Drip...Drip...Drip…

I looked up to see my older sister holding a knife out to our parents. Fresh blood running from my wrists, my right hand held tightly by my sister's left as she glared viciously at our parents. Tonight was the night, this was my night. The night my parents actually considered me for adoption, and there was already a family waiting...unless my older sister had anything to say about it...

"YOU STAY THE FUCK BACK!" Jazz said defiantly as she waved the knife around, making sure her parents kept distance from her and her little brother. She couldn't believe it. This was it, she was going to lose her brother, Like Hell she will!

"Jazz let go of him, he has to go now." Maddie said with a stern look, not at all fazed by her daughter's antics. She doesn't know why this night turned so crappy. One moment they're having a normal day, the next they finally get a family who want Daniel. She thought her daughter would be delighted, but that seems quite the opposite at the moment.

"NO, YOU TELL THAT FAMILY TO FUCK OFF! DANNY IS STAYING HERE!"

Today was my Birthday, I thought it would be just like any other day like every year. My parents would "forget" or were "busy", and Jazz would take me to a park and play with me all day. However life knows how to play hilarious jokes, because my parents presented their gift to me. I was excited, I never really got anything from my parents, so when they said they had a surprise for me, I was overcome with joy.

It was a family...a new family…

My parents didn't want me. They never wanted me. I was an accident in their eyes, so they wanted to give me away like an animal in the pound. Give me away to any taker that'd take me. I couldn't take it...I ran to the kitchen, and I marked myself again. Could you blame though? After all this, ALL THIS, and I still wasn't wanted...my parents didn't care…but there was one question on my mind...

...Did my sister even care?...

GASP

I shot up into sitting position taking in my surroundings, I was still in the crater that I made when I was Phantom. An ear piercing sound instantly erupted from my head, successfully giving me a migraine in the process. "FUCK!" I yelled as the sound continued on for a few minutes.

However slowly the sound dissipated, allowing me to think once more. I looked up to see what time it was, only to deadpan at myself because the Ghost Zone doesn't have a reference for time. I stood up, wobbly, my legs feeling as if they'd give out on me any second, but I pushed through and climbed out of the crater.

Then the migraine once more came, and along with it...the memories of subjugation, torture, and cruelty.

I felt...sick…

I sat down on a nearby rock that I didn't destroy in my rampage. I took long breaths just to calm my racing heart that urged me to throw up. I looked at my hands and saw them shake violently. I clenched them, while closing my eyes and took in more deep breaths. In...out...in...out...in…...out

I opened my eyes again and just began thinking of what to do, but something caught my eye before that. I noticed the lack of black apparel I'm usually accustomed to, also known as, I'm in my human form.

I was about to change into my Ghost Form, but chose not to, and thought 'Vlad' I clenched my teeth together tightly. A man I once admired, a man who helped me through dark times, why would he resort to this. He changed me into a demon, his slave, his son to enslave the entirety of the Ghost Zone.

No...this ends tonight...Tonight will be a clash of titans, Phantom vs Plasmius…

I went into a ghostly bar, the newly fixed door creaking, alerting everyone of my presence, and what I heard made me feel guilty. Gasps...whispers...and finally…

"WHOOOO! THE HALFA BOY IS BACK!" One ghost cheered as he and several others came to greet me. I was bombarded with questions, ranging from 'where were you?' to 'Did you finish off the Phantom?' Apparently they didn't associate Phantom with Danny, heh funny...

I saw people leave the pub, probably to alert the rest of the Ghost realm of my presence, but I couldn't have that...not yet...finally I spoke. "Listen...I understand what you all have been through, and I know you are all excited but I need to tell you all something first…" I said as I stepped onto the bar.

My tone of voice dropped to a somber one as I looked on sadly at each and everyone of them. "Vlad has taken captured and subjugated all of the most well known ghosts around, I need your help to free them…" Everyone cheered in agreement, willing to help the ghost child and his goals, if it meant be ridding Vlad from control. But one ghost had a question.

"And how exactly think we do that? Everyone of the ghosts if not kept in his castle (noted) are kept on a collar only designed to be removed by Phantom and Vlad's energies?" I sighed at the question, my eyes switching from sadness to steeled as I looked at the questioner.

