Hey everyone! I know it's been a while but here it is the next chapter! I'm soooo sorry for the wait. Evil teachers and their projects! I swear they're some sort of torture devices! Anyway you'll love it! It's really long and the best part is at the end, you'll gasp, I swear! Because I'm so evil like that. Oh and there's a dimension magic thing happening, you'll see. And if you want to see a sneak peak of my next two stories entitled That's Him and Backstabbed Through the Heart (yes the really big one!) Tell me and I'll honor your wishes. And Thanks to everyone who reviewed, you review again and I might put your favorite song in.
The italics and bold italics are people singing or music.
Disclaimer: I don't own Danny Phantom or any of the music or any food or anything. The songs are awesome but sadly they're not mine.
Let's check on Vlad, shall we?
Vlad sat at a massive table, a glass in his hand and a frown on his face. Two burly ghost guards stood in front of him
"Well, has he told us anything? His magic should have been drained by now. It's been at least 2 months," He asked the two of them, perturbed.
"That's the problem-he's not saying anything. He keeps saying you took him away from his girlfriend." They said.
"Her again! That's all he thinks about! Well if he knew she was working for me, it wouldn't matter. Now bring him up here!" He yelled.
"Yes sir." they said in unison.
Vlad sighed in frustration, anger in his eyes. "I should have realized that he wouldn't be any help. He wouldn't give me any information on witches, why should he cooperate now? Well, the magic wielders always were a soppy bunch." He thought.
The 2 guards came back with a 14 year old boy. His once vibrant brown hair was limp and lifeless; his green eyes were once warm and caring but anger and suffering now filled the emerald orbs; his lips would never again curve into that beautiful smile that always used to make everyone smile back.
"Ty, why must you constantly fight me? Isn't it better to just break down and tell me? Stop the lies and curses? It's been 4 months since I've taken you in," Vlad said.
"You sack of slime," he hissed, "You attacked my family and threatened to kill them if I didn't obey you!"
"Child I merely helped you in your...delicate learning process." He replied patiently and leaned back in his chair.
"Learning process? You ripped the magic from me when I didn't give you the information you wanted. You made my life miserable if I didn't do what you wanted. You monster! That's not a learning process!" he shouted.
"You ungrateful child! I helped you! If you had just told me what I wanted your life would be easier." Vlad answered, getting annoyed.
"I would never betray the Titans." He said under his breath.
"Yes, you've proved that. Especially when it comes to that little girlfriend of yours." He said with a malicious glint in his eyes that was begging for a reaction. And, just as he had expected to, he got one.
Ty leapt for him, the 2 months of anger he had kept inside finally breaking loose. Vlad snapped his fingers and the 2 ordinary bracelets on Ty's wrist grew an angry red. He clenched his teeth together, drew back and fought the pain in furious silence.
"Good, at least we have something established. Isn't it amazing? As soon as that little friend of yours is mentioned, you snap. Reminds me of another young man." Vlad said cruelly.
"You leave her out of this! She wants nothing to do with you!" Ty yelled.
"On the contrary, she's the perfect employee. Smart, resourceful, devious, powerful, and best of all ignorant. Yes, she took to me quite well, almost as well as she took to Daniel. She hardly seems to remember you." He said in a tone that was clearly meant to aggravate.
"Liar!" He snapped. "She'd hate you. And she'd never forget me! Even if she can't find me, she'll never forget."
"Really? Daniel seems to be suiting her, courting her if I may be so bold as to say so. In fact, you could say there's a connection between them. Their relationship is growing just the way I want it to. My plan is in action and you can't stop me; you can barely keep yourself alive. Now, guards, please escort him to his room," Vlad said. Ty was taken from the room with a look of concerned horror on his face.
"No, he must be lying, what could he want her for? I just hope she's safe." He thought as he was escorted away.
A small squirrel-like scientist came into the room shuffling papers
"Um, sir…the, uh, the test results came back" He said tripping over each word. "He tested positive on every test w…"
Vlad's eyes lit up in excitement and shock.
"He did! Amazing, I would have thought…" he trailed off.
"Well, his intentions…"
"Do not interrupt me! I know his intentions. Now, you listen to me, this is a whole new ball game. He's much more valuable. I want security on him every minute of the day! If we lose him, I'll be in trouble and ectoplasm will roll, mark my words" He said standing up with viciousness in his eyes. The scientist nodded and scurried away.
Another guard came in and looked at Vlad gesturing with his head that something was ready.
Vlad looked at the guards and nodded his head. The room slowly filled with ghosts as Ty left. Familiar faces clogged the table, from Youngblood to Walker everyone was there.
"Thank you for coming. I appreciate your presence. Now, the purpose of this little get together, was not to cut a deal or to warn you, it was to tell you something. Stay away from Fenton. I have plans for him which require his undivided attention. I don't need you morons distracting him. The last thing I want is one of you idiots screwing up my plans by playing come catch me with him. This is a delicate operation so keep out. And, if you dare go near him, I will personally see to what happens to you." he threatened. They all looked at each other. Of course Walker opened his mouth.
