One's inner Dragon Chapter 9: Frustrations, a danny phantom fanfic

"Normal Speech"

'Normal thoughts'

{radio, phone, or electronic}

flashback/memory

~locations and transitions~

Beta read by: I need one

Disclaimer: I don't own Danny phantom

Reviews corner

Nathair1: glad you liked it. Yeah, Dora needs some help in getting out of her shell and she will with the help of Desiree and Danny. And Danny is "clueless" so I added some of that for him. And yeah, passing mention

Ryu wolf: thank you

Voidwalker294381672: aw, only 8 out of 10? What'd I miss? And yeah, Cujo episode in passing

DJ Rodriguez: thanks glad you liked it. Yeah, I felt that Dora needed to be built a bit more and Desiree would be the one to do so. And I'm trying to be tasteful in the … explicate material. It will either be used tastefully for a purpose, or for some comedic reason but not pushing it. And I felt like having Desiree, one of the fandom's most sexually liked characters, help Dora see that she has beauty as well. The pizza bit between Kitty and Danny was inspired by an experience I had with my best friend. Apart from the puppy eye thing, I chased my friend around the room to get the pizza slice from her out of fun. I'll check out your fic when I finish my quota and the drawing I'm making for Halloween.

Fallen-Ryu: maybe on Kitty. Still not sure. I'm tweaking Danny a bit for that.

Daniel6: possibly. And it made sense for Desiree to do such a thing for Dora

ArashiNokitsune: not really. Clockwork is just an observer right now. It's a new timeline and he just wants to watch. But that doesn't mean he won't "toss a pebble"

Eecobeo: yeah it was a reference to attack of the clones

Ryuofhi99: keeping it up

Kr0n0s00: I doubt it

Rharper909: well, he didn't win really in the cartoon. He just got lucky in a lot of his fights and he had help. Hope you come back and read more

Guest: did you ask me that last year? I feel I got the same request last year from someone. Anyway, here you go. And I won't be able to make another one by Halloween.

Ghust95: she just might :)

Chapter 9: Frustrations

It was the start of the annual Casper high spirit week and the students were showing their spirit by being more peppy than usual.

One teacher was just as enthusiastic.

This was the teacher that she was looking for.

Jazz walked up to Mr. Lancer who was almost going into a spirit cheer. "Mr. Lancer, can I talk to you for a minute."

The teacher paused in his cheer and looked at the student. He smile widely as he nodded. "Of course, what can I help you with?"

"It's about my brother, Danny." she began to walk into the school with the teacher following her. "He's been acting weird recently and I'm worried about him. He always seems tired and distracted. He won't say what it is but I get the feeling that he is hiding something. I want to ask him but if I do, he'll just think I'm being nosy and I'm afraid that if he doesn't get help soon, he will let out his frustrations in a negative way."

When she stopped bringing up her concerns, the two heard some noise coming from the new student counselor's office. Curious, they opened the door to see Danny in the middle of a half-destroyed room.

Frowning at the sight, Mr. Lancer grabbed the boy by the shirt and moved him to stand in front of the desk and wait for the new counselor to return

Danny wasn't sure if he was still half ghost or if he was around 75% to reaching full ghost. He was sure that a normal person should get about fifty-six hours of sleep in the span of one week if they get the required eight hours a night.

Danny was sure that he got the fifty-six hours of sleep total… in the span of two months.

His life was getting more and more hectic the longer he went.

Like right now, he was standing in the office he fought a ghost in and tuning out most of the talking. He felt too tired to really pay attention and his mind went over what caused his exhaustion.

First, there was the Technus issue, right after he found a nice way to relieve some stress.

Danny found an online video game that had a prize for anyone that could get the seven silver keys, free access to the world wide web.

In actuality, the winner of the game would just get their name placed on a digital winners board that will display the time it took you to get to it, your weaponry, and a 3d model of your avatar.

But Danny didn't know if Technus could use that to really gain access to the world wide web but he couldn't take the chance.

The game was extremely difficult with intricately designed levels, tough bosses, and the race and battle with other players.

Rumor has it that only five players ever made it to the end.

Danny spent a lot of his time playing the game when he had free time. It was just his luck that he found out that Technus had entered the game in an attempt to gain access to the world wide web.

Not only that but Danny had a makeup test that he needed to study for, which he was doing but when he found out that Technus was in the game, he had to put a hold on it. He did his best to stall the ghost as much as he could with his avatar but technus still had access to his ghost power so Danny's efforts were in vain.

When Danny was sitting at the desk doing the makeup, he was bouncing his leg so much that he was afraid he might cause the desk to move. Part of him wanted to rush through the test, but the other part was telling him that he shouldn't if he wanted to at least have some semblance of a normal life afterward.

Not to mention that the ticking of the clock was getting on his nerves as he wrote his answers.

When he finished, he was able to get a solid B on it and that put a smile on his face. He had to rush out of the school and get back home so he could try and get to Technus before the ghost got the last key. He was able to see where he was thanks to "guest viewing", which allowed him to watch other players.

That's when he got the idea.

~flashback~

"Crap! He's already on the last level and the players aren't slowing him down! With his ghost powers, he's unstoppable in the game."

Danny was pacing back and forth as he tried to think of what he could do. It was a second later that he realized. "Wait! If he can use his ghost powers to enter the game…. Then so can I!" standing firm he clenched his fist. "I'm going ghost!" his flaming white rings appeared and split vertically, turning him into Danny Phantom. Jumping in the air, he turned intangible and flew into his computer.

"Fenton fighter" Danny's avatar, glitched for a second before a pair of white rings appeared and transformed him into "Phantom, the wyvern knight."

Danny blinked a few times as he was surprised that he was inside the game. "Woah, this is cool." he shook his head as he remembered he had a job to do. Jumping up, he flew at top speed toward the portal that would lead him to the next level.

Danny used his intangibility to phase through obstacles that were in his way, but that wasn't the only thing he did. At times he would attack the enemies he passed and would return fire to other players that got lucky enough to see him and take a shot in his direction. He didn't really pay much attention to them as he continued to fly but if he looked, he would have seen that he took them all out with one shot.

As he did, his level kept increasing as he was taking out players that were levels above him.

His visor soon became a helmet with protrusions on the side of his head, his gauntlets became more streamlined with the fingertips becoming black while the rest remained white, his boots gained a green strip that went up the side with the bottom of the boot becoming black and bled into the white as if flames, and on his back, two protrusions appeared along with a single jet in between them.

Danny himself was unaware of this as he was focused on his task. "Come on, faster!"

The jet then burst to life as blue flames came out and propelled Danny faster through the levels.

Danny didn't realize his outfit changed and that he now had a single-nozzle jetpack on his back. He just thought he was pushing his flight.

Danny finally made it to the last level and saw Technus had beaten a bunch of players already and was about to get the last key. Not only that but he was bigger and changed his legs from three mechanical tentacles to spider legs and abdomen.

"At last! I, Technus, the master of all this technological and electronic, have shown all these whippersnappers how hp and funky fresh I am. And soon the world will know of my greatness!" he reached for the last key, but as his fingers touched the digital metal, he was tackled from the side before they flew away from the key. He found himself slammed into a tree.

"Can't let you do that, Master of long-winded speeches."

Technus looked up to see another player flying over him. It took him a second to realize who it was, with the color scheme and voice helping him out. "Ghost child!"

"Were you expecting a plumber?" he cupped his hands, charging his ecto energy, and blasted Technus through the tree.

Without the use of intangibility.

Danny saw that Technuss was shrinking in size after being hit so he decided to keep hammering him. He split his hands and began to rapidly fire at Technus.

Technus jumped to his feet before he brought up a shield that reflected the shots back.

"Geh!" Danny flew downward to avoid his reflected shots. As he got closer to the ground, he went intangible and phased through the ground.

Technus dropped the shield and chose to make his way toward the two last remaining keys, which were guarded by two ugly trolls. He went intangible when they fired at him and he cackled as they went through him. "Nothing can stop me!"

"Then call me 'nothing'." Phasing from the ground behind the trolls, Danny flew between them and brought his fist forward to slam into Technus's face. Seeing the ghost be sent flying from his fist, he paused and blinked owlishly. "That sounded so much cooler in my head." He was about to fly after Technus but his eyes caught sight of a Power up cube. "That can help." moving up to it, he pressed his hand on the diamond symbol on the side of the cube before feeling his avatar be powered up. "Oh, yeah!"

Technus threw off the rock that was on top of him. "It is time I show off the moves that I had acquired."

*BOOM*

The ground shook as something impacted the ground in front of the ghost

Technus looked at the figure and his shades widened in shock.

Danny's outfit had reshaped into what looked like medieval armor. The helmet gained horns that curved back a pair of spikes came out of the elbows and the protrusion that came out of his back had become mechanical wings with blue flaming energy used for the membrane. The jet on his back now was letting out a stream of blue spectral energy that waved back and forth before the tip of it dissipated.

Danny looked at Technus before smirking. "Time to finish this."

Technus looked up at Danny before stating. "Oh, poop."

Danny began to throttle Technus, causing the ghost to continue to shrink and lose his power ups. Once the ghost was back to normal, Danny reached into the air, grabbed onto something, he pulled it open before tossing Technus inside.

Technus looked around in confusion as he asked. "Where am I?"

