Some of you are probably wondering what am I going to do with Andy now that he has powers. To that I say you should watch and see. Some of you were hoping I let Andy go through the portal with Danny willingly to make it more dramatic. Honestly if I did then in the long term Andy wouldn't exactly be Andy.

Chapter 5: Fear and Denial

… I think… I've stopped falling… how long will I be in this darkness? … It might be forever...

"A-Andy? What are you doing on the kitchen table?" I suddenly opened my eyes- when were they closed? And sat up to see Jazz looking at me in shock. "Andy! We eat there! Is this some kind of joke?"

"W-what?" I looked around to realize I was in the kitchen… wait… why am I on the table? I don't remember going to sleep in the kitchen!

"Come on, come on, get off!" Jazz quickly pushed me off the kitchen table, making sure I didn't hurt myself in the process, and she crossed her arms. "What the heck were you doing?"

"I-I don't know! I-I don't remember falling asleep here!" I said to her, feeling uneasy, and that cold feeling inside isn't helping one bit! I looked up at the ceiling, if I remember the diagram of the house right, our room is right above the kitchen… wait… did I phase through my bed and the floor? This disease is worse than I thought…

Jazz rolled her eyes, crossing her arms. "Oh, sure, and the boogeyman put you there too… Andy, seriously, why were you sleeping on the table?"

Oh, right… because Desiree wiped out everyone's memory of Danny Phantom, she no longer knows he's a halfa, and thus she still doesn't believe in ghosts. "... Maybe I sleepwalked. Uh… Jazz, can you feel my forehead? Do I have a fever?"

"Huh?" Jazz blinked, but she felt my forehead and raised an eyebrow. "...Uh… no, you're not hot at all- if anything, you're kinda cold. Probably because you were sleeping on the table!"

Cold… of course I'd be COLD I have a ghost disease and it's killing me from the inside! I gripped my chest, feeling it hard to breathe all of a sudden, and Jazz raised an eyebrow in concern. "I think I'm sick…" I said, trying to focus on breathing, which made it harder.

"...Eh?" Jazz frowned, feeling my forehead again. "You think you're sick? Why? You feel completely fine…" She then crossed her arms, "Stop focusing too much on it- I don't know where you got the idea you're sick, but if you convince yourself you are then your body will react to it because how much you strongly believe you are."

Jazz, my sister, studies psychology, so she knows a lot about the human mind and how it could work. And it's true that if you convince yourself that you're sick, you'll actually start feeling sick even though you're physically healthy, but I KNOW that isn't the case here! I really am being eaten from the inside out!

"Y-you don't understand Jazz! The lab, there was-" I was cut off when I began coughing. Jazz quickly took me into the living room.

"The lab?" Jazz frowned in even more confusion, making me sit down in one of the chairs. "What were you guys doing down there?"

I didn't feel so good, my throat was constricting itself, making it hard to talk. The ectoplasm must be eating my voice box by now! Jazz quickly gave me a glass of water.

"Easy Andy, you need to calm down- the more you think about it and start to panic, the worse you'll make it." she said gently as I glugged down the water, it actually felt kinda soothing.

I coughed a few more times before I said, "There was-" I paled when I suddenly saw Danny falling on top of the kitchen's table himself, but was still sleeping. Thankfully because Jazz was sitting on the opposite side of me on the couch she didn't notice.

"...There was what?" Jazz frowned expectantly, crossing her arms. "..Andy? What's wrong now? Are you still making it worse?"

"Uh… I have to… get something in the kitchen real quick!" I said to her quickly before rushing into the kitchen. I grabbed my brother's shoulder and sat him up. "Bro! Wake up! Wake up before you get in trouble!" I hissed at him, slapping his cheek a few times. "Come on, don't make me splash cold water on you!"

"Ugh… huh…?" Danny yawned, blearily opening his eyes before blinking. "...Andy? Uh… why are we in the kitchen?"

"You came down here from the ceiling." I said with a deadpan tone. "Apparently you just phased down here in your sleep."

"...S-seriously?" Danny raised an eyebrow, looking at me in surprise. "...That's cool! We're able to go through things too?"

SMACK! That was the sound of my hand hitting my face. "No duh you could go through solid objects, what part of half GHOST don't you understand?" And yes, I was ignoring the 'we' part- clearly he thought I was half ghost too.

"Huh…" Danny gave a low whistle, glancing at his hand. "I'll admit, that's… really, really cool! What else can we do, Andy?"

I looked back to see Jazz coming, "I'll tell you later, get off the table before Jazz sees you."

Jazz crossed her arms and said when she saw Danny on the table, "Is this some kind of joke?"

"N-no, Danny and I may have a sleepwalking problem… y-you know, like how Dad sometimes sleepwalks into the kitchen?" I said nervously.

"I DO NOT!" we suddenly heard Dad shout from upstairs… how does he do that? "...Oooh, fudge!"

Danny sweatdropped, chuckling sheepishly as he rubbed the back of his neck. "Er… y-yeah… it's probably like that…"

Jazz kept looking at us skeptically before she sighed, "I don't buy it, but I'll let you two off the hook this time." Then she looked at me, I blinked and felt a little self conscious… what is she doing? She suddenly put her hand under my nose for some reason and then poked my chest.

