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Finding Danielle Part 2

Danny flew through the immense swirls of ectoplasm that curled around his body, trying to pull him down. He sighed, trying to look for his destination. He once again pulled out his badly drawn map.

"Let's see, I was supposed to take a left at Skulker's Island, a right at the Fright Knight's castle, and go straight past the River of Repulsion. So, I should be here, and the Far Frozen should be….there!" Danny said, and turned around. And did a face palm.

The Far Frozen had been right behind him! Danny grinned, and flew into the realm, dodging some stalactites and trying not to hit any sharp icy points. He increased his speed until he had reached the village.

As soon as he landed, the tribe people began to take notice of him.

"It is the Great One!" "He has returned!" "Someone alert Frostbite!" "You think I can have his autograph?" Came the whispers of the awed people. They began to crowd around Danny, trying to get a word in. Fortunately, Frostbite heard all the commotion and saw Danny.

"Greetings oh Great One! What brings you here?" He said, as everyone caught his eye and departed, mumbling incoherent things. Danny smiled and shook Frostbite's outstretched hand. Frostbite had different plans however, and swept the surprised boy into a bear (or big snow yeti) hug.

"Hi Frostbite. I'm here because I actually need your help." Danny said, and Frostbite bowed.

"Of course! I would be glad to be of service? What do you require?" He said, placing his furry (and quite cold) paw on Danny's shoulder. Danny hesitated.

"I was wondering…whether you could help me find a certain ghost that goes by the name of Dani Phantom." Danny said, looking at frostbite seriously. Frostbite's eyes seemed to brim with confusion, until he grinned widely, showing off his long rows of sharp teeth.

"Of course! The location is simple. You are in the Far Frozen realm, home of the Far Frozen tribe. You are approximately 35 miles from the Fenton Portal and-" "Frostbite! I don't think you understood me." Danny said, grinning and shaking his head. Frostbite cocked his head.

"Well, unless you mean, spiritually Great One? Have you lost your inner self? I'm afraid we don't have a great psychologist, but I may be able to help-" "Frostbite! I don't mean like that! Look, let me explain." Danny said, rolling his eyes. He smiled again.

"When I say Dani Phantom, I mean Danielle Phantom. She is…a relative of mine. I have reason to believe she's in the ghost zone, and I want to find her. Would the infi-map be able to give me her location?" Danny said as a look of understanding crossed over the big yeti's face.

Danny did have reason to believe Dani was in the ghost zone. His dreams about her were so realistic, he would definitely be able to call them visions, instead of dreams. And then again, it was more like nightmares. He cringed, just thinking about them.

"It might be so. If you wish to find your relative, then you might have to clarify more whom exactly she is, or the map might direct you to yourself." Frostbite said, and led Danny to the cave that held the infi-map.

"Do you need me to guide you?" Frostbite said, holding the infi-map, and handing it to Danny carefully.

"I'll be fine. I'll be sure to return it as soon as I'm done. Thanks Frostbite." Danny said, and Frostbite made a small nodding gesture with his head. Danny directed his attention to the infi-map, as holographic purple doors came popping out from it.

"Take me to Danielle Phantom." Danny said firmly, and with a flash, he was gone. He watched as the Far Frozen zoomed away from his view, and as he passed Walker's prison, and as it too became a speck. Danny watched as he passed by an area full of floating doors, and as he passed Pandora's home.

Soon Danny was in an unidentifiable area, near a floating rock that had a cave. Danny slowly floated to it, landing cautiously. He walked up to the cave.

"Danielle? It's me Danny!" He called out, walking into the cave, holding up an ectoplasmic ball as a light.

Danny got no response. "Danielle!" He yelled again. He suddenly reached a dead end. But Danny knew better. He quickly turned human and walked past the thick rocky wall. He looked around.

He was floating in a dirty rocky area, that was covered in grime and filth. But what he paid the most attention to was a bundled up ghost in the far corner.

"Danielle, is that you?" He said, tucking the infi-map in a fold in his jumpsuit.

"Danny?" The ghost said weakly, and slowly uncurled. It was Danielle. She looked sick, and her suit was covered in dirt. Dark bags surrounded her eyes. She tried to get up, but Danny instead scooped her into his arms.

"Oh Dani! Look at you! What happened?" He said, shifting her in his arms, and sitting down. Her head was resting on his shoulder, and she blushed at the close proximity.

