An Incredible Life
A Danny Phantom/The Incredibles crossover
Disclaimer: Neither Danny Phantom nor The Incredibles belong to me. (x3)
Lucius's POV:
When the doorbell rang, I quickly went downstairs to see who it was. As I went downstairs, I was still dumbfounded on my foster child life, and how trusting she is. All I know is, if I even see a glimpse of her father, he's a popsicle in a heartbeat. When I opened the door, I was greeted by my best friend, Bob Parr, better known as Mr. Incredible, as well as his family.
"Hi!" I greeted. "Listen, me and Honey just got a foster child, and she doesn't know anything about supers at all, so please keep a low profile please?"
Helen (or Elastigirl) assured me that no powers will be used, while glaring at Dash, the speeder. I stifled a chuckle. Dash would definitely need to try the most.
"I'll take you up to her then." As I led them up, I heard Dash whine and grumble about using no powers. I couldn't hide the chuckle then. When I reached her bedroom door, I was bewildered to see Honey with clothes in her hand, and her ear pressed against the door.
"Honey, what are you doing?" She quickly shushed me and beckoned for me to press my ear against the door as well. I suppressed a chuckle as I did what she asked as she noticed the Parrs were standing behind me. As I pressed my ear against the door, boy was I shocked when I heard what was going on inside. So shocked, I opened the door quietly to hear what was happening better.
Dani's POV:
As I waited for Dad to come back, Mom said she was going to see if she had any other clothes I could borrow, until we went shopping. I quickly grew bored, and put my iPod on shuffle. Jar of Hearts by Christina Perri came on (A.N. great song btw). I smiled as I quietly began to sing along to it.
No, I can't take one more step towards you
'Cause all that's waiting is regret
Don't you know I'm not your ghost anymore
You lost the love I loved the most
I learned to live half alive
And now you want me one more time
And who do you think you are?
Runnin' 'round leaving scars
Collecting your jar of hearts
And tearing love apart
You're gonna catch a cold
From the ice inside your soul
So don't come back for me
Who do you think you are?
I hear you're asking all around
If I am anywhere to be found
But I have grown too strong
To ever fall back in your arms
And I've learned to live half alive
And now you want me one more time
And who do you think you are?
Runnin' 'round leaving scars
Collecting your jar of hearts
And tearing love apart
You're gonna catch a cold
From the ice inside your soul
So don't come back for me
Who do you think you are?
And it took so long just to feel alright
Remember how to put back the light in my eyes
I wish I had missed the first time that we kissed
'Cause you broke all your promises
And now you're back
You don't get to get me back
And who do you think you are?
Runnin' 'round leaving scars
Collecting your jar of hearts
And tearing love apart
You're gonna catch a cold
From the ice inside your soul
So don't come back for me
Don't come back at all
And who do you think you are?
Runnin' 'round leaving scars
Collecting your jar of hearts
Tearing love apart
You're gonna catch a cold
From the ice inside your soul
Don't come back for me
Don't come back at all
I couldn't help but smile a bit when the half alive and ghost bit came. How ironic. As I was singing, I turned my back to the door to look outside when the song was nearly finished.
When I finished, I turned back to the door, and yelped. I shouldn't have turned my back. Why? Because when I turned around the door opened, with not only Mom and Dad behind it, but also five other people I didn't know. Two were adults, the girl looked 16/17 (A.N. I don't know Violets real age), one of the boys looked about my age, and there was a male toddler as well. The toddler looked about 3 years old (A.N. Dont know Jack-Jacks age during movie) Ironically, all the males had blond hair and blue eyes while the female adult had auburn hair in a bob and brown eyes. The teenager had violet-blue eyes, as well as long blue/black hair. The male of the adults was rather bulky, but he looked friendly as well. The female however was rather slim. The girl was also rather slim as well. The boy looked very athletic, a runner maybe, and he was also quite cute. But don't tell anyone I thought that, I wouldn't be able to live with myself if anyone found out that Dani Fenton/Phantom, bad-ass and bane of most ghosts existence, was having lovey-dovey thoughts for a boy. Anyway, the toddler looked like any other toddler, except with a small spiky tuff of hair on, the top of his head. They were all staring at me in shock, the boy even had his mouth open! I blushed and gave a small wave.
