Hello to all of you Danny Phantom 'phans' out there! I would just like to inform you that this is my first Danny Phantom fanfic and I am going to be taking my time to make it perfect. Well as perfect as your first story can be...

Anywho! It's kinda obvious that my name is Phantom Earth, but if you didn't look to see who this story was written by...then just...wow...But who cares, right!? :D

You reviewers (if I'm lucky enough to have any) can just call me Earth for short. And for those caring people in the world who actually want to know more about me, then you can check out my profile and feel free to PM me and ask me anything!

If you have questions about the story, like if there was a detail that you didn't understand, or if I left you hanging, please tell me! I may do things purposefully, just to set up the story. But I may forget to include something that needs to be there, inform me so I may tell you if it was accidental or if it was purposeful. It would be most appreciated if you point those things out to me! Thanks!

Now, I love stories with music to them, like a theme song or playlist and I have just that for you guys today! I'll put it in a list from most suitable for this story and the kind of suitable. I have different artists, too, just in case something doesn't suit your style.

(A.) Citizen Soldiers by 3 Doors Down, (B.) Never Too Late by Three Days Grace, (C.) Ghost Town by Shiny Toy Guns, (D.) We Are One by 12 Stones, (E.) Hero by Skillet, (F.) So Cold by Breaking Benjamin, and (G.) Who We Are by Red

If you want something more upbeat I found something that could work but it isn't highly recommended for this story, but I'll offer it anyway (H.) Can't Back Down by Demi Lovato.

Disclaimer: I do not own Danny Phantom. But this plot is my own. MINE! No touchy! *hisses and swats at thin air*

Against All Odds

Chapter One: An Alternate World

Third Person POV

The night was peaceful.

It was a dark, cold, and quiet dusk that settled upon Amity Park that evening. If only it was like this all of the time, but for Amity Park's teen ghost hero, Danny Phantom, it was extremely rare to find such a peaceful night. The word 'calm' seemed so out of place when it comes to describing anything that involves Amity Park. With it's constant ghost attacks, the town was thrown into chaos day in and day out.

But tonight was different.

There were no ghost attacks so far, so he decided to call it a night. With the serenity of the night, Danny found himself doing flips and enjoying the fact that he'll finally get a full night's rest. Looking at the large clock that's perched above city hall, the ghost boy could see that it was nearly 9:50 P.M. That meant he had maybe twelve or thirteen minutes to get home on time. Danny could even see the Ops Center from here and knew that he would make it home just before ten if he flew a little faster.

A small, relaxed smile spread across his lips. He sped up by about five miles per hour. It allowed him to speed up while remaining at a steady and peaceful pace.

He started to think of his homework for that night. An essay, a Math worksheet, a few History definitions, and a Science project that wasn't due until next week. He had finished his Math and History homework before he went on patrol, and he was sure that his over-protective, genius sister, Jazz, would help him with the essay. The science project could wait until the weekend.

Seeing that his house was now just a block away, he began decending to the street. He wasn't paying attention as to where he was decending though. Right below him, a swirling mass of green formed.

A natural ghost portal.

Still unaware of the events, Danny continued his decent.

He only realized what had happend until he was suddenly above the park instead of by Fentonworks.

Fantically he looked up, and saw as the ghost portal vanished, never to be seen again. Panic and fear soon over took him.

"Oh, crud! Oh, crud! Oh, crud! This is not good! This is so not good! Where am I? Please tell me that portal only took me to the other end of town!" Danny hurriedly thought.

He looked around the park, observing every detail he possibly could.

The trees looked the same. Green leaves covered the bark of the oaks that were dotted across the land. The wind was on and off, but you could still feel a slight breeze. Danny was near a pond, and it looked slightly choppy out over the water. The grass in the area was quite overgrown, it even stretched over the sidewalks.

Then he spotted an all too familiar fountain. It was broken in two. The water that once come out of it, seemed to have stopped long ago. In the parts of it that were still standing, there were a multitude of cracks, and some looked like slash marks.

Danny wondered, "What could have done this?"

At that moment, Danny's ghost sense went off. He groaned.

"Why couldn't tonight have been my free night? It was so close to being ghost-free!" he inwardly whined.

He turned around, but the ghost that greeted him was eerily familiar. Because twenty feet across from him, stood a skeletal soldier.

Similar to, if not the same as, the ones Pariah Dark had led when he was released.

It was wearing shredded Roman armor with numerous daggers and arrows stuck in the armor. The armor itself hung off the ghost's bony frame, but only remained on its form by a strap on its right shoulder. Its sandals, were almost impossible to be recognized as shoes. Its left foot, actually, didn't have one. A rusted sword that patroned a green glow, hung on to the skeleton's leather armor by the waist. Above the skeleton's head rested a helmet that was cropped with green hair across the center and down the back.

It glared at Danny. Then unsheathed its sword and charged.

Danny shook off the déjà vu feeling and quickly dodged the incoming sword.

