Me: They say that with magic.
Danny: Life is like music.
Dani: Stick to it.
Victoria: And your goal you will hit.
Danny: Let the story begin!
Danny woke up to a knock on his door. He groaned. "Who is it?" He called, yawning.
"Daniel, it's me. I want to talk." Came Vlad's voice.
"Whatever." Danny was too tired to start a fight with his archenemy, and since nothing bad has happened yet, he figured that listening to what the fruitloop had to say was much better than he normally dealt with. He sat up as Vlad came into the room.
"Before I get down to business, I'd like to ask, how did you sleep?"
"Um, random question, but if you want to know, I slept perfectly fine."
"That's good to hear. So, Daniel, here's the reason I want to talk, and please answer truthfully, have you been learning how to speak proper English?"
"What are you talking about? What do you mean by proper English? English is my first language!"
Vlad sighed. "Guess you haven't. Daniel, in England people speak different. Yes, indeed you speak the same language they do, yet not to the full extent."
"Huh?!"
"For example, what you call 'cool' they call 'ace' or 'brill'. And arse is a worse word for ass or asshole." Man, I hate profanity! It's so childish!
"Wow, they actually use worse words?! Damn."
"Yes, it is a bit bizarre. Yet of course, their words existed before ours, so I guess it's safe to say that we sugarcoated the language."
"Point taken."
Vlad smiled and handed Danny a book. "This will help you learn their slang and form of language. I'd advise you to read it."
"Because I don't want to be made fun of. I know, Vlad." Danny looked away. "And thanks." He mumbled. Vlad heard it clearly, thanks to halfa super hearing.
"Your welcome, Little Badger." And with that, Vlad left the room. Danny stretched and got out of bed. He changed into a t-shirt and jeans as an explosion came from downstairs. Danny paid no mind and went to his bathroom. He brushed his teeth and then went downstairs. He ate a bowl of cereal and cleaned his dish. Then he went outside and checked the mail. There was another owl.
"What do they have for me this time?" He opened it.
Dear Mr. Fenton,
I heard that you bumped into my son the other day. If you are wondering who I'm talking about, it's Draco Malfoy. And you being a pure blood, you must already know how powerful we are already. Well, anyways, my son said that you not only were praised by the Bloody Baron in front of everyone, but you were able to shake his hand. And considering that touching a ghost is virtually impossible, it would be nice if you clarified that to my son, who doesn't believe me and is fixated on what he believes he saw. Please meet us at Bogsweed Deathcap, in Diagon Alley, at twelve forty. And you better be there.
Sincerely,
Lucius Malfoy
"Great, I have to deal with the dumbass from when I went school shopping." He sighed and went back inside. He set the rest of the mail on the table and went up to his room. He woke up Cujo, who barked happily and licked his face. Danny laughed a little. He coasted the memory spell on himself again, and read the book Vlad gave him. After, he grabbed two small bags of floo powder, his key, and his wand. He shoved them into his pocket. Then he looked at Cujo. "Hey, boy, want to come with to Diagon Alley?" Cujo barked again, wagging his tail. "Let's go." He picked up the puppy and snuck downstairs and out the door. After, he went to where Snape brought him before. He opened one of the bags of floo powder, emptied it's contents into one of his hands, then shouted "Diagon Alley!" as he dropped the powder, sending them both to the wizard shopping district.
It didn't take Danny long to find the shop Lucius talked about. He took a deep breath. Okay, Fenton, whatever you do, don't lose your shit on them. Keep it cool, no matter how annoying they may be. They aren't worth your time. Just tell them the truth about what happened and leave. No harm done. Danny walked up to them, Cujo following. "Yo, you wanted to talk to me?"
Lucius turned his head to Danny. "If you're Mr. Fenton, then yes."
"That's me."
"Good, now please clarify what happened."
"Don't worry, your son's not mad. What he saw actually happened. You see, I have a rare ability to be able to touch ghosts. Hence the handshake I gave Bloody Baron."
