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 Kiomori for your reviews.

"Your grandfather, King Raymond, is the true one responsible for your mother's death, Daniel." Fright Knight said solemnly.

The teen gave a step back not believing in what he had just heard. He wanted to doubt his own ears, but his father's actions only confirmed his uncle's story.

Vlad quickly turned to his brother and grabbed him by the collar. And snarled: "You had no right!" then he used his full strength to push his brother against a wall and repeated: "You had no right, Eric!" He even charged some red spectral energy on his hands.

Fright Knight looked at it as if his brother was no big threat. The general had let his brother have a gratuitous "first punch" because he expected something like that might happen. But he wasn't going to let himself be beaten. The older ghost was about to draw his sword, when he heard his nephew shout.

"FATHER, STOP!" the hybrid yelled looking frightened.

Vlad's angry eyes melted when he saw his confused son staring at that situation. The duke made the energy from his fists disappear and gave a step towards Danny who gave a step back.

"Is that true? Please tell me uncle was lying, father. Please!" Danny said not really wanting to believe in what he had just heard.

As much as Vlad would like to confirm what his son had asked him to, part of his being couldn't keep the lie anymore. It was useless. Vlad knew that his boy was bright and even if he lied again, his son would end up discovering the entire truth one day and the things between the two of them would become much more complicated than it should have been.

In his mind, Vlad apologized to his wife for not being able to keep the promise anymore. "It's true, Daniel…Your grandfather did order your mother's death…"

But before Vlad could continue, the teen clenched his fists and asked outraged: "So, all this time you lied to me? What else is a lie, father? Did you corrupt my mother as they said as well? I…don't know what is true anymore. I can't believe you lied to me!"

This time it was Vlad who felt outraged: "Do not dare to accuse me of that, Daniel! Your grandfather, King Raymond, is a vile man who didn't even think twice about killing his own daughter just because she fell in love with me. He almost even got to kill you! I wanted to tell you the truth from the beginning, but your mother begged me before she died to keep the truth from you because she didn't want you to hate humans!"

Danny couldn't accept that his own grandfather could be so cruel. He was also angry because his father lied to him for so many years. He couldn't think straight. The teen wondered how many people knew about this. He was sure that at least his grandparents, James and Christine, also knew about it. The teen had that hunch because even his uncle knew about it.

"I'm sorry, father. I shouldn't have said that…But why? Why would he do that? Why would my own grandfather kill his daughter, my mother?" Danny asked.

Vlad's gaze softened a bit as he answered: "Your grandfather has a strong prejudice against ghosts. The same way some ghosts have prejudice against humans. I guess he would rather see his daughter dead…I loath him for what he did. But I don't want you to let it consume you…That's why I, no, we decided to hide it from you. I'm sorry for hiding this from you, but we all did it for your own sake."

The boy wanted to clear his head and think better about everything. He was so confused. His world went upside down in a matter of a few hours. The teen just said: "May I go to my room, Father…" He really needed some time alone.

"Yes." Vlad said looking at his son leaving the room. He thought it would be better if he let his son think about it for a while. He didn't want his son to discover the truth, at least not like that.

"Looks like you finally decided to man up and tell your son yourself the truth. I thought I would be the one to have to do all the job here." Fright Knight said.

Vlad's eyes flashed even brighter as he snarled: "This is all your fault! Once this matter settles down, I shall deal with you! Now leave!"

Then Vlad bolted out of the library not caring about any remark Eric might have. The duke feared he might lose his head if he heard another of his brother remarks. Vlad hated how self-righteous his brother was. Vlad could only hope it would all end soon.

In his room, Daniel was remembering everything odd that happened in his life. Everytime he tried to ask about his mother's side of the family, everyone was evasive and ended up changing the subject.

It frustrated the teen because he didn't realize something was wrong before. He was angry because they all lied to him, but he couldn't hate them for that. The boy wondered if that was one of those 'you'll thank me when you're older' kind of thing.

But he still couldn't believe that someone of his own flesh and blood would be capable of that. He didn't understand why so much hatred towards ghosts. Then he remembered what he said about his father when at the peak of his anger. The teen felt great sorrow for his words.

He also tried to discover what his grandfather has been doing all this time. Did he even knew know that his grandson was alive? Did he even care for a matter of fact? These questions plagued the boy's mind.

There was only one way for the boy to discover the truth for once and for all. And he ready to do so. He was glad for having a human half so he could blend among humans.

The teen then turned invisible and intangible and flew outside of his home in search of the place where his father said his mother was from: Amikeco Parko. It wasn't too far from there, which the teen was thankful for. But he also hoped his father didn't lie about that as well. He also hoped to come back before his father realized he was gone.

King Raymond's army was at the entrance of the Dead Forest. He had used Jack Fenton's help to build up the army with anti-ghost armor and weapons among other things. The man even invented a small bomb using Bloody Blossoms that, in theory, was to choke ghosts with the cloud it created.

There was about two thousand soldiers armed to their teeth to invade the Dead Forest. King Raymond was no fool in attempting to send his entire army and leave his kingdom unprotected. He didn't want to allow what happened to his son-in-law's kingdom to happen with his.

King William's kingdom, Malnova Pordo, suffered an unusual attack. Several people in the kingdom started dying without any reason. There was a huge panic among the villagers and even soldiers. The feared it was some kind of plague. Uncountable people died everyday and they found no reason for that macabre happening. That was until Jack Fenton was sent there to investigate.

Spite of his hatred towards King William, King Raymond suspected it might be something to do with ghosts. Truth to be told, the old king was quite paranoid. He even thought that when the windows of his own chambers slammed during a windy night, it was ghost's fault.

Jack was sent there two days ago and after examining everyone and the survivors, he decided to check their food and water supply. He was shocked to detect that there was something odd with the water from the river which crossed the middle of Malnova Pordo.

The big scientist discovered poison in the water. Once he discovered that he reported it immediately to both kings, Raymond and William. Now Raymond Irongrip was even more sure that it was the doing of ghosts and rubbed it on the face of his son-in-law who didn't like it one bit.

King William suspected that it was King Raymond's doing. It all seemed way too suspicious for him. In King Baxter's mind, the ghosts had no reason to attack him like that, but King Raymond had. The scientist was even sent by him.

King William swore revenge silently against his father-in-law and he intended to retaliate quite soon. He knew the perfect moment to strike him. King Raymond bragged how he intended to send his army against the Dead Forest and king William was to use that opportunity to attack his kingdom when they didn't have much soldiers to protect Amikeco Parko.

End of chapter 16

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