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Chapter 10: Flashback, Part 1

"Yo! Dani!"

Dani turned around to face the voice and smiled. "Hey Elliot!" She called, raising a hand in a wave, the other holding a bunch of books. "How was the test last period?"

"Pretty sure I aced it. The answers came easily, anyway," Elliot said.

"Hopefully that doesn't mean you remembered everything wrong," Dani said with a smirk.

"Oh, ha, ha. It's my senior year. I'm not risking failure," Elliot said, a roll of his own eyes. "So, you flying or walking back home?"

"I'm thinking of walking this time. I mean, since your car is in the shop, it'll be good talk time," Dani said.

"Heh, read my mind," Elliot said.

"Just gotta stop by my locker an-" But Dani froze in mid sentence as a wisp of blue air escaped her mouth. "Oh, come on...." she muttered.

Elliot took her books. "I understand. I'll put your stuff away. Any homework?"

"AP Biology. Think you can drop off the book at my house?" Dani asked with a sheepish smile as the rings traveled over her body.

"Yeah, I got it," Elliot said. "You know, I had wanted to move back first time I got hit by the ghost stuff and know I'm playing gopher for you."

"Life's crazy that way," Dani said and shrugged, floating into the air. "But when you're one of two superheroes in all the world, you keep busy. See ya."

"See ya," Elliot said, waving as she flew into the ceiling and vanished.

Dani flew up above Casper High, looking around. "Now, let's see..." She muttered, trying to spot the being before she felt a sudden searing pain in her back. She cried out, falling to the roof top and looking up. "Who-?!"

"Hello, ghost girl," Walker said, flanked by his guards.

"Walker," Dani growled, pushing herself to her feet. "Isn't it against the rules to fire on someone with their back turned?"

"Not when that person is an accomplice to the infamous ghost boy and especially when they are easily mistaken for him. Speaking of which, where is he?" Walker asked.

"None of your business!" Dani snapped. Not that she could say where he WAS exactly. Unfortunately a portal had opened up in Transylvania. With the amount of ghost activity there had been normally, it didn't seem a problem. Except this one was open for an abnormally long time and had been a rather big tear. Danny had gone with Valerie to deal with it, which meant Dani had to watch over the whole area on her own.

"I don't have time for your games, little girl. Where is Danny Phantom?" Walker demanded.

"Afraid I'm the only one you're going to get," Dani said, sending a sweeping blast of ecto energy at the trio before charging forward for a follow up attack. It was all motions she was used too. Ghost shows it's hostile, she attacks, they duke it out for a while, hopefully without too much property damage, and she sucks them into the Fenton Thermos.

Same old, same old.

But this time, it was different. Walker never engaged her, letting his guards do it. Whenever she went for him, he flew out of the way and one of the guards was there. She had to give them, they could take a beating, but why was he avoiding her.

"Mister Walker, THIS is why I didn't want you to go ahead!"

"Eh? Dor-OOF!" Dani grunted as one of the guards hit her in the stomach, forcing her back several feet. At least she didn't have to actually breathe or getting the breath knocked out of her would have hurt more.

"Stop, stop, STOP!" A voice started out feminine that turned into a roar before a stream of blue fire forced the guards to back off.

"D-Dora, what are you doing here?" Dani asked, looking bewildered as she turned to the princess as she regained her more human features. "You sound like you're with Walker!"

"I am," Dora said, shooting a glare at Walker and his guards. "And we were SUPPOSED to approach Sir Daniel in a peaceful way."

"The ghost boy is stubborn and, quite frankly, thick headed. As soon as he saw me, he'd attack," Walker said.

"And Lady Danielle has shown to be on good terms with ghosts who don't attack first. What's the excuse then?" Dora asked.

"Mistaken identity."

"And you couldn't explain the situation?"

"It was a good opportunity to see how strong a very likely future rule breaker is."

Dora sighed. "Walker, not everyone is a criminal."

"Wait, wait, what's going on here?!" Dani demanded. "Don't talk like I'm not here!"

Dora looked at Dani. "Please forgive Walker, Lady Danielle. He's just...zealous with enforcing the rules. He wasn't supposed to start a fight," she said, shooting him a look.

"A ruler of a realm or not, even you have to obey the rules," Walker pointed out coolly.

"I haven't broken a single one," Dora said.

It was quite apparent though the two weren't the happiest with each other at the moment. Which wasn't the normal for the two. For the most part, Dora was willing to listen to the rules of the Ghost Zone and kept order in her realm so barring temper tantrums, there was no real conflict between the two.

Except for their opinion of a certain hero.

"So...what was he supposed to do?" Dani asked.

Walker crossed his arms. "There is a rule breaker in the Ghost Zone."

"And? Isn't that what you deal with?" Dani asked, quirking an eyebrow.

Walker fell silent, but he did not look pleased at Dani's statement.

"We...can't," Dora said. "This ghost...no matter who faces him, no one can win. The closest is Frostbite and his clan because the ghost's affinity for fire, but even they were defeated. Not only that...it seems the only reason no one has been forced to oblivion is...he's playing with them."

Dani frowned at that. "...that's strong."

"Rumor has it he might be even stronger than Pariah Dark," Walker said. "I'm sure you've heard that story."

"Yeah. Danny's explained about him. Is that why you think Danny can deal with this ghost?"

"No," Dora said. "It was because we were told to get him."

"By who?"

Walker and Dora looked at each other before focusing on Dani again. "Lord Clockwork told us that only Danny Phantom can defeat this new ghost. This...Dan Phantom."

* * *

"We've got her stable," Maddie said.

"You tied her to a table with a fishing line," Timber Wolf said, not looking the least bit convinced.

"She can't phase out of it. It's canceling out her powers right now, so she won't go out of control," Maddie said.

"And the scans are done!" Jack said, holding up the recently printed paper like it had all the answers to the universe. Then he looked over the paper and frowned thoughtfully. "Hey Maddie, aren't these results familiar?"

Maddie moved over to take a look at the paper. "Why...that isn't possible," she said.

"What? What isn't possible? What's wrong with her?" Timber Wolf demanded, looking at Phantom Girl worriedly.

"It's...nothing deadly," Maddie said. "I'm just not sure how it's possible. Ideas, Jack?"

"She didn't set off any of the ghost sensors when she entered. It was just the ghost boy, but then she did, but the only exposure she could have had was any residue on the brownies," Jack said.

"Unless...perhaps it was already there and it needed something to activate it. With it going directly into her system, it might have done something. But it'd only be dormant if she was one then went back, but she already had powers," Maddie replied.

"What are you two talking about?! What's wrong with her?!" Timber Wolf snarled, causing the two hunters to jump.

"Well...we know what these readings are. It's just we're not sure how it's possible," Maddie said.

"And what are the readings?!" Timber Wolf demanded.

"We've only seen a live sample of it once, but except for the actual level of ecto," Maddie stated, "these readings are the exact same as we got from Danny Phantom. Meaning...she's a halfa."

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AN: I'm not dead! Just had...severe writer's block. Anyway, before people ask, yes, the inconsistency in the Dani flashback part is deliberate, as well as a small one people might notice in the Phantom Girl flashback. They will be explained eventually.