-- Authors Note -- Thanks again for all the wonderful reviews! Ive been working non-stop all day because the ideas just keep following! Well just keep out fingers crossed that I dont run out of juice too soon, hmm? LoL. So please keep on reviewing, because the more you review, the sooner you get new chapters.
Danny: You know, it's not nice to force your readers into doing things like that.
MoonHawke: What do you mean? I'm the author, I can put a review limit for new chapters if I wanted to.
Danny: But that wouldn't be nice. Now can we please get started?
MoonHawke: Yeah, yeah. I don't own Danny Phantom, if I did I wouldn't share him with you all. I do own the storyline, but I think I'll share that with you anyway. Enjoy!
Chapter 3 The New Team
Downstairs Danny lay on the couch thinking about everything that had happened. Neither he nor Tucker had noticed Sam's change until they had gotten her upstairs into Danny's room. His heart had skipped a beat as he looked at her. White hair, black tank top, black skirt with silver trim, silver tights, black boots with silver soles, and silver bracelets. (Author's Note: I've drawn up a pic of Danny and Sam in their ghost form. It might look slightly strange because it's in anime style and not the style of the show, but I hope you like it. Check it out at: www . angelfire . com / magic2 / moonhawke / GoingGhost . jpg)
Those few minutes that he held her while she cried to him had to be the best moments of his life. He could hardly believe that she trusted him enough to cry to him. The whole thing made his heart ache terribly.
What if there was a possibility that Sam was a Halfa? He told himself that he could help her learn to use her powers. They could even find new ones together. They could really fight ghosts as a team now. And maybe, just maybe he could tell her the truth. He could tell her that he liked her as more than a friend. Would there even be a possibility that she liked him back? After all who else did they have aside from each other?
Of course Danny also had to realize that there was a possibility that it had just been something that entered her body and was gone now. Before Tucker had gone home Sam had changed back to her normal self. It could have all just been some kind of freak accident.
It was also possible that Sam wouldn't accept it and wouldn't want to be a Halfa. Would she blame him? And if she didn't want to live in his world would they be able to find a way to change her back? If they did it might even be possible to change himself back. He could go back to being a normal teenager. But did he even want that? He had started to feel responsible to protecting everyone. If he wasn't there to stop all the evil ghosts, who would be?
Danny rolled over and decided that they would deal with it when it came up. For right now he had to sleep. Sam was going to need him tomorrow. He had to be strong for her.
The next morning Danny and Sam walked to school together. Most of the way Danny was trying to keep himself from trying to hold her hand. He was still suppose to be her friend. He had to support her and show her that he cared for her, but that was surely crossing the line.
When they reached the block that the school was on Sam stopped.
"Danny, I don't know if I can do this. I don't think that I can face them."
He put a hand on her shoulder and looked into her purple eyes. "I know that you can do this. We don't even know if it's for sure or not. Tucker said it might have just been a freak accident. But if you are, then we'll start with lesson one of being a Halfa."
Sam grinned at him. "What's lesson one?"
"Don't worry. It's when you worry that your powers start to do things on their own. If you don't worry about your powers going nuts, then they won't. If you do, then they will. And if they do, come and find me and we'll get through it then. All right?"
She smiled now, "Okay! We'll do it together!"
They headed to first period and took their normal seats. Tucker didn't arrive until just before the bell rang.
"Sorry guys," he said out of breath. "I was up late working on a new program for my computer that might be able to test Sam for anything unusual."
She smiled at him, "Thanks Tucker."
Things went smoothly for the rest of the day, except for lunch. Sam had freaked out because she had forgotten about going home to get her lunch for the day. Danny however surprised her by having brought 2 ultra-recyclo vegetarian lunches that he had packed before they left.
After school they headed over to Tucker's to see if his computer program would be any help.
"Okay, first we start with a bit of Danny's DNA," Tucker said plucking one of Danny's hairs.
"Ow, that hurt."
"Sorry. Okay, and I put that into the DNA analyzer."
"Tucker."
"Yes Sam?"
"Why do you have a DNA analyzer?"
"I got it free in a box of cereal," he joked. "Okay, here we go," he said as the information came up on the screen.
He then plucked one of his own hairs and put it into the computer as well.
"Okay, you see here that there are some slightly differences between Danny's and mine DNA because of the ghost DNA mixed with his," Tucker said pointing out a couple spikes on the screen.
"So what we do is put a piece of your DNA into the computer and compare it with ours to see which it's closer too."
Sam nodded and pulled out a piece of her hair, which she gave to Tucker. He put it into the computer.
After a couple minutes of Tucker toying with it he finally go the three DNA patterns to over lay each other. "There we go, now let's get it to find the similarities," he said keying something into the computer.
Something came up on the screen and Tucker got really quiet while he read what had come up.
