A new lease on life

New lease on life

A Danny Phantom fan fac by Wega the blue sun

No copyright infringement is intended, the DP characters don't belong to me, just the OC's in this story and the fic itself.

Vlad goes to desperate lengths to attain his hearts desire. Story contains adult situations, mature themes and crude language. This chapter contains nudity and mature situations.

Many doors later Vlad took a break to do some serious thinking. He'd checked hundreds of portals only to discover different scenarios of the class room scene where the accident took place. Sometimes the differences were subtle while at other times the variations astonished him. Once he'd even seen Jack's chunky head being blasted in the malfunctioning portal, and while that was rather satisfying it didn't really help him with his quest. There was nothing remotely appealing about the scenario where the utterly destroyed class room had three chalk outlines drawn on the charred floor.

There had to be a way to enter the time stream at a later point, Vlad thought. Assuming his alter ego suffered through the accident in most realities, he'd also spend some time recovering in the hospital. In his own reality Vlad had been transferred from one facility and it's specialists to the next, only to be told that modern medicine couldn't help him. When his ecto acne dissipated enough that doctors deemed him fit to walk the streets again he'd already missed two semesters. Advisors at his old alma mater strongly suggested that he should pursue his education somewhere else and the few friends he'd made apart from Jack and Maddie avoided him like the plague. But the hardest blow came when news reached him that Jack - whom he refused to see - had proposed to Maddie.

Vlad didn't remember who'd told him, only the sick feeling which settled in his stomach and wouldn't go away. When Maddie finally met with him some time later to personally invite him to the wedding he'd been cold and sarcastic enough to make her cry. He shuddered at the memory. It would be nearly 20 years until he'd see her again, still blissfully happy with big dumb Jack and two children which should rightfully have been his. His cruel treatment of Maddie was the only way to salve his wounded pride, or so he thought at the time. The sheer happiness in her eyes whenever she spoke of Jack wounded him just as deeply as the realization that the vivid ecto acne on his face was now the least obstacle in getting her to love him.

During his musings the halfa drifted further along the time stream. Unable to tell how far he'd moved from the last portal he approached another door. It differed in no way from any of the previous ones he'd tried, but behind the door lay an entirely different, and shockingly familiar vista. For the first time in decades Vlad once again stood in his parents house. He examined his surroundings carefully. This was indeed the Green Bay suburban split level his parents had purchased in the late seventies. The move to the big city was a big step up for the Masters, who up till now had lived and worked in a small Wisconsin farm town. Vlad had grown up in this house, and it had been here, shortly before he entered college, that the police notified him of his parents death in a car accident.

For a moment he was overwhelmed by memories of his early life, when he was simply Vlad, son of Gunnar and Gertrude Masters. His parents had been hard working and kind people, and he couldn't help but wonder what they would think of their ghost hybrid/ billionaire son. He looked around. Every item in the smallish living room brought up a memory, even the beige velour carpet he stood upon. It had been his houseproud mother's pet peeve to keep this carpet sparkling clean, no small task in a cold winter area. Vlad chuckled, remembering the many hours he'd spent shampooing the carpet and even raking the pile with a tool resembling a rubber tipped rake.

Although it was dark in the house he could make out every detail as if the room were brightly lit. A series of posters on the staircase wall drew his attention. In his own reality he'd put those posters up shortly after being discharged from the hospital. The lineup of his favorite Packers players reminded him of the great collection he'd left behind in his castle, and he sighed deeply. A soft snore could be heard from one of the bedrooms upstairs and Vlad quickly floated towards the sound.

In the larger bedroom he found another version of himself, sound asleep in the double bed his parents had once shared. This Vlad had longish snow white hair and a few ecto pimples decorated his lean, clean-shaven face. The young man was sprawled across the bed, his covers and sheets bunched up beside him. A few seconds went by before the halfa realized that under that heap of bedclothes was another person. It was a young woman with bright red hair and upon recognizing her Vlad broke into a wide smile. "Shine upon me, oh radiant prize!" he whispered.

The young man's eyes snapped open and he sat up, suddenly wide awake. "Who's there?" he yelled while his hand frantically fumbled for the bedside lamp. When the lights finally came on Vlad was already invisible and cursing the fact that his alter ego was a light sleeper just like him. "What's going on?" young Maddie said while she struggled to free herself from the thick bundle of sheets. "I heard someone talking", her companion whispered. "Downstairs?" Maddie asked. "In this room", came the sharp reply. The young woman hesitated for a moment and looked around. Then she turned back to young Vlad who was already up and putting on a pair of jeans.

Vlad's heart beat faster when he saw the concern in Maddie's eyes. He'd kill (preferably Jack) to get this kind of look from Maddie ..."You must have had another nightmare, honey. There's no one here but us!" "Wait here!" young Vlad hissed and tiptoed into the hallway. "Lock the door behind me!" he whispered over his shoulder while he crept towards the stairs. Maddie jumped out of bed and Plasmius knees went weak at the sight of her nude body. Oh, those voluptuous breasts, that creamy skin ...and she was a true redhead, he thought with a shudder of delight as his erection rose, here was the undeniable proof. The beautiful sight was soon hidden from view when Maddie pulled on an oversized green and gold T-shirt.

Faint noises from downstairs drew her attention and she stepped out into the hallway, only to be admonished by young Vlad. He was already on the way back from his inspection of the house and in a foul mood to boot. "Didn't I tell you to stay in the room and lock the door behind me?" he snapped. "I was worried about you..." Maddie replied with a faint smile. "Is everything OK?" The young man shrugged and sat down on the bed. "I heard that voice so clearly, like someone was right beside me ..." he mumbled.

"It was just another nightmare", Maddie said. She'd sat down on the bed next to the nervous young man and gently stroked his shoulders in an effort to calm him down. "Why don't we try to get some more sleep? It's not even six yet." She leaned over to kiss him and her breasts brushed against her lover's arms. "I'm not tired anymore" the young man said and abruptly freed himself from her embrace.

What is the matter with this boy? Vlad wondered. The girl clearly cared about him, so why was he rebuffing her advances? Something's not right here, and I'm going to find out what it is, the halfa thought. He watched as the rejected Maddie left the room. A few moments later the sounds of running water could be heard and the scent of shampoo drifted in on the air.

"Why did you help him out by guiding him to the portal?" the chorus of voices demanded. Clockwork shrugged. "It would have taken him too long to find what he was searching for. Let's see what he does next, now that he's found his beloved."