A/N: These are a bunch of one-shots following Danny, Vlad and his "evil" schemes, while they are in Wisconsin. This is an AU story, but takes place before Phantom Planet. It is also a parody/humour, so I hope the characters aren't too OOC. There may be a little DxS.
'Italics indicate thought'
Under the Enemies Wing
By: Sarah Serena Rose
Vlad Persuades the Fenton's to Let Danny Study at the Most Prestigious Ghost Hunting School in Wisconsin.
Danny had thought life was going great. His school marks were slightly raising, he wasn't getting in as much trouble anymore, and he hadn't seen Vlad trying to defeat him with a doomed-to-fail plot in weeks.
That was until said man had knocked on his door this morning, sporting an evil gleam in his eyes and usual long ponytail.
When Danny opened the door, he instantly knew he was screwed.
Vlad pushed his way in, sneaking in a pamphlet the young halfa hadn't noticed, before he yelled out, "J-man! It's the V-man here!" In a fake, enthusiastic tone.
Danny had stood wide eyed, gawking at his arch-nemesis, the door still wide open.
'What is going on? Why would Vlad suddenly come now? Not attack me and call for my...Dad?'
Jack and Maddie Fenton had tumbled into the living room, guns in hand.
When they realized there was no threat, the Fenton's both visibly sighed in relief. But when Jack caught sight of his old college friend, a loud, "VLADDIE!" rang throughout the house.
Danny cringed slightly, one eye twitching at the scene before him. Vlad was acting very, very strange.
Maddie took sight of her son standing behind the two men. "Danny honey, can you shut the door please, a ghost might get in the house."
Danny shook his head and swiftly closed the door, wishing he could escape, but seconds later his father brought him and Vlad together in a sideways hug. Maddie chuckling at their antics.
"Been a while since we've seen you V-Man, isn't that right Danny-boy?"
The teen sighed, nodding, while covertly glaring at Vlad, a glow of green in his eyes. The other man merely grinned.
'This isn't going to end well.'
"So as you can see, The Masters School and Ghost Hunting Academy is surely the best place for Daniel to get an education. I assure you, it is one of the newest and best places to learn the trade of ghost hunting. Considering I sponsored it myself." Vlad finished, his arms crossed and a satisfied look on his features.
Both Fenton parents were considering his words while looking through the pamphlet Danny had tried to snatch from his hands not twenty minutes before. Vlad knew his plan was in the bag, the Fenton's were addicted to ghosts and surely wouldn't pass up the offer to let their son study at the best school in the country. Surprisingly there were actually other schools that actually taught this kind of stuff.
Maddie glanced at some of the pictures on the paper, "Oh my, some of this equipment looks even more advanced than ours. And that's saying something. But I don't know if I want to let my young boy go off to a school so far away." She contemplated, not wanting Danny to leave the nest and her protection.
"Oh you have no need to worry Madeline! Danny will be under great protection and I would be his mentor, making sure nothing happened to him. And if worst comes to worst you could always join us?" He added the last part with a double meaning and a seductive smirk.
Maddie, as always, paid no attention to the double meaning of Vlad's words and continued reading the pamphlet with her husband.
Vlad took a moment to gaze at Danny, the boy was glaring daggers at him because of the point blank hitting on his mother. He also knew that the mans words about not hurting him were a lie. Vlad or Plasmius, as he called himself, had been trying to take down Danny and make him and Maddie join him, so they could be a family, for months now.
But surprisingly, Vlad had other things in mind than Maddie. Gasp!
"Vladdie, I think this is a great idea! Don't you think Mads? I mean Danny can learn about ghosts and take on the family business!."
Danny and Vlad shared a look, secretly, he had already taken on his parents line of work.
"Don't I get a say in this?" Danny said, somewhat peeved. It was his future they were talking about.
"I think Jack is right Danny, I mean you can still study regular subjects, but what other schools do you know that also offer ghost hunting?" Maddie contributed.
Jack smiled. "Your mothers right son, you can improve on your ghost capturing abilities, as non-existent as they are. No offence Danny, but if you go to this school then maybe you'll be able to grow into them. Plus the V-Man here, will be there to guide you!"
Danny ground his teeth together in irritation, his parents were totally buying the whole setup.
Vlad only seemed to get more and more gloat worthy as his parents kept on agreeing to this idea.
"Exactly Jack, along with the ghost hunting classes, Danny will also be able to have the most advanced classes in English, Mathematics's and World History."
Both Maddie and Jack turned his words over in their minds, finally coming to a decision.
"He's going!" The said simultaneously, smiles on their faces.
Danny sunk lower into his seat, muttering about how the world was a cruel and unfair place. Maybe this was a way the universe was trying to tell him how karma was a bitch and he shouldn't have lied about his ghost powers in the first place.
'Vlad must have some kind of an ulterior motive here, I mean its Vlad right?'
The teen glanced up at the other ghost-hybrid and narrowed his eyes suspiciously.
"Excellent!" Vlad said, doing a weird impression of Mr. Burns from The Simpsons. "Well, I guess Daniel could start packing and then we could be on our way. I need to speak with him for a moment anyway."
Jack's eye widened for a split second like a light bulb went of in his brain. "You know what, I'll go get some ghost equipment from the basement just in case. Care to help me Mads?"
