Fable of a Phantom
The love of a family
"File 1046VM." A screen revealing a clip of Valerie and Danny fighting started playing. Valerie was chasing after Danny in her brand new suit, firing her Ecto Blaster at Danny. With his quick manoeuvring, Danny dodged the attack with ease.
"Stop. Analysis. File 10406VX. Stop. Analysis. File 1874MI. Analysis. File 2416SM. Stop. File 3299IM. Stop. Analysis. Conclusion?" More clips of Danny appeared and paused every time Danny was getting ready to use his powers.
Danny was getting ready to use his Ecto ray at Skulker but the screen paused as the energy was gathered up in his palm. Another screen showed up revealing Danny's dragon form during his battle against Pariah. During that battle, Danny was able to release a whole new level of power which was able to defeat Pariah and save Amity Park.
And of course, it was Vlad's intention to find out the source of his new power. "I'm sorry sweetheart. Inconclusive data. Experiment cannot be completed without midmorph sample." Said the Maddie Hologram. (A/N Wow, that is creepy!)
"Bah! The equipment I gave Valerie to fight ghosts has been monitoring Daniel for months and I'm still missing the one piece I need." Vlad walked away until he remembered the moment in which Danny used his final attack to defeat Vlad and destroy his castle. "I don't know how but Daniel is getting stronger, he was even strong enough to defeat Pariah who had the Ring of Rage and the Crown of Fire!"
In his frustration, he punched a wall so hard that it left a few cracks on the wall. Vlad sighed as he was releasing his anger. "I must find out the source of his strength….. or better yet, get his sample to complete my experiment. And I think I know how."
Vlad snapped his fingers and brought out three different ghosts. One tiny ghost, a bed sheet ghost and a brute ghost. "You know what to do."
"Yes father." answered the three ghosts before flying away.
"Father. Ha! I do so love that." Maddie's hologram appeared next to him with a blank expression.
"Forgive me Honey bunch, but do you really believe that they can complete this mission?" Vlad simply smirked and turned to Hologram Maddie.
"Of course not! They are simply failed clones who are nothing like the original. But that is why I have another plan just to be safe." Vlad fazed through a wall and appeared in front of a metal door, covered in Ecto energy to prevent ghosts from entering. Vlad placed his hand on the scanner and unlocked the door. The door split open and Vlad entered.
He looked around to see several capsules in the room. Maddie's hologram re-appeared again and stood next to Vlad. "Are you sure it is a safe idea to use them?"
"Knowing how gullible Daniel is, I'm sure that this plan will succeed! It is simply a matter of selecting the right clone. Now I want you to repeat what you told me before!"
"Jack Fenton is an idiot. I am glad I serve you." said the Maddie Program. The programs carried on multiplying on different screens as they kept on repeating. Vlad laughed manically as the screen carried on multiplying.
Fenton Works, Danny's room
Danny was resting on his bed as he was staring blankly at the roof, the Crown of Fire was resting on an Ecto Container and the Ring of Rage was in his fist. Danny was really amazed at the luck he had to face in the past few months. He had to protect Pariah's daughter from Pariah, he almost died….. scratch that, he died. He was brought back to life but with the cost of turning into a Dragon, Vampire, Lycan, Drake, Zard, Aqua and Devil hybrid. In addition to that, he also had the original owners of the blood inside his soul. And after his fight with Pariah, it was revealed that he also became part girl (regretfully).
After the horrible experience was done and over with, he finally went home and decided that it was time that he would tell his parents but that was interrupted as soon an army of ghost started flying into Amity Park. After flying out, he met up with Valerie and made amends for what happened between the two.
After making their peace, he immediately started fighting the ghosts again but little did he know that they weren't in Amity Park for a war but instead in search of a new king. After meeting up with the Observants, they finally broke the news to Danny about his new role as the king of the ghost zone. Immediately after delivering the message, they flew away.
"…. the King of the Ghost zone?" Danny opened his fist and looked over to the Ring of Rage with confusion. Of course, he had no intention of taking on the role but the Observants were too adamant about their choice. "Ugh…. what is going? Here I thought I could return to my normal life but this is just too much. Then again, it's not like my life was normal to begin with."
Danny started hearing his cell phone and looked over to his table. Pointing his right index finger towards the phone, he used his Ecto energy to levitate the phone towards him. He flipped open his phone.
"Hello? Sam?"
"Well, if isn't the ghost who saved Amity Park." Danny rolled his eyes at her response.
"Yeah, it's me. Are you okay?"
"Forget about me, what happened to you? When you left Amity Park to fight Pariah, you never came back! For a whole week, we had no idea what happened to you and when we see you again, you turned into a dragon!"
Danny knew he had a lot of explaining to do since he had little communication with Sam and Tucker. He didn't even tell them that he was working with the other ghost girls to save Amity Park.
"Look Sam, I know I have a lot to explain for but I…."
"You bet you have a lot to explain for! Do you have any idea how worried we were?" Danny felt the guilt and remained quiet.
"Look, I'm sorry for getting agitated but Danny, you're our friend! With all the things that happened in the fast days, we were really worried about you."
"I know…a-and I'm sorry. But I promise I'll make it up to you guys. I promise." Sam could hear the sincerity in his voice but she didn't want to wait anymore.
"Well if it's like that, meet me and Tucker at the Amity Park Golf Course in 30 minutes so we can talk!"
"Wait, the golf course? Why not the Nasty Burger or the town?"
"Simple, the town is getting some repairs done right now. And as for the Nasty Burger, they had a notice saying they needed to fix their boiler. Apparently, the sauce was heated to a point where it almost destroyed the entire block so they had to cool it down."
"Oh okay then, I'll see you guys soon."
"Great, see ya later." Sam hung up her phone. Danny took a while and looked outside to think about it. But he smiled knowing that he still had his friends by his side. He placed his phone in his pocket and went downstairs to get something to eat before leaving.
Danny locked the door and flew off towards the Golf course but he stopped half way, he quickly turned around and observed his surroundings.
"Weird. I'm sure I felt something. Whatever, better get going!" Danny flew off again but as he did, a hooded figure revealed itself from the shadows and watched as Danny flew away.
"Soon." The hooded figure disappeared into the wind.
An hour later
The Amity Park golf course was a great place for people to have fun. Well…. it was also the only place left since Pariah's army almost destroyed the other attractions. There were all kinds of golf course designs such as Clowns, Windmills, Lake, Alligator and curves. Sam and Tucker were there early and were about to finish their 18th hole, with Tucker in the lead.
Sam putt the ball but it missed the hole by a few centimetres. "Ugh darn it."
"18th hole Sam. I beat ya here, I'll be in the lead." Tucker went over to his ball as he got ready to putt.
Tucker hit the ball but missed. "That's one. And two. Three. Four. And five. Ha!" Sam started writing the score.
