Co-Writter: GhostKaiser23
Disclaimer: I don't own Danny Phantom, it belongs to the AWESOME Butch Heartman
AUTHOR'S NOTE:
Hey guys! Good to see you! Okay so, Danny Phantom. One of the best shows of the mid to late 2000's, a show many of us remember fondly and was cut off before its time which even the creator admits.
Well you all may not know this but the creator of Danny Phantom, Butch Hartman, has a YouTube channel talking about his old shows and such. However Butch has been releasing several videos revealing more and more details about the Danny Phantom world but he has also been doing '10 year later' pictures where he has redesigned the classic characters older and explaining how they have changed. He is basically teasing a Danny Phantom season 4/ testing the waters to see if we fans would actually be interested in said sequel series to show his results to producers.
Ghost and I where inspired by Butch's videos 'Danny Phantom 10 Years Later', 'Danny Phantom 10 Years Later PART 2' and 'Danny Phantom Ghost Zone Secrets REVEALED!', using designs and concepts he has introduced in those videos to create this fic.
Go watch them and support Butch! Who knows we might be able to get a Season 4 of Danny Phantom by showing our love like how we did for Young Justice?
Now, on to our story. Yes this is just five years after Phantom Planet instead of the full 10 that Butch has planned, but that is because with the Phantom crew being 14 in the show a 5 year time skip so they are 19 would give us better character moments and arcs than a full 10 year skip.
Also, sorry to Danny/Sam shippers. In this fic they broke up, but they did it on FRIENDLY terms. So do not worry, they are still friends and there will be no Sam bashing
Also, the cover art is by Amethyst-Ocean on Deviantart
HERE IS AN AUTHOR'S NOTE/MESSAGE FROM GHOST:
Hello everyone, as you can see Grey and I have made a new story; one from a franchise we both admire: Danny Phantom. We got this idea from watching Butch Hartman's videos from his "Danny Phantom 10 Years Later" videos. We hope you enjoy this and watch the videos that inspired this story.
Danny Phantom 5 Years Later, Search for the Else-Whereness
Chapter 1:
5 Years Later
Amity Park, called "A nice place to live", especially it says it on its billboard. It was a mostly quiet town, bit of urban decay, a few loud neighbours; but it was, as it says, a nice place to live.
That was 5 years ago.
Now...It's upgraded quite a bit. You see, Amity Park wasn't just this "Nice place to live", it was home to a hero. A young man who protected the world from an apocalyptic disaster. His name was Danny Fenton. But to others, he was Danny Phantom! He was the hero of Earth, the half human half ghost protector of the world. In fact, let's see him at his work.
Danny was currently flying over Amity Park, dressed in his black suit with white boots and gloves, on his chest was a modified "D" that had the silhouette of a "P" inside. He was 20 years old, white hair that was trimmed back though he did have it long at the front. He had green eyes and a well-toned body that he had from years of training and fighting ghosts. Around his waist was a high-tech looking belt with some high-tech devices on his gauntlets. He was zooming around his town, chasing down a trouble maker "Sheesh, even with ghosts going round, this guy doesn't learn." Danny quipped to himself,
"Take the next right Danny." A voice in his ear instructed
"Thanks, Jazz." Danny answered, taking the next right and found the trouble maker.
Standing there was a large, near seven foot tall Ghost. This Ghost looked to have silver, metal looking skin, a mid-back length glowing green fire like hair and a small glowing green beard and glowing green eyes. Around his large neck was a black necklace with a silver skull symbol, on his shoulders where large bulky grey shoulder pads. He had elbow length high tech dark grey gauntlets with large guns, a large belt around his waist with an S symbol on the buckle and several belts wrapped around his chest. He had some extra high tech armour on his chest and legs, this was Skulker 6.3, the 'greatest hunter in the Ghost Zone'
"Skullker." Danny sighed. "Hey, Skullker; hunting purple back gorillas again?" Danny quipped
"No Welp, I am here to finally claim your pelt!" The ghost snarled
"Yeah, like you can try." Danny answered, hitting the metallic ghost with his fist. The other ghost unleashed a barrage of green energy blasts from his arm, which Danny avoided without any hesitation or difficulty "Watch the buildings, Skullker; they're expensive." Danny spoke, making a joke AND comment while retaliating against the armoured ghost by throwing him into the floor. He began to throw several powerful strikes, buckling the warrior
"ARGH! Oof! Urgh..." Skullker groaned as he toppled to the ground in defeat.
