Phantom Vampire

By: PhantomAerrow

Disclaimer: DO I look like Butch Hartman to you? No. Then I don't own Danny Phantom (sadly).

I DO own the story though and the OCs (Alexander, Lorraine, Dmitri, Olaf, and Jean - Jill)

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Authors Note's: I KNOW. I KNOW. I'm LUDICRISLY late. I have no other excuse other than life, and College. Oh, and Writers Block. When I started this Fanfiction, I was 14, about a week away from starting as a Freshman in Highschool. Now, I'm a Freshman in College. A lot has changed. I have No idea where I am going with this Fanfiction anymore, no idea where I WAS going even. HOWEVER: Since I still see that so many people still love this and want to see more, I am going to TRY. I have some ideas that might work, I think. So, I will try working those out.

BIG thanks to AnythingButRegular for sending me many many messages, especially today, that kept making me laugh and reminding me that this story was still loved, without your continual prodding, I probably would have left this project for bust!

I shall not be doing Review Replies for this chapter, too many, and I want to get to writing. However, a BIG THANK YOU to all my readers and reviewers: You guys are the reason I keep at least TRYING to write this thing!

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Chapter 19 – Questions & Answers

Danny's POV:

How long had it been now? A few hours? I'd lost track. Lorry and Alex had left me alone to reminisce with my friends. Alex had come down a few times, grabbing this or that, and had greeted them politely, but otherwise, they had stayed to themselves. I was grateful for that.

I'd explained everything I possibly could, answer every question thrown at me, and things finally seemed to be looking up once more. I was, honestly, stunned by how easily my friends had seemed to forgive him. They had looked pissed at some realizations, there had been a bit more angry talking, especially from Sam, but, things were going well. I was optimistic. That was, until I started finally being able to ask my own questions.

"What happened after I left?" Sam and Tucker exchanged a look, and Sam bit her lip before looking back to me.

"A lot happened Danny." She sighed "but the simple answer is that everything went to pot. Everyone thought you were dead, no one knew where Phantom went, and then the attacks from the ghost started. Without you, anyone who knew anything about fighting ghosts was out there trying to help. But your parents and Valerie can't do everything." I blinked and eyetwitched when I heard her name. Shit. I'd forgotten about her! I eyed the door to the house, half expecting her to blast through said door at any moment and come in here, screaming, and probably threatening my sorry ass with an ecto-gun. She had learned about me being Danny Phantom about a year before I disappeared, she had freaked at first, but in time had calmed down and became a tight-nit member of the gang ever since.

"H-Hold on one second! Valerie! Is she going to come in here raging mad and try and kill me or something!?" Sam and Tucker both laughed. Tucker, grinning, waved it off.

"No No No! Don't worry about that! After the whole learning your identity from Shade to Phantom, btw, seriously, 'Shade'? Couldn't you have come up with something better dude?" I deadpanned, raising an eyebrow. It was nice to talk to tucker again, but currently I really needed to know the details of the insane mess I had gotten by sorry ass into, AGAIN. Sam smacked Tucker upside the head to get him to shut up, while I said.

"The POINT Tucker, get to the point, please?" I smirked, bemused. He grinned and rubbed the back of his neck.

"Right, sorry dude. Point is this: We talked to Val and she agreed that, since we've know you the longest and all, we would talk to you first. She'll get to you later." He grinned like this was a good thing. I eyetwitched, and paled an impressive amount, considering my already ghostly complexion: anticipating the horrible time that awaited me when I had to face down the monster that is an angry, now professional ghost hunter, Valarie. Tucker laughed as he smacked me on the arm in a friendly matter "Chill dude! You'll be fine!" I looked to him, raising a skeptical eyebrow. Sam smiled reassuringly and took my hand in her own, I was surprised, and yet strangely comforted by the touch. I smiled.

"Don't worry, she seemed more happy to have you back then anything else. I'm sure you will be fine with her. She was ecstatic to have your help as Shade. Honestly, I'd be more worried about the town's reactions then her specifically. Though, she will probably be shocked over the whole Vampire thing." She chuckled. I eyed her before nodding. She was probably right. Val had calmed down quite a bit since she first started hunting, still didn't make me worry any less however. That was going to be in the back of my mind until it was taken care of. I winced though, as I finally processed all her words. The town.

"The town… I don't know how they are going to take this." I winced. I had been too freaked to even turn on the TV and look at the reactions and news going around about the townspeople and their reactions to Danny Phantom's return. Sam frowned and squeezed my hands with her own.

"Hey, worry about the town second, and your personal life first." Tucker nodded.

"Yeah dude! You still have your family to worry about! You know Jaz is gonna hear this news in college soon and freak! She'll be on the first flight back here to get to ya! And Your parents!" I cringed at the mere mention of Jaz's name, she was going to murder me with guilt about this whole situation, I just knew it. I frowned when I heard mention of my parents. What did they have to do with this currently? They didn't know I was Danny Phantom. I raised an inquiring eyebrow.

"What about my parents? They don't have to know; last I checked they didn't know." I suddenly gained a sinking feeling in the pit of my stomach as I looked to my best friends. "They … don't know right?" Tucker and Sam both winced and looked to each other. Tucker adjusted his beret nervously.

