Danny groaned as he woke up and sat up on the bed to find his leg in a bandage and sitting elevated on a pillow. The door opened and Maddie, Jack, Jazz, Pandora, Nocturne, Clockwork, Ghostwriter and Desiree all entered the room.

Danny smiled as both his mums hugged him and he received pats on the back and handshakes from everyone else as well as a hug from Jazz.

"How you feeling little brother?" Jazz asked.

"Heaps better but my legs still sore" Danny answered as he winced a little from his leg.

"You're healing abilities have managed to fix the broken bone but it's still healing" Jack said. "You should up and about in no time"

"What happened about Plasmius?" Danny asked.

"After the fight we captured him and took him back here. After tending to you he woke up and that's when the Observants showed up" Clockwork began. "They were furious about him releasing Pariah Dark and almost basically sending both the Earth and the Ghost Zone to their doom. They were about to destroy him when Jack and Maddie had an idea"

"Using an invention we had made called the Ghost Gauntlets, we basically removed Vlad's ghost powers leaving now a normal human" Maddie continued. Pandora then finished, "The Observants had taken Vlad's ghost half and now have it under lock and key in a thermos and as for Vlad Masters…well let's just say he went a little nuts and…"

Jazz pulled up a newspaper which showed a picture of Vlad looking crazy as he was loaded into a hospital van and Danny read some of the article out loud, "Multi-billionaire Vlad Masters was submitted to the Wisconsin Mental Hospital after experiencing a major mental breakdown in Amity Park"

"Wow! Now he really is a seriously crazed up fruitloop" Danny commented causing everyone to laugh.

Pandora pulled Danny into another hug and said, "I am so proud of you son. You defeated one of the most powerful ghost that had ever ruled"

"Thanks mum" Danny said with a smile. "But I couldn't have done it without any of you. My family. All of you"

They all pulled each other into a group hug and celebrated the victory.

A few days later Danny was standing back on both legs and Pandora and the others were getting ready to go back into the Ghost Zone. At first Danny smiled but then he remembered that would have to make a choice but he didn't seem sad about it, because he now knew that no matter what he chose they would all still be his family and there was no stopping him or them from ever seeing him.

He went down to the lab where everyone was waiting for him and Clockwork asked, "Well this is it. Danny do know what you want to do?"

Danny was silent and he looked between his family and the ghost portal. It's true the Ghost Zone had always been his home but he felt like he had kept his human family waiting for him long enough. He knew in his heart what he was going to do and he faced them to give him his answer.

"The Ghost Zone will always and forever will be my home. It's the place I was raised by my adoptive mother and as well as my ghost uncles and aunt and I don't think I could ask for a better ghost family" Danny began which made them all smile. "And as much as I love my home, I think I have kept my human family waiting long enough for me to come back to them. You're all my family. Both ghost and human. Ever since the fight with Pariah Dark I've come to realise that he's not the only one who will attack either people here in the human world and innocent ghosts in the Ghost Zone. I think I now know why I was given these powers fourteen years ago. I believe that this may be my destiny which is why I'm going to stay here in the human world but I'll always come to the Ghost Zone to visit my adoptive family"

Everyone smiled in happiness for his decision and Jack, Maddie and Jazz ran up and pulled him into a tight hug, he hugged them back and then faced his adoptive family. He walked up to them and said, "Thank you all so much for being there for me. I'm gonna miss you guys a lot but this isn't goodbye. The Ghost Zone will always forever be my home and as I said I promise to visit you and you are always welcome here"

Pandora smiled warmly and proudly at her adoptive son and kneeled down to his height and said, "I am so proud of you my Danny Phantom. You have the heart of a human and the soul of a ghost and as I told you before to never forget this; no matter where you are or what they may call you, you will always be my son"

Tears fell down Danny's face as he hugged Pandora and said, "I'm gonna miss you mum. I love you"

"I love you too my son" Pandora said. "And I'll miss you. We all will"

"Exactly / we'll miss you buddy / Make sure you visit / everything's the way it's supposed to be" The others said simultaneously as they joined in the family hug.

After final goodbyes Danny's ghost family went through the portal. Danny looked down at his crystal pendant and a photo of him with his ghost family, he turned to Jack, Maddie and Jazz and they hugged each other again.

Later that night Danny was heading off to bed when he heard a humming coming from the living room and looked to see Maddie was humming a familiar tune as she was looking through some pictures.

Danny walked up to her and said, "I think I know that song"

Maddie smiled warmly at him and said, "You do. You sung some of it to me when we first met you and it was a song I used to sing to you when you were a baby. It was the only one that could put you to sleep at the time"

Danny sat next to her as she began to sing:

Come stop your crying, it'll be alright

Just take my hand, hold it tight

I will protect you from all around you

I will be here don't you cry

Danny smiled as started to remember the song and started getting drowsy. Maddie smiled even brighter as Danny laid down on her lap.

For one so small, you seem so strong

My arms will hold you keep you safe and warm

This bond between us can't be broken

I will be here don't you cry

Cause you'll be in my heart

Yes you'll be in my heart

From this day on, now and forevermore

You'll be in my heart

No matter what they say

You'll be here in my heart

Always

Always

She stopped as she heard a light snoring and saw Danny had fallen asleep. She rubbed his head and then laid down next to him. A few moments later Jack and Jazz came downstairs and stopped and smiled at the sight of Danny and Maddie asleep on the couch. Jazz pulled out a camera and took a picture.

Jack hugged Jazz close and said, "He's finally home and now we're a family again"

"But he'll always be Danny Phantom. The Ghost Boy of the Ghost Zone" Jazz said.

THE END