A/N: Yo yo! Happy new year, everyone! This is my first oneshot in my -hopefully- 101 oneshot challenge. So here we are, and this will be a collection of stories from different genres and whatnot. I think all of them will have Danny and Vlad in them. No slash or anything like that. Some of them will be AU's. Some of them will have character deaths, though I will have a warning before you read them that states that there will in fact be a character death.

1.) Dark (Reunion): Daniel isn't the 'hero' that we all think he is. Actually...That's Danielle's job. Daniel just stays in the shadows and tries to rule over the ghost zone because he thinks that he's the only hybrid besides Danielle. That is...Until his parents reunion. Daniel isn't a 'happy' teenager, in fact, he's a senior in this story with dark and ulterior motives. But his greatest weakness will always stop him from attaining absolute power.

Disclaimer: I don't own Danny Phantom...

Daniel Fenton didn't always go into the library, but whenever he did, he was sure that he was making Mr. Lancer pay hell for chasing him. He had a smug smirk on his face as he waited for Mr. Lancer to come at the end of the shelf's, waiting for him to chase him again. After all, he was an out of shape teacher, who couldn't chase him if his life depended on him.

Well, not that he could touch me anyways…

He saw him turn the corner and glare straight at him, "Daniel Fenton! This is the sixth detention this week!" He yelled, out of breath at that.

Daniel chuckled darkly, "You'll never get me to those…" He stated as if it were the funniest thing in the world. He turned as he started to walk into the shadows of the library, which concealed his figure quite well. "Catch you later, Lancer," he spoke as he looked the teacher in the eyes before giving him a dark mysterious smile.

"Fenton!" He yelled as he went after him and went the way the boy had turned down. He saw a dead end and smirked to himself triumphantly, "Now I have you-!" He yelled as he turned again, only for nobody to be there. Confused, he scratched his head slowly. "How does he keep disappearing like that?" He asked to himself as he started to walk out of the library.

Daniel had his arms behind his head and was floating lazily in the air; invisible. "Too easy," he stated as he reappeared. He had simply went intangible and had stumped the teacher. He landed on the ground, his black shoes landing with a soft thud. His long sleeved form fitting shirt showed off his muscles and his dark blue pants matched with his baby blue eyes.

"D-Daniel Fenton?" Asked a girl who stuttered his name, most likely nervous at addressing him. Daniel, oblivious to anyone else in the back of the library, lazily glanced towards the girl. She was Latino and had a blush on her face.

Great. Paul is here again. Can't she get the message?

"That's my name," Daniel said in a bored voice. "Don't wear it out," he mumbled as he then started to walk past her, which she grew more nervous at.

"I-I was wondering…" She trailed on as she started to play with her hands.

Daniel scowled, not again. She can't possibly be asking that.

"If you were free this weekend?" She asked as she looked up at him with soft blue eyes. They were shaking slightly, most likely due from her chaotic emotions.

Daniel grinned, "No, actually. Have to visit my parents' old college buddy…" He trailed as he stuck his hands in his pants pockets. He walked along and gave her a little wave that was condescending. "And before you ask again next week…No," he said with sass as he disappeared out of sight.

"Isn't this great?" Jack asked with a big grin.

How can I be related to that tool?

"Not really," Daniel stated under his breath as he looked out the window. He had his arm propped against the door and his head was resting on his hand. They were in the RV that his parents had decided to get, rather than get a regular vehicle like a van. The seats were lumpy, and Daniel was sure that a wire had come loose from the seat and was jabbing him in the back. He wasn't happy to say, in the least about this forced predicament that he found himself in.

Jazz scowled, "Say that a little louder, why don't you?" She sarcastically questioned as she rolled her eyes.

Daniel grinned, "This was all your idea, genius," he said. "Maybe if you had let the squirt get away with going out past curfew, this wouldn't have happened?" He asked rhetorically as he rolled his eyes this time.

"At least I don't sneak out!" Jazz retorted narrowing her eyes.

"At least I don't get caught," he whispered with a smirk. His tone was underlying that he could get away with more things, just because he wasn't looked up to in the family. At least, that's how he saw it at least.

And every time you do try to sneak out, the squirt always tattles on you…

Dani let out a yawn, her fourteen year old body not handling the long trip to Wisconsin that well. "How are you guys still awake?" She asked as she looked at her siblings.

That's a good question…Probably because I spend most of my time gaining allies in the ghost zone…And probably because you're sending them back constantly!

"You get used to it, squirt," he said as he sighed and leaned against his lumpy seat in the Fenton assault vehicle. The wire that was annoying him before became a constant thought as he tried his best to ignore the irritation that it was bringing him. It wasn't that it had hurt him, it was just a hindrance to him trying to enjoy the family trip.

We couldn't have had a normal car…

"Alright, we're here!" Jack yelled in excitement, making everyone be pulled out of their sleepy daze that they were slowly falling into.

"And no one got injured…That's a plus," Jazz mumbled as she sighed.

Daniel knew how Jazz felt, "He might run over Mr. Masters' dog. I wouldn't speak so soon!" He said in a teasing voice as he pulled his door open.

"Dan!" She yelled as she smacked him against his back, which was surprisingly firm. "Since when do you work out?" She asked in a cautious voice.

He simply shrugged as he ignored her and walked over to the large mansion, "This place is big," he stated as he whistled and looked the building up and down. "You guys didn't mention he was a billionaire."

"That's Vladdie for you!" Jack yelled with a big grin. "Dan-O, help me get the bags," he ordered as he walked over to the trunk of the RV.

