Hey everyone!

And here is the next chapter of the first ever Danny Phantom and Grossology crossover, A Gross, Ghostly Family Reunion! Hope you enjoy this chapter, and that I kept the characters in-character. Also, from here on now, I'm calling the city that Grossology is based in Charlesberg, since I have no clue what it's actually called.

No, I don't own Danny Phantom, that belongs to Butch Hartman, nor do I own Grossology, that belongs to Nelvana. I only own this story.

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Chapter Two:

The Fenton Family's Departure/Arrival

It was the next day. In Amity Park, at Fenton Works, Jack and Maddie were finishing packing their suitcases into the RV, while Danny said goodbye to Sam and Tucker, after he had told them what his parents told him and Jazz yesterday afternoon.

"So… you're going away to visit family for two weeks?" Tucker asked.

"Yeah. I'm excited, cause it will be the first time in eight years that I've visited them, but I'm worried about Amity Park as well."

"Don't worry, Danny. Me and Tucker will be able to hold the fort here while you're away, and don't forget about Valerie. With us here, no ghosts will take over Amity Park. Relax and have fun with your aunt, uncle and cousins," Sam assured Danny, her and Tucker discreetly showing Danny their Fenton Thermoses and wrist rays and other smuggled Fenton weapons that they had hidden in their backpacks.

Danny smiled, knowing how prepared his friends were, but he still had a worried look in his eyes.

"Be careful, though, guys," Danny warned them. He looked back and added, "Maybe I should tell my parents that I'm not feeling well, in case Amity Park needs Danny Phantom."

"Danny, relax. Go and have fun with your family. Me, Sam and Valerie will be able to handle the ghosts while you're away," Tucker assured his best friend.

Dang sighed. He knew his friends could handle the ghosts, but he was still worried. But, they were right. He should relax; he was going to spend time with family that he hadn't seen in eight years, after all. And besides, there were no ghosts in Charlesberg. Which meant there would hardly be any need for him to go ghost while he was with his family, right.

Right?

"I know, guys. But, if a ghost like Undergrowth or Nocturne, or even Pariah Dark decides to come to take over Amity Park…"

"Don't worry, we'll call you," Tucker told his best friend.

Suddenly, a beeping sound came from the Fenton RV and Jack hollered, "Danny-Boy, hop in! We're wasting daylight! I wanna see if we can catch some spooks on the way!"

"Well, I guess I better go. See you guys in two weeks. Bye!" Danny farewelled as he walked up to the Fenton RV and clambered inside the back, sitting beside Jazz. As soon as he closed the door, Maddie started up the RV(she had convinced Jack that she should drive this time)and pulled away from the curb where the RV had been parked, and driving away to Charlesberg, Massachusetts.

As soon as they passed the sign that said "WELCOME TO AMITY PARK! HERE, IT'S SAFE!" Danny, who had previously been looking out the window to see if any ghosts were following them, decided to ask his parents about something that had been nagging at him ever since it was mentioned yesterday.

"Mom, Dad, what's the Incident?"

Maddie and Jack looked at each other, questioning over to tell their son exactly what happened to have Maddie and her sister fall out, before Maddie summoned up her courage and decided to tell the Danny the Incident.

"Well, Danny, you see, the Incident happened eight years ago, during our last visit to your Aunt Petunia and Uncle Harvey's, and it went like this…"

…

Flashback-Eight Years Ago

At the Archer residence, Maddie, Jack, Petunia and Harvey were in the backyard, along with their kids. Maddie and Jack were showing Petunia and Harvey their latest inventions, which didn't bring any interest out of Petunia and Harvey considering they were inventions designed to find, track, capture, injure and kill ghosts, while ten-year-old Jazz was reading a book, and eight-year-old Danny and Abby and seven-year-old Ty were searching through the garden for creepy-crawlies; well, Abby and Ty were searching. Danny was standing behind them, looking grossed out at all of the bugs his cousins had found.

"Look, Danny! It's a Ariondae, AKA a round back slug," Ty announced, showing Danny the aforementioned slug. Both Ty and Abby were grinning while Danny looked a little green. "Wanna take a closer look at it?"

"N-no, Ty. I'm good," Danny politely refused, the poor boy looking like he was going to vomit at any moment.

"Oh, come on, Danny! These slugs are fascinating! They mostly eat rotting leaves and other vegetation, but they also eat slime moulds as well. They're great in the garden," Abby informed Danny.

