Rob: Rob Phantom here, now I know that people have been waiting for my sequel to Vlad Strikes Back...

Ember: Yeah, and waiting, and waiting, and waiting...

Rob: Anyway! Here it is finally, the story you all have ben waiting for. The Return of Dan.

Summery: Once again the halfa we love to hate faces the halfa we love to love. Vlad is once again trying to take over the world. But with the Fenton's and Danny's new magical allies, Alicia Szivos and Alex Gladstone, how can he beat him? With a unfortunate mishap at Clockworks tower, Vlad gains an ally that might help him beat Danny once and for all. That is unless that ally has some plans of his own. It's a action packed race to save the Earth from Armageddon, and in the end two mortal enemies may have to team up to save us all. With appearances by Alicia from the Life and Times of Alicia Szivos, and the Grim Reaper, this may be Danny's greatest adventure yet, or will it be his final defeat?

Rob: So without further ado, here is the story.

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The Return of Dan.

Chapter One: New Years Evil.

Vlad's Castle, Wisconsin

It was New Year's Eve, in about a hour or so the people of the world and the Ghost Zone would ring in the new year 2008 (AN: remember, this is set two years in the future). All across the world people were celebrating, but not in a certain castle in Wisconsin. For you see the man who owned this estate had nothing to celebrate.

In the lair of the most evil halfa on Earth, we find Vlad Masters, also known as Vlad Plasmius, plotting some more doom for Danny, his friends, and the world in general. Or he should have been, but the evil billionaire was having some creative difficulties, i.e. he couldn't think of a plan that would work.

"Ok, first I lure them to the warehouse. Then once they are under the disintegrator...NO! That won't work! They'll just use their powers to stop it. Ok, lets try again, I will hire Technus to build a machine to turn those brats into animals, then I will...No, that Alicia girl and Samantha probably have a potion made just for a event like that. Maybe a giant robot? No! Damn it! I can't think of anything that will work!" said Vlad.

It was true, most of the plans Vlad had made so far had not worked against Danny and his friends. Whether it was the bounty he placed on their heads, or the attempt to turn Danny, Sam, and Alicia evil, even the most recent ones to steal some of Jack's inventions, all had failed. He just could not think of a plan that would defeat the combined power of those blasted brats.

"Maybe I should go for a stroll through the Ghost Zone, maybe it will clear my head, I might even find a weak ghost to beat up." said Vlad as he transformed and headed for the portal in his lab.

Soon Vlad was flying through the Ghost Zone. Other might have found the place creepy and would want to get as far from it as possible, but Vlad like it. He liked the calm that seemed to flow through this place, and the environment to him was most interesting, much more so then Earth.

He could hear the noise of the ghosts preparing to welcome a new year of haunting, most likely in the town of Amity Park. Everyone was celebrating, and this annoyed Vlad .

So Vlad floated through the Ghost Zone, not really going in any direction. Soon he found he was leaving the more populated areas and heading into a more empty part of the Zone.

"Hmm, I have never been in this part of the Ghost Zone, maybe if I explore a little I will find something that could be useful." thought Vlad.

So he continued on, leaving more of the Ghost Zone behind him. Pretty soon there were no doors in sight at all, it was completely empty. Vlad was about to give up when he saw a strange site ahead of him. It was a dilapidated clock tower with a whole bunch of ghostly looking clocks floating around it.

"Hmm, maybe there is something in that building that could be of use to me." Thought Vlad as he flew to the tower.

Vlad quietly opened the door, and stepped into the building. The first site he saw was clocks, lots and lots of clocks. The place also had a lot of clock gears turning on the walls and jutting out of them. He floated down the hall until he came to a room. He had just entered when he could hear voices coming toward him. Thinking quickly he hide behind some rubble, then the ghosts entered.

"Are you sure Clockwork that the problem is contained?" said one of the ghosts, who looked like he had a giant eyeball for a head, they were talking to a ghost that kept switching betwenn being a baby, a young man, and a old man.

"I assure you observants that everything is under control, Danny Phantom's evil future counterpart is securely contained within this thermos." said Clockwork.

"That ghost has Daniel's evil future self, this trip may have been more useful then I thought." thought Vlad.

"Well make sure he does not escape, even with the addition of the hunter girl, the witch and the wizard, he may not be strong enough to stop him." said the Observant.

"Yes, this definitely is proving to be a good trip." thought Vlad.

