Phantom May Cry
Asteria
Dani's P.O.V
"Notebook?"
"Check."
"Pencils?"
"Check."
"Phycology book?"
"Che-Hey!" I said and took the book away from Jazz before she could put it in my bag. "Phycology is your thing, not mine."
Today is the first day I start school and I was currently readying my bag with my aunt Jazz. Dad was waiting downstairs for me, but Jazz was taking too long getting me ready. I was warring my white jacket with the black sleeves and blue shorts with leggings on.
Jazz let out a small sigh and held the book closer to her. "Well it looks like I'll be the only one with brains in this family, *Sniff*" Jazz said dramatically. "So lonely!"
I couldn't help but sweat drop and feel my eye twitch a bit. "Hey, hey, there's no need for this drama," I said with a small sigh before I started to walk out of my room. "Anyway I'm going, see you later Jazz." I said as I gave her a hug that seemed to instantly brighten her mood. As she put the book down I notice an older brown book near it, I grabbed it, took a closer look and I couldn't read the cover. "What is this?"
Jazz looked at me and smiled a bit. "Oh that's a book on Greek mythology." She said as she took the book and opened it up. "I wanted to keep my mind on more then just Phycology so I decided to learn about Greek mythology." She said and flipped through the pages. "I learned some things about Zeus and the Titans, but I'm still reading it."
As she flipped through the pages something caught my eye. "Who's that?" I asked as I pointed to a figure.
The figure was a woman wrapped in a dress made of stars, even her hair had stars in it, and she looked to be in space.
"Oh that's Asteria, the Titan Goddess of Nocturnal Oracles and Falling Stars." Jazz said as she read a little from the book. "It says that she was also the Goddess of prophetic dreams, astrology, and necromancy."
The two things that caught my ears was the Falling Stars and astrology, the rest was interesting but nothing much. Jazz continued to read from the book.
"Asteria's name means 'of the stars', 'like a star', or 'starry one',." Jazz said as she started to read from the book. "She didn't have much of a role in Greek mythology other then being the mother of Hecate, the goddess of witchcraft and magic. Asteria lived on Olympus along with her sister Leto, and like her sister was beloved by Zeus. In order to escape the advances of Zeus she flung herself into the Aegean Sea in the form of a quail. She then transformed into the island Asteria, the island later becoming identified with the island of Delos which was the only piece on earth to give refuge to the fugitive Leto who was pregnant with Zeus's children Artemis and Apollo."
I was in slight awe when Jazz was done talking, so interested by the story. "Wow, you would think Asteria would be better known."
Jazz just shrugged. "A lot can be changed and be lost in history," She then looked at the picture a bit before looking at me. "You know, she kind of reminds me of you a bit."
Now that surprised me. "Really, how?"
"Well I know you love space just as much as your dad," Jazz said with a small smirk. "And you don't seem like the type of girl to sit down and let things happen. Asteria may have not been the strongest goddess, but she did what she could for her freedom and her sister." I nodded to my aunts and smiled a bit. "Also you yourself are 'Like a star,' or a 'starry one' for your bright personality and especially for how fast you go when your hoped up on sugar." She said with a grin.
I stuck my tongue out at her for the last comment but mostly smiled. I then looked to the clock and saw the time. "I got to go Jazz, schools starting soon."
"Alright," She said and gave me a hug. "Have fun and make some friends."
I nodded and put on my bag before I started to walk downstairs, I found dad siting at his desk reading a magazine. He was warring a white suit with black shirt under with black shoes. He put it down when he saw me come down. "Are you ready Dani?" Dad asked as he put the magazine and walked up to me.
"I'm ready." I said but couldn't help but feel a little nerves, and my dad saw this right away.
"Getting butterfly's in your belly?" Dad asked as he walked up to me and rubbed my head, which made me blush. "Don't worry, everyone is like that on the first day of school."
I took a deep breath and nodded to dad's words before we headed out to his car. We got in and started to head to my new school while the radio played some music. As we ride I started to think how much my life has changed since I've been with my dad, and how much stronger I've gotten since then but I always wonder.
"Hey dad," I said getting his attention. "How strong would you say I am?" I asked.
Dad looked a bit surprised but had a thoughtful look before answering. "Your stronger then before the ghost war, maybe just as strong as I was when I had my ghost powers," That made me smile but he continued. "But you still have a ways to go, I would say your strong points are your speed, accuracy, and strategy skills. But you lack power and experience." Now that made me sigh a bit but my dad rubbed my head. "Hey don't look so down, your still young so you have time, and I'll teach you everything I've learned."
I smiled at me dad. "Thanks dad, you always know how to make me feel better."
Dad snorted but his eyes never left the rode. "I'd be a pretty shitty dad if I couldn't make my daughter happy."
I laughed at before I asked something else. "Hey dad, do you ever miss your old life, before you opened DMC?"
Dad just gave me a smile. "Honestly no," He said which surprised me a bit. "Life was hard for me, especially with being the unwanted hero of Amity."
When he mention the hero part it peaked my interests. "Do you ever think about being a hero again?"
Dad was quiet for a while before shrugging. "In a way, I don't mind helping people if they need it. But you won't see me flying around in spandex again anytime soon." He said with a smirk.
"Could I be a hero?" I asked a little shyly.
