A/N: After over two years of a hiatus, I've finally got the first few chapters of the redone "Phantom's Magic" finished! Updates will be sporadic, as usual, due to school and such, but this time I actually have a plan for how I want to progress with this story.

The story is set so that season 3 never occurred, meaning Danielle is still unstable, Vlad never totally lost his marbles and became mayor, and Danny has not yet gained his ice powers. Will he in this story? ...I haven't decided yet, but I'm thinking so.

Summary: With the Ghost King being awoken once more, he sets out to win a war he started during his first tyrannical rule - the war against fairies and all other magical creatures. This time, he is determined to finish what he started and wipe out the last three major magical races: fairies, pixies, and anti-fairies. In order to stop his goal from being reached, the Ghostwriter conspires with the Master of Time to amass an army of their own, allied with the fae. The only way to successfully accomplish this goal, however, is for the half-ghost child Danny Fenton/Phantom and his cousins Timmy Turner and Lynn Smith to forge an alliance of their own - and for Danny to come to terms with his clouded past.

Disclaimer: I do not own Danny Phantom, Fairly Odd Parents, or any other recognizable characters/settings/et cetera. Butch Hartman owns Danny Phantom and Fairly Odd Parents. I only claim to own Lynn Smith, Ione Castello, and any other OCs mentioned in this story.

Phantom's Magic

Prologue

"In a time unremembered by any living human today, magic ruled the world and superstitions dominated the common minds. The magic-folk, the fae, were of the West, and the spirits were of the East. They existed in harmony, to the delight of all – until the reign of Pariah Dark.

"Humans found themselves caught in a war between ghosts and magical creatures as the King of Ghosts ordered every last fae to be slain and brought to him. He wanted to harvest their power at first, but finding he could not he decided to simply remove the problem. The souls of the unfortunate humans caught in the crossfire were often snatched before they could pass and were then forced to join the ghost army – for what the ghosts lacked in power they were determined to make up in ferocity and numbers. But the fae countered, and every magical creature banded together for the first time in millennia.

"Alas, both sides paid heavily during the war. The number of pegasi and unicorns dwindled until they were forced to retreat in order to save their species. Leprechauns have not been seen since and are thought to be extinct, or else wisely hiding themselves from the outside. Mermaids and dragons had to pull away too, as at the time they were being hunted by not only ghosts but also by humans for their beautiful scales.

"When the Ancient Ghosts finally managed to break free of his reign and overpower Pariah Dark, the fighting was brought to a miraculous end. Prince Aragon and Princess Dorathea, Frostbite, and Pandora were the ones who arranged a deal with the head fairy, Jorgen (though it is rumored that Clockwork also played some part in the deal): none of the fae would be attacked by ghosts again, so long as no fae trespassed in the Ghost Zone or on a ghosts' known territory without permission. There was no fault to be found with the deal: the bargain was accepted."

Ghostwriter paused here, stretching. He had read the passage dozens, hundreds, maybe even thousands of times. He knew it was correct but the account was missing some important details.

It went on to explain how pixies went from tricksters to strict business-like creatures; how genies were slowly released back to their home world by sympathetic wishers until very, very few remained on Earth; how anti-fairies claimed Friday the Thirteenth and Halloween as their nights of mischief, with Halloween being pleasantly shared with the Fright Knight himself. (This was the only time of the year when any type of fae worked harmoniously with a ghost; it was both beautiful and terrifying to think about.) But the fairies – it barely spoke of them again. The passage only went on to mention how the fairies continued to remain in Fairy World, unless assigned a godchild by Jorgen – something that had been a reality for fairies even before the Dark Wars. Ghostwriter had often pondered whether or not anything had changed in recent years…whether the fairies were still as benign as –

"Do you happen to have any books on fairy hunting?"

Ghostwriter yelped and toppled out of his chair. Grumbling, he looked up at Skulker, who was chuckling at the other ghost.

"Sorry," the hunter said, not sounding sorry at all. "But, seriously – have you anything on-?"

