Here's the chapter you've all been waiting for. It's my longest chapter so far! It's also quite the surprise, if I do say so myself. (Oops, I wasn't supposed to say that.)

And I do have a definite direction I'm going with this story, I just won't be able to update that often. I'll try to update every Sunday or so.

Pop Quiz! Who owns these cartoons?

The answer? Not me, that's for sure!

Recap:

"How did you do that?" the figure asked.

Danny held his breath.

Danny slowly backed away to the far end of the container. The wall zapped him with its ghost shield, and he yelped and jumped back. The shadowy figure did not move. Danny swallowed nervously.

"Do what?" he asked inconspicuously.

"You know what," the figure responded. It was definitely female. "You were just in a different outfit, had a different hair and eye color, and now you look like Danny Phantom."

"You must have been seeing things." Man, I need to learn to make better cover stories.

"Like I'm going to believe that. Earlier, while you were unconscious, you looked like you do now, and then you switched to the form you were in a second ago."

"Wait, how long have I been asleep?" Danny asked. And were you watching me sleep?

"I don't know. I just got here a few minutes ago. It's dad's weekend for me, unfortunately. I'm assuming you've met him already," the girl said with a hint of distaste in her voice.

Danny suddenly remembered how he got there. The Ghost Attractor Inator, the giant robot, the evil scientist, and then the Fenton Ghost Knocker-Outer. Or, as the scientist liked to call it, the Ghost Knocker-Outer Inator. The guy could at least try to be creative when plagiarizing, Danny thought to himself.

"Wait, so you're the daughter of the evil scientist dude?" Danny asked. How had the scientist even managed to reproduce?

"That depends. Are you really Danny Phantom?"

"Yes. How do you know who I am?"

"Duh. You're, like, a celebrity. And yes, my dad is the evil scientist." The girl stepped out from the shadows and into the light. She had long brown hair, brown eyes, and wore Goth attire, like Sam. However, this girl was less colorful. She wore black from head to toe. Her outfit consisted of a black jacket, tight black pants, and black designer boots. She also appeared to be a little older than Danny, perhaps by a couple of years. And, she was hot.

Danny was blown away. "Wait a second. HOW are you related to that guy? You're, like, a model!" The last he checked, the evil pharmacist wasn't quite of the model quality.

"It's sad, I know. But my mom is pretty, so there you have it." The girl stepped closer to the container and leaned against it with her arms crossed. "I'm Vanessa."

"Er, Danny, but you already knew that." Danny responded. "There's something I don't understand, though. How come your dad had no idea who I was, but you do?"

"He is quite clueless when it comes to the pop culture. Plus, the only reason I know about you is because I'm Goth. I think ghosts fit in to that category." Vanessa was reminding Danny of Sam very much now. "Also, I won't take 'I'm just seeing things' for an answer on my previous question. How did you change forms earlier?"

Danny's heartbeat accelerated. He realized that to Vanessa, he shouldn't have a heartbeat, or even be breathing, so he tried to make it seem like he wasn't. "Oh, um, it's a new ghost power?" he responded, but it sounded more like a question.

"You're hiding something from me, Danny."

Danny gulped.

"I'll strike you a deal. If you tell me what you're doing here and how you pulled that little trick earlier, I'll try to set you free." Vanessa smirked, obviously pleased with herself and her conniving.

Danny considered the offer. Escaping would be pretty good at the moment. "Only if you promise to not tell anyone. Especially my fan base. They're a bunch of froot loops," he finally said.

Vanessa twirled her hair around her finger. "Don't worry; I'm anything but a crazed fan. In fact, I'm sort of a Danny Phantom anti-fan."

Danny stepped closer to Vanessa. "I promise to tell you as much as I can. And I never break a promise."

Vanessa seemed satisfied with that answer. "Then I give you my word as well. And I never go against my word."

Danny started his story. "Well, I was flying over Danville, when I was captured by your dad's Ghost Attractor Inator. It's like a magnet for ghosts."

"What were you doing outside of Amity Park?" Vanessa asked.

"Um, I like to travel the world in my spare time?"

Vanessa's expression showed Danny that she did not believe him. "We both know that isn't true, Danny. Every time a ghost shows up in Amity Park, you're there. Don't break your promise."

Danny sighed, defeated. "Um, I was told by my cl-er, cousin who was told by someone else that my nemesis is trying to clone me. He is in Colorado, so I was traveling there to stop him when I was captured by your dad who 'wants to use me as his minion to take over the Tri-State-Area'," Danny said, mocking the scientist's voice. It was the partial truth. In reality, Valerie, who had apparently come to the realization that Vlad Masters was Vlad Plasmius, had somehow found out that he was trying to clone Danny Phantom again. She had gone straight to Danielle, who in turn headed straight to Danny. Danny wasn't sure how Vlad was managing to do it without the mid-morph DNA sample, but he knew he had to be stopped no matter the cost.

