Prologue

(Danny POV)

My name was Daniel James Fenton but I gave up that name when everything in my life literally blew up in my face. I watched everyone I ever cared about die in front of my eyes knowing that I could do nothing to save them. I failed them all, Sam, Tucker, Mom, Dad, Jazz, and Mr. Lancer and I knew whatever I did I could never make up for this. I killed them. No, the future me killed them, but is there any difference? No there isn't and at that point I realized that if Dan wanted me to become a killer, I would, my first victim would be him. After killing Dan I realized that I gained all of his powers, and almost quadrupled mine, giving me a lot more tricks and powers. Enough to be feared by all for the rest of my life.

I also gained his ghost form, albeit younger. Clockwork told me that when I absorb the powers of other beings, or gain a power that is strong enough, these powers will manifest into a new form. So, I now have three forms in total. A human form and two ghost forms. I refuse to take the name Dan Phantom. So, in my new ghost form, I go by Shadow. The rings that appear when I change into Shadow are black, and I'd imagine the rings will change colour for any other forms I might develop.

A year after I left Amity Park, I settled down in Jump City. Clockwork visited me one day, with an unexpected, yet not unwelcome surprise. He brought me Danielle, in the form of a one year old child. He said that after she was stabilised, her true age started to show itself. She doesn't remember anything, and has the mind of a one year old.

Clockwork also explained that when taking some of my hair for my DNA, Vlad took some of Sam's DNA by accident, as she used my hair brush often. That is why Danielle is a girl. She's not my clone, she's my daughter. Mine and Sam's. Words cannot describe how happy this made me. I had a family again, and a part of Sam with me. I knew I would have to provide for Dani, so I turned to the life of an assassin. It was the only thing that I could do to get money to provide for my little girl.

It's been two years since that day and I've become the most powerful ghost in all of existence and the most feared assassin in the human world. I haven't gone ghost in a year and a half but my powers still grow making the ghosts who bug me stay away from me. I'm still able to use my ghost powers even if I'm in human form which is very useful for getaways or stealing things from superheros. I've recently stolen a suit from the local superhero, Robin of the Teen Titans, and I plan on using the suit.