Author notes:

1)English is my second language. Forgive me for any mistake.

2)I don't own Danny Phantom.

3)I only own the plot for this AU and the eventual OCs

4)Thanks Truephan, Christopher Scott and aryaneragon4ever for your reviews. I hope you'll like this too.

Days passed by and it was now Monday. Danny's first class with Alphonse. The werewolf was walking with a maid near him and when they passed through Maddie's painting, the werewolf asked pointing at the picture: "Excuse me, but could you tell me who's she?"

The reason why the werewolf wanted to know about her was because he couldn't help but to feel curious about the person who stood out as a sore thumb among all the blue skinned people in the various drawings.

Turning and seeing the painting to which he was pointing, the maid immediately felt a chill go through her spine. She knew who that woman was. In fact, she thought Madeline to be a very kind human woman. However, she has been instructed not to tell strangers about young Daniel's half human status. Which was weird to say the least. If it were the case, why hang a portrait of her where anyone could see?

Actually, it was because Vlad wasn't ashamed of marrying a human. He felt no need of hiding it, especially because the number of guests who went through that specific hallway was rare.

The maid decided to talk to Master Vladimir Plasmius about this and suggest to reallocate her painting to prevent any stranger from seeing it. "I don't know who she is, Professor Alphonse. I never saw her here during my stay here." She lied and then she said: "Master Daniel is waiting for us in the library. Let's hurry."

If it weren't for her last two sentences, Alphonse would have believed her words. The werewolf felt like she was dodging the subject on purpose. But he guessed he could ask another person some other time.

When he got into the library, Danny was already sitting on a chair and his father was standing right next to him. They greeted each other and the lycanthrope moved near Danny and took out from the bag he brought with him a couple of two-marked books, one about literature and the other about astronomy, which were the subjects the boy was very strong at.

Vlad intended to watch the lessons for at least a couple of weeks to give himself a peace of mind about how exactly the silver lycanthrope intended to teach his son. He had no problems in leaving Wulf alone with Danny because he knew his furry friend since he was a kid.

But then the maid went to him and said with a very low tone of voice: "Master Plasmius, I have a very important thing to discuss with you now."

The blue-skinned ghost looked at his son and then told him: "Daddy will be back shortly. Okay, son?"

The boy turned and said: "Okay, daddy!" then he returned his attention to what Alphonse was teaching him.

After that, both Vlad and the maid went to outside of that room and closed the door behind them. The lycanthrope did hear what the maid had whispered due his sensitive ears. This only raised his curiosity even more. But he couldn't understand a thing they were talking about on the other side of the door. Because he suddenly paid more attention trying to figure it out what it was so important that couldn't be said in front of him, he completely forgot about the kid next to him.

Danny noticed the sudden silence from his new teacher and asked a bit unsure: "Teacher?"

The boy's words brought the lycanthrope back to the reality. "Oh…" was all the lycanthrope could say at the moment. The werewolf felt like there was something really weird about that family.

Danny just looked at the werewolf, who was staring at the book in his hands lost in his thoughts once again. The kid wondered why he was like that. Wulf was always cheerful, but this werewolf looked…too serious. That was as far as Danny could understand about him.

Alphonse finally noticed the kid staring at him and he was annoyed by that. But he didn't voice it. Instead, he just continued where he stopped on his lessons as if he hadn't made any break at all. This confused Danny.

Vlad returned to the room only an hour later. Fortunately, Danny was focused on the lesson and he didn't notice the time pass by, but the werewolf did. Alphonse decided to focus on the lesson and just get done with it.

At the end of the class, Danny got up of his chair and stretched his arms. Vlad chuckled seeing his obvious mentally tired son. The parent listened to the most of the lessons and he was quite surprised. Alphonse decided to teach him during the afternoons from 1 pm to 6 pm on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.

Alphonse managed to explain more difficult subjects to his son and in a way that he was sure that Danny could understand. 'Looks like Wulf was right. He's a very good teacher. Maybe he's trustworthy after all. I shouldn't have doubted Wulf.' Vlad thought.

