Disclaimer: I don not own Danny Phantom or Teen Titans. Otherwise both would still be running.
Morning. The sun rose from the horizon and its light shone through the leaves of the forest trees. Some rays danced against the glass of a wooden abode, the curtains blocking them from entering inside the bedroom.
The room was shrouded in soft darkness, what light that could get in leaving a faint glow on the window. The blue curtains had specks of white, like a star-night sky. The walls were painted a soft ice-blue with a streak of black and white at the bottom. The hardwood floor was clean, surprisingly enough.
A dresser was in one corner, a desk next to it with a closed laptop and a black rolling chair. A few photos were on the desk, one showing a much younger Danny Fenton playing with his older sister in the park of Amity Park. Another one showed him at age 13 with his two best friends, all three making the peace symbol. Lastly there was one showing Danny when he was 16, together with his two friends before they left. A finale goodbye-gift.
The bed was in the center of the room, a dresser at it's right between the wall with the window and the bed. A lamp styled like the moon was in one corner, an alarm clock looking like a NASA space-rocket at the front, in the other corner a picture showing Danny and Dani playing together in the forest, a second showing the younger Fenton/Phantom smiling wide as she was holding a stuffed toy from a carnival game. It was a neon-green ghost.
The blanket ruffled slightly as the person inside, Danny Fenton, started waking up from his sleep. Summer-vacation was ending soon, but he had been thinking a lot about it. Dani doesn't go to school, he has been home-teaching her, but how will he work school out for himself? He can't pay good attention with ghosts going around, bullies to avoid and taking care of a young teen. Granted, Danielle can take well care of herself, but that's just his over-protective-self sounding the alarms.
As he stirred softly, his eyes fluttered open. He squinted as he tried to see the hour on the clock, and with his sleepy mind he could read 8:34. Good, he's up earlier then Dani.
He slowly got up from his bed and stumbled to the dresser, yawning as he opened it and looked for something to wear. He grabbed a blue shirt and grey jeans along with his red-white sneakers. Changing in his clothes, he stifled a yawn before rubbing his eyes a little. God, he needs his morning tea, alright.
He softly walked into the hall that connects his room, Danielle's room and the bathroom to the combined living room, dining room and kitchen. He was able to get to the combined room softly and entered the kitchen area. He opened the cabinet where he knew he kept his tea-bags. Taking a cup and putting on some hot water, he also grabbed some bread for the toaster and a pot with jam. A simple, energetic breakfast.
At the moment he took his tea and the plate with his smeared toast to eat at the table, a yawning Dani walked into the room, her pj's still on and her hair disheveled. He stifled a laugh and instead went for a snort. She offered him a morning glare and went to grab her own breakfast.
Soon both members were eating at the table. Danny was holding his cup of tea in one hand, takin the occasional sip, as he read the morning news from a tablet in his other hand. The sound of birds outside filtered through the walls and windows as the light danced in the room thanks to the leaves swaying in the wind. A calm, peaceful morning. Enjoyable.
Danielle finished her breakfast before leaving to get changed. He smiled at her as she walked back to the hall, before he returned to read the morning news. As he scrolled down, he fell on an international news-article.
"Teen Titans expand: Nearly 30 heroes spotted in Jump City."
Huh, who knew that there were so many heroes in the world? How many villains could there be for them to fight? He already has his hands full with the ghosts from the Ghost Zone. His eyes fell on a picture showing the Titans. The group of five stood proud, and a bit further in the back was one of their members: Raven, the 'dark' titan, as people called her.
He knew that she was Sam's favorite of the Titans, she looks a lot like a goth. Danny could only agree, but when he noticed her eyes, he couldn't help but think that they looked a lot like Sam's.
Dammit, he had moved on from her, right? Sure, they're still friends, but… Why does he keep on thinking about her then? He shook his head a little and refocused on drinking his tea. His toast was finished, but the cup was still a bit full.
When he finished, Danielle came back into the room. She was wearing a blue jeans, red shirt with the DP logo on and a dark-blue jacket over it. He arched a brow at the jacket, and she told him she was going for a short hike.
