Here's where the story gets a little more interesting….
DISCLAIMER: I do not own Danny Phantom.
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He found himself facing a ghost creature unlike any he had seen yet. It was a ghost human, but he somehow strongly resembled a goat in some way. He had a long face, light brown hair, and a goatee.
"Okay," Danny said, now in his ghost form, "I don't know what you're up to, but it can't be good." Danny flung himself at the creature, punching him repeatedly… well, trying to punch him. The goat-boy didn't seem very intimidated by Danny's fighting skills.
After a couple minutes of Danny punching him – without any results – he turned to Danny. "I wasn't going to hurt you, Ghost Boy, but I see you're going to keep trying to hurt me. You're a nuisance, so I think I'll just…take care of you." Danny didn't like the way that sounded.
The ghost stopped being intangible and flung himself at Danny. In a second, Danny was on the ground, obviously losing the fight. "You're not very good at this, are you?" he said, a smile forming on his face.
Danny tried to say something, but before he could, the ghost of a young girl flung herself between them. She looked at the goat-boy, and screamed, "Get away from him!" in a vaguely familiar voice.
"Why should I listen to you?" the goat-boy said.
"Because if you don't…" The ghost looked menacingly at the other. She then started to fight him. In a few minutes, Goat-Boy gave up. He phased through the wall with one last, "I'll get you later!" Then he disappeared.
Danny turned to the other ghost, to ask her why she had saved him, but she was gone. He turned to Sam and Tucker. "Did you see that other ghost?"
Sam shook her head. "Not really. We couldn't really see her – but if it wasn't for her, Danny, you'd be in pretty bad shape."
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"I can't believe he's half ghost," the ghost girl said, who was now floating over the park. Above her was the dusky evening sky. "I can't believe I didn't figure it out sooner. I've got to be more careful next time. I can't let him know my identity…"
She walked behind some bushes and quickly changed into her human form, brushing off her white kapris. "Well, now that that's done, I'd better head home," she said to herself, walking away slowly.
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"That ghost almost beat me," Danny said, changing quickly into his human form.
"Danny, the ghost did beat you. If it wasn't for that other ghost, who saved you, you'd be dead by now," Sam said.
"You sure you didn't see who she was?"
"She moved so fast, I didn't even catch what hair color she had." Sam said, sighing.
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Danny shut the door behind him. Sam and Tucker stood in the kitchen of Danny's house, along with Charlotte who had decided to come along. Well, she actually hadn't decided to come; in fact, she didn't want to come, but Sam persuaded her to come. So she did.
"Let's go up to my room," Danny said, starting to walk up the stairs. But Charlotte stopped him.
"What's down there?" she said, pointing to the stairs leading to the basement.
"Oh. That's my parent's lab," Danny said.
"Really? Can I see it?" Charlotte said, thinking of a chemistry lab. She was definitely not thinking of a ghost lab.
Danny shrugged. "Sure," he said. All four of them descended the stairs into the dark lab, which was thankfully unoccupied. A faint blue-green glow from the ghost portal made everything seem to light up.
"Are your parents scientists, or something?" Charlotte asked.
Danny laughed. "I guess you could say that," he said, "but they're really ghost hunters."
"Ghost hunters?" Charlotte said, her eyes wide.
"Yeah," Danny said. "You probably think my parents are whacko now."
"No, not really. I just think that's…mean."
"Mean?" Danny said, surprised at her reaction.
"Yeah," she said. "The poor ghosts. They only want to be set free."
Danny rolled his eyes when she wasn't looking. She reminded him of how Sam was with animal rights – except this time it was with ghosts. "Sure they want to be set free, but then when they get out, they wreak havoc!"
"How do you know?" Charlotte asked, not mad at all, but a little curious.
"Because I --" He almost said that he battled them every day, but shook it off. "Uh, because my parents tell me they do."
"They've actually battled ghosts?" Charlotte asked.
"Uh…no, but they've, um…" He tried desperately to think of a reason. But before he could, a crash upstairs made them turn and look. Suddenly, blue wisps of smoke started coming out of Danny's mouth. "I'll be right back," Danny said, inconspicuously grabbing the Fenton Thermos behind his back.
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"It's you," Danny said, now a ghost. The ghost he had battled just a couple nights ago was facing him. He had dishes in his hands and started throwing them like Frisbees at Danny. One cut him on the arm as Danny cringed in pain.
"Who are you?" Danny said, ready to strike him any second.
"I AM VECLUSSIER, THE APPRENTICE OF SKULKER!" he said, laughing evilly. He narrowed his eyes at Danny. "So you're this 'Halfa' I hear of. Pity, I thought you'd be much stronger. My mission will be so easy."
"NO IT WON'T, IF I CAN HELP IT!" Danny shouted.
"Oh, but you haven't even begun to see how strong I can be," Veclussier said, smirking.
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"We've got to go up there!" Charlotte said. "There's something horrible up there!"
"No, there isn't," Sam said. "It's just, uh --" She was cut off by a very loud boom, followed by a loud "OUCH!" from Danny.
"Yeah, no need to worry," Tucker said nervously.
"I'm going up there now, whether you like it or not!" Charlotte said. She broke free of Sam's restraining grip and ran up the stairs.
"Oh no," Sam and Tucker said together.