Alphonse packed his materials and said with a forced smile, but without lying: "You are a very bright kid. You learn quite fast for someone of your age. If you continue to display such improvement, you'll surely ace the entrance exam to Lycan school."

Hearing this, Danny blinked a few times and asked to his father: "Daddy, are Ember and Johnny going to Lycan School too?"

Vlad just picked his son from the floor and held him with his arms: "I don't know, son. I guess they are. Skulker hired a teacher for his kids too."

Danny's eyebrows creased as he replied: "If they aren't going, I don't wanna go too!"

But that conversation deeply annoyed the silver werewolf making him frown at that: "So, you're saying that you're going to throw away the best education you could ever have for friends who couldn't keep up with your intellect? Would you throw away your future for people that might not even be your friends anymore in ten years?" Alphonse was going to continue it, but after seeing Vlad's shocked expression, the werewolf mentally cringed.

"Please forgive me for going too far, Your Grace…" he quickly apologized. "This wasn't of my business to begin with…" then he packed all his things and said: "We'll continue on Wednesday. I'll be going now. I know my way out." Then he rushed out of the room.

Vlad was taken aback and was frozen for a few seconds, which was enough for Alphonse to go past him. 'What just happened here?' the parent and son thought in union unsure of the odd behavior displayed by the lycanthrope.

As the werewolf left the room he noticed something that made him stop. The place where Madeline's portrait had once been displayed, was now replaced by another one, which showed Vlad carrying Danny in his arms. The boy seemed to be just three years old in that painting.

"What…" he said to himself.

But, then, a maid showed up and offered herself to guide Alphonse. It was the same maid that guided him when he came to the mansion earlier in that day. The werewolf swallowed dryly and he managed to force a smile not wanting to displease Count Vlad any further: "Y-yes. I would appreciate that."

But this time the walk was awkwardly silent. Before the werewolf left the mansion, back to his home he couldn't help but to think: 'What are these people up to?…'

On the next Wednesday, Alphonse returned to the Plasmius's abode a bit unsure. To his surprise he was greeted by Vladimir Plasmius himself. Alphonse visibly tensed as he said: "Good afternoon, Your Grace."

Vlad had a solemn expression "Good after, Professor Alphonse. Would you mind to come with me for a while before you start your class with my son?"

'As if I could say 'no' to that…' he thought before he answered: "Of course…"

Vlad then guided him to a living room and said: "Please take a seat."

Alphonse sat on a red couch adorned with gold while Vlad sat on a chair opposite to him. The werewolf felt very uncomfortable with all that situation, but he knew why he was there and he tried to explain himself: "Your Grace, I…"

But he was cut off by Vlad raising his hand telling him to stop talking. "You don't have to apologize any further. I didn't call you here for that. I merely wish to know better about the person who's teaching my son. I mean, I know Wulf since I was a kid. But I don't know much about you, just that you're his friend. Mind telling me something about yourself?"

'He brought me here to chit chat? Is he some kind of fruitloop?' Alphonse thought blinking a few times before he answered being as truthful and brief as possible: "There isn't much about me, Your Grace. I was born and raised in the Werewolf Village. I devoted my life to my studies and now I'm a teacher at the Lycan School."

The werewolf wasn't going to tell that man about his personal life and he was ready to lie if it needed. The lycanthrope was very cautious and wasn't going to allow the ghost in front of him to discover the true reason why he was teaching his son.

Vlad scratched his goatee and spoke again: " Do you really think that studies and a good life in the future are more important than friends?"

Alphonse was very careful in his response: "I think that if said friends drag you down and ruin your future, they aren't really your friends."

Vlad raised an eyebrow: "Did you have any personal experience about this?"

"I can't say I had 'friends' that dragged me down. But I've seen this happen with people I knew…Your son has lots of potential. I just think that it would be a waste for him to give up of the best education he could receive just to attend to the same school as his friends. It's not like he won't be able to see them during the vacations or when he graduates."