"Jazz! What are you doing?" I demanded after I slapped her hand away- I respected our sister's intelligence and her interest, especially since she was the only one I could talk to about Danny, but this is getting too personal for comfort.

"...Heh." Jazz grinned, crossing her arms. "Well then, not feeling so 'sick', now are we Andy? Your breathing's back to normal."

My eyes widened as I was just reminded of my predicament, and I stammered out, "Uh… maybe it's an on and off thing?"

Danny blinked, confused by that. "Sick? Why would you feel sick, bro?"

I didn't want to break it to Danny that I could be dying unless I really needed to, let him have his dream that I'm a 'halfa' too. "It's just… the portal accident might've-"

"The portal accident!?" Jazz suddenly shouted. "What happened? Are you two okay?" She immediately began getting all up in our faces, and I'd like to say 'no, I am NOT okay!' "Oh man, this is why I was telling Mom and Dad to keep that stupid lab locked up! What happened!? TELL ME EVERYTHING!"

Both Danny and I probably wished to disappear right now… I know I did, and the reason I said probably was because I'm pretty sure my brother was thinking the same thing, because Jazz suddenly jumped back and looked confused. "O-okay you two! That wasn't funny! Don't use projections like that! I don't care how Tucker modified it, don't use them! You two nearly gave me a heart attack!" she yelled up the stairs, assuming we were there.

I blinked in confusion, she's acting like we just disappeared into thin air. "Why is she yelling upstairs like that?" I heard my brother's voice.

I turned to answer him but to my surprise, he wasn't there. "... Danny?"

"Andy? … I can't see you!" What? Is he invisible? … Am I invisible too? "What's going on?"

"I… I think you just went invisible." I said slowly, blinking in shock. "...Apparently… you can turn invisible if you wish that you didn't want to be seen…"

"..Seriously?" I heard Danny whistle lowly before he chuckled. "Wow… this is so cool- I can think of so many cool things we could do with this ability!"

"Ugh… let's just get to school." I groaned as I tried to figure out how to return to visibility. School… how the heck are we going to handle school like THIS!? Danny doesn't remember how to control his powers and I have a ghostly disease with uncontrollable symptoms! … Is it getting harder to breathe in here? My chest is starting to hurt.

"How do we, uh… you know, become visible again, bro?" Danny asked me, still invisible.

"... I think you're supposed to want to be seen again. It seems the ghost powers are more triggered with what you think and feel, but I'm not entirely sure." I said. "After all, it's not like I've ever been a ghost before."

"Dang- this stuff can be tough, huh?" Danny asked, finally managing to turn visible again. "...Oh, hey, I did it! Uh… what about you, bro? You're still invisible."

"Yeah, because unlike you I have no control over my 'power'." I told him- after all, what person can control a disease symptom?

"Oh come on, at least try!" Danny said to me, giving a bright grin. "You never know if you don't try, right?"

I rolled my eyes at him, but just to humor him, I wished to be seen again, and he smiled at me. I frowned a bit before I could see my hand in front of me… huh, guess that was a lucky fluke. "Come on, let's go before we're late."

We met up with Tucker and Sam at school, thankfully I was able to help keep Danny in check from falling INTO the sidewalk, he had to help me too since I had no control over these stupid symptoms.

Sam seemed very surprised to see me, and her eyes were wide when she noticed me, "A-Andy! I didn't expect you to wake up for another day at least!"

I didn't expect to wake up at all, maybe she knew that I was going to die soon. "Oh? And why is that?"

"W-well…" Sam shrugged awkwardly. "When Danny became a halfa the first time, it took at least a day for him to wake up- but you're actually able to come to school!"

I remembered that all too well- it was the first time I had to go on a day without him. "I think it's because I was in better shape due to all the running and defending myself from ghosts for half a year."

"Or, you're a halfa and it's easier since we both became half ghost!" Danny smiled at me, shrugging. "It's entirely possible after all!"

Ugh… why is Danny so happy about this? It doesn't make any sense! After all, he seemed pretty scared and depressed after the first accident, yet here he's like a little kid on Christmas day. Maybe it's because that first time he didn't know what was happening to him, and that was scary, but now he does, now it's not an unknown thing, but a superpower.

"This is pretty awesome, I mean who would've thought it? The twins are half ghost heroes! They should get a title together!" Tucker said excitedly.

I walked over to Sam and whispered to her, "Sam, listen, I'm not a halfa, okay? That accident, it gave me a disease."

"...What?" Sam blinked, giving me a confused frown. "A… disease? What the heck are you talking about? You're a halfa- you're exactly like Danny is, and was, during the first accident and now the second one!"

"That second accident…" I frowned, but I inwardly sighed, of course she would think that too- nobody understands what really happened. "What exactly happened? Everything was really fuzzy, but I do remember seeing my brother's ghost form before I passed out."

Sam shrugged, looking pretty calm. "You both turned into your ghost forms, and then you passed out and changed back… just like Danny did during the first accident." Then she paused, awkwardly pushing her fingers together with a blush. "E-er… after that…"

Ghost form? Wait a minute… "Are you saying I have a ghost form, Sam?" I asked incredulously, crossing my arms. That's impossible, there's no way I could have an actual ghost form if-

The bell suddenly rang, getting our attention. "We'll talk more about this later." Sam said. "Right now we have to get to class and think of a way to find Desiree."

