Oh, God. Another alternate universe (AU) DP fic. I seriously need to write some canon universe DP fics. Someday, maybe...

Danny's character is changed a bit from the show. Just thought you should know. You'll see when you read!

That brings me to this. The disclaimer: I do not own any of these characters that you recognize from Danny Phantom. However; I do own any characters you don't recognize from Danny Phantom.

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Amazing Danny Phantom

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Introductory Chapter: The Accident

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Daniel "Danny" Fenton, was born on April 4th, 1990.

He was your average, ordinary guy until March 3rd, 2004, when he was thirteen years old. He had friends and family. He had to go to school and do homework. He had a curfew to get home late at night, which he was usually late for when he went to hang out with his friends.

Then again, he still has all those things. Except now, things are a bit...complicated, I guess you could say. What do I mean by this? Well...

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Danny Fenton and his friends stared at the strange new invention created by Danny's ghost-obsessed parents, Jack and Maddie Fenton. That was one of the many reasons Danny wasn't popular; his parents. They believed in ghosts, so Danny was automatically at the bottom of the social ladder. Luckily, he had his two best (and only) friends at his side.

African American, technological mastermind Tucker Foley had been and always will be Danny's best friend, ever since kindergarten or so. He was a techno-geek; he always had some sort of technology with him. He considered himself a ladies man (which he's not, in case you're wondering. He's hit on every girl at Casper High ... and failed). Tucker wore his usual yellow t-shirt, green baggy jeans, brown shoes, and – of course – black-framed glasses. Tucker was in the 'Trio'—as the friends were dubbed when talking about all three of them—since he was a techno-geek. The biggest techno-geek ever. Not only did he always have some sort of tech on him at all times, but he always at least tried to have more then he should. (He went through five PDAs in one day, once. Sam kept breaking them in anger. Long story.)

Slightly pale-skinned, independent Samantha 'Sam' Manson had been friends of Danny and Tucker since 1st grade. Since grade 6, she had dressed herself in all black. Well, except for the purple dot on her black t-shirt (which showed her midriff), and purple stripes on her black skirt. She was practically the only goth in Casper High, which is why she was a part in the Trio. That, and she favored being unique. Oh, that and she had a secret crush on Danny. (Well, it's secret to Danny, at least.) Sam's very good at hiding her emotions. And Danny's clueless. Put these together; and Danny never figures out Sam likes him. Sam was also the quietist of the Trio...though that wasn't saying much...

As for Danny himself, he was actually pretty normal. Well, except for his parents. Though he did have a slight mood swing problem, people got (and get) used to it. One moment he is cheerful or hyper, and next moment he's angry and annoyed. Usually he's rather indifferent. Whatever mood he was in, his care for his friends and family never faltered. Well, at least, his care for Sam never faltered. Tucker was usually the one to annoy or anger him every day, anyway. (That, and he has a crush on Sam. Not that he'd let anyone know that. Anyone.) Danny, even though he had these mood swings almost constantly, was usually very good at hiding his emotions. Usually. He wasn't as good at hiding emotions as Sam, but he was close.

As for his clothes; Sam convinced Danny (in 7th grade) to start wearing some black. He stopped wearing white t-shirts and wore black ones instead. (He hasn't worn a white t-shirt to go out into the public since unless absolutely necessary). That actually looked good on him. He kept wearing blue jeans, but even they looked pretty cool with the black t-shirt. He wasn't "goth" like Sam was, anyway.

Anyway, now that we have learned more about our...'heroes'—I guess you could call them—let's get on with the story.

Jack, Danny's father, spoke, "Kids...this...is our finest work." He motioned to the new machine . It was, basically, just a hole in the wall. Both the doorway and inside it were shaped like a hexagon.

"Uh...what exactly...is it?" Danny asked, crossing his arms to try and hide his amusement and resisted the urge to smile at his father's personality. Jack was always cheerful and almost oblivious to the world around him. Especially when working on an invention.

"'It'...is the Fenton Portal." Jack answered, proudly.

Tucker whispered to Danny, "Yup, not egoistical at all." Danny snickered at Tucker's remark.

Maddie, Danny's mother, explained, "Well, we call it the Fenton Portal since it is our portal."

"Though we did make the prototype way back in college. With our old college pal, Vladdie!" Jack grinned.