Danny smiled as he explained. "It's level zero. It's a glitch in the program. Once you're in, there's no way out." he was about to let the rip he made close but he had to ask. "How did you even find out about the access to the world wide web thing?"

Technus was happy to explain. "I learned it from another player. He wore a yellow outfit and glasses. Friar tuck, I believe his name was."

Danny deadpanned at the ghost before he facepalmed with his free hand. "Tucker!" He let go of the rip, leaving Technus inside. "Why did you tell Technus about this?" running his hand down his face, he noticed something on the ground and saw that it was five of the seven silver keys. "He must have dropped him when I was pummeling him. He picked them up before looking at the tree that had the last two. He thought about it before smiling.

~flashback end~

Danny thought that the last part was a nice bonus. He was able to get his avatar on the board and had the fastest time ever. Sure it wasn't his avatar but he knew it was him and that made him smile. 'Power up looked cool, too'

His mood dropped, even more, when he thought about the other thing that got to him

Walker didn't take kindly to what Danny did last time. The warden had begun sneaking his troops into Amity with the help of another ghost, Wulf, a ghost who can apparently rip open portals between the ghost zone and the living world. His men overshadowed almost everyone in town before making a campaign that went against his ghost side.

Danny was able to get Wulf on his side after he griped the collar, getting a massive shock in the process, and ripped it apart. Wulf had protected Danny as he was on the ground panting by ripping the ghost police out of the people.

The real problem started after Walker came swooping in and took him hostage. Thanks to Dany's weakened state, thanks to the shock, the late nights, the constant fights, and his lack of ectoplasmic drinks due to his parents using all their samples in some weird experiment, Walker was able to make it look like he had kidnaped the mayor.

~flashback~

"Now they'll never believe you."

Danny growled at how this crazy warden was trying to make his life miserable in the town he lived in. With his eyes glowing brighter, he shoved the overshadowed mayor a few feet away. "All this because you came into my town and picked a fight with me?"

The Mayor smirked at the boy as he pointed at him. "Aiding and abetting a wanted felon, getting in the way of an officer's arrest, allowing the escape of another felon, not registering in the ghost zone, and using an unregistered ghost's ability to send us away. Those are against the rules."

Danny's anger rose at each of the "rules" given. Channeling energy into his fist, he pulled it back before he appeared in front of the mayor. "Your rules, not mine." His fist impacted the Mayor's face for only a millisecond before it phased through and sent Walker flying out.

The mayor landed on the ground in a daze as he put his hand on his head. He looked up and as his vision cleared, he saw a fierce look on the ghost that he had been hearing about. Seeing it, he got up and screamed out of the office. "Yaaaaah!"

Danny looked over his shoulder at the man as he left before he looked forward at Walker. "No more hiding, Walker."

The white ghost got up from the ground and held his jaw before smirking. "I'd say you'll be doing that a lot from now on, punk." As if on cue, a bunch of his ghost police appeared around Walker, with their weapons pointed at Danny.

Danny got into his stance as his eyes shifted left and right. Before he could make a move, someone else landed next to him. He looked to see that Wulf had come to his side. With a smile, he said. "Thanks for your help."

Wulf gave a fanged grin. "Mi helpos vin batali kontraŭ Walker. por mia amiko."

The two of them faced off with Walker's men before they lunged at them.

Wulf was able to bash away a bunch of Walker's men before leaping on top of one and biting down on another. With two ghosts stopped, Wulf extended his claws and ripped open a portal to the ghost zone before he swung his head, releasing the ghost he had and sending the ghost back.

Danny kicked one ghost away before noticing the portal. He looked at it for a second before he was shot in the back. "argh!" shifting his body to let the blast pass him, he turned around, grabbed the ghost, and threw him into the portal. Smiling, he flew around another group of police ghosts and blasted them into the portal. 'Good thing Wulf can do that since I don't have a thermos.'

It was then that the doors were kicked open and Maddie and Jack Fenton came in, guns blazing.

"EAT HOT FENTON FURY!" Jack began to fire randomly at anything that moved with the portable ghost portal bazooka.

Maddie, on the other hand, was a much better shot. She took better aim and was creating small portals next to the ghosts that sucked them up

Danny and Wulf had to jump out of the way from a few shots as they struck a few other ghosts.

It was as Danny landed that he felt a kick to his side. Coming to a rolling stop, he saw Walker make his way to him.

Walker ducked under a shot that was aimed at him and ignored the troop that got sucked in. "you've lost this one, Ghost punk."

Danny glared at the pale face as he got up. "So far, I don't see how things have changed all that much, Walker."

"With how everyone must see you now, you won't be able to go anywhere without their fear following you. Wanted in the ghost zone and feared and hated in the real world. You've lost."

Danny waited till he was only a few feet away before he lunged at Walker and grabbed him by the collar. "With how my parents are, that hasn't changed at all. They still want to tear me apart molecule by molecule. All you did was make the rest of the town hate me, but I don't care. I'm not doing this for the fame."

Walker smirked at the boy. "When you can't stand it anymore, I have a cell with your name on it."

Danny brought him closer. "Then I'm canceling my reservation." spinning Walker around, he threw him towards his parents, and Maddie, on instinct, shot a portal next to Walker.

Walker was able to hold off from being sucked in as he spoke one final time. "See you in the ghost zone, punk." he was then sucked into the portal.

Danny saw that his mother was turning to aim at him and he jumped out of the way of her shot. He looked over to Wulf and called out. "Time to get out of here! They can take care of the rest."

Wulf nodded and slashed into the air, creating a portal before jumping in.

Danny on the other hand turned intangible and phased through the ceiling. He could still hear the blaster shots inside the building and figured that his parents probably had things covered. There weren't that many left anyway and with walker back in the zone, the rest would be easy picking.

~flashback end~

His parents now labeled him the number one enemy of amity and they now take shots at him whenever they get the chance. Well… with a bit more enthusiasm really

Then there was the stranded in the middle of the woods with his mom, thanks to Vlad.

The fruitloop had sent them some sort of fake victory ticket, saying they won a sweepstake or something. His mom said she didn't remember entering one.

Danny found out what it was when the pilot of the plane they were using jumped out of the said plane and they had to do the same to avoid being in a plane crash. Landing outside of the fruitloop's second mansion was the big giveaway

Danny was frustrated through the whole thing as not only was he there because of his mother wanting to spend some quality time with him when he just wanted to get some sleep and take a break, he was hit by Vlad's Plasmius Maximus which shorted out his powers. His mother even put the Spectre deflector on him in order to "keep him safe", yet the whole time he had it on, it was like he was getting a small electric buzz around his waist that just wouldn't go away!

He was lucky enough to swipe the key she had on her belt and was able to get the specter deflector off him before his powers came back at the three-hour mark. He was then able to get Vlad's ghost mutants to turn on him by exposing the animal trophies the billionaire had. And by tricking Vlad into wearing the specter deflector and using the plasmius Maximus, he was able to get the Fruitloop out of his hair and he and his mother were able to get back home using the cheesehead's helicopter.

The bonding time wasn't really bonding since his mother was half trying and half thinking about the experiments she was working on. All she said about it was that it would help them handle ghosts better but it was taking too long to get it right.

He knew that his mother cared but, there are just times when he felt that the gap between them was just… stagnant in both directions

Then…. there was Valerie Grey

Those few days were actually starting out ok. There weren't that many ghosts coming out of the ghost zone and Danny thought it was a nice change of pace. Though, he was sure that the universe was doing what it could to make his life miserable for not only his ghost half but his human half as well.

If he had to put a start to it, it was when he accidentally ran into Valerie when she was wearing some new shirt and holding a coffee. Easy to figure out how that went.

The reason he was running was that Dash wanted to let off some steam from something stupid he did.

Danny wasn't sure but Dash tended to always do something stupid.

That wasn't the end of it either, since later that day, he ran into a cute ghost puppy, which got to him a bit. He played with the puppy for a bit in the park till the ghost dog began running off somewhere. He followed the dog to make sure that it didn't get into trouble. And that's when things went crazy. The dog, Cujo, arrived at Axion Labs and transformed into a very large, very vicious-looking dog and began to tear the lab apart. And just as luck would have it, Valerie's dad was being evaluated for the security system that he set up at that exact moment.

Needless to say, when the security system failed to stop both him and Cujo, Damien Grey lost his job.

And thanks to a major hit to their finances and Damien seeing the need to start saving, Valerie had dropped from a high-class girl to a second-class citizen.

Or at least, that is how the A-listers said it.

Valerie put all of the blame for her social status dropping on Cujo and him. Mostly him since she thinks Cujo belonged to him and he sent the dog out to ruin her life specifically.

The reason he knew that was thanks to one of the few people that stuck around her. The one that wasn't Star

~Flashback~

Danny opened his locker to take out the textbook he would need. As he did this, he thought about Cujo and where the little pup disappeared to. After the Axion Lab incident, Danny hasn't seen him anywhere. 'I just hope he went back to the ghost zone. Little pup caused enough trouble already.'

"Dude, we need to talk."

Danny looked over his shoulder to see Tucker standing there waiting for him. He stuffed his book in his bag and closed his locker. "What do you want, Tucker?"

"I want to know why you attacked Valerie's dad's job. And why you had a ghost dog helping you?"

Danny looked at Tucker incredulously. "Ok, why would you think I would attack the lab intentionally and that I had help from a ghost dog?"

Tucker gestured over his shoulder. "Valerie told me about it. You kind of ruined her life, dude."

