Dinner with the Tennysons

"Okay guys! I'm heading out!" Danny said as he went out the door.

"Just be on your best behavior, Danny!" His mother said. "And show them how nice you are to Gwen!"

"You got it!"

Once Danny was out the door, he went around the corner and, making sure nobody was looking, morphed into Danny Phantom and flew into the air, heading to Bellwood.

However, from her bedroom, Sam saw Danny Phantom in the sky, too far away to call out and heading in the direction of Bellwood.

She groaned.

"Without my phone… I can't call him to warn him." She pressed her forehead into the wall in annoyance. "And because of all that stupid pie… I'm grounded…"

Once her parents found out about the pie she ate and paid with her debit card, they grounded her for more frivolous spending.

Now she can't get out of her room except for school for the next few days.

I swear I'll save him from Gwen… somehow…

However, Danny was unaware he had two following him. One a ghost, one who isn't.

Halfway between Amity Park and Bellwood, Danny was thinking highly of what's about to happen.

I'm gonna make a good impression on her family. I just have to!

That's when he heard what sounded like a rocket being launched. He turned around and saw two rockets coming in on him from behind. His eyes widened.

Uh oh…

Danny made a straight turn downwards and phased through the desert ground. The rockets hit the ground, exploding but not hurting anyone. Once Danny rose out, he looked around.

"Who fired that? My ghost sense didn't go off…"

That's when the being who fired made his presence known when they landed in front of him. What Danny saw made his jaw drop.

What the heck?

It was a large figure in a black and purple armor, with mechanical arms on their back. Both its real arms and mechanical ones aimed blasters at him. Danny also noticed the figure had no apparent face, since the mask appeared to be a flat surface.

"Who are you?" Danny questioned. The figure did not answer in comprehensible words, only murmuring words he didn't comprehend. "Okay then…" Danny's fists glowed green. "I better-"

"NO!"

That's when Skulker came out of nowhere and tackled the faceless figure into the ground. This was a surprise to Danny.

"Okay… this is weird, even for me…"

"Danny Phantom is my prey!" Skulker shouted.

Skulker and the mystery attacked began to wrestle with each other, leaving Danny to stand there, just staring.

"Okay… I have a girlfriend's family to impress so…"

Danny flew away, the two hunters unaware for a while.

Danny was now on the outskirts of Bellwood when he landed. He had to look around and be extra careful.

The Guys in White are around here still… Gotta make sure they don't catch me…

He morphed back to human form as he headed in the direction of Gwen's home. He made sure to bring flowers, not for Gwen but her family.

He arrived at Gwen's house when he noticed an extra car in front.

Huh… must be that brother she talks so highly about.

He also saw an RV.

That must be their grandfather.

He went to her doorstep when it opened.

There, he saw Gwen, still in her school uniform.

"Danny! You're here!" She said with a smile.

"Hey." He said with a smile. "Did you sense me or something?"

"No. I saw you out the window." She said before stepping aside. "Come meet my family."

Danny smiled and entered.

He took a moment to admire the house so far.

"Wow… I finally get to see the inside of this place…"

Gwen took his hand. "Come on…"

Gwen took him towards the dining room, where there were people already there.

Danny noticed two adults that were likely her parents. He saw an older male with Gwen's hair color, likely her brother. He also took notice of the old man and woman sitting together. Both of them noticed him quickly, with looks Danny didn't understand at the moment.

"Uh… hi?"

Suddenly, the rest of the family took notice of him.

Gwen introduced Danny.

"Guys, this is Danny Fenton. Danny? My parents, Frank and Natalie."

Danny waved to them with a smile, which they returned.

Natalie whispered into her husband's ear.

"Already a better first impression than that Kevin fellow…"

"This is my brother, Ken." Gwen directed him to who she spoke about.

Ken approached Danny and shook his hand.

"Nice to meet you." Ken said.

"Likewise." Danny said.

"And my grandparents, Max and Verdona."

"I'm just visiting." Verdona said.

"You do it so rarely…" Max said playfully.

"Nice to meet you both…" Danny said before looking to Gwen's parents and handing them the flowers. "These are for you…"

"Thank you." Natalie said. She then whispered to her husband again. "Still liking him more than Kevin…"

That's when Vedona walked up to Gwen and whispered to her.

"So… what happened between you and Kevin?"

Gwen groaned loudly.

"Kevin is just a friend, Grandma!"

Verdona held her hands up in defense with a small smile.

"Just curious…"

It was minutes later, Danny was at the table with Gwen's family.

So far, it's gone very well. They like him for his sense of humor and nice nature.

