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'Normal thoughts'

{radio, phone, or electronic}

flashback/memory

~locations and transitions~

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Disclaimer:I don't own Danny phantom

New Story! Yep. I have several other stories that I need to get back to but I really needed to get this one out there. So hoe you enjoy the read and please read the notice down below

And Merry Christmas.

If you don't celebrate Christmas then I hope you are staying safe out there and being healthy

ALL READERS

This is one of the sequels planned for my other Danny phantom story "The Birth of Timelines" I would recommend that you read that story first before reading this one since that one will explain SEVERAL aspects that WILL appear in this one.

Thank you

Chapter 1: would you care to...

Jack Fenton sat in a foldable chair in front of the Fenton ghost portal, wearing a fishing vest over his orange jumpsuit and a soda hat on his head. He took a slurp of soda from the tube before he pulled his arm back and sent a fishing line into the portal

This was what Danny walked in on when he came down to the lab. He moved towards his father while dropping his backpack onto the ground "Uh, dad what are you doing?"

Jack stopped slurping his soda to whisper to his son "shh, careful Danny, you'll scare away the ghosts." he reeled in the line again before he sent it back in. "besides, I'm testing the new Fenton Ghost Fisher! I'm fishing for ghosts." he put the high tech fishing pole down before he grabbed the fishing wire and brought it in front of his son "see this. It's coated with special high test ectoplasm resin that ghosts can't break. It will hold any ghost no matter how strong." he grabbed the pole again as he slurped another bit of soda and spoke "had time to finish this one since your mother and I still need to build the rest of that one" he pointed to the side to show a black metallic hoop with a green energy net inside. The hoop was held waist-high horizontally by a few clamps

Danny walked up to it and looked down at the energy "What's it supposed to be?" he wanted to know what it was in case he needed to be wary of it.

Jack smiled wide but kept his eyes on the portal "we're calling it the Fenton ghost catcher! Once complete, we can use it to expunge ghosts from anything."

Danny took a step back away from it since he wasn't sure what it might do to him "but it looks like it works already."

"It still needs a stand and some extra features…..like Feathers!"

Danny was confused about the feather thing until he remembered that he had seen some real ones before and they tend to have feathers attached to the hoop. "So why is it on?"

Jack frowned as he turned his head "dang, I knew I forgot something." he was about to get up and turn it off until his stomach made a noise "oof, that soda goes right through you like Charren through Georgia." he grabbed Danny, placed him in his chair, and slapped the Fenton Fisher into his hands. "Here hold this for me! Gotta use the little Fentons room." he then ran towards the stairs that led to the main floor

Danny was a little dumbfounded about what happened but shook his head before looking behind him to see his father running up the lab stairs "dad wait!" but the man was already out of earshot. He slumped in the chair and looked at the gadget in his hands "why would he make it into a fishing pole?" as he finished his question something snagged the end of the line and began to tug hard on it. He grabbed the pole and was pulled out of his chair as he kept a tight grip on it. "What the….?" It was then that his ghost sense went off "oh no." He looked to the portal in time to see two large scaly claws making their way out of the portal. He soon had to look up at the large blue ghost dragon that towered over him and within its mouth is the other end of the fishing line.

The dragon roared at the boy before shouting "I want to GO!"

Danny yelped as he began to run in the opposite direction with the dragon chasing after him. Once he made it halfway through the lab he paused and turned around only to then find himself in the grasp of one of the dragon's claws. He was pulled up, dropping the Fenton Fisher, until he was mere inches from the dragon's snout.

"I HAVE TO GO!"

The shout blew back Danny's hair before he spoke "you're going to have to stand in line behind my dad. In the meantime…!" He transformed into his ghost form: Danny Phantom, turned into blue mist, and slipped out of the dragon's claw.

The dragon looked at its claw in confusion before growing angry and swiping at the ghost boy floating in front of it.

Danny dodged the two claw strikes before getting some distance from the dragon. He turned back in time to see the dragon spew out green flames at him, which he just barely dodge by leaning upward. He felt the heat almost singe his back "Woah, talk about bad breath." he flew towards the dragon and was about to send out a kick but he had to redirect his trajectory when its tail smacked him out of the air and onto the ground. He leaned on one elbow while rubbing his head "didn't see that coming." he looked up at the dragon and went wide-eyed "but I see that!" he flew out of the way of a large dragon fist that slammed the ground of where he once was. He flew up to the dragon's head and grabbed both of its horns before he began to drag said dragon towards the portal. "Let's send you back where you came from!"

The dragon thrashed its head back and forth to shake him off it.

