Hey! Sorry it took so long for this to get posted… I started the one-shot partner story thing (Of Fruitloops and Badgers, if you wanna go check it out) and then I started a few new ideas, but none of them really worked as a chapter. I ended up adding to this one, but I kept changing it to make it sound better… Hopefully it's pretty good now.

I'll be posting another chapter to OFAB soon too, so watch out for that! I also have a buncha ideas for future stuff for this story, and some for the next chapter too. Hopefully it'll come to me faster than this did.

To The 6th Spectral King: Thanks for reviewing! I did add a snippet about that, once I saw your review. I had the powers stay the same because I kind of see it as something that has to do with a ghost's soul or something, like they'd always have a certain core no matter where they were born or how old they are. It could go either way, though. I might post an alternate ending to Of Fruitloops and Badgers, for if they exchanged powers. Thanks again for R&Ring and I hope this chapter is better! :)

To Invader Johnny: Yep, lessons are learned by both of them, even though Danny's really the student! Thanks for continuing to read and review every chapter! :D

To KaliAnn: Thank you for reading! I suppose getting a wish granted by Desiree is a good way to literally walk in someone else's shoes, huh? Haha, thanks again and hope you like this chapter! :)

To AwesomeAuthor13: Haha thank you! I hope I can continue to get better at this, and write interesting and entertaining chapters. Thanks for reading and reviewing and hope you enjoy this chapter too! :)

To Brenne: Yep, that certainly would make Vlad look at her different, lolol. And true, I bet he enjoyed not being old for a day… Thanks for R&Ring! I hope you like this chapter too! :)

To DannyPhantomPhandom: OH MY! DO WE HAVE ANOTHER WHITE & GOLD / BLUE & BLACK DRESS ON OUR HANDS?! I laughed out loud at that, hahaha! I mean I've always thought of Plasmius' skin as green… But now that I look at him again, it could be blue… I'm confusing myself. xDDD I'm totally putting that as a review poll, at the end. We'll see how many people see it as blue and how many green! And yeah… I scarred myself too. Why do you come up with this stuff, brain, why? Lol, thanks for reading and reviewing! Hope you like this chap too! :)

To Rocky Rooster: Haha that's good! Thanks for giving me the advice in the first place! This is another original chapter, but next one should be a variation of Reign Storm… I'll try to change up the story more though, to make it both more entertaining and more plausible. Thanks for R&Ring and enjoy this chap too! :D

To memmek10k: Thank you! I try, lol. I hope you like this chapter too and thanks for reviewing! :)

To 4-thish: Haha, I didn't realize I wrote that fast! xDD Thanks for reading it, and liking it so much! I hope you like this chapter also! :)

To Lisa (Guest): Thank you so much! Thanks for reading and reviewing, it means a lot to me! I hope you like this chapter too! :)

To Commander M (Guest): True, I had that going on in the first chapter, but not really again since. I added it this chapter, and I'll try to make him a bigger enemy in the future. And yes, older Danny would have had ice and his Ghostly Wail too, but I didn't add them. If I did, then I guess Vlad could have had an idea of what powers his Danny would get in the future. Oh well… I don't plan to re-do or change that, from last chapter. xD Thanks for reviewing and I hope you like this chapter! :)

To little miss BANANNA HEAD: Lol awesome name! xDDD And thanks so much for reviewing! I hope you like this chapter too!

To Shadowed sword: About Danielle: I'll try to bring her in soon! Kindred Spirits is coming up in a few chapters, after Reign Storm and The Ultimate Enemy. I already have a general idea of what I'll do… And about Danny being her father, I never was too crazy about that idea, but I'll see what I can do. I was planning on making Vlad more her father, but I can add in some fatherly Danny stuff too. Thanks for reading and reviewing, and hope you like this chapter despite no Dani yet! :)

Thanks to ShadowHazard16 (sorry for not mentioning you before), Mistress1296, Son of Zeus0001, LizReader1125, blueorgrey1236, Senamence, aryaneragon4ever, Minaly22, GryffindorPosidens, reader1011, and jsoccer17 for following and/or favoriting this story since the last chapter! :D