"Yes, sir," he said lazily as he did a mock solute, but followed his father over to the trunk. Jack carelessly tossed the bags onto the ground, and Daniel couldn't help but cringe when he saw his bag get tossed in a similar manner.

My laptop's in there, idiot…

He took the bags that he could carry and hurried up the steps, where Jack banged on the front door furiously in joy. A few minutes afterwards, Vlad Masters walked out with a grin on his face. "Maddie! Jack…Glad you all could make it!" He yelled as he opened the door wider, granting access inside. "Come in, come in!" He yelled as he motioned for everyone to come inside. However as soon as Jack tried to get inside, Vlad quickly slammed the door in his face.

Daniel glanced in Vlad's direction with a raised eyebrow, did he just? Vlad didn't pay any more attention to the entryway and instead focused on the visitors that he had. "You all must be exhausted from your trip…I'll show you to your rooms!" He yelled in happiness.

Too happy…

Daniel sighed as he placed the bags on the ground and watched as Vlad led the girls to the stairs. He glanced over at Daniel who just shrugged his shoulders, "You're really careless, Masters," Daniel said as he smirked. He then walked over, to the door and pulled it open, letting Jack in who grinned. "These doors just aren't as wind resistant as you thought," he said as he made up an excuse for the man.

"Silly me," Vlad said with a grin, his hands going behind his back. "Come along, Daniel, I'll show you to your room."

"Try not to use the bathroom, you might get lost," Daniel reminded his father as he picked up his own bag and headed towards the stairs.

Jack grinned at his son, "Don't worry about me, Danny!" He yelled with a big grin on his face.

Daniel only stared at his father for a few seconds, "Daniel…Or Dan…Dani belongs to Danielle, remember?" He lectured in a tired manner as he started to walk up the steps. Vlad had waited for him and they made their trek together.

"You don't need to carry your bag, I can get a maid to-

"No maids. No touching. No offence," Daniel stated in a monotone voice.

Vlad looked at the boy carefully, as if studying him but then looked away, "I see. Are you excited about the reunion?" He asked in a teasing smirk, already knowing the answer.

"You know it," Daniel said in a tired voice.

"Not enough sleep, Daniel?" Vlad asked with a raised eyebrow.

"High school always starts at such an early hour…Who has time for sleep?" Daniel asked with a smirk. "As my friend would say, sleep is for the weak."

Vlad scowled, a frown forming on his face, "That doesn't sound too bright."

Daniel shrugged, "He also said he was above the law, and that no one could touch him," Daniel said darkly as he started to chuckle. "Famous last words before he got sent to jouvie."

As they reached the top of the stairs Vlad smirked, amusement on his face, "He must have been a bunch of fun."

"He was the only one I could relate to…Aside from Jazz that is," Daniel said as they arrived in a corridor of doors.

"You do not speak to Danielle?" Vlad asked in confusion.

Daniel shrugged, "Eh. She's just a copy who stole my name. But no, I don't." He said as they arrived at his door. To his surprise, Vlad stayed by his side. He waited for a few seconds more, and he did not leave, much to Daniel's irritation.

Does this guy not get the hint?

"Well," Daniel said as he opened the door. "I'm going to hit the sack. Catch you tomorrow, Mr. Masters."

Vlad nodded nonchalantly, "Sleep tight, little badger," he said as he started to walk down the hallway, his hands still behind his back.

The mannerisms that guy has…Almost feel sorry for him. Almost.

Daniel felt a shiver run down his spine as he looked away from his laptop that he had brought. Next to it was his communicator, which he used to keep in contact of his ghostly allies. "What the hell?" He asked as he looked up and waited for a few seconds. The eerie light from the laptop illuminating the area. He turned into his ghostly counterpart as black rings went over him. Phantom had taken Fenton's place and he hovered off the ground a few feet.

He turned intangible and went to investigate. He saw his father in a sleepy daze as he was trying to find the bathroom.

I told him this would happen…

He then noticed that his younger sister, who had recently developed ghost powers was in her ghost form and was hovering a few feet behind their father.

If it's just her then I should-

He saw three ghost vultures. They hadn't even registered his ghost sense to go off, they were that weak. Annoying they might be, but weak nonetheless.

Dani gasped as she phased her father through the floor and into the bathroom. She then popped back up and slammed her fist into her hand. They were radiating with ecto-plasm and she smiled at them. "Hello, misplaced aggression," she stated as she was about to advance on them, only for them to yelp and run away without her doing anything.

Daniel glanced over at the form that was behind her and his eye narrowed. Plasmius? He's making things problematic for me in the ghost zone. He even has Skulker as his ally…

Dani rose an eyebrow and turned around, "I was aiming for the birds…But you'll do!" She yelled in confidence as she charged at him with a raised fist. She swung and he caught in easily. She looked at him fear and confusion.

"I was aiming for the bumbling oaf, but you'll do!" He mocked as he tossed her against the wall. Daniel cringed when he heard her slam against the wall. It had made a sickening sound.

Only I can beat up my little sister…

He glared at him and made himself visible as he landed on the ground. "I was aiming to stay away, but you'll…" Daniel began to join in on the battle banter, but he was too tired to make a decent comeback. "Forget it, I'll just shoot you," he said quickly as he blasted Plasmius with a blue blast, surprising him. He put up a pink shield blocking it.

"I heard about the ghost girl, but there's a ghost boy, too?" Plasmius asked to himself, though it was meant to be overheard by Daniel.

