I know it took a while for me to update. Homework's becoming a problem. Yes, I'm blaming this all on homework. It has nothing to do with me being lazy (cough). Okay, today it is 4/19/05. My best friend moved on the 16th.:( I'm alone. Anyway, I drew a picture of Paulina and I was gonna put a mustache on it, but my brother wanted to copy it and I forgot. Oh well, it's in my closet, all alone. Hahaha. Okay, onto the review responses.
Cakreut12: No, I haven't heard of Transit Middle. And you were right. Star did suck the ghost into a thermos or GRC. Danny's lucky Sana was captured before that part. And who knows? Maybe they will find out . . . 8)
The cliffhanger isn't he only reason why you hate me. You hate me because of my average in school last year :P
If anyone would like to IM me, my sn is ViAMysTeRy146 and my email is the same thing BTW, it was nice speaking to you cakreut12.
Hearts Of Eternity: One thing that I MUST say to you H.o.E, for chapter 6, I never got your review. just sent it to me so I wrote a reply in chapter 7 for you. Sorry for the delay. Okay, onto this response.
Whoa, you broke the scale . . . BIG TIME. LoL Am I seriously your favorite author? Hopefully I will meet you. It'd be funny if we saw each other and had no idea who the other was. That would suck.
Yes, Maddie is getting suspicious. And yes, she does begin to think that Danny's accident has ties with Inviso-Bill.
As stated in the other chapter, Vlad captured Star and agreed to let her go if she destroyed Inviso-Bill. But since she knew who he was, she didn't do anything to him. Vlad's going to talk more about it in the next chapter.
"Even you haven't gotten this through your head yet, you are the best writter ever! All else pales before you in conparison! All hale the mighty writter! I love you!"
THANK YOU! Your reviews always make me so happy! You're like, the almighty writer. How are your reviews so long? You're truly gifted.
Neko-Salosa: 9.1's great! Thanks! The plot kind of does twist but the story is coming closer to the end and the ghost battle is coming up. But that's not all. Danny's not going to be happy in one of the upcoming chapters. And neither is Tucker.
Kkwy: 8.5's better than a 0. Thanks!
EvilRobotZombieLoofaOverlord: Wow, long name. It reminds me of my brother's friend. 10 is great! Thanks! It's funny? O.0 Really?
Liaranne: At least an 8.5 is excellent. Yay! And it wasn't Jazz. It was . . . you'll find out in this chapter.
Bluish Black Dolphin: 9 is excellent for someone who doesn't usually give 10's. Thanks! Also, follow the angel and flick the evil off your shoulder. Light triumphs . . . ALWAYS. :D
Asilla: Wow, you sound enthusiastic. Eeh! Another 10! I'm loving this. Sorry it took so long to update. I was busy. Or maybe I was just lazy.
Wishing For Rain: 0.1 point away. LoL Attack I.S. 303 first! Muahaha!
Seeker Carter: WHOA! It seems like the creators of DP wrote it? I am SO honored! Thanks!
SashaJeanneW0lf: STEP AWAY FROM THE Q-TIP YOU EVIL EVIL BEING! DANNY!
PhantomAlchemist: The best DP fic? Really? Wow . . . WOW! That . . . that really warms my heart. Thank you! Thank you so much! AH! Don't go into a coma, my friend.
Angel Of Forgotton Souls: Yes Yes Yes Yes (I have no idea what we're talking about)
Fantastic Bouncy Girl: 8.5 and up is fine with me. :) Thanks. And no, Star's not THAT bad anymore . . . until you read this chapter.
V1rg1n1a: I wonder what time you were reading this. Iupdated Alt' at like, 12:30 AM and then I wake up and you reviewed AH 11 times. Wow, serious lack of sleep. And thank you for the rating. I didn't know 'eleventy billion and six' was a number. Wow, it's already summer and I'm learning new things.
Amity's Hero
Chapt 11-Washing Away The Flames
Danny slowly opened his eyes. He noticed he had been turned onto his back. His vision wasn't clear yet, but he was able to see Star looking down at him. She was smiling.
Danny closed his eyes and opened them again. He was able to see clearly now and sat up. Star moved out of his way. She seemed as though she had just won something grand.
"What?" Danny asked her.
"I knew it!" she blurted out. "You're Inviso-Bill!"
Danny gasped. He forgot about what had happened.
"You're not a very impressive fighter," she added. "That thing took you down in no time."
"I'm only fourteen," Danny retorted. "And I'm new to the half-ghost thing. I'm surprised I even got past the first month."
"Uh huh. Danny Phantom . . . how'd you come up with that?" she asked.
