Danny phantom: what happened next

By ~PrennCooder

Danny, Danielle and Tuck meet Garth Lloyd, the dragon ghost with an interesting backstory

Chapter 5: Dragons Galore

It was later that same day and Danny was walking home. His chest was still aching from earlier that morning and every step hurt as he walked down his street. He still had the pain from where that girl had shot him. Though there was no mark, it still burned.

And from earlier today, he had taken plenty of falls and burns from dragons lately. It would have been too much for the normal teenager to handle, but we're all lucky that Danny Fenton isn't normal at all.

Every time he tried to think of any good that could come out of this, he was reminded of all the pain. But our hero wasn't giving up just yet.

Danny didn't like fighting dragons. How did this one get out of the ghost zone anyways? And why are they suddenly everywhere no? Who let the dragons out? And why were Valerie and her sidekick able to predict his every move?

And Sam, oh my gosh, she was a completely different problem. She hadn't spoken one word to him since the breakup. It was so childish, he thought. To him, breaking up really wasn't that big of a deal. But her being the type of girl that she was had to complicate everything.

Finally Danny was home. He unlocked the front door and he saw his thin black-haired sister sitting on the couch watching television.

"Hi Danny." She said in her sweet little voice. She was doing her hair up in a fancy hybrid of a braid and a ponytail.

"Hi Danielle. Are mom and dad home?" He asked her bluntly. He was tired, and he knew she wouldn't mind if he was completely straightforward.

"No."

That meant he could relax. He didn't want them knowing how hurt he was. He knew that they'd freak out. He knew they'd ask questions. Parents and questions are not a good combination, especially for a half-human half-ghost kid whose parents know nothing about that.

"What…happened to you?" She gave him a peculiar stare.

"Do you want to know how many times I've fought dragons this week? Six. Six!"

"As opposed to the usual…"

"Never."

"What's going on?"

"I don't know but I'm really tired of it."

"Does your high stress level have anything to do with Sam?"

"Yeah." Danny sighed and lay down on the floor. "She's still acting childish."

"She always pretended to be so mature. It's ironic how she's acting now, isn't it? We used to be great friends, her and me, until you two got together. And she never let you have any fun."

"I know! I know that what I do is dangerous, but seriously, she doesn't have to remind me about all the risks every time I go out and fight—"

There was a loud, roaring moan from outside Danny and his sister rushed to the window. Danielle looked concernedly at Danny.

"Aw come on!" Danny protested. "You know what? I'm done! No more dragons. Danielle, you can take this one." Danny sulked upstairs to his bedroom.

"Danny—"

"No."

"Oh poo!" Danielle groaned. She walked outside. She transformed into her ghost form and flew up to the dragon ghost. He was not a full-grown dragon, Danielle noted, and his hair was black and red. His body was brown and his eyes—a disturbingly bright shade of fire orange. "What are you doing here?" Danielle asked the dragon.

The dragon only breathed fire on her. The fire surrounded her but she was protected by a shield she decided to put up. And then she launched a powerful plasma beam at the dragon. "Take that!" she shouted. "Not a very powerful dragon…" Danielle was very surprised that this dragon could be knocked down with one blast. He was now on the floor moaning in pain. Not a very smart dragon either.

Danielle readied another large blast in her hands. She was waiting until she gathered enough power to make it grow to the enormous size that she wanted and then she planned to finish off this dragon for good.

"Wait." The dragon pleaded. "Who are you?" he asked her.

"I'm Danielle Phantom."

"You're related to Danny Phantom?"

"I'm sorta his sister." Danielle said.

"I'm sorry the other dragons keep bothering him." The brown dragon let out a wheezing cough. "Give the dragons what they want and then they will leave. I actually came here to warn him."

"Warn him?"

"I'm not a real dragon, you see?" the brown dragon closed his eyes and he began to shrink down and morph just as well until he was in the form of a young man. He felt his head which ached and the other hand stopped the bleeding from where Danielle's blast had hit him. In shock, Danielle released the energy buildup she was saving and let it dissipate into the air. She gasped as she took a long, hard glance at the young man.

