One stormy, cold day, fourteen-year-old Danny Fenton was walking home in the rain after he had been beaten by bullies at school. The schools' football player, Dash, and his minion had stuffed Danny in his locker, ripped up his books, and even broke his wrist from pushing him down the stairs. If that wasn't the worst, his teacher Mr. Lancer punished him for being late to class and even charged Danny for the textbooks that 'he' had destroyed. To make things worse, Mr. Lancer had called his parents to make sure that Danny would pay for the new textbooks himself.

It wasn't any better in his home, his parents were busy with their inventions to even notice him except for when the school would call them to punish Danny. Ever since he kept getting abused from both home and school almost every day, he stopped talking. The minute Danny walked into the house, his parents were already waiting for him with scowled looks. Mr. Lancer had called and told them the cost of the damaged textbooks. Danny's father grabbed Danny by the wrist and dragged him to the kitchen. He was gonna work off his debt by doing all the chores he was neglecting.

Which was because he was always fighting ghosts. Both of his parents had worked on a ghost portal in their basement which is also their lab. Danny looked inside the portal when his folks quit because it didn't work. He tripped and turned it on from the inside which caused his molecules to get rearranged with ectoplasm. He woke up hours later with snow-white hair and glowing green eyes. With these new powers, Danny had been stopping ghosts from destroying the town. But the more he saves the town, the more of an effect it had on Danny's life.

Danny could feel the soap burning his skin mostly because he had cuts and bruises from school and the soap was stinging him. When he finished the last of the dishes, his mother came in and dragged him down to the ghost lab. She forced him to clean the lab top to bottom, and to make sure that he does it, she locked the door shut. She even told him that he wouldn't get any dinner if the lab wasn't spotless. Danny couldn't take it anymore, he hadn't eaten for days. He clutched his stomach in pain as he cried from all the pain and sadness.

He was so depressed that he didn't hear the ghost portal open up. Johnny 13 and Kitty came out of the portal together when they saw Danny in complete distress. Rumors had spread around the ghost zone about Danny Phantom. How instead of fighting back as his normal fun/annoying self, he just went silent and broken. Johnny took a closer look at Danny, he was covered in bruises and cuts on his arms and legs, one of his arms looked broken and he was incredibly skinny. He told Kitty to call the police and a hospital quickly while he stayed with Danny.

Johnny and Kitty never really hated Danny, they both knew what it was like to be bullied and neglected. Since Danny's sister Jazz graduated early for college, he was alone. Johnny and Kitty have seen him like this and they would try to help Danny but it would always get worse. Johnny and Kitty became the big brother and sister that loved Danny no matter what. Johnny had his Shadow make sure that Danny's parents don't leave when the police come. He then picked up Danny and held him close to his chest, telling him that he was gonna be ok.

The sounds of sirens and cops rang through the building. The door to the lab was forced down by a swarm of cops. Johnny had shapeshifted into a human form to make sure that his ghostly form isn't revealed. Paramedics were rushing in, trying to take Danny out of Johnny's arms. He told them that he would be coming with Danny to the hospital since he was the only person that cared about the boy. The cops allowed Johnny to ride in the ambulance with Danny as they dragged his parents out of the house in cuffs.

Kitty made sure to follow behind on Johnny's motorcycle as the ambulance took them to the hospital. By the next morning, Danny had awoken in a hospital bed with an IV stick in his arm and a feeding tube in his nose. All his bruises were bandaged and some of the cuts were stitched up. His right arm was in a cast and even one of his ankles was cast up. Danny looked around to see both Kitty and Johnny in tears when he awoke. They hugged him tight while minding the injuries.

The doctor came in with the results from the examination. It would take a week for his arm and leg to heal. Most of the bruises would fade but the cuts were gonna scar his skin. Also from all the neglect and abuse, Danny had to endorse it would take years of therapy and healing to get past the trauma. Plus from the long lack of food, his stomach had shrunk and it would take months for it to be normal. Danny cried so hard as Johnny and Kitty both comfort him.

