Chapter 3: Make a Choice

When I woke up… I was surprised to see I was back in the bedroom on my bed. I sat up, blinking slowly… did Mom and Dad find us in the park and brought us home? I looked around before looking down at myself… how long was I out? I wasn't even wet anymore from the fountain I was sure I got thrown into… then I heard my brother yawning in the bed beside me.

"Ugh…" Danny yawned again, scratching his back as he glanced at me. "Oh… morning, Andy… ready for school?"

I blinked at him, caught off-guard. "Uh… it's morning already? But… what happened last night?"

"...We… did our homework- and Dash's, of course…" Danny said, blinking in confusion. "...Why did you ask, Andy?"

"... Huh? Wait…" What did he just say there about Dash? "Why would we be doing Dash's homework? He's been doing it himself since half a year ago." Ever since I became his friend, Jazz and I helped tutored him, he's gotten a lot better since then and actually quit being a bully altogether.

"...What?" Danny blinked, looking at me as if I was nuts. "W-what're you talking about? Dash still wants us to do his homework for him… it's never really changed since middle school…"

"Um…" I frowned in confusion, that can't be right… wait… what did he mean by 'it's never really changed since middle school'? A lot of things changed since then! "But-" Before I could say anything, Jazz called up the stairs.

"Andy, Danny, time for school!" she cried out from downstairs.

"Come on bro! We don't want to be late!" Danny said as he quickly jumped from his bed.

I guess I'll have to ask him about it later. But when we got downstairs, I noticed Danny didn't act as nervous- usually when Mom and Dad are inventing something on the table, it'd react to Danny because of his half ghost nature, and because of that, he'd be naturally nervous, but… he seems a bit too calm now. "Bro, aren't you worried?"

"...Huh?" Danny blinked, looking at me as if I grew a second head. "Why would I be worried? It's just another one of Mom and Dad's inventions… i-it probably won't explode or anything…"

"It's just…" I frowned… something's wrong… "...Nevermind."

I decided to keep this to myself and watch for now, but Danny's acting weird… in fact, he's almost acting as if… as if… wait… "Danny, if a ghost were to suddenly appear, what would you do?"

"G-ghost!?" Danny yelped, looking around nervously. "W-where!?"

"GHOST!?" Dad perked his head up, giving a wide grin. "I'll get that ghost- where is it, Andy!?'

SMACK! That was the sound of my hand meeting my face… I hate my life right now, I really do. Why is it that whenever there's an alternate dimension or something I'm caught right in the middle of it? "There's no ghost, Dad, I think I just spooked Danny when I asked what he would do IF one were to show up."

"Aww…" Dad pouted, reluctantly returning to whatever invention he was making at the moment.

Danny panted slightly, clutching his heart as if he had a heart attack. "G-geez, bro… w-why did you say there was a ghost here?"

"Come on bro, you can't seriously be so terrified of ghosts that you'd freak out just because I said that!" It was just so weird and unnatural for my brother, THE Danny Phantom, to be scared of ghosts like that. I almost felt like I was dreaming- the only time he ever was scared of them was… before the accident… did I somehow go back in time again or something?

"W-wha- why not?" Danny asked nervously, looking at me in confusion. "...What's with you, Andy? You're… acting really weird…"

"... Um… I forgot… what's today's date?" I asked him cautiously, I have to know if Clockwork sent me back as a joke or something, but he didn't seem to be the type to joke around.

My brother told me the date and... Wait… I didn't go back at all! This was just the day after we confronted Desiree to see she became so huge… what had just happened…? What the heck? "W-why do you ask? … Uh… bro…? You don't look so good… a-are you sick?"

I looked at him for a few more seconds. "... Uh… excuse me." I quickly ran down into the lab, I had to confirm something.

"W-wah? Andy!" I heard Danny yell after me, but I kept going.

I stopped in front of the Fenton Ghost Portal… but… it was… inactive… why? Why is it inactive? Mom and Dad never dared to turn it off since Danny turned it on on the day of the accident! And yet… it looks like it was never turned on! There isn't even any signs of it being on either- there were no scorch marks, it wasn't even hot or warm, it's not weared out... I backed away from it.

