Authors Notes: Hello my fellow, new and old readers. I just wanted to put some things out there: First of all; Danny was acting pretty weird in Chapter 1, no? Well, you could wait untill the chapter this is all revealed. Or you could get some teasers by reading my one shot: First Sight. It's mainly chapter 1 in Danny's Pov. It's not needed to understand the story though, I actually wrote it for myself to get some background done, but it ended up being what it is now.
Second; I've been thinking about the storyline for new moon a lot already, but I can't really figure out what has to be the opposite of a ghost or half ghost. I was first thinking about something with magic (since I put Ghosts in the same cathegorie as sience), but I don't really know yet. So my question was: Anyone any Idea's?
And last; I've been thinking about who is going to be the 'Jacob' of this Twilight. I was first thinking about Mike, you know, the guy the truck first belonged too. But now I'm actually thinking about Tucker... So you guys can choose! I'm not opening any polls or whatever, just tell me what you think in a PM or Review.
That said; I do not own anything recognizable. Danny Phantom belongs to Stephenie meyer and Twilight to butch hartman... Oh wait. The other way around :P Enjoy!
Chapter 3
Phenomenon
When I opened my eyes in the morning, something was different. It was the light, instead of a dull green light, created by all the green in the town, my room was filled with a bright green light, and not the version that was created by the plants and the sun. As I quickly sat up, I realized the light had dissapeared. Being sure it came from outside, I jumped up and ran over to my window.
There was nothing there, though I was sure the green light was stille coming from above. However, I was distracted by the sight. A fresh pile of snow covered the ground, and I inwardly groaned. I didn't like the snow, it wasn't that I really hated it, it just meant that it was too cold for rain. That, and the sun wasn't present whjich made it only worse. Long live the winter. not.
And that wasn't even the worst part, all the rain from yesterday had frozen solid, the ground was fully frozen up, and I was sure I couldn't drive fast enough to be in school on time, unless I left half an hour before I should orriginally leave. It was easier too just go back to bed now.
My grandma had left the house to do her mysterious things again before I even got downstairs, in a lot of ways, living with her was like living on my own. I found myself being happy by being alone instead of being lonely. Back in Wisconsin, my mom would wake me up with some stupid dress, mostly in colors I hated. I had gotten used to it, but I didn't like it, it was relieving to be alone for a while instead.
I quickly ate some breakfast and drank some orange juice, dismissing the thought of not going to school. I was too exited to go, and this scared me. I knew it wasn't because of the classes, and it wasn't because of my new friends or teachers either. No, I would be totally honest with myself from now on, I couldn't escape it: I wanted to see Danny Fenton again.
Yes, his moodswings scared me, and he was weird and scary in many way's, but I wasn't terrified anymore. I somehow felt connected to him in a way I couldn't escape. And that was very, very stupid. I should just avoid him, every inch of my body told me to be terrified, to call my mom I wanted to come home and never come back to this place again. But I couldn't bring myself too. First off, I was suspicous; Why would he lie about coloring his hair? But I couldn't stop seeing those bright blue eyes before me every time I closed my eyes.
I was well aware that my league, somewhere almost above the social ladder, just a bit under Dash and his perfect group, and his league, somewhere way under everyone else, weren't even close to touching, but I didn't care. Due to my combat boots, I didn't have to try that hard not too fall when I walked over to my truck, even though the ice was perfect and flat. I, however, didn't fool myself.
Driving to school was going to take all my concentration if I didn't want to end up in a carcrash. Driving to school, this was enough to drag my thought away from Danny Fenton. Instead, I thought about the way Dash reacted when I was around. I didn't understand: I was sure I didn't look any different than I had looked back in Wisconsin, but yet, he seemed to follow me around like a puppy, where the boys there had just ignored me.
I was sure I preffered the ignoring.
My truck was very well able to drive to school normally, but I drove as slow as I could, not wanting to test my luck. When I got out of my truck at school, I wasn't sure where to go, I was a little early. I saw a few things: Danny Fenton was standing by his car, the black and white one, his stare was directed to me, and when he saw I saw his, he waved a little before turning and talking with the girl next to him, Dani.
The second thing I saw was that the school hadn't even opened yet, and I wondered just how early I was, I hadn't looked at the clock when I left home.
The third and last thing I saw was a car coming towards me. He drove slowly, but yet suddenly, the car slipped. A high-pitched screech filled my ears and mind. It was become painfully loud as the car drove my way. I looked at the car, but in the adrenaline, I was able to see several things around it too.
