A Ghostly Imaginary Friend
A/N: Isn't little Danny just so cute. Any way I got tired of typing out full names so Little Danny Fenton is now L Danny or LD and Black Time is BT and Danny Phantom is DP. Also Tucker, Sam, and Spook make a short appearance in this chapter. Should read A Halfa's Best Friend before reading this or you wouldn't understand a few things and I hate repeating my self.
Ch.3 Nightly Ghosts
"Danny is everything ok" L Danny's mom asked from downstairs hearing her son yelling.
"There's…" was all L Danny got out before DP flew forward clamping a hand over L Danny's mouth.
"Listen you can't tell anyone I'm here especially my… I mean your parents" DP said and slowly moved his hand away.
"Why shouldn't I tell anyone" L Danny asked.
"Because…," DP thought for a moment "we're friends and friends help friends and it would be a big help to me if you don't tell anyone I'm here."
"We're friends?" L Danny asked.
"Of course we are" DP said.
"Danny!?" he herd his mom called coming up the stairs.
L Danny ran the door and opened it then walked out. Before he closed the door behind him he popped his head in.
"I won't tell" L Danny said the closed the door.
"Danny, sweetie is everything ok I heard you yelling" Maddie said meeting L Danny at the top of the stairs.
"Yeah mom, I was just talking to myself" L Danny as he slipped by his mother to get his other things from the van.
A little later every piece of furniture and boxes belonging to L Danny was in his room. DP stayed invisible and found the movers nor his past parents could see him, yet invisible or not his younger self could see him.
L Danny came into the room carrying in the last box and set it down. DP was sitting on the bed deep in thought.
'How'd I get here, and how do I get back' DP was thinking when he felt a tug on his arm.
"Hey" L Danny said as he pulled DP arm.
"What?" DP asked looking down at his younger self.
"Well, I just thought we don't know each others names and friends know each others names" L Danny said seating him self on the bed next the DP.
"That's true, but I know your name" DP said.
"You do then what's your name" L Danny asked.
Danny thought for a moment on how to answer and decided to tell him the truth.
"I'm Danny Phantom" DP answered.
"Really, that's weird we have the same first name" L Danny replied. "So are you like a ghost or something?" L Danny asked.
"Yeah, something like a ghost" DP said.
"My dad says ghosts are evil, you're not evil are you?" L Danny said inching a bit away.
"No, I'm the good guy, it's just like with humans there's good humans and then there are bad humans the same is for ghosts" DP assured him.
"Why are you here, did you die in this house or something" L Danny asked.
"No I didn't die here and why I'm here," DP paused thinking about that "I followed an evil ghost and I've got to stop him."
"Wow" was all L Danny could say.
Just then Danny's bedroom door was opened by Jazz.
"Who are you talking to" Jazz asked.
"I'm talking to," L Danny started but saw DP shaking his head and waving his hands "no one. I'm talking to no one."
"Whatever" Jazz said. "Mom says we're going to get dinner in 10 minutes" Jazz finished then left the room.
"I wonder what we're having" L Danny said out loud.
DP fell back on the bed.
"You're going to the Nasty Burger and you'll have a burger and fries" DP said from memory not thinking about what he was saying.
"How do you know" L Danny asked.
DP realized his mistake, he could tell the truth but he didn't think it was a good idea to tell him he was his future self.
"I'm psychic" DP answered.
"Cool you're psychic, a ghost, and you're after an evil ghost" L Danny said. "You're the coolest friend I ever had; actually you're the only friend I ever had." L Danny said sadly.
DP was about to say something reassuring but was interrupted.
"Danny! Come downstairs we're going out to eat" his mother yelled up the stairs.
"You'll be here when I get back right" L Danny asked getting off the bed.
"Yeah, I really don't have any place to go" DP said.
"You promise" L Danny said in a rather serious way for a 5 year old.
"Promise" DP said, and then L Danny left.
"I don't believe this I'm stuck in the past and being my own best friend, well that explains a few things" Danny said. "I've gotta find that ghost and get some answers." Danny got out before his stomach growled.
"Maybe I should eat something first" Danny said.