"Andy?" I heard Danny speak up softly behind me, and I looked back to see him blinking in confusion. "...W-why're we down in Mom and Dad's lab?"

"Danny? I didn't ask you to follow me, I just needed to confirm something." I said with a frown.

Then Danny gave me a look, and I blinked as he said, "But bro, you know we always go everywhere with each other…"

What? … O-oh, right… before the accident, Danny and I were basically like glue, everywhere one of us goes, the other would follow. It felt like it's been so long since we did that, because when Danny became Danny Phantom… we mostly went our separate ways. "O-oh uh… s-sorry bro, I uh… I just didn't think you'd want to come in here… with it have a lot of ghost inventions…"

Danny sighed, nervously rubbing the back of his neck. "...W-well, uh, can we head back upstairs? We gotta go to school early to give Dash his homework…"

So if I hadn't gone back in time… does that mean I'm in an alternate dimension? … For some reason, that didn't feel right either… I don't know why- it didn't feel like a different dimension, but something definitely changed… I thought back to what happened with Desiree, clearly she's the cause of it... but my memory's a bit fuzzy on the details for some reason. Someone was there, Danny got into an argument and… they left, angry.

"Hello? Andy? Are you awake?" Danny suddenly snapped in fingers in front of my face.

I blinked and looked at him, "I-I'm okay, just thinking. Uh… let's get to school then."

Back at school, I couldn't help but look around… again, things felt similar but different- not like with an alternate dimension… but like something or someone's missing. I just couldn't tell what or who it was…

I just let Danny hand Dash the homework- it was painful to see him go back to his bullying ways, as if our friendship never happened. Dash smirked, looking through it. "Well done, Fenton #1 and 2, this better get me at least a B or I'm stuffing both of you into the locker!"

I hadn't heard Dash called me that since we became friends, I had to bite my lip to keep from speaking and saying something I'll regret. Then Dash smirked and walked over to Kwan, "Ready to set the record for how many nerds we could stuff in one locker?"

"Always ready, Dash!" Kwan smirked back, giving a thumbs-up.

I looked away… this was hurting me more than it should… but Dash was my closest friend after I became a loner in the school… so to see him like this, it… well… it tore me up.

"Um… you okay?" Danny asked me, frowning in confusion.

"Yeah… I'm fine." I turned back to him- there's no way I could tell him… but it felt like I lost a friend… and yet… in return, it felt like I gained something back, something I had lost on the day of the accident. I gave him a small smile.

"Hey guys, ready to survive another boring day?" I heard Tucker speak up from behind my brother.

"Yeah, of course." Danny nodded, glancing at me again before his eyes locked onto Tucker's PDA. "Oh, wow, is that what I think it is?"

"Yup, it's a new PDA- I had to replace my older model sooner or later." Tucker said with a smile. "And according to our schedule, we're free every year until college."

"...What?" I blinked before remembering Danny's not a ghost anymore- wait… he's NOT a ghost anymore… How should I feel about this? I'm not even sure.

"Yeah- no girls, no parties, we're living the free life!" Danny said with a smile and a thumbs-up. That… seems wrong, somehow…

Then I paused, hearing a voice behind me. "Oh, hey guys! What's going on?"

We turned to see a girl with black hair, amethyst eyes and wearing a black T-shirt and mini skirt… she looks familiar… but I can't quite put my finger on it… I think she knows us and I'm sure I should know her too.

"Nothing much." I answered before Danny or Tucker could. "Danny, do you know her?" I whispered to my brother.

"Uh… no, not at all." he whispered back, frowning in confusion. "Er… are you talking to us?" he asked, glancing nervously at Tucker, who just shook his head.

The girl blinked for a second before rolling her eyes, scoffing. "Duh, who else would I be talking to?"

I'm sure I KNOW this girl, I just need a name… "Uh… hey… this might sound bad but… who are you?"

