Wow wow wow. It's almost been a year since I've updated, oh how the time flies. It wasn't until someone messaged me that I remembered that I still had stories to write. Sorry guys! I don't give up on stories it's just someone has to remind me to write and finish them sometimes.

"Now Daniella, when did you first start to have these delusions of you believing yourself to be a boy?"

Today was his first real session with Spectra, and Danny already felt like he was drowning. That her words were there only meant to suffocate him and he knew deep down inside she shouldn't be talking to him like this. That this was wrong especially now in the 21st century. Spectra's words shouldn't be hurting him this much. Yeah her words would make Danny depressed, but they shouldn't be hurting him to this extent, there was something more to Spectra, but sinking more deeper into his depression, Danny didn't seem to notice. Scratch that, Danny didn't have enough energy and care to notice.

"All my life." Danny whispered back to her, sounding afraid. Of what? Danny had no clue.

"Oh sweety." There she goes again, using that voice of pity, except her voice wasn't exactly pity, it was something much worse and it made Danny hang his head down in shame and dejection. At this point Danny wishes he were actually drowning. That way he wouldn't have to put up with the hurt he was feeling. "That's not really possible."

"What do you mean?"

"What I mean" She began speaking slowly as if talking to a small child who didn't know any better. "is that you couldn't possibly come up with this well elaborated charade for attention since the day you were born." She smiles sickly sweet at him, as if challenging him to disagree with her. Trying to make him argue so that she could tear down his protest and his self esteem all in one go, killing two birds with one stone. Danny knew this, knew he should just play along and not give into her petty game, but he couldn't. He couldn't handle her thinking this was something that Danny uses to gain attention because that would mean his entire existence is a farce and he couldn't handle that, not anymore. Not again.

"It's not a charade!" His eyes began to water.

"No of course not sweety." She smiles sympathetically. "Not a charade, but a mask."

"A mask?"

"Yes! Because you're so insecure about yourself that you have to come up with this 'boy mask' so that you can gain attention and sympathy from other people around you. Maybe it's because instead of paying attention to you when you were a normal girl, everyone was too busy focusing on your beautiful prodigy of an older sister."

She did not just go there. Danny began rocking a little bit. Something he used to do when he felt panic rising in him. I'm not a girl. I'm not a girl. I'm not a girl. I'm no-

"But don't you worry your dull little head, we're going to help you through this phase and help you become a better you!" Danny felt too broken at the moment to really argue anymore. He just hung his head in submission and continued on with the horrible session. Right about when Danny was about to leave and walk out the door, Spectra stopped him.

"Oh and Daniella?"

"...yeah?" Danny almost cringed for responding to that name. That name which isn't his.

"Please for our next session, wear a bra instead. Pretending your breast don't exist is feeding into this delusion of yours and it's very counter productive to your therapy. Have a wonderful day!"

Yeah, not likely.

When Danny stepped out of the counseling office, he noticed Sam and Tucker waiting for him. He tried to smile at them. he really did. It's just he didn't really have much energy left after his so-called therapy. It was as though it was all taken from him.

"Oh hey guys."

"Hey Danny! How'd it go man?" Tucker asks slapping him on the shoulder.

"Yeah, you don't really look so good. Is everything all right?"

"Huh? Oh yeah everything's peachy!" Tucker and Sam didn't seem like they were buying it. "Actually guys, do you mind if I ask you a question?"

"Sure!" The two friends said simultaneously.

"I was wondering if... I don't really count as being a real guy do I?"

"What?" Tucker said in disbelief.

"Danny of course you are!"

"Dude, you're my brother. You're not a chick, never thought you were, never will see you as one."

"What brought this on Danny?" Sam said holding a worried expression on her face.

"Oh nothing. Actually I'm gonna go home if that's okay with you guys."

"Wait Dan-" It was too late, Danny had already transformed and flew off before either of them could protest.

Little Badger, are you all right? You haven't been messaging me back as often.

Yes, I'm fine. I've been busy. Sounds a bit harsh, but hey Danny was having a really hard time and all he wanted to do was sleep off all the crap he had to listen to today.

Have you? If I may ask, busy with what?

Just school and friends and stuff.

Is that so?

Yes, leave me alone right now. I'm not lying to you.

"Oh I beg to differ." Suddenly, Plasmius appears in his room.

"AH! Vlad what the hell! I told you to leave me alone."

"You've also told me before that usually when you say you want to be alone, it actually means you want someone to care and hug you." Danny's cheeks go a bit pink and Vlad can't help but to smile at how cute his boy is.

"I... I've just been having a lot of dysphoria lately." Which wasn't a complete lie, but it also wasn't the whole truth.

"Oh my poor sweet boy." Vlad transforms out his ghost form and walks to the bed Danny was sitting in. He engulfs Danny in a hug with much more emotion and lasts way longer than the one Danny gave him when he was leaving the Rockies to go home. "Don't doubt yourself so much. You are a young boy no matter who may oppose and try to tell you otherwise. Just know you have people who love you and can understand that."

"Thanks Vlad. I... I really needed this just about now."

"Any time littler badger, but I have to wonder what brought this on?"

"Nothing!" Danny said a bit too defensively. "Nothing. I'm- I'm just being stupid."

"You could never be stupid to me."

"...even if I'm bad at math?" Danny smiles a little at his joke.

"Depending on how bad at math you are. Tell me Daniel, do you know your times tables or is that too hard?" This earns Vlad a smack on his head.

"Daniella! How are you sweety?" Spectra gives Danny a judgmental look at the fact that Danny still wore the chest binder.

"Fine...better than yesterday..."

"Really? Well that's just great." Her voice may have sounded happy, but there was something in her eyes that made it seem like it wasn't good news at all. "So Daniella are you ready for our next session?" Something in Danny's gut told him to leave. Run and never come back to this woman, but as if by magic or another higher power, Danny was kept firmly planted in his seat.

"Ready as I'll ever be." He says resigned to his fate.

"Then let us begin!"