Danny phased through the floor and floated into the kitchen. The cupboards had no food and the fridge had only a gallon of milk and some sodas.
This explained why they went out to eat, then a memory came back to Danny and he remembered after they had dinner they went grocery shopping.
"Well, I just have to wait till they get back" Danny said as his stomach growled again. "I'd don't think I can wait that long."
As much as Danny was against stealing he felt if he didn't have something soon he'd collapse. Transforming takes energy, then he flied all the way home after he fought three ghosts plus Black Time, and lets not forget he freaked out when he realized he was in the wrong time. Did you know freaking out takes a lot of energy out of you? On top of that if he didn't find a way back to the present time he'd end up spending a lot of time avoiding his past family and taking care of a hyper active 5 year old self.
Danny was flying to the Nasty Burger thinking about what Black Time said.
"I merely came to evaluate your skills and you are better that I earlier though. I'll go back and destroy you, then I'll return and when I do you won't exist and I can carry out my plans with no one to stop me."
'That's what he said before he opened up that vortex' Danny thought. 'When he said, go back, he meant in time. That's why I'm in this year, but what was that about skills, won't exist, and what he said something about plans.'
Danny was so deep in thought that he almost flew right over the Nasty Burger. Danny landed on the roof and saw he parents old van parked outside. That was before they had the RV and the Toyota that was never used until Jazz got her license and didn't want to drive a vehicle that said not normal and screamed weird.
Danny turned invisible and phased through the roof, staying invisible. He went into the kitchen walking pass minimum wage employees unnoticed, just like a normal day at school, until a cash register worker noticed a burger and coke floating in mid air.
The teen jumped over the counter in surprise screaming at the top of his lungs, haunted kitchen. The rest of the staff shifted from their spots to see the source of disturbance. Once seeing the levitating objects had a very similar response.
Of course at the sound of hearing the possibility of a ghost Maddie and Jack Fenton who were currently eating dinner with their kids, ran into the kitchen yelling ghost while the staff ran out of the kitchen yelling ghost.
Danny had two chooses leave or toy with his parents, wow hard choice.
While Danny Phantom was exiting Little Danny was stuck at the table alone with his sister.
"So much for fitting in and making friends" Jazz said with a sigh embarrassed by her parents' actions.
Danny was about to respond when he say a familiar ghostly figure walking pass the windows.
"Um, I'm going to go get some fresh air" L Danny said quickly as he ran out the door.
DP had finished his burger and was finishing the last of his drink when he heard L Danny's voice.
"Danny, you're the ghost haunting a fast food kitchen?" L Danny asked.
"Not really, I just got hungry" DP said telling the truth.
"I thought ghosts don't need to eat?" L Danny questioned.
"I'm a special ghost" DP replied.
Then they heard a familiar girl's voice come from behind them.
"Danny, who are talking to?" Jazz asked.
"See you back at the house" DP said flying off.
L Danny put on a grin just because he'd made a cool friend and before she did.
"I was just talking to my friend" L Danny said.
"I hate to break it to you but there's no one there" Jazz pointed out.
"Well, he just left" L Danny told his sister.
"I didn't see any one there earlier either" Jazz said.
"Of course not, he can turn him self invisible you can only see him if he wants you to" L Danny countered.
"Whatever" Jazz responded.
In the present
"Danny!" Tucker, Sam, and Spook as said at once.
"Where'd they go?" Sam said in shock.
"Got me" Tucker said in a similar state.
Then Tucker thought of something.
"What are we going to tell his parents?" Tucker said.
"What, we can't tell his parents what should we say? O hi Mr. and Mrs. Fenton you're probably wondering where Danny is well Danny was fighting a ghost. How you ask well didn't he tell you he's really the ghost kid? Well any way as he was fighting this ghost a weird portal opened and both Danny and the ghost fell in. Where does the portal go you want to know. Well we're not sure, have nice day, bye." Sam said.
"No but if we do absolute nothing his parents will file a missing person report, the police will ask us questions and that sure isn't the story we should tell them" Tucker babbled.
"Let's just call and tell them Danny's staying at my house" Sam said.
"That works" Tucker answered.
