A Ghostly Imaginary Friend
A/N: I'm sorry if this chapter seems a bit boring but this is Jazz we're talking about I'll try and make it up to you by getting ch9 up later today but it my be after 9pm cause that's when I get home from work. I had so much fun writing this. Any way I got tired of typing out full names so Little Danny Fenton is now L Danny or LD and Black Time is BT and Danny Phantom is DP. Should read A Halfa's Best Friend before reading this or you wouldn't understand a few things and I hate repeating my self.
Ch 8 TV Psychology Call In
While DP and L Danny were having the time of their life Jazz was sitting in front of the TV. Jazz had become obsessed with psychology since she was Danny's age (5) and her favorite and most informational show was a TV series called Psychology for You. The show was two hours long, the first hour consisted of talking about the topic of the day and the second hour they took phone calls pertaining to the topic.
Jazz having no idea what to make of her brother and needed some time to think and relax, and her idea of relaxing was watching a psychology show.
Jazz lay back on the couch, picked up the remote and in a lazy style hit the on button. The TV flickered to life a comical blaring. The comical ended and cut to the title screen of Psychology for You. Then the screen went to a man about in his mid 30's was sitting at a desk in a rather refined manner.
"Today on our show we will be on the topic of imaginary friends" the man on the screen said.
Jazz shot in to an upright position on the couch think 'just my luck the topic of today is what I need information on.'
The man started into his long lecture of the day's topic.
"Today we'll be talking of a commonly seen topic. Many children have imaginary friends but when does an imaginary friend become a problem or the sign of a problem. The maximum age of when children should loses their imaginary friends at 10.
There can be many reasons why a child makes an imaginary friend. Some children make one when they have no real friends or if all their friends have one. Some use it as a substitute for a family member not spending enough time with them; a parent may be a sibling. Another reason is they are unsure of who they are and use the friend as an outlet of their other side. You can tell a lot about a child by their imaginary friend. For example if they have a sibling named Sandy that's been ignoring them they may think up a friend who is similar to her and give them a name close to the persons original name like Mandy."
As Jazz was listening to professor on TV go on about the topic of imaginary friends she was trying to do her own diagnoses for her own brother's imaginary friend.
'It could be mom and dad, with their sick obsession with ghost they don't spend enough time with him. But Danny Phantom doesn't sound like a parental figure. Maybe it's me ever since first grade I haven't spent that much time with him for the whole year. Danny Phantom does seem like an older sibling taking care of Danny and playing with him. Yet Phantom has no other likeness to me. The only other options are friends or him self. Danny never really talked about friends' Jazz finished her thoughts there.
The professor on the TV ended his lecture and said "Now we will be taking calls from the viewers."
The call up number appeared at the bottom of the screen. Jazz got up and made her way to the living room phone and punched in the numbers. The phone gave a few rings before it picked up.
"You've reached Psychology for You you're number five please hold" the operator at the other line.
Jazz held onto the phone listening to the four people before her ask the professor about their children and their imaginary friends.
"Okay caller five you're on" the professor said.
"Yes my name is Jazz and" Jazz started but was cut off.
"And how old are you Jazz" the professor asked.
"I'm thirteen" Jazz answered.
"I don't think so" the professor responded.
"I'm nine" Jazz tried again.
"Now, now Jazz" the professor said like a mother trying to get her child to tell the truth.
"Okay I'm seven" Jazz finally answered correctly.
"Seven and using the phone already" the professor answered.
"Yeah whatever can we get back to the reason why I called" Jazz said.
"Ah yes what is your question" the professor asked.
"Well my brother, Danny, has this imaginary friend he calls Danny Phantom and ever since he's had him weird things have been happening" Jazz explained.
"You want to give a little detail" The professor asked.