"He will not get away, he is staying right in here." said Clockwork as he threw the Fenton Thermos up and down in his hand.

"Will you stop that! It's making me sick!" said Dan from in the Thermos.

"Well, if everything is under control, then we will go back to observing, good day." said the Observants as they left.

"Finally, I thought they would never leave." thought Vlad.

Clockwork turned his back to Vlad and started o watch his monitor of the time line. This was Vlad's perfect moment, he turned invisible and began to slowly move toward the thermos containing Dan. He was just about to reach it when Clockwork spoke

"Timeout!" said Clockwork, as he pressed a button on his time staff.

Just like that Vlad froze in place, mere inches form the thermos. Clockwork got up and moved the thermos to the other side of the room.

"Time in" said Clockwork.

When he said that everything started to move again. Vlad continued to reach for the thermos, but what he grabbed was nothing.

"What happened? Where did it go?" said Vlad, to shocked to remember he was supposed to be quiet.

"I think I can answer that." said Clockwork

Vlad turned around to see Clockwork right behind him and the thermos on a table across the room.

"What the hell? How did you do that?" said Vlad.

"Let me explain, I am Clockwork, master of time. I can manipulate time and travel through it at will." said Clockwork.

"That's all very fascinating, now if you don't mind, I will be taking that thermos." said Vlad as he sent a ghost ray at Clockwork.

"Timeout!" said Clockwork.

Suddenly time stopped again, with the ghost ray mere inches from Clockworks face. Clockwork moved out of the way of the blast and directly behind Vlad.

"Time in!" said Clockwork.

Time started up again and the blast hit the wall where Clockwork had been. A dumbfounded Vlad, looked at where Clockwork had been. He turned around just as Clockwork blasted him in the stomach. The blast sent Vlad flying across the room and into a piece of furniture. Clockwork flew up into the air, Vlad burst out of the wreckage and flew right at him. Vlad was flying straight at him and was about to hit him.

"Timeout!" said Clockwork, and Vlad froze in midair.

Clockwork moved to the side.

"Time in!" said Clockwork.

Vlad kept on flying, then he noticed he was about to hit a giant bell, but it was to late to turn. Vlad hit the bell with a loud clank. Using his time staff Clockwork made Vlad hit the bell over and over and over again.

"I could do this all day, but I have a time line to watch." said Clockwork.

He flew up above Vlad and got ready to blast him.

"Time in!" said Clockwork.

Vlad was moving again, and right into the ghost ray that Clockwork shoot. The ray knocked Vlad down and right into the pegs holding the time medallions, the ones that make a person immune to Clockwork's time stopping power. As he hit one of the time medallions slipped off and landed around his neck.

"Ok, I've had enough, I'm going to get that thermos if it is the last thing I do."said Vlad as he sent one large blast at Clockwork.

"Foolish human, Timeout!" said Clockwork.

Unfortunately because Vlad was wearing the medallion, the blast he sent kept ongoing. The blast hit Clockwork and sent him flying.

"What? How did that work?" said Vlad, then he noticed the time medallion.

"It must be because of this, this will be much easier now." said Vlad.

And it was, Clockwork, despite his powers, was weak compared to most ghosts. Since Vlad was now immune to his biggest power, he was in big trouble. Vlad quickly made short work of Clockwork and went over to grab the thermos.

"Well this has been a lovely fight, but I must take my prize and be going now." said Vlad.

"Wait! You can't do that!" said Clockwork.

"Oh but I can, and I think I'll take a few of these medallions as well, ta ta." said Vlad as he left with the goods.

Clockwork got up, his body aching from the fight. He went over to a monitor and turned it on. The face of a young man with yellow glowing eyes appeared.

"Grim, it has begun." said Clockwork to the Grim Reaper.

"So it finally has started, may heaven have mercy on us all. Do you think the ghost child will be able to handle this?" said Grim.

" I hope so, but only time will tell." said Clockwork, as he looked at his time monitor and saw the events to come unfold.

Meanwhile Vlad had flown back to his castle, it was just a few seconds before midnight.

"So lets open this up and see what a evil Daniel would look like." said Vlad as he started to open it.

Meanwhile in Amity park and in the Ghost Zone they were coming down to the final ten seconds till midnight.

"Hey everybody, lets countdown." said Jack to his family, and the families of Danny's friends

"Hey guys, it's almost midnight, lets countdown." said Ember, to all the ghosts at her big party.

