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Growing Pains

Chapter 12: To The Far Frozen

Danny was flying to the Far Frozen, being careful not to go TOO fast and accidentally miss his destination.

"Last time, I was halfway to the moon. If I do that here, I might end up in some sort of nasty place Mom keeps saying Vlad's made reservations in. Gotta take it slow and steady...well, not too slow anyway..."Danny said to himself, as he maintained his pace as he get flying.

Unfortunately for him, more ghosts saw him and made a few comments.

"Oooh la la...What a stud of a ghost!..."A blueish female ghost with blonde hair, red eyes and dressed in an old fashioned 1950's style dress said, said with lust in her tone.

"He looks... oddly familiar...but really cute..."Her friend said, but kept sending dreamy, bedrooms eyes to the ghost man.

Danny shuddered, as he kept flying but he kept noticing more female ghosts looked at him, drooling over him and eyeing him from a distance.

"What a haunting hunk!~..."He heard a green haired ghost lady in an Victorian-era dress say in a swooning fashion.

"Look at those biceps...and that chin...Mmm....he looks yummy..."A purple haired ghost lady with red eyes and a very revealing dress said, as she eyed him.

"Hey hottie...wanna fly with me?..."She asked, but Danny ignored her and kept flying a little faster.

However, more ghosts ladies saw him and seemed to be under his spell...in a manner of speaking.

"He's such a gorgeous spook..."A three eyed ghost woman said, as she tried to wave to get his attention.

Danny ignored her too and kept flying, but more ghosts ladies, including the unusual looking ones were taken aback by her handsomeness as an adult.

Including a two headed ghost lady, who was checking him out from a distance, both heads were blushing and drooling over the new ghost "man".

"I wouldn't mind haunting some place with him..."The first head said lustfully, while her second head glared at her.

"He'd be better off with me, Flora!..."The second head said competitively.

"Keep Dreaming, Fauna! I saw him first!..."The first head said, glaring at her second head.

"No, I did!..."Fauna yelled, and the two began arguing amongst themselves.

Danny was freaked out by seeing that, as much as he was freaked out by the rest of the "attention" that he was getting from the ghostly women.

Attention that he does NOT want, at all.

"Just keep flying, Danny. Just keep flying..."He reminded himself, as he tried his best to ignore them and avoid contact with as many ghosts as possible.

And to avoid as much contact with female ghosts too.


Later

As Danny kept flying, hoping that his ghost yeti friends could be some help to him. He was hoping that they could either change him back or show him where Helena is.

"Just a little more..."Danny thought, feeling that he was getting closer to his destination.

However, he also had the misfortune of running into the two most arguably beautiful women in the Ghost Zone...as well as the most dangerous ones who hated his guts.

"I tell you, you're wrong to keep it!..."Desiree yelled, as she sent a blast at her.

"Of course you'd say that..."Spectra said mockingly, as she deflected it.

The two ladies were in the middle of a fight, and Danny panicked as soon as he saw them.

"On no, not these two!..."He said, as the two female ghosts kept fighting and yelling at each other over some personal business.

"I mean it, Spectra! I want my mirror back, right now!..."Desiree demanded, looking mad.

Spectra just sent her a smug look.

"Too bad, it's mine now and at least it gets to see something more appealing..."The sadistic ghost said, angering the genie like ghost even more.

"YOU DARE SAY THAT TO ME?! YOU SHALL PAY FOR SAYING THAT TO ME!..."She yelled, looking livid.

Danny saw this, and shook his head, realizing that things were about to get crazy now.

"So not getting involved with that..."He thought, as he tried to fly faster before they noticed him.

Unfortunately for him, Murphy's law decided to kick in and the two became aware of his presence when he got hit by one of Desiree's stray blasts.

"Ow!..."He yelped, and rolled his eyes.

"You! How dare you make me miss my shot?!..." Desiree shouted, as she looked at the guy she accidentally hit.