"Blimey! How is that possible?! I've never heard such bogus!" Lucius exclaimed. Danny simply rolled his eyes.
"Yeah, sure, for you British maybe. However, you're forgetting that I'm from America, and things are different there. Very different."
"How so?"
"Hmm… Where do I begin? With culture, ghost types, language, food, manners, how we deal with mail, laws, store names, should I continue?"
"No. Please don't." Lucius said, obviously beaten. Then he and his son looked at Cujo. "Who's this?"
"Cujo. I got him yesterday. He's cute now, but when angered, he's a force to be reckoned with." Danny answered. "Frightening too."
"That's rubbish! He's a pup! And last I heard, pups aren't scary!" Draco argued.
"You know, somehow you're gonna get in trouble with others speaking like that, blonde. You should never judge a book by its cover."
"You better watch what you say, Fenton!"
"Make me."
"I will!" Draco went to tackle Danny, but couldn't even get a hold on him. And when he finally did, Danny phased out of his grasp before the kid realized that he had gotten a hold of his prey. Cujo seemed to be laughing in a dog way. Danny smirked.
"Even Cujo thinks that you need to practice if you want to beat me. Yet again, you're so bad at tackling people that I think you can't be helped!"
Draco growled as his father looked at Danny. This boy will no doubt do Slytherin. He has the attributes. Yet again, he is foolish enough to go against my son, the heir of the Malfoy family, which means he has bravery. And with bravery comes Gryffindor. And according to my son, he seemed protective of his friends and cousin and he bought more books than needed. Traits from both Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw. Which house will this boy be in?
Danny rolled his eyes, hearing Lucius's thoughts. "If you're going to think that loud, you might as well be saying what is on your mind."
Lucius's eyes widened. "You do telepathy?"
"No, but your expression is an obvious hint that you're analyzing me." Danny lied.
"Okay then. Now could you enlighten me and explain why the Bloody Baron was so interested in a young lad such as yourself?"
"Well, the details are strictly classified, Lucius, however I will tell you that I helped him and all the other ghosts with something important."
"Mr. Fenton, it would be wise to tell me."
"No can do. I wouldn't want you mouthing off to other people, Lucius Malfoy!" Danny smirked. "Besides, what I did was years ago!"
Lucius glared at the halfa. That boy will pay for mocking me! He looked at Cujo. Maybe I'll kill his dog. Or wait. I could threaten to kill his dog to get my answers! "Boy, it would be ashamed if your pathetic mutt died, wouldn't it? Now tell me!"
Danny started laughing. "You? Killing Cujo? Please! I'd bet you can't even finish the job halfway!" He yawned. "Besides, you should be happy that I even came. I had plans after all!" No I didn't! Though he don't know that!
Draco couldn't help but snicker a little at Danny's remarks. This kid's hilarious! Even if he's stupid enough to go against dad. "You got guts, Danny. Most wizards don't do that."
Lucius looked down at his son. Now that my son mentions it, this boy is brave to challenge me. I wonder. "Mr. Fenton, would you mind letting me see your wand?"
Danny shrugged. "Though, you are not putting your hands on it." Danny grabbed his wand from his left pocket. The moment that it was revealed, a powerful wave of energy was released. Lucius's eyes widened. Such power! No wonder why he has guts to go against me! He looked around and noticed that other wizards were staring at Danny, just as shocked as he was. He looked back at the halfa.
"Such a grand wand you have, Mr. Fenton!" He exclaimed. Danny raised an eyebrow.
"What the bloody hell are you talking about? It's just a wand."
He doesn't know? But how? Everyone else can sense it! Lucius was astonished. Not that you guys couldn't already tell. He never sensed anything more powerful than him. He could be very useful for the Dark Lord's purpose! He looked at his son. "Well, I have business, so I best be going. Draco, I want you to be back home by dinner." With that, he left the two boys alone. Draco turned to Danny.