"Because…" Slowly a silver flame emerged from the bottom of me, covering me in a vortex that scared everyone around me. Whispers could be heard, hateful snarls could be heard, threats could be heard, but the one that struck me was 'of course'

"I'm Danny Phantom" I said as my shining toxic green eyes revealed themselves to the world after months of absence.

I stepped down from the counter, to the crowds which seemed to step back every time I took a step towards them. I looked down at the ground where some shards of glass have yet to be cleaned, and saw that my hair now was waving around like a flame in the wind.

Next thing I saw was everyone facing their arms at me. Red, Blue, Green, yellow, Every faction seemed to just unite against their one enemy. Me.

I knew this meant nothing, but I had to try, I needed their help if I were to overthrow Vlad. So I kneeled and bowed my head in a sign of submission. "I know sorry means nothing to you…" Their arms still faced me ready to strike.

"And I know what I've done for these last couple of months is unforgivable, but I want to try and make it up to you all. I will never forgive myself for this all, but I will also never forgive myself if I just lay here and do nothing to try and stop the regime...So I'm asking this as not Phantom…" A fiery vortex emerged and quickly dissipated leaving me in my human form. "..but as Daniel Fenton, human boy from the human world to help me liberate the ghost zone, and free all the captives from Vlad Plasmius…"

I heard the ecto-rays power down as every ghost there put their arms down. The man who questioned me before stepped up in front of me, giving me a good look as to what he looked like.

He was draped in a dark blue cloak, a watches on each of the wrists of his gloves. He had a staff that had a clock on it, and a grandfather clock built into his chest. He had red eyes with one eye scarred. After my examining of his appearance, he spoke.

"I Clockwork, Ghost of time. Agree to help you child, However when we win...you will stand trial for your actions, and receive ghostly punishment as decided by the council." I stood from my kneeled position and saw that clockwork was a full head or torso taller than me. Every ghost in the pub waited on baited breath to see what my response would be, this reply would determine if I get help or not, but there was only one thing I could say. I smiled with a determined look in my eyes.

"I accept these conditions."

It had been quite some time since Daniel left to capture the rogue ghosts Kitty and Johnny. Vlad was actually beginning to worry. He never took this long, he never took long at all. However when he heard his ghost alarm ring, he let out a sigh of relief. 'He's home.'

However what he didn't expect was the door to his study get ripped open as a human form Daniel entered the room. 'Strange…' He was about to say something, but a thing about his son's appearance threw him off. He didn't exude the smugness and arrogance he usually did...no something was off.

"Hello Father" His eyes narrowed at the emphasis of the word Father, no something happened to his son...did Johnny and Kitty have something to do with it?

"Son." Vlad said with a nonchalant expression as he looked further at his strangely acting son. Reaching into his desk, he put his hands around a ghost collar. 'When I get close enough...I'll use my ghost stinger then attach the subjugation collar…'

'I will have my son back.'

Walking with his hands behind his back, he sees me not take a step back. 'Interesting' He got up close, and looked me directly in the eye. "How was your mission?"

"A failure." I said with a smirk. Vlad's brows furrowed as he continued to stare.

"But you never fail."

"There's a first time for everything." I laughed a little on the inside, which made Vlad take the initiative. He brought his hand from behind which held the collar, while simultaneously attempting to grip my throat with his other hand. What he didn't expect was me rolling under his outstretched hand and delivering a kidney punch that made him double over and drop the collar.

"In..sol..ent BRAT!" Vlad was furious, he didn't know how, but he will get his son back. But he didn't have time to recover as a well aimed roundhouse made him fly back into his study, knocking down books and shelves.

"Wow very original Father, did you get that one from Tetanus the metal disease ghost?" I dodge a series of red ecto-rays with somersaults to the left and right. I leaned back as a ghostly clad Vlad Plasmius emerged from the book pile to deliver a right hook to my face. However he finally hit me when he swung his left arm to release an ecto-wave, making me fly back into the hallway.

"Now Daniel…" Vlad said as he picked up the collar on the ground. "...all will be fine, just let me help you."

'Help me?' My eyes narrowed with disbelief "Help? HELP ME?! You subjugated me! You made me your slave! All for what?! TO FIND A VEGETABLE GHOST?!" I stood up in anger as my raven black hair began to wave around ominously.

Vlad thought he could blitz me, take me while I ranted; but this wasn't the Daniel he faced months ago. No...this was the Daniel he trained in his ghost powers and fighting style...his mistake.

