A/N:Okay, since I have only seen like four episodes of Gravity Falls or more, I figured I would like, do the Time traveling and halloween episode with Danny in them, because why the hell not, and also, IT WOULD BE HILARIOUS TO HAVE BLENDIN MEET DANNY PHANTOM, OKAY?
Right now, I am recovering from some 'fake' friends or somesuch using me in my roleplaying, and then discarding me, so I hope my character portrayal does not err. I would like to keep it as OOC-free as possible. Nonetheless, perhaps there will be a few, um, angsty moments, if you don't mind?
I don't own Danny Phantom or Gravity Falls, they're both awesome shows with great characters and I'm so glad kids watch it!
Also, why do people hate Teen Titans go so much? I think it's awesome that the kids of today can like our favorite heroes, too! :d
Also, does anyone else think Danny had a pretty lonely childhood? I mean, his parents were inventors and ignored him-no wonder the kid has so much social anxiety. I always wondered how Nick could have such a dark show-everyone wants to kill him for being who he is. But it's part of what makes it good, I suppose. So here we go!
Chapter 3 In which I screw reality over entirely (probably around the third time) and another ghost follows me to Gravity Falls. Great.
Can there ever be a normal day in my life? I doubt it.
Do I think life ever intended for me to eventually be normal? No, if that were so, then I don't think my parents would've been ghost hunters, hunting imaginary creatures while everyone else in Amity Park thought Mom and Dad were simply looney tunes and laughed at us.
I used to pretend, as a kid, that I had no parents. Because mine were so wacky and weird, and just so insensitive-don't get me wrong, I'd never want to go down the same route my future self did-losing my family should never happen to me, half-ghost or not-but still, what I would give to not be half-ghost and have to deal with crazy enemy after enemy, embarrassing encounters with parents, parents-
Yup, let's just say everything to do with Mom and Dad's obsession with ghosts as a kid, I wanted no part of. Besides, it wasn't like they paid attention to me that much, outside of making sure I wasn't contaminated by whatever radioactive gadget they used that went wrong, or making sure I was still alive.
But one thing's for sure. Being lonely as a kid is never a good thing. It can even send you down the wrong path entirely; look at Youngblood, he was just a lonely kid and now he's out doing bad things as a ghost. Hell, I'm pretty sure most of my enemies started out as pretty good people, it's just the loneliness got to them and ate away at their souls until nothing was left but anger.
Burning, fiery anger at the world and everyone in it-no, don't think like that, you definitely don't want to be like him-not at all.
Which is why-as I listened to the girl, Mabel, talk, on and on and on (having grown up with Dad was a bonus, you could listen to people yammer and then drone them out without looking rude), I looked over to my left and noticed that the other kid, Dipper, he looked really, really lonely. Like he really needed a friend.
From what I saw of him, the kid spent most of his time reading that old book, alone, or desperately hoping the cute girl would notice him-and getting ignored.
We were so similar it hurt.
This kid was too serious, too responsible for his age. He had forgotten what it was like being a kid. I already thought of myself as an adult. It's hard not to, when you're fighting battles with crazy ghosts.
I had lost count of how many times Dipper had tried to get the red-headed girl's attention, only for him to be ignored. It seemed to bother him a great deal, if the irritated aura around him was any indication.
"Hey, buddy, what's got you so down?" I asked.
Dipper snarled and pointed to the red-headed girl, Wendy, and the boy who was cuddling her. "He's the problem!"
"Oh."
Wow, this sucked. The kid is twelve, and finds out the girl he likes has someone else.
At least he didn't date said girl he liked and have her turn into a dragon. But then again, not all kids are Danny Phantom.
Said guy in question looked like someone who had jumped out of Circus Gothica, complete with dark hair and foreboding attitude.
"Wendy, what's with all the kids in here?" He sneered, stepping towards Dipper and I, who, I noticed, was looking very murderous. The guy seemed to notice, and even approve of the kid's hatred of him.
Whoa, totally not a good situation to be getting myself into. What am I thinking?
Still, the guy is pretty pissed off right now. And I don't think pissed off people should be allowed near really little kids.
"I just wanted to spend time with Wendy, Robby-" Dipper protested.
"Wendy is my girlfriend, we don't need some bratty kid messing up our time together!" Robby said.
"Hey, Dipper's my friend, too-"
Poor kid. I swore I saw Dipper look like a deflated balloon the second those words flew out of her mouth.
"But Robby's my boyfriend, Dipper, so can we have time later?"
At least she was trying to make things better.
"I'll go bring us some refreshments! Would you like anything, Danny?"
"Uh, I'm good, thanks," I said, shooting Dipper a worried look.
Robby, was it, or Mr. Jerk, folded his arms and stared at me.
"So I heard you're the kid of those two crazy nutjobs who were running around town earlier screaming about ghosts, is that right? Must be a laugh riot, having losers like them, hmm?" He said, thinking we were going to be best buddies.
