Truth Behind the Lies
A/N: Hey there fellow Phantom fans! So this is my first DP fanfic, well...it's more of a project idea that I want to try to finish.
I've actually been working on this for quite some time, and I guess I've been procrastinating on whether I should upload it or not. I guess the fear of being a terrible writer is what weighs me down, haha, am I right?
Well, here goes nothing! Ladies and gentlemen! Boys and girls of all ages! Please prepare your eyes for what you are about to read! I give you! Danny Phantom in: Truth Behind The Lies!
"No man can reveal to you nothing but that which already lies half-asleep in the dawning of your knowledge."
- Khalil Gibran
Summary: When you are kidnapped for more than half your life, is it really that simple to go back to normal, especially if you've been raised half your life by a man who claims to be your dad? For Danny, not so much. He's caught between two different lives and stuck in the confusion of the world, but with the help of some people, could he find the truth within him and set himself free?
Chapter 1: Truth
He stared blankly ahead at all the lights and sirens in front of him. Strange people in black were talking to him, his dad. He couldn't quite hear the words, but he had a feeling it was something about him.
He saw the way his dad paled, he saw the way he tensed and started yelling back. He could make out a few words: take away...mine...curse you! He could tell it was something bad, something that somewhere inside of him, he probably should have been grateful for.
But if he was supposed to be happy, then why was he so upset? Why was he crying? Why was he kicking and yelling at the strangers to not touch him? Why did he break free and run to him?
As he hugged the man tightly he cried, "Don't let them take me!" He said, "Don't let them take me away!"
He felt his dad wrap his arms tightly around him, he could hear some voices behind them.
"Let go of the kid sir." A voice said, but he didn't budge. How could he part with the man who had raised him? How could he leave the man who had shown him so many things? But then again he had done something terrible to him, hadn't he? Or had years of being here warped his mind and made him forget? Didn't a part of him hate him? Didn't a part of him want him to be gone?
He stiffened when he felt a hand on him, a hand that was not his dad's. "Danny?" A soft voice said. Danny? Who was Danny? No had ever called him Danny, he was Daniel. Just Daniel...but Danny had a sense of familiar to it, it sounded so soothing and comforting.
Slowly his arms unwrapped from his dad, his dull blue eyes looked up as he turned to face the voice. It was a girl. A girl with bright orange hair and teal eyes. He tilted his head to side, there was something about her...something that made him want to be held in her arms, something in the back of his mind was nagging at him, telling him to go to her. But he didn't move.
"What did you do to him?" She asked his father, she glared at his dad, a horrifying glare that made him shudder.
"I didn't do anything." His father's voice said. The girl scoffed.
"You're a liar!" She yelled, "You're an evil man, and a kidnapper!"
He flinched, that word...that was something he had said once, right? Was that him? Or was it some part of him that made it sound like him? He couldn't tell, and to be honest, he didn't care. Why should he believe something like that? Why? Unless...unless it was true.
"What do you mean?" He asked, the whole world froze when he spoke. There was a hush silence and the girl stared at him, her eyes held a hopeful pleading look, but what she was pleading him for? What did she want from him?
"Daniel James Masters?" A voice asked, it wasn't his dad, it was someone else. He stood straight and looked in the direction of the voice. It was a police guy. He was holding up a badge.
"Yes?" He asked. The police man put his badge away and placed a hand on the boy's shoulder.
"Daniel James Masters, you have been filed as a victim of kidnapping." He said. He froze, kidnapped? Him? He shook his head.
"N-no..." He said in shock. He looked at his father...his supposed father...and gaped, "Is it true?" He asked, his father didn't answer, "It can't be true!" He said. He stepped away from him, he felt like the world was spinning and he couldn't stop it. His life felt like it was unraveling, his carefully created wall was being torn down into nothing but broken and long forgotten debris.
He felt a small hand on him, "Danny?" There's that name again, was that what he was called before he was...before he was...he couldn't say it. He didn't dare speak, he couldn't speak, he could only stare at the man in front of him, waiting for his answer.
"Daniel, can you please enter my vehicle?" The officer asked. He didn't move, he could only stare at the man in front of him, wanting for him to say its a lie.
"Yes." Came the reply, and his world shattered, "I took you away from them." And his heart crushed. "I kidnapped you." And he fell to the earth.
"Danny?!" The girl cried. He felt arms catch him, it was the girl, her eyes filled with concern. He shrank into her and buried his face into her chest, he didn't want to be seen, he didn't want them to see him cry.
His body wracked with sobs that he couldn't suppress, his mind tried to grasp onto reality, it tried to comprehend was was happening, but it couldn't. He heard the door of a car slam and realized he was in the police man's vehicle. He noticed the girl was still holding him, and truth be told, he didn't mind. He felt safe in her arms, he felt that she was the only real thing in a life that was built up around lies.
End of Chapter 1
Ok, first chapter done...a lots more left to go. I'm not sure how many chapters I want to have, but if this story comes along smoothly then it will be a pretty decent chapter book.
I can't wait to hear from you guys! Tell me what you think!
Next Time in, Truth Behind the Lies: Danny is taken to the Police department, where he is confronted about his life so far. But when he is faced with the truth from his past, will he be able to handle it?