CRACK

Vlad's neck did a full 180, making a large cracking sound throughout the room. His body flew back a couple meters as his body laid lifelessly on the ground.

"Get up." I said as I saw the body began to horrifically realign its neck, Vlad's face showing no amusement, yet of calculation.

"You still haven't even turned into your ghost form...why?" I stood there, a smirk slowly making its way onto my face.

"I don't need it to beat you." Vlad snarled but inwardly seethed. 'There's something he's hiding...what could it be...I must force him into it...but how?' He smiled.

"Jazzlyn…" My eyes narrowed, what's he up to?

"She was a wonderful test subject you know...so bright and innocent...what college did she go to again? Harvard?" My eyes flashed green for a quick moment.

'No! He's just trying to get in my head. Stay Calm Danny, Stay Calm...'

Suddenly Vlad walked back to his desk, and grabbed a newspaper. "Too bad fate would not have it that way…"

"What are you say-" The newspaper flew in the air and hit the floor in front of me. My eyes widened in horror.

MISSING GIRL: JAZZ FENTON AGE 20 MYSTERIOUSLY DISAPPEARS AFTER HIGHWAY COLLISION, NO BODY FOUND

Please if you know her whereabouts contact local authorities

I heard it. "Heheheheh" I looked up to see Vlad chuckling.

"What...did you do…" My eyes wide in disbelief, but Vlad continued to chuckle. I saw red as I quickly got in front of him and slammed him to the floor. "WHAT DID YOU DO TO HER?!"

I repeatedly slammed him, not breaking a sweat as my adrenaline fueled rage continued to boil at an all time high. I punched his face till it was bloody,I punched his jaw until my knuckles bleed, everything was a mixture of green ectoplasm and red blood. But...he...was still laughing…

Vlad spat out blood onto the floor as he looked at me with his bloodied and bruised face. "Heh I guess you can't save everyone right Hero?" I backed away mortified, Vlad seemed to get taller as he rose to his feet. "I don't need you anymore Daniel, you've done everything I needed you to do." He began to walk towards me, I backed away further.

"I have the Ghost Zone in my grasp, and you know what will be next?" I hit the wall behind me, Vlad shot his arm out and gripped my throat. "The human world…"

Vlad tightened his grip on my throat, I now couldn't breathe. "I'll be sure to tell your parents about your accident, they'll surely understand why I 'stopped' you." Vlad got the reaction he finally wanted, but he didn't expect it to be so violent…

WOOOOOOSH

A flaming silver vortex appeared before Vlad, burning his hand in the process. 'What the hell?' When the flames died down, I was in my Black hazmat suit, but with new silver lines on the collar, shoulders, and sides. The gloves and boots now had a green trim, with my symbol shining toxic green.

'What happened to him?'

"You wanted me…" My hair blowing in the wind to resemble a calming fire, I opened my eyes to show the world the radioactive green in them. "You got me."

Vlad just gave a light chuckle. "So this is all that awaited me? A new costume and differently moving hair? Very quaint." Vlad shot out and attempted to grab me, only for me to judo flip him onto the ground.

"I'm done playing Vlad." I twisted his arm making a huge cracking noise erupt from the joint.

"ARGH!"

"All the afterlives you made suffer, all the lies you've told, did you ever really care?" I grabbed him by his leg and threw him to the wall, making him go through it. I see him get up and clone himself five times, they now surrounded me with an angry snarl.

"GHOSTS DESERVE TO SUFFER!" All Vlad's said in unison as they shot ecto-rays. I erected a ghost shield around me to block all attacks. It work for the time, but I could see the shield slowly beginning to wane. 'I need to merge them all back to one!' Thinking fast, my eyes began to glow a brighter green as my shield expanded into a mini explosion, successfully knocking all the Vlad's back.

"No they don't." I saw all the Vlad's return to the original, as the original looked on at me with distaste and anger. "You can't judge the pot of cookies by one of them."

'Wow I really need to work on my one liners.'

Vlad struggled to get up on one knee, as he responded. "Every last one of them is evil! Do you know how many times they tried conquering this world?! As a halfa, you should see the benefit of a ruler being both ghost and human!"