"So, you excited for Hogwarts? Especially with the rumors?"
"Rumors?"
"You know, about the boy who lived?"
"Wait, they were only rumors?" Not that I know what the deal is. Besides, I'm technically the boy who half died, which is WAY cooler.
"Well, no one knows for certain, but Harry Potter is supposedly going to Hogwarts!"
"Nice."
"That's all you have to say? He survived the death curse! And nice is all you have to say?!"
"Chill. When it comes to bizarre or awesome things, normally I'm calm about them because my life isn't exactly normal, kay?"
"Not normal? How so?"
"Well, considering the fact most people, wizard and muggles, don't consider meals attacking them every day normal, and the fact that that is only the tip of the iceberg, you should get how Harry coming to Hogwarts won't make me all too excited."
"Oh." After a few silent moments. "So, what now?"
"I'm going to get some money from my vault and buy some things."
"Mind if I come?"
"Sure, if you want." Danny and Draco went to Gringotts. Danny walked up to the Head Gringott. "Hey, I'm accessing my vault again." He said, holding up his key. The Head Gringott looked at him and smiled.
"Ah yes, of course Danny. I'm glad you came. The house ghosts are here and are excited to meet you!"
"Oh joy." Danny said sarcastically. "Can I go to my vault first?"
"Of course. Is Malfoy with you?"
"He's just following me around I guess."
"Alright then, to your vault." The goblin brought them to Danny's vault. When it opened, Draco was shocked.
"Does this belong to only you, or is it your family's vault?"
"It's mine, but I'm going to share it with my cousin as soon as I make a duplicate of the key." Danny answered. He grabbed what he needed and they started going back up.
"You know, your cousin looks a lot like you." Draco told Danny, who laughed.
"Yeah, we get that a lot."
"When did you first meet your cousin?"
"About three years ago. We got along pretty well. How about you? What's your family like?"
"Fairly strict. My father is always doing work. My mom makes sure I learn proper manners. And the house elves clean up the home and tend to the meals."
"You're an only child?"
"Yeah, you?"
"Nah, I've an older sister. She's nineteen."
"What's it like to have a sibling?"
"Depends. In my case, it's nice. She helped me with a lot of things. Mainly emotional. Of course, with that, she's also overprotective. Gets annoying sometimes."
"Oh. I guess there's ups and downs to it."
"Kid, there are ups and downs to everything."
Kid? But we're the same age! What the bloody hell is wrong with him?! Malfoy looked at Danny questioningly. He noticed that Danny had a somewhat calmer nature than before, but couldn't grasp why. He was going to ask when Danny was surrounded by the house ghosts.
"Danny Phan-Fenton!" The Grey Lady greeted. "Such a pleasure to meet you! I'm the Grey Lady, the ghost of the Ravenclaw house!" She shook his hand as another one came between them.
"I'm Sir Nicholas! The ghost of the Gryffindor house!" He shook Danny's hand so hard, he felt as if it were going to fall off. "I'm so pleased that you are attending Hogwarts!"
"Same here!" The third one said. She shook Danny's hand. "It's a shame that you have to be placed into a house and not shared by all of us!" She smiled. "I'm the Fat Friar, ghost of the Hufflepuff House."
"And you already know me, Danny." The Bloody Baron said. When he saw Draco, he raised an eyebrow. "You're hanging out with Malfoy?"
"He's just following me around." Danny said aloud. "And I have to say, he and his dad are a bit annoying." He telepathically added. The Bloody Baron let out a little laugh. Cujo barked.
"So, what brings you back in town?"
"Well, his dad wanted to know if I really shook your hand. Stupid reason, I know. After confirming the obvious, I decided that I could buy some items, more specifically candy, while out."
"Didn't you buy plenty before?"
"Well, for a few days, yeah. But many of my family members get the munchies."
"Oh."
"Yeah… It gets annoying after a while."
"On a different note, isn't your d-day soon?" Fat Friar asked.
