Just a quick message to anyone who has read my other story:
A lot of people think that I'm still gonna write more on my other story, (and I don't blame you for thinking that), but I'm not going to continue it, I like the idea of leaving it a bit open-ended.
Disclaimer: I am not Butch Hartman and therefore I'm still just a useless weirdo girl writing a fanfiction who is trying and failing to satisfy my own, personal, weird, unhealthy need for more Danny Phantom instead of doing my homework and other stuff that I'm behind on because I have been binge-re-watching Danny Phantom lately, along with other shows.
I'm in a serious need of help!
I don't own Danny Phantom, it belongs to Butch Hartman and Nickelodeon.
P.S. Please tell me about any typos or things like that. I'm good at english, but it's not my first language, so there might be some errors in my writing.
Chapter 1 - It's time
Danny was pacing back and forth in his room, and had been doing that for so long that he was surprised it hadn't left a permanent mark in the floor, or on the ceiling. Danny was so nervous that he didn't even realise he was currently defying gravity.
Today when he got home from school he had made a decision. He decided that he wanted to explain everything to his parents. He had been hurt many times, and sometimes he has been too close to losing the rest of his life, and finishing what the portal started. He didn't want his parents to find out his secret in those circumstances, so he had decided to tell them today. He had just walked straight home today, he wanted to get it over with.
He had told his parents that he wanted to talk too them about something later, and went up to his room to prepare himself. He hadn't told either of his friends what he was doing, because he knew that would try to talk him out of it. He would have liked to have them by his side now though..
Suddenly the door was slammed open, and with a yelp, Danny fell off the ceiling, and landed on his back on the floor. Sure, it didn't hurt that much, he had fell from way higher many times, but he still felt it. Being half ghost doesn't make him invincible.
Rubbing his back as he sat up, he looked over at the door. There, in the doorway, stood his big sister Jazz. She was usually very calm and collected, a good quality to have for someone who's studying to become a psychologist.
But right now, that calm look had been replaced by a panicked one. Before Danny could say anything, Jazz shouted:
"You're telling them?!"
It made sense that she would freak out. She must have heard from their parents that Danny wanted to talk to them about something, and put the pieces together herself. She had always been a bit overprotective, so of course she would flip over something like this.
Before Danny could respond to her question, she was already rambling.
"Are you sure it will go well? How are you telling them? Why are you telling them? What will you do if they don't take it well? What if.."
At this point Danny was just watching her walking in a circle, tuning her out. He stood up on his feet, and watched his sister, a bit amused by her reaction.
He tried talking to her.
"Um.. Jazz?"
When she kept going, he talked a bit louder.
"Jazz!"
She was still rambling. Grumbling to himself, Danny took a deep breath and shouted.
"JAZZ!"
She finally stopped, and looked at her brother.
When she didn't say anything, Danny kept talking, at normal volume this time.
"Jazz, it'll be fine. I've already decided that it's time to tell them."
Jazz looked at her brother in disbelief. She saw it his eyes, he was completely serious. She took a deep breath, and said.
"Alright, if you're sure.. then I'll support your choice."
They shared a smile with each other, before Danny took a deep breath, and said:
"Okay, I.. think it's time. Let's go."
And with that he walked out the still open door, and headed for the stairs.
He could hear Jazz closing the door and walking behind him. He walked down the stairs, one step at a time.
He tried to walk as slow as possible, but the slower he walked, the faster the wood floor downstairs approached him.
Before he knew it, he had reached the bottom of the stairs and had no other choice than to go and face is parents.
He turned to the left, and went into the living room. There, his parents were already sitting on the couch, waiting for him. They looked over at him when he entered, and he sat down across from them. Jazz quietly sat down next to him.
Danny didn't notice that he was shaking, but his parents sure did.
"Danny?"
"Are you okay?" they asked with concerned looks on their faces.
Danny suddenly noticed what he was doing, so he took another deep breath, and said.
"Yeah.. I'm fine.. Just.. Just a bit nervous".
When he said that, his mother reached over to him and grabbed his hands.
Danny looked into her eyes, as she said in her calming motherly voice:
"Whatever it is you need to tell us honey, we'll support you, no matter what".
Jazz but a supporting hand on his shoulder and said softly:
"Go ahead, it'll be fine".
Danny looked at his sister, and then back to his parents. That's right, they're my parents, of course they'll accept me. Besides, I've already been accepted once before, they will accept me again.
Having mentally prepared himself enough, he opened his mouth to speak.
…
But no words came.
No matter how hard he tried, the words just wouldn't come out.
Why?
I know that they'll accept me already.
I shouldn't be worried.
So why am I?
His eyes started to tear up as he was stumbling, trying to say a single word.
I prepared myself for this.
I was ready for this.
His mother, who had earlier leaned back to give him space, reached over to him again, this time being joined by her husband. They both looked into Danny's eyes, and he looked back at them.
