Chapter 1: Alienated

* Cover
* Archaic

*"Look, I came here by accident. I'm just trying to help. We can finish duking it out later."*
―Danny Fenton**[src]****Chapter 1: Alienated** is first the chapter of *5 Years Later*.

## Plot Summary

It's been five years since the Disasteroid struck Earth, and all law-enforcement across the globe is now armed with Fenton Tech to help protect humanity from supernatural threats. This leads Danny Fenton to retire his heroics and help his father, Jack Fenton, continue his work on his newest passion-project: cross-dimensional travel.

After enough failed attempts to upgrade the Ghost Portal to view other worlds, Jack gives up his dream and spirals into an alcoholic depression. Danny takes it upon himself to finish the project in hopes of restoring Jack’s happiness.

The upgrade is completed, and Danny takes the Specter Speeder through the portal as a test to make sure it works, in fear of disappointing his father. Danny ends up in the Null Void, and eventually runs out of power, parking the cruiser at the abandoned Rooter’s Base, unbeknownst to Danny of where he was.

Ben and Rook arrive on the scene after Danny accidentally sets off an alarm. Assuming Danny is an intruder, Ben transforms into Swampfire and begins to defend the Rooter’s base. The battle continues across the Null Void, which eventually attracts the attention of a Way Bad, putting the battle to a halt.

Danny and Ben team up to defeat the Way Bad, and Ben agrees to take Danny back to the Plumber Base until they figure out what to do with him.

Meanwhile, in Danny’s Universe, Vlad finally arrives at Earth after 5 years of being stranded in space.

## Details

### Major Events

* Danny gets trapped in the Null Void after completing the Ghost Portal Upgrade.
* Battle in the Null Void
	+ Ben and Danny form an alliance to take down a Way Bad.
* Vlad makes his way back to Earth after five years of banishment.

### Characters

* Danny Fenton (5 Years Later Debut)
* Tucker Foley (5 Years Later Debut; flashback)
* Sam Manson (5 Years Later Debut; flashback; photo)
* Jack Fenton (5 Years Later Debut; flashback)
* Maddie Fenton (5 Years Later Debut; flashback)
* Jazz Fenton (5 Years Later Debut; mentioned)
* Ben Tennyson (5 Years Later Debut)
* Rook Blonko (5 Years Later Debut)
* Blukic and Driba (Mentioned)
* Kitty (5 Years Later Debut; flashback)

#### Villains

* Way Bad (5 Years Later Debut)
* Vlad Masters (5 Years Later Debut)
* Ember McLain (5 Years Later Debut; flashback)
* Technus (5 Years Later Debut; flashback)

### Transformations

* Swampfire (5 Years Later Debut)
* Ghostfreak (5 Years Later Debut)
* Echo Echo (5 Years Later Debut)
* Jetray (5 Years Later Debut)
* Feedback (5 Years Later Debut)
* Armodrillo (5 Years Later Debut)

### Locations

* Danny's Dimension
	+ Amity Park
		- Fenton Works
	+ The Ghost Zone
* The Null Void

## Mythology

* The first page is an abridged illustration of the Danny Phantom Theme Song.
* This chapter takes place five years after Phantom Planet, the series finale of *Danny Phantom*. Tucker has since remained mayor, Danny's statues are showcased, and Vlad has only now returned from his banishment to space. The Disasteroid is also mentioned.
* The Fenton Tech the police officers are now armed with resemble lower-grade Fenton Peelers.
* Many references are made to The Rooters Arc from *Ben 10: Omniverse*, such as Proctor Servantis and his experimentation on children, Ben mistaking Danny for being one of those experiments, and the first half of the battle taking place in Servantis' old headquarters.
* When Rook explains to Danny about the Mutant To'kustars being used to invade Earth before being sent to the Null Void, he is referring to the *Ben 10: Omniverse* episodes The Frogs of War.
* When explaining the Plumbers to Danny, Ben calls them an **Alien Police Force** in reference to the second Ben 10 series *Ben 10: Alien Force*.

## Trivia

* This chapter was released on *Danny Phantom*'s 13th anniversary.
* A desk Danny hides behind inside the Rooter's former headquarters resembles Proctor Servantis' face.
* The Recalibrated era release of Chapter 1 included some adjustments to errors in the original release.
	+ In 5 Years Later: Archaic, Rook was able to detect Danny's Ecto-Energy while Ben could not in Chapter 3: Reunion. The reference to Ecto-Energy was removed in the final version of Chapter 1.
	+ In Archaic, Max Tennyson was referred to as Magister rather than Magistratus. The mention of Max was replaced with Blukic and Driba in the final version.