Danny Phantom – Amity Parks Teen Titan

Chapter 3: Tales of the Ghost Zone!

Danny/Phantom's POV

After I left the crime scene and the Titans, I immediately flew to the Titans Hotel to meet up with my family by the time I had arrived the Fenton RV was parked outside the main entrance of the hotel.

Just like last year the hotel took my breath away, the hotel was a tall tower with a giant water fountain out the front and both looked like they were made out of gold.

"How we managed to afford to go to such an expensive hotel every year has always baffled me, although since the appearance of ghosts, Fenton Works Industries has become one of the number one tech suppliers in Ghost Hunting and other forms of tech, so it kind of makes sense."

My thoughts were interrupted when I see Jazz exit the Hotel's front entrance and was heading towards the Fenton RV, so I turn invisible and fly in her direction.

Once I was close enough to Jazz I attempted to get her attention.

"Ppsstt, Jazz."

Jazz suddenly stiffens and looks around for me.

"Danny, where are you?"

"Jazz, I am right next to you."

Jazz attempts to look for me.

"Don't look just tell me which room we are staying in."

Jazz sighs in relief.

"Room 203 and 204, fourth floor, Mum and Dad are already in their room getting ready for the Convention."

"Ok, Thanks Jazz I will see you up in our room in a bit."

I fly directly to the fourth floor passing through several rooms via my intangibility ignoring everything I saw until I reach Room 203, where my parents were unpacking and gathering all the gear they required for the Ghost Hunters Convention.

Once I land on the floor of my parent's room I will myself to turn back into Fenton. My parents turn around when they see the flash from my transformation and then rush me into a hug causing me to blush in embarrassment and wince from my Dad's shouting.

"DANNY BOY, WE WERE SO WORRIED WHEN YOU TOLD US THAT WRAITH MADE AN APPERANCE IN JUMP!"

When Dad yells, Mum immediately let's go of me and covers Dad's mouth with her hand and whispers firmly to Dad.

"Jack, remember what we were talking about earlier about secret identities and the reasons why they were created?"

Dad just looks at Mum in confusion before a look of realisation appears.

"Oh, oh right you are Madds, sorry Danny boy but did you, you know find him?"

I look at my parents and see their concerned expressions causing me to look away before responding.

"Yeah I found him, he was about it to eliminate the Titans by using his Umbraplasm, I managed to interfere by intercepting his attack before he could finish the Titans off but unfortunately he got away with a staff that looked like it was made out of pure standard ectoplasm but over the years I learn one thing and that's looks can be deceiving so the staff must have been made out of some else as well as having some value to it for him to steal it".

My Parents gasps when they saw I held a great amount of hatred that I felt towards Wraith in my eyes before I could continue talking I heard someone approach me from behind and hug me.

"Oh Danny, Wraith may have got away but you stopped him from causing harm to the public and the Titans, just remember this, Phantom will always be a hero regardless of his form, be that of Fenton or Phantom, He is You and You Are Him, there is no difference."

I sigh and turn around to see Jazz.

"Thanks Jazz, I needed that and that's why you are my private Phycologist."

Jazz smiles gently.

"No problem, little brother."

I then at my family before gaining a look of determination across my face.

"Well, I going to track down Wraith before he does anything else, so I will meet you in the private room for the convention after I have scouted Jump, so that been said I'm Going Ghost."

I leap into the air and feel my ghostly persona come forth and I fly off in way which me and Dani like to call a dramatic leave.

Jump City Convention Centre: Ten Minutes Later

"Nothing absolutely nothing this is wrong, Wraith doesn't like to keep quiet and this isn't his MO, something is terribly wrong, I've got to tell my family."

I phase through the ceiling of the private room before I will the two transformation rings to pass over me turning me back into Fenton. I look at my family.

"Mom, Dad I'm back, unfortunately there was no sign of Wraith around Jump and why are you looking at me like that?"

I notice the looks of panic and shock on my family's faces causing confusion to pass through my core at Jazz pointing nervously behind me.

I turn around and pale when I notice the Titans behind me.

"Oh Boy, I'm in trouble now".

No Ones POV

Danny starts to sweat proverbial bullets at been so careless with his secret identity. At the sight of the Titans Danny subconsciously steps back before Robin takes a step forward to counter Danny's move.

"Phantom, we need your help."

Danny freezes in his tracks.

