Disclaimer: I own nothing of the Danny Phantom universe, so keep your lawyer sharks away from me.
This chapter was beta by mayfire21.
Warning:
1)Most if all of Danny Phantom's characters might be out of character mostly because I'm trying for a realistic look.
2)This is the first time that I use Third Person Point of View.
3)There are some religious stereotypes that may offend some people. I don't mean to offend anyone, but if I do offend anyone, I am sincerely sorry.
Key:
"Talking"
'Thinking'
Flashbacks
Writing
Active Spells
Danny P.o.V 3RD PERSON
Two weeks ago he was normal. A normal teenager with normal worries. But now he is what many people fear, hate, and in the case of his parents, hunt. With his will alone he can turn his black hair to dead white, his blue eyes to neon green, and his clothes would become a black and white hazmat suit. He is Danny Fenton, son to the world's leading ghost hunting scientists, Jack and Maddie Fenton, brother to the genius Jazz Fenton, and he is part ghost.
For the past two weeks Danny try to deny that the Ghost Portal incident had ever happen. Yet the evidence in the past two weeks was too strong for him to deny. Danny found himself turning invisible or intangible; his legs, and arms disappearing at random times. It took all of his concentration just to stay human. But it didn't matter how hard he tried, he still found parts of himself missing. His friends tried to help, but they were more clueless about ghost than he was. All Sam and Tucker could do was try and cover him. He thought of going to his parents, but decided against it. After all, his parents were more concerned hunting ghost then helping them. Mr. and Mrs. Fenton believe all ghost are evil, and a threat to society. Danny feared what they would do if he revealed his condition to them.
Danny found himself walking aimlessly in Amity Park, the memory of the accident still fresh in his mind. Countless thoughts whirl around in his head like a tornado of chaos. Question after question popping up in his head.
What will his parents do if they found out about his new abilities?
Will they reject their only son?
Will they hunt him?
Will they destroy him?
Will they dissect him?
Will they still love him?
Will they see him as a human, or as a ghost?
All these questions and more pile up in Danny's head giving him a headache.
In the end Danny decides not to tell his parents, there was just too much at risk.
But keeping his abilities a secret would be difficult with just how erratic they are. Danny still found himself phasing through floors. He would disappear without even knowing; that is until he tried to pick something up. It would seem as though the more time passes the more his powers acted out. Surely his parents will notice an arm or leg missing right? Well his mom will.
Danny sighed in frustration as he continued his aimless walk in Amity Park with the night life his only companion. He shivered, regretting not taking a jacket as he snuck out of the house for he was unable to stay there any longer listening to his dad talk about killing ghost. A light breeze played with his hair as he wrapped his arms around himself in hopes of staying warm. Though no clouds where in the sky, there was no light from the moon; leaving the only light source being the dim street lamps.
So wrapped up in his thoughts, Danny didn't even realize where he was, until saw the unmistakable jungle gym outline. For a moment, Danny just stared at his surroundings amazed at how different things looked in the dark. Suddenly out of nowhere tiny yellow green stars illuminated the air around him. Danny stood in amazement seeing all the fireflies light the night.
'Wow...', was the only thing that Danny could think of to describe what he was seeing as the sea of stars began to move, and flicker in random patterns. It was like a dance that no one but the fireflies themselves knew; a spectacle just for Danny to see. He stood there no worries, no problems, nothing mattered in that single instance.
Then, as sudden as it started, it ended. The light of the fireflies went out, snapping Danny from his trance. He looked around wondering why all the fireflies went away. He saw nothing out of the ordinary. No new person, no animal, no one but Danny was present.
Sighing Danny walked over to the swing set only to trip when his left leg went intangible. Once again, Danny thoughts returned to his dilemma. How was he going to hide his powers from his family if he can't even control them?
Danny angrily pushed himself into a sitting position. He looked at his left leg only to realize that both of his legs where gone. Annoyed Danny glared at his legs wishing for them to become solid again. Slowly Danny's legs turned back to normal making him breathed in relief.