"You can't scare me, you don't have as much power as you like to think" Walker said. The other ghosts just kept quiet.
"Really, that's funny. Walker, did you know that I have a wizard by the name of Ty in my grasp. Now I'm sure you all know the extent of his power, and his girlfriend will be joining him very soon. So, please realize Walker, that I am not a force you want to mess with. Now, my time is valuable so I bid you farewell." He said. They all left quickly with his message in their heads. Vlad went off to find his little magic maker.
Danny's House - 10:30am
Our young hero had just hit the floor. He rolled out of his bed, sheets tangled around his legs. He shook his head in order to wake himself.
"It's 10:30, not bad, I could be over Breanne's house by 11:30," he thought as he yawned. He got dressed into his regular outfit and dialed Breanne.
Over at Breanne's house, Breanne was still in bed. She awoke to the sound of her phone ringing, loudly and annoyingly.
"Huh, what the…?" She shouted, clearly not awake as she rolled to grab the phone.
"Hello?" She said, her head leaning on her hand causing the hair on one side of her head to bunch up.
"Hey Breanne, it's Danny." He said.
"Danny? It's 10:30 in the morning, and I'm not awake yet." she said with the comforter still wrapped around her.
"Oh, sorry. I woke up early today and thought I'd ask what time I should come over." He told her.
"Oh right, uh, how about 11:30, I should be up by then" She replied groggily.
"Ok, see you then" He replied. With a click of the phone she rolled over on her back, sighed, and got out of bed. She pulled on an outfit and got ready for her day with Danny.
Sam's House 10:30 am
Sam at this time was sound asleep, her books still scattered around her. The nights she spent sleepless, thinking about her boy problems, were being made up for.
11:15 am
Danny was headed toward Breanne's house in Jazz's car leaning on the window. The cluttered houses slowly separated as they got farther into the outskirts of the city.
"So you like her?" Jazz asked randomly.
"What?" Danny asked more out of surprise than anything else.
"You heard me." She said.
Danny looked out the window, thinking the question over.
"I don't know, maybe. She's different, she's like Sam, with something else mixed in. I like it, but I just met her, and what if I scare her if I say anything? It's all so confusing." He said. Jazz just smiled at her little brother.
"But then there's Sam. Sam was…… amazing. She knew me, what I hate, what I like, my powers. And I'm close to her. But then Breanne comes along and she's new and different, a new person. There are things I don't know about her, and things she doesn't know about me. I can kind of start over, you know? I won't be the klutzy best friend, I could be the romantic freshman, and I like that.
And I won't have to risk my friendship with Sam. I could live without her as a girlfriend for a while, but I couldn't live for a minute without her as a friend.
"But what about your powers? Do you think she'll care, and did it ever cross your mind that maybe she's not ready or can't handle it?" Jazz replied keeping her eyes on the road.
"I'll tell her when I'm ready, when I know she cares. She can handle it, I know she can. I get this weird feeling of power when I'm around her." Danny replied.
"What does Sam think of her?" Jazz asked hoping to get some insight on this girl.
"She likes her, they get along fine. Like they were friends for years. Speaking of Sam, I should give her a call, maybe she might want to come over later on." He said, taking out his cell phone. Jazz was about to warn him, but he was already talking to Sam's father.
"Hello Mr. Manson is Sam there?" He asked politely.
"No, Danny, I'm sorry. She's sleeping. She hasn't been getting any sleep lately and she crashed around 1:30 last night, so we let her sleep in. Do you want me to have her call you?" Her father answered, disgustingly peppy.
"No, thank you though. I'm going to be out" He replied.
"Ok. Bye."
Danny hung up the phone and sighed. A few minutes later they pulled up in the driveway. Something about Breanne's last name triggered something in Jazz's mind. There was this really cute somewhat intelligent guy in her classes with the same last name.
"Does she have an older brother?" Jazz asked as Danny was halfway out of the car. He turned his head to look at Jazz
"Ok, aside from that being a totally random question, yes. She has two. Jon and someone else, Tim, or Todd or-"
"Tom!" She chirped.
"Yeah that's it, why?" He asked.
"No reason in particular. But I'm going to come in with you, we've never met these people before so I think it's my responsibility." She said getting out of the car. Danny smiled to himself, he knew why she wanted to come in.
"Looks like I'm not the only one with a crush." He thought. The house was an dark brown/orange with a lot of land behind it, like 2 acres.
"Wow, I guess living on the outskirts of town has it's bonuses". Danny thought as he rang the doorbell.
Tom was the only one downstairs when the door rang.
"No, don't worry I'll get it," He said sarcastically to the empty room. "Who's at the door? Oh she's cute, kind of familiar though…oh yeah, that's Jazz Fenton, but why's she at my door? Right, Danny, her little brother. Ha-ha, looks like sis's date is here. Well, as long as his sister stays I'll leave them alone." He thought. He opened the door and flashed Jazz a gorgeous smile.
