I Do Not Own Danny Phantom or the Teen Titans
Chapter 14 - The Truth
Raven's POV
I stared shocked at the door that Danny had just walked through after blowing up at everyone. Gone was the cocky and confident boy she was interrogating only moments ago. The room was silent for a moment till Starfire broke the it.
"He does not have a heart for friendship? The we must find him one!" She exclaimed about to leave till Robin grabbed her foot to keep her from leaving.
"That's not what he meant Star. What he meant was that he doesn't want anymore friendships, because they hurt too much." He said softly. "I think we should leave him alone till he calms down. Maybe then we can talk."
"But how does one be hurt by friendship? I thought friendships were kind and nice." Starfire said still confused.
"It is. Until you loose someone close to you-which is what happened to Danny."
When Starfire still looked a bit confused I decided to step in. "Starfire, Imagine everything you ever loved and cared about disappearing-or in Danny's case- killed. How would you feel?"
Starfires eyes widened at the thought and then tears started forming in her eyes. "Oh, I understand what you mean..." She said softly, her shoulders sagging.
Robin walked up to her and place a hand on her shoulder, trying to comfort her. "Don't worry. We'll see what we can do to help him. Maybe even help him overcome his grief, even at least a little." He said trying to sound confident.
Starfire nodded but her eyes were still sad.
Maybe I should go up and talk to him. I though for a moment. I looked at the other Titans as the talked, then I turned around and walked to Danny's room. I arrived there only a minute later and knocked on the door. I waited a moment and when I got no answer I knocked again.
"Danny, it's Raven, May I come in?" I called out softly. When I still got no answer I opened up the door myself and stepped inside. I looked around and saw that the room was empty. "Danny?" I called again with confusion. I walked deeper into the room. Maybe I can find something to help me learn a little more about him. I walked towards the window and paused looking around the room. But I stopped when I saw something outside the window.
I turned and looked up at the clouds and watched a green flashed in the clouds like unnatural lightning.
What the heck?
I quickly teleported myself with my magic outside onto the roof of the Tower. I stood there and stared up at the cloud as green continued to flash off and on. When the clouded finally shifted out of the way I looked closer at the epicenter of the light and saw a small black and white dot in the sky.
Phantom.
I quickly considered going down to tell the rest of the teem but something was nagging at me. It was strange that Phantom appeared at the same time Danny vanished. And by the looked of it, it seemed as if Phantom was releasing some anger. Could it be that... My thoughts trailed off and I made my decision.
I floated up off the roof and quietly flew up to where Phantom was among the clouds. I slowed down as I approached, not wanting to alert him to my presence just yet and I hovered behind him and watched from a safe distance of about 50 feet.
"Why! Out of all questions, WHY THAT ONE!" I heard Phantom growl as he flung green energy ball after energy ball into the sky. " 'Will you be my friends?',"he mocked in a tone that sounded like he way trying to sound like Starfire. "ARRGGG!" More energy blast were flung into the sky one right after the other.
My eyes widened at what he said. "Danny?" I asked in shock.
I watched as he froze right were he was in mid-throw. He slowly turned he head to look at me and I saw tears streaming down his face. His bright green eyes were wide with surprise and fear. "Umm." he muttered.
"It's okay Danny...I kinda figured it out." I said trying to sound calm.
That only seemed to freak him out more. "Crap. Are...are you going to tell the other about me?" he asked with a bitter tone but fear was a-blaze in his eyes.
"Depends. Can we talk? Back when you were after that ghost in town you said you never killed those people...maybe I can convince the others that your innocent I need you tell me what happened first." I watched and Phantom looked sceptical, so I quickly added. "I'm more understanding than Robin and the others. I like to hear the full story before I convict someone." I said to him calmly trying to get him to relax. I watched as he thought things through then nodded slowly.
"Alright. I need as much help as I can get in proving that I didn't...kill them." He said trailing of into a whisper at the end.
I nodded at him and smiled softly. "Lets go to my room. Everyone knows not to come into my room without my concent."
Danny nodded and swiped his arm across his face, wiping away the tears.
I turned and flew down to the tower. I landed on the roof and turned to Danny who landed right behind me. I held out my hand to him. "Grab my hand, I'm going to teleport us to my room." I said.
