Chapter one

How it all began

"Damn it Natsu..." Gray Fullbuster growled as he sulked to his house. His palm was full of ice and pressed to his left eye- one of many bruises he currently had.

Today was not a good day for Gray. He had woken up in a rotten mood. Then again, just the day before he had gotten his butt handed to him while on a mission. And, of course, Natsu had been the big hero and saved everyone.

Natsu barely had a scratch while Gray, Lucy, Erza, and Wendy had been slightly more beat up.

He woke up and headed for the guild like usual, still sore but trying not to show it. The rest of his team had already gotten there and were discussing the things they did well on their mission, and when they would take their next one.

"Hey Gray!" Lucy had said brightly when he had walked in. He tilted his head in response.

"Did you sleep alright?" The ever innocent Wendy asked.

Truthfully, no. Gray's arm was really bugging him because he had almost dislocated his shoulder, his stomach hurt because it had taken multiple beatings, and his pride was somewhat wounded because he had had to be saved by Natsu.

"Yeah," he lied, hiding a wince as he sat at the table.

Lucy yawned and stretched. "Lucky you. I didn't sleep at all last night- I was stressing out about rent and then I was up writing."

"How is your novel coming Lucy?" Erza questioned. Gray nodded.

"Yeah. I still don't know what happens next!"

Lucy smacked Gray's arm playfully. "You weren't supposed to read it in the first place Gray!" She turned to Erza. "And so far I think it's going great! I still need to work out the final plot twisting ending, but other then that-"

"What's it about again?" Natsu asked.

"This is a new one," Lucy explained. "It's about this kid who discovers he can turn invisible and-"

Carla flicked her tail. "The character can turn invisible?" She sniffed. "That is quite impossible you know."

Lucy rolled her eyes. "Yeah, I know. But that's the fun of writing- it doesn't have to be possible!"

Natsu laughed and punched the air. "Awesome!"

Gray nodded absently, his eyelids growing heavier. He hardly noticed when Natsu walked behind him, caught his foot on the leg of his chair and fell, dragging Gray with him.

"What the Hell man!" Gray snapped, rushing to stand back up.

Natsu stood up do, brushing his pants off. "Me? It was your stupid chair that tripped me!"

Before long, a fight had broken out. Gray- being tired- had gotten his butt kicked and had gained a new black eye as well as re-injuring his shoulder and having his stomach receive more bruising.

He had managed to hit Natsu a few times, leaving a few good marks on the kid. So that wasn't what was pissing him off right now.

He was pissed off because A.) He was sore B.) he was tired and C.) the guild had blamed him for the fight with Natsu. Normally they just shrugged and laughed it off as boys being boys. Today, however, seemed to be Make Gray Feel Like Crap day. Everyone- even his own team mates!- had called him immature, reckless, and stupid. They said the fight had been uncalled for.

Then, someone went as far to mention the Ul would have been disappointed in Gray and his behavior.

That had been it for him. Gray had stormed out of the guild hall, ignoring the apologetic calls and pleas to come back.

I hate my life sometimes... Gray thought bitterly. And that was when it all went black.

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Danny was not in a good mood. He hadn't slept the night before at all. First, he was chasing and being chased by Skulker until two in the morning, fighting until Tucker could fix the recently broken Fenton Thermos. Then he had stayed awake until his alarm clock went off studying for the test he had that day.

On the way to school, the Box Ghost had showed up. The ghost managed to sneak up on Danny, Sam, and Tucker, and trap all three of them in a box for two hours. After Danny broke them out, he got tossed around by the ghost before sending him packing.

So he was tired, scraped up, and late for school- not a good combination.

Mr. Lancer had scolded him strongly for being late, Tucker snapped at him for falling asleep in their math class, and Sam had made more then a few snide comments about how he had gotten himself beat up by the Box Ghost.

Oh, and that test he'd studied so hard for? C-. So he had forgotten a few capitol letters here and there, so what? And come on, mixing up there, their, and they're aren't worth dropping a letter grade- he was half asleep! His teacher, however, hadn't thought the same way Danny did.

And that was just the first half of the day. Danny had been planning on eating a simple and quiet lunch, maybe sneaking in a quick nap, then suffering through the rest of the day in peace.

Obviously that wouldn't happen. Danny Fenton never had an easy day.

Lunch time finally rolled around for which Danny was grateful- he was starving- but he didn't get to eat. His lunch money account was empty and he didn't have any cash on him. Tucker always brought exact change and Sam's parents had made it very clear that she was not to buy food for 'that strange Fenton boy'.

She did, obviously, offer him half of her veggie tofu sandwich and some of her veggie fries, but Danny didn't want it.

He sat at their normal place under a tree, curled up on his side and used his back pack as a pillow. He was asleep in seconds.

He was awoken by something cold and wet spilling on him. His eyes snapped open and he jumped out, bracing himself to go ghost and fight.

Instead, he was greeted by the smirking face of none other than Dash.

"Wakey wakey Fenturd." The bully snickered, his now empty water bottle in hand.

After Dash was done taunting Danny, he had gone to gym class where he played the game universally known as Hell: dodge ball.

Sure, he, Tucker, and Sam had all been on the same team, but still. Danny got pelted with balls even after he was out!

Now, Danny was walking home. He was so tired and so done with life. Even his best friends had seemed against him today! He had missed the bus and Jazz said she wouldn't give him a ride home.

"You need to learn to manage your time better." She had said as she turned him down.

"I really hate my life sometimes..." Danny muttered and he tripped over the sidewalk, tore a hole in his jeans, and scraped his knee.

With a slight hiccup, his ghost sense appeared. Danny jumped to his feet, turning in a circle, searching for the ghost that had set it off.

"We really hate ours too." A voice said. Danny felt a cold hand on his arm and suddenly, he blacked out.

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The ghost gazed lovingly at the unconscious boys laying on the floor before her. Oh, this would be such fun! Finally, she had found not one but two people who understood her!

And the fact that they were too cute for words was just an added bonus.

"Oh you sweet, poor, abused little lambs." She cooed, running her finger's through their hair. "Don't worry. Don't fear. You'll never have to go back to that world- never again see the world you hate. We can stay here, forever! We can all be happy together, forever! We can all be happy."

She leaned down and gave each boy a peck on the cheek.

"Do not despair my little lambs. We will never be hurt again!"

One of the boys- the shorter, younger one- began to stir and groan a little in his sleep.

"Don' t'ch me..." He muttered, barely coherent.

The ghost sighed, almost in disappointment. "Why are you humans so attached to the world you hate? Don't worry little lambs, soon, you will forget all about the pain it caused you. You will forget all about that world."

She dragged first one and then the other into a little room, just slightly bigger then a large broom closet.

"Don't worry little lambs," she said again as she closed and locked the door. "I'll never let you go back."

Hey guys it's me! So this is gonna be a fairly short story- 8 chapters at 3 pages each. But it gets updated every other day! I may or may not do my usual comment dedications, depending on if I get comments or not. Anyways, bye! (::)