Danny ran his hand over his face. "Ok, 1: I didn't attack the lab, I was trying to stop the attack, and 2: Cujo seemed to be looking for something. He kept stopping back and forth as he sniffed the ground. It was almost like in cartoons where the dog was looking for a bone he buried in the dirt. Problem was that, with his size, everything was just in the way."

Tucker heard this and thought about what he was told. "Well, couldn't you have stuffed him in the thermos?"

Danny groaned as he began to walk away. "I didn't have one with me when he popped up. And when I first saw him, he was about the size of a teddy bear. I didn't think he would be trouble."

Tucker reached out and grabbed Danny's shoulder. "Danny, you gotta fix this. If you had captured the dog and threw him back into the ghost zone, Valerie wouldn't be this mad."

Danny shrugged off the hand before turning to Tucker. "How exactly do you expect me to fix this? Pay for the damages? With what?! I'm not paid for this, Tucker. I'm a high school kid whose allowance is just enough for me to get lunch along with some small things. I'm a vigilante that ghost hunters here would want to destroy me."

Tucker thought about it for a second before. "Well, how about…"

"Look, Tucker, I know that Valerie is in a tough spot right now but I can't help her. Maybe her dad can get his job back or something."

"Come on, man, can't you do anything?"

"Like what?!" after a few seconds of silence, Danny huffed and began to walk away."I'll try and think of something. Maybe I can ask Desiree for help."

"Thanks, dude"

~flashback end~

And just his luck, Desiree wasn't there. She was the only one that he figured could help fix all the issues that happened to Valerie and she wasn't there.

Danny really needed a way to find Desiree's Lair. and he needed to Ask Dora if he could visit her lair sometime too.

He knew he shouldn't be using Desiree's powers to help fix his problems but he felt guilty about what happened. Sure it wasn't his fault but he was there and he could have done more to stop Cujo.

It only got worse after that.

During his patrols, he was blasted out of the sky and crashed onto the concrete. It was unexpected since his ghost sense didn't go off. It was as he pushed himself off the ground that he heard the revving of an engine and when he turned to where it was coming from, he saw someone using a hoverboard to fly at high speeds in his direction and aiming a bazooka at him.

The fight wasn't much of one since the female was clearly inexperienced in fights.

And it didn't take long for Danny to find out who it was since she shouted out ."I'm gonna end you! You and your stupid dog ruined my life!"

Danny put the pieces together and figured out that Valerie was the one in the suit. This brought up so many questions that he knew he would never get the answer to.

It was the day after the encounter that Cujo appeared again and Danny chased the dog back to axion labs to stop the dog from destroying anything else.

And wouldn't you know it, Valerie was there and she put on her suit, in secret, and began blasting them with fervor. Since Danny wasn't fighting back, he got hit by her blaster multiple times without firing back. It was when he was hit by one of her ecto grenades and phased through one of the walls that he found out what Cujo was looking for

~flashback~

Cujo, in his big beast mode, was standing over a screaming Valerie as his drool dripped all around her.

"Here, boy."

Cujo stopped his growling and looked behind him to see Danny holding something

Danny was smiling at the dog as he held up a squeaky toy. "Is this what you were looking for?"

*squeak squeak*

Cujo smiled at the sight and his tailed wagged like crazy. He lowered his front part as Danny lowered the toy before he sat with his paws up as Danny lifted it. He barked at Danny before the boy threw it and he jumped in the air to catch it. Once in his mouth, he shook it a few times before he shrunk back down into his puppy form. He laid on the ground before chewing the toy causing a few squeaks.

Danny walked up to the dog and took a knee before petting him. "Goo~d, boy. Now go back to the ghost zone." Danny watched in a bit of a surprise as Cujo and the toy faded away as if they were mist. 'Hopefully, you stay there." he got back to his feet and walked over to Valerie. "Look, I'm sorry about what happened to you but that wasn't my dog and I was trying to stop him from causing trouble." He held out a hand to help her up.

Valerie looked at the hand for a second. "Yeah?" she grabbed the hand before she flipped him and slammed him into the ground. "And not every human is gullible, ghost!" she pulled out a blaster and aimed it at his head.

Danny felt his temper rise at how she basically spat in his face when he was trying to help. In a quick motion, he swept his leg at her feet and kicked them out from under her. He jumped up and grabbed the blaster she let go of before crushing it. "I was trying to help you. Cujo just wanted a squeaky toy he left here. That means that he was once one of the guard dogs before the security system was made! A guard dog who is now a ghost! Which means he is now dead. How do you think a puppy would die in a place like this, that has enough money to throw at projects!?" he glared at the girl that said that he ruined her life when all it sounded like was that he broke her stuff and lost her money. He tossed the broken pieces of her gun away before turning around and walking off. He looked around the lab, seeing the mess that was made, and felt his need to help come to him again. His angered look dropped to one of guilt and he was about to offer his help in cleaning up but when he heard the whirring of another Ecto gun, his scowl returned and he just flew upward, avoiding the blast and phasing through the ceiling.

~Flashback end~

Danny knew he was being petty but the fact that she is willing to, for all intents and purposes, "kill" him, wasn't really winning her any favors. And as such, he didn't ask Desiree for a favor.

It wasn't all bad though.

There was the call…

~flashback~

Danny landed in his room as he just came out of school and was able to get away from Dash. He sighed as he transformed back into human form before putting his bag on his desk. Reaching in, he pulled out the assignment that he needed to do. He figured that he could get some of it done before he went out tonight. Setting it down, he was about to pull out his textbook until.

*ring*

Danny looked down at his pocket where his phone was and wondered who would be calling him. He pulled it out and answered it without looking at who it was. "Hello?"

{Hey, Babypop.}

Danny's eyes widened as he heard the voice and asked. "EMBER!?"

{You know any other Rockstar that looks like me?}

Danny pulled his phone away and blushed at what he saw. There, the image used to identify who it was, was a picture of Ember, clearly doing a selfie from an overhead shot, winking, her tong sticking out, and tugging at her shirt only a bit. Not enough to show anything but enough to be a tease. Shaking his head, he asked "when did you put your number and …selfie on my phone.

{the day I gave you that little parting gift. Your phone was right there so I chose to give you something else.}

Danny slapped his hand over his face. 'I gotta get a password for this thing.' Not seeing anything wrong with talking to her on the phone, he sat down. "So, to what do I owe this little call from the Ember Mclain. Haven't hypnotized the rest of the world yet?"

{nah. After our fight at my concert….. I thought about what you said and I had to agree that it would have been…hollow.}

"Is that why you played without the hypno waves?"

{you could tell?}

"When I looked at the other teens, I saw this weird haze over their heads. That's how I was able to get that they were under mind control or something. But when you played that last time, it went away." he paused for a second as something came to mind. "Hey, mind if I ask you something?"

{sure, what's up?}

"Why did you use your powers when you were already a good singer and player?"

Ember paused as she thought about whether or not she should tell him the reason.

She was right now in a trailer that was being driven to her next destination. Though "driven" may be a stretch since the thing was flying in the air and controlled by one of her ghostly crew.

She sat down at the table and looked outside at the night sky since she was on the other side of the hemisphere. Her mind went to how he had said that he thought she was a great singer already without her power. Part of her was telling her that he was a nobody, someone that she shouldn't trust yet another part, one that was almost long forgotten, was telling her to trust him, to put faith into another person one more time. She sighed before she spoke. "There was a time I didn't think I was any good."

{you? Really?}

"No one starts out great you know. You can have talent in doing something but that doesn't make you great. I loved rock, always have. But when I started….. No one believed I could go anywhere." she thought back to her parents, her school, her teachers… her friends. None of them thought she would amount to anything. Even her friends said that she couldn't make it.

Then there was the one person that said she could.

Someone she thought understood her….. Yet, in the end….. It was a lie.

She shook her head to rid herself of those thoughts. "I….guess I wanted to make sure that I showed all of them I made it."

{sounds like there is more to the story.}

Ember gained a smile as she leaned back in her seat. "Yeah, well you ain't gonna learn it."

{hey, it's your story, not gonna pry.}

"You better not. But thanks for what you said. I really appreciate it"

{no problem, ember. As long as you don't cause problems, I won't have to do anything.}

Ember scoffed as she rolled her eyes and smiled. "Like you could. Let's not forget who won that fight."

{only cause you had your power boost. Pretty sure that I could beat you without it, especially since we were close to even after your boost.}

Ember couldn't stop the smile on her face since he sounded like a kid that was denied a toy. She could imagine his pout as he said that. "Suuuurrre~." the groan that came over the phone made her giggle.

Something Ember didn't realize was that she began to fiddle with the end of her hair and dropped her tough-girl attitude. Something she had kept going since reworking herself….. After her death.

Danny was now laying on his back as he spoke to Ember on the phone. The conversation started out heavy but it soon became more of a debate on rock bands. "You can't deny that they are one of the top five."

{I still say that overall, they're number seven. Sure they're good but I can't help but think the others are just better.}

Danny let out a raspberry. "I still say that message of their songs is better."

{ok, I can't deny that.}

Danny smirked. "I win."

{sure you do.} Ember was twirling her hair as he was having fun with this conversation. Her early personality was coming back to the surface. {hey, you ever think about being a singer?}

Danny raised an eyebrow at that. "Why would I?"