"Woah!" Danny held on to the horns as best he could but felt his grip loosening. He let go of the horns and fell to the dragon's neck and dangled on something metallic. He looked at what he grabbed and saw it was an amulet around the dragon's neck. Once he saw it he dryly quipped "didn't know a dragon can have any fashion sense." He looked past the dragon's neck and saw that they were only a few feet away from the portal and got an idea. He swung his legs to gain some momentum and slammed his feet into the dragon sending it flying back and into the open gateway. Danny smiled at this but it dropped when he saw the tail swing his way. "Uh-oh. ARGH!" the tail hit him hard and sent him to the side. He flew through the air and towards the Fenton ghost catcher. His body went through the green energy net and he landed on the ground hard before, causing him to see stars. He shook his head and leaned on his elbows "someone get the number of the thing that hit me?" Once the stars were gone he looked up to see that he was under the Fenton Ghost catcher. He went wide-eyed before looking down at himself to see that he was still in his ghost form and he didn't feel any different. "Huh...must not work." Not wanting to test his luck, he crawled out from under it and transformed back into his human form. He looked at his hand to see it was empty and blinked in confusion 'huh, must be my imagination.' He walked back to the chair, looked at the portal, and breathed a sigh of relief "whew that's a relief."

It was then that Jack came back with two new soda cans "I'll tell you what's a relief." he then remembered something he forgot to do "dang I almost forgot!"

Danny was handed the two sodas and watched his dad run back upstairs before he heard the flushing of a toilet

"Come on man, a dragon?"

Danny took a bite of his lunch as his friend Tucker gave his opinion of the morning encounter. "Tuck, I'm telling you, it was a dragon. Breathed fire and everything."

Tucker took a bite of his lunch as he nodded "okay okay. It's just hard to believe that a ghost dragon would be real."

Dany rubbed the back of his neck as he remembered the hit he took "well the bruises sure feel real." Danny continued his lunch until both he and Tucker saw Paulina walk down a pathway

Paulina was the most popular and well sought out girl in the school. She was considered extremely beautiful and had boys begging to be with her. Not only that but she was captain of the cheerleading squad which put her in high standings in the school and part of the A-listers.

The Latina girl garnered the attention of every male that she walked past, even causing a male biker to crash into a tree

Both boys stood up from the bench table and gazed dreamily at her "Paulina~." Danny and Tucker watched as the girl stopped by a tree and sat down before reading a book. They sat back down and continued to gaze for another few minutes

Tucker then got up from his seat before checking his breath. "Alright time to put on the old Foley charm."

Danny looked up at his friend in a bit of confusion and amusement "what are you going to do?"

"Going to ask her to the school dance. And with these looks, there's no way she'll say 'no'."

Danny watched his friend walk up to Paulina and watched as the scene played out. After a minute he saw her get up, scoff at Tucker, and walk away. He saw his friend make his way back towards the table with a somewhat chipper look on his face. "So how'd it go?"

Tucker pressed his fist against his chest "well she didn't say no…."

Danny was surprised and happy or his friend "that's great!"

"...she said: not even if I was the last boy in school." Tucker then slumped back into his seat and began to eat again. Once he swallowed a bit he looked at Danny. "Why don't you ask?"

Danny shook his head "come on, Tuck. I get really nervous when I talk to pretty girls. I wouldn't be able to say anything."

"Well then who are you going to the dance with?"

Danny sighed as he chose to finish his lunch. "I don't know Tuck. I might not go."

~ the next day~

Danny and Tucker were talking next to Danny's locker, discussing Tucker's luck in asking someone to go to the dance with him

"Barbra...no, Brittany…..no"

Danny looked to Tucker as he went through some of the names of the girls that he asked "still no luck huh?"

Tucker put away his PDA before pressing a fist on his chest as he puffed it out. "There are still plenty that can still fall for the Foley charm." he was suddenly slammed into the lockers by Dash.

"Out of the way, loser!" said jock was walking up to Paulina who turned out to be close by

Danny glared at the jock who had just shoved Tucker for no reason. He looked around to see that no one was paying attention to him and seeing an opportunity, he went invisible and made his way to the jock. He heard the flirting Dash was doing but he didn't care. He didn't know what he was going to do but he was going to do something. He placed his hands on the jock's back and activated his powers but he went wide-eyed when he felt his whole being pulled into the bigger boy.

Dash smiled as he leaned on the lockers with his arm as he tried to pick up Paulina "...star quarterback and I'm …" he went wide-eyed as he felt something funny

Dash [F] looked down as he was surprised to see what had happened "...I'm in Dash's body?"

Paulina quirked an eyebrow as the last statement was odd "excuse me?"

Dash [F] paused for a minute as he tried to think of what he could do with this. It was then that a small vindictive side of him wanted to have some fun. He straightened up and smiled wide "I'm a collector of teddy bears!" he turned and spread his arms in the air "and I like to frolic in a field of flowers while thinking of rainbows!" he then began to frolic down the hall in front of everyone and right past Mr. Lancer.