Danny took Sam's hand, half hoping she would be a Halfa, and half hoping she wouldn't be.
"What does it say?" Sam asked, her voice slightly shaking.
"Okay, first here's Danny's DNA," Tucker said changing the screen to show a pattern of different spikes. "The really high ones here," he pointed to the ones near the top of the screen. "Those are the ghost DNA. Now mine," he pulled up another chart of spikes. "My DNA only has short spikes. Sam's here," Tucker pulled up the third and final pattern. It almost completely matched Danny's. "Well, you can see."
"So I'm really a Halfa?"
"It appears to be that way Sam." Tucker paused for a moment while Danny just watched Sam. "Are you okay?"
"I think so. I mean I don't know how this is going to change things, but it might be something really good. Who knows, maybe if I get good enough at using my powers I can help out and give Danny a break every now and then," she laughed.
She really seems to be taking this well, Danny thought. He smiled at her, "I'll do everything I can to help you out Sam, and I'm sure Tucker will too. I'll be here for you anytime; all you have to do is call... Well, except for the middle of the night when my parents are sleeping. I doubt they want anyone calling at one in the morning."
"Of course, Danny," she smiled. "Come on, let's go shopping. I feel the need to be moving." Sam got up and grabbed Danny's hand and began to pull him downstairs leaving Tucker to follow.
"Hey! Wait for me!"
The group first stopped at the food court and got something to eat. While they ate the Box Ghost showed up trying to frighten everyone.
"I am the Box Ghost! Fear me!"
No one but the three of them noticed him.
"What do you want know?" Danny asked him.
"Fear me!"
"You're not scary though," Tucker stated in between bites of his hamburger.
"But I am the Box Ghost!"
"Boxes aren't scary," Sam said now.
"Really?"
"No, so will you just go back to the Ghost Zone and let us eat?" Danny asked.
"You have defeated me, for now. But the Box Ghost shall return!" he shouted flying off.
"Whatever," they all said as one.
After they finished eating Tucker said that he wanted to go check out the video game store. "I need a new game for my PDA, I've already beaten all the ones I already have."
"Okay, sure. Are you coming Sam?"
"Actually I have a couple things I have to pick up."
"Well, we can all go and grab them together afterwards," Danny offered.
Sam blushed, "I don't think you'd want to. You might get embarrassed."
Tucker elbowed Danny and whispered, "I think she's talking about girly things, let's go before she takes you up on that offer!"
Danny just laughed, "Okay, okay. So where should we met you then after we're done?"
"How about Gothic Haven?" she asked giving them the name of her favorite store.
"Sounds good. See you there."
The boys went to the Gamers Cauldron that was a few stores down from the food court. "She's really taking this rather well," Tucker said once Sam was out of hearing range.
"Unlike some people I know," Danny grinned.
"Hey is it my fault I just wanted to have some fun?"
"I pled the fifth," Danny laughed until Tucker gave him a playful punch.
As they entered the store Danny started to worry about Sam. What if something happened and he wasn't there to help her? What if her powers went all out of control and she freaked out? "So, uh, what game are you going to get?" Danny asked.
"Danny, calm down. Sam is going to be fine. It's only like 10 minutes."
"I am calm."
"You're worried about her. I am too, but worrying it's going to help."
The two boys looked around for a while until Tucker finally picked out a game, Vampire Piggy Hunter. Once he had paid for it they headed down a dozen more shops to Gothic Haven.
Sam was already there looking through the tank tops when they arrived. "Hey Sam," Tucker said. She smiled at the two boys and told them she would just be another minute.
"Take your time," Danny told her. She had a couple bags in her arms for stores that he had never heard of. "Do you want some help with your bags?" he offered.
She smiled at him like she had a secret, "Thanks, but it's okay, I've got them."
He nodded and they two boys helped her pick out a couple new tank tops before she paid for them and they headed back out into the hall.
"So what else did you get?" Tucker asked.
"Just some junk. Did you get a new game?"
"Yeah, it's something called Vampire Piggy Hunter. You have to shot all the Vampire pigs to get to new levels and stuff like that."
"Sounds like almost every other game," she laughed.
"Yeah, but this one has better graphics."
The three of them headed back to Danny's house, which they found completely empty. "Mom and Dad must be out chasing ghosts again," Danny said as they went upstairs to his room.
"Oh before I forget, I got something for you guys," Sam said as she sat down on Danny's bed and Tucker took a seat at Danny's desk.
She grabbed one of her bags and pulled out two boxes, which she handed to each of them. "What is it?" Danny asked.
"They're cell phones, so we can call each other whenever they're a ghost or something."
Danny and Tucker opened their boxes and pulled out the small portable phones, both of which had a ghost design faceplate. "Wow, this is really cool Sam," Tucker said.