I saw Danny Fenton, who was staring at me again, this timein horror, Dani was staring too, her eyes panicked as her mouth moved really fast, like she was speaking, but faster then I had ever seen or heard anyone speak. I didn't have time to make out anything else around the car as it was too close for me to jump away. It was going to hit my truck, and I was inbetween them.
I couldn't close my eyes due to the shock. Just before I heard the car crash against my truck, I felt a tingling sensation, and saw the inside of my own truck before I hit the ground, hard. Someone was on top of me. Had I crashed trough my truck? Was someone else there too? No, that should have hurt more. I then heard the loud bang of the car crashing against my truck, and knew it was impossible the car had pushed me trough it before it even hit anything.
I felt my head spinn, my heart beating loudly in my chest as I inhaled deeply, trying not to scream in pain because of my head hitting the ground, when I was suddenly aware of someone being with me again. I gasped again, a noise that represented the pain escaping from my lips. "Shh. It's gonna be okay." His voice couldn't not be recognized, and as I looked up into his bright... green eyes, his black hair falling only slightly before them, I couldn't help but gasp.
I murmured unrecognizable words as the pain hit me again, like a gunshot that was going trough my head.
And the he was gone, Danny Fenton had left me alone as several people ran around the car. But yet, I could hear his voice in my ear. "Don't tell anyone what you saw." his voice was low, raspy, like he was holding himself back in something, like he was hurt... And then it was silent a few seconds, before someone reached my side.
I slowly sat up, trying to ignore the now faded pain in my head. It was as if someone had pushed a cold hand against it, but I couldn't see anyone. "Don't move." The person who had reached my side, both his hands clear visible and not against my head, said. I didn't know him, though I had seen his face in class a few times.
"Get Kwan out of the Car!" Someone yelled. I tried to stand up, but someone, and I didn't know who because there was really no one else then the boy sitting next to me, held me down.
"Just stay put." someone whispered, the voice to soft for anyone else but me to hear, but I clearly recognized Danny's voice.
"What happened?" The other boy asked. I remembered Danny's words not to tell anyone.
"I jumped over the front of my truck in time, but I hit my head pretty hard." I mumbled, the boy nodded.
I could hear sirens now, and all the noise made my head ache again. Danny, I was sure it was him, though I couldn't see him, and the other boy surely didn't see him either, pressed his cold hand against my head a little better, and it actually helped, it was as if someone pressed ice against it. As the boy, his hair was blond, and his eyes where a dull green, turned to talk with someone coming closer, somebody from the ambulance, I could tell.
I couldn't help myself but whisper: "I expect an explenation later." I heared him chuckle, softly, making sure nobody else heared.
"Note taken, don't talk, nobody can know I'm here." he whispered in my ear, creating goosebumps in my neck.
They made me go to the hospital, which I didn't like because Danny had to lose his grip on me, making the pain come back to me like I was a magnet. I was driven tot the hospital. The last thing I saw before the ambulance doors closed was Danny's siblings. Dani with a happy expression on her face, either happy that I had survived or Happy that I was hurt, I didn't know. Jazz her expression was... hatefull.
I tried to think of an explenation to all of this, one that didn't include me being insane, but couldn't find one. All I knew is that I saw Danny come trough the door of the hospital when I was just driven inside, making small noises of pain at that point, his gaze was worried when it landed on me, but he didn't come closer.
Another strecher was brought next to mine, and I recognized Kwan, a friend of Dash. He looked then times worse then I felt, but his gaze was worried.
"Sam. I'm really, really sorry." he said.
Danny, who still hadn't come closer, but yet was close enough for us both to hear, mumbled: "You'd better be." I saw Kwan stare at him for a second before he stared at me again.
"It's fine Kwan. I said weakly, the pain starting to dull because of some medicine theyy had made me take. "You look horrible, how are you?" He ignored my question.
"I thought I was going to kill you! I was going too fast, and I hit the ice wrong..." I grinned.
"Don't worry about it, you missed me." I told him.
"How did you get out of the way so fast? You were there, and then you were gone..." Kwan mumbled as a nurse started helping him.
"I jumped over the front of my truck." I mumbled. I had always been a bad lyer, but luckily, everything I said sounded weak right now. The only thing good off this stupid medicine.
I knew I wasn't crazy, what happened? There was no way to explain wat I'd seen and heared. They then wheeled me away to x-ray my head, I was to weak to even say that nothing was wrong. But I was right. Unless you count a bad headache, nothing was wrong.