"Just make sure you don't get lost." Danny said with a half-hearted smile. She smiled back at him, not saying anything about the serious undertone. She left the house and closed the door before going off for her morning hike. She sometimes did that when the weather allowed, even though they could easily fly anywhere they like.
Still, they're human for a part. They have to train and maintain their physical condition. Stay in top-form so they can fight. Of course, they practice their powers, but physical training was also needed, like hiking or lifting weights. Although their weights consist of fallen trees and heavy boulders at the river.
As he finished checking the news, he left for his room and opened his laptop. He checked the hour and smiled as he started Skype. Time to see if Sam wants to talk.
Danielle jumped over another fallen tree. This one was big, and she mused if it could be a possible weight for her to try and lift. What is she thinking, she can practically bench-press a car, of course a tree will work!
The black-haired girl liked to hike, it's a remnant of her time as wanderer. She would go around the world and check all sorts of things. She once had a run-in with a mall-cop, and was able to convince him to pay her with sweets in exchange for leaving the mall alone.
As she passed a few large boulders in the ground, she thought back to a time a year ago. She was traveling through the badlands of America when she ended up taking shelter in a cave from some freaky sized-up scorpions. She soon found, though, that she wasn't alone in the cave. Another girl, a bit older then her, was also sheltering in the cave.
They talked, and she learned more about the girl. She had blonde hair and blue eyes, and was wearing some heavy-duty gloves and had a pair of goggles. Her name was Terra, or at least that's what she said, but she wasn't sure about that completely. But what could she complain about?
Either way, they talked and quickly became good friends. When the coast seemed clear, they each went their separate ways, though. That was the last she heard about the young blonde girl.
She stopped at the edge of the river. Further up-stream was the dam they use to produce electricity and clean water. Down-stream it would flow around a bit until mouthing into a little lake. It was a small paradise, a small overhang from the ground, an old oak tree and a few bushes with edible berries. She would sometimes bring some when the season was right.
Her hike was after that a simple path back home.
Home, she never thought she would ever find it. But as the abode came back into view, she could only smile.
Home sweet home.
The sun was slowly setting in the distance, another calm and peaceful day ending. The moon was taking its place on the sky, the stars slowly appearing one by one. There weren't any clouds in the sky, so everything was very much visible.
Amity Park was slowly entering into late afternoon, and people were going home from work, or some were preparing for a nightly shift.
Cars were disappearing from the streets as many didn't have to go anywhere, even on the road leading into the town. All but a single, very advanced car was driving down the road. The T-Car, inside the Teen Titans. They had been driving the entire day, and finally they have reached the town of Amity Park.
"It doesn't look like much." Robin notes as they see the town from the top of a soft incline. Starfire leaned in from her spot in the back, her eyes focused on the town. Beast Boy looked from the center, and Raven watched the landscape from the window, not really interested in the town.
As they drove further, they entered the town. Not many people looked to see the car and the passengers inside, so at least they were saved from been spotted just now. The group took a stop on a parking lot next to a closed place called 'The Nasty Burger'. Everyone got out and started looking around.
"Where is he, Cyborg?" Robin asked as everyone gathered together on the sidewalk. Cyborg checked a screen on his arm, and started looking around a little before pointing in a certain direction.
They started heading that way, unknown to them a figure was flying through the air and heading into the same direction.
It was Danny Phantom, who was busy with his late afternoon patrol. So far the day had been calm, no ghost in sight. As he flew further, he came over the old part of town, the houses old and quite a few abandoned for decades. He noticed something strange, though. One building, an old factory with a large skylight, had light coming from inside. As he approached, his ghost-sense didn't go off. Still, he was curious what was going on here.
He phased through the wall and looked inside, shocked to find a massive machine, shaped like a gun. One end of the large barrel was pointed towards the skylight, a glass pane gone to allow it access outside. The other end had a massive collection of wires, some going to a control panel, a whole bunch leading towards a platform that seemed to be made to charge something.
Suddenly, a door opened, and in walked a man dressed in a white techno-suit. He was laughing to himself before he started speaking.
"Brilliant. No sight of the Teen Titans anywhere! And with my magnificent invention, I'll be able to draw power from the light of the moon! Soon, I, Doctor Light, will be unstoppable!" He finished by laughing like a real villain. It send a shiver down the halfa's spine, who does this guy think he is? And, did he mention the Teen Titans? Then he must be one of their villains! What's he doing here and not in Jump City?