"Why does this keep happening to me?" Danny asked out loud frustrated with his problem.
"Are you alright, Mr. Fenton?" Asked a voice so soft it was as though the wind was whispering. Danny jumped, startled by the voice. Scared Danny turned around. Behind him stood a short girl with long curly brown hair, and eyes like orange brown gemstones. The girl was dressed in a navy blue jacket with gray jeans, her feet were covered in black sneakers with neon blue laces. She was slightly on the plain side with a light tan, but she wouldn't have to much of a hard time finding a boyfriend.
"Uh... Do I know you from somewhere?" Danny questioned nervously.
The girl blinked owlishly at Danny. Her eyes turned a bit sharp as they studied the teenage boy in front of him. After a moment the girl seem to retreat into her sweater; blushing up a storm as she responded to Danny's question.
"We go to the same school, share three classes together, our lockers are right next to each other, and we have been partners in science four times." This time it was Danny's turn to imitate an owl. It took a second, but Danny's nervousness gave way to confusion when he remember who his locker neighbors, as well as his science lab partners were.
"Hold up, both lockers on either side of me belong to boys. And you're a girl!"
The girl winced at Danny's volume. She then process what he told her, and the girl just looked at Danny as though she was judging his intelligence.
The girl then seemed to remember something as she reached for her hair.
"Oh!" The girl grabbed her hair and bunched it up; covering it with a blue baseball cap she grabbed from her jeans' back pocket.
"Now do you recognize me?" The girl asked as she stood a little taller coming out of her sweater a bit.
Danny blinked as a name came to the front of his mind. "Alloyd Aguila? You're a girl!" Danny exclaimed as though he was just told the biggest scandal of the century. He couldn't wrap his mind around the fact that the girl in front of him was Alloyd Aguila; a quite, straight A student, who was his greatest science partner next to Tucker.
"Yes." Alloyd smiled as she blushed and shrunk back into her sweater.
"But how? I mean, all the teachers called you 'Mr.' but your a girl!" Danny babbled not noticing his arm disappearing.
"Um, Mr. Fenton I think your arm disappearing is more important than my gender." Alloyd pointed out remaining calm on the outside. In the inside a part of her was laughing at Danny, as he desperately tried to turn his arm back to normal as well as trying to come up with an explain at the same time.
"I can explain.. I mean.. I have..." Alloyd let out a chuckle unable to hold it in while she watched Danny stumble on his own words. Alloyd couldn't help it, seeing people panic was something that just makes her laugh.
"Mr. Fenton, calm down." Alloyd commanded, her voice becoming stronger but keeping that softness to it. Oddly enough Alloyd wasn't freaked out by Danny's arms disappearing; truth be told she almost seems to almost be accustomed to this sort of situations.
Danny stood there looking at Alloyd, his brain trying to understand her reaction. "Why aren't you freaking out?"
"Um…" Alloyd looked anywhere but at the teenage boy; the red in her cheeks spreading to the rest of her face. The more Danny stared at Alloyd the more fluster she became. Finally, Alloyd took a breath causing her blush to reside, and began to speak. "I can't tell you.."
"What?" Danny interrupted Alloyd before she could finish her sentence making her flinch back.
"I can't tell you here." Alloyd turned her back to Danny. "In about two minutes a gang will come here to smoke, and they are violent." Alloyd looked across to the other side of the park where off in the distance, one could see the the unmistakable lights of motorcycles. Turning back to Danny, Alloyd took a step towards him."If you follow me I'll answer your question. Maybe, I could be of some help to you."
"You can help me?" Danny ask skeptically.
"I said I may be of some help, and until I know what the problem is, I won't be able to help you. All I know is that your limbs turn invisible." Alloyd gaze at the stars after she explain herself to Danny; her eyes reflected the night sky as she evaluated the situation.
"But you could?" Danny whispered studying Alloyd's glowing brown eyes.