"Hello, you must be Danny, and who is this beautiful creature next to you?" He asked. Jazz blushed and looked at him shyly.
"I'm Jazzmine, well Jazz." She said smiling. Danny rolled his eyes as his sister kept blushing and smiling.
"Well then, come on in." He said, giving her another killer smile as they walked into the house. One step in and Danny was greeted by a warm feeling. The first step led you into a big open room with stairs running up one side. The hallway opened up on the other side into a huge warm living room. The walls were a chocolate brown and the couches had crocheted blankets on them. A fireplace sat on one side of the room, and next to it was a TV that was diagonal from a bow window with a nook-like sitting area under it. It reminded him of a winter cabin with a modern feel.
The hallway stopped about 10 feet into a kitchen which connected to the dining room. Danny couldn't see the whole room but he felt like it led to more of the house. That unseen part of the house gave him a very creepy feeling.
The stairs by the front door led up to attic-like loft, and when you took a left from the kitchen there was a hallway with 3 doors on side, 1 at the end and 1 on the other side with a staircase 7 or 8 feet away from it, and another in the middle of the hallway wall. The staircase led to a small area which opened up to a different hallway with 5 doors. Two of them were circled around the little area and the other 3 spread across the hallway. Danny knew it would take him a while, but just like at Sam's house he would eventually get to know where almost everything was.
"Hang on I'll go ask my sister if you can go up to her room." Tom said and jogged through the kitchen, up the stairs, and disappeared from their view.
"Hey B, your date's here, can he come in?" He asked through the door.
Of course, she had her headphones on her head and was blasting music through them extremely loudly. Are You Happy Now was echoing through her ears and she was singing along as always. Coincidently, it happened to be the part where Michelle Branch sings Yeah, Yeah really loud, and Breanne sang along just as loudly. 'Yeah' was the only thing her brother understood, and he took it as a "yes, he can come in my room."
"Yup. Danny you can go on up, she's just sitting in her room." He said as he walked down the stairs. Danny put his bag on the table and walked up to the room. When he disappeared Jazz and Tom started talking.
"Uh Breanne?" He asked unsure. His voice echoed through the hallway, no reply came back.
"Ok." He said, sarcastically out loud to no one in particular.
He walked over to a door that was light blue on one side with roses climbing up clouds and the other side was a forest at night with bats and yellow moon on one side. To any other person it might have meant that the person behind that door needed some sort of psychological help, but that thought never crossed Danny's innocent, naïve mind. He knocked on the door heard a noise and went in. He saw Breanne with a hairbrush in her hand singing and dancing to Shine On by Ryan Cabrera. She bounced and swayed in her capris and light blue shirt, thinking that absolutely no one was watching her. Danny had come in a little after she began singing and stood there watching her.
I know you'll be better of without me when I'm gone,
You know you're beautiful, you're beautiful,
Shine on, you were made to,
Shine on,
And even if we can or can't be friends,
I'll be with you to the very end so,
Shine on
You were made to,
It's keeping me awake every night,
But I can never seem to give up on you,
I send up a prayer and I'm onto another one thousand,
Still I can never seem to give up on you,
I know you'll be better off without me when I'm gone,
You know you're, you're beautiful,
You're beautiful
Shine on,
You were made to,
Shine on,
And you know I love you,
And even if we can or can't be friends,
I'll be with you to the very end so
Shine on, yeah,
Nobody's wrong, nobody's right,
Keep moving on, Shine on, yeah,
Something, something I don't know,
These words, da da da, something,
Shine on you were made to, Shine on and you know I love you,
We're gonna be , something something,
Oooo you're gonna be just fine,
Ooooo you're gonna be alright love.
She finished with a sweeping bow. Alright so she didn't know all the words, but who cared? It's not like she had an audience. The she heard someone clapping behind her. She looked at the clock flashing 11:30 and realized who it was.
"Danny?" She asked hoping it wasn't him.
"Yes" came a smooth reply. Her cheeks were becoming slowly red with every word. She bit her lip and closed her eyes, imagining the look on his face.
"H-How long have you been there?" She asked, her back still turned to him.
"Since the first chorus of "I know you'll be better off without me." He replied leaning against the door with his hands in his pockets.
"Oh." She replied. She dropped the hairbrush then turned around to look at him. He was smiling and looked relaxed.
"You're brother said I could come in." He replied trying not to laugh. "I uh thought you were waiting for me or something. I'm going to go wait downstairs, my stuff is already on your table." He said and walked out the door. Breanne just stood there.
"For once I get to be the suave, cool, collected one. I'm normally the klutz, it's a nice change of pace." He thought as he walked downstairs.