Danny knew that the guy wasn't a ghost, but that still didn't stop his hero complex from stopping him. He went invisible and flew inside the building, checking the machine. It went far beyond his understanding, but at least he knew a few ways to dispose of it. One including a certain fist and the barrel's side.
As the man started firing up the machine, the barrel adjusted itself so it pointed at the moon, that was now going up higher as the afternoon turned into night. Danny was preparing to do something, when suddenly the wall was blasted to bits.
A hole was made, and standing in the new opening were the Teen Titans, ready for battle.
"Your plan is over, Dr. Light!" The leader, Robin, yelled. The rest of the team gave their own remarks, but their foe wasn't paying attention, as he made the final adjustments to the device.
"Au contraire, Titans! My plan has just started!" The villain countered as he activated the machine. From the barrel, a beam of energy shot out and traveled high into the sky, making contact with the moon. The wires started shaking as energy traveled through them and into the platform-like device. Dr. Light hooked a few wires into his suit on the platform, and the normally yellow light in his suit changed to a pearl white.
"Titans, go!"
Each Titan started attacking, but the crazy doctor erected a shield around himself and blocked every attack. Beast Boy turned into a T-Rex and tried to chomp down on the shield, but he only broke a few teeth instead. He turned back and opened his mouth, a single one falling out.
"Take that!" Cyborg shouted as he fired a sonic blast. It only bounced of the shield and hit the ceiling, blasting a small hole in it.
"Come out and fight like a man." Robin challenged as he unfolded his bo-staff. Doctor Light laughed as he lowered the shield, only to fire a powerful blast that slammed the staff from the wonder boy's hands.
"How's that for a fight?" The doctor called as he fired blast after blast. He dodged the starbolts fired by Starfire, countering with his own blasts that knocked her back into the wall.
"Starfire!" Robin shouts in worry at his girlfriend. Light takes advantage of the distraction to kick the boy wonder to the ground and aim a blast at the boy. Right before he can fire, though, he's pushed back by Beast Boy, who was in the form of a cheetah.
"I'm more of a dog-person." Light remarks as he fires the green cheetah into the ceiling. He jumps back up, and fires a blast right at Raven. She erects a black shield, but it can't hold against the powered-up Dr. Light, and she's forced back on the ground.
"No one can stop me now!" The doctor shouts as he claims victory over the Titans, who are trying to get back up from their defeat.
"Not so… Fast." Robin grunts as he gets back up, using his staff for support. Dr. Light laughs with the leader.
Cyborg tries to sneak to the machine, but he's suddenly blasted away by a strong energy beam from the doctor, who now has a scowl on his face.
"Nice try, Cyborg. But this marvel doesn't have a self-destruct, and I won't let you mess with my machines ever again!" He fires another blast, and the cyborg teen ends up in a hole in the wall, feet dangling out.
"Cyborg!" His teammates shout in worry. Starfire is quick to his side, helping the oldest member to get back up.
"Thanks, Star."
Everyone tries to get a hit on the Doctor, but he always dodges or fires a blast that they can't dodge in time.
Danny has been watching everything happen, and finally finds it's time to show himself. He lands at the controls and takes a quick look before figuring out what to do. He turns visible and smirks before shouting.
"Hey, Doctor Dumb! What's this button for?"
Everyone turns to look at him, and for a moment his nerves kick in as he realizes he also has the Titans their attention. Still, he has to keep the act up.
"What? W-who are you? Don't touch that!"
He presses the button, and immediately the machine starts making a strange sound.
"Whoops. Finger slipped."
"NOOOO!" Dr. Light shouts as the energy from his suit returns to the machine. After a few moments it stops, and his suit powers down, leaving him weak and defenseless. He drops to his knees as he watched his machine overload before smoke starts coming from certain parts. In one last tug the last bit of energy is drawn back, and the machine explodes.
The entire factory is left covered in dust and pieces of the device. Raven lowers her black shield just like Danny lowers his ecto-shield. Both parties look at each other before turning to the seething doctor, covered in sooth and dust.