"Yeah, September 3rd."
"Marvelous! We must celebrate!"
"D-day? What's a d-day?" Draco asked.
"Well, Malfoy, for most people it stands for the day they die. For young Danny here, however, it stands for when he gained a connection to the land of the dead."
Danny smiled while holding Cujo. "Yep."
"Connection? How so?" Draco questioned.
"If I told you, you wouldn't understand, nor would you believe me."
"Why is that?"
"Because it is."
"So, Danny, have you started preparing for school?" The Grey Lady asked. Danny nodded.
"In a way. Though I'm not cracking the books for school purposes, but instead it's for personal entertainment, if you get what I mean."
"Yes, we do." The Grey Lady smiled. "Just don't get caught."
"Don't worry, I won't. It's easy to hide in plain sight after all. Especially with my invisibility to others."
The ghosts smirked when he said that. They knew very well about what Danny was capable of. Draco, on the other hand, did not. He looked at them confused.
"I'm going to leave now. To find my friends." And with that, Draco left them while muttering, "Such a freaky kid."
Danny and the other ghosts heard him and laughed. Cujo growled in Draco's direction, but Danny patting his head calmed him down. Danny looked at the ghosts. "So, what's the deal with these houses? You know, the point of them?"
"Well, they are made to give the students motivation to do well in school. The houses compete for the house cup. For doing well in school, points are gained to the house you're in. If you are caught breaking rules, your house loses points, and the possibility of a detention is there as well." Sir Nicholas explained.
"Of course we ghosts know exactly what house you'll be in, with your ghostly connection." Fat Friar said.
"Really? Which one?" Danny asked.
"Slytherin."
"Oh. So, what personality traits go with what house?"
"Gryffindor is for those who are brave and heroic, represented the lion. Ravenclaw is that of the scholars, represented by the eagle. Hufflepuff is for the loyal, represented by a badger, and Slytherin is for the smart and cunning, represented by the snake."
"Thank the G-Zone I'm not Hufflepuff then."
"Why do you say that?"
"It would give Plasmius a reason to call me Little Badger."
"Oh right, Plasmius. The other halfa." Sir Nicholas grunted.
"Correction, one of the other halfas." Danny informed. "My cousin is one as well."
"Oh, well we stand corrected." Fat Friar said. "Is he good or bad?"
"She is on the good side."
"My apologies for assuming the gender."
"It's fine. After all, Plasmius and I are both male. People could easily assume that she is a male as well."
"What's her name?"
"Danielle, but she prefers Dani with an I."
"How cute, so not only does she look like you, but she takes after you?! That's a great cousin you have!" The Bloody Baron commented.
"Hehe… Yeah, she's the best cousin I could ask for, that's for certain. Well, I'm going to go shopping, so see you later!"
"Have a good day, Savior Danny!" The ghosts replied.
Danny smiled and left. Cujo barked when they arrived at the sweets shop. "Don't worry, Cujo, you'll get a treat too. So long as there is nothing in it that you cannot eat." Cujo licked Danny's face. He laughed. He walked inside and ordered the same types of candy as before. He also bought Cujo a pumpkin flavored dog biscuit. Cujo happily ate it. Danny decided to walk around for a bit. He noticed Ollivander's Wand Shop and curiously walked in. He wanted to see the process of how people got their wands. When he walked in, he saw an old man cleaning up some glass. The old man looked up at him.
"Are you here to buy a wand?"
"No sir, I already have one. But since, mine automatically chose me; I came here to watch how other people get their wands and to see what happens if a wand rejects them."
"Oh, and may I examine your wand?"
"Um, sure." Danny handed the wand expert his wand. The man examined it thoroughly. Danny waited. "So, um what do you think?"
"It's a very powerful wand indeed. I never knew one could be made like this. It was believed that pure magic essence and ectoplasm essence didn't work well together. Nor that it would choose the living if it could be created. And the wood it's made out of, it is clear that it comes from the land of the dead."