"Uh, I . . ." he said, trying to find the right words to say. He couldn't think straight at the moment due to the headache he was receiving from constantly having to answer Star's endless questions. Instead of responding, he got to his knees and pleaded. "Please don't tell anyone, Star. I—"
"So, I take it your parents don't know?" she interrupted. "I mean, if they did, they wouldn't be trying to destroy you."
"Um . . . yeah."
Star sat down on her bed.
"Who knows?" she asked. Danny sighed. This was never going to end. He rubbed his head and gave into her.
"Sam and Tucker."
"That's it?" Star questioned. She seemed happier than before. Danny nodded suspiciously.
"Why?"
"Now I know who to tell if you don't do as I say."
Danny nearly choked on air.
"Come again?"
Star laughed at his reaction.
"Relax Fenton. I'll keep your secret . . ."
Danny sighed, but just as he did, Star added, "If you do what I want."
"WHAT? You're blackmailing me? But I saved you!"
"And I saved you," Star responded casually, holding up her right hand. She was holding a GRC. Danny's jaw dropped.
"B-But I . . ."
"Good-bye," Star said cheerfully, pulling Danny to his feet and pushing him out of her room. She closed the door once he was out and he began to stutter. He wanted to say something, but it felt as though he had lost his voice. Star found out who he was and now she was blackmailing him.
"What if she tells Mom and Dad?" Danny muttered to himself when he got downstairs. "What if she tells Jazz? She's WAY too overprotective. She'll flip!"
Once in the living room, Danny transformed and flew through the wall to go home.
"Hey Danny," Maddie said as he walked into the house. He looked up in alarm and noticed she was staring at him as if trying to find something. Once their eyes met, she turned away quickly. He gulped.
"Um, Mom, did anyone call?"
"No, why?"
"No reason," Danny said quickly before running up to his room. It was getting late and he decided to call Sam and Tucker. No one answered. Danny became worried. Ever since the ghost attacks, they haven't been answering his calls. The rest of the night was ghost-free, fortunately for him. He was actually able to go to sleep before twelve o'clock.
The next morning, Danny decided to go to the Nasty Burger and look for them. When he entered, a very familiar and unpleasant voice called him. He turned around and saw Star, Dash, Kwan, and Paulina sitting at a table. Star was gesturing for him to sit with them. For the first time, Danny didn't want to be seen by the popular crowd.
Star noticed he wasn't coming so she sneered and shouted, "Inviso-Bill is—"
Without hesitation, Danny immediately ran over to them and smiled nervously.
"Uh, you wanted something?"
"Yes, can you buy me a cherry soda?" she asked, handing him a dollar. Danny sighed and did as he was told. Star's smile grew wider.
When Danny returned, she moved over so that he could sit and began asking him ghost-related questions.
"So, have you seen anymore ghost attacks?"
"Yes," Danny replied, remembering about Sana.
"Ooh, did you see that fight between Inviso-Bill and that ghost-girl?" Paulina asked enthusiastically. Everyone turned to Danny.
"By the way, what was that all about?" Kwan asked.
"What?" Danny asked, knowing exactly what he was referring to.
"That screen in the sky," Star said impatiently as if Danny was dumb.
Danny checked his watch and smiled.
"Uh, I'm late for . . . uh . . . a meeting. I'll be back later," he lied before getting up and running away.
"Inviso-Bill has another name!" Star said loud enough for Danny to hear. He froze and looked back.
"Yeah, you told me about that. But don't forget Star, Danny's a common name."
Star was taken aback by his response. She was expecting him to start stuttering again.
Once outside, Danny ran back to his house. He couldn't stand it anymore. He had no clue where his friends were, he wasn't able to go outside as a ghost in fear of being killed, and now he wasn't able to go outside as a human either in fear of Star telling his secret. The only choice he had left was to stay home and avoid contact with anybody.
The rest of the day went by quickly. It was getting dark. No ghost attacks, no calls from Star—
As soon as he lay down, the phone rang. Sighing angrily, Danny got up and answered it.
"Hello?"
"Danny? It's Star."
Danny froze. He was able to hear his heart beating twice as much in the silence.
"Hello? Danny, I didn't tell anyone your secret, relax."
Danny took a deep breath and sighed with relief.
"Okay, so what do you need?"
"Well, I found out that Paulina really likes Danny Phantom—"
"Inviso-Bill," Danny said quickly, hoping Star said that by accident. He didn't want Paulina, or anyone for that matter, to know his real ghost name. Well, not yet anyway.
"Er . . . yeah, Inviso-Bill. Anyway, I told her I'd try to get him to go on a date with her after the whole ghost war clears up. What do you say?"
Danny resisted the urge to blurt out 'yes'. He had too many things to deal with.
