Chapter 4: Think Happy Thoughts

A/N: Well Yami-Echo wins; she found where the chapter titles are from. Also to my lovely readers I must apologize for a few things:

Plot is currently on vacation and will return after Prologue picks him up from the airport

I'm a sporadic updater

There is no prize for winning

The random chapter length. I'm trying to end at the right parts so these chapters don't become massive. The last chapter was supposed to be that chapter, this chapter and the next chapter. That would have been crazy.

Also, there is a plot but I'm open to suggestions. Enjoy!

Thanks to my awesome, smart, drugged up (just kidding) beta, Unnatural Disaster. My lack of punctuation skills almost killed her, but she's okay now.

Disclaimer: Well DP is Butch Hartman's, HP is J.K. Rowling's, chapter titles are My Chemical Romance's and the story is mine.

"Uh, yeah that's me," Danny said awkwardly as he nervously rubbed the back of his neck.

"So, are you from America?" asked Hermione. Dumbledore hadn't explained much about Danny, just the fact that he was new to the wizarding world and would be living with them until the start of term.

"Yeah I'm from Amity Park, it's a pretty small town, you've probably never heard of it," Danny explained.

"Oh, I've heard of it. It's the ghost capital of the world! Although, I didn't believe the reports until I started attending Hogwarts. I didn't believe ghosts existed then," Hermione informed Danny.

"What changed your mind?" asked Danny curiously.

"After I saw the ghosts at Hogwarts, I started believing. Especially Peeves." At the last part Hermione frowned.

"Hogwarts has ghosts?" Danny was genuinely surprised, but then he felt rather stupid. He should have realized that he couldn't escape from ghosts just by moving to a different country.

"Yeah, but most of them are harmless. The only ones you need to look out for are the Bloody Baron and Peeves the Poltergeist," Ron answered and smirked after seeing he had upset Hermione by answering for her.

"Poltergeist?" asked Danny confusedly, he only knew of two types of ghosts: full ghosts and halfas, like himself.

"A Poltergeist is a chaotic spirit which is similar to a ghost. The main difference is that poltergeists can typically move objects and people with physical force, and a Poltergeist was never a living human," explained Hermione, who was looking quite pleased that Ron hadn't butted in this time.

"That sounds like most of the ghosts that terrorized my home town," Danny responded sourly.

"It must be scary to be constantly in danger from ghost attacks,," Hermione thought out loud.

"It's not that bad, my parents a- were ghost hunters," Danny replied seeming amused at first, but as he corrected himself Hermione noticed the haunted look in his eyes. She knew he was about to say 'are' but something must have happened to his parents- recently. She decided to change the subject.

"You must have a ton of questions about our world, so feel free to ask away," Hermione provided before Ron could further the other conversation. He probably hadn't even noticed Danny's correction.

"Yeah, I do have a lot of questions for you guys. First off, what's it like at Hogwarts?"

This was something Danny had been dying to know, he had never been to a boarding school before and most certainly not a magical one.

"It's, well… magical," Hermione smiled at her choice of words, "I guess that doesn't really help you much, but you really need to see it to believe it."

"I guess so, but what sort of subjects do they teach?" Hermione's answer only made Danny anticipate the start of term even more and he was determined to get as much information as he could about the place. He had missed about four years at the school.

"Defense Against the Dark Arts, Charms, Transfiguration, Potions, Herbology, History of Magic, and Astronomy are classes that everyone has to take," Ron answered his question.

After seeing Danny's highly confused face Hermione clarified for him, "Defense Against the Dark Arts is learning spells to use to protect ourselves from evil magic, Charms is just basic, everyday spells, Transfiguration is used for changing the appearance of an object, in Potions we learn to make, well, potions, Herbology is the study of magical plants, History of Magic is, exactly that, history and Astronomy is the same as in the muggle world, just studying the stars."

Her answer had explained what had confused him but he couldn't help but wonder, 'Does that girl ever have to breathe?'

"Well, is there anything else that I should know about Hogwarts?" Danny wanted to know as much as possible before he got there.

"Yeah, there are a lot of things you need to know, but the most important being that the school is split into four houses based on the students' personality traits. The houses are Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw and Slytherin. Supposedly those who are brave and chivalrous are sorted into Gryffindor, those who are kind and believe in fair play are sorted into Hufflepuff, those who are smart and creative are sorted into Ravenclaw and those who are cunning and ambitious are sorted into Slytherin. All the Weasley's, Harry and I are in Gryffindor." Hermione explained and tried not to be prejudiced- but of course that wouldn't stop Ron.

"Most dark wizards were in Slytherin!" Ron announced. He just couldn't help himself.

"Is that true?" Danny asked.

"Unfortunately, yes, but most Slytherins we know are just bullies." Hermione answered before Ron, he tended to exaggerate things.

'Note to self: Don't be sorted into Slytherin', thought Danny

"You-Know-Who was in Slytherin!" Ron blurted out. He was starting to like Danny; he wanted to emphasize how bad Slytherin really is. He didn't realize that Danny wouldn't know who 'You-Know-Who' was though.

"I'm afraid I don't know who." Danny replied sarcastically. At least his witty remarks were still there-somewhere.

"Ron means V-Voldemort," Hermione explained after shooting Ron a glare that clearly stated 'How could you be so stupid? Of course he doesn't know about You-Know-Who'.

This caused Ron's face to flush with embarrassment.

"Nice name," Danny laughed; the guy's name sounded like a type of mold to him, "Why are you guys afraid to say it?"

"He's the most evil dark wizard in history. He murdered and tortured thousands of wizards and muggles," Hermione answered darkly, "That's what the Order of the Phoenix is for, to bring him and his supporters down."

"I can see why there's an organization formed to fight against him." Danny's joking mood was gone, this man reminded him all too much of another evil mass murderer.

"Yeah the Order will attempt to stop him at all costs." Ron continued.

"Is this where all the members meet?" Danny asked.

"Yeah, they're going to have a meeting when the rest of the Order comes back with Harry," Ron supplied.

"When will they be back?" Danny asked. He wanted to see if there was something he could help the Order with, as a human or ghost. His hero complex was showing.

"They should be here any minute now," as Hermione said this, Danny heard the doorknob turn. Apparently Hermione had as well because she immediately squealed and ran towards the door.

As the door burst open, Danny caught a glimpse of a skinny boy with black hair and glasses, who looked remarkably like himself, before he was obscured from view by a very eager Hermione.

Sorry about this fluffy explanation chapter, they annoy me too, but I had to write it sometime.

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