Special thanks to LizReader1125, aryaneragon4ever, Phantasmagory, and Rocky Rooster for faving/following me as an author! What is that now, like 9? Wow! Thanks so much guys! :D

Sorry if I mentioned you twice, or didn't mention you at all… For some reason I don't get alerts for everyone. I just went to the list of people that have favorited and followed, and there were a few I didn't remember seeing before. Then again, it could be the fact that I've tried to commit 50+ names to memory… xD Oh well. I'll check back there every chapter to mention any name I don't recognize.

Anyway, here's the chapter! It's a little shorter than the others, and less action… And also a new (sort of revised) character… You'll see once you read!

Disclaimer: I don't own any characters from the show Danny Phantom, but I do own the plot and my edited version of Maddie the cat (spoiler!)

Glimmering Guardian

A few days before:

A wind-up, pink toy mouse slowly scooted along the sidewalk with little clicking noises. A cat leapt daintily from the windowsill of a nearby house to the ground. Curious yellow eyes watched the mouse, and the white-furred feline crept toward the toy, her tail swishing in the grass.

The mouse tumbled down the nearby curb onto the road, and miraculously stayed upright. It teetered across the pavement, and eventually came to a stop in the middle.

The cat, who was only a little bit bigger than a kitten, pounced across the road to her toy, eager to finally catch it. She was only a foot away when a loud rumbling noise made her fur stand on end. A bright light blinded her, causing her to screech in surprise.

Before she could move, a car had hit her small, thin body, and her vision faded to black before she had landed on the cement.

Back to the present:

Danny frowned and scrutinized the paper in his hands, "Umm, so where are we again?"

"North of my portal, most likely up around here," Vlad answered, pointing to the top of the paper.

Danny peered into the distance, squinting at the swirling green landscape. "I think I'm going to need a bigger map..."

"It'd be impossible to map out the entire Ghost Zone, anyway." The older halfa said. "It's infinite and constantly expanding, according to the Ghost Writer's books. The locations on that map are only in one region, of hundreds, even thousands."

"Wow... That must be a lot of ghosts..."

"There was even a ghost King, who ruled hundreds of years ago, before you and I existed. Pariah Dark. He ruled the entire Ghost Zone, with the Ring of Rage and Crown of Fire, which gave him almost unlimited power… until about a century ago, when he started mishandling his power. A long, hard battle was fought between the most ancient and powerful ghosts and Pariah. Eventually, they managed to lock him up in the Sarcophagus of Forever Sleep, which is where he remains today. A ghost with his amount of power is just too powerful for even the Ancients to permanently get rid of."

"Who're the Ancients?" Danny asked curiously, settling down in the air to hear the story.

"A group of six, well, ancient ghosts that have existed since the beginning of time. They're basically gods, immortal and all-knowing. Or, at least that's what I read, years ago at the Ghost's Writer's lair. Each of them has a different element they represent, for example, one is the Ghost of Time, one the Ghost of Dimensions, the Ghost of Life, Ghost of Death, the Ghost of Wisdom, and the Ghost of Energy. I've never met any of them, though. I suppose it's the highest honor to meet one in person."

"Wow... So they know about us, being half-ghosts?"

"I'm sure they do. But they've known for more than 20 years, possibly longer, that I've existed. Nothing's happened yet."

"I wonder if we'll ever meet them..."

"Dream on, Little Badger." Vlad chuckled. "But it could happen, I suppose."

"In my opinion, anything could happen. That's been a true statement in my life so far."

"I can certainly relate..."

The two had flown further into the ghost zone, the younger ghost marking the places they found on his map. He had continued on the back once he had run out of room.

They were currently in the middle of a strange, ghastly forest full of black and green trees, as well as a goopy, bubbling orange river flowing through the middle. They had also encountered several strange ghost animals of varying colors, such as a three-headed bird and what had looked like a cross between a monkey and a spider.

Danny would have nightmares about the spidkey for the rest of his life. That was certain.

