Author Note:

So…many….plot bunnies. These things multiply like real flippin' bunnies! Anyway, I couldn't decide so…Anyway, my friend also dared me. I said that I could do a crossover of anything as a good story (no holes and no parodies) and she dared me to do it and I'm like, 'What?' 'Prove it. Do a story with every show you actually know well enough to do a crossover.' So I got to work and this the result. By the way, not all shows will be in here because I can't do 'Cake Boss', or a few other shows such as 'NCIS' and 'Mentalist 'any justice. Also, my friend stated that if I had a crossover between DP and another show in a different story then I didn't need to put in here (however, there are exceptions too, it just means I won't be doing Rise of the Guardians and a few others that I already have stories with).
~CWA
Title: Balance

Summary: Danny is a man of power, well a boy. His parents and family, dead. Danielle has disappeared and to make matters worse he finds out a dirty little secret. Well it's not dirty and not a secret if you knew the guy. But Clockwork still didn't tell him that he was so freaking special and powerful that after T.U.E. he was under Clockwork's guardianship nor that he was Clockwork's apprentice. Perhaps it would have been nice to explain his new title? Seriously, Danny finds it hard to believe that he's this 'Balance guardian' and that he has to restore some jacked up dimensions. Crossovers with: X-Men Evolution, Avater: The Last airbender, Harry Potter, Kuroshitsuji, and many others!

Genre: Adventure/Fantasy/Humor

Disclaimer: I do not own nor claim Danny Phantom nor any other show/movie/cartoon/book in this story.

Rated: T (for a bit angst/sad at Danny's P.O.V. at the beginning because he's in shock)

Notes: AU. Danny's a tad older (DANNY IS NOW SIXTEEN), and no Phantom Planet (not that it matters). Also…never mind. You don't need to know all the shows it crosses over with because each one, in a way, is a one-shot and doesn't really mention one another. Enjoy!

Prologue:

Time. Something so simple, yet complex to understand. That is, it is to most. This did not include Clockwork.

Ah yes, Clockwork the Master of Time. He sees all, and knows all. Yet, he cannot intervene. Not many knew this, but that is why he had an apprentice. A guardian, of sorts, to the balance. So that everything can be as it should be, his apprentice would be able to do what he himself cannot, to intervene and fix it. The Observers, as much as they hated it, couldn't do a thing about it. If they did, it could disrupt the Time Stream, and the many other time streams, dimension after dimension, and every single thing will be unbalanced.

Therefore, there was a being called Υπόλοιπο του χρόνου, Balancer of Time. A being only called every millennium, when direly needed. A being that so few know of, aside from Clockwork and the Observers. A being that works as an apprentice to the Master Of Time, similar to the way that the other Ancients have apprentices.

The Ancients were beings that everyone basically knew, yet were known as myths and gods. Death, herself was on. Ah yes, Death was a female despite the rumors. In fact, she was not as dark and dreary as most believe, even though she was also a guardian of chaos. There was also Energy, who's a guardian of life and brings the life (also a twin to Death). Then there was Truth, he was a guardian of truths, lies, and wisdom. Though, Danny would state that Clockwork and Truth were about the same wisdom wise, anyway. Then there was the King named Hex. He was a very strange king, yet even being the King of all. He still was favorable and fair. Then, there was Clockwork. Clockwork watches and acts throughout all time. All the guardians controlled, to a limit and extent, the universes, dimensions, and planets. Yes, dimensions. Still, they had their own expertise.