"Boo." Danny jumped out of the ground causing to Tucker jump back in fright and fall on the ground.
"Danny knock it off." Tucker got up and brushed away all the dirt on his clothes.
"Sorry Tucker, just having a bit of fun. I seriously can't remember the last time we hung out like this." Danny threw the golf ball back in the hole.
"Neither can we." Sam walked over to Danny and gave him a hug. Danny was expecting a punch but he didn't mind a hug either. He returned the hug with a smile. But as they broke off, they still had sad expression on their faces.
"Guys, what's wrong?" Danny felt like he knew the answer though. Sam looked over to Danny.
"Well for starters, you were supposed to be here an hour ago. Oh and Tucker, that still counts." Sam started writing the scores.
Danny started rubbing his head and looked over to the two. "Uh sorry I was late. But you'll be happy to know that the ghost king won't...be...Okay, I lost track of the time."
"Ugh Danny. You have got to start being more considerate."
"Yeah dude. Lately you've been treating us like sidekicks instead of friends and with all the weirdness from the past few days, you haven't been keeping in contact with us at all. And seriously, what happened to you in the past few weeks? Cos I'm pretty sure the Danny I knew didn't turn into a giant dragon!" exclaimed Tucker.
"But I will admit, it was kinda cool." Said Sam
"Okay, it's true that I haven't been speaking to you guys as much cos of what happened recently but really, it's been difficult for me too."
"Well then why not talk to us about it instead of keeping it to yourself?"
"Yeah, what is it that can't you share with us?" asked Sam.
"Okay, I promise I will tell you everything." Danny decided that it was best if he didn't keep any secrets between his friends and decided to speak the truth.
"From the start!" Sam crossed her arms and tapped her foot, she was waiting to hear Danny's side of the story.
"Okay, it all started when….." started Danny but people started screaming and running away as the ghost covered in a bedsheet was flying around.
"…..I had to go ghost!" Danny ran behind the Windmill and transformed into his ghost alter ego. He flew off immediately and used his new heightened senses to spot the enemy ghost.
"What kinda ghost hunts a miniature golf course?" Tucker asked.
"Well there is a box ghost. Obviously all the good haunts have been taken." Sam replied.
Danny flew in to see the bed sheet ghost with two blood red eyes, staring directly at Danny. Danny couldn't help but chuckle at the stereotypical ghost.
"Seriously, a bed sheet? What do ya got under there?" joked Danny as he pulled off the sheet and gasped. It was just a black skeleton. The skeleton charged at Danny and pinned him down to the ground.
"Change back." Demanded the Skeleton ghost.
"What? Get off me!" Danny used both of his feet to kick off the skeleton ghost. The Skeleton ghost looked over to Danny and started flying towards him again but Danny quickly charged his hand with ecto-energy.
"Buh bye!" Danny unleashed a large ghost ray at the Skeleton ghost. Without even realising it, the blast became larger than he expected, destroying most of the golf course while completely vaporising the Skeleton ghost.
"Whoa, why did my ecto ray….." But he saw someone approaching. "….. gotta get out of here." Danny flew off.
"Trashing the golf course, huh?" questioned the manager as he looked over to Sam and Tucker.
"But we didn't do it."
"Really? Anybody else you wanna pin the blame on then?" asked the manager.
"No." said Sam and Tucker as they saw Danny fly off.
Fenton Works
"Guys look, I'm really sorry for ditching you but if I stuck around, someone could've figured out my secret identity."
"Sorry doesn't exactly get us out of this mess."
"Nor does it clean it."
"Look okay, I'm really sorry but I promise you guys, I'll make it up to you but I feel a little weak right now. I'll talk to you guys tomorrow." Danny hung up on the phone and returned home first to see if his parents were around.
He went inside his house and started walking towards the kitchen. He opened the fridge and noticed that there were only a few ingredients left.
"Mom? Dad?" He looked around hoping that he could find them but he turned around to find a note and an envelope on the kitchen table. Danny picked up the letter and started reading.
"Kids
Your father and I have gone to get more supplies for the lab but don't worry, we'll be back in a couple of days. We've left you some money on the counter for food but don't spend it on junk food! (Fudge is fine though!) Take care of the house and Danny, listen to your sister.
Love your Mom and Dad!"
"Busy as ever. Well at least I can rest easy until Jazz gets home."
Danny opened the envelope and saw $200, he had some ideas on what to get with it but he decided to leave the shopping to Jazz. He walked to his room, hoping that he could get some rest. He opened the door and was about to rest in his bed but he noticed someone else resting on it.
She had the same skin colour as Danny. She was wearing a red beanie and red shorts, a blue sweater/hoodie. Also the same shoes as Danny only blue with white dots on the side and a ponytail. Danny had no idea who the little girl was and didn't know what to do.
"Um… this is weird. Who is she? How did she get in here?" Danny walked over to the girl and tried to wake her up, he placed his hand on her shoulder and slowly shook her.
"Uh hey, can you please wake up?"
The girl slowly started opening her eyes and Danny noticed that she had the same coloured eyes as him. She rubbed her eyes and turned to Danny.
"Is it morning already?"
"Actually it's 5 in the evening. But more importantly, who are you?" Danny asked. The girl was about to answer but she gave a light yawn instead. Danny couldn't help but smile a little at her cuteness.
"I'm Danielle. You're third cousin once removed." Dani answered. Danny stared at the girl and tried to wrap his brain around what she just said.
"Okay…. why are you in my house? More importantly, how did you get in?" He remembered locking the doors before he left.
"I ran away from home to try and find you. I always wanted to meet you. Oh and I came in from the window." Danny looked at the window and turned back to Dani.
"Wait, you're telling me you climbed the window to my room?"
"Of course not, the one in the living room was open and I climbed in through that." Dani answered.
"And you ran away from home to find me? Aren't your parents even worried?"
"The truth is I don't know my parents. The moment I was born; I never saw my parents." Danny couldn't help but feel bad for asking such a question. He had no idea that she was an orphan. Danny was about to ask another question but Dani's stomach growled. She placed her hands on her stomach, showing a little blush on her face.
"I'm sorry. I didn't eat much on my way here." Danny smiled at the girl and stood up from the bed. Dani looked up to Danny.
"Well, there's not much in the fridge so I'll have to do some shopping first. I still have more questions though but I'll leave that for later. I'm gonna go and take care of the shopping, wanna come with me?" Dani nodded in excitement and jumped out of the bed. The two left the house and started walking towards the super market.
Amity Park, Super Market
Danny was pushing the cart along, grabbing different ingredients for dinner. Even though he wanted to let Jazz handle the shopping, he had an idea of what kind of things he had to get. He made a quick list of the different things that he needed for dinner but he noticed a few extra things.