She smiled, "I'm glad you like them, I got one too." She pulled out another matching phone. "Here's let's put our phone numbers into the phones," she said taking the phones from the boys and began plugging in numbers.
Danny: You know, it's not nice to force your readers into doing things like that.
MoonHawke: What do you mean? I'm the author, I can put a review limit for new chapters if I wanted to.
Danny: But that wouldn't be nice. Now can we please get started?
MoonHawke: Yeah, yeah. I don't own Danny Phantom, if I did I wouldn't share him with you all. I do own the storyline, but I think I'll share that with you anyway. Enjoy!
Chapter 3 The New Team
Downstairs Danny lay on the couch thinking about everything that had happened. Neither he nor Tucker had noticed Sam's change until they had gotten her upstairs into Danny's room. His heart had skipped a beat as he looked at her. White hair, black tank top, black skirt with silver trim, silver tights, black boots with silver soles, and silver bracelets. (Author's Note: I've drawn up a pic of Danny and Sam in their ghost form. It might look slightly strange because it's in anime style and not the style of the show, but I hope you like it. Check it out at: www . angelfire . com / magic2 / moonhawke / GoingGhost . jpg)
Those few minutes that he held her while she cried to him had to be the best moments of his life. He could hardly believe that she trusted him enough to cry to him. The whole thing made his heart ache terribly.
What if there was a possibility that Sam was a Halfa? He told himself that he could help her learn to use her powers. They could even find new ones together. They could really fight ghosts as a team now. And maybe, just maybe he could tell her the truth. He could tell her that he liked her as more than a friend. Would there even be a possibility that she liked him back? After all who else did they have aside from each other?
Of course Danny also had to realize that there was a possibility that it had just been something that entered her body and was gone now. Before Tucker had gone home Sam had changed back to her normal self. It could have all just been some kind of freak accident.
It was also possible that Sam wouldn't accept it and wouldn't want to be a Halfa. Would she blame him? And if she didn't want to live in his world would they be able to find a way to change her back? If they did it might even be possible to change himself back. He could go back to being a normal teenager. But did he even want that? He had started to feel responsible to protecting everyone. If he wasn't there to stop all the evil ghosts, who would be?
Danny rolled over and decided that they would deal with it when it came up. For right now he had to sleep. Sam was going to need him tomorrow. He had to be strong for her.
The next morning Danny and Sam walked to school together. Most of the way Danny was trying to keep himself from trying to hold her hand. He was still suppose to be her friend. He had to support her and show her that he cared for her, but that was surely crossing the line.
When they reached the block that the school was on Sam stopped.
"Danny, I don't know if I can do this. I don't think that I can face them."
He put a hand on her shoulder and looked into her purple eyes. "I know that you can do this. We don't even know if it's for sure or not. Tucker said it might have just been a freak accident. But if you are, then we'll start with lesson one of being a Halfa."
Sam grinned at him. "What's lesson one?"
"Don't worry. It's when you worry that your powers start to do things on their own. If you don't worry about your powers going nuts, then they won't. If you do, then they will. And if they do, come and find me and we'll get through it then. All right?"
She smiled now, "Okay! We'll do it together!"
They headed to first period and took their normal seats. Tucker didn't arrive until just before the bell rang.
"Sorry guys," he said out of breath. "I was up late working on a new program for my computer that might be able to test Sam for anything unusual."
She smiled at him, "Thanks Tucker."
Things went smoothly for the rest of the day, except for lunch. Sam had freaked out because she had forgotten about going home to get her lunch for the day. Danny however surprised her by having brought 2 ultra-recyclo vegetarian lunches that he had packed before they left.
After school they headed over to Tucker's to see if his computer program would be any help.
"Okay, first we start with a bit of Danny's DNA," Tucker said plucking one of Danny's hairs.
"Ow, that hurt."
"Sorry. Okay, and I put that into the DNA analyzer."
"Tucker."
"Yes Sam?"
"Why do you have a DNA analyzer?"
"I got it free in a box of cereal," he joked. "Okay, here we go," he said as the information came up on the screen.
He then plucked one of his own hairs and put it into the computer as well.
"Okay, you see here that there are some slightly differences between Danny's and mine DNA because of the ghost DNA mixed with his," Tucker said pointing out a couple spikes on the screen.
"So what we do is put a piece of your DNA into the computer and compare it with ours to see which it's closer too."
Sam nodded and pulled out a piece of her hair, which she gave to Tucker. He put it into the computer.
After a couple minutes of Tucker toying with it he finally go the three DNA patterns to over lay each other. "There we go, now let's get it to find the similarities," he said keying something into the computer.
Something came up on the screen and Tucker got really quiet while he read what had come up.
Danny took Sam's hand, half hoping she would be a Halfa, and half hoping she wouldn't be.
"What does it say?" Sam asked, her voice slightly shaking.
