Disclaimer: I don't own Danny Phantom. Butch Hartman does.
One definite plus to being a half-ghost, Danny mused, was having such freedom. Of course, it came with prices and restraints (having to fight ghosts all the time, not doing well in school, getting little sleep, etc), but in the end Danny was pretty sure it was worth it.
This night was one such night that he believed it was completely worth it all. Quietly, the Fenton transformed to Phantom and floated up out of his room. He stretched, popping his back, and then positioned himself so that he was floating perpendicularly to the ground. His eyes were bright with excitement as he stared up into the sky.
Tonight was a total lunar eclipse, the first one since almost three years ago (February 20, 2008 – he had gone outside with his parents and watched it) and the first since he had gotten his ghost powers. It was also, he remembered with some fascination, the first total lunar eclipse to occur on the day of the Northern Winter Solstice since 1638.
The moon slowly darkened as the half-ghost floated there, his arms positioned behind his skull, his fingers laced together to form a head rest. Soon, only a sliver of silvery-white was left. A few seconds later, he blinked, and even that was gone.
A total lunar eclipse.
The half-ghost was ecstatic.
He stayed on top of the roof of Fenton Works for a little over an hour, staring up at the moon and relishing in the calmness and tranquility surrounding him. There were few noises at this time of night, and definitely no ghosts – the former because few people were awake, the latter because they were all preparing for Christmas and observed a semi-truce on the Solstices anyway.
Eventually, though, the shadows cloaking the moon began to recede. Danny closed his eyes with a grimace, disappointed that it was all going to end now.
Still, he stayed until the moon was back to its regular silvery-white shade and then slipped back down into his bedroom, where the aspiring astronaut promptly fell asleep…but not before mourning slightly that the eclipse couldn't have lasted longer than it already had.
A/N: The lunar eclipse really was beautiful, you guys. If you didn't watch it...I feel really sorry for you. I really did climb out onto the roof of my home and sit there for a while thinking and staring at the moon - not as long as Danny, who watched it for the whole time (which hasn't even happened here). That would probably take a couple of hours. I was only there for fifteen, twenty minutes? Still...it was so peaceful out there. Calm, quiet, still...it was amazing. It's probably going to become a ritual for me to go outside and stare up at the moon in the dead of night, lunar eclipse or not. I...I liked that feeling. A lot.
Well, enough of me rambling. You all probably didn't read that anyway, and if I don't cut myself off now, this Author's Note will be longer than the fic itself...