Chapter 1

A/N: yes, I am totally revisiting my childhood and doing one of my fanfics based on Danny Phantom! One of the greatest shows ever! I will be changing some things to suit my needs; so deal with it!

Danny—Bumblebee (black hair with blonde streaks, blue eyes, deathly pale skin, wears: black, torn jeans; yellow, muscle shirt, with two black stripes on the left side; black combat boots, silver cuffs on his wrists, and a sliver chain on his hip)

Jazz—Arcee (brunette with pink and blue highlights, blue eyes, slight tan, wears: blue jacket, pink tank-top, jeans, and boots. She's going to be Elita's younger sister, but she's only older than 'Bee by a few years, so she's still young enough to be in high school)

Vlad—Megatron (will be described later)

Sam—Moonrose (blonde hair, blue eyes, pale skin, wears: blue tank-top, black jeans, black combat boots, silver eyeshadow, black eyeliner and mascara)

Tucker—Soundwave (black hair, violet eyes, very pale, wears: thin-rimmed glasses, violet jacket, navy t-shirt, black cargo pants, and combat boots)

Maddie—Elita One (brown hair, blue-green eyes, tan, wears: violet business jacket, black slacks, black heels, and white undershirt)

Jack—Wheeljack (grey hair, green eyes, white jumpsuit with red and green stripes, tan; he won't be Bumblebee's and Arcee's father in this story, he'll be their uncle; Optimus will be their father {he has pale skin, black hair, royal blue eyes, normally dressed in a blue dress shirt with black slacks})/Bulkhead (black hair, dark skin, green eyes, cameo jumpsuit; Wheeljack's best friend and lab partner)

Dash—Barricade (blonde hair, slight tan, red eyes, wears: black and white letterman, converses, jeans, and white shirt)

Mr. Lancer—Ultra Magnus (blonde, blue eyes, red dress shirt, and navy slacks)

Other characters will be introduced later. I sadly do not own TFP or Danny Phantom.

"So you kids want to learn how to fight ghosts?" Wheeljack asked looking down at the three teens he held hostage in the lab.

"Actually, I'm kinda in line to be the next Prime," Bumblebee said rubbing his head sheepishly.

"I was into ghosts, but they're so mainstream now," Moonrose said crossing her arms.

"Waist all this on ghosts?" Soundwave asked gesturing to himself. "No way!"

"Well if you do, there's several things you need to know," Wheeljack stated going over to a counter full of beakers and tubes.

Bumblebee jumped as a chill ran through him and a blue mist exited his mouth. "Scrap," he whispered looking towards a blue portal glowing from a door in the wall. Two octopi ghosts emerged and wrapped around his friends, muffling their surprised cries. Making sure the ghost hunter wasn't paying attention, he dove and transformed, beginning to fight the ghosts. They dropped his friends back into their chairs shaking, and the ghosts were tossed back through the portal before it closed. As the inventor turned around, 'Bee flew to his chair while simultaneously transforming; sitting as if nothing happened.

"Personally I'd never seen a ghost, but when I do I'll be ready! And so will you! Weather you wanna be or not!" Bulkhead exclaimed coming down the stairs. Walking over he handed them a thermos. "This is a Ghost Thermos! It's supposed to trap ghosts, but since it doesn't work right now it's just a thermos." The buff man then pointed to the now closed portal door. "And this is the Spacebridge! It lets ghosts into our world weather we want it to or not! And some day, I'll figure out how it works too!" The pair loomed over the slightly shaking teens. "So who wants to hunt ghosts?!"

Soundwave and Moonrose were shaking in their seats, and Bumblebee was trying to keep his abilities under control; the last thing he needed was anyone learning he was half ghost. "They're so excited they can't even speak!" Wheeljack said working on something.

-.-

Elita One stood at the table with a blowtorch, fixing something that her Uncle Wheeljack made explode…again. Arcee sat on the other side of the table near her nephew reading a book on "how to survive adolescence through therapy." Bumblebee just ignored them and focused on the book he was supposed to finish over the weekend, and wolfing down his food. Just as he was about to bite into his bacon, his arm phase-shifted and it fell back onto his plate. Seeing his slightly faded arm, the fourteen-year-old quickly hid it behind his back.

"Two more days, and it'll be done," Eilta said.