"You're going to have to tell me what happened to you before I can decide. But I can try." Alloyd looked Danny straight in the eye and smile sweetly. Shyly glancing at Danny, Alloyd brushed past him, and made her merry way across the park. She was ten feet away when Danny caught up with her. The roar of motorcycle engines reached the teenagers ears as they left the park.
"Where are we going?" Danny asked as they reach the park's exit.
"My place is just across the street from the park." Alloyd murmured with her shoulders tense. She really didn't not want to be anywhere near that motorcycle gang.
"Okay..." Danny mumbled feeling awkward about the situation, but a part of him felt hopeful. Hopeful that maybe he can go back to normal.
Alloyd and Danny just made it across the street, when somewhere in the distance the chime of midnight rang from a bell tower.
"Um, Aguila?" Danny spoke up, nerves evident in his voice. He just realized how late it actually was.
"Hmm." Alloyd acknowledged him.
"Don't you think it's a little late for me to visit your place? Won't your parents be mad?"
"I wouldn't know, since I don't live with my parents anymore. I live with with my older sister, and I know she won't be mad. She'll be delighted that I brought someone home. In fact I'm pretty sure she'll try to feed you." Alloyd chuckled. "To my sis, everyone could use some fattening up."
Alloyd's laugh made Danny feel a bit calmer, but still his nerves wouldn't go away. It could have be because he was blindly trusting someone that he only met a few times with a secret that he was scared of sharing with his parents, or it could be that he was hoping beyond reason that Alloyd would be able to cure him; either way Danny was risking everything following Alloyd. That didn't sit too well with him.
"Here we are." Alloyd walked up to a store front with the name Eagle's Clinic in golden letters on a green background hung on an old fashioned sign. The store was three stories with large windows in the first level showing the interior of the store to the public. The only light inside came from the behind the counter.
"'Eagle Clinic', you live here?" Danny questioned.
"Yep, Eagle is English for Aguila." Alloyd opened the door and stepped inside, Danny followed right behind her.
Lights flicker to life revealing a warm brown room with a stone tile floor. Shelves full of roots and dry herbs were to the left; while on the right were shelves with teapots, bowls, tea bags and books. There was a counter that contained boxes of different types of powders and bottles of different colored liquids all behind a thick pane of glass. Behind the counter were cubbies full of more boxes, their contents unknown. All in all it looked like one of those old fashioned general stores that one would see in western movies. Actually the entire place looked old fashioned right down to the lights. Although it was easy to tell they were just styled old fashioned by the light bulbs.
"Sis, I'm back and I'm with a friend!" Alloyd called out to the back, walking over to the counter. Danny followed looking stunned at everything.A few things looked familiar, but almost everything was alien to him.
"Did you get it?" A soft voice came from the back were a woman with kind lilac eyes emerged; her black hair brushing the floor. The woman was thin and tall enough to reach six feet easily; making her two feet taller than Danny, and two and half feet taller than Alloyd. She was dressed in lab coat with tan pants and brown high heel wedges. "Hmm. Who is this Lloyd?"
"This is Danny Fenton, he is a classmate of mine. Mr. Fenton, this is my sister Dr. Ama Aguila." Alloyd gave Danny a nudge beckoning him forward to shake hands with her sister.
"Nice to meet you Dr. Aguila." Danny extended his hand and smiled shyly. "Sorry for showing up at such a late hour."
"Ah, there's nothing for you to be worried about Mr. Fenton. And please called me Dr. Ama." Ama smiled extending her hand showing clean polished nails."Dr. Aguila makes me look for my brother."
"Um. Okay." Danny nodded relaxed in the presence of the kind doctor.
"Lloyd, is there a reason why you dragged Mr. Fenton home with you?" Ama let go of Danny's hand to face her younger sister, her eyes shining with curiosity.
"Mr. Fenton and I owe each other a few explanations." Alloyd said taking out a small pouch from her navy blue jacket's pocket. "Here are the seeds you wanted."