"Of course!" She answered happily, "Sweetie, why don't you go upstairs and pack, we'll be up it a minute!"
Danny reluctantly got out of his seat and headed for upstairs, as his parents went down, Vlad following him until he made it to the bottom of the stairs.
"I'll just wait here, do hurry young Daniel, we have places to be." He said in a mocking tone.
"Yeah, yeah...Plasmius," Danny said, muttering the last part a little quieter.
Slowly walking to his room, he flung open the door and gazed angrily and a little bit sadly into his room. Well, former room.
'This is going to suck.'
Danny made his way downstairs half and hour later, at his parents beckoning.
He was dragging a large duffel bag, stuffed with various items of clothing, almost bursting at the seams at how full it was. He didn't forget to take his cellphone or laptop though, they were packed in safely. If his parents and Vlad thought he was going however many months with entertainment and a cellphone to call Sam and Tucker, they were sadly mistaken.
Still grumbling about the situation as he stomped down the stairs, Danny was faced with Vlad and his parents at the bottom, his fathers arms full of shiny metal gadgets.
"Ahh Daniel, there you are, I was starting to worry about what was taking so long." Vlad explained with a fake concern. Almost bordering sarcasm.
"Danny-boy! I have all the best gadgets you might need up there in the old cheese state! Fenton Wrist Rays, Jack-of-nine-Tails, the Booo-marange, Fenton Phones, the Ghost Gabber and of course a trusty old Fenton Thermos!" Jack excitedly ranted before dropping them into Danny's arms.
Danny staggered back a few paces, with all the weight combined from all the inventions and his duffel bag. Unannounced to his parents that he had his own person thermos packed in his bag.
"Thanks Dad."
'Thanks Dad. I am ghost, fear me!' The Ghost Gabber spat out from the pile of gadgets in Danny's arms.
Both his parents gave him confused looks and Vlad looked like he was going to burst out laughing.
Danny frowned. "It must be on the fritz again."
'It must be on the fritz again. I am ghost, fear me!' Could be heard yet again coming from the device. Danny nervously jostled the pile around and found the gadget, flicking the off switch.
"Well, now that, that's over, shall we be going?"
Danny kept on frowning at Vlad, wanting nothing more than to blast him to the moon.
"Not without a good-bye he's not!" Maddie shouted. Danny cringed at the loud voice and was almost knocked over by his mother when she tackled him in a hug, his father soon following suit. He couldn't help but grin at his parents actions, he was going to miss them. And their crushing hugs.
"Mom, Dad, I'm going to miss you guys."
His mother released her grip a tiny bit, "I'm going to miss you too sweetie. And we'll always love you, no matter what!"
His dad piped up nodding, "Of course son, and never forget it!"
Danny laughed, enjoying his parents warmth before they let go and all turned towards Vlad.
He had an irritated scowl on his features.
'Probably cause I can hug mom and he can't', Danny mused with a grin on his face.
"Now that all the sentiments are done, we should be on our way."
Danny shifted the gadgets in his arms so he could walk better and started walking out of his house, Vlad and his parents in tow.
"Don't you forget to call us Danny! I want one every single day to make sure your doing okay." His mother chastised.
He rolled his eyes and made his way to the limo -'Limo?'- parked on the side of the road.
"I won't forget mom. And I love you!" Danny yelled back.
His father yelled, "By son, V-Man!"
Danny dumped his things into the back of the limo and jumped inside, marvelling at the interior. A flat screen TV was on the wall, and the seats were red and plushly. Vlad followed suit on the other side.
He watched as Vlad leaned out the window and blew a kiss, "Until next time, Maddie." He yelled, again paying no heed to his father.
'Looks like he still has a thing for mom. Dammit. That is sooo creepy!'
Danny pushed Vlad away and waved at his parents as they started driving away, sad smiles on their faces.
Vlad brushed his suit off and sat directly across from Danny, turning his head towards the window and instructing the driver to go to his castle he called home.
Danny opened his mouth, "I thought the school had a campus on the grounds?"
Vlad turned back towards Danny and raised an eyebrow.
The teen scrunched his eyebrows together and it was like an epiphany hit him.
"There's no school, is there?" He asked in a bored tone.
He should have seen it coming, this whole thing seemed quite ridiculous, he should have known Vlad was back to his old tricks again.
Vlad tilted his head in acknowledgement, "Daniel, you are smarter than I first thought! You are correct there is no school. You are now coming to Wisconsin with me to take part in my evil schemes, and you can't leave, because your parents think your learning at one of the countries best ghost schools."
"Plus, if you try to leave, I can rally up some of the ghosts from the portal who would gladly help me recapture you. There are many that would love to see you captured, me included of course."
Danny almost growled at Vlad, he was using his enemies against him. But even the young halfa knew that there was a lot more ghosts who would love to capture him than help him. He sighed knowing it would be useless to even try and leave, Vlad no – Plasmius, would come after him with an army of his enemies.
He looked up at Vlad once more and just nodded, agreeing to his terms.
Vlad chuckled, rather evilly, knowing is young companion was forced to say.
Danny pinched the bridge of his nose.
'It seems like the sucking is about to continue.'
A/N: I hope you guys like it so far, I was kind of hesitant about posting these one-shots at first, but I thought -what the heck, why not?- and decided to. Please review and tell me what you think!