Authors Notes: Sorry for the late update. I just started Spring Break and am taking the time to type up chapters. I would also like to thank everyone for the awesome reviews and anyone who voted on my poll. It is still up if you haven't voted yet. These next few chapters are all about the gang getting to know each other. This chapter is about Danny and you shouldn't read if you don't like spoilers.

Disclaimer: I do not own Danny Phantom or the Teen Titans

Danny POV:

"Soo, what do you want to do now?" Beastboy asked awkwardly. We are all still standing on the island with the now cooled off spaceship still behind us. It really was a good question though. I have no home, less than 5 bucks, and am losing energy being in my ghost form.

"Well, I don't know. It's pretty late though. Do we all have a place to stay?" Robin asked us all. Beastboy and Cyborg instantly raised their hands while Starfire merely looked confused. Raven and I looked down when he turned to us.

"Please Wait, Please!" We heard a voice coming from behind the spaceship and turned towards it. A man who I assumed to be the mayor stepped from behind it. *He was a stout man with a white curly mustache. He was wearing a suit like Vlad's and I involuntarily felt a shiver run down my spine at the mention of Vlad.

"Hi! I'm the mayor of this fine city and I would like to personally thank you for saving us. I couldn't help but overhear of your little predicament. Since you helped save our fair city I thought it would be fair to let you stay at an all expense paid, best hotel Jump City can offer for 2 weeks. So what do you say?" He asked. He had a high-pitched voice for a guy. He may look like Vlad but his attitude was awed and jumpy; the exact opposite of him. We looked at each other and obviously came to the same conclusion as Robin stepped forward and said,

"Sure. Really though it was no big deal, we were just tryin' to help out." He the shook hands and the mayor replied, "I would also like to tell you there will be a meeting in 2 days about you young folks. You are required to attend."He then went back behind the spaceship.

We looked at each other again than those of us who could fly; Beastboy, Raven, Starfire, and me; started floating. Starfire grabbed Robin's hand and Beastboy picked Cyborg up by the talons of his pterodactyl form. We followed Cyborg's instructions that seemed to know where to go. It was dark by the time we landed in front of a fancy looking building called *The Hilton Hotel.

We walked in and I was in awe. There was gold everywhere; golden carpets, curtains, even couches! Robin got our keys to the rooms and we learned four of us would have to share bedrooms. Cyborg and Beastboy decided to bunk together while Raven and Starfire bunked together. My room was the same as the lobby except there was silver and black mixed in.

I was long overdue for a shower and despite the lateness I went straight for the bathroom. The mud and caked dirt slid down my body in rivers. I stepped out of the shower an hour and a half later feeling fresh and like a new person. I didn't even realize how tired I was as I fell into my bed, changing into Jack as I fell asleep.

I was so exhausted I didn't even have nightmares. I woke up to a knock at my door and Robin's muffled voice saying I had 30 minutes till breakfast and if I wasn't down there by then they were gonna kick the door down. I jumped out of bed and quickly changed back into Thanatos. 'Jeez I really need to be careful. They might find out my identity faster than… Jazz if I'm not.'

After trying to tame my unruly hair, I turned intangible and invisible and walked through the door. I flew down the stairs and found everyone standing or, in Starfire's case, floating in the middle of the lobby talking in hushed whispers. I quickly flew nearer to find out what they were talking about, but I wasn't eavesdropping or anything; right?

"Are you sure he didn't leave while we were sleeping?" Beastboy's worried voice was the first I heard.

"Yeah, I doubt Thanatos would leave. We were pretty convincing in making sure he stayed. Besides; he looked way too tired to leave anyway." Robin answered. So they were talking about me behind my back, although I am eavesdropping on them. Is that called being even or distrust?

"Aw, I didn't know you cared so much about little old me." I said in a mocking tone, revealing myself to them. Their faces were priceless and I would have to bet they jumped about ten feet high. I was rolling on the floor laughing so hard my chest started hurting before they finally had their breath back.

"Dude! Don't do that again! That wasn't funny." Beastboy said looking like he was about to start laughing any minute.

"Oh come on, that was hilarious! You should have seen your faces; priceless!" I said my laughs subsiding to manly giggles. They finally cracked smiles though Robin's was gone in an instant and he looked as serious as ever.

"OK, now that everyone is here we can get down to business. Now that we're a team we need to get to know one another better. I know a café downtown where we can talk and no one and I mean NO ONE but us will hear. Does that sound good?" Robin asked us.

I mean I'm a little wary. Do I trust these guys enough to tell them my identity? Will they look at me with disgusted faces and kick me out? 'Of course not, they don't hate a cyborg, alien, shape shifter, or whatever Raven is. Don't be paranoid.'

I looked at everyone else and their faces reflected my inner thoughts even though I kept my face a stoical mask. It didn't look like anyone would step up so I shook hands with Robin and said, "Where's the café?" He looked up at me and cracked a ghost of a grin.

