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The black haired boy sighed his feet dangling off the top of the forty story building. He looked down into the crowd below none of which noticed the fourteen year old boy ready to jump. A silky black crow landed on the boy's shoulder.
'What do you say? Eric, should we inspire a little chaos'? The boy smiled. The Crow cawed. The youth laughed.
'Well put.' The boy said he stood perched per cautiously on the ledge of the window, 'I've already died ounce.' The raven haired youth slipped off the edge of the building the wind rushing around him.
Sam Manson awoke with a start. The smile on the boys face as he fell ultimately to his death was disconcerting. Sam sighed as she pulled on her bra and walked out of her bedroom.
'You're awake?'
'Grandma?' Sam jumped then smiled down at the older woman, 'Yeah, I thought I'd take advantage of the little time that my parents are away.'
'Little… there gone for a month.' The older woman laughed. Sam smiled. 'That's why it's only a little.' Sam laughed, 'I'm going down to the Skulk and Lurk, I don't think anyone will be there to buy anything yet so I'll have the whole store to myself.' Sam smiled. 'I'll see you later you later grandma.'
'Bye sugar.' The older woman smiled.
(Line….. break….)
'Yo!'' A voice called. A black haired teen looked up and smiled.
'Hey, what are you up to?' The boy called up to the first one.
'Hey, what are you up to?' The boy called up to the first one.
'Not much how bought you D?' The darker skinned boy came up to the pale youth. Danny smiled back at this boy.'
'Same ol same ol,' Danny laughed, 'what about you Tuck'?
'Parent's, school chilling out with my delinquent friend.' Tucker laughed. Danny smiled adjusting his jacket.
'Yeah… what do you need? I can get you a special on tuna!' Danny joked. Tucker laughed.
'Stick to your usual stuff.' Tucker said, 'The corner salesman does not suit you.' Tucker smiled. Danny shrugged.
'A guy has to make a living somehow.' Danny looked up at the sky, 'whether he's alive or not.'
'Still have to eat?' Tucker smiled. Danny laughed and nodded.
'Still have to eat.' he confirmed.
'Man, you'd think being dead you wouldn't have to worry bout that stuff.' Tucker sighed.
'Well I came back too so, I guess I have to eat.' Danny smiled, 'I get by.'
'Your parents still think you're gone'?
'Yup, and they will, at least till I figure a way to fix it.' Danny said holding up a hand which turned invisible and back.
'In the meantime, you're the best thief in town.' Tucker smiled.
'Whatever, I take only what I need, and I hate it anyway.' Danny said, 'It's not like it's a job, I barely get by as it is. And Vlad has been hanging around again, good thing Eric keeps an eye out for me and I can avoid him.'
'Where is the little guy anyway?' Tucker asked looking around.
'Laying low in some alley, he doesn't like humans, avoids them mostly.' Danny sighed, 'You know the one thing I miss about life is sleeping in an actual bed.' Danny said looking skywards.
'You can crash at my place tonight. My parents are on a cruise.' Tucker smiled.
'I'd love that actually, but I have someplace to be tonight.' Danny had a dark look on his face.
'Dude.'
'Shut up.' Danny glared then started walking again, 'Just don't comment and pretend to talk about the weather.'
'Dude, come on.' Tucker sighed. Danny shook his head.
'No.'
'Danny.'
'Tucker. NO. Try all you want to convince me otherwise, it's not gonna happen.' Danny said glaring ahead.
'Just be careful man.'
'I will.' Danny said entering the bookstore, I'll see you later dude.'
'Bye.' Tucker waved continuing down the street. Danny sighed going into the bookstore surprised to see a Goth girl already there. Danny shrugged it off pulling up his hood and searching the books.
'Excuse me.' A voice asked. Danny jumped.
'You dropped this.' The Goth girl was holding a bag of sunflower seeds. Danny groaned inwardly.
'Uh…' Danny took the bag, 'Thanks.'
'No big deal.' The girl shrugged then continued searching the books. Danny watched her out of the corner of his eye. A man in a trench came in. He brushed past Danny and Danny nodded slightly as he turned to the next bookshelf.
'Sorry man.' the trench coat said.
'Shit happens.' Danny said. He pulled down a book of poems. Edgar Allen Poe. He skimmed the pages, The Raven. There lay the information he needed. And the guy to help him with his condition. Danny smiled and pulled down a book of poems. Edgar Allen Poe. He skimmed the pages, The Raven. There lay the information he needed. And the guy to help him with his condition. Danny smiled and pulled the paper out folding in before anyone could see what he was doing. Danny looked back up and replaced the book.
'Good Luck.' Breathed the Trench. Danny nodded pitching his voice so only the man can hear.
'Thanks.'
(And at my door I heard tapping, as if someone gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door)
Sam glanced at the boy who came in; her heart froze as he pulled his hood over his face. He shuffled over to the books browsing, his hands in his pockets. The boy pulled his hands out to rub his nose, out fell a bag, he replaced his hand and wandered off. Sam picked up the bag following him.
'Excuse me.' she held the bag out to the boy, the sunflower seeds puzzling her.
'Uh….' the boy said hesitantly taking the bag, 'Thanks.' he shrugged.
'No big deal.' Sam said shrugging back to search the books, but watching the boy till the moment he left. After thinking about it a minute she went to the section marked dreams and took out a few books piling them on the cash register before leaving.
(People once believed, that when a person dies, a crow carries their soul to the land of the dead)
Danny sighed rubbing his head. The person he was supposed to be here hours ago. Frustrated and tired Danny growled throwing a bolt of ecto energy down the empty alley. Eric squawked discontentedly.
'Freaking A. that bastard gave me a bad number.' Danny growled. After a few more minutes waiting in the dark alley the clock struck twelve.
'Well we better be going then.' Danny looked at the crow to his right. It cawed. Danny laughed, 'Yeah… I get that a lot too.' Then Danny walked out of the alley and back down to the bad end of town. Two red eyes watched him out of the darkness. Two red eyes shone as a smile spread across the stalkers face.
(But something so bad happens that a terrible sadness is carried with the soul, and the soul is unable to rest.)
Sam sighed getting up the next day and wandering around, taking a bus around town and getting off somewhere random. After that she wandered around looking at the place she ended up. Some speedy suburb, actually it was really old too, in fact this place was mostly abandoned.
Sam shivered wrapping her arms around herself wondering what kind of trash was conducting in business here. After a while she grew concerned about what they would do to an upstanding young girl such as herself. A girl who was barely in High school.
There was no noise though, except cars streets away and the occasional cat. Sam looked around at the suburb. What happened to this place? One building was completely gone except the basement. The inside walls were covered in graffiti and an ancient half pipe was set up in its depths. Sam continued to walk reaching into her jacket for a can of mace. A crow cawed above her making her jump.
