Hey there peeps. I figured I'd try to get the first chapter out as soon as I could since the prologue wasn't much of anything. And since it is the first chapter and there is quite some explaining to get done, there isn't much action here, mostly info. But the story should pick up in a few more chapters. Also don't get used to updates coming this quickly with my track record... ^_^; Well, anyway on with the story!


Danny stared out the window of the cab at the trees whizzing by, deep in thought. He had come to the conclusion that moving was the best option that his family, and himself, had. He was happy for his parents, who had been offered great jobs in their field with a more than outstanding pay grade. It just felt so… wrong leaving Amity Park, leaving home. Amity was where he had spent the last 16 years of his life, where he had made some amazing friends, where he had made memories of a lifetime and more, where Daniel Fenton was born, where Danny Phantom originated.

His parents still didn't know about his alter ego. He did all he could to make sure it stayed that way. His two closest friends, Tucker Foley, and Sam Manson, and his sister, Jazz, had helped him in keeping his secret just that, a secret. But now that he was moving away, he'd lost two out of the three people that he had entrusted his identity to.

But having Phantom move away from Amity Park is what went through his mind the most when he had first put some serious thought into the offer his parents had gotten. After all, he had sworn to himself to protect the people of his hometown from any and all dangers that he could, to keep them safe from harm. He was the hero. That was his job, right?

But no, it wasn't. Not in Amity at this point in time, anyway. The Guys in White had made sure of that. That damned agency had made ecto weapons to detect ghosts all across town. A few of the advanced ones even had his ectosignature locked into them and would pick him up immediately if he were to set foot within a two mile radius of them. Luckily, when he was in human form he didn't set them off. But it made ghost fighting within the perimeters of the city impossible.

Two weeks without Phantom appearing in Amity made Danny realize that the city really didn't need him right now. The Fenton Portal was shut down, due to the Guys in White, so nowhere near the normal amount of ghosts were getting through. And the ones that did? They were expunged almost immediately by a GIW agent, or the town's new security weapons. He hated to admit it, but the GIW were doing a damn good job keeping the ghosts at bay. So Phantom had "moved on" from Amity a little more than two weeks before the Fentons moved, which worked out well for him. He didn't need anyone connecting the dots between Fenton and Phantom.

Although, just because the GIW had Amity, and most of Illinois, under control ghost-wise, the rest of the country, and even other parts of the world, started to become infested with ghosts. Since the Fenton Portal was out of commission, and no one dared go through the Plasmius Portal, the ghosts were finding as many other ways into the human realm as possible, mostly through natural portals.

Lucky for Danny, his ghost sense had heightened over the past two years of having his powers. Whenever a ghost he had already met or fought showed themselves in the hunan realm, Danny could sense which ghost it was and where they were. At first he could only control this higher sense within the boundaries of Amity Park, but the more he practiced and concentrated, the more he was able to spread his boundaries and test his limits. Nowadays he could sense ghosts all over the country and slightly into Canada and Mexico.

But what good would this power be if he couldn't get there? Again luck was on his side with the development of teleportation. When he had first mastered this power, he could only go as far as the outskirts of Amity. But with time and practice, he expanded this ability to reach the whole state of Illinois, and eventually most of the span of North America. He was currently working on stretching it overseas, but he quickly blocked the few attempts he had made out of his mind, feeling slightly embarrassed despite the fact that he was alone with his own thoughts.

Out of all the new places for Phantom to pop up for ghost fighting, New York City was becoming his most popular haunt, even before his parents were offered a job with S.H.I.E.L.D. there. Which, looking back on it now, was also good for his identity staying secret. He didn't have to worry about Fenton moving in and Phantom suddenly showing up at the same exact time for no apparent reason.

Sure the people of Amity were pretty thick headed and clueless, but Danny was sure that the rest of the world wasn't. Especially a city like NYC, the home of S.H.I.E.L.D., an agency filled with top spies. There were also many different heroes that lived in or passed through the city. Heroes who had secret identities. Heroes who the people of the city and the world would love to unmask.

Dark eyebrows knitted together. He'd have to be way more careful in his new setting. It would be much more difficult to conceal his secret in this city. The only advantage he had was that no one knew of the existence of half ghosts, or that it was even possible for them to exist. But if someone were to pick up the right clues… things could fall into place. And if there was one thing that Danny Fenton was sure of, it was that the world wasn't ready for someone to find out about him.

Hell, he wasn't even ready for his parents to find out. And maybe he never would be. Sure, he had wanted to tell them at first, but after months of excuses and lies, it became easier and less painful to keep burying the truth. He knew for a fact that nothing would ever be the same if he spilled the beans about his ghost half.

He shook his head to clear his thoughts as he saw the airport coming into view. His expression softened as he rethought this situation. He had come to terms with leaving. He had said his heartfelt goodbyes to the only three people in Amity that cared for him outside of his family(Sam, Tucker, and Valerie). Just the thought of the goodbyes made his throat threaten to close up.

Sam's had been the hardest. It wasn't until he had to think about goodbyes that he realized just how much he liked her, no... loved her. And what had he done about it in all the years that he knew her? Jack squat. Her goodbye was the hardest because there were way too many unspoken thoughts that needed to be brought into the open.

In the end though, since Danny had never been good with words or awkward situations, he had just settled for a simple goodbye and a hug that lasted a few seconds too long to count as a just a friendly gesture. He remembered seeing the slight moisture in the corners of those beautiful amethyst eyes as they broke apart. Although she did her best trying to hide it, those eyes told him just how much she would miss him, and that almost broke him as he had turned around to climb in the cab with the rest of his family, waving a final goodbye as the driver took off down the street.

The cab pulling up to the airport's drop off and pickup station just reminded him of how finalized this all really was. He was moving away from Amity Park, most likely to never live there again. Of course he had promised to keep in touch with Sam and Tuck, and possibly visit from time to time using his teleportation powers, but he knew in his heart that it would never be the same.

Danny heaved a sigh as he pulled himself from the vehicle with his single carry-on bag. A hand came to rest gently on his shoulder. He turned to see his red-headed sister giving him a sad smile that said to him "we'll get through this, little bro."He gave her a small half-smile back as they walked through the airport doors towards their flight that was headed to New York City.


There you have it. A very info-filled chapter. Sorry if it was boring. It's gonna take a bit to get the story going, since I'm trying to make it a long, but good one. One filled with lots of detail and action. Hopefully I can write what my mind wants me to and make this story great. :) Please review if you can! I adore constructive criticism.

Until next time,

~PhantomPhever