Mr. Lancer watched the star football player prance down the hall until in front of a janitor's closet

Danny flew out of the jock and used his intangibility to go into the boy's bathroom before regaining visibility and walked out. He could not help but chuckle at what he had done. Sure it was a bit petty but it made him feel a little better. As he walked back to Tucker, he scratched the upper part of his arm as It tingled a bit when he used his powers but he passed it off as nothing major.

~after school, at the Mall~

Danny and Tucker were eating at the food court, with Tucker looking at Danny in wonder

"So let me get this straight, you can just walk into someone and get them to do anything?"

Danny nodded as he took a bite of his fires "yeah. It was weird though. It felt odd to take over someone else."

Tucker on the other hand got an idea as he looked at another girl from their school "hey Danny if you could take over a girl for one minute"

Danny furrowed his brow "forget it, Tuck. I wasn't even going to do that for myself. It would be wrong. You can get a date the old fashioned way."

Tucker deflated as he looked to Danny "so why haven't you asked anyone out?"

Danny slumped in his seat as he let out a dramatic sigh "it wouldn't matter who I ask. Everyone I did ask is already going with someone and the ones I haven't asked I get too nervous to say anything, they are out of my league anyway."

"SIXTEEN WEEKS!"

Both Danny and Tucker jumped at the sound of someone shouting.

Danny narrowed his eyes in determination as he was worried it might be a ghost but he realized that his ghost sense didn't go off, so he calmed himself down. "Huh, wonder what that was?"

"Maybe someone got some bad news."

"Maybe."

Tucker then pulled out his PDA and went through his list "Venessa...no, Victoria ...no. that only leaves….Valerie." he looked around the mall in order to see if he could find the said girl and was fortunate enough to see her walking into the food court. He got up and made his way over to her.

Danny sat there watching his friend and was expecting the same as before. But oddly enough, he saw Kwan, one of the football jocks come up to them, say something to Vallerie, and left. The girl then looked to Tucker and said something to him that caused the boy to throw his arms in the air in excitement. "Huh, guess he got lucky."

~Day of the dance, Fenton works~

In the basement lab, a figure walked out of the ghost portal that had been left open. It was a young female ghost with long blonde hair that was set in a French braid with a blue headband circling around her head, wearing a two-toned light blue princess-style dress with long sleeves, a green band around the waist, and light blue flats.

Said girl had her red eyes glancing around the room while one of her fingers went to tap on her lips that had purple lipstick. "Where could it possibly be?" she floated around the room while looking at the ground trying to catch sight of her amulet. It had taken some time before she realized that she no longer had it since when she returned to the kingdom, she had tried her best to avoid her brother. However, when she did notice that she didn have it, she panicked and rushed back to the portal to see if she could find it. "I hope I find it soon. I do not wish to create another one, for it would drain me of my strength."

One thing that very few knew, even within the kingdom was that the cursed amulets that they had during their lives had become ghostly artifacts during their death. The amulets had become more of a catalyst for the transformation than the actual cause but due to constant use of the amulet, small residual energies remain in the jewelry so that anyone that is wearing it will become a mirror image of the dragon form the original took. Now being that the transformation was now part of their being, they had the ability to recreate said amulet to replace it should the previous one be destroyed. The drawback was that it required a lot of energy and tired the ghost out.

The girl searched the entire room and could not see any trace of it nor could she feel its presence since she was linked to it. "Oh dear, what could have happened to it?" she paused as she heard someone shouting from a higher level

"Maddie! Are you down there!"

"Eep!" the girl turned intangible and flew up through the ceiling in fright.

Jack came down the stairs in a rush "Maddie, we ran out of fudge and was wondering if we can go on a fudge run?" he stopped in the middle of the room and looked around only to see that there was no one here. "strange. Could have sworn I heard someone down here." he then gained a big smile "oh well! I'll go on my own." he then ran upstairs and out the door to go buy some fudge at the store

Danny was laying on his bed while talking to Tucker on the phone "Listen, Tuck, I'll be fine. It's just a dance, not the end of the world."

{you sure, man? I mean you're the only one from the whole school not going.}

"Don't exaggerate. I'm sure there's a few others that aren't going."

{dude, even Nathan is going.}

Danny winced at that. He didn't have anything against Nathan but if you look at the school social standings, Nathan can be considered at the bottom. Not that he and Tucker were that much higher. "Ouch. now I really feel lousy."

{Sorry, Danny.}

Danny sighed "no it's fine. I might just go for a flight around the city. I'm starting to like flying really."

{well if you're sure.}

Danny was about to say something when a blue wisp came out of his mouth as he gasped. "Uh oh."

{sense go off?}

"Yeah."

{want me to help?}

Danny shook his head, despite his friend not being able to see him do it "no. you still have to get ready for your date. I can probably handle this."