Danny seemed to hesitate before placing his hand in mine. I gasped in shock at how cold it was. Like sticking your hand into a bowl of ice cubes and leaving it there. I surrounded us in my magic and sunk into the floor. When the darkness parted we were in my room. I let go of his hand and walked over to my bed and sat down on it, looking at Danny.
Danny sighed before rubbing the back of his neck. Then a whiteish-blue ring appeared around his waist, then split and traveled across his body. One going up the other going down. When they vanished, Danny Fenton was standing there. I blinked in surprise.
"So thats how you change." I said softly.
He nodded and looked at the floor. "Yeah. I have been this way, half ghost, for 2 years now." He said as he looked up at me, then he sighed and turned he head away. "I guess I better start from the beginning. Just...bare with me on this okay. I haven't told my story to anyone." He glanced back up at me to see me nod. "Alright, first thing you should know is that my parents were ghost hunter. They built weapons to destroy and study ghost with. Well one day they built something called a 'Ghost Portal', it was supose to create a portal into the realm were the ghost reside called the' Ghost Zone'. When they finished they called of us down to watch them turn it on."
-Flashback-
Danny's POV
"Danny! Jazz! Come down here!" My dad called from down in the lab. I quickly got up off the couch and followed my older sister, Jazz, downstairs to see what was up. When was appeared at the bottom step Dad ran over to us and grabbed us with one of his arm and pointed the other one towards a big hole in the wall. "Come watch us turn on our greatest invention! The Ghost Portal!" He said excitedly with a big grin on his face. "It's suppose to bust open the wall into the Ghost world!"
My sister, of corse, had to try and prove her point. "Dad, when are you going to realize that ghost don't exsist!" She said crossing her arms. "You pulled me away from a very interesting book to show me something that isn't going to work." she said with irritation.
"None sense, Princess! It will total work!" Dad said and pushed us over to the Portal where Mom was running a few last check ups. "Ready Maddie?" Dad asked holding up to plugs with his hands and a big goofy grin on his face.
Mom nodded and smiled, turning toward the portal. Dad connected the two plugs. Next thing we know is there was a big whirling sound as the portal started up, I felt my eyes widen and I leaned a little forward. I could even see my sisters eyes widen with surprise from the corner of my eyes.
Then a few sparks and then the whole thing shut down.
"Awwww!" I heard Dad whine from where he was standing. I looked at him to see him frown with disappointment. Mom walked over to him with the same expression and place a hand on his shoulder in comfort.
"Maybe we can try again later, hun." Mom said with a weak smile. She was really looking forward to the portal working too.
Dad nodded and I watched as they walked up the stairs, out of the lab.
"I knew I wasn't going to work." Jazz said coolly. "When are they going to learn?" She muttered and turned to the stairs as well.
"Well it was worth a shot wasn't it?" I said with a shrug. I didn't believe in ghost either, but its still fun to see my parents happy. Even if they were a bit crazy.
"Not really. It was just a waste of time and money." Jazz said then walked up the stairs leaving me alone with the portal. I stared at it for a long moment before sighing and leaving as well.
A few days later, my friends came over to watch a movie. But when I mentioned the failed Ghost Portal, Sam jumped in.
"Hey can we go down and see it?" She asked with a smile.
I shook my head. "No. Mom and Dad don't like us being down there without supervision." I explained.
"Aww com'on Danny. Where's your sense for adventure?" She said then grabbed my wrist and dragged me toward the lab.
"Sam, I'm serious! My parents will be mad if they find out!" I said as I was reluctantly pulled along and down the stairs.
"Then it's a good thing their not home." Sam stated as we arrived in the lab. She let go of my wrist and looked around the lab. "Wow. Never expected it to be this big." She said softly, Then she spotted the Fenton Ghost Portal. "Is this the Portal?" She asked walking up to then big metal hole in the wall.
"Yeah that it. Can we go now?" I said nervously, not wanting to be caught down here.
"Aw come on Danny, Don't you want to take I look inside? I mean really, A Ghost Portal? You have to be curious." she said looking inside.
"Yeah, your right." I said smiling. "Imagine all of the awesome things on the other side of that portal." I turned and walked to a closet and wen't digging into it, I pulled out a White hazmat suit with black gloves, boots, neck-lining, and belt. I quickly put it on and zipped it up stepping up to the portal.
