Ghost Boy and Lucky Girl

It was Friday night.

About 20 minutes ago, a green muscle car left its passenger on the curb per her request.

As Kevin drove back to Bellwood, he had a fond smile on his face before looking jealous.

"Lucky Ghost kid… He's lucky this makes Gwen happy…"

It was Halloween night.

Since she's never experienced this before, Danielle was secretly taken with Jazz to experience it for the first time.

She couldn't use her ghost form as a costume, so Jazz decided the next best thing. She used an old bed sheet with holes in it.

Ironic… Danielle thought, given one of her "brothers" had one of these.

And so, Jazz guided the little girl around, getting as much candy as she could.

"I just wish Danny could join us…" Danielle said.

Jazz heard her and was saddened to hear her.

"So do I… but we need to give him space…" Jazz assured.

"I guess so…" Danielle said with a nod. "So… where should we go first?" She asked, trying to sound hopeful.

"Let's start here." Jazz said, pointing to a house.

They approached the door. Jazz rang the bell.

The owner of the house, a woman, answered.

Danielle held her bag up.

"Uh… uh…"

"Trick or treat…" Jazz whispered.

"Trick or Treat!" Danielle went.

The woman found it adorable as she placed pieces of candy in Danielle's bag.

"Isn't this sweet, taking your sister trick or treating."

"What do we say, Danielle?" Jazz asked.

"Thank you!" Danielle said with a nod.

As the woman smiled before closing her door, both girls walked away.

It's only now they noticed they didn't correct the woman when she had assumed that they were sisters, but just went along anyway.

Elsewhere, Danny Phantom was sitting atop a building, looking down at the people passing by.

He saw smiling faces, kids having fun, and treats being passed out.

He knew Jazz was taking Danielle trick or treating to get her mind of fears of melting. He wanted to go but Jazz insisted he take time off.

And so here he was, looking down.

He did remember times he went trick or treating with his friends and it did bring a smile to his face. Although, that was before Sam's betrayal. He shook his head to get her out of his mind and just looked down.

He sighed. He took out the Plumber's Badge.

He stared at it.

I could talk to them… but Vlad's probably spying on me right now. For all we know, he'll probably film the two of us talking to use against us…

He did momentarily look around just to see if there were no bugs, but figured there was no use as they'd probably be cloaked or something.

That's when someone arrived, seeing him on the rooftop and making her way to see him. She saw him, hiding behind the fire escape route so he couldn't see her. With a smile, she decided to make her move.

As Danny stared sadly at the badge, he heard a sound. Some kind of energy-based sound he found familiar.

He sat up and looked to his right, towards the fire escape entrance.

He saw nothing.

Weird…

He rose a brow and went back to looking at the badge in his hand.

It was then he noticed what looked like red hair in front of his face.

"Hey…"

He gasped and moved away from the edge. He looked up and saw her.

It was a girl, on some kind of pink construct.

She wore a skintight black outfit with a purple belt and gloves, and some kind of cat-themed Mardi Gras mask on her face.

Danny blinked for a moment to register who this was as she was laying on her pink construct before standing up, facing him with her hands at her hips.

"Black Cat? Wait… no… Who are you?"

She chuckled, stepping off the pink glass-like object, which disappeared when she did.

"Isn't it obvious?" She asked.

Danny got up.

"Uh… if it was, I wouldn't have asked. You're clearly not a ghost… unless you're half ghost?" He questioned.

She sighed and shook her head.

He's lucky he's cute…

"I'm Lucky Girl." She said. Danny made no reaction whatsoever, earning an eyeroll from her. "Never heard of me?" He shook his head. "Well, it has been 5 years…"

"And… what are you doing here?" Danny asked cautiously.

That's when she saw his badge.

"Nice badge…" She raised her hand towards it. "I think I'll take it…"

In an instant, a pink construct fired from her hand and pulled the badge into her grasp.

Danny gasped before getting angry.

"Hey!"

"You want this?" She asked playfully. "Come and get it!"

She then ran towards the edge of the building and created a series of constructs to act as steps.

Danny was baffled at first, but followed her when he snapped out of it. He flew after her, unaware something followed them.

As Vlad's insect followed Danny, with him unaware.

All the while, Vlad Plasmius watched as he held his cat in his hand.

"Well, well… she's clearly a hard girl to keep away, isn't she, Maddie?" He asked his cat, which meowed loudly in response. "I agree… still… if I can get her unmasked, I can use this to my advantage!"

