posted- november 2, 2015 (edited november 20, 2015)
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Chapter One: I'm NOT a Liar
I'm not upset that you lied to me, I'm upset that from now on I can't believe you."
-Friedrich Nietzsche
The more a lie is told, the more people start believing its truth. As much as it's said, it doesn't change the fact that it's a lie. It does, however, change the way people would look at you, how they talk to you, and how they feel towards you. The moment their eyes rest upon you, they are constantly remind about this one idea, which gets stronger each day. It would get too strong, and way over board that you start believing it yourself. If it goes out, if you slip and/or mess up, it would hurt everyone including yourself.
So why do we lie?
I knew what my choices were when I was standing in front of the entire school during lunch. I could tell the truth and move on with my life, or I could say the answer everyone was hoping for, the lie.
I hesitated before making my choice: "Yes, it's true."
After that, the cafeteria went crazy, yelling, shouting, moving and pushing in all directions. 'Maybe I could get away with this?' I thought, knowing that a simple just kidding or April fools, wasn't going to save me. And now ladies and gentlemen, the part of the story that threatens everything I have done, in the present and in the pass. I jerked when a sound came from my pocket, pulling out my phone and glanced at the text I got from an unfamiliar number. I unlocked my phone and saw the text:
wanna play a game? it's called im not danny phantom. spoiler alert: you lose dash baxter
-DP
But let's start from the beginning shall we?
"Oh my, Dash! Look at this." called my mother from the living room. I raced down the stairs and saw that my family was surrounding TV, so close to the screen as if it were going to run away. The channel was turned on the news, which no one (at least in my family) watches, unless it's important.
"How can you be so certain? I mean, if you are correct this can change history as we know it!" asked a blonde young women, in a dressed suit. She was sitting in a blue couch across form a middle age man, who looked tired and excited with dark hair, and green eyes.
"After receiving a sample of Danny Phantom blood, I realize that it was different than other ghost's blood, simply by the fact that it was blood, mixed in with ectoplasm. I had already… predicted that he was… different for a while, due to the fact that he fights his own kind and claims to be a hero. The reason humanity never believes this was true because all ghost are evil. 'But then again, does that make all humans evil?' As quoted by Danny Phantom himself. Coming from a long history with ghosts, I realize that no one was taking this seriously, or even considering the fact that Danny Phantom could be good. This is proof. Danny Phantom can bleed blood, and ectoplasm. Therefore he isn't fully dead, but instead fully alive. I have come to the conclusion that Danny Phantom goes to the high school, Casper High, and I ask for him to step forward to me, a friend, and explain his story. Something I been wanting to know for a while now."
The woman began to ask more questions, but I didn't hear them. Danny Phantom wasn't dead? He had a human side? He goes to my school? This was way too much to take in. I paced around the kitchen table, having so many questions. How did he die- err half die? Who is he? Why didn't he tell the world he isn't full ghost?
I glance at the screen, looking at a picture of a muscular, white haired, and green eyed hero.
'If I were him, things would have turned out differently.' I though, with the dreams of money and fame dancing in my head.
The hallways of Casper high school were crowed with screaming teens, and crying fan girls. It's not like people weren't expecting this, the great Danny Phantom goes to our school. I walked in another few steps before a hush came over the crowd. A short Latina cheerleader came up to me with her two dogs following behind her, Paulina Sanchez, Valerie Gray, and Star Cruz.
"It's you isn't it?" Paulina asked, with a smirk on her face.
"What are you talking about?" I asked.
"Don't act dumb, we all know your Danny Phantom." My heart stop, my eyes widen, and everything froze.
"Well, are you?" she asked, wanting confirmation. My mouth was stuck wide open, and I flew to the bathroom, pushing everyone out my way. I swigged the door open and lock it shut, before anyone else could get in. I washed my face with cold water and stared at my own reflection.
'They just believe it was me? I mean, it could make sense physical wise, but-'
I stopped. I wasn't here alone. I heard someone cough and then gagged. Gross. I though, before hearing a click, and a small boy come out grinning at me in a freaky way.
Fenturd.
He went to the sink right next to where I was standing and rinse out his mouth. He finishes and then walked out of the bathroom, like nothing ever happen. What did he eat something bad?