"What did you say?! It's done?!" both Bulkhead and Wheeljack asked simultaneously. Her uncle took the device from her hands, and turned it on. "This baby uses satellites to lead you right to the ghosts!"

"It uses what to track what?" Bumblebee asked visibly paling.

"Welcome to the Ghost Finder. A ghost is near, walk forwards," the device spoke. Bumblebee pressed himself against the wall, as the device lead the crazy hunters towards him. "Ghost located. Thank you for using the Ghost Finder."

"That's why I said two more days! It's not done yet!" Eilta scolded taking the device and locking it away in a safe. "It's pretty obvious that my son isn't a ghost."

'Bee turned invisible for a split second in front of them, but they failed to notice. "Well…um…there's something I need to tell you," he said; not that the adults heard, but Arcee did.

"That's not all you need 'Bee," she said grabbing her nephew, "you need guidance! And a family who isn't crazy or busy enough to do it! Come you poor, unwanted wretch; I'll drive you to school." Grabbing their things, Arcee dragged the very confused teen to the garage.

"Hmm…Arcee never takes 'Bee to school," Eilta said a little surprised by her little sister's actions.

"Then there's only one thing it could mean…" Bulkhead said. "That's not Arcee. That's a ghost! BUMBLEBEE NO! IT'S A TRAP!"

The two ghost hunters bolted past Optimus as he came through the door; what confused him was that his wife was giving chase and shouting something about Arcee not being a ghost. "It's too early for this," he grumbled rubbing a hand down his face and going to get his coffee.

-.-

"Think I should tell them?" 'Bee asked Moonrose and Soundwave as they walked down the stairs to lunch.

"Why? Parents don't listen. Better yet, they don't understand! WHY CAN'T THEY EXECPT ME FOR WHO I AM?!" she hollered.

"Rose. My powers, my problems," he redirected the conversation.

"Oh…right," she said smiling sheepishly.

"It's been a month since the accident, and I still have no control over my powers. If people find out, I'll go from geek to freak around here!" he exclaimed.

"Kinda like you're doing now?" Soundwave said making 'Bee realize he was slowly sinking into the floor. His friends pulled him up and watched as his legs go from faded back to normal.

"Seriously?! If Wheeljack can accidently invent something that turns me half-ghost, why can't he have something to turn me back to normal?!" Bumblebee snarled as he phase shifted through a vending machine.

"Come on 'Bee! different is good!" Moonrose encouraged. "That's why I avoid anything mainstream; I wanna be different from the rest of the crowd. I even got the school board to agree on a new menu for the cafeteria this week!"

"This won't mess with my six-year all-meat-streak will it?" Soundwave asked.

Moonrose just grinned, and dragged both boys towards the cafeteria. "Welcome to Ultra-Recyclo-Vegetarian Week!"

"What have you done?!" the tech-geek exclaimed.

"Wave, it's time for a change," she said leading them through the line. Instead of the normal food, they were given basically a bun with grass on it.

-.-

"You sure about this?" Bulkhead asked as he and Wheeljack worked on a vacuum-like device.

"I'm certain! This will suck the ghost right outta her!" Wheeljack exclaimed.

"But what if Arcee isn't a ghost? What if we hurt her?"

"The Ghost Vacuum doesn't hurt people…unless you get too close to your hair," he said crying out as said thing happened to him.

Behind them the bridge activated and an older lady stepped out. "Oh…somebody changed the menu," she said chipperly floating up through the roof. Neither ghost hunter noticed.

-.-

"Rose…you think this is a little extreme?" Bumblebee asked cautiously poking the bread with a spork.

"Ms. Sparks," Ultra Magnus said walking up to them, "the school board wanted me to personally thank you for bringing in this lovely experiment to our cafeteria this week!"

Soundwave caught the smell of something familiar, and sniffed harder. "Meat! Near!" he exclaimed glaring at the teacher.

"No, no. The rumors about the all steak buffet in the teacher's lounge are just rumors," he said. "Thanks again!" And with that the man was walking away quickly.

"Yea, thanks," Soundwave grumbled sarcastically. "I so wanna eat garbage."

"It's not garbage!" Moonrose retorted.

"It's garbage," both boys said.