Vlad then stood, the pain in his legs long forgotten. "I'm what the world needs. And if you don't see that, then you are lost." Suddenly my eyes widened as I see his leg step on a hidden pressure plate. It sends a collar in my direction, attaching itself onto my neck shocking me, and making me fall to the ground in agony.

"Electricity...your weakness." Vlad said as he began walking towards me, stopping a few feet away from my pain stricken body. "We'll meet again, and trust me...It won't be like this time."

I saw him fade into the ground as I held onto dear life, the collar getting tighter and tighter as I attempt to pry it off. "RAHHHHHH!" I let out a final cry as I break the collars hold. My breathing was labored and my eyes drooped, I was never this tired before...Parts of my suit reverted back to human form and quickly changed back. I stood up shakily as I took in deep breaths. "That was easy...gasp...no sweat" I looked towards the area Vlad faded into. "Now, the hard part."

Vlad flew into his lab, and what he saw infuriated him. A Daniel, presumably a clone was letting all the prisoners with the help of other ghosts. "GET BACK INTO YOUR CAGES YOU ANIMALS!" The clone of me looked at Vlad with wide eyes as he looked back at the escapees.

"RUN GET OUT AS QUICKLY AS YOU CAN!"

"CHILD WE NEED COVER!"

"I GOT IT!"

But before anyone could react Vlad shoved his hand through the clones body. "No you don't." All the escapees who saw this, ran to the portal, only for them to be blocked by ten other Vlads. They all began to back away, thinking this was the end. "I already said to get back into the cells…and the day I've just had, I don't have anymore patience." The Vlads began charging up their respective ecto-rays and fired. Only for a huge explosion to ring through the room.

BOOOOOM

When the dust cleared, they saw me covering all of them with a ghost shield. "Is...gasp...Everyone...gasp... Oh God I feel like dying...Alright?" I smiled a weak smile. I then closed my eyes as I looked at the old man from before. "Clockwork can you shield these ghosts while I take on Plasmius?"

Clockwork nodded only for a ghost to put their hand on my shoulder, it was a fiery blue haired girl with a black tank top, sleeve, and black rocker jeans and boots. She had black makeup around her eyes and purple lipstick. Although the guitar she carried would capture anyone's attention, it was her shining green eyes that seemed to call to me. 'Beautiful…'

However I was taken back as I felt my shield began to tear down. "Listen dipstick, you don't know us well, and we appreciate you trying to save us all; but this time we're helping your ass." All the ghosts cheered in agreement, as I felt energy fill my body. I see all the ghosts holding each others hands (albeit begrudgingly) and the blue fiery haired girl focusing it all into me.

'Not all ghosts are bad...Vlad failed…' My eyes widened and narrowed as a smirk danced its way onto my cheeky face. "YOU FAILED!" I said with exuberance. "NOT ALL GHOSTS ARE BAD YOU FRUIT LOOP!" My shield glowed a brilliant green as it exploded in energy. The Vlads flew back, but didn't go back to the original like last time.

"Clockwork." The cloaked ghost look to me with a calculative expression. "Get these ghosts out of here, I'll deal with Vlad." He nodded in agreement as he began erecting an ecto-shield around the ghosts, only for the blue haired girl from before be grabbed by one of the vlads.

"NO!" I yelled as the nine other Vlads faced me, all blocking the one which held the girl. 'He's the original.' I looked at Clockwork, who understood what I meant silently. 'Get these ghosts out now.'

As Clockwork and the other ghosts began leaving, the Vlads attempted to get past me; so they could breach and get to the other ghosts, but not on my watch. "NEVER!" I punched a Vlad in the face so hard his head exploded, "AGAIN!" I split kicked two Vlads, making them dissipate.

"WILL I TRUST" I took some hit to the solar plexus, making me breathe with struggle, but in the process took out four Vlads. "A VAMPIRE!" I finished off my sentence by grabbing two vlads and slamming their heads into each other, making them explode in ectoplasm.

I stood there struggling to stand, my eyesight blurry, but I knew my goal. Get that girl to safety.

Vlad stood there impressed, although those clones only had one hit in them before they were defeated, they still packed a mean punch. 'If only he had sided with me...shame…' He looked at me with an evil glint in his malicious eyes, he had something planned. "Depower now."

I stood there incredulously. "What did you sa-"

"Depower now or the girl dies." He said as he began charging a ghostly bomb in one hand. "Her head will make a bigger explosion than my clones."

