HSR 10
Its been a while huh folks. Sorry that last chapter was kinda short. But I hope this one will be longer no promises though k.
And a shout out to ThePurpleSuperCow, who thinks I know everything there is to know about DP, when in fact I do not. Though she'll tell you otherwise.
Anyway, still don't own anything… and I'm broke too so, I really don't make any earth monies.
See you at the bottom.
I sighed as I sat down at the table, Paulina came bustling up to it checking out Tucker. I rolled my eyes, yes she was hot, that much I could admit, but Sam was more than hot, and she didn't have air between her ears.
"Tucker… please tell me who the little friend of yours is." Paulina bubbled, I saw Angie clench her teeth and Tucker roll his eyes.
"If you want to know why not ask me?" I glared. Paulina turned.
"Are you even old enough to drive?" She asked. I growled, I still wanted to keep my secret but, what was the harm in thinking Danny Fenton was a ghost to.
"I'm technically twenty one Paulina; it's not my fault dying got in the way of the whole aging process." I sighed. Sam snickered; I stared calmly up at Paulina's face as it screwed up as she tried to think. What had I seen in this girl? Her two DD boobs smushed up as she folded her arms… right… that's it.
"Are you a ghost?" Paulina asked. I leaned a little closer.
"Boo." I said then leaned back suppressing a smirk, "I mean come on, this is Amity Park the ghost capital of the world." I pointed out. Derek and Valerie joined us at the table.
"You got that right." Valerie said with a short laugh.
"Props to my man Fenton." Derek held out his fist, I sighed a little but bumped my fist against his. Paulina's face lit up.
"Oh… Danny Fenton." Then it went pale, "You're dead?" She asked I laughed.
"I'm still fourteen, same age I was when I died." I leaned back in my chair, then I tilted my head a little searching her, "I'm surprised you care?" I said with mock shock. Paulina backed away into Lancer, then gave out a frighten squeak upon bumping into the man behind her.
"The Lovely Bones… Fenton." Lancer squeaked, "What are you doing here?" He asked.
"Attending my high school reunion, Duh." I said. Lancer looked at me oddly I laughed, "They say a picture is worth a thousand words…" Sam clicked the camera, twice one of Lancer one of Paulina, "I'm thinking I'll turn this in as my next two thousand word essay." I smiled as Sam handed me the camera. I looked at the pictures. Priceless. I noticed a video, I clicked back.
"Get out of here…" I froze as I reconized my own voice, my eyes went wide, fire… burning… I dropped the camera, it clattered to the floor, a banner started to catch fire.
"No." I said Sam pulled the camera to her looking from me to it. I closed my eyes, the screams from the tiny device seemed to magnify and echo through my head. I could hear it all as if it was happening, my vision danced with flames. I felt a hand on my back.
"Danny?" Sam asked concerned. I looked back up.
"I'm sorry." I apologized. Sam smiled tightly, my hands trembled… everything had gone wrong so quickly… I looked around, Lancer and Paulina staring at me, Kwan had joined in along with Mikey. I shrunk against the chair.
"Danny?" Mikey asked his voice deep, his freckles gone for the most part, glass had been replaced by contacts and his hair had grown out. I nodded mutely. He pulled back.
"Are you a ghost?" Kwan asked eye brows pulled together.
"Kinda." I answered. Paulina looked hard at me.
"You don't glow like a ghost." She stated. I looked down.
"Well…" I looked at the laces on my shoe trying to figure out what the little plastic tip at the end was called.
"Fen-toad… you died?" Dash asked I looked up briefly, just long enough to glare then I looked back at my shoe. more people crowded around. I cringed as they bombarded me with question.
"When did you die?"
"How did you die?"
"Did you see who killed you?"
"What's it like to be a ghost?"
"How long have you been a ghost?"
"Do you hang out with other ghosts?"
"What was it like to die?"
"How bad was it after the invasion?"
"Have you seen Danny Phantom?"
"Why didn't Danny Phantom save you?"
"Is Danny Phantom still around?"
"Do your parents know you're a ghost?"
"Have your parents hunted you?"
"Have you been hunted by ghost hunters here?"
"Where did all the bodies go?"
"Why is it so perfect here?"
"How long have you been here?"
"Why did you die?"
"How come you had to die?"
"Why couldn't you get out?"
"Why couldn't you save yourself?"