"PRIME!" a voice shouted as some mud hit the back of Bumblebee's head. Barricade Converse, quarterback of the football team, and resident school bully stormed over with a plate with mud on it. "I asked for three mud pies; ya wanna know what they gave me?! Three mud pies! As in mud! From the ground! All because of your girlfriend!"

"She's not my girlfriend!"

"I'm not his girlfriend!"

"These are the best years of my life! After this it's all downhill for me! So how am I supposed to enjoy them by eating mud?!" Barricade snarled shoving it into the other boy's face. "Eat it; all of it!"

'Bee glanced nervously at the plate; no way in the name of his ancestors was he eating that. But Barricade didn't know who his father was, if he did things would be much different for him; and he'd personally liked to keep things the way they were. Unfortunately, that meant dealing with bullies the normal way. A light blue fog exited his mouth, drawing his attention away from the substance before him, looking in the kitchen he saw a floating old lady with a slight glow about her. "GARBAGE FIGHT!" he shouted hurling the mud into the bully's face. As a result, chaos ensued and a food fight began.

"YOU'RE SO DEAD PRIME!" Barricade shouted at him before he got hit in the face with another mud pie.

"Great, I'm still the favorite," Bumblebee muttered as he slunk away. Yanking down his friends, the trio carefully made their way to the kitchen.

"She looks like my grandma," Soundwave whispered.

"Shouldn't she be haunting a bingo hall?" 'Bee growled.

"Hello dearies, can you help me?" the old lunch lady said noticing the young teens. "Today's supposed to be meatloaf, but I can't find it. Did someone change the menu?"

"Yea, she did," Soundwave said pointing at Moonrose.

"YOU CHANGED THE MENU?! THE MENU HAS BEEN THE SAME FOR OVER FIFTY YEARS!" she shouted.

"Get behind me!" 'Bee ordered.

His friends did as asked and stood behind him. "Wow, I feel safe," the girl spoke sarcastically.

"I'm going ghost!" 'Bee said transforming into Yellowjacket. His clothes were replaced with black and yellow armor, his hair reversed its colors to where it was blonde with black streaks running through it, like many ghosts his canines grew into fangs, and finally his eyes turned from brilliant blue to a light violet. He flew up to the spirit looking rather uncertain; he's hadn't had a lot of practice with the whole ghost thing. "I command you to…uh…go away!"

Knives flew out of their drawers towards the Halfling; phase shifting, Yellowjacket avoided the blades as they impaled the wall behind him. Hearing a cry, he saw plates hurling towards Moonrose; swiftly flying over he caught all of them by some miraculous way. More flew towards Soundwave, and he also caught them before quickly setting all the heavy plates down on the counter.

"Well, if this whole Prime thing doesn't work out, I'll have an exciting career as a bus boy," 'Bee commented as he set down the last ones. He flew in front of his friends, as the ovens began shaking violently.

"I CONTROL LUNCH! LUNCH IS SACRED! LUNCH HAS RULES! Anyone want cake?" They all nodded and she burst into flames again. "TOO BAD! CHILDREN WHO CHANGE MY MENU DO NOT GET DESSERT!"

The old woman disappeared, and the stoves fired green flames from them. The group managed to dodge, only to look up and see said stoves flying at them. Thinking quickly, Yellowjacket grabbed his friends and phase shifted, hoping his plan would work.

The trio skid along the floor of the hallway on the other side of the wall, and they could hear the crashes of the stoves on the other side.

"It worked!"

"This is the thanks I get for being an individual?!" Moonrose snarled.

Suddenly the lights went out above them and lockers began to fly open, and a harsh wind flew through the hallway towards the ghost.

"Lamb chops…steak…ribs…BACON!" Soundwave exclaimed seeing the meat fly past them and attach themselves to the ghost-lady.

-.-

"Ladies and Gentlemen of the faculty, I present your all-steak-buffet," Ultra Magnus said, only for them to gasp as they saw no meat on the table. "PARADISE LOST!"

-.-

"Be prepared to learn why meat is the most powerful of the five food groups!" the ghost exclaimed. "Cookie?" The trio shook their heads and she growled. "THEN PERISH!"

"Forget it!" Yellowjacket said standing in front of Moonrose. He prepared to fire something from his hand, only to transform back to himself. "That was not the plan!"

Moonrose gasped as her friend was swatted aside, and into Soundwave; slamming both boys into the lockers, dazing them. She struggled as the ghost grabbed her, and before they knew it; Moonrose was gone in a wave of meat.

