Hey guys. Yes I did two updates. Sorry, this wasnt a next day update.
Anyway, lets get this next one up.
I dont own Danny Phantom OR Harry Potter.
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Dumbledore
Albus stepped upto the gargoyle after trying and failing once more to get control of Peeves. Then Dolores had come up to him, demanding that she report this to her beloved 'Cornelius'. That man could rot in Azkaban for all he cared; after what the man had said about his and Harry's accusation about Cedric's death in the tournament last year, well, lets just say that Fudge had lost all respect from the boy. Cedric had been a good friend of Harry's and the whole of the school, barring a few of the Slytherins, had been upset.
Snapping out of it before the thought could go any further, he gave the password to the gargoyle, which leapt aside, revealing the spinning staircase beyond. Going up to his office, he thought he heard the Hogwarts Four inside. That in itself was odd. Hadnt two gone to fetch another ghost they claimed could help with the problem that was Peeves?
'Honestly, what could go wrong now?' he thought, grumpily as he opened the door, stepping inside his office, he saw that the Baron and the Grey Lady had returned, with someone else in tow. This ghost had his back to him as he looked at the magical devices in the case in front of him and it also looked solid. He, for it was apparent that this new ghost was male, had pure white hair and he was wearing what appeared to be a Muggle HAZMAT suit that was black with white gloves, boots, collar and belt, he also had a backpack on his person. Clearing his throat, he caught the ghost's attention, the newest of them spinning around at the sound. At the sight if the boys neon green eyes, Dumbledore stumbled back, causing the child to huff and flutter the hair in front of his face and cross his arms, mumbling something in a completely different language, whilst looking uncomfortable. There was also some kind of symbol on his chest, that stood out against the black of the HAZMAT suit. Nick, on the other hand, floated straight over to Dumbledore, whilst the Bloody Baron looked at the kid, who just shrugged and floated over when Baron did.
"Professor, we would like to introduce Danny Phantom, ghostly protector of Amity Park, Illinois, America." Nick said, whilst the kid, Danny, waved and smiled shyly. 'So that is what the symbol is for.' Dumbledore thought as he observed the boy in front of him, as the boy moved as if he were shuffling from foot to foot. Smiling, Dumbledore held out his hand and said, "Nice to meet you, Mr. Phantom. I never thought that the Baron and the Grey Lady would actually find someone willing to help with Peeves." Hesitantly, Phantom took hold of his hand, much to the shock of Dumbledore, and shook it, saying in an American accent, "I just hope I can help. And please, call me Danny. Mr. Phantom isnt all that cool and I'm only fifteen. What exactly is wrong with this Peeves?"
Just before Dumbledore could start with the explanation, the door burst open and in came Minerva, making Danny look up in her direction as she entered. Coming over, she proceeded to say, "He's at it again, Albus. Only this time, it's Seamus Finnigan. He's going down the Charms corridor." Neither noticed the hard look that crept onto Danny's face, as she said this. Only the ghosts noticed this as McGonagall rushed out of the room along with Dumbledore at her heels, stopping at the door and shouting behind him, "Why dont you give Mr. Phantom a tour of the school? I am sure that he would like to know his whereabouts and such. Oh, and Mr. Pha-Danny? I would like to introduce you to the staff later after dinner if thats alright with you." and with that said, he disappeared through the door after Nick had nodded in agreement and Danny had grumbled, "It's Danny."
Down the revolving staircase and through the passageway, Dumbledore followed, unaware that the ghostly guest was following him as he moved. Catching the movement in the corner of his eye, Dumbledore stopped and turned, making Phantom collide into him, pushing him backwards, to the professors shock as the ghost floated upwards and his arm snaked to the back of his neck, where it stayed. At least until the Hogwarts Four had caught up to them.
