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This is for Phic Phight 2019! Iâm on Team Human, with team leader @currently-lurking!
Prompt: As a result of having a time medallion phased into him, Danny begins to exhibit time powers.
Word count: 3360
Prompt by: @five-riversâ
Characters: Danny, Jazz, Clockwork (Sam and Tucker, briefly)
Warnings: none that come to mind, unless you donât like pseudosciencey stuff lol
Extra notes: this was a fun prompt omg
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Thereâs something wrong with Danny.
Well, wrong isnât the best word to use. Weird is more appropriate, but really, what about Danny isnât weird these days? But still, something is wrong and Danny has no idea what it is.
Ever since that incident with that alternate future, Dannyâs felt off, off balance, off kilter, fundamentally changed in a way that has nothing to do with the trauma of seeing almost everyone heâs ever cared for caught in a fiery explosion. (That part doesnât bother him at all, no really, honest.)
It didnât even have to do with seeing that abomination with his name and his face claiming to be him. Ten years from now is so obscure to his fourteen-year-old mind that even the thought of being twenty-four is enough to separate him from the âcould-beâs.
No, itâs something else entirely. Something Danny canât put his finger on.
It was little things at first. Things that didnât stand out as wrong at the time, but in hindsight it feels obvious that something happened. Little things like the shower never running cold despite standing under the spray for longer than usual, like finishing his homework before dinner even though he was sure that heâd be working on it the rest of the night, like how heâs been on time getting to class every day this week even when thereâs a ghost encounter on the way to school.
Danny tries to tell Sam and Tucker. Tries to tell them that he thinks somethingâs wrong, that something is up, but they just brush it off.
âMaybe you got lucky with the shower?â Tucker suggests.
âYouâre smarter than you think you are!â Sam assures.
âYouâve gotten so kickass with your powers dude!â Tucker crows, pumping his fists with a grin.
âHave you been leaving earlier? That might explain it,â Sam points out, shrugging it off.
Danny doesnât believe heâs just gotten lucky or smarter or stronger, but he smiles and nods along with them, saying, âYeah. That must be it. Sorry for being so weird about this.â
âItâs not a problem, Danny! Youâre probably still a little out of it from having to kick your jerky older selfâs butt.â Tucker puts a hand on Dannyâs shoulder, nodding sagely.
Sam hip checks him and smiles back. âDonât be afraid to tell us if somethingâs happening!â
Danny laughs. âI wonât!â
He keeps the oddities to himself after that.
For the next few months, nothing really changes. Life goes on, ghosts still attack, Dannyâs grades slowly but surely pull up into the low A high B range theyâd been the first couple weeks of high school, and still Sam and Tucker find nothing wrong with this strange new turn of events.
Jazz, however, once she finally joins the team and she and Danny go back to getting along, is more willing to listen to him when he says he thinks something is happening.
She pulls him into her room one day after driving him home from school and shoves him into her desk chair. She then pulls out a notebook and sits on her bed, giving him her full attention. âWhat do you think is happening?â she asks, cutting straight to the point.
Danny shrugs and rubs his arms. âI donât know, really. Itâs not like itâs been just one thing. Itâs like a bunch of little things that all add up and point to the same thing, except I donât even know if they do. I wanna just accept whatever it is, but the problem is that I donât know what it is.â
Jazz nods and jots down some notes. âAnd how long as this been going on?â
Danny hesitates and looks away. âSince the, uh, since the CATs.â
Jazz pauses her note taking and glances at him over the top of the notebook. âThe CATs?â She bites her lip and looks back down. âDoes this have anything to do with⊠you-know-who?â
Danny sighs and leans back in the chair, throwing his head back. âI donât know. Maybe?â
The room is quiet for a few minutes before Jazz shifts to the side and pats the bed beside her. After a momentâs hesitation, Danny joins her and together the two flop backwards on the bed to look at the ceiling.
âWhat exactly happened?â Jazz asks, voice soft. âI know you somehow swapped places with that older future guy and got stuck in his time, but how did that happen?â
Danny groans and shoves his hands into his eyes. âAfter Sam, Tuck, and I jumped through this portal in Clockworkâs lair into that timeline, we ran into Future Valerie, and then he showed up and started attacking everyone. Sam and Tuck got out of there by taking off their time medallion thingsâthey ended up back here in Amity like nothing happened. But.â Dannyâs voice dies and he moves his hands to lay them at his side.
âBut?â Jazz prompts, nudging him with her elbow.
âHe phased the time medallion into my chest,â Danny says. He puts a hand over his breast bone and stares at the ceiling, eyes far away. âJust stuck it right in there. I donât remember much right after that, just that I somehow ended up in the Ghost Zone, tied up and floating aimlessly.â
âHowâd you get it out?â Jazz asks, voice little more than a whisper. She rolls over to face him and links an arm with one of his, a steady, calming anchor.
Danny tenses up, slight enough that she wouldnât have noticed without physical contact. She squeezes his arm in an attempt to be reassuring and the hand resting on his chest slides over to sit over hers. âVlad.â Danny looks at her from the corners of his eyes. He still has that thousand yard stare but a little bit of life creeps back into his eyes as he takes in the surprise on her face. âI found where he was hiding and got him to help pull it out.â
Jazz takes note of the finality in his voice and gracefully sweeps past the subject. She can ask him about it later. âAnd you came back here after that?â
âYeah. And then I really only had enough time to grab some of Mom and Dadâs ghost gear before I had to fight him off.â Danny sighs. âI didnât really win. Sure, I got him in a Thermos, but you guys all stillâŠâ His voice dies and her clears his throat. Jazz wonât make him say what happened. She knows he still has nightmares about it and she has a pretty good idea of what happened. âClockwork stopped it. Reversed time, saved everyone, took the Thermos, gave me a second chance.â
âAnd how soon after did this Something start happening?â
âPretty much right after.â Danny runs a hand through his bangs and closes his eyes, thinking back. âAfter I gave Lancer the test answers back, I went home and crashed in bed for a while. It felt like forever but it was only a couple hours.â Jazz nods and sits up to grab her notebook. She makes a few quick notes and Danny waits until her frantic scribbling slows to a stop. She gestures for him to continue and he tells her what he told Sam and Tucker.
