Hey guys! How are you all! This story is inspired by a great many things that and I just LOVE Danny Phantom! WOOT! He rocks!

Danny: Wohoo! I rock...now if I can only get Paulina to see that...

Me: Boos Oh shut up about Paulina! She's a ditz anyway! You should date same!

Danny: IT WAS A FAKEOUTMAKEOUT!

Me: Snorts Yeah right ghost boy.

Vlad: Am I loved?

Me: BOOS! NO! Shots Vlad in the head That was fun! On with the story but first, here is the story summary!

Danny can keep his secret hidden and he can hide his emotions and trick people into thinking he is happy but he doesn't realise just how far he might sink if keeps up this path. And just how does one get out of the depression they are in if even they think they are in too deep. WARNING: Selfharm!

Danny sat down on his bed and toppled over into a weak feint. He was tired, he was pissed and he wanted nothing more then to stop the pain rushing through his side where he had been hit with a pretty nasty punch. He sighed and let his hand fall away from the bruise that would surely leave him cringing in the morning. He looked at the clock and cringed again, it was only 7:30 at night which meant dinner was soon to come. He shut his eyes for a moment hoping the world would just go black and he could rest but no, that familure call to dinner snapped him out of his sleepy daze. With a groan he stood and stumbled out of his bedroom door and down the stairs where his parents and sister were waiting.

Jazz looked up to see her brother stumbling down each step with a haggerd sigh and a slight wince. Inwardly she frowned and didn't know exactly what to do for her brother. How could she tell her fourteen year old brother that she knew he was a ghost. Thankfully it was the summer and that meant Danny had no homework to contend with. Silently she looked back down at her plate as Maddie put some mashed potatoes on it. Danny slumped into his chair and stared at his food as if it were poison. Jazz went to touch his shoulder but her arm recoiled and she picked her fork up instead.

"Honey, what's the matter? You're not eating?" Danny looked up and plastered a smile on his face. It was scary how real it could look to someone who didn't know what was going on behind the scenes. She sighed to herself again and remembered that her college registration was coming up soon.

"Nothing, I'm fine." Danny picked up his fork and started to eat. The food tasted bland and he felt as if he would throw up if he ate but he did anyway. He needed to keep his strength up if he wanted to protect Amity Park from all the ghosts that attacked it. Ever since the large ghost attack things had gotten a little easier and his parents were ever vigilant but they still hadn't noticed his abnormality; for that he was thankful. "I'm finished," Danny looked at his mother, "May I be excused, I'm a little tired right now." Maddie nodded and let her son leave the table. She too sighed and looked at his still full plate.

"Jazz honey, are you done?" Jazz picked up her empty plate and showed her mother, "Okay. Could you go upstairs and get your registration forms?" Jazz did as she was asked leaving Maddie alone with Jack. Said husband turned to his wife holding what looked like a glowing fishing rod. "Jack have you noticed something odd about Danny lately?"

"No, why? Should we be worried? HAS HE BEEN TAKEN OVER BY A GHOST!" Jack jumped up into action and pulled out what looked like a gun of some sort. Maddie sighed and glared at her husband. "What?"

"No. It's not that, he just seems a bit...distant." Maddie looked at her husband who had a clueless look on his face. "Jack are you listening?"

"GHOSTS!" Jack cried and ran out the door. Maddie sighed and sank down into a chair. She knew her husband could be dense but something about him was off too, she just wasn't sure what.

Jazz wandered into Danny's room and peeked her face into the room. Danny was fast asleep on top of his bed, laying on his right side in complete exhaustion. She sighed and pulled a spare blanket out of the closet and drapped it over him. He stirred a little and opened his eyes. Without moving much he looked up at her and frowned.

"What is it you want?" He was erritable, that was for sure.

"I saw you asleep and figured I'd just put a blanket on you. You look pretty warn out." She stood and turned around so she was facing Danny. "Get some more sleep. Hey, at least we get to see what the college I'm going will look like. Danny?" Doing a double take she saw he was fast asleep again. She let a small frown creep onto her lips. I'm so proud of you. What you do for this town is so great, you don't deserve the way they treat you. She stalked into her room finding herself tired also and went to get some shut eye herself.

Danny awoke with a start and felt a hand on his shoulder. He looked up, still very tired from the previous days excursion and frowned again. Jack Fenton stood over him shaking him a little too hard.

"Danny we have to go! Hurry up and get dressed!" Danny sighed and felt himself being lifted out of bed and onto his feet. He angrily pulled on a black t-shirt and red pants. He combed his hair out and brushed his teeth before trudging down stairs to see it was almost noon. How could he be so tired if it was still noon? Sighing he pulled a breakfast bar from the counter and ate it slowly. Jazz came down wearing something out of the norm for her. She wore a bright prink top and had her hair in a pony tail and she wore black capris pants.

"You look cheerful," Danny comented in a grumpy slur.

"You look awful," Jazz replied in a cheery tone and sunk down into a kitchen chair, "And why are you wearing clothes that are so dark? It's going to be really warm today."

"I just threw something clean on," Danny muttered and nibbled on the breakfast bar, "When are we picking same and tucker up?"

"NOW!" their father jumped into the kitchen, "I can't believe my little Jazzy is going to college!" he practically cried, "I can't believe it!"

"Dad, it's only a trial period. They only skipped me ahead by a grade. I may stay an extra year." She sighed and looked at her brother who looked like he didn't give two shits about what was going on as long as he got to sleep in the car. The next to stops were fairly simple to make. Tucker, wearing beige shorts and a green t-shirt and his trade mark hat was the first picked up and then Sam came in wearing her usual black atire.

"You look tired," Sam whispered to Danny so that only he and Tucker could hear, "What happened last night?"

"I'll tell you when we get in the hotel. We're getting seperate rooms. I convinced my dad to get us a three bed room so we can all share. Jazz got stuck in a two bedroom suite with my mom and dad." Sam frowned a bit and sighed. She stayed silent and left it at that. They were going to do more then just look at Jazz's new school, they were going on a vacation and she was more then happy that they were. Danny needed it more then anyone.

I hope you enjoyed the first chapter and hopefully this will be the first of many.