Broken Roads
By: Kit-Kitty
Greetings and thank you for reading this story. This is a short message that is here as a warning; this is a dark fanfic. This story is not going to contain any sex scenes, or themes, but there is a lot of intense parts and graphic description. If you do not like suspenseful and intense stories then I advised you leave.
This story is intended for entertainment purposes only. The author, me, does not own any of the characters, just the plot line of this story.
So please enjoy.
Summary: As he stared into her aqua orbs, he could see no hint of recognition in them. He widened his eyes as the realization hit him. She didn't remember him. She didn't know who he was. He felt like someone had slapped him in the face at that moment. He turned away from her, he couldn't believe that his own sister…had no idea who he was.
Chapter 1: Dark Clouds
Danny sat outside of the school building on the steps waiting for his sister, where as on any normal day he would've flown home. But his sister decided that they need more "brother and sister bonding time" so she opted to pick him up. Not wanting to hurt his sister's feelings, despite how angry and annoyed he felt today, he obeyed her wishes.
As to the reason why he was waiting for her, he had gotten another detention, no surprise there, for what seemed like the umpteenth time all because of the ghost attacks. He grimaced to himself as he looked at his new battle wound; a large noticeable bruise on his arm. He had blamed it on falling off a tree when his teacher had asked him about it.
He looked at his bruise and hissed as he gently touched it; it was already starting to turn an ugly yellow with hints of purple in it. He sighed, he had been fighting Skulker that day, and low and behold his opponent decided to get an upgrade…
"I've got you now whelp!" Skulker exclaimed, as he pointed his gun at Danny. The said boy had already begun to put up a ghost shield. He was able to protect himself from the green ray.
"Ha!" He scoffed, "You wouldn't be able to catch me, even if I was standing right in front of your face!" He smirked. Skulker gritted his teeth at the insult and began to speed towards the teenager.
"Listen here you retched ghost boy!" He snarled, he grabbed Danny by his shirt collar and scowled, "You've been a thorn in my side for the longest I can remember," He said, "but luckily with my new ecto-degrader, you won't be!" He said with a laugh.
For a moment, Danny felt fear-and he's never feared any ghost before- but it quickly diminished as he turned intangible and flew out of the robot's hands. Skulker gaped in surprise.
"What the!" He shouted angrily. He began to chase the boy, along with shooting him. Danny flew at his highest speed to hopefully out run the ghost. He made a sharp turn around a large building, taking Skulker by surprise.
Taking this chance he turned so his back was facing the wind and began to blast Skulker with his ghost rays. Skulker managed to dodge one before being bombarded with dozens of more. He fell to the ground, creating a dent on the street. Danny smirked and flew down. He got his thermos prepared, he was happy that he managed to escape this fight without a scratch.
"Alright Skulker, time to go back to the-Argh!" Danny suddenly shouted. Before he was able to suck Skulker into the thermos, he had been hit with something cold and metallic. He yelped in pain and fell to his knees. Skulker stepped up to him, he was laughing wickedly.
"Like it whelp?" He asked, "It's designed to tighten whenever you move or struggle." Danny's eyes widened and he stopped all his movements, he looked down at the object that was currently residing on his right arm. It was like an arm bracelet, only this time it weighed him down somehow, almost like it was filling him up with lead.
"W-what is it?" Danny struggled. Skulker picked him up by the collar, causing the bracelet to tighten once more. Danny clenched his teeth together tightly; he knew he was going to develop a bruise. Skulker smiled once more.
"It's a little toy I acquired, called the ecto-degrader; you see it stops you from getting away and right where you belong." He said, "On my wall!" He shouted, before he threw Danny to the ground a few feet away from him. Danny screamed in pain, he had to get this darn thing off now!
"Wow, you've become lower already eh?" He began. Skulker looked at him and blinked.
"What? Not a chance! I'm Skulker, the most feared hunter in the ghost zone!" He replied. Danny laughed, but winced when he slowly stood up. He held his arm gently and smirked as best as he could.
"How can that be, if you're using something to help cheat your way to earning my pelt?" He asked, "Which is still disgusting by the way." He added. He almost laughed at Skulker's bewildered look, Check…
Skulker stared dumbfounded. Was this child implying that he needed help? He narrowed his eyes, there was no way he would need help from a useless device.