Back in the bedroom, a wave of embarrassment flowed over our little witch as she gathered the stuff for their project. She was just about to walk out the door when she heard:
"What the- AAAHHH!"
THUD!
"Ow." Come from the hallway. She rushed out of her room to find Danny on his back on the stairs with her German Shepard's and husky's front paws on his chest. Her border collie, golden retriever and beagle were also watching. Her cats just then flitted in quietly, their tails flicking, obviously curious about the excitement.
"Oh my gosh. I'm so sorry! They can be really energetic." She said pulling them off of Danny.
"It's ok. I've always wanted a dog, so I really didn't mind. They just kind of took me by surprise." He said shifting his position to a sit.
"Yeah, but they know better." She said stressing the "they know better" part and staring at them.
"So this is the Danny you've been all excited about?" Paint (her cat) asked.
"Yes" She said quietly.
"So I take it you like big dogs?" He said getting up and dusting fur off of his jeans.
"Yeah." She replied still staring at her cat.
"Hmm he's interesting. There's definitely something about him, I'm curious, maybe we'll stick around." Rook said.
"Remember curiosity killed the cat." She replied hinting for them to get lost.
"What?" he said confused.
"Oh uh nothing." She said to Danny with a smile. She gave her cats a nasty look and they left.
"Oh, I thought you were talking to me." He said.
"Uh, I was just kind of randomly saying things. I mean who else would I talk to my cat?" she said and laughed nervously.
"Yeah, that'd be a little weird. But where do you want to do our project. Your brothers in the living room, and your mom's cooking something in the kitchen he said peeking in the kitchen. Breanne looked in also and saw her mom mixing cups of multicolored liquids on to plants.
"Great mom's monthly potion test. Why'd she have to do it now?" she thought.
"My dad's in the basement working, and my younger sister has her 2 friends over and they're causing havoc in the playroom. I couldn't fit a dime in my garage, so how about we go up" she said smiling at Danny.
"Excuse me?" He said. It almost seemed like she was hinting they should fly. He shook the thought out of his mind.
"Don't be stupid Danny, she's completely normal." He thought.
"Up, as in up to my attic/alcove/loft thing. It's really nice up there." She said bringing him with her. They climbed the stairs to find a light blue door with a gold lock on it. She slipped a key in and they went into the coolest place Danny had ever seen. The door opened to one small room with a desk, a small chair, a lamp and maps and paper everywhere.
"Sorry, this place is a mess, it's my dad's den. He practically lives in this room but he never cleans it. We want the room a couple places down." She said going to the door on the left and pushing it open.
"The playroom is in the basement next to the computer room. There's a total of 5 rooms up here. This one, 2 others, 1 you can only get to by the door downstairs, and another one that no one knows about. Well except me." She said.
That door led a fairly good sized room with a table, chairs, windows and boxes everywhere.
"The basic out line of this attic thing is, it's biggest room, this one, is the only normal sized room. The other 2 and my dad's den are all tiny with low ceilings and like no space at all, so we call it an attic/alcove/loft thing because we honestly have no idea what to call it. The outline of this whole area is my dad's tiny den leading into a bigger room on the left, the that breaks into another small room on the upper right. There is no door in that room and you stop there. But if you go to the door in the hallway downstairs that opens up to another room above the dining room. Then there's another room I found, but we're going to work in here." She said.
"Wow." Danny replied.
"Did you get that?" She asked.
"Some of it. But it really translates into this is a pretty weird house." He said looking around.
She laughed, which made Danny smile.
"Yeah it is, but it's so much fun." She said. They started to get ready when her brother Jon came in the room.
"Get out, it's my turn in here." He said.
"No I need it." She argued.
"Look, my friends are here, and so is Aunt Cindy, Aunt Lisa, Uncle Frank, and grandma. Mom's in the kitchen, the basement's full, Tom's in the living being a grouch. Uncle Frank and Aunt Lisa are in the dining room helping mom prepare for…… next week." He said looking at Danny. "And Aunt Cindy is in the back yard doing something incredibly noisy. Now get out, you can go to his house" He said pointing to Danny.
She sighed, arguing was pointless. Her mom's potion work must not be going well, so she called in some of the cavalry. Why did her mom have to be the head healer?
"Fine, Danny and I are leaving. We're going to the mall alone. You had better cover for me or I'll tell dad how much you love to wait 'till the last minute to do these projects." She said.
There was a couple seconds of silence while he thought things over.
"Uhhhh fine, but you are taking Spark, Spiral and Jinx with you." He said.
"Make it just Spark and Jinx and you have a deal." She said.
He glared at her and caved in.
"Fine, but don't get hurt. If you get hurt I'm going to get in so much trouble." He said. They packed up and went downstairs.
"Ok, I'm guessing he wants us to take the German Shepard and the Husky with us. Right?" Danny asked as he put his coat on.
"Yeah. Jinx is the husky and Spark is the German Shepard. Shock is the border collie, Spiral is my retriever and Max is the beagle." She said as she grabbed her ipod and her coat.