He tells her about the shower and the homework and the suddenly improved grades and attendance and she listens, more so than Tucker and Sam ever did. It doesnât surprise him at all, really. Jazz has always been the type to stop and listen, even if she does have her moments of single mindedness. Even if this really does turn out to be nothing, heâs glad heâs got Jazz on his side to figure it out.
When heâs done explaining his concerns, she pauses and reads over her notes again. She purses her lips and lowers the notebook, giving Danny an expectant look. âHave you talked to Clockwork about this?â
That gives Danny pause. âAbout what?â
Jazz levels him with a look of absolute certainty. âIt sounds to me like youâre gaining time.â
âWait, what?â Danny throws himself upright so he can be at eye level with Jazz. âExplain.â
âThat, or youâre slowing it down.â Jazz nods once herself and waves a hand up and down, from his head to his feet and back. âFrom what you told me, it sounds like you could be slowing down time.â
âThatâs crazy,â Danny mumbles, crossing his arms. âClockwork controls time. I canât do anything like that.â
âNot before, you couldnât.â Jazz raises a brow. âThink about it. You were fused to one of those time medallions for who knows how long and you couldnât just take it out on your own. Whoâs to say that you didnât pick up some kind of temporal power?â
Danny squints at her for her use of the word âtemporal,â but considers her words. âMaybe,â he says slowly, thinking aloud. âThe time medallions allowed us to move outside of time. Whenever Clockwork froze time, if we had one of them on, we could still move around and stuff. And then when we were in the future, and when those future ghosts attacked this time, the medallions allowed us to stay there. Taking them off sent us, and them, home.â He presses his lips together. âMaybe youâre right.â
âYou should talk to Clockwork,â Jazz says in between her notetaking. âI donât think I can help you with this anymore.â
Danny reaches and puts his hand on hers, stilling her writing. Jazz looks up and he smiles at her. âYouâve already helped a lot. Thanks, Jazz.â
Jazz smiles back. âAnytime.â
Clockworkâs citadel is hard to find and Danny suspects the only reason he can is because Clockwork allows it. Dannyâs never seen the outside of it before, but the giant floating cogs and gears make it pretty obvious heâs found the right place. The place looks like a cross between a grandfather clock and a castle and Danny has a nice chuckle at the tasteful scythes adorning some of the roofs.
The double doors at the base of the tower creak open and Danny pauses for a moment. He half expects Clockwork to greet him outside, but heâs equally unsurprised when nothing happens. He floats through the doors and ignores the way they close behind him in favor of seeking out Clockwork himself. Clockwork has to know that Danny was coming, being the all-seeing and all-knowing Master of Time, so Danny doesn't feel too bad about just barging in.
After all, the doors were open.
Danny comes to a stop in front of Clockworkâs viewing screens, too nosy for his own good and not completely looking forward to the conversation he knows the two of them are going to have. They show ordinary, mundane scenes of many different peopleâand ghostsâgoing about their lives, oblivious to any unseen watchers.
âEverything is as it should be,â Clockwork says from behind Danny, startling the boy several feet higher than heâd previously been floating.
âClockwork!â Danny says, spinning around and lowering himself to be closer to eye level.
âHello, Danny.â Clockwork cracks the barest hint of a smile and Danny rolls his eyes. âCome,â Clockwork says, waving Danny over as he turns and floats off. âWe have much to discuss.â
Danny follows quickly, turning his head to catch a glimpse of the row of Time Medallions hanging on a rack near the portal screens. He shudders once and looks away.
Clockwork leads him through several archways to a library full of different types of texts; scrolls, stone tablets, and the oldest books Dannyâs ever seen all line the walls and crowd the towering shelves. Clockwork gestures to a small nook with several cozy looking couches and nods, encouraging him to sit.
Danny hovers over to the nearest overstuffed arm chair and allows himself to fall into it, giving it to the artificial gravity of the Zone. Itâs a comfy chair, just like heâd hoped it would be and he can feel the tension leaving his shoulders. Clockwork sits on the chair opposite his and waits, giving Danny a chance to mentally prepare himself for their talk.
Eventually, Clockwork clears his throat to catch Dannyâs full attention. âI know youâre nervous, but do try to relax.â Danny huffs, somewhere between amusement and exasperation, then Clockwork continues. âIâm sure by now youâve noticed the temporal abnormalities youâve been experiencing.â
âSoâŠâ Dannyâs brow furrows. âIt is a time thing?â
âCorrect.â Clockwork smiles at the boy. âIâm afraid your experiences with the timestream have had⊠an unforeseen outcome.â
ââUnforeseen?ââ Danny echoes, bolting upright. âI thought you saw everything!â
Clockwork gives a slight grimace. âAs the Master of Time, I have the unique privilege of experiencing time like an outsider. Unfortunately, that doesnât always extend to myself, or anything existing outside of time.â Clockwork reaches into his cloak and produces a Time Medallion. âWearing these allows someone to temporarily displace themself anywhere in the timestream and instantly return as soon is it is removed.