"How did you know?!"
"I'm a wand expert, of course I know! You are a very powerful wizard, dear boy. What's your name?"
"Danny Fenton. I prefer you use my first name by the way."
"Well, Danny, I must advise you to be careful of death eaters. They are a powerful group of wizards gone bad. They will attempt to either kill you or forcefully have you join them."
"Well, I doubt they could do either, but thanks for the warning." Danny grabbed his wand and shoved it into his pocket. "So, uh, you don't mind me watching?"
"Not at all. But of course, you could learn firsthand."
"Sounds cool."
Mr. Ollivander smiled and grabbed a set of wands. "Hold out your wand hand." Danny held out his left hand. Mr. Ollivander handed him one of the wands. "This one is a unicorn hair cored wand. Now give it a wave." Danny did as told and a table flipped backwards. Danny nearly laughed.
"So that's what happens?! That's gotta be hell for you!"
"It can be at times, yet most of the time, wizards find their wands on the second or third try. Now try this one, pheonix feather." Danny did as told once again, and a book caught on fire. Ollivander put it out and had Danny try the dragon core wand. It made a hole in the wall.
"Whoops."
"It's fine, happens all the time. Now you know what bad wand reactions are."
"Yeah, and thanks for letting me see what happens."
"It's a pleasure, dear boy. Now you best be on your way, there's a storm coming."
"Okay, have a great day!" Danny and Cujo left. They used the remaining floo powder to teleport back to Amity. He created a duplicate that transformed. The three of them went home. As they walked inside, they saw Dani and her duplicate playing video games against one another and Vlad reading a newspaper. Vlad looked up.
"Afternoon, Daniel. Your parents aren't home, so you can call back your duplicate if you like."
"What about her? She has a duplicate." Danny questioned.
"Well, I got bored, so I decided to play video games against myself." Dani said.
"Oh." Danny called back his duplicate. "By the way, I got more candy."
"Cool! Can you pass me a box of Barry Botts?"
"Sure." He hands her a box and sits down. He looks at Cujo. "You can run around outside if you're bored, Cujo." The dog barked happily and ran right through the door. Within seconds, the puppy was gone. Vlad raised an eyebrow.
"Daniel, Cujo is a ghost dog?"
"Yeah, why?"
"Just curious."
"Okay then." Danny grabbed a game boy and started playing the game in it. He reached level fifteen Vlad tapped him on the shoulder. He looked up. "Yeah?"
"Dinner is ready. And Danielle is already in there." Vlad informed. Danny nodded and turned off his gameboy. He went to the kitchen. Sitting on the table was steak, cooked vegetables, and fresh cornbread. Danny sat down and started to eat. He knew that Vlad's food didn't mutate, and since Vlad could've poisoned them before and hadn't, he was safe to consume. After he finished eating, he yawned.
"I think I'm going to go to bed early. Night." He went upstairs and fell asleep. Dani, on the other hand, went back her video games. Vlad watched.
"How is your generation interested in such things? Don't you eventually get bored?" He asked her.
"Wow, you are old. For your information, video games are awesome! They make people think. And some games make you physically exercise. There are many genres, and often there are genres within genres. Not only that, but if the graphics and gameplay mechanics are good, then it's easy to get sucked into the game. Often many gamers lose track of time."
"They do?"
"Yep. It's not hard to. Did you not hear about Danny and Tucker's all nighters just playing video games or what? Everyone else knows about them."
"I live in another state, Danielle. These things aren't what Daniel's parents call me about."
"Point." Dani beat the boss of the level she was on and went to the next. "So, on a side note, you're no longer after Danny's mom and trying to kill his dad, are you?"
"No, I'm not. But I do still want Daniel as my son."
"Why?"
"Pardon?"
"Why do you want Danny as your son? And why did you try to kill me instead of saving me from my instability? Danny was willing to save me."
