Hi y'all! I did this as fast as I could, seeing that I'll be real busy for the next few weeks, but here it is! Hope you like it!
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The moment Danny woke up, he wished he didn't.
For some reason his body was aching all over and sleeping hadn't helped him regain his energy. Feeling like closing his eyes and sleeping for the rest of the week, he drew his covers over his face to shield himself from the light of the sun. He sighed and sank into the embrace of sleep.
Just as he was about to fall asleep again, Danny was startled by the door of his room bursting open and he sat up with a strangled yell.
"Oh I'm sorry Danny, did I scare you?" Jazz said sarcastically walking in the room.
Danny groaned and slid under his covers once again.
Jazz sighed and walked over to Danny, shaking his shoulder roughly. "Come one, little brother. Time to get ready for school."
Danny moaned and smacked his sister's hand away. "Five more minutes… actually, thinking about it, give me five more years." He grumbled.
Jazz rolled her eyes as she drew back Danny's covers and pulled his arm, making the limp and sleepy halfa fall on the floor.
Jazz looked at him strangely, then smiled and laughed. "There you go. That wasn't so bad, wasn't it? Now come on down for breakfast unless you want dad to eat all of the pancakes." She teased, walking out of the room and heading downstairs.
"Yeah, thanks a bunch." Danny grumbled and picked himself off the floor, stumbling a bit, and looking longingly at his bed with tired eyes.
He shook his head and looked down, noticing with surprise that he still had his clothes on from yesterday, sneakers included.
Danny cursed himself silently, he must've been so tired yesterday that he didn't even notice he fell asleep without changing into his pyjamas. No wonder Jazz looked at him weird.
Danny sighed and picked up fresh clothes, walking out of his room and in the bathroom for a quick shower, hoping that the water would help to wake him up. After that, he got dressed, putting his shirt on backwards or inside out a couple of times before getting it on right, then walked heavily down the stairs. His shower had apparently not worked to wake him up, he still felt the same.
"Danneh!" His father greeted as soon as he saw his son stumbling in the kitchen. "How's ma boy?" He said and clapped Danny on the back, causing him to fall forward on the floor.
Maddie frowned as she looked at her son struggling to get up and finally slumping down on his usual chair. "Danny, are you alright?" She asked. "When did you go to sleep last night? Not past your bedtime, I hope."
"Naw." Danny said sleepily and leaned his face against his fist as he slowly poured syrup on his pancakes. "Ten thirty, as usual." Of course, it was a lie, but he always got little time to sleep and grew adapted to always craving his bed. Today seemed just like his first couple of weeks, always tired and half-conscious of what he was doing.
"Are you sick, then?" Maddie asked in concern, putting the back of her hand against her son's forehead.
Danny sighed and gently pushed his mom's hand away before she could notice his lower-than-usual temperature. "I'm fine, mom. Just tired." He said as he slowly brought his fork to his mouth.
"Alright then." Maddie said and turned to Jack, mumbling something to him.
Jazz gave a concerned look at her little brother. She had noticed how he had less energy than usual.
She had heard him come back last night from ghost hunting like every night as she was passing his room to get a glass of water. The mysterious heavy thump and him mumbling something before crashing on his bed gave her enough clues. It was actually around that time that he usually came back from ghost hunting, unless he got hurt and needed immediate patching up, or fought in a battle longer than usual with a tough ghost.
Jazz gave Danny another glance. He didn't seem to have a limp when he walked in, and he didn't seem careful about his moves, so he wasn't hurt, just really tired.
"Here, I'll drive you to school today." Jazz offered. "You look like you ran a marathon and back with hungry wolves chasing you."
"No thanks, Jazz." Danny said and dumped his plate and fork in the sink, yawning and rubbing his eyes before going to get his school bag. "I'm fine on my own, bye!" He said before closing the door.
Jazz rolled her eyes before getting her car keys. She knew that she wouldn't find Danny unless she looked in the sky, no point of trying to catch up with him and convince him to let her give him a lift.
Yelling a quick: "Bye mom, bye dad!" To her parents, Jazz walked outside to her car, hoping that her brother was only tired and nothing more.
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"Dude, you sure you're alright?" Tucker asked. They were all at the same place as yesterday for lunch, far away from the other students.
Danny nodded sleepily and Sam scoffed.
"As if. Danny, what's wrong? You were just fine yesterday. You look like you it's your first weeks fighting ghost!" She pressed, remembering how tired and beat he looked at that time.
Danny sighed and rubbed his eyes. "I don't know. I just flew back home, then I felt sleepy and went to bed. The next day, I woke up feeling the same." He explained.
"Well, did something happen in between, something that doesn't usually happen?" Tucker asked.
