A/N- Hello all, this is a story I've had in mind for months now. I have writers block on my other story, The Estrangement, so I thought writing this might help. It is an AU inspired by two other fics, s/9504184/1/Fathoms-Below and s/8777277/1/Phantasma-Nereiorum-Formant the version of Amity in this story is hard to describe so if you want a visual aid . /_cb20120703015846/avatar/images/4/40/Jang_ Other than that I hope you enjoy this story, favs, follows, and reviews especially are greatly appreciated.

Disclaimer- I don't own Danny Phantom

There never really was anything special about Danny Fenton. He went to an average middle school, got average grades, and spoke to average people. His family is a whole other story. His sister, Jazz Fenton, is an absolute genus. She could easily get into any college and will most likely revolutionize the world. Danny parents are also geniuses, both scientists and inventors. The two of them could do anything they could probably cure cancer if they were to focus their efforts to that. But they don't. No, they would rather put their knowledge and efforts into hunting merpeople. This is the reason why Danny spent his first week of summer vacation between middle and high school packing his belongings and moving to a small, almost unheard of, fishing village called Amity Park.

Amity Park isn't even an actual land form, let alone a park, rather it is a complex series of buildings lifted above a lake with wooden platforms and 'main lands' or actual towns on actual land, which are at least ten miles away, surrounding it. Danny's parents discovered Amity Park while on Google images one night. It was within a five-mile radius of roughly where they believed would have optimal conditions for merpeople to reside. Seeing as it was a town based purely on water and the lake it is built on is the most likely place for merpeople to live based on their research they decided it was the best place to do their work. With out even telling their children, they purchased a house then and there.

The Fentons have lived in Amity for little over three months. In that time Danny turned 14 and spent most of his summer alone in the house. Jazz became well acquainted with the library and Danny's parents remodeled the first floor of the house into a lab and had stairs put in the front of the house to lead to the second floor, as if it is the first floor, with a door on the side of the house that goes directly into the lab. Summer left and Danny and Jazz began attending their new high school which, ironically enough, is named Posiden High.

It was there that Danny made his first friends, Sam Manson and Tucker Foley. Danny never had friends before so it was a new and shocking experience for him. The three of them are perfect for each other. Their traits and personalities work together in perfect harmony. The three of them became nearly inseparable.

He also got his first bully, Dash Baxter. Danny was more than used to being bullied, as soon as people find out what his parents do for work and dubbing them as glorified crack-pots and his sister as a know-it-all didn't stand a chance in this new town. People almost never move in or out so everyone knows everyone, which makes getting in any sort of involvement with the town is nearly impossible. It was lucky that Danny's parents are self-employed. Danny was always left to take the beatings and tongue lashings they would like to give the rest of the Fentons, but seeing as Danny is so average he is the perfect target. That is, until one fateful day where Danny's curiosity got the best of him.

When they arrived home Danny and Jazz were called down to the 'lab' and witness Maddie and Jack unveil their 'greatest invention that will change life as they know it.' The lab was nothing more than one big continuous room with lab tables and equipment strewn about in orderly disarray. in the center of the lab there is a 'pool' which is nothing more than a hole through the bottom of the house and the platform it stands upon, revealing a clear path to the lake the town is built upon. The newest addition to the lab was what looked like a hole constructed of scrap metal in the wall.

Once realizing that the hole was their parents so-called invention Jazz scoffed, rolled her eyes and said she was going to the library. Danny was just about to follow her lead and leave when he looked at hid parents and saw the sadness and disappointment in their eyes as their daughter disregarded their proudest feat. Wanting to distract his parents from Jazz's departure and help them cheer up, Danny started talking.

"So" He started hesitantly, "What exactly is that thing?"

Maddie started to answer Danny when Jack, in his usual boisterous way, cut in. "That there Danny boy is the Fenton portal, when I turn this bad boy on it will open a portal straight into the heart of the merpeoples' civilization."

Danny gave them both a confused stare. "Wait, I thought we moved here because you thought that the 'heart of merpoeples' civilization' was near Amity?" Danny stated in a questioning tone.