The skeleton swung once more but Danny just ducked underneath it. When he saw another assault coming at him, he grabbed the sword between his hands, just inches from his face.

With a smug smirk, he taunted, "Maybe you should get some meat on your bones! You don't have strength without muscle!"

Little did Danny know, that this just angered the ghost even more.

With Danny still holding its sword, the skeleton pulled up and swung Danny over his head and sent him crashing into a nearby tree.

Groaning, Danny looked up to see the skeleton ghost's sword coming right at his head. Instinctivly, Danny went intangible and sank into the ground.

Without a target to hit, the sword collided with the tree. Now, with its sword imbeded in the tree, the skeleton yanked it back out. But because of the amount of force it used, the tree toppled over. The skeleton flew out of the way, but only found itself in more trouble.

Danny chose this moment to come out of the ground, fists blazing with ecto energy. He released a ghost ray and sent the skeleton ghost flying across the clearing and into the broken fountain.

But it got right back up again, and quickly regained its battle stance.

Danny flew at it, preparing to throw a punch at its skull, but the ghost caught his fist, and pinned him to the ground.

"I don't remember them being this hard to beat!" Danny thought.

Danny struggled to break free of the ghost's grip, but to no avail.

The skeleton reached into its empty chest a pulled out a glowing green dagger, dripping with the skeleton's ectoplasm. It readied the dagger above its head, just seconds away from bringing down upon Danny.

But that's when a miracle happened. Or so Danny thought.

A bright green blast lit the surrounding area, knocking the skeleton off of Danny. Before Danny could comprehend what happened through his shock-filled gaze, another blast came forth. Only this time, towards him. He quickly flew up into the air and then landed behind a nearby 'snack shack'.

He took a glance at the skeleton. It was steaming with green smoke and barely able to move.

Looking at the source of the shot, he saw someone.

"No glow, they have to be human. Most likely a ghost hunter. But who?" Danny wondered with slight fear. Realizing that if it was a ghost hunter, they were bound to have ghost detectors.

He let the two bright white, almost blue, rings seperate from his abdoman. One traveling up, while the other went down. It switched his black and white jumpsuit with the 'DP' logo with a white and red T-shirt and light-wash blue jeans. His white boots were replaced with a pair of worn-out red converse. His eyes lost their glow and instead of glowing green, patroned icy blue. White hair disappeared and raven black hair took its place. While his tan skin grew a few shades paler.

He squinted, hoping to see better. But the figure was encased in the shadows of the trees. The dark, moonless sky didn't help either.

Although, when the ghost hunter stepped closer to the ghost skeleton. He stepped under the light of a flickering lamp post, which illuminated the ghost hunter.

The hunter's back was turned towards Danny, so he couldn't see his face. He could tell the hunter was a man because he had a different figure than that of a woman. And he was smaller than a full grown man would be, actually, he looked no older than Danny himself. Danny could see a white jumpsuit with black accents. Which meant that it wasn't the Guys in White. Oddly enough, it looked like the opposite of Danny's jumpsuit. Danny could see the teen had black hair, seemingly the same color as Danny's.

The boy had on what looked like the Ghost Gauntlets, but they looked less bulky. And atop of each gauntlet was a Fenton Wrist Ray.

"That must have been the source of the blast," Danny thought to himself.

The teen ghost hunter bent down and grabbed the skeleton by his Roman armor.

"Where are they!? Where are you keeping them!?" he yelled at the ghost.

Danny found it strange how he recognized the voice from somewhere. But that was insane. He'd never seen or heard of any other teen ghost fighters outside of Team Phantom or Valerie Gray.

The skeleton just glared at him and said nothing. The boy gave a massive blow to the skeleton's face and left it groaning in a deep voice. Ironically, it sounded like a zombie.

The hunter then unclipped a Fenton Thermos from around his waist and sucked in the ghost.

"Wait, where did he get that?" Danny numbly wondered.

The boy sighed.

"Why can't I ever get any strait answers from them?" The teen ghost hunter wondered aloud. He stood up and turned around, beginning to leave the park.

As he was leaving, Danny got a good look at his face. But what he saw was not what he was expecting.

The identity of the mysterious teen ghost hunter was...himself!?

So...what did you think? Did I do good on my first chapter? Or was it bad? Please, feel free to flame, because then I can learn from my mistakes!

But I really want reviews and I hope that you enjoyed the first chapter to my first story! Yay!

XD

***Humor Time***

Dani muse: So what? It's your first story. Get a grip, Earth.

Me: So what? SO WHAT!? This is big for me! Don't just shake it off like it's nothing!

Dani muse: Hey! I'm just sayin'!

Me: *grabs Dani muse by the ponytail and pulls her away*

Dani muse: Ow! Ow! Hair! Hair!

And no, Dani isn't in this story. She's just my company. Let's hear it for girl power! :D

Please review! And I'll see you the next time I update!

Dani muse: *grumbles* If any of us live long enough to see that update...

Me: Hey! Humor Time is over! Let's go! *sucks Dani in a Thermos and exits the room*