No you don't, no daughter of mine is going out to fend on her own, and I'm not letting you go for a third time." Danny said in a serious tone.
Danielle was out of the bed and was heading for the wall, but something made her stop. She replayed what Danny said in her head, did she hear him correctly, did he say, Daughter. Dani turned around to look at Danny as he walked up to her.
"What?"
"Danielle, we both know that we want to be more than just cousins, I've been thinking a lot about it lately, Dani you were created with my DNA, ever since I first met you I've felt like it was my job to protect you and help you grow, I don't think calling me Dad was a slip up, I think you meant it."
"But, I'm not you daughter; I'm just a clone of you, an abomination and a mistake."
Dani tried to leave again, but felt Danny's strong hands grab her arms as he pulled her back. She looked at him, she could feel tears running down her cheeks, and she looked into Danny's icy blue eyes. She didn't know why, but she felt comfort looking into them, she could feel herself calming down. Danny went down on his knees so he was the same height as Dani.
"Dani, listen to me you are not, let me repeat that, not an abomination, you are not a mistake and you are not a clone, if you were a clone you would be my age and a boy, Vlad created you using my DNA, Danielle your my daughter, no matter who or what you are, I will always love you, and I will do everything I can to protect you and help you grow up, I can see it in your eyes Dani, that's why you came back isn't it?"
Dani looked at Danny, he was right. Dani remembered when she traveled the world alone, everywhere she went she always saw small children and families, happy. Every time she saw a family she felt an empty feeling within her, all she wanted was a family. Someone she could talk about anything to, someone she could play with, someone to help her grow and protect her; and every time she saw a family, she thought of Danny. That's why she came back to Amity Park; she didn't want to be alone anymore. She didn't want to have to steal and use street tricks to get food, she didn't want to search through the garbage, she didn't want to take baths in lakes or sleep in old abandoned houses, she wanted to be live with Danny, and she wanted to be with…her father.
"Yeah, I, I wanted to come back home, you said that you'd always be here to help me, but I didn't know if I should, every time I come I create problems for you, I'm just a burden."
"Dani, you are not a burden, you may have caused a few…problems in the past, but nothing I can't handle, we all make mistakes, it's how we learn, we make a mistake and learn to never do it again, it's what makes us human, Dani, you can't lose your humanity, otherwise, you might not like what you become, you're not a burden, and you're not leaving again, this is your home, I'll always be here to help and protect you, I'm just glad your back home."
Danny pulled Dani closer and gave her a hug. Dani embraced her father, and she felt the empty feeling inside of her vanish. Instead of the lonely feeling she felt it being replaced with happiness, energy and comfort. It felt like for the first time in her life, that she was truly happy, now she wasn't alone, now she had…her father. She started to think of all the fun things they could do together, all the things she saw other families do, but then something crept into her mind. Dani panicked and pushed away from their embrace.
"Wait Danny, opps I mean Dad, what about your parents?"
"You don't have to worry about them hunting you, I won't let them."
"No it's not that, it's, well they live here too, I can't stay here, all their weapons and defenses systems, what if they find me, they might find out I'm a Halfa, they would find out about you. "
Danny started to think about what Dani just said, she had a point. It was hard enough for him to live in this house, having to constantly sneak off to go ghost, having to avoid his parent's gadgets and defenses. It was hard enough for him, but for Dani, who doesn't know her way around, or which defenses are where. She couldn't stay his room the whole time, if she stayed her she would get caught, and they would find out, he had to think of something.
"You may be right, we'll talk about this later, but for now it's the best we have, don't worry about my parents, listen to me, I won't let them hurt you and if it comes to it, I'll tell them everything."
"You'd tell them your secret for me?"
Danny thought it over; he didn't really have to though. He never wanted it to come to it, but if he needed to, he would tell his parents his secret. He learned from his last encounter with Freakshow when he had the reality gauntlet that his parents would accept him no matter what. He would be lying if he said he didn't still have doubts, but he felt it was easier if his parents didn't know that he was a Halfa.
"Yes Dani, I would give up my secret if it means you stay safe, I will never let anyone hurt you, I think I made that clear when I saved you today, from the look on the GIW faces I'm positive they heard me clearly."