However, she gasped once she got a good look at him. Danny saw this and groaned.

"Just my luck..."He muttered, as the two ghostly man-haters saw the new him.

To his surprise, they didn't look like they were in the mood to fight anymore. No, they were too busy looking at him right now.

"Oh my..."Desiree whispered in shock, and awe, while her fellow ghoul was also checking the ghostly man out.

"Well... who is this handsome stranger?..." Spectra asked, lowering her shades a bit with intrigue.

"No idea...he's handsome, but he's a fool to be here..." Desiree said, but she was blushing and eyeing the Ghost Man from the corner of her eyes.

Danny heard this, flinched and shuddered. Never once imagining himself in this situation, especially with these two.

"Uh... don't call me handsome. Also... I thought you two hate men?..." Danny asked, remembering their distaste for his gender.

Spectra and Desiree raised their eyebrows, confused by what he just said. There was a sense of familiarity in his tone, but they were certain they had never seen a man THIS handsome before.

"Uh...do we know you?..."Spectra asked, before smirking. "And are you seeing anyone?..."She asked, still clearly attracted right now.

Danny shuddered, and nearly turned green as he decided to just end it here.

"Do not say that ever again! It's me, Danny Phantom! You know, the same ghost kid you both tried to kill like half a dozen times already!..."He said quickly, wanting this to end.

As soon as he said this, the two ghostly women dropped their flirty looks, and they were replaced with looks of shock and horror.

"Danny?!..."Spectra asked, jaw dropping in horror as the ghost man nodded.

"Uh... yeah. So... can you both stop undressing with with your eyes? It's SUPER creepy, ya know..."He said, hoping this revelation could shock them both to their senses.

Desiree had been staring at him for a long time, before shaking her head as the reality set in.

"N-No..." She went, turning red before shaking her face and looking away.

"No...this cannot be you!..."She said, finding this realization a bit hard to swallow.

The ghost man rolled his eyes, and decided to spell it out for them.

"Well, it is...and unless you can tell me about some cure or whatever, you'll both might need to get used to seeing me like this. But not to used to this, since I am gonna be back to normal .P!..."Danny said, hoping that they will stop looking at him like they did a few momnts ago.

Desiree was coming to terms with news rather quickly, while Spectra looked freaked out and cringing.

"Y-You...become...THIS?! It's not possible?! HOW COULD PHANTOM BECOME THIS MARVEL OF A MAN THAT LOOKS LIKE YOU WERE SCULPTED OUT OF MARBLE?! IMPOSSIBLE?!..."She said, before mentally at odds with herself

"Again, please don't call me stuff like that. It's really, REALLY weird, disturbing and creepy too..."Danny said, not liking the idea of being hit on by her.

Clearly, for all her evil, the revelation she's hitting on a minor made Spectra feel dirty inside. She felt repulsed and humiliated too.

"J-Just go!..."Spectra demanded, looking disgusted with herself and trying to convince not to hit on Adult Danny

"Huh?..." Danny asked, as the phony psychologist ghost glared at him but refused to look at his face once more.

"I! SAID! GO! I really don't want to imagine that it's you I'm eyeing!..."Spectra went, looking really distressed right now.

"Try being me!..." Danny went, equally as uncomfortable.

The vain ghostly psychologist was still having a meltdown here, still not processing the fact that she just hit on an enemy, and a minor at that too.

"Why did you have to grow up looking so perfect?! Ugh! I have to destroy you before you ever turn into this!..."Spectra said, looking humiliated as she flew away in an angry huff.

She flew away to escape her humiliation, still very conflicted with how she's feeling about Adult Danny.

Danny still felt unsure of what just happened, just shook his head.

"I SO could have lived my entire life without experiencing this moment..."He muttered, before noticing Desiree was still there.

"Why are you still here? Are you going to hit me or hit on me? Neither, preferably..." He said, still weirded out by this whole situation.