{alright. Later dude. Kick its butt hard.}

Danny chuckled as he hung up. He put his phone down before he said "I'm Going Ghost!" he chose not to shout since Jazz was in her room and he wasn't sure where in the house his parents were. As he was in the middle of his transformation, he noticed something off. The white rings of light that flowed over his body to transform him were usually just a solid ring but as they passed him, he could not help but see that they almost seemed like tiny white flickers like a fire with some sort of white mist coming off. Once his transformation was done he reached his hand out and waved in the air rapidly. Oddly enough, it didn't feel warmer, it felt colder. "Huh weird." he shook his head as he figured he imagined it and he needed to focus on finding the ghost that caused his ghost sense to go off.

The girl flew high into the air and was astounded by the sight of modern civilization. Metallic carriages that moved without the aid of horses, the people walking around in strange clothing, and the city seemed so much more cheery. She put her finger to her lip in contemplation. She knew that she should be searching for her amulet but she always had been curious about the modern human world and now she had a chance to explore it. After a minute of contemplating, she made her choice. She became invisible and flew to ground level before she chose to walk around.

Danny flew into the air above his house and got into a ready stance in case the ghost attacked the second he showed up but to his surprise, he didn't see anything. He twirled around to find what set off his ghost sens but there wasn't a sign of it. "Huh? Usually when I show up the ghost attacks me." he floated around the air in a circle until his ghost sense went off again. "Is this thin on the fritz." testing out a random thought he did the same circle and when he reached the same spot again, it went off. "Maybe it went into the city or something?" Not really having anything else to do, he chose to fly in the general direction his sense told him the ghost was.

~in the city~

The ghost girl could not hold in her amazement at the many different sights she walked past. The people holding small metallic devices that showed moving pictures, the carriages that moved at great speeds, the flashing signs that grabbed your attention, many different types of clothing not only worn by the people but displayed behind large glass walls. Something she noticed were that many of the young females were purchasing dresses while the males were retrieving clean looking clothing that could be thought to be for royalty, for what clearly was a high-class event. "What wonders this world has."

She kept spinning around in awe at the sights, not really watching where she was going but thanks to her intangibility and invisibility, she merely walked through the people.

However, thanks to this, the people kept getting chills.

Danny was flying through the sky trying to locate the ghost that kept setting off his ghost sense. In fact, it got to the point that he himself was starting to shiver. Not only that but every now and then as he shivered, his back would start to itch if not sting. "This is starting to get old fast. Where is that ghost?" he landed on the roof of one of the buildings and let out another blue wisp. "Oh great. I'm starting to think that you are just going off to make my day harder." he looked down to see many of his classmates buying what they were going to wear for the dance and much like Tucker told him, he even saw Nathan walking down the street with a large bouquet of roses that had Valerie's name on it. He couldn't help but chuckle at this as he knew that Nathan had a slight obsession with the A-lister. "Wonder what he would do if he knew Tucker was going to the dance with her." His mood then dropped again as he remembered that he was the only one not going. "Wonder what it would have been like to go?" It was then that his sense went off again and as he was looking at the group of kids begin to shiver randomly. He quirked an eyebrow as he saw this but it was then that he noticed that it seemed to be going in a pattern. "Huh?" as the pattern gained more distance he realized that his ghost sense was going off less and less. "Maybe…" he flew after the pattern and activated his invisibility to avoid being spotted by the people. It was thanks to this that he finally saw what was setting his ghost sense off.

The ghost girl started to feel the strain of keeping invisibility and intangibility active for so long and chose to rest. She flew up to the top of a very large building that had the word "Mall" on it, and released her ghost powers as she looked back down at the bustling city. "So many wondrous sights and the people are so fascinating. I wish to explore this city more."

"I hope that means that you won't cause any trouble for me."

The female ghost yelped in surprise as she spun around to see another ghost floating in the air and looking down at her with his arms crossed. She withered under his gaze as she remembered the oppression and scrutiny she usually receives from her brother when he took up the same pose "F-forgive me! I...I did not mean to intrude and….and…."

Danny saw the panic this ghost girl gained at just him appearing and brought his hands up in a placating manner "Woah Woah calm down!" he landed onto the roof so he wouldn't be looking down at her "I just want to know what you are doing here." he looked at the girl and saw that she seemed…..scared of him? 'This is new. Usually, I get angry looks and growls, not timid words…...then again the only ones that I have dealt with before are those Ecto animals, the Lunch Lady and Box ghost.' he lowered his fists to make himself seem less threatening and smiled at her "so, mind telling me who you are and what you're doing?"

The girl felt a bit less fearful now that he didn't seem so serious. Registering the question she clasped her hands in front of her and gave a small bow "please forgive me for intruding. My name is Dorthea, I had come here in search of something but as I came upon the sight of the city, I wished to explore."

