Another Friday night and another ghost caught. It had been a pretty standard day, I had went to school, saw Sam and Tuck, got beat up by Dash after school. Then about an hour of ghost hunting. Now it is time to head back home for dinner and about thirty minutes of homework then off to bed. I know that sounded silly, a fourteen year old going to bed at nine thirty at night, but hey when you are a crime fighting half ghost kid, you take all the rest you can get.

I landed in my back yard and reverted back to my human half, carefully sneaking to the front and walking in, I smiled when the smell of fresh food hit my nose. I'd be lying if I said I wasn't hungry, I had learned that taking lunch money was generally a bad idea...though eating school food was also a bad idea so...Anyways I paused as I closed the door, Mom really only ever cooks if we have guests over. I shrugged and figured it was just one of their work friends...that is until my ghost sense went off. I connected the dots and gritted my teeth as I walked into the kitchen, only to be met with whom I knew was there. Vlad Masters, a man who was so hellbent on destroying my family, that all the money in the USA couldn't satisfy him. He was currently talking to mom and Jazz, I smirked when I noticed Jazz roll her eyes. I must have made a noise or something because they both turned to me mid-sentence.

I was a bit confused, normally they both would have smiled at me. Mom with a genuine smile and Vlad with a sadistic, dark smile. This time it was different, the look I was receiving from both of them, was one of fear. I suddenly felt very uncomfortable, as if I was still in my phantom form. I cleared my throat and faked a smile.

"Hello" I said and it took a minute for it to register with them. Vlad cleared his throat and smiled...genuinely. That bothered me much more than it should, mom on the other hand didn't look up at me. She simply stood and walked over to the stove, I looked at Jazz expecting some sort of answer but she simply shrugged. I walked over and sat down at the table.

"What's going on?" I asked once again saying the first thing on my mind. Vlad folded his hands together and sighed. Mom put her head down and walked over and knelled in front of me. She took my hands in hers and sighed.

"Danny..." She began but was cut off by dad walking in and man oh man, was he furious, like I had only ever seen him this mad when I was like six years old and set the living room rug on fire. He glared at all of us and walked over to the fridge grabbing a soda without a word and stormed back to the lab. My heart began to race and I looked back at mom.

"Mom...what was that about?" I asked and she looked at me with tears forming in her eyes she paused and looked back to me.

"Danny...we need to talk." She said very gently, I looked at Vlad who nervously took a drink of his coffee. I began to feel like a giant hole was swallowing me up.

"Danny...uhm, you see..." She tried but began sobbing, Jazz got up and went over to her. She looked at her and I with confusion.
"Mom what's wrong?" Jazz asked and mom only shook her head. Vlad cleared his throat and handed me a letter. I took it and held it, I could tell it was old. The white had faded to a soft brown and the hand writing had becoming pale against it, but I could still make it out. The date at the top read about a year before my birthday. It was from a hospital in Wisconsin and addressed to my mom. It explained that mom had a pregnancy test done a year before my birth, but she had also had a DNA test done at the same time. As I continued reading it my heart began to sink, it revealed that "Mr. Jackson Fenton is not the biological father of the child". I froze and re-read the paragraph over and over. I looked up at them as Jazz pulled the letter away to read it, within moments her jaw dropped.

"N-no...I am not...no!" I pleaded, I notice mom look away sobbing and Vlad tried not to look at me. My heart began to race, I felt like I blacked out and raced up the stairs to my room and slammed the door shut. I got into bed and covered myself, I wanted- no, needed to escape. It wasn't long before I heard someone knocking on my door. I didn't answer, I simply transformed and flew away. I had to get as far away as possible. I ended up on the roof of the high school. I collapse onto myself, tears streaking down my cheeks. My life was falling apart, some bit of myself wanted to believe that it was fake, that Vlad made it up. Yet I couldn't believe that due to how mom acted. I stayed there for awhile until my ghost sense went off. I sniffled and just laid there, I didn't care who it was. They could have blasted me to kingdom come and I would not have cared.