"Thank you dear." Ama look over to Danny who at the moment felt a little out of place."Oh how rude of me. Mr. Fenton would you like something to drink, perhaps something to eat."
"Er..." Danny was about to decline her offer when Alloyd mouthed for him to accept."Yes, please."
"Ah good, you're too scrawny for your age. Lloyd would you like something too?" Ama clapped her hands together as she turned her head slightly to see her younger sister.
"Hmm. I'll have a dandelion brew with six sugars and half milk." Alloyd pause a bit,"Do we still have Chamorro Sweet Bread?" Ama nodded."Then we will have Chamorro Sweet Bread."
"Mr. Fenton what would you like to drink? We have water, coffee, juice, and milk." Ama listed going to the back room lightly tossing the bag of seed her sister gave her into the air, and catching them.
"Water is fine. Thank you." Danny called to Ama which she responded with a thumbs up over her head.
"Um, Mr. Fenton you're sinking." Alloyd softly pointed out. Danny looked down panicking trying to get his feet on the ground, not in it. Alloyd chuckled a bit before helping Danny by taking his arm and pulling him up. "You are new at having these powers, huh?"
"That obvious?" Danny mumbled concentrating on getting his legs back.
"Kinda, if you had your powers longer you'll at least be able to notice when they are active." Alloyd explain as she let go of Danny, and walked over to a door that was hidden by a red curtain. Danny followed her through the door and up a staircase. The top of the stairs was a door that opened to a cozy gold-ish yellow half kitchen half living room with a wooden floor.
There was a small glass coffee table surrounded by brown couches on three sides, with an entertainment system on the fourth side. A large window was on either side of the entertainment system. An entire wall to the left of the coffee table was taken up by a ceiling to floor black book shelf. Half of the bookshelf was taken up by books while the other was filled with boxes. A dark wooden counter with brown leather stools divided the kitchen and living room. The kitchen was simple with warm tan walls and wooden cabinets. There was only one small window over the sink with the window right of the entertainment set touching the edge of the counter.
"Nice place." Danny said looking at the room.
"Thanks, sis designed it." Alloyd smiled with pride."Come in. Take a seat." She motioned to the stools at the wooden counter. Danny obeyed and sat by the large window taking in the view of the park.
"Are you going to answer my question now?" Danny wasted no time getting to the point right when Alloyd sat opposite of him.
"Before I do that, do you promise not to tell anyone or anything about what I tell you without my permission, unless if it is unavoidable? You give me your word and I'll give you mine." Alloyd said careful with the wording. She looked sharply at Danny; her eyes resembling stone.
"What do you mean by unavoidable?" Danny asked confuse.
"I mean, if it is a life or death situation." Alloyd explained.
Danny sat back his mind going over the deal. A moment later he extended his arm. "Deal." Alloyd reached out and grabbed Danny's hand sealing their deal.
For a moment Alloyd sat in silence, her thoughts occupied with finding the right wording. Finally she decided to go the route Ama took when she explained it to her. Alloyd looked Danny in the eye and began."The easiest way to describe what I am is to say I am a witch. Well I'm what witches are based on."
Danny did not believe her, so he said, "Prove it."
"I suppose that's fair." Alloyd mumbled to herself knowing that Danny had showed his powers to her even though it was unintentional. She took a deep breath and let it go lifting her hand in front of her. Right before their eyes Alloyd's hand caught fire. The fire was tiny, barely an inch high, but it was bright and warm. Alloyd smiled, enjoying being able to use her own powers even at a minuscule level.
Danny could barely believe it, here was a girl whose hand was on fire, yet she did not burn. It did not make any sense. He was then blown back even more when Alloyd flattened her hand parallel to the floor and in her palm a perfect rose of ice. "Amazing! You really are a witch!"