"C'mon, change back!" Soundwave said. "We gotta go!"

"You two aren't going anywhere!" Magnus snapped grabbing both boys.

"Told ya you'd pay Prime," Barricade sneered as they were dragged down to the teacher's office.

"Soundwave Grevers, let's see: chronic tardiness, repeated loitering by the girl's locker room, and hacking into the school mainframe. Bumblebee Prime: twelve dropped beakers in the last month, but otherwise no major mischief before today," Ultra Magnus smiled setting both teen's files on his desk. "So tell me, WHY DID YOU TWO CONSPIRE TO DESTROY THE SCHOOL CAFETERIA?!"

"Barricade started it!" 'Bee snapped. "He threw…"

"Four touchdown passes in the last game exempts him from scorn; you two however, are not," he said circling them like a shark. "I'll give you your punishment when I come back. Converse, watch the door."

The two extra people left in the room sighed. "We need to find Rose, for some reason, I feel like I got her kidnaped," Soundwave said getting up.

"Maybe it's because you told the ghost she changed the menu?" 'Bee suggested sarcastically as he turned back into his alter-ego. "How bout that?"

The pair went over to the school cameras, and Soundwave flew through them. "Got it! Basement below us!" he said.

Nodding, 'Bee took his friend's arm and they phase shifted through the floor.

"Gentlemen your punishment will be…" Ultra Magnus stopped as he noticed that both were gone. "WORSE THAN YOU CAN IMAGNINE!"

-.-

"It's my dream come true!" Soundwave said hugging one of the giant meat boxes.

"How is it I have the super powers and you're the weird one?" Yellowjacket asked.

Both guys jumped as they heard laughter; peaking around a corner they spotted the lunch lady and Moonrose trapped in a pile of meat. "Meat is good for kids, it helps them grow and makes them strong. Why won't you eat it?"

"We don't need meat; you know what it is? Fat!" the blonde retorted.

"SILENCE! YOU NEED DISIPLINE, MANNERS, RESPECT! YOU KNOW WHERE THAT COMES FROM?! MEAT! So chicken or fish?"

"I'll deal with the ghost, you get Rose out of that pile of meat," 'Bee whispered.

"Way ahead of you," Soundwave grinned pulling out a knife and fork. Flying out, Yellowjacket slammed his fist into the ghost lady, sending her into a wall. As he chased after Soundwave ran out and began cutting at the meat. "Don't worry, I'll have you out in no time!"

"Really?!"

Bumblebee flew down ready to kick her back to her own dimension, when he was suddenly hanging upside down, by said ghost holding his foot. "SEE! THIS IS WHY YOU NEED MEAT! YOU'RE SKIN AND BONES!" she shouted hurling him away.

Expecting to be slammed into the wall, 'Bee phase shifted only to end up going halfway through the wall and then into the floor. Coming back up, he remained in his phase shift as several kabobs flew through him at an alarming speed. The lunch lady hollered in fury, and all the meat in the room attached to her; and a bigger version of the meat monster stood before them. The massive hand reached down and plucked 'Bee up.

"Help's on the way!" Soundwave said still holding his utensils. She hurled Yellowjacket towards a wall, which he phase shifted through, before looking down at the remaining teens. "Run?"

"Run," Moonrose agreed as they both ran away screaming towards the exit. However, a giant pile of meat crashed there, and they were forced to run another direction. Coming back through the wall Yellowjacket gasped as he saw his friends being chased by the monster. He shot past it like a bullet, grabbed his friends, and phase shifted them all through the wall and out of the building. Both friends looked at him concerned as they saw how exhausted he looked. "Geez 'Bee, fighting mean monsters, flying through walls; you must be exhausted."

"What? No I'm not! What gave you…that idea…?" he said before passing out and dropping them all to the ground before transforming back to normal again.

-.-

Optimus opened the door as he walked inside, his sister-in-law Arcee right behind him; he had to pick her up since her motorcycle broke down, and Eilta was working late. "Hello?" they said. Suddenly two smoke bombs landed next to them, and they coughed as they went off.

"NOW BULKHEAD! HIT HER! I'M GOING IN HAVE MY BACK!" Wheeljack shouted.