"What do you mean date? She'd be dating a ghost! And besides, as much as I'd love to, I can't. There have been too many ghost attacks. I'm busy."
"What are you talking about? There wasn't a single attack today. This is the first ghost-free day we've had. That shadow attacked at around four o'clock yesterday. It's eight now. That's twenty-eight hours of no ghosts. That's a new record ever since last week."
Star was right. Danny was so used to fighting ghosts day and night that now it seemed as if there was nothing to do.
"Tell you what, how about you just hang around with her and whenever you see a ghost, just do what you've gotta do."
Danny thought about it. Finally, he agreed. Star was driving him crazy with this blackmailing thing. He had to find out one of her secrets, but when? If she caught him, she'd tell everyone who he was. It was too risky.
"Danny! Dinner's ready!" Maddie called. Danny got up quickly. He forgot that his parents were home. He heard his sister running upstairs. She probably forgot a book. He never saw her without one.
"Uh, Star. I've got to go."
There was no response so Danny hung up. He walked over to the window to close it, but as he reached out for it, something caught his eye.
He was able to see a blue flash of light in the midnight blue sky right above a giant lake. That flash traveled like a comet, but it formed in mid air. Danny narrowed his eyes and leaned closer. The comet-like light finally hit land and burst into light indigo flames. The speed of the rising fire caused Danny to jump back in alarm.
A blue silhouette floated above the glistening lake. The rising inferno cast a light upon the figure. It had teal a colored face. However, the shadowed skin looked blue. Its eyes were a blue-black color, but they were narrowed in a piercing gaze. The figure had disheveled black hair that extended a bit to its neck. The breeze was probably what messed it up. It was wearing a long black coat resembling a black lab coat with many pockets. Its hands were hidden in two of them. Beneath the coat were more black clothes, matching its evil scowl. Overall, the figure was transparent, making it obviously noted as a ghost.
Without moving his head, the ghost's eyes moved to its right to watch the fire. His frown turned to a faint smile. Then, raising his hand to make another flaming streak, he turned around to strike at a different area. Just as he was about to release the cerulean light in his palm, his attention turned to a flash of light from one of the distant buildings. The building was very far from the lake and the light was dim against the dark area, but it separated and moved in two different directions. He could tell that it too was a faint shade of blue-white. A few seconds after the light disappeared, he saw something moving toward him at a high velocity. The distant figure drew closer with each second. He now was able to see white hair and a black and white suit. The boy flew at him with full speed. He passed many buildings and houses before reaching the lake. Around his mid-section was a spectral trail. It disappeared and his legs replaced it when he stopped in the air.
The ghost smirked and lowered its hand. Danny, however, raised his and blasted him. He dodged the attack and sent another fire streak at the town, though this one was red and orange. From behind him, Danny felt the heat of the fire increasing in size. He was able to make out shouts from the citizens of Amity Park. Looking over his shoulder, Danny saw that the fire didn't reach any homes yet and it was spreading around the lake. A few more blasts and the ghost would have them surrounded.
"Inviso-Bill!" someone shouted. Danny turned around and saw an orange energy blast headed toward him. He extended his left hand, caught the blast, and quickly spun around once and released it back at the ghost. Then, to make it more powerful, he created an ectoplasmic blast of his own. His blast hit the orange one and it shot forward at full speed.
The double-flare caught the ghost off guard and it fell into one of the buildings on the other end of the lake. Danny wasn't able to see him since the sky was so dark, but he was able to sense his presence.
The ghost returned in a few seconds and Danny raised his hands again. He brought them through the air in a swift downward motion and created the energy blade. It cut into the water and it (the water) rose a few yards higher due to the impact. The ghost flew out of the way quickly and avoided the blade. Growing angry, Danny created an ectoplasmic blast and aimed it at the lake. His blast created a large wave and he used another blast to push it forward forcefully. The ghost was hit and fell back onto land. The water ceased the fire a bit, but there was still more on the other side. It didn't take long for the flames to return.
The ghost flew back up, but this time he stayed out of Danny's view. As he turned around, Danny realized that almost everyone in the town was watching the battle and talking amongst themselves. A few people screamed and Danny took this as a sign to turn around, but something hit him from behind. He fell promptly into the freezing water. It took him a few seconds in the lake to finally stop sinking.
Danny held his breath and flipped around. He was able to see a silhouette of the ghost above him. He was sending blasts into the water. Danny quickly swam back, right, and left to dodge them. A few were fire streaks that disappeared after a few seconds in the water. Even though he was in the lake, he was still able to hear people's frantic shouts.