{oh, come on, Babypop, I heard you sing at my concert. And I have to say, you've got a nice voice.}

"Sorry, but I don't think I'll ever make it to the big leagues. I sing as a way to have fun but I never thought about being professional. I'll leave that to you."

{you never know. If your hero gig doesn't work out, I'll consider hiring you.}

Danny rolled his eyes fondly before looking at the clock. It was 7:43. "Crap! I'm late!"

{late for what?}

"I have to patrol the town to make sure none of the ghosts cause too much trouble." He got up to get ready.

{Do you really gotta do something like that? Why?}

Danny paused at the question. "Many of the ghosts that come out of the ghost zone tend to attack the people around the city."

{come on, it can't be that bad.}

"Have you met, Johnny 13? In the last week, I had to stop him and Shadow from messing with some auto shops that he didn't like. Something about giving him some messed up part or something. When itty showed up again, she wasn't even mad at me, she was mad at him. She apologized to the point that she said she would pay me back when she could. And that was just Johnny. I had to deal with some ecto pusses, the box ghost, a ghost fox, the box ghost, a pack of Ecto wolves, and the box ghost."

{you said Box ghost three times.}

"Well, I had to deal with him a lot. And there was the time Skulker attacked me when I was facing a new host hunter. The people call her the "Red Huntress". I had to deal with both Skulker and her at the same time as they both focused on me. Anyway, there are a lot of ghosts that will cause trouble if I don't stop them so I have to stop them."

{why not leave it to the Red huntress?}

"Because she wants to destroy all ghosts, while I just beat them up and send them back into the ghost zone. I don't trust her with the job."

{hey, I wanted to ask. If the people call her the Red huntress, what do they call you?}

Danny felt like he should hang up and not answer her but he could almost hear the expectation from the other side. "... Inviso-bill…"

{pfft ahahahahahahahahahahaha}

"Yeah, yeah, laugh it up." he waited for Ember to stop but it sounded like she was close to dying, figuratively speaking, of laughter. He sighed as he moved his phone away. "Bye, Ember."

{no wait…hahahah}

*beep*

Danny hung up the phone before he moved to the window. Transforming, he flew out of his room. Despite how that call ended, he had fun talking with Ember. It was better than fighting her but he was going to make sure that he won their next fight.

~flashback end~

Danny chuckled at the memory of that call. It was fun.

His mind then went to the more memorable thing.

When he saw Desiree last….

~flashback~

Danny was walking through the park as he chose to spend his Saturday in a way to just relax.

At least that is what he would like to say. In actuality, he wanted to get away from the house as his parents were once again going about what they would do to a ghost if they got their hands on one. His mind couldn't help but imagine what would happen if they got their hands on one of the ghosts he knew.

Even his enemies didn't deserve what they wanted to do.

Though he was glad that their equipment had issues detecting ghosts. The only way they could detect a ghost is if they were close by and the ghost was in the open.

Danny was thankful for that since Desiree spent a lot of her time in water fountains. He even heard that she had gained a bit of a reputation for granting wishes, but only at random fountains. One day, one fountain may grant your wish while another day, it's the one across town.

He sat down on a bench and leaned his head back and took a breath. He never realized this before but when he stopped being friends with Tucker he didn't have much enjoyment in playing online games anymore. Sure he likes playing games but it just seemed a little more hollow. Didn't mean that he didn't enjoy playing solo games. And because of that, he now goes out more, though with no real destination.

After a few minutes of just enjoying the sound of the wind blowing through the trees, his ghost sense went off. His eyes shot open but before he could get up, a pair of arms wrapped around his neck from behind.

"It has been a while since I last held you in my arms."

He felt the soft cheek of Desiree on his own as she leaned on his shoulder. He blushed heavily at the sign of affection. "We…w well, it has been a while since we last saw each other."

Desiree smiled at how he reacted to her. "Aw, why so nervous around me? I had thought we were close." She pressed herself closer to him as she brought her hand up to cup the side of his face while gently caressing his face with her fingers.

Danny gulped as she did this and despite being nervous in this situation, he could feel himself relax in her arms. So much so that he almost felt like he was going limp.

Desiree felt him relax and smiled a bit wider at how her magic was affecting him. She wasn't doing anything malicious, she was just channeling some of her magic into her fingertips to ease his nerves. She knew the reaction she got out of men and with Danny's personality, he would be tongue-tied and putty in her hands but despite how she could use this to get what she wants out of him, she wanted his true affection, not his lust. She would say that he should be honored to have her infatuation, yet Danny was a kind individual that respects her. Not to mention that he is pleasant to look at.

Desiree let her magic fade before she floated around him to be face-to-face. "Why is it that you sit here alone on your day off?"

Danny sighed as he shrugged. "Wasn't much to do. Normally I would stay home and play games or something but I didn't feel like doing that. Not to mention that my parents are doing something that was bugging me."

Desiree tilted her head before asking. "What is it that your parents do? I had not seen much of them other than the time we faced Plasmius."

Danny sighed before telling her. "My parents are ghost hunters and scientists. They spend a lot of their time making weapons that would work on ghosts by using some of the residual ecto energy they get from the portal. They filter some of the ectoplasm in the air of the ghost zone and convert it into a more laser-like energy source. They power up almost everything in the house with it, which is why they don't pay any eclectic bills…." he shook his head as he was starting to ramble. "Anyway, since they talk about the experiments that they want to do, I decided to leave."

Desiree could see in his eyes that what he heard must have affected him in a negative way. Wanting to take his mind off it, she smiled when an idea came to mind. One that would benefit both of them. "Perhaps I can take your mind off things."

Danny raised an eyebrow. "Really, how?"

"Despite how I have spent much time in the real world, I have yet to explore it. I would very much like it if you were to tend to my curiosity."

Danny thought about it and couldn't help but see it as Desiree asking him out for a date. He blushed again as he wasn't sure how to proceed. Sure he was able to go out on one with Dora but it wasn't really a date. It was just him being nice and showing her around, which in the end, turned out into a date. Then there was the second meeting with Dora and that was also a date but he didn't really think of it as such. He just wanted to spend time with her.

Which in hindsight, can be considered a date.

Danny shook his head as he stood up. Steeling his words, he spoke. "I'd be happy to, though staying invisible is going to drain our powers. I don't think it would be a good idea for anyone to see you around me. Do you have enough for it?"

Desiree could only give a cheeky smirk before she lifted her hands into the air and crossed her wrists as they lit up in her magic.

Before Danny could ask, a flash of light appeared from Desiree's hands before a spiral of magenta smoke enveloped her.

Danny covered his eyes with his hands till the light died down. Once he opened his eyes, he looked toward Desiree only for him to stare shocked at the sight.

Desiree was still there but now in attire much like the usual outfit but it had changed color with the majority of it being pink with gold lining. Her skin once green to show her ghostly nature now smooth, unblemished, chocolate skin. Her eyes once red, were now as blue as his own, and looking at him as if to entice him. And she was now standing on long legs that wore semi-transparent Arabian pants that showed off the silhouette of her legs' curves, and slippers of the same color as the rest of her attire. And as a way to add some mystery to her, she had a transparent veil over her mouth.

Danny kept opening and closing his mouth as short sounds came out as his blush was close to taking his whole face. "Wha… who ….eh…ur.. Uuuh… weh…." Something he couldn't help but notice was that now that she had legs, she seemed to be….. Curvier than normal. He could only assume this since he usually sees her with her ghostly tail. It was then that something that hadn't happened in a long time occurred. His pants turned intangible and fell to his ankles.

Desiree's face turned into one of amusement before she walked over to him, with a bit of a sway to her hips. She saw that this action was about to cause his boxers to do the same, but she used her magic to keep them on him. Once a foot in front of him, she leaned down and brought a finger to his lips to stop them from uttering more noises. "Now, this should suffice for our time together." with a wave of her hand, his pants lifted back into place. "Shall we?" moving to his side, she wrapped her arms around his left, bringing it into her breast as she began to lead him to the start of their date. It was also amusing since she was much taller than he was but she didn't mind.

Danny was able to shake away his frozen status and walk with her but still kept his blush. "So…. *ahem* what did you do?"

Looking down at him, she smiled. "It is merely a bit of my magic allowing me to look as I did when I was once alive. Though it is merely an illusion. With the amount of power I have, I could make this last for a day, so it should be long enough for us."

It was as she said that, he could feel that she was still cold to the touch, and with his arm in close proximity to her chest, he couldn't feel a heartbeat. Pushing those thoughts for later, he decided to just go with it.

Much like Dora, Desiree was unfamiliar with many of the things the modern world had, though, unlike Dora, Desiree was much more active in satiating her curiosity.

When Danny brought her to the mall, at the behest of the female wondering where "goods are sold", she began to try out some of the modern commodities. Such as makeup, attire, and interestingly enough, real estate and design.

When she was in the makeup section of the mall, she couldn't help but make comments to others, saying that one woman was using too much makeup, another was putting makeup where she didn't need it, and another to just add a light touch of it here and there.

The women thanked her for her tips since they liked how it turned out. Though some of them made some silent remarks about how shameless she was for wearing such revealing clothing.

When they were in the "home improvement" part of the mall, she could not help but find herself immersed in what would work with what. He even gave his own opinion when he brought up his idea of what backsplash would work with what countertop. She would counter his opinion with another design but in a different color along with what it would look like with an Arabian touch.

Danny chuckled at that as he should have seen that coming. Despite how she was interested in modern things, she will retain her Arabian lifestyle.