Danny immediately noticed that the way she spoke seemed old fashioned. The tone seemed like something he heard in a medieval play and now that he thought about it, she dressed like she was from those times. "Ok, Dorthea. What do you plan to do in the city?" he tightened his fists in case her answer was something he didn't like.

Dorthea clasped her hands in front of her in fear as she saw him become serious once again and feared being punished, especially since she did not have her amulet. "I-I merely wished to see the wonders here. I have not seen so many fascinating wonders."

Danny blinked again and lowered his hands before rubbing the back of his head since he now felt guilty making a girl so fearful. "Sorry. I'm not used to ghosts just coming here as a tourist."

Dorthea sighed in relief as the serious mood once again vanished "that is quite alright. I am aware that many spirits may come off as malicious." it was then that a loud noise was heard and her curiosity got the better of her as she moved to the edge of the building and looked down to see the noise coming from one of the metal carriages. "What is that?" she asked herself not really expecting an answer

Danny heard the question and moved to the edge as well and looked at what she was looking at "he's honking his horn."

Dorthea looked befuddled at this "are you positive that it is a horn? I had not before heard one with such an odd sound."

Danny looked confused for a second. "All cars have a horn in them that sounds like that."

"'Cars'?"

Danny was starting to see what was going on with this ghost. "haven't you seen a car before?" seeing her shake her head, he nodded as he pointed at the one that was honking "Those things are called cars. They have a horn on the steering wheel to get other drivers' attention."

Dorthea looked back at the now named car as she tilted her head "how are they able to move without the use of a horse?"

Danny began to explain some of the mechanics of the engine as best as he could. He didn't know much but he knew a good bit about how it worked since at one point his parents had taken apart a car engine and converted it into one of their ecto energy converters. He was in the lab while they did it and he overheard some of the things they talked about when they were tearing it apart.

He couldn't help but chuckle at the look of wonder she had on her face as she took in everything he said. "...and with that, the wheels move on their own, allowing the car to move and the steering wheel allows the driver to turn in the direction they want to go."

"Remarkable. To have such easy transportation that anyone may use."

Danny found it amusing that such an everyday thing was so foreign to this ghost. It was then that he got a good look at her and something about her seemed familiar but he knew that he never met her before. 'I think I would remember meeting a ghost girl that wasn't trying to kill me.' he was brought out of his musing when Dorthea asked him another question

"What are those small devices that everyone seems to possess?" she pointed down at a group of teenagers that were pressing something to their ears

Danny followed the finger and smiled as he pulled out his phone. "These are called cell phones. They let us talk to people that are far away. They can also be used to look up stuff on the internet."

Dorthea moved closer to him and looked at the small device in his hand. "You are able to communicate using this without the use of messengers?"

Danny was a little nervous now that she was so close and something he just now noticed was that she was slightly taller than him. 'Now I feel short.' He chuckled as he held it out to her for her to take. He didn't see the harm in letting her see it

Dorthea gingerly took the device and could not help but marvel at how light it was. "To be able to speak to a faraway person." it was then that it began making a ringing noise and she was so startled that she threw it into the air

"Gah!" Danny jumped to catch his phone so it wouldn't break. He didn't want his parents to fix it since the last time he let them do that, it blasted a burn mark on his ceiling. He sighed in relief that he caught it before it hit the ground and looked at the caller ID. seeing who it was, he looked to Dorthea and figured 'what the heck' and transformed back into his human form before answering "Hey mom."

The reason he had to transform back to his human self was that Tucker had told him that when he was in his ghost form, his voice gained an echo and eerie tone to it, making it sound slightly different and could be thought of as someone else. Which helped since he didn't want people to know it was him. Dorthea seemed to be trustworthy and he figured that it would be ok that she saw his human form

{hi, Sweetie. We were wondering where you were? Shouldn't you be getting ready for the dance?}

Danny sighed as he rubbed his head "Mom. I don't have a date so there isn't any point for me to go."

{sorry, Danny. I thought you would have found someone to go with you.}

"None of the girls I asked were free. But it's ok, I'm just going to walk around the city for a while before I head home." he said in a defeated tone

As he was talking Dorthea was stunned by the sudden change in appearance he went through. It was the first time she had seen a change like this. Sure she was used to seeing her brother change into his dragon form as well as herself but as grandiose as it was this was far more subdued and yet just as intriguing. It was then that she remembered her brother speaking about a being that did something like this. Aragon had done business with someone who could change his appearance with the forming of black rings. 'But ….oh dear, I did not ask his name. However, the rings I saw were white and the one that my brother spoke of was an older gentleman so it must not be him.'

She could not help but observe the differences in the forms. Before he had hair as white as the cleanest snow and a uniform that was mostly black as the deepest pit with the gloves and boots as white as his hair. His posture had changed as well. Before he held at the ready and although not much he held some confidence in himself. Now he had black hair wearing a white shirt that had red trimmings and a red oval in the center. His pants and footwear were much like many of the other teens on the street and his posture had become much laxer.