When the doctor left, an elegant woman came in with a scowl on her face. She is a social worker that was planning to take Danny away. Johnny's eyes widened, he asked why Danny can't just stay with him. "Because," the woman spoke in a dark sweet tone, "Abused children belong in an orphanage. His parents were sent to prison and since there are no other blood relatives, he is an orphan. Besides having a child go with some biker gang would be a death sentence. Since there are no openings here in Amity Park, he will be sent to one in New York where he will be safer. I'll be taking Daniel with me right this minute."

Danny practically screamed loud enough to wake the dead as the woman grabbed his wrist with force. The nurses heard the scream and rushed in to pull the woman off Danny. They told her that Danny was still in critical condition and she would have to wait till the hospital discharged him. The woman looked at them with a fake smile and stated that her employer is expecting the boy in New York. The doctor heard everything and told her that Danny was in no condition to travel. The doctor gave her a smirk "Ms..?"

"Darcy. Rachel Darcy." The woman answered with an impatient tone.

"Ms. Darcy. In all my years of working in this hospital, young Danny is the youngest patient with multiple injuries. I will be declining the idea of taking him out of here this early. Now, my dear, you can either leave this room quietly and wait till Danny is ready or I can have my staff escort you out along with the police." The doctor said with a smirk.

Ms. Darcy looked like she wanted to explode, her eyes bugged out and she was breathing heavily like a raging bull. But then, she put on a calm expression and just walked out of the room with the nurses following from behind. Johnny thank the doctor for protecting Danny but even he knew that Ms. Darcy would be back for Danny. Johnny asked the doctor to make sure that the sleazy social worker doesn't get another chance to take Danny away. He would try to adopt Danny but he can't take him away from the human world.

Danny spent a few days in the hospital, Johnny and Kitty stayed by his side so he would not feel so alone. But just then, Ms. Darcy came back and this time she was willing to take Danny away. She had already signed him out of the hospital and pushed past the nurses to get to Danny's room. Danny and Johnny were with one of the therapists when Ms. Darcy burst into the room. Danny looked terrified and grabbed Johnny by the arm. She screamed and demanded that Danny be handed over to her.

But she got impatient and lunged at Danny, she grabbed him by the arm and pulled him out of Johnny's arms. "He looks well enough to leave so I'll be taking him with me. My client is waiting for the boy to be delivered." Ms. Darcy stated with a hidden tone of anger.

Danny looked up with pleading eyes at the woman, he wanted to at least say goodbye to Johnny but she refused. She forcefully dragged Danny out of the hospital and then she shoved him into her car. They drove away from the hospital and they passed Fenton works on their way to the airport. Danny tried to signal Ms. Darcy that he wanted to stop and grab some things from his home. But she gave him an evil glare "You won't be needing any junk where you're going! No wonder your parents hate you so much. You're nothing but a burden! You can't even speak, worthless child! But no matter, the warden will make sure you are dealt with." she said in a cold tone.

Danny's eyes bugged out, a warden? He thought he was being sent to an orphanage, not a Juvenal Detention Center. After a 6 hours plane ride, they finally landed in New York City, Danny's eyes widen at how big the city is. Ms. Darcy quickly called a cab and faked a smile in front of people to hide her true colors. They both arrived at the orphanage, when they got out of the cab a grumpy old man was waiting for them at the front door. Ms. Darcy dragged Danny by the arm and pushed him in front of the old man.

"Is this the new brat?" the old man questioned with a scratchy voice that sent chills down your spine.

"Yes sir. This is Daniel Fenton. So sorry for the wait, the hospital refused to let me take the boy. He can't speak which is a good thing since you don't need any more brats complaining." Ms. Darcy explained.

The old man told Ms. Darcy to leave as he shoved Danny inside. The place looked like something out of a horror movie. The walls were stained, the floors were cracked, there were rats running around and the stairs were broken and rotten. The old man forced Danny up the stairs to where all the rooms were. He opened one of the doors and then he just shoved Danny in and landed on the floor. "Listen here mute!" The old man shouted, "Names Mr. Lang, that's Sir to you! I don't know what hole you crawled out of but I'm gonna make you wish that you never did. A list of chores for everyone will be given out by me. You work, you get food. You don't, well then you'll be dining with the rats."

Mr. Lang then slammed the door, leaving Danny alone of the floor crying his eyes.