Bad decisions lead to worse consequences
)no phantom planet, though small aspects from it are used()jazz left for college early(vlad has a hand in that,)Sam was shipped off to boarding school(blame vlad) , Tucker's family moved to Egypt (also vlad)(
Danny's running ragged trying to keep ghosts from destroying amity , his parents are worried,the school is giving up on him, vlad has been cranking the pressure on him, and now he finds out he is going to be the next ghost king.
All the stress and sleepless nights aren't helping Danny figure out what to do, without a support system his friends and sister gave him he feels like the walls are closing in on him. He wants to tell his parents his secrets only to once more overhear them talking of destroying phantom again. He looks at the letter in his hands requesting a meeting at the nasty burger and shivers, anxiousness eating at him, his breath mistings as a ghost lurks around his home, likely a spy from vlad, he also has a scroll from a observant of all things ,who was clearly unhappy to tell Danny he would be the ghost king. All thos pressure had Danny nearly yanking his hair out,he wanted to scream,shout, destroy something,but he couldn't.
He paced his room wishing he had tucker and sam to help him, even jazz,but he was alone. At home and at school he had no one, he was at the bottom of the pecking order, practically a pariah. Lancer always looked so disappointed now a days. As did his parents,'no Fenton gets an f indeed'.
Danny felt like he was losing his mind. He (silently, mentally) wished he could be in two different places so he could divide his responsibilities. It wasn't like he could ask clockwork for help, well he could,but he had a feeling it would not help.
He trudged down to his parents lab to start on his chores, cleaning up spills and fiddling with weapons so they wouldn't be able to hurt him,when he came across a familiar invention, the Fenton ghost catcher. He stared at it groggily, vaguely remembering the last time he had used it. Danny continued cleaning as he considered the invention, remembering the events that lead to super phantom and fun Danny. The franticness of trying to merge back together after splitting powers between them before finding out about a switch on the ghost catcher. Then he remembers enjoying the beautiful sunset with tucker and Sam before his parents got the house moved back to where it belonged.
After finishing up his chores he collapsed in a swivel chair as he debated on what he should do. Should be really split himself into two again? The more he considered everything he had going one,the lack of help,and deadlines,and how exhausted he was , the more it sounded like a good idea. He also briefly considered what would happen if his ghost side was evil, but decided he would focus on putting as much good into phantom as possible,last thing anyone wanted was another evil king. With that he jumped through the ghost catcher.
Phantom floated in the air as Fenton smacked face first into the ground and groaned. Danny picked himself up,"you could have caught me", he grumbled. Phantom cringed,"sorry, I had a lot on my mind", he was mentally checking to see if he was evil like the original Danny worried about, though he really didn't feel evil,and how would one go about discovering you were evil or not? All he felt was just stressed out about becoming the new ghost king and leaving the earth ,his home, his family behind.
Fenton sat on the swivel chair again, crossing his arms to hug himself. "Well, maybe you can order the ghosts to not bother Amity park, king phantom", He had a meeting with lancer and his parents tomorrow, he was busy thinking about how was he going to get out of this mess of trouble he was in.
Danny Fenton was probably going to be doing a lot of groveling. Also, the nasty burger was a terrible place to have a meeting, unless lancer was using the place as a way of saying that Danny's future prospects for jobs were all fast food restaurants. Which rude, and cruel.
Danny phantom, still waiting to see if he felt evil or not, nodded, unaware of Fenton's inner thoughts, and missing the jab out his new title," that's a good idea, I could make it a order to avoid the human world, so mom and dad don't get their hands on any ghosts, it protects them,the ghosts,and the town, win win", he said with a grin. Phantom thought a moment,"are you going to be ok? The guys in white might target you".
Fenton shrugged,"well,we are divided now, I'm human, they don't target humans", thinking quickly,Fenton grabbed the ghost gabber and turned it on," I am Danny Fenton, I am not a ghost", he stated. The gabber reader antenna whirled around wildly before stated," no ghost detected".
Phantom tried next,"I am Danny phantom,I am a ghost", the gabber's antenna once again whirled,this time pointing at phantom and stated,"ghost detected! Translating, I am Danny phantom,I am a ghost, fear me! ".
They laughed as Fenton turned off the gabber so he could put it back were it belonged. Once they caught their breath,they wondered why they thought that was funny to begin with.
Part two
Phantom and Fenton had no idea on how to say goodbye to each other. How does one say goodbye to a part of yourself. Both had a sense that this might be a more permanent separation, that was a bit frightening,not something they had considered when they were still one being. Phantom looked at Fenton who looked back.
"well,take care of mom and dad, I'll stop all the ghosts from coming through the Fenton ghost portal, though there is not much I can do about natural portals". Phantom inhaled a moment, holding his breath, but as a ghost he didn't need to breath,it was just habit, so he didn't really exhale.
Fenton nodded,"I will, I'll make sure they don't miss meals". He didn't think about what the meeting was going to be about at the nasty burger, he had a feeling it was going to be very enjoyable. He couldn't tell them he was hunting ghosts or had been phantom, or anything dealing with ghosts. "Take care of yourself". He didn't know what else to say.
Phantom entered the portal and Fenton,now Danny, used the Fenton DNA lock on the Fenton portal to close the Fenton ghost portal. He was quick place a clear piece of tape over the DNA finger print part, knowing it could buy him a bit of time before his parents replaced the part. He hurried up to his room where he started brainstorming what he was going to do.
If his and phantom's plan went right maybe he could get his life back on tract? He just hoped vlad didn't mess things up like he seemed too lately.
He settled into bed, exhausted and unable to sleep he continued to think about tomorrow. He finally decided on a few big lies, that he had been on drugs to explain his jumpiness around his parents, that he left school during ghost attacks to get his fix, and that lately his stress had been from quitting drugs and going cold turkey, that he had come to his senses after 'witnessing' a overdose and that he didn't want to end up like that. He was ready to tell that to his parents and mister lancer,he was going to lie his ass off. He was probably going to be grounded or worse, but there was no way he was telling the truth.
Danny's s dreams were more nightmares than anything , and when he woke up he had dark circles around his eyes. He showered and dressed, snunk his way into the lab and grabbed a Fenton anti-ghost belt, paranoid and wanting some security, he locked the belt and put the key up under a cabinet. He took a wrist ray, a lip balm Lazer, some Fenton gloves modified to me fingerless, and took Fenton thermos just in case.
Danny drank a pot of coffee and headed to school early, hoping to avoid his bully dash. Having no friends made him a big target to just about anyone who wanted to bully Danny. Now that he was human he wouldn't have a way of defending himself from anyone. He felt like this was the start of something rough.