I coughed a bit and nodded, "Y-yeah…" While I try to survive and keep Danny from exposing his secret.

School went on like a blur. I took it upon myself to help teach Danny to better control his powers. I may not have direct hands on experience as a halfa, but I do have the knowledge, and it certainly helped kept him from phasing through the floor or turning invisible randomly.

The last class of the day was Mr. Lancer's Astronomy class, this is probably my brother's favorite class since he has a big interest in space. Danny glanced over at Sam, leaning on his desk as he asked quietly, "So… uh, what now?"

Sam shrugged, sighing. "Honestly, I dunno- I'm making this up as I go." As soon as she said that, Danny's arm went intangible, and I suddenly felt my desk go out from under me, causing both of us to land on the floor with our legs up!

The rest of the students laughed as Mr. Lancer walked up to us with a stern frown. "Mr. Fentons, both of you, I know Astronomy can be dull, but I would appreciate it if you two wouldn't take a NAP in my class!" he scolded us and I felt embarrassed. Then he spoke to the rest of the class as Danny and I stood up from our little fall. "And remember, tonight's the meteor shower- don't forget to wear a helmet and watch. It's a once in a lifetime experience!"

With that, the bell rang and just about everyone ran out of the classroom as if it was on fire. I'll admit, I did find that a little amusing. Dash was one of the last people out of the classroom, along with Paulina, and he asked her, "What're you gonna wish for?"

Paulina shrugged. "I don't know, but I'm sure with everybody wishing at the same time, somebody will give me an idea!" I watched my former friend and Paulina walking out, but before they did, I noticed Paulina paused, looking at me for a second before leaving. I guess she still remembers that I saved her…

"...!" Sam's eyes widened in shock, clearly realizing something. "Oh no…! That's what Desiree wants- to grant all those wishes at the same time!" I suddenly began to notice the goth girl looked taller as she glanced back at us. "This is bad."

"AND THIS IS WORSE!" Danny shouted next to me as everything suddenly grew taller around us, and he was clearly sinking. My eyes widened in shock realizing I was sinking too, and we landed in the freezer below the school! "...Hey- why is there all this meat down here?"

I remember this place, it was the first place I saw that lunch lady ghost- Danny told me about her. "We still have a lot of work to do if we hope to control your powers." I sighed and he gave me a pout.

"Oh come on, don't tell me you already know your powers!" He pointed at me, grumbling. "You're in the same situation I am, bro…"

"Powers… sure, let's go with that." I mumbled. "Now come on let's get out of here, this place stinks like rotten meat." It's getting hard to breathe in here anyway, or maybe that's just the ectoplasm snacking on my tissues.

Danny nodded, "Right, let's go!" He gagged, clutching his nose as he ran to the door leading out of the room with me closely following.

"..." I frowned before glaring in irritation at the big metal door in our way. "It's locked." I sighed before turning to my brother. "Do you remember how to use intangibility? You could phase us out of here."

"...Intangi-what now?" Danny blinked slowly, confused. "And don't you mean we could phase ourselves out of here?"

I'm gonna have to tell him eventually, aren't I? But not yet… "Intangibility, what it roughly means is you're able to go through solid matter, like this door or wall." I explained. "I'm not entirely sure how you activate it, but it seems to happen randomly with yo- I mean us, so try to remember what you're usually thinking and feeling when your body suddenly becomes intangible, that may be the key."

"Uh… right…" Danny sweatdropped, closing his eyes and beginning to focus. After a few moments he sighed, re-opening his eyes. "...Nope… nothing."

I frowned, crossing my arms. "Try it again, Danny!"

My brother closed his eyes and tried to focus, but he still couldn't do it, something's probably wrong. He sighed, reopening his eyes and shrugging. "I can't do it. You try, bro!"

What is it that we need? "Hmm… okay, try to imagine yourself going through something, like water- you can easily slip by water even as a human, right? Now try to close your eyes and imagine that solid brick wall is just water." I did recall that whenever I would suddenly sink through the floor it's usually my fear of not standing on the floor anymore and dropping, it's possible the same could be said for my brother.

"Uh… okay then…" Danny shrugged, closing his eyes again, and he tried pushing against the wall… causing him to go straight through it! "W-whoa! What the!?"

I paled when I realized something. "... Oh dear…" I wasn't holding on to him when he did that! I was so focused on teaching him that I completely forgot to hang on! I could hear him cheering just outside. "H-hey bro… can you do me a favor and unlock this door?"

"Huh?" Danny blinked, looking through a little window that was in the door. "...Uh… why don't you just go intangible too? You're a halfa as well, so you have the same powers as me!"

"It doesn't work like that for me!" I groaned… how was I gonna explain it to him? "Just open the door!"

"Heh- no way!" Danny said, and I glared as he began sticking his tongue out playfully at me. "Come on, it's easy, remember? You haven't even tried it!"

I glared at the door the separated between me and him, banging on the door. "Danny! This isn't funny! I can't just go intangible on command like you can! M-my situation is different from yours!"