After that, they ended up in a candy shop. It turns out that she had a bit of a sweet tooth. In particular, she liked chocolate and caramel.

During the time she was alive, Carmel was something that only royalty. The Sultan, sultaness, other royal dignitaries, and if lucky, their guests.

Desiree had always wanted to try it but as a harem girl, she never got the chance. Some of her harem sisters were able to when they took the dishes away from the table during their time as attendants. Sometimes there would be a drop of it left and they couldn't help themselves.

Desiree wasn't lucky in that aspect.

Though, if you asked her now, she would say that she was the luckiest female in the world as she seemed to indulge herself in brownies with caramel filling.

Chocolate was a little more accessible so Desire did enjoy small bits of chocolate but she was extremely interested in the different types of chocolate. White, dark, milk, different brands, different mixes.

Dany's wallet was getting thinner and thinner. But when she found this out, she conjured up some gold that the cashier didn't seem to care where it came from.

Though Danny could not help but blush at watching her enjoy her treats. The way she…. Moaned in enjoyment as she took bites…. The males sitting at the tables in the shop in earshot crossed their legs and looked away with their faces turning red.

Danny was lucky enough to have gotten…. Used to it.

Speaking of, the trip wasn't all enjoyment as Desiree became the desire of many of the men that she walked past. There were catcalls, hooting, and the brave men that tried to pick her up.

Desiree, however, was not impressed. She could see the eyes of the men. When they were closing in on her; their eyes were on her breasts, her hips, her legs, all in all, they were only looking at her body. They lusted after her like she was a conquest for them to take. These were the kinds of men that she wanted to punish as all they thought of was their own enjoyment.

Yet it was when Danny stood in front of her to block the men from her, that she knew of the boy's virtue. When Danny saw her form, yes he was also captivated but he did not chase after that. When they spoke, he looked at her. His eyes would not lower, they would meet her eyes and stay there. They would not wander to her assets and he would listen to her as she spoke. And despite how she is used to men eyeing her, she now felt that only one should be privy to watching her.

And his innocent reactions to her beauty just made her smile

Anyway, when they were surrounded by a group of men that had said that she would have a "good time" with them rather than the "wimpy kid", she was close to using her magic to remove them from the mortal plain. But he caught the look in Danny's eyes that were pleading with her not to do so, she relented. Instead, she used her magic to make them act like animals and walk away while making the noises of the animals they believed themselves to be.

She told Danny that it would only last for a couple of hours.

It was when they ran into Dash that Danny really wished, not verbally, that he didn't know the jock.

"Hey, Fenturd!"

Danny groaned when he heard the voice and turned around to see the A-listers making their way toward them. 'Oh, great, just what I needed." he yelped when he was suddenly grabbed by his shirt and lifted up.

"Heard some scrawny kid was walking around with a hot chick. Now, what would a babe be doing with a loser like you?"

Danny gulped as he was being held up by the jock as he tried to think of a way to get out of this. It was when he heard the firm voice of Desiree that he knew he had to step in.

"Release him this instant!" Her echo could be heard by everyone around but it seemed to have no effect on the jock holding Danny

Dash's gaze turned to the woman and he looked her up and down. "Hey, babe, why don't you ditch this loser and hang out with a quarterback?" he dropped Danny and flexed his arm.

Paulina glared at Dash as at the moment, she was his girlfriend. Though, she couldn't help but think about how she would be upgrading when she gets the ghost boy to date her. Though she hated this woman for being more attractive than her.

Star felt a little jealous about this woman's appearance and looked at Kwan. she was pleasantly surprised to see that Kwan wasn't ogling the woman.

Danny looked up from the ground to see Desiree's hands lighting up. He panicked and shook his head in an attempt to tell her to stop.

Seeing this, she narrowed her eyes before using her power for something else. 'Tell me, why I should not send this man to the deepest pit of the earth and leave him stranded for all time!?'

Danny was a bit startled to hear Desiree's voice in his head but since it gave him a chance to speak without causing suspicion, he went with it. 'Because….. Wait did you just call him a "man"?' he held in his laughter as there was a more important matter. 'I know that you would love to send this idiot somewhere like that but it will cause problems later on. If he disappears, people will start to talk and wonder. And with how crazy this town is already, my parents will be on a ghost hunt for anything that could have a signature. That could lead them to you and I don't want you to have that kind of target on your back. So please, let the idiot go.'

Desiree glared at Danny but her anger was not on him. After a second she sighed. 'Very well, but I wish to punish this fool for his insolence. And I also wish to know why you do not defend yourself when I know full well you are capable.'

'I'd like to keep my secret identity separate from Danny Fenton. It keeps my problems away from my personal life. And I don't mind if you do something to the idiot but please nothing too major.'

Desiree thought about it for a second till she smiled at what came to mind.

All this mental conversation happened within the span of a few seconds so when she looked at the jock, he was still flexing his muscles. Putting on a smile, she answered his earlier question. "I have a very good reason why I wish not to 'hang out with a quarterback'." 'whatever that is.' she used one hand to move the veil over her mouth as she gave a mischievous smile.

Danny was able to get to his feet and brushed himself off. He was about to say something till he was pulled away.

Paulina's and Star's jaws dropped in shock.

Kwan's eyes widened before smirking

Dash, couldn't understand what he was looking at

"Mmm!"

"Mmnnm~ mm~"

Danny's legs were dangling in the air but he wasn't thinking about that right now.

Desiree was passionately kissing Danny as she held him up using one arm to hold him up and the other to cup his face, due to him being shorter, while he brought his arms up to wrap around her waist.

Danny ended up using some of his powers to float but no one noticed as they were more shocked at the sight.

Once their lips parted, Danny had a dumb smile on his face.

Desiree held him in his arms as spots popped around his head as he was in a daze. The sight would have been comedic but everyone was still trying to process the kiss they witnessed. She looked at the A-listers before smirking. "I believe you have your answer." she then walked off, not caring about the others.

It took a few minutes till Dah's brain rebooted. "What the!?" he looked around to see that Fenturd and the babe were gone. Not wanting to accept that the loser was kissed by the hot woman, he ran off to find them.

The ghostly duo had left the mall as she was satisfied with what she had seen and they were now sitting at one of the fountains that Desiree uses on occasion.

This was where Danny found himself after he got out of his daze. "Huh, what?"

"Welcome back to the world of the living."

Dany looked to his right to see Desiree smiling down at him. Once he realized he was not in the mall. "Wait, how?"

Chuckling softly, she responded. "I merely got a little payback towards that fool."

Danny blushed as his mind remembered the kiss. "Uh… well….. I…. umm…." he was topped by a finger on his lips.

"Whether it was to get back at him or not, I desired to do so. You should just accept it with grace."

He numbly nodded.

The two sat there enjoying the sound of the water fountain behind them, but soon another sound began to be heard. They looked to see that there was a man sitting on a bench, playing on a flute, with an open traveling trunk next to him. The two listened to the music and watched as a few people paused for a second before walking away.

Desiree frowned at the sight as she knew what he was. A street performer. She knew of them because she herself was one in her early youth till she was picked up by the sultan of that time and brought in to be one of the Harem girls. She did not like how many people were not giving something to the man who was trying to make a living in the way he could.

Danny saw the frown on her face and asked. "What's up?"

"Why do these people not help the man out in his time of need?"

Danny smirked at her as he couldn't help but quip. "So you do care about men." the angry look he got made him laugh more. "Don't worry. He isn't really 'in need'." seeing her angered face turn to one of confusion he pointed at the man. "His name is Mr. Santos. He's the music teacher at my school. He does this sometimes during the weekend. Sure he doesn't mind if people give him some small change but he does this more to freely enjoy music."

Desiree then looked over to the man and saw that he wasn't even paying attention to the trunk he had. 'Doing what you love…. I suppose that has more worth.' she chose to just enjoy the music he played on the flute. After a bit, he stopped playing the flute and she looked over to see that someone else had arrived. "Who is that?"

Dany looked at the new person and shrugged. "Don't know. Must be a friend of his if they are talking like that."

The two men were smiling as they discussed something the two ghosts couldn't hear. After a minute of this, Mr. Santos reached into his trunk and pulled out a violin while his friend pulled out a small drum.

Danny smiled as he leaned his elbows on his knees. "Looks like they are going to play some more.

Desiree watched the two and her mind went back to her earlier thought. 'Doing what you love.' She stood up from where she was sitting and waited for a second before looking to Danny and smiling.

~play "Ed Sheeran - Shape Of You - Cover (Violin) OR just "Ed Sheeran - Shape of you"~

The friend began to play the beat with his small drum as Mr. Santos waited for his cue.

As Desiree heard the beat, she raised her arms over her head as he conjured up a veil cape on her back, one on each of her arms, and reshaped her transparent Arabian pants into a long transparent skirt that had no sides. She now looked like a belly dancer. As the music started, her hips began to move with the beat.

People heard the music and looked over to see the two playing with a beautiful belly dancer dancing along. The A-listers arrived in time to see it.

Danny was surprised by the sight in front of him. He didn't expect Desiree to start dancing to the music but he was captivated as she moved along with the music.

Desiree had her eyes closed as her face became serene at the familiarity of this. She took in a breath as she moved and her eyes opened ever so slightly as she turned to the side and in her periphery, she saw Danny watching her. 'Danny… my Danny….. My prince… watch me~' was her soft thoughts as she spun.

