A/n: so another rewrite for this chapter. I keep looking at the original version of this story and wondering what the actual fuck I was thinking. The whole original version of this chapter was a shit show. Anyway this chapter is our first interlude.

Chapter 6: interlude 1- amity Park

"What is family? They were the people who claimed you. In good, in bad, in parts or in whole, they were the ones who showed up, who stayed in there, regardless. It wasn't just about blood relations or shared chromosomes, but something wider, bigger. We had many families over time. Our family of origin, the family we created, and the groups you moved through while all of this was happening: friends, lovers, sometimes even strangers. None of them perfect, and we couldn't expect them to be. You can't make any one person your world. The trick was to take what each could give you and build your world from it."

~Sarah Dessen, Lock and Key

Overlookers POV

Amity Park 1981

Jack and Maddie Fenton were the town crazies. They had studied paranormal studies at Wisconsin university before coming back home to Amity Park. They tried to prove the existence of ghost but that only got them labeled as nut jobs. They couldn't prove that they existed. They'd never seen one. So they gave up. Alone and ostracized from the other denizens of the town. They decided for the sake of their daughter they'd conform. They'd be farmers like the rest of them. They'd be a nice little suburban family with two kids, a boy and a girl. Of course, fate hadn't been that kind to them. Their daughter was now four years old and still, there was no new baby. They just couldn't conceive a second time no matter how hard they tried.

Currently, jack and Maddie were riding around in their pick-up truck little jazz in the backseat. It was a beautiful quiet night in the quaint little town. That was until everything changed their lives forever. Suddenly seemingly out of nowhere, what looked like a comet shot from the sky. It crashed right on their property, almost as if it was meant to. Jack pulled over and got out of the car to check it out. "Stay here I'll go check it out." Said the rather large man, but his wife simply huffed and undid her seatbelt. "And let you have all the fun?" The woman said with a smirk as she hopped out the car. The young couple hurriedly walked to see the comet. Only to find out it was nothing of the sort.

It was some sort of device, which should have been burnt to a crisp, but it was without a scratch. It looked otherworldly. It looked like what could only be described as a tiny ship. Suddenly from inside the craft, violent cries from what sounded like a toddler erupted. Any fear of the unknown, the parents had vanished and the whines of the child.

They didn't know how to open the ship. Maddie fell to her knees and instantly began prying around the foreign ship to try and open it. Her eyes were tearing up as she listened to this poor child cry. It was the most horrible thing she'd ever heard. He was in complete and utter pain. She could tell he was terrified. Desperately she clawed at the device silently praying to whatever deity that it would open.

As if her prayers were answered the top of the ship flew open, revealing the young boy who looked just as otherworldly as his craft. He had skin as pale as snow and hair that was the whitest white she'd ever seen. His eyes were neon, green, and glowing. None of this mattered to the mother. Right now, all she saw was a child who was all alone, shaking, crying, and scared. She had to comfort him. She wrapped him in her arms and rubbed circles in his back. The child didn't struggle. He just snuggled into her embrace.

Suddenly a flash of light engulfed the child, and his look completely changed. His Snow-White hair became pitch black. His pale skin came to normal peach color, and his glowing green eyes dulled to a vibrant ice blue. Maddie looked at the child in shock. He cooed and made unintelligible sounds. He giggled and snuggled into her embrace. Maddie couldn't help but smile. Jack had been watching the scene on the floor next to his wife and gave the child a good look.

She smiled at the toddler and said, "so what'll we call him?" said Jack Maddie ignoring her husband looked at the child, considering all the factors. Could they really keep this foreign child, this alien? How would they enroll him in school? How would they explain where he had come from? It was all too crazy. They were already looked at with scrutiny in the small town. What would people say? Then she began to think of the alternative. She began to think of the child all alone with no one to guide him. The thought of that was one the woman couldn't bear. They'd figure out the mechanics later. She had to keep him.

"Hmmm, what shall we call you?" The woman asked, looking at the now smiling child. "Dante, Derek, David no Daniel ... Danny James Fenton." The woman processed, looking to jack for approval. Jack just grabbed the child from his wife and stood up, spinning him around. "Danny boy" jack said enthusiastically. His wife stood up in tow, and the two carried their son back to the truck, and Jack showed him to Jazz.

"Say hi to your little brother Jazzy pants," the man boomed as he sat the toddler next to the little girl, and he crawled over to her and snuggled close to her. "Hi, little brother," said the 4-year-old. She was an early talker and very intelligent for her age. She didn't really understand where the boy had come from, but as she looked down on something so innocent and precious, she knew she'd protect her new little brother until the bitter end.

Just like that the Fenton's were complete, the consequences be damned.

Two weeks later

Jack and Maddie Fenton were desperate. They would have never called their creepy college friend otherwise. They needed someone underhanded and slick with a lot of money to get an adoption record for Danny. Vlad was their only option.

Of course, he flew down to Ohio and took a limo to their farmhouse to deliver the papers personally. Jack idolized the man, but Maddie knew he was probably the biggest asshole on the planet. The man had been the best man in their wedding and had hit on Maddie the night before.