"...W-what?" The girl blinked, looking at me in surprise. "Uh… it's Sam, remember? Sam Manson? Come on guys, this isn't funny."

I blinked… Sam… Manson…? That did sound familiar… wait… Sam… Samantha... she's… she's our friend… right? I felt my head hurting a bit.

"What's funny?" My brother blinked at her cluelessly. "We seriously don't know you."

"...What?" Sam's eyes widened in shock, and her jaw dropped. "...O-oh, ha ha- this must be about what I said yesterday. Well it isn't funny, Danny- I'm sorry, okay?"

I looked at her, Sam… she… she's… wait…

"Ugh! You know what, sometimes I wish I never met either of you- you can get on my nerves for something I didn't even do!"

"You… you made that wish…" I spoke up suddenly- I didn't remember her clearly, but I do know we should've at least knew each other at one point.

"...Huh?" Sam blinked, looking at me in confusion. "...You're still going on about that!? Ugh… sheesh, Andy, I keep telling you I wasn't responsible for all that…"

I kept rubbing my head, "No… I'm sure you said something…"

Tucker then smirked at her, winking "Would you like to get to know us, or more specifically, would you like to get to know me? Tucker Foley at your service~." he said as he sprayed breath spray into his mouth.

Sam's eyes widened in shock, and she spluttered out incredulously, "W-wait, are you hitting on me!?"

Suddenly there was a loud roar behind us, and we all turned to see one of the nerds Dash and Kwan stuffed transformed into some kind of supernatural, green skinned were-wolf monster thing!

Everyone quickly began freaking out, running all over the place… but Danny had the worst reaction of all. "GAH! GHOOOOOOST!" He quickly fainted, clearly too scared to do anything else.

Thankfully I managed to wake him up when I slapped his cheek, shouting, "This is no time to pass out!"

That's when Sam saw Desiree flying by, and she suddenly paled and gritted her teeth, "Desiree… she… really WAS free!?" She almost looked like she wanted to scream, then she quickly turned to my brother, who just began waking up. "You've gotta stop her, Danny! Why aren't you going ghost!?"

"...W-what?" Danny blinked slowly, looking at Sam in confusion. "W-what… what are you talking about?"

Then, just as quickly as it had begun, it was over… the ghost werewolf monster thing shrunk back down to the classmate after shoving Dash and Kwan into a locker. Wish was over, so the spell wore off quickly, thankgoodness, didn't want a were-wolf ghost nerd running around the school.

"Look, kid." Danny said as he pushed Sam off him. "I don't know what you're talking about, who you are or what's going on, but all I know is that we are OUT of here!" With that, he ran away, perhaps expecting me to follow.

This Sam girl looked absolutely mortified right now, as if realizing what just happened. "...N-no… no way…!" She quickly ran to Danny's locker and opened it, beginning to look for something.

"Uh, what are you doing?" I asked, frowning in confusion. Whether or not I knew her, how did she know Danny's locker combination?

"Andy, do you know who I am?" she suddenly asked me, still looking through Danny's locker.

I frowned and looked at anything other than her and nervously rubbed my arm, "Uh… I know I should, but… I barely remember a thing about you… sorry…"

"..." Sam frowned, before she finally grabbed a picture and gasped. "...N-no way… it's true! I-I made a wish that we never met and Desiree was there and made it happen! Andy, I'm so sorry for not believing you!"

I blinked, caught off-guard. "Um… i-it's okay… I'm sure you didn't mean it… right?" I felt awkward for not knowing her, but there was something familiar about her at least.

"N-no, of course not!" Sam frantically shook her head, glancing at me. "B-but… you guys kept on saying Desiree was free, and I didn't believe you- ugh, how could I be so stupid!?" Then she paused for a minute, as if realizing something, before looking at me. "Wait… why didn't you run off with your brother?"

I sighed, shrugging. "I didn't feel the need to run- Desiree already left, why run?"

She looked completely shocked now. It was funny, but I forced myself not to laugh as she spluttered out, "What? H-how do you even KNOW Desiree?"