"I'm fine Danny. Really." She whispered, but it wasn't very convincing when she broke into a coughing fit.

"That's it. I'm not leaving you alone ever again." Danny said. Dani knew he was joking, but something in his tone sounded half-serious.

"What happened?" He demanded, and shifted again so that Dani was as comfortable as possible leaning on him.

"I got something the equivalent to an ecto-flu. It's been draining my energy for a long time, and making me really weak. A ghost attacked while I was in the human world, and somehow it brought me back into the ghost zone. I managed to lose the big hairy thing, but I almost got fried by some other ghosts. I had to hide out here." Dani said, looking up into Danny's worried eyes.

"You don't know how much I missed you." She said, hugging him. Danny smiled and hugged her back.

"I missed you too Dani." He said, hugging her tight. Dani smiled.

"Why are you here anyway?" She said, breaking the hug. Danny ruffled her hair, which made her swat his hand away, irritated, but playfully.

"I kept on feeling like you were having a hard time and went to go look for you." He said, and Dani smirked. "Well it took you long enough!" She said playfully, punching his arm lightly. They both laughed.

"So…what now?" She said, getting up slowly, swaying ever so lightly. Danny pulled her back down gently.

"For now, we're going to rest." He said, and letting her use him as a bed, they quietly started to drift off to slumber land.

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When Danny woke up, the first thing he felt, was a 95 pound sack on his body. When he opened his eyes, the 95 pound sack turned into a 95 pound sleeping girl. Danny smiled, and gently phased himself through her, letting her sleep a little longer.

He phased out of the secret room in the cave, and looked outside. It still looked like night, but Danny knew better. He checked his watch. He had reached Danielle around 4:00PM in the afternoon, they had fallen asleep around 6:00PM, and now it was 8:00AM. Danny smiled. Maybe it would be better to give Dani a little more time to rest.

Danny suddenly remembered something, and felt for the inside fold of his jumpsuit, and relaxed immediately when he felt the worn fabric of the infi-map. He walked back into the cave, and took a first-aid kit that he had also had in the fold of his jumpsuit (A/N: Those cartoon producers can make stuff appear out of thin air then so can I! Just imagine it's a really big pocket!).

He then knelt by Dani, and took out a small little case hidden under the anesthetic wipes. He opened the little case and took our a small green bottle, squeezing some of the goop into his hand and slowly rubbing it on her nose, eyes, and mouth.

Danny silently thanked Wulf while he worked, knowing that the big beast had tried to help Dani, but was unable. He also silently thanked himself, for he had had a bad ecto-flu a while ago, and Dora had given him that bottle, a cure that was supposed to help release the unwanted ectoplasm from the body (not in a disgusting way you people who think bad thoughts!!!!).

All the while Dani slept like a comfortable girl-shaped rock, not in a way unlike Danny.

At about 10:00AM Dani stirred. She rubbed her eyes, yawning and blinked when she saw Danny. She carefully stretched, wincing a little. Then she really acknowledged him.

"So, what's the plan?" She said, giving him a light hug that he returned. "Good morning to you too Sleeping Beauty." He said, laughing, while Dani scrunched her nose.

He continued, "We're going to FentonWorks, and you are going to stay there with us." He said, firmly, while Dani's eyes widened.

"Danny, I couldn't. I mean, your family-" "-Is willing to be your family too." He said, looking her in the eye, and smiling reassuringly. He sat down and gestured her to sit down next to him.

"Dani, I didn't tell them who you were, or what you are. And you don't have to. But I promise you, and I mean promise you, that they will accept you. They want you to be a part of their family. And Dani, you may be my clone, but I know you, and you are different from me." Danny said, and stopped when he noticed Dani was frowning.

"That was one of my flaws. I wasn't entirely like you trait-wise. I didn't like all the same things like you, and was also feminine. That's what Vlad hated about me. Your family will hate that too. Danny they don't even know me!" Dani said, burying her face in her lap.

Danny cupped her face towards him. "Dani listen to me. You are your own person. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise. You have every right to be yourself. Vlad is gone. And he isn't coming back. Don't think about what he said about you, because everything he said is wrong. We're all flawed, even me. No one is perfect. And they don't need to know you. My mother wants you there, she said it herself. They know that if I care about you, then they'll love you."

"And being different from me isn't a bad thing. I remember that one of the things you really love is too learn. I want you to come back. I want you to have a warm caring family. I want you to have an education, and a warm bed. Dani, I want you to be with me." He said, smiling, and wasn't able to prepare himself in time for the hug Dani gave him, tackling him to the ground.