"Pardon?"

Robin sighs looking Danny directly in the eyes.

"Phantom, we need your help, you know the super villain called Wraith, we need to know, who he is, what he is and if there is a way to defeat him?"

Danny's personality suddenly does a complete 180 flip, his face showed one of concern and his eyes showed a strong burning fire of hatred towards that name but it vanished before the Titans could respond to what they just saw by a passive look on Danny's face.

"If you want to know about Wraith, you need to know about the Ghost Zones Origins."

Beast Boy looks at Danny in confusion.

"Ghost Zone?"

Danny and Raven look at Beast Boy with a slight annoyed expression causing him to pale and shut up. Danny and Raven both notice each other causing them to blush and look away, while the rest of the Titans smile at each other with a knowing look.

Danny/Phantom's POV

I gesture to the chairs in front of GAV, indicating for the Titans to sit down, which they gladly accept, I then turn to my sister.

"Jazz, can you get the HPM, please."

As Jazz gets up to retrieve the HPM from the GAV, I start tapping way at my watch, to be more precise The Phantom Watch, one of my parent's greatest inventions.

The Phantom Watch was invented to help me with the Hero Business by allowing me to order emergency package drops near my location, a micro-computer that allows me to store data I have collected and acts as a backup communication device.

I manage to locate my Ghost Files on the watch, just as Jazz and my Parents come out carrying the HPM, I walk over to it as my family place it down on the ground and press a button on the side of the device.

A neon green holo-screen appears above the device with a loading message in the centre, Beast Boy leap up and attempts to touch the screen.

"Dude, what is that?"

I slap his hand away.

"Don't touch that and it's a Holographic Projection Module, the latest in Fenton Work's Industries research."

This gets a laugh out Raven, which causes the other Titans to look at her in shock, before Cyborg gains a starry eyed look and Robin lets out an "Impressive."

I then proceed to link my watch to the HPM, allowing my logo to pop on the screen before I turn around to face the Titans.

"The Ghost Zone, for those who don't understand is the home realm of all ghost, my self-included and is a parallel universe/flip side to our own, so if the Ghost Zone was destroyed so would our own universe."

Robin look concerned at this, I resume like nothing had happened.

"The Ghost zone was created at the dawn of time, when Life and Death met or as most scientists call this event the Big Bang, over thousands of years like our own dimension, life grew, developed and changed. Eventually sentient life forms appeared, forming a medieval society created to prevent chaos within the Ghost Zone, The leader of this society was King Pariah Dark."

I couldn't help it but I paused for effect, causing Raven to gasp, most likely due to the fact that she probably has heard about Pariah Dark due to her excessive reading and skills as a sorceress.

The other Titans look at the image of Pariah Dark on the HPM, Starfire hides behind Robin in fright.

"Eeeeppp."

Robin stared at the image with a scowl or at least I think that's what it was and Beast Boy and Cyborg where constantly holding each other in fright.

I cough to get their attention.

"At first the Dark Family reign was peaceful and every ghost was happy with their new ruler and his dynasty. But then a force so evil came from the edge of the ghost zone, there are no records of this evil unfortunately but when it was unleashed, the darkness destroyed much of the Ghost Zone."

Robin's scowl deepened and Raven looked deep in thought, while the other Titans faces paled.

"Fearing the safety of his realm, Pariah order the creation of a crown and ring made out of the strongest Ectoplasmic elements in the realm called The Crown of Fire and The Ring of Rage, allowing him to increase his powers and take on the Darkness."

Raven's face lights up in recognition.

"Pariah successfully defeated the evil, unfortunately wielding this sort of power came with a great cost, the power corrupted Pariah's core, twisting his obsession, making him hungry for more power, he started to terrorize the ones he once protected, destroying homes etc, this led to the ghost council to sealing him in a special coffin designed specifically for him, called the Coffin of Eternal Sleep, away for all eternity."

I look away from the Module noticing all the Titan's staring at me with dropped jaws, but before I could continue Beast Boy interrupted me again.

"Dude, how do you know this?"

I stare at him with an annoyed expression before attempting to have a go at him, only for Cyborg to beat me to it.

"Yo, Green Bean shut up so we can find out who Wraith is and not how he knows all this stuff and anyway Green Bean it is quite obvious he's a Ghost, so he would know about his home realm."