'OOOooo hoooo hooo.' A voice called out of the ruins of a house.
'Look at this bitch we got here!' A thug said shoving off the wall of a house. The two wannabe gangsters started toward Sam. Sam took a step back ready to scream.
'Aw she's scared, let's give her some encouragement.' Another voice joined in.
'Come on babe, we'll treat you right.' Sam froze scared as the men grabbed her.
'Stop.' She glared, one man pulled her roughly toward him, and Sam grabbed the mace spraying it in the guy's face.
'Bitch.' The man yelled holding his eyes and cussing on the ground.
'You gonna get it.' Taunted another man. Sam turned to run but tripped, her tights ripping as she hit the pavement. More people were coming out of the rickety houses, some whores and some middle aged strung out women.
'Come and get it Bitch.' A man grabbed her hair. Sam screamed dropping the can; it was kicked from her grasp. A man sloppily put his mouth to hers; he tasted of cigarettes. Sam bit his tongue as it darted into her mouth. The man cussed and left Sam struggling in the other man's grip. The man lifted his hand to back end her but someone grabbed it.
'I suggest you leave her alone.' A boy about Sam's age was saying, his face was concealed by his hood. A black crow on his shoulder. The man backed away.
'Freak, don't tell us what to do.' The man spat at the boy's feet, the boy smirked, his eyes hidden.
'Then let's see what the devil has in store for you today.' The boy stepped toward the men. Sam's hair was released.
'You're bluffing.' The man glared. The boy in the hood cocked his head.
'Maybe I am, maybe I'm not… do you really want to find out.' The boy smiled, 'Tell me how you like hell boys, because I'll be sure to send you there.'
'Let's get out of here man, she's not worth it.'
'Yeah, that demon won't go easy on you.'
'The last guy that stood up to him wound up in a ditch, a pentagram seared to his forehead.'
'Come on man.'
'I suggest you listen to your cronies, the devil isn't merciful... but I am.' The boy proceeded forward at a slow pace. He took Sam by the waist; she was frozen in fear, but could make out amused blue eyes under the hood and soft saggy black hair.
'She's mine you hear, lay off.' Then the boy licked Sam's cheek. He took her away down a couple of streets and around past an alley. Sam slapped the boy.
'Ow!' The boy said then looked at her his hood falling off, 'What was that for?' he asked. He could be in Sam's class. Sam observed.
'For licking me.' Sam glared. The boy rubbed the back of his neck sheepishly acting more like a kid then the demon the men had taken him for.
'Sorry about that, these people are so superstitious, it's easy to fool them with theatrics .Plus I think I saw that in some movie.' The boy laughed.
'Are people really that dumb?' Sam asked. The boy smiled,
'Well lots of things happen around here they can't explain, plus, I'm kinda like the plague around here. 'Cursed or what not.' The youth chuckled nervously.
'Why is that?' Sam asked folding her arms. The boy smiled.
'I'm related to death.' He laughed. Sam slapped him again.
'Not like that!' He amended, 'The crow is the symbol of death, and Eric here tends to creep out most of the residents, so they won't go near me. The boy laughed.
'Like I'd fall for that.' Sam said.
'I don't know, a strange boy with a crow on his shoulder coming after you looking like death. That tends to freak most people out.' The boy laughed walking down the street; he turned back, 'You coming?'
'Where?' Sam demanded.
'Well I can't leave you out here something bad might happen to you.' The boy said.
'I can take care of myself.' Sam glared.
'I'm sure, but how are you going to get back into town Ms. ...'
'Manson, Sam Manson.' Sam stated, and then wondered why she'd given him her real name.
'I'm Danny.' Danny smiled, and then he too wondered why he'd given her a real name.
'No last name?' Sam asked suspicious.
'They've taken to calling me Phantom around here, but I prefer to keep to the shadows.' Danny smiled. Sam looked around.
'I can see why.' Sam found herself both suspicious and trusting of this boy. Danny laughed.
'Yeah, it's not as bad as when I showed up here though believe it or not.' Danny smiled, 'It was a lot darker then too.'
'Yeah, I'm sure that was scary.' Sam said. Danny laughed.
'Not so much for me, I had Eric…' Danny looked up at the sky it was getting dark with clouds, 'You might want to hurry a little, the bus is coming.'
'How do you know?' Sam asked.
'It's just ahead.' Danny pointed it out, 'It barely stops here, the driver doesn't like this neighborhood, but she stops because it's still on her route.' Danny said, 'We might need to run.' Danny broke into a sprint. Sam not wanting to be outrun by a skinny street boy started to run too, but Danny was faster than he looked. Angry Sam pumped harder catching up with Danny getting red in the face only to have Danny wink at her barely winded.
The bus pulled up to the stop. Danny waited as the doors opened and Sam caught her breath. Danny smiled up at the driver.
'Hey Roxy, you got room for two?' Danny asked.
'Son, it's the end of my run, I'm off shift after this, besides, you know how many people actually want to come down here?' Roxy said looking at Danny like he was crazy like he was crazy.
'Just me and Eric.' Danny laughed.
'Get on.' Roxy laughed. Danny smiled.
'Thanks Rox.' Danny pulled Sam onto the bus. Roxy smiled kindly.
'And who is this lovely lady. You're date?' Roxy joked. Sam blushed, Danny laughed.
'No, just a little pedigree kitten that's wandered to far from home.' Danny said, Sam blushed deeper.
'I'll have you know, my parents will hear about this.' Sam glared. Danny and Roxy laughed.
'Girl you're talking to street boy there, the Phantom himself. Ain't nobody see him if he don't wanna be seen.' Roxy said, 'What are your rich Parent's going to do about him.' Roxy asked rounding a corner.
'I'm not that big Rox.' Danny laughed. Roxy smiled.
'Keep telling yourself that hon.' Roxy said. Danny looked upward.
'Phantom huh?' Danny smiled, 'When did you hear of my exploits.'
'It's on the news.' Roxy smiled.
'Yeah…how did you know it was me?' Danny challenged.
'Boy I've known you ain't normal since I found you sleeping on my bus with no record of you ever getting on.' Roxy laughed.
'Nearly handed me over to the cops too didn't you?' Danny smiled, 'But Phantom has been keeping a low profile.' Danny laughed. Sam felt decidedly lost in the conversation.
'Tell that to the million dollar vase that was just stolen with no evidence to who stole it.' Roxy said looking in the mirror, 'You sure that wasn't you kid'?
'I'm sure, someone though is sure making it look like Phantom though. 'You know me Rox. I don't go after the big pay day, just what I need to stay alive. I just happened to steal too much in one place for too long.' Danny said, 'Hence why Phantom got so big for a while, news crew followed the story of the mystery thief.'
'Freaky videos to.' Roxy laughed, 'Items floating off shelves and disappearing, how'd you do that?' Roxy asked with a laugh.
