Part two of The GGD. Lots of explanation in this chapter but I didn't want anything to be misunderstood or confusing since I have a very clear picture of how all this would go down. So anyway, sorry about all the exposition but hopefully you all still read and enjoy!
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Vlad was not having a good day. He had known since being woken up by a phone call from a panicking business associate that today would not be pleasant. His next clue came when he discovered the person in charge of picking up his clothes from the cleaners had failed to do their job and his favorite suit was thus not ready for him to wear. Vlad was already in a foul mood and it wasn't even time for breakfast.
The rest of his morning before work went fairly smoothly, helped mostly by the fact he was half ghost and had been able to turn intangible to avoid the mess when his coffee fell off the table and onto his chair.
Deciding that any further misfortune could happen to him at the office the billionaire decided to go to work early. He also decided to fly to work today as he figured with his luck today either there would be an accident keeping him from arriving on time or massive construction and traffic jams
Grabbing his briefcase he opened his door and took two steps outside before running into what would prove to be his largest problem for the coming weeks.
Daniel Fenton was laying, sleeping, on his front porch. Unable to comprehend the image for a few moments Vlad just stared. Why would the teen be there in the first place? Vlad knew that no matter how hard he wished it would happen, the boy wouldn't come to him of his own volition, so what was he doing sleeping in front of his front door?
Taking a quick detour to deposit his briefcase back inside his mansion Vlad returned to examine the sleeping teen. Kneeling next to him he was about to gently shake the teen when Danny snapped his eyes open.
With movements so quick they had to be born of instinct Danny sat up straight, scrambling backwards nearly going down the stairs before Vlad grabbed his arm. At the touch Danny froze, staring at the spot where Vlads hand was in contact with his forearm for a moment before looking up into Vlad's eyes causing the older man to freeze as well. The spell was broken by the older man saying two simple words.
"What. Happened."
Danny flinched and pulled his arm back, nearly falling off the porch again before he caught himself and stood up. Vlad followed his example and soon they were standing facing each other and nearly got into another staring match before the door opened and startled them both into looking at the confused maid standing there instead.
"Oh, Mister Masters! I was just, um. I saw your briefcase and when I looked outside and saw you I thought you might have forgotten it and I thought-" her rambling cut off when Vlad lifted a hand in a stopping motion toward her.
"Place my briefcase back in my office. Contact my companies and associates and tell them I will be unavailable for at least the next week. If they ask, which they should know better than to do by now, tell them it is personal." As soon as he was done talking the maid nodded and went back inside to do as told. When she was gone Vlad turned to Danny again. "I believe we have a lot to talk about."
Danny swallowed around the lump in his throat and nodded, following the older man into his mansion.
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Sitting in one of the many lounges in Vlad Masters mansion Danny couldn't comprehend how he'd gotten there. Yes he knew all the technical details but he just couldn't believe it, was still in denial of what was happening. Luckily his body wasn't acting up as much as it had when he was still home and he wondered about that, but then decided it was better to not think about it lest he jinx himself. Maybe when he was able to tell Vlad what happened the billionaire would have an idea.
Danny watched as Vlad settled himself in the comfortable-looking chair across from the couch he was currently sitting on. Suddenly feeling as if he was in a therapy session he couldn't stop the grin that appeared on his face, blushing and averting his gaze when Vlad raised an eyebrow.
After siting in an uncomfortable silence for a few minutes Danny finally said quietly, "So I guess you want to know why I'm here?" When Vlad only continued staring at him Danny winced, "Yeah, I guess that sort of is an obvious question. I, um." The teen blushed and cleared his throat trying to figure out how to say what he needed to. He wasn't even sure if Vlad knew about the whole 'mating season' thing, though he wouldn't be surprised if he did. That man knew practically everything it seemed.
"Get to the point, Daniel." Vlad said and Danny realized he must have been silent in thought for longer than he realized and Vlad actually saying his name made him shudder in a quite obvious way that had him blushing yet again and trying his best to avoid looking at him.
"My parents made a new invention and it's really weird and awkward and I have no idea why they did it but they did and I accidentally got in contact with it and now I don't know what to do because it made me come to you and you're like as old as my parents and-" Danny's nearly incoherent rambling was cut off as Vlad stood up and put one finger under the teens chin, closing his mouth.
