Afraid – Chapter Two
Danny Fenton was walking to school with his two best friends, Sam and Tucker. They were currently discussing their most recent essay. The topic hadn't been hard as they could make up anything they wanted. In fact, Sam and Tucker had both described outrageous fears. Although one could argue that they had been telling the truth…
"Wait, wait, are you saying you wrote two essays?" asked Tucker incredulously.
"Yup," replied Danny, chuckling slightly at his friend's outraged reaction.
"Are you crazy? How did you find the time?! Why would you want to?" Spluttered Tucker. He really couldn't believe his friend sometimes. Sure, Danny was half-ghost which was strange in itself but willingly writing two essays? That was just insane.
"I really wanted to get some stuff off my chest, Tucker, and the best way was to write it down."
Sam chuckled at Danny's unperturbed expression; the conversation was actually quite amusing. She cut in before Tucker could respond, "So what did you write in the first one?"
"Oh, just some random stuff, thought it might amuse him."
"And the other one?"
Danny mumbled something under his breath.
"What was that?" asked Tucker as he fiddled on his PDA.
"I said some stuff about my real fears, just as a release of sorts," whispered Danny.
His friends stopped walking to stare at him. Noticing their lack of movement, Danny stopped to look at them questioningly. Tucker looked shocked and Sam seemed to think he was crazy. Rolling his eyes, Danny gave them a look saying 'is there something on my face?' and carried on walking towards their school. The other two quickly got over the shock and caught up to him.
"What were you thinking, writing about that?" hissed Sam.
"Relax, I didn't give it in," replied Danny. He opened his bag and started to rummage through it. Eventually, he took out a crumpled up sheet of paper and handed it to the goth. Both Sam and Tucker started to read it only to have their eyes widened. They stared at Danny, looking almost shell-shocked.
"What?" he asked.
"Danny…this essay says your biggest fear is banana peels…" said Sam. Danny noticed her hands trembling slightly.
"Dude…I think you gave in the wrong essay…" whispered Tucker.
Danny was starting to feel faint, he couldn't concentrate properly. Leaning against a lamppost he quickly began to think over the situation. If he had the fake essay, then that meant Mr. Lancer had the real one, which meant…
"Mr. Lancer knows about it now." stated Sam.
"I guess he does," Danny managed to croak out.
"It's going to be hard having to face him," said Tucker. Danny just stayed silent and slowly carried on to the school. His two friends shared a look and followed him. Who knew what awaited them in the building that lay ahead.
Thank you to all my reviewers, and the fanfiction that inspired this was "My Strength, My Weakness," by Manzanitta. You should seriously read it, the quality of writing is outstanding. I hope this chapter does not disappoint anybody. Sorry if it does.
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