Despite the awkwardness of realizing who this was, Desiree materialized a piece of paper and a pen, writing something down.

"Uh...what are you doing?..."Danny asked with a raised brow, as the genie ghost kept writing something down.

"I will help you find turn back to normal..."Desiree declared, surprising the half ghost.

"You will?..." Danny asked in an unsure, suspicious tone.

Desiree merely smiled, and nodded.

"Yes. All you have to do... is read this spell out loud and I can undo whatever did this..." She said, as she handed him the paper.

"Why would you help me?..."Danny asked, not getting it.

"I can sense that your power has grown, Phantom. Which is bad news for me, ya know. I rather fight you when you are younger and weaker, then fight you like this.."Desiree said, and Danny rolled his eyes.

"Figures..."He muttered, knowing that there was a catch.

"Even so...you wanna undo this transformation...just read that out loud..."Desiree said, acting like this is all business.

"Okay... I wi-..." Danny stopped as he read it not out loud, but to himself and saw what it actually said.

The note read the following words:

"I wish that I was Desiree's loyal lover for the rest of eternity and were to stay looking like this forever, because she really, really likes how I look right now..."Danny thought, before he rolled his eyes at her as she innocently whistled.

The ghost man sent her a dirty look, unable to believe that he almost fell for that trick.

"Nice try..." He said, destroying the paper with ghostly green energy.

"Well, can't blame a girl for trying..."Desiree said with a shrug, while Danny glared at her.

"Yes, I can. Besides, I thought you hated men?..."Danny asked, confused.

"I said no man may lay a hand on me unless I wished it... I never said that I'd never wish it. I might be an all powerful genie ghost, but I'm still a woman with needs, ya know..." Desiree admitted.

Danny sent her a weirded out look, and tried his best not to look fluttered by her remark.

"You do remember that we're enemies right...and I'm a minor right?..."He asked, restating the obvious.

"But you are a MAN right now...and people had marriages at younger ages back in my day, usually during their teens..."Desiree said, both stating a historical fact and a suggestive hint to Danny.

"Well, it's the 21st century and people don't do that where I'm from!..."Danny said in anger, as he glared at her and felt the awkwardness all over his body.

"Like I said, can't blame a girl from trying. Besides, I still didn't hear your lips decline my offer..."Desiree said in a teasing way, while the ghost boy kept glaring at her.

He looked away, not wanting to deal with adult women hitting on him anymore, especially a foe.

"So NOT happening! Now I'm gonna leave and find that crazy ghost lady and get her to change me back. A.S.A.P!..."Danny said, as he left.

Desiree frowned, disappointed about the outcome of this surprising meet up with the Ghost Man. She finally found a man worthy of her and it's someone who won't be a man for at least a decade.

"Typical. All that handsomeness...wasted on that little brat!..."Desiree muttered, before smirking a bit.

"Still...if that's what he's actually gonna look like when he's an adult...maybe I should start being a little less violent and aggressive around him...once he's legal of course..."She said, looking up in thought.

She considered it for a brief moment before waving it off.

"Nah, I don't really have the patience to wait that long. Still, if he manages to make it to that age, sees me again and finally realize how beautiful I am and wishes to be mine, or I can get someone else to wish for it, so be it..."She said, seeing it as a win-win.

She then flew off, deciding that with Spectra gone, she can get back her mirror.


With Danny

He kept flying, still freaking out over what he had just experienced.

"That was SUPER creepy! Even creepier than Miss Testlaff and Principal Ishiyama eye-balling me like piece of meat...though not by a lot..."He grumbled, still feeling like he needed to take a shower right now.

"Still, if Desiree changes her mind and comes looking, I'm going to give more than just a piece of my mind..."He said, needing to punch Helena for putting him in that situation in the first place.

He shuddered and wanting take his frustrations out on crazy ghost lady for causing this mess.

He took a deep breath, trying to get his mind back on his mission.

"Just find Helena and make her set things back to normal. Then give her a real piece of my mind!..."Danny reminded himself, remembering the point of his solo mission.