âTheyâre not made to become a part of oneâs person.â Clockwork outright frowns. âWhen this Medallion was fused to you, it lost some of its potency.â He passes it over to Danny and the boy frowns as he inspects it. âThe medallions make the wearer immune to my ability to totally stop time by placing them, technically, outside of time.â
âSo what does that mean for me?â Danny asks, looking back up at Clockwork.
âIt means, Danny, that your sister was correct. Youâve developed an immunity of sorts to the normal flow of time, becoming something of a human Time Medallion. Iâm unaware as of yet how far this power will extend, but if Iâm correct, the ability will only be limited to yourself and whatever is on your person, including anyone you may be in direct contact with.â
Danny blinks several times, processing the words. âThatâs actually kinda cool.â
Clockwork allows himself a small chuckle. âBecause of this slight immunity to time, you also appear to be exhibiting some temporal displacement abilities, the âgaining timeâ that Jazz mentioned. What this means is that time moves much more slowly around you while allowing you move freely and as normal. From an outside perspective, one might say that you look to be moving at high speeds.â
Danny nods as he turns the words over in his head. âWhen you say that you canât always see things that exist outside of time, does that mean you canât, like, watch over me? Since I have the immunity?â
âI can see you just fine the majority of the time, donât worry,â Clockwork says, waving off the concern written on Dannyâs face. âWhen you use your powers, itâs like looking through a fog. The image becomes distorted and blurred, but then it clears up again.â
âI didnât even know I was using them.â
Clockwork nods and smirks. âControl will come with time.â Danny snorts, and relaxes a little. âHave you noticed anything in common with the incidents?â
Danny thinks, pushing a fist against his chin. âUh⊠They all seemed to times when I wanted⊠more⊠timeâŠâ He trails off, eyes wide. âWow. I wanted more time in the shower, I wanted my homework done faster, I wanted to be on time for school⊠and then it all happened.â Danny cracks a grin. âThatâs pretty useful.â
âIndeed.â Clockwork looks Danny in the eyes. âI just want to impart with you the importance of not abusing an ability like this. Time is a powerful thing.â Danny nods, completely serious. âThat said,â Clockwork grins again, âI cannot stop you from using it to your leisure.â
Danny laughs. âSo, what, exactly, can I do with⊠whatever Iâm supposed to call this?â
âWhat you call it is up to you. What I can tell you is that a power like yours has limits, and you can rest easy with the knowledge that your temporal powers are no where as powerful as mine. You cannot stop the flow of time completely, nor can you reverse it or speed it up. Your power is limited to only slightly and temporarily slowing down time for yourself. Thatâs it.â
âThatâs still pretty awesome,â Danny says, gazing at the Medallion in his hands again. âHey, wait. You said Iâm kinda like one of these things, right? Does that mean you canât freeze me in time anymore?â
Clockwork blinks, expression flat. With no warning, he raises his staff and says, âTime Out!â
Danny suddenly feels like heâs underwater or submerged in something thick and viscous. He blinks, ever so slowly and moves his head up, inch by inch to look at Clockwork. Before he can say anything, Clockwork movesâand heâs fast, so fast, like heâs dropping frames to snap into new positions without any movement between themâand then Danny is free from the heavy feeling. âThat was weird,â is all he says.
Clockwork nods. âIt appears I can no longer stop you completely, and you can move under your own power ever so slightly. From my perspective, it was as if you were moving in slow motion.â
Danny throws his head back and laughs, the idea that the crazy powerful Master of Time being unable to control him completely being too hilarious to pass up. Clockwork rolls his eyesâthough itâs hard to tell without a pupilâbut allows Danny to ride out his amusement.
âI feel you have another question for me,â Clockwork prods, drawing Danny back to the present.
Danny nods, rubbing a tear from his eye. âYeah, just one.â He holds up the Medallion and asks, âHow did this give me time powers?â
âDanny, how much do you know about how ghosts work?â
Danny shrugs. âNot a whole lot. I know ghosts are made of ectoplasm and that ectoplasm is kinda everywhere, but I donât really know how much of what I heard Mom and Dad talking about growing up is true.â
Clockwork nods. âGhosts are, indeed, made of ectoplasm, and ectoplasm can exist in many different types and forms, including raw energy. At the center of every ghost exists what is known as a Core. A Core is the purest essence of a ghost and where the most powerful abilities and attacks originate. I wonât get into the types of Cores for now, but I will tell you that there are seven elemental types, two incorporeal types, and then an additional, unspecialized type.â
Danny nods, eyes wide. âDo I have a Core?â
âYes, you do.â Clockwork points at the center of Dannyâs chest, just right of his heart. âAnd it because you possess a Core that the Medallion had such an effect on you.â
âWhaâreally? How?â Danny presses a hand against his chest, along his breast bone, and he can almost imagine his feels a thrumming pulse he never noticed before.
âWhen the Medallion interacted with your Core, some of the energy that infused with the Medallion was absorbed by your Core. Whether it was self-preservation to protect you from the foreign object, a subconscious absorption of power, or a result of your Core still developing, some of the Medallionâs powers were leeched off and into you. Over time, this new energy and ability has settled in your Core and it has become a part of you.â
âWhen it was still stuck in here, I learned how to use my Wail. And even though I felt tired afterward, I could still keep going. Would that have made a difference?â Danny tilts his head in question. âOr was it just because I was in the Zone?â
âIt could have been both.â Clockwork thinks it over for a second. âThatâs likely when the strongest transfer of power happened. The Medallion fed you some of its energy to recover what you used in your attack.â
âWeird.â Danny stretches in his seat, considering everything that heâs learned. It takes him several minutes to sort through his thoughts, but then he looks up at Clockwork, eyes glowing brightly in determination. âTeach me how to control it.â
Clockwork smiles and takes to the air again. âIt would be my pleasure.â
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You Drive Me Insane
This is for Phic Phight 2019! Iâm on Team Human, with team leader @currently-lurkingâ!
