Obviously, the chapter a day streak has been broken. Am I the only one who finds it ironic that it's during the weekend when I'm unable to update daily? And now, after updating daily, this feels really late, so sorry about that. But I made up for it by making a slightly longer chapter!

Princessbinas: Well, I can't say it's not a Danny king story, but I can't really say it is. At least I don't think so. It's hard to explain without giving anything away, so I'll just leave you with this. If it can be classified as a Danny king story, it most certainly will not be one you have seen before (it's not one I've found at least) at it won't end how you expect it to (I think)

Mimi1012: Of course, I'll get right on it! *Starts typing furiously* Yes, just one more sentence and then it's- *family takes Alis' computer* NOOOOO!

Echgrl: Just wait until the end ;)

Potterheads2016: Man, laptop issues suck.

Reptil: There are allies of his left, I don't want to use anymore OC's than I have

Guest: Thanks, I was super pumped when it turned out so long

LooneyAces: I wasn't totally sure on how Dash would get around to accepting Danny as Phantom, and being willing to keep it a secret. Good to know it turned out well

Nesy: I don't think it will? I'll try not to let it happen

Phantomfanforever: I've had a lot of ideas, and a worrisome amount of time, but sadly the streak is over :(

Shiikun: He might help out a little bit

Katpet: It would be so weird, referring to myself in the third person. For Danny it's necessary in that situation, but yeah, it's so weird.

Sophia the daughter of Nyx: Thanks!

TheBoss3254: Thanks, glad you liked it!

Op Kazuma: The GIW stuff is certainly going to be interesting

ShinyMudkipGal: It wouldn't be any fun if there wasn't something wrong with people

Randomphandom: I'm not sure if it will be fully explained later, so I'll give you a brief one. Technically, Danny would not be able to fully become Dark Dan, because he was the combination of Vlad's evil ghost half and Danny's good one. But he does show Danny's capability to become evil in the right circumstances, which we are obviously seeing little bits of show through in the story so far. The next part may constitute as a spoiler, so I'll add it to the end of the chapter with a warning, in case you don't want any parts of the story to be given away.

AnimeLoverForever03: It makes me so happy that you're loving the story, and I hope this update was soon enough :P

Enjoy!


"Val! Something's happening outside!" Nathan came running down the hall, his Foamer swinging rapidly as he did so. The people sitting against the walls yelled and ducked whenever the barrel whipped around and pointed in their direction.

"Hold you gun properly!" Valerie snapped, wincing at his improper handling of the device. While it may not cause on real harm to humans, it would still be an uncomfortable experience to be doused in green ectoplasmic foam.

"Right, sorry." Nathan quickly changed his grip on the gun as he bent over panting. Physical activity was really not his area of expertise. "But… outside, something's happening…"

Valerie nodded and start running down the way he came, leaving Nathan to either catch his breath, or follow her. The soft groan she heard before she made it out of earshot led her to believe Nathan had opted to follow. Valerie reached the main door of the school and found the rest of the Ghostketeers gathered around it.

"Why aren't you guys at the other entrances?" Valerie demanded. In response, Hayden pointed to the window in the door. Valerie sighted and stepped up to it. At first she didn't notice anything strange. Wraiths were still scattered around the street, the ghost shield over Fenton Works glowing from a few blocks over. Then Valerie realized that the shield looked like it was growing, and wraiths weren't facing the school. Ripples of movement spread out among the skeletal ghosts as they turned to face the approaching green wall. Valerie also noticed that there weren't as many wraiths on the street as there had been before.

"When did they start leaving?" Valerie asked, turning back to the others. She was met with blank stares. "The wraiths, there's not as many."

"Uh…" Jason scratched his head and looked to Morgan for help, but she just shrugged. Nathan looked severely dejected that he couldn't answer her question, and Erin crossed her arms and kept her gaze focused on the floor.

"Um, it was around one in the m-morning. They st-started leaving in small groups," Hayden looked at Valerie almost apologetically, gaze switching from his shoes to the huntress.

