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Author's Notes: Okay guys this chapter is short too, but I promise they will get longer as they go. Thanks for reading and enjoy!
Chapter 2: The Nightmare
(Present day: One year after the events of "Phantom Planet")
[Deep in Danny's subconscious…]
He must have had this dream a thousand times…
And yet, no matter what, each time had him gasping for breath the moment he woke up.
Innocent lives screamed around him as he threw ecto-blast after ecto-blast down at the city beneath him.
A city that had once been his home.
Women, men, and children screamed in terror at his assault as he cackled loudly in pure delight at their suffering.
"Danny, stop this!"
Danny looked down to see the love of his life, Sam looking up at him in horror, and disbelief. Beside her stood their friends, Tucker, and Valerie and his sister Jazz, and even his clone Danni. They all looked up at him in disbelief, fear evident in their eyes.
Oh how he loved that fear, it gave him a thrill that he could never forget no matter how hard he tried. He shoots another ecto-blast from somewhere to his left, not even looking as he does so. No instead his eyes never leave those of his family and friends.
Their eyes become impossibly wider, as his blast causes the Earth to crack, allowing thousands of ghost skeleton soldiers to pour out, and add to his already devastating destruction!
"DANNY STOP THIS." Sam screamed. "NOW!"
"Danny please this isn't you!" Jazz added, looking hopeful, as she tries to reason with his human side.
"We are your family." Danni screamed.
"Danny." Tucker looks lost for words. "It's us man."
"We're your friends!" Valerie cried.
"You are a weakness." Danny laughed. "One that I will eliminate now!" And with that he blasted them head one.
The blast engulfed them, and in seconds they were disintegrated into nothingness!
Danny laughed darkly as he rid himself from them once in for all, he starts to take his leave when he catches his reflection in the metal of a nearby building.
His eyes were as red as blood, his hair like a white fiery flame with a matching goatee, the monster flashed a wicked grin. "Did you really think you were safe from me? That I couldn't get to you because you locked me up inside some Thermos? Well you're kidding yourself boy, it doesn't matter what you do because I am you! I will always be inside of you!"
(Back to Reality…)
"Ahhhhhhh!"
Danny Fenton gasped for air as he jumped awake screaming from yet another nightmare!
He had been having them a lot lately, and each dream felt more real than the last.
Danny looked around his room franticly, searching the shadows for the monster of his dreams; but Dark Dan was nowhere to be found. "It's just a dream." Danny told himself, "It's just a dream…go back to sleep."
"Danny?"
Dany flinched as his sister opened the door to his room and turned on his light.
"Alright who's the screamer?" Jack Fenton asked as he and Maddie also appeared at the door.
As if he had to ask.
"I'm sorry." Danny said sheepishly. "I didn't mean to wake anyone."
"Oh sweetie." Maddie pushed her way into the room and sat down beside her son. "Is it the nightmares again?"
Danny nodded slowly. "I've tried everything, they just won't stop."
"Well according to my phycology text book." Jazz began. "These dreams are just your suppressed fears coming to light. So the only way these nightmares are going to go away is if you talk about them."
"She's right Danny." Maddie agreed. "So what are these dreams about?"
Danny hesitated.
"It's okay son." Jack assured him. "We have no secrets now remember?"
Danny nodded remembering the promise his family had made after he revealed to the world that he was Danny Phantom: No more keeping secrets from the family. He took a deep breath. "I keep having dreams about a ghost destroying everything." He said, only telling half the story.
"Danny no ghost has attacked since the Disasteroid." Jazz said. "Remember the ghost council made it a law that the ghost should no longer try to destroy us since what happens to our world can greatly affect their world too."
Of course Danny knew this to be true, after the Disasteroid all the ghost of the ghost world and Danny had come together to form a peace treaty stating the two worlds would no longer mingle, and all ghost portals besides the Fenton Portal were destroyed to ensure this.
And the Fenton's had agreed that only Danny would open the portal when he needed to speak with the council, or Clockwork which was often since he was gaining new ghost powers with every passing day.
But even with knowing all of this his fears would not subside, for you see the monster of his dreams was not in the ghost world, he was inside of him. Deep down in the darkest regions of his mind, Dark Dan was lurking, and itching to come out!
He tried to tell himself it wasn't true, but deep down he knew it was a lie.
"Danny it's only natural to be afraid for us." Jazz assured him. "You've been fighting ghost so long, that you don't know how to live without it."
"But what if one of them find a way out?" Danny asked.
"Then we'll be ready." His father assured him.
"We're your family Danny, and we will always be here." Jazz added.
"Yes, now try to get some sleep sweetie." His mom said kissing his check.
Danny nodded, and reluctantly laid down in his bed watching as his family exited the room.
"Goodnight Danny." They all said in unison, as Jazz turned out his light.
"Goodnight…" He answered, still sounding unsure.
"Sleep tight." His mom added.
"Okay." Danny answered, but no matter how hard he tried, sleep never came.
Chapter Two: END!
Author's Notes: As always I thank you for reading and please review.
The next Chapter will be up soon
Yours truly RoxieDivine ;)