Dad seemed a little surprised at first, but ultimately he gave me a firm nod. "I think you can be a great hero," He said getting me exited. "But first lets deal with school." Dad said and I nodded in agreement.
It was another 15 minutes before we pulled up at my school, it was a normal big brown building that said 'New York Elementary School'. Jazz suggested I should go to a normal school instead of something strange since my life is full of it.
We parked in front of the school as kids were walking before we got out and walked in ourselves. The halls were filled with kids and lockers, no one paid us any mind as we walked through the halls before they entered there classes. We soon came up to the school's office and entered to find a little old lady tipping behind the counter.
She looked up from her work when she saw us. "Hello, how may I help you?" The lady asked as she brought down her glasses.
"Hi I'm Daniel Phantom, I'm here to enroll my daughter in your school. I have a small meeting with principal Flores today." Dad said getting a surprised look out of the lady as she looked back and forth between us.
The lady nodded slowly before pressing the intercom on her desk. "Mr. Flores, a Daniel Phantom is here to see you."
"Send him in." A voice on the intercom replied.
We walked past the lady's desk when she said we can go and walked to the principal's office. Inside we found a man behind a desk, he was a big man with gray hair on his head with a matching beard, he had a blue button up stripped shirt with a matching tie.
Mr. Flores was looking from the papers on his desk and gave me and my dad a small smile. "Hello Mr. Phantom, please have a seat." Mr. Flores said as he pointed to 2 chars in front of him. We sat down in front of his desk before Mr. Flores started talking again. "So this must be your daughter, Danielle."
"Yes, I set up everything over the phone and was told to come to come in today." Dad said to the principle.
Mr. Flores nodded and brought up some papers. "I just need you to sign some things and then Danielle can head to class."
"Um..." I said getting the principals attention. "I would prefer if people call me Dani, with an i, Danielle just feels like a mouthful."
The principle gave me a small smile and nodded. Mr. Flores gave my dad the papers and he quickly signed them. While dad was signing the papers Mr. Flores looked at my dad curiously.
"If you don't mind me asking, what do you do for a living, and how old are you?" Mr. Flores asked dad.
Dad looked up from the papers and had a thoughtful look. "Well I'm a club owner, and I do a bit of... 'Freelancing'." Dad said getting a surprised look out of the principle. "Also I'm 17, going on 18."
Now that got the usual reaction. Mr. Flores nearly fell out of his chair and looked at dad in disbelief. Dad gave a quick lie about why he was so young and had me, which the principle quickly bought. After another 5 minutes dad handed the papers to Mr. Flores who nodded with a smile.
"Well now that is all settled, Dani may go to class. A student will come and take you to class in a few minutes." Mr. Flores said before we got up and walked out of his office.
"Alright Dani, have a great day at school," Dad said as he gave me hug. "And remember not to use your powers unless absolutely necessary. I love you baby girl."
"I love you too dad." I said as I hugged him back before he left.
I sighed a bit and sat down at an open chair, waiting for the student who was suppose to take me to class. I looked up at a bulletin board and saw different things to sign up for, like the chess club, drama club, basketball team, and other stuff. It wasn't long before someone walked in the office.
It was a girl about my age, she had short black hair with a white club bin on the right and had a little black eye liner with her brown eyes and black lipstick. She was warring a white baggy hoodie with blue jeans.
She walked up to me with a neutral expression. "Are you the new kid?" She asked in a dull tone, to which I nodded to and got up from my chair. "Common, I'm taking you to our class." She said before we both walked out.
We walked in the halls in complete silence, so silent that it started to make me feel uncomfortable. "So~" I said slowly, trying to come up with something to talk about. "What's your name?" I asked.
The girl didn't say anything for a while, but eventually she answered. "Alice." Was all she said before she stopped in front of a door, which made me stop. "We're here."
Alice opened the door to our class room and we walked in. Inside I saw a lot of things, books, pictures, about 20 kids and one older women. It was then I notice that all eyes were on me.
"Hello there, you must be the new student," The teacher said with a smile. She was a tall woman with blond hair and was warring a red shirt with black paints. "I'm Ms. Honey. Why don't you introduce yourself to the class."
I walked to the front of the class while Alice went to her desk. "Hello I'm Danielle Jasmin Phantom, but please call me Dani, and that's with an i."
Ms. Honey smiled and turned to the class. "Now dose the class have any questions for Dani?"
Several hands were raised into the air and Ms. Honey pointed to one. "Why is your hair white?" The kid asked.
"It's genetic, my dad has white hair and so did his dad and so on."
Another student's question was answered. "Where did you use to go to school?"
"I was home schooled for a while and travailed the world a bit." I said while bringing me hand up. "I've been to Las Vegas, Brazil, Miami, Hawaii, Santa Barbra, and even Mexico." I said getting awe looks from the class, all except for Alice who just had a blank look on her face.
"Alright class settle down," Ms. Honey said as she raised her hands before looking to me. "You can sit next to Alice." She said and pointed to a open desk next to said girl.
I walked over and put my behind the chair I sat down on. I looked over to Alice and gave her a smile but she just gave me a blank look before looking to the front of the class. That made me frown a bit but I just looked ahead and listen to the teachers lessons.
Today was probably the most boring day ever. The teacher was nice and so where the students, even Alice a bit, but the lessons were just so boring. All the things the teachers talked about were things I already knew, so I finished my work so early that it shocked nearly everyone in the class, even the teacher.
