A/N: And here's chapter two, the first chapter where the main trio is in the past and my computer decides that "Darry", "Maddie", and "Vlad" aren't words!
I have no clue why it didn't do that last chapter.
So, I realized that I forgot to explain the new Fenton inventions I created last chapter, so I'll be explaining them now.
Fenton Pistol: A dark green 9mm pistol that has the ability to coat bullets with its stored ectoplasm. Jack Fenton gave it to Darry for Christmas when Darry was ten. Needless to say, Sam and Danny were not impressed. At least Jack was smart enough not to give Jaclyn a gun.
Ecto-tracer: Created by Jack and Maddie Fenton after an incident with Danny, Skulker, and the Ghost Catcher three years prior to the "future" of this story. Nine were made, without Danny's knowledge, and give to several characters. Namely Kelsey, Dani, Jaclyn, Valerie, Sam, Tucker, and Jazz while Jack and Maddie kept the other two for themselves. The main functions of the Ecto-tracer is to detect Danny's Ecto-signature and any abnormalities it may or may not have. If it just senses his Ecto-signature, it'll vibrate. If it senses an abnormality in it, which could appear if Danny is overshadowed or his human and ghost halves are separated, it'll beep. Jack and Maddie are considering making Ecto-tracers for Jaclyn and Dani's Ecto-signatures.
Ghost Tracker: Think Fenton Finder, only smaller. If it detects a ghost who's Ecto-signature has not been entered in it, the Ghost Tracker will start to loudly a repeatedly call out, "Ghost! A ghost is near!" Kelsey seems to hold a grudge against this device, and often attempts to break it when it goes off. Liz is the one who usually has these, and keeps over twenty in her room at any given time to replace the ones that break.
Fenton Thermos Mini: A refined Fenton Thermos created by Danny. It's only a couple of inches high, but will expand to about half the size of a Fenton Thermos if it holds a ghost. Apparently, it's bigger on the inside than a Fenton Thermos.
Portable Ghost Gloves: Another one of Danny's reformed Fenton inventions. In one form they are two rings, metal bands with small balls of condensed ectoplasm connected to it. If the two balls of ectoplasm are held together for ten seconds, the rings change so that they cover the wearer's hands. They resemble the Ghost Gloves/Ghost Gauntlets, hence the name.
Fenton Time Machine: …Jack and Maddie were uncreative when they named this one. That's all I have to say.
If you know it, I don't own it!
Chapter 2;
The first thing I said when I woke up was simple;
"Ow."
I sat up slowly, my hands on the side of my head. Everything was spinning, and I tried to get my breathing under control. Once I finally managed that, I forced my eyes open and looked myself over.
I still had the stupid bracelet on. I was missing my purse, which sucked, and I had somehow ended up in an alleyway, which couldn't be a good sign.
A groan alerted me to a very much disoriented Darry, who was lying to the left. He was back in his normal clothes, though he had two of the charms on a chain around his neck; a D and a F.
Kelsey was a little ways away from Darry. She had her bow from her ponytail back. Now, judging by what had all just happened, these charms probably have a really stupid reason for being here. And why were they my initials? I hate my full name! It's too... regal or something...
"This is just too weird," I mumbled, and Darry gave a slow nod.
"What do you think happened? Besides the fact that my clothes were randomly changed, of course." He slowly stood up, and I did the same. Kelsey opened her mouth to speak, but I cut her off.
"I know that Vlad Fruitloop did something, that part's obvious. But the question is why." I frowned, "Were we a test, or a device to make your dad beat himself up?"
"Yeah, guys, I'm gonna have to cut you short." Kelsey spoke up. Darry and me turned to her as she stood up, and Kelsey let out an annoyed sigh. "Point one, why did we think that going in a time machine would give us ghost powers? What are we, stupid? Or is that just Darry?" Darry frowned, but I decided it was because of Kelsey's insult. "Point two, I still have the Ecto-Tracer. It's in my pocket, spazzing out."
I frowned, "So wait, where's Darry's Dad and who's messing with his ecto-signature?"
My question was answered as a person with white hair and a black Hazmat suit crashed down right behind Darry. The three of us turned to face a teenage Danny Phantom as he pulled himself up off the ground and jumped back into the air to keep fighting... himself in human form?
Well, that was unexpected.
After that strange encounter, Darry was the first to say anything.
"Why the heck is my Dad our age and without a cape?"
"Simple," Kelsey replied, "we were in a time machine. We time traveled." The way she said it it sounded like the most normal thing in the world. "Wait, a cape? Oh yeah, separated halves. The bed sheet cape. Makes sense."
"So, this is the past?" Darry frowned, "That explains a lot, but it's still very creepy. I mean, considering that this is the second time it's happened to me. My Dad, our age..." his face twisted, "fighting himself... geez, is Tempest trying to help me out again?"