When the smoke cleared, Arcee was trying to get the vacuum out of her hair, and both ghost hunters realized they were holding onto Optimus. As the teen stormed off, they released Optimus and wiped away some imaginary dust on clothes. The Prime was actually about to reprimand them when the door opened, revealing Moonrose and Soundwave lugging an unconscious Bumblebee.

"Oh…Hi Mr. Prime!" Soundwave said cheerily. "What a school day, 'Bee kinda nodded off, figured we'd bring him back, and take him to his room without any questions asked!" They ran past as fast as they could with the dead weight, and made their way up the stairs. Leaving the adults to stare after confused.

Wheeljack made a humming sound as they went. "Wheeljack, if you even think of trying something like this again, I will personally throw you in the brig for a week!" Optimus warned as he read the man's thoughts.

-.-

"Ugh…what happened?" 'Bee asked holding his head when he woke up.

"You passed out; we brought you home," Soundwave explained. "You've been out for four days!"

"FOUR DAYS?!"

The tech geek laughed at his friend's reaction; it was just as he hoped it'd be. "Na, just a few hours," he chuckled.

"Knock it off! This is the second time today your carelessness almost got him killed!" Moonrose scolded.

"I almost got him killed?! As I recall you were the one who had to thin outside the box! You just had to take the meat away!" Soundwave snarled back as he started walking out of the room. "And I'm gonna get it back!"

"If you wanna change that menu, YOU'LL HAVE TO GO THOUGH ME TO DO IT!" Moonrose shouted as she stormed after, slamming the door behind her.

Bumblebee sighed as he sat up, only to jump as the door opened. "What was that about?" Optimus asked hoping for an explanation on why his son's friends were having a screaming match as they left the mansion.

"Wave's just mad that Rose managed to change the menu for the week," 'Bee said. "Can't say I blame him; no meat for a whole week? That's cruel and unusual punishment."

Optimus just shook his head, a slight smile on his face. "Oh, the troubles of being a teenager," he chuckled. "Perhaps it'll be back to normal tomorrow."

"Hopefully…"

-.-

"You were saying?" Bumblebee asked as Optimus dropped him off.

On one side of the parking lot, a giant meat festival was going on. There were barbeques, meat shaped balloons, even dancers dressed like meat. On a stage Soundwave stood with a microphone and most of the popular and athletic part of the student body. "WHAT DO WE WANT?!"

"MEAT!"

"WHEN DO WE WANT IT?!"

"NOW!"

"Apparently I stand corrected," Optimus replied as they looked to the other side of the parking lot where a bunch of hippies, goths, and other members of different social outcast groups stood.

"VEGGIES NOW! VEGGIES FOREVER! VEGGIES NOW! VEGGIES FOREVER!" Moonrose and many others chanted back.

"I will be eager to hear how this turns out later," Optimus smiled patting his son's shoulder. "Have a good day at school."

'Bee waved sadly as his dad drove away. Honestly he wished he could've gone with him; that mean he would deal with all this madness. "You put together two protests in one night?" he asked as his friend stood glaring at each other on either side of him.

"Meat eaters, always ready to fight. And our high-protein diets give us the energy to do it quickly," Soundwave said holding his head high.

"Vegetarians are always ready to protest! And since we don't need to waste time cooking our food, we can move even faster!" Moonrose hissed.

"Don't y'all think this is a little extreme?" 'Bee said trying to end the conflict.

"No! You're either with me!" Soundwave growled.

"Or against him!" Moonrose finished.

"SO WHO'S SIDE ARE YOU ON?!"

He was saved from answering as the meat trucks burst, and the biggest version of the meat monster they'd seen yet appeared. "IT'S LUNCH TIME!"

Everyone began screaming and running away in absolute terror. "Meat?! Why have you betrayed me?!" Soundwave cried out.

"Guys! I need y'all to make up! Now!" 'Bee said. His friends hugged each other, hiding him as his alter ego appeared. Yellowjacket shot off into the air, ready to fight.

On the other side of the school, Arcee was talking to one of the boys in her class. "Spike, you need to open up to your parents. Tell them how you feel. Be true to yourself and them. It's not like they'll attack you or anything," she said right as Wheeljack nabbed her with a net, dragging her away.

"If she was a ghost wouldn't she have phased through the net by now?" Bulkhead asked as Wheeljack dragged her over.