Lucky Girl continued her running from Danny. He flew towards her as fast as he could, but she'd react fast by at one point when she purposely let one of her constructs go and fall. Danny flew past her and when he realized what happened, he gasped.

That's when he saw Lucky Girl create a sort of slide to safely land on the ground before creating a circular construct to hover her way away.

Realizing he was tricked, Danny flew after her.

Lucky Girl looked back and smiled.

Good… he's not aware it's me yet… Still… I don't want to risk it unless I know for sure we're not being watched.

Her eyes glowed pink and used her mana sensing abilities.

Okay… no people… I don't even sense any odd forms of energy like Danny's. Wait!

She did sense a small trace of it following Danny.

"That idiot powers everything with ecto, doesn't he? Oh well… least I know it's just one…"

With quick thinking, she made her way towards the pier, where she turned around and fired a blast towards Danny's direction.

"WHOA!" Danny moved, though quickly saw that it was too far to hit him, to his confusion. "Huh?"

Once it passed him, it created a wall. One that insect crashed into.

From Vlad's side, the screen went dark.

"NO!" He shouted as he landed on the floor, letting his cat go. "Does that girl have any idea how much it costs to make one of those?! Rich or not, I don't waste money!" He then morphed back to being Vlad Masters and stormed towards his desk.

What was once the button to summon Valerie has been updated to contact his new team.

He pressed it.

"What do you need, Mayor Masters?" Vid could be heard on the other end of a call.

Vlad, annoyed with what just happened, answered. "I need you three to deal with something at the pier."

Confused to what just happened, Danny looked back at this Lucky Girl, who just stood calmly on the ground, as if waiting for him.

"Are you coming down or what?" She asked outloud.

Danny came to the ground, confused by her sudden decision to not run anymore.

"What was that?" He asked.

"We were being spied on. I took care of it." She answered. "Now then…" She held up the badge. "You want this back? Come get it!" She challenged.

"Hey, give it back!" Danny shouted but the mysterious girl wasn't budging.

"I repeat… come get it!"

He tried to fly at her but she managed to dodge him, much to his annoyance.

"Come on, I so don't have time with this..." Danny said.

Lucky Girl giggled.

Danny thought she was making fun of it, but it was for something else.

He looks so cute when he gets all pouty like that... She thought as she decided to play this game a little longer.

Besides, she did want to see how long it take for him to figure things out and how much that "Clueless One" thing is true or if it only applies to girls.

Danny approaches her, but Lucky Girl reacts with a pink energy shield that he brakes to avoid. She noticed the lack of recognition on his face,

"Really? A pink energy shield? Not ringing any bells?"

"Lady, I've deal with people with shields of all sorts of colors, including pink."

She rolled her eyes. "Well, that's true…"

Danny flew around the shield, but jumped away from it.

She smiled.

Let's see how far you've come…

"Maybe we do this without powers? The old-fashioned way?" She asked with a come at me motion with her hand.

"Fine with me!" Danny said as he ran to her.

He threw a punch that, to his confusion, she caught easily. She pushed him back.

After blinking to register what just happened, Danny attempted another punch. When she caught it, he tried to reach for the badge she still carried with his other hand. She reacted by twisting his arm and pushing him away.

"Come on, I know you can do better than that!" She insisted.

Danny looked confused by that, but carried on.

He's still not getting it. Then again, I have the badge… She thought.

Danny made attempts to grab the badge, but each time it's pulled away.

Danny thought quicker and had an idea.

He made a run for it and she stepped out of his way. That's when he did it, he swooped his leg and tripped her.

As she fell, Danny grabbed her and held her as though dipping her down.

As she smiled at his face, Danny made a face, one that made him realize how familiar this was.

"Uh…" Danny went as he stood back up, getting her back on her feet. "Wait… I-"

Lucky Girl then took his arm and flipped him on his back.

"Remember lesson one?" She asked as she looked down at him.

"Lesson one?" Danny asked as he got back up. "What are you talking about?"

"Honestly, you got A Midsummer Night's Dream faster than this..." Lucky Girl muttered.

And Danny was totally hopeless when it came to Shakespeare. Gwen spent a good deal of time explaining the plot of the play that they watched together that one time.

"Huh?" Danny said confused and Lucky Girl just sighed in exasperation. "What?"

"I mean… come on, Danny! It shouldn't take you this long!" She stated.

