A/N- Thank you all for the support of this story. I'm very sorry it took me a while to update this, but the good news is that I have 2-3 chapters outlined. All reviews, follows, and favorites are greatly appreciated. I don't own Danny Phantom.
Sam and Tucker were frozen in place due to their shock. As thy started to slowly come to and realize Danny was unconscious and likely hurt, another shocking event occurred.
Danny, suddenly a merman Danny, reverted back to a human form, groaned and slowly started to come to. This caused Sam to break free of her shock and run to Danny cradling him and trying to relax him. Tucker slowly and cautiously walked to the two of them.
Danny finally managed to open his eyes in time for Sam and Tucker to witness them fade from a glowing green to their typical blue. "Sam ...Tuck ...'M tired..." That was all Danny managed to slur out before his eyes slipped shut once more.
Sam and Tucker snapped into action both grabbing and end of Danny and, as discretely as possible, hauling him to his room and resting him in his bed to sleep. Sam and Tucker met eyes from either side of Danny's bed. It was clear they were both thinking of what they saw upon entering the basement but they were both having trouble just believing it, let alone talking about it. Talking, no matter what the subject just didn't feel right, so they sat in silence for the four and a half hours it took Danny to wake up.
When Danny did finally wake up he was completely disoriented and confused. His whole body felt weird especially his legs. He wanted to talk but his thought was in pain and his words were nothing more than a hoarse, garbled noise.
Sam and Tucker looked at him in shock and fear. Danny confusedly tried to register their strange looks but no matter how hard he tried they didn't make sense.
After minutes of tense, awkward silence, Danny finally managed to talk, even though it was still obvious that his vocal cords weren't working quite right. "Sam... Wha- Tucker? Whats happening, why are you looking at me like that? " When all that happened was Sam and Tucker sharing a look over him, Danny tried again. "Please guys, answer me! I'm so confused! I can't remember anything that happened! Please!" Danny was desperate, he was practically screaming at this point, his voice getting louder and more panicked with each word.
Tucker was horrified into silence so Sam figured she had to take one for the team this time. "Danny," She said hesitantly, " you said you don't remember anything, is that true?"
"Uh, Yeah?" Danny said immensely confused. "Sam what's wrong? Why does it matter if I don't remember anything?"
Tucker finally spoke up "It doesn't, nothing interesting happened." Sam wanted to hit him but she held back. Thinking about the pros and cons for a moment Sam spoke up once more. "Yeah Danny, Tuck's right nothing happened but you falling asleep, stop being so paranoid!" She tried her best to keep her voice level and casual, but Sam knew she slipped a bit by looking at Danny's suspicious expression.
"Sure, Sam I believe you two. What could you possibly need to lie to me about." Danny made sure to make his voice as questioning and doubtful as possible hoping that it would guilt his friends into telling him what they were hiding.
"Right, yeah. Well Tuck and I promised to go talk to my grandma so we better go now so we aren't late. I'd invite you Danny but I think you need rest. Bye Danny. C'mon Tuck!" Sam said hurriedly in hopes to leave before her or Tucker would be guilted into telling the truth. She grabbed Tuckers arm and practically pulled him out of the Fenton house hold, barely allowing him to let out a rushed "Bye dude." to Danny.
As Sam and Tucker walked side by side down the sidewalk, Tucker kept giving her a critical look. After a few minutes Sam got tired of it. "Oh, would you cut it out already! You're the one who started the whole 'nothing happened' thing!"
"Yeah, yeah I know, okay! I admit I probably shouldn't have done that, I just panicked!" Tucker said hurriedly, trying to defend himself. "You're the person I expected to go with it." Tucker muttered to Sam.
She sighed, what more could she do? What's done is done. "Yeah, me too. I just want to protect him. I'm sorry for yelling." She looked at him apologetically.
"It's fine Sam don't worry about it. I'm sorry too." The two of them exchanged a smile and that was that. They walked in comfortable silence back to Sam's house.
Nearly a week passed without incident since then. Danny started to feel better but he couldn't get that nagging feeling out of the back of his mind telling him something was off. Sam and Tucker gradually dropped their hesitant actions and started treating Danny normally again.
The three of them were walking home from school on Wednesday afternoon. they were just passing the half way point on their walk to Danny's house, known as 'The Beach'. needless to say it was not a beach, rather it is a large wooden platform from a failed construction project. the wood is slanted so that it is gradually sloping into the surrounding water, giving the vague impression of a shore. Sam and Tucker gave Danny nervous looks as he walked close to the 'shore'.
Danny was ready to demand an answer for their weirdness to him when he was rudely interrupted. "Yo Fenturd!" The big, blond, idiot known as Dash yelled as he approached the three with hostility. Danny had to resist rolling his eyes so he wouldn't annoy the bully anymore than he already was.
"Yes, Dash, what do you want?" Danny asked as calmly as he could. Dash smirked, and Danny knew that this was going to end badly. "So glad you asked Fentina." Dash said, continuing to butcher Danny's last name. "I saw you walking so close to the shore, and I thought to myself, he must need a bath the dirty looser!" Danny and friends caught on to Dash was saying and were all horrified, that only served to egg Dash on more.
"Please Dash, don't do this." Danny said hoping Dash could be deterred. "Why would I do that? I'm helping you Fentoe-nail" Dash said as he hauled Danny up and over his shoulder. Danny was starting to get desperate. "Please, Please Dash don't do this! I'm begging you I'll do anything you ask promise please don't do this!" Dash just scoffed at Danny's begging.
Dash had taken off his shoes and socks and the water was almost touching the hem of his shorts. "Dash, please!" Dash started to move Danny in his arms getting ready to throw him. Sam and Tucker were desperately yelling at Dash and hitting him. As Dash pulled his body back to get momentum for the throw, Danny screamed out in one last attempt.
"PLEASE DON'T! I CAN'T SWIM!" Dash gave him a bored look and flung him forward. As he was air bound the last thing Danny heard was Dash saying, "I don't believe you."
Danny fell into the water with a great splash and Dash walked away feeling satisfied until he heard Sam say in a soft voice, "He wasn't lying."
Dash felt ice run in his veins at that, Danny could drown because he didn't listen. Taking a breath, Dash continued walking, telling himself they were lying, they just wanted him to feel bad.
All Danny could register was that he was sinking and it was dark and murky under water. He tried to kick his arm and legs but quickly tired himself and allowed the water to pull him down. As his lungs started burning, Danny realized he didn't want to die and that's what would happen if he didn't swim.
As he went to kick his legs he found that they felt funny once more. In fact, his legs felt heavy, and almost like they were fused together. With his legs being heavier, Danny started to fall faster.
He finally felt his feet hit the sand at the bottom of the lake, pushing into it a bit. Though, it didn't feel right. He also noticed his lungs no longer burned and the water was crystal clear. His mind started to become hazy and Danny knew, through some weird instinct he would loose the ability to think cognitively.
Wanting one last answer before his mind gave itself over to instincts, Danny looked over his shoulder to where his legs should be. Except they weren't.
Rather than the legs Danny expected to see, he was met with a much more shocking sight. A tail. He has a tail.
With that last thought Danny's mind allowed instincts to take over.
Thank you all so much for reading and I'm sorry you had to wait so long to do so. I really hope you are enjoying this story. That being said I had an idea for another story I'd like to get some feed back on to know if anyone would be interested. It would be a Dash/Danny fic, and the idea of it is that Dash finds out he's a natural at piano so he stays after school to play. Danny stays after to study in the room next door and hears the piano, getting bored Danny starts singing to one of the songs. Not knowing who the other is they make music through the wall together and things escalate.