AN: I have a general plot but I'm not really sure where this is going to go. Its set before Young Justice, like in January and if I remember right YJ S1 started in July sometime and I am thinking of having Danny as a more mentor kind of person for the team than a member. I think he can be like a liaison between the League and the Team. He just isn't on the level of the team but I don't want him as a Leaguer just yet either. I'm also playing around with a Batman/Black Canary pairing and some bat family feels. I don't know who to pair Danny with either so I'm open to suggestions. I'll even take slash pairings. Review and tell me if I should keep the whole Batman/BC or not, I know she's usually with Green Arrow and I don't hate him I just could make it work in my story and for Danny- leave me suggestions.

Chapter one

The League just stared at the device as Batman scanned it, they were having a normal meeting, discussing the usual things, budgets, politics, villains, and there were some arguments but that was all nothing out of the ordinary until a glowing green portal about the size of a A4 page opened and then closed leaving behind nothing but a weird looking thermos with a weird green F on it. Batman scanned the metal however the only thing that the scans could tell them was that it was made out of an unknown metal.

Flash couldn't help it, he picked up the thermos and suddenly a glowing blue light appeared and then there was a hologram. The man wore a purple cape and had blue skin and a weird scar over one of his eyes and the man started talking or better yet explaining.

"My name is Clockwork and in my universe I am known as the Father of Time and I am also a ghost."

There were several shouts of disbelief but Batman silenced them all, "Stop it. We don't know if we can get him to repeat any parts of his message if we miss something."

"I say universe because I hope you are familiar with inter dimensional travel, if you are not then the many worlds theory exists and it is real. The belief that there are other Earths either vastly similar or different to our own but vibrate at a different frequency so that we do not see each other. We are not from any of your dimensions but rather we are from a different universe entirely. My universe has ended. The dimensions connected to my own have been lost as well and I am ashamed to say it was because of my arrogance. As the keeper of time, I believed that I was in control however I let a being exist outside of time, another villain used him as tool against me and my King, my apprentice however I believe I have gotten too far, before I tell you of how I failed I must tell you of what the device I have sent to your universe contains and why I have sent the thermos to you.

In this universe, the ghosts live in what we call the flipside of the living realm, thousands of years ago it was known as the Infinite Realms now it is just the Ghost Zone. It is made up of something called ectoplasm and sometimes portals appear in the Ghost Zone, tears in the fabric of space and time leading us to living realm. These tears are very dangerous as there is no true concept of time in the Ghost Zone, you can go to the living realm but you never know when or where you end up or how long the portal will remain open and for a long time it was our only way to travel to the living realm but then humanity caught up to us. Maddie and Jack Fenton were ghost hunters and scientists who were determined to prove that ghosts and the Ghost Zone existed.

They first tried when they were young, they built a smaller portal, it was supposed to punch a hole into our world and prove that we existed but that exploded and put one of their friends in the hospital after being exposed to ectoplasm he fell into a 10 year coma and then they tried again, decades later when they had a 14 year old son and a 16 year old daughter. The portal didn't work and then the boy went inside, there was an accident and he was electrocuted with both electricity and the ectoplasm from the Ghost Zone bonded to his body turning him into something that the world had never seen before-a Halfa- Half ghost, Half human. A boy who walked the line between life and death, living in both world yet not belonging to any. He was the perfect balance of life and death and he chose to use his powers for good. The portal allowed evil ghosts to come through and harm the living, the boy sent them back, he was only 14 years old.

As time passed the threats he faced grew in power as did he, and eventually he faced Tyrant King of Ghosts. They fought and he won the title of Ghost King but he never took the crown officially. There were two others like him, just not as balanced as he was, Vlad Masters was the first Halfa that his parents created, he was the friend from college that they put into the 10 year coma however the ectoplasm didn't bond as well to him. He was more human than ghost, more experienced in the power but not as powerful as he was. He was obsessed with the boys mother Maddie, he felt like the coma had stolen his chance to be with her as he loved her first and when he knew that the boy was also half ghost he saw the perfect family, the perfect son but the boy was loyal he would not renounce his father to become his apprentice although he wished for someone to help him understand his power he refused to pay the price Vlad asked for.

