"Danny Phantom, how nice to see you again," Headmistress Bloodgood said as she took off her head and sat it on her desk. "What brings you here today?"
"I want to enroll in Monster High." Danny said.
"How wonderful!"
"Yeah, but there's something that I need to tell you...I'm half-normie."
"Really? Do you live with your surviving family?"
Danny didn't even think about what he'd say when he told her he was half-normie. Of course she'd want to know about his living family! He said the first thing that came to mind. "No, they think I'm fully dead."
Bloodgood scrutinized him for a moment before she finally responded. "I see...well we accept monsters of all kinds here at Monster High so you being half-normie won't be an issue." she placed her head back on. "Come by here later today and I'll give you your schedule and dorm room information. You'll be able to start first thing tomorrow."
With any luck she wouldn't find out his lie. He grinned. "Thank you, Headmistress."
She smiled. "No problem, Danny. Welcome to Monster High."
xxxx
A non-transformed Danny sat at his desk waiting for his first period Biteology class to start. Aside from a few glances his way no one cared that he was a half-normie. He grinned when he saw someone he recognized come into the room and sit beside him. "Hey, Draculaura!"
"Oh my ghoul! Are you new?"
"Kinda, it's me Danny Phantom."
"You're attending Monster High now?"
"Yup!"
"Alright class," Ms. Maiden said as she walked in. "Let's get started. Today you're going to be dissecting frogs."
Draculaura whimpered. "Oh no…"
"You okay?" he asked.
She shook her head. "I hate blood."
"But you're a vampire."
"A vegan vampire."
Danny was very confused because that made no sense but—"Okay…"
Ms. Maiden started handing out trays of dead frogs and when she got to Draculaura's desk Draculaura passed out face first onto the specimen. Ms. Maiden sighed. "Everyone grab your scalpels…"
xxxx
The late bell shrieked throughout the school as Danny rushed into his Mad Science class and slid into his seat. He had taken Draculaura to the nurse when class ended because she still hadn't woken up. He didn't understand how a vampire didn't drink blood. Isn't that how they survived?
It seemed like Danny wasn't the only one running late. Just as Mr. Hackington was about to slam the door Frankie rushed in and sat beside Danny.
"Hey, Fran–"
"Quiet!" Mr. Hackington yelled. "Today you will be resurrecting rabbits. The person next to you will be your partner! Now come grab your rabbit and get to work!"
Danny went to grab the rabbit. With a grimace he picked it up and dropped it on his desk. "You're new aren't you?" Frankie said as he sat down.
"Yeah but we've met. I'm Danny Phantom."
"Voltageous! We're in the same class!"
"Yup! Do you know how to do this?" he said, pointing to the rabbit.
"Of course just leave it to me!" she said, rubbing her hands together like a defibrillator. She placed her sparking hands on the rabbit but the animal wasn't the only thing getting zapped.
Danny and the other students screamed in pain as the bolts spread through them. Finally the sparks passed, leaving Danny writhing in pain and a dozen alive rabbits jumping around the room.
Frankie bit her lip. "Oops…"
xxxx
Danny sat in his Home Ick class still shaking from the residual electricity that crawled over him. He tried to block the memories of the portal accident that flashed in his mind. He was going to have to keep away from Frankie. She was clearly a hazard. He's lucky he didn't lose his half-life.
"Danny!" said a familiar voice from beside him. "You're in this class too?!"
He bit back a groan. Of course Cupid would be in this class. He was still in shock from earlier that he didn't even notice her. "Hey, Cupid!"
"Hey, so I heard the good news from Honey!"
"Yup! We're together now."
"It would have taken you months to get with her if it weren't for me."
He narrowed his eyes. "You used magic didn't you?" He knew those feelings came out of nowhere!
"I just sped things up. But don't worry!" Cupid said. "Your feelings are your own."
"Thanks I guess?"
Cupid beamed. "You're welcome!"
"Class, that's enough chatter." Ms. Kindergrubber said. "Today you're making boouffle. Now get started, I can't wait to taste your creations!"
"Can you cook?" he asked Cupid. "Because I can't."
"No. But I'm sure we can figure this out."
The pair got to work pulling out various ingredients, some of which Danny had never heard of in his life. And a few broken eggs and a little spilled milk later they popped their boouffle in the oven and watched it bake.
The boouffle was rising rapidly.
Danny narrowed his eyes. "Should it be rising that fast?"
"No clue." Cupid replied.