"Okay, I think I might puke," Danny muttered as he pressed a hand to his mouth. "How can you two stand learning about, well… gross things?"

"Danny, we love gross. The grosser it is, the better," Ty answered as he and Abby continued looking at the slug.

Danny, meanwhile, shuddered.

"Yeah, no thanks," he muttered.

Suddenly, all four kids heard Jack boom, "And check out this invention; the Fenton Lasso! It catches ghosts like how a cowboy catches a horse in a rodeo!"

"Wow. Interesting," Petunia said, her voice having a forced interest in it.

"Oh, it is interesting. How's about a quick demonstration?" Jack offered, before he threw the Fenton Lasso-which was just a glowing white rope with a medium-sized loop at the end. It travelled through the air… before it caught Danny.

The rope tightened, and Danny shrieked in pain as the rope started to constrict him. Jack, Maddie, Petunia, Harvey, Jazz, Ty and Abby gasped, and Maddie managed to get her son out of the rope, glaring at her husband as she comforted her sobbing son.

"Uh, it has a few kinks to work out, but it will be a great ghost-hunting weapon!" Jack exclaimed… until one of his other inventions, the Fenton Net Gun(which was a cannon-like device that shot out a net)went off and caught Ty and Abby in a net.

Petunia and Harvey gasped and glared at Jack as he smiled sheepishly as Maddie helped her niece and nephew out, who looked scared.

Petunia glared at her sister and her husband and yelled, "Okay, that's it! Maddie, you and your husband's ghost-hunting weapons have trapped not only your son, but my kids as well in the span of a few seconds! They're dangerous!"

"Petunia, they're may be a few bugs to work out, but they're harmless. Honest," Maddie protested.

"That didn't look harmless to me!"

"Petunia…"

"You know what, Maddie? Go. I know you're my sister, but yours and your husband's crazy inventions are a danger to not only your kids, but my kids as well. Just go!"

Maddie had a hurt look on her face, but she understood her sister's anger. She and Jack packed up their inventions, and without a goodbye, the Fentons left, Danny, Jazz, Ty and Abby looking at each other once before they left, never to return until eight years later.

…

Eight Years Later

"… And that was the Incident. Me and Petunia haven't spoken since then, but since she called me wanting to reconnect with us again, I'm sure she's forgiven me and your father," Maddie finished.

Danny and Jazz looked at each other. Now that his mom had told them about the Incident, Danny now remembered the day, and shuddered from resurfaced memories of being trapped in that constricting lasso, and seeing his cousins in that net.

He could very well understand his aunt's anger and want to lose contact with them.

I just hope that nothing like that happens again, and it causes my secret to be revealed.

He felt a comforting hand on his hand and Danny looked to see Jazz giving him a comforting smile. Danny smiled back before he resumed looking out the window, feeling a bit worried about not only Amity Park now that he was gone, but also what was going to happen when he, Jazz and their parents were going to arrive at his aunt's and her family's home.

Hopefully, nothing too bad that requires our aunt and uncle to call the Feds on Mom and Dad.

Danny must have said his thought out loud, as Jazz quietly chuckled at that, causing Danny to crack a half-smile, as he continued to look out the window.

Soon, looking out the window became boring. Danny had resorted to playing a video game while Jazz read, their parents listening to the music on the radio WAY too loud. But even the video game became boring, so Danny turned to drawing while listening to music. He drew his many ghostly enemies into the sketchbook he brought, but never thought to use; Skulker, Spectra, Ember, Technus, Vlad Plasmius, Walker, Bertrand, Lunch Lady, Johnny 13(that particular drawing had Jazz glaring daggers at it while he was drawing it), Youngblood, Pariah Dark, Nocturne, Undergrowth, Vortex, etc. Even the Box Ghost was there. It kept his attention, but he also got bored of drawing. With nothing else to do, Danny opted for an "I Spy" game, which his parents had eagerly agreed to. But, after guessing another tree for the billionth time, they gave up on "I Spy". So, Danny resorted to taking a much-needed nap.

Without any prompting, Danny's eyes closed… and he was off in dreamland.

…

Later

"Face it, Danny. Me, my future. I'm inevitable."

"No, I'll never be like you! Never!"

"But you will be. I'm your future. And you will become me."

