someone to shake up this boring place."

"When he arrives here we're going to pay him a visit and introduce ourselves to him." Danny's mom says. "it's just what our ghost hunting business needs." Danny continues to look at the article. "Something wrong honey?" she asks Danny sighs and walks up to his room.

"This is good they won't hunt you anymore." I point out as he shuts the door. He tells his that eccentric is just another word for 'fruit loop' and he doesn't need another Vlad. "Maybe this one will be different." Danny gets out his laptop and asks what's the man's name.

"Addams, Gomez Addams," Sam says as he types it into Google. He brings up an article about a disturbance in New Jersey. A gang ghouls had dug up a grave in a cemetery. The culprits were two kids named Pugsley and Wednesday Addams. According to them they were looking for the skull of a suicide to conjure demons from Hell "A bit much for my taste but if they're related to Mr. Addams than things could get very interesting."

"Why couldn't I have joined Danielle on her trip around the world?" Danny slams his head on the desk. "Why can't everyone just leave me alone."

Morticia Addams

"The Ace of Spades, you know what that means Thing. You will meet a grisly end," Gomez smiled showing Thing the card. I ask him if he told Grandmama and Cousin Itt we were moving? "Don't to worry dear I told them all about it and I hired a botanist to move and care for your babies till we get there." I smile and telling he thinks of everything. "Of course, it will be all set up when we arrive there."

"You did manage to pack my experiments?" Fester asks concerned. Gomez told him that Fester's friend is riding with the family. "Good, you didn't put him back with great uncle Ethelred? You know how he feels about guests. Gomez assures him that he put him in good company. "I can't wait to get started," he says as Lurch stops the car.

"What is it?" I ask worriedly as Lurch points out the windshield. "an abandoned graveyard, perfect we do need to stretch out," we unbuckle and go outside. "It reminds me of our honeymoon Gomez. Remember we found that burial ground of heretics in France. I still remember seeing the tombs dug up by necromancers and satanists."

"Ah yes, I believe one of them wanted to create the Hand of Glory. I made one myself as a lad. It was my school project." He laughs thinking about the shock his teachers had when he brought in a rotting hand. "Those were good old days."

"I think I found something," Pugsley called out pointing to an old headstone. Most of the writing was worn away except for the name DeNaire. "Was that the name of a Templar. You used to tell us about him mom," he says kneeling down and examine the stone.

"That's right, it was said that he tried to kill Clement V and was damned," the kids smile remembering when I would tell them bedtime stories about the knights and and their work with the Occult. "it's probably a distant cousin. He wasn't one of the founders who left after the persecution."

I recline on a broken stone and relax for awhile. "You are going to love this place. Max only picks out the best and most decrepit properties. He's the one who informed me about that swamp in Pennsylvania." I ask if that was one with the mudmen. "It was and it was quite a bargain only 100,000 dollars per acre."

"You always had an eye for real estate my dear," Gomez smiles and kisses my hand.