"Why wouldn't I know her? You kept saying her name, besides- I've had my share of battles with her and a few ghosts before." I said with a shrug. "I take it you knew about that too?" I should be more surprised about this, but considering what I've faced before, this is pretty minor.

"I… y-yeah…" Sam slowly nodded, frowning faintly. "I've… fought with her before, with you guys… Andy, why are you the only one that recognizes me, even slightly?"

I thought hard about what happened- I recall jumping in front of my brother and activating the Portable Ghost Shield before I was hit, and it threw me back. "I think it's because the Portable Ghost Shield protected me from the majority of her spell- but it couldn't protect me completely, which is probably why I don't recognize you very well, I just know you're familiar to me."

"Right…" Sam frowned thoughtfully, crossing her arms. "Makes sense, I suppose… still, why didn't Danny transform? Even without me, he still must have gone into the ghost portal, right?"

This had me thinking, I remember changing the timeline due to preventing the accident once before, however… I turned to Sam. "Could you remind me exactly why he went into the portal? I think it's because someone told him to check it out, right? My brother and I were always skeptical about ghosts, especially when it came to the portal- I doubt either of us would dare go in there otherwise, and I'm pretty sure Tucker wouldn't tell us to go in either."

Sam froze at that, her eyes growing wide in shock. "...T-that's right! I'm the one who told him to go into the ghost portal! So that means… this really is all my fault! W-where's Danny? I have to explain this to him!"

Of course, since I have been through this kind of situation before, although for once it isn't my fault, I was pretty calm about this and said, "And do you think he'll believe you? To him, Danny Phantom never existed, and he doesn't know who you are. To be honest if he DOES believe you, I'd be very surprised."

"I've gotta try at least!" she said frantically. "Danny! You've gotta listen to me!" With that, she quickly ran down the hall where my brother was.

I sighed, "Well, this should be interesting."

Throughout the school day, Sam had been trying to get Danny's attention, but he either ignored her or tried his best to avoid her while dragging me- I guess he was mad at me for sticking around and not running with him earlier. I couldn't help but chuckle, though- it's been too long since I felt his hands being so warm… it was kinda nice.

Finally, at the end of the school day, Danny and I were meeting up with Tucker again. Danny was still holding onto me tightly, and I just couldn't find it within me to make him let go… it's nice to feel his warmth again. I looked up to him and gave a smile- it felt so long since we communicated like this… one simple look and he knew I wanted to hold him.

"I'll see you guys later, Mom's making meatloaf for dinner!" Tucker smiled dreamily.

"Okay, see ya later Tuck." Danny waved before turning around. "Hey bro… something's been bothering you since you woke up this morning."

"Oh… was I that obvious?" I blushed a bit, chuckling sheepishly.

"Mind telling me what's wrong? I'm here for you, bro." my twin said as he put a hand on my shoulder.

Before I could answer, Sam suddenly came running, crying out, "Danny, wait! You have to listen to me!"

Both of us stopped and looked over at her. I just stayed quiet and let her talk, I knew what was going on, but my brother unfortunately doesn't. But of course, the second she finished her little explanation, my brother all but walked away.

"Why don't you believe me?" Sam cried, waving her arms.

Danny took my hand and pulled me away from her- I knew that look… he thinks she's crazy.

I glanced back at Sam, smiling sheepishly and mouthing out the words, 'I'm sorry' to her- hopefully she could see what I was saying.

"What am I supposed to believe? That we were friends? We've never even met! And that I had superpowers? Give me a break, that stuff only happens in comic books and TV!" Danny grumbled. "Now get out of here!" he all but dragged me into the house and shut the door.

Danny rolled his eyes, reluctantly letting go of me. "Sheesh… that girl is nuts- why has she been following us around all day?"

"She's not as crazy as you think, bro…" I frowned, not looking at him.

"What? But she kept insisting we were best friends and that we actually fought with GHOSTS! Come on, you know we would never look at a ghost, let alone fight them!" Danny said frantically.

"You'd be surprised." I said softly. "Sometimes you can't think you're crazy just because something unusual or strange happen, otherwise you really will go insane."

