Danny Phantom - Gender Bender (Discontinued)

Chapter Two

That afternoon, Danny went down to the basement and opened the ghost portal. She transformed and was about to fly through when her brother called out after her.

"Hey, where do you think you're going?" He was leaning against the archway looking towards his sister with shallow eyes. His usually gelled, orange hair was ruffled and in need of a good clean. He let out a big yawn that shook his body. He was wearing his usual dark blue jeans, black top and turquoise scarf.

"Whoa, you look awful," Danny said, closing the portal for safety precautions. "Rough day at Uni?"

"Oh yeah. Man it sucked. We were in the Lab from 8 'til 2 and then we had a crammed catch up psyche session on the other side of the campus immediately after. Not to mention the bus ride home...god, some people can't drive." He cracked a weary smile. "But I may as well be looking in a mirror, Danny."

Danny huffed and turned around to re-open the portal. She didn't need to be lectured by any more people about her all-nighters.

Jasper appeared to understand her thoughts. He instead said, "Where are you going?"

"To Frostbite."

"Whyy?" Jasper rolled his eyes and walked over to her. She had closed up so much lately, just like she had before she completely lost it 11 months prior. And he told her exactly that. "Danny, you know you can talk to me. I am one of the few people you can tell."

I told Lancer, Sam and Tuck, I should tell him. She exaggerated a sigh and faced him again. "Something has been feeling very off these last few months. I need answers, and need to..." She faded out and her eyes fell. She looked sheepishly at her brother, her shoulders hunched over. "Look, with every day that passes, with every fight with Skulker and Vlad and everthing, I am only getting stronger, more powerful, discovering new powers. And it scares me, honestly. Sometimes when I fight I don't feel like me. I feel as though I'm being controlled."

Jasper looked her up and down and drew her into a hug. "Uh, Jaz?"

"You need a hug." Jasper was not going to push her, his pushing her is partly what drove her to the dirt way back when, and his stomach still churned when he thought about it. Danny gave in and squeezed him back. "Ok, go see Frostbite, this tends to be his area."

And with that, Danny flew into the Ghost Zone, Jaz closing the portal behind her. As she flew around, her shoulders relaxed and she was able to take a few quick breaths. Why was I so edgy just then? He was only trying to help...

The Ghost Zone was its same old self. In the distance to the left she could see Ember and Johnny 13 having an argument about something. In the void below, the unintelligible ghouls floated about, an eerie, though now soothing, echo drifting upwards. It was too far to see, but she could hear the gaolyards of Walker's prison, the angry grunts of angry ghosts fighting. Some of his guards were flying just a few hundred meters from her. She gasped and stopped suddenly. She looked about but there was no where to take cover. They too stopped and sharply pivoted around, racing towards her. They pointed their spears towards her and cried out, "Stop! Under the command of General Walker, you are under arrest f-"

"For several accounts of illegal ghoulish activity within the Ghost Zone and for bringing human technology into the Zone. Yeah, I know." She smirked, and fired up her ecto plasm fists, shooting at them. One was hit and immediatly dissolved into nothing. Whoa, what? The other guard continued racing towards her, and she greeted him with a powerful punch of ecto plasm. He, too, was vanquished. Danny floated there for a moment, dumbfounded. She stared at her hands. So much power, so little time...

"What!" she gasped out loud. That wasn't her thought. She didn't think that.

That's right, you are more powerful Danny. And you can be as powerful as you want...