p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"- Hey, are you alright?/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"The girl looked up, the state of her face making Danny's heart throb painfully (even though it wasn't beating at the moment). There were tears, a lot of tears, flowing freely from her eyes and a distraught expression twisting her otherwise undeniably pretty features. It was dark, but he knew the sun will be up soon. For now though, the lamppost just a few feet from them gave enough light. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"She didn't say anything, looking him in the eye in slight shock. He took a seat on the bench, beside her, but still keeping some distance. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"- You… - she started, her voice cracking at the end of the single word. She sniffled and wiped at her face. – You can s-see me…?/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"The words confirmed his suspicion, and he winced inwardly. Danny took out a handkerchief and handed it to the girl. She accepted, but didn't use it in any way, as if she didn't even register her own action. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"- Yes – he said softly. – And I think I can help you. What happened? What do you remember? /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"- I-I… - She scrunched her face, looking down from his toxic green eyes. She wiped her nose with the given piece of cloth and looked up again. – It was dark. There were cement walls and a dumpster, I think I was in an alleyway, and I heard footsteps… I turned around and… And… - She started trembling, and Danny laid a comforting hand on her shoulder. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"- It's okay – he said, and she looked him in the eyes. He saw a glimmer of hope, quickly silenced by pain, so much pain in her dark green orbs, and he just had to say, to do something more to ease it, even in just in the slightest. He smiled reassuringly. – It's gonna be okay. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"She swallowed and bit her trembling lip before continuing. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"- There… There was a man. I think it was a man, he was tall, much taller than me, and big, but it was dark and… - she halted, but Danny didn't push. Instead, he moved a little closer and started to rub circles on her back in a soothing manner. A minute passed before she calmed down enough to say something, but the tears didn't stop. – H-He grabbed me. He tried to take my purse and I was holding it tightly and I took my phone out and tried to call the cops but he… he sla-slammed me into a wall and then everything is a blur, it happened so fast… b-but I remember hands on my neck and pain in my chest and I co-couldn't… - She exhaled shakily and winced. – I couldn't b-breathe. I couldn't do anything and it hurt, it hurt so bad and still somehow hurts… /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"Danny only then noticed finger-shaped marks on her throat. He looked at her sympathetically. He knew how much being strangled hurt and honestly didn't wish fro anyone to have to experience it. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"- But then I woke up here. I was so confused and scared and called to people… People passed me and didn't respond… They didn't even look in my direction…/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"The girl suddenly stiffened, as if struck but lightning. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"- Oh, God…/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"She wasn't crying anymore, but looked past him, in the space next to his head. She then turned her eyes to Danny. Her sad, sad eyes, shining with shock and all the tears she's cried. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"- Am I… Am I dead? Did he kill me?/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"There was a moment of silence. Danny sighed sadly. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"- Yes – he said. – I'm sorry. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"Tears filled her eyes again. This time they fell quietly. The ghost stared at Danny with wide eyes and brows furrowed slightly. She suddenly gasped and hid her face in her trembling hands. Danny put his arm around her, embracing the girl gently. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"- I'm really sorry. That shouldn't have happened to you. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"She looked up at him for a second, but that was enough to send her a reassuring smile. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"- Are you… - she stopped for a short while. – Are you Death? Here to take me away?/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"- N-No – Danny spat out. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"- Then… - She bit her lip and sniffled quietly. – Are you dead too?/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"He winced. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"- Y-Yeah, I guess you could say that. – He then cleared his throat. – I promise you that this man will get what he deserves for what he did to you. I will bring him to justice – he said confidently. Her eyes shot up at his face and studied him for a minute before widening. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"- Oh, shit. You're Danny Phantom – she gasped. – I didn't recognize you. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"Danny smiled awkwardly. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"- Wanna come with? You'd have to show me where you last saw him. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"She nodded hesitantly, still slightly shocked. He took her by the arms and floated them both above the city. When they found the right alleyway, she pointed her finger in that direction. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"- Here. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"He nodded. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"Half an hour later a police car was parked at the end of it and cops alerted of a crime walked out in a hurry. A man was sat against a wall, holding a purse. Some distance away laid a dead body of a young woman strangled to death. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"By the time sun started to rise the man was arrested and taken in. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"The girl turned to Danny. She locked her green eyes on his face. A small but beautiful smile graced her lips. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"- Thank you. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"She hugged him tightly, and he hugged back, wrapping his arms around her small frame. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"- Thank you so much… /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"Her voice disappeared while she spoke. By the time Danny opened his eyes, she was gone. He turned around and floated in the direction of his home. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"He was smiling when he left the place where a ghost has moved on./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"strongspan lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"/span/strong/p
p class="MsoNormal"strongspan lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"Hi! /span/strong/p
p class="MsoNormal"strongspan lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"I'm new to FanFiction (as an author), so I'm not sure if I'm doing this whole uploading thing right. Well, I can only hope now. /span/strong/p
