A Slight Problem

After arriving at FentonWorks, Danny quickly told his parents to wait in the living room for a surprise. He whispered to Melissa, "Are you sure you still want to do this?" Melissa nodded her head.

"I'm as weady as I'll wever be!" She said, excitedly, crawling halfway to her wagon. He sighed and picked her up, setting her inside. Danny ran into the room before hand and told them to shut their eyes. Making sure they had done as told, he turned around to run smack dab into the wall. He grinned sheepishly before quickly side-stepping the wall and walking around to get Melissa.

"Okay!" Danny nearly shouted, as he set Melissa on the floor, steadying her. "You can open your eyes now!" He let go of Melissa once he saw their eyes open. Melissa stood for about four seconds before staggering foward toward Maddie. However, Maddie gasped, Jack's mouth was agap, and Jazz gushed.

"Missy! You're walking! Did you learn on your own?" Jazz asked once Melissa had reached her mother. Maddie sobbed as she clutched her, and turned to the one person in the room. Danny waved and avoided eye contact, afraid he'd get in trouble for making Melissa do something to strain her heart. But what he didn't expect was for Maddie to pick up Melissa, put her into Jack's arms (his mouth still agap), and rush over to Danny, hugging him for all she was worth. He soon felt warm tears soak his shirt.

"Oh, Danny! You taught her to walk, didn't you? I'm so proud of you!" Danny looked down sadly, realizing that he did it because he was ashamed, but he would never tell his mother. His sky blue eyes filled with tears once again. His mother parted from him, and she patted his raven black hair affectionately. He was suddenly embraced again. A small voice whispered to him.

"Thank you, Danny. Thank you so much." Melissa's head pressed against his chest, her own tears were soaking the rest of his half-dry shirt. He awkwardly patted her back, before closing his eyes.

"You're welcome.."

2 DAYS LATER...

Danny grabbed Melissa's hand, tugging her downstairs from his room to the lab. He grinned at what he was about to do, thinking he'd get a real kick out of it. He lead her down the stairs and into another door that was partially hidden in the lab.

"What are we doing here, Dwanny?" Melissa asked, walking fast to keep up with her brother's fast pace. He opened the door, showing her what was inside. Melissa gasped when she saw Danny tug out a wooden, rusty, coffin. He grinned at her.

"That was yours." He stated simply. "Mom told me you weren't gonna make it past a month, so Dad built this coffin for you. When you didn't die, he put it down here." Melissa's eyes were emotionless, and Danny suddenly wondered if this was a bad idea. He watched as she slowly walked to the coffin, reaching her hand out to touch it. She recoiled, and moved her gaze to Danny. He walked over to her, and rubbed her shoulder.

"This.. was.. mwine?" She asked softly. Melissa felt Danny nod, and she started to move away when Danny caught her arm.

"Touch it."

"No, I'm not touching it!" Melissa said in a frightened tone.

"Then I'll leave you down here." Danny turned, acting as if he were gonna leave. He knew as well as she did that she needed his help to get back upstairs. He stopped upon hearing her cry out.

"Fwine! I'll twouch it!" He turned around to see her inch her way back to the coffin. Danny inwardly grinned as he watched her slowly reach out, and she very carefully tapped the tip. "Okway! I touched it! Wet's go!" Melissa hurriedly started to shift her way to the stairs. Danny paused a minute, an evil thought creeping into his mind.

"Hey Melissa. Let's see if you can fit inside of it." Of all the times he's seen her walk, he'd never seen her walk as fast as she did to get away from that area. He smiled, and walked to her to help her back upstairs, but not before putting away the coffin.

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Danny started to get very worried. He'd have to start school again soon, and Melissa still needed to build up her strength for kindergarden, and that was in a couple of years. He ran out of his room, and into the kitchen where he spotted Melissa reaching for a glass. He sighed, and walked over to her to grab it for her. She seemed glad he was there, because she smiled. He sat down at the table, his head resting on his hand.

"So.." He started, "What do you want to do today?" Danny watched as her face reddened a bit from pouring herself a glass of milk.

"I don't know, and I don't cware. How abo-" She was abruptly cut off when she heard a loud screech from outside the window. Danny froze and slowly turned his head slightly. "What was that?" He heard Melissa whisper. He slowly got out of the chair and creeped to the door.

"I don't know. Let's go see." Melissa walked close to her brother, grabbing his hand in the process. Danny slowly opened the door and peeked outside. He gasped, and frowned when he felt Melissa shove herself up under his chest.

"What is it?" Melissa asked. Right outside their kitchen window was a deep red ibis. It was perched in the tree, acting as if it were going to pounce on them, but it didn't. Melissa slowly walked foward, pulling Danny with her toward the bird. When she was at least 5 ft away from it, it started to flap it's wings. Danny grabbed Melissa and pulled her closer to the house. The bird fell limp onto the ground not minutes after. "Is.. Is it dwead?" Danny let go of Melissa's hand and walked closer to the bird. He poked it for good measure.

"Yeah, I think it is." Melissa slowly walked to her brother and the bird. She stared at it, as if waiting to see if it would come alive, but it didn't. It sat, slumped over, with it's eyes staring blankly at the grass covered dirt. She sighed and felt Danny's hand entertwin with hers. "Come on, let's go back inside." He started to pull but she wouldn't budge. She tried as hard as she could to stay rooted to the spot.

"Dwanny, I want to bury it." Melissa whispered, still clinging to his hand. Danny walked back beside her.