Alloyd let the ice rose drop on the counter as she explained."Mr. Fenton, I'm what people in the past based witches on. That doesn't mean I'm a witch. It definitely doesn't guarantee that I can wave a magic wand or make a potion that can solve everything." Alloyd stopped and sighed as she looked at the rose of ice. "Every myth, fantasy, and legend has some truth to them, but that truth is hidden by passage of time, exaggerations, and in some cases the replacement of something, be it an object, or person. It will be good of you to know that now and in the future."
"Does that mean you won't be able to cure me?" Danny whispered as he looked down, his hope almost gone shoulders slumped in depression.
"Tell me what happened and then I'll see what I can do." Alloyd said handing the rose to Danny."You know Mr. Fenton, witches and ghost have gone hand in hand since the very beginning." Although Alloyd didn't know Danny all that well she had seen him in the school's hallways and in class enough times to know that he was a bit of a upbeat person, not entirely cheerful but not depressing either. On those observations alone, Alloyd knew that the way that Danny was acting, was not normal Danny behavior. It made Alloyd sorta disappointed in Danny for letting himself be this way. Then again, who was she to judge?
Danny took the rose, marveling in the tiny details he missed earlier. On every petal there were droplets of dew, when he rotated it the droplets would scatter the light, creating a rainbow inside of themselves. A moment of silence passed as Danny collected his thoughts trying to arrange them into sentences. Taking a deep breath to settle his nerves Danny started to his story. "Two weeks ago, my parents showed my friends Tucker, Sam and I their new invention, the Ghost Portal. When they tried to turn it on, it didn't work. My parents were disappointed and left us alone. Sam began to think out loud about how amazing a world of ghost would be. Next thing I know, I'm putting on a hazmat suit and being pushed in. I look around a bit. Then without thinking I leaned my hand on one of the walls. A bright light flashed, and I passed out. When I woke up my hair was white and my eyes green. I turned back to normal soon after.
"For a week after, I tried to fool myself into denial, but at the beginning of this week that was almost impossible. My powers began to act out. First I found myself under the bed. Then my arms and legs disappeared. Today alone I lost count on how many things I broke!" Danny threw his hand in the air dramatically before deflating like a balloon resting his head on the counter.
"Have you talked to your parents about this?" Alloyd voice was thoughtful.
"How can I? My parents hunt ghost for a living. They hate them. Believing that all ghost are evil. I had to sneak out of the house just to stop listening to my dad talk about ripping ghosts molecule by molecule. Honestly I don't know how they would react to me becoming what they hate most."
"I know how you feel." Alloyd whispered as she remembered what some would called a tragic past.
"How would you know?" Danny raised his head to look Alloyd in the eye. What he saw made him cringe, for in the witch's eyes burn a sadness that belong only to one who has lost everything. There was so much emotion in those eyes. Emotions that have been suppressed for a long time.
"Before I came to live with sis, I lived with my biological parents. They were nice and caring but religious. My father worked as a mechanic while my mother was a school nurse. I had an older brother who despite my mother's wishes joined the army. We lived happily. My father taught me all about mechanics, while my mother did the same for first aid. On days that my parents worked I stayed with my godfather, my uncle, who was the pastor of our church. On Sundays my mother would dress us up, and we would go to church. I remember I always sat in the sermon instead of going to play with the other kids in the day care. I was the niece and the goddaughter of the pastor after all, some things were expected of me." Alloyd looked out the window her eyes dull and filled with unreturned love.
"When I was six my magic began to manifest. It started out as only a warm feeling in my heart that spread to be all around me within thirteen days. Two weeks later I was about to read my favorite book about marine life when I notice something was different. When I grabbed it the book's title change from Discovering the Deep to A Witch's Guide. When I drop the book it went back to normal. At first I thought I was still asleep, but I pinched my arms and legs to find the truth. I was awake.
