A/N: Hey, folks! I'm sorry I haven't updated Half Prey or Fall From Grace but I simply don't have the time at this moment (Clockwork wouldn't stop it for me). I was at the zoo recently and this idea popped into my head. I'll probably make it into a story sooner or later but I just wanted to get the idea out now and see what you think. Anyway, here's the story. I still don't own DP but a sure as ever wish I did. Please R&R. Bye!
Loins, Tigers, and Ghosts
He sat in the corner of the cage with his head in his hands. A steady stream of tears fell from his face. His pure white hair had several twigs in it. Any dignity he was had was taken when they threw him in here. At least they had let him keep his jumpsuit. Other than that he felt naked. Their stares stripped him down to his core. He was lonely. He was dirty. He was constantly scared. He was an animal in the Amity Park Zoo.
They fed him three times a day. He refused to eat. His greatest ambition now was starving himself to death just to escape the little kids' grimy fingers, high-pitched questions, and the adults' disgusted stares and muttered answers. He wouldn't even eat the food thrown through the bars at him. Yes, there was a sign on his cage that said, "Throw food at ghost kid". It was their way of humiliating him further. Actually, it wasn't their idea. It was it's idea. What's it? Vlad's 'it'. After the little incident with the toilet paper and the glue on Halloween, Vlad had been determined to get back at him. So here was Vlad's revenge. Danny in a cage, his secret revealed, and his dignity and pride stripped away by the public's cruel sense of entertainment.
The worst part of it was when his friends and family came to see him. Sam had tried to reach through the bars to touch him. Little did she know that the cage had electricity running through it to keep him inside. She ended up zapping him instead. He had never felt so much pain. It wasn't even the electricity that was painful. It was the knowledge that he could never be lovingly touched again. He was an animal in a cage. There was no love for him.