Chapter 8

"Where the hell is that damn building!?" Dan gripped as he flew over Amity Park, invisible. Frustration was building up in him with no safe place to go. He'd come so far only to be stopped BECAUSE HE COULDNT FIND ONE HOUSE!

"Will you just stop and ask for directions already?!" A heavily accented voice yelled from behind Dan. He turned to see three glowing vultures wearing...Fezzes?...flying in broad daylight. "We are completely lost!"

"I know where I'm going!" The one in the front snapped.

"We'd be able to kill Jack Fenton faster if you'd just ask for directions!" The third said. Dan's eyes narrowed. Fenton... Wasn't that the name of his son's foster family?

"Don't you think I know that!?" The lead vulture asked. "But Vlad wants a completely covert mission. Jack Fenton shall rue the day he ever destroyed the castle of Vlad Plasmius!"

A cruel laugh burst from Dan's mouth and echoed through the air. "Oh that's precious." He chuckled. "Vlad blaming a human for what I did? Hilarious."

"Who's here!?" One shouted.

"Show yourself!" Another demanded.

A smirk twisted itself upon Dan's face. "Of course." He appeared in front of them, tall and imposing with his flames flickering in the wind.

The vultures reared back in fear and recognition.

"Dan Phantium!" One gasped. "We had no idea you were—"

"Free?" Dan raised an eyebrow.

"…In the area." It finished. "We'll just be going now, if you don't mind..."

Dan's smirk grew into a gruesome grin. Oh no. You're not going anywhere." He then multiplied into 6, surrounding the vultures. "Not until you've been blown everywhere."

~0o0~

Danny's PoV***********************************************************

The 3 of us flew through the swirling green void, Phanty gripping my hand tightly so I wouldn't wander off. It was...intimidating here, but also comforting, which was a weird mix and was giving me a headache. I focused my attention on the tall male...Walker. I'd hate to be on his bad side.

"Phantasma!" A voice cried out and our group turned to see a green genie flying at us.

"Desiree!" Phanty squealed, dropping my hand and rushing to intercept the oncoming ghost down. "It's been too long!"

"Yes it has!" They let go of each other and the new ghost looked over at me. "Oh! And the little one is all grown up now!" She floated over to me and cupped my cheeks. "It's so good to see you in your natural form!"

My brow furrowed. What exactly about being half dead is natural? "What do you mean?"

The ghost's red eyes widened. "Phanty didn't tell you!? You were born a halfa!"

~0o0~

Dan landed in an alley beside Fenton Works and disguised himself as a human. He ran his fingers through his mullet, worried. What if the Fentons' didn't believe him? It's not like he has any identification, any proof that he was their son's father. Maybe his son looked enough like Dan for it to irrefutable.

Dan checked his hands. Good, no stray ectoplasm. He sighed. Well, there's no time like the present.

The full ghost left the alley and climbed up the stairs to the Fenton's front door. With a deep breathe, he pushed in the doorbell.

"GHOST!" A voice yelled as the door was kicked open.

Dan lunged to the side as a stream of ectoplasm poured out the door. How did they know!? A female yelled "Jack, no! Not everyone who comes to the door is a ghost!" Core beating furiously, Dan stood slowly from his crouched position. What kind of people were living with Daniel!?

A brunette peeked out the door and looked at him with concerned violet eyes. "Oh, are you alright?" A strong hand gripped Dan's wrists and he was pulled inside, the door shutting ominously behind him. Next to the woman stood a giant of a man, easily 6 feet tall with grey hair an expression like a kicked puppy. "I'm so sorry. Jack gets a little excited sometimes..."

"Oh course..." Dan gave them a shaky smile. Ghost hunters. Geeze, why couldn't Daniel been adopted by someone nice. Like serial killers or something. "Are you Maddie and Jack Fenton?"

"Yes we are!" Jack yelled, "The World's leading Ghost experts!" Oh, Dan seriously doubted that. "Are you here to learn about ghosts!?"

"Uh... No..." Dan trailed off, deciding to take the direct approach. "My name is Dan Phantium. You adopted my son, Daniel."

A/N: End of Part 1. Part 2 will be coming out in Mayish-June under the name of "The Son that Wasn't."