Hi there, sorry this update has taken so long, been very busy the past few weeks.

I finished working at my summer job by working eight days of the last nine days in August. I moved back to my University city where I now live on my own with a roommate. And the classes for school started. Just as I was biking back to my apartment yesterday, I fell going fast down a hill.

I can literally see the red colour of my muscles in my palm because the skin there has been peeled away. Add in the road burns on my arm (and small one on my face) with cuts on my knees and my inspiration to finish yesterday was gone. At least I feel better today, just got to clean the wounds well.

But without any further explanation, here is the chapter!


Chapter 7

Danny wobbled through the door not even bothering to open it, he just used his power of intangibility to get inside the Weasley household. The moment he saw the couch in the big living room he plopped on to the seat, lied his head back and closed his eyes hoping that no one would bother him in his drunken stupor.

"Danny, thank goodness, we were getting worried" Molly Weasley said in a worried tone. "Where have you been?"

Danny looked up and now noticed Ron, Harry and Hermione all sitting at the kitchen table now fixated at Danny sitting on the couch.

"Uhhh" Danny started, losing his focus for a moment. "I went out with Tonks. She needed to cheer up…"

"Where did you go?"

"To the Leaky Cauldron" Danny slurred.

"You went to the Cauldron!?" Ron said surprised. "Are you drunk?"

Danny just sighed moving his head to the side so he couldn't look at the young red head anymore. "Possibly…" He said with some guilt.

"Danny!" Hermione said disappointed.

Ron and Harry were smiling towards Danny getting up from their chairs and sitting beside Danny on the couch.

"What did you have?" Ron asked shoving Danny in the shoulder.

Danny jostled his head, moving like a swivel in the opposite direction of Ron's shove. "I had beer…and some good ole' firewhiskey!"

"How much?" Harry asked smiling in laughter.

Danny just scoffed and looked at Harry with a serious face. "I dunno, but, it was too much…"

"Danny you're such a fool" Hermione said from across the room giving the ghost boy a disapproving glare.

"Yeah? What else is new?" Danny said with a boyish smile.

Ron and Harry laughed at the comment, even getting Hermione to smile a little.

Soon Danny's will to stay awake slowly dissipated, his body soon became a great deal heavier than it was before. His head slowly rocked back and forth slowly leaning into the cushion and soon his body went to the side it went into Ron's big frame.

"Ugh, he's passing out" Ron said panicking.

"Then get up you idiot" Hermione said to the red head.

Danny then felt Ron get up and bring Danny's head on the couch cushion. The ghost boy closed his eyes in bliss of the soft cushion and extended his legs out on the couch kicking Harry softly.

He then felt Harry get himself up from the couch without a word. He extended his legs to the end and stretched himself out and after a few deep breathes, lulled himself to sleep.


His eyelids flickered slowly and weakly. The morning sun shone into his dreary eyes making him turn into the couch corner trying to hide himself away from the morning light.

As Danny slowly got more and more of his focus back he noticed a pulsing ringing through his head making Danny groan into the cushion.

'What happened!?' Danny thought in confusion.

Then the ghost boy started to think over the night before and what he'd done. He instantly remembered the drinking with Tonks in the Leaky Cauldron and somewhat of what happened when he got back to the Weasley household.

He groaned as he slowly sat up, more blood pounding to his head as he sat up. His mouth and throat felt crusty and a layer of scum covered the front of Danny's teeth. He put his tongue over his front teeth grimacing as he felt the scum. He looked down and noticed a home knitted thick blanket covering his body. He also noticed that he was still wearing his suit from the day before.

"Better get changed" Danny said with a cracked and warbled voice.

He took a moment standing up trying to gather his wits as the pounding in his head continued to violently pound. With shaky steps he started to walk up the stairs up to his room. He slowly went up the steps being more cautious and sure of every step that he took.

He changed into a pair of jeans, his trusty white t-shirt from when he was taken to the England in the first place and over top was the Phantom logo sweatshirt that Mrs. Weasley had given him back at Christmas. He walked down the stairs slowly being more and more sure of himself as he went. He made it to the kitchen and drank a glass of water trying to get the alcohol out of his system.


Danny waited a few hours in the living room reading from one of the Weasley's books trying to fight his boredom and his headache with something to do.

Eventually the rest of the Weasley's as well as Harry and Hermione had woken and gathered for breakfeast being made by Molly.

Nobody really spoke at the beginning of breakfeast, either from everyone being too tired or just enjoying their hearty breakfeast too much.

As Danny ate he started to think of the endless possibilities of his first day off from Auror duty in over a week.

'I could just relax here for the day…' Danny thought, before nodding it off. 'I want something a little more involved.'

Danny took another bite of his British sausage and then thought of Sarah who he hadn't seen in a few days. She would be nice to see and with the day off he could possibly visit her longer than usual.

He took another bite and chewed while he thought of more possibilities looking down at his plate not noticing Harry, Ron and Hermione all up from the table staring at him.

"Hey Danny?" Harry started.