"I'm not surprised…But here's your chance to destroy the ghost girl while you have the chance," Daniel said as he looked at the unconscious girl, who was still in her ghost form. Plasmius rose an eyebrow and advance towards her, only to be restrained by four copies of Phantom.

"You have power…"Plasmius stated with a smirk.

Daniel returned the smirk at the man, "You have observational skills."

Dani groaned as she shook her head. She blinked as her eyes readjusted themselves. She looked between Plasmius and Phantom and her eyes grew wide, "Phantom! What are you doing here?" She asked in a menacing voice.

Daniel ignored the girl and only focused on Plasmius, who seemed to grin in a scheming way. "Ah, so you're Phantom…You've been making things…Troublesome."

"The feeling is mutual, Plasmius," he said with indifference.

"Wait…What's going on?" Dani asked in confusion as she powered up her green ecto-blasts.

Why can't she just stay out of my way? At least once!

Daniel noticed the beam that was directed towards her form Plasmius, who was intent on having a conversation with him, and him alone. Daniel growled as he snapped his fingers. An ice wall appeared right before Dani before she could get hurt. Plasmius' eyes grew wide in amusement and surprise. "Spirit, get the hell out of here."

"You don't order me around!" She yelled as she stood up.

"Idiot! Get out of something that doesn't involve you, before it does!" Daniel yelled. He was distracted by talking to Dani that he hadn't noticed the pink blast coming towards him. It hit him directly in the chest, making him fall to the ground, skidding on the ground harshly.

Well, this is going to leave a mark in the morning…

He blinked quickly before looking up and see the floating form of Plasmius over him, sneering down at him, "It's rude to talk to another while engaging in conversation with someone else," he stated as he smirked.

Daniel narrowed his eyes in irritation, "Well, what can I say?" He asked rhetorically with a small shrug that danced across his shoulders quickly, "Wasn't trying to impress you," he said with a smirk as he raised his hand and a blue ecto-blast came out of his hand and hit Plasmius square in the chest.

He was sent back a few feet, but just sent an amused smile at the ghost boy. "Ah, but you are, son. Much more than you can imagine," he replied back in a chilling voice that made alarm bells go off in Daniel's head.

"Well…This is getting awkward surprisingly fast," Daniel responded as he turned intangible, "Really hope I don't see you again, Plasmius," he stated as he started to shift through the floor, only for a strong hand on his shoulder to pull him back up again. He gasped in slight surprise as he found that he could not go intangible while the grip tightened on his shoulder.

"You aren't going anywhere," Plasmius said with a smirk as he had made a duplicate of himself to restrain the boy and prevent him from leaving.

Daniel glanced from Plasmius and then to Spirit, "Uh…You should probably go," he said in her direction, slight confusion in his voice.

Spirit glared before she turned invisible, and Plasmius couldn't track her. He shrugged his shoulders, "Ah, no harm, no fowl," he said as he leered into Daniel's eyes with his menacing red ones. "It's you that I wish to talk to."

"I didn't want to fight you," Daniel said, before his blue eyes illuminated a deep blue, "Hope you like cold weather!" He yelled, a devious smile on his face, as he let his blue ice blast go. In a split second the hallway was covered in absolute ice. Plasmius looked around, impressed that so much power could come from such a little body.

"Impressive…Unless you were aiming for me," Plasmius stated as he smirked at the boy.

Daniel scowled as he realized that his attack had not worked against the ghost, "Fire core, I take it?" Daniel mumbled as he glared his eyes. "I should have predicted that…" He trailed as he mumbled again. He tried to break away from the ghost's grip, only to find that he couldn't. "Alright, what do you want?" He asked, starting to get annoyed by the way that the ghost was restraining him.

Plasmius only smiled darkly at the boy, "I want many things. However, in my discovery of my old age, I have found that I want nothing more than a family."

"A family?" Daniel asked and then he started to chuckle, not darkly like he usually would, but he found the statement that Plasmius had said outright comical. "Why would you want one of those? They weigh you down with feelings and emotions that you don't want. A family makes you weak."

Plasmius rose an eyebrow in curiosity, "You seem to speak from experience. You are a curious specimen, Phantom," he said as he examined the boy.

Daniel couldn't stop the rising panic in his chest at the familiarity of what Plasmius was doing. For some reason it had reminded him of Vlad Masters, and then he began to piece the two together quite well.

Just because I don't go to school that often, doesn't mean that I'm not smart…

"Vlad Masters?" Daniel accused as a wide grin.

"Daniel Fenton…Which makes Spirit Danielle Fenton, correct?" Vlad responded back, as he revealed his own secret. Daniel's grin fell the instant the half ghost pieced it together.

I need to stop living in the moment.

"Congratulations! Although it wasn't that hard to figure it out," Daniel said in a monotone voice as he shrugged it off. Vlad chuckled and Daniel thought he would let him go once he had figured out his secret. The half ghost had not, however, much to his displeasement. "Could you let me go, now?"

Vlad walked closer, making Daniel feel defenseless, and this was saying a lot since he had considered himself outright powerful to other ghosts. "Now why would I do that?" He asked as he placed a hand on Daniel's chin, forcing him to look at the ghost. The other duplicate held him firmly in place, and Daniel responded with a glare.

"Because if you don't let me go, and if I don't get any sleep…" Daniel trailed off, "I'm going to be pissed."

Vlad chuckled, "I suppose there will be time to…Talk about this later, son."

"Son is what my father calls me. You can call me by my name, like other humans do," Daniel spat back, a fire had erupted within him when the half ghost had said the word 'son'.

