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Amity Park

Present

"Danny!" Maddie hollered from downstairs, "Come downstairs!"

Danny groaned as he slipped into a shirt, "Chores," he mumbled irritably. He ran down the stairs eagerly to find out what goofy chore he had to do. He hoped it wasn't to clean out the lab again. Last time his parent's invention exploded and sent globs of goop and parts everywhere. It took a whole day with Jazz's help to clean it. The plus to that was that he and Jazz got a chance for sibling talk, "What is it?" He asked.

Maddie turned and gave Danny an apprehensive smile, "Vlad is passing through the neighborhood on a business trip and he's stopping by for the week to catch up."

Danny's eyes widened, his last confrontation with Vlad wasn't exactly a good one. He –and his cousin- destroyed his creation which took him almost a year to finish. He wouldn't exactly be on Vlad's good side, "Mom, didn't he 'catch up' a few months ago, during the whole ghost zone incident?"

Maddie cleared her throat, "Well, tell that to your father, he's the one who made the decision."

Danny rolled his eyes and headed back upstairs, "This is insane," he mumbled, he heard Maddie calling out that Vlad should be at their house at around nine. 'Perfect,' Danny thought to himself as he reached his room, 'A weekend wasted.' Danny sighed as he closed the door to his room, "This is going to be a long week," he said, he walked over to his computer and logged on.

Two screens popped up as his screen cleared; one with Tucker greeting him, and another where Sam invited them into their own personal chat room that way they could all talk together:

Sam: Hey Danny, what's up? You haven't been yourself lately.

Tucker: Yo, man what's happenen?

Danny: I don't know what you mean, Sam but my mom just told me that Vlad was coming over for the weekend.

Tucker: Whoa, Whatcha gonna do about that?

Danny: I don't know, I haven't dealt with Plasmius since the cloning experiment. I'm sure he's pretty ticked off though. Sam, are you still there?

Sam: Yeah…typing.

Danny and Tucker both waited for her response for a second before she pulled it up.

Sam: Okay: Sounds like you're gonna have a pretty rough weekend, would you like Tucker and I to keep you company? And what do you mean you haven't been acting strange lately? You've been ditching Tuck and I for about a week now.

Tucker: Yeah, I agree. Maybe this weekend we could catch up?

Danny slumped back in his chair, 'Why are they being like this, they know I'm stressed out enough!'

Tucker: Danny?

Danny leaned back towards the computer and began to type:

Danny: Look guys, I'm tired so I'm gonna go get some rest. I'll call you guys later.

Danny signed off before giving them a chance to respond. He walked over to his bed and collapsed. He sighed, he knew he was being a jerk lately, but all the emotional stress over Valerie, school, and ghost fighting was making more tired than energetic. And the fact that they didn't like him obsessing over Valerie made it harder for him to talk about it with them. 'This really sucks,' he thought to himself.

How many times to I have to say it: do something. Danny's eyes wavered for a moment, but then he drifted to sleep a few minutes later.

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Amity Park

Ten years in the future

Danny Fenton stared at the city he once knew. The one he once protected. Who would have known that Amity's greatest safeguard would become its greatest threat? Danny should have known, even before he thought about removing his ghostly self. He shared the same stress as the Phantom did, they both shared the same pain.

In a way, Danny felt like he knew what really happened in the lab: Vlad removed his Phantom side and he probably thought Vlad was going to kill him, so he attacked Vlad by removing Plasmius from Masters. Danny couldn't understand why –or how- his ghost half mixed with Plasmius', all he knew was that the evil side blended with the stress and soon figured that since Fenton didn't need him anymore, he could be eliminated.

Of course that was just an assumption. Danny didn't really know, he didn't even know if he wanted to know what happened in the lab so many years ago. All he knew was that somehow his evil half had been stopped. Danny walked through the city, getting some strange glances. He was worried about being recognized at first, but then he realized ten years does a lot to a person.

He had gotten a lot taller, his hair was a little longer but clean and well groomed (thanks to the hospital nurse), he grew a goatee on his face and he shaved it down a little but enough to where he wouldn't be easily recognized. The only thing that hadn't changed was his baby blue eyes.

Danny stopped as he saw the park coming into view, 'So many memories here,' he thought as he headed towards it. The park was slowly fixing itself. Trees were getting their leaves and the flowers started growing around them. Danny noticed the fountain in the middle and a heavy tension fell on him. The fountain was partially destroyed and mold began to grow up on it, making it look like an eye sore instead of the beauty it really was. Danny hovered over the edge, looking at his distorted reflection in the dirty water. He smiled weakly; he knew they'd fix the fountain eventually.

Danny's eyes widened when he realized something, he hadn't seen Valerie or Danni since he got back. Hid head started spinning with questions: Were they dead? Alive? Where were they? Did they move? Did they even meet? Did Danni tell Valerie his secret?

Danny almost collapsed from all the possible answers to the questions. He started to walk out of the park to Valerie's house when he felt a chill surround him. He looked around, seeing nothing but trees and skies. 'Must've been a chill,' he thought, 'Or a breeze.'

He continued walking until he suddenly felt a presence behind him, he heard the steady breathing. His eyes shifted to the side to see who was behind him and then slowly turned his head, his eyes widened in fear and shock.

"Hello, Danny," Phantom said smirking, blood lust in his eyes.

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Author's Note: 0 You know what to do ;)