Disclaimer: I DON'T OWN DANNY PHANTOM, I wished I did. Chapter will be about Danny's POV. I would like to thank Mi Bi Looney, who has been reviewing my story. THANKS! Oh, and you didn't offend me with your review: the other way, you made me notice that I needed to explain more about the story. Ok…Let's get started with the story.
Chapter 10: I'm being overshadowed
I spent some hours talking and having fun with Sam and Tucker before going to school. During hat time I had completely forgotten about my fears. But when Sam's alarm clock went off, I gasped after looking at the hour: 7 o´clock.
"What happens?" asked Tucker.
"I don't w-want to go to s-school" I replied a little nervous and shivered. Sam smiled warmly and touched my shoulder.
"I know it will be hard to go to school" she said.
"I can't let them find out I'm human. What if they laugh at me?" I asked.
"Don't worry buddy. They won't find out, because we won't say a word, right Sam?" said Tucker with a smile.
"You can count on us" she replied.
"Thanks guys" I said and stopped shivering.
"Ok, let's go now. It's getting late" said Sam before phasing through the wall, Tucker following her. I had to use the stairs and run. Great! Because my mom had gone so early to work she hadn't prepared some lunch for school. I would be starving! But also it would be a great way to hide my humanity. When I arrived to school, I started panting heavily and collapsed on the ground. Sam and Tucker noticed it and helped me to get up.
"Being a ghost has it's advantages" said Tucker and laughed weakly. Sam elbowed him and smiled.
"Just ignore him Danny. He sometimes likes to brag about himself" she whispered to me.
"Yeah I have seen it. At least it's not as bad as my brother" I whispered back. The bell rang few minutes later and we walked inside. I felt even more nervous than the first day of school, but tried to relax and inhaled deeply. I looked at the ground while walking towards room 9 when I crashed against something. I shook my head and looked up, just to notice a solid wall. Strange, that wall wasn't there before. I got up and hear weak giggles coming from the other side of the wall. When I looked, I saw Dash, and one of his friends (I think he was called Kwan) laughing.
"Jaja, I didn't expect for that Fenton to fall on our trap" said Dash.
"I would have walked through it, you know, as a ghost" Kwan said and Dash laughed harder. That really made me angry and I stepped in front of them.
"Oh look who is here: the weak ghost" said Dash with a smile. I was getting pissed off: they didn't know who I was really, but they bothered me and enjoyed doing it.
"YOU SHOUD SHUT UP AND LEAVE ME ALONE!" I yelled, attracting the other's ghosts attention. My arm suddenly moved itself and punched Dash and Kwan in the face.
"Ok Fenton! If you want to fight, we will have a fight!" exclaimed Dash angrily.
"B-but…it wasn't my fault. My arm moved itself" I tried to explain, but Dash ignored me.
"Oh yes. And my punch is moving itself" he said while clenching a fist. I covered myself with my arms and closed my eyes, waiting for the hit. However I didn't feel any. When I looked at myself, I was intangible. Wait…what? Intangible! No, it can't be possible… Suddenly I lost all control of my body.
"Let's get started with this you puny" That words got out of my mouth. I wasn't myself: I was being controlled, but who was doing this?
"You are dead man Fenton" said Dash and flew towards me. "I" took out a pair of gloves from my pockets and put them on. I immediately recognized whose that gloves were from: Albert. He fired an ectoplasm against Dash, making him crash against a door. He got even more angry and flew faster. I couldn't stand looking at this fight, so I tried to regain control of my body. Just when I thought I had done it, Dash punched me hardly. I was sent flying far from the school. When I was going to crash against the floor, I started floating.
"Oh dear bro. You would be dead if I haven't helped you" I heard Albert's voice in my head.
"No…You have got me in troubles, not helped me!" I screamed. "And by the way…how it is that you are controlling my body?" I asked.
"My teacher taught me I could overshadow others. But not other ghosts…only humans" he replied. I gulped: he had found out my secret.
"Yes bro. I knew you were a human since yesterday" he said and started laughing. I closed my eyes and managed to get Albert out of my body.
"At least you could have thanked me because I protected you against Dash" he said angrily.
"But he wouldn't have fought-" I was cut off by a pain in my left eye. I fell to my knees and held my eye. Albert got worried.
"Ey, what happens Danny?" he asked, but I couldn't answer as the pain was increasing. I started yelling louder and louder. With my blue eye I saw Albert walking towards me. I felt something scratched my left eye. I yelled again, and then the pain disappeared.
