So I saw a post a while ago (made by tumblr user manipulere) about an AU where paranormal things happen around Danny after he becomes half-ghost. I remembered the concept today and was struckby sudden inspiration to do a buch of one-chots in that AU universe. Introducing Changes. The length of each one-shot will vary and their might be some time jumps in there but they'll all take place in an AU universe where Danny causes paranormal activity on his own long before the first few ghosts actually manage to get out of the portal. Some other things to note about this AU: All Fenton tech is equipped with anti-ghost software that means Danny can't touch it without getting burned or injured in some way(this makes things like the Fenton Thermos or the Ops Center almost impossible for Danny to use). Also, people believe Maddie and Jack about the ghosts and have ever since Danny got his powers so they have a lot of credibility around Amity and no one really thinks Danny is in a family full of nut-jobs, Danny gets picked on for other things like his general scrwany-ness and his shy personality.

P.S. This is actually my first published phanfic so my characterization and writing are most likely going to get better as I post more, please bear with me. Also this is basically just an intro so the next chapter is the first 'official' one-shot.

Disclaimer: I don't own DP or the original idea for this AU (which belongs to tumblr user manipulere)

A lot of things changed after the accident. After all, a huge amount of ectoplasmic energy blasting through a human body and molding with its DNA isn't something you leave unscathed. Danny knew things would change the moment the ethereal green light blinded him and he woke up with the ability to fly and pass through objects and do all sorts of freaky stuff. He knew something about him was different and going to be different for the rest of his life. Well, at the time he had thought he was actually dead so afterlife had been more fitting, but once he'd figured out how to change (much to the relief of Sam and Tucker who had thought they'd basically killed their best friend) he'd realized just how royally screwed he was. Of course that was only the beginning.

Three days after the accident (or AHD, After Half-Death, as Tucker sometimes called it) the calls started coming in. Amity Park seemed to be undergoing a mass haunting and as the only two resident ghost hunters it was Maddie and Jack Fenton's job to get rid of all those pesky poltergeists.

The first time it was the English textbooks in Mr. Lancer's room hurling themselves off the shelves and out the window when he assigned Danny's class a 30 page reading assignment and essay. Some kid called in the Fentons as a joke; "Oh look a ghost knocked those books. Let's call the eccentric scientists so we can laugh as they try to figure it out." Imagine how surprised everyone was when they found trace amounts of spectral energy.

Then it was those lockers slamming open and closed while Dash had cornered Danny with a wet towel in his hand in the locker room. Danny had been panicked, desperately trying to keep his new mysterious powers from running loose, when a strange light had flooded the room and Dash had run screaming, Danny right behind him. After all that's what you do when you see ghostly activity, that and call the Fentons.

The third time it happened, Danny was pulling himself out of bed after an exhausting night of nightmares. He'd been having a lot of those since the accident; just another AHD symptom that he would have to deal with along with having strange abilities and shivering at random times. He had been preparing himself for another grueling day when weird noises echoed around his bedroom and the lights in the bathroom next door flickered on and off.

By then Danny had suspected that maybe these "hauntings" had more to do with him than he'd originally thought. This was confirmed when the temperature dropped after Danny tripped and fell face-first into his lunch tray and, instead of laughing at him, everyone was doing their best not to look near him. They were all shifting nervously. When Danny asked Tucker and Sam what was wrong Sam just said, "Something really creepy is going on and I don't know what but I think you might be causing it."

Several embarrassing moments Tucker claimed were "for science" later confirmed the theory that Danny's emotions were linked to the spectral energy messing with people's lives. Danny started to research more mythological lore, scared he would do something that was a big no-no for ghosts and would get him injured, or sick, or something worse deader inside than he already was. He started to avoid salt at all cost (which meant no more Nasty Burger hangouts much to Tucker's disappointment). He stayed away from the one church Amity Park had and all other buildings that counted as religious establishments. He got rid of everything iron he could find that his parents would probably not miss and convinced his dad to have a spontaneous garage sale to get rid of the rest of it.

All in all, Danny thought he'd done a pretty good job of making his AHD life passingly normal.

Yeah right.