They continued to watch it expand so much that the oven couldn't hold it. "I think something's wrong." Danny said. "I'm going to get the teacher."
But before he could walk away the oven exploded sending boouffle all over them and the classroom.
Ms. Kindergrubber glared at Danny and Cupid. "Clean this up, now!"
"Yes, Ms. Kindergrubber." they said in unison.
"Can Danny Phantom come to the Headmistress' office please," said a voice over the intercom.
Danny groaned and made himself intangible so he wouldn't be a mess when he saw Bloodgood and dragged himself out of class. He had a feeling that whatever he was called in for wasn't for something good.
Once he got to the Headmistress' office he nearly had a heart attack when he saw who was there with her.
Vlad.
Of course the fruit loop was here! Danny scowled. "Vlad, what are you doing here?"
"I'm here to take you home, Daniel."
"I'm not–"
"Danny," Bloodgood interrupted. "I heard a very interesting story from Vlad just now."
Danny gulped. "You did?"
"Apparently you ran away from home," she said, narrowing her eyes."Yet you told me your family thought you died."
"Yeah...I'm sorry."
Vlad scoffed. "Daniel, you're not sorry. You're sorry you got caught."
"Whatever." Danny said, rolling his eyes.
Vlad sighed. "Nora, I apologize for Daniel's behavior."
She shook her head. "There's no need for you to apologize Vlad. Danny," she said, giving Danny a pointed look, "Another incident like this will not be tolerated, do you understand?"
"Yes, Ma'am." he grumbled.
Vlad placed a hand on Danny's shoulder. "Let's go, Daniel."
The two halfa's teleported to Vlad's office. Once there Danny immediately began ranting.
"Why are you even in my business?! Me running away has nothing to do with you!"
Vlad narrowed his eyes. "Watch your tone, Daniel."
"No! I'll talk to you however I want!" Danny snarled. "You're nothing but a crazy fruit loop stalker who keeps telling me what to do!"
"I'm nothing! Is that what you believe?!"
"Yes!"
"I'm your father, Daniel! That's not nothing!"
Danny's jaw dropped. "What?!"
"Maddie kept you from me!" Vlad roared. "I had no idea you existed until I heard ghouls prattling on about Danny Phantom and imagine my shock when I investigate and see that you're not only a Fenton but a halfa! All those years you could have been with me but instead you were raised by idiots who try to kill you!"
Danny was at a loss for words. All this time he thought the accident gave him his powers but did he have them because he was Vlad's son? But Vlad couldn't be his biological father because that would mean—"You and my mom had an affair?! Are you two still–"
"Absolutely not!" Vlad interrupted. "What happened between me and Maddie is in the past! I feel nothing for her!"
"Does my dad know?!"
"Jack was kept in the dark like me but he knows now." Vlad said. "I petitioned for full custody a while ago."
"You want custody of me?"
"Daniel, of course I do. You're my son and you'd be safer with me." Vlad shook his head. "I shudder to think of what would have happened if I wasn't there that night."
Danny would've ripped apart molecule by molecule if Vlad hadn't been there. And if he stayed with his parents the chances of that happening were high. His stomach churned. "I'm not going back."
"Daniel, I understand why you don't want to but you have to."
"No, just let me stay here!"
"I don't have legal custody over you so that would be abduction." Vlad said. "If I can get custody then you can stay but until that happens you have to go back to Amity."
"Fine! Whatever!"
Danny teleported back to Amity landing right outside Fenton Works. He stormed into the house. Maddie and Jazz jumped up from the couch. "I'm Vlad's son aren't I?!"
Maddie went pale. "Danny…"
"Vlad's son?" Jazz said. "Danny, what are you talking about?"
"That's why dad left! I'm Vlad's son!"
Jazz gasped. "Mom, that's not true right?!"
Maddie let out a shaky breath. "Danny, Jazz...I'm sorry."
"No you're not!" he shouted. "You weren't even going to tell me!"
"Danny, It's complicated I–"
"You weren't going to tell Vlad either! He didn't even know about me!"
"Danny, please!" Maddie cried.
"I hope Vlad gets custody!" he yelled as he ran up the stairs and into his room, slamming and locking the door behind him. Why were things in his life so fucking crazy? He pulled out his phone and video called Honey. He needed to talk to someone sane.
"Danny! Why aren't you at school?" she asked.
He sighed and told her the latest tale in his drama-filled life.
"Oh my ghoul...that's crazy!"
