Trying To Start Over

Danny Phantom & Miraculous Ladybug Crossover

Summary: After agreeing to stay with his godparents family after the Nasty Burger incident, Danny heads to Paris, France. Hoping for a normal life as he makes his way through his remaining years of high school, he gets his wish. At least until strange occurrences force him to bring back his alter ego: Danny Phantom. With a few changes, of course.

AN: I don't own Danny Phantom or Miraculous Ladybug. All I (probably) own is this plot, or any OCs I throw in along the way (unless they're created by my co-author and beta Fogz15, or by other friends of mine). Also, 'cause I've seen this type of thing around in the forums, so I'm going to try it out, I'm going to put a small poem or quote that I feel reflects the chapter at the start.

"Speech"

'Thoughts'

"The loneliest people are the

kindest. The saddest people smile

the brightest. The most damaged

people are the wisest. All because

they do not wish to see anyone else

suffer the way they do." –

Anonymous

Chapter 1

Danny POV

"No…no." As I kneeled on the ground in front of what used to be the Nasty Burger I felt the rings that trigger my transformation sweep over me, and I turned back into Danny Fenton. Soon enough, I heard voices calling for any survivors of the explosion.

"Here." My voice felt weak.

"Here." A little stronger. Shakily standing up, I waved a hand over my head.

"Over here."

"Don, look! There's someone over there!" Two police officers ran over to where I was and supported my weight on each of their shoulders, walking me along. As my vision faded to black, I heard them talking about 'Headquarters', 'Medical', and 'Guardians', 'I guess they recognized me.' I thought, before I passed out.

*Timeskip: One day*

"Daniel…Daniel…Daniel!" I spluttered awake, gazing into the face of the one and only, Vlad Masters.

"What do you want?" My voice rasped harshly as I spoke.

"Drink this, Daniel." He held up a small cup of water, which I drank greedily before looking back at Vlad, one of the only other halfas (half-ghost half-human people) in the world.

"Where am I?" I asked him, my voice less harsh to my ears.

"In a hospital, little badger. After you fainted, the two officers that found you at the site of the explosion brought you here."

"Why are you here?" 'You fruitloop.' "And please, don't start spouting nonsense about me becoming your son and apprentice because I don't have anyone left. I do have family other than my parents and sister you know." He started to stutter.

"Of course I know that!" Then he sighed. "But that is not what I came here for. I have realized that you do not want that, or need it, and that you will never join me like that-"

"Finally!" I burst in, earning a small smile coupled with a mild glare.

"So," He started again. "I have decided to merely offer you a place to go if you ever need it." Then he dug around in his pocket for a moment. 'How deep could his pocket be?' I couldn't help but think, as I watched him from the hospital bed.

"Here." He thrust a small brown box towards me, which I promptly took from his hand. As I opened it, one of my eyebrows raised as I saw what was in it. First, I pulled out a small cell phone.

"I already have one of these you know."

"Well, little badger, this is a new and improved, DALV phone." I gave him a look.

"Alright, alright." He raised his hands in surrender, his palms facing me.

"Your current phone will soon be de-activated and this one is pre-paid for a few years, until you get your next update." I nodded, and pulled out the second item: a wallet full of American cash, foreign currencies, and three credit cards, two gold and one platinum.

"Why?" I raised an eyebrow again. He shrugged.

"You may one day need it all." I rolled my eyes at him.

"Fruitloop." I muttered.

"Little badger." He smiled down at me, as he stood.

"Don't worry. You will be out of here soon. Then, you can either stay with me, at Fentonworks, or somewhere else until you decide who you will from now on be living with." He turned and walked to the door, and as he opened it I called out,

"Hey Vlad."

"Yes, Daniel?" He turned to me with a smile on his face.

"Thank you." Instead of answering with a 'Your welcome', he merely smiled even wider before turning and heading out the door. True to his words, a nurse came in soon and told me I was released from the hospital. Also she gave me some clothes, that I guess Vlad had grabbed from my old house. All I had to do was sign a few forms, before I was out on the streets of Amity Park with my hood pulled over my head due to the constant sympathetic looks I kept getting from absolute strangers.

Soon enough, I reached my destination, punched in the code to the door lock, and walked through the door I almost always went through with Sam and Tucker. Into my old home, Fentonworks. I moved around the house, packing what I would need until I could buy more stuff, all photographs, including my drawings, and other sentimental items into a box that I eventually put into my suitcase. Then, taking with me an empty suitcase, I headed down to the lab.

I immediately saw the gleaming metal surfaces, the doors of the portal to our sister realm, the Ghost Zone, the filing cabinet that holds all the blueprints, and all of the scientific equipment my parents used to use. The nostalgia hit me like a blow from Fright Knight's sword. After a while, it wore off, and once it did, I grabbed a copy of each blueprint, and burned the rest.

