Here's a new crossover story between Tangled and Danny Phantom. I recently got back into the last series, and after seeing a few other crossovers done by another author, I decided to write one of my own.
Disclaimer: I don't own anything related to Tangled or Danny Phantom. I only own this idea. I got the idea while looking at FamousFox13's Phantomverse series on ao3, so shout out to them.
So, let's begin. (Let me know if I should change the title)
This was a bad idea. Danny Fenton knew that deep down while holding the black and white hazmat suit.
"Smile!" His friend, Sam Manson, cheered as she took a picture of him.
"Okay," Danny said, blinking the flash out of his eyes. "I showed you the portal. Can we get out of here now? My parents could be back here any minute. Besides, they say it doesn't work, anyway."
"Come on, Danny. A Ghost Zone? Aren't you curious?" Sam persisted, looking at the portal again. "You gotta check it out."
Danny had to admit, she was right. While he had never been gung-ho about his parents' research, he was curious.
"You know what? You're right," He conceded, feeling a little excited. "Who knows what kind of awesome, super cool things exist on the other side of that portal."
Not wasting another second, he slipped on the hazmat suit, a determined look on his face.
"Hang on," Sam said suddenly, walking up to him.
Danny thought she had reconsidered the plan for a moment, but instead, she just pulled off the Jack Fenton sticker on the suit.
"You can't go walking around with that on your chest." She explained, pointing to the sticker.
Looking at his friends one last time, Danny turned to the portal and headed inside.
He glanced around the inside of the portal and saw nearly nothing. Despite the lab's lights, the portal itself was dark.
Danny reached up and placed his hand on the portal wall to keep from tripping in case of loose cords or something along those lines.
Unknown to Danny, on the wall was a small panel with two buttons, one green with the word "on" underneath it and a red one with the word "off" underneath it. In a matter of seconds, Danny felt the button and accidentally pressed the green one.
An electric whine was the trio's only warning as the circuitry inside the portal lit up like a Christmas tree.
Danny didn't even have time to react as the portal lit up with energy. The machine activating and his friends' cries were the only sounds he heard before his vision was engulfed in a bright flash of light.
After that, everything with black.
(Scene Break)
Darkness and weightlessness greeted Danny as his senses returned to him. Air was rushing past him, and the sensation reminded him of those dreams where he was falling.
Before he could try and open his eyes, his entire system was shocked back online when he hit something hard, cold, and watery. His eyes snapped open to find his world was a twilight zone of light and darkness. He could see a ball of light that he assumed was the sun above him, but his eyes were shielded by the dark blue around him.
The involuntary gasp he took on impact clued Danny in that he had fallen into a body of water since he began inhaling the liquid surrounding him. Panicking and acting on instinct, Danny scrambled for the surface, clawing his way toward air. He managed to breach, coughing and choking out water as he tried to breathe, his haking nearly causing him to go back under.
Treading water as best he could, he whipped his head in all directions, trying to get his bearings as best he could with his wet bangs in his face. He caught sight of land and began moving toward it, hoping he didn't imagine things.
To his relief, he didn't.
His feet started brushing the ground beneath the water as he got closer. He tripped on something on the bottom but was close enough to crawl onto the shore. When he stopped moving, he continued coughing up water (salt water, if the salty taste left behind was any clue) before his arms and legs gave out, face-planting on the ground.
However, Danny's pain was becoming known now that the adrenaline was wearing off. A steady throb of agony made its way through his entire body, causing him to groan as he continued to cough, which caused him to hurt even more. He eventually stopped, gasping as he tried to steady his breathing again.
Even so, everything hurt, and he felt so tired now. Danny felt like he wanted to sleep for the next twenty years.
As his eyes started to close again, Danny sensed a presence as a shadow fell over him.
"Hey, are you okay?" A voice, young and male, asked as the person came closer, kneeling in front of him.
Danny tried to look up at him with what strength he had left. His eyes wouldn't clear enough to make a good picture, but he could make out black hair and pale skin. When the person brought their hands closer to him, Danny could tell they were covered by something, most likely gloves.
By then, what strength he had faded, and Danny's eyes started to shut again.
He wasn't sure if the person said anything else, but he felt hands on him as someone tried to pick him up. Whoever it was hoisted him up and moved him around until he was positioned on the person's back, judging by the hands now hooked under his legs. The person then started walking, stumbling off balance a few times but still able to keep going.
At some point, Danny couldn't stay awake anymore. All his questions and worries were still in the back of his mind as he fell into darkness again.
(POV Change)
Varian wasn't sure what to do as he snuck back into his village.
He had been looking for ingredients for his new alchemical solution when he heard splashing from the shore. Following the sound, he found a boy not much older than him pulling himself out of the water. Knowing he couldn't leave him there, Varian hoisted him onto his back and headed home.
While he knew helping the other boy was the right thing to do, Varian now had other problems on his hands.
For one thing, the doctor in Old Corona was long gone along with everyone else. They left when they realized help wasn't coming. Varian, Ruddiger, and… his father were the only ones left, not counting the men wearing masks that showed up not long after the village was deserted.
This led to the next problem; the men. The King sent them to keep Varian isolated in town for some reason. They started searching his lab after he found the strange graphtych in his dad's room. What were they going to do if he brought someone home? Take him who knows where and do he-didn't-even-want-to-imagine-what to him?
Besides that, he also found himself nervous about dragging his possibly foreign guest into his home. He didn't know where this person came from or their intentions.