"No, I won't! Not as long as my family is with me!"

"HA HA HA! That 'family' is liable to leave you when you tell them your secret and they don't accept you. They'll be as good as dead to you."

"No, they will accept me. I know it!"

"How?"

"I just do!"

"Oh, such a childish answer. But Danny, that's what you are; a child who believes he can keep the promise he made."

"But I will! And I did! I promised them that I'll never turn into you and I intend to keep it!"

"Oh, Danny, you should learn by now that you should never make promises you can't keep."

Suddenly, there was a Boom! sound. Danny looked behind him and watched with horror as his family, his friends, his teacher, were swallowed in flames.

"NOOOO!" Danny yelled. As he yelled, he let out a Ghostly Wail, his grief amplifying it. But as he yelled, his appearance began changing; his skin turned blue, his ears became pointed, his hair turned to white flames, his incisors lengthened into fangs and his eyes became bloody red. When he finished the Ghostly Wail, he looked in horror at what he'd become.

"No…" he whispered in horror.

He heard evil, maniacal, triumphant laughter, as behind him, his evil alternate future self, Dan Phantom, what he could've become, what he had become, appeared behind him and whispered in a horrified Danny's ear.

"You can't stop your future Danny; my future. I'm inevitable."

"Danny… Danny… DANNY!"

"NOOOO!" Danny yelled, jerking awake, his hair messier than usual and his eyes were wild and frantic. He looked around, and calmed down slightly when he saw the wide, concerned eyes of his big sister.

"J-Jazz…" Danny stammered out, before collapsing against her.

Jazz, a bit surprised and concerned for her little brother, asked, "Are you okay, Danny?"

In response, Danny shook his head and whispered, "I… I had a nightmare…"

He didn't finish, but Jazz guessed what he couldn't say; Danny had a nightmare about his now-trapped, evil future self Dan Phantom.

Jazz pulled her brother into a comforting, sisterly hug and held him as Danny sobbed quietly. Most of the time, Danny wasn't a cryer, but only four things caused him to cry; his family and friends hurt or dead, his "cousin" and clone Danielle, whom Danny had told her about, melted into an ectoplasmic puddle and Danny knowing that he failed her when he could've saved her, neither his parents nor Valerie accepting him if he told them the truth, and Dan Phantom. Those four things were constant subjects for the nightmares Danny sometimes suffered, but the most prominent were nightmares of him becoming his evil alternate future self as he watched everyone he loved die before him. It was a nightmare Jazz knew well, and one that she wanted to stop badly, wanted to stop tormenting her brother.

But, she wasn't Nocturne. And all she could do was do what a big sister could; comfort her little brother as best she could, even though he was sixteen-years-old now.

Several seconds later, Danny and Jazz pulled out of their hug. There were slight tear stains on Danny's cheeks and his eyes were slightly red, but he wiped the tear stains away as he smiled shakily at her. "Thanks Jazz."

"Don't mention it."

"How long was I asleep, by the way."

"A long time. I woke you up to tell you that we're in Charlesberg now."

Danny's eyes widened. "Wait, you're serious?"

"Dead serious."

Danny mock-glared at her for the unintentional pun and Jazz chuckled a bit, before continuing, "Mom and Dad are now driving through the suburb where Aunt Petunia and Uncle Harvey's house is. We should be at their house any second now."

And it was exactly twenty seconds later that Maddie and Jack found the house. Expertly, Maddie parked the Fenton RV next to the curb and turned the ignition off. The Fenton clan then got out of the armoured vehicle, stretching their legs a bit after being in the RV, and headed up the driveway towards the house after getting their suitcases out of the RV. The rolling noise of suitcase wheels on a granite driveway filled the night air as Maddie, Jack, Danny and Jazz stood in front of the doorway, Jack pressing the doorbell, as they waited for the door to be open and that they could go inside.

And then the door opened.

Watch out, Charlesberg. The Fentons have arrived. I repeat, the Fentons have now arrived!

Sorry about the cliffhanger, but the next chapter will come out soon, I promise. And, I hope I kept the characters in-character.

And now you know the Incident! I hope I well justified Petunia's reasons for getting out of touch with Jack and Maddie.

Yeah, Danny sometimes still has nightmares of Dan. But they're occasional, but when they happen, they really rattle Danny. Good thing Jazz is there to help comfort her little brother.

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