Danny rose a brow.

"Who ARE you?"

She groaned, but smiled when she approached him.

"Maybe this will help?"

She then grabbed him by the sides of his head and pulled him in, kissing him.

At first, Danny was surprised, but then found himself automatically responding. He closed his eyes and kissed her back and had his hands on her shoulders as they both melted into each other.

Once the kiss was done, Danny had a dopey smile on his face before recognizing the feeling of her lips, as well as finally recognizing her green eyes.

"Gwen?"

Hearing that name, she pulled her hands away from his face. She then lifted her mask up, revealing she is, in fact, Gwen Tennyson.

"Really? I covered half my face but you know my hair color and current style, not to mention the look of my mouth. Was it that hard?" She asked with an eyebrow raised a smile with faux-annoyance.

Danny just stood there, dumbstruck until…

"Gwen!"

He hugged her and happily spun her around a bit as he hovered into the air, earning a laugh from her as he put her back on the ground.

"I missed you too…" She said. "Still surprised you didn't recognize me."

Danny scratched the back of his head in recognizing his mistake.

"I mean… you were acting a little more… playful than you usually are. And your outfit is really…" He finally took a moment to notice it and blushed as he looked away. "Form fitting…"

She chuckled as she put the mask back on.

"Well, it's been a while since I was Lucky Girl."

Hearing that name again and realizing it's Gwen, Danny's memory finally kicked in on what he knew of Ben's alien forms. Namely, someone who was called Lucky Girl.

"Wait a minute… that little girl in the Mardi Gras mask who was seen like two times helping Ben's aliens… that was you?" Gwen nodded at his question.

"Vlad said Gwen Tennyson couldn't be seen with Danny Fenton… Never said Lucky Girl couldn't be seen with Danny Phantom. I destroyed his little spy bug so that I could show you it's me. As long as we do this, we're safe…" That's when the two heard the sounds of sirens, and they were coming towards them, alerting them of a vehicle coming. "Well… relatively speaking…"

"Weird… I only hear one car coming…" Danny said.

That's when the vehicle in question, which looked like some kind of SWAT truck, drove in and parked violently in front of them.

The door on the side opened.

"Freeze freaks!" Called out Vid.

She, Download and Thrash stormed out of the vehicle and aimed their blasters at the two.

While surprised, Danny squinted his eyes for a moment and recognized the three.

"Wait a minute… Vivian? Donald? Thad? Is that you three?"

"It's Vid, Download and Thrash now!" Download snapped. "We're the Masters' Blasters!"

"Masters' Blasters?" Gwen asked, realizing and not liking the connection. "As in Vlad Masters?"

"He paid our bail as long as we do our new job, which is dealing with freaks like you!" Thrash said.

"I don't think so!"

Gwen as Lucky Girl created a pink wall that blocked the three.

"Hey!" Vid shouted.

"Shoot through!" Download shouted.

"I give orders! Remember?!" Vid snapped.

All three of them tried to fire their way through the wall, which Gwen was doing her best to keep stable.

"Gwe- I mean, Lucky Girl?" Danny asked.

"This is harder than it looks…" She responded as she strained. "Whatever they're using is strong…"

"Not as strong as me…" Danny said. "Hang tight, I got an idea!"

He phased into the ground as the trio resumed their fire.

"Aww… did your date abandon you?" Thrash taunted.

Gwen ignored him, continuing to hold on.

"Anytime now Danny…" She says under her breath.

In a few seconds, Thrash's blaster is knocked out of his hands.

"Hey!"

It's Danny, who crushes the blaster in his hand thanks to his strength.

"No chance, big guy!" Danny said.

Vid and Download saw this and redirected their guns at him.

"Gotcha!" They both went.

However, Gwen stopped the wall and instead fired two mana shots at their weapons, destroying them.

"Get away from him!" She ordered.

"We'll just do this the old-fashioned way…" Vid said. "Ready your gloves!"

She, along with Download and Thrash, pressed buttons on their wrists. This made their fists emit an energy.

"Perfect!" Download went. "This'll make us tough!"

"I'm already tough!" Thrash shouted.

As they were about to go to Lucky Girl, Danny grabbed Download and Thrash and pulled them away as Vid ran towards Gwen.

"It's not nice to hit girls!" Danny said. "Try your luck with me!"

He tossed the two aside, leaving them for him to deal with.