Well, he definitely misunderstood that part there.
"Dude, just because they're obsessed with ghosts doesn't mean that Danny likes what they do." Dipper pointed out.
"No one asked your opinion, Pines," He snapped.
Dipper went quiet, still seething with anger.
Mabel was looking at me as Robby continued speaking, ignoring my growing anger.
"Dude, why are you looking at me like that? It was nothing but a joke!" He said, nudging me, grinning widely.
"...You're a really cruel guy, you know that? You know that he likes her, yet you sit there making fun of him. I hate people like you." I said, staring into his face menacingly.
"Hey, kid, I was just joking! Relax, besides...that kid's just a mere brat, people like us teenagers are different!"
"I don't think so, cut him some slack...and...leave...him...alone." I said, moving closer to him and narrowing my eyes.
He gasped. "What are you...some kind of freak? I'm getting out of here!"
With that, Robby turned and fled.
"What is it?" I asked, turning around to face both Dipper and Mabel, who gasped.
"Your eyes are glowing green! They're the same color as that ghost guy from before!" Dipper cried, before he advanced on me. "Wait a second...you're a ghost, aren't you?"
I looked at the floor. "Guess the secret's out. Yep, I'm a ghost, you caught me, Dipper."
"But how can you be alive if you're a ghost?" He said, coming over to me and looking me up and down.
"I'm a halfa-half-ghost, half-human, basically," I said quickly. "An accident caused it to happen to me. I've been that way ever since, I'd rather not talk about it."
Dipper looked at me and then nodded. "How come you didn't tell us?"
"I have enemies like crazy, Dipper. I was afraid you were going to be like them."
"It's so cool that you're a ghost, too!" Mabel chirped, looking at me in awe.
I blushed. "It's nothing that special, really."
"Do your parents know?" Dipper asked.
I shot him a look. "No, why would I tell them? They go on about wanting to dissect me, that's reason enough not to."
"You're right," Dipper mumbled.
Suddenly, the door burst open and in came their Uncle, followed by Mom and Dad.
"Like I'm telling you, there are no ghosts in that old, creepy, abandoned store!" He cried, "You just misunderstood things!"
"Yes, there were. Why else would my Fenton device go off?" Jack boomed, holding the device up.
"A GHOST HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THIS ROOM. WALK FORWARD."
"Oh no," I moaned, slapping my forehead.
"Don't you know how to like, tame your ghostly aura?" Dipper asked.
"Let's just say Mom and Dad's equipment sometimes works too well," I said.
Luckily for us, Jazz came in at that moment.
"Mom, Dad, you're not saying there's a...ghost in here, right?" She said sarcastically. Good old Jazz.
"WALK FORWARD A FEW MORE STEPS."
They paused in front of me.
"GHOST LOCATED. THANK YOU FOR USING THE FENTON GHOST FINDER."
"It's still broken, isn't it?" Mom said, shaking the device. "I'm sorry, sweetie, it keeps on thinking you're a ghost."
"That's a load of nonsense, Danny is not a ghost!" Jazz said.
"Right, Jazz!" I said.
Dipper and Mabel nodded in assent.
"By the way, kids, there's a cool festival going on downtown! We brought our ghost inventions, but for some reason, no one cared." Mom said sadly, "It's some sort of Renaissance fair."
"Renaissance fair? That's awesome! Let's go!" Jazz cried.
When Dipper, Mabel and I looked bored, she paused. "Why not, Danny? Think of all the historyyyy you could find."
"Fine," I sighed, "It's not like we're missing that much."
"And here we have a real lumberjack cutting real Gravity Falls wood!"
"Is it always this unexciting?" I asked.
"Yep...that's Gravity Falls for you, get obsessed with something no one cares about. Well, kids like us." Dipper added.
"It's fun getting candy and prizes!" Mabel cried.
A breath of cold air escaped my throat.
"What's that?" Dipper asked.
"Ghost sense...something is nearby." I mumbled, only to have a net thrown over me.
"AHA, I have captured the source of the time disturbance!" A new voice shouted.
"Let go of me!" I cried, phasing out of the net.
"You little-you ruined my experiment!" The most geeky-looking guy I've ever seen said, holding a roll of...measuring tape as a weapon?
"Dude, measuring tape? That's like a horrible weapon!" I said.
"What's your problem? Why are you snagging random people?" Dipper queried.
"Silence! I am a time traveler from the future! I am here to seek out potential anomalies! What's this?" The time traveler dude said, staring at me before he pointed at me.
"What is it?" I growled.
"You are...you are..DANNY PHANTOM!" He snarled.
"Do you know this guy?" Dipper asked.
I shook my head.
"Yeah, so what?" I said.
"YOU ARE UNDER ARREST FOR BREACHING THE LAWS OF SPACE AND TIME MORE THAN ONCE!" He cried, "I, BLENDIN BLANDIN, HEREBY SENTENCE YOU TO DEATH! YOU WILL COME WITH ME TO THE FUTURE TO SPEAK AT YOUR TRIAL!"