My brother frowned a bit, confused, as he crossed his arms. "... Why say that? Did you believe what she said? I mean… it's completely nuts!"

I didn't answer that- what was I supposed to say? If I had lost my memories of him as Danny Phantom too, then I'd agree with him and say Sam is nuts, but… I DO have my memories of Danny Phantom and everything that's happened up to this point, including the Dark Danny incident. Danny frowned when I didn't answer.

"Andy…?" He sweatdropped, "Don't tell me you actually DO believe her, do you?"

I looked over at him, but then I said, "No… I don't…" Because Danny Phantom no longer exist as far as I'm concerned. He's not a ghost anymore, the portal isn't active, the only dangerous ghost flying around is Desiree and Nightmerica- I'm sure Sam and I can handle them without Danny Phantom. There's no reason he should have to half die anymore. "Because… that's never happened." I said as I held both of his hands, they were so warm, I can't get over that.

Danny sighed in relief at that, before giving me a slightly confused look. "..Uh… bro? You can let go now…" He squirmed slightly, gently tugging his hands out of my grip. "You're really acting weird- are you okay?"

I just shook my head and gave a chuckle, "I guess today's just been a long day, don't worry about it." I suddenly wrap an arm around his neck and did a head noogie on him. "You worry too much sometimes!"

"H-hey!" Danny yelped, looking at me in confusion as he twisted out of my grip. "A-Andy, what the heck are you doing?"

"Just wanted to do that." I chuckled to him. It felt so long since he was just human, I just had to do that to him.

"Uh… Maybe you should take a nap or something, you might have a fever." Danny frowned at me in concern.

"Yeah, maybe." I shrugged.

Well, things were pretty much normal during dinner, but that night, I woke to a pebble hitting against the window. I groaned as I sat up, I've become somewhat of a light sleeper when I became a part of Team Phantom not too long ago… a team that no longer exists. I went to the window and looked down to see it was Sam down there.

I blinked, opening the window. "Andy, I'm glad you're up!" Sam whisper-shouted, clearly not wanting to wake my brother or anybody else up. "I need your help!"

I sighed- I could already figure what she wanted, but I might as well talk to her anyway. The haze of my memory is slowly clearing up, I do remember more about her now, like she really was our friend, and she was there when Danny was in the accident, but I still don't remember everything about her yet. I walked down the stairs and opened the door.

"Why are you over here in the middle of the night, Sam?" I asked her, feeling groggy, and I almost yawned. "Seriously... it's really late out."

Sam sighed, crossing her arms. "Look, I know it's late… but it's the only way I could talk to you. Andy, we need to make Danny a halfa again…"

I froze at that, my drowsiness soon faded away when she said those words. "... Why?" I asked her, and she looked at me as if I just asked her why she wore black, which I could already guess even if I didn't know her.

"Wha- why?" Sam blinked, crossing her arms. "Andy, Danny Phantom is what gave us a chance against ghosts… and since Desiree is back, we need a way to fight her. I know you don't like it, but-"

"Sam, we can handle Desiree by ourselves, can't we? Besides, with the Ghost Portal inactive, no other ghosts can come into this world, so why should we half kill my brother for one ghost?" I asked her. "The first time was just an accident, but if we're actually planning this, this is basically pseudo-murder, Sam."

"It isn't murder or pseudo-murder, Andy!" Sam protested, rubbing her forehead. "Besides… like it or not, we do need Danny- you and I can't fly through walls, and I don't think a lot of the Fenton gear has even been made in this timeline… After all, with no ghosts to fight, why make as much ghost gear? The biggest thing they probably have is a blaster, that and the Fenton Thermos! I'm just glad most of the gear I had is still in my backpack… Please, you have to help me with this!"

"Again Sam, why? Why do this? As long as that Ghost Portal is not activated, no other ghosts can get through!" I hadn't realized when I started yelling. "There would be no reason to turn him into a halfa again! We can handle Desiree on our own, there's no need for such drastic measures!"