"Of course, little badger," Plasmius said nonchalantly, not taking what the boy said to memory as he let go of him. "Sleep tight," he commented as he disappeared from the hallway where they originally were.

Daniel dropped down, but managed to do a dodge roll to avoid landing on his ass. He glanced around and noticed that the hallway wasn't encased in ice any more, but rather the normal hallway that it was. He glanced down both ends of the dark hallway before sighing and standing up to his full height. "Froot loop," he mumbled as he phased back into his room.

The next morning, Daniel woke up with bad bruise that was somewhat visible on his back and on his chest from the fight last night. He narrowed his eyes as he tried to do damage control with his ice powers, only to find that it had lit up a faint pink from Plasmius' residing ecto-energy on his skin.

Great, just what I needed to make this day even better…

He sighed as he found his shirt and slid it over his head and opened the door to find his sister Jazz about to knock on it. She gasped in surprise at being suddenly startled before moving her hand to her chest, "Jesus! You scared me!" She yelled as she sent a glare at her brother.

"Sorry, do that sometimes…" He mumbled as he had a teasing grin on his face. He glanced behind at his room and found that everything was in its proper place, and that he had cloaked his communicator and laptop with ecto-energy so that neither Plasmius nor Spirit could access them. He then shut the door and raised an eyebrow, putting his hands in his pants pockets, "Was there something that you needed?"

"I didn't want to walk down to breakfast by myself…I might get lost," she said, her face lighting up a bright red from embarrassing that she needed help from her brother. "This place really gives me the creeps…"

Danny smirked at his sister as he started to walk away, "Oh, well, if that's the case," he said as he started down the hallway. His sister yelped and ran to catch up with him. "Why don't you go down with Dani?" He asked as he raised an eyebrow as she latched onto his muscular arm.

"You know how she gets, she likes to sleep in. She doesn't fully grasp the concept of being an adult," Jazz stated as she rolled her eyes slightly.

"She's fourteen, you can't expect her to react to things like adults can," Daniel said with a grin, "Speaking of, how is your research coming along with Spud?"

Jazz glared, "Spike," she corrected, "And it was going great, until that meat monster ruined things. Now he won't even talk to me anymore…"

"Good for him, saves him the headache," Daniel teased as his grin grew.

Jazz smacked him on the back of his head and he responded with a chuckle as they approached the stairs. He saw a few butlers waiting at the bottom of the stairs, hanging up posters for the night's reunion. "Wow, must be nice having a reunion at this place," Jazz mused out loud as she couldn't turn away her gaze from the expensive party supplies that literally screamed 'rich party'.

"If you're into that sort of thing…" Daniel trailed as he turned the corner and entered the room with a long dining table that looked as if it could seat at least fifty people. "Look, we're here, and I didn't even get lost once."

"Dan, you really want to push me right now?" Jazz asked sarcastically as she sent a glare his way.

"Ah, Jasmine, Daniel, nice of you to join your parents and I for breakfast," Vlad Masters addressed as he sat at the head of the table. The two teens glanced at the front of the room and saw the friendly grin he was sending their way.

Daniel scowled, and as Jazz was about to sit down, he grabbed her by the arm gently and held her back, she raised her eyebrow, most likely to ask what was wrong, when Daniel whispered in her ear, "I don't trust that guy," he said, but then Vlad's grin turned into a smirk as soon as he had said it. Daniel cursed himself for forgetting that hybrids could hear far better than normal humans.

"You don't trust a lot of people…" Jazz trailed as she looked her brother in his cold blue eyes, "And besides, I can take care of myself," she said as she trudged away from her brother and sat down next to her father.

Daniel sighed and looked at the empty side that was next to Vlad before glancing at the full side his family was on. He was about to sit next to Jazz when Vlad let out a chuckle, "You can sit by me, Daniel, I don't bite," he said as he patted the table in the vacant seat next to him.

Maybe not in this form…

The boy made a barely visible frown before sitting down next to the man, looking at his parents smiling faces and his sister looking around the room trying to not commence in awkward conversations. "You have such wonderful children, Maddie, what do they want to be when they are grown up?"

"Jazz wants to be a psychologist, and Daniel wants to be-

"Danny-boy wants to be an astronaut!" Jack yelled with a booming voice, interrupting his wife in the process.

Daniel cringed at his father's broad assumption, "Actually dad, I changed my mind when I entered high school," he said as he leaned back in his chair at his father's frown at being wrong, "I haven't entirely made up my mind, but I'm leaning more towards a police officer."

"Since when did you change your mind, sweetie?" Maddie asked as she looked at her son in a confused manner.

Since Danielle wanted to take my dream career away from me.

Daniel simply shrugged, "Just didn't see it in my future. I mean come on, a career choice since I was eight? It was bound to change eventually," the boy said as the butler brought in breakfast. He smiled gently down at the plate of eggs and picked up a fork before he began to shovel the food in his mouth.

Vlad turned his attention back on Maddie, but still kept the boy in his peripheral vision, "I take it that's what the young Danielle wants to be?"

"I…Guess so…" She said as she looked at her son with a pained expression before looking down at her food and reluctantly took a fork and began to eat the food.

Danielle ran through the doors, her hair not being combed and her clothes were disheveled. She was still in her pajamas, however, and huffed when she bent over to catch her breath. "Sorry I'm late, I didn't get any sleep last night," she said as she walked over to Jazz and took a seat.