"Okay, first here's Danny's DNA," Tucker said changing the screen to show a pattern of different spikes. "The really high ones here," he pointed to the ones near the top of the screen. "Those are the ghost DNA. Now mine," he pulled up another chart of spikes. "My DNA only has short spikes. Sam's here," Tucker pulled up the third and final pattern. It almost completely matched Danny's. "Well, you can see."
"So I'm really a Halfa?"
"It appears to be that way Sam." Tucker paused for a moment while Danny just watched Sam. "Are you okay?"
"I think so. I mean I don't know how this is going to change things, but it might be something really good. Who knows, maybe if I get good enough at using my powers I can help out and give Danny a break every now and then," she laughed.
She really seems to be taking this well, Danny thought. He smiled at her, "I'll do everything I can to help you out Sam, and I'm sure Tucker will too. I'll be here for you anytime; all you have to do is call... Well, except for the middle of the night when my parents are sleeping. I doubt they want anyone calling at one in the morning."
"Of course, Danny," she smiled. "Come on, let's go shopping. I feel the need to be moving." Sam got up and grabbed Danny's hand and began to pull him downstairs leaving Tucker to follow.
"Hey! Wait for me!"
The group first stopped at the food court and got something to eat. While they ate the Box Ghost showed up trying to frighten everyone.
"I am the Box Ghost! Fear me!"
No one but the three of them noticed him.
"What do you want know?" Danny asked him.
"Fear me!"
"You're not scary though," Tucker stated in between bites of his hamburger.
"But I am the Box Ghost!"
"Boxes aren't scary," Sam said now.
"Really?"
"No, so will you just go back to the Ghost Zone and let us eat?" Danny asked.
"You have defeated me, for now. But the Box Ghost shall return!" he shouted flying off.
"Whatever," they all said as one.
After they finished eating Tucker said that he wanted to go check out the video game store. "I need a new game for my PDA, I've already beaten all the ones I already have."
"Okay, sure. Are you coming Sam?"
"Actually I have a couple things I have to pick up."
"Well, we can all go and grab them together afterwards," Danny offered.
Sam blushed, "I don't think you'd want to. You might get embarrassed."
Tucker elbowed Danny and whispered, "I think she's talking about girly things, let's go before she takes you up on that offer!"
Danny just laughed, "Okay, okay. So where should we met you then after we're done?"
"How about Gothic Haven?" she asked giving them the name of her favorite store.
"Sounds good. See you there."
The boys went to the Gamers Cauldron that was a few stores down from the food court. "She's really taking this rather well," Tucker said once Sam was out of hearing range.
"Unlike some people I know," Danny grinned.
"Hey is it my fault I just wanted to have some fun?"
"I pled the fifth," Danny laughed until Tucker gave him a playful punch.
As they entered the store Danny started to worry about Sam. What if something happened and he wasn't there to help her? What if her powers went all out of control and she freaked out? "So, uh, what game are you going to get?" Danny asked.
"Danny, calm down. Sam is going to be fine. It's only like 10 minutes."
"I am calm."
"You're worried about her. I am too, but worrying it's going to help."
The two boys looked around for a while until Tucker finally picked out a game, Vampire Piggy Hunter. Once he had paid for it they headed down a dozen more shops to Gothic Haven.
Sam was already there looking through the tank tops when they arrived. "Hey Sam," Tucker said. She smiled at the two boys and told them she would just be another minute.
"Take your time," Danny told her. She had a couple bags in her arms for stores that he had never heard of. "Do you want some help with your bags?" he offered.
She smiled at him like she had a secret, "Thanks, but it's okay, I've got them."
He nodded and they two boys helped her pick out a couple new tank tops before she paid for them and they headed back out into the hall.
"So what else did you get?" Tucker asked.
"Just some junk. Did you get a new game?"
"Yeah, it's something called Vampire Piggy Hunter. You have to shot all the Vampire pigs to get to new levels and stuff like that."
"Sounds like almost every other game," she laughed.
"Yeah, but this one has better graphics."
The three of them headed back to Danny's house, which they found completely empty. "Mom and Dad must be out chasing ghosts again," Danny said as they went upstairs to his room.
"Oh before I forget, I got something for you guys," Sam said as she sat down on Danny's bed and Tucker took a seat at Danny's desk.
She grabbed one of her bags and pulled out two boxes, which she handed to each of them. "What is it?" Danny asked.
"They're cell phones, so we can call each other whenever they're a ghost or something."
Danny and Tucker opened their boxes and pulled out the small portable phones, both of which had a ghost design faceplate. "Wow, this is really cool Sam," Tucker said.
She smiled, "I'm glad you like them, I got one too." She pulled out another matching phone. "Here's let's put our phone numbers into the phones," she said taking the phones from the boys and began plugging in numbers.