"You didn't even try, Andy!" I heard him say through the door. "C'mooooon, just one quick try- then I'll help you get through!"

I groaned, why must he always do this to me? "Fine! I'll do it once just to prove it to you that we're not in the same situation!" I closed my eyes as that would make it easier to visualize the water replacing the door. I squeeze my eyes tight as I braced myself for impact, but then I shook my head that would never work if I believed I was gonna get hit, and I needed to prove 100% to Danny that I can't control these symptoms as if they were powers. Okay, I got the water visualized, then I walked forward… I actually still was bracing for impact, but I couldn't tell how far the door was, and kept going… and going… until I heard Danny.

"Bro, you can stop now." I blinked opened my eyes and was surprised to see I was already halfway in the hallway, clearly out of that meat storage room. "See? I told you that you could do it!"

"W-what the…?" I blinked slowly, caught off-guard… it… happened just as I tried to use it? ….It must've been another crazy stroke of luck. Y-yeah that's all it is… I-I mean there's no way that I'M a halfa, r-right?

"Danny! Andy! There you two are!" I looked up to see Sam running towards us. "Glad I found you guys. We better get to that Quinceanera and prepare ourselves for Desiree. I already told Tucker to get the Fenton Thermos ready."

"Isn't it a little early for the meteor shower Sam? Besides, Danny's still too clueless to really fight her right now, and she's already a lot more powerful than before!" I said with a frown, crossing my arms.

Sam sighed, crossing her arms too. "I know that, Andy- and it's too bad we don't have more time to train both of you, but honestly, we have to take our chances… Besides, it's two against one so it should be a bit easier!"

"Sam, I don't think you understand the situation we're in." I grumbled. "Desiree's gotten powerful- she might even rival Vlad's power for all we know, even IF I was a halfa, we wouldn't stand a chance against her like this!"

"W-we still have to try!" Sam said nervously. "What other choice do we have? It's four against one, and there's nothing else we can do but fight her! … And what do you mean 'if' you were a halfa?"

"Nevermind that now, this is gonna be a nightmare." I groaned.

I wanted to go back home and get my Fenton Rod ready. I'm gonna need all the help I can get after all- that is if this disease doesn't end me first. … Hold on… I remember Sam saying I had a… a ghost form… I shook my head quickly. No, she had to be mistaken… I'd rather I had a terminal illness than be corrupted and turn into a monster like Tucker almost did.

Danny was smiling as he put an arm around my shoulder. "Oh, cheer up guys- we'll be fine! Sure we'll have to fight a ghost, but this is gonna be easy with 4 people on our side!"

...Does he really not get how bad the situation is? "Danny, Desiree is strong- this isn't going to be an easy battle!"

"Just be positive! We can get through this!" Danny smiled at me. "After all, you're gonna be there right beside me too."

Wasn't it just yesterday he was trembling like a Chihuahua when he saw a glimpse of a ghost?

"Come on guys, we better hurry." Sam said quickly.

"Why are we going there so early?" I asked her, crossing my arms.

"There's more room to train your ghost powers outside- we may not have a lot of time, but we can at least get you two better prepared." Sam said as she pushed both me and Danny… wow, this girl is strong.

Before I knew it, it was already dark, the stars were shining in the night sky, and Paulina's Quinceanera was already starting. I had my arms crossed with a very irritated expression, muttering under my breath. "We are so not ready for this."

"Not ready? Andy, you refused to cooperate during the training!" Sam argued back.

"Excuse me, I was too busy training my brother, who should've been the one and only hero here!" I snapped back.

Sam glared at me, crossing her arms. "Well, unfortunately for you he isn't- you became a halfa too, so why can't you just accept that and receive training too? We're not saying anything harsh either- just how to use your various abilities!"

"Sam, remember what I said before?" I looked over at Danny to make sure he's not listening, but he was talking to Tucker- good, I didn't want him hearing this. "I don't have any ghost powers! These 'powers' you've been seeing were just symptoms to that disease the portal gave me. The ectoplasm are literally eating me from the inside out, I don't know how much time I have left until they're finished!"

"..." Sam facepalmed at that, groaning loudly. "Ugh… not again. Don't tell me you're making a bigger deal out of this than it really is! Remember when you thought Danny was fully dead because you were paranoid?"

I cringed and looked away- she did have a point there, my paranoia did tend to make me blow things way out of proportions, but… I didn't used to be this way, and the reason why I have such high paranoia was because I needed it, it's what kept me alive up to this point. "But I was right about Desiree being free." I said calmly.

Sam became quiet and frowned, but that's when something she told me earlier came to mind. "...You said that I had a 'ghost form' before, right? Are you sure I have one and not just seeing what you thought you saw because of the portal accident?"

"...Huh?" Sam blinked, glancing up at me. "...Well, no, of course I'm sure- that's what I've been trying to tell you!" She frowned, crossing her arms. "If you'd just try to transform, then you could see that you really are a halfa!"

I frowned and bit my lip, glancing away. "..."

"What's wrong with you?" she frowned at me, raising an eyebrow.

"But I… what if I don't want to be a halfa?" I asked her quietly.