"Wait a second." Sam said as she walked up to me. I at first thought she was going to stop me but then she pulled of the sticker of my Dads face off the chest. "You can't go walking around with that on your chest..here try this instead." She put on a weird black simble that looked like a ghostly D with P inside of it.
"What's this for?" I asked looking at it.
"It fits you more than your Dads face." She said with a smile.
I nodded then turned to the Portal. I took a few slow steps inside of it. There were wires laying all over the place on the floor. I walked deeper inside and when it started getting harder to see, me and my clumsy self, tripped over a wire. I threw my hand out to steady myself and my hand landed on the wall. I felt something give under my palm with a click. Next this I see is the portal charging up with green energy.
All I could think was 'Aww crap!' and then there was a big flash and pain. I felt the energy ripping through my body and the ectoplasm fusing onto my DNA. I could hear myself screaming over the sounds of the portal starting up. After a few minutes I managed to stumble out of the portal. I looked up at my friends, shocked and scared faces.
"W-what?" I asked weakly.
Sam was the first to snap out of it and she reached into her bookbag and pulled out a mirror then handed it to me. I took the mirror from her hand confused and looked at my refection. I gasped and almost dropped the mirror on the floor. My once black hair was now pure white, and my blue eyes were now glowing neon green. I looked down at myself and saw that my jump-suit was now black with white gloves, boots, neck-line, belt and insignia.
"W-what happened?" I asked fearfully. I looked up at my friends who were now suddenly getting taller. "Huh?" I looked down confused and saw that my legs had turned intangible and I was slowly sinking through the floor. "AAHHH!" I screamed and tried to grab onto something. My friends quickly snapped out of the trance and lunged forward grabbing onto my arms and pulled me up out of the ground. When my leg solidified they placed me back down on the ground. I looked at then in shock.
"What happened to me?" I asked my eyes wide with fear.
"Dude," Tucker said with a loud swallow. "I think your a ghost." he said weakly his own eyes wide.
"A..a g-ghost?" I stammered my eyes widening even more. "I'm a g-ghost? I'm dead? No...no I can't be dead! I not a Ghost, NO!" I yelled with fear gripping my head. "N-no, no no no! My parents hunt ghost, they hate them! I can't be a ghost, oh no!" I moaned with despair closing my eyes. Then I saw a flash and felt warmth pass across my body. I opened my eyes with confusion as looked at my friends who were surprised. I looked down at myself and saw my normal street cloths. I looked back in the mirror as saw that my hear was now black again and my eyes blue. "What just happened?" I asked looking at my friends.
"Dude! I think you half ghost!" Tucker said with a grin. "Cool!"
"Half ghost?" both Sam and I said at the same time confused. We looked at each other then shrugged.
"I don't care as long as my parents don't try to dissect me or rip me apart 'molecule by molecule'" I said with a weak smile.
-End Flashback-
Raven's POV
"Thats how I became half ghost." Danny said looking at me. I nodded slowly in understanding,
"So you became a half ghost in a lab accident that infused ectoplasm on your DNA code?" I asked curiously.
He nodded and looked back down at the floor. "After that I became a super-hero, trying to stop all the ghost attacks in my town. But since Mom and Dad didn't know that I was half ghost they kept trying to destroy my ghost half whenever they saw him." He said softly.
"Why didn't you tell them?"
He sighed and closed his eyes. "I was afraid. Afraid that they wouldn't except me. Their ghost hunters and the only time I heard them talking about my ghost side was when they were talking about ripping him apart, or dissecting him, or melting him into a puddle of ectoplasm to study his remains."
I nodded seeing why he would be afraid. I would be too, to be honest. "But, What about the explosion?"
I look of pain and grief passed over his face.
"I don't mean to pry or anything but...I need to know that to help clear you name." I said softly getting up and walking over to him, placing a hand on his shoulder. "If you want I can Record it to let the other Titans hear it so you don't have to worry about retelling it to them." I said pulling out a recording device from my desk.
"Yeah, that might be easier." he said smiling softly at me but pain was still deep in his eyes.
I nodded and turned on the recording device and set it down on the table between us. "Alright, It's on."
Danny nodded and took a deep breath before beginning...
-Flashback-
Danny's POV
"Hey Skulker! What part of 'LEAVE ME ALONE' do you not understand!" I yelled blasting him with an ecto-ray.
