Disclaimer: Danny Phantom is owned by Butch Hartman.

The ground below flashed past at break neck speeds as two phantoms flew over the town of Amity Park. One giving chase and the other hunting down, the perfect game of Cat and Mouse.

The hunted looked behind at the hunter and sent a green ray of ectoplasm from his palm to the chaser. The one trying to catch the prey successfully evaded the attack and split into three.

"You cannot escape me, Daniel! I'll have you in my grasp before you know it!" The caped ghost shouted as he slowly gained on his prey.

"Fat chance, Plasmius!" Danny screamed back as he suddenly turned skyward and ascended high above the clouds.

"You can run... By where will you hide, my boy?" Vlad laughed maniacally as his clones rejoined to him and the older halfa sent a ray of pink ectoplasm from his palm to the snow haired child.

The boy gave a shout of anger as he threw a wall of green ectoplasm up and deflected the ray off to the side where it dissipated into a cloud.

Vlad could only chuckle as the boy bared his teeth and dove straight down to the vampire looking halfa with green ectoplasm burning in his palms.

"Why can't you get this through your thick skull, Vlad? I. HATE. YOU!" Vlad could only laugh as Danny threw punches at the older halfa's ecto shield.

"Temper, little badger. You wouldn't want to lose your humanity, would you?" Oh, there definitely was a double meaning to that. Vlad knew about the boy's evil and older self. His computer was far too easy to hack into. Danny had his password as, "Paulina Fenton"? Clueless little badger. Even Vlad could see the looks that his little goth friend had on her face when Danny was even mentioned.

"I HATE YOU!" Vlad flinched as his shield was destroyed by the onslaught of punches it had taken from the angry teenager.

"Daniel. What did I say about-AHH!" Vlad was cut short as Danny grabbed Vlad by his collar and threw him across the sky that was quickly growing into a thunderstorm.

"I don't care what you have to say anymore! I won't listen! All you go on about is trying to get my mom and make me your son, AND I'M SICK OF HEARING IT!" Danny screamed as he split into four and started attacking Vlad with every ounce of power he had been holding back.

Vlad only laughed as he blocked every punch and kick the boy threw at him. Danny was getting stronger, but not strong enough to defeat the older halfa.

Meanwhile, In The Ghost Zone...

"Clockwork... Do you honestly think that he will become stronger?" A caped figure sighed as he looked at the rift showing the present time for the human world.

"I don't "think". I know that he will. Besides, you got as strong as you did. Why can't he do the same, and maybe even more?" The time keeper spoke to the caped figure with care. Even though he was removed from the time line this ghost was still a very powerful one, and even Clockwork was still wary of this man's strength.

The time abnormality only sighed as he turned around and faced his former enemy.

"Then why do I still exist!?" Dan growled as he slammed his fist down on the shelf and sent the dented thermos that once held him falling to the ground... Again.

"Because you still do, and Danny will get stronger as the days go by. There aren't very many ghosts left to teach him new powers, and Plasmius is on the enemy list for Phantom. The Observants swore an oath to not take any action in the Ghost Zone and the human world. So, "why not Clockwork?" An Observant asked in the gathering. And, well... Come on, you're twenty four years old. You know that I'm busy with all this." A hand made an arc in the air to point out all the time keeping components in the tower.

"So, with the Observants setting me to watch over you, you're the best choice for teaching your former younger self. After all, he, a child, defeated you, an adult, against all odds." Clockwork smirked as he transitioned between his child self to his adult self to give a shred of emphasis.

"Fine, but I want something cleared. I'm not going by the name of Danny. Understand?" Dan growled as he pointed a clawed index finger at the higher powered ghost.

"Of course, Dan. Did you forget that I know everything that was, is, and will be?" Dan simply snorted as the time ghost shifted between his three age times again as if he didn't get what was being said.

"As if I could." Dan frowned as he turned back to the sight of Danny Phantom defeating Plasmius once again.

"Never thought I'd visit my dull past again."

"Time works in mysterious ways, Dan. That's not your past anymore. You'll just have to adapt to information you never knew. Now, I think a good time for you to start teaching the boy would be right about now. And remember this, if you kill him, you'll kill yourself."

"And if he kills me?"

"Well, I don't like giving spoilers, but he won't kill you. Especially if you're wearing one of these." Clockwork said as he picked up one of his time medallions.

"It won't send you back to your timeline, since it doesn't exist anymore, but if it is removed, it will send you back here." Dan gave a scoff as he took the medallion and slipped it on around his neck.

"Fine. I'll teach him as best as he'll let me." Dan growled as he kicked off the ground and was out of Clockwork's tower in a flash.

"You'd better not mess up, Dan. Otherwise, you will pay the price." Clockwork spoke his thought aloud as he watched the powerful ghost become a ribbon of black and white amongst the various colors of the ectoplasm that were home to the countless ghosts that lived there.

For those of you who don't know me: Hi! *waves shyly* I'm new here! I'd love some feed back from those of you who find something off about the characters... I went through as best as I could... But something tells me that someone here is off by something, and I can't fight it out... Eh... Practice makes perfect.

For those of you who know me: Hey guys! Check out all these new toys I can break! *breaks a Paulina figure in two* Won't be missing her! *tosses the two pieces overhead into a garbage pile* Okay. Now it's time for me to explain why I wrote this.

Danny Phantom was one of my first cartoons as a kid and even to today that I enjoy very much. It's a cartoon that once I pick it up and watch it from the first episode, I can't put it down until I get to the end of the final episode. I enjoy several of the episodes and I love a bunch of the characters.

Anyway, I would love feed back on how this is. Don't worry, I won't bite if you say something's wrong here. Just don't scream about it. Screaming about one little typo is a bit unnecessary.

Anyway, I'll see you guys later!

~Jak Cooper the Lombax