Daniel paid no attention to his sister as he asked the butler for seconds on the breakfast. Unlike Danielle, he uses up far more energy on a day to day business, and it wears him out, so he needs to eat more. Kind of like an accelerated metabolism.

Maybe if you weren't ghost fighting all the time, you would get the proper sleep you need, squirt.

After a new plate came, the same grin accompanied the food as Daniel began to eat again, taking in each bite as if he had never tasted food before in his life. He didn't just like food, he loved food. "This is why you should go to bed earlier, honey," Maddie said in her calm and motherly voice that she used on all her children.

"Uh, yeah, I can see that happening never," she mumbled as she started to play with the food on her plate with her fork, tossing and turning the food on her plate in a bored fashion.

"What was that?" Maddie asked as she glanced over at her youngest.

"I said that I was just feeling a bit under the weather," she made-up, and Daniel started to snicker as he placed a hand over his mouth to prevent him from exhibiting any rude table manners. After Dani looked at him with a glare he stopped laughing, though he still had a smirk on his face.

Maddie rose an eyebrow before she turned back to her breakfast, "You should take it easy then, Dani," she said as she put a forkful of eggs in her mouth. "So, Vlad, what time will you start decorating for the reunion?" She asked, striking up small conversation.

Vlad smiled, "Oh, thanks for reminding me, I really should start doing that now…" He said as he stood up and glanced at his maid, who nodded getting the message that he was done with his food as she went to grab his plate. "I wouldn't mind some company, perhaps Danielle and Daniel could join me?"

At Danielle's name the boy smirked, but upon hearing his, Daniel glared. He decided to stay silent as he glanced at his sister from the corner of his eye. He eyes were wide with surprise before they returned to their normal size. "Uh, sure," she said as she stood up, not wanting breakfast anyways.

"I would love to help, Mr. Masters, but I'm still eating. The squirt should be able to help you plenty," he reasoned, trying to get out of spending any time with the other hybrid. Upon hearing his reasoning, Vlad smirked, and Daniel's heart sunk, knowing that his excuse, no matter how truthful it seemed to be, could be seen right though the man.

"Ah, but there will be plenty of food later, I assure you," he said as he placed his hands behind his back.

Maddie sighed, "Daniel go help him," she ordered, and Daniel was tempted to snap at his mother with one of his sarcastic insults that she didn't understand, but had decided in his better judgment to just swallow his pride and stand up.

Manipulative jerk, you son of a bitch…

Daniel took a deep breath before heading over to where the other two were, his arms across his chest in a small act of defiance as he had really just wanted to enjoy his weekend by himself. "Fine. But I don't know how much help I'll actually be to you," he said as he glanced up to Vlad, and the man chuckled at his reply.

"We have much to get done, we should be off," he said as he walked through a door to the left, and Dani and Daniel followed after him. The siblings were walking by each other, a few feet behind Vlad and Dani looked uneasy as her eyes drifted to the walls of the mansion.

"This place is huge," she said in amazement as she looked at the expensive paintings that were there. "Wonder what he wants help with," she mumbled as she glanced up at her brother, who as glaring daggers in the back of the man for taking him away from food.

Daniel smirked, "Maybe it's to remove the stick from his ass?" He asked sarcastically as the man sighed.

"Daniel, there will be plenty to eat later…But for now," he said as he turned around and entered the grand ballroom where the event was supposed to take place later that night. "We need to decorate."

Daniel scoffed, "I don't decorate. I don't even draw well. The squirt does, she should help you," he said as he started to leave the room, only to find a green shield in place that illuminated green faintly before disappearing to a clear color. Daniel glared at the wall before placing his hands on the barrier and found that it was a ghost shield, which prevented him from leaving.

Oh, this guy wants to start something? I'll start something…

Daniel growled as he pivoted on his feet and met the gaze of Vlad, who just smirked at the boy before venturing off further into the room to get some decorations. "Wow, does this room seem cold to you?" Daniel asked as he looked at his sister, the room temperature started to drop considerably. "Weird. Maybe Mr. Masters should turn the heat up?" He suggested as he saw the man cast an amused grin in his direction.

"I don't feel uncomfortable…" He reasoned as he shrugged, warming the room with his ghostly heat. Danny glared at the man.

"I don't think you want snowmen in here, which is something that you'll wind up getting if you don't let me leave," he growled, his eyes flashing blue.

Vlad chuckled, "I wouldn't mind snowmen in here, in the middle of August, that would be a sight to see," he said as he kept up his ruse in front of Dani.

"What are you guys talking about?" She asked dryly with a raised eyebrow.

Daniel just looked at his sister before sighing and walking away. He looked over at the table with the decorations and started to grab one, having decided to just live and bear with the man's existence…

For now.

He grabbed a streamer and began twisting it slowly and inelegantly as he took his time, clearly displaying his discontempt at such an activity. "I could think of so many other things that I could be doing with my time right about now," Daniel mumbled under his breath as he glanced a cold glare in the older hybrids direction. He placed it on the wall, letting the rest of the streamers unroll ungracefully as it hit the floor and continued to untangle itself. "There. Am I done now?" He asked rudely as he rolled his eyes.

Vlad glanced over at his work that was displayed and smirked, "Only if we were having a celebratory party for elementary students," he retorted as he glanced over at Danielle who was almost done with the decorations that were supposed to go up. "Why, Danielle, you are quite the Picasso!" He complimented as his smirk turned into a friendly smile.

"Oh, this? This was actually fun!" Danielle chided with a smile as she rubbed her hands together in her success.