"...W-wait… what?" Sam blinked, clearly caught off-guard by that. "You don't want to be a… Andy, why not?"

I sighed, not answering her right away… would she understand? Would she still think I'm being too paranoid? I looked back at her and she was still waiting for my answer, so I finally said, "It's because… I'm… afraid."

"Afraid?" Sam raised an eyebrow at that. "Afraid of what? You've clearly wanted powers of your own- or at least, to be able to fly like Danny can… Isn't this what you wanted? To be his equal again?"

"Sam, listen… it's true that I had wanted to be my brother's equal again, and to be able to fly with him, but those were just… fantasies that could never come true, and I already came to accept that when I became a part of Team Phantom. But I don't want to be a halfa. I don't want anymore changes!" I almost shouted, but managed to catch myself, didn't want Danny and Tucker to draw their attention on us.

"...What?" Sam blinked again, backing up slightly. "Whoa, calm down Andy… why don't you want to be a halfa? It'd mean you and Danny could be similar again, and you'd still be able to protect the town! It's the best result all around!"

"Don't you get it Sam? You yourself even said that only Danny can be the halfa hero, anyone else would either become corrupted… or not survive it. I'm either one or the other, but not a halfa hero. And to be honest, I'd rather not survive it than be corrupted."

"...And why not?" Sam crossed her arms, frowning slightly. "I… actually hadn't considered you becoming a halfa- but it would make a lot of sense! You ARE Danny's twin after all… you two are a lot alike, so why couldn't you become a halfa too?"

"Think Sam- if that were really the case then why wasn't I in the first accident? Why would fate only choose Danny that time and left me to suffer on my own then and not now? I made a mistake, I hadn't meant to follow my brother into the portal this time around, I wasn't supposed to be a halfa." I said to her, feeling my chest tightening again.

Sam frowned even more at that, putting a hand on her hip. "And what if you were meant to be there, but just were in a different place by accident? If I remember right you had to go get your book put back into your bag, otherwise you might have been a halfa too!"

I sighed, this girl was more hard headed than Jazz and Mom combined! "Alright, I'll humor you and transform into this ghost form you want me to turn into so much- but I still don't consider myself a halfa. Do you even know how Danny could turn into his ghost form?"

She paused and said awkwardly, "Uh… he just… thinks about it?"

I sighed again, sometimes I wonder how Danny survived the first time since I wasn't there to help him… "It's not as simple as just 'thinking' about it. There's a core inside a halfa, and how he transforms is when he mentally pulls it out and it changes his being into that ghost form- at least, that's how I think it works from what Danny told me before."

Sam nodded slowly before giving me a small smirk. "Well then, what're you waiting for? Try finding your core and pulling it out!"

My eye twitched and I glared at her in annoyance. "Sam, I don't have a core, that's my whole point!"

"I said try to find it, genius." Sam said dryly, crossing her arms. "In other words you haven't found it yet."

The real reason why I didn't try to find it… is because… deep down inside I knew what I've become… but I was trying my hardest to convince myself it wasn't true, that it was just a disease- unfortunately Sam wanted me to confirm it's the truth, but what will I do once I run out of lies to hide myself with? I don't think I can handle the truth.

"Well? What are you waiting for? You know you'll have to go ghost for when Desiree comes." Sam said to me, still smirking.

"Um… Ooh, look! The party's starting!" I quickly said, pointing down the hill where Paulina's Quinceanera was taking place.

Sam gave me an annoyed glare, but she grabbed some binoculars and focused them on the party. "...Wow… she almost seems human. I'm going to have to forget that…"

I gave a sigh of relief for the save. Danny and Tucker quickly gathered around us, watching too. I looked up and said, "Well, looks like the meteor shower's starting."

Sam nodded. "Alright Danny, Andy, do your thing! And remember- nobody make a wish!"

Danny gulped nervously, nodding. "Uh… okay. I'm… going… to… become ghostly!" he shouted, pointing at the sky dramatically.

Sam's face instantly went from slightly nervous to 'what just happened.' "...It's… going ghost, Danny."

Even I was staring at him too, "... Really? 'Going to become ghostly'?" Where did he even get that? Seriously, where? I was sure he's the one who came up with 'going ghost' before, so where the heck did THAT come from?

"What? I liked it." Danny grumbled. "Um… so how do I 'go ghost' again?"

"You reach your core and-"

"My what?" he blinked and I sighed.

"That cold feeling you feel deep inside, mentally reach for it and bring it out." I explained.

"Oh, I get it." he smiled before closing his eyes to concentrate. The core is usually in the centre of a ghost, a place where they could easily access its power, and for a human-like ghost, that place is the torso area.

There was a sudden burst of light on his torso and that must've surprised him since he opened his eyes and looked rather startled and worried, the ring of light split horizontally and began going over his legs and head, turning him into his ghost form, and he shut his eyes in fear at first. I blinked as I looked at him, seeing him floating there… with his legs fused as a misty tail.

Danny opened his eyes and noticed this immediately, freaking him out, "Ah! Where'd my legs go!?"

"Danny, calm down!" I spoke up. "This is normal for most ghosts. The tail is what helps you speed up during flight."