Prompt: Vlad buys Danny a car for his 16th birthday
Word count: 1246
Prompt by: @ecto-americanâ
Characters: Danny and Vlad
Warnings: cursing? excessive wealth? lol that's it really
Extra notes: please google this car. itâs so extra holy shit
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âWhat is this?â
Vlad sighs and rolls his eyes. âItâs a car, Daniel. People drive them,â he says, voice dropping condescension.
Danny scoffs and crosses his arms, glaring at Vlad and then the vehicle parked at the curb in front of his house. âYeah, no shit. But why is it here?â
Vlad gestures like itâs obvious and he thinks Danny is an idiot. âA certain someone has a sixteenth birthday tomorrow, and I couldnât resist bringing my present around a little early.â
Danny purses his lips, squinting at Vlad. âExcuse me?â
Vlad groans and pinches the bridge of his nose. âMust I spell it out for you?â He points at the car and then Danny, saying, âThat is for you.â
Thereâs a brief pause before Danny bursts out laughing. âYeah, right! Like youâd get me anything and mean it.â
Vladâs eyes flash red and he growls. âLet me put this in a way your pitiful teenaged mind can comprehend.â He snatches the back of Dannyâs t-shirt and hauls him upright, then digs around in his pocket for the keys. He takes Dannyâs wrist and places the keys in his hand. âThis. Is. Your. Birthday present.â
Danny takes a deep breath and wraps his fingers around the keys, pulling away from Vlad with a little intangibility. âOkay, okay, I get it. You got me a car.â He looks it over, taking in its boxy front, the tall hood ornament, and the fact that it seems to only have one handle despite looking like it has two doors on each side, and hums. âWhat breed of car is it?â
âWhat breeââ Vlad chokes and sputters for a moment and Danny does his best to not smirk. He thinks he failed when Vlad gives him a nasty look. âThis is a Rolls-Royce, Daniel. What breed.â
As Vlad continues to grumble under his breath, Danny hums again, mildly impressed. He knows nothing about cars, but he does know that this type is exceedingly expensive. âCars have, like. Types, right? Like. Special names?â Danny shrugs when Vlad squints at him. âIâm bad this. This one has a type, right?â
Vlad looks like he just sucked on a lemon and clams up, turning to look at the car instead of Danny.
Danny pokes him in the side. âCâmon old man. Whatâs the fancy schmancy car name for it?â
Vlad mumbles too lowly for Danny to make out so he pokes him again. It takes a few more jabs before Vlad finally spits out, âItâs a Rolls-Royce Phantom, are you happy?â
âItâsâŠâ Danny trails off and inspects the car again. Itâs got a slimming black and white paint job that he doesnât actually hate. A huge grin splits his face. âItâs a Phantom?â His voice squeaks and breaks a little bitâthanks, pubertyâbut he doesnât care. âThatâs amazing.â
Vlad grumbles again. âI put a lot of thought into this,â he mumbles a little self-consciously. âI.â He coughs and crosses his arms, turning to face mostly at the car. âI wanted it to be nice.â
Danny stares at Vlad in awe, then narrows his eyes. âOkay, whatâs the catch?â
âCatch?â Vlad asks, turning back to Danny. He raises a single brow.
âYes, fruitloop, the catch. Thereâs gotta be a catch. This, if itâs serious, is the nicest thing youâve ever done for me.â Danny crosses his own arms and resists the temptation to flash his eyes. âYouâve got to be up to something.â
Vlad sighs and slumps a little. âYour mother called me and told me of plans your parents had for getting you a car themselves.â
âMy mom called you?â Dannyâs voice raises in disbelief. âBut she hates you!â
Vlad grits his teeth. âYes, well. She told me about how they got Jasmine a car for her sixteenth birthday, and they didnât want you to feel like she was receiving special treatment. She also confided with me that they wouldnât be able to afford one for you and asked if I would be willing to step in for them.â He shrugs. âThey wanted to get you a used car, but whatâs the point of wealth if you canât flaunt it?â
âYou bought me a rich person car just to flex on my parents?â Danny asks, staring with wide eyes.
âIf by âflex,ââ Vlad says, voice mocking when he repeats the slang term, âyou mean ârub it in their faces,â then yes. I did.â
Danny canât help the new wave of laughter. âGod thatâs so petty. Rich people are wild.â He looks at the car again and tilts his head. âSo you just. Got me this fancy ass car, no shit?â
âLuxury cars are not a joke.â Vlad gestures at the vehicle. âEspecially these cars. Each Rolls-Royce is personalized. They are not sold, they are commissioned.â
âSo, let me get this straight.â Danny raises a hand and counts off on his fingers. âYou got me a custom-made car, a Rolls-Royce Phantom,â he pauses to grin at the name again, âfor my birthday because my mom called and asked you to, and you wanted to show off how rich you are to them? And thereâs no catch? No secret spy camera or bug in the car that reports back to you whenever the car is being used? Nothing at all?â
Vlad nods. âOf course.â
Danny drops his hand. âWow.â
âWhat do you take me for? A cartoon villain?â
Danny raises a brow. âYou donât want me to answer that.â
The two stand there staring at the car to avoid looking at each other for a few more seconds. Then Vlad says, âThe roof interior lights up.â Vlad shifts uncomfortably. âLike stars.â
Danny blinks at Vlad, mouth dropping open a little. âFor real?â At Vladâs nod, Danny looks at the car with a bit of a warmer attitude. âThatâs pretty cool.â
âOne of the reasons I eventually decided on this one.â
âNot just the name?â Danny gives Vlad a cheeky smirk.