Danny watched every spin, every arm gesture, every belly thrust, every hip sway, every twirl, every hypnotic movement that she made. He did not notice the growing crowd around them or the A-listers as he knew.

She knew.

They both knew.

At this moment, it was just them.

As the music came closer to its conclusion, Desiree moved closer to Danny with more emotion in her movements. She straddled his lap as she continued the dance with Danny bringing his hands up to her sides. Once the last note was hit, the two gently, yet passionately, kissed as the water spouts of the fountain shot up and the lights turned on silhouetting them to the crowd.

The crowd applauded the performance as the two continued

Their lips separated as Danny looked up at her, with her looking down at him with half-lidded eyes. "Grant me one wish, Desiree."

"And that is?"

"I wish everyone that saw me and you together forgets all of it."

She thought about what would be the purpose but she understood immediately. She smiled as she thought the idea was romantic in a way.

Let everyone forget seeing them together so that all these moments, all the time they spent together… would be theirs and theirs alone. Leaning in, she softly spoke. "So you have wished it…. So shall it mmm~" they kissed once more as her hand waved around, sending her magic out into the city.

~Flashback end~

Despite how he had some good moments, the bad ones seemed to get to him more.

He was brought back to the present as he heard Mr. Lancer speaking.

"Despite how things, as you say, happen, we still need to decide what Mr. Fenton's punishment will be."

Danny looked up at Mr. Lancer who was looking at him disapprovingly. He was at the moment standing in the new councilor's office with the said teacher, his sister, and Penelope Spectra. The office itself looked like a battleground since about fifteen minutes ago, it was.

When Danny was walking down the hall, his ghost sense went off. His eyes noticed some movement in the office and knew it was in there. Not seeing any other hiding spot, he jumped into an open locker and transformed before phasing through the wall and into the office.

That was how the teacher found him.

Right now though, Danny just wanted to leave as he was in no mood to deal with this

, unknowingly, decided to grant his request. "Now, you should head to class while we decide on what your punishment will be."

Danny felt relieved as he nodded. "Gladly." He walked out of the office trying to calm his frustration. But…

"Unlike her brother, Jazz here is one of our best and brightest…."

Danny paused for a second to glare back at the door entrance. "Sure, she's one of your best and brightest. She doesn't have to deal with what I have on my shoulders. She's got time for school." he chose to leave before he heard anything else. He wanted to catch the ghost that he had fought earlier and send it back to the ghost zone. After he did that, he would be happy. "At least I don't have to deal with that weird peppy councilor."

~Tuesday~

"I should have kept my mouth shut." Danny was trudging through the halls as he had left Spectra's office for a "session" with her. All thanks to Jazz and her need to control aspects of other people's lives! 'I don't need therapy, I NEED A VACATION!' He was really ticked off because of Jazz trying to help him when he doesn't need it. 'Jazz thinks she knows everything and that nothing she does could be wrong! She doesn't even think about how I feel and how I would react to her butting into my business. No, she just sees that I'm being weird and tired and immediately thinks I need some psychological help.' His mood dropped when he saw her waiting for him. Not wanting to deal with her, he turned into another hallway but he was stopped when he felt her put her hand on his shoulder.

"Danny, I know you're mad at me…"

"What gave it away?"

"I'm worried about you. Ever since the accident…."

"Jazz, I know you think you're helping but to tell you the truth, you're not." he turned to face her as he figured that he wouldn't be getting out of the conversation.

"Danny, you have to talk to somebody. The only friend you have is Tucker and I haven't seen you hang out with him much."

"Jazz!" he snapped at her. "I haven't been friends with Tucker in months!"

"All the more reason that you should talk to Spectra. You need to let things out and you don't have any extracurricular activities to vent out."

He got into her face and threw his hands to the side. "Not everything can be solved with therapy or psycho-analyzing everything, Jazz! If you want to help, then leave me alone and let me handle it on my own!" he walked away, without giving Jazz a chance to say anything. It was as he was leaving that he heard a kid shout.

"GIANT HORNET!"

Danny raised an eyebrow at that but decided that he should make sure he checked it out. Seeing an empty classroom next to him, he entered it and transformed. Flying out, he saw a big green hornet buzzing in the hallway. 'Weird, why didn't my ghost sense go off?' Choosing to put that question for later, he charged at the hornet as it was about to sting Jazz with its large stinger. "She's had her shots already!" He grabbed the hornet and phased them both out of the school building. Once outside, he threw the large hornet into a tree. "I once thought about being an exterminator. Seems I'm pretty good at it."

The hornet got off the ground and chuckled. "My, you are clever, aren't you? Try this on!" He flew towards Danny with his stinger aimed at the boy.

Danny glared at the attack and shifted his body to the side to avoid it. He watched as it flew up and then sent an ecto ray at the bug's back, causing it to scream out in pain. He saw as the hornet spun around and tried its stinger attack again. He phased into the ground in time for the attack to get stuck into the dirt. Coming back out, he sent a strong uppercut at its face and watched as it flew back into the building. Flying after it, he was going to finish the fight but pause as he lost sight of it. "Where'd he go?" he floated there ready for anything but after a minute, he lowered his guard. "He must have left." He growled in frustration before landing on the ground and transforming back. "Next time, I'm shoving him into the thermos." He walked off to class as his frustrations with everything that is happening to him recently were just ruining his mood. His eyes shifted into draconic slits before he stopped and took a breath to calm himself. "Man, I wish Dora would visit. Or maybe Desiree. They know how to make things better." As he walked, he had a thought. 'Wonder what Dora is doing right now.'

~meanwhile~

Said princess was in the war room as her brother was speaking to his knights about potential future plans he had.

"By striking the Far Frozen during the time its security is low, we can claim the land for our own. And with some of the treasures they possess, my power will go unrivaled."

"My liege, should we not attempt to take on the greek realm? It would put us in a more advantageous position for many other realms."

"Fool, Pandora possesses forces far too great for any other army in the ghost zone. I am not foolish enough to attempt to destroy her. Once we have some of the treasures those frozen brutes have, then we can crush them."

Dora did not like the idea of going to war with other realms. Especially since the realms that her brother wishes to claim are neutral to them. If they were to attack, they might retaliate and cause damage to their kingdom. She had read about the denizens of the Far Frozen, and despite their appearance, they are very advanced in their ways. She could not help but think that with the armory of her kingdom and tactics, it would not end well. She stepped forward and spoke. "Brother."

"Be silent, wench."

She flinched at the harsh tone her brother had but she needed to be heard. "Brother, you should not attack the Far Frozen. They are more than capable of repelling our forces and.."

*SLAP*

Dora fell to the ground holding her cheek as her brother backhanded her.

"Do not speak unless given permission. You are here only because I had hoped you might be of use. But you serve no purpose here. Leave!" he allowed his draconic power to bleed into him and his eyes became draconic.

Dora felt her eyes water at being spoken to in such a manner. Not wanting to anger him more, she got up and floated quickly out of the room.

Aragon watched her leave with a sneer. "Useless waste." He turned back to his generals. "We will not attack as of yet. We have an ally that wishes this of us yet he has said that he has many other matters to attend to. Until then we must wait."

The other generals nodded as they serve the king, though some gave glances to the door, where the princess left.

Dora made it to her room before she flew to her bed and at there as she held her cheek. She let the tears finally fall after that as she tried to hold in her cries. She knew that her brother's ambition would be the downfall of her kingdom but she could do nothing to stop him. It was also his greed to possess what others do not.

After a bit of time passed, she tried to think of other matters to stop her tears. At this moment, she thought of only one man. 'Danny.' her frown turned into a small smile as she thought about how he would treat her. 'If he was here…' She let her mind conjure up an imaginary Danny in human form, floating up behind her and wrapping his arms around her waist as he placed his head next to hers. She leaned back into him and leaned her head back and pressed her hurt cheek onto his. She could feel that his warmth soothed her injured cheek and let out a sigh of contentment, to be held within his arms.

"Does it still hurt?"

Dora closed her eyes as she felt one of his hands slowly caress her face. She brought her hand up and placed it over his.

Danny gently took her hand and kissed her knuckle. "Tell me, princess, are you hurt?" He kissed her cheek gently.

With her eyes still closed she slowly shook her head before turning it to face his. In a soft voice, she asked. "Kiss me?" she felt his lips press to hers for a few seconds. "Another?" Once more, she felt his lips. "One more?" again. "One mo mmm~" She breathed deeply through her nose and could smell his natural scent.

Danny held her tighter as he kissed her. Once the kiss was over, he got up from her bed and stood in front of her with his hand held out. "My lady?"

Dora still had yet to open her eyes as she took his hand in her own and floated up from her bed. He held her close, with his hand on her waist, her hand holding her skirt up, while their other hands held each others.

Then, they danced

Dora began to softly hum the same song they had danced to when they first met.

They moved together around her room with Dora forgetting where she was, cause right now, she was in his arms. And that was all she wanted right now.

After she finished humming the song, she slowly opened her eyes and she could see the smile of Danny looking back at her. It didn't matter which Danny. With black or white hair. Eyes bright green or captivating blue, she loved him. All of him. Danny faded from her imagination and she slowly lowered till she was sitting on her knees. Her hands no longer held by her imagination moved to her necklace, and her fingers caressed the chain he had given her. The very thought of Danny was able to lift her spirits and she longed for his real touch again.