"Uh-huh..." Danny frowned. He had an 'uncle' Vlad? Who knew?

Maddie continued, "Anyway...the Fenton Portal, also known as a Ghost Portal, is a gateway to another dimension..."

Tucker interupted, "The 'ghost dimension'?"

"Well, yes. We call it the 'Ghost Zone'. It's easier to say." Maddie answered.

"And spell." Jack added.

The Trio glanced at each other with knowing looks. Jack was brilliant...when it came to ghosts, at least. Everything else...not so much. Danny's mother, however, was a genius, and much smarter in general. Compared to Jack. Especially compared to Jack.

"Anyway...we were waiting for you to get home to activate the portal. Because it's important for all Fentons to be present during this...this..." Jack trailed off.

Maddie offered, "Glorious?"

"... Glorious, yeah. Glorious event." Jack seemed proud in himself to use such a word.

"Then where's Jazz?" Danny pointed out, unamusement clear in his voice and expression.

Jack and Maddie glanced at each other nervously.

Maddie sighed, "Well, Jazz...she...you know she hates (and doesn't believe in) ghosts, so...we didn't bother."

Jazz was, supposedly, the first Fenton ever to not believe in anything supernatural. Well, as far back as 'supernatural history' goes, at least. Danny himself believed in ghosts. He thought they were cool. He really wanted to see one, someday. If they exist. He believed in them, yeah, but sometimes he was a bit skeptical

"Oh. Ok."

"Wait," Sam spoke up for practically the first time being in the lab. "Why is Tucker here? And—more importantly—why am I here?"

Danny answered for his parents, "Because you're my friends."

Tucker blinked, "That doesn't mean we believe in ghosts. Though, personally, I believe in 'em." Tucker pulled out his PDA and began messing with it. He held up the screen and showed it to the other four people in the room, striking a dramatic pose. He held the PDA high into the air. The screen flashed the number 96.430478230482414832048. Tucker said, "According to my calculations, there's a 96.430478230482414832048percent chance the Ghost Zone exists." Tucker then exited the dramatic pose to fiddle with his PDA for another moment before entering the same dramatic pose. The number: 67.146516731456134341846164985423446610619164678941515348641318413 flashed on the screen. Tucker said, "And there's a 67.146516731456134341846164985423446610619164678941515348641318413 percent chance that ghosts exist. So that means there's more of a chance of the Ghost Zone thing existing then the ghost's themselves."

"I like those odds!" Jack grinned. Danny blinked in confusion.

Sam sighed, "Well, I believe in ghosts, but I don't need to make calculations on a silly PDA, like certain techno-freaks in this room."

Tucker pouted at the goth. He got the puppy-dog expression and tears formed in his eyes, "Did...you just...insult me...and my 'baby'?" He put his PDA away and buried his face in his hands and began fake-crying.

Sam played along. She got a guilty look on her face, "Oh, Tucker...I'm sorry. I didn't mean to insult you. It just slipped out of my mouth. I mean...tech's your thing. I'm sorry."

"...Are you...really?" Tucker asked, peeking through his fingers.

"Yes. I'm sorry for insulting you...and your 'baby'." Sam said, making quotation marks with her fingers before crossing her arms.

At this point of the rather strange conversation, Danny burst out laughing.

"Good." Tucker returned to normal and pulled out his PDA and began 'petting' it, "She didn't mean it when she insulted us...no..."

Danny stopped laughing and stared at Tucker in confusion, then at Sam with a knowing look. He muttered, "Something tells me she didn't mean the apology either."

Sam shrugged at him, then looked at the Fenton Portal. The goth girl asked, "So, are we here to watch a supernatural portal thing get activated, or are we going to insult Tucker some more and then we have to apologize for it?"

"I vote for portal activation. Though, insulting Tucker would be amusing to see him fake cry again." Danny nodded.

"Me, too. I vote portal activation. I agree wholeheartedly with Danny on the insulting Tucker issue, though." Sam nodded.

Tucker grinned, "Me, three! But I disagree with the whole insult Tucker thing. He really is a cool and awesome guy, if you get to know him."

Maddie watched the three friends in amusement. She asked Jack, "Don't they remind us of us when we were younger?"