AN: Hold it for a second. Sorry for interrupting but everything I just wrote does have relevance. I didn't write it just because I felt like explaining her house in great detail. Ok back to the story.
"JINX, SPARK, FRONT AND CENTER." She yelled. Within seconds claws were heard racing across the floor. Then they both appeared.
"Alright guys we're going for a walk." She said like a normal dog owner would.
"What about the others?" Jinx asked.
"I don't know, do they want to come? Where are they?" She asked softly.
"Max is playing chess with Rook, and Spiral and Shock are playing with Alex and her friends. Do want me to ask if they want to come?" Spark said.
"Alright fine, make it quick." She said a little too loudly. Spark bounded off to ask them.
"Did you just talk to your dog?" Danny asked.
"Me? Well uh yeah I think it makes a bond with the owner." She said hoping he'd buy it.
"Ok, that may be a new approach but your dogs seem to love you, so I guess it works." He said.
Nails were heard scraping across the floor as Spark returned.
"They'll stay." He said. Then they left for the mall. Just as they closed the door Vlad Masters appeared.
"Well now there's no reason to go looking for the jewel, she practically told me where it was when she gave me that little tour. It's a good thing the magic in this place shields me from Daniels ghost sense. I think I'll leave them alone for now, let the relationship grow, then destroy it." He said and left.
AN: Ha! See I told you there was a point. Oh and in my story Amity Park is in Massachusetts. Now back to the story.
"So Breanne, what brings you to Amity Park? I mean this isn't really the most well-known place." He said as they walked.
"When we lived in New York my dad got a call saying that the reserve base over here needed a little help, they offered him a lot of money if he took the job. Plus my mom's biggest client said over here would be a nice to live." She said.
"Your mom has big clients? Like who?" He asked.
"Well I met the one that told us to move here. His names Vlad Masters, he's a nice guy, a little egotistic but a nice guy." She said kicking gravel in her path. "Danny are you ok, you look pale, and nervous." She said.
Indeed he did, upon hearing that name, Danny had gotten paler and nervous.
"I'm fine, but have you lived anywhere else?" He asked desperately trying to change the subject
"Yes, I lived in Rhode Island until I was 9, then I moved to Jump City New York, and now I'm here." She said.
"Wow, that's a big move. Do you still keep in touch with your friends?" He asked.
"Yeah I still talk to the ones in Jump City. But enough about me, tell me about yourself. Daniel Fenton what makes you, you." She asked in a dramatic tone.
"Well let's see, I have two best friends, get picked on in school, get mediocre grades, my parents are ghost hunters, my only sibling is 16 and nosy, and –don't laugh- but my middle name is James." He said all in one breath. She smiled and turned her ipod on full volume, so she and Danny could hear it.
"You said you wouldn't laugh." He said smiling.
"I'm not laughing. Daniel James Fenton, I like it. It sounds suave and cool." She said smiling.
"Really? Well I told you mine, what's your middle name?" He asked.
She stared at the clouds for a second." Tori, Breanne Tori Lamaeo" She said.
"That's pretty." He said. The trees started thinning as they got closer to the mall.
"You know, there's a lot more to me." Danny said looking at her. "I love playing the piano and I'm really good at drawing. I wish my family could be closer sometimes and farther apart others. I fall asleep sometimes with Greenday blaring in my headphones, and really hate my school. I also like French fries in ice cream and sometimes my life seems so screwed up, but then sometimes it's great. I'm scared of others getting hurt, but I don't worry about myself. I can be so deep inside but it's covered up by something I don't know. Now you probably think I'm crazy." He said looking at her. She looked back at him with a thoughtful stare. The deep chocolate of her eyes locked with his sky blue ones. She turned away and looked at her dogs walking in front of her.
"No your not. I just have to thank you, for confiding with me. It makes me feel…trusted." She said her tone soft. The awkward silence that followed that comment was too much for Danny so he decided to break it.
"Ok Breanne Tori, I Daniel James Fenton have told you things from my soul, now tell me something." He said loud and dramatic and goofy.
"Ok, let's see I play the clarinet, I am an excellent writer and a published poet -no applause please- my house has three of every type of animal people are allowed to keep. I hate popularity and feel like slapping shallow stupid people. I frequently dance and sing to music -as you saw-, I love small comfortable places for some odd reason. I love the dark, hate being alone with huge groups of people. When I write, I get the ultimate mood swings, one second I'm happy then I'm sad, then I want to smack people. The necklace I'm wearing right now my grandpa got me when I was 5, he died 2 years later. Now that's all your getting from me." She said and winked at him.
"Hmmm interesting." He said.
"What?" She asked.
"I realized that I met someone who is just as or more crazy than I am. That and the fact that the only way we're going to get any work done is that after our little mall adventure we go to my house." He said.
"Well you know what, I agree with part 2 and I could have told you about part 1." She said. "Hey have you ever heard this song, it's awesome, and I think it fits our situation."