"Cookies? Soda? Chips? Really?" Danny looked over to Dani who was drooling at the sight of all the different food in front of her. She picked up a bag of candies and ran back to the cart. Before she placed she placed the candy inside, Danny stopped her hand.
"Okay look, I know you must be starving from a long trip but I don't think this is the kind of food you should be having."
"Aw come on, a little sugar would be nice right?"
"Yeah but it's nearly dinner time, you shouldn't be having these things right now." Dani looked down in disappointment, making Danny feel a bit guilty. He sighed before placing the bag of candy in the cart.
"I'll let you take the candy but you can't have it before dinner time."
"Aw, why not?"
"Look, I promise I'll make us a great dinner when we get back home but for now, I think we need to lighten up the load we have. Okay?" Dani looked at the stuff in the cart and nodded. She took the Cookies, Soda and Chips and returned them.
The two walked along the aisle until Danny saw some chicken breast. He picked some up and started checking the quality and price.
"What're you doing?" Dani asked.
"I'm thinking about what to make for dinner. I think Chicken breast can work."
"Really?" Dani asked. Two female shoppers started walking past them to collect Chicken thighs for their shopping.
"Yeah. You see, Chicken breast has less fat than thighs, so it's healthier and cheaper. It is a bit dry but it can be juicy and tender too, depending on how you cook it." Danny placed the Chicken breasts in the trolley and started moving. The two female shoppers listened to Danny's advice and returned the Chicken thighs and picked up the breasts instead.
"That boy really knows his stuff."
"At such a young age too."
Danny carried on walking until he noticed a sale on toilet paper. He went over to pick up two packs of toilet paper.
"Are you running low on toilet paper? Why are you getting two?" Dani asked, Danny placed the toilet paper into the trolley and turned to Dani.
"It's not that we're running out but you'll never regret buying must-have items like toilet paper when they're on sale."
Two other ladies heard what Danny said and were impressed at his shopping skills.
"That young man is really amazing."
"I know right. He'll be a great parent one day."
After a while of shopping, they went to the cash register and paid for all the stuff. Dani was munching on candy while Danny was carrying three bags of groceries. Danny was going to scold Dani for eating the candy too quickly but he knew how hungry she was. Dani looked over to Danny who was calmly carrying the bags. Danny looked to his left and noticed that Dani was pulling on one of his bags.
"What's wrong?"
"I wanna carry one too."
"It's fine. They're not that heavy."
"But I want to help too! You got me the candy and I should do something for you, right?"
"I like your sense of morality but you really don't have to."
"Please, let me try!" Dani looked at Danny, giving him the cute and innocent puppy dog eyes. Danny's mind was trembling at the sight of such a dangerous yet cute weapon.
"Okay but don't strain yourself." Danny passed one of the shopping bags to Dani. She tried to lift the bag but her arms were shaking. Danny couldn't stand the sight of her struggle and used his force powers with his mind to lighten the weight of the bag. Dani smiled as she finally lifted the bag with ease.
"See, I can do it!"
"Yep, great job! Now come on, let's get home so I can start dinner."
"Okay!"
Fenton Works
After putting away the groceries, Danny got out the ingredients and started working on dinner. He grabbed his orange apron and washed his hands before getting started. Dani watched as Danny oiled the frying pan.
"Do you really know how to cook?" Dani asked, Danny turned back to her and smiled.
"My mom taught me some cooking skills cos Dad and Jazz can't cook. So they had to rely on me for dinner. You can trust me; I'll make us something nice."
Danny proceeded to put chicken breast into the hot pan, making sure that it was properly cooked and seasoned. After a while, he started working on onion rings for Dani and himself but prepared a salad on the side for Jazz.
Just then, the front door opened and Jazz entered the house. She walked in and noticed a nice aroma in the air. She saw the lights on and decided to see what was cooking. As she was walking in, she also found an unexpected guest.
"Danny? Who is this?"
"Oh hey Jazz, this is Danielle. Our third cousin once removed. She came over for a visit." Dani turned to Jazz and admired how pretty she looked.
"Hi, my name is Danielle. Nice to meet you." Dani greeted.
"A third cousin once removed? Mom and Dad never mentioned anything about you, I didn't even know that I had a cousin who was once removed."
"Trust me Jazz, it was a surprise for me too. Mom and Dad left to get some supplies so I never had a chance to ask them about it. And of course knowing them, they don't even have their cell phones." Danny said.
"Well, I guess it's kind of okay. I'm surprised that we never knew about this. I'll have to research about it later. But how did you get here anyway?"
"I walked here." Dani answered.
"You walked here? How old are you again?" Jazz asked.
"I'm 12." Dani answered, surprising both Jazz and Danny.
"You're only 12 and you came here all by yourself? Aren't your parents even worried?" Jazz asked but Dani looked away.
"I don't have any parents. I was raised in an orphanage." Jazz was surprised at her response but Danny already knew.
"Oh… I'm so sorry. I really shouldn't have brought it up." Jazz apologised. Dani turned around again and gave them a warm smile.
"It's fine. I'm not that bothered by it." Dani responded but Danny knew that she felt hurt.
"Okay, that's enough guys. Time for dinner, Jazz grab a seat." Danny brought in two plates of chicken and placed them on the table. Jazz and Dani looked at their chicken and were amazed at how amazing it looked. Perfectly seasoned, well dressed and great presentation.
"Well, what're you guys waiting for? Dig in."
Jazz and Dani cut a piece of their chicken and had a bite. With one taste, it felt like their taste buds touched heaven itself.
"Danny, this is great!" Jazz complimented.
"Thanks Jazz." Danny was getting ready to eat but he noticed quickly Dani was eating her chicken. Before he sat down, he returned to the kitchen to get her a glass of water. Just in time as well since Dani was starting to get hiccups from eating too quickly.
"I know you're hungry but you really shouldn't eat so quickly. Here." Danny gave her the glass of water. Dani grabbed the glass of water and slowly started drinking it.
"Pwah… can you blame me? This is great!" Dani complimented. Danny couldn't help but blush at the compliment.
"Just wait until you try my cooking then. I can make this too." Jazz said, but upon hearing those words. Danny suddenly started remembering a horrible memory. Dani looked over to see Danny's face turning green, she remembered Danny telling her that she couldn't cook but she had no idea it was that bad.
"Thanks for the offer but I think I'll stick to Danny's cooking." Dani replied.
"A wise choice." Danny thought. After a while, they finally finished their dinner and started washing up. Jazz offered to help clean up but Danny knew how tired she was after working all day so he offered to clean by himself. Danny carried on washing but he felt someone tug on his apron. He turned around to see Dani with her head down.
"What's up, kiddo?" Danny asked, Dani lifted her head.
"I want to help." Dani requested. Danny smiled at the little girl's request and nodded in agreement. He went over and got a chair for her to stand on.