Then, I set to destroying whatever weapons or research they had lying around the lab (not without taking notes on it first though). Once I reached the portal, I paused. Could I really do this? Destroy my parents' life work? No, I decided. But I chose an alternate path, pressing my hand to the scanner.

"Genetic lock: Activated." It announced. Good. Now the only people that could access it are the people that share my DNA. And there aren't many of them left, unless there are some second cousins that Mom and Dad never told me about. There are two, maybe three people like that, including Danielle.

Since that was done now, I fazed through the floor, and out the door, grabbing my other suitcase along the way. As I flew into the sky, I gazed down at my hometown, which suddenly seemed so small from up here. After doing that for a while, and tracing the constellations that by now, I knew by heart, I started to fly to the place I would be staying until my new guardians come for me- to Vlad's.

Truthfully, as I flew, I started to chuckle, as going to Vlad's, especially by my own free will was something I never expected myself to do. But here I am, flying to my old arch-enemy's home. 'Now, to wonder about who my new guardian will be.' I thought as I fazed through his roof, into the foyer of his Packers-themed mansion.

"Ah, Daniel. I've been expecting you." He turned towards me, from where he stood in front of his trophy case. I gave him a look as I landed and de-transformed.

"Have you been waiting here this whole time, you fruitloop?" He shook his head.

"No, Daniel. Far from that actually. I was in my study when I was alerted to your presence nearing the mansion. Besides, I did have other things to do than just wait here for you." As he spoke we had moved into a hallway full of doors, that reminded me of the Ghost Zone. Vlad walked to one made of dark brown, almost black wood, with one blue gem and one green gem imbedded in a white circle. As he pushed the door open, Vlad handed me a tablet.

"The newest DALV technology, that hasn't even been released yet. It will help with this." He swept his arm towards the room, and I looked in.

"A blank room?" I asked him.

*Sigh* I heard from my temporary guardian.

"Look at your tablet." 'Oh.' I thought. There on the screen were numerous different columns, filled with different styles and colors for pretty much everything in the room.

"The newest DALV tech…" I echoed.

"Is micro-technology embedded in modern day things that wirelessly connect to any DALV device, that has pre-downloaded any necessary features." I nodded, still in slight shock.

"Alright." He pushed me through the doorway. "Get started. But always know that however you choose to style this room, it will stay this way in case you ever have need of it, little badger."

"Vlad…" He looked at me as I closed the door.

"Thanks." Then, with the hallway blocked from sight by my door, I sat down, and started working the tablet's magic. Soon, I ended up with my ceiling and walls looking like a picture of space, with stars and all the planets, including Earth. My bedspread turned dark green, with a black blanket at the foot. The rug became light blue, with silver accents, and the rest of the wooden items in the room staying the same wood that the door was made of.

I then turned to the box that held Vlad's gifts, and I took out my new phone, looking at the time. '11:40!' I thought. 'How did it get this late?' After I had done my fill of freaking out, thanking Clockwork for the fact that the walls were sound and ghostly power (except intangibility) proof, I laid down on my new bed, and fell asleep.

*Timeskip: 1 day*

"Meow." As I heard a noise, and felt a pressure on my chest, I shot awake, knocking whatever it was off of me. I peeked off the corner of my bed, and spotted the intruder: a grey, brown and white calico cat, with green eyes staring up at me.

'So.' I chuckled. 'He finally got himself a cat.' Soon enough, I dissolved into fits of laughter and rolled right off my bed, landing with a loud thud on the floor, my eyes latching on to the cat's nametag.

'Madeline.' I read. I laughed even louder, causing the cat to give me what could be called a human look of disdain and walk out of the room. Soon, I heard footsteps coming into my room, accompanied by a loud purring sound, so I sat up and looked at the only other person that had access to my room. Then, I stabbed my finger up at him, and the purring cat he cradled in his arms.

"You finally followed my advice!"

"Just because I now have a cat, doesn't mean I did it because you told me to, Daniel. But yes, I did get a cat." He gave me a look that the cat soon mirrored, mimicking the one she had given me earlier.

"Now get dressed. We're going out to brunch. We would have gone out for breakfast, but you woke up a little too late for that." Once he was out of the room, I followed his instructions, and was out of my door, shouldering the black leather satchel I found in my closet, in ten minutes. Once he saw me, he put down his cat, and called out for his chauffer.

Soon enough, we walked out the door, got into the SUV that the man had pulled into the driveway (the windows still being tinted, even if Vlad wasn't mayor anymore).

"So." He turned in his seat to face me as I spoke.

"Madeline, huh?" His face turned bright red, and, letting down his professional façade, started to splutter. Just like earlier this morning, I started to laugh my head off.

AN: And scene! *Bows* See you all next time I have the free time to post a chapter (gosh this is a lot harder than I thought, even if it is summer)

~WhiteRosePhoenix