Danny bounced his quarter off the stand's counter. It hit the center of the glass pane before bouncing onto the ground, "Dammit!" He stamped his foot in frustration. Next to him his friends were all trying different ways to get the quarter onto the clear disc. Lee was throwing the coins like baseballs off the backwall, Nate was flicking his like paper footballs, Thompson was tossing his, Tambry was trying to flip hers onto it, and Robbie was leaning on the stall, with a bored expression, throwing his like he was picking lint off of his shirt. The only two who had come close were he and Wendy, but even then they were a far cry from successful.
"Man, this looked so easy!" Lee complained as his last quarter rolled off the glass. Nate agreed with him as his final quarter hit the ground. At this point the group had ran out of quarters. The man behind the counter laughed, "Better luck next time kiddies!"
"Wait, hang on!" Wendy dug through her pockets, "I think... I've got another... quarter... Got it!" The red head pulled their last coin from her pocket. She took a stance in front of the stand. The tip of her tongue poked out in concentration as her eyes narrowed. She flicked the coin.
The small piece of money flew through the air as the group, sans Robbie, watched with bated breath. It skipped once, twice, three times each arc getting smaller with every bounce. The coin stopped on the rim of the glass standing on its edge as it wobbled. The teens held their breath. It stopped wobbling.
"OOOHHHHHHH!" The group cheered at their victory, before Wendy leaned over the table smuggly, "Eat it, douchebag! Now hand over that Guitar!" The man squinted at her in contempt, but handed her the instrument, nevertheless, "OOOHHHHH!"
The friends were seated at a bulky, plastic picnic table, Wendy standing in front of Danny, who was seated on the table with his feet in the seat.
"My lord, it is my humblest of honors to present you with," She knelt down on one knee and held the guitar over her bowwed head, "Excalibur!"
The group laughed as Danny took the guitar, "So if this makes me Arthur, then who does that make you, the Lady of the Lake?"
She scoffed, "Bitch, please, I'm Guinevere." She teased, resulting in more laughs as she took her seat, "So, City Boy, you've got a guitar now, play us something!"
The rest of the halfa's friends cheered in agreement.
He rolled his eye's, "Alright, alright, I can't say no to you guys." He glanced at his friends, thinking what he should play, as he tuned the instrument in his hands, his eyes landing on Wendy, 'That'll do.'
He situated himself into a comfortable position and strummed. He took a breath and
Say it once, tell me twice
Are you certain I'm alright?
Just a sign, to remind me
That tomorrow's worth the fight
Ever changing the storyline that keeps me alive
His friends stared at him. He had said he knew how to play, but he had never told what songs he knew
So make a wish, and say…
Give me life, give me love
Scarlet angel from above
Not so low, not so high
Keep it perfectly disguised
Tambry smirked when he sang "Scarlet angel from above." Now she understood why he chose this song. His crush on Wendy was so obvious, how nobody had noticed was a mystery in and of itself.
Every changing the storyline that keeps me alive
My Mona Lisa's making me smile
Right before my eyes!
His strumming increased in pace and intensity, signifying the start of this song's chorus
Take another look
Take a look around
It's you and me
It's here and now
As you sparkle in the sky
I'll catch you while I can
Cause all we are is all I am
I just want you to see
What I've always believed
You are…
The miracle in me
Danny slowed his pace. That part of the song always brought a smile to his face, even more so now due to who he was playing it for.
Show me faith, like you do
I'm amazed at how you move
Side to side, front to back
You know how to make it last
Ever changing the storyline that keeps us alive
My Mona Lisa's making me smile
Right before my eyes!
Take another look
Take a look around
It's you and me
It's here and now
As you sparkle in the sky
I'll catch you while I can
Cause all we are is all I am
I just want you to see
What I've always believed
You are…
The miracle in me
His voice and playing reached their crescendo as he got deeper into the song.
These are the moments you can't pass by
Let's turn the water to wine
One more time!
Take another look
Take a look around
It's you and me
It's here and now
As you sparkle in the sky
I'll catch you while I can
Cause all we are is all I am
The miracle in me
You're the miracle in me
Danny slowed to a stop and stared at his friends. Their silence had just begun to unnerve him, when most of them burst into chants, using his actual name for once, "Danny! Danny!"