Hopefully, the Far Frozen can help.


Later

Danny soon arrived to the Far Frozen. He landed in the middle of the icy village and managed to land safely.

"Hey, Frostbite!..."Danny called out.

He was met with a lot of high tech spears aiming at him, and the ghost man's expression changed into a less positive one.

"Oh man..."He thought, as his allies were glaring at him like he was some trespasser.

"Whom are you and why are you trespassing on Far Frozen territory? And why are you wearing the Great One's symbol?..."Frostbite demanded, looking angered.

"Darn it, they don't recognize me either..."Danny thought before groaning.

"Frostbite, it's me..."Danny tried.

"Me who?..."The chief asked, still not dropping his guard.

"It's me...Danny Phantom..."He insisted, but the yeti-like ghosts still didn't stop being hostile.

"How dare you try and assume the Great One's identity and try and fool us?! Do you know whom you are even emulating?!..."Frostbite asked, looking even angrier now.

Danny sighed, realizing that this is getting no where.

"I can prove it..."He said, stepping back.

Danny quickly changed into his human form and presented himself. Some looked convinced, others were not.

"Anyone can take on a human-like appearance. How can we be sure that you are whom you claim to be?..."Frostbite demanded, still not convinced.

"Okay... first time we were here, you offered us a feast. Sam refused to eat meat, which made your head chef almost throw her into the endless void of the Ghost Zone, and Tucker ate so much that you worried he'd cause starvation..." Danny answered fast.

The warriors of the Far Frozen were stunned and amazed, that the Ghost Man in front of them is none other than Danny himself.

"Great one! It is you!..."Frostbite said, looking happy as he and his worries pulled their weapons away from him.

Danny smiled, relieved that they believed him.

"Glad to see that you all ask first before any of you started shooting at me. Even if I wish today was an exception..."Danny said, glad to know that the Ghost Yetis are much more rational than most human ghost hunters he knows.

Frostbite examined Danny and was impressed by how much more powerful the Ghost Man is in his current form. Almost as if magic, he had changed.

"I must say Great One...you look more like a warrior than ever when you were still an adolescent..."Frostbite said, sounding quite proud of how impressive Danny appears to have become.

"Thanks...I think..."Danny said, a bit bashful to hear from the Chieftain of the Ghost Yetis.

"Did we miss many birthdays? If so, we can arrange several gifts for you..." Frostbite said quickly.

"N-No...you guys didn't miss my birthday. I'm still 14...sorta... this happened thanks to... some kind of spell that hit me during a fight..."Danny said, trying his best to explain this situation.

"Ah, so it is unnatural and without your consent..." Frostbite said, examining Danny closer.

"You can say that again, I gotta go back to normal..."Danny said, while his ghostly allies seemed lost now.

"Forgive me if I am out of line, Great One...but why? You are clearly much more powerful like this..."Frostbite pointed out.

Danny sighed.

"I know, but I don't have complete control over my new strength and any new ghost powers I might have in stock. I tried flying and I almost left the Earth's atmosphere. More than once! Not to mention, I'll never be able to explain this to my parents..."Danny said, briefly ranting about some of the problems he had to deal with since his body was turned into that of an adult.

"Not to mention, I'm getting too much attention from women who I don't want attention from. Both here and back home..."He thought, but didn't say out loud.

Realizing the issue of growing up so fast, Frostbite nodded in understanding.

"Very well, Great One. If you insist...now what is it that you need?..."He asked.

"To find the ghost who did this..."Danny said.

"Who was it then? Technus? Ember? The Fright Knight? Or was it that wretched Plasmius?..."Glacier, one of Frostbite's warriors, asked in a serious tone.

"None of the above. Any of you heard of Helena and where I could find her?..."Danny asked, but as soon as he said that name, the warriors all frowned.

"Helena the harpy?!..."One of the warriors said, shuddering at her name.