I was currently at recess with my class and another. The playground was a pretty big place with a jungle gym, slides, basketball court, a big field, and even some swings, some kid were playing basketball others were on the jungle gym either playing or looking at their phones. I looked to the swings and saw Alice by herself, just swinging back and forth with her usual blank expression.
For some reason or another I decided to go over to her. When I reached her she stopped swinging and looked at me with a tilted head.
"What do you want?" Alice asked, her voice void of emotions. I could tell she was not being mean but just asking.
I didn't really know why I was here, so I just shrugged. "Don't know." I said as I took a swing next to her and started to swing back and forth.
Alice stared at me for a minute before she started to swing with me. "... So how has school been?" Alice asked.
I was surprised by the sudden question but I still smile a bit. "It's been ok, a bit slow and boring though."
"... School's not like in the movies," Alice said getting a small chuckle out of me. "But I rather have a normal life then no life at all." She said and I could not help but nod at her surprising amount of wisdom.
Out of the corner of my eye I saw kids whispering and pointing at us, when I turned to them they quickly looked away. "What's their problem?" I asked as I looked at all the students that were trying to look away.
"It's not you," Alice said making me look at her. "It's me." She said as she continued to swing.
I raised an eyebrow at Alice. "Why you?"
Alice stopped swinging and looked down to the ground. I could see a small bit of sadness in her eyes. "I'm different from the normal kids, I don't act like them and I don't talk like them. Everyone call me 'Queen Gloom' behind my backs because of the way I am." Alice said with her normal voice before she started to swing again. "You should go make some other friends if you don't want to be an outcast."
After hearing Alice's explanation, I said the most logical thing my dad might say in a situation like this. "Fuck that." I said getting what I could only guess was a shocked look from Alice.
"... Come again?" Alice asked as if not sure about what I said.
I just gave her trade mark Phantom grin. "I said 'fuck that'." Looked up and decided to give Alice some of my own wisdom. "Look, no two people are the same, they are only similar. I've been to so many places and seen so many people and do you know what I found out."
"W-what?" Alice asked.
I turned to Alice and smirked at her. "People, no mater ware you go, are still people," Alice blinked at that but said nothing. "Some people are good, some are bad, some are just scared, or some only do what they think is right. So I like to let peoples actions tell me who they are." I then gave her a smile. "And do you know what I think of you?" I asked.
Alice was silent for a while but eventually she asked me. "What do you think of me?" She asked as if not expecting much.
I thought for a moment before answering. "I think your very smart about the world but ultimately," I turned back to Alice and gave her the biggest smile I could manage. "I think your nice."
Alice's eyes widen before she gave the smallest smile. "Thank you."
We talked for a little bit but our attention was soon caught when a bunch of kid started to shout while looking at there phones.
"Wow check this out!"
"Who is she fighting!?"
"I don't know, but he is strong!"
Everyone seemed to be talking about the same thing but I had no clue what it was. I turned to a boy close to me and waved him over. "Hey what's all the fuss about?"
The boy ran over to me and quickly showed me his phone. "Supergirl is fighting someone really strong right now, and it's pretty close to our school."
As soon as he finished talking there was a loud explosion that sounded not that far.
"Recces is canceled early today, please return to your classes!" A voice on the intercom yelled. As soon as the voice finished another explosion was heard in the distance.
Alice and I both started to walk back into school with everyone, we turned back to see smoke rising in the distance along with the sound of loud clashing. For one reason or another I wanted to go towards the fighting, and I didn't know why.
When we made it back to class the teacher made us sit down and was ready to start another lesion. Unfortunately (or very fortunately) it was cut short when there was a loud crash in front of the school. Everyone went over to the window and ignored the teachers warnings. Looking outside we all saw someone in the center of a crater right in front of our school.
It was a women, she had short blond hair and was warring a blue leotard that also had sleeves, the bottom of the leotard was red along with a red cape and boots to match. On her chest was a shield with the letter S, a symbol everyone on in the world recognized, even me.
"Oh wow it's Supergirl!"
"Who is she fighting?"
"Don't know, but I think a bad guy throw her here!"
"Wow he must be strong!"
A moment later a car came flying at her, and it wasn't empty. Supergirl quickly reacted and caught the car before it hit the ground. As soon as she put the car down the man behind the wheel quickly got out and ran away. Supergirl didn't have time to breath as a giant figure came crashing in and punched her in the face, sending her flying.
I didn't see who the villain was, but I could tell he was very big, and very gray.
For some reason I couldn't stand by and simply watch this. I tried to think of some way I could help and that's when it hit me. I could be the same thing my dad was, I could be a hero. I heard people scream and knew I had to do something.
"Ms. Honey can I go to the bathroom?" I asked quickly.
Ms. Honey was staring out the window but nodded absently to my question. I ran out the class room and shut the door behind me, I looked around before going invisible and started to fly out the school but stopped as soon as I was out.
I realized that I couldn't help Supergirl without someway to hide my identity. I flew back into the school and tried to think of someplace to get a mask, that's when it hit me.
"The drama club." I said with a grin.
I quickly flew through the school and easily found the drama club room. I phased through the door and found a bunch of costumes inside, so I started to look for a mask. While I was doing this I shifted my cloths to my battle ware.
