Author Note: Based on the many posts on Tumblr about 'Wes'- if someone at the school was named Wes. Eventually, the phandom on Tumblr (well the half that I've seen) even came up with a backstory and ideas for Wes. This whole fic is glimpses into the life of Wes- from posts on Tumblr by Askdannyjamesfenton, thickerthanectoplasm, artblogparadox, lemonhoney9, gammija, hashtag-art, darkeneddawning, aqua-twin, latte-dah, spectral-feniiku, love-to-puppies, privatefirstclasslaverniustucker, ghostfiish, semiethephantom, and more. I think I listed all the ones that I reblogged (My tumblr's Clockworksapprentice) and saw on Tumblr. If anyone knows of any posts, send me a message with the link or something! Please!
~CWA
Title: That Ghost Kid
Summary: When Sam saw the ring, she wondered who Wes was…Wes was just the Casper High basketball star, who unluckily did resemble the ghost boy. Maybe that was why he seemed to be the only person who connected the dots between Fenton and Phantom- unfortunately everyone has yet to believe him.
The other summary: There's a reason why people haven't connected the dots between Fenton and Phantom. There are a lot of guys with the same facial structure, and unluckily Wes was one of them. So while they not believe his crazy idea of Fenton being Phantom, they did believe that Wes did resemble Phantom- quite a lot actually.
Genre: Humor/Mystery
Rated: T
Disclaimer: I do not own nor claim Danny Phantom or any of the characters- including Wes. Though Wes sort of belongs to the whole fandom. The cover picture is from Tumblr, posted by askdannyjamesfenton.
Notes:
For those of you who don't know, Wes is sort of a mush of various things and I can't recall who started the idea. But basically, there's been talk about why people haven't connected the dots between Fenton and Phantom. The answer's simple- there's a lot of guys who have the same basic face structure and resemble him. Then it was pointed out that a background character ('Wes') who looked a lot like Danny, but he had red hair, green eyes, and he was wearing a basketball uniform.
Then that was mashed with Gothiefairy's idea that there had to be at least one person who knew Danny was Phantom. The name Wes was created when someone made a joke about it from Shades of Grey when Sam misread the ring and thought it said Wes (I think they said something along the lines what if she was thinking of someone at school named Wes or something). Gammija, I think, was the one who gave the name Wes Kevin McGreggor and LemonHoney9 was the person who pointed out who the father could be. There's a lot of fuss of what his name should be besides Wes. I know some say his full name is Weston, but Wes for short. Then someone pointed out the last name of the father should be Weston (making Wes's last name Fenton), and then the father's name be Tom or Matt/Mathew. So I' gonna go with Gammija's Wes Kevin McGreggor. And Matt/Mathew McGreggor as the father.
Each chapter will be between 500- 1000 words.
Prologue:
Wes Kevin McGreggor scowled as he walked down the sidewalk. His sweaty basketball clung to his body since he didn't have time to shower after the game. He needed to get back home before his father got back from work. If he wasn't there before his father, he knew his dad would be mad at him- probably thinking that Wes was out so late trying to convince more people of his 'crazy' idea.
"Hey, Phantom!"
He felt his eye twitch as he turned to see Dash,
"For the last time, Dash! I'm not Phantom!"
Dash laughed mockingly. Wes shouldn't be surprised. He was used to everyone mocking him for looking a lot like Phantom- he even had the green eyes. If he ever bleached his orange hair, he would be a twin. Yet, he wouldn't ever do that. He was happy being a background guy- the guy that didn't get much of the spotlight unless it was on the basketball court. He was happy. Then Phantom showed up and ruined all that. He brought on the teasing, the ideas… He hated Phantom. No, he hated Fenton.
Dash continued on his way, making it a point to shove Wes as he passed by,
"Oh I know! You're too weak to be someone as cool as Phantom! You being Phantom is almost as unbelievable as Fenturd being Phantom!"
Wes felt his eye twitch.
"But Fenton is Phantom," Wes argued, "Can't you see it?!"
"Sure, sure," Dash laughed and disappeared down the street.
Wes crossed his arms and hunched over, grumbling to himself slightly. He couldn't be the only one who saw it- someone else had to have noticed it too. Phantom and Fenton- their names rhymed. The two were never in the same place at the same time. When Fenton disappeared, Phantom appeared. He just wasn't entirely sure how Fenton was Phantom. He heard that Manson girl complain about Fenton being too cold. He heard a few guys complain about Fenton being quiet. He noticed the way that Fenton carefully planned his steps, appearing clumsy, but could easily slip into a battle stance at a second's notice. He even noticed that small blue wisp that escaped Fenton's mouth.
Maybe Fenton was a ghost and just had the ability to look like the way he was when he was alive? Maybe he just faked the breathing and sleeping?
Fenton's parents were ghost hunters- maybe it was an experiment gone wrong, maybe his parents killed him. Maybe one of their experiments did and they didn't know it. They were idiots, after all. He didn't know for sure and he didn't care. He just knew that Phantom ruined his life.
Everyone thought he was crazy for thinking Fenton was Phantom. Everyone picked on him for looking like Phantom. Everyone didn't like him until they thought he was Phantom (it happened occasionally). Maybe he brought it upon himself, however. He was the one that noticed Fenton and Phantom. He was the one that tried to point it out- that was when the nicknames started. They called him crazy since Phantom was obviously a ghost and there was no way that Fenton- a human- could be Phantom. Wes wanted to prove them wrong.
He thought that this year would be the year everything would change. He wanted to be a basketball star at the school. Yet, everyone knew him as 'that ghost kid- look alike,' 'Phantom,' and when he won a game it was always, 'Phantom won!' or 'Great job, Phantom!' It was never; 'Great job, Wes,' or 'Wes just won us the game!' He would rather be invisible and a background basketball player than this- whatever this was.
It was driving him nuts that no one would believe him and that Fenton just dodged around the subject. Fenton never gave him a straight answer. Fenton would change the subject, after rubbing the back of his neck. He would just ask Wes about something else entirely, or ask him about basketball… Sometimes, Fenton just straight up denied it while it was that Manson chick and that Foley guy that looked worried.
It bothered Wes- why couldn't Fenton come clean? So what if his parents were ghost hunters? Fenton could just do whatever it was that he did to make himself Phantom and fly away- go to a different state or something.
He looked up at the sky as Phantom flew overhead. He shook his fist slightly,
I'm gonna expose you Fenton, someday…
