Hi again all! Sorry about not doing anything for a while, I've been really busy with school. Plus, I'm going to be spending a month or so with some relatives this summer, and I can't promise access to a computer, so I apologise in advance. ALSO, I DON'T OWN DANNY PHANTOM OR ANY CHARACTERS EXCEPT JULIE. AND I DON'T OWN HER LAST NAME.
Full Summary: In Reality Trip, we learn that Freakshow has ghost envy and that his parents were obsessed with ghosts. What if his parents had a secret ghost lab? And what if his sister became the first halfa? This idea popped into my head the moment I heard the part where he and Jazz were talking.
Julie Showenhower walked down the hall of the lab. It was dark, meaning there was nobody there. Why hadn't her parents told her they had a lab down here? She picked up a weird-looking gun. Even though the materials looked old, the design of the weapon was beyond its time. On the side, it said, "Ghost Hunting Gun." That's my parents for you, naming things so obviously. But ghosts? Now I know they've always been interested, but I never thought they were this obsessed. It looks like this lab's been down here for a while. She then noticed a giant machine on one wall. It was a triangular door, with a big red button next to it. She walked over to it.
"Ooh, a button!" She pressed the button, and the doors opened, revealing a cavity in the wall. She skipped in to look around. The wiring made her head hurt, even though she'd learned basic wiring from her parents. She saw a switch in the back of the room. She walked over, and noticed it was off. "Well, if be my parents put the switch inside, it must be safe to turn it on here. I wonder what it does?" She flipped the switch and was blinded by a blue light, followed by an immense pain. The last thing she remembered was a scream. Mine, likely. Then everything went black.
Fred was sitting at his desk, deep in thought. He jumped when he heard a scream. "Ugh, sounds like Julie found another spider. For being fifteen, she sure is afraid of the silliest things." He stood up and stretched. Even though he was only a year younger, he had recently gone through a growth spurt, and was an inch taller than his older sister. He started wandering down the stairs to find out where she was.
"It sounded like she was coming from Mom and Dad's room. She knows they don't allow us in there." Shrugging, he pushed open the door to his parents' bedroom. It looked fairly normal, except the closet door was metal. Even so, he didn't see his sister anywhere. Shrugging, he went back up to his room, dark and depressing, just the way he liked it. For as long as he could remember, his parents had never really been around. They'd always either been on tour with their circus, or hiding in their room, researching ghosts. He hated them for it. In fact, the only thing in the world he really cared for was his sister. Not that he'd ever admit it to anyone, but she was the only reason he existed.
"Well, she seems to be quiet now, I'm sure everything's fine."
Julie woke up an hour or so later. Somehow, she'd gotten outside of the unusual room. Behind her, the blue gas in the doorway was violently spinning, causing the room to randomly go into light and shadow. She tried to stand up, but her legs were wobbly. Grabbing a nearby table for support, she pulled herself up. "Remember…never…go…exploring…down…here…again." She managed to gasp. She stood there for another few minutes, gathering her strength. When she'd managed that, she walked up to the giant doorway again. She pushed the button again, causing the doors to close. She started up the stairs to leave the lab. "I still can't believe they did this! They made a hurting zappy thing! But it's not like I can't tell them it zapped me, since I wasn't even supposed to be here." She made it back into the living room just as her brother Fred came down to get himself some dinner.
He saw her there, short blond hair frizzing, and stopped. She'd come home looking really bad before, but this was something new. She looked like she'd almost died. Her face was scrapped and bleeding in ten different spots, and her clothes were in rags. Her eyes looked slightly bloodshot, and she was swaying, about to fall over. Realizing this, she sat on a chair.
"What'd you do this time, Julie? Take on a bear single-handed?" She glared at him, and he could've sworn her eyes changed from their usual green to a vibrant purple, if just for a moment. Then, she smiled weakly.
