Disclaimer; I don't own Danny Phantom.
Warning: Kinda' angsty; however, nothing like my story Incidental…—Shameless Plug Number 1 However, things might get a little more depressing…or less, I'm not sure yet.
Also, I will refer to characters from this story outside of the story itself as Darkness!insert character name her, i.e. Darkness!Danny/Phantom etc. Speaking of which, Darkness!Danny says his battle cry without the relaxation of 'going'. (Canon Danny sounds like he usually says it like "I'm goin' ghost!", while Darkness!Danny always says it like "I'm going ghost."
Phantom Darkness
Prologue
Thunder boomed and lightning surged through the skies. It was the worst storm in the history of Amity Park, and already its inhabitants were miserable. Nobody liked rainstorms…except one sixteen-year-old boy…
He was wearing an old white t-shirt with some red designs on it, worn out blue jeans, and a pair of old white and red sneakers. His icy blue eyes stare blankly out the window at the rain and his raven black hair is as messy as always. There were bags under his eyes and his chin was rested down on his arms, which were crossed on the windowsill. The teen boy was sitting in front of the window, watching the storm as he always did when it rained. Sometimes, he would go outside and try to enjoy himself.
"Danny?"
The boy looked up at his older sister, who was a twenty-one year old redhead with aqua eyes. She was very smart; being one of Casper High's best and brightest. She looked more awake then Danny and that was saying a lot. The redhead had a black t-shirt, light blue pants, and a pair of black shoes on. Usually she had a hair band, but didn't at the moment, her hair being extremely messy.
The boy, Daniel Fenton, replied with a little bit of emotion in his voice, "…Jazz."
Jasmine Fenton smiled weakly at her little brother, "Are you going out?"
"…Yes." Danny replied after some thought.
"'K. Be back, ok?" Jazz gave him a worried look.
Danny chuckled weakly, "Yeah, yeah, I love you, too, sis'." He threw on a rain coat, grabbed an umbrella, and threw himself out the front door, opening the umbrella quickly once he was outside.
Jazz shook her head and smiled a little.
'Some things never change…'
Danny walked down the street, left hand in pocket and holding the umbrella with his right. It was Spring Break, so he hadn't been out in a while. Not much had changed, as expected.
The teen yawned and coughed as a wisp of blue gas leaked out of his mouth. 'Well, that was unexpected.' He smirked and casually turned…into an alley. Danny threw the umbrella to the ground.
In a soft, weak voice, the raven-haired boy murmured, "Going ghost…" He concentrated on his inner cold spot and released it with force.
There was a flash of blue-white light. A beam of light blue light appeared like a hula-hoop around his waist. It split into two rings of light blue energy; one moved up his body towards his head and the other moved down his body to his feet. As they passed over him, his body gained a white glow and his clothes were replaced by a skin-tight black suit with white gloves, a white belt, white collar, and white boots. When the ring going up his body passed over his eyes, their innocent blue was traded for a determined green and his raven black hair was gone, being replaced by a snowy white color.
In place of a human teen…was a teenage ghost.
The ghost boy floated out of the alley and up into the air; he was soon at a height higher then any of the houses, but not much higher. He looked around blankly for a moment when another blue swirl leaked out of his mouth.
He spun around just in time to create a round shield in front of him that was curved like an umbrella; it was a slightly transparent green color.
A steady stream of blue ectoplasmic energy—an ecto-blast—tore through the air, hit the ghost teen's shield, and bounced down into the ground. It did nothing to the street below. He let the shield die down and watched as a unicorn with blue-ish skin and crimson eyes hovered there. Its front hooves glowed with blue energy for a moment, which faded at will.
It snarled, "Phantom…"
The ghost teen who was only moments ago Danny Fenton, known as 'Phantom' in this form, replied softly, "Yes, that is me."The ghost unicorn roared and fired a large beam of violet energy from it's horn. Phantom calmly raised a rectangular shield that bounced the beam right back into the unicorn, sending it flying. Most would smirk at their success, but Phantom looked almost…bored. He spoke, "Can we get this over with? What do you want from me?"
It snarled, "It is because of you that mistress does not pay attention to me anymore."
"Mistress? Who would your 'mistress' be?" Phantom raised a raven-black eyebrow; his eyebrows, unlike the rest of his hair, always stayed black. He wasn't entirely sure why.
"You are in no place to ask questions, ghost boy." The unicorn replied coldly.
"Hmph, be that way." Phantom impatiently snapped, green energy forming in his palms. He his hands together and shot one large greenish-white beam from them.
The blast surged through the air and slammed into the spectral unicorn, sending it flying. Phantom thought to himself, 'I better wrap this up.' He pulled a white thermos with green designs from the belt on his waist and held it up. Phantom quickly removed the cap of the thermos and aimed it, pressing the green button on one side. The thermos whirred and surged with life, a blue vortex surging through the air and sucking the unicorn into the metallic object. Phantom, without urgency, capped the thermos and put it back on his belt.
The ghost teen floated down back into the alley. Landing near the umbrella, he let two light blue rings appear around his waist, one moving up and the other moving down, causing him to de-transform into Danny Fenton. The now-human boy picked up the umbrella quickly before he got drenched.
With that, one Daniel Fenton left he alley, not noticing crimson eyes watching from the shadows…
Danny entered his home to see Jazz fallen asleep on the couch. He let a ghost of a smile form on his lips.
Jazz was all he had left, and he would keep her safe even if it cost him the half of him that was still alive. She was the only human who knew of his dual identity as Danny Fenton and Phantom, except their mother who had been missing for years and was probably dead by now…as for their father, he had been murdered. The one who had killed the man known as Jack Fenton had never been found nor even identified; everyone had given up on the case a long time ago.
The half-ghost—known as a 'halfa' to some of the more-intelligent ghosts—sighed and, giving another glance to his unconscious sister, walked upstairs and into his room. He shut the door and hopped on his bed.
Danny sighed and looked around the room with a frown. It was decorated with various space-stuff. He inwardly chuckled; his dreams of being an astronaut were just that: dreams. Danny Fenton would always just be Danny Fenton, a loser, an enigma, a—
Danny's arm went intangible against his will. It had been a year since he had gotten his powers, and he still couldn't control his ghost powers.
—freak.
END CHAPTER
…Yeah. Kinda' angsty, huh? In my opinion, it's not really that bad…but I'm the one who wrote it, so I should know…oh, never mind! Please review! I need to feed Darkness!Danny with something…
This-stories-Danny (aka 'Darkness!Danny'): …
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Darkness!Danny: …
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Darkness!Danny: …
…Um…dude?
Darkness!Danny: …Yeah?
Err, are you hungry?
Darkness!Danny: Sure.
…Um, ok, we have pizza. Do you like pizza?
Darkness!Danny: Why not?
I dunno', you might be allergic to cheese or something for all I know!
Darkness!Danny: …
Oh, why do I even bother!? Readers, please review. Maybe you can try to cheer up Mr. Grumpy Halfa here.
Darkness!Danny: …
…Right…