"You'll pay!" He shouts before rushing to attack Danny. The halfa shrugs before firing a small blast from his finger, pushing the villain back and making him stumble, before the doctor lands on the ground, butt first.
"Oh! Burn!" Beast Boy laughs at the sudden fall of the villain. Robin walks up to the doctor, a pair of cuffs in his hands.
"Doctor Light, you're under arrest."
Danny watches with amusement as the former doctor is cuffed, his crazy smile from earlier wiped of his face. The Titans were about to talk with him when suddenly a blue wisp escapes his mouth in a gasp.
'Ghosts? Here?' He looks around frantically, trying to find the source. The Titans look at him worriedly, until suddenly from the ground a small group of specters appear. They look like men who carry all sorts of tools with them. One guy appears to be the leader, and he floats to the Titans with a seething look.
"Who dares disturb us?!" The ghost bellows as he flails the hammer in his hands around.
'Great, this place is haunted.' Danny sighs as he realizes the reason for the ghost's anger. "Hey, hey, guys. Let's not get to carried away. They were leaving anyways."
"No one leaves unpunished!" One ghost shouts.
"Yes, make them pay!" Another remarks.
"Sorry, but disturbing our eternal peace does not go by unpunished." The foreman says before rising his hammer. Quickly, the ghosts started charging to attack. Danny sighs before raising a shield, protecting himself and the Teen Titans.
They bash against the shield, and he strains under the pressure. He looks back at the Titans who are looking at him in shock. He rolls his eyes before grunting as the shield received a harsh punishing.
"A little help here?"
After a little moment, three of the Titans fly from under his shield to attack back. Starfire and Rave each fire some energy blasts at the ghosts, who are pushed to the ground. Beast Boy changed into a hawk and intends to slam into one, but instead he flies right through the spectral being. He lands into the ground and changed back, looking at them in bewildered shock.
"Why can't I hit them?"
"Their ghosts, that's why." Danny explains before his shield shatters to pieces. He growls in his throat before firing a strong ecto-blast at the foreman, blasting him into the wreck of the doctor his machine.
"G-g-ghost?! Yikes!" Beast Bot exclaims before turning into a little mouse, running around wildly and squeaking loudly. The ghosts look back down at him before screaming, one even as a little girl. They hurry back into the ground, leaving the heroes and caught villain staring at the ground in pure shock.
"Guess they don't like mice." Danny states dryly, arms crossed as he watches the rest recovering from the shock.
"Okay, okay. Let me get this straight. All those articles about ghosts are real? Ghosts are real?"
Cyborg was freaking out, something Danny understood why. They had never seen a real ghost before, and not just seeing them but also fighting them. That takes the cake, for them at least. Danny was floating in the air like he was lying on a sofa, arms crossed. He had started explaining things to the Titans, to his mental joy.
"Yep. I'm one too, but I fight other ghosts to protect the town." He explains further. The rest of the team was taking it in their own way, both Robin and Raven acting surprisingly calm.
"And you are?" Raven asks with her monotone voice. He rises a brow at her, but still answers her question.
"Danny. Danny Phantom."
"Well, Danny, thanks for helping us back there." Robin speaks up, extending a hand to the half-ghost. He raises both brows before shrugging and taking the hand, giving a firm shake. Inside he's freaking out that he just shook hands with the leader of the Teen Titans, but he kept his cool.
"You are a most wonderful boy! What is your favorite color? Where are you from? Do you want to be my friend?" Starfire exploded with questions, shocking the halfa. He flew a little back from the gushing redhead, directing a questioning look at the others.
"Star's like that, just role with it." Cyborg answers for their teammates acting. Danny gives a nervous nod before looking back at the Tamarian.
"…uhm, blue, I live here in Amity Park and, sure?"
She squealed in joy before grabbing him in a bone-crushing hug. He thought for a moment his spine snapped, and tries to get free from her hug. His head was slowly turning blue.
"C-can't…ugh, breath…Help!"
"Star, you're squeezing the living daylights out of him." Cyborg says, making her let go of the halfa, who takes a few deep breaths before his head returned to its normal, somewhat pale look. He sighs in relief. 'For a moment I thought I was going to die fully.'