"No," Ghostwriter hissed as he stood up, baring his sharp teeth out of instinct. The metallic hunter had always given him the creeps. "I don't, Skulker. And anyway, don't you know of the rules regarding fairies?"

"Rules?"

Ghostwriter sighed. "Walker can explain better than I can – the law is bound to be in his book somewhere – but in short, during Pariah Dark's reign, there was a war between ghosts and fae. After the war's end we struck a deal with the fairies: we don't bother them, they don't bother us." The writer paused, studying Skulker from behind his glasses. "Skulker, if you go after any fairies, you could very well spark another war."

Skulker frowned and turned to leave, grumbling, "Rats… I'd best tell Plasmius about this then."

Ghostwriter snorted. "Plasmius? He ordered you to catch a fairy? Why?"

The hunter shrugged. "He said he'd heard about it – some crazy elementary school teacher was raving about it or something. The guy was from – California? Yes, Dimmsdale, California, that's where he was from."

Ghostwriter arched an eyebrow. "I'm not surprised, then. The Rainbow Bridge to Fairy World touches down in that area – at least, according to this book it does." He held up the book, A History of Magical Creatures and Ghosts. "This teacher probably caught a glimpse of one and became obsessed."

"Yes, well, Plasmius took interest and wanted to see what these fairies were all about. I'll inform him that he'd be jeopardizing the entire world if he continues his pursuit."

"You do that," Ghostwriter muttered, turning back to his Quantum Keyboard as he listened to Skulker fire up his jets and head off to the halfa's Wisconsin lair. "Meanwhile… I must wonder…"

The Quantum Keyboard could do anything – from making people do what he commanded when he wrote a story (that Christmas thing was still hilarious, especially in hindsight…except for when he was sent to jail) to searching for any information located in any text, database, or television archive.

Fairy godparent assignments revealed a single link; the master list of all godparent assignments, courtesy of Fairy World's official records. As Ghostwriter clicked on it, he wondered if this was considered breaking the pact.

"Well, not really," he decided as he searched for more recent assignments. "After all, I'm only interested in fairies assigned to kids in Amity Park; it's a ghost hot zone, after all, and if Phantom ever figures out how to claim the place it'll become a known ghost territory. There would have to be a deal set with Phantom to allow kids with fairies to remain…"

And then he blinked as he found a particularly interesting entry.

Assignment: Daniel "Danny" James Fenton, Amity Park, Illinois. Reason for assignment: Neglectful parents, sister unable to always watch him, in need of more friends. Assigned godparents: Cosmo Cosma and Wanda Cosma. Assignment beginning: September 17, 2007. Assignment end: July 29, 2010. Reason for end: grew up and no longer needed godparents. Left on good terms with godparents. Willingly allowed memory wipe of all fairy-related events. (Assignment also terminated due to parent's interest in ghosts, causing concern for the fairy godparents assigned.)

Notes: Both cousins Timothy "Timmy" Tiberius Turner (of Dimmsdale, California) and Lynn Opal Smith (of Livermore, Colorado) have fairy godparents currently. Turner's godparents are Cosmo Cosma, Wanda Cosma, and infant Poof Cosma; Smith's godparent is Ione Castello.

Fenton is currently one of two natural human-ghost hybrids (halfas) in existence by the alias of Phantom, the other being Vladimir Masters/Plasmius. Has a clone who is also half-ghost, Danielle "Dani" Fenton/Phantom. Half-ghost status indicates that he is immune to normal fairy rules humans are subjected to and may be able to regain his memories of this time if he so wishes. More research on this is needed.

Ghostwriter stared at the passage, and then lightly chuckled. The halfa was involved with fae…what a coincidence.

Suddenly, there was a shout from outside the library. Ghostwriter peeked out of a window, green eyes widening at the sight before him.

It was not Plasmius, nor Skulker, nor any ghost he personally knew. But there was a ghost there, a skeleton ghost from the days of Pariah Dark, smirking evilly as he held the Ring of Rage in one hand and a fairy trapped in a butterfly net in the other.

A coincidence indeed – one that might just save all the worlds...