A Phantom and his Courageous Cowardly Dog

by CrossoverMike

AU. After losing his parents to the Cruel Veterinarian. Instead of Muriel on that fateful day. He's found by Danny as a child while on a road trip with his family in Nowhere. Join Courage as he grows up with Danny and his family, an inseparable bond growing between a boy and his dog. Years later. An accident occurs with Danny that'll change both his and Courage's lives.

5. Meeting Sam and Tucker

A Phantom and his Courageous Cowardly Dog

I do not own either. Courage the Cowardly Dog is owned by Cartoon Network/Warner Bros. and Danny Phantom is owned by Nickelodeon/Paramount.

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The drive back home to FentonWorks was quite nice. Both Danny and Courage being closer than ever before since the pup defended the boy from his bully that was Dash Baxter sent him packing. Maddie seemed to have noticed how they were bonding in the back and was thinking about how much fun they had at the park today. She smiled happy to see the close friendship her son and his dog both clearly had.

Finally arriving home, they got out of the Fenton RV heading inside the house. "Mom? Are you going to call Sam's and Tucker's parents?"

"Yes, sweetie, I haven't forgotten don't worry." Maddie said.

Danny felt excited. "Great! I'm really looking forward to Sam and Tucker finally meeting Courage!"

Courage on the other hand, however, felt a little nervous in meeting them. Aside from Danny and his family who were clearly very good people, he hadn't known or met anyone else aside from the lady at the vet. Sure she was nice, but at the same time, the pup still felt uncertain to those who he hadn't met before, especially since that eventual encounter with Dash Baxter. Though he was getting better by every day, the trauma was still there. He had hoped Sam and Tucker would be like Danny, Jazz, their parents and the woman from the vet. He would just have to wait and see when he met them.

By then both Jack and Jazz both showed up. "Jack did you ever end up catching that ghost?"

Jack nodded his head. "Yep, it was hard without you being there but I managed to catch and dealt with it."

"That's good honey. One less ghost for the city to deal with."

Meanwhile, Jazz focused her attention on both Danny and Courage.

"So how did everything go at the vet for Courage?" Jazz said.

"Turned out better than I thought it would. Nothing was wrong with Courage at all and since leaving, he's been doing better!"

Jazz patted Courage on the head. "Good to hear. I'm glad things turned out to be ok."

Courage enjoyed the affection Danny's older sister was giving him. Though closest to Danny out of the family, he still clearly liked her as with their parents.

Jack went to the basement do more work, while Maddie gone off to call Sam's and Tucker's parents to see if they were available to come over.

"By the way Jazz! You couldn't believe it! The most amazing thing happened today while mom, Courage and I were at the park!"

Jazz raised on eyebrow, feeling curious. "What was that?"

"Courage and I were currently playing at the park, when Dash showed up trying to bully me as usual. But then the most amazing thing happened! Courage got between us and defended me from him, he actually scared him away!"

Surprised and shocked by this, on one hand Jazz was proud of Courage defending her little brother, but on the other hand though felt worried that the worst potentially could have happened. "Did...Courage by any chance do anything to Dash that could've gotten him into trouble? Like bite or attack him?"

"Nope not all, he continued to defend me until Dash decided to flee!"

Feeling relieved hearing this, she smiled as she rubbed Courage's head in a sign of praise. "Courage, I'm so proud of you. You defended Danny, my little brother from that bully who had always been picking on him. It's fairly clear you're a very good boy and didn't do anything that could've turned really bad. I couldn't be more proud."

Hearing those words coming from Jazz. Courage felt honored, he was living up to his oath of being loyal to the end with Danny.

Maddie came back from her phone call. "Danny, I talked to Sam's and Tucker's parents and they said they can come over and stay until supper. They're both on their way to drop them off now."

Danny felt excited now knowing his best friends were officially coming over not because he always had fun being with them but the fact they would finally be meeting Courage. "Looks like Courage is finally going to meet your best friends. Hope you guys have fun." Jazz said.

Danny shook his head agreeing. "You bet we will Jazz! It's gonna be the most fun we ever have with Courage here!"

As Jazz left, he looked at Courage, the little boy smiled down at the pup. "Are you excited Courage? Sam and Tucker are coming over now!"

Still feeling nervous about this, the pup felt extremely uncertain.

In less than ten minutes, two vehicles had came by at the same time, both parents had came out with their children, one a black boy with glasses and wearing a red cap on his head, the other was black-haired girl wearing a purple dress with a gothic vibe to it. Both parents and children strolled up the stairs as one of the parents knocked on the door.

