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Dreamt
Chapter 5: Awake and Alone
Previously
It seems Nocturn is up to his old tricks again and is planning on staying and this time, whatever it was that woke Danny up hasn't happened yet.
What that was she didn't know, only that if he doesn't wake up then her boyfriend and all of Amity Park will be in slumber forever.
"That's not gonna happen if I have any say in this..."She thought in determination.
While there were no ghosts present, she chose to be quiet as she tiptoed her way around, using furniture for cover in the living room just to play it safe. The blonde girl went back upstairs to her boyfriends room, seeing him still asleep. Still trapped in Nocturn's dream world with no way out.
"I'll wake you up, Danny. I promise..."She whispered to him, determined to free her man and everyone else from this Nocturn guy.
One way or the other, she'll find a way to save the day and her man.
Present Time
Star was pacing back and forth, trying to figure out her next move.
"Okay...my boyfriend, his family and likely the rest of Amity Park are all trapped in dream land by an insane ghost who puts people to sleep and I'm the only one who's awake...which means I'm the only one around to stop that guy and free everyone before they stay asleep forever..."She recapped before cringing.
"Great, no pressure..."She muttered sarcastically as slid her hand down her face.
She's not afraid to fight but she knows that she can't just charge blindly. Usually she has Danny, Sam, Tucker or Val by her side during ghost crises or she has some kind of edge.
Right now, she's alone with only some ghost weapons and a general knowledge about the bad guy.
"Okay, never mind, serious pressure!..."She thought as she tried to find something to give her an edge and make a plan.
She thought there was something in the Fenton Lab, but went against it as anything in there could be an exploding prototype. And nothing would say "come and get me" more than a loud explosion.
She knew that she had to be subtle and avoid unnecessary attention. She also knew that she had to wake up her boyfriend, by any means necessary.
"I better start with waking Danny up...somehow..."She thought as she tried to find a way to help him and make a plan.
She took a breath and sat at the side of Danny's bed, looking frustrated as she tried to think of something.
"Now, what to do?..." She thought, glancing at him.
At first she tried splashing water in his face, nothing. He was still asleep and that helmet was still fuctioning.
"So much for that idea..."She muttered under her breath, frustrated but not giving up.
There are many ways to wake someone up. She just had to keep trying and see what works.
She tried tickling his bare foot with a feather, nothing. He is still sound asleep.
"Okay, clearly I need something with more kick that this..."She thought, huffing a bit before throwing it away.
She then took her phone and played a loud heavy metal sound on her phone at full volume, but he still snoozed away.
"Seriously!? Who can sleep through that!?..."She muttered, exasperated now.
She decided to get creative as she plugged the phone to the computer to make the music louder, but the results was the same. She even tried with an even louder, more high pitched beeping sound but it didn't work either.
"Come on, nothing could be more annoying than that!..."She muttered, getting desperate.
It was time to pull out the big guns, even if she didn't want to.
She got riskier as she went to his closet and found what she was looking for. She came back and tried holding up his bowling ball over his hand to let it drop.
"Sorry, Boo but I gotta wake you up. Amity Park needs you and so do I..." She said before letting it go.
To her ire, that didn't cause a reaction at all. He didn't even flinch!
"Really?!..." She said in disbelief and also concern.
The girl lifted the heavy orb, relieved to see the boy hadn't sustained any injuries, but now she needed a new plan.
Not that she wasn't happy the boy was still asleep but she really needs to snap him out of this state.
"Skulker could skin him, Ember could French him, Vlad could even blast him and he'd sleep through it like this..."She muttered, hating this more and more as she tried to come up with more ideas.
She tried a few more times to shake him awake but it didn't work at all.
She briefly thought about giving him a wet-willie or something to see if that would somehow get any reaction but decided it's too gross, plus if a BOWLING BALL wouldn't wake him up, then these results would probably be the same.
She stared at Danny's face a moment longer and sighed as another idea came to her.
"Wait...Don't tell me..."She whispered.
She snapped her fingers near his face. Nothing but all he did was snore quietly. Like nothing at all has happened for the last ten minutes, much to the girl's ire.
"Ugh! Come on!..." She said.
As she facepalmed, she unintentionally hit her face with her phone, making her let it go. It fell to the floor and she sighed.
"Clumsy..."She thought.
As she picked it up, she saw something that was sticking out.
"Huh... what's this?..." She asked outloud as she saw it under Danny's bed.
It had a note on it, which she picked up and began to read.
"In case of emergencies, counters to each ghost..."She read as she eyed the item.
It was a longbox, though it was not full of comics, but either notes or smaller boxes with names on them.
One said "Nocturn". She opened that box and in it was one of the helmets, albeit looking different, with a more blueish tone to it.