p class="MsoNormal"strongspan lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"How did this make you feel? Do you have any complaints? (Or questions?) Feel free to let me know! /span/strong/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"The girl looked up, the state of her face making Danny's heart throb painfully (even though it wasn't beating at the moment). There were tears, a lot of tears, flowing freely from her eyes and a distraught expression twisting her otherwise undeniably pretty features. It was dark, but he knew the sun will be up soon. For now though, the lamppost just a few feet from them gave enough light. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"She didn't say anything, looking him in the eye in slight shock. He took a seat on the bench, beside her, but still keeping some distance. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"- You… - she started, her voice cracking at the end of the single word. She sniffled and wiped at her face. – You can s-see me…?/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"The words confirmed his suspicion, and he winced inwardly. Danny took out a handkerchief and handed it to the girl. She accepted, but didn't use it in any way, as if she didn't even register her own action. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"- Yes – he said softly. – And I think I can help you. What happened? What do you remember? /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"- I-I… - She scrunched her face, looking down from his toxic green eyes. She wiped her nose with the given piece of cloth and looked up again. – It was dark. There were cement walls and a dumpster, I think I was in an alleyway, and I heard footsteps… I turned around and… And… - She started trembling, and Danny laid a comforting hand on her shoulder. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"- It's okay – he said, and she looked him in the eyes. He saw a glimmer of hope, quickly silenced by pain, so much pain in her dark green orbs, and he just had to say, to do something more to ease it, even in just in the slightest. He smiled reassuringly. – It's gonna be okay. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"She swallowed and bit her trembling lip before continuing. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"- There… There was a man. I think it was a man, he was tall, much taller than me, and big, but it was dark and… - she halted, but Danny didn't push. Instead, he moved a little closer and started to rub circles on her back in a soothing manner. A minute passed before she calmed down enough to say something, but the tears didn't stop. – H-He grabbed me. He tried to take my purse and I was holding it tightly and I took my phone out and tried to call the cops but he… he sla-slammed me into a wall and then everything is a blur, it happened so fast… b-but I remember hands on my neck and pain in my chest and I co-couldn't… - She exhaled shakily and winced. – I couldn't b-breathe. I couldn't do anything and it hurt, it hurt so bad and still somehow hurts… /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"Danny only then noticed finger-shaped marks on her throat. He looked at her sympathetically. He knew how much being strangled hurt and honestly didn't wish fro anyone to have to experience it. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"- But then I woke up here. I was so confused and scared and called to people… People passed me and didn't respond… They didn't even look in my direction…/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"The girl suddenly stiffened, as if struck but lightning. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"- Oh, God…/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"She wasn't crying anymore, but looked past him, in the space next to his head. She then turned her eyes to Danny. Her sad, sad eyes, shining with shock and all the tears she's cried. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"- Am I… Am I dead? Did he kill me?/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"There was a moment of silence. Danny sighed sadly. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"- Yes – he said. – I'm sorry. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"Tears filled her eyes again. This time they fell quietly. The ghost stared at Danny with wide eyes and brows furrowed slightly. She suddenly gasped and hid her face in her trembling hands. Danny put his arm around her, embracing the girl gently. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"- I'm really sorry. That shouldn't have happened to you. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"She looked up at him for a second, but that was enough to send her a reassuring smile. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"- Are you… - she stopped for a short while. – Are you Death? Here to take me away?/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"- N-No – Danny spat out. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"- Then… - She bit her lip and sniffled quietly. – Are you dead too?/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"He winced. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"- Y-Yeah, I guess you could say that. – He then cleared his throat. – I promise you that this man will get what he deserves for what he did to you. I will bring him to justice – he said confidently. Her eyes shot up at his face and studied him for a minute before widening. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"- Oh, shit. You're Danny Phantom – she gasped. – I didn't recognize you. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"Danny smiled awkwardly. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"- Wanna come with? You'd have to show me where you last saw him. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"She nodded hesitantly, still slightly shocked. He took her by the arms and floated them both above the city. When they found the right alleyway, she pointed her finger in that direction. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"- Here. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"He nodded. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"Half an hour later a police car was parked at the end of it and cops alerted of a crime walked out in a hurry. A man was sat against a wall, holding a purse. Some distance away laid a dead body of a young woman strangled to death. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"By the time sun started to rise the man was arrested and taken in. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"The girl turned to Danny. She locked her green eyes on his face. A small but beautiful smile graced her lips. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"- Thank you. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"She hugged him tightly, and he hugged back, wrapping his arms around her small frame. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"- Thank you so much… /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"Her voice disappeared while she spoke. By the time Danny opened his eyes, she was gone. He turned around and floated in the direction of his home. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"He was smiling when he left the place where a ghost has moved on./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"strongspan lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"/span/strong/p
p class="MsoNormal"strongspan lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"Hi! /span/strong/p
p class="MsoNormal"strongspan lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"I'm new to FanFiction (as an author), so I'm not sure if I'm doing this whole uploading thing right. Well, I can only hope now. /span/strong/p
p class="MsoNormal"strongspan lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"How did this make you feel? Do you have any complaints? (Or questions?) Feel free to let me know! /span/strong/p