Disclaimer:

Look, I know it, you know it, everyone knows it. I don't own Danny Phantom.

Author's Note:

As I'm writing this now I wonder how long it'll take me to get it done. Who knows, I guess. Thanks to New Ghost Girl, FernClaw, Skandragon Blackheart, Thunderstorm101, luckygirl777 and Naomi-Yuko for reviewing the last chapter, and I'm going to start replying to all the reviews I get like I used too. I have more free time on my hands now anyways. Time for Chapter 10 of Forever a Phantom!

Chapter 10: From Bad to Worse

Danny finally realized he was not touching the ground and dropped to it so he was face-to-face with Tucker and Sam.

"Look, what do you want to do now?" said Danny in an attempt to change his own sad mood. "I'm up for anything to take my mind off everything."

Tucker thought for a moment before answering. "Why don't we check out your abilities? That'd be cool!"

"We are not going to do that. Not going to happen." Danny said, shaking his head as a wisp of blue mist issued from his mouth and a shiver traveled down his spine. "Oh no…"

"What's going on…?" Sam asked, confounded. "What was that blue mist all about?"

"I… think it's a ghost sense…" Danny said, thinking of the three ghosts he had been attacked by; two ectopuses and a fox cub. "Oh no, not good…"

Right on cue, a ghost hamster popped through one of the walls. It would have looked like a normal hamster except for the fact it glowed white and it's body had a greenish tinge. It looked up at Danny, Sam and Tucker then scampered up through the inside of Tucker's pants and traveled as a little lump moving here and there, Tucker laughing uncontrollably.

"Get it out!" He barely managed to say through his laughter, Danny phasing his hand to where the lump was through Tucker's shirt and grabbed the hamster, pulling it out. It looked at Danny innocently, making him think everything was okay…

It wasn't okay when it bit down on Danny's thumb so hard he yelled out in shock and pain.

"GAH! Not again! Off, OFF!"

Danny turned his hand intangible and the hamster, instead of flying, fell to the ground like a rock with a snarl quite unlike the quiet noises normal hamsters made. Danny looked down at it threateningly as the hamster weighed it's odds, and realizing it had no hope, scampered off to some unknown location.

Danny looked at his thumb, watching it heal and then the glove slowly repair itself. Sam and Tucker gasped at the sight.

"Wow, you're healing pretty fast!" Tucker remarked. "How're you doing it?"

"I dunno… I think it's automatic." Danny said. "It did the same thing after I got bitten by that ghost fox cub earlier today."

"Cool." Tucker said, looking impressed.

"So… before the hamster, what are we going to do? I'm not risking going outside again… Even if they don't recognize who I am, the fact that I am what I am probably won't go down too well."

"Fair enough…" Sam said, a little downhearted. "Oh no! Lancer set us those essays, they'll take all night and they're due tomorrow!"

"NO! Not the seven page essays!" exclaimed Tucker, groaning at the end. "I'm sorry Danny, but we better go…"

"Oh…" Danny said sadly. "Well I guess I'll see you then."

"Yeah, tomorrow we'll visit, bye!" Sam replied. Tucker smiled and waved before heading back out the front door with her.

Danny sighed and sunk down to his parents lab, sitting down on an unused cardboard box, watching them go. Even though he wasn't invisible they failed to notice that he was there. Considering he wasn't risking going outside again, he stayed and watched, his parents so busy with something that they didn't even notice him before he left the room, saying goodnight on the way out. They didn't even stop for dinner, which was good, even though Danny hadn't eaten lunch but he wasn't hungry anyway – at all.

…You know you want to… You know you want to stay asleep… To never wake up… never again to wake up dear…

Danny, for the second night in a row, screamed and sat bolt upright. What on earth was that voice? It was soothing yet horrifying, kind but full of malevolence…

"Why do I keep dreaming that…?" Danny muttered sleepily, then repositioned himself on the bed, quickly falling asleep again.

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Mr. Lancer was on the phone with Maddie at eight in th morning.

"No, he won't be attending school today Mr. Lancer. He was hurt from the explosion and he needs to stay at home." Maddie said sadly.

"Mrs. Fenton, I do understand, but he's missing out on some very important things." said a concerned Mr. Lancer. "From what I know, he's still able to do things, just coming to school may be too strenuous. I will come over to your house today and give him a few tutoring lessons so he doesn't fall too far behind."

"Oh, but really-" Maddie said desperately.

"Look, I'm sorry, but you have said earlier that he was fine, just probably unable to handle all the hype at school. I'm going to come over in an hour to see him. Have a good morning."

"You too…" Maddie said bitterly, replacing the phone onto the receiver. This teacher was persistent, there was no stopping him. She'd have to tell Danny he was coming.

-End Chapter 10-

Author's Note:

Oh no, Mr. Lancer's coming and Danny doesn't look like himself! I'm going to start writing the next chapter now. Please review!

Peace,

MoonlightUmbreon