-- Authors Note -- Hey all! Thank you again for all the wonderful reviews! And yes, Vampire Piggy Hunter was in reference to Invader Zim. I wondered if any of you would catch that because no one caught the reference in Chapter 1. LoL. Anyway, as a couple of you mentioned in your reviews Danny and Sam will be starting Halfa lessons. Theyre probably not going to be very exciting, but I promise theyll get better in the chapters to come, all right? Just bear with me. Anyway, heres the new chapter! I hope it runs smoothly... I actually slept between writing this and the last chapter.
Chapter 4 Training the Newbie
Danny, Sam, and Tucker watched the movie they had been planning on watching the night before. After it was over Tucker said that he was going to go home to do somemore research on what had happened.
Danny and Sam walked him to the door and said goodbye. "So, what do you want to do now?" Danny asked shutting the door.
"Well, Great Master Halfa, what's lesson two?" she joked. Danny went bright red and mumbled something about not being all that great or a master of anything.
Sam just laughed and asked him again what lesson two was. "Umm... I honestly haven't thought that far ahead."
Sam smiled sweetly at him, thinking he was cute, even if he was clueless sometimes.
"Well, how about teaching me to transform?"
"That would be a good start." Sam laughed and told him to lead the way upstairs.
Danny shut the door to his bedroom behind them in case his parents came while they were practicing. Sam sat down on his bed again, remembering the night before when she has slept there. She went slightly pink at the thought.
"Don't be embarrassed Sam, I had to learn how to control my powers too."
"Yeah, I know," she said, again thinking how clueless he was at times. Practicing isn't what's embarrassing, it's being so close to him with no one else here. What if I slip up and do something I shouldn't?
"Okay, now mainly it's all about state of mind. You have to think of yourself transforming and let it happen."
"Be one with the ghost?" Sam joked.
Danny laughed, "Yeah, that's exactly it."
Sam stood up and smoothed her skirt. "Okay, you first."
He nodded, "Now, you don't have to say anything to make it happen, I just like too because it helps me get in that frame of mind." Sam nodded. "Okay, I'm going ghost!"
In a flash of light Danny transformed into his alter ego, Danny Phantom. "See? It's easy. Now you try."
"Okay." She took a deep breath. "I'm going ghost!" There was a flash of light but nothing happened.
"That was a good start, try focusing a little harder and try again."
For half an hour they practiced, a couple times something would change like a boot or her skirt, but it was never a complete transformation.
"You're getting better Sam. Do you want to take a break?"
"Okay, but let me try one more time." Danny nodded. Sam took another deep breath and focused all of her energy. She closed her eyes and said, "I'm going ghost!"
There was another flash of light and Danny gave a small gasp. Sam opened her eyes and looked at him, "Did it work?"
He smiled at her and told her to look in the mirror. Looking back at her was her ghost form. White hair, black and silver clothing that looked like her normal outfit, and glowing yellow eyes.
"Oh my gosh. I did it Danny!" she cried and jumped into his arms hugging him tightly.
He smiled and hugged her back, "Yes you did Sam, you really did it."
Once she let go of him she returned to the mirror to look at herself again.
"This is my outfit? Jeez, I look kinda dorky. Oh well, at least it's not spandex," she joked.
"Hey!" Danny said.
"Kidding, just kidding. Spandex looks cute on you."
Danny blushed and Sam gave him a playful punch in the arm. After they had transformed back they went downstairs to raid the kitchen.
The pair of them grabbed some sodas and a bag of chips then went back up to Danny's room to watch another movie. Sam had found some old movie called 'Ghost' about a guy that dies and finds out these bad guys are trying to kill the woman that he loves, so he has to go to a psychic and try to get her to help save the woman that he loves.
Sam sat close to Danny on his bed and he put his arm around her. Maybe this is it, she thought. Maybe he really does like me! But what should I do? Should I tell him, but isn't it polite to let the guy goes first? Would it be better to kiss him and see what happens? Her mind was spinning with hundreds of questions that she didn't hear what Danny said.
"I'm sorry, what did you say Danny?" Maybe he's going to tell me that he likes me! Her heart was beating a thousand times a minute. She wished he would just tell her, but she wanted this moment to last forever.
"I said that I'm really proud of you Sam. I know that you didn't ask for any of this, but you've been such a wonderful friend. I don't think I could have gotten as far as I have without you, so I just want you to know that I'll help you with anything. I'll always be there for you, all you have to do is ask."
Sam smiled even though she felt like crying inside. "Thank you Danny. You have no idea how much it means to have a friend like you. And I want to help you; I want you to have someone that knows what you're going through. I'll always be willing to lend you a hand." She hugged him tight and closed her eyes, breathing in his scent. He always smelled so wonderful, not that she could ever tell him that.
