Danny Phantom: Ghost Zone Field trip

The beginning of the end

Chapter one

Danny Fenton/Phantom slumped back against the wall in his parents lab along with his best friend, Tucker, and girlfriend Sam .

He stared at his English class and thought how this was a very stupid and dangerous idea. For some reason, his class was 'selected' to take a field trip to the Ghost Zone, of all places! To make matters worse, his 'parents' were chaperoning even though they have NEVER been inside the ghost zone in their entire life.

Noticing his tensed and worried look, Sam placed a hand on his shoulder in a comforting matter. Keeping his worried look, Danny relaxed to her touch, letting out a stressed sigh.

'She always knows how to calm me down'; Danny thought.

" Danny don't worry nothing should happen on this trip. I mean your coronation is coming up, that's why all your enemies have backed down these past few days. They wouldn't dare attack the King of the Ghost Zone, that's basically a suicidal mission. Besides if they do attack we came prepared."

Danny glanced towards his bag filled with weapons before nodding in agreement. Even though she was saying it in a soothing voice it still made him doubt a few things. He glanced down at the green ring that was placed on his left hand where his wedding ring should be and frowned.

The ring of rage.

He had become King of all ghost after he defeated the former king, Pariah Dark, 3 years ago when he was 14. After days of discussion and a bit of arguing, Team Phantom decided it was best to have his official crowning on his fourth death day after his 18th birthday. His death day being two days away from his birthday... Which was in two days away.

Pushing the memories away he replied to Sam with a doubtful look, "It's not that Sam... I just- I have this bad feeling that something is going to happen that will change our lives forever."

He looked back towards his class that was now climbing inside the Specter Speeder Bus.

"Come on man," Tucker started; deciding to place in his own optimism, "as far as we know our futures are clean and nice so Hakuna Matata, it means no worries."

Danny knew that Tucker meant well but as soon as he mentioned the future it made Danny feel a shiver go through his body.

Opening his mouth to respond, Danny was cut off by his mother, Maddie Fenton; "Guys hop on the Specter Speeder Bus, we're about to leave."

Most people call their parents, mom and dad or mommy and daddy, but then he stopped calling them that for months now. He calls Jack, father and even though he loves the goofy guy he's not there or doesn't even acknowledge his presence. Maddie, however, is something else instead of calling her 'Mom' he calls her his mother as if he's forced to; which he is. He doesn't trust Maddie anymore due to an incident and years of absence so they're constantly at each other's throats, if not they're shooting daggers at each other.

"Yea!"; yelled Jack, Danny's father, sticking his head out the passenger window, " we could hunt ectoplasmic scum together, Danny-boy! Like a father-son trip."

His father, excitedly, went back inside the vehicle. Danny, however, inwardly cringed; it made him happy that his father wanted to spend time with him but ghost hunting wasn't his type of a father-son trip.

'Great', Danny thought sarcastically, 'Jack is going to hunt the citizens of my kingdom and expects me to help him. Perfect.'

As the trio was climbing in, Danny couldn't help but look back to the lab before taking his seat. Something is going to happen and the only one who knows is Danny