"Yes, they do. Now, let's activate this baby!" Jack held up the final plug for the Fenton Portal. The Trio watched as Jack quickly and not-that-dramatically plugged in the final cord to the wall. "BANZAI!" Everyone looked at the portal expectantly.

A few seconds passed.

Jack spoke, "Any moment now!" Thirty seconds passed. "...Soon!" Jack grinned. A minute was gone. "...Someday..." Jack's grin shrank slightly. A few minutes passed. "...Now!...Soon..." Jack's grin was almost gone.

"Uh, Mr. Fenton...maybe it's...not working?" Sam spoke up. Even though she was usually the quiet one, she was a bit braver when it came to speaking up at times that both Danny and Tucker weren't. This was one of those times. Though she seemed more and more outgoing in the past few years of hanging out with Danny and Tucker. Danny didn't want to disappoint his father more by saying aloud that the portal wasn't working, and Tucker had stopped looking at the portal and was now playing a game on his PDA. With the volume turned down, of course.

"I don't understand...all that work...but..." Jack shook his head in confusion.

Maddie sighed, "Maybe we got some calculations wrong. Come on, Jack, let's go check." She took his arm in (both of) her own and led him up the stairs.

"Yeah, maybe we made a wrong calculation! TO THE CALCULATIONS!" Jack boomed cheerfully, dragging Maddie the rest of the way into wherever they kept their calculations and such. Danny guessed it was in their room as he heard them go up more stairs.

"Cool, we're alone in the lab." Sam spoke up.

Danny shrugged, "Big deal. I've been alone down here a lot. The computer down here is the best of them all." Danny nodded at the computer nearby.

"Yes, but there wasn't a cool portal thing in the wall, was there?" Sam asked, walking over to said portal.

Danny followed her cautiously as Sam looked into the hexagonal hole. Danny stood in front of Sam almost protectively as he looked into the portal. Sam blinked in surprise and confusion, but didn't say anything. Danny frowned, "Maybe there is no ghost dimension."

"Ghost Zone." Tucker corrected. He walked over to the other two, putting his PDA away.

Danny rolled his eyes, "Yeah, yeah. Still..." Danny looked into the portal thoughtfully.

"What kind of things do you think are on the other side?" Sam asked Danny.

Danny replied, "I don't know...but I'm going to find out." Danny walked away from the portal and into a closet in the lab. Tucker and Sam glanced at each other in confusion. Danny came out of the closet, wearing a white hazmat suit with black gloves and boots. There was a picture of Jack's head on the chest of the hazmat.

"No way." Sam shook her head, "You are not going into that portal"—Danny opened his mouth to protest, but Sam continued—"with the face of your father on the chest. Just...ew." Sam ripped off the picture of Jack.

"Thanks." Danny said. He walked past Sam and stepped into the portal.

Sam gasped, "Wait!" Danny turned to look out of the portal. Sam pulled out a camera. Sam grinned, "Say 'Fenton'." She aimed the camera at Danny.

Danny grinned and waved, "Fenton!" Sam snapped the photo. Danny and Tucker were the only ones that knew that Sam had a secret ambition to be a journalist. In fact, nether Danny or Tucker knew about this until recently. Sam began taking random pictures. They asked why she had a camera with her at almost all times and she admitted she had a side-hobby of photography. And since she was a very talented writer, she worked for the school newspaper...for extra credit, of course...

"We can put this in the yearbook. 'Youngest Fenton (at the time this photo was taken) goes into strange portal thing created by parents.'" Tucker joked.

Danny rolled his eyes and turned back into the portal to walk deeper inside. He said, "You know, it's not so bad in here. Dark, depressing, scary..."

"Sounds like heaven." Sam said, sarcastically.

"Goth heaven." Danny answered, grinning to himself.

"Danny, even I couldn't live in there. It's too...creepy." Sam frowned.

"Hey, I think I saw a spider..." Danny said, mostly to himself. He did, actually, see a spider. (He knew that Sam liked spiders...)

Sam said, thoughtfully, "Well, if the spiders like it..."

Danny ignored this and noted, "Getting darker the further I go inside..." Danny put his hand on the side of the portal wall so he wouldn't trip.