"Wait, what did he do wrong?" Mabel cried, for some reason...holding a pig.
"...Did you not know? Danny Phantom has bent the laws of the universe three separate times! First, to prevent the future from coming true!"
"In that scenario, I didn't want to devolve into a psycho, thank you very much," I said sarcastically.
Blendin paid no mind to me, continuing on.
"You also reversed time when your parents discovered your identity! And then again when you reversed time for your own benefit!"
"So what? I learned from those mistakes, ask Clockwork!" I said.
"I don't care what Clockwork says, anomalies like you cannot be allowed to exist!" He cried, pointing a strange machine at me.
I lazily shot out an energy ball and it destroyed his weapon.
"You imbecile!" He cried. "How could you destroy my personal weapon?"
"What is this?" Dipper said, holding out the tape measure in his hands and clicking it.
"I don't think you should touch that-" I said, reaching out to touch it, but suddenly it created a vortex and sucked Dipper, Mabel and I in.
"Where are we?" Dipper said, getting up.
"I think we're in the Ghost Zone." I said, as I transformed into my ghostly form and held both of them up. "Careful, humans can't survive in this realm. Though nothing can hurt you, you need air to breathe."
"It's freezing in here," Mabel complained, "And where's Waddles?"
"The pig? Oh, it must still be back in the other time!" I said, shrugging.
"No, he's my personal pet!" She cried, "Please, Danny, change time!"
"Let me just figure out where we are!" I said.
"Pariah Dark, invaders!"
Oh shit.
"Dipper, give me that time machine." I said, flicking it again.
FLASH!
I heard a Tyrannosaurus roaring.
"Dude, we're in the wrong century entirely." I muttered, seeing a Velociraptor come towards us.
"I keep trying!" Dipper cried.
"Try harder!" I urged, as he pressed the button again...and again...and again!
"Okay, we've been through the Triassic period, the colonial era, the 1800s, the 1950s and now this!" I cried, pointing to an odd device with two dark-haired men in front of it.
"Are you sure this device will work, Mr. Masters?"
"Masters?" I mumbled. It was...Vlad's laboratory.
"Yes, it should work just fine for you, Mr. Pines. Do try it." Vlad said in that same suave, annoying tone of his.
"I don't want to watch this!" Dipper cried, flicking the tape again.
FLASH!
"Where are we?" I asked.
"We're back!" Dipper cried.
"Why is this happening?" Mabel wailed.
A blond girl was dragging the pig across the ground.
"Ugh, I can't believe I'm saddled with this thing!" She complained.
"Dude, try it again!" I cried, touching it.
A flash of light happened and we were back.
"DANNY PHANTOM, HOW DARE YOU SHOW UP! YOU THREE HAVE COST ME MY JOB!" Blendin cried.
"Dude, it was an accident," Dipper cried, throwing him back his device.
Two new people approached, teleporting out of nowhere.
"Blendin Blandin, you are under arrest for violation of time travel laws."
"It's all their fault and Danny Phantom's!"
"Danny Phantom?" The other asked in interest. "The little brat who broke the laws of reality three times? You should be arrested..."
"Right now, though, you're more guilty, Blendin. Count yourself lucky."
"YOU'LL PAY FOR THIS, PHANTOM!" He cried as they disappeared.
"Dude, why do people hate you so much?" Dipper said. "I mean, for a ghost, you seem pretty non-threatening."
"Only when I want to be threatening." I said as I changed back.
"We've been looking for you!" Wendy said, Robby by her side. "Where were you?"
"Little Brother, I've been worried sick." Jazz said.
"You need to hear this," I said.
"So, let me get this straight...you guys ran into a time traveler who knew of my brother and thought his attempts to change history were wrong?"
Dipper nodded, as did Mabel, as her pet pig Waddles attempted to chew on my shirt.
"Hey, get down!" I cried.
"And now he has a grudge against my brother? How ridiculous is that? Danny only did those things because otherwise, he'd have doomed the entire world! That guy needs to be taught a lesson." Jazz said.
"Jazz, there's something more pressing." I said.
"What?" She said. "Besides someone else wanting you dead-"
"Actually, yes," I said sarcastically, "I saw Vlad in someone's past here in Gravity Falls, giving someone a portal. What if he's here, scheming? That means he knows I'm here!"
"What? How? He can't know!" She stammered.
"Who is Vlad?" Dipper asked.
"Vlad Masters, my archnemesis."
"The Vlad Masters?" Dipper asked in awe, "Dude, the guy's like a millionaire. Why would he care what a couple of kids are up to?"
"Because he wants to marry my mom, kill my dad and raise me like a son even though he's a crazy-ass fruit loop who's also a ghost." Both Jazz and I said.
"What?" Dipper said.
"Exactly what she said," I said, "Vlad is in this town, he knows we're here and he's planning something. Whatever it is, I want to stop it."