It wasn't just that it was the way he did it. The disturbing look of obsession in his eyes. Even as a 9th-degree black belt, she was terrified. Of course, she never told her husband. He probably would have killed the man. Jack may be a simple man, but when someone he loved was disrespected or threatened, he could be very hardcore.

Thankfully Jack and Vlad had drifted apart over the years since college. Still, he came when they called, and despite everything, Maddie couldn't help but be grateful.

There was a sound knock at the door. Jack rushed to the door as fast as his feet could carry him. He swung the door open and engulfed his "best friend" in a much-unwarranted hug.

Jack let him go failing to notice the business mogul struggling to breathe. Vlad straightened himself and stepped himself into their humble house. "Jack, so nice to see how well you're doing for yourself." The man said sinisterly of course jack didn't get the sarcasm.

"Thanks, v-man means a lot coming from you," Jack said lightheartedly. Vlad laughed slyly. He turned his attention to the woman who had spurned his affections. He hoped she regretted it. He hoped she'd come to see how much he loved her. How much he always had. He hadn't met Jack and Maddie in college. His father had done a lot of business in amity Park and he'd always drag him along. She was the only thing that made coming to this back-water town bearable. He had liked Jack once, but he loved Maddie. Maddie was the only thing he loved. Maddie was his humanity. She was the only thing keeping him from being a sociopath.

Her beauty was still as gracious as ever. She was the only one who he would do a favor for at the drop of a hat. Why couldn't she see how much he loved her.

"Maddie. Still, as ravishing as ever I see." He said, pulling her into a nonconsensual hug and kissing her cheek. Maddie jerked away from his touch. "I see you haven't changed as well." Maddie spat. Vlad just laughed Maddie off. He pulled out a Manila envelope.

"Adoption papers, birth certificate and medical records, expertly forged the president wouldn't know the difference." The man said cockiness radiating from his pores as he handed the envelope to Maddie. She watched him with suspicious eyes.

"How can we ever repay you?" The woman said almost sarcastic though he had done her a favor. She knew this wasn't free. He wanted something, and he would come to collect. Vlad waved her off.

"Oh pish posh, what's a few million dollars between my dearest friends. All I require is simply one night in your guest room. I do so hate turn around trips." The man said feigning innocence, though Maddie didn't buy it. She still obliged. The old friends spent the night drinking, and they and Vlad retired to their respective rooms. In the morning, when they awoke with hangovers, Vlad was gone, along with a lock of Maddie Fenton's hair, for some nefarious purpose yet to be revealed.

1994

15-year-old Danny Fenton gazed from his window in the Fenton barn at the farm next door. Danny had always been fascinated by what was beyond the stars. He knew he was from somewhere out there. He liked to gaze at the stars picturing himself drifting among them.

His parents had bought him the telescope the Christmas before and ever since he had gazed at the stars, and sometimes he stared at the Grey farm next door. He had a crush on Valerie Grey, not that she even knew he existed. If she did, she knew him as the awkward freak from school who sat alone at lunch.

It was ironic, really. The two things he wanted to see and feel up close he could only gaze at from far away. The stars, much like Valerie Grey were far too elusive ever to have up-close, and fate had never been that kind.

Everything changed when Danny got assigned to play parent with Valerie. They were assigned partners on a project to be parents to a flour sack. Danny was thrilled, that was until Valerie thought of the grand idea to push the entire project on Danny. He may have liked her, but he was no sap. He wasn't going to take this lying down.

He marched right over next door and banged. "Valerie opens up I know you're in there." The fifteen-year-old bellowed. A shuffling was heard before the door flung open. There stood Valerie dressed for work at the nasty burger the locals hang out. Danny was shocked. He always thought her family had money. The grey farm danced circles around the Fenton farm, and she always carried herself at school as if she came from money.

Looks must be very deceiving, he thought.

"Are you gonna stand there gawking Fenton, or are you going to come in?" She asked, annoyed as Danny just stood there in thought. "I um I'm going to give you a piece of my mind." The boy said, puffing his chest out, trying to sound brave. He was really just terrified. He was always terrified. He was scared that he'd end up alone, scared that someone would find out about his secret, but at the same time scared of always having to hide.

He didn't want to be afraid anymore. He stepped up to her so close that their faces were almost touching, and they were both breathless. With their faces inches away, he pushed himself into her house. Once inside with the same intensity, he said, "listen to me, and you listen good. I like you a lot. But if you think for a second, you're going to sit on your happy ass while I do all the work you're sorely mistaken." Valerie didn't know what it was, the way he talked back to her or the passion in his eyes when he said he liked her, but she couldn't take another second of it. Everything she knew was damned. She found herself fiercely kissing Danny Fenton.

After they're cumbersome make out session that almost led elsewhere more than a few times, the two breathless teens were at a loss for words. I mean just a week ago Danny Fenton was the awkward loser who sat alone at lunch, now he was a hot, slightly less awkward teenager who she just made out with. She was perplexed. He however was on cloud 9. His first kiss had turned into a make-out session where he had actually felt boobs. He didn't think anything could ever bring him down again. For the first time in his life, he didn't feel so alone.