"Are you feeling better bro.?" asked Albert gently. When I looked up, I saw a dragon behind him.
"Albert, behind you!" I screamed and pointed at the dragon. He turned, and then shrugged his shoulders.
"Ok, Danny. I don't like when you make jokes with me" he said seriously and crossed his arms. I got confused.
"I'm not lying!" I exclaimed. The dragon roared and threw flames towards Albert. I managed to push him before the flames touched him. He looked at me confused.
"What are you doing?" he asked, but I didn't pay attention and kept looking at the dragon. He looked at me and roared louder, moving his tail towards me. I dodged it, but still got hurt and fell.
"H-how it's possible? I didn't get hit. How it is that-" I was cut off by the dragon's roars.
"What are you doing Albert? Help me!" I yelled. The dragon grabbed my leg and started shaking me. Albert shrugged his shoulders again.
"I can't see anything" he said and looked around. I knew he wasn't lying, and I was getting dizzy as the dragon kept shaking me. An idea popped in my head.
"Albert! Overshadow me!" I told him.
"What? You said-"
"Just do it!" I yelled. He nodded and flew towards me. I felt when my body was under control by my brother. He blinked and looked at the dragon.
"Wow…you were right" he said and looked at my hands. When he saw I had his gloves, he smiled and fired a blue ectoplasm. The dragon let me go and covered his eyes. Albert kicked him in the stomach and fired another ectoplasm. The dragon was sent flying. When I looked at the ground I saw a gold collar, but I couldn't touch it. Albert got out of my body and looked at me curiously.
"It was strange" he said. I nodded and took off Albert's gloves, then I returned them back to him.
"Yes. I don't understand how I was able to see it" I said and covered my green eye.
"Maybe because of your eye" he replied, confusing me. When he looked at my expression he laughed weakly.
"What I mean…you remember when the doctor said you were able to keep some of your ghost parts?" he asked.
"Yes…One moment…were you spying on us?" I asked suspiciously. He nodded.
"Yep I was, but only because I heard our mom's yells. Anyway, the eye and the white stripe are the only parts you kept of your ghost form. Maybe it has to do something with that fact" he explained. I didn't understand him at all, but I nodded.
"Thanks" I said with a smile and walked towards the school. I closed my eyes for a little. Suddenly I felt I wasn't stepping the floor anymore. When I opened my eyes and looked down, my eyes widened: I was floating in mid-air. I then looked up, and saw my brother carrying me. I was confused.
"Why you are helping me? I thought you would keep bragging about yourself" I asked, curiously. Albert laughed.
"Oh little bro., you really need to change your point of view of me" he said and flew towards the school. I started shivering when I saw Dash and Kwan with their evil smiles, looking at me.
"Bro., please…don't take me there" I pleaded, scared. "They don't know it was you the one who started the fight" However, Albert didn't answer and put me down. Kwan and Dash walked towards me, ready to give me some sweet revenge. However, Sam, Tucker and..my brother stepped in front of me.
"Get out of the way!" yelled Dash.
"We have to give him a proper lesson" said Kwan.
"It seems you really don't pay attention to the situations" said Tucker. Kwan and Dash looked at themselves, confused.
"What he meant…Danny wasn't the responsible one who punched you in the face" explained Sam.
"If he wasn't…who did it?" asked Dash, seriously. Albert stepped in front and crossed his arms.
"My doing" he answered. Was that my brother? Was he being overshadowed?...No, a ghost can't be, only humans, like me. I looked at him confused, but also scared. I knew the bullies would ask him how it was possible, and Albert would spoil my secret. Now I think of it, 4 ghosts found out the day the man explained the truth, so what could be wrong if everybody found out?
"That's a good joke!" exclaimed Kwan and motioned Dash to laugh with him. However, he looked at Albert seriously.
"How do you expect us to believe that?" he asked. Albert looked at me and smiled. I smiled back and waited for him to reveal the secret.
"Because…I can…" he said, hesitant. What was he waiting? Tell him already!, I was thinking. Don't worry if you say it. Just do it.
"Because I told him to do so if he was threatened" he replied. Definitely I didn't know my brother. What made him change? I started liking him: I was very glad he had changed.
"Mm… ok. But now teach your brother he shouldn't be in my way!" threatened Dash and walked towards room 9, pulling Kwan. Every ghost booed and flew towards their classes.