Daniel gave his sister a grand and demeaning grin as he tossed the rest of his streamers lazily at her, which she barely grasped as she juggled it in her hands a little before finally having a good hold of the object. "Really? Then you wouldn't mind doing the rest!" He yelled in an overly fake enthusiastic voice. "Since you're almost done with these minuscule decorations, you wouldn't mind if I took my leave, do you?" He asked as he went over to the door. He could feel Vlad's glare on him, but decided to say nothing about his wanting to leave.

As he exited, he rounded a corner and found himself face to face with Vlad Plasmius. "What? Sad that you didn't get to say what you wanted?" He asked the older hybrid with a grin as he started to walk past him.

"I was going to state about your well-being," Plasmius commented as he reached out to grab the boy's shoulder, only to find that Daniel's hand had gripped onto his tightly, surprising the older halfa by the strength the younger one had displayed.

"I was perfectly contempt before you brought me to do stupid labor. Speaking of which, don't you have maids to do that sort of thing?" Daniel asked with a knowing raised eyebrow as he did so.

Plasmius opened his mouth, ready to retort, but he found himself being tossed behind him effortlessly, as if he weighed nothing more than a piece of paper to the teen, "Oh, and if you were concerned with my 'well-being', I wouldn't be," Daniel said in a dark and dangerous tone, underlying the threat that was laced beneath his words.

Because I'm plenty strong enough to take you on if I actually tried.

As the clone hit the ground, it disappeared into pink smoke, leaving the teen with a smirk on his face as he continued to wander down the corridors that the mansion had to offer.

Daniel heard a knock on his door, and he lazily got up from his bed after doing some researching on his laptop of the Ghost Zone. He went to the door and opened it a little and found his youngest sister in front of him, wearing a blue simple dress. She tilted her head quizzically at him.

"You aren't going to the reunion?" Danielle asked with confusion laced in her tone.

And have to put up with you and Vlad more than I have to?

"What? And watch a bunch of old people dance like they're still in college?" He asked with a grin on his face, "Pass. Have fun though," he stated as he slammed the door in her face. He heard her grumbling and he chuckled slightly in amusement.

There was another knock at the door and he opened it to find another one of his sisters standing up to it, dressed in her casual clothes. Daniel let out a 'surprised' gasp as he pointed his finger to her attire. "You aren't wearing those shoes with that top to the dance, are you?"

"Quit it!" Jazz yelled, irritated. "I was actually going to go to the video screening room to see a documentary on the Packers. Come with me," she ordered as she started to walk away.

"Isn't the right phrasing, 'want to come with me'?" He asked in amusement as he shut his door behind him.

Jazz crossed her arms as Daniel did a little jog to catch up with her, "No, because you don't have a choice. I'm bored and I don't want to watch a bunch of old people dance," she stated dryly.

"Oh, that would be absolute torture!" Daniel yelled in a cheery tone with a smirk on his face.

"Thanks for agreeing with me!" Jazz yelled in a cheery tone.

Daniel grinned as a response as they went down the stairs. However, his grin immediately faded when his eyes landed on the host of his troubles at the moment…Vlad Masters. He was over by the entrance hall, greeting his old time college pals. He spotted Daniel and Jazz and smirked. "You two aren't dressed for the reunion?" He asked, striking up a conversation, but Daniel knew what he was doing; gathering information.

"Well, I was planning on-"

"We might come in the middle of it. Just thought we'd get the feel of the atmosphere first," Daniel said with a friendly grin on his face. More often than not, he was an exceptionally good and persuading people what his intentions are.

Because you don't need to know where I'll be during this horrible mess of a party.

Jazz casted him a glare, but he ignored it as he grabbed his sister by the arm lightly as they walked away, "And you look busy, so we'll leave you to it," he said with the same friendly smile as they went into the screening room. Once they were in, Jazz smacked him on the arm.

"Why didn't you just say what we were doing?" She snapped as she narrowed her eyes in irritation at her brother.

Daniel turned and gave her a blank look, "Because I don't trust him," he said slowly, allowing her to take in his words. Her eyes grew wide with alarm as they both took a seat in the mock theater like room.

"What happened?" She asked in a whispered and hushed tone. "Did he hurt you?"

Daniel shook his head, partly from amusement of thinking that half-baked hybrid could harm him in any way. "No, but I don't know what his intentions are. Besides, the first night we got here, he slammed the door in dad's face."

"I thought that was the wind?" She asked in confusion.

"No. It wasn't. I covered for him because…Well, because it's dad. He annoys some people," Daniel reasoned, and Jazz nodded her head, understanding the way that their dad unintentionally annoys people when he tries to be friendly. The Manson's to list a few.

Jazz furrowed her eyebrows, "Then what happened?"

Daniel closed his eyes for a few seconds before opening them again, to recollect his thoughts, "He seems really interested in me and the squirt for some reason. And he always looks at mom weird."

"Mom is friendly," Jazz stated with a shrug. Daniel then looked at her, his gaze unwavering, "Oh…Gross! In that way!"

"So I need you to stay here for the rest of the night, alright?" Daniel asked, and Jazz nodded slowly.

Daniel then got up from his seat and started to stand up. Jazz got up from the seat as well, but in surprise, "What are you going to do?"

"Damage control," Daniel said, his eyes lighting up a ghostly blue as he was facing away from Jazz. He opened up the door and heard the music being played and laughter in the other room. "Let's see how crazy you are, froot loop…" He mumbled as he started to head into said room.