"You really want to?" He asked, and watched as she nodded. "Okay, I'll go get the shovel. Don't touch it, it might be sick or something." Melissa nodded again and felt Danny release her hand to go get said tool. She sighed, then looked around the yard for a proper place to bury the bird. She smiled when her golden eyes landed on a place that had rocks surrounding it. The youngest Fenton looked around her and spotted a long twig. Perfect for pulling something. She walked over to it, picked it up, and wrapped the end of the twig around the bird's beak.

"Okay, where do y- what are you doing?" Danny asked, once he had the large shovel set behind him. Melissa had tied the end of the twig around the bird's mouth, and was pulling it toward the area she'd picked for it.

"Can we bury it here, Dwanny?" Melissa asked, pointing to the spot where she was standing. Her face was slightly red from the bird, but she got it there. Danny continued to pull the shovel to the place where she was, and he let it fall to the ground.

"Uh.. sure." He said, uncertain. Danny picked up the shovel and shoved it into the ground forcefully, and picked up a mound of dirt. Melissa watched Danny, and turned her gaze to the bird. Why did it come to their backyard? Why did it die in their backyard? "This deep enough?" She was snapped out of her thoughts when she heard Danny speak. She glanced into the hole, which was a pretty good size. Melissa turned her gaze to Danny.

"Yeah, it's dweep enough." She pulled the bird to the hole, and gently lowered it into the hole by the twig. Once it was fully inside the grave, she walked over to Maddie's flowerbed and picked one of the beautiful petunia's. Melissa walked back over to the bird, and set it on the freshly dug dirt. With sweat clinging to his forehead, Danny smiled at Melissa.

"You did a good thing, you know." He told her. She just smiled, and nodded.

"Yeah, I know." They both turned away from the grave and walked silently back to the kitchen.

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Today was Danny's first day back to school. He was in first grade, and wasn't to happy to go. He groaned as he sat up, and glanced around the room. He blinked when he didn't see Melissa. She was usually there when he woke up. Realization struck him and he shot up out of bed, and ran downstairs. He looked in every room, and finally ran outside. Melissa was perched outside under the tree, picking flower petals off of a flower. Danny sighed in relief, but raised an eyebrow when she looked forlorn. He walked out to her and sat beside her. She turned away from him.

"What's wrong, Melissa?" He asked, scooting across the grass to sit in front of her. She pulled off the last petal, and glanced at his crystal blue eyes, and sighed.

"Dwo you have to go to swkool today?" She asked softly, switching her gaze back to the petal-less flower. Eyes downcast, Danny slowly reached out and grabbed her hand.

"Well, I don't want to, but I have to go to get an e-.. edwucathion." He said, awkwardly, trying to mimick his mother earlier that week. She blinked at him.

"What's twat?" She smiled slightly when he shrugged, his face that of true confusion. He stood up, pulling her up with him.

"Will you be okay when I'm gone?" Danny smiled when she half-nodded.

"I just don't want to be alone." He frowned.

"You won't be alone. Mom and Dad are here unless they go into the lab.." He said in an afterthought. She stared at him through the corner of her eye. "Okay, so you might be alone. But, I'll be back later on. I promise." Danny held up his left hand proudly, before looking between his left and right. He quickly shoved his left hand down before bringing up his right hand, smiling sheepishly. He grinned though, when he heard her giggle. He froze slightly when he felt her hug him.

"I'll wait."

"Okay, I'm going to go get ready now." Danny said, walking to the door after she'd let go.

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"Okay, class, turn in your textbooks to page 237 and begin reading to page 246." Danny sighed at the teacher. He'd already been in school for no less than 10 minutes and the teacher, Mrs. Murderslack, was already giving them something to do. He shuddered at the name. He did as told and gaped at all the small words on the first page to the second page. He'd never finish this in time! However, at that exact moment, he heard heavy breathing outside. Curious, he sat up a little in his desk to see what it was. Danny gasped, upon seeing his sister outside, leaning against a tree, her face blood red.

"Melissa!" Danny quickly stood up and raced out the door, but not before hearing Mrs. Murderslack yelling (or screeching) for him to get back in the room. He frowned when he realized, he was lost. Danny raced out the nearest door he saw and saw the double doors to the outside world. He sighed in relief before rushing to them. Once he burst through them, he quickly searched for his sibling. He finally saw her, in the same position when he last saw her. He raced to her, not caring if he got in trouble. "Melissa! What are you doing here?" She turned to him weakly.

"I was wonely." He heard her barely whisper. Worry clearly written across his face, Danny quickly took her hand and sat on the ground, pulling Melissa into his lap, like he'd done when she was younger. He pressed his cold hand to her forehead, then the rest of her face trying to cool her down. He frowned heavily when he saw her close her eyes, still breathing deep. "Dwanny.." He turned his gaze once again to her face.

"Yeah?

"Will you take me home?" Melissa opened her eyes again, and Danny felt his face sag. He couldn't say no to her after she'd walked, possibly ran, to see him. He nodded, and picked her up, carring her home.

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Whoo! This story is going along quicker than my other ones. (shrugs) Ah well, I'm kinda alternating the story a bit from the original so I won't be exactly copying it. TT Soo sad.. anyway, the update will come soon enough!

Disclaimer: I don't own Danny Phantom, but Melissa is mine! I still regret writing this story.. but I hope yall do enjoy it. XD