"So, Gwen tells me you want to be an astronaut?" Max asked.

"Yeah." Danny said.

"I've wanted to join NASA myself when I was younger." Max said. "Never did join…"

"He had… other job opportunities." Verdona spoke up. "It's how we met."

"And we're all so grateful for it…" Natalie murmured sarcastically.

Danny rose a brow before Gwen whispered the answer to him.

"My mom and grandma don't get along…"

"Ah…" He said with a nod.

That's when the oven pinged.

"Dinner's ready!" Max got up and headed to the oven. "Danny! You're in for a treat!"

All of the family, save for Verdona, had rather unpleased looks on their faces, something Danny noticed.

"Uh… what's wrong?"

"You're about to find out…" Ken answered him.

"Don't worry… we have a special second dinner soon as he goes…" Frank whispered.

That's when Max brought his dish.

"Bon appetit!"

Danny soon realized what they meant the moment he saw what looked like lasagna with something that shouldn't be there.

Silkworms and scorpions.

"Uh… those are just… decorations, right?" He asked.

Max laughed heartily.

"Nope, it's an old favorite of mine. Silkworm and scorpion lasagna. Best protein you could ask for."

Danny didn't want to admit it, but he felt like throwing up.

Gwen's parents and brother noticed this too.

Yup. He's definitely a keeper. Natalie thought despite how grossed out she was.

"Wonderful." Verdona said as she tried to reach for it.

"Now, hold on, Verdona." Max said. "Our guest and Gwen's new boyfriend should have a taste first."

Danny blanched at hearing that.

"Uh… well… I can't… I-"

"Are you allergic to silkworms?" Max asked in concern.

"YES!" Danny said loudly before lowering his voice. "I mean… yes I am." He lied.

"Ah…" Max pulled it away. "Sorry, I should have asked…"

"Phew…" Danny went. That's when his ghost sense went off, something they noticed. "Uh oh…"

Gwen looked worried for a moment.

Before anyone could ask, someone phased into the room from the ceiling.

Skulker took one good look at who was closest to Danny as everyone got out of their seats. He grinned.

"Ah, the girl with mana abilities is here too… I can add both pelts to my wall!"

Skulker aimed a blaster at them, but Gwen was quick and fired a mana blast at his arm. It exploded in his face.

After this, Gwen quickly noticed the surprised look on her family that this happened in Danny's presence.

"He knows about my powers, now get back, I got this!"

Max the pulled out a blaster from his pocket and aimed at Skulker.

"We've got this, Gwen!"

"Dad…" Frank went disapprovingly. "How long was that with you?"

"Talk later son." Max said before looking to Skulker. "Now, where in the galaxy did you crawl from?"

"Galaxy?" Skulker questioned.

Before anything could happen, someone broke through the windows.

It was the faceless alien Danny met before.

"SixSix?!" Gwen questioned.

Danny was surprised to hear her say a name with familiarity before Skulker groaned loudly.

"YOU AGAIN?! I TOLD YOU HE IS MY PREY!"

SixSix then aimed his blasters at everyone while Skulker released a rocket launcher from his shoulder and aimed as well.

Both took aim.

Danny couldn't wait. He was with his girlfriend and her family and couldn't let them get hurt.

"I was waiting until maybe the second meeting but… I'M GOIN' GHOST!"

Both of them were about to fire.

Danny morphed.

Then, with his arms, fired a beam of energy at each one. It knocked both of them down.

That's when the Tennyson family gasped at what just happened.

"Oh no…" Gwen said under her breath.

That's when Danny saw their reactions.

Oh boy…

Danny was now morphed back into his human form and he and Gwen looked nervous at the expectant looks from Gwen's family, while grandma Verdona had an unreadable look on her face.

"Uh... I... I guess you guys have a lot of questions..." Danny said.

That's when one of them spoke up.

"Danny Phantom…" Max said with a small smile as he cupped his chin in thought. "I had assumed you were some kind of alien but a human with spectral abilities? Heh… here I thought I've seen everything…"

"Wait… Grandpa Max…" Gwen spoke up. "Did Ben tell you?"

"No, but I suspected on account of you two spending time with a boy from Amity Park while dealing with those idiots, Guys in White…" Max responded.

Danny then noticed the rest of Gwen's family were still starring.

"I... I understand that this is... surprising..." Danny said, feeling awkward.

"Not to me, I was just waiting to see how long it took for these guys to figure it out..." Verdona said, surprising the others.

"Huh?" Danny went.

"I knew you were this Danny Phantom kid I heard of the moment I met you." She answered.

