Jazz slowly got to her feet. Her parents helped her, Jack holding her up. They then turned to Danny who refused to make eye contact with them.

"I'm still your son. I'm half-ghost," he mumbled, breaking the tense silence. Jack and Maddie stared at him in disbelief.

"Half ghost?" Maddie repeated softly. Danny nodded slowly, not wanting to frighten or provoke his parents in any way.

"I was inside the portal when I turned it on. The switch is on the inside," Danny told them nervously feeling that he needed to explain.

Both parents were speechless.

"I thought we fixed that," Maddie whispered. Danny shook his head. Jazz gently took the map hanging limply from her father's hand and scanned it.

"There's a viewpoint just up ahead. We can go there to talk," Jazz suggested. Danny nodded, grateful to get a chance to escape his parents' stares and changed to his human form. His parents' eyes went wide as they watched their number one ghost enemy become their son. Danny then led the way up the path towards the viewpoint, Sam and Tucker rushing after him.

"You all knew. How long?" Maddie demanded, her husband was still too stunned to speak. Jazz bit her lip.

"Quite a while mom. Come on. We should get going before they get too far ahead of us," Jazz replied and nudged her father to start walking.

It didn't take long to reach the viewpoint. It was a beautiful sight but none of the Fenton family or Danny's friends noticed that. They sat at a picnic table present and Danny started to explain, he'd had plenty of time over the day to figure out what he wanted and should say. His parents listened to everything in silence. Once he had finished, he'd explained a great deal, he waited for his parents to say something. He explained why he didn't tell them his secret without trying to make them feel bad about it. He told them why he fought ghosts and clarified a few misunderstandings such as his "abduction" of the mayor and robberies he was blamed for. And finally he revealed why he told them his secret. He told them about Dumbledore and the possible coming war. He didn't tell them about his near escape with the dementors. After all he wanted them to give permission for him to leave the country, and that wouldn't happen if he told them frightening things like almost getting his soul sucked out.

"That's a lot to take in," Jack finally commented. Danny gave his father a nervous smile.

"You've been planning to tell us all day, haven't you? That was the real reason for this hiking trip today. Wasn't it?" Maddie muttered.

"Yeah," Danny confessed sadly. Maddie sighed softly and unexpectedly put her hand on Danny's and gave him a reassuring smile.

"Thank you for telling us sweetie," Maddie remarked.

"Yeah, and we're sorry we made it so hard to confide in us son," Jack added, with a smile of his own.

"You're… okay with it? Me being a halfa I mean?" Danny inquired. Both his parents nodded. Danny sighed in relief and smiled at them.

"Thanks, that means a lot to me," he mumbled.

As they had been hiking and talking for the majority of the day, they decided to start walking back to the Fenton Ghost Assault vehicle. Once they returned at Fenton Works, Maddie and Jack went into the lab and began to go through their inventory of supposed failures as the inventions reacted to Danny. Knowing Danny's secret had shown them just how many successes they'd had over the years. Over the next few days they researched and questioned Danny extensively on what being a halfa meant but never going further than their son was comfortable with.

A week later and Danny's parents had come to terms with the revelation and, in an effort to make it up to their son for the numerous misunderstandings, they started to work on making Fenton Works a safe place for Danny Phantom. The family had decided to keep the now permanent truce between the Fentons and Phantom quiet. Danny was leaving for an unknown amount of time and ghost attacks had never been fewer since the portal's activation. It would be suspicious for the Fentons to suddenly be friendly with Phantom and then the ghost disappear. The family were gathered in the living room waiting for Lupin to come for Danny's decision. Sam and Tucker were present as well.

There was a knock on the door and Danny answered it. On the doorstep, in a shabby suit, stood an exhausted looking Remus Lupin. He smiled warmly at Danny.

"Hello Danny. Good to see you again. I trust you have made a decision, one way or the other, yes?" Lupin greeted the halfa. Danny allowed Lupin inside.

"I have. Are you alright?" Danny replied calmly. Lupin chuckled softly and nodded.