âThe name was the first thing that drew me to it.â Vlad grimaces. âImpudent child.â
Danny laughs loudly again, honestly delighted. Itâs weird, laughing this much with Vlad instead of at Vlad, but he finds that he kinda likes it. It sure beats having to kick old man ass. âYou know what? Fine.â
ââFineâ what?â
âIâll take it.â Danny steps up to the car and lays a hand on its roof. This car is more expensive that literally anything else he owns and probably every electronic and video game he owns, all put together.
âYouâllâof course youâll take it!â Vlad bursts, throwing his hands up. âI bought it for you! Itâs a birthday present! Itâs custom made!â
âWait.â Danny removes his hand and look at Vlad. âYou arenât trying to bribe me, are you?â He doesnât know if heâs asking seriously or not.
Vladâs eyes flash red again and Danny holds his hands up in surrender. âIâm tempted to say yes, but that wonât shut you up.â
Danny grins. âYouâre not wrong.â He cups his hands on the windows and tries to look instead, but the glass is tinted almost black. âMan. I canât wait to drive this baby to school. The look on Dashâs face will be absolutely worth it.â Vladâs raised eyebrow catches his eye as itâs reflected off the glass and he looks over his shoulder. âYes, I realize that makes me a hypocrite.â He shrugs. âGuess weâre both petty bitches.â
Vladâs outraged cry drowns out Dannyâs newest giggles.
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Boy King
This is for Phic Phight 2019! Iâm on Team Human, with team leader @currently-lurking!
Prompt: Danny is heir to the throne of the Ghost King, much to the displeasure of the Observants. He's just trying to survive his senior year.
Word count: 2605
Prompt by: @cheshire-kasâ
Characters: Danny, Head Observant (and other Observants), Frostbite, minor mentions of Sam, Tucker, and Dora
Warnings: slight language
Extra notes: didnât get as much into the annoying the observants or senior year parts, but theyâve been touched on and i think that counts lol
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Honestly, if Danny had known, way back in the day, what defeating the Ghost King in single man combat meant, he would have insisted that someone help him, even if it meant someone like Plasmius. As it were, he didnât know, and didnât ask for help, and now here he is, three and half years later, barely seventeen, starting his last year of high school tomorrow, and the Head Observant, whom Danny has never met and doesnât know the real name of, is sitting in his living room drinking tea with a frazzled Jazz and discussing mundane topics without a care in either world.
Danny considers going back to bed before deciding it wouldnât be worth it.
âUm,â he begins, eloquent as usual, âcan I help you?â
The Head Observant swivels to face him with his single eye and Danny sees Jazz slump in relief behind the ghostâs back. âDanny Phantom.â The ghost rises to standâfloatâand approaches him. âWe have much to discuss.â
Danny leans away, nose scrunching at the disgust in the Head Observantâs voice. (Danny really either needs to learn this guyâs name or come up with a nickname, fast, because even in the comfort of his own mind, âHead Observantâ is getting old and annoying quick.) âCan we not?â
âImpudent child!â HOâDanny mentally snorts and decides to keep the shorteningâsnaps, his monobrow narrowing in displeasure. âAncients help us, for we are all doomed.â
Danny rolls his eyes. Dannyâs heard enough stories from Clockwork to know how dramatic the Observants are, HO especially. âYeah yeah, double death and all that. Did you just come here to call me names or did you want something?â Danny calls forth just enough energy to light up his eyes, a subtle sign of just how much he doesnât want HO to be here.
HO huffs and Danny hides a triumphant smirk, pleased with how easy it is to get under the ghostâs skin. âIf you are quite finished,â he begins, ignoring the scoff that Danny gives, âyou will accompany me to the Infinite Realms at once. The High Council demands your presence.â
âYeah, not happening,â Danny says, crossing his arms. âSee, I got school tomorrow, last first day and all, and Iâm not letting any ghost problems get in the way of that. I might not know a lot about Ghost Zone politics, but I do know that these Council meetings or whatever can take days to be done with, so whatever this is, it can wait until Friday afternoon.â
HO starts sputtering and Danny hopes Clockwork is watching. Jazz is wide eyed and anxious, glancing between Danny and HO, and Danny flashes he a thumbâs up at the hip. She squints at him and Danny bites his lip to keep from laughing.
âNow. If youâll excuse me,â Danny says, stepping pointedly around HO and towards the front door, âI have stuff to do today.â He opens the door and glances over his shoulder. âFeel free to see yourself out.â
The last thing Danny hears as he leaves is a particularly nasty ghost swear. It leaves him laughing for hours.
Friday afternoon, at exactly three-thirty, HO shows up directly in front of Danny, Sam, and Tucker, two lesser observants at his sides.
Danny sighs and palms his face. âI canât even be mad,â he mumbles. âI did tell you to wait.â
The lesser observants already look pissed and Danny takes pride in the fact that itâs because of him. HO looks mildly annoyed and Danny wonders, spontaneously, if itâs because of Clockwork. (It would explain how the three ghosts were able to appear in the middle of Amity Park without alerting his Ghost Sense, but then again, Danny isnât quite sure of the extent of the Observantâs powers. Maybe they can teleport or create portals like Wulf. Dannyâs never asked because heâs never cared.)