Natalie sent a glare at her mother-in-law for neglecting to mention anything.

"You knew, Grandma?" Gwen asked.

Verdona ignored Natalie and turned to her favorite granddaughter.

"I sensed both mana and ectoplasmic energy from him the minute he walked in..." She waved a hand towards Danny. This causes her and Gwen to see a pink and green aura emanating from him for a moment. "Even if he were possessed by a ghost, it shouldn't be coming from just him, but it is. I was just waiting to see how long you'd tell us about it..." Verdona said with a smirk.

"So… who is that?" Ken pointed to Skulker, who was getting back up.

"Oh… that's Skulker. He wants my pelt… and Gwen's now since he's seen what she can do."

"Not gonna happen!" Max aimed a blaster at Skulker as he got to his knees. "Get away from my granddaughter and her boyfriend!"

Skulker ignored him and readied his fists.

Danny morphed again, then noticed SixSix got up.

"And the faceless one is…?"

"A bounty hunter we met 5 years ago." Gwen answered as she readied her mana powers for blasting SixSix.

"Gotcha…" Danny said. "So why come after me?"

"Huh?" Max asked.

"He attacked me on my way here…"

"No one shall claim your life but me!" Skulker shouted.

Danny fired an ecto-blast that knocked Skulker down.

Gwen created a mana shield that blocked SixSix's blasts.

"No fighting in the house!" Natalie demanded.

"Sorry Mom…" Gwen said.

Danny was distracted by Mrs. Tennyson's yelling when Skulker grabbed Danny and threw at Gwen, knocking her down and making the shield lower.

"What did I say, Metalhead?!"

Max fired his blaster, damaging Skulker's mechanized arm. However, Skulker flew to Max and backhanded him with the other arm.

"Get away from him!" Verdona demanded.

Before she could do anything, SixSix sent a stun blast to her back, knocking her out.

"Mom!" Frank called out as he was about aid her.

"Get your wife and son out of here…" Max demanded as he tried to get up.

Recognizing the situation, Frank nodded and took his wife and son out of the room.

Skulker looked to SixSix, who aimed his blasters at him, Danny, Gwen and Max.

Gwen blasted her mana power at SixSix, grabbing by the head as she quickly pulled him towards the floor.

Danny took advantage and fired at the blasters, destroying them.

SixSix, however, wasn't bothered. Once he broke out of Gwen's power, he was about to attack when Danny flew to the alien hunter and punched him out.

"Ha! How's that?!"

Skulker, meanwhile, was about to blast Danny until Max got back up and threw a punch that knocked the ghost down.

"Get out of my son's house!"

Skulker got on his feet, knocking Max back down.

"Grandpa!"

Gwen jumped over the table to go to his aid.

Danny flew to his remaining for and kicked him in the head, knocking Skulker down.

"You'd better leave now, Skulker!" Danny demanded. "My awesome girlfriend's got powers and her grandpa is tougher than you think…"

Recognizing Danny's point, Skulker got to his feet. He saw the alien still on the floor.

This is all his fault! Whatever he is, he's going to have to speak with my employer!

"This isn't over!" Skulker shouted as he carried the unconscious SixSix over his shoulder. "I shall-" He then took notice of what was on the table and smiled. "Silkworm and Scorpion lasagna? I haven't seen this in years!" He grabbed the pan and carried it under his arm. "This shall serve as my dinner!"

With that, his jetpack activated and he flew through the damaged wall.

Max ran out and shook his fist.

"It's bad enough you attacked us… but you stole our dinner!" Max called out.

Despite the scenario, Gwen whispered to Danny with a smile.

"So… not a completely disappointing night…"

Danny smirked at her before remembering her family was still present.

They came out of hiding and saw this.

He looked to them and felt a bit concerned.

"Are you… going to forbid me from seeing Gwen? Or call the Guys in White on me?" Danny said, looking nervous

"You just helped my dad and Gwen and saved us from those two." Frank said before a smile. "I have nothing against you."

Natalie looked at this boy and sighed, before a small smile formed on her face.

"Well, I guess I'd be a hypocrite if I did that, after all, you accepted my daughter for who and what she is... and you do seem like a nice young man...'Lily said with an approving smile, and secretly thought this.

And you seem like a better match than her delinquent friend. She thought while keeping a smile to the young boy.

"Hmm… I suppose he's a bit more amiable than most males she could meet on Earth…" Verdona pondered loudly, earning an eye roll from Natalie.

"And where were you? You could've helped out!" Natalie snapped.

"And let you not see this boy in action to prove he's a good match for Gwen?" Verdona said in a playful tone, earning a groan from Natalie.