"Urrrrr, hi." They all were pulled out of their shock when I spoke. "How much did you hear?"
"Only the end." The man reassured me after glancing at Dad. I smiled thankfully.
I then introduced myself. "I'm Danielle, but I like to be called Dani, with an i" They all smiled when they heard my nickname. They then introduced themselves to me. The man was Bob Parr, one of my foster dads best friends. The woman was Helen Parr, Bobs wife. The others were their children. The girl was called Violet. Figures. Her eye and hair colour suits the name. The boy was Dashiell (I had to smother a laugh when I heard his full name), but he prefers to be called Dash. The toddler was Jack-Jack.
When I heard Dashs' name, it clicked. This was the family Dad was talking about. After the introductions, I pouted towards Dad. "Daaa-aaad, you said I'd meet your friends family after I settled in a bit!" Everyone began to chuckle at me and Dad then. Dad apologised and said they decided to visit, and it would have been rude to turn them back. I sighed "Fine..." as I sank into my bed (by sitting). Everyone laughed at my antics. I scowled a bit at that. Mum saw I was getting a bit uncomfortable, so told every one to go downstairs. When everyone was gone (after giving her weird looks, apart from Helen) Mum sat down next to me.
"Are you okay?" She asked me.
"I'm alright, but I'm not good around a lot of people." I responded. "I don't trust easily. Heck, I'm even surprised I trust you and Dad so much!" When I finished, I buried my head in my pillow. Mum put her arm around my shoulder and comforted me.
"Hey, it's okay. How about later, me, you and Lucius go shopping. You need to go anyway to get clothes and school supplies." I groaned at the mention of school as I lifted my head from my pillow to looked at Mum, changing my face to a smile.
"Kay!" I said, very upbeat. She smiled, obviously amused at my mood swings.
"Come on, Dani." Mum said. "Time to go downstairs."
I swallowed my slight distress and nodded. Mum then led me downstairs.
Dashs' POV:
I was really confused when Honey told everyone to go downstairs. I mean what was wrong? Everyone else was confused, apart from Mom. But I still went down. I played around with Violet, until she gave me a glare scary enough to make an Omnidroid stop in its track. I then squirted water at Lucius. He quickly froze it. Bit that was a bad idea, as Lucius turned to me and said, "I thought I said no powers, and that doesn't mean that you have to squirt water at me to make me freeze it."
Then Honey came downstairs, with Dani in tow. When I saw Dani again, I was trapped in her icy-blue eyes, and I have no idea why. I saw Honeys eyes widen, and Dani's eyebrow raise. "Errrrr, why is there a small ice sculpture thing in the kitchen?" Dani asked. Oh crap.
"Urrrrr, it was always there...?" That was Lucius. Danis eyebrow rose even more. A definite 'yeah right' face, it looks kinda cute, no nice. It looks nice not cute.
"Riiiiiight." Dani said. She shook her head and rolled her eyes, making it obvious that she doesn't believe us. She quietly grabbed a glass, and poured herself some water, snapping some of the ice of the 'sculpture' and putting it in her drink. Taking a sip, she said rather wisely, "I understand you all have some secrets, and I have my own. I won't pry, or pressure any of you into telling what it is either. It's your secret, and you'd tell me when your ready, just as when I trust you all enough, ill tell you my secrets, even my life before I was fostered. But if you pressure me into telling me what my secrets are, I'd most likely shut myself off from any of you, and if you pressure me enough, I'd leave, and most likely not see any of you again. "
We all were gob-smacked when she paused. My mouth was literally hanging. I saw Dad about to say something, but Dani put her hand up, while taking another sip. "And before you ask, I know the secret extends to all of you by the look in your eyes. When I asked Dad about why he came early from work, he said that his friend came and helped him out. When he said that, there was a twinkle in his eye saying that he knew something that I didn't. When I saw you, Mr. Parr, and how you interacted with Dad, it was clear that you were that friend. And also, that twinkle in his eye was in all of yours. I suspect you were thinking of that secret."