"Hey, Danny," Stan shouted from the gift shop. Danny came into the room with a "hmm," "That stupid S on the sign fell off again, I need you to fix it!"
"Where's Soos?" Danny asked, "He usually fixes it."
"Ah, something about his mom, I don't know, I was too busy not caring." Stan gave him Soos's toolbelt and walked off. The boy sighed before he walked outside.
The ladder was already in place, leaning next to the S that was hanging from it's bottom half. He climbed up to the broken sign wondering how he was going to straighten it without falling.
Somehow he had managed to get it up right. It was at that moment, however, that a gust of wind blew by the Shack. The ladder shook, but stayed up. Danny sighed in relief, until he heard a creaking noise.
The broken S tipped over and swung down, striking the ladder. The ladder fell as Danny was thrown off. On instinct, Danny tried to go ghost. The familiar white rings enveloped his body, turning him into Phantom just before he hit the ground.
"Whew, that was close." Danny straightened himself in the air before setting himself on the ground and turning back, "I'm just glad nobody saw-" He stopped when he lifted his head and saw Wendy staring at him from the gift shop window, frozen, wide eyed, as she was taking a drink from a can.
"Shit."
"You're a fucking superhero!?" Wendy shouted. She and Danny were sitting at their secret roof spot.
"Dude, shh!" The halfa put his hand over the girls mouth, "I'd rather keep this a secret!"
"But dude, why? It's super awesome!" Wendy grinned from ear to ear.
"Look, back where I'm from not everyone saw it that way," Danny explained, "Most of the town hated me, and it was ghost hunters gallore on a weekly basis," he slumped in his chair, "I just don't want the same thting happening in a place where people actually like my human half."
"Human half?" the red head quirked an eyebrow at him.
"You're looking at it right now," He jerked his thumb towards himself, "Right now, I'm Fenton, your average, angsty teenager, with badass friends," he transformed, "And now I'm Phantom, ghost super hero who does wrong by doing no wrong." he looked his friend in the eye as he changed back, "And I'd like to spend as little time as Phantom as possible, so I can live my life in relative peace."
They sat in silence for a while. Wendy broke the quiet,
"That's, cool dude," she waved her hand, "I get it, you want to live a normal life, I can respect that," She smirked as she stood, "But you're gonna be hard pressed to find normal in Gravity Falls."
"Oh, yeah, any town that has someone like you is far from normal!" The two laughed as Wendy shoved him, "Shut up, City Boy!"
Danny sat at the register talking to Wendy, who was curious about his powers.
"Dude, come on, you gotta show off your powers for me at least once!" Wendy was practically bouncing in her seat, "C'mon, show me your moves!"
"Alright, Country Girl, you win, I'll show you," The boy raised his hands as she tried to falcon punch him, "Just not now, too many people around." It was that moment when Stan walked in with two kids following him. He came right up to the counter.
"Hey, Danny, I've got some people I'd like you to meet!" He put his arms around the kids, "Danny meet Mable and Dipper," His grin widened, "your cousins!"
A/N: Next chapter, the real story starts... by that I mean it's the beginning of Gravity Falls.
Before I officially end this chapter there is a review I'd like to address, and not in my usual explosion of possibly unjustified anger(it's totally justified). This one actually gave me an idea
Dlimestack:I LOVE this ! But Will dip and maple or Dani be in it? If not then keep up the hard work and I will keep up R&R bye!
Dlimestack thank you for the review, I hope this chapter's end answered your question partially. About Dani... I'm sure you guys have noticed that I'm not following what people normally do in stories where Danny loses his family. He isn't an emo who has a PTSD attack any time someone brings up his family, he accepted their deaths and it has made him a stronger person(I may bring that up later). So to keep that streak up, another abnormality this story will have is that the episodes of Danny Phantom all happened in the order Butch Hartman intended in this story. This means that the last event to happen from Danny Phantom in this story was Ultimate Enemy, so things like Urban Jungle, Kindred Spirits have. Not. Happened. Danny hasn't met Dani or Frostbite, no ice powers yet. Now originally I was thinking of not using Dani, but now, just seeing this review sparked an idea, so now you'll just have to wait and see what I do.
Also the song is Miracle by Shinedown