Meanwhile, Vid tried to throw punches, only for Gwen to easily avoid each one and using her power to give a light blast at Vid when she wasn't protecting herself. Each time, it only irritated the evil girl even more.

"You'll pay for that!" Vid went.

"Sure…" Gwen said sarcastically before kicking her off her feet.

Once Vid hit the ground, Gwen used her power to pin her down. She was going to help Danny out, but saw how he was doing.

Both Download and Thrash tried to attack Danny, but he easily bobbed his head out of the way. This made both their fists hit each other. The shockwave knocked them back. Danny took advantage and grabbed Thrash by the arm and tossed him at Download.

"Get off me!" Download demanded.

"He threw me!" Thrash argued back.

Both of them got up, seeing a smug Danny Phantom with his arms crossed.

"First day on the job?" He asked.

This annoyed the two greatly and they both charged him.

Danny reacted with falling backwards into the ground via intangibility and letting them into the side of their car, colliding with it.

Gwen smirked.

He's still playing around, but he's fighting smarter.

Danny laughed at the two hitting the ground as he hovered up.

"And with that, Lucky Girl and I bid you a fond farewell!"

He flew to Gwen and carried her up, causing her to let Vid go.

As he flew away, Gwen noticed Vid getting back up and back to her teammates.

"You are aware they'll drive after us, right?" She asked.

Danny gave a playful smile.

"Not if their engine, which I decided to mess with before taking the gun, was phased out of the vehicle."

Gwen giggled.

"Nice…"

Vid helped the two up.

"Get up, you idiots! They're getting away!"

"I'm up, already!" Download shouted.

"Let's go!" Thrash insisted.

Once all of them got in and Download turned the key, it did not start up, much to their confusion. While this happened, Thrash noticed something behind him.

"Not again!" Download shouted as he kept turning the key.

"Hurry up!" Vid shouted.

Thrash tapped their shoulders to get their attention.

"Uh… guys?"

"WHAT?!" They went.

"Why's the engine in here?"

He pointed to what was behind his seat, the backseat. It was the vehicle's engine.

They realize Danny must have used his powers to remove the engine and place it in the backseat before helping Lucky Girl.

All of them groaned in frustration, unaware of the two superhuman teens are still laughing at their expense.

After a few minutes, Danny landed atop Casper High, setting Gwen down.

"You sure we'll be safe?" Gwen asked.

"Yeah, no worries. That engine is too heavy for those three. I also may or may not have torn a few cables…" He spoke in a playful tone and shrugged.

Gwen chuckled.

"Well… what should we do now?" Gwen asked.

Danny smirked.

"Well… I guess we can-" A blue wisp escaped his mouth, his ghost sense picked up trouble. He groaned. "Really? Now?"

"Yes! Now!" A familiar voice shouted.

Suddenly, the sound of a horse neighing loudly was heard above them. Both Danny and Gwen looked up, the latter surprised by what she sees.

"Is that a… unicorn?"

"It is an Alicorn!" The rider on the horse shouted with his sword held high. "And it is the Nightmare, the proud steed of the Fright Knight!"

The Fright Knight tried to attack the two with his Soul Shredder, but Gwen reacted with a mana shield to block his attack.

"Danny! Who is this?!" Gwen asked.

"Fright Knight, ghost of Halloween. Stay away from his sword, not just for the obvious reason!" Danny responded.

"Got it!"

Danny blasted the Fright Knight from the side, getting him away from Gwen.

"What do you want, Fright Knight?!" Danny questioned.

"What else?! It is my night and I will destroy you!" Fright Knight shouted.

The Nightmare was about to go its master's defense, but Gwen saved Danny in time by firing mana blasts from her eyes, hitting it in the wing and hurting it.

"Normally, I don't like hurting animals… but this is an exception!" Gwen said.

The Fright Knight flew towards Danny and tried to slash at him with his sword, but Danny managed to avoid each one with quick reactions.

Using her powers to create steps, Gwen ran up and, when close enough, jumped and kicked the Fright Knight in the head, making him lose his focus and fall a few feet before regaining his focus while Gwen made a new platform. He looked up and glared at Gwen.

"You shall pay, Girl!"

He flew towards her with the intent to use his sword, but Danny flew in and kicked him into his steed.

"I got them!"

Gwen fired a bream that surrounded Fright Knight and Nightmare in a bubble. With a smile, Danny pulled a thermos out and aimed.

