Excerpts from Danny's Journal (Part 2)
(Same year as last entry)
September 5
The kids had a slight mishap at dinner. Danni had the milk and it phased through her hands spilling on the floor. While she and Sammy were cleaning the mess, Dani showed up. She asked what had happened and Danni quickly said that she spilled the milk. Dani bought it up until Dani's fork phased through her hand and hit the floor. After dinner we had to tell Dani that the twins had powers. She looked at Danni and said that she was going to have to call her "Sparky" since that was how she found out about her powers. Danni wasn't too happy with it, but said ok as the three of us "shared" the same, only with slight variations.
September 16
We decided to surprise the kids with a week-long camping trip, but with one condition. They had to get their assignments in advance. Danni ran upstairs and started packing her art supplies from the sounds of it. I swear that girl is so enthusiastic about her art and books that that's all she would do if left to her own devices. Sammy asked if I could get him some batteries from the store for his games. I said sure, but told him that it was only for the drive, as I wanted him to enjoy the outdoors. He asked if Alex and his parents were coming. I said that they were, because it was their present to Alex for his birthday as well. Then he hit me with another question, which was if he could ride with Alex. I knew that separating the twins was difficult for them, so I asked him what about Danni. Sammy said that they wanted to try something and that it was a surprise.
September 18
We left for our camping trip early this morning with Sammy riding with Jazz, Tucker, and Alex. Danni was with us as quiet as a mouse. Sam looked back to see how she was doing and asked that I stop the van. When we stopped, I noticed why Sam panicked. Danni was just staring into space. We were so worried about Danni that I didn't notice Jazz pulling over. Just after that, Danni snapped out of it. Apparently, the twins wanted to try something that they had discovered on their own, Telepathy. Jazz told me that she noticed that Sammy had spaced out and wouldn't answer her when she asked if he was thirsty. We told the twins to let us know when they were going to do something like that again so we didn't have to worry.
Danni broke her arm while we were setting up camp earlier. We told the kids to sit in the back of Tucker's truck while we got the site ready. To keep them from digging through the packs for food, Sam gave them cookies and juice. Anyways, while they were sitting on the tailgate, Danni was laughing so hard that she momentarily lost control of her powers and phased through the tailgate and hit the ground. She just sat there while the boys started yelling for Sam, trying not to cry. Jazz took and made a splint for it since it would only be four days before it heals completely. Sam made it clear that if Danni were to move that arm or re-break it, that she was going to have to wear a cast for the "normal" duration. I had to smile at that since Danni is so much like me when I was younger.
September 22
Danni was begging Sam to take the splint off so she could go swimming with the boys. The second it was off, Danni was gone. The twins said something about working on their telepathy, so that they wouldn't give us such a scare when they "talked" like that, while we were here. I was so proud knowing that they could use that to their advantage if they were ever in any fights with a ghost. Sam and I were worried about when they would get their ghost form and what would happen. We only knew that they would "Change" because Clockwork told us that the twins would gain a ghost form IF they had powers. Of course, he only told us one side of the "Coin" as it were. He came to see the kids a few years ago after they were asleep and to give us the message about their possible future.
October 20
The kids wanted to go trick-or-treating this year, and despite our better judgment, we allowed them to go this year.
October 31
Sam and I took the kids door-to-door for candy. I was helping Danni with her costume, she ripped the seam of her cape, when she said that there was a mini copy of me behind me. I heard Sammy's laugh and turned around to see what was funny. Sammy was dressed like me as Danny Phantom from when I was his age. With Sam's help I couldn't believe how much he looked like me at that age. I couldn't believe that my son was dressed like that. Here I am standing in the kitchen with a miniature version of myself and a ghost princess wearing a purple hooded cape, looking confused when Sam snaps a picture for the scrapbook. Danni thought it was so funny when Sammy and I jumped at the flash.
During our family night, my ghost sense went off. It was Clockwork, come to see the twins again. Danni and Sammy yelped and hid behind us, shaking. This was the first time they had seen a ghost, which with our luck in the past was a bit surprising for them. Clockwork told them that it was ok and that he was our friend and ally. Sammy, being the bravest, came forwards followed by Danni. He was pleased to see that the kids were handling being part ghost quite well at the moment. Sam took the twins to the next few houses, sensing that he had more to say. It was a good thing that she did, because Clockwork said that the time for their transformation was drawing closer. I told him thanks and went to rejoin my family after he had left.
September 15
Sammy has taken to wearing sweaters while it's still hot out and complaining that he's cold, but there's no sign of a fever. Sam's keeping an eye on Danni because she had a fever and wasn't feeling too well, leaving me to handle Sammy trying to keep warm in this heat. I wonder why he's acting this way.
September 16
Sammy's still complaining of being cold and Danni's not any better. We cancelled the reservations for the Pizza Palace since there was no way we were letting the kids out in their condition.
September 17
Sammy fainted after complaining that he was freezing again. I went to pick him up off the floor and put him on the couch when the room lit up. After the light faded, my son was on the floor in ghost form staring at the hair in his face. He looked up at me with the widest eyes full of fear. I told him to think about how he usually looks and it would change him back. After that, we went and told Sam. She was leaving Danni's room when we told her. We went to the kitchen for some tea, when Sammy said that he couldn't talk to Danni. He ran upstairs to offer her some cinnamon-apple tea. I heard him at the top of the stairs saying that he couldn't wake her up. Sam and I rushed to Danni's room to try to wake her. No luck. Just then Clockwork showed up to explain everything. He stated that Danni's fever was interfering with the change and in order to help her a decision had to be made as to whether we force the change or try and bring her temperature down and risk loosing her. He then said that we had less than three days to figure out what we were going to do.
September 18
I finally talked Sam into allowing me to overshadow Danni and force the change in order to save her life. Sammy had stayed up to watch over Danni all night, so we weren't surprised to see him in her room. I noticed that Danni was having a hard time breathing. After I went ghost, I looked at our little girl and was so worried that this might not work. Her breathing was starting to worsen when Sam told me to do it and save our baby girl. I overshadowed her with some effort, since she was so sick. I then forced her to change and left right after that. After I had reached Sam's side, Danni woke up, accidentally hitting Sammy in the nose. Sam said that Danni's staying home for a few more days.
September 20
Danni's upstairs complaining that she wants to go outside and play Tag. I swear that girl is obsessed with that game. Every time she's sick or has been stuck inside too long, she wants to play Tag. Last year she was sick with an ear infection and confined to the couch, and when she felt better attacked Sammy and Alex to get them to play the game. Sammy and Alex went to my office and Sammy made the two of them invisible to hide from Danni. Poor Danni was upset that the boys didn't want to play Tag that she announced that she was going to raid Sammy's leftover Halloween candy stash. I had never seen Sammy react that fast. He let go of Alex and ran to his room to find a better hiding place for the candy.