"IT'S BECAUSE I'M NOT A GHOST!" she hollered ripping the net off of herself. "You've ambushed me! Suffocated me with smoke! And pulled me away from Spike before he had his breakthrough! What do you have to say for yourselves?!"

"EAT HOT GHOST THERMOS!" Wheeljack shouted pointing it at her, only for it to not work. "Scrap!"

They failed to notice the battle going on, on the other side of campus. Yellowjacket dodged the incoming attacks. Swinging behind it, he delivered a vicious kick to the back of its head; with enough force to send it crashing into the ground.

"He really is getting better," Soundwave commented as they watched. Only to wince a moment later as their friend was slammed up into the air. Bumblebee phase shifted through a plane, taking the water of some random passenger he cooled himself off as he shot back down. He slammed himself into the monster at full force, making a sizable crater in the ground, and scattering meat everywhere.

Yellowjacket shakily got to his feet, looking up he saw the lunch lady giving him a worried look. "Oh dear, what a mess. Are you ok?" she asked as he floated up.

"Yea, I'm fine," he grumbled rolling his shoulder.

"TOUGH! BEING OK IS NOT PART OF MY BALANCED DIET OF DOOM!" she shouted as several mini monsters formed in front of him.

Giving a strong roundhouse kick, he cut through all of them, only for them to reform. "Wasn't expecting that," he said, before he turned back into himself. "Or that." Bumblebee began to run as they gave chase. Grabbing onto his legs they drug him up into the air.

Wheeljack just stared at Arcee, not even noticing the explosion or shockwave nearby. "I, Wheeljack Spires, hereby turn my back on ghosts! Let it be known that I shall no longer hunt them! For they do not exist! And that this thermos cannot catch ghosts…because they are not real." He threw the thermos away, and glared at the ground.

'Bee grunted as a hard, metal object smacked him in the face. Grabbing it he realized it was the Ghost Thermos. "Something useful!" he said holding it. "Once I get it to work!" He cried out as they dropped him right over Wheeljack, Bulkhead, and Arcee. "Change back, change back, change back!" Transforming again, he flew right past them. "THANKS FOR THE THERMOS!"

"HA! I WAS RIGHT!" Wheeljack exclaimed laughing before a pile of meat fell on all of them.

Yellowjacket skid to a stop, hovering a few yards away from the enraged lunch lady. "SOUP'S NOT ON TODAY'S MENU!" she screamed at him seeing the thermos.

"I'm changing the menu! Permanently!" he snapped opening it. "Please work…" Aiming it at her, 'Bee channeled some of his power into it.

"NOOO!" she cried out as a white vortex sucked her inside.

Turning back to himself, Bumblebee slammed the lid shut and grinned. "What happened?! Where's the ghost?!" Moonrose asked as she and Soundwave ran over.

"Wheeljack has his moments," 'Bee grinned holding the thermos, only to hide it behind his back as said person approached.

"Ghost straight ahead. You would have to be some sort of moron to not notice the ghost directly ahead," the Ghost Finder said.

"You just missed him," 'Bee lied.

"WE GOT A RUNNER!" Wheeljack exclaimed as the pair chased after.

"Great, back to square one," Arcee grumbled walking away.

"So are you gonna tell 'em?" Soundwave asked.

"The crazy hunters? No way," 'Bee said. "I'm still debating on my parents, but hey, I think I figured out what these powers are for, they make me different, but they let me help people. For all I know it's part of my abilities as a Prime!"

"PRIME! SPARKS! GREVERS! YOU THREE ARE IN A WORLD OF TROUBLE!" Ultra Magnus shouted as he spotted the three across the school yard.

-.-

"SPARKS! PICK UP THAT STEAK! GREVERS GET THAT TURFWHICH!" the teacher shouted as both groaned.

Bumblebee used a broom and swept his portion past them, and Barricade, whom was leaning on the dumpster and laughing at them. Turning the corner, 'Bee put his hand on it and made it intangible; the meat inside fell onto the laughing jock, who sputtered in shock. "Hey, 'Bee, a little help?" he asked only able to get his head out of the pile.

"Sure thing Cade, sure thing," 'Bee smiled as his eyes developed a violet tint.

A/N: so that was the first chapter! Please review! I'd like to know if I should continue this?