"Thanks!" He said to Gwen before looking to the Fright Knight. "Better luck next year!"

He aimed the thermos at the Fright Knight and, with a nod to Gwen to retract her bubble, fired it.

The Fright Knight and Nightmare were hit and sucked into the cylindrical device. Once they were done, Danny landed back on the school roof. Gwen lowered herself with the platform before stepping off it.

"As fun as it is fighting bad guys with you, I was hoping you and I could do something more of what couples do." Gwen said.

"Yeah… I was hoping you and I could walk around… but people seeing Danny Fenton with another redhead, green-eyed girl with pink energy powers would raise some flags. I guess Danny Fenton and Gwen Tennyson can't be seen together in public here…" He said sadly.

"Maybe not… but what about Danny Phantom and Lucky Girl?" She asked with a smile.

Danny smiled back. "I think those two would make a great couple."

Gwen gave him his hand.

"So do I. And if I'm not mistaken… I saw some kind of Halloween party in the park when we flew by. Should we… let the town know the Ghost Boy is taken?"

Danny smiled and took her hand.

There's a party going on in Amity Park's park. It was set together by Casper High, wanting the spooky environment of the park at night to set the mood.

There was dancing and partying. Dash and the football team were all Frankenstein monsters, Paulina was a medieval princess, Star was in white robes with a fake halo over her head like an angel and Tucker seen wearing Groucho Marx glasses with a fake nose.

As he went around, trying and failing to hit on girls, he took notice of someone sitting in the corner of the dancefloor at this venue they're at.

It's Sam, who isn't even in a costume, sitting and looking bitter and alone.

He knew she gave Danny her ghost hunting gear and that Gwen suggested he someday forgive her. For a moment, he did look a bit sympathetic to her plight, but shook his head and turned away.

She did this to herself and she needs to earn forgiveness…

All the while, Danny Phantom decided to make his presence known as he hovered off the ground, outside from the tent where the teens were dancing when one of them took notice.

"It's Danny Phantom!"

A whole bunch of kids stopped dancing. The music stopped playing. Now, all of them took notice.

There was murmuring amongst them recognizing this is the real thing as he's hovering off the ground.

Danny floated over to the center, where everyone made room for him to go through and stand in the center.

"Can I request a slow song?" Danny asked, which the DJ gave a thumb's up to. He then looked towards were he came and gave out his hand. "I'd like a dance with one lucky girl."

Paulina, who was in the general direction of where he was looking, clasped her hands together and grinned.

"Of course I'll-"

"Thank you."

Another girl's voice called out as Lucky Girl walked past Paulina.

Seeing this new girl caused a series and questions and some boys admiring this new girl. One girl, however, was not pleased.

"WHAT?!" Paulina shouted in rage. "WHAT IS THIS?!"

Both Danny and Gwen looked back at her as the were within inches apart. Gwen knew who this was from Danny's talking about his school. They decide to tell her to let down gently.

"We're dating!" Danny and Gwen both went.

Paulina's reaction was obvious.

"NOOOO!" Paulina shrieks. "THAT'S A LIE!"

"Whoa… Phantom's got game…" Dash mused.

Paulina grabbed him by the collar and pulled him in violently.

"YOU SHUT UP!"

Sam saw this and looked away, hurt. She knew they weren't here for her, but chose to keep her mouth shut and avoid being spotted by them.

The song started and they began dancing.

Gwen giggled, noticing that all eyes were on them.

"Danny… they're staring at us."

"Forget them." Danny said with an assuring smile. "It's just you… and me."

Gwen blushed before her smile became more of her game face.

Both of them danced together, Gwen putting her feet on Danny's as he began to hover off the air.

There were several students, Sam and Paulina obviously not among them, in awe at the two dancing together.

Then, with a smile, they departed. Gwen used her power to create small platforms for her feet, earning gasps from the students.

Gwen giggled as Danny spun around her before taking her by the hand twirling her a bit before letting her go. With her powers, Gwen would do a backflip and land gracefully on a new platform, earning excited gasps from those below.

Danny smirked.

She's good…

Gwen saw Danny's smirk and returned with her own.

He's impressed…

Gwen jumped to him and Danny caught her, spinning her around in his arms before landing gracefully on the dance floor.

Once the song came to an end, the other teens applauded for the two.

As Danny still had Gwen dipped in his arms, the two shared a smile and then kissed.

"NNNNOOOOOOOOO!"