"You wish. No, actually, I'm fine. Nothing happened. I'm just tired, I'm gonna take a little nap n.." He ran over to her, and looked at her. After he was positive she was passed out, he carried her up to her room. It was her favorite color, spring green. Even though he hated light, he opened her windows to allow her some. It made her skin look deathly pale, and he ran off to get a first aid kit from the bathroom. While he was gone, a light surrounded her, changing everything about her. Her hair became a dark indigo, her skin became dead white, and her tattered outfit was repaired. Even so, the outfit had completely inverted colors. Her usual yellow skirt and top changed colors, become a gray-purple color. Her heeled leather boots became a glowing silver-white. In fact, everything about her was glowing. When Fred came back, he saw her and dropped the kit, everything falling on the floor.
"They say she has a glowing personality, but this is ridiculous." As he said this, she stirred, and sat up again. Her deep violet eyes surveyed her room before recognizing it.
"Fred? How did I get in my room? What happened? And why am I…AH!" She screamed as she was suddenly hovering a few feet off the ground. "Gemme down! Gemme down!" She started crying, and suddenly plopped back onto her bed, tears still rolling from her eyes. A moment later, a deep blue light surrounded her, changing her back. Fred sat there, staring, as his sister appeared in the same condition she'd been in before, all tattered.
"Ok, quit lying! Something obviously happened, this doesn't happen every day! What'd you do, play with chemicals you found in the street again? Sometimes I wonder if everyone I've ever met is stupid!" She looked at him, eyes welling with tears again. "Ugh, don't cry. Please don't cry!" Her green eyes started brimming over with tears. "Ok, I'm sorry! But seriously, what happened?"
"You're not the brightest light bulb yourself. And no, I wasn't playing with chemicals. At least, I don't think I was. I'm not telling you what happened though." She closed her eyes, and suddenly became invisible. She realized he'd gone silent, and she opened her eyes. All she could see was the door shut behind him as he ran out of the room. She looked down at herself, but everything appeared to be how it should. She got up and changed into some better clothing, and frowned at her outfit. It was her favorite. She ran a brush through her hair, and smiled.
"Good as new." She turned around and watched as everything started to grow bigger. Looking down, she realized she was going through the floor. She screamed again, and Fred came running back, a book in his hands. He sat there looking at her, then looked back down at the page in his book, intent on what he was reading.
"Intangibility: check. Floating: check. Invisibility: check. Weird glowing eyes: check. Congrats Julie, I officially declare you a ghost." Even though he hated the fact that he knew his parents would be giving her all their attention, it was nothing new. He also knew that he couldn't appear to care, or he'd risk letting her know. She glared at him. She was almost up to her shoulders through the floor.
"That's all fine and dandy, but I'd rather not experience intangibility right now. Get me out of here!" She screamed at him. He rolled his eyes and grabbed her, pulling her up. He slowly set her down, making sure he wasn't just going to drop her through the floor again. She smiled when she felt the floor again, then turned to her younger brother. "Now what was that about me being a ghost? I'm obviously alive!" He rolled his eyes again.
"Maybe so, but I saw something you didn't. I had come back upstairs to check on you, and you were glowing. Then, you floated. You were invisible for a moment after that. That made me think of the book Mom and Dad got me for be my birthday, the ghost one that Mom kept going on about for weeks. I ran down to get it, and then you screamed. So I ran back up to see what the heck was so scary that you'd sound like the world was ending, and saw you standing in the floor. Please tell me if those behaviors you've been exhibiting don't sound ghostly." She looked at him, fear in her eyes.
"Maybe I am a ghost. The fact that I'm breathing and stuff means I'm human too, right?" He nodded, and glanced back down at the book.
"That's true. If you're breathing, then you're still alive in a way. But you are definitely a ghost too. I think that maybe, something happened that made you…Now this is going to sound crazy, but I think whatever happened made you half ghost!" Better than completely ghost. Now, wait, worse. She'll start bragging about being something Mom and Dad actually love, while still getting to enjoy life.
"Wow…You might be right. But I don't want to be a ghost! I want to be human human human!" She screamed and started to cry again. He edged out of the room.
"Gosh, girls and their moods." He shook his head and walked down the stairs, suddenly remembering that he was hungry.
That's Chapter one, I might get one more chapter up before I leave, but if not, I'll be sure to post as much as possible when I get back. Also, I updated my profile page, if you want to see it. You have a chance to be a beta.
