Here's the next chapter!
Darkness!Danny: Oh, joy.
Yay! You're excited! That's new for you!
Darkness!Danny: Idiot! I was being sarcastic!
Hm, anger, huh? Not new for you…
Darkness!Danny: …
Silence? Hmph, you probably invented it.
Darkness!Danny: (shoots tiny ecto-blast from finger that hits my right eye)
OUCH! Oh…oh, God…um, D!D? Can you, like write the story for me? I can't write a whole chapter with one eye.
Darkness!Danny: (sigh)
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Chapter 1
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When Danny woke up, his first thought was, 'Oh, great, I'm up.' Then he realized, 'Wait, it's only Sunday. Great.' He hated school, if only for the bullies and some of the mean teachers. That, and Jazz didn't go there anymore, so he didn't have even his sister there if he needed her…
The halfa teen yawned, sitting up and quickly standing up. Being half-dead makes it easier to get up, after all. He walked over to his computer and turned it on quickly. It took a few minutes, but it was ready. He smirked and clicked on a link: Doomed. It was an online game Jazz had downloaded for him; why, he didn't know.
Danny's username was—'creatively'—GhostBoy. Surprisingly, he was the only one with that username. Weird.
His in-game character looked a lot like him, for obvious reasons.
Danny sighed and stood up. Two light blue rings appeared around his waist, one moving up and the other moving down, transforming him into Phantom. He went intangible and flew into the computer, 'overshadowing' the game almost like he could to a human.
This way, he could play the game as 'Phantom', in a way.
On screen, 'GhostBoy' suddenly formed two light blue rings around his waist, both moving as usual and making him Phantom, only wearing black and white metallic armor with a more futuristic-looking DP logo. The blue glasses over his eyes were now tinted a green that was an even lighter shade then his olive green eyes.
Phantom ran forward, clenching green energy in his hands. A robot suddenly appeared and tried to attack, but the ghost boy unleashed the blast from his left hand, which destroyed the enemy easily. Phantom quickly created a new ecto-blast in his left hand as another robot appeared. Using his right hand, he threw another blast that destroyed the new enemy.
Smirking, he let the energy fade away; he knew those were the only enemies for a while.
He had been playing this game for almost two years, and he knew a lot about it. The halfa teen knew all the cheats, the tips, the hints, and the basics were an entirely individual section of his brain from everything else.
…Basically, he was an expert Doomed player.
Phantom went invisible just as two other players went by. One of them was in a black and purple suit that looked very powerful, while the others was the same size as Phantom and looked only slightly-powerful. The first spoke in a female's voice, "Tucker, there's no-one there."
"Sam, I'm serious! I managed to program my version of Doomed to allow me a debug mode, and it lets me know whenever any player is nearby! I'm sure there's one right there!" 'Tucker' pointed at Phantom.
According to the info on screen (which showed itself on Phantom's left arm's screen whenever he 'overshadowed' the game), the boy who's real name must be Tucker was FrierTuck. The other girl was supposedly Chaos, a very known player who was supposedly unbeatable. Phantom smirked, 'Perhaps I should test that rumor?' "Ok, you caught me."
'Chaos' and 'FrierTuck' jumped as Phantom regained tangibility, hovering a few inches over the ground in a 'standing' position. The ghost boy has his arms crossed and his eyes half-lidded, a small hint of an amused smile was on his face.
FrierTuck, shockingly, recognized, "Whoa…he's the legendary GhostBoy!"
"Who?" Chaos asked. FrierTuck stared at her incredulously. "Look, I may be the 'great and wonderful Chaos', but I don't know everyone."
"I know that, but he's probably one of the few people here who could totally kick your butt!" FrierTuck motioned at Phantom, who was looking at his fingernails as if uninterested.
Chaos smirked, "We'll see about that…" She clenched blue energy in her hands.
Phantom pretended not to notice, looking casually into a reflective surface. He mused aloud, "Is my hair even messier when I'm here?" Chaos released the blue blasts, but Phantom spun around in the blink of an eye, green beams of energy surging from the halfa's eyes. The beams were rather large, tearing through Chaos' blasts and hitting her dead-on. Chaos vanished, her HP at 0 instantly. She had a lot of lives, though, and came back after a moment.
Chaos admitted, "That was actually really cool. How'd you do that?"
The ghost boy smirked, "Let's just say it's a…personal cheat code." Before either of the other two players could ask, Phantom took off, his legs fusing into a spectral whisp as he flew away at a high speed.
"I could die happy now." FrierTuck smiled.
Chaos shook her head. 'I wonder who that guy was? Oh, well, it's not like we'll ever see him outside of Doomed.'
FrierTuck then asked, "So, anyway, are you ready to go to Casper High tomorrow?"