Paulina's shriek was loud enough to crack the windows of a nearby car.

Once the kiss was done, the two stood up straight. Danny looked around and properly introduced Gwen.

"This is Lucky Girl… my girlfriend."

"Hi." Gwen said.

All but Paulina, obviously, waved to her in a greet.

"Well folks… thanks for letting us crash, but we better go…" Danny said.

"Ghost Boy!" Paulina cried. "This isn't true! I love you! I always did!"

Gwen whispered to Danny.

"We better go before she tries to pick a fight with me like Sam did…"

"She's less likely to be brave enough." Danny answered. "Still, you have a point." He took her and looked to the others. "Happy Halloween!"

He and Gwen phased into the ground, Gwen's giggling was heard as they left. Once they were gone, the students applauded for them. Paulina, however, ran to where they were and began clawing at where they phased into.

"NO! COME BACK!" She whined. "COME BACK! IT'S NOT TRUE!"

Danny, carrying Gwen in his arms, saw this from a distance. They laughed as Danny flew with her.

Danny was flying Gwen back to her home in Bellwood, still carrying him in his arms.

"So, tonight was..." Gwen paused.

"Nice." Danny smiled. "I mean... at least I got to see you..."

This made Gwen smile.

"Even if I had to wear this silly mask on?" Gwen asked.

"I think it's cute. Besides, mask or no mask, I'm just happy to see my favorite girl again..." Danny said.

"Aw, thanks." Gwen said. "I'm glad you like it, because it looks like this is how we spend time in Amity Park for a while…"

"A while?" Danny asked.

"Maybe seeing another girl with alien powers will get people to think it isn't Gwen Tennyson and, in time, they won't be suspicious of us?" She suggested.

"With Vlad as mayor around, unlikely." Danny said.

"We'll think of something, Danny." Gwen assured.

Danny smiled at her.

"Sure… at least the mask brings out the green in your eyes…"

Gwen giggled.

"My, my… I didn't know Danny Phantom was such a sweet talker…"

"Well, Lucky Girl… it's hard not to notice them…"

"You're lucky you're almost as irresistible as Danny Fenton… you lack those baby blue eyes that are easy to get lost in…" She said in a faux-sweet tone.

Danny smirked.

"Well… we're here."

Danny looked down and lowered themselves to Gwen's rooftop.

He got her back on his feet.

"Thanks…" She said.

"Anytime… I'm just happy to see you again." Danny admitted, feeling genuinely happy.

"Me too…" Gwen responded.

She put a hand on his face before the two shared a kiss.

Then they had another, deeper and longer kiss. They wanted to make up for their time apart right now.

The rested their foreheads together before Gwen pulled back and took her mask off.

Danny looked worried.

"You sure?"

"Yeah… Vlad's not around and as far as I can tell, neither of us were bugged." She responded.

Deciding she's right, Danny rested his forehead on hers again before morphing his head.

He was now Danny Fenton in Danny Phantom's suit.

"Whoa…" Gwen said.

"Something I've been working on…" Danny told her.

"I like it." Gwen said.

The two shared a kiss before Gwen decided to let her hair down, something he liked seeing.

"I like it." He said.

"I figured…" She said.

They both wrapped their arms around each other and kissed deeply.

They did this for minutes before Danny decided it was time to go. He morphed his head to change back to Danny Phantom.

"Well… I guess I better go due to it being 30 minutes away from being curfew." Danny said.

"Fine… but one more." Gwen insisted with a smile.

And so he did. Even as he hovered, he shared another kiss as Gwen held onto his face with one hand.

Once their lips parted, they shared a smile.

"Bye… Lucky Girl." Danny said playfully.

"Bye… Ghost Boy." Gwen said sweetly.

With that, he flew off, leaving Gwen on her rooftop and sighing happily.

The same happy sigh she had that day after she came home from their last date.

He was technically 2 minutes late.

He figured Jazz had brought Danielle home secretly some time ago and was inside, but feared his parents seeing him home late. Especially what happened last time when he snapped at them.

He went through the front door and saw his parents waiting for him. However, they didn't look angry with him.

"Uh… hey. Look, I know I'm late but-"

"You're not in trouble." Maddie said. "We know you've been… upset with us…" She said sadly.

"And that's when we saw it." Jack said, directing attention to the television.

To Danny's surprise, it was footage of him as Danny Phantom with Gwen as Lucky Girl dancing at the party.