Raven her eyes hadn't left their sights on the ghost. She had raid about them, and she knew that there was more to the paranormal then most people think, but seeing some, and fighting them? She had felt the spiritual energy coming from those ghosts, but there was something strange about him. He was more… Alive, in a sense. He had both spiritual and living energy, and when she tried reading his mind, his eyes darted to her for a second and she suddenly faced a barrier unlike anything she had ever seen before. Even his emotions were not visible for her, not like she senses them anyways.
'What are you hiding?' She thinks as the ghost interacts with her friends/teammates.
Danny had noticed, Raven is different. She had been looking at him for a while now, and suddenly he felt something in his mind. He quickly put his mental barriers up, protecting his thoughts. He had faced mind-readers before, and learned a trick to block the mind from being looked at.
He was talking with them about some of his achievements, and they had plenty of questions about how it's like, being a ghost, and fighting them.
"Why couldn't I touch them?" Beast Boy asks, the changeling really pissed off on that part.
"Uhm, ghost. Any physical attack from a human being phases right through them."
Danny looked at the sky to try and get his thoughts together and he blanches when he sees how late it is.
"Sorry, got to go. It was nice meeting you guys!" He quickly says before flying away. Just before he flies off, though, Robin calls for him. He flies back reluctantly, and the boy wonder takes a communicator from somewhere and shows it the half-ghost.
"Here. If you need our help or see something suspicious, calls us. We'll be staying here for a little while."
Danny takes the circular device and eyes it a bit warily before nodding, and he flies off, leaving the Teen Titans to return Doctor Light to the authorities.
The next day, Danny was walking through the town as Fenton, the communicator in the pocket of his jeans. Danielle was right next to him, humming to herself. In the open, she was his cousin, but in private they acted like father and daughter.
They were headed for the Nasty Burger, intend on grabbing a bite. As they arrived, both their eyes widened as they spot the T-Car parked on the parking lot. They look at each other before entering the burger joint.
He looks around inside, and spots the place where the Titans are seated. To his growing surprise, and great annoyance, Jazz is there as well with their parents. 'Great.'
"So, it's really fine that we can borrow some of your weapons?" Robin asks to ghost-hunters. The team met them when they wanted to prepare for another possible ghost-attack. They were directed to the Fentons, and they were talking about some weaponry against the ghosts.
"Of course, we'd love to lend you some of our weapons." Maddie said in her kind voice. She had freaked out a little when discovering THE Teen Titans wanted some advice about ghosts and maybe borrowing some weapons, but she had already calmed down. Her husband, Jack was more busy eating his burger. Jazz was watching to the side, her eyes sometimes flashing to Cyborg. He was her favorite of the team, but she tried not to act like a fangirl.
"Hey, Jazz."
She looked up from the table to spot her little brother approaching with his 'cousin'. Yes, she knew the real situation with Dani, but she supported him fully.
"Hey little brother, hey Danielle." She greets the two. Dani runs ahead a little before hugging the ginger head. The younger black-head leans in a little so she can whisper in the older girl's ear.
"Hey Aunt Jazz."
Jazz smiles at Dani before turning to her younger brother. He smiles warmly at her, but as he looks at their parents, his gaze freezes over, and she notices a flash of green in his eyes. 'Keep yourself together, Danny.'
"Mom, dad." Danny acknowledges his parents, but his gaze only holds hatred. As a human, they can't do him anything, so he knew they couldn't act.
"Daniel." Maddie states coldly, Jack didn't even look. The Titans share a few worried glances at the interaction between them.
"Wow, and I thought my mother was cold." Raven mutters under her breath. The others nod in agreement. Robin clears his throat a little, and Danny looks up to them, and his gaze melts immediately.
"Wow, never thought to see the Teen Titans here. I'm Danny. And this is Dani, my cousin."
The Titans raise an eyebrow in confusion.
"You're both called Danny?" Beast Boy asks in confusion. Danielle giggles a little before shaking her head.
"His full name is Daniel. My full name is Danielle, and when its Dani, you spell it with one 'n' and an 'I' at the end." She explains, and everyone nods as their eyes show their understanding. Danny sighs a little before looking around, his stomach growls a little, and Jazz smirks. Time to make it tougher for their parents.
"Come sit with us, Danny. There's still place."