"Now, the hard part is finding our way back..." The younger halfa laughed nervously.

"Just follow the map in reverse..." Vlad said smartly, taking the map. "Alright, we're here..." He pointed to the forest written and doodled on the map. "And we need to go back the way we came, which is south on the map... Soo, I think we go that way." He pointed down the river they had been following.

The started going downriver, and emerged from the dense trees, back into the swirling green atmosphere of most of the Ghost Zone. Vlad smiled smugly, causing the boy next to him to stick out his tongue childishly.

A yellowed paper flew down into Danny's face, blinding him for a moment. He grabbed the paper and held it out; it had a black, dotted line that curved across from the bottom right corner, to the top left, with a red X at the end.

"Whoa... Is this a treasure map?!" Danny asked curiously. "How cool is that?"

"The question is, why was it here, in a jungle in the middle of the Ghost Zone?" Vlad muttered. "Seems a little strange to me..."

"What are the chances it actually leads to buried treasure?"

"I'd say, 20 percent or less."

"Eh, I've had worse odds." Danny grinned. "Let's go!" He flew back into the trees, the older ghost rushing after him, rolling his eyes at his student's excitement.

Danny whisked through the trees, his ghostly tail stretching out behind him.

"Shouldn't be too much farther..." He muttered, slowing down a little and looking ahead. He saw a clearing, lined with purple grasses and the same orange river.

"Wait!" Vlad grabbed the boy's shoulder, panting from the humidity and heat in the jungle. "I have a bad feeling about this."

The two halted behind the bush, looking into the open space in front of them. Simultaneous ghost senses went off, and the two met eyes nervously.

Danny dropped the map. "Alright, forget about the treasure, let's get outta here!" He whispered. Vlad nodded and they turned around to see Skulker grinning down at them.

"Boo."

A dozen rockets shot forward, forcing the two halfas into the clearing. Vlad looked up and saw a cage hanging above them.

"Look out!" He shouted, propelling him and Danny out of the cage's path.

Unfortunately, a second cage dropped down, surrounding them in glowing metal bars. The first cage had been a trick.

Skulker flew after them, grinning smugly. "My finest catch, both of the only two half-ghosts in existence! And all I had to do was watch as you wandered here yourselves, and fell for the buried treasure!"

"You are the Ghost Zone's greatest hunter, that's for sure..." Danny muttered sarcastically, stepping closer to the other half-ghost beside him.

"Let us go, Skulker..." Vlad growled, his hands lighting up with electricity. "Or you'll regret it!"

"I'm afraid you're not in a position to make threats right now, Plasmius." Skulker said in mock disappointment. "So, your tough-guy act isn't going to work this time. Such a shame, isn't it?"

Danny ignored the hunter and reached out to the bars of the cage, flinching when he got shocked. "Why is it always electricity?" He muttered in annoyance, shuddering at the cold chills he felt.

"Yes, my new upgrade. Apparently electric shocks work great to effectively trap prey, especially you, ghost kid." He smirked at the glares of the two halfas. "Now stay right there while I go get your tranquilizers. That cage is immobile, after all." He chuckled and flew back into the trees.

Danny rolled his eyes. "Great. Now what?"

Vlad frowned. "If I had enough time, I could absorb the energy from the cage and use it to melt the bars. However, I doubt Skulker will be gone for long enough."

"Couldn't we just phase into the ground and go under it?"

One failed escape attempt later, and Vlad's hair was crackling and sticking up even more with electricity. "Nope. The force field extends under."

They heard rustling from the bushes in front of them. Vlad stepped in front of the younger ghost, bracing himself to protect him from Skulker, at all costs.

"Mrow."

The ghosts looked in surprise as a white animal came bounding out of the bush.

"... Is that a cat?" The ghost boy questioned in shock, looking out from behind Vlad.

Just then, Skulker rocketed back into the open space, holding a trinket of some sort. The white cat glared and leapt toward him with a loud hiss. In midair, her claws grew to several times their original size and glowed yellow. Golden eyes glowed so brightly, they appeared almost white. White ears flattened down to either side of the cat's furry head, and the white tail grew several sharp grey spikes near the tip.