'At least one of these two humans has brains' Spook joked despite how worried he was about his partner, Danny.
In the past with Danny Phantom
Danny had home insight but what was also in view on the roof was Black Time.
"Okay buddy I got some questions and you're going to answer them" Danny said landing on the roof behind BT.
"You! But you can't be here" BT yelled turning around and pointing a finger at him.
"Well I am and I want to know how I get back to the future" DP demanded.
"It's a week before any jumps through time can be made but you won't care shortly" BT said.
"And why not" DP asked.
"Because I'm going to kill the younger you and then you won't exist and if you don't exist you can't care also I'll return to the future control the world by controlling time" BT said doing an evil laugh.
"There's just one flaw in your plan" DP said.
"And that's what" BT asked stopping his laughter.
"You can't kill the younger me if I'm here to stop you" DP said.
"Don't think you being here is going to help," BT started "in fact here comes you right now, watch as I destroy you."
Danny looked down at the street and sure enough he saw the van coming this way.
"O no you don't" Danny said as BT fly forward towards the van.
Danny intersected him and shoots him with a plasma blast sending him half way across town.
"I'll be back" BT yelled at Danny as he disappeared.
Danny hovered for a second before tuning intangible and fell through the roof into Danny's room.
Danny heard the sound of some one running up the stairs as he sat on little Danny's unmade bed. The door was flung open really fast and standing in the frame was L Danny looking very excited.
"That was so cool I saw everything! That has to be the coolest thing I ever saw!" L Danny nearly shouted.
"Shhh," DP said as he floated pass L Danny and closed the door "You want every one to hear."
"Sorry, it's just it's not every day I make a new friend who's flying over my house blasting wired looking ghosts" L Danny said following DP as he flew back to sit on the bed.
"You saw that," DP said sounding worried "Please tell me your parents didn't see me did they?"
"No, they were to busy talking," L Danny said "I almost told them but then I remembered what you told me about friends helping friends and if we're friends I'll help you by not telling my parents just like you asked me too!"
"That's a relief" DP said.
"Hey, don't friends play games together?" L Danny started all excited. "I've got lots of games there're in one of these boxes."
L Danny looked around at his room full of boxes trying to figure out what one they would be in.
"I don't remember being this hyper" DP said.
"You say something?" L Danny said turning around to look at him.
"No, nothing important" DP said.
"Well we can play a long game if you want; mom and dad are in the basement doing who knows what and since its summer and I don't have preschool tomorrow I can stay up late." L Danny said to his friend.
"Sure so what games do you have?" DP asked L Danny kneeling down to be eye level with him.
"Help me look through the boxes to find them and you'll see" L Danny said opening the nearest box.
After going through about five boxes DP heard L Danny call out, found them.
"So Danny Phantom see anything you want to play" L Danny asked as DP came over to look into the box.
"Please just call me Phantom, no need to use my full name" DP said looking in the box full of games.
"Can I call you DP" L Danny asked.
"Never been called that before but sure" DP answered.
"How about this" L Danny said pulling a deck of cards made to play old maid.
"Sure, I use to love that game I can't remember why I stopped playing it?" DP said to him self.
About ten lost games later DP was getting another piece of his memory back.
"Now I remember why, Tucker and Sam always beat me I never won a game playing them" DP said as L Danny proclaimed another won game.
"Who are they?" L Danny said shuffling the cards again.
"Just two friends of mine" DP answered.
"Will I get to meet them, are they ghosts like you, can they play with me too?" L Danny blasted DP with all those questions saying them as fast as he could.
"The answer to all is no" DP answered.
"How come, you don't want me to meet them" L Danny asked.
"It's nothing like that it's just I'm not going to see them for a week so I can't asked them it they want to meet you" DP said.
"Why they go out of town for a week" L Danny asked again.
"It's complicated" DP said with no idea of how to answer it differently.
"That's what Jazz tells me a lot, why do older kids always say that to younger kids" L Danny said.
"Well, why do little kids like you always ask so many questions" DP asked breaking the pattern of L Danny asking and him answering.
L Danny hung his head like his was embarrassed.
"Don't feel bad, so you want to beat me in another game" DP asked.