~wednesday~

Danny was pissed. His hand impression in the metal locker door was a good sign of that. He was given a month's detention yesterday when his bag hooked onto the fire alarm as he was walking past it. Afterward, that stupid therapist decided to rub pepper on the wound by putting him in some sort of mayor baby outfit and escorted him around the school, and not letting him leave by keeping her hand on his shoulder. Not only that but a ghost appeared at the mall when he was eating at the food court. Though that whole thing became sour, not because of the ghost but because Jazz popped up and began asking him questions about his sessions. His ghost sense went off and gave him an excuse to get away from her since the fight would most likely empty out the building. He left her at the table he was using to head to the bathroom so he could transform and deal with it. As he fought the ghost, he figured out that it was the same one for the school based on his voice. He was able to corner the ghost and wanting to let out some pent-up frustration, he sent out a large Ecto ray that he knew would hurt him.

Too bad that after the ghost saw it, he fled.

Now, his anger was to the point that he didn't care about whether or not what Spectra said about Jazz calling him a loser was true. He just wanted to end the session and leave. Maybe go and sit under a tree listening to music, something that would actually make him feel better.

He wondered if there was a way to avoid going to the pep rally later since he didn't want to hear any of Jazz's peppy "you can do it" speech. He walked into the school and noticed that everyone looked miserable. "That shrink should lose her degree 'cause she sucks at her job." he moved further into the school and looked around at the others. It was then that he noticed something else about the other students. Not only did they look miserable, but they also looked close to freezing. "Weird, it's not that cold." he looked up at the air and wondered what was up with them. Looking again, he saw that he could see all of their breaths. "Huh, they can all see their own breath yet I can't…. see ….. Mine…. Wait." He thought about it before and remembered that he could see his breath before. It was happening when he was in Spectra's office but the room was always cold since she keeps the room at a freezing temperature so everyone in the room was freezing. "But…. I'm not cold now." he looked down at himself and didn't feel cold at all while everyone was shivering. "And yet, I was close to shivering in her office. But why?" thinking that something was wrong with this, he made a detour toward Spectra's office.

When Danny was closing in on the office, he let out a gasp as his frosty breath came out. "Now it shows up." he looked at the door and narrowed his eyes. "Right when I'm getting closer to her office." he looked around to see that no one was there, most likely because they were all getting to the pep rally. Turning invisible he phased through the door and stood to the side as he saw that the woman was speaking with Tucker.

"So, are you saying that my life would have no meaning if I don't find something else to love?" he held up his PDA before looking at it sadly

Spectra smiled at the boy as she leaned back in her seat. "I'm not saying that, but your focus on technology is unhealthy. Maybe you should let me hold onto that for the time being."

Tucker held the device away from Spectra as if the idea was just blasphemous.

"Mr. Foley, you need to find another outlet so let me hold onto that."

As this was happening, Danny was watching and he noticed that Spectra looked older. There were wrinkles on her face and bags under her eyes. 'It's like she aged twenty years.' His eyes then moved to Tucker who was slowly stretching out his shaking hands. He focused on the two and he saw something come out of Tucker when the PDA was out of his hand. Some sort of green energy came out of his arm and behind Spectra's desk.

The woman took the device and put it in her desk. "Good, now you should go out there and be a better you."

Danny's eyes looked at Tucker and he now looked as miserable as the rest of the school. He watched Tucker leave but turned back to Spectra once the door was closed and watched as she moved from behind her desk and held her arms before the green energy swirled over her head. She then gestured her hands to her face as she breathed in the energy. He saw herself being revitalized and the wrinkles and bags from before were fading. 'So, she's a ghost.'

Spectra let out a breath as she felt relieved. "Ah, these kids are magnificent. Their misery is delicious and the best way to keep me looking fabulous."

Danny was about to transform and reveal himself but he saw another ghost enter the room from the other side. He saw it was the ghost that he had fought before.

Spectra smiled at the arrival. "Is everything ready?"

The ghost gave a posh gesture. "Of course. Once that speech is over and the sparklers vaporize the chipper speaker, there will be enough misery in the school to keep up looking young forever." the two grabbed each other's hand before they became energy and phased out of the room.

Danny returned to the visible spectrum and glared at where they left. "That's why everyone is so miserable!" was his whispered shout before he remembered what they said. "Oh, great." Transforming, he flew off toward the gym, where the rally was taking place.

He made it to the room and invisibly floated up high to see what he could do. He saw that there were only a few dominos left and the sparklers were aimed right at Jazz. 'Crap!' he didn't have time to think, so he just moved. He flew past Jazz grabbed the nods at the end of each of the sparklers, one in each hand, and lifted them up with his flight.

Problem was that they went off with him still holding them.

Danny grit his as he was hit by the sparklers. They lasted for about ten seconds but it sure left a mark on him. He was able to maintain his invisibility but his suit was now missing pieces. His sleeves were gone, his right pant leg was vaporized and there was a rip on his back. He was, fortunately, able to maintain invisibility but he was panting hard from the blast. He lifted his head and silently growled as he knew just who to take everything out on. He dropped his hands from the nods and flew off to find her as Jazz began the second part of her speech.

Spectra smiled as she could only imagine the amount of misery she would get at the end of the day.

Bertrand looked up at her as he asked. "So, once we finish our business here, you up for a cappuccino?"

Spectra smiled at that. "Oh, that sounds marvelous."

Bertrand was then sent flying as an Ecto ray hit him square on.

Danny landed on one knee as he looked up at the pair. "I've got a bone to pick with you."

Spectra smirked at him before she nonchalantly asked. "I'm sorry but can I help you?"

Danny stood firm as he lit his hand up. "Yeah, you can get back into the ghost zone and never show up again. Or else I'll beat you both back to the ghost zone, the long way." His eyes lit up as he saw the green blob ghost show up. "I hate how it took me so long to figure out. You're a leech. A parasite. You feed of the misery of others.

Spectra's eyebrow twitched at the name he called them.

"You find the thing that would get to most kids nowadays. Their future, their looks, their social standing. You talk about how they could never reach anywhere but you put it in a way that almost sounds like you are giving advice and with that fake peppy attitude, no one would think you're trying to hurt them. But you ended up bragging about it in your office, where I saw you gain back your youth. Misery helps keep you young, without it, you age into a miserable old hag."

Spectra glared at the boy before she mockingly clapped. "Well, done." she then gained a cruel smirk as she lowered her hands before bringing them up and transforming into a shade-like ghost. "I but fear you missed a few details."

Danny lowered himself into a stance. "I don't care." in a quick movement, he reached to the side and grabbed Bertrand, who was in his panther form, by the neck before he spun around and threw him at Spectra.

Spectra wasn't able to avoid her partner so she was hit by him. Getting him off her, she flew at Danny and swiped her clawed hands at him. She struck his chest and did a few more slashes at him. "I may be what I am, but what about you?" She sent Ecto rays out of her eyes and sent him crashing to the lockers of a T-section. "What even are you? Your not a ghost…" she slashed at his downed form but only left claw marks on the lockers.

Danny rolled to a stop and took a knee only to feel claws strike his back. "ARGH!" he looked over his shoulder to see Bertrand smirking at him. Looking back, he was unable to avoid the upper claw strike to his face from Spectra. "ARGH!" He felt ectoplasm leak from the slashes he had on his chin.

"Your not a boy!"

Danny jumped to avoid the downward Claw strike that cracked the floor.

Bertrand and Spectra stood together as they closed in on Danny. "You're nothing but a freak that has no place anywhere."

Danny clenched his fists as he was getting tired of listening to her. Her own voice was pissing him off.

Spectra smirked cruelly at the bow as he had his head down and on his knees. "A freak like you doesn't belong anywhere." she brought her hand down to strike him in the head.

But her claw was stopped.

Danny caught it by the wrist before his head shot up and his eyes lit up in green flames. "I'm sick and tired of hearing YOUR ANNOYING VOICE!" He stood up with his skin gaining scales that stopped at his chin. His left hand shot out and grabbed Bertrand by the neck again. He tugged on Spectra's arm before he let go of her wrist, grabbed her neck, and slammed their heads together before throwing them down the hall.

A~ll the way down to the other side of the hall.

The two ghost crashed into the lockers, leaving a massive dent in them and looked down the hall to see Danny hunched over and breathing heavily.

Dany clenched his fists as he looked up at the downed ghosts and began to walk toward them. After a few steps, he paused and hunched over even more as his back felt like it was on fire. "Grrrrr!" he held his sides till he bent forward and something ripped from the back of his jumpsuit.

Two massive white dragon wings with a dark blue membrane spread out to his sides and left gashes to the walls.

Danny felt such relief as his back no longer felt restrained. Feeling better he continued to walk toward the ghosts, not realizing that the tips of his gloves shredded as black claws came from his fingertips. His power was surging and the hallway went dark, despite it still being daytime.

The hallway gained a dark green hue that made everything visible and showed Danny still walking toward them. But with each step he took, the ground under his foot would freeze over.

Danny's dragon eyes focused on the two that were now frozen in place.

Whether it was from fear or the dropping temperature, no one knew.

In a panic, Bertrand lunged at the boy when he was close enough only to find himself smashed to the side and then frozen to the wall.