"How do you know that?" Valerie asked, genuinely surprised, considering Hayden was the only one who didn't go on patrols. If he was right, then the wraiths had started leaving when she still had a few more patrols to go, and even she hadn't noticed their diminishing level.

"W-well, I'm just… I…" Hayden shuffled his feet, looking distinctly uncomfortable being the centre of attention.

"He's really observant, and good at estimating numbers. I bet Hayden noticed right away that the ghosts were leaving," Erin grinned proudly as she boasted Hayden's abilities, who was blushing and protesting her claims.

"No, not r-really. Since I w-wasn't patrolling, I decided to keep an eye on th-things i-inside. S-so I started watching through the windows, and n-noticed my third time a-around," Hayden shrugged, rubbing his arms.

"That's really cool! Good job!" Jason grinned and gave Hayden a friendly pat on the back, which caused the freshman to stumble forwards a little. He looked at the jock skeptically.

"Jason's right, that was really good. Now we just need to figure out what happened at one." Valerie looked back out the door and jumped when suddenly green filled her vision. It was only a moment, and when she faced the Ghostketeers again, she could see similar expressions of shock on their faces, and a green wall extending down the hallway. They all crowded around the door, and yelled when they were immediately faced with icy blue eyes. They stumbled back from the door as it opened, and Danny Fenton entered the school

"Danny, I thought you guys were missing?" Valerie asked as she got back to her feet.

"Hm? Oh, hey Val." Danny looked a little distracted, his eyes roaming across the hall, taking in all the citizens that had come pouring out of the auditorium and various other hallways, having noticed the expanding ghost shield. For a moment, a pained expression crossed his features, but it was gone as fast as it came.

"Where's everyone else?" Valerie asked. In response, Danny tilted his head towards the door he had just entered through.

"Val's here. There's a lot of other people as well. The rest of the Ghostketeers I think," Danny spoke. Those close enough to hear him exchanged confused glances, unsure of who he was talking to.

"No, everyone looks okay." Danny took in the crowd once more

"… A little."

"Maybe?"

Suddenly, Danny threw up his hands and turned towards the door. "How can I not think it's my fault? If I had actually looked into things myself after talking to Snowstorm instead of staying out of the Ghost Zone…"

His forehead thumped against the glass and he sighed, seemingly listening to someone.

"Fenton's not going crazy, is he?" Morgan asked quietly.

"I don't know," Valerie shook her head.

"Just tell my dad to make the announcement, you guys might as well come inside." Danny turned again, and this time everyone caught sight of the small green device in his ear. "No, she doesn't have to stay in the RV."

"Danny, who were you talking to?" Valerie asked.

"Sam, of course," Danny blinked, as if this would be the most obvious thing in the world. In a way, it was. Valerie was about to ask him another question, when Jack Fenton's booming voice echoed outside the school.

"ATTENTION AMITY PARK. THIS IS JACK FENTON, SPEAKING TO YOU FROM THE FENTON FAMILY ASSAULT VEHICLE. AMITY PARK IS ONCE AGAIN FACING A MASS GHOST INVASION, AND WE URGE YOU TO HEAD TO CASPER HIGH WITHIN THE GHOST SHEILD. ANYONE INTERESTED IN HELPING US FIGHT AGAINST THE GHOSTS, PROCEED TO THE AUDITORIUM WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR!"

"Our very available daughter will also be there!" Maddie's voice followed soon after, followed by a muffled cry of outrange, most likely from the redhead in question, that was not broadcasted. A few seconds later, the door behind Danny burst open and a young girl with raven hair and eyes just a little darker than Danny's ran in, immediately seeking out the halfa.

"Danielle?" Valerie asked, not really believing her eyes.

"Valerie!" Danielle changed her trajectory, running towards Valerie instead.

"Oh, Dani, that just hurts," Danny pressed a hand against his chest and dropped to his knees, pretending to be in pain.

"More than Skulker's bazooka's?" Danielle asked after giving Valerie a quick hug.

"So… so much more." Danny's eyes bugged out and he fell forwards on his face while Danielle giggled. It was then that Sam came in the open school door.

"Danny, what are you doing?" Sam asked, nudging the halfa with the toe of her boot.