They didn't say anything, but they didn't need to. The look in their eyes was enough.
Danny let a smile slip onto his lips, and tried again. His parents leant back once more and gave him a reassuring look.
Danny tried to speak again, and this time it was much easier.
"I.. Do you remember the accident I was in with the portal?"
Both his parents were confused, but they didn't want to interrupt him, so they nodded.
"Well.. After you tried to start it and it didn't work, I.. I went inside to look at it."
This parents couldn't help it, that was very dangerous!
"Danny, you know better than to go into the lab alone!"
"Are you alright?"
Danny was overwhelmed with the sudden questions, so Jazz signaled for their parents to stop. When they did, she said in her bossy voice: I'm sure that you will have many things to say before we're done, but can you wait until after Danny's done explaining?"
Their parents nodded, and Jazz motioned for Danny to keep going.
Picking up where he left off, he kept talking.
"Anyway, I went inside, and accidentally turned on the portal. The ON-button was on the inside."
"It turned on with me inside, and I got electrocuted."
He could see his parents getting more worried by the second.
"And that's not even the worst part" he thought to himself.
"I-It felt.. It felt like.. like I was.."
Danny could feel the tears that were beginning to fill up his eyes, so he stopped there, took a calming breath and kept going.
"When I walked out of it.. I.. I was.."
And there it was again, that weird thing stopping him from speaking again.
"You were what, sweetie?"
"Just let it out."
His parents were still smiling at him, trying their best not to let their fear take over, trying to stay supportive.
He looked at them, and let the words out.
"I'm half ghost."
He looked down after he said that. He didn't want to see the look on his parents face's right now.
What did they look like now?
Angry?
Sad?
Accepting?
They had to be accepting, they had been before..
Right?
…
Nothing happened, it was as if time was standing still.
Then, his parents started laughing.
He had to look up, to see their faces.
Yes, they really were laughing.
His mother was the first one to calm down, and she spoke, this time not in the same calming voice.
"Of course you're not, silly. That's not scientifically possible."
Danny couldn't believe what was going on.
Here he was, telling them the biggest secret ever, and they didn't even believe him!
"Yes I am! It is possible for half ghosts to exist, there's two of us!"(See A/N at bottom)
"Really? And who is the other one then?"
Even though he was very tempted to reveal Vlad now, he didn't want to go back on their deal, cause if he did, he would give Vlad an excuse if he told anyone Danny's secret.
"I..I can't tell you that, I said I'd keep it a secret."
Even though I don't want to.
His parents still didn't seem to believe him, so he tried his last option.
"Fine, if you don't believe me, I'll just show you."
Standing up, he backed up a bit so that his parents could see him clearly.
He looked straight at his parents. It was hard to not look at his shoes, but he needed them to take him seriously right now, so he kept his gaze up.
As slowly as he could, he summoned the light blue ring that appeared around his waist.
He could see the sudden look of surprise in his parents eyes, which quickly turned into fascination.
The ring split into two, and one went up, and the other one went down.
As the rings traveled over his body, he could feel himself changing, his white T-shirt and jeans became his usual black jumpsuit with white highlights.
The red oval on his shirt turned into the symbol that Sam had designed for him, A ghostly D with a P inside.
He could see his parents looks shift from fascination to confusion at seeing the logo.
The ring traveled over his head, turning his ice blue eyes into a toxic green, and his raven black hair turned snow white.
And there, in Danny Fenton's place, stood Danny Phantom.
The ghost that his parents hated the most.
He wasn't able to look at his parents anymore, so he looked down at the floor.
He heard Jazz rise from her place on the couch. She walked over to him, and stood by his side supportingly.
She didn't say anything, but Danny assumed that she was looking at their parents.
Not soon after though, Jazz backed away out of surprise. But Danny didn't notice, because he was busy with what had caused it. His parents were talking.
"Get way from there Jazz!", and "Leave her alone, ghost!"
Not soon afterwards, Danny heard a sound. One that he hated hearing, one that he definitely hadn't expected to hear.
He heard the sound of two ecto-guns charging up.
A small sound, he usually didn't even notice it.
But right now, it was deafening to his ears.
Bzzzz…
End of Chapter 1 - It's time
So, tell me, was that chapter good? :D
Once again, I'd just like to say that there might be typos. Especially since the computer I'm writing on has autocorrect for 3 languages...
Note:
I'm not counting Danielle, for two reasons. First, she isn't a "natural born halfa", and second, I just really don't like her. I'm sorry to any Dani fans, but I can't stand her.. Please don't hate me.
Fun fact: This chapter was written 100% in school..(Including this part). I have trouble focusing on my schoolwork while in school, but I find it easy to write fanfiction in school. At home though, I have trouble focusing while writing fanfiction, but I find it easy to write stuff for school at home.. So I've kinda switched places..
Goodbye!
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