"Okay Andy, it's your turn, transform!" Sam suddenly said to me. "And actually do it this time."

I frowned and turned to her, seeing Tucker looking expectantly at me, "Come on dude, I want to see your ghost form too!"

Technically if he saw me 'transform' during the second accident he should already know what my 'ghost form' look like, not that I have seen it yet. I looked over at Danny, who looked nervous and scared, he really didn't know what to do and kept looking at me with those glowing green eyes, but he was begging me, he wanted me to be like him, to help guide him through this.

Seriously, how in the world and Ghost Zone did he do this without me the first time around? I bit my lip… I couldn't just let Danny take on Desiree on his own, especially since he doesn't remember anything about being a halfa superhero. I wanted to say no, I wanted to ignore him, I wanted to just back away and say I can't do it… but… I… I couldn't just leave my brother like this… I have to at least be there for him, even if it means… no longer denying the awful truth.

I squeezed my hands into fists as I shut my eyes, I can't believe I was doing this. That annoying cold feeling that pestered me all day was right there, waiting for me to use it, I took a mental hold on it and I already felt it rushing through my body. I almost yelped in shock from its sudden burst through my veins as I opened my eyes to see that burst of light appearing on my torso, a light extremely similar if not the same as my brother's when he transforms, I braced myself for any kind of pain as the ring of light split horizontally across my body, but… there was no pain, it was just really cold, but not unbearably so- it was like being splashed by cold water, without getting wet.

When it was done, I felt… different in a sense. I felt a lot lighter, colder yet strangely warmer too in a way, and I almost felt like a heavy burden that was on my body for so long completely lifted… is this what it's like to be a ghost? I looked down at my clothes, they were that hazmat suit I used to wear, only the colors were inverted, now the dark navy blue was the primary color. That 'AP' symbol was white on my chest, so it easily showed… and the 'P' now had an actual meaning to it. I could see the tip of my hair dangling, so I knew it was as white as snow, like Danny's ghost form hair, the only thing I couldn't see was my eyes.

"Cool dude! You two look almost exactly the same!" Tucker pointed at me and Danny. "Only other than the hazmat suit, your eyes are toxic green." he pointed at Danny. "And your eyes are poisonous purple!" he pointed at me. My eyes are… purple? Well I do remember seeing a purple light in our bedroom when I woke up, guess it really was my eyes after all.

I noticed Sam was smirking smugly at me, but I turned away from her. The truth was here… I did have a ghost form… which means… I'm… I'm a monster… or going to be. But when I looked over at my brother, he seemed a lot more relaxed now, which, I guess, is good… for him.

"Wow…" Danny whistled to himself, looking me over. "This… is kinda cool, I'm not gonna li-aaaaaah!" His arms suddenly looked like spaghetti strands as they flopped around and became limp! "W-what the heck is going oooon!?"

"Danny, focus!" I heard Sam say frantically.

I looked down and sighed- I have no idea how it works as a ghost, I'm pretty sure I'm gonna screw something up… maybe I shouldn't use any powers, what if it corrupts me?

"I wish I had one of those sweet monster trucks!" I frowned when I heard Tucker suddenly say that.

"Why would you say that!?" I snapped at him, but flinched when I heard the echo in my voice.

"No kidding!" Sam glowered at Tucker, growling out, "Seriously, dude. Do you pay attention? To anything? At all!? EVER?"

Then Desiree suddenly floated up behind Tucker, and her hand began to glow purple, causing a monster truck like the one that I had seen two days ago appear! "Huh- this doesn't seem very monstrous." Tucker observed, walking up to it. "I think we're goo-" The monster truck suddenly roared, baring metallic teeth! "...I was so wrong. WAAAAAAAAH!"

He kinda deserved it… Oh no, I'm already turning into a sadistic ghost! This is bad for me! Desiree herself was huge! I don't think my memory lost brother can take her!

"What do I do? What do I do!?" he panicked, looking at me or Sam for some kind of clue.

"You two fight her! And then you use this!" Sam threw us the Fenton Thermos, I caught it.

Danny looked at the thermos and frowned in confusion, glancing at Sam. "... For what, soup?"

"Danny!" I pushed him out of the way before a huge glass ball almost fell on top of him. Who wished for a giant glass ball?

"W-whoa!" Danny yelped, going over the cliff dramatically… and then plummeting to the ground. "OW!" I heard a BONK, probably from the Fenton Thermos hitting him on the head, huh… I must've dropped it when I pushed him earlier.

"Concentrate!" Sam shouted… before the plants suddenly came to life and grabbed her! "W-wha- who the heck wished for evil plants!?"

"They probably wished for plants to come to life and Desiree made them evil." I said.

"Who cares!? Just get her before she grants anymore twisted wishes!" Sam shouted at me. "Like, shoot a ghost ray from your hands or something!"

"Yeah, like I'd know how! That's one of the few things I didn't study on." I grumbled.

"Then try to fly or something!" she yelled back.

I turned around to see Danny floating, but he was upside down- this would be pretty comedic to watch if the situation wasn't so dire. Desiree seemed shocked, though, staring at my brother in shock. "Y-you!? You're back!? But… but how is this possible!?"