"Andy, you're not listening!" Sam protested, looking at me desperately. "We can't deal with Desiree on her own! We don't have any chance against her without someone who can fly through walls, and even fly at all- and even if we had someone like that, we don't even have the technology to provide any support!"

"If this town needs a half ghost superhero so badly, why can't someone else go into the portal? It turned Vlad into a halfa, it turned my brother into a halfa, why not someone else?" I snapped. "Tell me that, Sam! Why does it HAVE to be my brother? Why?"

"I…" Sam looked at me, her mouth opening and closing before she finally said, "...He's the only one who wouldn't use it for bad purposes… Imagine if Tucker or even Dash went into the portal instead- they'd be as bad as the ghosts themselves! I know you don't like it… and I'll admit, I wish there was another way too- but it has to be Danny."

"... What about you?" I asked her. "You wouldn't use it for wrong purposes… would you?" my voice was surprisingly soft.

Sam looked away, rubbing her arm awkwardly. "... I… don't think I'd be able to survive. Even if I tried my hardest… it… after a while, everything would catch up to me- Danny's the only one I know of who would be able to survive that…"

As much as I hated to admit it… she's probably right. I saw first hand that not everyone is capable of being a halfa- whether it's because the very nature of their half ghost status would turn them evil like it did with Tucker, or the fact that their DNA or body couldn't handle it and cause them to either decompose or become full ghosts. Danny was chosen by fate itself for this very reason, since he meets all the requirements; a pure heart and a strong will and body.

When I hadn't answered for a while, Sam spoke up softly. "...Well…? Are… are you going to help?"

"I'm… I'm sorry Sam… I'm going to need some time to think about this. I… I'd hate to lose my brother again." I said with some bitterness in my tone. It was a choice; for the good of the world or for having a human brother again.

Sam frowned, grabbing my hand. "Andy, we don't have time… Desiree seems a lot stronger than before, and I can't help but think she might get stronger the longer we wait- we have to act quickly!"

"No!" I jerked my hand away from her, but then I cringed. Why was I acting this way? … No, I know why... I couldn't let go of my selfish desire to keep my brother to myself. "... Look, even if I were to talk him into it, he wouldn't dare go into that Ghost Portal, at least not by himself." I paused, I knew I had to do the right thing, but… it's so hard… Why is it that whenever something goes wrong I have to fix it? Don't I have the right to be selfish for once?

"Andy…" Sam said softly, giving me those pitiful eyes. "Please… you know it's for the better to have Danny as a half ghost than have the town haunted forever."

I looked down before I said quietly, "... Ask yourself this; how do you get through the thick head of a 14 year old boy?"

"...What?" Sam blinked, caught off-guard. "How do you…? A-Andy… does that mean you won't…?"

"That's all the hint I can give you, Sam- if you want Danny to be half dead again, be my guest, but I won't pseudo murder my brother." I told her, my tone sounding colder than I intended it to. "Good night, Sam." I said to her before closing the door.

After I closed the door and walked upstairs, I heard Danny yawn, sitting up sleepily as he looked over. "Ugh… Andy? What's… going on? I heard you shouting…"

"... It's nothing Danny, just had some rage against something- go back to sleep." I said softly to him.

Danny frowned, probably knowing that I was upset, but he respected my wishes and laid back down. I laid on the other bed, looking up at the ceiling. I felt terrible for what I said to Sam, but there was no way I was gonna purposely turn my twin into a halfa again, because then the gap would come back- I don't even know if you could call us twins anymore by that point.

I couldn't sleep, so I just lay there wide awake in my bed- I could already hear my brother's soft breathing on the other bed. I sighed, I wish Sam didn't come and talk to me, now I'm gonna have insomnia.

I closed my eyes a bit to try and relax, but suddenly the room got really cold! I shot my eyes open and sat up to see something floating in front of me. My eyes widened, and I asked softly, "D-Dora?" I noticed she was wearing Clockwork's medallion around her neck, right next to her Dragon Amulet, and I looked down to see I was wearing the medallion too… did Clockwork stop time?

