Phantasmagoria
Show: Danny Phantom (AU)
Rated: T [Rating may go up]
Pairings: DFxDP (Pitch pearl)
Genre: Romance, adventure, mystery, hurt/comfort
Summary: Having his first novel released, but not gained the popularity it needed, Danny needs to think of another eye catching story to both critiques and the general public to enjoy. He needed inspiration, and fast! Or his dream of being a novelist was over. And what better way to help him than on their school field trip to Romania, Europe to soak up on the country's literature, history... And untold stories.
Chapter 1: Dreams
The evening was wondrous. Every eligible lady danced together with fine gentlemen at the ball. Except for one female. Her bangs cascaded down her light tan face. The seventeen year old female slumped in her chair, quite un-lady like, though she did not care. Her bright sapphire eyes, currently saddened, scanned the wide dance floor where everyone danced and enjoying themselves. Except her. Sighing again, the young lady looked away, not hearing a set of footsteps coming her way.
"A lovely young wallflower all the way here?", the female was startled by the familiar voice. Turning towards the source, she blushed. The new comer she knew so well stood there and gave her his charming smiles. She couldn't help but smile back.
The male then bowed before holding out his hand to her. His smile still in place. "Would you care to dance with me?"
**X**
Bright sapphire eyes groggily opened as the owner woke to the sound of their bedside alarm clock. A light tan hand reached up and turned it back to snooze mode. A boy of sixteen year old groaned as he scratched his already messy black bed head before looking at the time. 6:42 AM. The teen sighed before getting up his bed, his cotton candy pink pajama's were wrinkled from when he moved unconsciously in his sleep. Dream. That was the third time this week. Shaking the thoughts away the teen made his bed unbeknownst to him that his thoughts unconsciously steered to the dream he had. Shaking his head again to clear off the dream, the boy headed towards his bathroom to start on his daily routines.
Half an hour later the teen then went downstairs and towards the kitchen area. "Good morning, Danny! Ready for breakfast?"
The boy, now known as Danny, nodded towards his mother, Madeline or Maddie for short. Her short reddish brown hair bounced as she worked on the breakfast of every member of the family. "How does eggs and bacon with a side of toast and a glass orange juice, sound?"
"Sounds good to me, mom.", Danny smiled as the boy made himself comfortable on the table whilst he waited. He could have just had cereal, but his mother was already up and willing to make breakfast before he arrived. Danny sighed.
"Hey, Danny. You're up early. Morning mom!", greeted Danny's older sibling, Jazz. She's nineteen but still attends at Casper High, but it will be also her final year before going off to college. Before she sported a long sleeved black t-shirt styled blouse, light blue jeans, and let her hair fall back with a simple blue head band, and black flats. But now she wears a short sleeve cotton t-shirt inside her blue button sleeveless vest, an A cut knee length blue skirt, white stocking leggings and midnight blue flats. Her hair was still held back by a blue headband but Jazz decided to cut her hair just by her mid-drift.
By the time their mother had finished cooking their breakfast, Jack, the children's father and Maddie's husband, finally joined them. Small talks ensued and foods eaten, the parents went off to work whilst the children head off to school.
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When Jazz and Danny arrived at Casper High, they separate ways to go to their respective classes. Danny met up with his two best friends Tucker and Sam. As they walked towards theirs first period, they chatted. Danny told them about his dream.
"…And that would be your third dream this week right, Danny?", said Tucker as they walked down the hallway.
"Yeah!", said Danny. "And thought it gets weirder and weirder as it come…" The boy sighed as they reached his locker. "Maybe I'm just tired from thinking too much."
Sam raised a brow. "Well. I can tell you this.", she huffed. "You need to relax more, Danny.", she paused and placed an assuring hand on his shoulder. "Ever since your first book's publication, you've been thinking WAY too much!"
Danny placed his forehead on his locker as he sighed. "I can't help it, Sam! It's been two months since my novel was published, and it didn't sell out as much as I'd hope! Even with an ALIAS to hide behind in…" Danny gave Sam an apologetic look. "I'm sorry for wasting the money you gave me, Sam."
The two looked at each other. They never thought that their friend would look so down. Tucker then thought of something. "Dude. Don't take it so hard. Critiques are always hard to convince. At least some of the general public bought it.", Tucker said with a nervous smile.
Sam then grinned. Good work, Tuck, she thought. Her eyes then glanced the school's hallway, which made her grin grew. "And I can very much tell you in who THE general public bought those books. They aren't hard to figure out that your book is popular with them."
The two males raised a brow before they looked at to where Sam's eyes were indicating. There, on the other side of the hall, just a few feet from them, a small group of the popular girls chatting away. Squealing, giggling, laughing. They recognized some of them. Paulina, Star, Valerie, and other popular girls. They even heard a few words such as 'Did you read the book?', 'The story was amazing and so full of romance!', 'Rapture, rocks! Why can't there be people like that?'
As the small crowd walked away, Tucker and Sam looked back at Danny with a smile. But immediately frowned because Danny wasn't as happy as they'd hoped. The teen had a halfhearted smile in his features.
Danny sighed for what maybe the tenth time today. "Thanks for the support, guys."
As the bell rang students made their way to their first period classes. Tucker, Sam, and Danny all headed to their first class as well. As they entered, there was one thing in Danny's mind.
"I need inspiration. And fast!"