"OK, who wants to go first?" Robin asked us as he closed the door. Everyone was seated around a circular table and the order was Robin, Cyborg, Beastboy, me, Raven, and finally Starfire. Robin heaved a sigh and sat down when no one answered him.

"I guess I will." I said in a rough voice, seeing as how it would be a while before anyone else would say anything. Everyone looked up and either looked grateful; Robin and Raven or relived; everyone else, "Where do you want me to start?"

"How about when you got your powers, assuming you weren't born with them." Robin answered.

"*Sigh* OK. I lived in a small town called Amity Park, Ohio and I also had a family. I used to be human; I'm now a ghost. My parents were the best ghost hunters and their names were Maddie and Jack Fenton. I also had an older sister named Jasmine but everyone called her Jazz. She was super smart and always wanted to become a psychologist." At this point tears were starting to leak out of my eyes.

"Wait! Why do you keep saying were and saying everything in past tense?" Cyborg asked. I knew it was a simple question but I couldn't help but get a little mad. Here I was sorta grieving and he was being very inconsiderate. I immediately squashed it though, he doesn't know.

"Please, no interruptions, it is very hard already." I answered through clenched teeth. I then took a deep breath and continued, "I was part of the 'un-cool crowd' at school so I only had 2 really good friends. The first was a techno-geek named Tucker Foley. He loved technology and always had 5 PDA's in his pocket; we once had a funeral for one of his PDA's he named 'Sharen'. He also only ate meat. That made it really difficult to eat with him and my other friend.

My other friend was a goth named Sam Manson. She was an ultra-recyclable-vegetarian which meant she didn't eat anything with a face. She was rich but she hid it from us because she didn't want fake friends who only liked her for her money. Sam was a special girl but I didn't really understand my feelings for her until it was too late."

"I also have to tell you a really big secret; my human name was Danny Fenton. So as I was telling you before, my parents were professional ghost hunters and their life-long dream was to make a working ghost portal. A few weeks after my 14th birthday, it was complete. Jazz and I were called down to the lab to see it start-up. The only thing was; it only sparked then fizzed a bit before dying. My parents left crestfallen and my sister just humped and stalked off; probably to finish reading another psychology book."

"I didn't like seeing my parents so sad, so the next day I brought Sam and Tucker over. They really wanted to see the portal so I brought them down to my parent's lab. Sam convinced me to go inside the portal, but wanted to get a picture of me holding the HAZMAT suit I'm wearing now. So I put the jumpsuit on and stepped inside the portal. There were tons of wires lying around so to steady myself, I put my hand on the wall."

I broke off here and curled myself into a ball. This next part still haunts me, even in my dreams. "As I said before, my dad means well but isn't exactly the smartest guy ever. He had put the on-switch inside of the portal and I pressed it. The next thing I know, I'm in extreme pain. It's this burning sensation where my insides are on fire. Then, it's gone. I stumble out of the portal and my friends catch me; but then I pass out."

"When I wake up my friends were freaking out. They told me to look in the mirror and I looked like this; except my suit was inverted. (I changed my look when I got to Jump city). I was now a ghost. I was freaking out with my friends; I just wanted to become human again. Then in a flash of bluish/white light; I was human again. With my raven-black hair, crisp-blue eyes, pale skin, and regular clothes."

I finally looked up after I was done. They all had confused faces and I almost laughed at Cyborg's face. Before anyone could ask questions though, I changed. I gave up my secret to 5 meta-humans that I barely knew; only because they asked. I don't know if I can trust them; but I hope I made the right decision.

So here I am, standing by my chair in recent human form. I'm waiting for someone to say something so it's no surprise when Beastboy jumps up and says, "Dude; how did you do that?!"

"I just think about being human and it happens." I admit shyly; mostly because I'm not so sure myself.

"That shouldn't be possible. No one should be able to withstand that much ecto-energy and still have blood pumping through their veins. How in the world are you able to do that?" Cyborg asks in awe.

"I'm not so sure myself. I know little about anatomy but if you want, you could look into it when we have a stable house." I said. Even though experiments don't sound like fun, I am starting to trust these people. Cyborg just nodded at my consent and I felt relived.

"Now I will get back to the story. The ghost portal opened after that and ghosts would come through. I learned about my powers as ghosts came through it. It was really difficult hiding my powers from my parents, as I would go intangible and invisible at random times."

"Wait, why did you hide your powers from your parents? They could have turned you back to normal." Raven asked, speaking for the first time.

"Uh, hello! They are professional ghost hunters and I am half ghost! Yeah I should have totally just walked up to them and said, 'Hey mom and dad, I have to tell you something. I'm half ghost; can you turn me back to normal?'" I practically yelled. She looked a bit startled and put her head down, along with everyone else.

"How many enemies did you have?" Beastboy asked after a short, awkward silence. I let out a sigh of relief and answered, "I don't know exactly, let me think."

