I was cleaning out my room getting ready for our move, and I found these lyrics. I had printed them up for another story I was writing, but as I kept looking at them and reading them, I thought, "Hey, I could write a song fic about this. So, here is the beginning to what I hope will be a successful collection of little song fics.
This story is based on "Total Eclipse of the Heart" by Nikki French or whatever her name is….
Reviews: If you expected to see names here, you are sadly mistaken. I've just started the story! How can I get reviews for a story that's just started?
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A quick note from the author: I'm hoping to make this a continuing story from any songs that suddenly pop into my mind that make me start thinking about a good DP song fic one-shot. So, this collection's probably not going to go anywhere anytime soon.
Disclaimer: I don't own DP or "Total Eclipse of the Heart". DP belongs to Butch Hartman, and "Eclipse" belong to Nikki French.
Turn AroundSam Manson slammed the door to her room, dropping her backpack on the floor and flopping onto her bed. She sighed, burying her face in her pillow. Every day was torture; every day she saw him with his adorable blue eyes and messy raven hair. She growled and grabbed the first thing she could reach and threw it across the room. It clanked against her desk, sounding very much like a CD case. She raised her head. It was a single by one of her mom's dumb, sappy artists. She sat up and grabbed the case then went to her door.
"Mom, you left one of your CD's in my room!" she yelled out into the hallway. No one answered. She sighed and moved to throw the CD out of her room then stopped, staring at it. "Ah, wouldn't hurt," she mumbled.
She closed the door then went over to her stereo system. Removing her usual depressing music, she turned on the CD. Sam played it twice before putting it on repeat; she couldn't help it. The more she listened to it, the more she felt it related to her.
"Hey, Sam." Danny stared as she jumped. "Since when can I sneak up on you and spook you like that?"
She whirled around, blushing a little. "Danny, hey… When did you start getting to school early?"
"When the ghost stopped coming around as much." He eyed her curiously. "Are you sure you're okay?"
"Fine. Fine." She smiled a little too brightly for a goth. "Everything is perfect. I am not doing anything." The bell rang. "Oh, look, time for school!" She practically bolted from the computer lab, never realizing she had left her print out behind.
Danny picked it up, almost calling her back to tell her, but he stopped when he saw his name on it. They were lyrics to a song, a song Danny was sure Sam would never listen to if she was feeling "normal." Something was up with the goth, and he was going to find out what it was.
Sam lay on her bed, her head on her arm as she gazed out her window, listening to the music play from her stereo.
Turn aroundEvery now and then I get a little bit lonely
And you're never coming around
Turn around
Every now and then I get a little bit tired
Of listening to the sound of my tears
Turn around
Every now and then I get a little bit nervous
That the best of all the years have gone by
Turn around
Every now and then I get a little bit terrified
Then I see the look in your eyes
Turn around, bright eyes
She didn't know that Danny Phantom floated invisibly near her ceiling, watching and listening to her sing. Danny was confused; Sam didn't like this kind of music. Not the Sam he knew, and who would she sing it to anyway? She didn't have a boyfriend to miss like that.
Every now and then I fall apartAnd I need you now tonight
And I need you more than ever
And if you'll only hold me tight
We'll be holding on forever
And we'll only be making it right
'Cause we'll never be wrong together
Once upon a time, I was falling in love
Now I'm only falling apart
Nothing I can do
A total eclipse of the heart
Danny floated closer then cringed as he knocked over a stack of books. Sam whirled around, turning off the music. She stepped forward, her eyes wide.
"Danny?" she whispered.
The halfa cursed under his breath then flew through her ceiling, heading home. He paused, turning to look at her house. She isn't singing about...me, is she?
Since the night she thought she had received an invisible visit, Sam had put the CD away. One week later, she brought it out once more.
Turn aroundEvery now and then I get a little bit lonely
And you're never coming around
Turn around
Every now and then I get a little bit tired
Of listening to the sound of my tears
Turn around
Every now and then I get a little bit nervous
That the best of all the years have gone by
Turn around
Every now and then I get a little bit terrified
Then I see the look in your eyes
Turn around, bright eyes
Every now and then I fall apartAnd I need you now tonight
And I need you more than ever
And if you'll only hold me tight
We'll be holding on forever
And we'll only be making it right
'Cause we'll never be wrong together
Once upon a time, I was falling in love
Now I'm only falling apart
Nothing I can do
A total eclipse of the heart
She sighed, dropping down onto her bed. Why was he always trying to be noticed? Didn't he know someone who cared already noticed him?
Turn aroundEvery now and then I know you'll never
Be the boy you always wanted to be
Turn around
Every now and then I know there's no one in the
Universe as magical and wondrous as you
Turn around
Every now and then I know there's nothing any better
There's nothing that I just wouldn't do
I need you tonight
And I need you more than ever
And if you'll only hold me tight
We'll be holding on forever
And we'll only be making it right
'Cause we'll never be wrong together
Together we can take it to the end of the line
Your love is like a shadow on me all of the time
I don't know what to do
I'm always in the dark
We're living in a power keg
And giving off sparks
I really need you tonight
Forever's gunna start tonight
She buried her face in the pillow. I'm not going to cry. I'm not going to cry... She lifted her head, punching her pillow in frustration. Darn you, Mom, and your sappy music.
Once upon a time I was falling in loveBut now I'm only falling apart
Nothing I can do
A total eclipse of the heart
Once upon a time there was light in my life
But now there's only love in the dark
Nothing I can say
A total eclipse of the heart
Nothing I can do
A total eclipse of the heart
She sat up, trembling as a sudden chill washed over her. A red rose in a clear vase sat on her dresser. Her heart was racing in her chest as she reached for the rose.
"Turn around," a familiar voice whispered.