"Can you please dry the dishes?" Danny asked. Dani nodded and grabbed a cloth, she started wiping the dishes.
"You know you didn't have to help me. You're our guest so you should relax a little." Danny said, Dani carried on wiping but her hands stopped moving.
"But I felt a little bad coming here unannounced. I just met you guys but you treated me so nicely, fed me a nice meal and gave me a place to stay. I thought the least I could do was help around." Dani replied. Hearing her answer, Danny smiled as he carried on washing the dishes. Dani noticed the smile on his face.
"What're you smiling for?" Dani asked, Danny turned to the little girl.
"We only met a few hours ago but I can already tell that you're a good kid." Dani blushed hearing his kind words and looked away.
"Thanks Danny."
"No problem kiddo."
After the chores were completed, the three were watching a horror flick on TV. Obviously to Danny, it wasn't anything scary since he's fought even worse things in real life. Jazz and Danielle were shaking like crazy at the sight of the monster on the screen. Danny turned to the clock and saw that it was nearly 10.
"Okay guys, I think that's enough." Danny stood up and turned off the television.
"Yeah, I should get some sleep anyway. I've got work tomorrow. Night guys." Jazz said before walking upstairs to her room. Danny looked over to Dani and realised that she didn't have any spare clothes or a toothbrush.
"Okay. Dani, you can sleep in the guest bedroom." Danny said.
"Is it really okay?" Dani asked.
"Sure but we haven't cleaned that place in a while so expect some dust bunnies." Danny said. Danny stood up and started walking away but he noticed that Dani was still shaken up from the movie.
"Hope she'll be okay." Danny thought.
Next day
The girls couldn't make it to school since they still had some unfinished business to take care of in the ghost zone, i.e. fixing their homes from the war. Danny already met up with Sam and Tucker, he explained to them about how he met Dani but he of course, they were still mad about the golf course incident.
"Guys I'm sorry." Danny apologised, knowing his friends were still mad.
"Broken record." Tucker said.
"No I am. I'm sorry. But I had to get away so that no one would know about my secret identity. Not to mention, I met my cousin which I didn't even know I had."
"Danny, that doesn't excuse the fact you left us again! Danny, we want to help out in any way we can but you can't just leave us to clean your mess for you." Sam said.
"Yeah dude, we're your friends so a little appreciation would be nice." Tucker said.
"Okay, I'm really sorry okay. I promise, I'll do anything I can to make it up to you. How about I treat us to Nasty Burger, all on me?" Danny said.
"Well, it's a start." Tucker said.
"By the way, what do you think that bed sheet ghost wanted?" Sam asked.
"Honestly, I'm not sure. I just remember that thing telling me to change back but I don't know why. It's fine though, I vaporised the guy with my Ecto blast."
"Wait, you vaporised him? Danny, how could you?" Sam asked.
"Well, I didn't do it intentionally. When I charged my arm with energy, it overloaded and fired an even larger blast than I expected. After the war, my powers level up to a whole new level."
"I guess that explains why you trashed the golf course with just a single blast." Tucker said. Danny slighted titled his head, feeling guilty.
"Guys I'm sorry, okay. I promise to make it up to you." Danny apologised. Sam and Tucker looked at each and smiled, they finally felt the sincerity of Danny's word.
"Okay, make sure to keep your promise this time." Sam said. Danny's eyes sparkled as his friends finally gave him another chance.
Just then, a small glowing ghost flew into the cafeteria and started zapping ecto beams all over the place. Danny quickly jumped out of the way but the ecto beam landed on a tray of food which bounced on Sam and Tucker.
"Lovely." Said Sam as she wiped the food off her face.
Danny immediately ducked under a table and transformed into his alter ego and flew after the ghost. The ghost saw Danny and fled the scene and Danny chased after him.
Sam and Tucker looked around and noticed all the mess that the ghost caused and knew what it meant.
"3..2..1.." counted down Sam and Tucker. Lancer slammed open the doors and looked at the mess in the cafeteria.
"JULIUS CAESAR! You two are in a lot of trouble!"
"Danny is so dead!"
After school
Danny was heading home, feeling pretty bad for leaving Sam and Tucker again. He knew he promised to make it up to them but leaving them to clean up all the mess was not a good idea.
"Ungh.. Sam and Tucker are gonna eat me alive for this. Maybe I should say call them…" Danny reached out to get his phone but he noticed someone ahead.
"Danny!" Danny looked away from his phone to see Dani hugging his legs.
"Dani? What are you doing here? I told you to stay home."
"But I was getting bored from watching old Alien movies. I couldn't wait for you to get home so I decided to find you."
"Appreciate it kid, but it's too dangerous for a kid like you to walk here by yourself. In case you haven't heard, this isn't exactly the safest city to live in."
"Yeah but this town also has a Guardian called Danny Phantom. I'll be safe as long as he's around."
"Yeah but you should know that he can't be in every place at once. Well technically I could." Dani looked down since she felt bad for disobeying Danny. "Look kiddo, I know you were getting bored and trust me, I hate waiting too but you should know the risks. It really worries me."
"I'm sorry Danny."
"Hey, no harm done. Besides I got a bit over protective over nothing. But come on, I think we should get the day started."
"Really? Where're going?"
"Well, if you're hungry, we could grab a bite to eat first. Then we can go shopping for some new stuff."
"New stuff?"
"I mean clothes, I noticed how you didn't really have any when you came to my house. And don't feel pressured about the cost, I'll handle it for today. So come on, let's go have some fun."
"Really?"
"Yeap, come on."
Shopping Centre
After getting something to eat at the Nasty Burger, Danny and Dani spent the day going around shopping for new outfits for Dani. The two were really enjoying each other's company, Danny didn't know why but he couldn't remember the last time he had such a good time with his family. After visiting several stores, they bought more outfits and necessities for Dani. Danny offered her to try out her new outfit but she wanted to stick to her original outfit.
"Ooh, ooh! Can we see that place?" Dani asked, Danny turned his attention where she was pointing and it was a toy shop.
"A toy shop?"
"Can we please?! Please, please, pleeease!" Dani begged, Danny rolled his eyes and smiled.
"Okay, okay, let's go."
"YES!"
After entering the store, Dani charged in without any care and started checking out all the different toys available.
"Jeez, she's such a kid."
"I don't know, she kind of resembles her father a bit. I guess the apple didn't fall from the tree." Danny's eye widened the moment he heard that voice in his head.
"W-wha? Who was…"
"It's me Danny, Willow."
"Willow? Wait a sec, the Queen of the Lycans?"
"That's me, but don't call me that. Since I am a part of you now, we can drop the formalities."
"Sorry, it just gets a little difficult to admit the fact that I have 7 souls inside my body. But nice to see you again."
"Nice to see you too."
