At a Loss

Danny Phantom

Disclaimer: I don't own Danny Phantom.

You could say that Danny's life was, well, destroyed. His parents knew about the whole Fenton-Phantom secret. But not only that, but they found out about it in just about the worse possible way.

After a really destructive battle.

Well, you'd probably think 'how's that the worst way?' During the battle (with Plasmius, of course he had to show up, that fruitloop), Danny had messed up a couple shots. And by a couple, I mean a lot. It wasn't even his fault, really, because Plasmius was using his teleporting abilities a lot today, and then there's the fact that he got barely any sleep last night.

Stupid ghosts.

Anyway, during the little fight, which went on for about 25 minutes, a pretty long time for a fight, even with Vlad (when he wasn't kidnapping his family or friends, trying to kill his dad, and trying to get Danny to join him, which was about 95% of the time). About twenty minutes in, Danny was just having a hard time fighting, and, not wanting to cause too much destruction, was trying not to use his ghostly wail. But, he did anyway. There weren't many people around, and those who were (a stupid camera crew, possibly some ghost hunters somewhere looking for him) were a few hundred feet away.

As he got ready to use his wail, he slowly dropped closer to the ground. He would make sure he didn't turn human (yeah, right.), but he was sure that he wouldn't be able to keep himself in the air. He looked towards Plasmius, who had only a couple scratches on him from being thrown to the ground a couple times, and let loose the ghostly energy.

Now is probably a good time to say that Danny didn't see his parents, who were roughly a hundred feet behind him (thanks to the GAV), watching with interest. They were going to capture him, but were now taking a different approach. He was already wounded pretty bad, so they just watched, getting information on his attacks, weaknesses, and such from the fight.

The ghostly wail drained Danny, more than he thought it would. So, as he tried really hard to not turn human, Vlad approached him, slightly hurt, but not enough to make him weak enough to give up. He had no idea what the attack was, but it was obviously Daniel's most draining, and probably new. He didn't know that Danny was about to turn human. He didn't know just how drained Danny was.

Taking this weak point as his advantage, Vlad shot a not-too-powerful ecto-blast at the boy, thinking he would just deflect it and fly away.

He didn't.

The small blast hit Danny full force, and for a moment, it was extremely silent, and still, like Clockwork had stopped time at that moment. But then, a half-second after he was hit, Danny cried out in pain. Vlad's eyes were opened wide, surprised. What was wrong with the boy?

That's when the rings appeared.

Vlad raced over, a little concerned for the health of the boy. Why was he turning back? What kind of power was that, one that seemed to shut off the boy's concentration and body? As the rings went past his collar, there was a short intake of breath that Vlad only heard because of the enhanced hearing ghosts had. He looked up to see Maddie several yards away, staring at the back of the shirt that she knew was Danny's. Was the ghost stealing from them? Was her first thought.

The rings vanish when the transformation is complete.

A mix of shouts,

A few "Daniel!"s, a couple "Danny!"s, and other names such as "Phantom?", "Fenton!?", and "Danny Fenton!"

A woman running up to the boy, accompanied by a man.

An unbelieving look,

accompanied by one which held distrust

A hand

Darkness

Light

The sound of a gun blazing...

No... More than one...

Shouts, back and forth,

Anger

Sadness

Distrust

Concern

What was wrong with him?

Wind.

Flight?

Darkness.

Sleep.

Hehehe, mad? Confused? What happened (or is happening) to Danny, why wasn't Vlad effected by the wail too much? What's with the POV switch?

Well, about the single words and phrases, it was Vlad's POV, then Danny's, who was-wait, I can't say that! Anyway, like it? Hate it? Love it? Despise it? Hope I die? Want me to continue? Review!