"What happened with the Albert I know?" I asked him with a smile. He turned and looked at me.
"Well…I couldn't blame you of something you didn't do" he said and turned, flying towards his room.
"Even though it would have been a great opportunity to show what I am capable of. Showing little kids a great and strange ability would give me a great reputation" he muttered before entering. I sighed.
"He was pretending to be good so that it would give him a good reputation and show he is the best, not to help me" I said sadly.
"Oh come on, Danny! You know your brother" said Tucker.
"Yes I know. I just thought he had a change of heart" I answered and walked towards the classroom, Sam and Tucker following me.
"And when I was with Dash and Kwan…he was using me. I can't believe I trusted him!" I cried, frustrated.
"But at least he saved you from…whatever that was attacking you" said Tucker.
"Don't tell me you didn't see the ghost dragon either" I said.
"Nope. We just thought Albert did a copy of himself and started playing with you" explained Sam. Strange…nobody saw it…except me. How is that possible? I thought and looked back at Sam and Tucker.
Suddenly Lancer entered the classroom.
"Now let's get started" he said and started his class.
"Mr. Fenton, I would like to talk with you" told me Lancer just when I was getting out of the classroom. I walked towards him and sat down besides him.
"Tetslaff and I saw the incident with Dash and Kwan. Why you did that?" he asked seriously. I played with my fingers nervously.
"Um…it wasn't my fault" I explained. He gave me a look that said 'I don´t believe you'.
"I was overshadowed by my brother" I said. Lancer's eyes widened.
"What? Does that mean you…" he started, amazed.
"Yes, I'm human, even since my birth. That's why I couldn't do well on sports class" I said sadly. He looked at me and smiled.
"That explains everything" he said to himself.
"Sorry for pushing you that hard" I heard a voice besides Lancer, but there was no one there. Mr. Tetslaff turned visible.
"Oh…t-teacher…" I said, surprised.
"Don't worry kid" she said.
"Now…as a new rule, every time you have sports class you will go with Mrs. Fenton" he ordered.
"Wha…my mom?" I asked, more surprised than before. He shook his head.
"No. Mrs. Jazz Fenton" he specified.
"I will show you the way" said Tetslaff and flew outside the room. I looked at Lancer before following her.
"Don't' worry. We won't say anything" he told me with a smile. I smiled back and followed the teacher. I was thinking in how everybody was taking well the fact I wasn't like them and accepted me. I was so happy. The teacher entered in a room with a sign at the top that read "Psychologist" .I entered and looked at the psychologist, who was combing her hair: a very beautiful teenager that looked sixteen-years-old with large orange hair, blue sapphire eyes. She was wearing black jeans, blue shirt and a diadem on her head. Tetslaff cleared her throat, making Jazz stop and look at us.
"You have a new partner that will make you company meanwhile we are in sports class. Take good care of him" she explained and waved her hand before leaving and closing the door behind her. Jazz looked at me seriously at first, but then smiled.
"Come on, take a sit" she said gently. I smiled and sat down in a chair in front of her.
"And tell me…why can't you be in sports class?" she asked calmly. I told her the accident that happened 2 years ago and how it affected me. She looked sympathetic at me.
"Oh poor thing. It must be hard to live here, all of us being ghosts" she explained.
"Specially with my brother" I muttered.
"What happens with your brother?" she asked. I told her about how arrogant he was and he believed he was very strong.
"Mm…self-centered, huh?" she said with a smile. I couldn't help but to laugh weakly.
"Yep" I replied. We spent the rest of the time speaking. I knew I could trust her and tell her my doubts or problems. She helped me a lot, and I thought of her as a big sister.
"I had the time of my life being with her! She understood me and made me laugh" I told my friends.
"We are happy for you Danny" said Tucker.
"I wished she was my sister" I said.
"Ja…yeah. Just imagine if she actually was" said Sam. I somehow knew they felt they were feeling bad, because they didn't help me like Jazz did, and they were trying their best.
"Oh come on guys! You are the best ones! I can't deny that!" I exclaimed happily. They smiled and we kept talking until school was over. Now I wanted to go back to school and pass my time with my friends. I was no longer scared of it. And so, today was a great day.
End of chapter 10
Good news for you Mi Bi Looney: I considered what you told me about Jazz, and so I decided to add her to this fic. R&R!