Danny shrugged. "Not really. Well, I did run into a mosquito, but I don't think that's vital."
Sam frowned. "A mosquito? Nothing more?"
"Yup, why? What's wrong?" Danny asked, yawning for the hundredth time that day.
Sam was about to answer, but then a sneering voice cut her off. "Hey, Fenturd!"
Danny groaned and stood up, turning around to face the jock. "What is it, Dash." He moaned. "Don't you have any teddy bears to go cuddle with?"
Dash gritted his teeth and grabbed Danny roughly by his shirt. "You listen here, Fentonia!" He growled. "I have a break of football this week and I need my exercise. You know what that means?"
Danny rolled his eyes, fighting to keep his tired eyes open. "What, you can't just go at a gym like everyone else?"
Dash smirked. "No, I find running on a treadmill really boring, I prefer chasing puny nerds like you!"
Dash shoved Danny to the ground. "Come on, freak, run if you don't want me using you as a punching bag!" He taunted.
Danny sighed tiredly and pushed himself up. Sam and Tucker gave him a worried glance and Danny shrugged to show he wasn't bothered by Dash. After all, it's hard to get out of breath when half of you doesn't need oxygen to keep going, his best friends knew that and they also saw how Danny could run and fight for hours without breaking a sweat.
Sam and Tucker weren't worrying about that, they just knew that Danny could easily pass out if he used too much energy when he's tired like he is. They saw it happen enough times and they never knew if another enemy ghost might see him and take advantage of his condition.
Danny started running, keeping a pace fast enough so he could stay away from Dash, but not too fast for it to get suspicious.
He climbed over the fence surrounding the school and kept running. "Okay, Dash is stupid, but I'm sure that he wouldn't follow me around town." Danny mumbled to himself.
He looked back and was surprised to see Dash still following him. "Come back here, Fentoenail! You'll pay for that teddy bear comment, loser!"
Danny groaned and headed to the park, thinking that he might lose Dash in its dense forest.
His vision suddenly blurred and his stumbled a little before regaining his pace. "What was that?" He whispered to himself, then noticed himself breathing heavily.
Wow, that's not supposed to happen! Maybe it's just because I'm tired? No, even then, I wouldn't be out of breath like this! He thought as he looked back at Dash, who was getting closer to him.
"What's the matter, Fenton?" Dash taunted from behind and Danny noticed the pants he took between his words. He was tired, but less than Danny. "Little baby Danny not in good shape? Face it, Fenturd, I'm stronger and better than you! Just wait until I catch you, you'll wish you were never born!"
Black spots danced in front of Danny's vision and he took a sharp left to hide behind a tree. "What the heck's happening to me? I'm not usually tired to this point after running only a little bit like this!" He said to himself between pants of exhaustion. Is it related to what happened yesterday night? No, it was just a mosquito, I squished it myself. But it was flying by my left arm, I swear that I felt the sting on my right…
"Hey Fentoast, stop hiding like the loser you are!" Dash yelled. "I saw you go behind that tree, I'm gonna wail on you so bad!"
Danny turned invisible just as Dash ran pass the tree. The jock looked at it and Danny inched away from him, slowly standing up.
"Where d'you go, Fentonia? You can't hide from me forever!" Dash yelled, looking around himself and behind trees and bushes.
Danny turned around and ran as quietly as possible, deeper in the forest to lose Dash. The black spots were back, dancing in his vision and making it almost impossible to concentrate on where he was going.
"I think I lost him…" Danny decided after a few minutes, slowing down and leaning his hands against his knees in exhaustion, turning visible once again. Somehow, just turning invisible and back took more energy out of him than usual. He checked his watch and he groaned, recess would almost be over. If he didn't get to class, he would be in serious trouble.
I won't get there by foot, I'll just have to do this the easy way. If I find Dash by accident, I'll probably give him a lift to school and say that I already brought my human self there… Or I could just leave him where he is, depends on how I'm feeling. Danny thought and chuckled to himself, breathing in and out to clear his vision.
He looked around to make sure no one was there, then let the blinding rings pass over him before launching towards the sky.
A huge wave of dizziness suddenly passed over him and he crashed on the ground before he could fly beyond the trees.
"What's happening to me?" Danny groaned and before he could get up, his eyes slid close and he transformed back as he fell into a deep sleep.
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Been kinda busy these past few days, but I still managed to get this done! Thanks to: Invader Johnny, VideoGamingFreak1213, HEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEY, MonkeyWriter jr, Phantom-Animal, Hoytti, YourFavoriteCONTRACTOR, Opin88, Grey-Skye-Eyes, GhostFudge160, DB-KT, Stranger, Inviso-Al and wolfwithemeraldeyes for all the reviews, you guys are all gods and goddesses to me! ^-^
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