Hearing the knock. Danny gasped in excitement. "Sam and Tucker are here Courage! Come on!"

Feeling hesitant, the pup proceeded to follow his owner and best friend.

Opening the door, Maddie proceeded to welcome both parents as they talked a bit, meanwhile Sam and Tucker both came inside the house happily greeting Danny. "Hi Sam! Hi Tucker!"

"Sup Danny!" Tucker said.

Sam raised an eyebrow generally curious of the way Danny was acting. "You seem unusually very excited today? What gives?"

"Remember the road trip my family and I came back from a few days ago? Well on our last day, we stopped at this little town named Nowhere and the best thing ever happened to me!"

"And that is...?" Tucker said.

"Guys! I want to introduce you both to my puppy Courage!"

Showing them, both Sam and Tucker turned down to look and saw the pup cowering behind Danny's legs feeling nervous to meet them. Noticing his puppy's behavior, Danny proceeded to move aside so Courage could meet his two best friends. "It's alright Courage, don't be shy. Say hi to Sam and Tucker."

Looking up nervously, Courage was met with the smiles of two of Danny's best friends. Sam was notably very fond of him as she placed both her hands on her face with a big smile on her face just adoring him as she gasped in happiness. "Oh my god! Your puppy is so cute!"

Tucker knelt down and reached out to pet him. The pup flinched at the touch but soon relaxed. "Hi Courage. It's nice to meet you".

Sam joined Tucker as she too knelt down and petted him. "Aren't you the cutest little thing!"

Danny smiled seeing his best friends reactions to finally meeting Courage. He knew they would've liked him, Courage himself on the other hand felt more calm and relax now given the attention they were giving him. Though he was kind of surprised with one of them, he would have thought that Sam was also a boy but apparently he was mistaken to find she was in fact a girl and out of the two, she seemed to be the most excited meeting him. Something really told him he was especially going to like her very much. It was clear from the way they were greeting him, they could be trusted. The pup had nothing to worry about anymore.

By this time, both Sam's and Tucker's parents left reminding Maddie they'd be back before five to pick their children up. Shifting her attention to her son, his best friends and Courage, she spoke up. "I hope you kids have a lot of fun now. I'll be busy down in the basement, so if you need anything, Jazz is around to help alright?"

Sam and Tucker who were too busy giving Courage attention, Danny nodded to his mother. "Ok mom!"

"Before I go down, would any of you like any snacks?" Maddie ask.

Tucker looked at Danny's mother. "Sure Ms. Fenton. Anything like cookies?"

Sam joined in. "Any vegetables you might have like celery or carrot sticks, with ranch if possible."

"And what about you Danny?"

"Same thing as Tucker."

Nodding, Maddie went into the kitchen to get the three kids their snacks before coming back with them. "Here you go kids." Maddie said.

On top of that, she had two cups of milk for Danny and Tucker. "I also figured you maybe both wanted milk with your cookies."

"Thanks mom!"

"You're welcome dear. You all have fun now with Courage."

With that, Maddie left for the basement to join her husband that involved around their work around ghosts.

"Come on guys! Let's go upstairs in my room." Danny said.

Danny, Sam and Tucker with Courage following headed to his room. While going up the stairs, Danny noticed Courage having a hard time and picked him up to help him get upstairs. By then, they were in his room sitting on his bed having their snacks, Danny was finishing up telling Sam and Tucker how earlier Courage defended him from and scared away Dash at the park.

"And just like that, Dash ran off like a wimp he's always calling us!" Danny said laughing.

Both Sam and Tucker also laughed at this, Courage joining them as he too chuckled, still feeling proud of living up to his oath

"Aw man, I wish I'd been there to see that!" Tucker said.

Sam laughed again. "About time someone put that jerk in his place!"

Courage nodded in agreement with what she said. Still feeling proud of what he did earlier today staying true to his oath in protecting Danny.

Changing the subject, Sam proceeded to speak. "So Danny, how is it that you and your family come to adopt Courage?"

"Yeah, we're curious to hear." Tucker said.

Danny looked with sadness as he patted Courage on his head for comfort. "Well, we didn't exactly adopt Courage willingly but rather...I found him all alone."

"Alone?" Sam asked.

Tucker was now more curious. "What exactly do you mean?"

"When we stopped in the town and were exploring, I heard crying coming from the alleyway, it caught my curiosity and I went to check it out. There I found Courage all by himself crying."