"Playing dead," Danny muttered with his cheek pressed against the tile floor. "Danielle killed me."

"Did not!" Danielle cried out in protest.

"Did too. Your actions hurt more than any of Skulker's newest weapons, or Vlad's strongest ectoblast!" Danny rolled onto his back and dramatically threw one arm over his face.

"No!"

"Yep."

"You're lying."

"No I'm not."

"He's really not," Sam added, nodding solemnly, but with a hint of a smile on her face.

"Stop lying!" Danielle shouted, crossing her arms and glaring at the two of them. By that time, the remainder of the Ghostketeers had entered and were standing behind them.

"Danny-boy, what are you doing?" Jack asked, repeated Sam's earlier question.

"I'm dead-" Danny pointed to himself, "-Dani killed me-" then he pointed to his daughter, "she won't confess her crimes."

"I haven't co-com…com… I haven't done any crimes!" Danielle protested.

"Danielle, sweetie, killing someone is a serious offense," Maddie said, crouching down.

"But I didn't!" Danielle wailed, looking truly distressed now. Sam, with a mischievous grin on her face, approached Danielle and knelt down next to her, whispering something in her ear.

Danny pretended he couldn't hear what she had said, and waited patiently for what Danielle would do.

Everyone else saw Sam whispering in Danielle's ear, and then a wicked grin spreading across the young girl's face. She quietly approached the prone halfa, completely aware of his advanced hearing, and decided not to do what Sam had suggested. Instead, while stifling her giggles, she jumped up and flopped down on Danny's chest.

"Fek1!" Danny's eyes flew open and he sat up, quickly lifting Danielle onto his lap while he pressed a hand to his chest.

Danielle's eyes widened and she gasped. "Danny! Your wound, I forgot, are you okay?"

"Hmm, I'm fine," Danny groaned, hunching over.

"I thought it was healed already," Sam said. The worry that registered on the new arrivals faces wasn't lost on those paying attention to the exchange.

"Externally, it is, but a, uh," Danny cast a cursory glance over the people in the hallway, and his next word caused a ripple of activity, "heart doesn't heal so easily."

Sam blinked and nodded, then helped Danny up. "What about your bandages?"

"Don't need 'em," Danny shrugged, but that didn't stop Sam from shamelessly lifting his shirt to check his chest anyways. The skin where the wound had been was a light red, with thick lines of white where the flayed skin had healed over.

Danny quickly pulled his shirt down and leaned back, out of Sam's grasp. "Geez, first Jazz, now you? I'd really like to keep my shirt on, thank you."

A few girls from Casper High that had seen his picture circulating online pouted in disappointment.

"Dad, you said something about the auditorium?" Danny asked. While he knew exactly what Jack had said, it was the only thing he could think of to distract everyone from the state of his healing wounds.

"Oh, yeah!" Jack faced the people still gathered in the hall. "Anyone interested in learning how to fight these ghosts, go to the auditorium!"

"Everyone else from Fenton Works is on their way, right?"

"They're bringing any weapons that we couldn't fit into the Assault Vehicle."

"Good. Bring it around to the auditoriums outside doors, and we can get everything ready." Danny's words were received with obedient nods and he turned to the rest of the Ghostketeers. "Can you guys help out to?"

For some reason, Jason, Morgan, Hayden, and Erin all found themselves saying they could, and they filed out of the school, while Valerie stood there with her mouth hanging open, shocked at how similar Daniel and Danielle looked.

"Hey, Danny, Danielle is-"

"I'll meet you guys there," Danny said, cutting Valerie off and nodding to his parents over his shoulder. They returned his gesture, and he entered the crowd, grabbing Valerie's wrist as he passed, with his girlfriend, best friend, and daughter following closely behind.

Those that had been listening avidly since Jack's announcement couldn't help but notice how Danny Fenton appeared to be the unspoken leader.


"Unless you want to learn to fight ghosts, could you all please leave the auditorium?" Danny hardly raised his voice from the back entrance, but it carried easily over the crowd of people still occupying the rows of seats. They couldn't see who had spoken, only a shadow in the doorway where the commanding voice must have come from. Those that had no desire to learn to fight immediately rose to their feet and stumbled out of the auditorium. While they may have been sitting in the dark for several hours since the power went out, there were no windows in the auditorium, and many of those hours had been spent in fitful sleep. As they left, people looked about for the source of the voice, but only saw Danny Fenton and his friends. Plus his… cousin?