Vanessa rolled her eyes. "Does everyone have a nemesis nowadays?"

Danny smiled tiredly. "You'd be surprised."

Vanessa thought for a moment. "Well, that's as good a reason as any to set you free. I mean, I've set my dad's nemesis free on numerous occasions. We can't have evil ruling the world. Unless, of course, you're the evil one and your nemesis is the good one."

Danny was reminded painfully of his evil future self again. "Um, that's up for debate."

Vanessa smiled softly. "I like you, Danny. But you still have to tell me about your little trick from earlier, unless you want to be stuck with my dad forever. Trust me, you don't want that."

Danny really did not want to spill his biggest secret. But honestly, he had no choice. He let the familiar blue rings travel up and down his body, becoming Fenton once again. He grimaced at Vanessa's shocked expression.

Vanessa's shock quickly turned to amazement. "Whoa! You're... human! How-"

"All superheroes have a secret identity, right? Well, I'm no exception."

Vanessa's mouth hung open. "Well, what's your real name, then?"

"Danny Fenton."

In a flash, Vanessa was back to her usual cynical self. "Seriously? That's not creative at all. How does your town see through that disguise?"

"You tell me. I have no idea."

Vanessa was about to say something when the ground started shaking below them. A test tube from a nearby table fell to the ground.

"Danny, change back, quick! Norm's coming!"

Danny let the rings travel across his body again. "Norm? Who's Norm?" Surely not the giant robot?

It was the giant robot. He walked up to the container and said to Danny with his ever smiling face: "Danny Phantom. Doctor Doofenshmirtz will see you for interrogation shortly."

Danny had had enough interrogation for one day. He caught Vanessa's eye. She winked.

But just when Vanessa was about to disable the ghost shield and let him escape, there was a loud clunk heard from outside on the balcony. It sounded like metal against metal, and was accompanied with a distinct 'ow!'.

Doofenshmirtz's voice was heard shortly after. "Norm, forget the ghost boy! Another ghost was just attracted to the Ghost-Attractor-Inator! This one looks evil!"

Danny was confused. "Another ghost?"

Vanessa just shrugged. "Dad must have forgotten to shut the Inator off."

Which meant any attempts for Danny to escape would have been futile. He would have been pulled right back to the Inator once the ghost shield had been turned off. Crud! How am I going to escape now?

And more importantly, who is the other ghost?

"I don't know, Ferb. What we did today seemed kind of... short."

"Well, that is to be expected when working with the dwarves and midgets from the Short Stuff Convention."

"No, that's not what I meant. I meant that we didn't do it for very long. It's only 3:00 in the afternoon, we've already done everything, and our friends have already gone home."

Perry groaned and opened his eyes. Right when he had fallen asleep, Phineas and Ferb had chosen that moment to start talking.

Phineas looked over at Perry, who was on the other side of Ferb. They were currently sitting under their favorite tree. "Ferb, we woke up Perry! Sorry, buddy."

That's alright, Phineas. I didn't really need a nap anyway, Perry chattered.

Phineas frowned.

"PHINEAS!" yelled a voice from behind the gate. The gate opened and Baljeet rushed through.

Phineas and Ferb jumped to their feet. "Baljeet? What is it?" Phineas asked.

"Ferb, Phineas, you won't believe what just happened!" said another voice. Buford walked through the now-opened gate.

"Huh? Guys, what's going on?" Phineas asked.

Baljeet stiffened at the use of a contraction. He shrugged it off. "Well, you see..."

Isabella ran through the gate. "Phineas, whatcha' doin'? Because if you're not doing anything, there's something you need to know!"

"We were-"

"And then there was-"

"Then BAM! Stole Baljeet's pants-"

"That is not how I remember it!"

"GUYS, ONE AT A TIME!" Phineas yelled. The friends stared at him wide-eyed. Perry laughed silently.

Isabella cleared her throat. "Well, we were all walking home together, when suddenly a beeping in Baljeet's pocket went off."

"It was his radiation sensor!" Buford yelled.

"I always carry it around with me!" Baljeet stated proudly.

Isabella glared at the boys, then continued. "Well, his sensor went off, when suddenly, this giant metal thing started coming straight for us. It seemed to be pulled towards us, as if there was a magnet."

"Yeah, that's beside the point. Get to the good part!" Buford exclaimed.

"Well, the metal dude was headed straight for Baljeet. But before Baljeet could jump out of the way, the guy became transparent and went... straight... THROUGH him."

Perry's eyes widened.

Isabella continued. "You see, the metal being... it was..."

"A GHOST!" they all yelled at once.

A/N: I was having some qualms about this chapter. I felt that Vanessa was a little OOC, and I wasn't too sure if I should bring Phineas and Ferb into the story.

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