"Let's try this again, except preferably this time without the jab at my age and an actual explanation." Vlad said softly and Danny nodded before the other halfa removed his hand and sat back down, taking note of the way Danny's eyes had nearly slid closed and how his breath had caught at the touch.
Taking a deep calming breath the teen began to speak. "You know a lot about ghost biology, right?" Vlad nodded and he continued. "My-my parents, probably my mom mostly now that I think about it, decided they wanted to make a weapon that was less harmful to the ghosts. Something that would make them go away on their own rather than having to get into a fight. They made this sort of gas that...that..."
Vlad didn't like where this was going. He knew something strange was going on since he had first saw Danny laying on his front porch. He had felt a sort of tug toward the teen and couldn't bring himself to try and capture him or brainwash him to come to his side as he usually felt the urge to do. Instead he felt more of a desire to go over and hug the teen than anything and that in itself was more disturbing than anything else. That combined with what he was already thinking Jack and Maddie had done was causing quite a bit of concern.
"Daniel, does what your parents created have to do with manipulating a ghosts hormones?" Vlad asked after a few minutes of tense silence.
Hesitating for a moment to think about it Danny nodded. "Yeah, I guess you could say that."
Muttering something under his breath Vlad rubbed his forehead and closed his eyes looking pained. "I would ask you if it was reversible, but knowing Jack I'm sure it isn't. Why would they want it to be." He muttered the second part under his breath but Danny could still hear him and sighed.
"So, what now?" Danny asked finally resigned to the situation.
"Specifics, Daniel. As I am obviously involved in this as well, no matter how unwitting that involvement is, I need to know exactly what is happening."
Immediately Danny clammed up. He didn't want to tell Vlad what happened while at his house! It was too embarrassing. As he thought about it he could feel heat rising to his face and an uncomfortable fluttering start in his stomach. Unconsciously he crossed his legs and set his hands in his lap, trying to will the feelings away. Unfortunately it wasn't working, in fact Danny realized with slight horror that it was getting worse.
Vlad observed the teen sitting in front of him, watching as his breath sped up a little and a flush rose to his cheeks. At the same time the feeling he had felt earlier resurfaced with a vengeance. As this all played out the creeping suspicion he had gotten when Danny was explaining what happened was seeming more and more likely.
Without thinking the older man got up from his own chair and made his way over to the flushed teen on the couch. Reaching out he grabbed his chin, forcing him to look up and as their eyes met he saw Danny's eyes flash green and knew his own glowed red. The younger halfa's eyes slid closed and he shuddered and when he opened them again it seemed things were back to normal.
"So that's what it is." Vlad said with a murmur and Danny looked away. "Your parents certainly don't half-ass anything, do they?"
Danny was startled enough at the language to look back at Vlad. "You-"
"Yes, I cursed. I am known to use foul language like any other person once and awhile." Vlad said with a disarming smile. Danny felt thrown for a loop, he had no idea what was going on and maybe that's the way Vlad wanted it.
Obviously Vlad knew what was going on now, even more than Danny. All Danny had known was that his parents had poisoned him(in his opinion) and that his ghost half was orgasming over Vlad Masters. The teen felt his eye twitch at that mental admission. This would be so much easier if he was magically in love with him, then his eye twitched again at the idea.
Mindless ghost sex he thought he might be able to handle, might but maybe(probably) not. He definitely knew he couldn't handle it if it made him actually like the older man.
At least not if it was shoved on him all at once.
Shaking his head to clear his thoughts he said, "So what exactly is going to happen here?"
Vlad sighed and sat back in his chair, thinking. "In my years of researching ghosts I discovered that twice a year most ghosts are attracted to another compatible ghost. While not always resulting in a sexual relationship there are still some that do. Others are just companionable and keep each other close, like best friends, if you will. Obviously we were not so lucky as to develop this type of bond."
Danny shuddered. He still couldn't decide which was worse, and more possible options had been growing by the minute. Suddenly he was struck by a disturbing though, "I'm not...I can't...get...pregnant can I?"
"No, no." Vlad said quickly, much to Danny's relief. "This is not about reproduction, though ghosts are more fertile during this time none can procreate unless they want to. Also there is the fact that you are and always will be biologically male and it is anatomically impossible."
Sighing in relief, at least that was one thing he wouldn't have to worry about he said, "All right. Keep explaining."
