I'M BACK FROM THE DEAD!

Sorry about this super-long wait! You probably thought I forgot about this story, what with my other stories, but it is really hard to juggle all of these stories together! So, as an apology, I will give you a new chapter of all three of my Secret Trio stories, starting with this one! So, hopefully that won't have you kill me?

Anyway, this chapter and the rest of this story was inspired by the latest chapters of EleahBlue's story, The Core Cold, which I highly recommend that you read. So, I hope you enjoy this overdue chapter and more Delusional!Dani…*grins evilly*

Please read and review!

GhostWriterGirl out!

WARNING: High amounts of Delusional!Dani and hugs. Lots of hugs. You've been warned… ENJOY!

Chapter 2: And So It Begins

June and Haley looked up from where they were pinned… and saw Dani on top of them, gripping them in a bone-crushing death hug to rival Jack Fenton, a maniacal grin on her face

"DRAGON PLUSHIE! JUNEBERRY!" Dani squealed. "Are you here to catch sunshine with me and Octi?"

"Uhhh… not exactly," June answered. "But, uh, Dani… could you let go of me and Haley please?"

Dani beamed at them.

"Sure!"

She relinquished her death grip and June and Haley staggered back, rubbing their sore ribs and thinking, Ow…

When they had made sure their ribs weren't broken, the two Asian girls looked at Dani, who was sitting cross-legged and floating an inch off the ground, a look of child-like wonder on her face.

"Dani," Haley started.

Dani's head swivelled to face her in an unnerving one-hundred and eighty degrees swivel and asked the pigtails-wearing girl sweetly and innocently, "Yes, Dragon Plushie?"

Haley cleared her throat, averting her eyes from the terrifying vision, and continued, "Dani, your brother, Danny, is coming to see you."

Dani wrinkled her nose. "Casper's coming?"

"Yeah! He is!" Haley told her.

"And the Toadstool King is with him?"

"He sure is!" June jumped in, both her and Haley smiling broadly.

Dani beamed and clapped happily as she giggled.

"Toadstool King is coming! Grab the party cannons and the captured sunshine and alert the Fungi Armies! Where's General Mushroom?"

"Uhhh… General Mushroom is off fighting the, um…" June stammered.

"The Vegetable Campaign!" Haley supplied.

Dani grinned.

"Is the Fungi Armies winning the Vegetable Campaign?"

"Y-yes! Just yesterday they defeated the Broccoli Air Force!" June answered.

Dani laughed happily. Deliriously, though, but happy.

"YAY! DOWN TO THE VEGETABLE CAMPAIGN! BIG BOOM-BOOM! PEW PEW PEW PEW!" Dani yelled, making finger guns and shooting at random. Octi, wisely, remained out of range of Dani's "shots".

June and Haley shared an uneasy look.

Dani looked at them, her eyes too big and happy. Then she grabbed their hands and almost pulled their arms out of their sockets as she ran to the stairs.

"Come on! We gotta go to Hug-Land and get the Huggie Bears!" Dani exclaimed, never losing her vigour as she neared the stairs.

June and Haley shared an alarmed look and shouted in unison, "NO!"

That stopped Dani and she looked at them in confusion, tilting her head to the side.

"No? Why no?"

"Because, ahhh…" Haley trailed off, and June jumped in, "Because the Toadstool King would want you and Octi to be here to welcome him when he gets here. So… just stay inside, okay?"

Dani tilted her head again.

"Okay. Marshmallow gobs give camels fungal treatments."

June and Haley gave each other looks like, What?

Dani giggled again and started rambling, "Diet soda is snake paint! Fungi Armies blowing up miniature airplanes and little broccoli men! BOOM BOOM BOOM! Chocolate coated caramels make mushrooms sick. Toadstool King hates boring stuff. He likes things that go CRASH! BOOM! BANG! Dragon Plushie likes tequila while Juneberry adores vodka!"

Dani dissolved into a fit of giggling.

June looked at Haley and asked, "Hales, has Dani become more delusional?"

"Looks like it."

The two watched as Dani flew around the lab as fast as she could, giggling and shrieking, "ZOOM-ZOOM! I'MMA AERO-BIRD! SHINY SILVER SKIES AHEAD! FLUFFY WHITE AND GREEN RABBITS AND UNICORNS FLYING PAST ME! JELLY BEANS JUMPING ON OSTRICHES' BACKS! HA HAH HA HAH AHAHA AHAHA HA! ZOOM-ZOOM! SQUEEEEE!"

June and Haley looked at each other and shared a silent message:

This is gonna be fun.

Is it weird that I laughed when I wrote Dani's delusions?

And speaking of delusions… Dani's getting more and more delirious by the second. It's gonna be hard work for June and Haley to keep her inside.

What do you think of Dani's delusions? Is she delusional enough for y'all?

Please read and review; GhostWriterGirl out!