Though he cautioned himself to be wary because nothing ever stayed good in his life for long.

1996

One more kiss could be the best thing.

Two years later had found the pair of 17-year-olds still together but on very shaky ground. It seemed like these days, they always fought. It was as if he couldn't win for losing or lose for winning. Why did that even surprise he had never really won in life.

They fought a lot because he could never tell her the truth about his powers and why he always seemed to be disappearing at the most inopportune times. He had to litter her with lies.

But one more lie could be the worst
And all these thoughts are never resting
And you're not something I deserve

She deserved better than being lied to, but he couldn't exactly tell her the truth now that he had been lying to her for so long. They had lain together and made love. She had given her virginity to him. He couldn't tell her now what he was. What if she rejected him. He didn't know this before he began things with her, and if he did, he would have never touched her. When his ship landed, meteors came with it, and one of those meteors stuck Adeline Grey in the head, killing her instantly. He had murdered Valerie's mom. He had shot her down and called her crazy when she considered a theory that a ship had crashed that night, that an alien had walked among them in Amity Park. He had thrown her off his trail, instead of telling her the truth. Fate was a cold bitch; sometimes Danny felt he was no better.

In my head there's only you now

This world falls on me

Still he loved her. His burden still remained he had to do his duty to protect earth with the powers he'd been gifted but each time he did, he risked her finding out and losing the only person outside his family he really had.

In this world there's real and make believe
And this seems real to me

They had something they did. They loved each other though, as time wore on it didn't seem built to last. It seemed as if everything was pulling them apart. It seemed as if everything was pulling them in different directions.

Still, he loved her, and she loved him and wasn't it supposed to be that simple. If it weren't for his duty getting in the way he and she could be happy together. No, if it weren't for him being an alien, they could've been happy together. He cursed what he was.

And you love me but you don't know who I am
So let me go
Let me go

It wasn't fair to her. Even if he was going to lose her, he had to tell her the truth. He had to have her one last time. He had to memorize every part of her body.

Needless to say, the next morning a volcano erupted.

She had woken next to him, and he stood up and confessed not strong enough to look her in the eye. She had walked over and slapped him hard across the face.

"You lying bastard!" She screamed, her face contorted in a fury. He tried to calm her down to no avail; she was unhinged. "You wanna know what the worst part is? It's not that your ship caused the meteors shower that killed my mom. It's not that you are an alien because I would have accepted all that had you just told me the damn truth. At every turn, you lied. You told lies to cover up the other lies, and what's worse, you made me feel crazy! I came to you! I figured it out, and you shot me down when you knew the truth. I thought I had found the one last honest, decent guy, who believed in truth. You're just like all the rest of them. You're a liar." She bellowed as tears flew down her face, he saw the impact of what he'd done. He had broken her heart. She never cried, but now her tears flew free as she gathered her clothes. He just stared desperately trying to think of something to say, trying to salve some semblance of what they once had.

All he could think of to say was, "Val, please, don't leave me here alone." The boy said as a tear slipped down his cheek. She turned back to look at him last time with sad, hollow eyes. "What did you expect? You come into my life break down my walls then rip my heart out, after making love to me. What do you what me to say? Do you want me to pity you when you are the one you did this?" She said, her voice betraying her. Her heart was broken.

"I just … I know what I deserve, but please. You love me I know you do we can fix this. I will… I'll do whatever you want … whatever it takes to make things right, just don't walk out on me. Please." Danny begged as tears flew from his eyes. She looked at him pitilessly and simply said. "I know you think you're a hero, Danny, but you're not. You broke my heart, and there is nothing left to save." Before turning tail and walking out of his room out of his house and out of his life. She left him standing there alone.

He should have known, that fate would dangle the possibility of him not being alone only to have him lose it in the cruelest way.

Senior year was a bitch. He had to see her every day at school being so close yet so far away, knowing she was right. He had done this. He had told lie after lie to protect himself and there was nothing he could do to make up for it. Whatever they had, he had tainted it beyond all repair.

I dream ahead to what I hope for

And I turn my back on loving you
How can this love be a good thing
When I know what I'm goin' through

He realized that he had to move on with his life. He couldn't live in this emotional turmoil anymore. In the spring of 1997 Danny Fenton had graduated from Casper high at 18 years old. By the summer of that same year he had left town.

In my head there's only you now
This world falls on me
In this world there's real and make believe
And this seems real to me

Danny thought back to when things were as simple as gazing at her through his long-forgotten telescope before everything became so complicated, what he wouldn't give for that innocence back. But alas, he had a job to do and now even though he still loved her even though some part of him always would. He had to let her go.

You love me but you don't know who I am
I'm torn between this life I lead and where I stand
And you love me but you don't know who I am
So let me go
Let me go

A/n: so still a dxs story though now we have a little backstory on Danny and his life in Amity Park. I hope you all enjoyed it.