I look down at the floor sadly, before shaking my head hoping no one noticed, only to see Raven look at me in concern, I turn around trying to hide my embarrassment.

"Pariah had become one of the most feared ghost of all time, his name passed down from ghost to ghost, generation to generation, his name became a scary bed time story for all ages, no one believing until a ghost called Plasmius heard the rumours and decided to investigating the last know location of his keep."

Raven seemed to turn paler, well paler then before.

"Plasmius was, is my Arch-Nemesis and he wanted The Crown of Fire and The Ring of Rage for himself. He wanted the power they had, so he used the Ghost Zone's Skeleton Key to obtain them accidently freeing Pariah Dark in the process, Plasmius been the coward he is, fled with the key and the ring leading him right to the city under my protection, Amity Park."

All the Titans at the thought off, one of the most powerful ghost in exist attacking their city.

"Plasmius made a mistake, he caused a city wide invasion by leading Pariah to Amity, Pariah's Ghost Army's arrival caused the city to be trapped in the Ghost Zone, that was partly my fault for not realising that Pariah's top general's weapon was the cause when I removed it."

"Me and my family were the last and only line of defence against Pariah. Unfortunately I was the only one left standing because I could handle the constant hordes of enemies but not Pariah himself."

My family and the Titans look at me in shock thinking that I was suicidal.

"I realised that I couldn't handle him on my own, so I borrowed my parent's experimental Fenton Exo-Skeleton."

My parents cringe and my sister covers her mouth with her hands in shock, out of corner of my eye, while the Titans looked at me in confusion.

"The Fenton Exo-Skeleton is designed to increase all of the user's natural abilities by a tenfold, unfortunately at the time there was a major design fault, it drained the user severally of their energy, leaving them weak and defenceless."

"Luckily, my powers allow me to use vast amounts of energy without tiring out, so I managed to have enough energy with the help of all my Ghostly enemies to seal Pariah away once and for all."

All the Titan's looked at me in shock before Starfire steps forward.

"Friend Phantom"

I wince at Starfire's comment.

"I glad that you stop the most evil King of the Ghosts but what has this to do with the villain of super called Wraith."

I sigh as Robin approaches me with a knowing glance.

"Wraith has a connection to Pariah doesn't he?"

I nod at Robin.

"Wraith is….., Wraith is the son of Pariah."

The Titans gasp in shock, but not my family because they knew beforehand. Beast Boy leaps up and starts to shake me.

"Dude, your telling me that the guy that attack us, was the son of that crazed Ghost King."

As I try to make out what is happening, Beast Boy suddenly is surrounded by black energy causing him to freeze and stop shaking me.

"Raven, let me go."

His cry fell on deaf ears as he is thrown back into his seat by Raven as she turns to me with a faint smile.

"Now that the idiot has been dealt with, please continue."

I blink in confusion at Raven before shaking my head and I look at my wrist reminding me what, I am doing. I then start messing with the Phantom Watch attempting to load up Wraith's Ghost Files.

"At the time when I defeated Pariah, I wasn't aware he had a child, so when I encountered Wraith for first time, I didn't even know he was the child of the Ghost King."

I look at the floor sadly before I felt my hatred for Wraith to boil, I turn around to look at the HPM to make sure no one notices my sudden state but I could feel the stares of concern from some of the Titans.

"Wraith played me, he came to me claiming he was a newly spawned Ghost, that he didn't know anything about been one, he told me he wanted to be a hero like me, I refused at first of course I didn't want anyone else to put themselves in harm's way or wish them a life like mine, eventually he wore me down and like the idiot I am accepted, falling into the early stages of his trap, hook line and sinker."

I pause for a moment to calm myself, but just doing the breathing exercises my mentor told me to do wasn't working so I sit on the floor and cross my legs attempting to meditate, like my Soul Fu Scroll taught, chanting to myself in Latin.

"Interiorem Animi Pacem."

Raven's POV

As he spoke about Wraith I could sense that he was letting his emotions get the better of him, although I was surprised to see him sit down with his legs crossed on the floor before floating in the air with a green glow surrounding him in an attempt to meditate, while soft chanting what sounded like Latin.

I felt shock course through my system, he could meditate, especially using a technique that is only ever mentioned in my books and scroll but was never taught, I would have to ask him about it.