"So, why'd you come out all of a sudden? You guys were pretty quiet up until now."
"I'm sorry for the intrusion, it's just that watching you and your daughter together, reminded me of my family as well. Surprisingly, she resembles you a lot."
"W-what? Whoa, whoa, whoa, she is not my daughter. She's just my cousin."
"Really? From the way you two were acting, you seemed a lot closer than that."
"Uh… what do you mean…."
"Come on Danny, you have my ability to smell her scent. You can easily tell that she is exactly like you, not just personality wise but her blood as well."
"B-but that's only natural, we're family after all. Besides I…"
"Danny… why are you running away from the truth? She's your own flesh and blood so why are you trying to push her away…"
"I'm not running away!" snapped Danny, leaving the two with an awkward silence. "I-I'm so sorry Willow, I didn't mean…"
"Hey Danny, check this out!" Danny, turned his attention to Dani and saw her with a water gun. He sprayed some water on Danny's face and ran off.
"You little… I'm so getting you for that."
"Just try it Dad!"
Danny was about to run but once he heard her say "Dad", his whole body stopped moving.
"Wha... what did you call me?"
"U-um… nothing. C-come on, let's go."
After a while, they tried to find a place to sit down but the place was over crowded. Danny was carrying all the bags while Dani was trying to walk with him but the people kept on pushing them away.
"D-Danny!" Danny turned his head and saw Dani getting pushed back by the crowd. He quickly dropped the bags and ran over to his cousin, Danny extended his arm and pulled her out of the crowd.
"You okay?"
"Y-yeah, I'm fine. I'm just not good with crowds." Danny smiled and grabbed the bags again, he looked over to Dani and offered his hand. Dani looked over to his hand.
"Here, take my hand so we won't get separated."
"H-hey! I'm not that much of a kid! I don't need to hold your hand." Danny carried on looking at Dani who was blushing lightly but then, she slowly placed her hand on Danny's hand. Danny smiled since she was too embarrassed to look at him.
"Well, I think we've shopped enough for today. Come on, let's go home so I can get dinner ready." Dani's eyes sparkled the moment he mentioned dinner since she really wanted to eat his cooking.
"Can we have chicken again?"
"Sure. But I think I need get some ingredients first. There's a store nearby so let's go…." Danny stopped talking when a blue mist escaped his mouth. He panicked as there were too many citizens around, not to mention he couldn't just leave his cousin all by himself. Danny looked around to try and find the source but the source found him.
From above, a large gray brutish ghost, slammed from the roof and into the ground. He sent a shockwave which sent everyone fying. Danny quickly grabbed Dani and protected her from the force, blocking the wind with his body.
"What the?! Who is that?" Danny questioned. The brute ghost looked over to Danny and Dani, he jumped up and slammed his fist into the ground, sending a large shock wave towards them. Danny picked up Dani and jumped out of the way.
"What do we do?" Dani asked, Danny knew he couldn't risk transforming in front of her but he also didn't want to stand by and do nothing. The Brute ghost roared as he ran towards them and tried to punch them. Just as the ghost punched the ground, Danny grabbed Dani and jumped back to get to safety.
The brute ghost lifted his fist from the ground but he accidentally busted a pipe, spraying a large amount of water over him. Danny turned around and noticed that he was distracted because of the water. But a plan also came to mind, while Dani was distracted, Danny immediately used his lightning magic to zap the water. The ghost roared as all the electricity was pumped into his body through the water.
"Great! Now that he's distracted, I can get Dani out of here." Danny ran over to Dani and lifted her up. "Time to leave!"
Danny carried on running until he reached the exit, he placed Dani down and looked at her with a serious face. "Dani, I need you to get out of here! Go home and call Jazz, okay!"
"W-what about you?"
"I'm gonna go call for help."
Danny ran off in another direction but Dani just watched as he carried on running into a corner. She smiled before running to another direction.
"Okay, with Dani gone. I can take care of the Frankenstein Reject." Danny summoned his white rings and transformed into his ghost alter ego. Danny clenched his fists since he really felt amped up to fight, he got annoyed since he was having a really good day until the ghost arrived.
"Time to kick butt!" Danny flew up and returned to the mall and saw the brute ghost shaking his head. "Hey big guy, I mean this in the kindest way possible but you are UGLY!"
Danny swooped in and delivered a strong punch directly to the ghost's face, sending him crashing towards a wall. Danny charged his fists with ecto energy and fired it towards the brute ghost.
"Whoa, my powers are normal again? Compared to the fight at the golf course, this is really weak." Danny was still thinking so he never noticed the brute ghost charging towards him and pinning him to the ground. The brute ghost grabbed Danny's head and roared straight at his face.
"Oh dude, come on! Get some breath mints! Your breath is gonna melt my face off!"
"Change back." Grunted the brute ghost. Danny was confused since the bed sheet ghost asked him to the same, did they have some kind of connection? He had no idea but he did know that he had to break free or else he was gonna be sick.
"I'm just gonna say it once, No." Danny used his feet to kick the brute ghost off and charged his hands with lightning before flying in closer. Getting close, he slammed his lightning fists directly into the brute ghost's face and temporarily paralyzed him.
"Oh and if your brain can't process what just happened, it's called "Ghost Stingers." Normally paralysis wouldn't work on ghosts since their body functions completely differently to humans but fortunately, I was smart enough to find a new way." Danny charged up his fingers with green electricity again but the brute ghost roared as he stood up again and back handed Danny away.
After crashing into a hot dog stand, Danny slowly stood up and shook his head. "Okay…. I was hoping the ghost stingers would last a little longer than a few seconds. That ghost must have one heck of a regeneration ability; I was sure it would last longer. Oh well, better think of something else."
The brute ghost arrived once again and grabbed Danny's leg, he lifted him up to the air and slammed him to the ground, repeatedly. "And better think fast."
"HEY!" The brute ghost and Danny turned to the source of the voice and found Dani. Danny's face turned pale the moment he saw his cousin right in front of danger. "Leave him alone!"
"Dani?! What are you doing here?"
"I'm here to help!"
"To help?! Are you crazy, get out of here!" Danny demanded, struggling to get free.
"I can handle myself! Why don't I just show you!" Dani closed her eyes as she summoned her own white ring around her waist, surprising Danny. As the white rings split apart and started going in opposite direction, it transformed Dani's outfit into her ghost form. Similar to Danny, she too had a black and white outfit. However, her belly was revealed and her hat was gone, showing her white hair and pigtail. And finally, her blue eyes changed from blue to gree.
"Y-you're a ghost?!"
"Yeap! Bet you didn't see that coming!" Dani flew in and delivered a swift kick at the brute ghosts face, the brute ghost let go of Danny.
"I definitely didn't! How did this even happen?"