"Huh... what's this? They got one too?..." She asked as she saw some more papers and began reading them.
"In the event Nocturn comes back, I asked Frostbite for help on a way to counter in case I'm either gone or under the helmet's control again. Use it to wirelessly connect with others to enter their dreams..." She read.
Star gasped as she soon realized Danny must have had this planned just in case and this was a shot at saving him.
She smiled as she turned to the sleeping form of her boyfriend, holding his hand.
"I so want to kiss you even more now for this if it weren't for that thing on your head..."She said before she got to work.
She read the instructions and soon connected this helmet to Danny's, as she laid next to him.
"Alright, time to go inside my boyfriend..."Star said before she paused and realized what she said. "I mean inside his dreams..."She said, almost glad no one was awake to hear that.
The blonde girl pushed the button on the helmet before she closed her eyes.
"I really hope that this works..."She said as she placed the helmet on her head, letting it kick in.
In Danny's Dream
Star soon found herself outside, during the day time. However, she knew she had to be in his dream right now.
'Huh?..."She let out as she observed her surroundings.
It looked like they were at Casper High, only something was different, namely the banner that reads "Proud to Have Danny Fenton".
"School? Proud? To have Danny?..."She asked out loud as walked towards the school's doors.
As she walked around, she saw various posters of Danny, both as a human astronaut, and as his superhero persona.
"Wait... do they know he's Danny Phantom in this dream?..."She thought, surprised to see this but decided not to focus on this.
She had a job to do here and had to find her boyfriend and wake him up. She searched the school and saw that it was pretty much identical to the real thing, expect a lot of the kids were talking about how amazing a hero Danny is.
"I guess Danny likes to dream big..."She thought, as she kept looking.
Eventually, she made it to the cafeteria, where she saw Danny sitting at his table with crowds of students watching. She also saw who was with him.
It was Star, exactly as she is now. Though, she was dressed in her cheer uniform and had a flirty look on her face, smiling happily.
"Why am I not surprised he'd dream of me in that?..."Real Star thought, almost asmued as she hid behind the corner of the doorway and witness the dream scene.
"So, room for your girlfriend?..."Dream Star asked coyly as she winked.
"For you, always..."Dream Danny said as he made room for her, allowing her to sit.
She did so and soon had her arms around him, much like how she does in real life.
Real Star saw this and smiled.
"Glad to see not too much is different..."She thought as she couldn't help but watch this a bit.
"So, we on for tonight?..."Danny asked.
"Always..."Dream Star said romantically, still wrapping her arm around him.
Dream Danny smiled and kissed her cheek as he ignored his fans and focused on his lady.
"I see that you're wearing that new perfume. Plus, you look extra happy today..."He commented, still smiling.
"What can I say? Now that Colette's been sent back to France and Paulina is gone thanks to that restraining order after that failed attempt to win you over, life is perfect!..."Dream Star said, smiling.
The real Star heard this and smiled.
"Okay, I definitely can see the appeal of this dream..."She admitted as she couldn't help but watch the interaction.
It was strange but also charming in its teenage boyish nature. It's kinda like watching a romance movie she was in but happening right now.
She watched the dream couple hold hands and look into each other's eyes, very much in love with each other...just like in the real world.
"So, shall we spend all of lunch kissing?..." Danny asks his girlfriend's dream self.
"Hmm...Let's find out..." She responded, sending him a loving look.
The two inched closer, leaning in for a kiss while all of Danny's fans were in awe of it.
Star smiled when she saw the dream version of her boyfriend kiss the dream version of herself while everyone watched with joy and/or envy. She didn't care about that but she did care about is the proof of his feelings for her.
"Aw, he loves me even here!~..."She gushed, smiling before she recalled why she's here.
She needs to find a way to wake Danny up before Nocturn becomes too powerful to stop.
"Okay, enough gawking...I gotta wake him up but how?..."Real Star said as she tried to think of a way to approach her boyfriend's dream self and get him to realize this is all a dream.
As the girl pondered about a plan, a random passerby dropped their taco, landing on her foot. The girl was so surprised that something could touch her here that she jumped back with a yelp, knocking the table over in the process.
The loud noise alerted everyone to her presence and even interrupted the kissing between the dream couple.
"What was that?..."Dream Star asked as she and her boyfriend turned around.
"Uh oh..."Real Star muttered as she realized she was caught by her and Danny's dream selves.
She chuckled nervously, much to the dream couple's surprise at her presence.
"Who is that?..."Dream Star let out, surprised.
Dream Danny gaped as he saw the two versions of his girlfriend, in total shock before speaking.
"TWO Star's?..."He said in disbelief...before grinning widely.
"I'm in heaven!..."He exclaimed happily, zig-zagging his attention between the two blondes.