He had brown hair with a streak of red and piercing brown eyes. He was tall and his face was gaunt but his arms were muscular.

"What's your name?"

"Garth." He said in a painful voice.

Danielle hesitated. "Well how'd you get to be human and ghost dragon? Are you related to Prince Aragon?"

"The Prince of dragons? No. But somebody in the royal family made me like this. It was a long time ago—I was only twelve. And I was just walking home from school one day and it was a pleasant day and I looked up at the billboard to see what was for sale at some store. And then some green circular thing appeared and three dragons flew out of it and I didn't know what to make of it. Honestly I didn't believe my eyes. They caught me staring and they took me up. I dropped all that I was holding to fight my way out of their arms. But by then, it was no use. Because I looked all around me: it was green and there was no sky—it seemed to go on forever in an aimless direction. It was very creepy. And then the dragons put me in a dungeon cell and they were arguing about something in their own language. And they were holding many of those amulet things that they all wear, and, well, they were throwing them around and then one dragon took one of them and er—he put it inside of me and fused it to some part of my insides."

"Did his arm and it turn invisible?"

"Yes."

"So now you have that power too? Maybe that's what they wanted to know—if humans could have the power too. Did they let you go then?"

"No." Garth said bitterly. "I had to fight my way out. I remember having so much adrenaline. I thought I was going to die. Everything around me seemed hopeless. And then I felt a power inside of me and I just let it go and it came out as fire—and then I began to theorize exactly what they'd done to me. And then I realized I was a dragon."

"So you fought them off?"

"No—I ran. I flew, actually. And I'd never gone that fast in my life. I remembered the path that they used to get me into their little dungeon and then I found that green portal and flew out of it. And suddenly I was in the normal world. I thought it was all a nightmare, but then I looked down to see that I was floating—and still a dragon. I can change now, with ease, so don't worry."

"That's quite the story. I think my brother would want to meet you." Danielle said. She took his hand and remained in ghost form as she phased Garth through the wall and then they were right outside of Danny's bedroom. "Can I speak to Danny Phantom please?" Danielle knew he heard, which was why she hinted at him to transform.

He did so and opened the door to see his sister and Garth. "Hello citizen. What brings you here?" Danny asked awkwardly.

"He's half-ghost dragon and half-human. I just thought you might find that interesting."

But Danny was tired and did not get what his sister was hinting at. "So?" he asked.

"So that's very cool. He is enemies with the other dragons, just like we are. And he might be able to help us fight them since he came here to warn us about them!"

"What do you want me to do about it?" Danny asked.

"I want you to let him into our little team."

Danny sighed. He flew outside and asked for Garth to change shape. Garth did so, and then he changed back.

"So you really are legit." Danny said amused. "And you say that the dragons are your enemies?"

"Yes. They want to catch me and try to make me fully human again. But I don't think that's possible."

"How would you like to join my little team?"

"Team?"

"Yeah, we fight monsters, ghosts, dragons and all of those other nasty creatures. It's me and my sister Danielle and our two friends Sam and Tucker."

"Oh."

"Would you like to contribute?"

"What would I have to do?"

"Ya know, just help us fight really. We could use a dragon on the team." Danny joked.

"I suppose I might be of some help." Garth agreed.

"Like right now! Look in the sky! There's a really big dragon!" Danielle pointed.

"Oh that's Lyon. He's Aragon's nephew." Garth said casually.

"Let's go kick his butt." Danielle said. She readied a plasma blast and Danny readied an ice blast. Garth transformed into his dragon form and snorted fire out of his nostrils and it hit Lyon. Lyon was a green dragon with red eyes and yellow flaming hair. He was extremely angry. Danielle hit him with her plasma blast, but it had no effect. Danny fired an ice beam at Lyon. Lyon winced but was able to repel the cold and counteract it with his own fire.

"What are you doing?" asked Tucker from below.

"We're kicking some dragon butt!" Danielle fired another ectobeam. Danny kept firing ectobeams as well.