Once the queue through the doors had thinned out, Danny led them down to the stage and disappeared into one of the wings.

"Danny, what's going on?" Valerie hissed once they were out of sight.

"I can't really tell you everything right now. Well, no, that's not true. I just don't feel like telling everything twice, so for most of the information, you'll have to wait until everyone is ready in the auditorium. With Danielle here, there's no way you won't figure it out for yourself, so I'll just make this quick," Danny paused to catch his breath, and Valerie interrupted.

"Danielle is Phantom's cousin," she said.

"He considers her a daughter, actually," Danny corrected.

"Right, and how come she looks so much like you?" Valerie asked.

"Should we say something?" Tucker wondered aloud.

"No, just give it a minute," Danny shook his head, then pulled Danielle closer to him and crouched down so that they were the same height. Valerie's eyes flickered back and forth between the two of them, and her eyes finally widened in realization.

"Oh… Oh! You're Danny Ph-" Danny leapt forwards and pressed a hand over her mouth.

"Yep, yes I am, but please don't shout it," Danny removed his hand when Valerie nodded. "And, um, sorry about Cujo."

He chuckled nervously and rubbed the back of his neck.

"Your dog, your dog…!" Valerie stopped and took a deep breath. "Danny, I'm so sorry for shooting you all those times."

"Right, you'll apologize to me, but not Phantom." For a moment, a ring of red appeared around Danny's irises, but it was soon gone and he paled as what he said registered in his mind. "No, no. You were right to be mad, to not want to apologize. Sorry."

"R-right," Valerie nodded. "Who knows?"

"Everyone that went with us into the Ghost Zone, and you. Technically, all the ghosts know, but for some reason they've never thought of telling people." A loud knocking from their left signalled the arrival of the rest of the Ghostketeers. Tucker went and opened the door, and Danny finally registered the fact that there was no light in the school.

"Is the power out?" Danny asked when the sunlight flooded in and onto the stage.

"Yeah, dude," Tucker said. "You're only just noticed this now?"

"Enhanced senses," Danny shrugged. "But… I guess not everyone has those. We should fix the power, at least in the school. Mom, do you guys have the ecto-converter?"

"Yes, we have it in the RV," Maddie answered.

"Cool. So, I'm gonna take it, and I'll be right back." Danny ran out of the auditorium while the Ghostketeers started to bring in the entirety of the Fenton Weapons Vault.


Around the time when everyone interested in fighting ghosts had arrived in the auditorium, the power in the school came back on, earning a round of cheers from everyone present. With the area properly lit, the people in their seats could now see who was standing on the stage. They were undoubtedly surprised when they saw that it was mostly teenagers.

Those that recognized half the group as the people they had heard were missing, breathed a sigh of relief. Those that hadn't know anything about people going missing wondered why Sam Manson was covered in bandages.

The Ghostketeers that had gone into the Ghost Zone (Star having been accepted as an honourary member at this point) had spent most of the hour reassuring their parents (and older sister) that they were fine, and the Fentons didn't need to be sued. Although Sam's parents had once again threatened Danny with a restraining order, although that would have been more affective if Danny had actually been present to witness the threat. But he had disappeared with the ecto-converter and had yet to return to anyone's sight. After their somewhat teary reunions, the Ghostketeers had gravitated towards the stage and exchanged stories, although in both cases, some secrets were kept both groups of Ghostketeers had discussed amongst themselves they would not reveal the two kept identities to the other group at this point in time.

"Do you think we should wait for Danny?" Jack asked his wife after about five minutes of no one new entering the auditorium.

"I don't know, he is the one that knows everything. Sam, is he still wearing his Fenton Phone?" Maddie turned to the Goth, who immediately spoke into the device attached to her ear.

"Hey, Danny?" Sam waited a moment before repeating his name.