Max walked back in and smiled at Danny.

"He's got my approval."

Both Danny and Gwen smiled in relief.

"Thanks, Mr. Tennyson."

"Call me Max." He insisted. "You know, if you'd like, I think you'd make a good plumber someday."

Danny rose a brow with a smile.

"The pipe-cleaning kind? Alien hunting kind? Or… the Mario kind?"

This earned a shared laugh from the Tennyson family.

"No, no pipes or dinosaurs who want to marry princesses… as far as I know anyway…" Max said. That's when he looked to his son and daughter-in-law. "So… what do we do about dinner?"

Both of them smiled in relief.

That second dinner they planned was ham with veggies, food much safer for human consumption. After 30 minutes of more talking, including Danny filling the family in on his origins and powers, he started to feel more accepted.

After finishing his plate, he got up.

"Please, let me was my dish."

"That's alright, Danny." Natalie insisted. "I'll do it."

Danny smile, before remembering something.

"So… about your wall…?"

All of them took notice of the big hole caused by SixSix earlier.

"I can help with that." Verdona said as she sipped on her tea.

"You've done plenty, Danny." Max said with a smile. "You should probably be going home now."

"Yeah, you're right…" Danny said.

"I'll walk you out." Gwen said.

"Okay…" He waved to everyone. "Nice meeting you all."

All of the Tennysons gave their goodbyes to him as he and Gwen went to the door.

Gwen held his hand as they reached the door.

"Thanks for coming."

"Thanks for having me." He said.

"Hopefully, these jerks in white will go away and you can drop by more often… especially since Ben's been a little… too relaxed lately."

"Uh, sure." Danny said, unaware of how laxed Ben was being.

Gwen smiled and kissed him on both cheeks.

"Fly safe."

Danny nodded.

"I will."

With that, once the coast was clear, Danny morphed and flew into the sky, with Gwen observing from the door with a smile as she leaned on the doorway.

Meanwhile, back in Amity Park, specifically Polter Heights.

Vlad had received a message Skulker encountered something very "out of this world" and Vlad had to see it.

Once he arrived in his basement laboratory, he saw what it was.

"Who… or what… is that?!"

He pointed to whom others know as SixSix, who was tied up in restraints as Skulker kept watch on him.

"He was referred to as SixSix, and it would appear he is not of this planet…"

Vlad rose a brow.

"You mean… an alien?" Vlad said before pondering. "Intriguing…" That's when heard the sound of munching. He saw Skulker eating out of the dish he stole with his bare hands. "Uh… what is that?"

Skulker, mouthful, looked down at the meal he took. He swallowed.

"Silkworm and Scorpion Lasagna. What some?" He offered. Vlad made a disgusted look as he cringed at the sight of it. Skulker shrugged. "Your loss…"

He ate another mouthful, much to Vlad's disgust.

Vlad knows about aliens! What's next?

Also, Danny might have a future as a Plumber. That's gotta be good!

But things may be getting a bit worse from here. Next time is when I think I'll do a retelling of the Season 3 premiere of Ben 10 Alien Force.

And Sam's poor decisions will start hurting our heroes.

Thanks to Flower Princess11 for help.

danifan3000: Possibly. Might get to that.

qazse: VERY narrow minded...

Invader Johnny: She's going to be in a world of trouble...

Major Simi: Maybe, but sometimes you need uneventful after a lot of excitement

DJ Rodriguez: Thank you.

epixScott1: Sooner or later. Right now there's still some cleaning up in the Null Void and the Highbreed craziness.

Luiz4200: Cool indeed. Nope, the park was aways from the cafe. Probably, maybe have them and Dash team up and fail. Perhaps.

Jebest4781: Thank you.

61394: I noticed that too.

kombatant88: A big reason why she's like the number one character who doesn't hold up at all.

Leonardo: Probably not, on account of I don't like Kai. She's probably worse for Ben than Sam is for Danny.

BeConFuzzled Writer: Perhaps another time.

Dreams Come True 996: Paradox is a good guy, one of Ben's most valued allies. Also, I'd like to see Danny Phantom, Kim Possible and Ben 10 team up. Mostly to see Danny have the hots Kim and possible Gwen too.

Blue Marvel 0: Thank you.

Ultimatrix bearer: Verdona yes. Sunny I'm saving for when they reach the events of Ultimate Alien. She'd probably be another unwanted admirer like how I made Camille one for Danny.

ChrisZilla18: That's a story I've started.

SonicMax: Uh... okay. I think Gwen is different enough to work.