I'll be able to concentrate on this story more now that "Danny in Jump City" is almost finished. This chapter is where Harry and Danny finally meet. I know a lot of my fans have been waiting for this, so I'll oblige. Hopefully, I'll be able to update about twice a month, depending on how much schoolwork I have.

Anyway, I thank everyone who reviewed and had the patience to stay with me. I know I'm not very good when it comes to updating. Besides, I've got a couple of one-shots planned, one of them in this universe. Okay, I better get on to the story now. Warning: I may have to change the rating to M in the future.

Dan Phantom observed the destruction at Hogsmeade. It felt wonderful to finally kill again, to have someone die at his hand. He had missed out on much pleasure when he was trapped in the damned thermos but he was free now and prepared to put the magical world through hell.

However, there was one thing that bothered him. There was a witch and very powerful as Dan could sense the level of magic a witch or wizard had. She had put a spell on him the second before he killed her, but it was one unfamiliar to him. Still, it seemed to have little effect; few spells did.

He slowly walked through the desolate streets, coming across a group of aurors and hit wizards who attempted to stop him. They believed their pathetic skills could match the most powerful being in existence? Dan laughed at the thought of it.

As for the so-called Dark lord Harry Potter, he wasn't concerned in the slightest. In his future, Potter was a wreck, running for his life, his servants dead or abandoning him. Soon his younger self would become him. It was only a matter of time.

"I've been wondering when you would arrive here, Dan." said a voice and he charged up an energy blast. Clockwork had arrived, staring at Dan. "I cannot let you harm my charge."

"Your charge?" he snarled. "You mean the guardians of the ghost zone assigned you to look after my younger self? Please, like you or anyone else can stop me."

"Your arrogance is your greatest weakness." Clockwork stated.

"And your pathetic mercy is yours. To think I once considered you a threat. Now answer my question: why are you here?"

"I am responsible for both you and young Danny, despite the darkness in your heart. Which means I have to keep you two out of trouble." He said the last sentence with a smile.

"Do not label me a child, Clockwork! My power is far beyond yours."

"Your anger reveals your doubt, but as I stated earlier, I have not come to fight, merely to talk."

"You mean you want to change my future. You have delayed it, perhaps, but rest assured, it will happen. Danny's destiny is to turn into me, and you fear that, don't you? You think of him as a son, falling to the so-called "Daddy Curse" (This I obtained from an HP story, "Daddy's Favorite") You can't bear the thought of him being killed or harmed. How quaint, you've fallen to pathetic human emotions."

"Being human does not mean you are weak, Dan. This is something you have never understood."

"You haven't given me any evidence to the contrary! Humans fell like sheep to the slaughter, regardless of whether or not they had powers."
"And yet you were beaten by a human."

Dan wanted to yell his denial, but found that he couldn't. As much as he tried to deny it, find some excuse for it, the fact remained that he was defeated by his younger self. "That was luck, nothing more! He will not be so fortunate next time we meet."

"The strength of humanity comes not from physical strength, but courage and spirit. This is what you must understand and I cannot allow you to continue your actions."

"You intend to stop me, Clockwork? If so, I will destroy you here and now. Besides, I have a feeling you were the one who gave him my ghostly wail."

"That is true, perfectly true. And now I will give you something as well." He threw a silver orb at Dan, who did not dodge it in time. It bound to him and he screamed in fury. He launched his wail, but Clockwork had already disappeared.

Coward! He snarled to himself. In any case, what did it matter? What could that orb possibly do to him?

And yet there was a shadow of doubt in the back of his mind.

"Would you look at this." Said Valerie. "Apparently there's some brain-a-thon in city hall in two weeks. Maybe I ought to give that a try."

"No thank you." said Tucker. "I'll stick to sitting on my butt, slacking off, and hitting on girls, thanks."

"Yeah, that keeps you really busy." William said sarcastically. "Well, I ain't going to do it, since I'm sure Travis will enter. So what's first prize?"