I narrowed my eyes in defiance, but as soon as he changed the bomb into a stinger I knew I had to power down. "AHHHHHHHHHH" I heard the girl yell as the stinger was shot through her head.

"OKAY, OKAY YOU WIN! Just please stop hurting her..." I said as I looked down at the ground and a fiery vortex emerged, but as soon as it came, it was gone, leaving me in my human form for Plasmius to see.

"Tsk...tsk... Have you learned nothing my apprentice?" Vlad said as he threw the girl into the air, my eyes widened as I ran to catch her. I saw Vlad charge up an ecto-ray that shined a very dark crimson red. My mind raced as it flashed back to my spirit bomb, this thing would kill her!

I didn't have time to change into my ghost form, so when I caught her, I blocked her, I protected her, I wasn't too late...I wasn't too late...I wasn't too...late…

Unbelievable pain coursed through my body, it was like getting struck by lightning fifteen times at the same place. I had no protection, no resistance, my ghost healing was trying to help, but the blast kept on coming, until finally they stopped.

I landed on one knee, the girl being cradled in my arms. My back scoring 3rd degree burns, as I felt my ghost powers working overtime to attempt to keep me awake. The exhaustion from before all catching up to me as I stared at the girl before me. She looked to be in pain as the ghost stinger still racked through her body. I frowned as I looked back at an angry looking Vlad.

"WHY MUST YOU PROTECT THEM ALL? JUST LET THEM DIE!" Vlad said with hatred as he charged up two more beams, ready to finish off his now dead to him Godson and the Blue flame haired girl. "THEY ARE ALL BAD!"

"No...They're not bad…" I looked back at him as my raven hair back waving around like a fire.

Vlad was taken back by my green eyes as I turned around, they were the same as a few months ago, but there was something else, a certain anger in them...it was just like...it was like...his eyes widened 'Phantom...'

"You are." Two silver rings appeared as a swirling vortex flame appeared, it exposed to the world my new costume and I got ready my final attack…

My Ghostly Wail

"WAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH" It sounded like thunder claps in stormy nights, it shook the earth like a magnitude eight earthquake, it made Vlad fly back by the pressure and sound, depowering him and make him shake in his tux. This was something else...this was stronger than anything he's ever seen. Finally Vlad succumbed to his injuries, and passed out from over exertion.

I however, fell to one knee depowered and fatigued, that wail took everything else I had in me. I would have taken a nap, but there was clean up duty to do. I grabbed a nearby collar from the broken up floor of the lab, and attached it to Vlad. I looked around and saw the handcuffs he used on ghosts to not make them able to move or do anything, so I attached two of them to his arms and legs. I then went to the side of the blue haired fiery hair girl and let her head lay on my lap. I looked at her face to see she was still feeling the affects of the ghost stinger, so with what little power I had left, I did ectoplasmic healing on her, successfully negating the effects of the stinger, and finally letting her rest. The last thing I remember before I passed out was the easy smile that brushed across her face as the sandman put me under his spell aswell.

It had been three hours since my parent's reveal of the new family that was adopting me. My sister however changed their mind, and they decided to keep me. I didn't know what to feel about my mom, I didn't know what to feel about my dad. What I did know was that my sister cared about me. She really cared about me. And even though we had disagreements during the divorce, I still care about her.

I don't like remembering many things from my childhood, but the things I do like are memories about my sister. She taught me how to be human, to show love, to be generous, to be kind. She taught compassion, it took me a while to accept these demons, but I'm glad I did.

I love you sis.

Thank you for a Great Birthday.

AND THAT WRAPS UP chapter 16. Holy crap was this a long overdue chapter, I apologize for such a long wait, I always had time but decided not to do it because I was doing something else like going to the gym or working on my Halloween Costume. I'm happy as to how this chapter was completed, and hope you all enjoyed it. LEAVE COMMENTS SUGGESTIONS OR REVIEWS, I'll be sure to get back to yall in the next one.

REVIEWS:

TiberiumSnow: Well I hope I answered your question when Amber 'ember' McLain shows up. :D Thank you for the compliment

Killer Queen Bites Za Dusto: I plan to make their relationship as organic as possible, but I don't have that much experience writing relationship dialogue, so who knows lol.