"Yeah, I'm pretty sure that this is all on you." Kelsey replied, crossing her arms.
"And you two should probably shut up now," I cut in as a stray ectoblast landed a little farther into the alleyway. "Also, we should probably leave. We should get into the Ghost Zone, find Clockwork, and go home."
Darry gave a thumb's up and Kelsey nodded. I poked my head out of the alley, breathed a sigh of relief once I realized it was deserted, and motioned for my friends to follow. I led the way around the corner, where I promptly bumped into a goth girl and a techno geek.
A teenage Tucker Foley and Samantha Manson.
Well, cue the nervous laughter. This is awkward. On the bright side, it wasn't my mom or dad.
"Dad-" Kelsey started, and I clamped my hand over her mouth. She, as usual, suddenly became incredibly juvenile and licked my hand.
"Ew!" I gasped, wiping it off on her shirt.
"Great, you two finally lost the one thing you never had, sanity." Darry sighed, and turned to face the two people who would become his mom and uncle. "Your friend's in the alley, you might want to assist him before his gets killed by himself. That just sounds bad." He grabbed Kelsey and me by the sleeves of our shirts and dragged us for the next block before finally letting us go outside of a familiar restaurant. The Nasty Burger.
Even though the name disagrees, they have very tasty burgers.
"We have time to stop for food, right?" Kelsey spoke up, "I wonder if they have chicken burgers in the past. Because if they do, I shall be eating them now." She pulled a crumpled twenty dollar bill from her pocket and entered the store. I exchanged a look with Darry before the both of us followed. It's not like anything bad was going to happen if we just stop for a bite, right?
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As it turns out, that was a bad idea. Why did I have to tempt fate?
Because of the fact that Kelsey's money was too new, the three of us were now sitting in the Nasty Manager's, as Darry had called him, office. We were told to phone our parents and tell them that we had counterfeited money, otherwise we would not be able to leave.
But for obvious reasons, we couldn't. Mr. Nasty Manager just couldn't get it through his head that we weren't able to. And then there was the fact that Kelsey, Miss Goody-Two-Shoes herself, could be charged with a criminal offense.
This day is just plain weird even without the time travel.
"But that was real! I would never counterfeit money, you have to believe me!" Kelsey was almost begging, though she hadn't quite gone that far yet.
"No," the manager replied, "I don't. And the three of you will be staying here until someone comes to claim you." He stood up and stormed out, locking the door as he went. Kelsey crumpled to the floor, her head in her hands.
"I didn't do anything!" she choked out, "why am I being punished?"
"It could be worse," Darry spoke up, and then smacked his palm to his forehead. "Why did I say that?"
"Because you're an idiot," I rolled my eyes, "this is stupid. Why don't we just phone your grandpa and say we have information on ghosts, but we'll only give it to him if he shows up and pretends to be our guardian?"
"That plan reeks of disaster." Kelsey mumbled, looking up. "We'd be safer blasting a hole in the wall then doing that." I exchanged a look with Darry and smiles formed on both of our faces. "Wait, I was joking!"
"Too late for that!" Darry called, and pulled a Fenton Pistol from... I don't really know, actually. He charged it up, and fired at the wall. As the dust settled, Darry and I dragged Kelsey out the resulting hole and into the alley. "See? No harm..." Darry started in an attempt to comfort his cousin, but trailed off for a very valid reason.
Off to the side was the teenage Danny Phantom. He was holding a Fenton Thermos, and staring at us in confusion.
"He did it," Kelsey muttered, pointing a finger up at Darry and then towards me. "And she thought it was a good idea."
I swatted her hand away, "Will you ever learn when to shut up?!"
"No, she won't." Darry replied and teenage Danny Phantom landed in front of us. "And now we're screwed."
"Who are you guys?" teenage Danny Phantom- I'm just going to call him Danny- asked, "…And why did you blow a hole in the wall of the Nasty Burger?"
"Because we needed a distraction," Kelsey spoke up, and there was a slight click. I looked at her in surprise as she stood up, a Fenton Thermos Mini in its full size with the lid unscrewed in her hands. "Sorry, but it seems like that'll be you." She pointed the thermos at Danny, who didn't even have a chance to escape. He was sucked in, and Kelsey screwed the lid back on in one fluid motion.
"Okay, that was unexpected," Darry frowned and took the thermos from Kelsey, "why did you do that?"
"We need to get rid of him," Kelsey replied with a shrug, "him being around us could cause a temporal imbalance that could erase us from existence."
"Wow, have you been hanging out with Clockwork and Tempest or something?" I mumbled and pulled a pad of paper and a pen from one of the pockets on my sweater. "Looks like Jazz is going to be getting a package. Darry, you're going to be writing it since you actually have neat handwriting. Kelsey, don't even offer. I can't understand your printing, let alone your handwriting." Kelsey rolled her eyes but didn't disagree.