"You gonna to stay down?" Danny asked, his hand pointing at Skulker with his hand glowing green
"You...bested me. I...concede defeat." Skullker answered. Danny nodded, the device on his wrist shooting a green beam that enveloped the ghost "At least you give me the dignity not to be slung over your shoulder like a hunting trophy." Skullker commented
"Wouldn't dream of it." Danny answered jokingly. The ghost disappeared, being sucked into the device "Jazz, Skullker's neutralised and I'm heading out. Any other reports?" Danny asked
"No, it's all clear. Sam is checking on Mr and Mrs Box before going and making sure a family's Ecto-proofing is working properly. You're clear to come back." Jazz nodded
"On my way." Danny nodded with a smile. He took to the sky and took off flying, his hair blowing in the wind. People cheered as he flew overhead, Danny waving as he passed.
It did not take long but he soon arrived in a MASSIVE house. Fenton Work's was always a large place, two story three bedroom house with a large basement and a near five story high flying saucer-esk extension on top, but now it was massive. On the front if was a simple house, two stories with three bedrooms like it always was. But behind it was a massive ten story high... Factory looking place! After Danny revealed himself to the public and he became a worldwide ghost hunting icon, the Fenton's where given larger grants for their research. They were also payed for their services, dealing with the Paranormal was now their job. The Guys In White had been fired, disbanded, and their money given to them. Jack and Maddie Fenton had used they money and made leaps and bounds in ecto-science, Jack adding to this as he was the perfect salesman for the many many MANY technological breakthroughs they made that had a practical application.
Danny smiled as he landed, a white ring appearing around his waist. The ring split in two, one ring going up towards his hair while the other went down to his feet. As the rings passed over him, his form changed. His hair shifted from a snow white to ebony black, his eyes from neon green to ice blue and his tanned skin turned pale. His cloths changed to a tight white tee-shirt with a green version of the D/P symbol over his heart, blue jeans, white and green sports shoes and finally a black jacket with a white D/P symbol on the back. His face had some light stubble and he looked older and more toned than 5 years ago "I'm home!" He called as he unlocked the door and walked inside
"Welcome back." Jazz's voice responded as she came up from the basement. She had shorter hair then she had in the past, she was wearing a black jacket over a black shirt, green trousers and flat-strap shoes.
Danny nodded as the two walked through the house, through a high tech locked door, and into a massive lab which included a large glowing green portal "Here we go." Danny spoke, putting Skullker through the portal.
"Any damage around town?" Jazz asked
"Nah, it was contained." Danny answered. He inserted the Thermos into the wall next to the portal and pressed a button, the hinting ghost being 'shot' into the Ghost Zone. A lot has happened over the last few years. This was the portal and Ghost Zone research lab, several doors going to different labs. However not much progress has been happening the last six months, as the Ghost Zone has just been getting wilder and wilder. Jack and Maddie Fenton, saying Danny and Jazz and their friends are the more important members of the team, went into the Ghost Zone to discover what was going on...
They had not heard from them for five and a half months
"How're you doing?" Jazz asked
"As well as I can." Danny answered. "I just miss them."
"I do to, baby brother." His 22 year old sister said, lightly teasing at the end.
That was when they heard crashing from upstairs. Danny sighed and looked up. "She's making noise again." He gave a half smile
"She's done her homework, so it's not unjustified." Jazz answered as her brother went upstairs.
"I know." He called down to her, coming to the door where all the noise was coming from "Dani?" He called, knocking the door. There was no response, the music was that loud coming from the room. Danny knocked harder, just to grab her attention. "Dani?" He raised his voice, but not to sound angry. Soon, the music stopped abruptly and out came Dani.
Danielle 'Dani' Fenton was now 14. She had her long black hair tied up in a ponytail , her chest was a B cup and her blue eyes slightly darker than Dani's. She was wearing a tight black tube top, some black jeans, a blue denim jacket and a necklace with a green D/P pendant "Yeah?" She asked with a slight frown and deadpan
"You were kinda loud." Danny spoke.
"Well...yeah, I guess...But I-" Dani was going to explain
"If you've finished your homework, that's fine. Just be a bit more considerate for people downstairs." Danny responded
"Okay, Danny. Thanks." She nodded
"How was school?" Danny asked her carefully
"It...It was okay, I guess...Mr Lancer's a bit strict." Dani answered
"That he is." Danny nodded with a slightly nostalgic smile
"Yeah, but...I did my homework. Want to see?" Dani asked
"If you want." He smiled. Dani nodded and got out her homework that she did, she knew it wouldn't be "A grade" but it was her best. She hoped she got at least a B "Well...I've always been a "C/B" student. You've done well here." Danny praised his sibling.