Varian was fast yet sneaky as he made his way home. Ruddiger came out of wherever he was hiding and scampering alongside him, but human-wise, they seemed to be alone.
The alchemist scrambled up the stairs awkwardly, trying not to drop the stranger. After struggling for a minute, he managed to open the door and stumble inside with his charge, kicking the door shut behind him.
Remembering the lock was busted, he turned to Ruddiger. "Ruddiger, goo bomb."
The raccoon nodded and grabbed a pink orb out of his pocket. He tossed it at the closed door, and the door was engulfed in pink goo.
Satisfied, Varian moved towards the living room and deposited his… guest on the couch, adjusting him so he was lying on it properly. He pulled the old-almost ratty quilt off the backrest and put over the other teen to try and make him a little more comfortable.
After closing the drapes, so they had privacy, Varian sat on the coffee table, ignoring the scolding voice in the back of his mind. Now that they were safely home, Varian took a minute to observe his guest better.
He was taller than Varian, with fair skin and black hair like his own. He was soaking wet, wearing an odd black and white body suit, something Varian had never seen before.
Varian knew he needed to get towels and dry clothes. Make something warm to eat and drink.
"Ruddiger, could you keep an eye on him for me, please?" Varian asked, getting up.
Ruddiger chittered in an affirmative, hopping onto the coffee table.
Varian made a quick detour to his lab before starting on any food. He wanted to drop off the supplies he gathered before he forgot about them.
Unpacking everything onto his work table, Varian thought over the situation. While he knew a few things about medicinal science through his alchemy research, he was no doctor. There was only so much he could do. He didn't know who this boy was, didn't know where he came from, or how he ended up in the ocean. There was a chance of him catching a cold or pneumonia since he didn't know how long the other had been in the water before finding him. To top it all off, Varian was short on supplies between the men and the rumors circulating around town.
Varian sighed, feeling at a loss. He really wished his dad was here… The alchemist wiped at his eyes when he felt tears starting to form. He couldn't break down now.
Glancing across his desk, his eyes fell on a parchment from several months ago. It held the data about Rapunzel's hair from when they first met, data they hadn't been able to review because of the water-heater debacle.
Varian sighed, several different negative emotions swirling inside him. As much as he didn't want to admit it, he needed help.
He needed Rapunzel's help, a fact that left a bitter taste in his mouth.
He was still angry at her for breaking her promise, but this wasn't about him anymore. The boy he found wasn't part of this, and he wasn't petty enough to drag a stranger down because he didn't like the person who could help them.
Taking a deep breath, Varian swallowed his pride and got to work.
(Timeskip/Scene Change; Corona Capitol)
Princess Rapunzel was having an off day since she got up.
She had an odd dream the night before about her hair, the mysterious black rocks that caused it to return, and Varian, her alchemist friend, who she hadn't seen since the day of that horrible blizzard. When she woke up, she was suspended in mid-air, saved from a hard fall by her boyfriend, Eugene Fitzherbert.
She spent most of the morning trying to analyze what the dream meant. She knew it meant something, that everything within the dream was connected. She just needed to find out how.
While Eugene had suggested leaving it alone, Rapunzel stubbornly refused. She spoke to her father, and after some pushing, he admitted there had been a problem, but it was handled. The rocks had been removed, so there wasn't anything to worry about.
While Rapunzel felt at ease with her father's words, she couldn't shake the feeling that something was still wrong.
Right now, she was taking a walk with Eugene and her best friend/lady-in-waiting, Cassandra. They were strolling along the dirt path past her statue, surrounded by flowers and gifts for her.
"Happy birthday, Rapunzel!" A little girl waved as she ran past.
"Thank you," She waved politely before they stopped in front of her statue. "We still don't know anything about where Varian is–"
She cut herself off with a gasp when she sees a floating lantern at the statue's base. She had seen it before…
"The kite…" She whispered, approaching the item. "Wait, it's the same one from my vision."
Taking it in her hands, she noticed a scroll was tied to a string attached to the lantern.
"There's a note," She said, unrolling the scroll to read the contents and finding another surprise. "And a key! It's from Varian."
She began to it aloud as her companions moved closer to see for themselves. "Rapunzel, I need your help now more than ever. While collecting alchemy ingredients recently, I found an injured boy pulling himself out of the ocean. I took him home to treat him, but there's only so much I can do on my own. The doctor left town along with everyone else because of the rocks. I'm the only one left. I need you to take him to the city where he can get better treatment. Keep the key I sent safe. I'll tell you what it's for when you get here, but be careful. They are watching and will do anything to keep you away from Old Corona."
"They? Who are they?" Cass asked in confusion. "And if everyone in Old Corona's gone, why is he still there?"
"It's always somethin' with that guy," Eugene crossed his arms.
"I knew it!" Rapunzel turned back to them. "I knew it! He still needs our help!"
"What do you wanna do?" Cass asks her seriously.
Rapunzel looked down at the note, clutching the key in her hand. Then, she looked back towards the castle.
There wasn't even a question. She knew what she had to do.
"Sorry, Dad," She murmured. "We gotta go to Old Corona."
She then started walking away from the statue to prepare for the trip, Cass and Eugene following her.
Not a bad beginning. I'll be back soon with the next chapter.
Edit: You probably noticed I combined the first two chapters into one. I'm trying to make my chapters longer, at least eight pages. This one measured out to six, but I can settle for that this time.