Danny looked up a little surprised. "Yeah, what is it?"

"We were going to play some Quidditch outside, would like to join." Harry answered.

Danny smiled. "Yeah, that sounds like fun."

"Nice now we got someone to even out the teams a little more" Ron said excitedly.

Hermione crossed her arms and looked at him with a look of dissatisfaction. "Are you saying that I don't make the teams fair for 2 on 2?"

Harry and Ron looked at each other a little panicked and shook their heads. "Not at all" They said at the same time nervously.

"Ok, I'll get Ginny, you guys get set up" Hermione said briskly walking up the stairs.

Danny followed the boys outside not sure what he was going to do. They made it to a broom shack where old, used broomsticks were stacked and lined up inside. Ron passed Danny a broomstick to a bewildered and albeit a little hungover Danny.

"I've never flown a broomstick though" Danny said nervously. "Can't I just use my ghost powers?"

"No, that would be cheating" Ron said passionately. "Anyways, if you fall you can just turn into your ghost half and save yourself."

Danny sighed. "Ok, you got a point there. But how do you fly this thing?"

"Ok, first get on, but try to keep your feet on the ground." Harry explained.

Danny nodded and got himself on the old broomstick, feeling a little ridiculous while doing it.

Once the ghost boy was mounted on the broomstick he looked to Harry and nodded, waiting for the next instruction.

"Good, now try to kick off and let the broomstick levitate you for a bit and then try to lower yourself back down."

Danny nodded and gripped his hands tight and with a push off the ground lifted off the ground. And to the halfa's wonder he had lifted off the ground just a few feet in the air levitating. Danny smiled as he floated there getting a handle of the feeling.

"Huh, just like my powers, well, not JUST like my powers" Danny said with a laugh as he floated sitting down on the broomstick.

Ron and Harry laughed at Danny's sheepish grin.

Slowly Danny figured out how to get himself down on the ground just as Hermione and Ginny were walking together to the group of three boys.

"You teach Danny how to fly a broom?" Hermione asked with an eyebrow raised.

"More or less…" Harry answered anxiously.

"Are you going to be alright for this Danny?" Hermione asked the ghost boy concerned for his safety.

Danny nodded. "I can handle it. So how should we do this, we only have 5 players"

"We won't have any beaters or a seeker since we don't have a golden snitch. We'll just play with the quaffle and have a keeper for each side while everyone else would be chasers." Ron explained to Danny.

Danny nodded in understanding and then realized something. "So then we'll be playing basketball in the sky with goalies…or soccer in the sky."

The wizard teens looked at him oddly, even Harry and Hermione looked at him weirdly.

"Have you ever heard of basketball?" Danny asked culture shocked. "I can understand the name mix up with soccer and football, but no knowledge of basketball!?"

Ron and Ginny shook their heads.

"Ever heard of hockey? What we're playing is almost exactly the same, not including the ice and hockey sticks I guess…"

"There's a sport called hockey!" Ron said completely culture shocked, his face looking at Danny in wonder.

"Yeah…it's a popular sport in Canada, Russia and parts of the US." Hermione explained, almost face palming at Ron's reaction.


Eventually the group of five had been split up into two teams, Harry and Ginny on one team while Ron, Hermione and Danny were on the other. This made it fair since Hermione and Danny were both inexperienced at flying broomsticks.

As Danny first started flying he still would be too rigid to anything if he was ever given the quaffle.

Slowly over time Danny became more relaxed and more experienced with flying his broomstick.

Soon he was just as good as Hermione, though that was nowhere as good as Ginny and Harry's flying skills who were both speeding off at fast speeds doing twirls and sharp turns.

Danny got a pass from Ron and with a quick turn and dodged Harry's attempt of a steal. He flew faster trying to avoid Harry chasing from behind. As he moved closer to the makeshift goal posts with Ginny defending them, Danny took the quaffle out from underneath his arm and threw the ball straight into the right post making it his first ten points ever in quidditch.

"Yes!" Danny exclaimed in celebration putting two hands off the broomstick in the air before instantly putting his hands back on when he started losing his balance in a panic.

"Nice job Danny!" Ron yelled from across the field with his thumbs up.

Danny smiled and raised his thumb back towards Ron. He turned around and noticed Ginny coming back holding the quaffle. With a quick throw she gave it to Harry, who was ready to catch and go.

Danny quickly tried to cut him off but Harry seeing Danny's ploy swerved out of his way. Instead the round glassed boy had to deal with Hermione who was trying to steal from Harry on his other side.

She reached with one hand but was too far from Harry so she quickly tried to move closer with one hand on her broomstick. Instead her balance got compromised with too much of an extension and had her whole body moved forward until she was completely off the broomstick.

Hermione screamed as she started to fall towards the ground, her body moving faster and faster with the force of gravity. She struggled to find her wand in her robes as she fell, signalling that she may have no magic to aid her.

Everyone started to try and fly to her aid but no one would be fast enough to catch her.

Danny quickly jumped off the broom and without a word transformed into his ghost form and boosted himself with his flight trying to catch up to Hermione's falling form as well as the distance away from him.