"10, 9, 8..." everyone said

Vlad was just opening the lid to the thermos.

"..7,6,5..." everyone said.

Vlad activated the release button on the thermos and a blue energy shot out of it.

"..4,3,2.." said everyone, waiting for the big moment.

A figure appeared in the lab, with white flaming hair and a cape.

"..1,0, Happy New Year!" said everyone, celebrating the arrival of the new year, little did they know what horror had just been unleashed.

While everyone in the Human and Ghost worlds was celebrating, in the lab of Vlad Masters the figure finished emerging from the thermos. He looked around the room he was in, like he had been there before, then he turned around and saw Vlad.

"Well, well, to what do I owe the pleasure of seeing my old enemy." said Dan.

"Now, now, don't think of me as a enemy, think of me as...your father." said Vlad.

"So you know about me, and how I came to be?" said Dan.

"Yes, and I have a proposition for you." said Vlad.

"What is it?" said Dan.

"You remember your younger goody two shoes self, the one that defeated you?" said Vlad.

"Yes, how could I forget, he ruined my future." said Dan, getting angry.

"Well while you were on vacation, so to speak, he has gained allies. In the past two years I have tried to take over the world twice, and twice I have been defeated. His family and Valerie found out who he was, but instead of rejecting him they actually accepted him, they also managed to find out my secret. In addition he has gotten two new friends, Alicia Szivos and Alex Gladstone." said Vlad.

"Who are they?" said Dan.

"I'll show you." said as Vlad brought up the files on them.

"Alicia Szivos is the daughter to Robert and Sarah Szivos. What makes her a danger is that she has magical powers. She uses these powers to mess with all the ghosts that Daniel fights. She is also very powerful in her own right, and fighting her would be no small task. She is also responsible for teaching young Samantha how to use magic as well." said Vlad.

"Sam has magic powers now, what else has she been up to?" said Dan.

"Well currently she is the girlfriend to young Daniel, and is quickly learning magic..." said Vlad, before he was interrupted.

"Sam and that weakling are together!" shouted Dan.

"Yes, is anything wrong?" said Vlad.

"No, no, I'm just surprised is all." said Dan.

"Good, I will go on." said Vlad.

"I can't believe it, Sam does actually love me, or should I say my younger self. Hmm, maybe I should fix that." thought Dan, a evil smile forming across his face.

"Alexander Gladstone, parents John and Melissa Gladstone. He just arrived to Amity Park recently. He got there when I offered a reward to the ghosts so they would capture Daniel, Samantha, and Alicia. My plan was to turn them evil, but he and Daniels darn family and friends defeated me. He is also very powerful, and he likes to send enemies to some terrible place that makes them need therapy afterwards." said Vlad.

"Wow, no wonder you can't defeat them, with a group like that they are nearly unbeatable, so where do I come into this?" said Dan.

"I know that you want to make Daniel pay for the defeat he handed you, and I want to make him pay for all that he has done to ruin my plans. I propose we join forces and defeat those brats once and for all." said Vlad.

Dan began to think about Vlad's offer.

"Hmm, a chance to defeat my past self, and to cause all sorts of chaos and destruction. Plus I may have the chance to see Sam, I do actually miss her, and we can catch up on old times" thought Dan evilly.

"Deal." said Dan, as he extended his hand.

"Good, now we have some planing to do, first we need to get a army together, then we..." said Vlad, but Dan wasn't listening.

"So it seems fate has given me another chance to make my future a reality, but I think I'll make a few changes, starting with my younger self and his girlfriend." thought Dan to himself as Vlad went rambling on.

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Me: So starts the sequel to Vlad Strikes Back.

Ember: Oh crud, the evil Danny from the future is back, should I prepare the fallout shelter?

Me: No need, I'm in complete control.

Ember: I hope so, because if he catches us we're toast.

Me: Don't worry your pretty little head about it, for right now it is time for the chapter summery.

Oh no! Vlad has freed the most evil and destructive ghost the world has ever known. Now that they are working together on a plan to destroy our heros. Will our heros be able to stop them? Will they save the world? Or are we all doomed to a life of serving Dan and Vlad. Well as long as I have something to say about it we won't. So prepare yourself for chapter two of the Return of Dan.

Me: Until next time Danny Phantom fans, read and review!