Each Guardian had two things, a domain of style and a helper (apprentice). Death had the hellhounds. Contrary to belief, they were her helpers (though a few insists they're her pets). The hellhounds were giant beasts and would bring people to their rightful place. When something dire happened, like someone refusing to die or committing too great chaos that so many people die that it becomes too much for hellhounds alone. Energy had her fae. A few little people with wings commonly referred to as fairies. They helped bring life, creating new forms and they were so emotional (always crying when a new baby is born and being so mad if one dies and a hellhound shows). Truth had elves, or more than likely gnomes or dwarves. They helped carry the knowledge of the world through books and always helped Truth with his book load. The King, Hex, had advisors. The advisors were the Observers. Yes, they do tend order Clockwork, but not so much as order than suggesting. They only portray the message given to them by Hex. Unluckily, a few are a bit twisted and do tend to boss around Clockwork. One does not simply boss around the Master of Time. Clockwork had The Balancer of Time. The Balancer has a very tough job. He balances all the time and dimensions. He has a much more tough job than the other apprentices (they even admit that Balancer has a bigger job). He would do as instructed by Clockwork, however due to…deaths on the job…there is a new Balancer every millennium. Of course, there hasn't been one for the past few millenniums…then along came Danny…

Danny's P.O.V:

Dead. Dead. They're all dead. Gone. Forever. I choked on a sob, Mom, Dad….why?...No….not Mom and Dad…Maddie and Jack did it…. Jazz…my poor sister…Tucker my best friend.….Sam…

"Are you alright?"

I turned and saw that a nurse had poked her head in. She had typical nurse shrubs that were a weird turquoise color, blonde hair and blue eyes. Not that I cared. I bit my lip.

"Do you need some more pain medication?"

I nodded and she left. To think, it went from a good day, to bad, to even worse. I'm not even sure what to think anymore. I had been gone for two weeks, both as Fenton and Phantom. Then, when I 'appeared' again, it was at Sam's doorstep. That's where Sam and Tucker were pacing so nervously.

"Danny!" Sam looked at me horrified. I coughed and looked at the blood in my hands. Tucker was shocked and Jazz let me lean on her.

"Dude, who did this?"

A little bit later, they were gone.

"DANNY!"

My parents busted into Sam's house. Luckily, her parents and Grandma weren't home. They had ecto-guns out. Sam looked at me.

"Danny, quick! Turn human!"

"It doesn't matter."

"What?"

Sam seemed to understand. I watched as everything seemed to click in her head.

"No…"

I bit my lip and winced, grabbing my side. My sister was still crying, and now so was Sam. MY parents were there by now. Tucker's eyes widened.

"Dude…"

They glared at me and before they could do anything else, the last thing that anyone could expect happened. A weapon went a-whol. Dad…no…Jack…pulled out a very unstable, new weapon labeled the ecto-molecule destroyer and pulled the trigger…then…death….explosions…so much…

When I opened my eyes, I saw only rubble. All that was left of Sam's house was a pile of rubble. I barely registered the fact that I was in human form.

The nurse came back and looked at me worriedly. She gave me my pill and I closed my eyes, lost in the flash backs and shock.

Sam. I searched everywhere. Their dead bodies…Jazz…Jack…Maddie…Tucker…Finally…I saw Sam. I ran to her. I held her in my arms and cried. I cried and cried. She looked at me. I felt a tad tug of my heart, she was still alive.

"Danny…"

"Sam…listen to me, Sam. You're gonna live, okay? You will live! I'll protect you…"
"Danny…Listen to me…I need to tell you something before…"

"You can tell me later, hear that? LATER! Okay?"

"No Danny…I…I love…"

I kissed her. Even though both of us had blood everywhere and I could hear the sirens of police cars, fire trucks, and ambulances. All that mattered was her.

"I love you too, Sam. But don't worry, okay?"

She smiled and closed her eyes. My heart felt torn and destroyed.

"Sam? Sam…Sam answer me! SAM!"

It was then that the medics found me and I passed out. Then I woke up in a hospital bed.

I opened my eyes. I was in a bed. A hostpital bed. I had an oxygen mask. There were so many bandages and tubes hooked up to me. I could barely even move because of the wires and IVS. A doctor came in. His nametag said 'Dr. Acula,' and I could barely read it due to blurred vision. I would have laughed at the name if I was in the normal state of mind right now. He flipped through the chart with a concerned look.

"Mr. Fenton."
"…Danny…"

"Huh? Oh, very well. Danny…I'm here to explain your injuries, alright?"