Unfortunately, his hand pressed something. A switch? What...Danny looked at his hand and removed it from the wall. He could barely make out the word On. Why is the 'on' button inside the portal? Danny thought. His eyes widened. Wait...that button wasn't pressed, so...GET OUT OF THE PORTAL Danny turned and tried to run out of the portal...

...only to be blasted in the back by emerald green ectoplasmic energy...

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...He's a Phantom...

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...Danny was being electrocuted by green, ghostly energy, inside the portal.

Sam and Tucker could only watch through the windows on the doors of the portal. The portal's doors closed when Danny accidentally turned on the portal and they couldn't open the doors. Danny bounced around the inside of the portal, screaming. They could barely hear the screams, but they still winced slightly. Soon, Danny was sent flying from the opened doors and hit the wall. The doors closed again.

"Danny!" Sam gasped, running over to him. However, she stopped short when she got a good look at her best friend (and secret—event to herself—crush).

His appearance had changed. First of all; the hazmat suit. It was now black hazmat with white gloves, boots and belt instead of the other way around. The most obvious change was his whole body was glowing green slightly, and now his skin was so pale it was almost white. Speaking of white, his raven black hair was now full snowy white. Well, except his hair had some black outlines added in every once in a while, it was still basically white.

Danny's eyes opened. Sam gasped softly at the sight of his eyes. Instead of his usual sparkling sky blue, Danny had glowing green eyes...Danny stared quietly at the goth girl before speaking in a raspy voice; he was only able to say one word: "...Sam...?" Before Danny fainted again. Sam and Tucker watched as two light green rings appeared around Danny's waist...

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"AAAAAAAAARGH!" Danny woke up with a scream, sitting up. The first thing he saw was Sam and Tucker, who stared at him in surprise.

"Danny!" Sam stood up from the chair beside Danny's bed and hugged him, "We thought you were dead!"

"...W...what? Why...what happened?" Danny asked, confused. Then he scowled slightly (though he was blushing a slight red), "And can you please stop hugging me before I do die!? Sam pulled away, blushing a light pink color that clashed greatly with her raven black hair and dark clothing. Danny's scowl vanished—as well as his blush—and was replaced by a confused frown.

Tucker explained, "You went into the portal, remember?"

"...Oh...right..." Danny put a hand on his forehead. "All I remember is...pain. Pain...lots of pain. Like I was on fire. L-like...my whole DNA was being ripped apart and restored or something." Tucker and Sam glanced at each other a bit nervously.

Sam said, "Um...there's...something else."

"What?" Danny asked, looking at her.

"When you came out of the portal you were...different. You were...your hair was white and...eyes were green..." Sam trailed off.

Danny looked down at himself to see his black t-shirt and blue jeans, "Where'd the hazmat go? And what do you mean I looked different?"

"The hazmat was black instead of white. Your hair and eyes were different. Your skin was white, and your whole body was..." Tucker paused, "glowing."

"...A ghost?" Danny asked, fearfully. He asked, "What about now? Where'd the hazmat go?"

Sam sighed, "Well...it 'went away'"—cue quotation marks with her fingers—"after you changed back. It was weird. You went flying out of the portal and looked like a...a...ghost, and then there was this...flash and you...changed back to normal."

Danny sighed in relief, "So I'm not dead. That's good."

"...Uh, about that..." Sam nervously smiled. "When you changed back to normal, when we picked you up to carry you upstairs..." Sam hesitated for a moment and coughed, her smile gone, "...you, ah...um...went through our arms a few times..."

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Notes/Trivia

The date being March 3 is a reference to the fact the first episode of DP was originally aired on April 3. How do you get March 3 from that? If the date in the DP universe is the date that the episode airs, and Danny had his powers for a month by Mystery Meat, Danny got zapped by the Fenton Portal and, ultimately, got ghost powers on March 3rd.

Some DxS fluff. Just little things, though.

Jazz is mentioned, but doesn't actually 'appear'.

First ghost power Danny ever uses: intangibility, though it was only mentioned by Sam, not narrated for real.

This story is in a slightly different format then most of my others.

First 'Appearances': Daniel 'Danny Fenton', Jack Fenton, Maddie Fenton, Tucker Foley, Samantha 'Sam' Manson, Danny's ghost form (which hasn't been named yet, obviously)

Running Gags introduced that appear throughout the story: 1) Danny having slight mood swings at random times.