Giving Jack a glare before he could even think to interrupt her again, Maddie answered. "Yes that is exactly why we moved here. Unfortunately we were wrong about the merpeoples' whereabouts or they are well hidden. We decided to use this as our plan two as we have had the calculations for it perfected for years."

"You really think it will work?" Danny asked "We will really find merpeople?"

"Of course it will work." Jack said.

"We spent almost three-month building that portal to absolute perfection and have checked all the equations and had them perfected for nearly twenty years." Maddie said. With absolute determination and conviction in her voice Maddie said, "It has to work."

Danny didn't answer and didn't see a need to. He had an odd feeling about the idea of the portal and the near desperation his parents were displaying. Brushing the feeling off, he watched as his parents went to the portal's control panel and got all the settings optimal for activation.

Stepping away and looking at each other and then the portal Danny's parents asked if he was ready. He responded in the affirmative and watched as his parents shared one more look. Maddie set her hand on the activation lever fist, then Jack set his hand on top of hers and they pulled the lever down together. Nothing happened.

Confused because the portal looked exactly the same, Danny decided to speak up. "Was that it? Did it work?" He asked.

Dropping their hands from the lever, Danny's parents looked at him. The sheer amount of pure depression in their eyes unnerved Danny like nothing else. In a near whisper Maddie answered him. "No."

Wanting to cheer up his parents Danny asked another question. "Well maybe it needs some time to activate? It must be hard to bring two worlds together, right?"

"No." Maddie said, slightly louder this time.

"It would have been fully operational within seconds." Jack explained.

Seeing that his parents were in no mood or state to talk, Danny remained silent. He watched as his parent walked past him and up the stairs. Giving one last look to the portal, Danny followed them.

As his parents sat silently at the kitchen table, no doubt lost in thought, Danny sat on the couch and turned on the TV. Almost two hours later Jazz returned home from her trip to the library and went up to her room. Danny was about to turn off the TV and do the same, when he heard his parents start to talk in the other room.

"I just don't get it, we had every thing done to absolute perfection, even if it was glitchy, at-least the one we made in college turned on." Jack said.

"I think we are so caught up in the technical side of it were are probably overlooking something extremely simple. I'm pretty sure all we need is a couple days off to let our brains refresh so we can find what it is that we are overlooking." Maddie said calmly.

"Yeah, actually that's a great plan Maddie, and I wouldn't mind a few days rest." Jack said almost back to his usual cheery self.

'If it truly is something simple I might be able to find it" Danny thought. 'The portal could work tonight.'

Quickly and quietly making his way down stairs, as he wanted the portals activation to be a surprise, Danny revisited the ominous hole in the labs wall.

After nearly and hour of searching the control panel, outside, and around the portal for any mistake, and finding none, Danny decided it would go by quicker with more people looking. Unlocking the door that goes straight into the lab, Danny sent a quick text to both Sam and Tucker to ask them to help and go through the side door.

Deciding to continue looking while Sam and Tucker made their way over, Danny found the only place he hadn't looked over yet was the portal. With and odd feeling of foreboding that Danny tried to ignore, he entered the portal. Looking around he saw that it was not much more than a metal lined tunnel. Turning, he spotted a small red glowing light. Taking a step towards it he saw something that made him face-palm and give out a low, humorless chuckle. What Danny found was the 'off' and 'on' buttons. The portal didn't turn on because it was currently off. Danny reached out and pressed the 'on' button.

He instantly regretted his decision when he realized the portal was activating with him inside. Bright, blinding lights turned on and water electrified with a strange energy rushed through the portal and surrounded him. He tried to scream in his pain and agony but it was muted by the water.

Minutes passed and the portal finally became stable. Danny was on the ground and unable to feel his legs. His head hurt too much to think about it so he slowly dragged himself out of the portal. Taking in a few labored breaths and hearing very faintly in the back ground the door from the outside into the lab opening, Danny passed out.

Walking into the lab were Sam and Tucker. They froze in their place and took in the scene before them. It was something they would not soon forget.

Laying there, unconscious, on the floor of the Fenton's lab was Danny. Danny with white hair, fins, scales, and a tail. Their friend is a merman.