Nightingale's Song (Revised)

Good times, bad times and beginnings (part one)

Note, this chapter was originally all in Danny's point of view, but there were a few scenes that I couldn't get right while I was in Danny's head. So there are a few exceptions in this chapter.

Warnings for this chapter: Mention of non-con, Shonen-ai (Not the same though, the second mentioned is consensual), and a new language. If anyone knows the languages and think google translate got a phrase wrong, tell me what the phrase should be and I'll change it!

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It is just after Danny's seventeenth birthday that he meets Ida Manson.

Ida was a...unique woman, Danny would give her that. She lived in France until her 14th birthday, when she moved to America. Danny and Phantom ended up meeting Ida in a very...awkward situation.

Danny and Phantom are in one of the ship's broom closets when they hear a scuffle on the other side of the door. They quickly get make themselves presentable and unlock it to find Tucker and a woman standing there, Tucker with a sheepish smile and the woman with her fists on her hips, brow raised.

"I heard shouting and noises in there, what is going on?" She inquires forcefully.

The boys feel sweat gather on their foreheads as they try to come up with an excuse, but Tucker beats them to it, flailing his arms and acting as a shield. "I told you! They were looking for something! It a broom closet what did you expect?"

The woman isn't convinced, her brow rising higher into her hairline at she says, "Looking for something eh? Then what is the heir of the Baritoni line doing in there?"

Danny's eyes dart around frantically in their sockets before he blurts out the first thing that comes to mind, "I was supposed to mop the kitchen and I couldn't find a bucket! Mr. Baritoni offered to help." Phantom groans and face-palms at the poor lie.

The woman hums thoughtfully before a grin crosses her features, "Well then, my apologizies for interrupting your search for that 'bucket'. Good day Monsieur Baritoni, Monsieur Piano Man." She wiggled her fingers with a mischievous look and walks away.

Tucker whips around and scowls at the two, "Do you have to make so much noise? Do you know how hard it is to fend off curious passengers when you're both shouting each others names as if you were calling for the Lord himself?!"

The blue and green eyed men blush a deep red. Tucker huffs and shakes his head, glare laxing slightly in exhaustion, "You're lucky it was Ida Manson that found out, if Vlad had heard you he would have had all our heads! At least she is agreeable and is good at being discreet, which you two are most certainly not!" He raises his voice at the end before he walks away, leaving Danny and Phantom standing in the same spot, faces pink in embarrassment at the scolding they got.

There were fun times, but not all was roses for the little piano man...

Danny grunts as Vlad grabs his arm in a vice grip, corralling the poor raven haired male away from the dining room. Before they can get far however, a deep male throat clears and catches their attention. Danny releases the breath he'd been holding at the site of Phantom, Ida at his side as they both gave Vlad suspicious gazes.

Vlad somehow schools his face into a friendly expression as he slacked his grip on Danny's arm, though he doesn't let go of it, "Ah! Ms. Manson, Mr. Baratoni," He said, voice pleasant, "To what do I owe the pleasure?"