"How long did it take to become a ghost?"
"Are there other ghosts from the fires?"
"Did you die by fire, or by the hands of a ghost?"
"Are you evil?"
"Do you have emotions?"
"DO you feel pain?"
"Do you bleed?"
"Do you have ghost powers?"
"Can you walk through walls?"
"Can you disappear?"
"Can you fly?"
"Can you teleport?"
"Can you shoot beams?"
"Can you shoot lasers?"
"Can you turn invisible?"
"Do you have a ghoul friend?"
"Do ghosts date?"
"Can ghosts have kids?"
"What's a halfa?"
The last one caught my attention.
"Who asked that?" I looked around everyone's faces were blank, "Who asked about halfas?" I demanded. A girl from my graduating class raised her hand.
"I heard something about halfas last time I lived here… a ghost was talking to Danny Phantom… it called him a halfa… it said something about Phantom being a halfa… if you're a ghost now wouldn't you know." The girls dark grey eyes looked innocent still. I sighed.
"Halfas are not information that is shared easily with the human populace." I looked over the crowed, "If you want to know what a halfa is… go ask a ghost… well a different ghost. I'm not good to you." I shrugged.
"Danny? Did it hurt?" This was from Star. I jumped at her question and raised an eyebrow, Star blushed a little, "Dying… did it hurt?" She asked.
"Yeah…"I managed the rest of the words dying in my throat.
What are you, a ghost trying to fit in with humans, or some creepy little boy with creepy little powers?
I shook the voice from my head… I was still half alive right? I shrunk against his chair as people moved toward me. Dash's son touched me then looked at me amazed.
"You're still warm." He commented. This set off a spark, soon people were all touching me. I saw Lancer fighting to gain control of the crowd of childish adults. Once he had everyone away he turned to me. I cringed. Lancer took my hand and flipped it palm up. I winced. Long ragged scars were down my wrist. What could I say, it had been a lonely ten years. Sam and Tucker gasped. I blushed in embarrassment and shame. Lancer after pausing a moment noticing the scars and feeling the warmth of my skin put his fingers to my wrist. I winced. My steady pulse would give me away.
What are you a ghost trying to fit in with humans, or some creepy little boy with creepy little powers?
Lancer's eyebrows screwed up into a pained expression. I'm sure I had a similar one on my face. Lancer looked up at me eyes wide.
"You… you're alive." Lancer asked. And let me tell you, that did not go over very well.
(Because we do not know when we will die…)
Dash gapped at the boy in front of him, he was alive, Dash had even taken Fenton's steady pulse to verify this, but how could he be alive. The freak hadn't aged a day. Now he was the center of attention. Dash grumbled, what the heck happened to Fenton… how could he be alive. It made no sense. No sense what so ever! Dash watched in amazement at the boy, he was alive… but that wasn't the most disturbing thing, not even his lack of ageing was. The most disturbing thing was the long pale white scars down Fenton's wrists. He'd tried to kill himself. But he had failed. Why would he want to, he had what anyone would want, eternal youth, and eternal life. Why would he just throw it away. Phantom's words rang through his head. Dash looked from the twenty year old Sam to the teenaged Danny. To watch everyone around you grow old and die when you would stay the same age forever. Danny and Sam's hands were entertained under the table. Dash sighed. He felt bad for Danny, then Dash scoffed. He better not be getting into a habit of this.
(We get to think of life as an inexhaustible resource…)
Star knew it… she knew that Danny was alive… and yet… it didn't seem real, not even the ghost that had plagued her childhood seemed real anymore. Yet… yet this was all too real, she had even felt the boy's skin… a bit chilled, but still with warm blood warming it. Star looked sadly at the boy, she wanted to be young and popular again, back when she didn't have to work two jobs just to stay afloat. Back when the world seemed perfect. Danny didn't get to stay in that world… but he was still young, he'd escaped that hole everyone else had somehow fallen into. And Star was jealous, especially since he acted like he didn't want that kind of a gift.
(And yet something happens only a certain number of times…)
Kwan stared at Fenton as he shifted uncomfortably, he still looked like the same loser that Kwan used to stuff into lockers and trash cans all the time because it seemed cool. Kwan could tell something was different though. Danny didn't seem to want to hide anymore, he was confident in who he was, the pulse confirmed he was alive, yet how was this possible. Everyone aged right? So why was Fenton the exception. Kwan didn't know if he should pity him or feel envious of him. Kwan just didn't know what to do. Danny avoided everyone's eyes, yet he still seemed strong.