Danny did not pay attention to Dorthea as he was more focused on the fact that his mother went off on a bit of a tangent about how girls that aren't going after him were missing out. 'She has no idea how low on the school food chain I am.' "Yeah, mom. It's their loss" he gave a dry chuckle as he said that.

Maddie smiled at this {yes it is! Anyway, your father and I will be in the basement when you come home and dinner will be in the fridge.}

Danny shook his head "alright mom. I'll be home later."

{alright sweety. Be careful.}

"Alright, bye." he hung up the phone and sighed. "'Their loss'...yeah….. sure." he then remembered his companion and saw that she was looking at him in curiosity. He nervously chuckled as he rubbed the back of his neck "uh….surprise."

Dorthea decided to ask what was on her mind "how are you able to change form in such a way?" she floated around him in fascination.

Danny chuckled as he nervously shuffled on his feet. "It's a long story." he then transformed back into Phantom. He looked at his phone and thought about what he told his mother and felt that doing just what he said could help. Going around the city can help. It was then that he got an idea that might be fun. He looked to Dorthea and smiled. "Hey since this is your first time seeing the city, how about giving you a tour?"

Dorthea's mind was on the transformation she had just seen. For a single moment she….felt something coming from him but it was so quick that she might have missed it if she wasn't paying attention to him. But it was forgotten when he offered to give her a tour of the city. She gained a wide smile as she clasped her hands. "A tour! Really?"

Danny now felt even more nervous as he blushed at the fact that he offered to give a ghost, a female one at that, a tour. He figured that it was mostly because he wanted to do something tonight since everyone in his school was going to the dance while he would be a tour guide. "Sure. if you want."

Dorthea nodded with a wide smile as she felt happy that she could get more knowledge about the modern world.

So excited about this that she had forgotten about her original purpose for being in the human world

Danny chuckled at her nodding as he began to float in the air with her following "well, welcome to Tour de Phantom. I'll be your guide and I will show you around the city of Amity Park."

She giggled at his funny persona and followed him with both becoming invisible as he led her around the city pointing out several areas of interest as well as answering her questions about some of the modern civilization

~that night~

Dorthea was having a wonderful time seeing the large skyscrapers, motor vehicles, and modern commodities. The Kingdom she comes from has been stuck in old times by the will of Aragon. Therefore they have remained in the dark ages. It was thanks to dwelling in such an environment that she gained a curiosity about the modern age but due to the restrictions of the kingdom and the lack of a portal that she could not go look at it. Now she gained the chance and she now has a guide to it.

Danny didn't know that he could have fun being a tour guide to the city he has lived in all his life. But Dorthea's enthusiasm and childish glee in learning about something about their world made it enjoyable. They were now flying back towards Fenton Works as they had explored the city. From the docks to the amusement park. Flying made it easy to get around fast. "And that ladies and gentlemen, is the end of our tour. I hope you enjoyed the city and all the oddities that it has."

Dorthea smiled at this and was about to say something until she heard some sort of music playing to her right. Letting her curiosity get the better of her, she flew towards it.

Danny noticed her heading off in another direction and shook his head in amusement as she had done this multiple times during the tour. It was then that he noticed what she was going towards as he heard the music and the lights that were flashing.

Dorthea landed on the roof and looked through a skylight. Down inside the building she saw many teens dancing around with such quick music playing. It looked to be a party that royals attended and she could not help but feel a slight sense of jealousy.

Danny landed next to her and looked down at the dance that held everyone in his school. He sighed as he wanted to avoid thinking about not being at it but turns out he did get to go to the dance just not the way he thought.

"What event are they celebrating?" she pressed her hands on the glass as she watched the teens dance and have a good time

Danny smiled ruefully "they aren't really celebrating an event. The dance was just set up for the school to have a good time."

Dorthea turned her head to look at Danny and noticed the forlorn look "tis the same schooling that you attend is it not? Why have you not joined them?"

Danny sighed as he looked down at the dance "didn't have anyone to go with. And at the end of the day, it's just a dance."

Dorthea gained a saddened look as she could see that he had a bit of want to go but said that no one would go with him. She then remembered what had caused her previous dragon outburst "there was a ball that I wished I could have gone to…."

Danny looked at the girl wondering why she was bringing something like this up

"However, my brother had forbidden me from attending. I had wanted to go so much but I was not allowed. It would seem we both desired to attend such an event."

Danny chuckled a bit as he looked down and saw his friend Tucker talking with Valerie. "Yeah, I guess you're right." It was then that he heard that the upbeat music changed into a slow song and again he found himself doing something he normally wouldn't do. "Hey, Dorthea?"