"How dare you?!" Skulker roared. Danny smirked …mate, immediately the cursed bracelet was off his arm and he let out a huge puff of air. His arm was tingling from the loss of circulation, but it was enough reassure the boy that it was going to be fine. He glanced at it; it was red and turning a slight yellow. He sighed, that is so gonna bruise…shouldn't have jinxed myself, he thought bitterly. He looked up and narrowly missed getting shot by an ecto ray.
"Well, it's been fun playing," Danny said, earning a stare from the ghost, "but, I've got school to go to." He finished, and with that he held up his left arm to reveal the Fenton Thermos. Skulker's eyes widened in fear, and before he could fly off, he was sucked into the small soup holder.
Danny sighed with relief; he had barely managed to escape. He was lucky Skulker was so blinded by his pride and ego otherwise he would've been on the back of a milk carton with the label: "MISSING" above his picture.
He flew up and back to school. He dashed into the men's bathroom and into an empty stall. He reverted back to Fenton. He leaned against the wall to catch his breath before he looked down at his arm. There was no way he could explain this to Lancer.
"Well…better hope he believes any lie I give him." Danny muttered before exiting the restroom and heading back to class.
As he entered, he winced at all the faces that looked towards his direction. He saw the shocked faces of Sam and Tucker, and gave an, 'I'll tell you later' look that made them both look wary at him before hesitantly looking at their teacher. Danny closed the door as quietly as he could, but was too late, Lancer had already looked at him before gasping at the large bruise on his arm.
"Queen Elizabeth the sixth!" He yelled, dropping the marker he held in his hand, "What in the world happened to your arm?" He asked. Danny smiled sheepishly and swallowed thickly.
"I…er…well uh…you see sir, I already had this bruise." He said. Lancer raised an eyebrow.
"I didn't see it before." He replied. Danny looked around the room.
"Well…uh you see…th-that's because it wasn't that noticeable?" He said. Lancer squinted his eyes at the boy. The classroom was staring intently at the scene.
"Why did that sound like a question?" His teacher asked. Danny inwardly sighed in frustration.
"It's not," He said, "I had fallen off a tree this morning." He said. He almost slapped himself at his explanation, as if his teacher would believe that!
"Is that so?" Lancer muttered, "Well alright them…just go sit back down." He said. Danny smiled.
"It worked?" He asked, his voice was full of amazement. Lancer blinked at him.
"What was that?" He asked.
"Nothing!" Danny flushed, before walking to his desk rather quickly.
He was immediately questioned by Sam and Tucker.
"Dude, was it a ghost?" Tucker whispered to his friend. Danny nodded.
"Yeah, it was Skulker." He said. Sam inspected his arm.
"I take it he gave you the bruise?" She asked him. Danny nodded.
"Yeah, he got this new little gadget that tightened every time I moved. He kept throwing me so it kept getting tighter." He exclaimed. His friends stared in silence for a moment.
"Yikes dude…how are you gonna explain this to your parents?" Tucker asked. Danny sighed and opened his book to the correct page number that was written on the board.
"I'm not sure…they may not pay attention much, but there's no way they'd miss this." He replied, "They're too smart to fall for my lie."
Sam nodded, "Well, at least you have a few extra hours to spare since you got detention, plenty of time to come up with something." She said. Danny huffed.
"Yeah don't remind me." He muttered. He looked down at his book, how had this day turn out bad? Every time he wants to have a good day, life just comes down and slaps him in the face. It wasn't fair. His tightened their grip on the text book.
Before his thoughts could wander any further, the bell rang. He blinked, had school really gone by that fast? He put his book away before standing up.
"Mr. Fenton?" Lancer said. Danny looked at him before reaching the door, "If memory serves correctly, I gave you detention right?" He asked. Danny's eyes widened before realizing his mistake.
"Oh…uh right!" He said, "Sorry sir." He quickly sat down in the nearest desk. It was going to be a long two hours…
And of course that brings us right back to where he currently was, sitting on the school's steps, waiting for his sister to come pick him up. He looked up at the sky. It was dark; meaning there was probably a storm coming. He sighed heavily, whenever the sky was like this…it meant something bad would happen.
Phew! That's done! So how was this chapter? I hope I started this story off with a good start. I'm actually quite nervous. This is my first fanfic ever, and so far…I think it's good. I mean the plot line and everything is fine, so hopefully you guys will enjoy this. To be honest, I've never had people read my work before, so this makes me pretty anxious.
But, I hope you guys enjoy this! So please review, favorite, and follow! Have a nice day ya'll!
Kit-Kitty