"I guess…I bet it'll be boring, though…" Sam sighed. "I've never been to a public school before, let alone a school in a supposedly 'haunted' town…"
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Later that night…
The room was dark to the point where you could barely see. The grandfather clock ticked each second by; had their been too much noise, you couldn't hear it. Whenever the occasional car passed by, it's headlights would light the room up. The TV was shut off, it's screen showing darkness. The only source of light other then cars passing by was some moonlight coming through the window and onto the floor…
Jasmine Fenton slept soundly on the couch. She was off in dreamland, the ticking of the grandfather clock simply being the clicks of her sandals on the sidewalk as she happily ran with random cute guys, who's names she did not know but not care for as it was just a dream.
However, as the oldest Fenton living slept, red eyes suddenly appeared in the darkness. The owner of these crimson orbs hissed softly, "…Blood…" It floated over to Jazz, ready to fulfill it's vampirism needs…
Upstairs, Danny was woken up by a steady stream of blue mist leaking out of his mouth, signaling the presence of a ghost.
He grunted and sat up. 'Oh, great.' Two light blue rings encircled his waist, one moving up and the other moving down, transforming him into his ghost half. Phantom phased out of the sheets and flew quickly over to the door, legs fusing into a tail. He went intangible and flew through the door. Still intangible and with a spectral whisp instead of legs, Phantom flew through the floor and found himself in the kitchen. He floated down and became tangible.
Phantom hovered cautiously into the living room and almost screamed.
A ghost was floating there, it's white aura lighting up the room somewhat. It's crimson red eyes (which were filled with red, it's eyes lacking pupils of any kind) were staring emotionlessly down at Jazz, it's fangs shown off with it's evil sneer. The ghost had pale blue skin and was also wearing a white and black suit, a white and red cape on his back.
The ghost boy, meanwhile, only didn't scream when he noticed his sister there. He did, however, grow pissed. Phantom snarled, "Get away…from my sister…ghost." It turned to him and snorted. It's right hand glowed with red energy and it threw a red ecto-blast. Phantom was hit by it and sent flying into the wall. The ghost teen hit the ground, raised his arms, and created an umbrella-curved shield in front of him that deflected another blast. He lowered the shield and hissed, "You can't beat me."
The vampire-like ghost smirked at that and fired another blast, this time a violet color. Phantom dodged it easily, then another, and then a small rounded 'bomb' of ectoplasm that was shaped like a circle. The last attack hit the ground behind him, causing a small explosion; it was enough, however, to send Phantom flying face first in front of the offending ghost.
It sneered, "It looks like I can beat you, Phantom…"
"Stay…stay away from my sister…" Phantom grunted, standing up and glaring intensely.
"Make me," taunted the blue-skinned ghost, crossing his arms.
Phantom snarled with anger, "I…will!" He fired a green blast that slammed into the vampire-looking ghost, sending it flying. "Who are you…what do you want…?" Phantom wanted to know as he floated into the air again to dodge a crimson blast that hit the ground only a second later.
The malevolent ghost replied after a moment of thought, "I am Plasmius. Don't bother introducing yourself, I already know—OFFFFFFFF!" A green ectoplasmic bomb (in the shape of a green 'disk') hit him in the stomach, which exploded and sent him flying into the wall—painfully. The wall was unaffected.
The ghost teen smirked a little, "Everyone knows who I am, so I'm not surprised, Plasmius."
"Hm…perhaps you are competent…unlike"—Plasmius hissed—"your father…"
"How do you know my father!?" Phantom demanded, flying over to Plasmius and angrily grabbing the fanged ghost by the scruff of it's suit.
Plasmius chuckled, "Why should I tell you?" Red blasts surged from his eyes, which slammed into the ghost teen and knocked him into the wall. Phantom hit the ground again. The picture on the wall his back had hit was not even dented. Two light blue rings appeared around Phantom's waist, moving vertically away from each other and causing him to de-transform into Danny Fenton. Danny groaned and closed his eyes.
Plasmius turned to Jazz, but froze, his crimson eyes wide with realization. He closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and went intangible. After a moment of his insubstantial form hovering there, he flew up and through the roof.
Leaving an unconscious Danny Fenton behind…
END CHAPTER
Some foreshadowing and important plot stuff. What, didn't you pay attention when you read the chapter? Do I need to point out this stuff?...Well, yeah, if I feel like it.
Anyway, here's some questions you guys may be having: will Danny meet Sam and Tucker? Will they recognize him if they do? How did Jazz sleep through that fight?
OH! And: even though ghosts can interact with objects in this universe (while tangible, of course), they cannot harm them…hehhehheh…well, of course, they can harm humans themselves, but not any real world items. Why? Mostly because I said so, but there is another reason. The main one being that humans have spirits, meaning that ghosts are able to touch them by touching their spirit, but still able to interact/harm their physical body…I hope that made sense.