I was warring a black suit with white boots along with one white glove and one black glove, I also had a small white jacket with a high collar.
After searching for a good minute I found something. It was a simple black mask that would cover the bottomed half of my face and neck, I also found a pair of white goggles that would fit great.
I went over to a mirror and did a quick look at myself. I looked great but I needed one more thing, I reached up to my head and took the band that held my hair up and let my hair down. I nodded to my new look and was about to leave, but I stopped when I looked at my chest. There was the famous DP of Danny Phantom, but I wanted to be my own hero. So I took of the sticker and put it away in my suit.
With everything ready I quickly flew of to the fight, to be a hero.
No One's P.O.V
Supergirl came crashing into the street so hard that it broke. She quickly got up and shook her dazed head and wiped her mouth. She was surprised to find a bit of blood on her hand, but it was nothing too shocking since who she was fighting.
Her thoughts were cut short when 2 cars came flying her way. Supergirl quickly used her x-ray vision and found both of the cars were not empty, so she flew up to both and grabbed both in each hand. As she put both cars down gently a large dumpster was thrown over her and hit a billboard. The dumpster landed on a roof and the billboard started to creak and lean forward dangerously before breaking off. Supergirl saw that the billboard would eventually crash into innocents under it, taking lives.
Just as Supergirl was about fly over her enemy came crashing in and slammed both of it's giant fist into her, making her feel pain. A small creator formed under her and she shook the ground, but before her enemy could land Supergirl flew straight up to it and sent it fly. She turned to the falling billboard and was about to fly to it, but stopped when she saw a black and white figure came flying in at high speeds and grabbed the billboard.
The billboard became transparent and completely stopped falling. Slowly the figure pulled up the billboard and rested it on the roof of the building it was on. As soon as the billboard was safely on the roof the figure flew right up to Supergirl with speed that even shocked her.
Supergirl got a good look of the black and white person who saved the civilians, and could only say one thing.
"Your a kid." Supergirl simply said.
Dani put her hands on her hips. "Yes." She said, her voice a little cocky.
Supergirl shook her head and gave Dani a small. "Who are you, why are you here?" Her voice a little stern.
The ghost girl looked up in thought for a few moment before answering. "Call me... Asteria," Dani said remembering what Jazz said this morning. "And I'm the Calvary."
Supergirl rubbed her face, she did not have time to deal with the new up and coming hero, especially one so young. But as much as she hated to admit, she could use a little help. "You want to help?" Supergirl asked getting a determine nod from Asteria. "Get all the civilians out of here," Supergirl then turned around and glared at a smoke cloud, a huge shadow in the center. "I'll deal with him."
Asteria looked over Supergirl's shoulder and got a good look at the figure as the smoke cloud cleared. It was a man about 10 feet tall and had gray hair and skin. The cloths he was warring was a worn down suit barley able to fit his big body.
"Who-what is that?" Asteria asked Supergirl, who was glared at the monster as it groaned and starts to charge down the street, leaving a trail of destruction.
"Solomon Grundy."
X(Hero: By Skillet-START)X
Supergirl flew right up to Solomon Grundy and tried to punch him right in the face, but he just caught the fist with ease and punched Supergirl in the stomach. Supergirl grunted in pain but held it in as she flew up a bit and slammed both of her feet right into Grundy's face, sending him flying.
As Grundy was flying Supergirl flew up to him and started to rapidly punch him in the face and chest, her fists becoming a blur. When Grundy hit the ground Supergirl didn't stop her assault and pounded him in the ground and made a small creator.
Grundy gave a loud grunt and slammed both fists into Supergirl's stomach, throwing her back. Grundy got up with ease and stomped to the dazed hero before razing his giant foot in the air and slamming it down hard onto Supergirl, making a small creator under her, making her temporarily unconscious.
Solomon Grundy raised his hands ready to finish of the Kryptonian. But before he could a pair of hands wrapped around Supergirl's chest from below and her entire body became transparent before she was pulled into the ground as Grundy's hands came down.
About 50 feet away in a ally Asteria came out of the ground along with Supergirl. The Kryptonian painted for air a bit and grabbed her sides when Asteria gently dropped her.
"Are you ok?" Asteria asked quickly getting a nod from Supergirl as she righted herself. "What the heck is going on, aren't you suppose to be completely invulnerable?"
Supergirl shook her head a bit at the young hero. "Yes but I got nothing to protect me from magic."
There was a loud crash and roar that came from around the corner. "Ok, can you please tell me what the hell Solomon Grundy is and why is he destroying the city?" Asteria asked.
Supergirl sighed but quickly explained. "In short, Solomon Grundy is a zombie." Supergirl said, expecting some form of skepticism. "And I have no idea why he is destroying the city, he was wondering the street aimlessly, then as soon as he saw me he went crazy."
Asteria just crossed her arms. "I take it a bullet to the head won't end him."
The Kryptonian was slightly taken by the young girls bluntness but decided to answer. "No, only extensive damage will put him down, but he'll come back later in a few months and hopefully weaker."
That caused Asteria to raise an eye brow. "Then why are you holding back?"
Supergirl glared down at the young hero. "In case you haven't notice I have to fight Grundy while protecting people!" Supergirl said harshly. She then sighed before going down on one knee and putting a hand on Asteria's shoulder. "And I should be thanking you for helping me protect the people."