The third Halfa was the boys clone, Vlad was desperate for a son but the cloning process went wrong and Danielle was born however she was more Ghost than human. The boy protected her, saved her from Vlad and his manipulations and claimed that they were cousins. He looked out for her and cared for her.

However, there was a timeline when the boy went insane, ripped apart by loss and pain, he ripped out his human half and Vlad's human half killed the human part of himself merged the two ghost parts together both of which were insane and rampaged the world until nothing was left. The events that led to his insanity were fixed however because they fought in the past and he won the evil version of himself had no-where else to go as such he existed outside of time. Vlad found out about him, attacked my home where I kept him imprisoned and released him.

The release of Vlad and Dan had the boy running on fumes, trying to get them both imprisoned once more and then the government attacked. The GIW were a human organization that was supposed to protect humans and study ghosts however they were blinded by hatred they launched a missile into the Ghost Zone in hopes of ending the threat of Dan after he rampaged through the human world until the boy tricked him into going into the Ghost Zone where they could fight without endangering innocents. They had been warned, repeatedly in the past that the Ghost Zone was connected to the living realm, a balance, one cannot exist without the other, the missile has destroyed the Zone and soon this universe will die and then it will be reborn, however they have successfully killed both the entire human race and the ghosts, the unbalancing of this Earth has led to this entire multiverse collapsing, with the last of my power I am sending the boy somewhere safe, where he can begin again, be warned he is part ghost he needs an anchor to the living world.

The boys name is Daniel Fenton or Phantom or as he likes to be called Danny Fenton/Phantom. He is 15 years old, I put him inside the thermos he used it to capture the ghosts that came to his home then released them back into the Zone. I sent him to your universe although my vision is clouded, all I know is that you are good people and I owe him this much, I had to save him even though he would have preferred to die with his loved ones, and I could not let him pay for my mistake. He deserves a second chance to live. The thermos can only be opened by a person who will not use him as a weapon or try to harm him. When you release him give him the thermos he knows how to open the secret compartment which will show him another message from me to him.

Do not release him unless someone is willing to be his anchor, time is short he will have to explain the rest, thank you for helping him and goodbye."

There was dead silence in the room when the hologram disappeared, and Flash spoke first, "Should we open it?"

Superman nodded, "He said that the boy is only 15 years old. He is a child or at least a teenager. We can't just leave him inside."

Several people nodded however Wonder Woman spoke next, "Can we be sure this is not a trap of some sort? What if this is an enemy trying to destroy us?

There were some who agreed with her, it wouldn't be the first time someone tried to play on their emotions and try to smuggle in either moles or villains willing to die to bring them down for whatever reason. There was the possibility that this was all an elaborate lie and when they opened the thermos someone could attack them.

Black Canary however had a different idea, "I say we open it and be ready. We cannot leave a living sentient person inside a prison especially if they didn't do anything wrong. If whoever is inside attacks, we defend ourselves, maybe even put him back inside the thermos."

Hawkwoman couldn't help but voice a question, "Is it safe to do so here and what exactly is an anchor?"

Batman frowned, she did have a point this was the Leagues secret hangout but they weren't sure of this persons powers or power levels, "We cannot take him somewhere that he could harm innocents. Its best to do so here where no one else can get in the way or be harmed. An anchor would probably someone willing to take care of him, help him build bonds to this world."

They all nodded and then they looked at the thermos which the Flash placed back on the center of the table, "Who is going to open it? It will be a big responsibility, almost like taking on a protégé or adopting a teenager." asked Aquaman.

Wonder Woman and Black Canary shared a look but Black Canary just nodded her head to her friend trying to explain that she understood the burden, "I'll do it."

Black Canary pressed the button and a soft white light poured out of it, a shape took form in the center of the room as everyone readied themselves for battle just in case. White boots appeared first, then a black jumpsuit with a DP symbol on it, white gloves and snow white hair. The boy had glowing green eyes, he stared at Black Canary with wide eyes before his eyes rolled to the back of his head and he collapsed.

"Well that was anticlimactic." Muttered Flash however Superman was staring at the boy with narrowed eyes, "He doesn't have a heartbeat."