"Yeah, well...Jazz has been tutoring me." Dani answered
"She is crazy smart." Danny nodded
"Thank you, both." Jazz answered behind them
"Gah!" The two yelled
"Sorry? Did I scare you?" Jazz chuckled lightly "Real ironic." She added cheekily
"Jeez Jazz...I should see how Tucker and Sam are doing." Danny sighed and chuckled lightly
"Tucker's at a meeting." Jazz informed "But he said he'd be here for dinner."
"That's good. And Sam?" Danny asked
"She's working, but she'll come for dinner as well." Jazz answered "Should be back soon, just checking a family eco-insulation."
"Oh, that's good." Dani and Danny answered together. The two laughed gently, Danny hugging her lightly
"I guess... I'll get ready for dinner." Dani sighed
"Please, Dani. Atta girl." Danny smiled lightly "I'll help get dinner on." He added turning to Jazz.
"Okay." Jazz nodded at her brother
"You did great today Dani." Danny smiled as he hugged his clone light before he walked off
"Thanks... Dad." She whispered with a smile
*Time skip*
It was some time later and the Fenton's were putting out their dinner, wondering where Sam and Tucker were. Danny was setting up the table, humming "Okay: plates, cutlery and glasses are on the table, vegetable roast for Sam, meatloaf for Tucker..." Jazz listed off
That was when the door opened and a familiar black haired woman walked in. She was wearing a purple jacket over a black tube-top with the white "D" over her C-Cup chest, a black skirt with green hatch over it, green stockings and long black flat boots "Hey everyone." The eco-goth greeted tiredly, dropping a bag at the floor. This was Sam Manson, one of Danny's two best friends in the world. The two use to date for a while after Danny revealed himself as Danny Phantom, however nearly a year later they realised that while they did care deeply for each other the 'spark' that was once there had dissipated. They argued about stupid, stupid, STUPID things and they did not want their friendship to be ruined, so they ended it before they did anything to hurt the other. She was Fenton Work's field worker, doing other jobs around the town
"Hey, Sam. Here, take a load off." Danny got out the chair for her.
"Thanks, Danny." she sighed and slumped into the seat, exhausted from today
"Hmm. That sounds good." She moaned at the scent of food
"We've got Veg Roast." Jazz explained
"Sounds and smells delicious." Sam smiled, salivating a bit. Dani rolled her eyes, messing about on her advanced phone
"Did you see Tucker coming up?" Jazz asked
"No, I walked. He's probably taking his Mayoral Limo." Sam answered
"Of course." They chuckled
Soon a knock came from the door, Danny went off to go to the door "Hey, dude." A tanned young man smiled tiredly, he was wearing a blue hoodie with white sleeves, dark blue trousers and white sneakers, goggle-like glasses and a red, yellow and green beanie hat. This was Tucker Foley, Danny's other best friend and the youngest Mayor in Amity Park's history and he has been re-elected last year for another term "Yo!" he laughed/cheered
"Hey Tucker. Glad you could make it." Danny smiled
"Of course. You invited us." Tucker answered, entering the home and meant him and Sam. "Hey, Sam. Doing okay?" He asked kindly to his friend
"I'm fine." She nodded with a smile
"Hmm...Smells great." Tucker spoke kindly
"You've got meatloaf." Jazz explained
"Hmm...Delish." Tucker smiled and licked his lips, sitting down at the table.
"Dani, phone off, please." Danny asked his clone.
"Okay." Dani nodded and put it in her pocket but she was clearly annoyed slightly
"Would you like to help serve?" Jazz asked
"Okay, sure." Dani nodded with a sigh. She shrugged and got to work, sharing the food out
"Thanks, Dani." Sam spoke, as Dani served
"It's fine." Danni nodded, soon sitting down. Soon the rest of the dinner, it was quite civil and relaxed. They all enjoyed the food, a normal event at the Fenton/Phantom household.