Asteria lost the tension in her body and nodded. She then quickly walked out the ally when she heard a crash and saw Grundy stomping slowly down the street. "Well now that most of the people are out of the way we can finally take this guy down."
"If I can just catch him off guard then I can probably knock him down." Supergirl thought out loud. "But he'll see and hear me coming a mile away."
Asteria grinned and grabbed Supergirl's hand, making Supergirl look at the new hero. "I can help with that."
Back with Solomon Grundy, who was stomping down the street at a steady pace. Grundy had recently woken up after his body had pieced itself back together. The zombie man couldn't remember how he got like that exactly, but what he could remember was a shield with an S on someone's chest. So moving on pure instinct alone Grundy went to the nearest city and tried to find the one who had that shield. And that's when he found Supergirl.
Out of nowhere Gundy was hit in the chest with a powerful force and green blast sending him flying back. A moment later Supergirl appeared with her arm stretched out where Grundy had just been, along with Asteria who was holding onto Supergirl with her right hand while her left hand was smoking.
Supergirl then let go of Asteria, flew straight up to Grundy and gave him a uppercut in jaw that sent him flying into the sky. She then flew straight up and grabbed what looked like a unconscious Grundy's suit. Supergirl gave a small sigh as she thought the fight was over before she slowly started to decent to the ground.
As she was about 10 feet from the ground Grundy's eyes snapped open, Supergirl didn't even have enough time to think as Grundy slammed both of his fists in the side of her head, hard. Giving a scream Supergirl let go of Grundy and fell to the ground.
Grundy grabbed Supergirl's head and gave her a hard head-butt before grabbing her leg and proceeded to slam her into the ground multiple times. As Grundy raised his arm to slam Supergirl into the ground again he suddenly lost his grip on her. Looking up he saw that Supergirl was no longer in his hand. Looking back, Grundy saw Asteria with a unconscious Supergirl's arm over her shoulder.
Asteria squeezed her eyes shut and a duplicate popped out behind her, it now holding Supergirl. The duplicate flew up to a rooftop with Supergirl and placed her down before disappearing.
Grundy paid Asteria no mind and started to stomp to the building with Supergirl on it, but Asteria blasted right in front of him finally getting the zombie's attention. Grundy turn to Asteria who had her hands glowing green.
"Your fights with me ugly!" Asteria said while doing a 'come at me'.
Grundy groaned and started to stomp to Asteria, he raised his arm and smashed it down where Asteria was standing. But Asteria easily flew past Grundy's attack and blasted him in the face while flying past him.
Asteria turned around and grinned under her mask, but it went away when Grundy turn to reveal little damage.
"Looks like your a tough basted." Asteria muttered before she moved in for an attack.
The ghost hero started to fly around Grundy while rapidly firing ecto-blast at him. The attacks where doing some damage but they where mostly annoying the zombie as he swing his arms around. Seeing she was wasting energy Asteria focused her ecto-energy into her hands and feet and started to attack Grundy.
Asteria hit around Grundy's body rapidly, being sure not to stay in one place and dodge Grundy's swings. Asteria was getting more results with her current attack but Grundy was swinging his arms like crazy.
As Asteria was about to punch Grundy in the face for the 4th time, Grundy caught the ghost girl's fist in his massive hand. Asteria didn't even have enough time to dodge or turn intangible as Grundy slammed his free hand into Asteria's stomach, sending her flying.
Asteria was sent flying down the street and rolled down it when she hit the pavement. As soon as she stopped, Asteria got up and glared at Grundy from under her goggles while holding her sides. Pain was something Asteria was use to a bit since she did train with her dad a bit, but she had to admit.
"That hurt like hell." She hissed to herself. Asteria tried to thing of a new plan of attack since her normal ones were doing little damage. Then she started to remember what her dad said.
'Your strong points are your speed, accuracy, and strategy skills. But you lake power and experience,' She remembered her dad's exact words.
'So I can't be a power house like my dad or Supergirl,' Asteria thought to herself as she started to fly off the ground a little. 'I have to fight my way, I'm fast, I'm smart, and I've got good aim, lets use that.'
As soon as Asteria finished her thought she shot off like a rocket. She slammed her fist right into Grundy's neck and kept flying past him before turning right around and slamming her fist in the back of Grundy's head, never losing speed. Her body was becoming a black and white blur, her green fist slamming harder into Grundy each time as she built up speed, so hard that Grundy's body started to jerk with each punch.
But Grundy still stood and tried to attack back, but he was too slow compared to Asteria. The young hero could see that her new plan was working much better, but she was starting to get a little tired.
'I need to finish this soon,' Asteria thought. 'So I need to go faster somehow, but how...'
Asteria's thoughts where cut off as Grundy suddenly grabbed car and throw it at her. She easily past through the car and kept flying, but then she heard a scream. Looking back Asteria saw the car Grundy throw head for a reporter and a camera man.
Asteria blasted back and flew straight at the car, but unfortunately saw one thing while she was flying. She was too slow. Everything was moving in slow motion, the car moving closer and closer to the civilians, about 10 feet before it crashed, and Asteria was barley getting closer to it.
'Faster, I need to be faster,' Asteria yelled in her head as she put all of her power into her speed. 'Faster, faster, faster, FASTER!'