"You wanna talk or kick butt?" Danny turned back to the brute ghost and saw him getting back up, he smiled as he got back into a fighting position.
"Alright, let's do it!"
Danny and Dani flew up towards the brute ghost and punched him together. The brute ghost was sent flying up to the roof, Danny immediately teleported into the air and elbowed the brute ghost's head. The ghost roared in pain as it was falling down, Dani flew towards the ghost and double kicked his face.
"You ready for tag attack?" offered Dani, Danny smiled at her offer and charged up his palm.
"Let's do it!" Dani and Danny flew towards the brute ghost, they sent their charged up ecto blast and fried off the ghost's head, causing it to dissolve into ectoplasm. After the fight was over, Danny and Dani land to the ground and high five each other.
"Okay, THAT was pretty cool."
"I know right!"
"But all that aside, I have a ton of questions for you! Just where did you get your ghost powers from and how did..." Danny's line was cut short as another ghost entity entered the scene. Danny turned around to see the worst possible enemy.
"Vlad?! What're you doing here?" Vlad smirked before firing an Ecto ray towards Danny. Seeing the attack, Danny pushed Dani out of the way and took the blast for her.
"Predictable as always, eh Daniel?" Danny got up and clenched his fist, he jumped up and sent an electrical wave from his hand. Vlad dodged the attack on time but after he finished dodging, Danny flew in close and punched him in the face.
"Come on Vlad, I'm more than strong enough to you down now. In case you didn't know, I defeated the ghost king and so I can easily kick your butt if I wanted to." Dani flew behind Danny and stood by him. "So how about it? Wanna take him down too?"
"Sure!" Danny got into a fighting pose again but he felt a sharp device, stab him in the back. Danny cried as a large amount of electricity was flowing through his body and de-activated his ghost powers. Danny turned around to see Dani holding one of Vlad's gadget and piercing it into his body. After the attack, Danny collapsed on his knees and returned to his normal state.
"Did I do good father?" Dani asked as she flew next to Vlad. Vlad stood up with a fiendish grin.
"You did excellent, dear daughter."
Danny's vision completely blurred out before collapsing on the ground.
Vlad's lair
Danny was finally starting recover his consciousness, he looked around and noticed the lab like environment.
"Ungh…where am I?" Danny slowly looked around but something was wrong, he couldn't move his hands or legs. He looked down to see that he was trapped in some kind of box cage (A/N Box ghost would be proud!) Danny struggled to escape but his mouth released a blue mist, signalling a ghost was near. He looked up to see Vlad descend from the roof and down in front of him.
"Finally awake I see." Danny didn't answer and turned his attention to a monitor and noticed several clips of him fighting against enemies, morphing and using his ghost powers.
"Wha.. you've been spying on me?! Wow, I really have to say. You are one crazed up fruit loop." Danny insulted which struck a nerve.
"A FRUITLOOP?! A fruit loop would not have been able to make his first million with a series of invisible burglaries. A fruit loop would never have thought to overshadow enough millionaires to become one of the richest men on the planet. I. Am. Not. A. Fruit. Loop! And I am not a villain. All I wanted was love." Vlad pressed a button which opened a capsule, revealing a clone of Danny in his ghost form. Danny's mouth was left hanging when he saw the clone right in front of him.
"It's taken months, and the good clone still needs more time before he can accept your DNA."
"So the ghosts that were after me…." Just then a green light flew down from the roof and grew into a dissolving Danny. It hissed but one of its eyeball fell off and started degenerating.
"Bad clones. Mistakes. And I would watch a hundred more failures devolve into ectoplasm to get the perfect half clone ghost son."
"Oh yeah, cos that clearly doesn't scream "Fruitloop". I knew you were desperate for my mom's hand in marriage but this is just ridiculous. I mean seriously, where did you even get my DNA? Did you scrape the gum I chew or the half eaten taco I threw out the other day?"
"Are you under the impression that you're getting out of this? I need a DNA sample of you during mid-morph to complete my work." The dissolving clone of Danny flew into his head to try and take control. Danny started struggling as he felt the ghost entering his mind but he knew he had help. The dissolving ghost flew out of Danny's head and slammed right into the wall, turning into nothing but a mess.
"Sorry Vlad but I've got friends in there who don't like to be interrupted."
"Well then, I'll just use some alternatives!"
A while later
Danny was stuck inside a capsule while being electrocuted, he was given some drugs to make sure that he would transform but Danny was doing his best to stop himself. Vlad and the holographic Maddie watched as Danny was still struggling. The holographic Maddie walked over to the device and raised the power to 4 causing Danny to scream in pain. The white ring arrived but it didn't split apart.
"Subject is still resisting morph."
"Turn up the power!" Maddie nodded and raised the power to 6 which made the rings start to split and reveal parts of his ghost form. It was going but it stopped again and he started turning back into his human form.
"RAISE THE POWER!" Maddie nodded to his request and turned the power to 8 but the screen showed that the power was overloading.
"Lamb chop, it seems the power is overloading." As soon as she finished saying that, the screen exploded and the handle broke off. "Oops, I mean it has overloaded."
The device exploded and destroyed some of the equipment in the lab, Vlad created a pink shield to defend himself. Vlad looked back at Danny to see that he had disappeared and the clone he was trying to create starting degenerating.
"NO! When I find him I'll…" Vlad turned around and noticed Dani right in front of him. "D-Danielle? What are you doing here?"
"Am I an imperfection? A mistake? Was I meant to be like one of them." Dani said as she pointed at the dissolved clone.
"Of course not my dear, I wasn't talking about you. I was talking about the other clones. I need Daniel's DNA to stabilize you. After all, you are my greatest creation. You are my daughter." Vlad raised his hands, Dani flew in and hugged him while he gave off a sinister smile. "So here is what I need you to do."
Vlad's Living room
Danny flew up from the lab and into the living room, he looked around to see famous art and artefacts that Vlad obviously stole.
"I need to get out of here. But first I should…." Danny never finished as a fist flew from the ground and punched him in the face. Danny flew back and crashed on the couch.
"You're not going anywhere!" Danny stood up and looked back to Dani.
"Well, if it isn't the third cousin once removed."
"You were too gullible to trust me! Now let my father have your morph DNA so that he could…."
"So he could what? Save you? And here you're calling me gullible. He's not trying to save you! He's using you to get to me! You're just some mess that he isn't going to clean up." Dani clenched her fist.
"You liar!" Dani yelled as she tried to punch him but Danny caught her punch.
"Really? Am I really lying? How do you know I'm lying when you have insecurities about yourself? You were there when he revealed my clone, you saw how he was trying to get my DNA to create the perfect ghost son. He never mentioned anything about trying to save you."
"Shut up! It's not true!" Dani threw more punches but Danny was simply dodging them. Using his ability, "Silent Serene Heart", he knew that she was starting to realise the truth.