"250 dollars." Danny stated, reading the pamphlet. "Wow, I'm almost tempted to join. I know Jazz is going to. She won the last one. Speaking of which, where is she?"

"Last I heard, she was talking to Travis about something." said Sam. "Don't know what it is, though."

"From the looks of it, it's serious." said William. "If there's anything wrong with him, I'd like to know. If Dash did anything to him, his next stop will be the emergency room. Oh, that reminds me. He's coming."

Sure enough, Dash was opening his locker while talking to Paulina. However, when he opened it, he found that it had been sprayed with yellow paint. Growling, he looked in his backpack only to find around half a dozen broken eggs. He yelled in fury and turned his eyes to the group.

"Fenton, you're a dead man!" He bellowed.

"What are you, an idiot?" Valerie demanded. "There's five of us and only one of you."

"And I've beaten your ass to the ground twice." William added. "You sure you want to risk it?"

"I'll get you for this, Fenton." He said with a deadly glare, than walked away.

"Did you do something?" asked Sam. "I thought we told you to stop abusing your… I mean, play pranks on the football team."

"That was awesome, Danny!" exclaimed Tucker. "How did you do it?"

"Guys, I didn't do anything." said Danny. "I don't play pranks anymore. Wonder who did do it?"

"At least half the school would give up their left hand to get back at that guy." William said, Valerie agreeing. He knew who did it and was pleased that he could finally stand up for himself. With his help, they'd change this school back from a crooked, corrupt admin.

"Hey, guys." said Jazz, walking up to them with Travis. "Having fun without us?"

"Where have you two been?" asked Tucker. "I thought a ghost kidnapped you."

"So where's your equipment, speaking of ghosts?" Danny asked Valerie.

"My dad finally gave up and decided to let me but I have to have a tracker at all times." She replied. "Also, I'm teaching William here a few tricks."

"Guns aren't my thing, but I'm getting better." He said. "I just hoping to beat her in our next match."

"You're a 9th degree black belt, right?" Sam asked Valerie.

"Yeah, but I almost lost." She said. "He's the fastest guy I've ever seen."

"I'd like to see you two in action." Tucker said, winking at Valerie.

"Tucker, are you ever going to grow up?" Sam demanded.

"Come on, we don't need to fight this early in the day." said Danny. "We only have a couple minutes until lunch ends, so let's make the most of it."

"And by the way, I'm sure you and Tom will work things out, Jasmine." Travis said out of the blue.

"What?" Jazz asked, confused.

"You and him are going out, right?" He said. "Yesterday, I noticed he was reading a romantic note. I couldn't see the name, but it was written in cursive and black pen. Do you know how many people do that?"

"No, I don't, nor do I care." said Sam.

"Maybe 5 people in this school." said Travis, not noticing Sam's sarcasm. And the smudges are left to right, which indicates that whoever wrote the note is left-handed. And since Jazz writes with her left hand, I figured it was probably her."

"Okay, and how did you know they were having problems?" asked Danny, watching Jazz's face heat up.

"Tom hadn't shaved this morning, which I'm sure Jazz always insists on, being a nest freak." Travis continued. "And his underwear was above his pants, something else you frown upon. Finally, I didn't see a soda bottle in your car and I know for a fact that Tom drinks a Pepsi every day before school."

"Jeez, you never cease to amaze me Travis." said Valerie.

"It's a gift and a curse." Travis shrugged.

"You realize we're going to talk later, right?" Danny stated, looking at his sister.

"Looks like you have some competition for the Brain-a-thon, Jazzy-Pants." said Tucker, using Jack's nickname for her.

"Miss Fenton, may I talk with you?" Mr. Lancer requested. He looked around at the group. "It's about the school newspaper."

"All right. See you later, Danny." said Jazz, walking off with him.

"That's…That's strange." said Travis.

"What's strange?" asked Valerie.

"Nothing." He shrugged. "We better get to class."