Then she felt it, a small cold in her chest that was moving like a wild fire, it was unlike anything she ever felt before. Yet it was something she couldn't say was unfamiliar to her.
The next thing Asteria knew was that she was at the car in a instant. She quickly grabbed the car, turned it intangible and let it pass through the reporter and camera man and into the ground. A moment later Asteria came out of the ground with the car in her hands and set it down on the ground while panting.
She turned to the reporter and camera man and gave them a shaky thumbs up, but her eyes widen when she saw her reflection behind them in a window. Asteria's hair was like a white fire at the end of it, her arms and legs also had a calm white fire coming out of the side of them.
"Whoa..." Was all Asteria said as she looked at herself. She knew what had happen to her thanks to the talks with Clockwork. "This... this is my core." She said to herself in awe, but couldn't help but notice her fire felt different from normal fire.
"Thank you so much," The reporter said, breaking Asteria out of her thoughts. "Can you please tell us who you are?" She said quickly as the camera was pointed at Asteria.
Asteria heard a crash behind her and she know she had to move. "My name is Asteria," She turned around and the white fire from her body grow lager. "And you need to get to cover!" Asteria said before she rocketed off.
Asteria's old speed was nothing compared to her new speed. She could feel the ones calm white flames become fierce as it push her farther and faster, the flames shooting like a jet from her hands and feet. She punched Solomon Grundy in the chest with all her strength and speed, the force was so great that it sent Grundy flying and crashing into a car. Asteria came to a stop and gave a small cheer at what she did, but it was short lived as she saw Grundy get back up.
When Grundy stood fully up Asteria got a good look at the damage and was shocked at what she saw. Right in the center of Grundy's chest was an imprint of her fist, but that wasn't even the most shocking part, what was unbelievable was the fact that there was frost around Grundy's chest and little burns.
Asteria was knocked out of her thoughts as she heard Grundy roar and stomped down the rode. The ghost girl hero with her new found power rocketed to Grundy again and this time punched him in the face. The punch make Grundy's face jerk to the side but he did not fall, instead he went in to attack but Asteria was long gone with her speed. She tried to turn around, but as soon as she did she found it difficult and lost a lot of speed before she was flying back to the zombie man.
The young hero realized that she could use her white fire to make herself faster, but has little control on turning. But this didn't stop Asteria one bit, she blasted back and forth with Solomon Grundy in between, the zombie becoming more like a ragdoll then a super villain. But unknown to Asteria, she was falling into a pattern.
When Asteria came to deliver another blow to Solomon Grundy' chests, the zombie man was ready. As soon as Asteria's fist meet Grundy the zombie man quickly wrapped his arm's around her, catching her completely off guard. Before she could even think to go intangible Grundy started to squeeze the young hero.
Asteria screamed as she felt her small body start to be crushed under the zombie's force. She tried to turn intangible but she couldn't forces with the increasing pain, so she use her own strength to try to push back Grundy but it was proving useless.
"AAAHHHHH!" Asteria screamed at the top of her lungs as most of her body was giving off white fire.
Grundy was having a hard time crushing the small hero with her super strength and fire-ice, some parts of his body having chunks of ice and burns. But it did little to slow him down.
Fortunately fate was on the hero's side as a strong fist crashed into Grundy's face and sent him flying, releasing Asteria. The young hero fell into the arms of her savior, blinking her blurry eyes up Asteria saw a familiar blond.
"Are you ok?" Supergirl asked quickly as she looked Asteria up and down.
Asteria gave a small nod as she felt her body easily heal herself. "I'll live," She said as she got up and stretched. She glared down the street as she watched Grundy get up again, but this time a bit shaky. Asteria smirked and gave a thumb to Grundy. "Hey, I loosened him up for you."
Supergirl looked at Solomon Grundy and was astonished at the condition he was in. His body was bruised and beaten, he had burn and frost all over his body, Grundy looked more like a zombie then ever before.
"Wow..." Was all Supergirl could say. She then looked down to Asteria and put a hand on her shoulder. "Want to knock him down together?" Supergirl asked with a smirk.
Asteria grow a big grin on her face as she righted herself up. "With pleaser."
Both Asteria and Supergirl flew right at Solomon Grundy and punched him right in the face sending him flying before he could even put up a defense. The two hero's went all out against the zombie man, hitting, blasted, and pounding him, trying to put him into submission.
About 5 minutes later Grundy was looking like a beaten mess, but on some small miracle was still standing. Both Supergirl and Asteria were panting a bit but still strong.
"God, what dose it take to end this guy?" Asteria said between her pants.
Supergirl nodded and readied herself. "Lets just end this before it escalates anymore."
Asteria flew first with her white fire pushing her faster and sucker punched Grundy right in the face before flying past him. Supergirl flew in next and cocked her arm back, ready to finish off the zombie. As Supergirl was a few feet away, Grundy suddenly move with speed that surprised Supergirl and slammed both of his fists into Supergirl's jaw, sending her flying into the sky.
Asteria was shocked at what she saw before growling. She rocketed off again with a roar right at Solomon Grundy but that made him ready for her.
Grundy raised his arms before Asteria could stop and slammed them down making a big creator with her in the center.
The ghost girl tried to push herself up but she just ended up flipping over and looked up. She saw Solomon Grundy raises his arms and was ready to finish the young hero off. Asteria throw her hands up and quickly created a ecto shield before closing her eyes and waited for the attack.