Sam placed her hands to her chest showing a sign of sympathy towards the pup, Tucker simply showed a saddened expression. They both looked at him with sadness.

"Yeah, when I found Courage, he was at first afraid but showed I wasn't going to hurt him. I just couldn't leave him all alone, so I decided to take him with me regardless what would have happened if my mom and dad decided to let me keep him or not."

Sam stroked Courage on the head in a sign of comfort. "Awwww poor guy, you're ok now though."

"I wonder what even led to your puppy into that situation to begin with? He had no siblings? No mother?" Tucker asked.

"Maybe he was abandoned?" Sam said.

If he were able to talk, Courage would have told them. It was probably something they might never know.

Danny shook his head. "Apparently not, regardless though, Courage is here with us now as part of the family and I couldn't be much happier since I always wanted a puppy, especially since he can be part of our little group!"

Sam giggled. "I'm so jealous Danny. I wish I could have a dog or cat."

"Same here." Tucker said.

"Well it isn't like you guys won't be seeing Courage all the time. Besides, I don't see why you guys could take him for the day. You guys and Courage are my best friends, I'm willing to share!"

Sam sulked "Thanks Danny, I appreciate that but unforunately my parents won't let me have any pets and that also means no animals in the house."

"And my dad is allergic to both dogs and cats."

"Oh...Still, you'll be seeing Courage lots especially when we have sleepovers, so that still kinda counts if you ask me."

Tucker chuckled at this. "When you say it that way, guess you're right."

"That's true and I'm definitely ok with that." Sam said.

Having finished their snacks. Danny decided he wanted to do something else with Courage and his best friends. "So what do you guys want to do now?"

"Huh, I don't know, you have any ideas Sam?" Tucker asked.

Looking down at Courage, seeing this as a means and opportunity to bond with Danny's puppy being the animal lover she was. An idea came to Sam. "I know? How about we play hide and go seek!" Sam said cheerfully.

Tucker rolled his eyes. "We played that game plenty of times, it's old at this point."

Danny shook his head. "I have to agree with Tucker. How about we play something else instead?"

"Guys hear me out though, it'll be different, rather than it being individually, instead it's a team. The same rules but it's one team searching for the other team as one goes hide and the other tries to find them." Sam turned to look at Courage again. "I was thinking maybe one team would be Courage and I, while the other is both of you. What do you think of that?"

Listening to what Sam was saying to Tucker and his owner Danny. To the pup, this sounded like this could actually be a fun game indeed.

"I like that actually Sam! Sure we could do that!" Danny said.

Tucker nodded in agreement.

Looking at Courage, Danny picked him up and spoke. "Does that sound fun Courage? We're gonna play hide and go seek but a little different. Sam's gonna be your partner."

The pup felt excitement as he looked forward to playing this. Given he trusted Sam, he had no problem with her being his partner. Danny handed Courage over to Sam.

Sam smiled. "Hi Courage, looks like you're gonna be my partner! Are you looking forward to this!?"

Courage nodded his head. Beginning the game, Danny and Tucker proceeded to begin counting as Sam carrying Courage left his room trying to find somewhere for them to hide.

Sam pondered. "Hmmm? Courage where do you think we should go hide?"

The pup shrugged feeling unsure, living with his parents, he didn't play any games other than that first time of ball that his parents tried to teach him that ended up getting him stuck in that fence because his parents, though loving, were also very easily distracted when they saw that fire hydrant at the park back at Nowhere, which unforunately led to his parents being ripped away from him by that evil man. The pup missed still his parents dearly and he always would, but knew he had to move forward and think about the now.

Courage shrugged to Sam. Continuing to look, Sam saw a door in the hallway that was open and decided to go there. "How about we go hide in that room Courage!"

Running over, Courage and Sam, they soon found it was Jazz' bedroom as the girl was currently on her bed reading a book about the psychology of being an adult. Noticing the two, Jazz put her book down and looked. "Oh hey Sam" before also gazing her eyes on Courage. "Where's Danny and Tucker?"

"We're currently playing hide and go seek but it's kind of different. Courage and I are a team, while Danny and Tucker are the other, we're currently trying to find somewhere to hide. Do you think we can both go hide under your bed? Your room might be the last place they'd expect to find us!"

The redheaded girl nodded. "Sure go ahead, just try not to make any noise though, I'm currently reading a book that's important"

"Thanks!"

Quickly going over, Sam with Courage went under Jazz's bed. Sam giggled. "Let's see how long it takes Danny and Tucker to try and find us."