"I don't think he's still wearing it, or at least it's not on, so I don't really know what- oh! Hey, about time. Everyone's here in the auditorium, we're just waiting for you."

The others waited patiently as Sam listened to Danny's reply.

"Danny says he's close by, still working on stuff, and we knew enough for us to just start without him," Sam supplied when the conversation ended.

"Then we might as well start," Lancer said, nodding to the Fentons.

"Alright, everyone, now that it looks like no one else will be coming, we can start. And please, hold any questions you have until we have finished with our explanation," Maddie said as she grabbed the microphone. "First of all, we have learned that the ghost heading this invasion is one called Kraeva. He has many powerful allies, as well as his army of wraiths, that he is using to invade Amity Park."

Maddie's next words were cut off by the rising noise of those present, shouting out their questions.

"Fall of the House of Usher people! Mrs. Fenton requested holding your questions until the end!" Lancer shouted. The noise died down until all that remained were a few hushed conversation.

"Thank you, Mr. Lancer. Kraeva is a powerful ghost, and we only know one person capable of defeating him."

"Whoo, Danny Phantom!" A jock shouted from the middle of the crowd. His cheer was echoed several times over, accompanied by the grumblings of those who disliked the ghost boy hero, before falling silent again under Lancer's stern glare.

"Yes, Danny Phantom. He will once again be saving our town, and it is our job to help him, by holding the wraith army at bay. Over the next few days those wishing to fight will be divided and trained to use our Fenton weapons while strategies will be made." Maddie looked to Lancer.

"If you have any questions, ask them now, and in an orderly manner, people," Lancer said.

"What does this ghost want?"

"We're not sure," Jack said slowly. A loud sigh echoed around the auditorium.

"World domination, among other things," Danny's voice rang throughout the room.

"Danny?" Maddie asked.

"Yes?"

"Where are you?"

"Look up." Necks craned and eyes searched the rafters above them. The lights above suddenly dimmed, and the beam of a flashlight illuminated Danny Fenton comfortably sitting on a crossbeam while leaning against the ghost shield generator.

"Kraeva, as far as I know, wants two things. World domination, and Phantom's head. Bad enough that Skulker wants his pelt."

"How do you know that?" The jock that had cheered for Danny Phantom, Danny couldn't remember the guy's name, asked.

"Because he told me. Kraeva did. To anyone who bothered to notice that my parents, Sam, Tucker, Dash, Paulina, Kwan, Star, Mr. Lancer, and I were missing, we were in the Ghost Zone. Rescuing Sam, after those wraiths outside took her."

"Danny," Sam's voice was surprisingly close to a self-conscious whine, and people finally realized why she was covered in bandages.

"On our little adventure, we encountered our future ruler, and he was gracious enough to both let us live, and tell us his end goal," Danny said casually. Without bracing himself, he fluidly rose to his feet and started to pace across one of the thin bars. "So far no one's been hurt, so I have no idea when he plans on attacking. He said something about wanting to have fun, so we can assume he'll give us time to prepare. But Kraeva assumes he has limited our ghostly allies by taking the citizens of the Far Frozen. Having been in banishment for the past one thousand years or so, we could assume he doesn't know about the recent events in Amity Park, but he has Plasmius and Skulker as his allies, so they'll probably have given him information about our extensive knowledge of ghosts, or at least my extensive knowledge of ghosts. But they've only faced resistance from Danny Phantom and the Red Huntress. No offense, but as far as they know, you're all too scared to do anything. So Kraeva probably won't be expecting resistance of the Amity Park citizen kind. That, plus all the ghosts that are currently gathering, should give us some kind of any edge against him."

"And the GIW," Valerie added quickly. Danny re-absorbed the information quickly, nodding as he continued his verbal thinking.

"Right, and the GIW. I may not like them, but they will have a lot of firepower that will be really useful. I'll just have to make sure to avoid them personally, and to warn the other ghosts about them. I could try and convince the GIW that the ghosts who'll be fighting with us are good, but I doubt they'd listen to reason. On that front we can only hope that we stay on different fronts, which would actually be really beneficial to us. It's a classic military maneuver, to attack from both sides. We could actually attack from three fronts, with the addition of Dora's army, and Pandora's troops if there's even anyone there. Although Since Pandora was taken, I would assume her soldiers were as well."