I could see Beast Boy was starting to get impatient but before I could prevent him Phantom's sister, Jazz I think, beat me to it by grabbing Beast Boy's ear causing him to yelp in both pain and surprise.

Jazz whispers threateningly into his ear.

"Don't you dare say anything Beast Boy, disturbing my brother right now will get you nowhere, except maybe out of a nearby window either by me or my brother."

Both Robin and Cyborg snicker quietly behind their hands, while Beast Boy started sweating nervously nodding hurriedly at Jazz.

Phantom eventually floats back down and got back up from his meditation, smiling to himself before facing us.

"Sorry about that… right where was I, Ah yes."

I feel myself stare at his eyes for a bit falling deep into the deep blue abyss before realising he had started talking again, I shake my head to snap myself out of my trance, only to notice Cyborg smirking in my direction, I then turn me head hoping he doesn't see my embarrassed blush.

I try to keep my focus on the mission, so I hone in on what Phantom is saying.

"You see Titans, I took Wraith under my wing letting him help me round up all the Ghosts attacking my city, what I didn't realise at the time is that Wraith was only do this to learn all my abilities and skills, so that when the time came he would be ready to face me, unlike his Father."

I could feel a connection to Phantom because that is what happened between me and Malchior, he was been used by someone who was close to him for an evil purpose.

Danny's POV

Amity Park City Centre, Saturday 20th September 2007

The day started like any other day, I spent the day with my Girlfriend and Best Friend at the Nasty Burger, until my meal was interrupted by my Ghost Sense but it was stronger than usual.

This caught my attention and before you ask Beast Boy, it allows me to detect Ghosts in the area. Anyway where was I, ah I went to investigate the strange disturbance only to get a large dose of Ectoplasm in my back by no other than Wraith, I can still remember the look of pure hatred on his face, it caught me off guard.

"Phantom you shall perish for what you have done my family."

When I heard this I didn't understand I had never met or hurt his family, at first I thought he was under the control of another Ghost but he wasn't, so I tried to reason with him.

"Wraith, what are you doing you don't want to do this, who has you under their control?"

What he said next shook me to my core. He laughed in my face.

"O poor innocent Phantom, always believing that he can see the good in people, I am under no one's control, in fact this was my plan from the very start."

When he said that I felt my anger boil and I let it make my first mistake, I charged him blinded by rage. The battle raged on for a good few hours neither side wining and I was slowly discovering why but by the time I had realised it was too late.

I grew tired, so I used my most powerful attack to weaken him hopefully allowing me to capture him in a Fenton Thermos, only for the attack to be countered by Umbraplasm, which Wraith had carefully aimed to glue my mouth shut and cause my powers to short out and harm me in the process.

I fell crashing into a nearby ally, as I tried to crawl away I could feel Wraith approach me from behind and turn me over before slamming his boot into my chest keeping me there.

As I laid there, I saw the pure hatred on Wraith's face and for the first time in a long time I felt fear and I'm sure Wraith saw it to because he started to laugh before pulling my upper half of my body closer and whispering in my ear.

"Oh, how the mighty have fallen dear Phantom, you the once great hero of Amity Park defeated by a mere unfamiliar ghost, I can see it in your eye's Phantom, your scared and I will kill you but first I think it is only fair that I tell you why I betrayed you."

At that point I could feel my self-slipping into darkness but he kept me awake, so I could see my own demise.

"Don't fall unconscious yet Phantom, we still have much to talk about, you see the reason why I want you gone is that you sealed away my father, preventing our once great rule to resume."

My attempts at escaping Wraith's hold ceased when I heard this.

"No Y…y..you can't be his son, Pariah had no children."

Wraith looks at me with a blank face before a murderous expression replaces it causing his grip around my neck to tighten.

"THAT'S BECAUSE WHEN THE GHOST COUNCIL SEALED AWAY MY FAMILY THEY REMOVED THE RECORDERS OF OUR EXSISTANCE, I LOATH THOSE FOOLS, I WILL MAKE THEM PAY FOR MAKING THE TRUE AND ONLY WORTHY RULERS OF THE GHOST ZONE ROT IN THOSE COFFINS."

