8-year-old Harry glanced up at his ghostly companion.

"What do you think, Danny?" The child asked his protector, and received a smile.

"Perfect," the ex-halfa smiled at the young boy. The duo was standing in front of a strange machine, about the size of a person's face, that had an octagonal chrome frame and glowed green on a strip of exposed ectoplasmic wires that helped run the device.

Danny Phantom and Harry Potter stood in front of a perfected proto-portal. "Did you remember to check the ecto-filtrator?" Danny asked.

"If I didn't, I would get ecto-acne and be shunned even more when I escape than I am now." The boy said to his best friend.

Danny had changed very little in the 8 years he had been in Harry's world. He still appeared 14, although his age was 22 years in actuality. His hair had grown out a little longer, and he still had his HAZMAT suit, but it had been too dirty to wear much longer. He kept it in a small box under Harry's tiny bed, and now wore a black tee-shirt with a faded ghostbuster's logo. He had black jeans with ripped knees, and had an iron chain hooked to them with a small DP logo charm and bed-sheet ghost charm attached. He looked like a relatively normal human in his disguise, except for his unnaturally white hair, which he dyed black and swept over his blazing green eyes, and could take care of Harry in front of people if need be. He had stolen clothes from donation bins for the child so he wouldn't have to wear Dudly's castoffs. Dudly had been a bully to the boy at first, but after Danny had sat down with him for a while, the child was more than happy to be nice and play with Harry. Instead of "Harry Hunting", as Dudley and Harry called their first years together, the Dursley boy had decided to slim down and became best friends, much to the elder Dursley's horror.

"Alright, get behind the glass," Danny smiled, and pulled Harry around a sheet of ecto glass. Harry picked up a small box on the table, and opened it, revealing a red button. Grinning, he pushed the button.

The portal turned on, slowly swirling, then shot a beam of ecto energy at the glass, which absorbed the beam. Slowly stabilizing, the portal became more regularly formed, with swirling red and green energy.

"Wow," Harry breathed. "It worked!"

"Now when you're ready to escape," Danny said, "You can touch the glass and become a halfa with much less pain."

Floating and landing beside Harry, the duo hugged. "Only in emergencies." Danny solemnly told Harry. /

"I know," The boy grumbled, but still looked pleased with himself. Opening the door to the small shack on the school roof to which he had snuck equipment from the science lab, Harry walked outside to look at the grounds of the small elementary school he attended with his cousin. Harry could do whatever her wanted, because he had Danny by his side.