'You know a magician never tells his secrets.' Danny smiled, 'Maybe I'm just a big scary vampire.' Danny made a face. Roxy smiled.
'If you're not a vampire what are you?' Roxy smiled jokingly. Danny wiggled his fingers.
'OOOOoooooo.' He said, 'I'm a ghostie.' Danny laughed.
'I'm never going to get a straight answer from you aren't I?' Roxy asked with a laugh.
'Nope, but you keep trying, isn't this like the fifthteenth time now?' Danny joked. Roxy and Danny laughed.
'Still trying to figure wonder boy out.' Roxy laughed, 'Where are we taking the kitten now?' Roxy asked. Sam seethed at being called a kitten, but Danny patted her hand calming her.
'I think she lives in downtown Amity.' Danny said, 'The Manson Mansion.' Danny smirked.
'Oh, that god awful place.' Roxy groaned, 'I swear the place reeks of money, you go within a mile of there and those rich snobs have their patio sanitized. How do you plan to get in?' Roxy asked.
'I'm gonna hold their daughter ransom.' Danny laughed. Sam started a little.
'No shit?' Roxy looked into the mirror.
'No shit.' Danny said.
'You seem like too much of the hero complex type to do something like that.' Roxy laughed.
'Considering where I come from?' Danny asked, then laughed, 'I'm surprised you even let me on your bus.'
'You're different Danny, somehow that place has been unable to taint you.' Roxy said seriously.
'You're talking to the guy who steals his dinner and sleeps in a shell of s house.' Danny laughed.
'You know what I mean. You do what you do to survive, nothing more.' Roxy said. Danny looked out to the passing town.
'I wish that was true.' He sighed to himself. Sam barely heard.
'So girly, you really a Manson?' Roxy asked.
'Yes.' Sam glared, she hated that giant house, she could have a floor to herself, in fact she had a floor to herself, and she had most of the house to herself since her parents were rarely there when they weren't trying to force her into some dress or go to some gala event.
'You seem too nice to be that rich.' Roxy said.
'I don't spend their money, I will not conform to their ideals.' Sam glared. Roxy laughed pleasantly.
'You got yourself a good one Danny.' Roxy smiled. Danny rolled his eyes.
'Thanks, but I just want to get home so I can forget about this.' Danny continued to stare out the window. Sam's heart sank, something about this boy attracted her to him.
'You better hope she don't hire people to find you.' Roxy said picking up Sam's unwanted attraction, 'A man like you is hard to find this day and age, a proper gentlemen with a sense of humor that is.' Roxy smiled, 'Plus it's the dark side the ladies like, the mystery, the thrill and danger of a man.'
'Really?' Danny laughed, 'Thanks Roxy.' He smiled.
'It's what drew me to you.' Roxy winked. Danny laughed.
'Besides me not being a man, why would a girl want to be with someone who can put her in danger?' Danny asked.
'My poor naïve boy.' Roxy smiled, 'Why do you think vampires are so popular?'
'Because girls think they're hot?' Danny asked confused.
'No you dimwit, they are dangerous, the whole danger and eternal love thing. Plus the blood thing, the passion, the…'
'Ok, I don't want to hear anymore.' Danny said, 'You delusional girls.' He laughed, 'I still don't get it, plus the whole blood thing… that's just gross.' Danny said raising an eyebrow.
'Boy's wouldn't understand.' Roxy said, 'Right hon?' she asked looking at Sam. Sam shrugged.
'I guess.'
'Come on you look like a girl who loves vampires.' Roxy winked, 'And what girl doesn't like a good love story.'
'Ok I like vampires, but I hate how popular they've become lately, I'll go back to were cats.' Sam shrugged.
'What the hell is a were cat?' Danny asked looking at Sam in awe, like she was speaking a different language.
'Like a werewolf, but a cat.' Sam said.
'The crazy things girls are into,' Danny shook his head.
'You need to have an X chromosome to understand.' Roxy said.
'No thanks, I'll take my space crafts and black holes any day.' Danny smiled. Roxy shook her head.
'You got to go to school for that Danny.' she scolded.
'I wish I could, but I'm a little in hot water right now.' Danny said.
'Then go home.' Roxy said.
'Roxy you aren't going to win. You aren't going to.' Danny said, 'I can't go home and you know that.'
'Yes but I don't know why, I do know it has something to do with what your parent's do.' Roxy said.
'Yes but you won't find out who they are.' Danny said, 'Plus the minute you figure it out, you'll either run screaming, or call my parents.'
'Did you kill someone?' Roxy joked.
'No, the only one who died was me.' Danny said with a sigh.
'So you keep saying, yet your still here.' Roxy sighed.
'Yeah, so I came back.' Danny said looking up, 'But I did die...' he trailed off.
'Danny boy, I hate to see you throw your future away like that.' Roxy said, 'I swear you know more about space than even some of those college majors do.'
'I can't Roxy you know that.' Danny said.
'No I don't Danny, you tell me you can't, and I have to take it on your word, but I don't know.' Roxy said growing frustrated, 'So yeah, I would call your parents, but that's because I care about you. Don't be mistaking it for nosiness.' Roxy looked at Danny in the mirror.
'Yeah, I know.' Danny looked out the window again. Sam felt lost again and she looked out the window to. They passed a few minutes in silence.
'So, Manson, why were you way out there with no protection?' Doesn't your father have you under personal guard, watched all the time'? Roxy asked. Sam sighed, so even they knew.
'I can't stand them; I wanted to prove I could do fine by myself.' Sam said defiantly.
'By almost getting yourself raped?' Roxy asked, 'I know what happens to good girls who wander into neighborhoods like that, my sister was one of them.' Roxy said, 'It's a good thing Danny was there.'
'I can take care of myself.' Sam insisted.
'And that's why Danny is here now right…' Roxy looked over at Danny, 'How are those rumors working out for you Danny?' she smiled.
'Fine, thank you Rox. What you tell to people on your bus is absurd sometimes.' Danny laughed, 'Who came up with me marking my victims with a pentagram, was that you or Tucker?' Roxy laughed.
'That was Tucker, we had a brainstorming session while he was riding down to greet you.'
'I see, Casper High, site for the ultimate rumor starter!' Danny said dramatically, 'So was the harem your idea or Tuckers?'
'Tuckers. He wanted to share am imaginary harem with you.' Roxy laughed.
'That boy knows no bounds.' Danny laughed.
'Did you lick her?' Roxy asked.
'Yeah, and I got slapped, remind me to thank Tucker for that.' Danny rubbed his cheek and looked over to Sam who was silent and blushing.
'That one was me.' Roxy smiled.
'Thanks for that.' Danny pretended to glare, then he smiled, 'Wasn't that in some movie' he asked. Roxy nodded.
