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Here's chapter 2...
Chapter 2: Weird Happenings
Danny didn't know how long he was asleep on the cold hard floor but as he opened his eyes he assumed it couldn't have been that long. He heard no noise in the house, only someone's steady breathing beside him.
Then what had happened came back to him.
Sam!
He tried to move his weak and painfully protesting body, but found that he couldn't. He tried again and found himself off the floor, literally. He looked down only to panic as he saw himself floating a couple of centimetres off the floor. He wobbled and did flips, trying to control himself, but it was like his body had a mind of it's own. He felt weird, different, and somewhat inhuman.
But that's not possible…
He shook his head at the abnormal feeling and concentrated on something else. He would have time to figure this out tomorrow. Right now, he had to find a way to get Sam and himself upstairs before his family came home and found them here, or before his slowly fading energy was gone.
Danny tried to kick and do some sort of swimming motion, struggling to get to Sam's still unconscious body.
Sam? That can't be her… She's… She's…
As he looked down at his friend, the only word he could think of was beautiful. Something had happened he was sure of it, for she didn't look at all the same, but had it affected him also? He wasn't sure…
"Sam?"
He asked twice but got no answer. He looked down at the peacefully sleeping girl and gathered what was left of his strength to pick her up. Energy fading and now unconscious of his acts, Danny didn't notice how he flew up the sets of stairs in his house and passed right through the closed door of his bedroom before collapsing on his bed. Also not realizing as he fell asleep, that Sam still slept in his arms.
When Danny left his parent's lab, the Portal had now been fully functional.
Two octopus-looking ghosts slipped out of it and through the wall.
As they made their way through the city, you could hear people screaming outside.
Danny and Sam woke up the next morning only to find they were laying on Danny's bed, tucked in and in each other's arms. They pulled away quickly, blushing.
"Sorry", they both stammered out simultaneously.
There was a few seconds of awkward silence, until Sam held onto her head.
"What happened to us last night", she grunted as she still had a small headache. He didn't answer, lost in thought again.
I remember flying, but was that just a dream. Sam was different…
A picture of what he had seen her as last night appeared in his head.
Was that part of my dream to…
"What?"
Sam asked him as he turned and looked away, having been caught staring at the Goth.
"What", she asked again.
"N- nothing", he stammered.
"No. What", she insisted.
"I had this weird dream… But it seemed so real", Danny said, "Sorry. I'm sure it's nothing."
"About", she asked.
"Huh?"
"What was it about", Sam asked him again.
"The Portal. There was a flash, and pain", he saw her cringe as he said this.
"That was real", she said.
"But then… I woke up… And you were still unconscious", he said.
"And?"
"I picked you up", he twisted the truth, "And somehow made it here before passing out again."
I was flying…Flying? Humans can't fly!
"And?"
"That's all", he tried to lie again but she saw right through his trick.
"You know you can't lie to me Danny", she said with a small smile at his attempt. He took a deep breath.
"You were… different", he said.
"Different how", Danny could hear the edge in her voice and knew he had to choose his words carefully.
"Your hair and clothes… I don't know", he said with another sigh, "Just… different"
"Well I don't exactly feel like I'm the same", she said mostly to herself.
That took Danny by surprise. He had felt the same waking up but hadn't wanted to say anything. He was about to answer when his mom's voice interrupted.
"Breakfast is ready", she yelled up the stairs. He heard what was probably his father run down the stairs and his sister going down after him.
"We better go before there's none left", Danny said as he stood up and made his way down stairs with Sam behind him.
As they took a seat at the kitchen table with the rest of the Fenton family, the news came on.
"Good morning Amity Park. This is Tiffany Snow with the morning news", an always cheerful woman said as a weird image popped up beside her in the background, "Panic and terror struck our small town last night as ghosts, that's right folks, ghosts where sighted in the family neighbourhoods disrupting peace and creating havoc, leaving dozens of people on the streets for the night."
"GHOSTS!" Jack suddenly yelled as he jumped up and ran off, Maddie close behind.