"Curiosity took the better of me and I opened the book. Inside was only one entry. It was my first spell, Rushing Currents. There was a small description under it which read Manipulation of water level 1. To the right of the spell was, to my amazement a moving picture! It was like one of those old silent movies. The words Rushing Currents bleed onto the page in cursive. When the words faded I appeared in black and white. To the right of me was cup of blue water, the only color on the white pages. The me in the book moved her mouth and raised her hand. The water in the cup rose and followed her hand. I watched unable to look away as the me in the book twist, stretched, and compressed the water. Soon targets appeared in the background, also in black in white. The me in the book twisted the water into shapes then threw them at the targets. She never missed. She then went on to using the water like a whip. She lashed out at targets, straw dummies, trees, buildings, and even use it to swing herself from one building to another! I was amazed at what I saw, and disappointed when it ended.
"I flipped through the book looking for the more info of what it was that I saw. I turned every page, but in the end they were empty. I returned to the first page where the first spell was on, and got the urge to try it. I was about to utter the first word when my mother called me to breakfast. I was zapped back to reality. I knew that witches were considered evil, and I was holding a witch's spell book in my hands. I knew I had to tell my parents, but I just couldn't. They would have seen me as a witch. Then for some strange reason I got it into my head that if I can master the spell then my family would be impressed with me. That they wouldn't hate me.
"After breakfast my mother took me to my uncle's. I asked him if we could go down to the beach to play. He agreed and drove us the five miles to the beach. I had the foreshadow to bring a bag with the book hidden inside, so when my uncle parked the car I could run to the sand dunes knowing that no one goes there because of how hard it is to walk. My uncle yelled that he was going to be at the pier if I needed anything. I turned, smiled and waved at him.
"It took me half an hour to find a place hidden from the pier but close to the sea shore. I took out the book and said the spell imitating the black and white me. I laughed with glee when the water moved with my hand. After that I convinced my uncle to take me to the beach every day. For an entire two months I practiced the spell while my uncle made friends with the local fishermen. Unfortunately my mother thought it would be a great surprise if she called in sick and spent a day with me at the beach. To make things worst that was the day a new spell appeared in my book.
"I was so excited to try it I didn't even notice my mother standing on top of one of the sand dunes. I said in a clear voice Burning Ashes. A flame appeared in the palm of my hand. I thought of it expanding and it took over my body. My mother screamed and I looked up at her. I lost concentration and the spell ended. I began to panic as my mother demanded an explanation. I didn't know what to say or what to do. But it didn't matter because when I came down from panicking my uncle was already there, my mother explaining what made her scream. Just from the look in my mother's eyes I knew something bad was going to happen. When my uncle quieted my mother and turn his eyes on me I felt as though I was suffocating.
"All I could think to do was to get out of there. So I did. I ran away from them taking with me my spell book and bag that contained my lunch and jacket." Alloyd stopped and turned to face Danny." I ran not knowing where I would go or what would happen to me. For six months I stayed on the streets, constantly on the move. I didn't venture in the cities unless I had to and I avoided human contact. My days were spent walking, practicing spells, learning more abilities, and looking over my shoulders.
"When winter came, I was in Oregon. I was sick, dying in the snow. I was so weak that when sis found me I said..."
"What a pretty angel." Ama interrupted. Both Danny and Alloyd turned to looked at her. Ama had taken of her lab coat revealing a red V-neck shirt. In her hands, Ama carried a tray with bread rolls and three mugs, two of which were steaming. "Sorry for interrupting " Ama smiled walking over to the counter and sitting next to Danny.
Alloyd smiled at her sister before she continuing her story."A few days later I woke up and sis here explained to me what I was. She took me in and taught me all I know about being a witch. A month into my lessons, mom came to visit. She stayed a year with us and by the end adopted me into her family. They changed my last name to Aguila and dad picked my first and middle name making sure it followed traditions." Alloyd finished her story with the ghost of a smile on her lips her eyes bright at the happy thoughts.
A moment of silence passed as everyone was trapped in their own thoughts. Alloyd and Ama lost in memory and Danny thought about what he would do if he had to go through what Alloyd did.
"Lloyd dear, would you mind explaining why you were telling Mr. Fenton here, your back story?" Ama asked looking at her younger sister snapping her out of the past.