"Oh, yay, writing." Darry's voice was dripping with sarcasm, and I handed him the pen and paper. "Should I write her a letter or just "Jazz"?"
"Nobody cares," Kelsey replied, "but we should really get out of here. Like, right now, before the Nasty Manager figures out we're gone."
And with that, the three of us ran. We dropped Danny off at his house, rang the doorbell, and then ran off again. We were halfway to the park when Darry pointed out that we'd have to go back and get the Fenton Thermos Mini from the past Fentons.
So once again, we ran.
And I called my friends stupid for almost forgetting about the thermos, but that wasn't the point.
Daniel "Danny" Fenton, also known as Danny Phantom, age fifteen, had been having a bad few days.
First, he had to fight a ghost who had trapped him in ghost form for the past few days and possessed his human form. He ended up having to figure out how to get back to his human form after he beat the ghost. It wasn't fun.
Second, someone blew a hole in the Nasty Burger when he just so happened to be flying by.
Third, the guy who apparently did it looked a lot like his human form, he had a different hair and eye colour, but he still looked a lot like Danny did. Knowing his luck, Danny was sure he'd be blamed for the hole in the wall. If his human form wasn't, his ghost form would be.
Fourth, a girl who had been beside the guy had trapped Danny in a smaller version of the Fenton Thermos.
Fifth, when he finally managed to get free he'd crashed into Jazz, hit his head, and bit his tongue before turning back into his human form.
Yep, this week wasn't going very well. On the bright side, whoever had trapped him in the thermos had returned him to his house.
Danny wasn't sure he wanted to know how they knew where he lived or how they got a Fenton Thermos.
So now, Danny was sitting on the living room couch, reading the note the that his captors had oh-so-kindly included.
To Jazz, but also Danny.
Sorry about what happened, but apparently we would've messed things up if we didn't do it. Sorry, but none of us really want to be killed.
At this point, there was a messy scribble that Danny couldn't make out. One part of it resembled the word "Temp", but other than that Danny wasn't sure what it was supposed to be.
With any luck, you'll never see us again for a really long time.
Sincerely, we shouldn't say.
PS; if you see Vlad, use your ghostly wail. That guy needs some sense knocked into him.
Making sure that no one was in a place where they could see or hear him, Danny called out, "I'm going ghost!"
Twin blue-white rings appeared and spread over the length of his body. His normal white t-shirt with red accents and a red oval, red sneakers, and blue jeans changed to a black Hazmat suit with white boots, gloves, and a white DP symbol on his chest. His raven black hair turned snow white, his ice blue eyes turned electric green, and his pale skin tanned slightly.
Danny Fenton had just become Danny Phantom.
He was about to turn intangible and fly out when it occurred to him that Jazz had called his parents and let them know that their son was back to normal. They would be expecting Danny to be there, in his human form. They weren't expecting Phantom, and now that Danny Fenton was back to normal, they'd probably shoot Phantom.
Danny sighed and transformed back to Fenton form. His parents were going to want to do tests on him, which couldn't end well. At least he could pretend that any ectoplasmic residue was a result of having Morphic hanging out in his body.
Danny was distracted from his thoughts by someone knocking on the door. He watched as Jazz made her way out of the kitchen and opened the door, only to be caught in a net.
Well, looks like the day could get worse.
"Oh cinnamon buns. Sorry my dear, I was expecting your brother to answer the door." A voice called, and Darry ran up to help Jazz out of the net. Standing on the other side of the door was a familiar ghost, but something seemed off.
"What do you want, Plasmius?" Danny spat, sparking an eye-roll from Jazz as she escaped from the net. "Seriously, I'm having a bad week. Could you go away, and take the stupid net with you!"
Vlad Plasmius smirked, "Temper, Daniel. I'm just here to check on my drones, though it seems they aren't here." He glanced at the net, "How unfortunate. I created a net that zones in on the nearest pure human, only to have the three of my drones vaporized in the time stream."
Danny raised an eyebrow, "Look, Fruitloop, I don't care and I don't even really want to know. Mom doesn't love you, you'll never kill my dad, and I'll never become your evil little apprentice. And I still don't know what you want with Jazz. Now, go away." He started to close the door, but Vlad pulled it back open and lifted Danny up by the front of his shirt.
"Now Daniel you listen and you listen well," Vlad stared into Danny's eyes and Danny tried to struggle out of the older halfa's grasp. "You are going to do exactly as I say, or I'm going to kill your family off, slowly and painfully, while you watch. Am I understood?"