"I'm kinda getting board of cards lets play something different" L Danny said.
"Okay what do you suggest we play" DP asked.
L Danny raised his head and looked up at DP with a big grin.
L Danny put on a pouting face as DP once again sent one of L Danny's pieces back to the beginning.
"Big mistake changeling me at my best game" DP said.
"How did you get so good at playing Trouble" L Danny asked.
"I get into a lot of trouble" DP said.
"Danny" came his mother's voice from the stairs.
DP went invisible anticipating his past mother to come into the room.
"Danny it's almost midnight time for you to go to bed" Maddie said as she opened the door. She spied the game on his bed and asked "Playing a game against your self again?"
"Yep, maybe I'll beat my self" L Danny said getting off the bed.
"You're going to have to finish in the morning it's really late, brush your teeth then right into bed" Maddie said with a smile as she left.
20 minutes later L Danny was dressed in his blue pajamas and was settling into bed.
"Well, if you need me I'll be on the couch downstairs" DP said as he stared to leave.
"Why do you need to go downstairs" L Danny said throwing off his covers.
"Because I need to sleep and I can't sleep in here" DP informed him.
"Of course you can, you can sleep on the floor you can use my quilt and my extra pillow" L Danny said trying to get his new friend to stay.
"Tempting but I think I'll find the couch much more comfortable" DP said.
"But" L Danny started but was cut off by DP.
"You're a big boy you can sleep in your own room alone" DP said.
"But" L Danny tried again.
"You, bed, now" DP snapped.
L Danny pulled his covers back on lied down and closed his eyes.
"Good" DP said before he turned off the lights and phased through the floor into the living room.
As soon as DP was out of the room L Danny opened his eyes and looked around the room. When found DP was no longer in the room with him he laid back down and hugged his stuffed Ghost, he named Mr. Boo, tighter.
DP was having a peaceful sleep despite he was sleeping on the couch when it was interrupted by a scream from upstairs.
DP was up in a flash and realized his ghost sense was going off.
"Great" DP got out before flying up phasing through the ceiling into L Danny's room.
DP was not prepared for what he found. L Danny was sitting on the floor his legs tangled in his bed sheets and Black Time pulling his sword out of the bed's head rest.
BT was making his move toward L Danny.
"O no you don't" DP said flying forward and into BT knocking both of them through the wall and outside.
"You pest, you are only delaying the inedible" BT said.
"You say that like it's a bad thing" DP replied "Now do I need to kick your butt again."
BT shot forward at DP with his sword. DP went intangible and BT went through him. DP turned to BT as and shot three plasma blasts but BT dodged all three.
"I'll be back you can't win" BT said and flew off.
"Not much for a fight" DP said watching him disappear.
While DP was fighting BT the Fenton family came to see what the scream was for.
"Danny what's wrong" Maddie said worried as she and Jack stood in the doorway of L Danny's room.
"I just fell out of bed when I…," Danny gave a short pause thinking up a lie "had a nightmare about ghosts."
"Nightmare ghosts of course" Jack satiated.
"What's going on" said a tired voice with a yawn from behind Jack and Maddie.
The scream had woken up Jazz and being the good big sister she was decided to see what it was for her self rather then just leaving it to her parents.
"Danny is being haunted by nightmare ghosts" Jack said with excitement.
Jazz rolled her eyes and said "Well, now that I know it's nothing serious I'll be going back to bed."
"Jack, Danny just had a normal nightmare let's go back to bed" Maddie said to her husband.
"But what if the ghost comes back" Jack protested as his wife pushed him toward their own room.
"Danny you going to be okay" Maddie asked before leaving.
"Sure mom" L Danny said crawling back into bed.
DP flew back into the room just as Maddie and Jack left.
"Going to sleep on the couch again" L Danny said to him.
"Okay maybe I should have slept in your room" DP said.
A few minutes later DP found him self on the floor wrapped in L Danny's quilt.
'This is going to be a really long 6 more days" DP said.
A/N: I hope you enjoyed please review. And as a special feature the next chapter has DP getting to further know his younger self and L Danny gets settled into his new house with annoying Jazz.