While they watched the rest of the movie Sam's mind kept wandering. Part of her felt like she was only accepting the fact that she was now part ghost because it meant that she could be closer to Danny. She would know what he was going through and be able to be there for him. He was certainly being there for her. She just wished that it was possible to read his mind or something.
For moments it seemed like Danny really did care about her as more than a friend, but then it was like he threw up a barrier, as if he had messed up. Had she been doing that too? She just wanted to know what he felt for her. If he told her that he only wanted to be friends, wouldn't that make it easier?
She would know then, no more of these guessing games. Then she would know the boundaries instead of trying to figure them out by over stepping them every so often. However, usually when she did he would do something so friend like that she thought he was pushing her back.
Like how she had snuggled up close to him while they watched the movie. Yeah, he put his arm around her, but what he had said to her. That was purely friendship talking.
Sam decided that she should head home after the movie. So while the credits rolled she grabbed her things and Danny walked her to the door.
"Thanks Danny, for everything," she said giving him a hug.
"Anything for you Sam. Be careful, all right?"
"I'm always careful. Good night, sleep well."
"You too Sam. Night."
She walked alone down the street towards her house, her mind spinning with more thoughts. Sam thought that for a second, when he had said 'anything for you Sam,' that he really meant it in a way other than friendship.
How could she go on like this? Not knowing? She sighed and entered her house then headed up to her room. She turned the stereo on and sat down on her bed. Picking up her pillow and holding it close, she took a deep breath and sighed again.
She would never be able to sleep after last night in Danny's bed. Maybe next time she went over to his house she could dig through the bathroom and find out what kind of shampoo he used or something like that. "No, that's a stupid idea. Besides, it wouldn't be the same."
Sam flopped onto her back and stared at the ceiling. If only she could find out the truth. It was a possibility of asking Tucker if he knew anything, or could find out something, but then he'd probably make fun of her. After almost a full year of trying to correct people it really looked as if she didn't care about him as more than a friend.
Maybe she could find out how to get into Tucker's body and control him. She had seen Danny do it loads of times. It couldn't be that hard, could it? Being Tucker would be hard.
There had to be a better idea of getting close to Danny. But how? If only there was some way to get near him without him noticing her.
That's when it hit her. It was so simply. After all it was one of the first things that Danny had learned to do. It might take all night, but she was sure that she could do it if she put her mind to it and worked at it. After all, Danny said that it was just a frame of mind, right?
Sam got up and stood in front of the mirror. She smiled at herself and said, "I'm going ghost!"
Chapter 4 Training the Newbie
Danny, Sam, and Tucker watched the movie they had been planning on watching the night before. After it was over Tucker said that he was going to go home to do somemore research on what had happened.
Danny and Sam walked him to the door and said goodbye. "So, what do you want to do now?" Danny asked shutting the door.
"Well, Great Master Halfa, what's lesson two?" she joked. Danny went bright red and mumbled something about not being all that great or a master of anything.
Sam just laughed and asked him again what lesson two was. "Umm... I honestly haven't thought that far ahead."
Sam smiled sweetly at him, thinking he was cute, even if he was clueless sometimes.
"Well, how about teaching me to transform?"
"That would be a good start." Sam laughed and told him to lead the way upstairs.
Danny shut the door to his bedroom behind them in case his parents came while they were practicing. Sam sat down on his bed again, remembering the night before when she has slept there. She went slightly pink at the thought.
"Don't be embarrassed Sam, I had to learn how to control my powers too."
"Yeah, I know," she said, again thinking how clueless he was at times. Practicing isn't what's embarrassing, it's being so close to him with no one else here. What if I slip up and do something I shouldn't?
"Okay, now mainly it's all about state of mind. You have to think of yourself transforming and let it happen."
"Be one with the ghost?" Sam joked.
Danny laughed, "Yeah, that's exactly it."
Sam stood up and smoothed her skirt. "Okay, you first."
He nodded, "Now, you don't have to say anything to make it happen, I just like too because it helps me get in that frame of mind." Sam nodded. "Okay, I'm going ghost!"
In a flash of light Danny transformed into his alter ego, Danny Phantom. "See? It's easy. Now you try."
"Okay." She took a deep breath. "I'm going ghost!" There was a flash of light but nothing happened.
"That was a good start, try focusing a little harder and try again."
For half an hour they practiced, a couple times something would change like a boot or her skirt, but it was never a complete transformation.
"You're getting better Sam. Do you want to take a break?"
"Okay, but let me try one more time." Danny nodded. Sam took another deep breath and focused all of her energy. She closed her eyes and said, "I'm going ghost!"