"But class hasn't…" William began, but was cut off but the bell. Each of them went to their respective classes. Will knew that Travis had seen something. He didn't know what, but it was something.

I'm glad you came to see me." said Jason Masters, Vlad's younger cousin who was 15 years younger than him. He bore a striking resemblance to Vlad, only his hair was brown and he was a little bit shorter. He lived in Britain and happened to be a wizard. "It's been nearly 5 years."

"I've had other things on my mind, I'm afraid." Vlad replied.

"Still after Maddie, I see." Jason stated. "Look, Vlad, she's in love with Jack. you're going to have to accept that. I know you haven't had a lot of happiness in your life, but that is not the way. Why don't you just make amends with them?"

"We've had this conversation before."

"And yet you still don't listen to me."

"Look, I'm afraid I didn't come here simply to visit you. This is important. I need you to tell me everything about Harry Potter."

"You mean besides the basics? Well, I was friends with him in 7th year and he was living under a heavy burden. His blood relatives, the Dursleys had considerable injuries over the summer and while he was suspected, the ministry couldn't prove anything. Not to mention the war was at its peak and they wouldn't touch their hero."

"So does he have any sort of weakness? He's likely going to attack us very soon and I need to know."

"I'm afraid I can't help you there. One that's possible is his hatred of muggles, so the targets can be fairly predictable. He, however, was more careful than Voldemort and did not strike openly. I still remember the invasion of Hogwarts and Voldemort's downfall."

"I believed that they referred to him as He-who-must-not-be named."

"They did and many do to this day. I, however, still call him by his proper name. After that battle, he was never the same. He went to St. Mungos, but physically everything was fine. After graduation, he disappeared and no one had seen him for over two years before he finally returned. I'm sorry I can't be of more help to you."

"There is one more thing I'm here for. I would appreciate it if you would help protect young Daniel, see if we can't obtain an ally Potter has no knowledge of."

"You know I'm remaining neutral in this war, Vlad. Danny Fenton? Isn't he the son of Jack and Maddie?" He remembered Vlad telling him once he had finally admitted to Jason that he was half-ghost. "I don't mean to pry, but what is your interest in him?"

"I want him as my apprentice and son. In spite of myself, I do care for the boy, as foolish as he can be. He doesn't see the true world and still tries to play hero. Little does he know that one day, the very people he protects will turn against him."

"Such is the nature of life. But he will have his friends and family, no matter what. You never understood that not all people are looking out for themselves."

"Spare me, Jason. I don't need to hear your little 'you need happiness in your life' speech again."

"I'm only trying to help you, Vlad. Besides, haven't I stuck by you, in spite of everything you've done?"

"Let's get off that subject."

"As you wish."

"Is there any more news in Britain? I know some because of my ghost contacts, but I am sadly ignorant of many happenings in this world."

"There is something else. Hogwarts was destroyed by a powerful ghost. Nobody knows much about him, except for the fact that he is very dangerous. He bears a certain resemblance to you, except that he is dressed in black and white and has a D on his chest."

"Daniel? He can't possibly be responsible for this. It would have to be some ectoplasmic mutation."

"You forget the ghost also looks like you. I'd advise against fighting him, Vlad. From what I've heard of his power, he surpasses even you."

"So will you come? You are a skilled wizard and I do not wish to see Maddie or Daniel harmed."

"Very well, I'll go with you. Let's hope that we have enough time to prepare before Harry attacks. Maybe I can persuade the American wizarding government to take action."

"From what you've told me, it's unlikely. European and American wizards despise one another."

"Perhaps, but I must at least try. Now come on, we must go."

"I've got a private jet waiting at the airport with luxury you could only dream of, cousin."

"Yeah, rub it in your cousin's face." He laughed. It felt good to do so again. Jason apparated, while Vlad teleported. (Yes, I know they're basically the same thing)

"Are you going to tell me what you noticed about Lancer?" William asked Travis after school.

