"Well, uh, yes. I have," Diane said as she tried to catch her breath. "I think you may have blood poisoning, Danny. Though how you got it from an allergic reaction, I don't know. So I'm going to call a specialist."

Danny shook his head. "I don't have blood poisoning, Doctor Clavette." He paused and looked up at her through his dark shaggy hair. "You know that my parents are ghost hunters, right?" She nodded.

"Well," Danny continued. "They invented a Ghost Portal. It was supposed to let us go to another dimension where ghosts possibly lived. But when they plugged it in, it didn't work." He paused to take a breath. "A little later, my friend Sam convinced me to go in and inspect it. While I was in there, I accidentally turned it on. The blast infused my DNA with ectoplasm."

"Ectoplasm?"

"Basically, it's a ghost's blood. And because I have human and ghost blood in my body, that means I'm half-ghost."

"Half-ghost?" Diane said. "That's…"

"It's what?" Danny said. The doctor looked a little pale…

Suddenly she started laughing. "Scientifically impossible! If you were in a blast strong enough to infuse your DNA with some form of a ghost's blood, you wouldn't be here right now!"

The halfa raised an eyebrow. "Oh, really? So, you don't believe me?"

The doctor looked at the teenager. "Well, I'm sure part of it is true. I don't believe you're the type to just make up stories."

"I could prove it to you. Look, I'll do it right now!"

"Calm down, Danny," she said with a smile. "You don't need to prove anything to me. I'll tell your parents that you need to be taken to a specialist, and that'll be the end of it, 'kay?"

"No! That's not okay! I am going to prove that I'm half ghost to you whether you like it or not!" His blue eyes started glowing green and bright white rings formed around his waist.

Diane's mouth formed a surprised O as the transformation completed. Now, instead of the goofy, black-haired teenager with faded jeans and a baggy t-shirt, there stood a determined, white-haired young man with a white and black HAZMAT suit.

"Now do you believe me?" he said.

"You're Danny Phantom," Diane said once she composed herself.

"Yeah, so?"

"The same Danny Phantom that choked the mayor and stole all that jewelry?"

"Well, um," Danny stuttered. He had totally forgotten about those things. "With the mayor thing, there was a ghost that didn't like me, and he, um, overshadowed the mayor. That's like taking over his body. And, he, um, made it look like I was attacking him but it was really the other way around."

"And the jewels?" the doctor said stiffly while she crossed her arms.

Danny gulped. "The jewels, right. When Circus Gothica came into town, the ringmaster had a magical staff that, uh, hypnotized me into doing his bidding. There were others he controlled too. But they were full ghosts, not half ghosts like me."

"Oh, Danny," she groaned. "I want to believe you. Believe me, I do!"

"Then believe me!" Danny pleaded. "I told you why I did those things!"

Diane tried to clear her mind and sighed. "Well, Danny. I'm going to put this behind me and figure out how to keep those flowers from hurting you again. You'll probably need an Epi-pen-"

The halfa interrupted her. "Well, uh, the reaction ties into the half ghost thing," he said nervously. "Blood blossoms are only supposed to make ghosts feel pain. Since, um, I'm half ghost I felt the effect."

"So, this wasn't an allergic reaction? This was some random pain because you have ectoplasm in your bloodstream? Why are you here? Your parents, of all people, should know that the blood blossoms would hurt you!"

Danny's hurt look told her why they were here. "Danny," she whispered. "Your parents don't know about this?"

"No," he said quietly. "They don't. They're always talking about how if they catch Danny Phantom, they tear him apart molecule by molecule."

"Well, were you going to tell them? Ever?"

"No, actually. You know, 'I'll tear that ghost kid apart molecule by molecule!" thing is kind of a turn off."

"Touche."