"Nothing to worry yourself with Danny. The full moon is a tiring time for me, that is all," Lupin answered kindly, Danny instantly understanding as he knew Lupin was a werewolf. He hadn't told the others though. Not because he in any way thought it would upset or frighten them, but because it was Lupin's secret. Danny would hate Lupin to tell people he was a halfa and so he extended that courtesy to the wizard.

Lupin raised an eyebrow at the group gathered in the living room.

"I see that you want to join, yes?" Lupin deduced. Danny nodded.

"I do. I had to explain to them all about Voldemort and so on. That's okay, right?" Danny admitted. Lupin smiled and nodded.

"It's fine Danny. But as long as you all understand that everything you've learned of the wizarding world should not be shared unnecessarily," Lupin warned. They nodded.

"Now, we do need to discuss a few matters. Danny, how old are you?" Lupin began, taking a seat in a vacant seat.

"Sixteen. Why?" Danny answered. Lupin bit his lip.

"Then we may have a problem. The wizarding coming of age is seventeen. The order tries to remain true to that law. After all, this is war. We may not be fighting out in the open on the front lines, but we are still at war," Lupin explained. Danny blinked.

"Then why ask in the first place?" Danny demanded. Lupin sighed.

"We weren't aware of your age before. And I'm afraid, we neglected to ask when you revealed who you were before offering. However, we believe that the unique circumstances would allow us to come up with an agreement with your parents. And until you are of age, you will be given simple tasks such as delivering messages and guard duty," Lupin compromised. Danny turned to his parents pleading for them to agree.

"What about Danny's education?" Maddie inquired.

"Unfortunately Hogwarts is not equipped to teach your son. But we would be willing to hire a tutor to ensure Danny keeps up his studies for as long as possible," Lupin answered readily. Danny rolled his eyes at Jazz's pointed look.

"Where will Danny be staying? Will we be able to visit?" Jack asked.

"I doubt you'd be able to visit Mr Fenton. I'm sorry. But Professor Dumbledore would gladly make a method of travel available for Danny to safely visit here whenever he wishes. Danny will be introduced twice to the other order members. First as Phantom and during the time in between Phantom's introduction and Fenton's, he will stay at Hogwarts where Dumbledore and I will educate him in the wizarding world. Then after Fenton's introduction, he will say he's a half-blood wizard from America. Afterwards, he'll stay at headquarters until given his duties which I'm afraid I am not aware of nor at liberty to tell you," Lupin explained.

"Half-blood?" Danny repeated. Lupin nodded.

"It's a term for a witch or wizard who is not a pure-blood, but also not muggle-born. Pure-blood means no non-magical members being present in your ancestry. Muggle-born means a witch or wizard born into a non-magical family. Dumbledore wants to claim that you have both a muggle and a magical parent. That way you can know about muggles without drawing suspicion and it will protect you if Voldemort ever comes to power. Muggle-borns are looked down upon, especially by Voldemort and his followers," Lupin elaborated.

"Why?" Sam interjected. Lupin sighed.

"The wizarding world, unfortunately, can be very old fashioned and prejudiced. Muggle-borns are not seen as true witches or wizards by some pure-bloods. It is ridiculous and not true. But one belief held by many all the same," Lupin explained.

"Mr Lupin, how can Danny claim to be a wizard when he isn't? Surely it'll be pretty obvious that he isn't without much investigation," Jazz interjected.

"Hence why we're introducing Phantom first and educating Danny on the wizarding world. Dumbledore has other methods to help Danny pass himself off as a wizard. If there is any fighting though, we would ensure Danny Phantom is present and not Fenton," Lupin replied with a smile. Everyone considered what they'd learnt.

"Alright. When will Danny be leaving?" Maddie decided. Lupin nodded.

"I'll go back to England and inform Dumbledore of Danny's decision. There's a meeting tomorrow. I wouldn't be surprised if Dumbledore wanted Phantom present for it," Lupin answered. An instant wave of sadness washed over the room. That was a lot sooner than anyone had been expecting.

So, that's all the technicalities out of the way. Danny's part of the order!

Let me know what you guys think so far.

Until the next chapter.