Courage also giggled.

Back with Danny and Tucker. They had just finished counting. "Alright! Ready or not here we come!" Danny said.

"Where do you think Sam and Courage went to hide?" Tucker asked.

"That's for us to find out Tucker. Come on let's go find them!"

Danny and Tucker went off to try and find where Sam and Courage had gone. As they went searching, they proceeded to look everywhere, but wherever they went, they could not find them, they both apparently least expected Jazz's room, they even checked Danny's parents room but they were not there either. After some time of searching, the only place they had not checked out was Jazz's room. Though Jazz did allow her little brother to come to her room at times especially to hang out, there were other times however where she would want time to herself especially when it came to her important reading of psychology regarding the mind especially when it comes to being an adult, a role she tried to fit into given how busy her's and Danny's parents were most of the time, filling that role of a parent towards her little brother whenever needed.

Showing up, Danny and Tucker looked around Jazz's room who then noticed them. Danny spoke up. "Hey Jazz. Tucker and I are playing hide and go seek with Sam and Courage and were trying to find them. We looked everywhere in the house and your room seems to be the only place we haven't looked yet. Can we search around?"

"Go ahead little bro. Hope you find them." Jazz said trying to play along with Sam and Courage which she knew were hiding under her bed.

As Danny and Tucker searched for Sam and Tucker starting with Jazz's closest. Both Sam and Courage giggled. Quietly Sam spoke. "Maybe if we're lucky, they won't think to look under the bed."

Courage nodded in agreement and as continued, they two stayed quiet hoping they wouldn't find them. After a few minutes, their luck ran out as Danny and Tucker finally looked under the bed and saw Sam and Courage.

"We found you!" Danny said.

Sam and Courage laughed both for the fun they were having and it had taken the other two so long to find them. Crawling out from underneath, all four began laughing in union. "Wow Sam. You picked a great place to hide, it took us quite a while to find you and Courage." Tucker said.

Danny looked at his sister. "Jazz did you know and let them hide under your bed?"

Jazz gave her little brother a smirk. "Maybe...Maybe not." The redhead giggled.

"Jazz..." Danny said knowing it was obvious she had known.

"Yes." Jazz laughed.

Sam interrupted the moment between the two siblings. "Well, it's now mine and Courage's turn to find you both."

"We're gonna make sure of it we find a place that'll be as hard to find us as it was with you." Danny said.

"Courage and I will eventually find out I guess."

With that, Danny and Tucker went to go somewhere in the house to hide. As they left Jazz's room but not before Danny told her he'd see her later, Sam and Courage left as well as the former said bye to her.

"Alright, Courage. It's now our turn to find Danny and Tucker. Are you ready?"

Courage nodded which then Sam went to a wall to cover her eyes and began counting, the pup listening to her doing so. Once she was done, they went to go find where Danny and Tucker had went. Danny stayed true to his word, it took Sam and Courage just as if not almost as long as it took them to find the former two. As they searched throughout the house. They soon finally found Danny and Tucker hiding in a place they too would've last expected to find them. Playing another few turns, they eventually decided to do something else. All four went outside in front of FentonWorks, the trio playing with marbles while Courage watched them.

"That was a good idea Sam, doing it as teams. Didn't think we'd have fun playing hide and go seek despite having done it so many times." Danny said.

Tucker nodded. "I agree, anytime we play it or any similar games we've done before. We should do more teams, it makes it more fun."

"Thanks guys, the idea also came to me given Courage." Sam said.

"Yeah with Courage being a part of our group now, all these games we've played before will be even more fun!" Danny said.

Listening to what his owner and his friends were saying. Courage couldn't have agreed more.

As they continued to hang out. Across the road on the sidewalk. Dash along with an Asian kid around his age and size walked by. Immediately spotting the pup without even acknowledging Danny, Sam and Tucker; the bully became frightened and screamed.

"Dash what's gotten into you lately? Ever since we met up today you've been kind of different."

Pointing across the street on FentonWorks. The Asian kid whose name was Kwan looked. "I-It's that dog again! The one I told you about at the park today!"

Raising an eyebrow, Kwan wouldn't believe it. It was just a puppy, to think one of that size would be able to drive away his best friend like that? "You're kidding right? That little dog over there? That's what drove you off?"

"Y-Yes." Dash said frighteningly.