"Wow, Cheese head, you've gotten violent." Danny remarked, rolling his eyes. He couldn't go ghost, not in plain view of the three people from the Nasty Burger running towards him...
Wait, the people from the Nasty Burger?
"Well, what do you know? They lived." Vlad smirked, and dropped Danny to the ground. Danny watched as the three people from the Nasty Burger ran towards him, and brought his palm to his face when the brunette girl tripped, causing the three of them to fall down in a heap.
Danny groaned, "My heroes."
"Oi! Vlad Fruitloop!" the blonde girl called, holding up what seemed to be pistol as she jumped to her feet. "Leave him alone before I end your half-a-life!"
The male member of the group and the brunette girl stared at the blonde girl in surprise before the male member choked out, "Liz, one of your puns made sense!"
"It did?" Liz let out a small gasp of surprise, "Oh my gosh! It did! Kelsey, you owe me twenty bucks!"
"Let's settle the bets later!" the brunette girl called, reaching into her pocket and pulling out what seemed to be two Fenton Wrist Rays. "Right now, we have a certain- probably Russian- ghost to take down!"
"What does him being Russian have to do with anything?" the male member of the group asked, suddenly wearing a pair of Ghost Gloves.
Danny raised an eyebrow as he realized they all had Fenton Works weapons. Okay, he thought, when did they get those?
"Now Kelsey," Plasmius spoke calmly, but still with his tone that sounded like he was plotting ways to make your life horrible. "I suggest you, Darryll, and Elizabeth put your weapons down. I am, after all, the reason you three are here."
"We're perfectly aware of that, but do you think we care? The answer is no, we don't." The male member of the group- Darry, wasn't it? - spoke up, and Danny took a few steps back into his house so that he could go ghost without them seeing.
That plan, of course, had to be terminated once Danny noticed the Fenton Ghost Assault Vehicle driving crazily towards his house and heard the overly enthusiastic yells of "Ghost!"
His parents had arrived.
Danny wasn't sure if it was a good, because his parents could more than likely get Plasmius to go away, or bad, because of the pending experiments.
Of course, it would just a part of his ever-so-wonderful past few days.
Blah, these author's notes are taking too long to write and my arms hurt because of the stupid needles I got at ten this morning. I don't think they should still be sore after around twelve hours, should they?
Meh, what am I complaining about? I won't be dying from whatever the shots were for.
Anyway, I should probably explain the reason Danny Phantom was fighting Danny Fenton. In short; a ghost called Morphic, who looks like a blue-ish shadow-type ghost with red eyes and has a tendency to overshadow people, is to blame.
In long; while fighting a ghost who Danny hadn't seen before, Danny was knocked out. He woke up in the Ghost Zone, and found that he only had very vague memories of the fight. He made his way home, but upon entering the real world he found that he could not change back to Fenton form. Panicking, he flew to Sam's house. Upon reaching his friend, Sam told him that he had returned from his ghost fight, but hadn't paid any attention to her or Tucker. Tucker and Jazz were alerted, and the four of them decided to look around for human Danny. Ghost Danny actually did find his human half, and noticed that it had red eyes. Confused, Danny started to fight with his human half, which eventually revealed that it was named Morphic. Morphic did eventually manage to escape, and by this time Jack and Maddie were going around trying to find their son. Tucker came up with a plan, thanks to the fact that Danny had recently gotten better at duplication. Danny duplicated himself, had his duplicate use some of his ice powers to turn his eyes blue, and then laid the duplicate down on Danny Fenton's bed. After a few minutes where Jack and Maddie tried to shoot the real Danny who in turn tried to protect his duplicate, Jazz managed to tell them the lie that Tucker had thought up. Danny Phantom had been practicing duplication in the Ghost Zone when one of his duplicates was surrounded by a blue mist and its eyes turned blue. The duplicate then started to fall, even though Danny had not told it to. After finding that he had no control over the duplicate, Danny went down to save it. Before it went unconscious, Danny managed to get five words from it. Danny, Fenton, Amity, Park, and Morphic. So Danny Phantom brought his duplicate to Fenton Works and explained what had happened to Jazz, who called Tucker and Sam before calling his parents. Danny offered a truce with his parents until they could find and capture Morphic, and had his duplicate agree. Jack and Maddie in the end did agree to a temporary truce. After a few days of trying to keep up the ruse they had created, Danny was beginning to think that his human half was gone for good. However, that changed when Jack and Maddie reported that they had seen Danny Fenton. After that, the two battled, unknowingly being watched by the main trio…
Okay, that took way too long to type and now my arm hurts even more.
Thanks to Spectral Angel for their favorite and their review, and to Hollyflash for creating Morphic for me!
So, my possible readers, please review, favorite, follow, or whatever else you want to do!
See you next Thursday, even though I don't think I can actually see any of you… oh well.
-Torch