Both older Fenton's their faces blanch as they register what their daughter had said. Danny eyes her warily, but she winks at him and he suddenly understands and smiles mischievously before he and his 'cousin' sit down at the table.
As the waiter comes to take their orders, there suddenly starts an argument between Cyborg and Beast Boy about what to eat.
"I said, the Meat Suprime!"
"No, the Veggie Fantastic!"
Danny sighs as he notices how the waiter waits with a few sweat-drops. He shakes his head and puts his hand up.
"One pizza normal, and one with one half meat and one half veggies."
The waiter breaths out in relief and takes the order and then he turns to the Fentons, who give their own order before the last of the Titans do. Cyborg and Beast Boy gawk at the halfa, and he shrugs.
"What, I have two friends who also always argued about that. I remembered the solution for that."
As they wait for their orders, the Titans have some talk among themselves and with the others. Jazz is quickly friends with Cyborg, to her hidden delight, and Robin is able to strike a deal with the older Fentons's. Raven had been eyeing Danny for a little while now, and in her head she took a mental image of him and inverted the color of his hair and colored his eyes green. She mentally gasped as she realizes who he really is, and why she feels spiritual energy radiating from him. Fenton is Phantom!
But, how can he be both alive and dead? She needs to get to the bottom of this. Maybe she can read his thoughts. She focused in on his mind, but his eyes dart back to her again and she faces the same barriers.
Great.
The group left the Nasty Burger. Jazz waved goodbye to her brother and Dani before joining her parents back to their house. Danny and Dani turn to the Teen Titans and offer a kind smile before saying their goodbyes.
"Wait, you aren't going with your parents?" Robin asks in confusion. Danny glares at him and the boy wonder holds his hands up in defense.
"They're not my parents. Not after they betrayed me."
Everyone looks at him shock with the way he said that so coldly. Raven raised an eyebrow. Dani her smile faltered and she looked around a little, trying to avoid eye-contact.
Danny was about to leave, but he was stopped by a black energy wrapping around his wrist.
"I want to ask you something. Privately." Raven said as she walked closer to him. Dani looked at him, and he nodded for her to already go ahead. She mouthed a 'be safe' before leaving.
Raven walked to the back of the parking lot and behind a few containers with trash. Danny followed behind her and crossed his arms when they arrived, one eyebrow high to show his question.
"You're him, aren't you?"
"Who?" He asks a bit warily. 'She can't have…'
"You're Danny Phantom, the guy from yesterday."
'Dammit.'
He sighed in defeat, and looked back at her, eyes glowing green. That was all she needed to know.
"How are you able to become a ghost?" She asks, her voice calm, but with a curious undertone. He caught on the undertone and a faint smile tugged at his lips.
"I'm a half-ghost. My parents build a portal into the Ghost Zone, but it didn't work. I checked it out, and accidentaly turned it on with me inside." He explained, allowing her to figure the last part out on her own.
And she did. Raven her mind quickly clicked the pieces together. His DNA mixed with the ectoplasm from the portal thanks to the large charge of electricity. But…
"That should have killed you."
"It did, half of me." He said, and she snickered a little.
"Funny."
He smiled that she noticed the joke, but quickly cleared his throat.
"You… Won't tell the others, right?" He asked, a little nervous. She looked him over, before nodding. She understood the importance of keeping secrets, and knew that this is one to keep.
He sighed in relief. At least he could trust her with a secret. Her face turned a bit more serious, though. She had another question.
"What do you mean with 'they betrayed me'?"
He gulped. Of course she had more to ask him. He sighed a little as he remembere what happened.
"They caught on to me. I told them what happened, but they didn't stop hunting me. They really believe all ghosts are evil, even... me."
She didn't show it much, but a vain was pulsing in her head and she was really trying to keep herself under control. How dare they treat their own son like that?! She took a deep breath to calm herself.
"I'm really sorry." She said, the compassion radiating from her. He smiled at the dark titan and shrugged.
"Thanks for caring. If that's all, though, I'll be going."
She nodded, and after a quick goodbye they parted ways.
Author's note: I always thought that Raven was the smartest of the group. So, she would obviously be the first to figure out Danny's secret. And come on, Fetnon, Phantom, how come no one saw it?!
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