Yeah, I'm late.
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Abby woke up gasping. She noticed that she was lying in an alleyway. Her eyes were wide.
"What…what happened?" she asked herself breathlessly, glancing around. Nothing seemed beyond normal. She slowly got up and peeked out of the alley. She tried to recall what had occurred. "I was at the mall and then…Desiree!" The events played back in her mind like a movie. "But what did she do? I don't see anything different."
Curiously, Abby walked out into the street. There were very few people and only a handful actually looked at her. The teenager strolled down the street, still checking her surroundings carefully. Nothing seemed to be out of place. She arrived at her house and stepped inside.
"Huh, weird. No one's home," she noticed. She walked into the kitchen and found a note. "Abby, we'll be back around five," she read. "Love, Dad and Jake." Her face crinkled in confusion. What was going on?
She headed upstairs, still confused. "I don't get it. Everything looks the same, but…something feels off. Maybe I should go for a little flight. That always clears my head." The girl jumped up in the air, preparing for take off. Shock overwhelmed her when she just came crashing to the ground. "What?! Why can't I use my ghost powers?" She dashed into her room, shocked to find the walls a dark red and her carpet black. A small scream escaped her and she found herself getting a little shaky.
"Abby, we're home!" her father called from downstairs. The girl rushed downstairs to ask her Dad about what had happened to her room.
Danny was just changing back. He looked at her curiously. "Abby? Are you okay?"
"Yeah, sis, you don't look yourself," the voice of her brother said. It was different somehow, though. There was a bit of an echo to it.
When Abby turned around, she found something that scared her beyond belief. She jumped back and screamed at the sight of her brother, managing to trip and fall backwards. Her Dad instantly took hold of her, putting his arms gently under hers.
"Abby?! What's wrong?!" he shouted worriedly.
Abby continued to look at the floor for a moment, breathing heavily, before even daring to glance back up at her brother. It only confirmed what she saw and she barely restrained another scream.
Jake was a ghost. His jumpsuit was similar to Danny's, but the pants were looser like Abby herself had worn them, the sleeves were torn off, the gloves were shorter, he had two black armbands, and a JP symbol was smacked on his chest.
Abby seemed to start choking again. "J-Jake?" she spluttered.
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Hours later, Abby was lying in her bed in her weird, gothic room. She had calmed down a bit, but all of her muscles were still a little twitchy. Sam walked into the room and sat on her daughter's bed.
"Abby, honey, are you alright? Your father just told me what happened," the mother questioned in concern.
"Y-yeah," the girl stammered a little. "I guess I just got a little dizzy."
Sam smiled a bit. Danny and Jake proceeded to walk in. For Abby, the surprises just kept on coming. Not only was Jake now half-ghost, but he wasn't goth anymore! Red and white basketball shirt, blue jean shorts, white and red sneakers…Abby felt like screaming.
"Jake the non-goth half-ghost? This place is so messed up," she mused.
"Feeling better?" Danny asked.
"Uh, yeah," she lied.
"Your brain must have been pretty fried," Jake stated. "You're not all goth like usual!"
Abby gave a little twitch at that. "I'm goth?" she thought, although no one could hear her.
"C'mon you two," Sam ordered. "Let's let her rest."
Abby's family walked out the door, the former half-ghost staring after them. She blinked in bafflement. "Okay, so in this world, Jake has ghost powers and I don't. Wait a minute! That's what I wished! I wished that I knew what it would be like if Jake had been born with the ghost powers instead of me!" A thought suddenly struck her and she laid back in the bed. "Which means that I don't have to ghost fight any more. I get to live up life as a normal human. Maybe this won't be so bad."
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Abby woke up the next morning, stretching her arms and getting out of bed. She still wasn't used to her gothic room or the black nightgown she was currently wearing. It almost made her cringe. She opened her closet only to find a bunch of black. The girl groaned. "This is going to be a long day."