'Yep.' Roxy smiled at Danny. Danny rolled his eyes.
'The theatrics we go through.' Danny laughed.
'You should get a smoke machine too.' Roxy smiled.
'Yeah, right after I buy my new house, and new plasma screen, and don't forget my new bed that can fit nine comfortably.' Danny laughed. Roxy joined in even Sam chuckled.
'Why nine?' Sam asked playfully. Danny smiled.
'It's for all my lady friends.' He wiggled his eyebrows. Sam felt suddenly sad, and quite admittedly jealous. But what right did she have to a boy who she just met.? Danny looked away from Sam's gaze.
'You do know I was joking right?' Danny asked. Sam studied the boy, 'I couldn't get a date to save my life, not that I really am looking for anyone.' He chuckled to himself.
'That Foley boy is filling his head with grandeur fantasies about models, and superheroes.' Roxy smiled, 'Which makes me wonder why you don't use your talents for the greater good?' Roxy looked at the teenage boy in her mirror.
'I would, I just put my own survival first, I don't really help out that much.' Danny shrugged.
'We all know that's a lie.' Roxy laughed, 'What about that kitten from last week, or the lost dog, or that little boy? And now the Manson girl?' Roxy smiled, 'I think you do more good than you'd admit.'
'It's bad for my reputation.' Danny smiled, 'I think half of that is what is keeping me safe.' Danny rubbed his neck.
'Oh, how bad can it be to get a little recognition for your heroics?' Roxy asked with a grin. Danny rolled his eyes.
'Worse than you think, if I'm going to save someone, it has to look like it's for my own personal gain.' Danny joked, 'but seriously, that's the way it works.
You can't do something for no reason around where I stay. No one does anything without a reason over there. So a good Samaritan would be an odd occurrence and would not be accepted.' Danny said,
'This way I'm safe. I may be called a demon, but I'm safe.' Danny laughed. Roxy smiled.
'You know, those people must be very superstitious to believe you are a demon.' Roxy laughed. Danny smiled.
'I can do quite the impression when I'm in the mood. And there are my super powers to consider.' Danny smiled. Roxy waggled a finger.
'I knew you had them.' Roxy joked. Danny laughed.
'Yup, how else could I get on your bus without your knowledge or any photographic evidence as to how I did?' Danny smiled.
'You are one talented master of sneak.' Roxy said, Danny burst out laughing.
'Master of sneak huh?' he asked holding his stomach. Sam decided then and there that she liked his laugh. Then ended up blushing for thinking so.
'I couldn't think of a better word.' Roxy said looking at the laughing boy.
'But sneak?' Danny laughed, 'How about stealth?' Danny looked at the driver with kind eyes. Roxy nodded.
'That would work too.' Roxy smiled. Sam found herself smiling pleasantly at the absurdity. Danny sighed leaning back against the seats.
'The things that happen on this bus.' Danny mused. Roxy looked up.
'Yeah… the weirdest thing happened the other day too.' Roxy said looking from Danny to the road.
'Really?' Danny asked, 'Did you see a ghost?' Danny laughed.
'Actually yeah.' Roxy responded with a nod, 'It was strange, it was a boy, about your age, with white, white, hair.' Roxy said, the bus was silent, 'He had the most vivid, acid green eyes I've ever seen, they glowed with an unearthly light.' Roxy shivered, 'He had a cold aura, and he glowed.'
'I thought you didn't believe in all that stuff.' Danny tried a smile, but he looked freaked out to, but Sam couldn't help but think for different reasons.
'I do now. That ghost boy was scary, and they call you Phantom.' Roxy smiled. Danny nodded.
'Well I did die once so…' Danny cocked his head, 'Then what happened?'
'Well he was talking to someone, I couldn't see the other person, but the ghost sounded annoyed, he was saying something about pirates. Then he rolled those green eyes of his, but he saw me, and he stopped talking and looked surprised, scared even, then he grabbed something out of the air and flew away. Right through the top of the bus.' Roxy shivered. Danny was looking at his hands.
'So he really scared you, this ghost you saw?' Danny asked. Roxy nodded.
'Hell yes, it was the creepiest thing I've ever seen the boy himself wasn't bad looking, if you take away the glowing eyes and white hair, he could look human. But those eyes… wow those eyes.' Roxy shivered, 'I think I would remember those eyes anywhere.'
'Nice ghost story Rox, do you do kids parties.' Danny smiled returning to his cocky demeanor. Roxy laughed.
'It's all true, I even caught it on tape, I could show you, but something tells me my boss won't take kindly to showing you security footage.' Roxy smiled, 'so if you really wanted to see it, you know, there's nothing to say you couldn't use those little superpowers of yours.' Danny smiled.
'You're the best Roxy.'
'You've been to the bus station right?' Roxy asked.
'It's practically my second home.' Danny smiled, 'Len took me back in the back one day, and he's a funny guy.'
'Yeah… Len is great. Haven't we all taken you back there once or twice?' Roxy smiled.
'Maybe.' Danny smiled, 'Coffee and other assorted foods at times, and it's a good way to get breakfast without having to steal anything if I get there early enough.' Danny smiled.
'And that's always a plus, you're a good kid Danny, I hate what you have to do to survive.' Roxy said looking at Danny sadly.
'Well, it's better than the alternative.' Danny shrugged.
'Which is?' Sam asked surprising Danny.
'Dying.' He said calmly as if he'd already come to terms with the idea. Sam nodded.
'You going to stay the night here, or are you going back to that dump you've made your home?' Roxy asked. Danny shook his head.
'I think I can find a nice warm place to curl up, and if push comes to shove I have a place at Tuckers. His parents are on some cruise.' Danny smiled, 'I hate to get you in trouble again.' Roxy nodded.
'Yeah, the boss cares about nothing more than his next pay check, you think I make a living off of bussing alone?' Roxy asked raising her eyebrows.
'No, you're a waitress too.' Danny smiled. Roxy nodded.
'You better believe it. You ai'nt going to go nowhere in life without an education. That's why us shmucks got the rest of the jobs.' Roxy sighed.
'Is this another one of your attempts to get me back home and into school?' Danny asked eyes narrowing in suspicion.
'Maybe.' Roxy smiled. Danny laughed.
'You have to walk from here sugar.' Roxy said opening the door, 'None of us get any closer to your pretty palace, well except Hank, but he has a different route.' Roxy smiled.
Danny stood up and got off the bus.
'Thanks Rox.' Danny smiled. Sam reached into her pockets for money, she handed it to the driver.
'Here.' Sam said.
'No, Danny is a good friend, he rides for free.' Roxy said. Sam shook her head and put the money in the bus anyway. Roxy smiled, 'You got a good head on your shoulders, don't waste it.' Sam nodded and got off the bus Danny helping her down at the end.