I started muttering the names of the ghosts under my breath, "Let's see; Amorpho, Box Ghost, Ember, Skulker, Fright Night, Vlad, Ghost Writer, Johnny, Kitty, Shadow, Lunch Lady, Red Huntress, Freakshow, Lydia, Désirée, Nocturn, Poindexter, Pariah Dark, Prince Aragon, Spectra, Technus, Undergrowth, Vortex, Walker, Youngblood, GIW; anymore?" I finally looked up to see everyone's eyes had grown to the size of dinner plates. I chuckled a little and finally said,

"27, final answer. By the way that isn't including my parents or any minor villains such as ecto-pusses, my parents, or Walker's guards." I trailed off at the ending. Even though I know I left off an important villain, I wasn't going to tell them about HIM until it was time.

"So why are you here in Jump City and not in Amity Park?" Robin asked.

"Well, it is a long story so get comfy. It was nearing the end of my first year with ghost powers and only Sam and Tucker knew about my powers. It was also the time during school where everyone has to take the C.A.T. I was under a lot of pressure from ghost fighting and schoolwork, so I hadn't studied. After a fight with Box Lunch, daughter of the Box Ghost and Lunch Lady, at the local Nasty Burger, I found the answers to the test in the recent wreckage."

"After another fight with Skulk-Tech, a future upgrade of Technus with Skulker, we (Sam, Tucker, and I) were transported to a weird clock tower. Then a ghost named Clockwork showed up and said he was charged with killing me. Tucker gave Sam and me a medallion that leveled the playing field. All of us barely escaped to the future."

"Then I had to fight with my evil, future self who we dubbed Dark Dan. I couldn't land a hit and he was more advanced than me. He could duplicate into 4 duplicates and developed a ghostly wail. He used it on a building and right before Sam and Tucker were crushed they tore off their medallions; transporting them home." I took a few breaths, not really wanting to relive this but I am. I don't know what is making me trust these people, but I am.

"He fused the medallion inside of me then threw me into a portal he made. I was floating aimlessly, tied up in green, ecto-energy, ropes when I floated into a buff Box Ghost, a fat Ember, Johnny 13 in a wheelchair, and Skulk-Tech. They were beating me up and I kept yelling 'Get Away!' That's when I did my first ghostly wail."

"When I was done, my binds faded away and my hair turned black along with my eyes reverting to blue. After seeing the damage of my powers, I reverted back to my original ghostly form. Then one of my dad's inventions called the b-o-o-merang hit me in the face. My sister's headpiece was tied to it with a note. It said go to Plasmius' portal."

"Since it was the future, Vlad looked older, but his hair was grown out and he looked ill. He told me when everyone died in the Nasty Burger explosion I was the only survivor and went to stay with him. I had wanted all the pain to go away. He honored my wish and ripped the ghost out of me. However, the ghost then ripped out Vlad's ghost half and merged. The evil overwhelmed my ghost half. He said things were better left unsaid when I asked about what happened to my human half."

Everyone released a gasp and I visibly shuddered remembering that fateful day.

"I asked him to rip out my humanity with the ghost gauntlets he still had so I could pop back into the past like Tucker and Sam. He did and it was so painful. I remember feeling like I was falling into a portal, but I could hear what was happening to everyone else. I didn't know Jazz had known about my ghost powers but she did. When I finally got into reality, I saw a devastating sight. My family, Sam, Tucker, and Mr. Lancer, my English teacher, were all stuck to a vat of nasty sauce that was about to blow up." I took a shuddering breath and began again.

"I punched him and he flew across town. I took this time to say a few words with my family; I promised them I would never turn into Dark Dan. Ever. I fought with Dan and just when I thought I had won, he came back stronger than ever. He asked me why I didn't just give into him and I said I had promised my family. I used my wail twice, harder than ever. As he stood again, I used the Fenton Thermos and finally captured Dan."

"He said I was too late and he was right. I was too exhausted to 'Go Ghost' and I tripped on a pebble. I watched my family and friends explode before my eyes; the only people who loved me died before my eyes and I was too weak to save them."

Tears were leaking out of my eyes by the time I ended. I was really pathetic. I don't deserve to become a hero along with these people.

"I-I woke up in a hospital… and when the doctor left the room, I flew away from Amity. I couldn't take the pain from being there. I'm not going to ever go back on my last promise to my family. So I left and winded up here. New look, new name, and, I guess, new family."

I looked up to see everyone smiling at me. Yeah, I definitely won't ever forget my family and friends, but I know I found closure with these people. Meta-humans who I don't know, but also don't particularly care. They're my new family; and I mean, what else does anyone else really need?

Authors Notes: Please review and please answer my poll. I suck at writing romance, so I need ideas. If you find any mistakes, please put them in your reviews or PM me. I also may have forgotten some enemies, if i have, please tell me. Any questions, just ask. Thanks again for all the wonderful reviews!

*If this isn't what the mayor looks like, then please PM me what the real one looks like. I have no idea!

*Just a spur of the moment hotel name. I don't own the Hilton Hotel