Chapter 2: Cycles

A/N: Okay then, I got 3 reviews on my first chapter. A new record! Thank you to all those reviewers. Oh and every unclear thing, or most of them mentioned in chapter 1 will be cleared up in this chapter. This is my first DP story and thank you for reviewing!

Danny opened his eyes, as he heard his mother say the words he longed to hear for the last eight months. He moaned for a bit, then sat up, trying to say something, but no words could com eout. The stress of studying for a month for his exams put the pain in him. After a long moment, he was finally able to say something.

"Mom...you...you know that...I'm...Danny Phantom." He stroked, not opening his eyes anymore than he had them.

"Danny, Jazz told us you were the Ghost Boy and that the lab accident eight months ago was the thing that killled you half way, making you half ghost. Danny, Jack and I are sorry for hunting you."

"Mom, it's alright." Danny muttered. "I'm over it. I couldn't complain."

"Well, even if you don't mind it, we do. I fell bad enough that we tried to hunt you, but the fact that you studied non-stop for weeks preparing for your final exams breaks my heart. Danny, I don't ever want you to do something like this again, at least for the sake of your health."

"Okay mom. I promise."

"Now-since you can't go anywhere and may be stuck here for a while, why don't you tell me some of your stories of your adventures-" Danny let out a loud yawn and closed his eyes.

"Mom, I'm exhausted. Is it okay if we hold off with the stories until another time?"

"Sure sweetie. You just sleep." She gave Danny a kiss on his forehead and left the room, leaving Danny to rest. His resting did not last long when he got Sam and Tucker as visitors. He managed to get three hours of well-deserved sleep before that, though.

"Danny?" Tucker tried to get Danny's attention as he slowly opened his eyes.. "Can you hear me? Are you alright?"

"I'm fine." Danny answered, his voice crackling a little bit.

"Good, for a second when we were home, I thought we lost you."

"Hey, I fought the ghost king with my bare hands. It's going to take a lot more than a simple trip to the hospital to put me out of my misery." Danny tried to joke with Tucker and Sam, but their sad faces grew even sader.

"Danny, why did you do it?" Sam asked.

"What do you mean?"

"Why did you put your health in danger just so you could ace your final exams?"

"Well...I wanted to prove to my parents that I'm actually smart. I wanted to prove to them that I could keep my grades up and still fight ghosts with them. I mean, they always prefer Jazz over me because her grades are better. But I'm the hero in the family, and they're so clueless, even if it's staring them in the eye."

"Well maybe-" Sam got cut off by Jazz entering the room with a video tape. Sam and Tucker left the room.

"Danny, I think you should see this." Jazz said. She popped the tape in and it was a press conference with Jack and Maddie. They talked about Danny Phantom, and Danny Fenton. They talked about how they tried to hunt him down like an animal. They also showed a video that Jazzed taped of Danny's transformation. Everyone was shcoked. Some people were crying, some moved out of town, and some were just hypervenilating. Jazz turned the tape off and Danny was happy as ever.

"They scheduled a meeting to show them I'm the Ghost Boy?" He asked, finally.

"Yep. They said they felt so bad for you they wanted the whole town to know." Jazz answered, comforting Danny. "Danny, listen. I'm sorry about what happened to you. But you don't have to ever think they love me more than you. They'll love us the same, just in different ways. Me, a smart, pretty girl who gets good grades. You, a super hero." Danny smiled.

"Thanks, Jazz."

"Anything for you-Danny Phantom." Jazz chuckled a little bit as Danny slowly fell asleep. Jazz left the room, taking the video cassette with her.

"Oh, and Jazz..."

"Yes Danny."

"Thanks for ratting me out."

Danny was awoken by a nurse who was bringing him food. Danny's lunch contained of a peanut butter sandwitch, some apples, and orange juice. Danny slowly began to eat the sandwitch, as he was afraid of getting very, very sick again. After he finished his sandwitch, he drank some of his juice. Then he went onto the apples, and finally finished his lunch and began to fall asleep.

Danny's heart was filled with grief, pity, and happiness bescause now, he no longer had to keep his identity a secret. He cried for some time that he was asleep, but he didn't care. He was happy when he cried. His tears filled his eyes with pity and confusion. After a long time of tears, he looked out of his window and saw his own reflection, then tears formed in his eyes. Then, there was a knock on the door, and Valerie Gray entered the room.

"Valerie, what are you doing here?" Danny asked.

"I came to see how you were doing?" She answered. "What's wrong with you, anyway?"

"We don't know."

"Well, are you feeling any better?"

"No. I've still got a high fever-" He showed her the electric thermometer attached to his body. It read: 103.06. "-I'm still sweating buckets, and I feel so miserable about the final exam."

"Dude, it's not your fault. I can see why you were struggling-" She thought she would play a little trick on him. "-Inviso-bill."

"Well, there are ghosts everywhere-wait, did you just call me Inviso-bill?"

"Yep."

"So you know?"

"Yep."

Danny stayed silent for a few moniutes, then yawned and finally said, "Listen, Valerie, I would've told you earlier-"

"Danny, don't sweat it. I've said it before, and I will say it again. With all the ghost attacks, our relationship can go no furthur than the fact that we're friends. Besides, you have a titke to live up to, and I don't want you to lose it."

"Thanks Valerie."

"No problem, Danny. Listen, I gotta go. My dad's expecting me home to finish my homework."

"Wait, homework?"

"Yeah. Today's Tuesday. I'm supposed to come up with an 'end of the year' banner for extra credit."

"Oh man! I completly lost track of time!" He tried to sit up, but he was too tired and in too much pain to sit up. "Aw man, it hurts." His temperature rose to: 103.37.

"I'll get your parents." She left the room in a hurry. Danny closed his eyes and tried to relax, and his temperature dropped a little bit, back to: 103.20. He still layed still as his parents entered the room.

"Danny, can you hear me?" Jack yelled to Danny.

"Dad...you don't have to yell so loud, I just closed my eyes. I can hear just fine."

"Good, for a moment there, I thought we lost you." Danny's temperature dropped to: 102.87.

"Jack, Danny's really sick. We need to get a doctor in here!" Maddie yelled, not even hearing Danny complain.

"I'm on it!" Jack ran out of the room, screaming, "DOCTOR! DOCTOR! WE NEED A DOCTOR IN ROOM 164!"

MEanwhile, Maddie stayed to comfort Danny. "Danny, are you alright.

"No!" Danny yelled. "I'm lucky to even be alive! With all the ghost fighting I've been doing, and all the studying I've been doing for the past two months, there was a slim chance that I would end up here."

"Danny, it's not your fault. You just wanted to prove that your were smart. And you are."

"Mom..." His temperature rose to: 103.17. "...I'm sorry." Danny had fallen asleep. Maddie had kissed his forehead, and left the room while doctors rushed in to check on Danny.

Sam and Tucker sat outside the hospital, wondering about Danny. Was he going to make it? Was he going to die? How did he get sick in the first place? If it's a ghost attack, who's behind it? All these questions raced through their heads. They looked up at the bright blue sky, and saw none other than Johnny 13's shadow.

He was flying straight East at 312 mph. They didn't see it again until he came back to the same spot again, 12 minutes later, only this time, it was a different shadow, the same looks, but a clone of the shadow. Sam and Tucker began to get suspicious.

"Tucker, have you noticed that shadow flying around?" Sam asked.

"Yeah, I wonder what he's doing."

"I think I know. Tomorrow is Friday the thirteenth, and that's Johnny 13's shadow."

"Whoa. What do you think he's planning?"

"I don't know, but one thing's for sure-we're on our own for this one."

To be continued.

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