"I'll tell you once I'm certain." Travis replied. "I don't want to say anything before that." William grinned to himself. It appeared as if Travis had found out one of Lancer's dirty little secrets and he could use this to his advantage. He didn't like resorting to blackmail, but would it if it was necessary.

"Well, tell me once you find out, okay?" William stated and dropped the topic. "Have any idea where Danny and the others went to?"

"They said they were going to the mall, but they're lying. The mall is northwest of Casper high and they traveled north. I'm sure they're hiding something."

"Travis, there's one thing I need to ask you. I know you can figure out almost anything about people simply from meeting them, but you shouldn't blurt it out loud. Not everybody is as understanding as them, as I'm sure you remember from our old school."

"Yeah, so should I not tell you?"

"No, tell me. Besides, I'll keep it a secret." He was lying through his teeth, he knew, but he didn't have any other way to convince his cousin. Travis was a pacifist; didn't believe in violence.

"Okay. We better head home. Valerie said her and her dad would meet us. She wants me to help her with ghost-hunting."

"You don't have to, you know."

"She's my cousin; I have to help her."

"Hey, guys." said Tucker, walking in front of Sam Travis noticed that Danny wasn't anywhere to be seen. "You two having an argument?"

"No, we were just talking." said William. "Where's Danny?"

"He said he had to take care of something." said Sam. "What, I don't know."

"Going to enter the Brain-a-thon, Sam?" William asked.

"I have to admit, I've thought about it." Sam replied. "I don't need the money but I'd like to prove to our school that just because I'm an individual, it doesn't mean I'm an idiot."

"Well said, Sammy." Tucker said. Sam growled at her hated nickname and hit Tucker in the back of the head.

"Guys, we don't need any violence here." said Travis. "And Sam, your parents are having a party, right?"

"How did you know that?" Sam asked in confusion.

"I caught a glimpse of your planner during Geometry." Travis replied. "There was something scheduled for 8:00 PM tonight but you had crossed it out. Considering that you don't get along with your parents and disagree with them on everything, it was a logical conclusion."

"Jeez, you still amaze me." William laughed. "So when is Danny going to meet with us?"

"I can't believe you actually beat me, Susan." Jazz told her friend. Susan Barnett was Jazz's age, and among the best English students in the school. She had blond hair, brown eyes and a body most girls would kill for. However, she was also extremely depressed. For the past couple of months, she had turned from a confident woman into a shadow of her former self. Jazz had inquired many times but failed to get her to talk.

"I suppose I can do it every once in a while." Susan replied in her usual soft voice. "What did Mr. Lancer want with you?"

"He wants to make me president of the newspaper club." Jazz said in an excited tone. "Can you believe it? This'll be great for my college resume."

"I'm glad to hear that you've got a successful future ahead of you."

"Come on, you do too. All you have to do is believe in yourself. Why don't you just tell me what's wrong? I can help you."

"No, you can't, Jazz. Just let me deal with it on my own."

"You've been like this since school started. What the hell is going on? I've noticed that you seem to be afraid all the time. Is somebody abusing you?"

"Nothing is happening, Jazz. Just drop it."

Before she could inquire further, Phantom fell at her feet. He was glaring up at the Fright Knight, who had his arms crossed.

"Susan, take cover!" she yelled, trying to act panicked. She watched her brother and the Fright Knight fight. They were evenly matched or at least more so than the last time they fought. Phantom fired a series of ectoplasmic blasts out of his hands and eyes.

"Jeez, is that really Phantom?" Susan asked.

"Yeah, so stay down!" Jazz exclaimed. "I don't want that other ghost catching sight of us!"

After about 2 minutes of fighting, Phantom defeated the Fright Knight but before he could get him in the Fenton Thermos, he retreated. He groaned and mumbled something about killing someone.

2 hours later:

"Hello again, Daniel." Said Vlad. "I see you didn't expect me back so soon. Ah, the wonders of money and power! You realize my offer still applies."

"For the last time, I am not going to help you kill dad and marry mom." Danny snarled.