"Oh, and I see that the secret is a family secret, or in this case, a family-slash-friends secret." She added, smiling wryly. She then froze, eyes wide. With her hand covering her mouth, she exclaimed "Oh my god, I'm sounding like an adult! Eww... Ah well..."
When she finished, she also finished her drink. She then innocently looked at Mum, as if she's done nothing wrong. "Where do I put this?" Honey, still shocked, pointed at the sink. She daintily put the glass in the sink and sat next to me. She looked at me.
"Soooo, I heard I'm gonna be in your grade when I go to school. Hows school like?" She asked me. I was shocked when she asked that. Hasn't she been to school yet?
"Urrrrrr, what do you mean? Haven't you been to school before?" She looked away when I said that, and shrugged.
"I've never been to school, I was home-schooled." She replied.
"How come?" I questioned.
"My father," she said with venom on her tongue. "he kept me hidden from all of society."
"Why?"
"He..." She paused. It was as if she could say it without sounding like she was crying. "He thought I was a - an imperfection, a mistake, a mess he wasn't gonna clean up." She looked away then, looking at the floor with tears in her eyes. Needless to say, we were all speechless with concern, worry, and for most of us, anger. Anger at her father for ridiculing her and making her so timid and uncertain at times.
Forgetting that there were others around me, I did something I never thought I'd willingly do. I sympathised with her by saying "I'm sorry."
"It's okay, I'm over it. He's nothing but a seriously crazed-up fruitloop." She said with reassuring certainty.
I chuckled at her use of the word fruitloop, as did Dad, Honey and Lucius. But, I could easily see that everyone was still worried about her, and her past, and how she knows that we have a secret no-one else knows.
"So, how's school?" She repeated.
"Oh, errr, it's okay. I mean, its almost fun, if there was not homework, or evil teachers, or learning in general, as well as some other stuff..." I trailed off. She laughed a genuine throaty laugh. It sounded like she hadn't laughed properly in a long time. It sounded really nice, I found myself smiling when I heard it.
"Are you an A-lister or someone else?" She asked.
"Huh?" Why am I so clueless?
"Okay, definitely A-lister." She said with a laugh. Everyone else laughed as well, while speaking to each other in small conversations, but it was clear they were listening in. A silence then surrounded us. A few minutes passed until I was saved by Mom.
"So, Dani,what do you like to do for fun?
"Oh, I like reading, music: listening and singing, obviously, and I like playing video games, and space-slash-NASA." She replied. I instantly perked up.
"Wait, you like video games?"
"Well duh, I didn't just say that. Honestly, even though I just met you, you're more clueless than my cousin." She smiled.
"What do you mean?" I asked. "and, HEY!"
"My cousin is basically in love with his best friend, and he's too clueless to see that she's in love with him as well. His other friend keeps trying to get them together, but I seems like cluelessness reigns free in this plane of the world." she laughed.
"Really?" I chuckled. "Wow, anyway, what's your favourite game?"
She smirked. "Doomed."
My eyes lit up as I looked at Mom. "Mom, can we please go home, I wanna play Dani on Doomed!"
We all laughed at that. Mum asked Honey if that was okay. She said if Dani was okay with it. When we all stared at Dani, she smirked and stood up. "So, when are we going? Can't wait to kick your butt all the way to Hong Kong."
Heh, Challenge Accepted.
After that, we all left to my house. Thank God that the Bests recently move closer to us, we only live down the road now.