"Well you see Danny … after everyone thought you were dead …" He began, and Sam sighed, looking me in the eyes and finishing for Tucker.

"When everyone thought you were dead, Jaz decided to tell your parents, so they would know how much of a hero you were to the town, and know their hate of ghosts wasn't completely founded. They were surprised, yes, but they actually took it really well. They were proud of you, and very guilty that they had blasted you so many times as Phantom." She chuckled, trying to make a bit of a joke so I wouldn't freak. It didn't really work.

I paled, feeling faint. I put a hand to my forehead, looking down, and leaning forward. Shit. That didn't even begin to describe this situation. I had no idea how my parents were going to react. I'd never wanted to tell them. Heck, maybe it would be different if I had told them on my own terms, still alive, well, and only-half ghost. HOW was I supposed to explain all of THIS to them! They hated ghosts already, or they DID hate ghosts according to Sam, but were better now, but now they were going to have to accept vampire's as well! This had nothing but BAD written all over it! I shook my head, letting it sink down to my knees. "NO, no no, this is bad, this is horrible!" Sam rubbed my shoulder soothingly.

"Calm down Danny, you'll see, I'm sure it won't be as bad as you're obviously anticipating." Tucker grinned and nodded.

"Yeah dude! They'll probably be ecstatic that you're back! So much so they won't care about the whole Vampire AND Half-Ghost thing!" I looked up to him skeptically. Sam rolled her eyes at Tucker before looking back to me and smiling softly.

"Honestly Danny, I think the worst thing you have to worry about there is them yelling at you for hiding from them for so long." I knew she was right, but this was starting to become an overwhelming day. I groaned as I sat back up, my head throbbing, and leaned back into the couch, grateful for the overly comfortable build of it. I took a deep breath and prepared myself to ask the rest of the pressing questions I had. I didn't wanna think about my family, the town, ot Val just yet. At this point, doing that might just push me over the edge into a panic attack. It had happened before; I'd become prone to them after becoming a Vampire. Whenever I couldn't take any more shocking information, I'd either faint, or freak out. I also knew it was late. Soon, Sam and Tuck would have to start heading home. Normally I would ask them to stay the night, but tonight, I had way too much to think about. I needed to talk to Lorry and Alex after this.

"Okay. Ignoring those other topics for now, what about Vlad, what's he been doing this last year?" I raised an eyebrow, wondering about my form worst-enemy. Sam frowned, and Tucker answered this one.

"Ya know how the guy's obsession seems to be you?" I nodded and he continued "Well, ya see, he's just been OBSESSED with finding you ever since you disappeared. You were declared officially dead and everything, but he KEPT looking! I swear that's become his new obsession! Guy couldn't STAND the thought of losing you, honestly, it's kinda freaky!" I frowned, that was disconcerting. Sam piped in.

"As far as we know, the guy hasn't left his mansion in months, and is still cooped up looking for you. I doubt he's going to take your return well though, not when he's this deep into an obsessive spiral." I groaned and ran a hand across my face.

"Fantastic, any more good news to tell me?" I said sarcastically, causing Tucker to strike a fake thinking pose, before grinning and looking to me, shaking his head.

"Nope! I believe that's it for our pool of 'shocking and bad news for Danny', least for today." He laughed and I rolled my eyes, not being able to help myself as I grinned. God I had missed these two.

"Well good, because I don't think I could handle much more." I rubbed my aching temples. Sam seemed to have noticed my headache and exhausted look and hugged me, surprisingly me, before she stood up and looked to Tucker.

"Come on Tuck, it's late, and I'm sure Danny has a lot to think about." She looked back to me with a smile "We'll let you think for now, but is it alright if we come over tomorrow morning?" I blinked for a second, confused, thinking tomorrow was a school day, before remembering that it was the weekend. I smiled and nodded.

"Of coarse, you're welcome to come over anytime you want!" Tucker grinned as he stood up.

"Alright! Now that's more like it! See ya tomorrow dude!" he adjusted his beret, before marching out the door. Sam smiled softly and looked to me.

"I missed you Danny. Don't disappear on us again, alright?" I smiled back and nodded.

"Never." Her smiled brightened and she nodded, before she followed Tucker out the door.

I forced myself up, and locked the door behind them, before dragging myself up the stairs. I desperately wanted sleep, but first, I had to talk to Lorry and Alex about the situation, and what they were planning to do. I could only pray that there were no more shocks ahead of me, at least not for today. I'd had me enough to last a lifetime, and I knew I had many more to come. Sometimes, I wish my life was normal, and boring.

And there you have it, my attempt at Chapter 19. Overall about 1900 words of Chapter, so that should be somewhat satisfactory I pray. This one was more of a 'clearing things up' chapter. I don't know whether I am actually going to do things like the meeting with his parents, Jaz, and Val, or weather I am just going to get on with the meat of the story. We shall see. If now, this is something at least. I am going to spend some time figuring out how I really want things to go, and what the actual PLOT of this fanfiction is, and then I can really start getting into the action again. Anyway, I will ATTEMPT to update more, however, considering my Second Semester of Freshman year starts 5 days from now, and I still don't know the plot fully yet, I can give no promise. I appologise for the wait once more, and thank everyone again for their continued support of this fanfiction, it means a lot to me.

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~PhantomAerrow

Date: 1/15/15