Chapter 16

"I'M HOME!" he yelled.

"sweetie, can we talk with you?" asked Maddie, walking up to Danny.

"uh, sure. Can I sit down though, I am tired." He yawned, changing into his human form.

"OK." She smiled, walking towards the sofa then taking a seat next to Jack and Jazz.

Danny walked in and sat on the armchair. He knew they were going to fire the questions at him. He hoped that they were short and simple, not too hard questions. Or questions Danny didn't feel comfortable answering.

"Danny, when did you get these ghost powers?" asked Jack, looking more serious than ever.

"uh, about a year ago. See, I was in the Lab showing Sam and Tucker the portal. I decided it might be cool to see what was on the other side. I put on a jumpsuit and entered. My hand slipped and I accidentally pushed the ON button. The was a great big flash and I woke up and realised I was half ghost." He explained.

"we noticed that about 6 months after we had first seen you that your suit changed and you got a D on your chest with a P in the middle… how did that happen?" asked Maddie.

"oh, well as you might not know, I was fighting evil ghosts. I wasn't evil, I was good. This wishing ghost, Desiree was let free. Sam and I had a fight and she uttered the words "some days I wish I never met you." And Desiree made it happen. I lost my memory and my ghost powers and Sam told me all about what happened. I went into the portal and she put the Logo on my chest. Later I regained my memory and captured Desiree." He explained.

"oh, well if you were a good ghost, how come you attacked us and then the mayor when heaps of ghost prison guards cam to town?" asked Jack.

"oh, that. Well, one day I went into the ghost zone. In the ghost zone there is a prison. The owner of the prison, walker, told me that if he ever saw me again there would be a problem. Then another day I knocked something in the ghost zone. I went inside to get it, wearing Fenton phones. Walker came up to me and sent me to prison for wearing unauthorised recording equipment. Me and some ghost's that I don't like helped bust out of there. I then realised that in the ghost zone, humans are the ghosts. I escaped that time. Walker wanted to turn this world into a prison for me so that I would be begging for the security of his prison. He and some other ghosts overshadowed almost everyone I know. Dash, Paulina, the mayor and some others. I thought you two were overshadowed so I tried to get the ghost out of you. Unfortunately, I hit you and found out there were no ghosts inside of you. All of it was a plan to ruin my life." Sighed Danny, remembering everything that happened.

"oh, OK." Said Jack.

"Jazz, I have a question for you. Did you know Danny was a ghost?" asked Maddie.

"uh, yeah. Except he didn't know that I knew until I confronted him one time." Muttered Jazz.

"why didn't you tell us?" asked Maddie.

"because it was Danny's secret, not mine. He is the one who had a secret, so he would be the one to tell you. Not me." Answered Jazz.

"So were you then one who tried to trash the RV?" asked Jack.

"No, I was fighting Youngblood, a ghost." Answered Danny.

"Yeah, I bet he was an invisible ghost only you could see." Muttered Jack.

"Actually, only kids could see him. That's why he was called Youngblood. He was trying to tick me off that time we went on a ghost free weekend." Danny explained.

"Oh. I see." Groaned Jack, knowing he was wrong.

"I'm really tired; I'm going to bed now." Yawned Danny.

"alright son, goodnight." Said his father.

"goodnight Danny." Sighed his mother.

Danny walked up the stairs and brushed his teeth. He looked into the mirror and saw his normal face. He looked into those icy blue eyes of his and saw sadness. He knew he was sad but he didn't know that you could tell. He left the bathroom and hopped into bed. It was going to be hard to sleep because he had to go to school the next morning.

Get him! Get the half ghost! Get Danny!

A mob of angry people were running after him, gaining on him fast. Danny was losing his strength. He was falling, the people started to beat him and shoot beams at him. People were yelling "we only like FULL humans in this world, weirdo."

Danny rose from his bed suddenly and looked around. All was normal. Well, almost. Danny heard an alarm sound and realised it was his alarm. He pounded his fist on the off button and hopped out of bed. He headed for the bathroom and had a cold shower. It was very hot that day, not as hot as Danny once was. Danny still had no idea why that happened.

"Still, I don't think it is nice of them to look at you while we walk to school. They need to get a life." Muttered Tucker, annoyed by all the eyes.

"Well, I guess we have to get used to it. Right Danny?" sighed Sam, looking into his sad eyes.

"Yeah, right." He mumbled.

"Danny is something wrong?" asked Sam, walking in front of him.

"Um, yeah! Can't you tell, everyone knows my secret and are looking at me? Boy, I wish I could get clockwork to fix this problem up but he won't help me." Complained Danny.

"Oh, lighten up Danny. I'm sure this has a few advantages." Smiled Tucker.

Danny frowned at Tucker and kept walking. He could see the main doors to Casper High ahead. He took a deep breath in and walked up the steps. He opened the door and as he walked past he could hear people whisper and point, whisper and point. Just like the day before. Danny walked to his locker without saying a word and got out his English text book.

"Danny! I am so glad to see you." Smiled Paulina, standing behind Danny.

"Just leave me alone Paulina, I don't like you." He frowned at her and walked off.

Her eyes filled with tears and she ran into the girls' bathroom. Sam saw this and she burst with laughter. Tucker met Danielle outside her locker and she seemed a bit strange. Tucker didn't suspect anything, only that she felt weird being seen with the ghost boy. He was kinda right. But Danielle was actually worried that Danny might get hurt sometime and she might lose a friend.

The bell rang as Tucker, Danielle and Sam met Danny outside the English room.

"Hey, what's so funny?" asked Tucker, looking at Danny who was laughing at Paulina who was crying.

"Oh, Paulina came up to me and she started to flirt with me. I asked her to leave me alone because I didn't like her." Danny explained.

"Oh, she deserves it." Laughed Tucker, walking into Lancers class.

Danny, Sam, Tucker and Danielle sat in the middle row, with people continuously turning their heads to look at them. Danny felt like shouting out "DO YOU PEOPLE MIND?" but remembered he was in a classroom and Lancer would totally give him detention. Instead of yelling at people, Danny just sat in his chair and payed as much attention to his teacher as he could. It was hard, but Danny survived.

The next subject was P.E. Danny wasn't looking forward to this subject. Even though he had ghost powers, he was still weak. Today, it was different. The week before their teacher had broken his leg so there was a substitute. Ms. Tetslaff was filling in for the usual P.E. teacher, even though she was the Health/Science teacher. Ms. Tetslaff decided to play dodge with the class because she couldn't be bothered making them run laps.

"OK class, today instead of running laps, we will play dodge ball." Announced Tetslaff.

"Wahoo!" the children cried.

"Now the rules are simple. Below the shoulders is out unless u purposely get hit on the head, no stepping into the square if you are out and no touching the ball if you are still in. AT ALL! Oh, and Danny, no ghost powers thanks." She explained, sounding like it was nothing.

"Uh, OK." Muttered Danny, looking upset because he couldn't use his ghost powers.

They played about two games of dodge ball. Danny didn't use his ghost powers but almost did, twice. During the third game of dodge ball, the trouble started. There were three people left in the square. Danny, Kwan and Dash.

"Danny probably cheated." Yelled Dash.

"No, he didn't. I have been watching him." Screamed Tetslaff.

Danny continued to dodge balls like an expert. Well, he kinda was. He was used to dodging attacks by ghosts. Suddenly Danny's ghost sense went off. Danny looked up at the sky.

"Walker!" he muttered.

"Danny you are the winner!" screamed Tetslaff.

Danny looked around. It was true; he had beaten Dash and Kwan.