"Heh, uh... sorry for the collision, Professor." Danny said, arm rubbing the back of his neck and Nick looking between the two of them and grabbing Phantom and with the child shouting, he floated upwards and the five ghost's spoke to one another, leaving Dumbledore trying to figure out what it was they were saying. Unfortunately, they were speaking in another language, one he didnt know or understand. Looking down, Phantom sighed and nodded, saying something before floating down to Dumbledore and saying, "Sorry for the collision, Professor Dumbledore. Nick just told me that you guys are used to Wizarding ghost's. Just to let you know, I'm not your usual ghost, I'm actually a rare type of ghost. Now where we going?"
To say that the professor was stumped would be an understatement. He was downright befuddled at the muggle ghost's statement. 'He's a rare type of ghost? No wonder the other ghost's are wary of him.' he thought as he tried to collect himself and speak up. Eventually collecting himself, Dumbledore shook his head and tried to banish any misleading thought and said, "Uh, We were going to the Charms corridor. No doubt the others would like to show you where that is?" Nodding, Nearly Headless Nick floated forwards and when Danny turned towards him, said, "Follow us Danny. Charms is just below us." and with that, did something Dumbledore hoped he would never see again. The five ghosts went upwards and stopping at the ceiling, turned to face the floor and with Danny turning see through like the others, dove towards and through the floor, right by Albus' feet, causing him to shout out and jump back in even more shock.
As he stood there, looking at the spot where the ghost's had disappeared, he suddenly remembered where he was meant to be. With a curse and catching the attention of a few fifth year Hufflepuffs, he turned tail and ran the corridor and the stairs onto the floor below, where he saw the poltergeist zooming down the hallway with Minerva and a few more teachers on his tail. Waiting until they had passed, he thought he heard a scream coming from the direction, Peeves had flying away from. Going in that direction, he saw Seamus Finnigan tied to the ceiling with the Golden Trio: Harry Potter, Hermione Granger and Ronald Weasley, along with another of their classmates trying to get the boy down. Just in the distance, he could see the High Inquisitor of Hogwarts and Defence Against the Dark Arts Professor Dolores Umbridge and she was coming his way and she did not look best pleased.
"Professor. We have to sort out Peeves and soon. He's going to end up hurting someone with these ridiculous pranks." Hermione told him, trying to cast a spell to free Neville and catching the headmaster's attention.
"I know, Hermione. And thats why the ghost's have gone to the trouble of bringing in one of their own to help with the problem." Dumbledore said, catching the Gryffindors full attention as they all looked at him. Sighing, he added, "I'll explain it all later but from what the ghost's have told me, he is quite reliable in catching his own kind."
"So, he's a hunter. How's that possible?" Harry asked, lowering his wand and cocking his head. Before he could get a word out, there came a curse from the other side of the hallway. Looking over that way, the six humans saw that the ghost's had tried to block the way in front of Peeves and that he had ploughed straight through them, causing them to scatter. The curse had come from Phantom, who had thrown himself through the wall they had just come through. Gathering together, the five ghost's flew after him through the hallway.
"That white haired ghost looks awfully familiar somehow." Hermione observed, returning her attention back onto Seamus as he struggled to get down from the ceiling.
"Really, how?" Harry and Ron asked, returning their attention back onto Seamus and casting a spell, that worked and caused him to crash to the floor, but not before Hermione cast a Cushioning Charm onto him and brought him safely to the floor, where he faceplanted the tiles and got back onto his feet before saying some rathe colourful words under his breathe.
"If the Four seem to think that this ghost can help, then I have complete faith in him. Besides, The Bloody Baron was the one who went to his haunt and convinced him to come. If the Baron was able to do just that, then maybe he will be able to help." Dumbledore told his students, turning to watch for the ghost's as they flew around a suit of armour. As they watched, Phantom came through the wall and approached the others where they came together and seemingly spoke amongst each other before Phantom looked alert and to their surprise, dove down into the armour they were floating above and with a shout, Peeves scrambled out of the armour and hightailed it down the corridor with the others right behind him.