Dora sighed, looking at me sadly. "...Hello, Andy- it's good to see you again… I, um, I saw what you and Sam were talking about earlier…"

"You saw that?" I frowned and she nodded. I gave a sigh, looking away. "Look, I'm sorry okay? I know it's for the best for Danny to become a halfa again… changing the past practically proved that, but… this isn't the past anymore, and my own wish of having Danny as my human brother again was granted- Danny's not half ghost anymore, and I didn't cause it either, so why should I half kill him again?"

Dora gently put a hand on my shoulder. "...It's as Sam said… only a ghost could truly fight another ghost- very few people could survive what your brother had gone through on a daily basis. But I can tell it's more than that… you don't want to be separated from Danny again… right?"

I looked at anywhere but her right then, "We weren't… separated…" I mumbled.

"Not physically no, but mentally…" she said.

"That doesn't matter, there are plenty of other people out there who could do it. Surely my brother isn't the ONLY ONE ON EARTH who has a pure heart and a strong will and body, right?" I was hoping logic would beat destiny here.

Dora sighed, crossing her arms. "There are… but only two people who fit the requirements to remain a halfa hero would be in Amity Park. And if one of them were to go in alone… the other would be drastically hurt."

I blinked at that- what did she just say? "...Two people? There's another one who could become a halfa here?" She nodded, and I gave a hopeful smile. "Then who? Maybe they can take my brother's place!"

"..." Dora slowly shook her head, sighing. "They could… but then Danny would be as you were when you thought he was dead- he would go insane and eventually try anything to get them back."

"...What?" I blinked and frowned in confusion. "But why would he? Is he really close to this person?"

"More than you know." Dora said gently, looking at me.

I looked down and sighed. If that was the case then I wouldn't want to mentally torture him like that, it wasn't the most happiest of experience to say the least, it's a fate worse than half death. "But… I… he… this isn't fair." I wanted to cry at this point- I didn't want to cry in front of Dora, but the tears were already blurring my vision.

Dora sighed, before suddenly hugging me. "I know it isn't, Andy… but… there is one way that this would be okay…"

I felt embarrassed at having her hug me, but I didn't push her away, and I couldn't help but ask quietly, "... There… there is…? And… what would that be?"

"...You…" Dora hesitated before finishing her sentence. "...You join Danny in going into the portal… and become half ghost."

I became silent there… did she just say what I think she said? "... What? Me? Become a halfa?"

Dora nodded, pulling away enough for me to see into her eyes. "Yes… you could join Danny in becoming a halfa… that way you two are no longer separate, and Danny would still be able to protect the town- this time with you by his side."

I noticed the hopeful look in her eyes, like that sounded like a really good idea… but I didn't like it- while it does seem to have its benefits, there's no way I'm cut out to be a halfa. "Dora, I appreciate the idea and all, but I'm not meant to be a halfa- like Sam said… it has to be Danny and only Danny, even if I don't agree."

"..." Dora blinked, looking caught off-guard. "...What? But Andy, you two are twins… why do you really think it wouldn't work?"

"I don't fit all the requirements, Dora." I said, crossing her arms. "Yes, we're twins, but we're not exactly the same. Why was it that the first time he got ghost powers but I didn't? I don't think I can handle it." And the fact that I wouldn't save the world when it was going to heck during the Dark Halfa Era until Danny convinced me proves that I don't have a pure heart either.

Dora shook her head. "You can handle the ghost powers, Andy- you just weren't with your brother at the time of the accident…"

I just looked away, sighing. "I'm sorry Dora, that's not something for me to decide. It's something much bigger than both of us, a human turning into a halfa can change everything. I… I don't want to be a halfa, okay?" I shuffled uneasily. "I'll… *sigh* I'll help Sam with my brother, but that's all I'm going to do."

"..." Dora sighed, sounding almost pained. "...V-very well… if… you insist." And with that, she disappeared, and the medallion around my neck was gone too.

I laid my head on the pillow… great, now I not only upset Sam, I upset Dora too! Why am I making all the girls who actually like me upset now? Ugh… this whole thing is hurting my head.

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