He reasons someone must have filmed this and put it online.

"That Lucky Girl was seen using powers that matched the girl in the footage the Guys in White showed us." Maddie said. "That got us thinking… maybe it isn't Gwen after all…"

"And maybe Vlad's mistaken too… Unfortunately, he's not taking my calls on this." Jack said. "You can't be seen with her here now… but maybe you can see her in Bellwood?" Jack suggested.

Danny smiled.

"Really?"

"You can call her up tomorrow and talk to her about it." Maddie said. "But for now…" She gestured to the stairs with a smile. "Bed."

Realizing he's not forbidden to see her again, Danny hugged his parents.

"Thank you… and I'm sorry."

"It's okay, Son." Jack said as he and his wife hugged him back. "We should have trusted your judgement on her…"

Danny was more than happy to hear this.

As soon as he'll get a chance, he can call Gwen tomorrow and let her know.

All thanks to who submitted that footage.

Somewhere in Amity Park, someone was disconnecting her phone from the computer.

She put her phone aside as she went to her bed, hoping someday she can be forgiven.

She figures for now she'll just keep her distance.

For now though, Sam decided it was time for bed.

After getting calls that their first mission was a bust, Vlad had the Masters' Blasters van towed. He decided this would be covered up. He'll have their first public mission tomorrow to give them a better impression to everyone.

For now, he was annoyed.

"That girl has found a loophole… and I can't expose her without proof…" He began pondering. "Unless…"

He got a message on his laptop. He groaned as he walked around to answer it, as he knew who it was.

"Plasmius! I have need of your assistance!" Vilgax commanded.

"Cool your jets… I'm on my-"

"WHAT DID YOU SAY?!" Vilgax shouted angrily.

"I'll prep my jet!" Vlad claimed with a frightened look.

"A jet will not be necessary… I will be sending you a supply of ectoranium. For now, I want you to keep that boy occupied while I deal with Tennyson!" Vlad ordered. "I will be visiting a mutual acquaintance of ours known as Z'skayr, or Ghostfreak as Tennyson calls him. If that fails, I will be going elsewhere… Do not disappoint me…"

"Of course not…" Vlad said with a fake grin. Once the call was done, Vlad scowled. "Alien freak… when I get that watch… you'll know better than to disrespect me."

Vlad made this vow, thinking things would definitely go his way.

Looks like these two will be seeing each other after all.

And Sam is making her first steps towards redeeming herself.

The Masters Blasters had a not so great introduction this time.

I really wish Gwen was Lucky Girl more often in the AF/UA era of Ben 10, I liked her updated look.

So, we're going to have that.

Meanwhile, Gwen is going to have her canon adventures apart from Danny, with some new stuff with her.

This story is taking a break but next time we'll have a return of past dates. Hang tight!

UltraPhantom: They're realizing their mistake now. Also, I assumed Jack did apologize. Still, I doubt it would have stopped Vlad from turning out as he did.

ChrisZilla18: Close to similar events.

danifan3000: Him fighting aliens will definitely be more public.

TheWhiteTitan: She's the mother of Michelle, FP11's OC.

BeConFuzzled Writer: This work? Also, Sam is slowly trying to fix what she did, but it's still something.

61394: You were right.

Invader Johnny: Huh... I didn't even do that on purpose with the number. And yeah, it's fortunate she forgot to mention it.

Jebest4781: She'll get payback on Vlad eventually.

Funkatron: Long hair indeed.

qazse: Hypocrite indeed. Also, I doubt he'll bring that up.

Dream Come True 996: A certain catchphrase from a certain cartoon based on my favorite game of the NES. Every time I hear it, I want to commit murder.

Luiz4200: Oh, the shield was taken down already. It a one-night thing. Not sure. Danny will likely get Gwen's advice still.

SonicMax: I doubt he'd risk it.

DJ Rodriguez: Thank you.

Major Simi: One he barely can admire.

Mickey107: I don't know of any attempts to show their real names, so I came up with them.

Runeion: I agree.

BatGuy01: My bad.

Leonardo: I will do things different again.

vparadox12122000: Thanks.

SpecterDragon: You too, Dude.

Ultimatrix bearer: No Charmcaster... yet.

Whotoonhouse75: I actually like DJW's style, but not the redesigns. For example, Gwen will keep the look she had from the first episode of Omniverse.

Blue Marvel 0: She will get her stabilization soon.

DJTimmer: It's a happier note.