Disclaimer: I do not own Danny Phantom and his friends. Nor do I technically own Dani Phantom... Danielle (Dani) Dawson on the other hand is mine. This is an AU of the Danny Phantom verse. My Dani is obviously different than the show's. This story is for entertainment purposes only. Enjoy!

Dancer

By: SkeksisGirl

As I watch him from the shadows, hanging out with his friends, the Techno-Geek and the Goth I realized something. I hate him. I hate Danny Phantom. I never even met him, but he has shaped my whole life. If it wasn't for his parents, for him, I might have had a normal life. I might have had a family and friends that loved me, but I have nothing, nothing but what I was made to do, what I was created for.

Who am I? My name is Danielle Dawson, I'm a hybrid, a Halfa like Danny. I hate the word Halfa. It's so juvenile, says the technical 13 year old freak of nature, but that's beside the point. I didn't get my powers from an accident, I wasn't a human that got gifted with these powers. No, I was born with them and trained for as long as I can remember to be an assassin. I'm nothing but someone's pet project.

Maybe I should explain something else… I'm from the future. Not the one where Danny goes nuts and all evil, but one where Danny was a hero that got caught by the wrong people. A company that wanted to use him and his powers to further their agenda in the world, in other words, eliminate the competition. Danny refused to do it, it got him all the way dead, but not before they extracted a decent amount of genetic material from him. The Company then went looking for a woman who's genetics would help create the perfect Bio Organic Weapon. Me.

I wasn't the first attempt, or the first successful attempt. No, I was the only one that had a mind of my own, the only one that got away. Sure for most my life I followed orders. I did as they told, took the abuse they gave out so we knew we weren't human, that we were nothing more than weapons. I believed it for a time, until I saw how it could have been, what having a family really was like.

I would have died if it wasn't for a ghost.

Clockwork saved me, said that I had potential, that I could fix everything. He sent me back in time, to when my genetic donor was still alive and free. To a time where I could warn Danny Phantom about another future, and he could try and prevent it. If he succeeds, he won't die, and I will never have existed.

That is why I hate him. He has a semi-normal life, and here I am, sent back to warn him about my life, so he can prevent his own death and erase my existence. I don't want that to happen. I want to live, I will live, even if it means destroying the life of my father.

The company said that I always loved to dance. They gave each of their creations a recreational activity, as long as it helped them become better warriors. Mine was dancing. They were right, I love to dance. So here I am… and there is Danny Phantom. I think it's time to dance.