Several eyes widened however Black Canary spoke, "The blue guy did say that they were ghosts, its possible he isn't supposed to have a heartbeat."

Before they could talk anymore a white ring appeared around his waist and traveled in different directions leaving them looking at a black haired teen with blue jeans and a white t shirt with a red oval in the center.

"He has a heartbeat." Said Superman and Batman just ordered the boy to be taken to the infirmary.

The boy wasn't in the infirmary long before his eyes opened and he clutched at his chest with one hand and his head with the other. He had crystal blue eyes and the first person he saw when his eyes opened was Batman, he had been trying to check the boys blood pressure when his eyes opened and then he started muttering.

'Not here, missing, no haunt, no friends, no allies, missing, not enough, lost, couldn't save, gone, help.'

Batman's eyes widened as the boy clutched his hand and kept talking, almost seeming insane until Black Canary walked in and the boy turned to watch her she was trying to get him to calm down but he just stared at her with unseeing eyes until he clutched her hand and muttered something different, he said 'safe, mine.' And then he turned to Batman and he did the same thing and then he passed out again.

Green Arrow was watching in shock and then he spoke, "I think anchor means something else, something more to him."

Martian Manhunter couldn't help but listen, "He said no haunt. Is that not the place where in the stories ghosts are supposed to live in and scare people away from?"

Black Canary nodded her head, "It is, it's like the saying a haunted house."

Batman frowned, "There is more at play here and only he can tell us."

Black Canary sighed, "He is obviously still distressed. I'll stay with him as much as I can try to help him come to terms with his loss."

It took her a week before the boy was able to speak again, he seemed almost in a child-like for the first three days, he only observed Batman and Black Canary. He also noticed that Batman didn't sleep or each much as he worked and it seemed to disturb him, he had taken to sharing his food with the older man trying to get him to eat and sleep as well. Black Canary took it as a sign of both recovery and awareness, he had claimed them as 'his' and for some reason he felt the needed to protect and care for them and when Batman ate and slept when in his presence he seemed to recover faster and become more aware, almost like he was drawing energy from them. Wonder Woman said it once and to their shock the boy actually managed to talk, it had been five days since he had appeared.

"I am. Sorry for not asking permission, nothing here, hurts."

Batman, Black Canary, Superman and Wonder Woman watched the boy in shock and Black Canary immediately responded, "Its alright but can you tell us how we are helping? We do not understand, someone mentioned an anchor but we are not sure what it means."

"Anchor keeps Phantom alive, if Phantom dies I die. Two halves of a whole cannot destroy one without destroying the other."

Batman looked frustrated, "How do we anchor you?"

"Obsession. No obsession No Phantom. Anchor feeds obsession keeps Phantom alive."

Black Canary frowned not really understanding, "What is an obsession?"

"Gives ghost purpose, reason to form, to live, no obsession ghost fades, lose obsession ghost fades."

Batman wanted to ask more but the boy was getting tired, "How else can we help you?"

"Too warm, ice core, big man leave, not come close, bad."

The boy fell asleep leaving them with more questions than answers however Superman was trying not to be offended, "He thinks I'm bad?"

Batman just looked at him and Superman sighed and left the infirmary. He would keep watch from afar however the other three Leaguers seemed to already be discussing what the learned.

Wonder Woman was the one that spoke, "Unfinished business, there is a legend that says that ghosts are formed because they have something left to do on Earth, he speaks of an obsession something that is so powerful it causes a ghost to form and then they draw energy from fulfilling that obsession."

Batman nodded, "He spoke of Phantom saying that they were two halves of a whole, in this universe Phantom has no obsession so he is fading, dying. If Phantom dies then so does the human half of the boy."

Black Canary nodded, "An anchor would be something that provides him with the energy to feed his obsession and he has latched onto us to try and keep from fading."

Wonder Woman nodded, "Why the two of you though? There were many others present."

Batman hummed, "He saw us first, it was like when a baby bird imprints on someone. Black Canary released him and he saw her and then he woke up and I was here. I will bring Robin to meet him, they are almost the same age, it might help him recover faster."

"Are you sure?" asked Black Canary.

Batman nodded, "The others have been thinking about taking the first steps to bringing them closer to the League we are still in the discussion phases but having a teen around might help."