T is for Trouble
Danny never thought that being half ghost would alter his physique by so much. Sure, he got his ghost form with snow white hair and glowing green eyes, but he was always relieved by the fact that his human form is not really adversely affected by all of this. Sometimes his powers leaked through, but after the initial two months, he could pretty much control everything with no problem.
Except when he woke up with glowing green eyes one morning and he just couldn't turn it off. It's difficult to explain, but sometimes his superpowers work like a lamp. When he flip the mental switches, all his suppressed ghostly nature and powers come up and take dominance. Each power more or less entitles one switch, and he could control them separately. However, it definitely just wasn't one of his good days.
As the time to school approaches closer and closer, Danny had no choice but to hastily put on a pair of cheaply made sunglasses so that he could fly to school in time and prevent Lancer from blowing up again.
The rest of the day was horrible, anyhow. Lancer questioned him a few times too much, and Dash wouldn't stop teasing him about 'going blind'. His friends also asked him why and when is it going to go away, but he didn't have an answer for them.
He knew that it was just the start though. The fun hasn't begun yet. Danny could feel his powers going haywire under his skin-it was like a constant churning wave, and he had no way to stop it.
The second day was even worse. When he woke up, his eyes more or less stopped glowing. It was still faintly green, but the annoying glow was finally gone. He was satisfied when he first looked at the mirror, but then took a double take when he confirmed that yes, indeed, his hair was freaking white. He checked and double checked, but he wasn't in his ghost form.
The hair was one of the few physical attributes that visually separates him and 'Phantom'. Now everyone was going to find out.
Danny paced around, panicking as his mother called him down for breakfast. Finally, Danny gave an exasperated sigh as he threw on a grey jacket, and got to school before his mother could say another word.
He promised Jazz that he would really try on his schoolwork. He promised that before she left for college. And a hero never goes back on his promises. Danny scowled as he unwillingly flew himself to school, ready for another day of torture and teasing.
The third day didn't seem so bad, at first, in his opinion. His hair seemed to be raven black, and his eyes were baby blue again. Just the way he liked it.
His other body parts weren't abnormal by any count, either, and he grinned at himself in the mirror in the morning, glad that the weirdness had worn off.
But when he opened his mouth to speak and tell his mom that he would just need another minute to get ready for school, a deep voice much like Dark Dan's greeted him back. Danny shut his mouth immediately, refused to utter another word.
He tried to avoid his friends the entire day, against the idea that he was slowly turning into the monster he hated. It was strange that there weren't many ghost attacks for the past few days-he didn't want Vlad to butt into his business and know what was going on with him lately.
But whatever was the case, Danny hoped that it wasn't permanent.
The fourth day, Danny didn't even bother to get out of his bed when he first woke up. He checked his hair by pulling down his bangs-raven black. He checked his mental switch-his eyes weren't powered up at all-they were blue. Nervously, he whispered "testing, 1, 2, 3." to himself, and to his relief, his voice was once again normal. It even cracked in the end. He gave himself a satisfied nod.
He breathed out slowly, ready to take on the day. Learning from yesterday, he didn't want to jinx himself, so he was mentally preparing himself for any nasty surprises. Still, he couldn't help but to hope that he would be 'normal' for once.
Getting off his bed, he tried to place his feet on the floor to support his weight. Except he didn't succeed. It was too late when he realized he didn't have any feet, or any legs for that matter. All that greeted him was his wispy ghostly tail when he fell down with an 'omph!'
"Danny, are you okay?" He heard his mother call as she went on the stairs to check on him. The steady thumps on the stairs didn't help to ease his nerves, either.
No matter what he did, he couldn't change back to a more humanoid form. The tail seemed to be more solid than normal, and it was like blue like the pajamas he wore the night before to go to bed. He wasn't even sure how it was possible for his lower body to go through such drastic transitions.
Danny more or less flew onto his bed, under the blanket, and pretended to be sick and tired before his mom opened his door and barged in.
"Hey, it's time for school, Danny. I thought you knew better." His mom said, looking at him suspiciously.
Danny gulped, reconsidering over the fact whether he should tell his parents his little secret or not.
I actually don't even remember writing this, so it's probably just a product of 3am exhaustiveness. I'm posting it anyways-To the Power of Infinity is just my personally 'dump folder' for fun, little, messed-up drabbles like this.
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