But only Garth's fire made any real impact on Lyon. Tucker then remembered he had a Fenton thermos in his backpack. He clumsily pulled it out and opened it as he aimed it at Lyon. Lyon soon got sucked into the thermos.

Garth couldn't believe his eyes. "Whoa." Garth stared at Tucker.

"Oh yeah!" Tucker said proudly.

"Why did his soup thermos make Lyon disappear?" Garth questioned logically.

"First thing's first: who are you?" Tucker asked, aiming the thermos at Garth.

Garth surrendered, mouth shut and hands high in the air.

"Whoa, Tuck. Chill. This is Garth. He's a good dragon. Apparently we have a few enemies in common with him—the dragons that have been attacking me. Apparently they're not fond of him either." Danny said rationally.

"What would a dragon ghost want with another dragon ghost?" Asked Tucker confused.

"I'll explain it to you later." Danny said.

Danielle turned to Garth. "The thermos, by the way, is no ordinary soup thermos. It can capture a ghost easily. It's very convenient."

"Handy." Garth said. He landed on the ground and transformed back to being human.

"Sweet, man!" Tucker thought it was cool. He tried to give Garth a high five but Garth just looked at him strangely. "You don't do high fives?" Tucker looked disappointed.

"One step at a time, buddy." Was Garth's reply. Garth appeared to have trust issues, but this was no surprise to Danny and Danielle. Tucker, however, remained clueless as a rock.

Danielle walked over to Tucker.

"You're a really good fighter." Tucker complemented her.

Danielle and Tucker stepped off to the side so that Garth and Danny could talk about Danny's team. "I know." Danielle said as she gazed back at the house.

"Have you talked to Sam at all since the breakup?"

"Yeah, but, why? I mean, she's not exactly, er mad at Danny any more. She's just upset in general."

"In general?"

"Yeah that's it. I used to think she was cool and all until she and Danny got together."

"You didn't tell me about this…"

"Well, I, uh, never really thought the two of them were exactly right for each other."

"Funny. Everybody else did."

"And I kinda…voiced my opinions…creatively."

"What?"

"I had an argument with her, okay! It all started with little things—like the way she didn't respect Danny, and how she was always nagging him and thinking she knows what's best for him, and then she started acting more like his wife than his friend. Their relationship completely changed ever since that kiss at the north pole."

"The kiss that started a new beginning."

"Yes that one. And now look where he is—an emotional train wreck!"

"Does he know about anything you just told me?"

"No, and I'd like to keep it that way for his sake." She walked into the Fenton house. Tucker followed her.

Meanwhile, Danny was explaining to Garth all about his team, which he sometimes called Team Phantom, as well as answering all of the questions Garth had just asked.

"So when's the next meeting?" Garth asked.

"Uh…whenever we can get the whole team together. How about tomorrow?"

"Yeah. I think I can make it. Why do you choose to meet at the Fenton's house?"

"Um, I'll explain that later."

"What do I do if a Fenton answers the door?"

"They won't—just don't worry about it. Make sure you come back tomorrow at around six o'clock. Then you can meet our friend Sam."

Garth walked away. Danny flew into his own house and changed back into human form since he was now among his closest friends. Danielle changed back to human form as well.

"We're going to tell Garth the whole story. Tomorrow, at six, we have to have a meeting. Tucker, I'll need you to talk to Sam at school and ask her to come."

"Are you sure it's wise to tell Garth you're half human right away?" Danielle asked skeptically.

"Danielle, you're a good judge of character. You're the kind of girl that has seven or eight hundred friends on facebook. What do you think of Garth?"

"I dunno. He's a pretty shady guy. He looks like he's hiding something bigger than what he just told us. But I think he's a rather trustworthy fellow."

"I like him." Tucker said.

"Well, now that we've come to an agreement, please excuse me while I go pass out on the couch from exhaustion." Danny excused himself.

"But Danny! You told me to come over after school to play video games!" Tucker reprimanded his friend.

But Danny was already out cold on the couch. He seemed so peaceful when asleep. Danielle quietly showed Tucker to the door where he hugged her unexpectedly. She hugged back and waved farewell, and continued to look out the window even after he had passed their street.

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