I'm not crazy I'm just a little unwell,
I know right you can't tell,
But stay awhile and maybe then you'll see a different side of me,
I'm not crazy I'm just a little impaired,
I know right now you don't care,
But soon enough your gonna think of me, and how I used to be me,
Talking to myself in public and dodging glances on the train,
They started singing at I know right now you can't tell. And when they started singing Jinx and Spark had to join in. After that they laughed at how Jinx and Spark sounded better than Breanne. And that's when she realized she found the only person she would ever get along with in Amity Park was him. Banishing that thought from her head she snapped back to reality they scrolled through other songs like Time of your Life by Greenday, A lifetime by Better than Ezra, Clocks by Coldplay, Chariot by Gavin De Graw, Dirty Little Secret, The Batman theme from the movie and hundreds of other out of place songs. They walked into the mall and window shopped. They sat down outside, in the outside food court after getting a drink from a vendor and started talking. Of course their conversation was cut short by Danny's ghosts sense. She stared at him wondering why blue smoke was leaking out of his mouth.
"Danny are you ok?" She asked.
"I'm fine but I need to go to the… bathroom. I'll be right back." He said as he edged himself out of the chair. She looked at her dogs and they cocked their heads to one side as if to say "we don't know".
Danny of course rushed into the bathroom and changed into Danny Phantom. He flew into the mall to find the box ghost laughing his head off at a mannequin with a box on it's head.
"Haha, you cannot escape my boxy powers you will surrender to me!" He yelled at it. Danny was floating behind him as people on the ground level floor scattered in fear.
" Ah dude that's a mannequin." Danny said calmly, trying to keep his annoyed tone in check.
"Danny Phantom! You will not stop me! I'm not afraid of you." He said getting a smug expression and throwing a box at Danny, causing him to fly backwards into a wall.
"Could you possibly have any worse timing! I'm having one of the best times I've had in a while and you come in here and interrupt it. Leave. Right now, before I get angry." He said, half annoyed half bored. The box ghost thought this over for a second and left. Danny sighed, thankful that he could get back to Breanne in time. He was about to turn around to head outside when something flashed and pinned him to the floor. He looked up to see gold eyes staring back at him.
"Can't you leave me alone!" He snapped at her.
She smiled a smile that made Danny shiver. "No." She replied. Danny sighed and grabbed her wrist and threw her across the mall. Vines sprang from the ground and tried to grab as he weaved in between them. She came back fireballs sitting promptly in each hand.
"Do you have some sort of problem with me?" He asked while shooting beams of his own.
"Personally, no. I hate all ghosts in general." She replied grabbing his foot and tossing him. He regained control in midair and flew at her.
"Really? I know someone who's like that. Let me guess, they trashed your house, made you un-popular, or I know they ruined your favorite sweater?" He said. She lowered her arm and stared at him.
"They kidnapped my best friend." She said and looked at the floor. Danny could have sworn he saw a tear but a second later all he felt was his face meeting a chair. She stood over him looking proud, but not for long. The fight had been brought outside and the vendor where they got their soda from had left and in doing so left bottles of soda. Danny grabbed a can, shook and sprayed it on her. While she was distracted he made his escape. Breanne was now sticky, unhappy and moody. She changed back but her face and hair were still sticky. Since the mall was empty, she made a small rain cloud appear and wash it away. She'd rather be wet than sticky.
While Breanne was doing that, Danny changed back. He sat on the floor of the bathroom to take a breather. His chest hurt every time he breathed and his head wasn't feeling that well either. He reached into his pocket and took a Tylenol. He kept them in his pocket readily now, after every fight he seemed to be getting more and more like a punching bag then before.
"Great, Breanne probably left. Yup she ran screaming from the ghost boy, way to go Fenton." He said as he walked out of the bathroom. She was equally worried that he had left so they were both surprised when they saw each other. Jinx and Spark had watched, they were used to seeing there owner being tossed like a Frisbee and didn't interfere unless they were needed.
"Wow, they stayed with you? Not many dogs would. So what did you see exactly?" He asked, as they walked to his house leaving the mall a little differently then when they found it.
"Yeah, we have a strong bond." She said as she hugged them. "I only really saw a blur or two, there were way too many people screaming. I can't believe you missed it." She said.
"Me too." He said. "Well at least she didn't see anything." He thought.
"Thank god he didn't see anything." She thought. They were both happy the dogs were there it gave them something to talk about when the awkward or touchy subjects came up.
"So your wet because of ?" He asked looking at her hair.
"Well the ghost boy hit the wall inside the mall, it was full of pipes and one broke the whole place was wet." She said making up lie. She really couldn't tell him the truth.
They were around 2 blocks away from Danny's house when Jinx and Spark stopped. They stood stark still their fur and ears raised. They started growling and that's when Danny took notice.