There was another flash of light and Danny gave a small gasp. Sam opened her eyes and looked at him, "Did it work?"
He smiled at her and told her to look in the mirror. Looking back at her was her ghost form. White hair, black and silver clothing that looked like her normal outfit, and glowing yellow eyes.
"Oh my gosh. I did it Danny!" she cried and jumped into his arms hugging him tightly.
He smiled and hugged her back, "Yes you did Sam, you really did it."
Once she let go of him she returned to the mirror to look at herself again.
"This is my outfit? Jeez, I look kinda dorky. Oh well, at least it's not spandex," she joked.
"Hey!" Danny said.
"Kidding, just kidding. Spandex looks cute on you."
Danny blushed and Sam gave him a playful punch in the arm. After they had transformed back they went downstairs to raid the kitchen.
The pair of them grabbed some sodas and a bag of chips then went back up to Danny's room to watch another movie. Sam had found some old movie called 'Ghost' about a guy that dies and finds out these bad guys are trying to kill the woman that he loves, so he has to go to a psychic and try to get her to help save the woman that he loves.
Sam sat close to Danny on his bed and he put his arm around her. Maybe this is it, she thought. Maybe he really does like me! But what should I do? Should I tell him, but isn't it polite to let the guy goes first? Would it be better to kiss him and see what happens? Her mind was spinning with hundreds of questions that she didn't hear what Danny said.
"I'm sorry, what did you say Danny?" Maybe he's going to tell me that he likes me! Her heart was beating a thousand times a minute. She wished he would just tell her, but she wanted this moment to last forever.
"I said that I'm really proud of you Sam. I know that you didn't ask for any of this, but you've been such a wonderful friend. I don't think I could have gotten as far as I have without you, so I just want you to know that I'll help you with anything. I'll always be there for you, all you have to do is ask."
Sam smiled even though she felt like crying inside. "Thank you Danny. You have no idea how much it means to have a friend like you. And I want to help you; I want you to have someone that knows what you're going through. I'll always be willing to lend you a hand." She hugged him tight and closed her eyes, breathing in his scent. He always smelled so wonderful, not that she could ever tell him that.
While they watched the rest of the movie Sam's mind kept wandering. Part of her felt like she was only accepting the fact that she was now part ghost because it meant that she could be closer to Danny. She would know what he was going through and be able to be there for him. He was certainly being there for her. She just wished that it was possible to read his mind or something.
For moments it seemed like Danny really did care about her as more than a friend, but then it was like he threw up a barrier, as if he had messed up. Had she been doing that too? She just wanted to know what he felt for her. If he told her that he only wanted to be friends, wouldn't that make it easier?
She would know then, no more of these guessing games. Then she would know the boundaries instead of trying to figure them out by over stepping them every so often. However, usually when she did he would do something so friend like that she thought he was pushing her back.
Like how she had snuggled up close to him while they watched the movie. Yeah, he put his arm around her, but what he had said to her. That was purely friendship talking.
Sam decided that she should head home after the movie. So while the credits rolled she grabbed her things and Danny walked her to the door.
"Thanks Danny, for everything," she said giving him a hug.
"Anything for you Sam. Be careful, all right?"
"I'm always careful. Good night, sleep well."
"You too Sam. Night."
She walked alone down the street towards her house, her mind spinning with more thoughts. Sam thought that for a second, when he had said 'anything for you Sam,' that he really meant it in a way other than friendship.
How could she go on like this? Not knowing? She sighed and entered her house then headed up to her room. She turned the stereo on and sat down on her bed. Picking up her pillow and holding it close, she took a deep breath and sighed again.
She would never be able to sleep after last night in Danny's bed. Maybe next time she went over to his house she could dig through the bathroom and find out what kind of shampoo he used or something like that. "No, that's a stupid idea. Besides, it wouldn't be the same."
Sam flopped onto her back and stared at the ceiling. If only she could find out the truth. It was a possibility of asking Tucker if he knew anything, or could find out something, but then he'd probably make fun of her. After almost a full year of trying to correct people it really looked as if she didn't care about him as more than a friend.
Maybe she could find out how to get into Tucker's body and control him. She had seen Danny do it loads of times. It couldn't be that hard, could it? Being Tucker would be hard.
There had to be a better idea of getting close to Danny. But how? If only there was some way to get near him without him noticing her.
That's when it hit her. It was so simply. After all it was one of the first things that Danny had learned to do. It might take all night, but she was sure that she could do it if she put her mind to it and worked at it. After all, Danny said that it was just a frame of mind, right?
Sam got up and stood in front of the mirror. She smiled at herself and said, "I'm going ghost!"