"Great… Here we go again", Danny's sister said unhappily as she took out her book and started reading.
Sam looked at Danny with a raised eyebrow. He only shrugged.
Suddenly a blue mist escaped his mouth and a red hers as his parents came running back in with weapons, screaming. They gave the other a startled looks and saw two green octopus-like figures drop from the ceiling.
"Ghost", Danny's dad yelled, as he got ready to soot it down. You could hear the Fenton Bazooka charging when his mom stepped in and stopped him.
"Jack! Don't! You might hit the kids", his mom yelled.
"But Maddie…"
"Who's the better shot?"
"You are…"
She waited for it to finally sink in.
"You are?!?" Jack finally yelled.
He turned to the kids and pulled them out of the room, running. None of them had any time to react. As they were pulled out of the room, all they heard was a blast and the resonating sound of crumbling.
Maddie walked in moments later not too happy.
"They ran away", she stated, "And we'll need to renovate the kitchen…"
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"What happened to us", Sam said as she sat on Danny's bed facing him. He took a seat at the computer desk's chair.
"I don't know…" He said, "Maybe we should tell someone about this… Like Tucker…"
"No! He'd never let us live it down! And we'd probably find ourselves in a lab faster than we can say ghosts", Sam said.
"Ghosts?"
"What", she snapped, "It's the first word I thought of…"
"Ghosts… You don't think…"
"What", she asked, fearing where he was going with this.
"Nothing. Forget it", he said averting his eyes to the floor.
I'm crazy to be thinking this… there's no way…
"Danny? What", she demanded.
"Nothing!"
"Fine! Don't tell me then", she snapped.
"Whoa!" Sam suddenly screamed.
The next thing any of them knew, she was laying on the floor, on her stomach.
I-I passed right through the bed! But… That's not possible! She thought, her eyes going wide.
"What did you do", Danny asked.
"I didn't do anything", she snapped again. This really isn't my day… Maybe I should just go home and have a nap or something…
Danny didn't reply. He was really confused by all this.
Suddenly, Sam stood up and made her way towards the door.
"Where are you going", he asked.
"Home. Sorry Danny, but I don't feel so well", she said as she left.
"You're probably getting what Tucker has", he stated. She didn't say anything. He could be so clueless at times.
He stared at the door as she closed it behind her and sighed.
Now what…
He thought about all that had happened so far.
That feeling… It all comes back to it… But what exactly is it…
He closed his eyes and took a deep breath. He tried pinpointing the exact origin of it.
Where is it coming from…
He couldn't find the exact location.
It's like it's everywhere… Impossible… And what was that blue mist that came out of my mouth earlier, before the ghost attack… Some sort of sensor maybe…But then… why would I have a sensor for ghosts…
He sighed again as he stood up and went to lie down on his bed. He could still smell Sam's scent on it, making him blush.
Sam… It happened to her to. I know that. She was different after the portal accident… The portal! It all started there…
He stood up quickly and ran down the stairs until he was in the basement. Luckily his parents had left to buy some things to fix the kitchen since it now had a couple of wholes in its walls.
He walked towards the now closed portal. He pressed the on switch for the doors to open up for him.
He gasped at what he saw.
The Ghost Portal was no longer an empty metallic whole. It was filled with green plasmatic energy…
We-we fixed it… But how… and what did it do to us.
Danny shook his head again.
It did nothing. I just need some sleep… Yeah, that must be it…
He went to close the doors but found he couldn't. His hand passed right though the wall. He looked at his hand confused. It looked the same as he turned it every angle to look at it closely. He tried again but got the same result. When he came to try it for the third time, his hand disappeared completely and he panicked.
He screamed, shaking his arm up and down, or what was left of it.
He stopped screaming though when he realized that he could still feel his lower arm.
Weird…
He thought as he felt his fingers when he moved them.
It's like they're… invisible…
His eyes widened in realization.
No… It can't be… But… It did happen after we both stepped in a ghost portal…
I have to call Sam!