"Uh. Long story short, his parents built a ghost portal, it didn't work, he walked inside it to investigate, got zapped, and is now half ghost. I found him wandering outside in the park, I brought him here after I saw his legs and arms turn invisible." Alloyd summarized quickly in one breath. Her cheeks turning red when she realized that she pretty much revealed everything to a stranger, well Danny was more like an acquaintance. "Hey sis, has this ever happened before?"
"It sounds familiar. Give me a minute to think." Ama grabbed a mug from the tray and began to sip from it while she sorted through her memories, looking as though she spaced out with her lilac eyes glazed over.
"Here, try some Mr. Fenton." Alloyd push the plate of Chamorro Sweet Bread and handed Danny his mug of water. Danny looked at the rolls, at first glance they looked like any old rolls. "Trust me they are good." Alloyd gave Danny a toothy smile encouraging him to take a roll.
"Thanks." He took one from the plate. The roll was small, barely filling his palm, and it was white with a honey brown top. Mentally shrugging, Danny took a bite. From that day forward, Danny became hooked on Chamorro Sweet Bread. "They're so soft and sweet!"
"Yeah, aren't they the best?" Alloyd's smile spread as she took her second roll, eating it while enjoying her mug of dandelion coffee. A minute passed as Danny and Alloyd each enjoying their rolls in peace and silence.
"Oh! I remember, there was a case like this one before." Ama spoke her soft voice filling the comfortable silence that Danny and Alloyd settled in.
"There was?" Surprise filled Danny's voice, who couldn't believe that something like this had happened before.
"Yes, but that case was slightly different that yours. I am sketchy on the details but I will do my best to tell you about it." Ama cleared her throat and sat up putting down her mug. When Ama began to speak her voice changed to be more serious like a doctor instead of the soft gentle voice that she used when speaking with her sister and Danny.
"About twenty years or so ago an accident happened at a Wisconsin college. The details are mostly unknown, but it did involve a group that was into researching the paranormal. The reports and newspapers all say it was an explosion that sent one of the group members to the hospital with what sounds, and is described as blisters. Apparently the member was exposed to some type of radiation from a prototype invention. He stayed in the hospital for years before he was released. Unfortunately the newspapers and the reports never mentioned the club member's name. All I know is that he is male and that he stayed at the hospital suffering from radiation poisoning."
"Was there any mention of ghost powers?" Danny questioned.
"The papers said nothing about that. But around the time that the club member was released from the hospital, rumors began to spread in the ghost zone about a half human half ghost man." Ama leaned on the counter taking a sip from her mug her eyes squinting as she concentrated on something that was not physically there.
"You been to the Ghost Zone?" Danny practically shouted.
"Mr. Fenton, remember when I said that witches and ghost have gone hand in hand since the beginning?" Alloyd asked.
"Yes, and…" Danny's words faded.
"Simple, witches can travel to and from the Ghost Zone. To tell the truth, many witches take advantage of this to make money as mediums." Ama said returning to her soft voice again.
"So you've been to the Ghost Zone?" Danny asked curiosity making his eyes shine.
"We've done more than just visit the Ghost Zone. We have our own lair!" Alloyd boosted happy to have someone besides her sister to talk to about these types of things.
"What's a lair?" Danny questioned not understanding what Alloyd meant.
"There what ghost call their homes. Each lair is as unique as the ghost itself. Most are doors that lead to a hidden area, others are structures like castles or homes, and some are islands or continents. It's really amazing." Alloyd explained her joy making her ramble.
Ama smiled happily, glad that her sister's smile finally reached her eyes. It has been so long since the last time she saw her Lloyd's eyes sparkle. Danny also noticed Alloyd's eyes light up. Sure they were bright when she smiled earlier but now they were practically stars.
"Danny, what exactly is it that you want from us?" Ama asked, ending Alloyd's ramblings about the different lairs in the Ghost Zone. Danny turned to look at the kind doctor not exactly sure how to word his sentence.