Suddenly the backdoor slammed open, a grinning woman dressed as a rock star entering "What's up bitches! Ember is in the house!" She called, revealing her name to be Ember. Ember had long blue fiery hair, a C-Cup chest held by her black shirt, wearing black trousers and a black jacket; she was a real punk rocker. Her skin was a very pale ash-blue, her hair fire which went down to her backside tied back in a ponytail and her eyes where neon green, her lips painted purple and she had some line makeup under her eyes. She wore tight black leather trousers and combat boots, a belt with a skull being the clip. Around her upper body was basically a black leather bra-like top which did not cover her right shoulder. And she was wearing a large black leather jacket which had a fancy EM encased in flames, a black choaker around her neck with a few small spikes around it, she had a belly button piercing, a set of small silver stud earrings in the shape of skulls and finally she had a fancy guitar slung over her shoulder
"Jeez!" Tucker jumped out of his seat lightly
"Ember..." Danny sighed. "You're late."
"Not my fault traffic was shit." She shrugged
"Well...I guess that can't be helped." Danny sighed
"Hi, Ember." Dani waved
"Hey Pipsqueak." Ember smirked, rubbing her hair and sitting down at the table. After the Disasteroid, over the last few years, many if Danny's old enemies had turned lawful and became quote unquote 'good' with some, like Ember, eventually becoming friends. Because of this they have been allowed to live in the human world with no problems. Ember had become a real rock star, no mind control needed. In fact... "Thanks a lot for letting me crash here while I prepare for my gig, Babypop." Ember said to Danny, using one of her two famous nicknames for him
"You're welcome." Danny shrugged "How long until that again?"
"End of the week." She nodded "And you all got VIP tickets, of course."
"If we can make it." Tucker grumbled "Mayer business and all."
"And this is a big job." Jazz added, waving her hand lightly
"I'll at least come." Dani assured with a smile
"Thanks Pipsqueak." Ember nodded "So, Dipstick, fought anyone interesting lately?"
"It's been fairly quiet, mainly small annoying spectres instead of real ghosts." Danny shrugged "Although I did take down your Ex earlier today."
"Skulker? Wow, he actually thought he stood a chance?" Ember blinked
"I know right." Danny chuckled
"So, Ember, how was your music tour?" Sam asked
"Loud, hard-rocking and the sounds of screaming...It was epic." Ember answered with a smile
"And you get free pyrotechnics." Danny joked, poking her hair
"Ha-ha, Dipstick." She rolled her eyes and kissed his cheek. Danny blushed a bit but rolled his eyes, he was use to Ember's teasing flirting "So, I get it myself?" Ember asked, pointing to dinner.
"It's late." Jazz nodded
"Okay, okay. Thanks "Big-Sis"." Ember joked
"Well, I need to be up early." Tucker stretched
"Alright, thanks for coming over man." Danny answered
"Hey, it's Team Phantom's weakly dinner. Not kissing that for anything." Tucker grinned
The people around the table chuckled. "See you around, Mr Mayor." Danny spoke
"I should go to." Sam nodded
"Yeah? Early morning for you too?" Jazz asked
"More or less." Sam answered "But you should know that 'boss'." Sam joked
Danny smirked at that. "She's got you there, sis."
"Haha." Jazz rolled her eyes
"I'll see you all later." Sam soon followed after Tucker
"Well, they're gone." Ember mumbled, sitting down eating some cold pizza
"Don't you want that warmed up?" Dani asked
"Nah. I'm good." Ember answered, eating the pizza.. Dani nodded, waving as she went up to go on her computer until she went to sleep "So...*Gulp* how's Dani doing?" Ember asked Danny.
"Really well." Danny nodded with a smile "Better than I did when I went to Casper at least."
"You did fine. You passed all your classes." Jazz answered
"Yeah well...There WERE some drawbacks." Danny answered. The three chatted for a while before Jazz and Danny went up, leaving Ember to eat her pizza in peace. Danny sighed gently as he relaxed on his bed, enjoying the softness after a long day's work. His eyes where closing, slowly dirtying to a peaceful sleep when...
"Scotch over baby pop." Ember's voice broke him out of his relaxation. Danny groaned and opened his eyes, seeing Ember standing there without her jacket and boots while holding a notepad and pen
"Fine." Danny mumbled as he sat up, Ember sitting next to him
"So I've come up with several songs I want your opinion on." She said
"Hmm...Yeah, sure." He sighed and scooted to the side, giving Ember enough room. She nodded, sitting back and starting to talk about each song lightly while using her voice to give examples of the music style/tone. As she talked she swung her body around lightly. She was still sitting next to Danny but she had shifted her body so her legs where on his lap.