Grundy brought his fist down fast and with all the power he had left, but as he was about to hit the ecto dome he was interrupted.
*BANG* Grundy's head kicked back and he missed the dome, crushing the ground next to it. *BANG*BANG*BANG*BANG* Multiple shots where heard as Grundy's body jerked with each one. Suddenly a white figure appeared in front of Grundy and kicked him in the chest sending him flying back.
Asteria let down her dome with a sigh of relief as she got a good look at the person who just saved her. But when she saw his face she couldn't help but feel a little nervous of the man in the white suit.
"Danielle." The person said while crossing his arms and looking down at her, A familiar black and white pistol in each hand.
"He-hey Dad." Asteria said a little nervously as she got up.
Daniel sighed at his daughter before putting his pistols in their holsters. "When I said you could become a hero, I was thinking you would do it a little later in the school year." He said with a small smirk making Asteria body lose a little tension.
But the young hero's head shot up when she remembered who was falling from the sky. "Oh crap, Supergirl!" Asteria yelled as she saw the blond hero falling to earth.
Daniel looked up and saw the hero falling. He shifted around a little and held out his arms, a second later he caught Supergirl right into his arms with a small grunt. Daniel looked down at Supergirl with a small smirk as she rubbed her head.
"How you feeling?" He asked knowing she was fine.
Supergirl looked up and saw a blurry face that she recognized. "Mmm... Daniel?" She question out loud.
That made the demon hunter's eyebrows shoot up in surprise before he took a closer look at the hero's face. "Wait... Kara?" Daniel asked, carful not to say it too loud but loud enough for his daughter and hero to hear.
That got Supergirl out off her funk as she quickly shook her head and looked at Daniel in disbelief before stumbling out of his arm. "U-um who is this Kara?" She asked a little nervously.
Daniel just gave her a deadpan expression. "Kara, your talking to a guy who literally only changed his hair and eye color," He said before smirking. "You really think a pair of black glasses are going to fool me."
Kara tried to look cool but you could see she was nervous. Finally she sighed and slouched over in defeat but looked at him with serious eyes. "Listen, you can't tell-" But Daniel cut her off.
"I know, I know. Remember I used to be in your shoes not to long ago."
Supergirl was still uncomfortable but all she could do was accept his answer. She turned around and saw Solomon Grundy up again but this time all he could do was stand, and barley that.
"Looks like he's finish." Asteria said with some relief.
"Don't underestimate him," Supergirl said surprising Asteria. "We though that last time and he was still strong enough to knock me around, we got to be smart." She said wisely getting a nod out of the young hero.
Daniel smiled a bit at the two before he started to walk to Solomon Grundy. "You lady's take a break," He then look back and gave his daughter and Supergirl a big grin. "I'll end this with one punch." He said as he continued to walk down the street.
If anyone else told Supergirl this she would thing they wasted a death wish, but Daniel was not anyone. She saw the young man fight before when she was in that other dimension with him and his daughter, how he took down that demon nearly single handedly. So in the end she trusted his skill.
As Daniel continued to walk down the street he started to focus his demonic aura into his right arm and hand. Ones he was close enough to Solomon Grundy he used Trickster and teleported right in front of the zombie villain.
Daniel quickly brought both of his hands up and pleased them on Grundy's chest with a calm look on his face.
"INFINITE BEATS!" Daniel yelled as he used the moved Kenichi taught him.
If this technique was used by a normal fighter it would do serious damage to anyone. But the thing is, Daniel is the farthest thing from normal. His 'Infinite Beats' was so strong that it punched right through Grundy's chest and destroyed his heart.
Daniel pulled his fist out of Grundy's chest and the zombie villain feel back, finally ended the long fight.
X(Hero: By Skillets-END)X
Daniel walked back to the two female heroes and gave them a confident grin.
"I think it's time all 3 of us had a little talk." Daniel said to the to Supergirl and Asteria.
About 3 hours later after Danielle went back to school, Daniel to DMC, and Supergirl took Grundy's body to jail before he pulled himself back together. The 3 agreed to go to DMC as soon as they could but since Danielle still had school it resulted in Supergirl coming first.
Daniel was sitting behind his desk when the front door to DMC opened and in walked Supergirl as Kara.
Kara looked uncomfortable as she walked to Daniel and tried not to show it to much. Neither one said anything as Kara as in front of his desk. There was a awaked silence in the air as neither one talked. Daniel the reached into a drawer next to him making Kara tense, but she clammed when she saw him pull out a bottle of scotch and two shot glasses.
"Want a drink?" Daniel asked but proceeded to fill both glasses.
Kara rankled her nose, she was not big on the taste of alcohol, but she considered the circumstances.
She grabbed the shot glass and downed it in one go, getting a surprised look out of Daniel but he did the same. They both slammed their glasses on the table and their was a little less tension in the room.
"So you and my daughter took down Solomon Grundy." Daniel said as a matter of fact tone.
Supergirl nodded having been told Asteria's identity. "She came to me out of nowhere and started helping me," She then gave a small smile. "She really helped me out."
Daniel nodded before speaking. "She want's to be a hero you know, just like I used to be." He said getting a surprised look out of Kara. Daniel then rubbed the back of his head with a slightly uneasy look. "Listen, I need to ask you for a favor, a big one."
