A/N: I (sort of) did #4 for The Monkey Girl Danny Phantom 2012 Challenge: "# 4 Summary: Maddie decides to follow Phantom around in order to figure out his weakness, but what happens when she finds him training at the park, playing guitar and singing songs (in a remarkably good voice at that too), talking on a cell phone, and the most shocking of all: seeming human as he comforts his hurt cousin/clone, Danielle. Rules: None really, just follow the summary and you're good."

I really only focused on the guitar part, but I might add more later!

Musical Enigma

Following Phantom wasn't really that hard.

Maddie'd used the (improved by her) Fenton Finder to track him down, and located him in Amity Park's local park.

Piece of cake.

She hopped into the Ghost Assault Vehicle and drove there, bringing a variety of ecto-guns along.

Simple.

She found him seated under a tree in some secluded area, and dodged behind some bushes nearby before he noticed her.

Easy.

She brought out her binoculars, and gazed through, to find Phantom sitting and...playing the guitar?

Not so easy.

Maddie blinked, but he was still there, peacefully strumming the instrument. It was weird to see such a strange, unearthly kid holding such a normal, ordinary guitar.

He was concentrating on his strumming, and Maddie could hear him mumbling chords as he played them.

"E... G... C.. A... no wait, Am..."

Maddie almost grinned. He reminded her of Danny, who had just purchased a guitar and was struggling to learn it. In fact… Phantom's guitar looked an awful lot like Danny's.

It was an acoustic guitar, coated with a shiny dark blue finish.

Maddie shook the thought out of her head, and concentrated on Phantom instead.

He had a strange expression on his face as he tried to finger a particularly difficult chord, his tongue sticking out and his brow furrowed in concentration. Maddie almost laughed at his face, but refrained from it and took notes on him instead.

"Okay," Phantom muttered to himself. "E... G... C... Am..." He started singing along to his guitar, much to Maddie's surprise.

"Oh My! Feels just like I don't try

Looks so good i might die

All i know is everybody loves me

Get down, Swaying to my own sound

Flashes in my face now

All i know is everybody loves me

Everybody loves me."

Maddie watched, transfixed. Phantom knew how to sing... well? And a OneRepublic song, too? (In the back of her mind, Maddie couldn't help but remember Danny, who loved the song because of some sort of inside joke with his friends.)

Crunch! She'd accidentally stepped on a leaf. Maddie cringed as Phantom's head snapped up, green eyes alert and ready.

She ducked, not daring to breath, and the moment he returned to his guitar, she ran for it.

Safely back home, in the lab, Maddie studied her findings. Phantom, learning to play the guitar! The thought was absurd, and she couldn't even believe herself. But she'd seen it, so there had to be some explanation.

Her brain hurt from trying to solve Phantom, the ghost-kid enigma. Sighing, she stood up and decided to get some coffee.

The kitchen was silent, and Maddie relaxed, sipping her coffee in peace.

Suddenly, the front door opened and slammed shut, signifying Danny's entrance.

"Hey, Mom!" he called from the living room.

Maddie watched him walk into the living room, lugging his guitar case. Sam and Tucker closely followed, and waved at Maddie when they saw her.

"We're gonna go practice in my room, 'kay?"

Maddie nodded, preoccupied with other thoughts. She gazed at the guitar case. Could it be?

"Danny, honey, what color is your guitar?" Maddie asked.

"Dark blue. You bought it for me, don't you remember?" Danny asked, puzzled.

He and his friends went upstairs, leaving Maddie more confused than ever.

She could accept the fact that her Danny and Phantom somehow had the same guitar.

But where did Phantom get his guitar from?

May or may not be continued.

PS- Song is Everybody Loves Me by OneRepublic.. I kinda like how it talks about publicity and stuff, which Phantom is definitely getting a lot of. And the chords are the real chords to the song.

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