The girl looked up at him "yes?" she was surprised to see him take a step back and brought his hand up

Danny didn't know why but he knew that if he was in his human form he would not have the nerve to even do this. But while in Phantom form, he always seemed to gain a bit more confidence and nerve. He brought his hand up and asked "would the fair lady care to dance?" He couldn't stop the slight nervous tone but hey he was able to at least ask.

Dorthea looked at the hand before back to his eyes to see he was completely serious if not a bit nervous. For a moment she thought about it and felt nervous about doing such a thing as she was usually forbidden from enjoying herself. But no one from her kingdom was here to report back to her brother so what could be the harm. She gently placed her hand in his and for a split second she felt something familiar again, but she shook it off. "I would be honored, my good sir."

Danny brought her up and placed his free hand on her hip as she used hers to lift the hem of her dress to the side. They waited for a beat and as if on cue the two began to dance to the slow rhythm of the music.

~Play "A thousand Years" by Christina Perri.~ (imagine the dance at the end of the animated Sleeping beauty)

Danny was doing his best to get the steps right as he had little to no practice in dancing. He had only seen it in some movies and shows that his sister would sometimes watch. Not only that but with her being slightly taller he had to look up slightly. But he didn't seem to mind as something inside him felt a sense of familiarity with her now that they had physical contact, like a new part of him felt like a part of her. It was then he noticed that despite how cold her skin felt, it was surprisingly soft and her hold in his hand was gentle. Which struck him as odd that he could feel through his cloves but he could. He made sure not to be so tense and held her in just as gentle a manner as he danced with her

Dorthea could not help but feel elated about dancing with this boy she had just met not hours ago. Not only that but he held her as if she was but a delicate flower that deserved to be tended to. Much different from how she was usually treated back in her kingdom.

The citizens of the kingdom held her in some form of reverie she was put on high standings and pressured for many things. Her brother always looked down on her as if she was not meant to even be in his presence despite being his sibling and a princess of the kingdom.

To be treated much like…. the fairy tale princesses she had read when she was a child, filled her heart with a pleasant sensation. Not only that but as her hand held his, she felt that there was a connection that she could not describe. It was almost like the connection she had with her amulet but it was different somehow. But she chose not to dwell on this as she continued to dance with him, looking down into the eyes of the slightly shorter boy.

As they continued to dance, they did not realize that the two began to float in the air and began to dance in the night sky with the light from the moon shining down upon them. Now in the air, they were now more eye level but they had not noticed as they just enjoyed dancing with each other.

They continued to dance even as the music had faded away and soon their dance had become slower as she released the hem of her and moved one of her hands to his shoulder with the other on his bicep, while his went to her hips. They were now closer to each other with her breasts pressed against his chest but it did not matter to them.

Danny had enjoyed his time with Dorthea, more than he thought he would. Here he was with a ghost and instead of being attacked, he dances with her. 'Guess this day came out better than I thought.'

Dorthea felt so happy in this. Being held so gently and seeing no hostility or expectations in his eyes. This was the most enjoyment she had in her entire afterlife and should this be the last happy moment she ever has again, she would cherish it forever. As she looked into his caring eyes, she felt an urge. Something she had not felt before and it was telling her to do something. It was then her gaze dropped to his smile. 'He has such a cute smile. Such a handsome smile.' she noticed how close they were. 'So close. Close enough that I could….' she did not notice her head closing in. she just focused on the boy in front of her. She just…

Danny had not noticed her move as he was mesmerized by how pretty she was. He had not really thought about it before, but she was a very lovely girl. He assumed that based on her looks, she could be slightly older than him but since she was dead, it was a given. 'Guess I got to go to the dance after all.' it was then that he felt something press against his lips. He saw that she had closed her eyes and her face was extremely close to his

"Hmm~"

It was then he went wide-eyed as he realized that she had placed her cold yet soft and gentle lips on his. She was…...kissing him! 'WHAT THE…..!' His brain had shut down and he didn't know what to do. He couldn't move, he couldn't breathe even though he didn't really need to as a ghost. 'Wha-Wha-Wha-Wha!'

She did not really know what she was doing really. As she was kissing him, she ran her hand over his biceped while the hand that was on his shoulder lowered to his chest. There was not much to him physically in terms of muscle but….she was ok with that. His gentle nature and kindness had been what had captured her.

Dorthea's eyes snapped open as she pushed back and panicked "F-forgive me! I…...I had not meant to…..I…..I just….! Forgive me!" she backed up as she lowered her head in a submissive manner

Danny floated there in shock as he pressed his hand on his lips. 'I...she …..first kiss…..what…..just happened?' he shook his head when he saw the panic she had and swallowing the lump in his throat he floated closer to her. She was not looking at him as she was looking down as if she was waiting for yelling or something. He brought his hand up and hesitated for a second before placing his hand on her shoulder. He noticed her flinch at his contact but spoke in a stuttering manner "I...um ….w-w-well….um...it….i-it's o-okay." his cheeks blushed green as he looked to the side "i-it...wasn't bad."