'You really are quite the gentleman aren't you?' Sam asked. Danny laughed.
'Force of habit.' He smiled and began walking.
'Are you coming all the way home with me?' Sam asked kind of worried about this strange boy.
'Well until you're in safe hands.' Danny smiled, Then looked around and sighed, 'It's been this far.' He looked at the buildings and reflexively pulled up his hood.
'Why not, all the good shops are in the good part of town?' Sam asked looking at the delinquents.
'Yeah, and homeless too. I used to live up here, not far from Tucker.' Danny sighed, 'People might recognize me and tell my parent's.' Danny shivered at the thought.
'What's so bad about going home anyway?' Sam asked curious. Danny sighed.
'Nothing really, not that I can explain anyway. My Parents were good parents s little crazy in their inventions sometimes, but good parents. How do you think they afforded a house in this neighborhood anyway?' Danny asked, he looked down the streets, 'I grew up here, I never went wanting, well except for my parents to stop being so weird.' He sighed, 'But one day one of their inventions went wrong, it didn't work so I decided to check it out.' Danny said, 'It turns out the on switch was inside the thing.' Danny sighed, 'So I died.' He sighed.
'But you came back right?' Sam asked.
'I'm here aren't I?' Danny asked, 'After that things got weird, and I couldn't take it anymore. Plus I'm not sure what my parents would do to me if they found me. I'm pretty sure they wouldn't see their son.' Danny glared at the sidewalk, 'One stupid design flaw and my whole life is utterly destroyed.' Danny glared harder at the sidewalk, Sam felt if he glared anymore it would burst into pieces.
'Sorry.' Sam said.
'Why should you apologize? You get saved one time by a messed up kid and you never have to see him again after that. Roxy knows that story too, but nothing more. I figure, what's the harm in telling you, I'll never see you again right?' Danny smiled. Sam felt saddened by this for some reason. Just when she thought he was opening up, it was only because he didn't think he'd have to deal with her.
'Well you said you have no place to stay right?' Sam said. Danny looked at her funny.
'Yeah…' He asked stretching out each part.
'Well you could come stay with me.' Sam said, 'My Parents are on that cruise for a month.' Sam smiled. Danny nodded.
'I could.' He stated. Then he froze and looked behind him ducking as a hand grabbed out for him.
'We don't take to kindly to your kind on our streets punk.' A voice said. Danny pulled his hood down lower.
'Well I apologize.' Danny said looking at the ground. Sam glared at the meat head before her.
'Leave him alone.' Sam yelled as Danny ducked another blow.
'Take your whore girlfriend with you.' Dash spat. Sam thought she saw Danny's eyes flicker green, but it must have just been because of the light, and the spooky ghost story she heard.
'She's one of yours Dash.' Danny glared up from under his hood, his back hunched slightly.
'Really no one would dress like that.' Dash looked at the boy under the hood, 'Wait how did, you know my name?' Danny seemed to laugh, butit was a cold laugh.
'I know things about you Dash Baxter that would ruin your reputation here and now, but you seem to have forgotten me.' Danny smiled, 'But that's ok, because I'm only here to escort Ms. Manson home.' Danny said with a slight incline of his head, 'So you don't need to be concerned.' Dash nodded.
'Whatever Freak, just do what you have to do, and get the hell out.' Dash glared at the boy grabbing him by the front of his overly large sweater and bringing a fist up to Danny's face, 'Or else'.
I'm glad we were able to reach and understanding.' Danny said calmly. A black crow flew overhead, landing on Danny's shoulder and scarring the jock.
'Wait I know you.' Dash spoke…'I know you.' Dash said again. Danny cocked his head.
'You're the demon they speak of… in the slums, they talk about a demon boy with a black crow… the devils assistant.' Dash took a step back, 'What are you doing here?' Dash asked Danny, Danny seemed both relieved and amused at once.
'Im here to return a lost soul.' Danny spoke, his voice kinda creepy sounding, 'You'd do well to leave us alone.' Dash nodded, the crow nodded, the crow took off from Danny's shoulder, as soon as Danny turned around Dash took off. Danny was smothering his laughter Sam beside him laughing as people on the street gave them a wide look.
'The devils assistant?' Sam laughed.
'You got a better title?' Danny asked laughing a little.
'I think I prefer Phantom.' Sam smiled. Danny laughed.
'I'm surprised the rumors held here.' Danny laughed, 'Strange things don't seem to happen so much up here. I know the source of it all the weirdness is up here, but that weirdness seems to seek me out rather than stick around here.' Danny laughed, 'Tucker you did well my friend.' Danny spoke out to the friend that wasn't actually there.
'SO… do you want to come get something to eat, or...' Sam stuttered over her words confused as to why she was acting so scatter brained. Danny laughed.
'Sure I don't see why not.' Danny smiled. He then sighed, 'Oh no.' He said looking to his right. There was two adults in jumpsuits scanning the area.
'Who are they?' Sam asked getting the impression Danny knew these people.
'Really… some freaks in jumpsuits.' Danny shrugged, 'Who knows?' But Danny seemed to be walking faster as to get away from these people. Sam looked at the mysterious boy in front of her.
'I hope you like ultra recyclo vegetarian food.' Sam smiled. Danny raised an eyebrow beneath his hood.
'Bless you.' He said. Sam laughed.
'It's a foods choice.' Sam explained. Danny nodded.
'I'm guessing it has something to do with vegetarian food.' Danny sighed, 'Sorry Sam, but I was really hoping for some meat.' Danny sighed, Sam laughed.
'Alright, but only because you look like you're starving.' Sam agreed, Danny smiled.
'I get by, but I haven't had a decent meal in a while.' Danny admitted. Sam patted him on the back.
'Then you are going to love our chef.' Sam said, the giant house loomed in the distance.
'Wow…I've said it before and I'll say it again. Wow.' Danny said looking up at the house. His hood fell off and the light played of his raven's wig black hair. Sam took a breath. He really was a beautiful boy. Sam started blushing which Danny caught.
'Uh... did I say something?' He asked.
'It's just so big. They could have built schools in Africa with the money put into this house.' Sam said passing off the blush in embarrassment for her home, 'and then there are kids like you out in the streets starving, and we have such a huge unnecessary house.'
'The fruit loop's house isn't much better.' Danny said referring to someone Sam didn't know, 'And there is only him… and his cat if he took my suggestion.' Danny smiled.
'Well, here it is home sweet home.' Sam said going up to the gates. She typed in a code. Danny waited patiently looking at the side walk mostly. The gates swung open and the two teens entered. Danny looked around awed.
'Wow, your parent's really go all out.' He said taking in the garden. Sam blushed.
'Yeah. The garden alone could probably support a third world nation.' Sam blushed. The gates closed and Sam and Danny proceeded up to the main house. Danny took in everything like a child.
