Totally Phantom
A Danny Phantom/Totally Spies crossover fanfiction
She could remember the incident so clearly.
FLASHBACK
It was a cool midsummer's eve, a full moon peeking up from behind a still forest.
She was given a stale slice of bread from the orphanage owner, then the kitchen door slammed in her face. Her blue eyes couldn't hold in the tears much longer. They flowed out evenly, streaming down her bony cheeks. She didn't bother to brush them away, but instead just let them fall. She buried her face in her hard, lumpy pillow and cried herself to sleep.
The next day, a gruff gray-haired man, with fire-filled eyes and red skin, entered the orphanage and pointed a bony hand at Ginger.
"I want," he said slowly, "that girl."
Ginger bit her lip. She didn't want to go with that man. She had always dreamed of a tall, skinny, gray-haired man with mischievous, twinkling eyes, like Santa on a diet. The man laid several bills on the table without taking his eyes off Ginger. He grabbed onto her hand, his skin dry and rough. He threw her into a cramped road-buggy and drove off.
They reached a dark, small house. When they entered, Ginger was surprised to see that it was a laboratory of some sort. The man hooked Ginger up to a large metal device and pressed a glowing red button. Ginger began to spin rapidly. The coarse metals scraped against her arm and made it bleed, causing her to wince in pain. Her blue eyes began to glow a distant magenta. As suddenly as it had all started, it had stopped.
Ginger closed her eyes and wished with all her heart that she was back at the orphanage. Anything was better than this. She felt the room spin, and suddenly, she was back at the orphanage.
The man she had always dreamed of stood in front of her and smiled. He then picked her up in his arms, paid for her, and the two left together.
That man had died from brain cancer, and she didn't have a mother. So now she lived with her grandfather, Jerry.
Back to reality
Ginger sighed. A single, crystalline tear slid down her cheek as she lay down on her soft warm bed. Instantly, she was off to dreamland... or maybe nightmare land....