Danny huffed out of his nose before he turned to Spectra. He lifted his hand and sent out an ecto ray that was outlined with blue. (green ecto ray with blue shine to it)

Spectra tried to jump to the side but she was hit in the side. Due to this she skidded on the ground before looking back to see another ray heading her way. She rolled to the side to avoid it before turning to face the boy. Pulling her head back she threw it forward and sent out ecto rays from her eyes.

Danny countered with both his hands thrown forward and sending out another Ecto blast.

The two met in the middle but Danny's pierced through hers and struck her in the chest. The blast kept going till she crashed into a wall.

It was then that she was frozen to the wall with her face still free. She looked up in fear as the boy made his way to her. She trembled in both cold in fear as she didn't know what he would do next.

Danny looked her in the face and bared his fangs. "Find another career path." he pulled out the Fenton thermos and pointed it at her face before pressing the button.

"NOOOOOO!" she was sucked into the thermos without another word.

Danny flew over to Bertrand and did the same with him before capping the device. Once he did he let out a heavy sigh. "I'm beginning to understand why people hate going to therapy." He looked around and saw the massive dents in the walls. "Oh, great, how am I going to explain this?"

Crazy guy with a sledgehammer.

That was the excuse used to explain the damages.

It didn't explain where Spectra and Bertrand went but Dany didn't really care about that since he had other things on his mind.

Danny was sitting at the kitchen table with his arms flopped to the side and his head thrown back.

This was how Jazz saw her brother and made her way to him. "Danny, do you…."

"Jazz!" was his sharp interruption as he lifted his head and looked up at her. He got up to his feet and looked her in the eye. "I would like to say 'I appreciate you trying to help' but that would be a lie. I don't need therapy, to be over-analyzed, or to talk. I would like it if you just stayed out of my business and let me handle things my way. Stop trying to control everything or know everything in this house. That shrink didn't help and it was never going to help, cause all I want is to be left alone and try to relax." he moved around her and walked out of the kitchen. "Just leave me alone." He left Jazz in the kitchen and headed to his room

Jazz lowered her head as she thought about what he said. "Maybe I am being too pushy…"

Danny made it to his room, locked the door, and dropped onto his butt on the ground in the middle of his room. "What am I going to do?" he dropped his head into his hands and groans. He felt a lot better now that Spectra was gone and figured that she had the power to keep people miserable with not just her words. But it turns out his problems just kept increasing.

*thud, clatter*

Danny peaked through his fingers and groans again at the sight.

At his sides were large black wings with grayish-white membranes and the talon at the joint being the same color.

At first, when the fight with Spectra was over, he thought it was weird and cool looking but he didn't have time to think about it since he had to get out of there. Flying through the walls and finding an empty room, he transformed back and let out a sigh of relief that the whole fiasco was over. But it turned out, not everything was back to normal.

Danny saw that the random wings he sprouted were still there. The only difference was that they had inverted colors much like his hair. He had spent the next fifteen minutes in a panic, trying to figure out what to do. He had to do something fast since he heard the cheering of the gym and that meant that the rally was almost over. Focusing his powers, he was glad he could turn them invisible and intangible. And that was how he kept them hidden all this time.

But now, Danny had to think of what to do. He couldn't be seen like this or else massive problems are gonna happen. So he sat there, trying to think of what to do.

~that night~

Danny had nothing. No ideas, no plan, he luck.

He tried to will them away like holding back some of his powers but that didn't work.

He tried to continue being intangible and invisible but that drained his powers.

He tried transforming back and forth but they had remained. Actually, as he did this, he saw that his suit hadn't fixed itself like it normally did. Something else he had to figure out.

So now, here he was, exhausted from all he tried and still hadn't gotten anywhere. He laid on his bed, stomach down, and let his wings just flop. It was a bit uncomfortable for one of them since it was basically scrunched against the wall. "Maybe if I get some sleep, they'll go away." It was the last plan he had. If it didn't work, he would have to do something drastic. 'Please be gone tomorrow.' That was his last thought as he closed his eyes and fell asleep.

~Tomorrow~

They were still there.

Danny had woken up with his body aching and a sore wing, which frustrated him more. He remained optimistic and hoped that they would be gone later in the day so he had decided to just keep them invisible and intangible. Best thing too, cause when he got up from his bed and stretched, his wings stretched as well and made two large holes in his ceiling.

He wondered why his parents didn't hear the breaking of wood but found out that they were at the school.

The school was closed for the next couple of days to fix up the damages. His parents were there in case it was ghost-related so they would most likely be gone for most of the day, scanning every nook and cranny of the campus.

He didn't want to deal with Jazz so he chose to stay in his room and mess around on his computer. He spent hours playing games but when that was done, he saw his wings had remained.

"Time for something drastic." He opened his door and peeked out to make sure the coast was clear before he walked out with his wings out of sight. Happy that he didn't bump into Jazz, he made his way to his parents' lab and got ready for what he was about to do. He stood in front of the Portal doors and took a deep breath. Pressing the button to open it, he transformed into Phantom so he could travel. "It's still not fixed." He looked down on himself to see that his jumpsuit was still shredded. "What the heck is going on!?"

He needed help and there was only one person he knew that might be able to help him.

Dora

Danny figured that since these look like dragon wings, his best bet was Dora. So, he planned to meet with her.

"Danny?"

Danny heard his sister's voice coming from upstairs and panicked. Immediately, he jumped through the portal, just before Jazz entered.

Jazz looked around the lab and didn't see anyone. She let out a sigh before leaving.

Danny frowned as he looked through the veil between worlds before he turned around and flew off. "I really hope Dra can help me." He felt better being in the ghost zone as he felt like he had just drank a cold glass of water in the middle of the desert. But he still felt exhausted for some reason. "Better find her fast." He sped up to find the dragon princess

~Hours later~

He was lost.

Danny had no idea how big the ghost zone was and the layout was so confusing that he didn't know if he was still flying straight, up, left, right, or down. He had tried some of the many doors that floated around the zone but none of it made sense. One door could lead to an icy tundra while another could lead to an underwater coral reef.

Nothing made sense and Danny had no idea where he was anymore. "Great, I come in here to find help for these wings and now I need help finding out where I am." As he was musing about this, one of the floating rocks crashed into his back. "Ah!" he flailed in the air before crashing face-first onto a surface. He groaned into the dirt and laid there. He was too tired, lost, and mentally drained. His energy was already low from the start but now he was close to passing out. It was so bad that he couldn't even remember what he passed in the last five…or ten? Minutes. It was all a blur. "Just my luck." He tried to move but it looked like he couldn't even do that. "Maybe a nap will….help…." he went limp on the ground and blacked out.

As he did this a shadow drew over him. "WHO DARES ENTER MY DOMAIN!" the figure's booming voice could be heard as it saw the prone form of the boy. "Oh my." The figure got closer to the boy before reaching out for him.

End of Chapter

Yes, I ended it there. Why? Because I'm evil. Wonder how many of you can guess who it is.

I finally got to the part I was excited about. It was always my plan to have Spectra be the one to unleash it since it made the most sense.

Now before I get into the details, I want to say this. Danny is working on fumes. He doesn't get enough sleep, he is doing things on his own, he is overworking his powers AND his powers are growing and in a way, trying to stabilize.

One reviewer brought up how Danny kept losing. But if you think about it, in a lot of Danny's fights early on, he hasn't really won them. Technus, he won because Tucker hacked the power suite and caused it to disassemble, the second fight was Sam using the cheat. Skulker, Tucker hacked the suit and Delilah beat the crap out of him. Ember, Tucker singing.

PS I made it so Danny was good at singing

My point is that in the original, Danny never won on his own. In this fic, he is on his own. Most of the time

I'll be honest, I feel like I rushed some of this chapter, most likely since I write a lot of this late in the night and I'm dead tired. But I think I will come back later and add more scenes to it. Specifically more scenes with Jazz and Spectra.

Now things are going to change from here with some original chapters and less reworks of episodes.

I'm pretty sure a bunch of you wanted me to do the Halloween episode since Halloween is about a week away but I could not think of a way to do it. In the original, Sam was the one that brought up the Fright knight and Danny got the idea to find his sword for the Halloween haunted house. Not to mention that Danny has no idea about how to navigate the Ghost zone since he didn't go in to map it out. And the only times he's been in it was through Desiree, who can teleport.

Speaking of Desiree, her human form is basically what we see in her backstory. I got the caramel idea from another fic, "Crazy trouble with love Part 3" by "Yugiohfan163" chapter 10. Nice fic with a bunch of cool pairings. And as for the dance, it took me a bit of time to find a song that would work till I remembered watching an AMV using "Shape of you". Couldn't find the vid again but I did find a violin cover and thought it worked. But you can use the cover I suggested or the original

One thing I want to ask readers. I want you to go back to that scene, close your eyes while listening to either version and imagine Desiree dancing to the beat. I would love to animate the scene, but the best I could probably do at the moment is make an animatic or scene illustration. Maybe someday.

I originally had "my love" in her thoughts but I felt it was pushing it a bit much.

Now, I am thinking about adding Ember. But I am also going to change her a slight bit. She is still going to be the badass rocker we all know and love, but I am going to elaborate more on her backstory. In fact, you saw of her "original" personality in this chapter.

Got a few requests for kitty but let's slow things down a bit. I already have Dora and Desiree established. Going to build up on Ember. And I already have things built for Kitty, but she is set up as a very good friend at the moment.

Johnny is tough since I hardly ever dealt with someone like him. And I don't know vehicles.

Anyway hope you liked the chapter

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