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Previously in The Last Straw…

"Are you Phantom?"

Danny visibly shivered as Dash whispered in his ear, a cold shock running down his spine and his hair stood on end.

"W-what?" Danny stuttered, he shook his head violently, refusing to believe the scene playing before him. Out of all the people that could find out his secret, Dash would be the most unlikely candidate. After all, the guy was an absolute idiot.

The jock was starting to get impatient as Danny was shaking in silence, his baby blue eyes darting around in a frenzied manner and a thin sheen of cold sweat formed on his brow. Danny's mind whirled to find an escape route, he didn't like being forced into this position, and the quickest get away would be to use his ghost powers and turn intangible, but that would only confirm Dash's suspicions. He was faced with a dilemma, 'weak' Fenton was not supposed to be able to hold his own against a jock and he was expected to succumb to Dash's decision. Danny jumped when Dash's voice rang out.

"I'll repeat it again, Fenton, are you Phantom?" He sneered; his tone suggesting frustration. If Danny admitted to it being true, he would make sure that it spread like wildfire and people would know the freak that Fenton is.

But wait…If he knew I really was Phantom then he really wouldn't want to do anything stupid to anger him, nor me.

It would result in him getting splattered or pulverised, or so he thinks. He cared about his pride more than anything; after all he was supposed to set the example for the rest of his posse.

Suddenly, the ear splitting bell rang and the hallways were flooded with students, there was a crescendo of chatter and laughter. Danny seized this opportunity of confusion to make a quick disappearing act, forcefully pushing a momentarily dazed Dash. He bolted towards the doors at the end of the long hallway, a stunned Dash was in pursuit.

"FENTON!" Dash bellowed.

"Oh no…" Danny groaned, in desperation he knocked books over that belonged to the people who were unfortunate to cross his path, in an attempt to slow the agitated jock.

Meanwhile a clueless Sam and Tucker were watching from a distance, they both sighed in unison before marching off to their next class. As quickly the halls were flooded the students withdrew just as quickly, leaving an empty cold hallway.

Danny panted heavily as he rounded corners and he leapt outside and leant again a wall tiredly in the shade. A shadow crept up soundlessly behind him. Danny froze. A familiar voice made itself apparent.

"I ask you again, Fenton. Are. You. Phantom?" He enunciated each word clearly making sure the recipient understood. Dash was determined to get an answer one way or another.

"What do you want with me Dash? I haven't done anything to you!" He wearily avoided eye contact afraid that he would give anything away. Danny hated living a life where he would be afraid to be himself; he was tempted to give away his secret. It would be one less person to act useless and weak around. Not to mention if Dash chose to keep his secret he could consider him somewhat a friend and this meant there would be no more pointless bullying. For once he could threaten Dash if he were to step over the line, not that Danny ever would, and he was far too full of forgiveness.

Dash took a minute of silence to get his breath back and allowed Danny to calm his nerves slightly.

"Y-yes…I am Danny Phantom." Danny sighed.

Dash's eyes widened, he didn't expect that Danny would part with the truth so easily; he was ready to fully pounce on the loser at a moment's notice if he was cowardly running away again.

"So, what are you going to do about it? Are you going to tell the whole school?" Danny asked quietly, he felt small and vulnerable. He feared the worst scenario where he would have to say goodbye to all he loved and start anew, where he would be alone.

"No." Was the proud answer Danny heard. A small smile crept upon his face and he felt his shoulder and heart lighten with the onus thrusted upon him not to long ago.

"Just one question though, how did you become Phantom?"

"Well…it's a looooong story." Danny slid down the wall and settled on the pavement. He gently patted the space next to him, gesturing for Dash to sit there and beamed up at the over towering giant.

They looked thoughtfully at each other and Dash gave Danny his full attention.

"It started off with my parents building a portal…." And so the retelling of Danny's life story began.

There were points where the pair was laughing uncontrollably and the next in thoughtful comfortable silence. Until Danny's ghost sense abruptly interrupted his narration.

"Uhh…What was that?" Dash inquired, slightly scared.

"Oh that? That was my ghost sense. It tells me when a ghost is near. Um, I need to go now, you know because.…" Danny said slowly.

"Oh right. Don't worry I'll cover you when you get back to class." Dash nodded and suddenly the awkward atmosphere was replaced with understanding and appreciation.

"I'm going ghost!"

Danny raised his arms upwards as two bright white glowing rings washed throughout his body, transforming him into his alter ego. Dash gazed in wonder, he would never get used to this exhilarating feel watching someone he knew become a known hero and the fact that he knew something so big only a few handpicked people knew. He didn't feel guilty that he practically forced Danny to reveal himself, because now he felt confident that he could do a fairly decent job of covering him.

Danny briefly nodded to Dash and shot up in to the air, swiftly flying in the direction his senses were pointing him in.

In the distance you could hear a malevolent laugh.

"Hello whelp…

ForeverHalfa- I'm so sorry for being MIA, but the last month of school has been EXTREMELY difficult for me, and TS can attest to that too. I'll be writing the final chapter, and I'll try to have it up before Christmas, but I have family over until January T.T. So like, review and I'll do my utmost to get it up ASAP. TS did a phantastic (lol) job with this chapter, so give her credit, y'all! And thanks for everyone that has given us support~!

Topaz Skye- Sorry for the late update and the shortness of this chapter! It was my turn to write this chapter and FH to edit it, I really couldn't think of much to put in this chapter other than the rough outline FH gave me. I had mock GCSE's getting in the way of this, but it's all over for now and Christmas has begun! If we have figured this out right, our next and final chapter should be updated near Christmas as a little gift to you all! The next chapter will be an epilogue by ForeverHalfa. See you soon and review please! :)

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