"Danielle, please just listen to me. Don't trust Vlad! I'm telling you, he's just using you for his own personal gain. He doesn't see you for anything more than a clone." Dani stopped flailing her fists and fell to her knees. "But I know that you're more. Unlike those other clones, you're not mindless. So let's just…"
Danny never had a chance to finish as Vlad appeared from behind him and used his device on him once again. Danny screamed in pain before morphing back into his human form.
"Well done daughter, you distracted him long enough for me to capture him again." Dani didn't look at Vlad and simply nodded.
After a while, Danny was trapped in the black box again and Dani was standing guard while Vlad was preparing another capsule. Danny and Dani didn't talk since she didn't want to hear anymore of Danny's words but Danny knew that he was getting to her.
"Sigh…she's still not convinced that Vlad is tricking her. But I can sense her doubt and I need to show her that I'm right." Danny looked over to Dani again and thought about how they spent their day together. Willow's words kept on repeating in his head.
"it's just that watching you and your daughter together, reminded me of my family as well. Surprisingly, she resembles you a lot." The words Willow spoke to Danny.
"A daughter….I guess I'd be lying if I said I didn't know already. It was just admitting the truth which was the problem. But I can't run away from the truth… and neither should Dani." Danny thought.
"So… I'm guessing the past few days that we spent together wasn't anything special?" Danny looked at Dani but she looked away from him, she didn't have any desire to answer back to him.
"I guess it was only expected since you didn't really consider us family. But you know what was surprising? You enjoyed every moment you spent with us didn't you." Dani still didn't answer.
"The dinner we ate, the movie we watched, the games we played and the shopping trip we had. I know you were excited; it was as if you were seeing the world for the first time." At that point, Dani was starting to shake a little.
"And you know what surprised me the most. You were so open when we watched the movie, I could tell that you were getting scared while watching but it wasn't cos of the alien or the horrifying quality…. well maybe the quality… you were scared because you were afraid to be alone."
"Stop talking!" Dani finally snapped and yelled back but Danny knew he couldn't finish just yet.
"During that entire move, the people were separated one by one and it led them to their demise. You found it so uncomforting because you were afraid, being alone showed you how it hurt them. You didn't want to experience that loneliness and so you were waiting for me weren't you, wondering when I would be back so that we could watch movies again, go shopping or even have my famous chicken."
"Shut up! No! It's not true! None of it's true!" Dani yelled as she covered her ears but Danny smiled since he felt like he finally did it. He reached out to her.
"You're not gonna convince anyone with a face like that." Danny could see that she was trying to wipe the tears away from her face. She finally came to realise the truth.
"Dani, I need to apologise to you. The moment I realised that you were actually my daughter, I started becoming more distant with you. I was too afraid to accept the reality and because of it, I hurt you. I made you feel alone and for that I'm sorry. "
"D-Danny…I'm so sorry too. I just… never knew who to trust."
"Don't worry about it. After all, you were kind of born yesterday. So how about helping your old man out and letting me out of here?" Dani smiled as she nodded to his request, she tried to reach out for the off switch when a purple beam blasted Dani in the back.
"DANI!" Danny screamed as Dani fell to the ground. He looked up and saw Vlad with a disappointed look.
"And here I thought she could be a useful pawn but just like the rest of the clones, she's nothing but a failure."
Hearing those words and seeing Dani lying on the ground, something inside Danny snapped. His body began violently shaking as his body was covered in red aura.
"Y-you…..YOU! YOU!" Vlad turned to Danny and felt the immense pressure he was giving off from his body. He had never felt such a deadly aura before, as if a demon was taking over him.
"Dani…. Is not your PAWN! She…. is not a clone! And most importantly, she's not a failure! SHE'S MY DAUGHTER!" screamed Danny as his eyes turned primal and red. His body started to enlarge causing him to break free of the black box. Danny's body suddenly started getting hairier as he grew fangs and claws. His ghost outfit was re-shaped to cover his torso but it revealed his legs. Danny had turned into his Lycan FORM.
"What is that?!" Vlad questioned, he had never seen Danny transform before.
"I will not forgive those who dare to hurt my family!" Danny lunged at Vlad and delivered a strong punch to his gut, sending a shockwave that nearly busted down a wall.
Afterwards, he grabbed Vlad's head and slammed it to the ground. Vlad was trying to move but before he could get back up, Danny jumped into the air and slammed his feet on Vlad. Finally, Danny picked up Vlad and threw him across the room so hard that he crashed straight through and hit another capsule. With Vlad defeated, Danny started returning to normal.
"Dani!" Danny ran over to Dani and saw that she was beginning to degenerate. "No, no, no, no, NO! Not like this! Grata, Willow, someone…. Help me! Save her!"
Danny placed his hands on Dani and started charging his powers to her. Dani still carried on degenerating even though Danny was doing as much as he could. "Dani please! Don't give up, don't give up on me please…don't let your father go."
Danny closed his eyes and shed a tear but then felt something, he opened his eyes and saw 7 queens standing in front him in their soul form.
"Do not worry Danny, we are here for you." said Grata.
"YOU GUYS!" The queens all flew in closer and placed their hands on Dani, before they knew it, the ectoplasm started returning back to Dani. Dani finally woke up and saw Danny with tears in his eyes.
"Dani!"
"Dad! Are you okay?" Danny pulled Dani to his embrace and smiled.
"I'm just glad you're okay. I'll never let you get hurt again."
Vlad was slowly trying to get back up after his quick beating and noticed that he crashed into the capsule that had his last clone of Danny. Because all the equipment was destroyed, the clone started degenerating again.
"NO! NO! NOOO!" screamed Vlad as his last clone finally vanished. Having faced failure once again, he turned to Danny and Dani. He slowly started walking towards them with a murderous intention. Dani was getting worried but she decided to be brave and stood in front of Danny.
"I won't let you hurt him!" Dani said as she charged an ecto ball in her palm.
"You can't fight me little girl! Cos if you do, you'll be speeding up the process to your demise." Dani looked underneath her and noticed the ectoplasm escaping underneath her foot. She quickly dispersed the ecto ball.
Vlad was about to attack but then a mechanical boomerang flew in and smacked him on the head. Dani looked down to see the mechanical boomerang with confusion but Danny smiled, knowing what was coming.
"And just where did this stupid device come from?" Vlad questioned as he picked up the boomerang.
"Actually, it arrived just in time." Crashing from the wall, the Ecto Speeder came flying in and slammed Vlad into the wall. After the crash, the Ecto Speed backed up, revealing a beaten up Vlad who returned to his human form.
"What is that?"
"That would be the cavalry." The Ecto Speeder door opened and out of it came Sam and Tucker with a Specter Deflector. Tucker went over to Vlad and placed the Specter Deflector on him so he wouldn't cause any trouble.