Sam looked at the boy in a new light. Gone was his harsh, cold, distant demeanor, it was replaced by a new childish one that suited him better. Sam laughed as Danny took in a giant statue of some dead philosopher.
'My room is upstairs.' Sam informed. Danny nodded following Sam around and stopping only to look closer at a few things. Sam smiled as they got to her floor.
'I have practically the entire top floor to myself, my parents only come up here to wake me up or try to force ne to do something, but they gave up for the most part years ago.
Now they're just hoping I'll outgrow the whole Goth thing.' Sam smiled. Danny laughed.
'Something tells me that's not going to happen.' Danny smiled at her, and Sam felt a blush rising in her cheeks. Danny wandered down the halls.
'That's a lot of black.' He commented. Sam smiled.
'Yup, and it drives my parents nuts.' Sam laughed. Danny laughed again with her. Sam really liked that laugh.
'So…I have my own kitchen, in fact every floor has its own kitchen so… I just need to call in the chef, and viola, lunch.' Sam informed, Danny's stomach gave out a growl.
'I think it knows food is near.' Danny pointed towards his belly. Sam laughed.
'Well I wouldn't want to disappoint Mr. Stomach.' Sam said, she pressed a button in the kitchen as they entered.
'Yes Ms. Sam?' a voice came over the speaker.
'Lunch, one veggie dish, one meat, surprise us.' Sam said.
'Yes Ms. Sam.' the voice responded. Sam smiled.
'Now all we have to do is wait.' Sam told Danny. Danny laughed.
'I seem to be doing that a lot lately.' He joked. Sam gave him a weird look, Danny shrugged.
'Well… you like Doomed?' Sam asked. Danny nodded.
'I haven't played in forever.' Danny responded, 'Living on the streets equals no computer.' Danny said laughing, though it made Sam feel bad about her overly pompous life.
'I'll play you.' Sam smiled.
'You are so on.' Danny laughed as they raced to the computers.
(Then sometimes, just sometimes, the crow can bring the soul back, to set the wrong things right.)
'I feel like I'm gonna explode.' Danny groaned from the couch, 'I ate too much.'
'At least you ate.' Sam said laying on the floor.
'Yeah, I haven't been able to say that for a long time.' Danny smiled down at her, 'Are you sure you don't want to sit up here?' He asked. Sam shook her head.
'Nah, I'm fine here, plus I like the view.' Laughed.
'What view?' Danny asked.
'The view up your nose that I could totally use as blackmail.' Sam responded.
'SAM!' Danny complained sitting up and covering his nose. Sam laughed.
'I meant the view out the giant skylight above us.' she said, 'It makes me wish I could fly.' She smiled over at Danny. Danny laughed.
'Yeah…flying is the best.' Danny smiled, then catching Sam's odd look his way, he scrambled for an excuse, 'what, you can't control your dreams?' he asked. Sam nodded.
'Fair enough, but have you ever wondered what it would be like to fly?' Sam asked spreading her arms.
'Sure, every human has ounce in their life.' Danny laughed.
'I thought you were a ghostie.' Sam said, Danny face palmed.
'What?' Danny said looking at her.
'You know, I'm a ghostie. OOOOOOoooooo.' Sam imitated his action from earlier.
'Right … I forgot about that.' Danny sighed. Sam looked at him.
'What up with ghosts?' she asked.
'What do you mean?' Danny responded. Sam sighed.
'You get all weird at the mention of ghosts.' Sam explained, it was Danny's turn to sigh.
'It's just a sensitive subject at times. My parents were obsessed with ghosts.' Danny looked through the ceiling at the slowly darkening sky.
'Why?'
'I don't know, they wanted to figure it all out, they talked nonstop about what they would do with a ghost ounce they caught one. It's part of the reason why I left.' Danny sighed.
'Sorry.' Sam apologized.
'No, don't be sorry, it's not your fault, you didn't know.' Danny said looking down at Sam, 'Hey.' He bumped her knee with his foot, 'Thanks.'
'For what, bringing up your past?' Sam asked.
'No for noticing, for caring.' Danny said, 'For Food, and for just being you.' Danny looked down at the girl, Sam's heart was beating wildly.
'Well, thank you for saving my life.' She returned.
'I'm not entirely sure what they would have done would have been worse.' Danny said truthfully, 'But no problem.' He smiled down at the girl. His heart beat slightly faster.
'Yeah… thanks.' Sam said. Danny nodded.
'Thank you to, and as a bonus, I shall never again darken your doorstep.' Danny smiled playfully at her though a part of him wished he could stay, the rational part wound out telling him he'd just be
Putting her and everyone she cared about in danger. That she wouldn't choose him over her family.
'Well at least get a good night's sleep.' Sam said sad he was leaving already, she liked him. He was nice and sweet, and cute.
'I would love to, but I've caused you enough trouble.' Danny said stepping around her and heading for the elevator. Sam reached up to stop him.
'Danny Phantom if you go near that door I will drop kick you into next week, now go get ready for bed.' Sam said staring at him as he looked at her in shock.
'Yes mom.' Danny laughed dropping his jacket.
'Don't use that sass with me!' Sam said rolling over from her position on the ground and letting go of Danny's foot. Danny laughed.
'Ok, it would be nice to use a shower for ounce instead of the lake, or a river.' Danny laughed, 'I must reek.' He smiled, 'Yet you stayed with me all day anyway.' Danny laughed.
Sam got to her feet.
'Shower, now, chop, chop!' Sam explained chasing him into the bathroom. Danny stood near the toilet awkwardly as Sam pulled out a toothbrush and toothpaste, opening the new tooth brush. Then she pulled out a towel.
'I think I can get you some new clothes, but I have to know your size.' Sam said handing the towel to Danny. Danny smiled.
'You know you don't have to.' He responded. Sam shook her head.
'No, I don't, I don't have to do anything, but I want to beat it out of you.' Sam glared.
'You're so violen- I mean helpful.' Danny said getting ready to duck. Sam pointed the new Toothbrush at him.
'You better believe it.' Sam smiled, 'Now, clothes sizes now!' Sam barked. Danny laughed but complied as Sam wrote down the sizes on the palm of my hand.
'Now when I get back you better still be in the shower, you stink.' Sam stuck out her tongue, Danny laughed. In truth Sam thought Danny smelled good, he had this woodsy smell to him, almost like the forest just before or after it rained. Danny nodded. And saluted standing ram rod strait.
'Yes ma'am.' He smiled. Sam suddenly realized how tall he was then blushed and headed out the door. Danny laughed as the door shut. Sam sighed and looked at her palm then sighed grabbing her coat and heading to the elevator to get Danny some new clothes.
(Yeah… one of these things... enjoy the rest of the story.)
Sam knocked on the door.
'Still in the shower.' Danny called from inside.