"If things go normally the first week ghosts become more calm. Less likely to attack. Some go to their companion though it's not needed yet. The day before the second week most lose the majority of their energy. They're lethargic, barely wanting to move even if they are able. In my opinion they're most likely resting because after that they can barely stop moving.
"At the start of the second week you will feel an irresistible urge to seek out your companion if you hadn't already. This is where I believe your parents...invention, has left you. Perhaps actually a bit later, actually. If the companion is unavailable or it takes longer to find them, even a few days into the second week you become more sensitive."
"Sensitive, sure." Danny muttered, frustrated. He hated his body doing things without his permission. Normal embarrassing teenage hormones were bad enough, but crazy ghost hormones? He just wanted this to be over. Raising his voice to a normal level he said, "What next? How long does this thing actually usually last?"
"Four weeks, or one month on average." Vlad replied. "As I was saying, this would not be so difficult for you if your parents invention hadn't been so efficient. Normally it allows them to ease into it in the first couple days. Just being around each other makes it more bearable and easier to begin relations when needed. Honestly I don't think many have the problem you and I seem to be dealing with though."
"What, being arch-enemies?" Danny said semi-sarcastically and was surprised when Vlad nodded.
"Yes, exactly that." He sighed. "Regardless, the transition from week two to three is nearly seamless, with much of the same activity occurring. It may be slightly less intense but the desire is still there. Week three fades into week four which is much like week one. Both ghosts are able to cool down and go their separate ways if they wish, transitioning back into whatever they were doing before the season started."
Danny nodded slowly, taking it all in. He understood what Vlad had said, he just didn't want to have to put it into practice. He knew it honestly couldn't be that bad considering that of all ghosts it had been the other half-ghost. At least he knew him before. Or maybe that was part of the problem. Well, his human problem as his ghost half didn't seem to have any qualms about this at all and Danny rather suspected it was upset with him for suppressing it.
"So do you like, know this from experience?" Danny found himself asking.
"No, of course not." Vlad said, "All that I know is from observation, and before you take that the wrong way I had permission and I did not look or spy on them. I asked questions and they answered them." Danny nodded again. "As to why I have not experienced this myself I have two theories, though I believe the second one is more accurate.
"My first theory is that you were simply not matured enough for it to count. This has many points that could be wrong, such as it could have simply been a companion type of relationship and also that you were already entering human puberty. Though perhaps it was a ghostly maturity that the instinct reads instead, and that is where my second theory comes in. Had you not gotten into this situation we never would have become this. This is purely a ghostly action. While we are half-ghost our dominant side is that of a normal human. We must put forth effort to use our ghostly powers, when we are exhausted our default form is that of a human. This accident put your ghost half in a dominant position over human and in turn it affected me in order to go through with it's instinct."
"Oh." Danny said. This was too much for him. He had thought yesterday was the Worst Day Ever(he classified the events with Dan as the Worst Anything Ever) but now he was starting to second-guess himself. Maybe this was going to make another classification as the Worst Week Ever.
'Or it could be the best week ever.' A voice inside his head whispered.
Danny's head shot up, startled. That didn't sound like his normal subconscious. 'That's because I'm not your normal subconscious.'
"Vlad I'm hearing voices. Is that normal?" Danny asked, his voice strained. He felt light-headed.
The billionaire raised an eyebrow. "It would depend on the voice, but since I have heard mine on occasion I would say it is." Danny looked confused and, to Vlads horror, it was cute. "I believe who you hear speaking to you is Phantom."
"Phantom? But...we're the same person." Danny said, confusion and desperation lacing his voice.
"Generally, yes. You are the same person, as Plasmius and I are the same person. Most of the time." Vlad took a breath, thinking of how to explain it. As the boy seemed about to pass out from information overload Vlad said, "Most of the time you and Phantom are the same entity. The same personality. Occasionally, though, you have differences of opinion. Vast differences, not just that he wants a right-hook when you would rather do a flying kick. Right now you don't want to be my bonded, and I agree with you. Plasmius and Phantom, however, do not. They wish to fulfill their instincts and as they have asserted themselves, they will do so. They perceive it to be for our own good. That is why right now you can hear and speak to him."
"Oh." Danny said, barely coherent. "I...see." With that Danny slumped to the arm of the couch in a faint.
"Well. That's that." Vlad muttered voice laced with mild amusement when he picked him up to move him to a more comfortable location.
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End Part Two