"I know I–"
"Daniel Fenton," Maddie said, as she knocked on the door, "open this door this instant!"
He groaned. "Honey, we probably won't talk for a while. I'm 100 percent sure I'm about to be grounded. So no phone, no leaving the house, nothing."
She pouted. "Okay...see ya Danny." she said, hanging up.
He ripped open the door. "What?!"
Maddie crossed her arms and glared. "You're grounded for two months for your behavior. No leaving the house, no electronics, no–"
"Friends coming over, I get it!" he said as he grabbed his laptop. He shoved his phone and laptop in her hands.
She opened her mouth as if she was going to say something but she closed it and left without a word. Just as Danny was about to close the door Jazz stopped him.
"Danny, can we talk?" Jazz asked.
"I'm not in the mood for therapy right now Jazz." he said as he sat on his bed.
She sighed and sat next to him. "I'm not here for that. I talked to mom."
"What did she say?"
She took a breath. "Mom and dad are getting a divorce."
"What a surprise."
"Yeah...how did you find out about Vlad?"
"Uh, he told me."
She crossed her arms. "Since when were you talking to him?"
"He was helping me with school work."
"He lives all the way in Wisconsin."
"We talk on the phone!"
"So the whole real dad thing came up during a study session?"
"No it was after I yelled at him and told him he was nothing but a crazy fruit loop stalker."
She snorted. "Why would you say that?"
"Because I was mad."
She shook her head. "You need to work on your anger issues. I heard about what happened with Dash."
"I said no therapy!"
She huffed. "Fine...Danny?"
"Yeah?"
"I don't care that we're half-siblings. You're still my little brother, okay?"
"Yeah and you're still my annoying big sister."
She rolled her eyes. "You're such a smart-ass."
He grinned. "But you love me anyway."
She laughed. "Yeah, and you love me. Right?"
He rubbed the back of his neck. "I don't know if I do…"
"You're so mean!" she said, grabbing a pillow and beginning her assault.
He laughed. "Stop! I'm kidding! I love you!"
But she didn't stop and so a pillow war commenced.
xxxx
Danny was actually glad to be back at school. He hated not being able to talk to his friends about what happened. So as soon as it was time for lunch he told Tucker everything that went down. He'd tell Sam too but she was giving him the silent treatment.
Tucker's burger fell from his hands. "Your real dad is Vlad?!"
"Yup," Danny said, stabbing his fork into his mystery meat.
Tucker shook his head. "Dude...that's fucked up."
Danny scoffed. "Tell me about it. I still haven't talked to Dad."
"Vlad or Jack?"
"Jack. He's still my dad. Vlad is...Vlad."
"Damn. So you're really going to move?"
"Yeah. If Vlad gets full custody."
Tucker sniffled. "I'm going to miss you..."
"It's not like you can't visit." Danny said, rolling his eyes. "Vlad's place is huge. And cell phones exist."
"But it won't be the same without you here!" Tucker cried.
Danny sighed. "Yeah...It won't be."
xxxx
Danny sat outside the courtroom. His heart raced. It was the final custody hearing. It took a month to get to this point. Maddie didn't want to give him up and she fought tooth and nail to keep Vlad away.
Hopefully the outcome would go in Vlad's favor.
Danny shot up from the bench when Vlad and Maddie came out of the courtroom and walked over to him.
Maddie took a breath. "Danny," she said. "You got what you wanted but this won't change things. I'll always be your mother. I love you." she wrapped him in a hug and kissed him on the cheek and with that she walked away.
Danny didn't know how to feel. He loved her but he was tired of hiding who he was and living in fear of his own parents.
With Vlad he wouldn't have to do that.
"Daniel, are you ready to leave?" Vlad asked.
Danny nodded. "Yeah, let's go."
xxxx
"Danny!" Honey cried as Danny walked into her dorm room. She ran up to him and threw her arms around his neck, pulling him into a deep kiss. He hugged her tight and kissed her back.
When they pulled apart, Danny smiled at her. "Miss me?" he said.
She shook her head. "Nope."
He raised an eyebrow.
She laughed. "Of course I did. So you're here for good?"
"Yeah, I'm done with normie life," he said. "From now on I'm living dead."
A/N:
Thanks you for reading and thanks to all who were kind to fave/follow and leave reviews. There will be more stories in this universe. The next story titled Death of Me is a one shot all about Tucker that has already been posted to the DP X MH section.