Daniel looked around the room and noticed a bunch of people dancing to the newest hits in the radio, all of them were off beat and he smirked at the sight before looking at a butler offering drinks on a silver platter. He took one, knowing that it contained alcohol and chugged it, before placing it back on an empty platter.

After all, alcohol doesn't affect me at all with my ghost powers.

He looked over to where Danielle was and was starting to make his way over to her, when he felt a hand on his shoulder, restraining him from doing so. He felt the unusual heat coming off of the hand, and detected the familiar ecto-signature of Plasmius. "Don't you have anything better to do than bother me?" He asked as he slowly turned to face the man.

"You shouldn't be drinking alcohol. You are still underage," Vlad stated with a raised eyebrow.

"What are you, my father?" Daniel asked with a scoff as he rolled his eyes.

Vlad narrowed his eyes while placing his hands behind his back, "I might as well be, considering I notice your deviant behavior more so that your actual parents," he lectured as he examined the boy's face, trying to figure him out, but having a hard time doing so.

Daniel crossed his arms in indifference, "So? I'm glad you aren't because you seem to notice my 'deviant' acts," he stated raising an eyebrow as he did so. "And besides, alcohol doesn't affect us as normal humans. Hell, we probably can't even get drunk, so why do you even care?" He asked as he started to walk away, but felt the same hand restrict his movements again.

"Why do I care? Because I care about your well-being, which you, apparently, do not," Vlad spat out in a wave of anger and frustration.

"How touching…" Daniel drawled and tried to phase out of his grip, only to find that Vlad had no intentions of letting him walk away from this conversation just yet. "Mr. Masters, if you don't want me to cause a scene, you better let go of me," he growled dangerously, and by the tone of his voice, it was evident that a threat was laced underneath it.

Instead of his grip loosening, it tightened, which started to make Daniel feel the slightest bit uncomfortable. "How did you turn out like this? I thought that at least Maddie would raise you right, like she did Jasmine."

Daniel remained silent and then turned around with a smirk, "I wasn't raised by anyone except myself. You try living with parents who spend every waking minute dedicated to making a hypothetical ghost invention possible. And here's a great secret!" Daniel yelled with fake happiness as he inched closer to the man, whose gaze was unwavering as he looked directly into the boy's eyes, "My so called parents did not raise Jasmine. I did. She's younger than me by a year, so let's put that into perspective."

Vlad released his grip, and Daniel then glared at the man, "And don't think for a second that you can change me, because let's face it, Plasmius, evil isn't born, it's made," he stated as he walked away, leaving the older half ghost slightly speechless. Daniel grinned, and a care-free attitude came over him as he spotted his parents dancing. He glanced over to where Danielle was sitting, but found the seat to be vacant. He then tried to sense her ecto-signature, but he also couldn't find that either. He was about to go search, when suddenly he was grabbed by the arm. He looked up and noticed his father dragging him towards the dance floor. "Uh…Dad?" He asked as he looked up at him.

"I know, I know! But you looked so lonely that I thought you can dance with your old man!" He yelled in excitement.

Daniel was annoyed at such an activity like dancing that he tried to inch away from the large man, "No thanks. I'd rather watch a documentary," he stated as he tried to get away from him, but he pulled his son back.

"Don't be like that! Let's see some of those moves, son!" He yelled as he started to thrust his body, and Maddie started to giggle as she did a little dance beside him.

"I don't…Have moves," He mumbled as he tried to get away from his father, but the man wouldn't take no for an answer. After a few seconds of this, Daniel got fed up, but he smiled pleasantly, "I would like to go find Danielle," he stated as he began to walk away. "Please excuse me," he said rather politely, despite how he was feeling towards the man on the inside.

He walked away from his parents and met up with Vlad who was watching him with a smirk on his face, "Looking for someone?" He asked innocently.

"Where is she?" Daniel demanded as he slightly narrowed his eyes at the man.

Vlad ignored his question and his gaze traveled over to the couple dancing, Jack and Maddie not caring who was watching as they continued to dance…Or at least, if the exotic movements that they were displayed could be called dancing. "You really do not bond well with either of them, do you?" He asked as his smirk was still on his face.

"Don't you dare touch either one of them," Daniel threatened as he glared, his eyes lit up a dark blue, as how he was in his Phantom form. Vlad chuckled as he ruffled the boy's hair, and since he was seventeen years old, he did not enjoy the fatherly action.

"Don't you fret your little head, little badger. I won't touch one of them," he said with a dark and dangerous tone. "Jack stole the woman of my dreams, and I intend on winning her back."

Daniel growled inhumanely as he grabbed a fistful of Vlad's suit and pulled him closer, "Don't touch Jack," he stated with a dark glare.

Vlad scoffed as he shrugged off his words, "Why should you care what I do to Jack?" He asked as he then smirked, "It's not as if you see him as a father. He's a bumbling oaf…An idiot, to be frank."

"He may be an idiot, but he's my idiot. You will not be touching him," Daniel demanded with a dangerous tone, that would have made other people back off and fear him, but Vlad wasn't just an ordinary person, and he didn't take Daniel to be the threat that the boy thought he was.

"Ah, but, little badger," he stated with the pet name that he had addressed Daniel with. "I already have," he said as his eyes illuminated a menacing red as a scream was heard from the other side of the room, where his parents were.

Daniel let go of the man as he turned to look at what was happening, only to find his father throwing items from the food table at the people in the room. He threw another person across the room, before they hit the wall with a sickening crack. "D-Dad!" He yelled as he started to dart across the room, only for Vlad to grab his arm, which surprised the boy, before he was tossed on the ground. Disoriented and confused he looked up and saw Vlad towering over him with a strange looking device in his hand.