He explained about the injuries and I couldn't look him in the eyes. Not all injuries were just from the explosion and I think he suspected that. To make matters worse, the cops came too. They questioned me. I answered them as honestly as I could. I got captured by an enemy (techinally they were after they did that) and they figured it was a ghost I was talking about. It went smoothly.

Of course, that was three weeks ago. Almost a month in recovery. I finally got out though. I was happy…well…not exactly, but close as I could get since it was also the day of their funerals. Perhaps I could get some inner peace or something?

Later:

I stayed off to the side after the funeral. It was sad and dreary. Sam would have liked all the black her parents wore. I was the first to speak though.

"Sam Manson. Some…some thought she was strange or a freak. But she wasn't. Sam was the most brave, most courageous person I knew. She always stood up for what she believed in and what was right. It was part of the reason I love her…"
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"Tucker Foley. A guy's best friend and the ultimate meat lover who never ate a veggie in his life. He was my best friend, no he is my best friend. Even if I move on, he will always be my best friend. The guy who made the most dreary things funny with his jokes. Tuck, you were like my brother and I will miss you more than ever."

"Jazz…my sister. You were like a best friend to me too. Always so protective, but I loved you. You always protected me through thick and thin. You were the best sister anyone could ever ask for."

I didn't say much about my parents at their grave like people expected. I think they thought I was still mourning too much to really talk about them. Ah well. I paid respects to everyone, as hard as it was.

"CLOCKWORK!"
I jumped out of my bed or rather the bed at Vlad's mansion. I didn't want to stay with the fruitloop, but he seemed honestly guilty especially when he figured out what happened. Of course, I was planning to run away anyhow. What I didn't expect was Clockwork.

"Daniel…I wish to offer my condolences, my apprentice."

"Thanks….wait…what?"

It was then I learned everything. Everything about the dimensions, worlds, and the balance. I learned about the Ancients as well.

Dimensions were a bit confusing. They weren't like worlds. Worlds are tied together. Dimensions are entirely separate. Apparently, some have ghosts, some don't. Yet, all dimensions tie to the Ghost Zone, but in different ways. They don't tie to the full thing just a specific region; therefore none really interact with each other. The balance ties everything though, like time. The balance is that for every action, there is a reaction. It's a scale that is forever even…except for now.

That's when I learned about the apprentices and me. I was the Balancer of Time. If I wasn't still struck with grief, I would have been bouncing off the walls in excitement. Especially since I'm meeting the Ancients right now.

I was in Clockwork's Tower (with my own mini-tower nearby that's a bit epic) with the Ancients. Death was a girl, which shell-shocked me. She wore a black cloak that faded at the ends and had this aura of chaos, death and fear around her and a faint black mist surrounding her. Glowing yellow eyes showed through the hood. I saw a small shine and I think she smiled. She pulled open her cloak and put down her hood. She wore a very creepy looking, old black dress that was thin. Her pale skin was almost like white marble and her hair was pure black. She smiled at me slightly. Another Ancient, Energy (Who is Death's twin with the power and thing of life), laughed. She had green eyes, slightly tanned skin, and long brown hair. She wore a green dress that seemed to made of leaves and wore sandals. Energy also had this green light-aura around her.

"Looks like Death took a liking to you!"

I raised an eyebrow and Death suddenly didn't seem so scary. I heard a voice in my head that echoed, "Don't fret…" I felt a calming presence. I smiled at Death.

"Thanks."
She nodded. I looked at the others. Truth and Hex. Truth had light blue skin, black eyes, and black short hair. He had this presence of wisdom and knowledge. He wore glasses, a small book charm on a chain necklace, black slacks, and a black long sleeved short covered with a dark blue sweater vest. In his hands was a book and around him was a dark blue aura. Hex was the most surprising. He had brown skin (a shade lighter than Tucker's), pink eyes, and black hair that were streaked with pink. He wore black pants, no shoes, a white muscle top, and a gold crown and was surrounded by a pink-gold aura.

"Oh," Hex said with a large smile, "This is the young Balancer?"