I glanced at his now wet sink, and saw water mixed with orange. A red-orange? I walked into the stall he was in and saw it. Danny Fenton had puked blood.
Everyone was after me that day, but I couldn't stop thinking about what I saw earlier, and refused to drink water the rest of the day, just it case it had some blood in it. English class went by slowly. Fenturd, Mason, and the geeky kid sat in a row right in front of me and Kwan.
"You know Dash, you can tell me anything." Kwan whispered, still trying to get the 'I'm Danny Phantom,' secret out of me. I ignored him and quickly pulled out my phone, searching puking blood causes on google, clicking on the frist website that came up:
"Vomiting blood (hematemesis) is the regurgitation of stomach contents mixed with blood, or the regurgitation of blood only. Vomiting blood sounds jarring, but in some cases, it may be triggered by minor causes such as swallowing blood from a mouth injury or from a nosebleed."
A sign of relief flew over me, that is until I clicked on the second website:
"Bleeding in your upper gastrointestinal tract (mouth, esophagus, stomach and upper small intestine) from peptic ulcers or torn blood vessels is a common cause of vomiting blood. Call 911 or your local emergency number if vomiting blood causes dizziness after standing, rapid, shallow breathing or other signs of shock."
I shut my phone down, and placed it face down on my desk. 'It's Fenturd,' I thought, 'Why should I care anyways?'
And now, ladies and gentlemen, comes the moment that you have read in the begin of the story: The Lie.
"Dash is it true?" "Dash is Danny Phantom!" "He has to be Danny Phantom!" screamed the crowds of freshmans, sophomores, juniors, and even seniors, all gathered at the lunchroom, staring at me on top of a strudy lunch table.
"Yes, it's true."
The shoutung, the screaming, and then the text:
wanna play a game? it's called im not danny phantom. spoiler alert: you lose dash baxter -DP
"You're not Danny Phantom."
The words struck me. I knew I wasn't him, and could never be him, but it still hurt. I guess that somewhere in my mind, I did believe that I was him in attempt to not feel guilty in any way. I slammed my gym locker, letting my head swing down in shame. Dreaming rules out reality, but reality always win.
"Dash, are you crazy! Do you have any idea what kind of trouble you can get into?"
Meet my good friend, Kwan Chang. I've only known him for two years, but we are insanely close. He's the smarter version of me, staying to the low and out of trouble. He has a background of living with a perfect family, a mother and father and five years old little sister. Sometimes I wish I were him, free of rules and rewarded with gallons of trust.
"I know," I began, swigging my gym bag on my shoulder.
"Why even try making up a lie like that?" Kwan asked me.
I shook my head. "They just assume it was me so-"
"So you just went along?"
"I though it would be fun. Being somebody amazing like that, you know?" I said, not good excuse but haven't you ever wanted to be someone else for a while? Just to show everyone you're a different kind a person than who they really think you are? Well, I didn't want to be Dash Baxter anymore, I wanted to be Danny Phantom.
"Actually I believed it, until someone texted me and I put two and two together." He said, as we made our way out the school and began our dark walk home.
"Who texted you?" I asked as Kwan reached into his bag and pulled out his phone, blinding me with it's light as I read the text.
hey kwan. i don't trust a lot of my friends, hbu? -DP
I grabbed his phone reading and re-reading each and every word again and again. I haven't seen another text from him since lunch earlier that day, and I was just assuming it was some freshman trying to scare me off. What did this guy want from my life?
"Do you know this guy?" Kwan asked, grabbing his phone back, stopping in his steps.
"No," I answered, "but he texted me today, r-right after I told everyone…"
"A blackmailer? What does he? Maybe it's a friend?"
"A friend?" I said, a little too loud, "really Kwan, I highly doubt that."
Well, not everything is negative Dash," he said, "see you tomorrow."
It wasn't til the last few minutes I was about to fall asleep in my bed that I got a text. Slowly opening it, I finally decided that everything in my world is negative.
i don't think u will see him tmm, lol have a good night, it would be ur last
–DP
This DP guy wanted me to be outed as a liar. I'm NOT a liar.
(Disclaimer: I don't own Danny Phantom) so I added a flashback and present thing in this chapter, it shouldn't be confusing. if they are any mistakes, they should be fixed within this week. What do you think is going to happen to Kwan? leave your answer in the reviews :) - stars of light