"Daniel" A dark yet soft baritone voice said causing chills to run down my spine, in an instant fury came over me and I stood and blasted into the direction. I kept blasting and blasting, I didn't care, I wanted him to hurt, how he hurt me.
"YOU ARE NOT MY FATHER!" I screamed at the top of my lungs, over and over until I could not physically keep myself up and collapsed again to the ground where I sobbed. I felt him land next to me, he didn't touch me, he didn't say anything. I looked up at him with tears in my eyes, his expression was one of sadness and pain.

"Daniel...I didn't know." He simply said and I sniffled and looked at him confused. "I...Daniel...what happened those years ago. It was not meant to...I...Daniel I never meant to hurt anyone." He stated and sat down looking broken in his ghost form.

"H-How could you do it? THEY WERE MARRIED!" I screamed at him. He looked down at his hands, disgusted with himself.

"Daniel, the year you were brought into this world...it was the happiest I had ever been. Your mother came to visit me in the hospital. I had been moved to recovery from the illness your...Jack had caused. I believe she felt sorry for me. We spent the whole day together, It was nice. It reminded me of our college days. Then...well...anyways, the next morning your mother had left. I didn't know where she went. I didn't know she was engaged to Jack...I didn't know about Jasmine. When I tried to contact her she never replied, then I received an invitation to the wedding from Jack, I suppose that is why I became so angry with him in the first place. It was as if he stole her from me, again. I tried for many years to let it go...but I couldn't." He paused and looked at me with tears in his eyes. "When you came to my home for the reunion, she...gave me that letter. I...I snapped, years of pain and regret and confusion. They all came out and I...I wanted revenge, not only had Jack taken my college years from me, had taken the love of my life and you...from me" He swallowed harshly. "I wanted...I wanted to tell you, I wanted you to join me so I could at least be in your life. Your mother made me swear on my life to never bring it up, never tell you. She called me last night, Jack while looking for some machine had found the letter and read it. She got scared and asked me to come there so that we could talk about it...to tell you" I stood and glared at him, for the first time I noticed how similar we looked. I hated that, I hated him. I walked over to him and balled my hand into a fist. "Go ahead, I deserve it" he muttered. All the hatred I had in me broke and I slumped down to my knees again in front of him.

"Why...why if you cared that much, did you try to kill me?" I asked and he lifted his gaze.

"I never tried to kill you Daniel. Sure we spared and I'll admit I was not the easiest of enemies, but I never tried to actually kill you." He said softly but continued, "You should have known that, Daniel, I've beaten hundreds of thousands of foes...did you ever think for a second about why I went easy on you?" He asked and I shook my head gently.

"Figured that you just didn't want to hurt a kid" I sighed and he looked at me very confused.

"You're age had nothing to do with it...my thought behind it, was that if I couldn't have you willing train with me, I could at least train you during our fights. Its why I never left, never stopped asking your mother to be with me. It bothered me to think that either you or her could be hurt by him. I lost f my mind a little, I will be the first to admit it. I didn't know what else to do..." He finished and looked at me.

"What happens now?" I asked not looking up at him. I heard him revert back and sigh a little.

"I don't really know Daniel...Jack has stated that he needs space. I understand that completely...your mother is still adamant about staying with him. Now that you know the truth you can decide on what you wish to do, if you truly want me out of your life, I will go. You will never see me again in your life. If wish me to stay, I will...hell I will go and get partial custody of you if that is what you want" He said and chuckled a bit sadly at his last remark. I stood and looked at him, I could tell he was honest, its odd really hearing that much honesty from him. I wiped my eyes and sighed heavily, I walked over to the buildings ledge and just looked at Amity.

"I don't know what I want...I...I know I don't want to hurt anyone. I, I know I don't want to hurt you. I need some time alone...please" I asked and I heard him transform.
"Take all the time you need, little badger" He said softly and flew off.

AN: Hello all, its been a long time since I have written anything. Either for personal use or otherwise, I will be honest, I have not been in my right mind for awhile. Some...very difficult things have happened in my life. Yet I know that some of my best work comes from putting my emotions into stories. So I am writing something very different. I kinda have always had a head cannon that Vlad really is Danny's dad, just because the similarities between them...you know once you get around Vlad being a egotistical, maniacal, crazy man. Anyways, feel free to leave a review, I will be continuing this.