Hearing Dash and his friend Kwan across the street. Courage along with Danny, Sam and Tucker turned to look. As soon as Courage had turned his head. He had seen Dash with his friend and gave him that same stare of determination to protect Danny. Dash screamed again and ran off, Kwan sighing as he proceeded to chase after his best friend to make sure he'd be ok. Courage smirked again like at the park knowing as long as he was around, that bully would never mess with Danny.

Having seen this, Danny, Sam and Tucker all laughed. "Wow Danny! You weren't kidding when you said Courage actually drove Dash off! Look at him go." Sam said.

"I doubt he and Kwan won't be messing with us for a while, or at least as long as we have Courage to keep them at bay." Tucker said.

Danny nodded. "What can I say guys? Courage is officially a part of our group now. What would he not do for us?"

All agreeing, the four continued to hang out for the rest of the afternoon until it was almost supper when Sam's and Tucker's parents came to pick their children up. As they and their parents were leaving. Sam and Tucker proceeded to say goodbye to Courage before they left.

"Bye Courage. It was nice meeting. We look forward to hanging out with you more." Tucker said.

Finishing patting the pup on the head. Sam was the next to speak as she picked him up and hugged him. "See you soon Courage. I can't wait to see you again."

Enjoying the warmth of the hug, Courage embraced it as she then placed him down.

Both Sam and Tucker with their parents began to leave with Danny waving goodbye to his best friends. "Bye Sam! Bye Tucker!"

They waved back as they got into their parents vehicles before both driving off.

Maddie shut the door and looked down at Danny and Courage. "Did you guys all have fun today sweetie?"

Danny nodded. "We did mom! We hung out in my room, we played hide and go seek as teams, played outside and other things! All while with Courage! He's a part of our group now!"

Maddie warmly smiled at this. "That's good dear. Glad you all had fun. I'll let you know what supper is ready."

"Ok mom!"

Maddie left leaving Danny and Courage all by themselves. Picking up his puppy, the boy looked at Courage. "So Courage? What did you think of Sam of Tucker? Did you like them?"

Courage nodded his head, a clear indicator that he did.

"I knew you'd like them! Can't wait for the next time they come over again, we'll have more fun things to do all together!"

By then Jazz had come by to see them. "Hey Danny? I take it Sam and Tucker liked Courage overall? I especially saw how quickly Courage had notably come to like Sam given that game of hide and seek you guys played earlier today."

"Yep! But it's really no surprise given Sam's an animal lover. Between her and Tucker, Courage seems to like her the most."

Jazz giggled. "Well, they do say dogs have a very good sense of people."

As Courage listened to the siblings talk to each other, the pup began to reflect on the last couple of days. They had been hard to get through given that horrible day when he had lost his parents to the cruel vet but despite it all, he managed to get through it whether it was his owner's room theme brought back those traumatic memories or the nightmare he had. Danny, the little boy that had found him a couple days ago not only gave him a new life, home and the same love his parents had but was there for him from the moment fate and destiny had brought them to each other. From the kind lady at the vet, to his Danny's best friends Sam and Tucker, this has shown there were people the pup could trust that wasn't Danny and his family.

Finally settled in with his new life despite the challenges ahead like ghosts Dash Baxter and anything else down the road. Courage has now fully accepted his oath as not only Danny's loyal companion but also his protector.

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Author's Note: Hey everyone who has been following my story since the beginning and so glad you guys are enjoying it. I want to thank you all again for all the reviews and ideas you've been giving me through PMs. This one took me longer than expected, I'd just been busy in life as usual and whenever trying to get some writing done, my writer's block tends to get to me that I sometimes just have to sit down trying to think what to write to make it best written as possible.

That said. Continue to remember if I don't get chapters up in months or even a year (Though again I don't think that will ever happen), I haven't discontinued this story and I intend to get it finished, it's gonna be one of those long stories so bare with me that fully completing it will likely take years. Anyways, thank you for all the support, especially you Ella Le Hissy and drake wind for the ideas you've gave me. It has helped a lot! :D

Now to get to some questions.

adamlawor: You definitely will be seeing Dora. My plan and intention is along with some episode re-tellings of Courage the Cowardly Dog, this story is going to eventually be a re-telling of the Danny Phantom series with Courage and some of his enemies most notably Katz and Le Quack thrown in. So stay tune!

Gamelover41592: Thanks! It's a long road ahead but with what I have planned ahead, hopefully it exceeds your expectations.

Noob62: King Rameses' Curse is one of the Courage episodes I definitely want to attempt at doing a re-telling of in my story. If I can think of the right set up and idea. You'll definitely be seeing him! Can't make any promises though since I won't be doing all the Courage episodes.