Sliksick originally wrote the premise of this story, and he asked me to help Beta and Co-write Danny Phantom: The Gamer? and Danny Phantom - Ghost Fate. However, he stopped continuing both stories since last August. The way he wrote his second chapter is exposition heavy and isn't very dynamic. So, I decided to reboot it. I hope you like it. I should really be studying for my finals right now, but procrastination is strong.

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Chapter 1: New Player

It has been particularly weird few days for Danny Fenton, or should it be Danny Phantom regarding the circumstances? It doesn't matter. They are the same. So, what would show up in his life? Why? It's a ghost trying to take over the World Wide Web!

In any case, starting freshman year of high-school with new ghost-based powers is not something that a teen wants on their plate. Especially since the kid had no control over them, and the Ghost Portal kept releasing ghosts into his hometown of Amity Park, Ohio.

Danny wasn't going to say that he hasn't done some pretty cool things, but as the Chinese curse goes: "May you live in interesting times." Despite its innocence, the meaning of the phrase is much darker and stranger. It's exactly what Danny's life has been for the last few months. A lot has happened. Danny has encountered a killer Lunch Lady Ghost. Paulina was possessed by a Dragon Necklace. A mechanical hunter named Skulker wants his pelt. A crazy ghost scientist took over his garage sale. He switched places with a ghost nerd who was stuck in a locker mirror. A genie named Desiree ran rampant granting wishes. His fruit loop 'family friend' Vlad Plasmius wants to take over his family. A deranged warden named Walker threw him in jail. A psycho psychologist named Spectra and her dwarf assistant fed off my teenage angst. An A-list girl turned Huntress wants to kill me too. Recently, a ghost rocker named Ember McLain tried to take over the world.

That last one was awkward for many people.

Thursday

Let's come back to the scientist ghost. His full name is Nicolai Technus, but he goes by 'Technus.' He's mostly unknown, but he does possess technopathy. It's somewhat unique for ghosts since technology is a recent trend for humanity.

This day started simply enough: Danny was playing "Doomed" through the night while using his parent's Fenton Helmet for a game controller to give him an edge. Soon, he accidentally opens the Ghost Portal and lets out Technus. Eventually, Technus gets sucked into the game without Danny noticing.

Skipping the events regarding an exam worth 25% of the final grade, we come back to the game itself.

As Tucker puts it, while accidentally training Technus inside of it, the purpose of "Doomed" is to find the Seven Silver Keys of the Apocalypse, defeat all 13 levels, and gain access to the World Wide Web.

To Technus, this reward was enticing. With access to the world's internet, he could have complete control over Earth's technological systems.

Events unfold, and Technus reveals his plan to the trio. Tucker and Sam attempted to stop him while Danny was stuck behind as he had no way to quickly speed through the game to catch up with his friends.

Going over his options, he realizes that if Technus can become part of the game, why couldn't he? So, wearing the Fenton Helmet, Danny went ghost, 'possessed' the game, and advanced to the last level.

Things should have been standard, but life has a way of shaking things up before that could happen.

After a long winded fight, Tucker, a giant Tiki-god Sam, and Danny all watched a damaged, sparking, and broken Technus fall into the hole Danny had stretched out in the game reality.

"What? Where am I?" asked the confused tech ghost as he stared into the black void that surrounded him.

"It's Level 0," replied a grinning Danny Phantom. "It's a glitch in the program: one way in, no way out."

Technus glared. "Now listen here, young whipper-snapper. I, Technus, am Hip and Funky Fresh and-"

Danny didn't hear the end of his long-winded speech as he closed the tear that he made. "Totally out of date."

A golden visage of Tucker suddenly appeared in the game again. "Good thing I upgraded my anti-virus program. Did I miss anything?"

"Just the most awesome display of gamesmanship EVER," gloated Danny.

Tucker quickly grabbed the last key on the tree branch. "Hey guys, we got the Seven Silver Keys of the Apocalypse. All we have to do is open the door, and we win the game."

As Tucker inserted the key while Sam and Danny watched in anticipation, no one expected getting shot in the back.

The extenuating circumstances regarding that moment had its repercussions. Two supernatural entities were stretching the game's code to its limit. It was the end of the game, and the system was already preparing itself for completion as it recognized the insertion of the keys. Someone has recently activated the Level 0 glitch that plagued developers, weakening the game matrix further. Then, three players, one currently using a secret God-mode hidden within the game, died simultaneously. Finally, the half-ghost wore a helmet hooked his mind directly into the game. Suffice to say; it was a recipe for disaster.

As the game removed the three protagonists, the stress of the last few hours was too much for the servers and the game itself. The result was an implosion within the matrix.

Tucker and Sam both registered shock at what just occurred on their screens. Meanwhile, our closet gamer teacher watched in confusion as the game crashed just as he was about to claim victory.

Danny was worse off, however. As Danny ejected from the game, he experienced pain similar to that of the Ghost Portal's first activation. It was horrible. He felt every molecule in his body electrocuted at the same time over and over again. Being pushed out of the game felt like stretching into a thin string through a funnel. The game reconstructed him bit by bit, line by line, code by code. There were bound to be errors or additions to the 'program' known as Danny Phantom.

Down in the laboratory a computer was sparking and glowing green, shaking with a ferocity of a washing machine with a tossed in cinder block. As it finally settled, the monitor burned brightly. Danny Fenton shot out straight into the wall opposite of the computer. The young man looked at the computer screen. "Who on Earth could have done that?" Danny quickly walked up to the screen to see an error message. 'Huh, weird. I wonder if-'

His phone rang, and Sam was on the other end. He answered.

"Hey, Danny. You okay?" asked Sam.

"I'm fine. The exit was way worse than the entry, though."

"I can imagine. Listen, did your game crash too?"

"Yeah, weird. Do you know who shot us in the end?"

"No. I was focusing on Tucker as he was putting in the last key?"

"That sucks. I thought we finally won."

"Well, it doesn't matter. As long as Technus didn't get access to the internet, it's a win in my book."

Danny sighed smiling, "Yeah, it is. Listen, call Tucker and see if any of his tech-friends know if someone won or not."

"Okay. What about you?"

"After the day I had, I think a deserve some rest."

"Alright, Danny. See you tomorrow?"

"Sure thing." Danny smiled as he put his phone away. 'I better clean up the mess before-' A migraine cut his train of thought.

'Ow! Guess the game took out more of me than I expected.' Danny did a quick look around the lab. 'Well, it's not as bad as I thought, but where is the Fenton Helmet?' Another migraine struck him, causing him to grab his temple with both hands. 'Ugh. I'll take care of it in the morning. Right now, I an Advil. Thank god it's Friday tomorrow. Hopefully, this migraine passes before the weekend starts.'

Danny went upstairs to be with his family. A quick dinner and pill later, he got congratulations from Jazz for acing his make-up exam. Later on, a sharp text from Tucker said that no one knows what happened to the game. All the servers are temporarily down. Danny tried to take his mind off the topic by doing some quick homework, but the migraines kept him from focusing. It was already late, so he washed up and dropped under his covers. He lied awake for half an hour with no ghost sense activating. 'Huh, no ghosts tonight. Lucky me. Hopefully, I can finally catch up on some much needed sleep.' As Danny's consciousness finally drifted off after a long, long day, he barely registered the text box that popped out in front of his face.

System Checks complete.

New Parameters Set According to New User.

New Data Packets Discovered.

Extracting Files.

Installing 'The Gamer' Patch Version 1.1

Estimated Time of Installation: 6 hours

Completion: 1%... 2%...

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