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Later, after the student's had finished their dinner and gone up to their dormitories, Dumbledore was in the staff room, waiting for the other members of staff, hopefully without Umbridge. After the ghosts had come back from chasing Peeves, he had requested that the ghost shows the members of staff their guest and tell them the reason why they had brought another ghost to Hogwarts. Although he had looked a little nervous, Phantom had reluctantly agreed to present himself to the faculty, while the four had nodded, Nick going the extra mile and putting an arm around Phantom, causing him to shiver and glare at the tudor ghost before sighing and nodding, before they had floated away, Phantom giving a half-smile in goodbye and flying after the four, catching up to them and slowing down, flipping onto his back, arms behind head.
Now, in the staff room, he was waiting for the teachers and ghost's to arrive and already he was anxious about the reactions that his staff would have when they met Phantom. Hearing the door open, he saw Professors Flitwick, Snape, McGonagall and Sprout entering the room, all four of them looking confused at the sudden summons to the staff room, when they should have been either checking their Houses, checking work or working on the next days assignments.
"Albus, what is the meaning of this meeting? Why have you asked us to include the school ghost's in this meeting. Not that I have any objections to Professor Binns." Snape inquired, shooting a glance at said ghost, who was looking thoroughly excited, even if his colleauges didn't know what had got the History of Magic teacher so giddy.
"The reason is that the ghost's have gone out of their to find us someone who can help with our poltergiest problem. And by the look of it, this ghost is rather like Potter in the sense that he is famous." Dumbledore said, looking over at Binns who went dark grey in embarrassment and earning a chuckle or two from his co-workers as they watched. Just before Professors Flitwick and Sprout could ask who this new ghost was, the door opened and in stepped the one person every member of staff despised: Dolores Jane Umbridge. Even Binns was blinded by the bright pink robes that she was wearing, as she seated herself by the fire and got out a sickeningly pink notepad and started writing in it, glancing up at her fellow teachers as they glared straight at her in anger.
"Merlin. The ghost's are due here any minute. What are we going to do when they come?" Dumbledore said to his deputy headmistress as she came towards him, slightly staring at the High Inquisitor as she set to work on, no doubt, a report to her beloved Minister. As suddenly as she had come, she had packed up and with barely a glance at her colleagues had left the room, without so much as saying a word to the Headmaster as she passed him. As soon as she had left and shut the door, everyone looked at each other and noticed that Binns was nowhere to be found; in fact, he wasn't even in the room. A sound of laughter came from outside the door, making everyone look in that direction as six floating figures came through the wall, five of them all focused on the teaching ghost, who was in the centre of the group. One of the ghost's was a young teenager and had a black HAZMAT jumpsuit on, which clashed nicely with his pure white hair.
"You really didn't know you could Overshadow? Jeez, Professor, I really don't know what to say about that. At least you got out in one piece, though." Phantom was saying, while Binns was turning grey in colour and stuttering out a reply in answer, leaving the boy laughing quietly, before he caught sight of the full Staff looking at the conversing ghost's as they floated. The look on his face was one of amusement as he floated with the others, not even noticing the teachers in the room, until Filius Flitwick coughed and startled the ghosts, Phantom whipping his head around and going pale and swallowing nervously as Albus went over to them and smiled reassuringly. Nearly Headless Nick went over to the boy and put his arm on his shoulder before shoving him forward, saying, "Professors, May we introduce Danny Phantom of Amity Park, Illinois, America. Danny, these are the professors of our school. They will help in any way, shape or form for however long you stay with us."
Danny smiled shyly before floating near the floor and floated nearer the floor so that he appeared to be grounded.
"Welcome to Hogwarts, Mr. Phantom." McGonagall said, moving forward and holding out her hand, which Danny took without second thought, causing her to gasp at him in surprise at his solidity. The other's weren't sure why she suddenly gasped as they looked at the teenager as he gently took his hand back and rubbed the back of neck in nervousness as they stared at him in awe and shock, and said in an American accent, "Just call me Danny."