"I see…" Vlad said with thoughtfully. But then he got up and said: "I agree that the Lycan School can give my son the best education from books. It's not my place to criticize you. You have your reasons to think this way. But I think friends are important as well for a healthy development of any child and no matter which school Danny will attend, I'm sure that he'll do his best in his studies, you have to agree in at least that."

Alphonse just stared at the ghost in front of him doing his best to not show his boredom by the 'friendship speech' Vlad gave him. But he just wanted to end with that 'torment' as soon as possible, so he decided to humor him: "Yes, I guess you're right about that. As long as your son is happy in what he is doing."

Vlad finally smiled as he nodded and said: "I'm really glad we had this talk, but I think we should go to the library now. My son might be worried."

But Alphonse didn't reply to that as he just followed the man to the place where Danny was waiting. The boy was both worried and bored waiting so much in the library. He wasn't alone, though. Teresa was there keeping the boy some company and to prevent that anything bad happened to the child.

Vlad didn't want his son to hear the conversation he had with the lycanthrope because the parent didn't know if the discussion would be heated or not. Vladimir was glad that Alphonse could understand his point of view and with a bit of luck he wouldn't touch on that same subject again.

The rest of the week went as normal as it could have been. Alphonse came on Friday and gave Danny some more classes. Vlad, of course, was there during them just to make sure nothing bad would happen.

But Alphonse was still very curious about that woman's portrait which was once displayed and now was gone. When the lycanthrope finished his last lesson of the week, Vlad Plasmius invited the werewolf to have dinner with his family, but he refused the offer politely. Vlad sighed but guided the lycanthrope to the door himself.

"Professor Alphonse, would you mind if I ask you a question?" Vlad suddenly asked before the werewolf left the house.

Alphonse turned and replied tiredly. He didn't want to have another awkward conversation like the one he had on that Wednesday. But he answered politely: "Yes, Your Grace. What is it?"

Vlad looked away for a couple of seconds, but then he returned his look to Alphonse and asked: "What's your opinion about humans?"

"What?" the lycanthrope asked taken aback by the unexpected question.

Seeing his reaction, Vlad immediately said: "Never mind that. Sorry for bothering, have a good weekend, Professor Alphonse."

"Thank you…" the werewolf answered not knowing what to answer for the first time in a long time. Then he left the house really confused. But he suddenly halted and turned his look back to the abode. It can't be…can it?'

Vlad had closed the doors and, therefore, he didn't see the werewolf actions. The man gave a heavy sigh. 'What am I thinking…it's much safer to ask Wulf about that. He must know what Alphonse thinks of humans. I can't have a teacher that hates them in my house. What If Danny transformed OR transforms into human in front of him by accident…' Then he shook away his thoughts and tried to cheer himself up. After all he had a big surprise planned for his son the next day and he didn't want to ruin the mood for it.

On the next day, at morning, of that same week, Eric Plasmius got into his parents abode and saw Danny running through the halls happily. He seemed to be carrying some random stuff such as food, clothes and a…fishing pole?

The man was wearing his armor, but he was holding his helmet with his left hand. He got near his nephew and asked: "Daniel, what are all these things for?"

He boy looked at him happily and answered: "Hi, Uncle Eric! Daddy is going to take me camping with Mister Skulker and his son. He said it was a father-son weekend."

The general didn't like hearing that and then he asked: "Where is your father?"

Danny didn't like his uncle's tone. The boy could see that his uncle was very angry. He often heard him and his father arguing. Mostly about him. Fright Knight kept telling Vlad to make the boy have classes to learn how to swordfight and train to become a knight.

However Vlad wasn't fond of the idea of his five-year-old child learning how to fight. Besides, the parent wanted Danny to have an innocent childhood. He didn't want to see his son meddled in the affairs of King Pariah.

But Eric kept telling his brother that this was the only way to prevent Daniel from becoming a 'wimp like his father'. But of course Vlad felt enraged by the constant insults and also by the fact that Eric always implied that Vlad wasn't being a good father for giving his son so much attention and love and that the boy needed to experiment some rough situations in order to grow up as a decent adult.