"Something's wrong." He said. She gave him a confused look in return. Dash Baxter walked in front of them smiling.
"Yeah something's wrong, what is someone like you hanging out with Fentina for?" He asked and lifted Danny by the collar of his shirt. It took her a little while to figure out that this was Mr. Intellectual from her first day at school.
"Put my friend down." She said calmly.
"Why? You shouldn't be hanging out with a loser like him, when there are normal people like Paulina and me." He said.
"Put him down moron. I don't have time to deal with people like you." She said.
"Really. Well what are you going to do, seeing as Fenton over here's worthless." He said.
"Dash put me down right now." Danny said.
"No." He replied smiling, taunting Danny.
"I don't want to hurt you, put me down NOW." Danny yelled.
"Or what?" Dash asked.
"I'll make you." Danny said coldly.
"Oooo I'm really scared." Dash said.
"Suit yourself." Danny said. Before he did anything there was a look of remorse, sadness, of something in his eyes, that she never wanted to see again. He grabbed Dash's wrist and flipped him over. His eyes flashed green for a second as Dash got up.
"Fenton! Y-Y-You………..are so DEAD!" He yelled and lunged for Danny. Jinx and Spark cut in front, their teeth bared and their fur up. Even a moron like Dash is not going to deal with an angry German Shepard or Husky. He backed away slowly.
"That's low Fenton having your girlfriend's dogs protecting you!" He yelled. Jinx and Spark growled and barked and he ran.
"Next time, you'll deal with me!" She yelled. Danny looked at her and smiled.
"You ok?" He asked.
"Me? I'm fine. The question is are you ok?" She asked.
"A little sore, but ok. We're close to my house, c'mon." He said. They raced to his house and set up their remaining work on his kitchen table. She coached him through the writing and he was helping her draw.
"Ok, make a square to start of and follow what you see from there." He said watching her concentrate on the photo of the piano. After 7 failed tries, Danny stepped in even more, he took her hand in hers and drew it with her. After he dropped the pencil though, the magic she was letting out kicked in and she felt the same pain she felt from the portal. She saw the same things but from a different perspective. She let out an "ow" and jumped away from Danny.
"Is something wrong?" He asked. She looked at her hand in curiosity.
"Yeah, probably just a paper cut." She said and sat back down. That was too weird, the connection between hima nd the portal, she tried to forget everything.Her little jump caused her ipod to turn on and skip to number 15, one of the only slow songs on her ipod. They sat down again and Danny helped her draw a guitar. Then they heard the music.
At the same time at Sam's house
Sam awoke with a start. She put a hand to her forehead and blinked her sleepy eyes open. Was it morning already?
"What time is it?" She asked. Her clock read 1:00pm.
"No way it's 1:00!" She screeched as she grabbed the clock.
She had to tell Danny something but what? The book. She found out how to defeat that witch. Breanne didn't do anything like that. Danny would be so happy! She had to show him, if she ran she could make it to his house in 4 minutes, he should be home. She replaced her old wrinkled clothes, got dressed and ran out of her house.
Back at Danny's house
Baby I compare you to a kiss from a rose on the grey,
Oooo the more I get of you the stranger it feels and yeah,
Now that your rose is in bloom a light hits the gloom on the grey,
Danny looked up from the drawing and stared off, listening to the music.
"That's a pretty song." He said directing his gaze to his art student.
"Yeah it's romantic. I love the piano in it, it beautiful." She said still working on the drawing.
"I bet it'd be fun to play." He said a little softer. The tone in his voice caused her to look up at him.
"You can almost imagine 2 people dancing, singing,-"
"Talking." He said.
"Yeah like they have a-"
"Connection." He said, finishing her sentence. As the song started playing they started getting closer and closer together. For a couple of seconds the piano and clarinet played in harmony in the background, their eyes stared at each other, and they kissed.
At that time Sam stepped in the kitchen.
"Danny?" She asked in disbelief. Hearing his name knocked him out of the moment and he turned to look at Sam.
"Sam, I- I didn't-" He started to say.
"How could you?" She said softly and ran outside.
"Sam!" He called out. He felt a hand on his shoulder and turned around.
"Danny, I'm sorry, I didn't mean- I didn't want your friendship ruined. It just happened, and I feel terrible." She said looking up at him.
"I know. Look just stay here I need to talk to Sam." He said and ran after her.
Breanne sat back down, she had got what she wanted, but as much as Sam irritated her, she never would have wanted this to befall her. She grabbed a stray piece of paper and wrote a note to Danny.
"Jinx, Spark, we're going into the ghost zone. I need your help." She said and brought them downstairs.
Danny caught up with Sam and stood in front of her.
"Sam, let me explain." He said out of breath
"Explain what? How I caught you kissing her in the kitchen?" She yelled.
"Well yes, and no. Yes you saw me, but no I didn't mean to hurt you. It just happened." He said.
"Right, it just happened." She said, mocking him.
"It did, we were doing a project!" He yelled.