'I got your new clothes, I'm just going to set them on the counter.' Sam said.
'Ok, but no peeking.' Danny joked. Sam closed her eyes and felt her way into the bathroom. She set the clothes on the counter and peeked open one eye.
Danny had his head in the water and was rinsing his face visible through the wall his eyes still under the water. Sam gasped and opened the other one. Damn, that boy had a body like none other. She blushed furiously and Danny held a soapy finger out of the shower and shook it.
'I said no peeking.' He opened one eye as he looked out of the shower. Sam blushed deeper and scrambled out. Danny laughed a little and closed the curtain as Sam closed the door.
Sam blushed on the couch while waiting for Danny to return wondering what she'd say about her peeking on him, what excuse she'd make up. Sam blushed again at the memory. Danny came out of the bathroom holding his shirt in his hand. Sam's face turned deep red as she took in Danny's body. There was no denying that he was hot.
'Where did you get this shirt?' Danny asked holding the simple white and red t-shirt.
'Uh… the store.' Sam answered, Danny looked unnerved, and he held up the shirt a red oval in the middle.
'What are the odds you get a shirt exactly like the one I used to wear, who are you, why are you really helping me?' Danny's eyes were narrowed, for a minute Sam could almost believe that he was indeed the devils assistant.
'I don't know, you saved me, and I was just trying to return the favor.' Sam said looking at Danny, then to his body and blushing then back to Danny. Danny sighed pulling on the shirt.
'I'm sorry I'm just paranoid.' Danny said looking down at the shirt than sighing, 'I've learned to be paranoid, and living on the street can do that to you.' Danny said, Sam barely nodded, 'Look I'm sorry if I scared you, I can leave.' Danny said looking down ashamed. Sam held up her hands.
'Look it's ok, I'm just a little shocked that's all, If I knew you were going to freak out so badly I would have gotten you something in black.' Sam shrugged. Danny laughed and rubbed the back of his neck.
'Actually… its fine, I've been wearing too much black lately. It feels good to get back to semblance of normal.' Danny sighed. He held out his hand in a half shrug, rubbing the back of his neck with the other.
'Well the guest bedroom is ready, if you want.' Sam sighed, Danny nodded.
'That would be great.' Danny smiled; it's been a while since I've slept in a real bed. Sam smiled. Leading him down the hall and opening the door to his room.
'It may not fit nine people comfortably, but I hope it's to your liking.' Sam smiled back.
'Thanks.' He said, Sam blushed then shoved him in the door.
'I hope you brushed your teeth, and you better not steal anything while I'm asleep.' Sam warned, 'I will hunt you down and find you and burn your corpse if I have to.' Sam glared.
'Don't worry about it, you won't have to burn my corpse anytime soon.' Danny laughed. Sam smiled.
'Good, as long as we've reached an agreement.' Sam folded her arms. Danny laughed.
'Thanks…' Sam turned to leave, 'Goodnight Sam.' Danny smiled. Sam nodded.
'Goodnight Phantom.' Sam smiled, Danny was already curling up on the bed.
'That's Fenton.' He mumbled and pulled the covers over his head. Sam nodded.
'Goodnight Fenton.' Sam smiled then closed the door.
(Fortune cookie: 'Your life will be rich, happy, and prosperous.')
Sam woke up with a jolt, she grabbed her clock, and it was already ten am. She jumped out of bed rushing to Danny's room, the bed was made the clothes gone, and she dashed into the living room, jacket gone, and no shoes. Sam smacked herself on the forehead.
'Stupid, how can you trust him, he's just a street boy, come on girl, he's probably made off with half your valuables and is selling them on the black market.' Sam cursed herself for her trusting nature, she turned to her room, 'You fell for him, those sweet blue eyes, and childish grin, and you let him into your house, Sam, god, you are such a silly little girl,' Sam grabbed her phone out of her pants which wiggled on over her underwear as she ran out the door, 'He's probably halfway to china by now with all…'
'Or he's right behind you and curious as to why you are ranting to yourself.' A soft voice interrupted. Danny stood there smirking, 'Do you really think so little of me, I can't have you burning my corpse now can I?' Danny smiled. Sam sighed in relief. Danny laughed.
'Your pants are a little unzipped.' Sam blushed pulling up her pants the rest of the way and zipping them. She crossed her arms over her chest, her black silk night shirt not covering enough in her opinion. Danny smiled.
'Wipe that doofus grin off your face.' Sam huffed, Danny smiled wider.
'Why would I, you like my smile.' He laughed. Sam blushed deeper. Danny laughed harder.
'Well I was going to make you breakfast, when this crazy woman came in ranting about a street boy.' Danny joked. Sam blushed even…. deeper.
'Can we start over?' Sam asked. Danny smiled.
'Yeah, you might want to get properly dressed first.' He smiled. Sam nodded and disappeared into her room. Ugh. Sam groaned, why he made her feel like this. She stripped off her night shirt and pulled on a black t- shirt and then some socks. After looking at herself in the mirror a bit she took them off changing into her black mini skirt with the green plaid type scheme, and her usual shirt with the purple oval. She pulled on her purple leggings and combat boots. After messing with her hair a bit she ended tying it in two messy pony tails but leaving the bottom down.
With a sigh she took it out and tied it the usual way, then back to the ponytails, then to the one pony then finally leaving it.
'Good Morning.' Danny smiled as Sam walked in. Sam sighed.
'Coffee.' She moaned. Danny laughed setting a cup in front of her. Sam took it gratefully.
'Sorry I'm such a delinquent I woke you up.' Danny said putting a veggie omelet in front of her. Sam shook her head.
'I thought we were starting over.' Sam complained. Danny smiled.
'Ok.' He agreed pleasantly, 'However I'm still baffled you let me in your house, you barely know me.' Danny said.
'Well you looked like you needed a goodnights sleep.' Sam said starting in on the omelet. Danny nodded.
'I don't get many of those.' Danny sighed. He looked upward, 'So, I wanted to thank you again, and say goodbye.' Danny said, he turned his blue, eyes onto her, 'I'll be out of your hair now.' He nodded. Sam shook her head.
'First, I want you to come with me.' Sam said, 'I'm going to the pier, and I was wondering if you'd like to come. There are rides and games and…' Danny laughed a little.
'Well I haven't acted like a kid in almost a year.' Danny said, Sam blushed.
'Oh… you don't have to go, we can…'
'No, that's not what I meant, I'd love to go.' Danny smiled. Sam smiled wider. Danny blushed ever so slightly.
'I mean if it's not an inconvenience for you.'
'Shut up and take me to the pier, I invited you remember, why would I do that if I didn't want you to come.' Sam asked. Danny smiled.
'OK then, let's go act like children and stuff our face with food that will make us puke.' Danny said pumping his fist into the air. Sam smiled.