"Wait a minute, he's trying to kill them?" Ron asked in confusion.

"We've got other things to worry about." Jazz put in before they started arguing.

"It's a pleasure to meet you, Danny." said someone he didn't know. "Vlad's told me a lot about you. My name's Jason Masters, a cousin of his."

"Great, just what we need: One of his relatives." Sam complained.

"You certainly have a way with people, Vlad." Jason laughed. "So this is the legendary Order of the Phoenix. I was asked to join at one time, but I declined. So what do you know about Potter's activities? It might be a exciting experience to see you guys in action.

"Calm down, Mr. Masters." Hermione stated. "Now we have informants that told us that Potter is currently in the United States. It won't take him long to find us."

"Yes, you made that perfectly clear." said Vlad. "We're ready to fight and all we can do is wait. So what is the point of this meeting?"

"What kind of power does he have?" asked Danny.

"He's invincible to most spells, has a lot of power, and will do anything to rule the magical world." said Ron. "Even the killing curse won't destroy him. He's not human enough for that any longer."

"Well, well, this is interesting." said Skulker, coming up to them with Technus and Fright Knight. "They will make a fine addition to my collection."

"Skulker, be silent!" Vlad snapped. "They're our allies, at least for the time being. In any case, they'll be plenty for all of us once Potter decides to attack."

"Yes, he knows of the prophecy." said Fright Knight.

"Excuse me, I'm missing something." said Tucker. "Did you say a prophecy?"

"Yes, it is said that only one who walks both worlds can defeat the dark lord." said Hermione. "There is some debate as to what that means, but our order believes that it refers to young Danny."

"Great, I've got another homicidal maniac after me." Danny groaned.

"So what do me and Tucker do?" asked Sam.

"You two are going to have to stay out of the way." said Hermione. "It's likely that you'll be little more than a liability."

"Hey! We're just as able to fight as Danny." said Tucker.

"She is correct, Foley." Vlad stated. "Unlike young Daniel, you two do not have any powers. Potter's servants-Shadows I believe they're called- will kill you without a second thought, and since I highly doubt either of you have used a firearm before, you'll make little impact in battle."

"I can't believe I'm saying this, but Masters is right." Said Danny. "I don't want you guys to get hurt. I'd never forgive myself if that happened."

"Don't worry, I'll look after you two." said Jason.

"We're not children!" Sam said. "We can look after ourselves."

"If she wasn't half my age, I'd consider dating her." Jason whispered in his cousin's ear.

"Can we stop getting off topic here please?" Ron snapped and they fell silent. "Look, we've got various order members placed over Amity. If Potter attacks, they'll be ready to move in a heartbeat. However, this is not going to be an easy fight, considering his forces are pushing 1,000."

"This will be quite a hunt." Skulker said with a grin.

"I, Technus, will use my technological superiority to obliterate all my enemies!" Technus.

"Be silent, fool." said Fright Knight. "Magic interferes with electricity, so that ability will be useless."

"He's right." said Hermione. "All of us are ready for action. I don't think there's much more to be said."

"Well, except that I hired a few wizard hunters to give us some assistance." said Vlad. "Not to mention I'm shipping a package of anti-magical weapons to Miss Grey."

Suddenly, there was an explosion in the street. About 10 Shadows were there, picking out about a dozen unfortunate victims and began torturing them. They immediately went into action, Ron and Hermione stunning three of them and engaging the rest in combat. Jason fired spells from afar, taking another one down.

"This is certainly going to be an interesting experience." said Vlad. "Come, Daniel, they will need our help. Fright Knight, watch over Maddie."

"As you wish." said Fright Knight. He flew off, leaving Skulker, Technus, Danny and Vlad.

"Crucio!" yelled a shadow and Danny fell to the ground in pain. It didn't have an much of an effect on him because of his ghost powers, but it was still very painful. It only lasted a couple of seconds before Vlad blew him apart.

"You didn't need to do that!" Danny protested.

"This is a battle and people will die." Vlad retorted. "Should I have simply kept you under torture?"