Danny looked to his uncle for a little longer and he was questioned again by him this time even more fiercely: "Where is your father, Daniel? I don't believe I asked such a difficult question."

Fortunately, for the boy, Vlad came from behind and he wasn't happy at all: "I'm right here Eric." Then he looked to his son, who was obviously a bit frightened by Eric. "Danny, go to your room and finish packing your things. We should be leaving pretty soon."

Danny just nodded and left to his room hoping that his father and his uncle wouldn't start another argument.

"Why do you spoil him so much?" Eric asked frowning.

"Spoiling? If my memory serves right father took us for tons of camping trips when we were younger." Vlad did his best not to shout at his brother to so not scare his son any further and he said to his brother: "Let's go to the entrance. There my son and our parents won't be able to hear your stupid ranting. Besides it'll be faster for you to leave after that."

Eric glared at his younger brother a while, but he ended up conceding. Both adults went to the entrance of the mansion and Vlad asked: "Do you have a point here?"

But when Eric opened his mouth to answer, Vlad quickly cut him off: "Besides criticize my parenting skills?"

Eric's frown deepened as he snapped at his brother: "You really are a spoiled brat! You refuse to listen to what I have to say. You're not giving Daniel the proper training! Granted, you at least hired a werewolf teacher to give him a good education. But the boy lacks discipline!"

"So, your idea of discipline is that he swings a sword around? I don't remember our father forcing us to join Pariah's army! He only started to teach us swordfight when we reached the age of eight and it was just for us to learn to fend ourselves with weapons. If I must remind you, we have powers!"

"Of course we have powers, but we also need to develop our bodies as well! Daniel needs to be strong in every possible way! I can't even believe that you're this relaxed with your own son! Besides, even with all your ghost powers you never managed to defeat me while we sparred when we were younger and that's because I trained in many forms of combat and not just to rely on ecto-energy blasts! Correct me if I'm wrong, but I bet you barely train anymore, right?"

Vlad opened his mouth to reply, but no words came from his mouth. It was true that he rarely practiced his own powers after Daniel was born and that Eric was just getting stronger and stronger.

"I thought so." Said Fright Knight with a heavy sigh.

Eric then turned his back to his brother, placed his helmet back on and walked towards the door as he said: "There's one thing I need to talk with you before I leave. Pariah Dark is going to start a war against the humans. I think you should keep Daniel indoors for a while. Don't be reckless."

"Why did you tell me that?" Vlad asked actually surprised by his brother's words.

But Fright Knight didn't answer. He just opened the door and left the residence heading towards his winged horse 'I just don't want to see my nephew and little brother dead…' he thought before he mounted his animal and flew back to the castle.

Vlad gave a deep sigh as he went to his son's room. When he opened the door, he couldn't help but to smile softly seeing his son trying to close his overstuffed bag on his bed.

"Do you need help with that son?" The parent offered.

The child looked at him and said sounding tired: "Yes!" he had been struggling to close it for some time without any success.

The parent chuckled and moved towards the bed and using some strength he managed to close it. "There you go." he said turning to his son, who was smiling. "What's wrong, Danny?" he asked worried.

"Did you and Uncle Eric get in another fight because of me?" the boy asked fidgeting.

Vlad sighed and sat on his son's bed and told his son to get near him. The boy obeyed and when he got close enough, Vlad picked him up and placed him on his lap. "Son, my brother and I do argue, but it's not because of you. He's just hard headed most of times. Don't let it spoil our weekend, okay?"

Danny was still unsure. But he was glad that his uncle and father didn't argue for too long, this time. "Okay, daddy…"

Vlad sighed knowing that his son was still upset and to tell the truth what his brother said was still bothering him. But he was sure that his son was safe, after all he only turned into human every two months and he turned into his human half not even a month ago. Besides, he wasn't going to lock his son in his room for the rest of his life. He couldn't understand why the ghosts hated the humans so much.

He shook away his uncertainty hoping that this camping trip would at least improve the mood not only of his son, but also his own.

End of chapter 6

I hope you enjoyed this chapter. See you next update.