"so, you have heard of her..."Danny asked.

"Every male has and both hates and fears her for her wretched attitude, and the females despise her for trying to take their mates away from them. She's the first people think of when they think a fate worse than death..."Another warrior said, shuddering.

"She is, but one of the many banes in the Ghost Zone to be watchful of and to keep your distance from if you value your afterlife..."Another warrior said, as the others agreed with him.

"Why do you ask, Great One? Do not tell me that you are interested in that man-eater? You can do so much better than her!..."Frostbite said, looking to persuade the Ghost Man into looking for some more reasonable and much less crazed candidates to seek companionship with.

Danny looked disgusted by the mere mention of such an idea and stuck his arms out.

"EW! Don't be gross! I'm not interested in being lab partners with that lunatic, much less consider dating her. The only reason that I'm looking for her is because SHE'S the one who turned me into this in the first place!..."He said, as he gestured to his older looking body.

"Why would she do that?..."Frostbite asked, not getting it.

"She was trying to turn me into an old man out of spite, but messed up. Now I got way more armpit and chest hair than I did yesterday, and I'll probably be expected to pay taxes soon if I don't change back sooner rather than later..."Danny said, wanting to be turned back to normal ASAP.

"I need to find her and make her reverse this..."Danny explained, wanting to knock some sense into her, among other things.

"I see..."Frostbite said, now understanding Danny's current situation.

"Granted, I'm not sure how but I figure if I find her pocket watch or whatever that thing was, maybe you or someone else can tinker with it to change me back..."Danny said.

"If I knew what that object was, I might be able to be of aid. Alas, she is one of the few ghosts without a realm to call her own, so I have no idea where she is..."Frostbite said, and Danny sighed.

"Figures...still, if you guys don't know where she is...can I use the map to track her down?..."Danny asked, but the leader of the Far Frozen shook his head.

"I apologize, Great One but we cannot allow that. We have had more thieves trying to steal the map and we had to change locations to ensure its safety. We already have quite the number of prisoners that tried to steal it in our fake treasury rooms. I'm afraid that is one exception we cannot make for you..."Frostbite explained, shrugging apologetically.

"Darn..."Danny mumbled, but understood the position the chieftain of the ghost yeti village was in and his duty to guard one of the most valuable treasures of the Ghost Zone.

"Still... if you find that harpy and that item, perhaps we can aid by discovering how it works. I'm afraid that's all we can do for now..." Frostbite said, Danny realized that's the best he was going to get here.

"Let's just hope that I can find it first. Thanks anyway..."Danny said, seeing that he'll have to get there the hard way.

"Still... it shouldn't be too hard to get the item from her. You are more powerful than ever from what you've said. A demonstration, perhaps?..." Frostbite asks eagerly, while his fellow warriors panicked.

"No!..." The rest of his men went, shuddering in fear the last time Danny practiced a power of his around them.

"I'm not sure if that's such a good idea, Frostbite..."Danny said, as Frostbite presented a target and wanted to show his tribesmen that the Great One can easily do this.

"Come now, Great One. Just one demonstration of your power can help ease the tension here, especially after this talk of Helena the wicked bridesmaid..."Frostbite said, as his fellow warriors ran for cover.

"Alright, just don't say that I didn't warn you..."The ghost man said, as he charged up a ghost ray and focused on blasting the target.

However, once Danny took a step forward and he ended up stepping too hard as his leg sink into the snow, which caused him to lose his balance.

"Whoa!..."Danny yelped, accidentally shooting his blast into the air.

"AHHHH!..."Some warriors screamed, and ducked for cover while this happened.

"Oops..." Danny said, missing the target and the target ricochet off some glaciers and a few snowy mountains.

This continued, before it bounced out of the Far Frozen and into the edge of the border between the Far Frozen, before it flew into the Ghost Zone.

"Uh...sorry about that..."Danny said apologetically, as he got back up.