The ghost finally stopped attacking. It probably figured that it hit him. Just as Danny was about to swim out, a blinding light made him shut his eyes immediately. Realizing it was another blast from the ghost, Danny put his arms in front of him defensively and created his own blast and released it. It collided with the ghost's attack and knocked it back in his (the ghost's) direction, hitting him and pushing him further into the air.
While it was distracted, Danny quickly shifted positions in the water until he was floating upright. Then he began to spin, causing the water to revolve around him.
The ghost above the lake flew back down just enough to see some sort of whirlpool forming. Many of the people were already running to the roofs of buildings to get a better view and escape the spreading flames. All of them were watching the spinning water.
Just then, a thunderous noise was heard as the water rose suddenly and began to spin in the air. The ghost's eyes widened and he flew back a few yards. He sent fire streaks at the rotating liquid, but Danny (who was inside the hurricane-like tsunami) created an ectoplasmic shield around it and blocked the attacks. The ghost ducked to avoid being hit with his own fire.
Many of the people were screaming with either fear or joy while others were too speechless to make a sound. They all watched in awe. Danny stopped spinning and immediately created an aural blast. The water was hit by the blast and expanded from the center. Like a giant tidal wave, it hit all parts of the town and ceased the fire. Many of the people ducked to avoid being washed away by the waves.
The ghost screamed with rage at the sight and turned around to hit Danny with another fire streak attack, but Danny beat him to it. He created another blast and hit the ghost. Then, flying at 112 mph, he caught up to his enemy and kicked him from behind. He flew forward and Danny flew in front of him and blasted him again.
The ghost flew faster this time due to the force of Danny's attack, but it managed to shout a few words to the teen hero before it flew out of the town.
"He'll be back halfa!"
"And I'll be waiting!" Danny shouted loudly, knowing exactly who the ghost was referring to.
Maddie sat at her desk again and closed her eyes in thought. Was that what had happened to her son in the lab on that day? It was her fault for his pain. She held back her tears, but something else crossed her mind. She gasped and jumped up.
"Where are you going?" Jack asked when she dashed out of the room.
"To the lab," his wife replied. Once in the lab, Maddie began to go through the shelves of jumpsuits. She remembered making a white one for Danny a long time ago. She was beginning to get to the end of the row. No white jumpsuit in sight. Maddie tapped her chin with her finger as she tried to remember what Inviso-Bill wore. It was very similar to the suit that had disappeared. Maddie walked over to the drawers and pulled a pile of papers out of one of them.
She began looking through them.
Could it be possible that his molecules were rearranged? No, that would've killed him, she thought. She reached one paper that had words printed in red ink. She pulled it out of the pile and read it.
Warning: Unlocking the ghost dimension is a very unstable experiment and can cause death if the aura of ghosts mixes with the human inside the portal. Molecular pattern can be damaged. Be cautious.
Maddie put the paper back in the pile and tapped her chin again.
"It's unlikely that this had anything to do with ghosts because they weren't released into our world at the time. And if his molecular pattern was changed, he wouldn't have survived. Perhaps we miscalculated something? Or maybe he's just very lucky," Maddie said to herself. "I remember having a problem with Vlad, but all he had was ecto-acne."
Maddie thought about it for a while and gave up. She couldn't come up with a reason for Danny's resemblance to Inviso-Bill so she just put the papers back into the drawer and went back upstairs. On her way back up to the room, Maddie saw a blue light flashing through the door. It was slightly open so she peeked in.
Danny was just in the air. It looked as if he was jumping because he landed shortly after. His window was open too. He turned around and closed it. Maddie walked in and he turned around quickly.
"Mom! What did you see?" he asked uneasily.
"I saw you in jumping onto the floor and then closing your window," Maddie replied, curious of why her son was so fretful. At these words, Danny sighed with relief and looked away.
"You didn't come to dinner," his mom said. "You missed the news too. There was a fire around the lake. Inviso-Bill was there."
"Oh, I was finishing homework," Danny lied. He mentally smacked himself for saying that when he remembered about the school.
"But you have no school."
"I know. It was a . . . uh . . . a report. I'll be down later."
Maddie nodded and then left the room. As soon as she did, the blue vapor escaped Danny's mouth and he turned to the window. Another vapor came. And then another. It didn't stop. Danny was becoming very cold. He opened the window to see what was happening.
"Daniel!" someone called enthusiastically from behind him. Danny turned around. "So good to see you!"
"VLAD!"
SAVE DANNY PHANTOM FROM CANCELLATION . . . SIGN PETITION
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That's all for Chapter 11. I'm already typing chapter 12. Next chapter's gonna be WAAAAY more complicated for Danny and DEFINITELY not a good night for Amity. I can tell you one more thing, by the end of chapter 12, Danny's going to be miserable. I'm evil. Please review!