âDanny Phantom,â HO booms, pointedly ignoring Dannyâs wince and his attempts to get him to lower his voice, âyour presence is requested by the High Council of the Infinite Realms to discuss matter of great importance. If you would follow meââ
âYeah thatâs great, and Iâd love to go,â Not, âbut I gotta stop by my house first. My parents will wonder where Iâm at and I gotta get some stuff.â
HOâs singular eye twitches and the less Observants look incensed behind HOâs back, frantically whispering amongst themselves. Danny thinks he picked up the word âblasphemyâ and bites down on a smirk. âYou have one hour,â HO practically hisses, and then the three are gone, as if they were never there.
Sam and Tucker blink at Danny and then each other. âDid that really happen?â Tucker asks, nudging Dannyâs arm as they continue making their way to FentonWorks. âWhat do they want?â
âIs this what you were laughing about all day Tuesday?â Sam adds, raising a brow. âThe supposedly hilarious thing you couldnât tell us about?â
Danny shrugs at Tucker while nodding at Sam. âYeah. The Head Observant showed up at my house Tuesday morning and wanted me to go with him then, but I told him to wait. Didnât think heâd listen. They must really want me to be there.â
âYeah, but for what?â Tucker asks again, giving Danny the puppy eyes. âCâmon dude, spill!â
âI donât actually know,â Danny says, shoving Tucker away by the face, heedless of the other boyâs squawk of outrage. âWhat you guys heard is pretty much all I know, too.â
âNeed us to come with you?â Sam offers.
âNah. I need you guys ready to cover for me in case the meeting or whatever runs long.â Danny shakes his head. âClockwork and Frostbite have both told me that the Zone doesnât really have much of a concept of time compared to here, so the meetings can last until they eventually work out whatever they were trying to figure out or they get tired of arguing about it.â
Tucker whistles, already over his manhandling. âSucks for you, dude.â
Danny waves his off. âItâs fine, I have an overnight bag ready just in case. Loaded it full of snacks and some stuff to do in case I get boredâwhich I will. But yeah, thatâs why I need you guys here. My parents have lightened up a lot, but if Iâm gone all weekend they might start to worry.â
âNo problem, Danny, we got your back!â Tucker swings and arm around Dannyâs shoulders and ruffles his hair, startling Danny into a screech of his own. âThis is revenge, short stack! Take it like a champ!â
Sam rolls her eyes. Idiots.
An hour and a half later, Danny is following HO and a couple lesser observants through the Ghost Zone at a pace Danny would considering a casual stroll. After saying goodbye to his friends, Danny had gone straight to Jazz to fill her in before he left for the Zone. It didnât take long, but the problem came twenty minutes later when he realized he had no idea where he was going.
He wandered kind of aimlessly for a while, asking passing ghosts for directions to a place none of them knew how to get to, before he decided to do the smart thing and ask Clockwork. Luckily, or maybe unluckily, HO and his posse found Danny on his way there.
Needless to say, HO was not happy.
Finally, the four of them arrive at what Danny can only describe as a clusterfuck of observatories. It would be pretty cool, he thinks, if not for the giant eye at its center that seems to follow their movements as they approach. HO and the lesser Observants ignore it, so Danny does his best to not look at it, lest he make a fool of himself in front of who knows how many ghosts.
Danny follows HO to the interior of the place, and he grimaces at the sheer number of eyeballs all over the place. HO eventually leads them to a room that looks kind of like a stadium with seats arranged in a bowl shape, leaving the middle empty and giving the entire audience a clear view of the center. Hanging from the ceiling are what look like actual eyes, optical nerves and all. Looking directly at one, Danny can see that where the iris and pupil should be, thereâs either a window or some type of screen, allowing for more viewers.
Danny is half expecting to see the seats filled with more of the one-eyed wonders, but instead, thereâs a huge assortment of all kinds of different ghosts from all over the Zone. Amongst them, Danny spots Dora and her advisor, Pandora, Frostbite and his second in command, and Clockwork. Danny gives each of them a smile and a wave, and the HO is ushering him to the center of the room, chiding him to be quiet.
HO and his lackies take up a position behind a podium where at least a dozen other Observants wait for their leader to return. The crowd of ghosts looks impatient and Danny almost feels bad for making them wait on him.
Oh well. Too late now.
âOrder! Order!â HO shouts, raising his voice to be heard above the idle chatter of the gathered ghosts. âThe High Council of the Infinite Realms tribunal is now in session!â
âWait,â Danny says, eyes blowing wide. âAm I on trial? For what?â
âBe at ease, Great One,â Frostbite calls down to him, his voice a balm on Dannyâs suddenly electrified nerves. âYou have done nothing wrong.â
âNothing wrong!â a ghost that Danny doesnât know snaps, amidst a smattering of agreeing grumbles. âHeâs just a boy!â
âSilence!â HO demands, raising his hands. The noise dies down and Danny frowns, wishing he could be anywhere else. âWe are here today to discuss the fate of the Infinite Realms and what this means in regard to Danny Phantom.â
Dannyâs brow furrows. He has no idea what he has to do with the Ghost Zone as a whole but he has a feeling heâs not going to like it.
âPerhaps it would be best to be forward with Sir Phantom,â Dora suggests from across the room, raising a pointed eyebrow at HO as he gestures with one hand to Danny.
HO grumbles to himself briefly, then straightens to his full height. âDanny Phantomâs defeat of the former Ghost King Pariah Dark nearly three years ago means that he, by the Right of Conquest, is to be crowned the new King of All Ghosts.â
The room immediately bursts into cacophonous noise, but Danny hears none of it. His vision tunnels and he hears his heart pounding in his ears and the next thing he knows, heâs sitting outside and Frostbite is rubbing soothing circles on his back with his ice hand.