Dani rubbed her eyes of the wet tears that were clinging there, and laughed. "Thank you Danny." She said, hugging him. Danny smile, and together they flew out of the cave.

Danny took the infi-map out of his pocket, and they were instantly beamed to the Far Frozen, where Frostbite greeted them. He was ecstatic to meet the 'sister' of the Great One, and no one said anything about the falsehood of his words. Dani smiled when he said it, for no apparent reason. It just made her feel pretty good.

Before they left, Frostbite gave Danielle a drink that made her feel a lot better. Most of her wounds were healed, the ecto-flu almost completely gone, and she no longer felt hungry or thirsty.

They left quickly, Danny and her arguing a few times over the directions. Dani kept on pointing out that the Fenton Portal could easily be a thumbprint, and that they should ask for directions. Danny kept on saying how he remembered writing down the Fenton Portal, it just looked like it was smudging, and he knew exactly where they were going…mostly.

Eventually they just started laughing over the whole thing, and continued on their way. Danny managed to reach Skulker's Island with her, and they stopped to rest by it. Probably not the best idea.

It was now 1:00PM. His parents would be worried by now. Danny mentally cursed at himself for forgetting to charge the Fenton Fones. Suddenly, a green net flew out of nowhere and snatched up Danny and Danielle. The net then pulled them in, them screaming the whole way.

"What the heck is this thing??!!!" Dani yelled to Danny, her voice obviously annoyed. Danny sighed. He knew what they were, and who was holding them.

Sure enough, they both saw the towering mechanical being that held the two cords attached to their nets. "Skulker." They both growled. Dani, having a portion of Danny's memories, easily recognized the pestering ghost.

"Who is this? A female whelp? Why, she'll look great on my fireplace, along with you!" Skulker said, laughing menacingly. He stopped immediately and fumed when he realized what the two were doing.

Both Phantom's were sitting relaxed in their nets, yawning and looking bored. "Want to escape yet?" Danny asked casually.

"I don't know, maybe we should let him continue ranting." Dani said, looking very thoughtful. Skulker yelled, "ARGH!!!" And immediately grabbed the two nets, shaking them along with the Phantoms.

"Okay, I think we should escape now." Danny said, and both Phantoms heated their nets with ectoplasmic energy, until the strands broke, freeing them.

"What do we do now?" Dani said, looking at Danny for guidance. "Right now, what we do is simple. I'm too tired to fight and so are you so…RUN!!!" He yelled, and both zoomed away from a disconcerted Skulker.

"Wait! Come back! I need to hunt you!" He yelled, but wasn't fast enough to catch them. Skulker kicked at his island, denting his metal foot. For a second he looked at the twisted foot, then muttered,

"Oh, bolts."

A little while later they both arrived by the Fenton Portal, panting.

"Well, that was certainly a workout." Dani panted, and they both smiled. "You ready?" Danny asked Dani. She gulped.

"No, but I have to do this. Let's go." She said, and taking Danny's hand, they both dove through the portal.

Danny entered through the portal, but was almost catapulted back out when his mother collided with him, along with his father, yelling things like "We missed you!" "Where have you been?" "You're back!" "Are you alright?"

You ever had a fudge-obsessed man tackle you like a professional football player? Not the best experience.

"So? Where is she?" Maddie asked anxiously and excitedly after she let Danny go.

"It's great to be back Mom, just in case you were expecting an answer." Danny said, rubbing his back grouchily. Maddie gave a sheepish smile. Danny straightened, sighing when he heard a few cracks clearly coming from his back as he did so.

"Well then, may I introduce to you…eh?" He said, looking around as his parents looked at him expectantly.

"One minute please." Danny said sheepishly, then squeezed his eyes shut. His parents watched interested as he suddenly shot to his side and grabbed an invisible something, wrestling with it and slowly pulling it upstairs to the door.

"Now…is…not the time…to lose your…nerve Dani!" He grunted inbetween pants, pulling the struggling thing, closer to the door. He swung open the door with one hand, then, taking the invisible thing out of the basement, stuck his head through the door and said,

"Be…back…in a second!" And slammed it shut.

His parents stared at the door in silence.

"Maddie?"

"Yes Jack?"

"Why is it that our son just battled with his invisible friend and we aren't calling a psycho-whatsit? … Or Jazz?"

"…I don't know Jack."