Just as Hermione was about to impact the ground Danny curved from his fast descent and scooped Hermione it his arms. He looked down at Hermione who had her eyes closed in fear, her bushy brown hair whipped in every direction from falling wind. She had unknowingly grabbed onto Danny's hazmat suit around the chest area.

Danny slowed his flying and slowly descended to the ground still holding onto Hermione in a bridal style position. He landed on the ground and slowly put Hermione down on ground trying to get her to snap out of her state of panic.

"Hermione…you're ok. I caught you, you're ok." Danny explained to her trying to get her to calm down.

Slowly she got calmer being held in Danny's arms. She looked up and saw Danny in his ghost form with the three other wizards getting to the ground quickly dismounting their broomsticks.

"Oh my gosh, Hermione, are you ok!?" Ginny said frantically.

Hermione nodded still a little shaken but her breathing was normal now. She looked at Danny with a look of awe and thanks. "Danny, thank you for saving me there, I could have died if you hadn't caught me…" She said slowly as if just realizing the extent of the fall.

Danny nodded, "As long as you're safe Hermione"

Hermione blushed at the comment but tried to hide. She slowly got up, legs a little shaky and started to walk back to the Weasley home with Ginny at her side.

Harry and Ron approached Danny and without a word to the two hugged the ghost. "Thank you for saving Hermione…" they both said simply, not sure what else to say.

Danny nodded, his silver bangs getting in his eyes. With a flash of light he changed back into his human form and followed the girls back to the house.


Later Danny ate a delicious dinner made by Mrs. Weasley. She took the time to make a slow cooked roast which Danny stuffed his face in face. Everyone agreed that it was delicious.

Danny solemnly asked Arthur Weasley if he could apparate Danny to back to Caxton to visit Sarah. He accepted and brought Danny outside of the home and without a word grabbed onto Danny and with a pop the two disappeared from sight.

With another pop, the two appeared on the outskirts of the town on a small rolling hill.

"Ok, when should I pick you up?" Arthur said looking at his watch.

"How about two hours." Danny asked.

The man nodded and with a loud pop disappeared from the space.

Danny transformed into his ghost half and started to fly towards Sarah's foster home looking over the town, the building being hit with the orange setting sun in the horizon. The air was warm but the wind could be considered a little chilly to the less cold resistant person.


He arrived invisible trying to not alert anyone of his presence, especially the foster parents.

He flew to Sarah's room window and looked inside to see the blonde little girl looking down at a book reading with a bored expression on her face.

He drifted inside the room and landed on the floor turning himself visible. His glowing presence was instantly noticeable to the little girl.

Sarah got up with a big smile on her face and hugged into Danny, her face went the ghost boy's stomach.

Danny smiled and hugged the best he could with his height. "How's it going Sarah?"

"It stinks, it's so boring when you're away." She said her voice muffled in his stomach.

"It's a new place Sarah, you'll get used to it. You'll meet the neighbours and get to play with them eventually. You've also got some nice foster parents, they really care for your wellbeing." Danny said reassuring the young girl while patting her head.

She looked up at him and nodded with sad eyes and turned back to her bed with the book she was reading holding onto Danny's hand dragging the ghost behind her.

She went underneath her bed and picked out a plastic case full of pencil crayons. She then got a stack paper and placed it all on the floor and looked at Danny with a smile.

"Let's draw."

She then lied down on the old wood floor and started to draw a picture of light brown dog. It was pretty good considering her age.

Danny feebly tried to think of something the draw. He sketched out the shape of a face and added long black hair to the drawing. There were no facial features but he now knew what to draw. He continued to sketch and small amount of skill he gathered from sketching in his classes.

Once he was finished Sarah looked over at his page and saw the small drawing in the corner of the page. "Who is that?"

"That's a friend of mine from my home. Her name is Sam." Danny said softly. "I haven't seen her in a while…"

He thought of Sam and blushed as he remembered her beauty and overall figure as well as her fiery and loyal personality.

He then remembered Hermione and the events involving her in the past few days and couldn't help but be infatuated with her looks and personality. This inner turmoil confused Danny and made his stomach feel heavy as lead, making his head spin a little.

Before Danny could think any more about the two girls, Sarah got his attention again and showed off her new drawing which was a small drawing of Danny in his Phantom form. Very crud but there was no mistaking that it was him in the drawing.

"Do you like it!?" Sarah said excitedly.

Danny nodded. "I do, I think I may just keep this."

Sarah squealed in happiness and hugged into Danny's side smiling ear to ear like the Cheshire Cat.

Danny wrapped one hand around Sarah and hugged her close. As the two just sat there in each other's friendly embrace.


Ok, I hope you enjoyed the chapter!

Please review what you think of how I may be going with the story. Any comments are welcome! I like to hear all of your opinions and feedback!

I had to spotlight hockey when listing the sports since it's my favorite sport! Also, the new Killers album, simply amazing! That is all that needs to be said...


Until next time,

Prophet =P