Danny had been her sort of collaborator, her spring bored/critic for a while now. He smiled, remembering how this all started
*Flashback*
It had been a few months since Danny Phantom became a public figure, and part of him wish that he hadn't. The fan girls and media hounds where driving him mental! And it was putting a strain on his budding romance with Sam, the two having gotten together right before the reveal. Currently he was flying over his home town, the easiest way for him to calm down and ease his mind. He was broken from the relaxation from a loud scream of anger, looking down he saw Ember McLean on a hill on the outskirts of town screaming her head off in anger while she let out a long stream of curses "Whoa, whoa, whoa! Hey!" Danny called out as he flew down to her "What's wrong Ember?" He asked, landing next to her and interrupting her ranting
"Huh? Oh, it's just you Babypop." The blue haired ghost huffed and calmed down, a notepad and pen on her lap with several piles of scrunched up paper around her
"What're all these?" Danny asked
"Crappy ideas." She grumbled "I'm trying to write more songs." Danny opened up one of the songs and began to read it. Trying to get the tune in his head "It sucks." Ember said, cutting him off "They all suck." Danny flinched lightly at that, not really wanting to say anything...But he wanted to help her "They aren't bad..." He started
"No. They are bland or uninteresting! Which is WORSE than bad! They suck!" She snapped in anger, her hair flaring up in her anger
"Look, how about I help?" Danny asked as he sat next to her
"Help? Dipstick, what do you know about music?" She frowned
"... Admittedly not much, but I do know what sounds good." He chuckled
"Really? That I'd like to hear." Ember answered in disbelief
"Come on, what's your latest idea?" He urged
"It's a crap one." Ember frowned
"I won't judge." Danny answered. Ember grumbled but hummed the tune a bit to give him an idea, soon going into the lyrics as she lightly drummed her hands against her knees to keep tune. Danny was staring at her, her voice really was beautiful. Really he shouldn't be surprised after all their fights and her performances but there was a difference between those situations and sitting here next to her as she sang clearly and cleanly. But she was right, the song wasn't too good. The beat was good but the lyrics where rather bland, and there were a lot of them as he could tell by her having to stop singing to catch her breath for a second. Sure she was a ghost so she didn't NEED to breath but to talk and sing you still need to use your lungs, and talking/singing a lot quickly does make your lungs hurt "Yeah, I can see what you mean." Danny nodded "It's not bad but it far from Remember."
"Yeah, but I don't want to be a one-trick-pony." Ember answered, sighing heavily.
"Hey, it has potential." Danny assured "Remember came from a place real close to you, didn't it?"
"How I died and my passion for music, my want for people to know who I am." She nodded bitterly, but there wasn't much point in hiding it
"This song, the tune at least, sounds triumphant ." He smiled "Ember... You ARE Remembered. People love you. And this is where this should go."
Ember's eyes widened, as if inspection hit her. She began the beat once more, humming for a second before she started singing softly "I get up in the morning, feel the wind blow by.
Nothings gonna stop me, gonna soar through the sky.
I've lived my life, yeah it's been fun, but now it's over.
Now it's done.
I've lived my life, did everything I wanted.
I've lived my life, sure I got broken hearted, but I never backed down!
I stood my ground!
Oh god the world is spinning, it's spinning around!
It doesn't matter that I'm falling, the heat don't hurt!
I've flown too close to the sun, yeah I've been burnt!
But it doesn't matter, because...
I'm here right now, I stood my ground, the world's still spinning and it's all right!
I've lived my life, yeah it's been fun, but now it's over.
Now it's done.
I've lived my life, did everything I wanted.
I've lived my life, sure I got broken hearted, but I never backed down!
I stood my ground!
I did everything I wanted as the sun goes down, the moon goes high and I feel right!
I have no regrets, my life is done!
The parties over and I won!
Yeah!
I've lived my life, yeah it's been fun, but now it's over.
Now it's done.
I've lived my life, did everything I wanted.
I've lived my life, sure I got broken hearted, but I never backed down!
I stood my ground! I stood my ground!
Ooooh, I stood my ground."
"Wow." Danny blinked
"Yeah? Wow?" She asked
"Yeah...Definitely." He nodded"I think it needs to be bit longer." She smiled
"Well, I'm here to help." He smiled
*End flashback*
"So, what do you think?" Ember asked Danny as he tried to stay awake.
"Yeah, that sounded great." Danny yawned lightly
"Crap, forgot how late it was getting." She flinched "Sorry Babypop. Mind if I sleep here tonight? I'd probably wake Jazzy and shorty up."
"Yeah, sure." He mumbled tiredly, laying down and falling asleep without much problem
"Goodnight." She kissed his forehead.
"Night." He mumbled, falling asleep