âAre you alright, Great One?â Frostbite asks once Danny finally looks at him, expression clearing up.
âIââ Danny chokes on his own voice and searches for his duffle bag, digging out a bottle of water. He chugs half of it before he has to stop and catch his breath. âI donât know?â he asks more than says, clutching the half empty bottle like a lifeline.
âIt would be okay if you were not,â Frostbite assures him. âIt is not every day that one is named Crown Prince.â
Dannyâs breath hitches and he chokes again, curling into a ball. âOh god.â
Frostbite watches sympathetically for a moment, then shifts to tuck Danny against his side. âDo not fret, Great One. No one expects you to claim the throne right away. That would be asking entirely too much of you. You are young, especially in terms of your ghost half, so you must first be prepared before you are to assume any position of power.â
âOh god,â Danny says again, voice strained, as he presses closer to the yeti ghost.
Frostbite frowns. âAre you alright, Great One?â he asks again, concern heavy in his voice.
âI canât do this, Frostbite. I canât be the king. I donât know the first thing about it! I donât know politics or the, the culture, none of it! I barely know how I work as a ghost, and I spend like half my time fighting people!â Danny clutches his hair and stares up at Frostbite, eyes wide and glowing a brighter green than usual in his panic. âI canât do this!â
Frostbite shushes him gently and hugs him close, carding a hand through Dannyâs soft white hair. âYou will be a fantastic ruler one day. There is much you need to learn, but you have plenty of time. The Infinite Realms has been without a uniting monarch for centuries. It will last a number more years without you at its head.â
âNo oneâs gonna be happy about this,â Danny argues, allowing his shoulders to relax as he leans against his friend and mentor.
âYou cannot please everyone, Great One,â Frostbite says with a chuckle. âBut despite the dissenters, you have earned your title as Crown Prince, and the Ancient Law is to be respected and upheld by all. There will always be those who will oppose your rule, but over time, even the hottest of tempers will cool.â
Danny shakes his head, tense and jittery. âBut thereâs so much I donât know! Iâm gonna offend someone or something and start a war and then everyoneâs gonna hate me even more than they already do because Iâm always fighting them and Iâm half human and Iâm not a real ghost and I do nothing be get into trouble and start shit with my big mouth and I havenât even finished high school yet andâ!â
âDanny,â Frostbite says, startling him to silence as a large, clawed hand delicately captures his chin, âyou are going to be amazing.â
Danny blinks once, twice, and on the third, he feels his eyes burn with unshed tears. He takes a deep, shaky breath, and then another. âYou really think so?â he asks, voice weak.
Frostbite smiles, the expression warm. âI know so.â
Danny smiles back and shoves the heels of his hands into his eyes, giving a shaky laugh as he watches the stars behind his closed lids. âOkay.â He swallows hard. âOkay. I believe you.â
âGood!â Frostbite says, pulling Danny to his feet with a booming laugh. Danny laughs with him, more a single huff than true laughter, but itâs something. âNow! The High Council is waiting for us to return!â
Danny sighs. âYeah.â He slouches for a moment before straightening up, a slow smirk drifting across his face. âHey, what if I donât go back in there?â Frostbite tilts his head and allows Danny to explain. âItâs not just because I donât want to, even though thatâs also true, but also⊠I really donât like the Head Observant.â
Frostbite laughs again. âClockwork has mentioned that you have taken on his habit of doing your best to annoy them.â A mischievous glint enters his yellow eyes and he grins. âWho am I to deny you this simple pleasure?â
Danny grins and hugs his mentor. âThanks Frostbite! Youâre the best!â
Frostbite hugs him back and then gives him a nudge. âSuch high praise!â He gives a dramatic sigh. âIt is such a shame that you were feeling unwell and had to return home immediately. Goodbye, Great One. We will see each other again soon.â
Danny laughs and waves as he flies off, duffle bag strung over his shoulder. He canât wait to hear the story from Clockwork later. Itâs a good distraction from the whole King thing.
Eh. Heâll deal with that later.
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And the Lost
This is for Phic Phight 2019! Iâm on Team Human, with team leader @currently-lurking!
Prompt: Jazz is crying again. Phantom turns from his window and leaves.
Word count: 810
Prompt by: @bibliophileapâ
Characters: Danny and Jazz
Warnings: tw death mention, angst
Extra notes: hereâs version two!! i liked this one a lot better and itâs closer to my original plan for this prompt than the first one was. idr exactly where it was going but iâm happy with it lol
[version 1]
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âJazz, I have to go. For real this time.â
She sniffs, hard, and Phantomâs heart squeezes. âNo, you donât,â she says in that special way people do when theyâre trying to speak through heavy sobs. Phantom canât look at her but he knows her eyes are red rimmed and thereâs wet streaks down her face.
âI do,â he tells her, again, gazing out at the starry sky. His core sings at the sight and the urge to fly is almost a physical ache. âYou⊠You canât stop me.â
Jazz heaves another sob, the chest quaking kind, and Phantom closes his eyes against the sound, clenching his fists. âPlease donât go, Danny. Please.â
âIâm sorry Jazz.â Phantom hates making her cry. He feels like itâs all he does these days, but he just keeps doing it. Everything about this situation sucks but what can he do? Heâs dead but sheâs still alive, still has a life to live and colleges to apply for and be accepted into. What could he do, anyway? Ghosts canât go to school or college or get jobs or, or pay a mortgage.