"If you must know, I was very desperate when attempting to kill you. I was so certain that by melting you down and creating a new clone that maybe it would be the perfect son I wanted. As for why I want Daniel to be my son, there are various reasons. First and foremost, I see a lot of me in him. Now before you argue, hear me out. He is an outcast, he's got a similar family structure, his personality is similar to mine, he has a similar structure, we both became halfas due to his father's inventions, and he suffers through a lot."
"Oh really? What did you go through that is so bad?"
"I had ecto acne that hospitalized me for years. No one came to visit me, I was alone. And with being sick and in constant physical pain, I had to deal with my powers. Not only that, but I became the one thing my only 'friends' hated."
"Oh, well when you put it that way…"
"It's fine, Danielle. You know, I'm glad that you and Daniel have each other to support. I guess you really are the only thing I've created that's worth mentioning."
"I have another question."
"Yes?"
"What made you see the light? You've obviously either changed or are really good at acting."
"I just did, Danielle. There's no way to word it."
"Kay then. Answer this, why do you come in when we're asleep? Because I was secretly awake one of the nights."
"To check on Daniel. His core was acting up, and he wasn't using his ice powers like he should, so I became cautious. I calmed the core when it acted up."
"Core? What's mine?"
"It's an ice core, like Daniel's. Only thing is, yours isn't finished developing, so it doesn't yet effect you like Daniel. You still can use its abilities, however it doesn't hurt you to not use them. At least, not yet. It will soon though."
"What's yours?"
"A vampire core, mixed with a bit of fire and electricity. You don't want to be around me during Halloween, because that's when the vampire part activates."
"You have a multi-core? How?"
"It didn't start like that, I originally had an electricity core. As time went on, I developed the other two."
"Does that mean Danny and I will go through the same thing?"
"Yes, I do. Believe it or not, Daniel is developing his second element right now. However, I cannot describe what it is yet."
"Cool! I can't wait to find out what it is."
"You and I both." Just then, Cujo came in. He ran upstairs and into Danny's room. Dani paused her game and looked at Vlad. "By the way, you do know that Danny's deathday is coming up, right?"
"Yes, I am aware."
"Did you get him something? All of the other ghosts did."
"Yes, I did. I am going to give it to him his last day."
"What did you get him?"
"An ancient ghost relic I gained from one of my journeys in the Ghost Zone. It gives the wearer an immunity to blood blossoms. It's in the form of a ring. It will fit his middle finger."
"So he can flip off blood blossoms and the person who tries hurting him with them?"
"I wasn't thinking that, but yes it could be."
"I'm surprised that you don't want to keep it."
"Well, Daniel's life is primary in my book."
"Then why did you always cause problems for him?"
"To indirectly train him. He won't accept my direct help, so I help him indirectly. I never used my powers on him to the full extent. If I did, he would be hospitalized. I know that us halfas cannot fully die, and since you're now stable, you count in this, except for old age. And now that you two cannot die, you two will need more relics than me."
"Is there another relic that prevents the effects of blood blossoms?"
"Yes, however, you aren't getting it until your birthday."
"What is it?"
"An earring."
"Oh." Dani yawned. "Well, thanks for answering my questions. I'm gonna go to bed." She saved her game and went upstairs to bed.
Me: I like seeing Vlad being fatherly towards Danny and Dani, so get over it!
Victoria: Is Unkie Vlad over Maddie, or is he lying?
Me: He's over her. He realized his romantic feelings for her were just puppy love, right Unkie Vlad?
Vlad: Yes, Kagami, you're correct. However, me wanting Daniel as my son is truly genuine.
Me: We know that. Heck, I don't blame you. Besides, it's cute.
Vlad: I'm glad.
Victoria: Unkie Vlad! I'm a Hufflepuff!
Vlad: A what?
Me: She was playing a game and got Hufflepuff, the badger house.
Vlad: Oh, then in that case, congratulations Victoria.
Victoria: *smiling*
Me: Well, I guess it's time to go.
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