I asked if I could leave, but I had to talk to the docter first, so I was trapped in the ER, trying to buzz out Kwan's constant appoligies, closing my eyes in the progress.
After what seemed like a long while, someone softly shook me.
"Hey, Sam? Are you sleeping?" My eyes slowly and tiredly opened, it was Danny who had been shaking me, a look of concern on his face. "They told me you can't fall asleep right now." He mumbled, I just glared at him.
I didn't meen too, but I was pretty pissed off. I didn't like things I didn't understand.
"Hey Fenton, I'm really sorry-" Kwan started, but Danny lifted his hand too stop him.
"You already told Sam that, and you heared clearly what I said. I'm not harmed, but if Sam would have even had a scrach I swear..." He shook his head. "Nevermind." He then looked at me.
"What is the damage anyway?" He asked, I shrugged.
"Nothing actually, but they won't let me go." I wanted to kill myself, I sounded like a whining child.
He just chuckeled softly and looked me right in the eyes.
"Glad to hear that you're okay." He smiled.
Just at that moment, the doctor arrived at the scene. Unlike in the movies, he was just an averege docter.
"So, miss Manson." he said. "How are you feeling?" I shrugged.
"Fine." My voice was harsh, this question was asked a thousand timesalready, and I didn't feel like awnsering it, yet again.
"The X-ray looked fine, does your head hurt?" He asked.
"A little, but nothing I haven't felt before." I said. I felt Danny's gaze on me as the docter felt my head, I tried not to wince.
"Well, You're mother is in the waiting room, you can go home with her now." I shrugged, not even bothering to tell him that she wasn't my mother, but my grandmother.
"Can I go back to school?" I asked. The docter looked at me.
"You'd better take it easy today." I sighed deeply, but nodded. As I left, Danny quicmkly caught up to my side.
"Can I talk to you for a second?" I hissed, he shrugged.
"You're grandmother is waiting for you." For a second I wondered how he knew she was my grandmother, but then I remembered I had told him I lived with her.
"I don't care, I need to speak with you." he grinned.
"Fine, what is it?" His voice was soft.
"You owe me an explenation." I said.
He chuckled. "I saved your life, I don't think I owe you anything."
"You promised." I pressed.
"You hit your head pretty hard."
"I know what I saw." I paused a moment. "And felt, and heared."
He sighed.
"What do you want?"
"The truth. The hell... I wanna know what I'm lying for."
"Well, what do you think happened?"
I was silent for a moment.
"I know I saw the inside of my car, and then I hit the ground with you on top of me, while you where at the other side of the parking lot, by your Car."
Danny smiled.
"Are you speculating I should show you the inside of your car?" I smacked my head, not even thinking about the pain, and sighed deeply.
"Can't you just be serious for a second?" He grinned.
"Sorry, but nobody will believe you, you know."
"I wasn't going to tell anyone, like I said, I wanna know what I'm lying for."
"If you're not telling anybody, then why do you want to know?" He looked suprised.
"Because I don't like lying, and I wanna know how important it is that I'm doing it."
"It's very important." He insisted. "Now can't you just thank me and forget about it?"
My cheeks flashed red. "Thanks." I remained silent.
I was the first one to speak again.
"Why did you even bother saving me?"
He sighed deeply, looking away.
"I don't know, this is so hard..."
And then he turned his back on me and walked away.
It took me a few minutes to regain myself, and then I slowly made my way for the exit. My grandmother looked up from reading a magizine, and smiled at me worriedly.
"Are you okay?" She asked.
"There's nothing wrong with me." I assured her. "Now Can we go?" she nodded and followed me towards the exit. She hadn't come with car, it was only a five minute walk, in my grandma's speed, towards home.
We where silent, I was way to wrapped up in my thoughts to say anything. I couldn't stop thinking about Danny. How he said that 'this was so hard...' I didn't know what he meant.
When we got home, Grandma finally spoke.
"You need to call your parents." She hung her head, guilty.
"You told them?" I asked.
"Sorry."
My mom was hystirical, of course. I had to tell het that I was fine ten times before she actually believed me. She begged me to come home, forgetting the fact 'home' was empty at the moment. I almost obbiliged, but then though about Danny, and it was easier to say no.
I was obsessed, I knew I was, but I couldn't bring myself to leave yet.
I decided I might as well go to bed early that evening. Grandma continued to watch me, and it was getting on my nerves. I almost imideatly fell asleep.
That was the first night I dreamed of Danny Fenton.