"Danny, use a ghost ray from your hand!" Sam cried out, still trying to break free.

"Ghost ray…?" Danny frowned before looking at me, still upside down.

I sighed and said with a shrug, "I'm not sure how, but I think you're supposed to focus some of your energy or power into your hand and shoot, but it's only a guess."

"You could try it too, you know!" I heard Sam yell and sighed.

"Oh shut up!" I yelled back at her irritably. I turned but saw Danny's butt glowing green, my eyes widened in shock and I couldn't hold in my laughter. "Pffft, hahahahahaha!"

"...Huh?" Danny blinked, looking at his butt in confusion. "Well… that can't be right- but it'll have to do!" He quickly turned around and… fired an ectoblast out of his butt.

My laughter quickly got that much louder, and I couldn't help but wheeze out, "Oh this is too good! This is too good!" But I didn't realize that my laughing was causing me to float, and I didn't notice until I smacked my head right into Danny's feet!

"Ow!" I rubbed my head as Danny flipped through the air. When I noticed I was floating, I freaked out and panicked. "AH!" I was afraid I was gonna fall and began waving my arms around in the sky like a panicking flightless bird.

"What the-!?" I heard Desiree's confused voice. "T-there are two of you now!?"

"Well, now… I'll, uh…" Danny quickly unscrewed the lid of the Fenton Thermos… but nothing happened. "Gah, I don't know how to use this stupid thing!"

"GET ME DOWN FROM HERE!" I shouted. "I DON'T KNOW HOW TO FLY!"

That's when I suddenly felt something hit me to the ground and I heard Danny's yelp as he fell beside me… I think we just got slapped by Desiree… ouch. "Gah, that hu- YIPE!" Desiree's hand suddenly forced us back to the ground again, and I noticed her hand was glowing… she's granting more wishes!

She let us go soon afterwards, I felt kinda dizzy- I think my brother's the same way but I'm not sure. She looked down and smirked at us as I tried to rebalance my spinning head, I was not used to this type of combats with the ghosts. "You don't remember anything, do you? And you…" I think she's talking to me. "Where did YOU come from? But you're clearly inexperienced, so I don't have to worry."

"I-I don't need to remember everything to know I have to stop you!" I saw Danny pointing at Desiree, before the ray of light appeared around him and turned him back into a human! "...Although, remembering would be nice."

Oh crap! What should I do? What CAN I do at this point? If only Danny Phantom, the one who I fought with for almost half a year, was still here! He'd know what to do, he'd be able to defeat her!

Danny gave a shout and I looked up to see Desiree turned her hand into a huge hammer, bent on smooshing us to death no doubt. No… I can't let her end it like this! Danny's in danger, I have to do something!

Without really thinking, I made a dive at my brother, he's a lot more vulnerable than I am in his human form! I pushed him out of the way and kept going, then I suddenly zipped up a bit, barely dodging her crushing blow… and I realized I was floating while holding onto my brother- strangely enough, he was really light. "Are you okay, bro?" I asked him in concern.

"H-huh?" Danny blinked, looking at me in surprise. "..Uh… yeah, I'm alright. Er… could you put me down now, Andy?"

"I would… but I have no idea how I'm flying, so I don't know how to get down, unless you want me to drop you." I said, and he paled.

"No, no, no, you're good!" he said quickly and I gave a chuckle.

"I will end you once and for all, ghost boys." I heard Desiree said coldly and I looked up, my eyes widening in shock- we're still in danger!

I tried to back away in the air, and surprisingly I did, and that's when I noticed my legs were gone! "What happened to my legs!?" I noticed a wispy mist replaced them, but since I was holding my brother I couldn't really see it clearly, I can only assume they're that wispy tail that I saw on my brother sometimes when he flies.

I was trying to get away from Desiree- I couldn't fight back like this, I had no experience as a halfa! Then as I was flying past Sam, I heard her mumble, "This is all my fault… I wish I had never fought with Danny…"

DING DONG! Of course! How could I have been so stupid!? "Sam! Wish! Make that wish!" I shouted to her while still trying to avoid Desiree's incoming ectoblasts.

"W-what?" Sam blinked, looking up at me, before her eyes lit up in realization. "Of course! We've got a ghost right here that grants every single wish she hears!" She quickly took a deep breath and shouted out, "I WISH THAT DANNY AND I HAD NEVER HAD THAT FIGHT! And I wish Danny, Andy, Tucker and I remembered everything and his costume stayed the way it is because I really like it, along with Andy staying a halfa too!"

Wait, WHAT!? "Sam! Why did you say that!?" I yelled at her, but it was already too late.

"So you have wished it, and so it shall be!" Desiree shouted as those purple rays came out of her hand, only this time it seemed… calmer and more wavey like water.

I stopped and let it hit Danny since this is what he needed to remember everything, I just hope Sam was specific enough that wouldn't be twisted. I shut my eyes a bit as he glowed purple and suddenly became still. I frowned a bit before realizing my feet touched the ground- oh good, I finally stopped flying, and could put him down. "D-Danny?" How do I change back again? I knew how to turn ghost but not how to change back… oh crud, will he even recognize me?