Besides. Better he leaves now than get caught by their ghost hunting parents.
âDanny, we can work this out!â Jazz jolts forward a few steps and reaches for his hand. She shivers at the touch because heâs absolutely freezing, but she squeezes tight, silently begging him to squeeze back. âWe can get through this!â
âNo, we canât!â Phantom wants to rip his hand back, but this is Jazz, so he settles for sliding out of her grip intangibly. âMom and Dad wonât accept this. Theyâll never get past their prejudice, and the first thing theyâll do when they see me is blast me with whatever weapon they have.â His eyes close as he slumps forward, barely resisting the urge to pinch the bridge of his nose. âIt wonât just⊠We canât get past this Jazz.â
âWe can! We just have to make themâ!â
âJazz, Iâm dead! I died! That lab accident killed me! Just because youâre okay with my whole situation,â and here he paused just long enough to gesture at himself, âdoesnât mean they will be! Just because we've never seen ghosts before I turned the portal on doesnât mean that Mom and Dad donât hunt them. Even before the accident they always went on and on about how they wanted to rip ghosts apart âmolecule by molecule.ââ Phantom takes a breath he doesn't need any more and pushes his bangs out of his face. Jazz can see his hands trembling and feels a fresh wave of tears.
âI canât do this, Jazz. I canât tell them Iâmâthat I used to be their son. I canât tell them I'm a ghost. They. Canât. Know.â Phantom straightens his shoulders and his eyes flash to a brighter, more threatening green for a second.
If Jazz hadnât known Phantomâas the ghost he is nowâfor the last couple months, she wouldâve been scared. As it is, she can recognize the intimidation tactic for what it is. âYouâre just scared,â she says, scrubbing her cheeks with the heels of her hands. âScared of what theyâll think, what theyâll do.â
âOf course, Iâm scared!â Phantom bursts, raising his voice. It echoes strangely around the room and Jazz feels her ears pop and her skin buzz. Phantomâs glow flares a little and Jazz canât help but wonder if this is some latent ability heâs unconsciously unlocking. âIâm fucking terrified!â He slams a hand over his mouth and sinks to the floor, collapsing into a pile of limbs under the window. The night breeze wafts in, unperturbed.
âDannyââ
âI have to go, Jazz.â Phantomâs voice is small and Jazz is reminded of how Danny used to sneak into her room some nights when they were kids because heâd had a nightmare and their parents were still toiling away in the lab. Heâd come to her for comfort and attention and Jazz was always happy to give it to him. She aches to do the same now, but everythingâs so different, she doesnât think she can. âI have to go before they find out.â When, Jazz's mind supplies. Not if.
She knows heâs right and she hates it.
âOkay,â she says, whispers, finally. âOkay, fine. You win.â She sniffs, hard, and tucks her arms close to her chest. âYouâre leaving.â
âYeah,â he breathes out, hunching his shoulders as he climbs to his feet. Despite being a ghost fully capable of flight, his insistence on staying grounded says more to Jazz than anything. Phantom has made it no secret that he loves flying with his whole being. âYeah,â he says again, head bowed as if defeated. Once heâs standing, his feet leave the ground without a sound.
Jazz is crying again. Phantom turns from his window and leaves.
#danny phantom#phic phight#phic phight 19#dp fanfic#fanfic#my fills pp19#kiera writes fics#tw death mention#angst#danny#jazz#HERE'S THE SECOND ONE!!!!
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The Lonely
This is for Phic Phight 2019! Iâm on Team Human, with team leader @currently-lurkingâ!
Prompt: Jazz is crying again. Phantom turns from his window and leaves.
Word count: 358
Prompt by: @bibliophileap
Characters: Danny and Jazz
Warnings: tw death mention, angst
Extra notes: i wrote two versions of this prompt bc i wasnât happy with this first one so much. this oneâs been done a while but i wanted to post them together so hereâs the first take on this prompt!!
[version 2]
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Jazz is crying again. She does it a lot these days. She sits in her room, wrapped up in her blankets like a human burrito, and cries. Sometimes itâs those jolting, full body sobs that look like that rip at her throat on their way out, but other times, more often than not, theyâre soft cries. Soft and gentle and morbidly beautiful in the way that only tears can be.
Phantom worries about her, even though he doesnât know who she is.
Phantom woke up alone in the basement of this house a little over a month ago with no memory of who he was or how he got here, only that he was a ghost and that he was dead. He floated aimlessly around the house until Jack and Maddie came home and scared him so badly that he learned about his new invisibility and intangibility powers.
The two chased him around for several hours until he finally outpaced them enough that he lost them. He eventually wandered back to this house, the place that he knew he mustâve died in, to find the three of them, this family, huddled together crying. There were cars with flashy lights sitting outside and people in uniforms were milling about.
Listening to conversations, he learned that theyâd found what had to be him when he was alive.
Phantom had then retreated through the glowing portal in the basement for a bit. The swirling green called to him in a way nothing else ever had and he stayed there for about a week before coming back out, anxious to see this little family of three again.
That was the first time he saw Jazz crying, though he didnât know her name yet. He was temped to try and comfort her, for some reason, but her mom came in and Phantom made himself scarce.
The Fenton parents scare him. Their enthusiasm to chase him strikes him with fear that theyâll hurt him if they so much as catch a glimpse of him. So, he stays hidden. And Jazz cries.
Phantom turns from the window and leaves. Thereâs nothing left for him here.
#danny phantom#phic phight#phic phight 19#dp fanfic#fanfic#my fills pp19#kiera writes fics#tw death mention#angst#jazz#danny#HERE U GO BIB!!!! :D
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