Later, goth Abby climbed down the stairs, looking anxious. All she could find in her closet were high black boots, red leggings, a short black skirt, and a black and red shirt. She gazed at the kitchen table where the rest of her family was. The sight of this Jake continuously freaked her out.
"Hi, Mom. Hi, Dad," she greeted nervously.
"Hi, honey," Sam greeted. "I see you're feeling better."
"Yeah, but she better hurry up if she doesn't want to be late for school," Jake added, grabbing his backpack. "Bye, guys!" He transformed into Jake Phantom, which still unnerved his sister, and flew off.
Abby picked up her bag and headed to the door. "Bye!"
"Don't be late!" Danny yelled after her.
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Abby panted as she reached the school doors. The bell rang loudly. "Okay…maybe being a complete human…isn't so great. Boy, I miss flying." The girl came upon her classroom and she pulled open the door. All of the students' heads turned toward her.
"Ms. Fenton," Mr. Taylors said in surprise, "you're late."
"I know," she groaned.
"Sorry about that, Mr. Taylors," Jake put in, standing up. "She isn't feeling very well. Practically passed out yesterday."
The teacher gave the half-ghost a little smile and a nod, motioning for Jake to sit back down, which he did. "Well, then I guess you're excused. I hope you feel better."
Abby's jaw almost dropped and she went to go sit at the empty seat she knew must have been hers. "Jake stood up for me? And since when did Mr. Taylors start taking things so loosely?"
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"Finally, lunch!" Abby exclaimed to herself as she got up and headed toward the cafeteria. She was surprised when Tori and Matt ran up to her.
"Hey, Abby! We haven't seen you all day!" Tori shouted.
"Uh…" the former half-ghost uttered.
"Heard you were late today, too. Harsh," Matt added.
"Um…yeah."
The three got their lunches and Matt and Tori lead her to the table that Jake used to sit at. She picked at her food uncertainly. She spared a glance toward the table that should be hers. Jake was with her friends, laughing his head off and having a good time. The girl slumped into her seat.
"Are you okay?" Tori questioned.
"Of course I am! Why wouldn't I be?" Abby spat out hurriedly.
"Just asking," the huntress said defensively.
Abby glanced over her shoulder. Jake's ghost sense went off and Tori's equipment started beeping in confirmation. Her brother stood and said something to his friends before going ghost and flying off.
"Sorry guys, ghost alert. I'm gonna go help Jake in case he decides to do anything stupid," Tori stated, getting up and leaving the lunch area.
Abby's muscles twitched, but she stayed down. Ghost fighting wasn't her job anymore. A second later, Jake Phantom was thrown into the cafeteria and crashed onto their table. Abby and Matt both jolted out of their seats as the table came crashing down. Jake pushed himself up as Desiree entered and students began running and screaming.
"Jake can handle this," Abby assured herself, watching her alternate universe brother fight. Tori flew in next to him. "He has Tori to help him, too. I just need to stay put."
"Abby, get out of here already!" Jake screamed at her while trying to blast away Desiree.
The teen didn't move; she was captivated. "I'm not leaving, Jake! Half-ghost or not, you're still my brother and it's still my responsibility to look after you!"
"This isn't that time!" he responded snappily. "You can't help by being here. You're only human."
That struck a nerve and, after a short pause, she ran out of the cafeteria. "Is that how I make Jake feel? Useless?" she wondered. A flashback played in her mind. "I think the fact that Jake doesn't have ghost powers has finally gotten to him." She mulled this over. "It was never about the powers and the perks. He's jealous because he couldn't help; just like I can't right now." She gazed back into the cafeteria. "I have to fix this and wish everything back to normal. And when I do, I promise to never make Jake feel like that again."
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Artgirl4 is going to tease me to no end about this. :P (Her review for chapter 62 about me liking to change the clothes so much). Although, it was kind of necessary to change everyone around this time. I mean; it's an alternate universe!
Hm...I don't really know what I'm going to do next chapter. I have ideas, but no way to make them work. This could take a while.