"..." Danny suddenly grinned, and he quickly turned back into a ghost again, aiming the Fenton Thermos at Desiree. "Looks like your wishes have been canceled, Desiree!" As soon as he closed the lid, he turned and stopped when he saw me.

"Uh… hi?" I gave him a nervous wave. So now that he remembers everything… does he remember what happened to me too? I really wish he wasn't holding the Fenton Thermos right now in case Desiree made him forget what happened before.

"..." Danny gave me a bright grin and a thumbs-up. "Looking good, bro- I gotta admit, it's great to see we're finally back together again!" Then he paused, glancing at the DP on his hazmat suit. "...Uh… did you guys do something to my costume?"

"No, it's always been that way." Sam said after she approached us, smiling.

I frowned a bit, it's good to know he didn't forget about me- or did he? That's up for debate, he knew it was me yet he didn't seem to recall the DP on his suit. "Um… you sure you're really okay with… this?" I asked, gesturing to myself.

"Of course!" Danny smiled, crossing his arms. "I mean, come on- we both have been wishing that you had ghost powers for a while, and now you do! Plus we look so much alike now! This is awesome!" He then put his arm around my shoulder, with that big grin on his face.

"Oh come on bro, I didn't say I wished to have ghost powers, just that it intrigued me- besides, for all you know I got these powers from Desiree like Tucker did, so you'd better expunge the ghost out of me before I do some real damage." I said quickly.

"...Seriously?" Danny frowned at that, giving me a look. "You do realize I remember everything that happened, right? Including the second accident? You got your power the same as me- I think we'll be okay!"

I sighed… okay, so he DID remember- well, there goes that little card. Sam then spoke up, "Andy's just not used to the idea of being half ghost, so just give him some time and support him a bit- he'll need it."

…When did Sam sound like Jazz? Eh, whatever, now I just need some more info. "You could start by telling me how the heck I change back."

Danny chuckled, reaching down to grab the Fenton Thermos he had dropped when he had noticed his new costume change, before Tucker quickly covered his face. "Whoa, whoa, watch where you point that thing!"

I covered my mouth to keep from laughing, but Danny just gave Tucker a dirty look, and Tucker himself quickly raised his hands in defense.

"Ahem… so how do I change back?" I asked him again, crossing my arms expectantly.

Danny gave a smirk before the ring of light changed him back to human, "You're smart, I'll let you figure it out bro."

"What!? Are you freaking serious!?" I snapped at him.

Danny laughed at that, shaking his head in amusement. "It isn't that hard- you already know how to go ghost, so it'll be easy to change back once you think about it!"

"...What?" What the heck does he mean by that? ...It… can't be as simple as trying to reverse the process, right? ...Right? I crossed my arms at him.

To go ghost, you had to reach for the cold spot which is the core and bring it out, but to turn human…? I don't know… I doubt it'll be like reaching for your own heart and hope that it somehow turns you back. As a joke, I did just that, imagining pulling my own heart before I heard Danny chuckling, and I glared at him again. "What's so funny!?"

"N-nothing, nothing!" Danny kept chuckling as he grinned at me. "But it looks like you figured the process out all on your own, bro~ I told you you were smart!"

"...Wah?" He took my hands and showed me my hazmat suit was gone, I wasn't glowing that unnatural glow anymore- my skin tone was back to normal and I was back in my shirt and pants, what a relief. "I just kinda did that as a joke…" I mumbled.

"Well, it worked!" Danny said with a smile before he glanced down to Paulina's Quinceanera. "...Hey… weren't we supposed to go down there?"

"Yeah- and now that everything's back to normal, she's kind of expecting a visit from the ghost boy." Sam said with a smirk. "You should probably keep your promises."

"So we're going to the Quinceanera?" Tucker asked hopefully.

I looked down at the party- Paulina did say she was hoping to see us there, especially after I saved her life, but still… should we go? I don't know, I can't really control these sym- … these… powers yet, it'd be bad if I accidentally go invisible or sink to the ground all of a sudden.

"...Hey, why don't you and Sam go to that movie? You did promise her after all." I said to my brother.

Danny blinked before smiling. "Heh… yeah, I suppose I should keep my promises. What about you, bro?"

"I think I'll just hang out here for a bit." I said. "I have a lot of… stuff to think about. You two have fun." I smirked at him and Sam.

"Hey! What am I? Chopped liver?" Tucker grumbled irritably, crossing his arms in frustration.

I chuckled, grabbing his arm. "You can head down to the party if you want, I can tell you're excited for it!"

Tucker smiled, nodding excitedly. "Alright, I'll go for it!"

Danny smiled as he said, "You sure you'll be alright on your own?"

"I'll be fine, you two have fun with your movie." I said.

Sam smiled, "Thanks Andy. Come on Danny, if we hurry we can catch it before the previews ends!" And with that, she grabbed his arm and all but dragged him off.

With Tucker running to the party and Danny and Sam heading to the movies, I was rather relieved to be alone. I'm going to need some time to think about what I'm going to do now.

Yes, Andy is a stubborn boy. Now as always, a review is appreciated and I look forward to hearing from you. And no, Andy is not Clockwork nor is he being trained to be some time apprentice. There are some potentials for that, but it's nothing I have in mind right now.