"Tsk, tsk, Daniel. You thought that you could overpower me? I have more strength than you. I've had my powers longer than you, and I am better and wiser than you could ever hope to be," he began to monologue, and Daniel thought he could slip away at this time, but had underestimated the man's attention span as he found himself being kicked in the side as he rolled on the ground. "You were certainly right about one thing, Daniel; family makes you weak. Or should I say, it is your weakness. All I had to do was have Danielle disappear. And then targeting Jack was all too easy. It made you lose your focus, which is something that you never lose in particular."

Daniel grumbled as he tried to get up, thinking it was just another kick, but Vlad must have infused some of his ghost energy into it, because this injury had really hurt. As he got a few inches off the ground, he collapsed down on it, out of breath and in pain all over again. "Your point?" He asked, panting between breaths. His face was contorted to one of pain, but he tried to not show it, which only make Vlad's smirk grow.

"Ah, I hate to have to hurt my future son-to-be, but you have to get out of my way. I plan on killing Jack by overshadowing him and hurting the woman I love so she may see what he truly is; a monster. You see, you are so much alike, you and I, and I believe that you are the family that I am yearning for," he stated as he crouched down and turned on the device, which seemed to be shaped like a tase gun.

"What, are you going to tase me?" Daniel asked with a smirk.

Vlad just had a knowing look in his eyes as he jabbed the device into the boy's side and pushed a button. There was a surge of electricity flowing through his body and his body pulsated with the current. He closed his eyes, but immediately the time where he was entering the portal for the first time flashed in front of him, and he started to breath heavy from the traumatizing memory.

Please, not this. I can't handle this!

As he opened his eyes, the pain was gone, but so was the familiar coldness that he felt. He felt very human, and he didn't like that fact one bit. He groaned as he looked up and saw the determined expression on Vlad's face. "You…You sealed away my ghost powers…" Daniel trailed, knowing exactly what he did.

"Hmm, only for six hours. But I only need six seconds before I completely destroy Jack's life," Vlad stated as he grabbed the boy's chin, which he couldn't protest against because he was too weak from the device. "But don't worry, son. Soon you will have the family that you deserve. Don't move, now!" Vlad stated with a smirk as he got up from his crouch and started to walk away.

What a…He knows I can't move!

Daniel tried to get up, but each attempt ended in failure. He sighed as he tried to block out the screams and panic of the other people in the room. "Come on, squirt! You need to end up saving the day!" He mumbled as he shut his eyes. "I know I've been hard on you, but if you're a copy of me, then you need to know that you can't just sit here and do nothing!" He mumbled a little louder. "You're not going to let some froot loop ruin our family!"

"Dan!" Danielle yelled as she phased through the ceiling. She was in her Spirit form and was looking at her brother with worried eyes. She then noticed that Jack had red eyes and glared. "Oh, he's not going to get away with this!" She yelled, almost heroically as she charged at him.

Daniel heard her go and opened his eyes. He smiled gently at his sister, "Well, can't believe I'm saying this, but for once…" He trailed as he grinned, "I'm actually proud of you, Dani," he said as he said her name before the pain from Vlad's kick flared back to life. He grumbled as he tried to block out the pain.

Ugh, being human sucks.

"Very well. You have beat me, Jack Fenton!" Plasmius' voice could be heard as he did a horrible impression at fading away.

Daniel snorted at such a lame acting job, "Seriously A plus acting there," he mumbled as he rolled his eyes and his head fell to the right, and he noticed a man in a black suit staring down at him. Daniel jumped as he backed away from the man, now actually fearing the man a little at the fact that he can take away his powers with a small device.

"Don't think that I have given up on you, Daniel," he stated as he smirked. "This is only the beginning. You will be my son, whether you want to or not."

"I wouldn't hold your breath. Next time I'll be prepared for your little cheap trick," he stated with a glare. Though, his confidence wasn't as high as it usually was.

Vlad chuckled darkly at what the boy had said, "Next time I will make accommodations for your sister," he said, full of confidence. As he stepped closer to the boy, Daniel scooted back in wariness. "What's the matter, son?" He asked taking another step forwards, while Daniel grew wide eyed and scooted back again. "Don't tell me that you're afraid of me?" He asked with a smirk.

Daniel blinked and the man was next to him in an instant, crouching down and grabbing his chin. He was unable to stop shaking as he closed his eyes to make the man disappear. "There's a good reason why you should be. It's understandable to fear someone who has more power than you…" He trailed, and Daniel thought he was gone, so he opened his eyes, only to find that the man had let go of his chin. "But there's no reason to fear your father. I would never hurt my son."

At this, Daniel glared, "You sealed my ghost powers for six hours and probably broke a rib or two," he stated dryly.

Vlad smirked at hearing a reply from the boy, "Ah, details. I wouldn't permanently damage my son at the very least."

"I'm not your son, you sick freak," Daniel stated as his mother started to run over to them.

"Hmm, not yet you aren't. But soon you will be," Vlad stated as he looked up and feigned the look of sympathy. "Maddie! Daniel seems to have broken a rib or two from all the chaos!" He yelled as he glanced at Daniel again and gave him a dark smirk before looking at Maddie again with a sickingly sweet smile.

You manipulative son of a bitch!

Reunion –Dark Version - End

A/N: And that's the end of the first one! If you guys liked it, then feel free to leave a review. If you think that I should continue, then feel free to leave a review!