Disclaimer: Danny Phantom is property of Butch Hartman and Nickelodeon.

Chapter 3: Conference

Danny collapsed in a chair, turning back into Fenton the second he was down. Sam turned back soon after while Dani floated above them, still having energy left to maintain her ghost form.

Sam murmured, "You remember what's going to come next don't you?"

Danny groaned, "Diplomatic meetings that are going to turn my human hair grey."

"Come on we need to fly home."

"Can't we just call Jazz?"

"Date night."

"Tucker?"

"He went off grid tonight, said he wanted to work on some weapons uninterrupted."

With that he got up and the family went home not at all look forward to the next day.

Linebreak*

Danny woke early the next morning. Getting up, he mourned the loss of his sleep and went to defeat Skulker. Dreading the pain Skulker would inflict on him. However, Danny arrived only to see Skulker holding Ember's wrist while Ember struggled to get away. Danny felt himself become angry. Ember had become like another sister to him and he was protective of the women in his life. He tried to calm himself, knowing his emotion spike would wake Sam, but he already felt her, unfolding in his mind like a blooming flower.

Danny? Is something wrong?

Danny sighed

Skulker's messing with Ember again.

Sam growled, and Danny felt an extra burst of anger flood through him. Sam was next to him not a minute later. Her hand came up, full of seeds. Danny grinned, he loved this trick of hers. Sam threw the seeds landing them in cracks in Skulker's armor. Since it was not his actual skin, Skulker did not feel it. Sam lifted her hands and from Skulker's armor sprouted vines that began to rip it apart. Skulker's ectoplasm form popped out into Ember's hand. Ember looked at them, grateful.

Ember inclined her head, "Thanks Danny."

"Am I not your king, are you not one of my sister's beloved, one of her mates?"

Ember blushed, yet smiled at the reminder of her new happiness.

Sam shooed her away, "I'm sure the two loves of your afterlife are waiting for you."

"What about Skulker?"

Danny smirk, "Looks like the royal dungeons finally have a resident."

Sam shook her head, "Well we have to go back to sleeping so go on."

Ember flew off. Danny watched her go then turned to Skulker now in Sam's hand. Danny pulled out a Fenton thermos.

"Unfortunately since you chose to come out so early you have to stay in the thermos for a while."

Skulker squeaked, "You will regret this ghost child, I will have your pelt."

Danny rolled his eyes and used the thermos to shoot a concentrated beam at Skulker.

Danny clipped the thermos onto his jumpsuit and Sam hugged him, "That all?"

"Yeah, you can go back to bed while I do a patrol if you want."

"You can barely stand sleepyhead, let's just let Dani do it like she's been begging to."

Danny pouted, but agreed, Sam was right and Dani needed the practice. She was better at fighting but she wasn't at the right skill set yet. They flew away, never noticing the camera recording, or the stunned man behind it.

Next Day*

Dani floated above her parents watching as they got ready for school.

Dani whined, "What am I supposed to do while you guys are in school?"

Sam shrugged, Dani was rarely with them when school was going on, "Float above us, watching only, or you could patrol the town."

"So long as that's all you do, no playing around, someone might try to hurt you."

Dani nodded seriously, deciding to follow her parents. She had gotten to patrol last night and while she had fun, she knew the enemies she struggled with tended to come out during the day. Danny and Sam started to walk to school, Valerie catching up to them soon. With a yawn she nodded thanks to them.

Tucker caught up with them halfway to school, "Thanks for letting me relax guys."

Danny and Sam nodded, "We know you need to just get away sometimes Tucker."

Tucker had confessed to wondering if he was aromatic. He often got frustrated with his inability to just know and needed to be alone. At first he'd snap at them for no reason, but then Danny and Sam suggested a day alone so he could relax and think, just be away from people. It helped.

Valerie asked, "Where's Dani?"

Danny pointed above them where Dani appeared for a few seconds before turning invisible again. Danny in turn asked her, "Did Jazz and Ember manage to get to the portal early enough this morning?"

Valerie nodded relaxed, "They said they'd call when they got to Phantom Manor."

After a few moments of quiet, Tucker soon turned the conversation to what everyone had done after the news report.

Once they had gotten seated, Mr. Lancer calmly look around the class and asked, "What is going on in the world today that affects you?"

Everyone except the foursome raised their hands. Mr. Lancer called on Dash.

"Yesterday Phantom did a broadcast to the world where he answered some questions about himself."

Everyone in the class started talking trading information on what they had seen or heard. Mr. Lancer let it go on for a while, but soon he had to call for them to quiet down.

"It has been speculated that Mr. Phantom lied about being king, late last night this video of him, his wife, and another ghost interacting was caught and sent to a news channel."

Mr. Lancer cut on the video. It showed Danny and Sam helping Ember with Skulker and their conversation after. Valerie growled quietly when she saw Skulker. Luckily a few other girls had too when they saw the way Skulker had been holding Ember's wrist. When the video cut out, the class started whispering among themselves.

Sam could her things like, "Phantom has a sister." "Was that Ember the pop star? Did she die?"

"Who's the blue guy?"

Mr. Lancer let them speculate for a few more minutes then cleared his throat.

"After this video was released confirming that Mr. Phantom was in fact king of the ghost zone, the president broadcasted this video."

Mr. Lancer put another video in the tv. The president walked onto a stage and cleared his throat, getting everyone's attention then he took a sip of water. He looked into the camera.

"After the live broadcast yesterday, I talked with my cabinet members. Before the existence of ghost had been scuffed at, a fantasy we told our children to get them to stay in bed at night. Now however there is proof that ghost exists. Some of you may not believe what I say to be true. Even those of you who have seen the videos will claim them all fakes, but I stand before you if a sane mind telling you ghost do exist."

He paused letting America accept this.

"You may believe me you may not but, the facts are this, as soon as that broadcast was on I sat and watched as a teenager, with gray hair and glowing green eyes, floated and told the story of his family and his afterlife. I know what you're thinking wires, contacts, hair dye, but I had expert after expert watch the same broadcast and tell me if he was lying. Each one of them said the same thing, he is telling the truth."

"After what was revealed of our connection to this ghost zone, I can only call for a show of peace. America is asking that the leaders of the world gather here in the White House in three days for a two day summit and if Mr. Phantom has seen my broadcast that he come to us so that we may sign a contract, a peace agreement that will benefit both our kinds."

Sam and Danny traded a glance, Danny had heard it all right, but all the leaders of the world would be far too tempting for any of the ghost in the ghost zone.