He thought as he went running back upstairs, forgetting the open portal.
He paced back and forth in his room contemplating.
Would she even believe me? Maybe that's why she didn't feel well. But I should try testing this before I tell her. I'll need proof…
Danny sat down on his bed. He tried to concentrate on what had happened a few minutes ago.
It was this sort of tingly feeling in my arm…
He didn't really know how to describe it, but he closed his eyes and concentrated on that feeling. For a few minutes he got no results.
And just as he was about to give up, he felt that feeling in him, but not where it was supposed to be. As he opened his eyes and looked around, he saw two rings around his waist. One went up and the other moved all the way down his body, until they disappeared.
He looked at his arms shocked; they now had black sleeves on them. It felt like the lab suit he had wore that night. He ran off to the bathroom were he could get a better look.
He stood in front of the mirror, mouth open wide as he took in his appearance. The white lab suit he had been wearing the night he walked in the portal was now black, his black hair was now white and his blue eyes had turned a ghostly green.
Little did he know the same thing was going on with Sam…
As she walked through the front door, her annoying mother greeted her.
Great… Just what I needed…
"Sammie? Is that you, dear? I wasn't expecting you this early", her mother said.
"I'll be in my room", was all Sam said as she made her way towards the large staircase.
"But I bought you this new dress today Sammie-
Was the last thing she heard before slamming her bedroom door shut.
Her parents were the wealthy, proper mannered type so Sam lived in a big mansion, which no one knew, not even her friends. She never had anyone over, and told her friends it was because of her parent's need to control her, which was partly true. Mr. And Mrs. Manson never liked the fact that their daughter was a Goth and always tried to get her to wear pink, frilly clothes. Sam cringed at the thought.
She threw herself on her bed and crossed her arms behind her head, closing her eyes just as she heard a knock on her door.
"What", she asked rather rudely, not in the mood for talking.
"It's just me", she heard her grandmother's voice on the other side of the door, "Are you alright?"
"I don't really feel well grandma. I probably just need some sleep though", the teenage girl said not wanting to worry her.
"Alright. Call me if you need anything", the old lady said.
"I will", Sam replied before closing her eyes again.
Sam's grandmother was the only adult figure she truly respected. She could always come to her in her time of need, unlike her parents.
What is wrong with me? I feel so weak…But strong at the same time? How is that possible? It's all because of my brilliant idea of going to check out that weird Ghost Portal… I should seriously learn to control my curiosity, it could've gotten Danny and I killed…
Danny…
I hope he isn't too mad at me if he's going through the same thing… Then again, Danny was always the clueless type. He might not know what's going on yet…
What is going on though? That Portal has definitely done something to me…
I know for a fact I was firmly on top of that bed. Then I suddenly just find myself sprawled on the floor?
And what was up with that red and blue mist that came out of Danny's and my mouth this morning right before the ghosts attacked. It's like it was warning us of their presence… But why would we have ghost radars…
I can't believe I'm thinking about ghosts! Of all things to be thinking about!
Sam shook her head.
But why this sudden weird feeling…
Her eyes tightened as she tried to pinpoint the exact feeling of it.
She suddenly felt herself drowned in the strange feeling until it focused itself on one particular place; her waist, making it tingle.
She opened her eyes and looked down. What she saw surprised her greatly. Two rings were formed around her and they slowly moved in opposite directions until they had fully disappeared.
Sam ran into the bathroom attached to her large bedroom only to gasp at the sight that stood before her in the long mirror.
That can't be me… Can it?
The person in the mirror had long red hair with a right-sided bang, a black knee-length dress with a red and a black bracelet, and eyes of the same red as her hair.
Sam raised her shaking hand to the mirror and the reflection did the same. She gasped.
It really is me…
She looked down to her feet and noticed her shoes had also changed into black high heel boots. The Goth frowned.
Well… At least they're not too high and preppy, just plain black and no more than an couple inches high…
Now… How do I get out of this?