"Looks like your plan worked like a charm Danny." Sam said which confused Dani.
"Wait, plan? What plan? And what are they doing here? I thought you guys had a huge fight and weren't going to talk to each other."
"Actually Dani, the truth is that we staged all that."
"You were only pretending?"
"Yep, I knew Vlad was spying on me for the past few days and it was really getting on my nerves so I decided to come up with a plan. I asked Sam and Tucker in advanced if we could pretend like we're fighting so that it seemed like I couldn't get any help from my friends. But in reality, they had my back if anything troublesome happened. I gave them my DNA signature so that they could find me with the Boooomerang and I gave them access to the Ecto Speeder just in case."
"Wait… you knew that you were being watched."
"Yeah, oh and if you were wondering. I also knew that you were a ghost as well."
"Wha.. but how?"
"Meh, call it a hunch."
"Oh and don't forget Danny. You still owe us for this morning and the golf course incident." Said Sam which made Danny flinch but he decided to agree to it.
"Sure guys. Listen, I need you to take Dani out of here."
"What about you dude?"
"I'm gonna stay for a quick check up, there might be more clones left and I need to get rid of them all."
"You got it Danny, come on Tucker." Sam and Tucker boarded on the Ecto Speed, getting the coo-ordinates ready to go home. Dani however, stayed back first.
"Um… Danny." Danny looked over to Dani and placed his hand on her shoulder.
"Danielle… it's okay. It'll take me a while but you can call me dad." Dani hugged him, shedding tears of joy knowing that the nightmare was finally over and she found someone she could call "family".
"It's okay Dani, you don't have to worry about Vlad ever again. I promise, I'll protect you from now on. Now come on, get home and once I come back, I promise to make us a good dinner to celebrate."
"Can we have chicken?"
"As you wish." Dani gave him a peck on the cheek before walking off to the Ecto Speeder. Danny waved goodbye as his friends finally flew off back home.
"Okay, I need to know. What happened to me back there?"
"I'm sorry Danny, that would be my fault." Answered a very familiar voice in his mind.
"Hey wait a sec, Willow, is that you?" asked Danny. Willow was one of the 7 queen souls inside of Danny, she merged with him during the Pariah war and gave him Lycan powers.
"Yes, it is me. Good to speak to you again, Danny."
"Uh yeah, nice to talk to you to but what the heck was that? Why did I suddenly start changing and lose control when I saw Dani get hurt? I mean, I was angry but I felt myself losing control over who I was."
"That would be because of me. You see Danny, before I was Queen of the Lycans, I was a mother. I had three children whom I loved so dearly but two of them lost their lives because they were hunted down. I was never able to forgive myself over the loss of my children"
"I should apologise since you were only trying to help me but I was running away from the truth. You made me realise how important it is to have a family. And for that, I thank you."
"There is no need for thanks, you and I are one in the same, we both treasure our family and would do whatever it would take to protect them. A truly admirable feat, just know there is never any reason to feel alone."
Danny turned back to Vlad with a serious look and walked over to him.
"You can get up now, they're gone." Vlad slowly started opening his eyes and smiled.
"So you knew that I was spying on you and prepared a plan to stop me? Bravo Danny, bravo. And what was all that daughter bull crap? You actually think that failure is your…." Danny punched the wall next to Vlad's face and moved in closer.
"Cut the crap, I want you to tell me about the clones. And if you don't feel like talking, I can make you." Danny threatened as he charged up lightning in his hand.
"Using threats? How cunning. But since I'm not position to fight back, I will answer your questions."
"How did you create these clones and where did you get my DNA from?"
"It was simple really, from your day to day activities and battles. I watched as you created new abilities and left behind trails of your ectoplasm. I re-visited every single site to try and get as many samples as I could and I finally found enough."
"And then?"
"Once I had the right number, all I had to do was replicate your essence and DNA structure so that I could get the perfect half ghost son. But it became difficult as most of the clones became unstable and turned into a pile of Ectoplasm. Clearly, cloning your DNA was impossible since you had too much to carry, more powers, more forms and more abilities than any other ghosts." Danny carried on listening to his words.
"Time was short and I didn't have your mid morph DNA. So in order to stabilize the ectoplasm and keep it together, I used another essence to merge with your DNA."
"Another essence?"
"That's right, I needed someone who could bond with your DNA. Someone who could accept your powers and stabilize the structure without degenerating. I used thousands of human and ghost tissues to try and stabilize the DNA but so many carried on being fruitless. But after so many test runs, 7 were successful."
"7?!"
"That's right, and guess what? One of them was Danielle. She was the first one to be successful but the others soon followed after."
"Before you carry on, tell me whose DNA you used right now!"
"If you have to know, Dani's other half from Desiree!" Hearing that name, Danny's mind exploded. After realising that Dani was his daughter, that made Dani's mom Desiree.
"Where are the rest?!"
"Over there, through that wall."
Danny rushed over to the pointed wall and punched it down, behind the wall was a huge mechanical door. Danny was about to open the door but before he opened it, he tried to think about his situation. Behind this door were 6 more clones that shared his DNA, meaning that they were his children as well.
He took a deep breath and pressed the open button. The door split open and revealed 6 capsules, revealing different figures. They all had different features that were easy to tell who their donor was.
Danny walked in to get a closer look but all of a sudden, all 6 of them opened their eyes and looked at Danny. They all started shaking before smiling.
"Daddy?"
"Oh boy. How am I gonna tell their moms…. how am I gonna explain this to my mom? I'm a DAD!" Danny said before realising he was a parent of 7 at the age of 14.
CHAPTER END!
(A/N Hello everyone, Mrthunderkid here to say "I AM SORY SORRY FOR THE DELAY IN THIS CHAPTER! As I'm sure you all know, I screwed myself up by doing way too many fics at once and overloaded the work I could carry. Not to mention, I had an operation recently which kind of pushed me back from touching any technology.
I don't want to make excuses and would like to thank everyone for being patient with me and sticking with this story until the end. You're all awesome!
So yeah, after all this time, I finally got to the chapter where Dani is introduced and welcomed to the family! Oh, but what is this? There's more than one clone? And who do you think they belong to? Meh, you're gonna find out next chapter anyways. Speaking of chapters…
The votes from the latest chapter showed:
Now for the votes (New Stories added) –
Tara (Fem Clockwork) 12
Paulina 11
Beach 7
Ember's mom and sis 4
Daddy Danny 12
A girl from another world
Plant Girl (Fem Undergrowth) – 4
Female Ice Girl (Fem Frostbite but more human) – 3
Family bonding
So, Tara and Daddy Danny tied but as you all can easily tell, I chose the DAD fic over the Fem clockwork. It will be more interesting in the future.
Also thanks to all the people who voted for the different girls.
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