Kara was slightly curios about what the Demon hunter wanted. "What is it?"
Daniel was quiet for a moment before trying to come up with a way to say this. "Danielle's going to become a hero no matter what, so she needs someone to guide her," He then looked right into Kara's eyes. "And I want that someone to be you."
Kara was completely shocked at what Daniel. "M-me, why?" She couldn't help but ask.
Daniel shrugged. "Well for one your a hero," He said with a smirk. "Also you did work well with Danielle and she needs someone to guide her, so I think you should do it."
The blond thought it would be nice to be a mentor, but she couldn't help but ask herself. "Am I really the best for this?" She asked out loud.
Daniel leaned back in his chair and kicked his feet on his desk. "Don't know, you've never done this before as far as I know. But their is a first time for everything." He then sat up straight and gave Kara an encouraging smile. "If it makes you feel better I'll help Danielle with her powers, though I don't think she really needs it, I just need someone to show her on how to be a hero and help her gain experience."
Kara nodded at Daniel's explanation and could not help but chuckle a bit. "I can't say I wouldn't mind being her mentor, but your right when you say you should teach her about her powers, I can't help her their especially with that white fire."
That made Daniel's smile fall and he had a serious look on his face. "Yeah... white fire."
Kara raised an eyebrow at the sudden mood change. "Is something wrong?"
Daniel snapped out of his thoughts and put on a smile for Kara. "Nothing, just something I need to look into." He said smoothly.
Kara saw right through Daniel but decided not to pry, it was not her place to ask about him and his daughter's powers unless absolutely necessary. Which brought her to a conclusion. "I know nothing about Danielle." She said out loud.
Daniel actually laughed at Kara's bluntness and that got a chuckle out of the blond hero. "Don't worry, if you work with Danielle and she trust you she'll tell you about herself."
This got Kara to think long and hard. Did she want to be a mentor to Danielle, or Asteria, could she do a good job. But then Kara remember she was not alone, she had her cousin and Daniel to help her and she couldn't deny Danielle had the right skills to be a great hero one day.
"Alright," Kara said with a smile. "If Danielle want's to I'll become her mentor."
As soon as she said that the door to DMC opened and Danielle walked in. The young hero looked surprised when she saw her dad and Kara, or more accurately Supergirl, talking and smiling.
The two turned to see Danielle with a slightly confused look on her face.
"Since when did you two became such close friends?" Danielle asked with a raised brow as she walked over.
Daniel smirked. "Well we did some talking and both agreed to something." He said only to get the same confused look as before.
Kara stood up and from her chair and walked right up to Danielle. She looked at the young hero with a serious look but had a smile on her face.
"Danielle Phantom, Asteria, how would you like me to be your mentor."
Daniel's P.O.V
I was currently behind my desk looking through a old book on ghost that Clockwork gave me so I wouldn't keep going to him for questions.
After Kara told Danielle her offer my little girl jumped with joy and accepted without hesitation. Kara said they would meet up at her place for petrol whenever Danielle gets out of school.
I was happy my daughter got to live her dream as a hero.
But now I had a... problem, no not a problem, insight on my daughter.
As I flipped through the pages of the book I finally came up to what I was looking for.
"Ghost Cores."
The book explained how the basic ghost core elements are earth, wind, water, fire, and energy. But it also goes into detail on how the elements help create different cores such as how water is connected to a ice core, or how energy in connected to a electric core.
But that wasn't what I was looking for. I turned a couple more pages until I found what I find what I'm looking for and then I found it, Fusion Cores.
Fusion Cores are one of the rarest ghost cores ever, Fusion cores are a combination of 2 different cores from 2 different ghost. When a ghost is born they will most likely gain a core from one of their parents, but once in a blue moon and a whole lot of luck the two cores that were descended from their parent will fuse.
Since Clockwork told me that if I continued to developed my ghost powers I would of had a ice core, I knew the part of Danielle's core that could freeze things came from me. But that brought up the next major question.
"Who gave Danielle the fire half of her core?" I asked myself out loud while looking up.
This was big for Danielle, we always thought that she was just a female clone of me, but the activation of her core proves that she had more then my DNA in her. Their are a number of ghost in the ghost zone that have a fire core, and it didn't have to be a ghost I know.
I rubbed my head and sighed. This needed to be looked into, Danielle needs to know who her second parent is, that is if this person wanted to be apart of her life. I put the book away and got up from behind my desk before going upstairs to my room. I changed out of my white suit and put on my normal battle cloths.
I opened my door and walked out before seeing Jazz walk down the hall.
"Hey Danny, got a new contract?" She asked when she saw my cloths.
"No, some personal business came up so I'll be gone for a couple of days," I told her. "Tell Danielle I love her, and tell Greed not to take any big jobs."
We gave each other a quick hug before I walked out of DMC. I wanted to get my answers quickly, so I activated Creeper and started to fly west.
"Next stop, Wisconsin." I muttered before there was a loud boom and I started to fly faster.
21N: I am so sorry I am way late. School starts a week early compared to public school and they were really riding my ass the first two weeks. Also I am trying to make longer chapters so this took some time.
Anyway I need to give credit to where it is do. The one who gave me the hero name for Danielle Phantom was Amari45. Thank you.
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