"For starters he wants to eat in his room and always brings extra food with him, there's also when he stole some cookies but the jar was to high for him to reach he'd need a ladder but there's no way he could carry one he's only five" Jazz explained and then continued. "Then the next morning he claims late last night his imaginary friend made him hot dogs. Later I find him in his room playing checkers and of the pieces moved on its own. I guess what I'm asking is it possible my brother is setting things up to make his imaginary friend seems more real and if that's healthy."
"Well it's very normal for a kid of his age to have an imaginary friend but setting up things, for a child his age I highly doubt could orchestrate such a thing" the professor said. "Unless he's a lot smarter than you give him credit for."
"What do you mean" Jazz asked.
"Do you think you're brother is a young genius or have telekinesis" the professor said.
"I don't think so;" Jazz said "he's not that smart and you can't believe in telekinesis."
"Maybe you just haven't noticed because he's been hiding it from you" the professor said "Like I've stated before children with abnormally high intelligence or unique powers will often hid them and use an imaginary friend as an outlet for their abilities. Some kids fear or don't know how to cope with it so they make up some one with these abilities."
Jazz was silent for awhile tuning it over in her head. She then just hung up the phone. 'Danny's just a normal kid and I'm just stressed and seeing things' Jazz thought to her self.
Jazz had spent the rest of the day thinking about her little brother.
It was about 7 o' clock when Maddie came out from the kitchen and announced dinner was ready to Jazz before she went up stairs to get Danny. She got to Danny's door and said "Dinner's ready."
Maddie gave a knock on the door before opening it. She saw Danny was standing next to his open window. He looked at his mom and said he'll be down in a minute and had on that smile when he did something he didn't want her to know. She decided to let it go and went back down stairs to the kitchen.
As soon as Maddie was out of the room both Little Danny and DP started to giggle.
Later Little Danny was downstairs in the kitchen eating dinner with his family.
"So what you two do all day" Maddie asked her children.
"Just done some thinking and did some research" Jazz answered.
"Just… played around" Little Danny said smiling to him self.
"What's playing around" Jazz asked as if implying something.
"You know just doing kid stuff" Little Danny answered.
Unknown to the rest of the family Little Danny's eye was following a white and black blur as it went around the kitchen. The family also didn't notice a bowl and spoon move over to the pot of soup, they were having for dinner, pour some and then become invisible.
"That reminds me it's only four more days till school starts" Maddie just said.
"That right, how do you fell about your first year of school, Danny" Jack asked his son.
"Mom we need to buy school supplies, I need to label all my notebooks and folders, set up my binder, and make sure my pencils are sharpened ready for the minute I'm back in school" Jazz said in a panic of all the preparations she needed to do.
"They're not going to do school work the moment we sit down," Danny said then paused "are they?"
"Probably not in kindergarten but I'm in 2nd grade, it's a very demanding grade" Jazz answered her brother.
"Fine we'll go shopping tomorrow" Maddie announced to calm her oldest.
Little Danny felt DP behind him and then whispered in his ear.
"If we're going out tomorrow can we also go to the park?" Little Danny asked repeating what DP whispered to him.
"How can you think of going to the park when school is only like four days away" Jazz said like thinking he was crazy for thinking about anything other than school.
"Sure we will" Maddie told her son.
"Mom," Jazz whined "That will just take up time that could be better used getting my school supplies ready."
"Jazz honey it doesn't take more than a day to do that" Maddie informed her daughter. "Beside your father and I promised to take him today but totally forgot we owe him" Maddie whispered to Jazz.
"Come on Jazzy-pants we need to get out of the house, and make sure there are no ghosts causing trouble in our new home town" Jack yelled.
Jazz just rolled her eyes at her father.
"Yes I'm going to the park" Little Danny shouted in joy as soon as he entered his room.
"I'm just as happy as you are" DP said to his younger self.
That night when Little Danny went to sleep he dreamed of the possibilities the next day will hold.
A/N: Please review. Next time the chapter LD goes to the park and meets (if you can't figure out the next part I shall send rapid Packer fans to your house! Ha ha ha!)