"How can another ghost help with Peeves? Surely the students should know about this, Professor Dumbledore?" Filius squeaked, the other professors nodding and looking at Danny, as he was now known.
"And what about Dolores? She'll find out about this kid and want to tell the Minister for Magic." Professor Snape said, coming out of the shadows, Danny suddenly becoming timid and flying up to the other ghosts, Nick and the Baron looking at him as he went invisible. At the mention of Dolores, the other teachers faces instantly gained an air of dislike and the twinkle in Dumbledore's eyes turned dark. All of a sudden, a sound akin to that of the sound of wind whistling through a tiny opening sounded from where the ghosts were floating and Nick and the Fat Friar looked to where Danny was obviously still invisible and answered in kind. Looking at each other, Dumbledore and McGonagall looked up at the ghosts as Danny came back into view, looking like he was about ready to punch something. It was Snape who broke the ensuing silence.
"Might I ask what that horrific noise was? Or is it too much to ask?"
"That, Severus, was our language. We only ever use it when we don't want humans to listen in. What young Phantom was saying is 'Who in the Ghost Zone is this Dolores?'" Binns said, looking like the humans had burst out laughing at some bad joke he had said. Looking at Danny, he saw that the young ghost was getting a bit tired and so he added, "Is there anywhere Phantom can rest? It has been a long flight and the time difference is going to be getting at him any time soon. He cannot maintain this form for much longer." That got the teachers puzzled, if not downright baffled, as they looked up at the teenager who was trying his hardest to stay floating.
"Yes, yes. Of course, He can stay in any house he wants. As long as he tells either myself or Professor McGonagall here." Dumbledore said, focusing his attention on the ghost teen as he reshouldered his backpack and floated lower to the ground. Smiling tiredly, Danny landed on the floor, muttering something that sounded like, "Skulker and Boxy keeping me up all night."
"You know, you never answered my question about Phan-Danny helping with Peeves?" Filius Flitwick piped up, causing the ghost's to look at one another and back at the group on the floor.
"He can help because he can manipulate Ectoplasm and direct it to however he wants it. That is what makes his type of ghost so dangerous, they are unpredictable. Which bring us back onto the Dolores issue. As he is a rare type of ghost, we wont tell how he is so different to the rest of us, just know this, he is easily offended and will lash out. We met an older one and he did just that, nigh on eighteen years ago now. Also, his species can change their appearance to look more human. We believe it's a built-in defence mechanism." Nearly Headless Nick answered for the rest of the ghosts as they saw a ring appear from around Danny's waist and he yelped and it fizzled out into sparks as he reopened his eyes, having closed them in concentration. That was the signal he needed to shoot back into the air and go over to Nick and the others and talk in the ghost language to them.
"Excuse us. Phantom has to rest." Nick said as they rushed out through the wall, Binns staying behind.
"Wonder what that was all about. The kid seemed like he was solid." McGonagall said, watching as the ghost's left The Grey Lady being the last one through the wall.
"Yes, that was most interesting, Minerva. Most interesting indeed." Dumbledore said, going over to the fire and stoking it, relighting it with a flick of his wand as the other teachers started discussing Phantom and how they could help.
"Perfect. Just what this school needs. A ghostly version of Potter." came the scathing remark.
"Well, I just hope that he's able to help, Severus. BEFORE Dolores brings in Fudge. We'll have to help in some way though." Flitwick squeaked, earning several teachers to agree with him, all of them looking at Snape as he slunk out of the Staff room and back to the Dungeons.
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And I've lost the thread. Sorry :(
The thing with Danny's shyness: I'm going with what I remember from the show and it just seemed like it was a good thing to add into the story. It has nothing to do with Danny being a wimp. He was just nervous and wanted out of there A.S.A.P.
Well thats that done and dusted. YAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYY! Sorry, just got back from walking the dog and my cheek are now rosy and cold.
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H.J.B.