'To the pier!' She said pointing forward, 'And beware Danny and Sam!'
(Me; 'Dear cookie, what drugs are you on? we should share.')
Danny was acting like a child on Christmas, he was practically dragging Sam from ride to ride. Sam smiled glad to see Danny acting like a child, if not his age, then his shoe size.
'Aw man!' Danny said taking in the line for the roller coaster. Sam smiled.
'Watch and learn.' She strolled up to the front and flashed the guy a twenty. The guy nodded and let them in much to the protests of the people behind them. Danny and Sam went on that ride five times, Sam getting sick but not wanting to admit it.
Danny saw a giant plush bat and smiled walking up to the booth.
'What do I have to do to win that?' Danny asked. The girl looked bored.
'Hit the ghost with the ectogun.' She sighed pointed to the small ghost and the fake ectoguns. Danny smiled.
'Just one hit?' Danny asked. The girl nodded.
'Ok.' Danny dug a dollar out of his pocket and handed it to her. She took it and started the game, the little stand up ghost darting around the stage. Danny didn't shoot; he just sat there his hand resting on the gun, mild interest on his face. The clock was starting to run out when Danny suddenly moved. A stream of green colored balls hit the target as it dashed around the stage. The girl looked baffled sitting up straighter.
'Just one hit right?' Danny asked. The girl nodded and handed the bat over. Danny smiled, 'Merci.' He said handing the Bat to Sam. 'For your hospitality.' he smiled. Sam smiled at the bat, one little white fang hung out of the mouth.
'Thank you.' Sam smiled. Danny shrugged.
'No big deal.' Danny smiled, he grabbed Sam's hand, 'Now, let's go get some funnel cake.' Sam began to blush at the feel of Danny's cool hand in hers. Little did she know Danny was blushing too. Sam smiled as Danny pulled out some scant cash and bought two cakes.
'You know I could have paid for that.' Sam said sitting on a bench her bat resting beside her. Danny licked one of his fingers.
'I know, but I've mooched off you enough, plus, it makes me feel like a bad friend.' Danny said and took another bite of funnel cake. Sam stared at her ripping off piece and eating it.
'But you don't have much money…I...' Danny shoved a piece of funnel cake in her mouth, Sam blushed.
'Sure I don't have very much money, but its bad manners to make a lady pay for her food.' Danny said. 'And it's not like I was saving it for anything.' Danny lied. He had been saving that money, saving it for information on his condition.
'So, I could still do it, just because I'm a girl doesn't mean I'm not capable of paying for my own food.' Sam huffed slightly offended.
'I never said you couldn't.' Danny amended, 'I just said its bad manners.' Danny smiled taking another bite of cake, 'But if you wanted to repay me, you know you could…..oomph.' Danny said as Sam elbowed him.
'No way, you gave your money away on your own.' Sam laughed. Danny laughed too.
'I was just kidding you know.' Danny smiled. Sam nodded.
'Uh huh.' The two ate their funnel cakes in comfortable silence. Sam looked around watching people as they passed. Danny watched them too,
But in a different light, he watched everyone expecting an attack from anyone at any time. Sam didn't see the world like that; she had lived a sheltered life. Danny smiled remembering he had too,
Had to get street smart and fast. But he had his talents that kept him safe till he got those street smarts. Other runaways weren't so lucky half the time. Danny tried to save those he could, but not everyone could be saved.
Danny looked around searching for the sinister things in the bright day. He looked at Sam who was licking powder sugar off her lips and smiled.
Why did she care so much about him? He wondered. Danny hadn't felt any emotion like the one he was feeling now. He wanted to protect her, to stay with her, but in truth he knew that he was probably the greatest danger. He had planned to sneak out in the night, but something had kept him there.
Sam looked up at him, powdered sugar down her chin. Danny laughed Sam's eyes narrowed.
'What's so funny laughy pants?' Sam asked. Danny dusted off her chin. Sam blushed. Danny smiled.
'You're so messy.' He laughed, Sam took in Danny's dusted shirt and plucked it causing a cloud of powdered sugar to rise from the fabric.
'You're not so neat yourself.' Sam teased.
'Yeah but I'm a street kid, I'm not supposed to be clean. You, you are a princess; you are supposed to be clean.' Danny teased back. Sam was torn between being offended or faltered at being called princess. Danny smiled finishing off his funnel cake.
'Well, I could escort you back home, but I kinda have to go.' Danny said looking at Sam. Sam nodded.
'Yeah, I knew you'd say that soon.' Sam looked at her food. Danny kissed Sam's cheek.
'Goodbye Sam, I wish you my very best.' He smiled at her. Sam blushed.
'Bye Phantom.' Danny nodded and walked off. Sam sat on the bench lonely, she couldn't believe how girly she was acting about the whole situation. Danny disappeared around a booth. Sam sighed and clutched her stuffed Bat to her chest.
(Aaaaand, I could be evil and leave it there. But I'm not.)
Danny sighed climbing the steps in the rickety old house. Danny jumped over a part of the stairs that had collapsed. He entered his appointed room and sighed. He had on his too large hoodie, but his other clothes were still at Sam's and he had on the outfit she had bought him. Danny sighed taking the hood down. Eric landed in his window sill.
'Hey buddy.' Danny smiled at the crow. Eric cawed; Danny nodded as if in agreement.
'I know, I know, living people are dangerous and what now.' Danny sighed, 'but come on…you can't tell me you didn't have just a little bit of fun.' Danny smiled. The crow cocked his head. Danny laughed.
'You did and you know it.' Danny smiled. The crow hopped off the sill and flapped to the mattress Danny had managed to produce. It was really old, and made of foam for the most part, but it was better than the floor most of the time. Danny sighed sitting gently down by Eric the crow. He softly stroked the Crow's feathers.
'You know… that's the first time I've felt alive in a long time.' Danny said. The crow looked at him. Danny smiled, 'Ironic is it not?'
Eric shuffled around the room for a little bit then took then took off through the window. Danny sighed lying down and looking up at the yellowish ceiling. There was a longing in his chest for something Danny could not place. He sighed rolling over and placing his arms under his head for a pillow. Maybe it was time to get some rest. He no doubt would have a busy night ahead of him.
(Still not ending it, over 10,000 words believe it or not)
There he was... the halfa. The ghost smiled. It was just too easy, too easy. This was the Phantom everyone had held to such high esteems, he was nothing more than a bumbling kid trying to make it through his adolescence while trying to gain control of powers no human was supposed to have. In fact the kid thought he was dead. The ghost laughed at the naiveté's of the halfa. Information about this ghost boy could be sold… the ghost smiled. And he knew just the people to sell it to.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH I'M SO EVIL. I have decided to end it, and make it only a one shot!
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Got you there for a minute didn't I? I demand 20 or more reviews for this ch now! and my other stories jk but please review
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