Oliver's Army

Based on a prompt by Gothmoth

Maddie and Jack discover their son is the Ghost King but still don't know he's Phantom.


It was the discovery of the century and they had to tell somebody about it. If only that someone wasn't Jazz...

"We made an amazing discovery, Jazzy-pants!" said Jack.

Jazz, who was reading a book, rolled her eyes.

"We found out exactly why ghosts are evil!" said Maddie.

Jazz slowly looked up. Without a change in expression, she said "Do tell."

"The ghosts have a king that they take orders from!" Jack explained excitedly, "If we slay the king, everything will work out like clockwork, and we never have to worry about ghosts again!"

"Then what'll you do?" Jazz asked.

"Jazz honey," said Maddie, "I agree your father didn't think that far either, but let him have this, okay?"

Jazz stood up. She shut her book and set it down on the table.

"So who's the ghost king?"

"I dunno," said Jack, "Something named Pariah Dark…"

"Oh, you haven't heard?" said Jazz, "Your old nemesis Phantom already slain him a while back. Now the ghosts are searching for a successor."

"He WHAT?" the parents gasped.

"C'mon, Madds," said Jack, grabbing a weapon, "We're goin to the lab!"


When they arrived at the lab, Jack and Maddie were in for a different shock (Jazz was indifferent). There was Sam, her smartphone camera aimed at a blob of gelatinous ectoplasm with Danny's (Fenton, not Phantom) head sticking out the top. Tucker stood off to the side.

"And action!" Sam whispered loudly.

"I AM THE GHOST KING!" Danny declared, "KING OF THE GHOSTS!"

Tucker stepped forward and surrounded the ectoplasm with only his arms.

"PARIAH DARK QUIVERS BEFORE HIM!" Tucker yelled proudly.

Danny noticed his parents (and Jazz) standing in the stairway.

"F*** OFF!" Danny said to them, though this was already part of the act.

Jack and Maddie, stunned, slowly walked back up the steps and shut the door in front of them. Jazz, however, walked down to the trio.

"When're we gonna tell them this isn't a joke, that you really are the new ghost king?" Jazz asked, concerned.

"When I tell them I'm Phantom," said Danny.

"Soooo…never?"

"C'mon, Jazz," said Sam, "Let the king have his fun. As far as everyone else is concerned, this is just another YouTube video waiting to go viral."

She, Danny and Tucker pulled a three-way high five. Jazz just rolled her eyes.