Both versions of Star shook their heads but still smiled, knowing he'd like this.
"Figures he'd react like that..."She thought, since that's how SHE reacted during the time he split into his two forms.
The dream Star, however, giggled and cuddled up to the ghost boy, kissing his cheek.
"And here's your angel..." Dream Star said.
Real Star rolled her eyes with mirth as she focused on the task at hand, waking up Danny. The only problem was this was too good, mainly because it involved them together and the annoyances gone.
"This might not be easy..." She thought as she massaged the temples of her head.
Real Star realized that since this is a dream, Danny wouldn't know what was real and what was fantasy. She also knew that she had to try something.
So, she grabbed him by the shoulders and tried to get him to understand.
"Danny-Boo, wake up! We got a problem!…"Real Star said, shaking the boy.
However, he just groaned dramatically as he sent a look at the two blondes.
"You're telling me. I gotta split my time between two Stars now…"Danny said but he was nonchalant as he wrapped an arm around Dream Star.
"What do mean, Danny-Boo?…"Dream Star cooed.
Star, the real one, was mentally cursing teenage hormones right now. That or whatever chemical reactions occur during the REM cycle of sleep, but it mostly just frustration at how stubborn her boyfriend was being.
She shook him again, getting desperate.
"Danny, I'm being serious! You're in a dream by Nocturn and I'm the REAL Star!..."She said loudly, only for her Dream self to push her out of the way.
"Get lost, I'm the only Star my boo needs..."The dream girl said possessively as she wrapped her arm around her man, sticking her tongue out at the real Star.
The ghost boy seemed to enjoy what he thought was two versions of his girlfriend fighting over him and just grinned, choosing to watch instead of intervene.
Real Star rolled her eyes, scowling before directing her attention at Danny.
"I am telling the truth, it's the real me. Tell me, how do I wake you up?!..." Real Star asked quickly.
"If this were dream... I'd have to be shocked by something... not sure how... if there were a dream by Nocturn..." Danny said with a sigh.
Real Star blinked in surprise, not expecting him to answer like that.
"I'm telling the truth!..." Star said.
"It's not a dream by some revenge seeking ghost since there's nothing shocking going on..." Danny scoffed.
"It is!..." She shouted, getting more frustrated by this.
"Sure..." He said disbelievingly.
Star got more desperate as she pulled his arm, trying to get him to focus.
"Please... come with me!..." Star said but to her horror, Danny laughed it off and just smiled at her, looking more amused than anything.
"Sorry, I'm only loyal to one Starlight... but, to show you didn't come for nothing..."The dream boy said, still smiling strangely at her.
Before Star could ask what he meant, he kissed her lightly, making her eyes widen as the shock triggered the helmet, making her disappear from the dream.
In the real world
Star woke up, blushing like and as she recalled the dream.
"Whoa! I felt that!..."She exclaimed, unable to believe she was kissed in a dream.
"Wish I knew my sense of touch was still working there..."She said, wondering why she awakened and not Danny.
"I don't get it. I thought telling him would be enough...Maybe Nocturn gave him a special helmet or something..."She pondered, wondering why he didn't awaken.
It was a mystery, but she needed help.
"Well, obviously just entering his dream isn't helping...I need to find something else..."She said, pondering.
It was time to get some back up, and by that she mean waking up Team Phantom or anyone who can help her wake him up. However, she needed a better idea of what she was working with.
"Okay... what now?..." She asks before groaning.
She took the helmet off when she noticed the series of buttons on the side and an idea came.
"Where's the manual?..." She wondered.
She took a quick read of the manual and realized what she had.
The helmet's wireless connection could work with any other helmet nearby so long as she was about to find the right one. It also had a special feature, one that caught her eye.
She read it quickly and was intrigued but didn't have the time to explore it right now.
"Hmm...interesting...I might save that in case I wanna hide who I am..."She thought as she realized what to use.
She knew that she had to get to work and do it now. She also knew who's the next person she's waking up.
"Looks like I'm having some girl time with Jazz..."She thought as she walked out.
A little later
After reading the instructions her boyfriend left her, Star then went to Jazz's room since she was the closest one around and she needed help and fast.
Plus, she can probably have a better shot with someone she knows on a platonic level and also someone who's not only experienced this before.
"Okay...time to give this Fenton a shot..."Star said, hoping that she'd have better luck with Jazz.
She managed to connect to Jazz's dream prison and placing the helmet on her head before turning it on.
-To be continued-
Next time on Dreamt
Jazz's Dream
A/N(1): Special thanks to NeoMark and BeConfuzzled Writer for assisting in this chapter. You rock :)
A/N(2): I dedicate this chapter to my family, my friends and my love for God :)
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