(How many times with you remember something of your childhood…)
Lancer knew the boy had been alive from the moment he caught a glimpse of him in the school, but it was all to unreal, this couldn't be Danny Fenton, it just couldn't. So why… Lancer shook his head, the boy in front of him certainly looked like Danny, and in aspects acted like him too. Sam and Tucker acted like their old selves around this boy. And yet… it just couldn't possibly be Danny Fenton could it? Lancer blanched not knowing what to do, not knowing what to say.
(A memory so much a part of you that you cannot conceive of your life without it…)
Paulina shook her head, no way was Fenton alive. Her small mind went into overload, this wasn't right, this wasn't human. Danny couldn't be human could he? Humans age… yet here was Danny looking completely human, alive and everything, without one wrinkle, one age line, not even looking a day older than the last time she'd seen him. Yet his friends were there… the Goth girl and the techno geek, they were they and they had aged, so why was Danny so special, and why couldn't Paulina see it before?
(Perhaps six or seven…)
Sam laced her fingers through Danny's free hand as the others came each one feeling his very human pulse, Danny sitting still letting them, his face a mask hiding his emotions. On occasion he would give Sam a weak smile but Sam couldn't bring herself to return them. Danny's hand squeezed her own, Sam couldn't wait till this was over… they could leave, and no one would have to ask questions. Sam squeezed back and smiled a little at Danny. He smiled back but neither smile reached the owner's eyes. The thing that worried Sam the most was the scars. Danny had tried to take his own life… his own life… and Sam knew she was the cause for that. Or at least part of the cause. Danny was ashamed of the scars now, she could see it in his eyes, but when it happened… what was he thinking then.
(How many times will you watch the full moon rise…)
Tucker watched his best friend get examined like a side show freak. Tucker hated it. He wished they could just leave them alone, that they could all fly under the radar a bit longer. But that dream tends to be shattered when your best friend is a half ghost. Tucker wasn't sure what Danny went throught while they were gone, the manifestations and illusions Tucker could understand, but the scars… those scars baffled him. Tucker realized there was a whole other side to Danny he hadn't seen, the Danny that he knew and the Danny that Danny was while alone in an old abandoned ghost town. Tucker winced every time the next person placed their fingers over those scars to verify he was indeed alive. Tucker though about how easily Danny could have killed himself over the past ten years. So what had stopped him… and why. Tucker wanted to know why his best friend had done this to himself. Danny looked up at Tucker an apology in his eyes. Tucker nodded but in a way that said "we're still going to talk about this." Danny understood. Tucker wasn't about to let his friend off the hook so easily. Danny sighed, the next person placed their fingers against his wrist.
(perhaps twenty, and yet it all seems limitless.)
Valerie watched, sure she had just found out Danny was also a ghost, but that didn't prepare her from the horror she saw on her friends wrist. Knowing Danny he probably tired many different methods to try and get rid of his life. The scars on his wrist proved it… there were multiple ones, and checking his other wrist while he held Sam's hand showed it had happened multiple times as well. Danny always seemed so strong, it was strange knowing he could have his weak moments. Knowing he was Phantom as well made it seem worse. Valerie wondered if he'd tired pills, drowning, or other methods. She shook her head… how could anybody do that to themselves.
(The smallest things used to mean so much to Shelly… it seemed kind of trivial… believe me, nothing is trivial.)
I knew there would be yelling and tears and accusations later. I knew this. But… but right now there was only sadness, sadness and guilt. I hatted that what I had done to myself bore consequences on my friends. I really never intended for them to find out… I just… I wasn't thinking, perhaps some part of me wanted them to find out, some part of me wanted them to see what I had done once they all left me alone. But… but in all honesty I hoped they never found out, I was supposed to be strong, I was Danny Phantom I was supposed to be a hero. But… I'm only human. Only? Or am I less than that.
Each person that came seemed shocked to feel my pulse… they were told I had one, but I guess they didn't believe until they felt it for themselves. I sighed squeezing Sam's hand… mom and dad would be here tomorrow… and I promised… I would try and leave… and I always keep my promises.
Ok… that was kind of dark… :P hope you enjoyed it though.
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