"Oh so, a romantic song just happened to play, while you two happened to be alone in your kitchen." She said stressing the your.
"Are you saying I planned this?" He asked
"Yes, that's exactly what I'm saying." She replied.
"Well I didn't! Why don't you believe me!" He asked.
"Because, Because, I think you like her, and you probably enjoyed kissing her, didn't you!" She said tears forming in her eyes.
"So what if I do? You should be happy, for once in my life something is going the way I would like it. A girl I like returns the feelings, you're my best friend, you should happy for me!" He said. Sam turned away knowing she'd never be happy seeing him with anyone else, but she couldn't tell him that now.
"Fine Danny, if you want to be that way, go right ahead but I'm not going to be here to pick up your heart after she breaks it!" She yelled and ran home. Danny walked back to his house, his head swimming, he was angry, sad, confused, guilty, happy, why couldn't he have one emotion?
"If she wants to be like that, fine, let her. I don't care." He thought and stepped into his house. He found the kitchen clean, and a note on the table.
Danny,
I'm sorry I have to go all of a sudden. My brother called and said I should get home. Call me on my cell phone around 5:00. I have to thank you, for everything. You made me feel welcome, and happy for once, in a new place. I'm sorry if anything happened, and we can all work it out, but not today. If your upset with me I wouldn't be surprised if your not, please call.
Breanne♥
He put the note on the table and looked at the clock, 4:26. He sighed and went up to his room, to draw.
Sam ran home crying. She found her way to the bedroom and lay on her bed. How could one person ruin so much? Her tears slowly ebbed away and she calmed down. He radio was playing, but she wasn't in the mood to listen. Minutes rolled by and she let the disappointment in her heart grow. Then a song came on the radio, that she had passed before. It was ok, but now after what happened it held so much more meaning.
Seems like just yesterday, you were a part of me, I used to stand so tall,
I used to be so strong, your arms around me tight,
Everything it felt so right, Unbreakable, like nothing could go wrong,
Now I can't breathe, now I can't sleep, I'm barely hanging on,
Here I am once again, I'm torn into pieces, can't deny it, can't pretend,
Just thought you were the one, broken up deep inside,
But you won't get to see the tears I cry
Sam listened to the words, they comforted her. Someone had felt this kind of pain and they lived through it. She could too and she would. Her phone looked inviting, she reached over and called Tucker.
Of course, our own little magic maker found her way into the ghost zone. She needed information.
"This isn't a good idea." Spark warned.
"Yeah you can't bite a ghost." Jinx said. All three of them were seemingly walking on air, because there was no ground to walk on. They kept their balance and walked not even a mile, when someone stopped them.
"Who are you and what are you doing in the ghost zone. We have rules, you know." Walker said.
"I need information on a ghost boy. White hair, green eyes, wears a black jumpsuit, and he's got a real attitude problem." She asked unafraid of him.
Walker eyed her. She wasn't afraid and she was asking him the questions.
"Listen, runt I make the rules and-" He started saying
"And your wasting my time! I need answers." She said. Walker got mad, how dare she treat him like this? Besides Vlad was out to kill, and he didn't want to mess with him.
"Why should I listen to you? I could throw you and handcuffs and be done with it." He said hoping he'd scare her.
"You don't know who I am, do you?" She asked with a devious smile. Walker blinked and didn't reply.
"Ok, does the name MissMagic ring any bells in your head?" She asked. Walker thought for a second. Then a warning bell went off in his head.
"Your that little nature brat, aren't you?" He asked. His reply was a smile that made him shiver.
"Yes. Now I need you to cooperate." She said. "Or else."
Walker thought over his options, Vlad or her. Vlad won, but this looked like it could have interesting results.
"Don't know much, he came here looking for trouble and messed with me. He escaped and then brought a massive ghost invasion on his town." He said.
"Really?" She asked skeptical.
"Yup, he calls himself Danny Phantom. Pretty strong kid, knows his stuff." He added.
"Anything else?" She asked him.
"Nope. No one knows much about him and the ones that do, don't say anything." He said. He gave her an innocent smile and shrugged.
"I wish I knew more myself, like to teach him a lesson. He doesn't have a nice future." He said.
"What do you mean?" She asked. Walker thought about this. Should he tell her?
"She can figure that out on her own." He thought to himself. "I mean if he keeps acting like he does he's not going to have a good future in the ghost zone." He said covering up.
"Yes, well I plan to take care of that." She said and turned around. She was about to leave when he called to her again. She looked back to see him smiling.
"Oh yeah almost forgot this last thing. He's half human." He said.
I love cliffhangers! Ok, more to come up! Review, please! Tell your friends about my story! Anyway, the next chapters are awesome, I can't wait to type them. I typed the songs a little differently for space. They were Kiss from a Rose by Seal, Behind these Hazel Eyes by Kelly Clarkson, Unwell by Matchbox 20 and I mentioned some others too.