"Silence Whelp! I will have your pelt at the foot of my bed!" Skulker yelled, firing rockets at me. I quickly brought up a shield to protect myself but the rockets blasted right threw it, sending me crashing to the ground several dozen feet below.
The on-lookers stood their watching my fight with a mixture of fear and awe. Among the crowd were my two best friends, my sister Jazz, My parents, who waiting for the fight to end so that they could try and capture me, and Mr. Lancer who stopped by only to get a sandwich and a drink.
"Danny!" I heard Sam and Tucker yell when I crashed into the ground, leaving a crater. I glanced at them and gave them a quickly smile that said 'I'm okay!' before charging back up at Skulker and tackled him head on.
"By the way Skulker, eww. And second, NOT GONNA HAPPEN!" I said and flung an ice ray at him freezing one of his arms. He quickly snapped the ice off and fired at me with more rockets. I quickly ducked out of they way and turned to watch the rockets zip by. But my heart quickly froze with dread when I saw where they were heading.
Strait to the Nasty Burger.
"NOOOO!" I screamed as I quickly dove down in an attempt to save the everyone. The rockets made impact with the building and slamming into the Nasty Sauce containers. In a split second, the whole Teen hang out lit up in a bright orange fireball sending me flying backward from the shockwave and slamming me into a building across the street. I felt heat coming off the blast and singe the tips of my hair. I collapsed on the ground and stared at the huge crater where the Nasty Burger once stood. Flames licked up at the sky and you could hear the fire truck sirens off in the distance. I quickly got up and flew strait to the blaze as tears fell down my face.
"No no no NOO! SAM! TUCKER! MOM, DAD! JAZZ!" I screamed and looked around panicking. This couldn't be happening. They couldn't be dead. My thoughts raced a mile a second. I turned around and stopped. A pained wail raising from my throat when I saw the chartered bodies of my family, friends and teacher. "NOOOOO!" I screamed again and dropped to my knee's before their remains, tears falling like a river down my cheeks. I heard the police and fire trucks pull up to the seen. I closed my eyes and turned myself invisible and floated away and stood at a distance in the shadows to watch. My mind on auto pilot.
Skulker was no where to be seen right now, and to honest I didn't care. He probably fled knowing I was going to be out for his ectoplasm later.
I stayed invisibly as the EMS pulled up and transported the bodies away. I looked down at the ground about to fly away when I saw something that caught my eye. I looked over and saw a blackened gold and green ring laying on the ground. I walked over and picked it up to. When I looked down at it. I broke down and wailed even harder, dropping to my knee's again when I saw that It was the ring I have to Sam to hold on to.
I closed my fist around the ring and held it up to my chest, crying heavily. My chest was heaving as I tried to drag air into my lungs to no avail. I stayed like that till the next morning when I could cry no more. I got up slowly off the ground and took the sky, my heart hallow and my eyes redden from all my crying and a distance expression.
I had to leave. I promised everyone that I wouldn't let what future was suppose to come of this event ever happen. I would go into hiding. I wont let them take me to Vlad's. I promised as I took to the sky leaving everything behind, to live my life on the run.
-End Flashback-
Raven's POV
I watched as Danny's body shook with his sobs as he told me the story. His head hung down his hair covering his face.
I didn't know what to do so I just walked over to him and placed a comforting hand on his shoulder and squeezed lightly.
Danny's lifted his face slightly and looked at me. I watched as tears ran down his face and his eyes bloodshot. I walked over to my dresser and grabbed for a box of tissues then walked back over to him and handed him the box. He took it with a soft 'Thank you.' then grabbed a few and cleaned himself up. I nodded in response and sat back down. We waited in silence while he regained control over his emotions and took a deep breath.
"I'm sorry." I said softly to him. I felt really back for what happened to Danny. It must have been hard to loose the only people you ever cared about in one foul swoop.
"It's okay." He said softly his hair still covering his face, hiding I from view.
"It wasn't your fault what happened." I said looking at him.
He sighs and shakes his head slowly not even bothering to reply. I reached over and grabbed the recording device and turned it off.
Then there was a knock on the door.
~ There is the End of Chapter 14. Sorry it took so long to get this chapter up. It's the longest one yet ^^ I hope that it was good, if not then too bad for you =P Sorry is there were any spelling or grammar mistakes, know should know by now that I'm bad with that lol. Review and give me your thoughts please!~