He narrowed his eyes and I wondered what I did wrong. He shook his head and smiled even larger. He came and gripped me into a hug that reminded me of Frostbite.
"It is so great to finally meet you! I have heard great things! Even how you defeated Pariah!"

Truth rolled his eyes, "He still needs to breathe, Hex."

"Oh."

Hex let me go and I smiled even as I gasped for breath.

"Pish, posh, time for the gifts!"
I looked at Energy confused. She smiled.

"Really? Come on. You're a newbie. You deserve these gifts."

A little while later, depite my protesting, I got a gift from each Ancient. A cloak from Death, a special white flower from Energy (She said that it's called a Moon flower as it only opens up when exposed to Moon light), a book about the history of the Ghost Zone (Truth), a ring from Hex (It was the Balancer ring according to Hex), and a pendent from Clockwork.

That was two months ago. I have been living in the Ghost Zone in my own mini-tower near Clockwork's tower. It was black with a white door and large. I liked it though. The best thing was that the ghosts didn't come, mostly because most of the ghosts think Clockwork is a myth. Not they would recognize me any way. I got a new look, courtesy of Clockwork. I had black jeans, black combat boots, a black cloak (that was a gift from Death) that was held up by a green stone (that had a scale symbol in purple inside), and a white shirt. I had a glowing ecto-green chain attached to the pants that had the pendent giving by Clockwork dangling on it. It was very small. It was a charm-like pendent of a stopwatch and a staff. It was too small to see the details though. I wore Hex's ring on my left middle finger. It was a simple black band that the same scale symbol that I had in the stone (the one that held up the cloak). I wore the 'Wes' ring that I was going to give...Sam... attached to a simple chain necklace, so it dangled from my hair got slightly longer too and I wore a thermos on the same green chain as the stopwatch and staff charms. It's very small and looks like a charm. But when I put my ecto-energy in it, it turns to normal size and is useable.

In my time here, I got to know the Ancients (including Clockwork) a bit better. Death was pretty cool and I got to meet her pets, the hell hounds. They weren't so bad, but they got bigger than Cujo-who became my own pet (though Death says that a few people who see Cujo mistake him as one of her hell hounds which is funny). Energy and the Fae were cool too. Energy was so…energetic and preppy. Truth was mostly serious. Him and Hex acted like brothers sometimes. Hex acted like a big child mixed with Frostbite (who I also got to see a lot more too). Though, I've spent the most time with Clockwork, Death, and Energy.

Currently, I was in ghost form (with the new look) starring at the monitors in Clockwork's tower. Clockwork came up behind me.

"Daniel, what is wrong?"

"I don't understand it. I should be sad, I should be depressed…so why am I alright? And why do I have this feeling of sickness in my gut that something is wrong?"

"You have spent a lot of time with Death and Energy, haven't you?"

"Yeah…"

"Death and Energy have been helping you."
"What?"

"Energy is good feeling, as well as life. Her and Death can make someone, even someone who is on the bridge of ending their life, feel better. Energy, though she cannot take the bad, she can overwhelm and outweigh that bad with the good. Death can take bits and pieces of that bad entirely away."

"So, they've been taking my bad away?"

"To simplify that, yes. As for that gut feeling…You are the Balancer. As a result, if something is out of place in another dimension, you can feel it."

"So something's wrong?"

"Yes. Danielle has disappeared into a different dimension, disrupting that dimension. Not only that, but a few others are misplaced as well."

"So I have to fix it?"

"Yes. Be sure that if something or someone is meant to do something, let them."
"So in other words, it's like time travel, so I shouldn't screw it up?"

"…yes…Now, take off the pendent I gave you."

I did as he asked. As soon as it was off the chain, it changed in size. The staff symbol grew into a real staff in my hand. It was a simple purple staff with a pentacle. The stopwatch looked like a real stopwatch but it was more…futuristic.
"Good luck, Danielle will be in the last place you visit."

"WHAT!"

I was gonna say something else, but I pressed a button on the stopwatch by accident and I felt like I was being torn in two. It was similar to the feeling that the Infi-Map gives me.

Up next: Kuroshitsuji (Black Butler)