All of them went their own separate ways, Danny encountering two more enemies. Cautiously, he fired minor ecto-blasts, but they put up shields and blocked them. Danny was fired to dodge green spells that they launched out of their wands. He backhanded one of them, sending him to the ground with a painful jaw. The other fired a dark spell, knocking him back, but didn't do much else to him.

Danny immediately flew towards him and knocked him out. Skulker appeared and restrained the two, intending to use them for experiments. Danny saw that there were at least 50 of them and they were in serious trouble. Technus was doing his best to fight off a group of 8, but it was very difficult.

"I, technus, will defeat you pathetic Shadows!" Exclaimed Technus, but now they were using spells that were meant specifically for ghosts. He collapsed to the ground in pain. Danny flew to him and confronted the group. They launched spells but this time, he was ready with a shield. It was difficult, but the shield held.

In return, Danny fired a series of energy blasts, knocking them out despite the shields. Three of them retreated but the remaining one fired a nerve-shattering curse at him. Fortunately, his ghost abilities kept it from doing any real damage.

He was enraged at the heartless and punched him in the face as hard as he could, shattering his skull. He then threw the body against the wall. Danny could hardly believe what he had done. It appeared as if Vlad was right. He was becoming him.

"You saved me, child?" Technus asked.

"I'm not heartless enough to let you suffer in pain." Danny replied, panting. "Besides, we're allies, at least for the time being."

"Interesting!" he exclaimed. "I Technus, will file this incident away for further observation!"

Danny was hit by a powerful shock and found himself facing the dark lord. "Well, well, the famous ghost Danny Phantom." he said, sneering. "We meet for the first and last time. It will be a pleasure to crush you beneath my power."

"I've heard this speech a thousand times!" Danny exclaimed. "Just shut up and fight!"

He fired a series of energy blasts, but Harry simply put a dark shield around himself and they splattered harmlessly. In return, he fired anti-spectral spells and Danny was finding it difficult to dodge them. Eventually, he was hit in the arm with a muscle destroyer and he fell to the ground.

"I expected more of a challenge from you." said Harry. "Yet again I am disappointed. I destroyed Dumbledore; I'll destroy you!"

In response, Danny punched him with his good hand, sending him at least 20 feet. He took advantage and concentrated on healing his left arm. It wasn't perfect, but at least it wasn't throbbing with pain any longer. But he didn't have time to do anything more since he was forced to dodge more spells, waiting for an opening.

Eventually, Harry gave him one and he fired his eye blasts and followed with his ghost stinger. While he was stunned, Danny punched him in the chest, sending him up nearly three stories. He tried to attack again, but Harry put up his shield and it shocked him.

"Your powers are impressive, but your resistance is nothing." said Harry. "You will never realize your full potential. Crucio!"

Danny was hit dead-on and was in a lot more pain than before. He did his best to fight through it, but it wasn't enough. Eventually, he flew into Harry's body in an effort to control him. For about 15 seconds, there was a struggle. Then there was an explosion that destroyed everything within 30 feet, forcing Danny out.

It was painfully clear to him that in terms of power, he was outmatched. That meant he had to use his brains, but Danny knew almost nothing about this enemy, which struck fear in his heart. He was hit by another spell, sending him to the ground.

I can't use my wail. Danny thought. It'd kill everybody around, including bystanders, and I'm not so certain it would work in any case.

The fight went on for about 2 more minutes, but Danny was beaten and forced to the ground. He had done his best to stop him, but it wasn't enough. He was going to die at the tender age of 15. He hoped someone would help him, Vlad or his parents. Hell, he'd take his dark self at this point.

"Your time is up, Danny Phantom." said Harry. "Spectre Avada Kedavra!"

Ha, ha, a cliffhanger! You're going to hate me for this, I'm sure. Well, I'm going to work on this story every Tuesday and Friday, so expect the next one in about 2 weeks. Sheesh, I got close to 5000 words.