"Danny…"

"I don't know if Youngblood and his crew would be willing to help. He's still a kid, and he's just playing at being a pirate. He might find any serious efforts to be annoying."

"Danny!"

"Poindexter might be willing to help. He wouldn't be popular in the ghost school if it weren't for me anyways, and the other students could lend a hand to if they really wanted to help a halfa out."

"DANNY!"

"What?" Danny abruptly stopped his pacing, having been so lost in thought he didn't really realize what he was doing, or saying. Meaning he didn't notice the few hints he had given to unsuspecting Amity Park citizens about his alternate identity. All eyes were on him now, and many thought it was nothing short of a miracle that Danny hadn't fallen yet. As he stood now, one foot was lifted off the thin beam, him having paused in the middle of taking a step, and he was leaning forwards slightly, hands stuffed into his pockets.

"Dude, you're ranting," Tucker chuckled.

"Did I say anything useful?" Danny asked, lowering himself so that he was sitting on the bar.

"A few things," Star answered.

"That's good. Are there any more questions?"

"What are you doing up there?" Dash asked as he scratched his head.

"A few things. I took the ghost shield's energy generator and routed it into the school's power grid, then connected it to the ecto-converter and gave a few generous, uh, samples of ectoplasm to power it up so that the school's electricity would be maintained for a long period of time. It just needs to be given a new supply of ectoplasm every twelve hours or so, since it's now powering a much larger area instead of just the ghost shield. Then I made… something…" Danny's hand fell to his waist, where a modified Specter Deflector sat. Instead of harming ghosts, it would negate the effects of the ghost shield on any half-ghost inside of it. Meaning Danny could no longer hear that annoying buzzing, he could probably pass through the shield with minor resistance, and he could use his ghost powers while in human form. But if he went ghost, it wouldn't be as effective. At the moment, he didn't really want to find out how effective it would be. He had a second for Danielle, and while she may not have been able to hear the buzzing at all, and she could still safely pass through the shield while in her human form, he would be a lot happier once she had it on.

"You did all that?" Dash gawked.

"Um, yeah. Sorry that it took so long," Danny rubbed the back of his neck, smiling sheepishly down at the people below. "So, if there aren't any more questions, you'll start your training right away. If you think of any question later on, just come to me and I'll answer as best as I can. Or, uh, any of the other Ghostketeers, I guess."

"It's better if you go to Danny," Sam said, smiling up at the halfa.

"So, any final questions?" Jack asked.

Although only one question had actually be asked in the first place, the people sitting in the auditorium were too stunned by Danny's display to gather their thoughts. Those that remembered a voice calling out for anyone not interested in ghost fighting to leave the auditorium over and hour ago now realized where it had come from.


So did you guys like Danny's rant? I always kind of felt like he'd be the person to do that, think out loud and then just not stop thinking. If anyone was thinking of asking it, Jazz will confront Danny about his Phantomness soon, I'm just waiting on a little something until I can include that scene.

1Sh*t I know, Danny swore! But his wounds kind of warranted it

'See' you next time!


SPOILER ALERT!

SPOILER ALERT! This is in response to Randomphandom's question about how Danny's obsession would relate to him becoming like Dan. If you don't want any parts of the story to come to be given away, do not read!

So Danny's obsession is saving people, and obviously hurting people or putting them in danger goes against his obsession. In my story, that's why Danny doesn't do anything to permanently get rid of the ghosts he fights, it goes against his obsession. He's able to fight them because he's stopping them from hurting people, but as long as he doesn't go overboard in his fighting he won't fail his obsession. I've already mentioned that failing his obsession causes him pain and makes him a little mentally unstable. So, Danny hurts someone because he's angry, and it causes him to fail his obsession. Danny himself is in pain, his mind is unraveling a little bit, and he gets mad again, hurts someone else. More pain, more mental instability. It's kind of like a loop. The more mentally unstable Danny gets, the more easily he fails his obsession, which as a result makes him more mentally unstable.