"It's alright, Great One. At least you didn't hit anyone..." Frostbite said.

"Yeah..."Danny said, rubbing the back of his head.


Meanwhile

Little did they know...another sort of commotion was happening in another realm.

"Now... with this stolen amount of rocket fuel in this truck I stole, I, Technus, will use it to fuel my new explosive techno bombs! And-..."Technus's rant was cut short by an unexpected, unknown blast coming from the direction of the ghost zone's most frigid realm.

It seems that Danny's wayward blast made a ghost in the tank, causing Technus to drop his grin.

"Oh poo!..."He said, as Technus now had his hands full with this...unexpected development in his own realm.

In 3...2...1...


Back in the Far Frozen

"KAAAAAAAAAAAABBBBBBOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM!..."From a distance, Danny and Frostbite saw an explosion that looked like a star to them.

They were taken back by it, to say the least.

"What was that?..." Frostbite asked.

"Eh... probably nothing..."Danny said, not seeing it as a problem that needs their attention at the moment.

"I must say, even if you missed, I could still sense the power from that blast of yours. Very powerful indeed..."Frostbite said, still impressed by the display of power from the Savior of the Ghost Zone.

"Tucker says that I'm at least 10 stronger in this form..."Danny said.

"That's quite mind-boggling to say the least..."Frostbite said, but he still looked impressed.

"It would be...if I actually WAS this age and had fully control..."Danny said, wishing that he could enjoy this feeling to it fullest.

"Whatever, at least I'll have something to look forward after high school..."He said, trying to look on the bright side.

"Quite right..."Frostbite said, grinning.

"Anyway, mind I grab a snack to go?..." Danny asked, since he knew that he can't use the map now.

"Of course..." Frostbite said as the two walked away, neither remotely curious what just happened.

Danny went to grab that snack, and soon left the Far Frozen area. As he left the icy wonderland, he was trying to think of his next option.

"Okay...that didn't work...Let's see if I have any luck with my other ghost friends..."Danny thought, as he tried to think where to go next.

"Okay...I guess...Pandora or Clockwork...but who to go to first?..."Danny pondered.

He knew Clockwork is all knowing, but he usually got fussy whenever he tried to ask for help that "might change the time stream" or whatever. Still, he was sure he could convince him if he proved it was serious.

Still, Pandora's realm is closer here and she and him did get along well after that "Box Ghost" incident.

"Well, I guess I can try with Pandora first, and if that doesn't work, I can try and convince Clockwork to help..."Danny said, already making a plan.

The ghost boy continued to fly, trying to get to the Acropolis, hoping to get there before he ran into any more of his enemies or love sick ghost ladies.

Neither option was good for the ghostly kid-turned-man, as far as he was concerned.

-To be continued-

Next time on Growing Pains

Third time's the charm...right?


A/N: Special thanks to NeoMark and Jay The Average Fanboy for helping with this chapter. You guys rock :)


REPLIES to my loyal and totally awesome reviewer:

RonaldM40196867:

1) I'll think about it.

2) Yes, they do.

3) He's 10 times stronger than his teen self is, so a lot.

Invader Johnny: Yeah.

Jebest4781, Boris Yeltsin, Pokemon fan 1991, Pzombie, GhostRider00 and NiteOwl18: Thank you :)

Yahir Alexander Farfan Cuellar: I'd say Danny is more or less the same in terms of strength.

Danifan3000:

1) Yeah, that would have been way too disturbing.

2) I'll think about it. Thanks for the suggestion.

3) He will no doubt become very protective of her.

4) Yeah, Johnny really needs to clean up his act.

Saberwolf335: Sorry, not yet.

Fiction Realm: Ember hasn't appeared yet, but how is this for reactions from the warriors of the Far Frozen?

Pzombie: I think she mostly did it to get Johnny jealous though. I think out of all the ghost villains, Kitty dislikes Danny the least.

Luiz4200: They didn't, but at least Danny manages to prove his identity to them.


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