"I WAITED ALL ETERNITY TO BE FREE AND WHEN I WAS, I FIND OUT THAT MY FATHER WAS SEALED AWAY AGAIN BY A HALFA, A MUTT, A HYBRID GHOST, WHO THE REST OF THE GHOST ZONE DECLARED AS THE GREAT ONE AND ON THAT DAY I SWORE REVENGE AGAINST ALL THOSE WHO WRONGED MY FAMILY, STARTING WITH YOU, THE PHANTOM AND THEN AFTERWARDS YOUR FAMILY!"

I could feel the little oxygen that I needed escaping my lungs, the tighter Wraith's Grip got causing me to stop struggling and slowly edge closer to full death, but as I floated there in waiting for death his words kept bothering me, he was going after my family next, I saw all my family's faces around me.

Mom, Dad, Jazz, Tucker and Sam, I couldn't allow Wraith to harm them, no I won't let him harm them, with this new determination I could feel, I opened my eyes and look directly into Wraiths causing his to show panic and he flinches in the process.

I gave me the opportunity I need.

"I'M GOING GHOST!"

The transformation forced Wraith off me causing him to crash into the nearby recycling bin, as I start to walk towards him preparing myself for another round, he gets up in a panic and starts to throw a tantrum like a spoilt brat.

"NO NO NO, YOUR SUPPOSED TO BE POWERLESS NOW, YOU DON'T HAVE THIS KIND OF POWER, I WATCHED YOU, I STUDIED YOU, YOUR SUPPOSED TO BE BEGGING ON YOUR KNEES BY NOW, HOW IS THIS POSSIBLE!"

Wraith charged me but I countered with a massive blast of golden ectoplasm causing Wraith to fly into a nearby wall, he got up slowly scowling in the process.

"THIS ISN'T OVER PHANTOM I WILL HAVE MY REVENGE!"

He then vanished in a flash of green light, I stood their shocked realising that I had just met my most powerful enemy yet before I realisde how tired I actually am causing me to collapse from exhaustion but not before seeing several shadows make their way over to me.

Jump City Convention Centre, Monday 4th April 2008

No Ones POV

As Danny finished his story, Starfire burst into tears before charging into Danny causing them to fly across the room earning a laugh from the other Titans and Danny's Family.

"Friend Phantom, I am with most sincere apologies that you have suffered so from the betray of ex-friend Wraith, no one should go through that."

Danny stands up with a sad smile while helping Starfire up.

"It was my fault Starfire not yours, I was the one who allowed him to get close and I am now the one who has the responsibility to stop him, although that wasn't the last time I encountered him, no I encountered him several more times and stopped his plans, I presume you have read the article on my families kidnapping."

Robin looks in Danny's direction with a nod.

"Yeah, original I thought it had something to do with them providing you with the tech needed to stop the other ghosts, but now we have heard your story, I'm guessing it has something to do with Wraith."

Danny just smiles in the Titans direction.

"Yeah, Wraith was sick of me constantly stopping his plans so he tried the old kidnap the people close to the hero trick but I managed to stop him, so no problem."

Robin walks up to Danny before shaking his hand.

"Phantom, we appreciate you providing us with all the information about Ghosts and Wraith but by the sounds of it, you and your family have the skills and tech we need to stop him, so I'm going to be straight forward here, will you accompany us to Titan's Tower to help us prepare for another attack from Wraith?"

Danny looks at Robin in shock shaking his head with a trade mark cocky smirk on his face.

"Robin, me and my family would be honoured to help the Titans."

The Titans then start to say there fair wells to Fentons before leaving the room with Robin tossing a device to Danny.

Danny/Phantom's POV

I catch the device Robin threw at me with both hands before opening it to see a card with Titan's Logo on the front, I look back at Robin in confusion and he notices my expression causing him to laugh.

"This should allow you and your family access to Titan's Island and Titan's Tower without any trouble, I'm expecting to see you and your family in a couple of hours, we can't start this mission without The Phantom."

I smile in Robin's direction, watching him and the other Titans leave but out of the corner of my eye I notice Raven staring at me, so I look her directly in the eyes.

Raven's POV

Oh, why did I have to look at Phantom why, now he's looking at me directly in the eyes, I feel myself blush before looking away only to see Phantom do the same.

This is so embarrassing I hope none of the others saw that or I will never hear the end of it but why am I so drawn to him…. Wait what am I saying I'm not drawn to him.

I can say one thing for sure, things are starting to get interesting but at the same time this sort of interesting might be a bad thing especially with this Wraith running around causing trouble trying to avenge his family for a punishment that they deserved.