Dorthea lifted her head and she was expecting a look of anger but instead, she saw a look of embarrassment as he could not look her in the eye. It was then that his words registered in her mind and she felt a little less fearful as she straightened herself before bowing. "Please forgive my rudeness. I should not have done that without your consent."

Danny coughed into his fist as he tried to get some words to come out. "Well….. that's one way to end this little event. How about we head back to the portal."

Dorthea nodded as she watched him turn around and begin to fly towards the portal she came from. Despite how she had kissed him without his consent, she could not help the blush appear on her cheeks as she smiled up at him. She flew after him, both becoming invisible to avoid being seen.

~Fenton works basement~

Danny and Dorthea phased into the lab with the boy smiling that his parents weren't in the lab at the time. The two landed in front of the glowing green portal as Dorthea walked up to it.

She looked back and smiled. What started out as a search for her amulet became a night she could never forget. She smiled at Danny as she grabbed the hem of her dress and did a deep curtsy "Sir, Phantom, I thank you for granting me this wondrous night."

Danny, feeling the need to react in kind, did a gentleman's bow to her "it was my pleasure, milady."

For a few seconds, they stood in those positions before they both let out chuckles at their antics.

Dorthea smiled at him as she stood up "but truly, thank you."

Danny straightened himself as he nodded "I had fun being your tour guide as well as your….dance partner." He turned away as he rubbed the back of his neck.

The two blushed as they recalled how enthralled they were during the dance as well as what it led to.

Dorthea cleared her throat "well Sir, Phantom. It is time I bid you a fond farewell."

Danny smiled as he nodded "well I'm glad you showed up. So I'll see you some other time."

Dorthea nodded as she did one last curtsy before she turned into green flaming mist and went into the portal.

Danny watched as she left before sighing with a smile, went intangible and flew up to his room

~Ghost Zone~

Dorthea made her way towards the kingdom as she thought about what she had to do when she returned. Tonight she would spend the entire night reconstructing her amulet. She will feel tired for a good while but she will have her amulet back so she won't have to worry about it. She thought back to the dance she had with Sir Daniel and allowed her blush to appear on her face. For the first time in a very long time she was thankful for her brother's cruelty for if it wasn't for that, she would not have met the strapping young man.

~Danny's room~

Danny landed on the ground and transformed back into his human form. It was then that his back began to burn. It started out as a soft heat, but it soon became excruciating as he fell to his knees and clutched at his back. "Argh! What?!" he did his best to keep quiet so as to not alert Jazz or his parents. The burning grew to the point that he felt that he would pass out from the pain but as quickly as it came, it left. Danny was on the ground sweating heavily as he tried to regain his breath. "What was that?" he got up to his feet before walking out of his room and towards the bathroom. Closing the door, he took off his shirt and turned around so he could see his back in the mirror. But he didn't see anything wrong with it. Just the normal back of a skinny teen though he did see a bruise in the center. He remembered that he got that from fighting the Octopuses yesterday. The bruise was already half the size which meant that by tomorrow it should be gone. "Maybe the damage was worse than I thought." he sighed as he turned his head back and walked to where he threw his shirt.

Unbeknownst to him, a small part of his back gained a pattern on it. On closer inspection, they looked like very tiny plating just over his left shoulder blade with a few more showing up.

End of chapter

The reason I did not write her name as Dora was because her full name on the database was Dorthea she will be named Dora but later on.

Ok if you have read the note at the top, then you know that you need to have read "The birth of timelines" by me, to understand why Sam was not here.

As I saw in the episode, it was because of Sam that Danny even went up to Paulina to ask her to the dance, and Paulina only ever agreed because she thought he and her were dating and the Latina wanted to break them up just because she wanted to. I cannot EVER accept such a shallow, self-centered LITTLE PIECE OF…*sigh* sorry but the idea of purposefully breaking someone up gets to me

The full explanation of what happened to Danny WILL be explained more in a later chapter.

The dance they had in my head could be seen similar to the one at the end of the animated Sleeping beauty. FOR THE LIFE OF ME I could not find any other piece of music that would work with the dance scene in my head. I was pulling my hair trying to figure out one that would work and in the end, I went to the one named at the beginning of the scene

Now for a thought I have on the story. As I was making this story. It was originally going to be a solo pairing with Dora since she hardly ever gets any time. But as I thought about it, the idea of a small harem came to mind. It isn't a random thought since in "The birth of timelines", I said that there are multiple ways that the story could go, and each being different kinds of stories. But as I made this I figured that I COULD merge two concepts into this one with one being solo pairing and the other being a harem. But I do not know yet. Just saying that it is a possibility that it COULD be a harem not that it will be. But let me know what you think

might do illustrations of some scenes in this chapter

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