Phantom Signs

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Danny pushed off the wall, energy at his fingertips as he rushed his foe. "Get out of here, Desiree, we don't need any of your twisted wishes!"

"Oh, but it's not about need, boy!" She reeled back to avoid the attack before shooting off one of her own. "It's about wants and desires!"

Danny dodged away and lifted the Fenton Thermos with a smirk. "Well, I wish you'd let me capture you!"

Desiree scowled as the blue cyclone of energy shot out, capturing her in its beam. "So you have wished it, yadda yadda yadda…ugh." The lid screwed shut as she made to shout something, cutting her off before she could even begin.

Danny snickered to himself, preparing to fly back home when he saw a young girl, no more than 5, looking up to him from her front yard. He sighed, floating down to her with a small smile. "You know ghosts are dangerous, right?"

She tilted her head, then raised her arms and signed, 'Miss Genie said she could let me hear.'

Danny's eyes flew open at that, and he dropped down to her eye level, curling his ghostly tail beneath him and signing back, 'She messes with wishes to make them bad, or she'll only grant them if she can get something from it. If you'd made that wish, she might've made everything sound super-loud, just because she could.'

'Well, that's not very nice!' The girl crossed her arms as soon as she finished forming the last word, an angry pout on her face.

'No, it's not.' Danny grinned, then his face fell. 'A lot of ghosts are pretty mean. Why were you out here? You could've gotten hurt!'

'You're a friendly ghost, duh!' The girl beamed. 'You'd keep me safe if something happened!'

A door opened behind her, but as engrossed in the conversation as she was, she didn't notice when light poured out from the house.

'A lot of people would say differently, you know.' Danny sighed, slowly rising up with a worried glance to the door, where her mother stood, hands to her mouth in shock. 'It means a lot that you trust me so much, though. For now, I gotta-'

The little girl jumped up, wrapping him in a hug. Danny froze, letting her pull him back down.

When she was sure Danny wasn't going to try to fly away again, the girl pulled her hands back and signed stubbornly, 'They have to be blind to not see you're a good guy, Mister Phantom.'

Danny chuckled disbelievingly. 'Please, call me Danny. "Mister Phantom" makes me feel OLD!' He drew out the sign for 'old' with a laugh.

The girl giggled with him. 'Alrighty, Danny! I'm Patty!'

'Good to meet you, Patty.' Danny shook her hand with a smile.

Patty's mother stepped forward with a small smile of her own. "Hello, Phantom."

Danny grinned sheepishly up at her, causing Patty to turn around and gasp, signing, 'HI MOM!'

Patty's mom gently picked her daughter up, brushing a stray bang from her face before turning back to the ghost boy. "I wasn't really sure what to think of you before today, Phantom."

"…And now?" Danny twisted his hands together nervously.

With a look at her daughter, happy and unharmed after being in Danny's company, she smiled warmly. "I think you're a good kid, and you'll always be welcome at our dinner table, should you want to visit again."

Danny beamed, then a blue mist floated from his mouth as he shivered.

'What's that?' Patty asked.

Danny signed as he spoke, lifting to her mother's eye level. "Ghost sense, it means I gotta jet." He grinned mischeviously before bringing his hands together, something within them flashing a bright green before they unfolded, revealing-

'That's pretty!' Patty's eyes lit up when she saw the green star charm in Danny's hands.

The charm twinkled and twirled above his hands. 'It's for you, if you want it. If a ghost tries to mess with you, this means they'll have to go through me.'

Patty gaped in awe, as did her mother. The girl's mouth rounded into an 'O' as Danny gave her the charm. He turned to Patty's mom and added, "If you don't want to have an ectoplasm crystal thing in the house, you can hold it over a candle or something and it'll just dissipate. I won't mind."

Patty's mom shook her head with a smile. "No. It's good to know someone'll keep her safe with all the ghost attacks in town. See you for dinner sometime?"

Danny nodded. "Yeah, I think I can do that." There was a scream in the distance, and Danny smiled. "Duty calls. See ya!" He waved a good-bye before shooting around a corner and towards another ghost fight.

'Danny's nice, right, Mommy?' Patty signed happily, slipping the charm into her pocket.

"Yeah…yeah, he's alright." Her mom looked out at where the ghost boy had vanished with a warm smile before turning back to the house. "But you're still up past your bedtime, missy!"

"Aw, Mooom!"

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heh guess what doesn't wanna be written? THAT'S RIGHT THE REALLY LONG ONE!!!

Remind me never to mess with time and space ever again, in the meantime have a really short sweet fluffy drabblydoo with minor OCs that I think I got attached to oh geez-

but yeah while That One hates me, at least I've got some other bits I can work on and polish up! :D Hopefully I can get the big one out by New Years, fingers crossed!