"Um, I was hoping you would find a cure for me?" Danny looked down, nerves returning.
"A cure?" Ama repeated."You're making it sound like you have a disease. In any case, I have to do a bit of an investigation, and I will have to have a full list of what you have experienced. Does that sound alright to you?"
"Yeah, when do we start?" Danny asked excitedly, hope blooming in his heart for becoming normal again.
"Danny," Alloyd whispered loud enough for him to hear. "Please don't get your hopes up. What has happened to you maybe irreversible." Alloyd felt horrible, but she recognized the hope in Danny's eyes and didn't want him to be crushed.
Danny was stunned. His hope dimmed for he knew that Alloyd could be right. There might not be a cure. "If there isn't a cure then what?" Danny said with barely held in emotions."What will happen to me? Will I have to live with my limbs disappearing? Will I have to live as a freak for the rest of my life? What if they get worse? What if I turn into a full ghost? Will I die?" Danny began to panic his worries taking over silencing him.
Alloyd sat there listening to Danny's 'what if's'. She tried to stay calm listening to his rambles but he sounded so defeated. That was something that Alloyd didn't like. She couldn't bare to see people in pain. In that moment Alloyd made a choice. With her decision, Alloyd's voice gain strength to go above her soft child whisper to the firm tone of a lady.
"Fenton." Alloyd called out to him, snapping Danny from his worries. "If there is no cure then I personally will train you in using your powers. From the sounds and looks of things your powers are just settling in. As to what to do with them it will be up to you to decided. You are only part ghost, so unless you die, be it natural or by accident, then and only then will you become a full one." At this part Alloyd stood from her stool and walked around, staring right at Danny, her eyes losing their pupils becoming a warm fire brown."I know for a fact that you are not dying." Alloyd leaned in close to Danny, her eyes sending shivers up his spine. "And one more thing, NEVER called yourself a freak ever again. Understand?"
Danny could only nod, to scared to use his voice.
Alloyd grinned showing her teeth. "Good." She backed away from Danny turning her eyes back to normal.
"What was that?" Danny breathed, still scared of what he witnessed.
"It's called Dead Line it's a universal spell. It is one of Lloyd's most powerful spells that she has mastered. Few witches know about it, and even fewer can use it." Ama explained her eyes down cast. "It let's the caster see if someones going to die from something specific."
"Okay. What's a universal spell?" Danny was half relieved half confused.
Alloyd sat back down on her seat as she began her explanation."Each witch has her own unique spell book since the witch's spell book is a manifestation of the witch's magic. It lists all of the witch's spells and abilities that the witch is able to do. For each witch it is different. Some witches only have abilities, other only spells. Some even have one of each. It all depends on the witch's psyche, needs, or environment. All of these and many more can contribute to the witch's ability to learn or perform a spell. And although there can be some similarities, no two spellbooks are the same. Fact is only the witch, and those that the witch deems worthy, can read it.
"But there are a few spells that witches can learn from others. These are called Universal Spells. There the spells that can be taught from one witch to another, or appear in a special section of the witch's spell book. Like I said before it all depends on the witch." Alloyd finished.
Danny just stared trying to comprehend what was just told to him. "I feel like I'm in school." He moaned.
"Sorry, I know it's a lot but learning about witches is like learning a whole new culture that is half modern half stone age. Some makes sense others just go over your head." Alloyd looked sheepish with her hand playing with her baseball cap on her head.
"You will understand. It just takes time." Ama smiled, her eyes showing that she was thinking about the past. Probably when she first introduce Alloyd into the world of the witches.
"Any way enough about us. Let's get started on finding a solution to your problems." Alloyd said standing up and heading to a door by the stairs.
"She's right Mr. Fenton. The sooner we get started the sooner we find the solution." Ama stood and followed her sister motioning for Danny to follow them.
AN: Just getting it out there now not all my chapters are going to be this long. Also I am not sure when I will update it all depends on my schedule and writer's creativity. Some parts are going to be like the show others will not.
Thank you all for reading.