Skulker screamed as the feline landed on his face, and the two fell onto the grassy ground in a grey and yellow blur.

Vlad and Danny stared from their cage. After a moment, they smiled and chuckled at Skulker's expense.

Finally, the white animal dropped back onto the grass, flicking her white ears in contentment. Skulker's suit was scratched beyond repair, and his green flames had sputtered out. He was laying on the ground looking quite startled and in pain.

"Here kitty kitty," Vlad called. "Come and attack this cage too!"

Danny scoffed. "Like that's gonna work..." But the cat did stalk to the cage and slice open one side.

The two half-ghosts climbed out of the broken cage, as the cat's claws retracted back to normal and her tail shrunk and lost its spikes. She looked up at the two male ghosts intelligently with bright, curious yellow eyes.

Now that they got a closer look, they could see that she glowed white, similar to Danny's snow-white hair. She was partly transparent too, which proved she was indeed a ghost. She also had grey paws and a black and yellow collar.

"Um... Thank you, cat!" Danny said, kneeling down. "We would have been doomed without you." The cat purred, as if to say "I know that, and you're welcome!"

Vlad flew over to the hunter, and unleashed his built up energy, rendering the other ghost even more beat up, before sucking him into a thermos.

"Well... Let's never come back here again." Danny said, shuddering at their close call.

"Agreed."

The two started to fly up above the trees, but just then Vlad felt a tug on his cape and a ripping sound.

"Mrow!"

"Uh, Vlad?" Danny snickered. "The cat's stuck on your cape."

"What?!" He spun in a circle, which only swung the weight around so he still couldn't see.

With an agitated hiss, the cat leapt up and dug her claws in Vlad's black, spiked up hair. Danny burst into laughter at the older man's startled expression.

The man glared sourly, and reached up to his head to get the cat off.

He lifted the cat up and brought it out in front of him. She mewed and blinked innocently at the vampire-like ghost holding her.

"I think she likes you, Fruitloop." Danny said breathlessly, grinning at the scowling man in front of him.

"Crazy cat..." Vlad muttered bitterly before frowning in surprise as the cat purred and snuggled up against his chest.

"See, what'd I tell you?"

"Shut up Daniel."

The two looked down at the white ghost cat, who seemed to smile as she rubbed lovingly against Vlad's grey suit.

"Alright, kitty kitty, time for you to go home..." Vlad tried to dump the cat down onto a tree. The cat clung to his sleeves and refused to let go, despite the exaggerated shaking motion. Vlad scoffed in annoyance, and Danny giggled.

"Come on, you can't just leave her here. She obviously adores you!"

"Well I don't want or need a cat!"

"Aw come on Vlad, that's like the coolest cat in the world! Did you see what it did to Skulker?"

"That's the problem…" Vlad muttered. "What if it turns against me all of the sudden, and scratches me to death?!"

"Well you are already halfway there. It wouldn't be too hard for her to finish the job..." Danny grinned at Vlad's deadpan expression. "Then again, you're Vlad Plasmius. I doubt a cat could be what kills you the rest of the way."

Vlad sighed in defeat. "Fine..."

Danny grinned. "Yay, now I can make even more jokes about you having a cat!"

The older halfa cut his student off with a sharp glare and gently turned the cat over to read her collar. "Oh, her name is Eleanor."

The cat looked up and meowed when she heard her name, flicking her white ears and blinking innocently.

"Eleanor and Cujo..." Danny muttered. "I wonder if they'll get along."

Vlad figured he'd have his hands full with that cat, for a long time to come.

Poll: Do you consider Vlad Plasmius's skin in ghost form, green or blue? Comment your answer! We may have a new white/gold or black/blue dress!

Hope you liked the chapter! My art of Eleanor is on my DA page, PhantomS14. Not like I've said that like three times now lol... okay I won't advertise it again… xDDD

Reign Storm should come next, so look out for it! Review please! :) :)