HSR 14
I was still burning up but the fever was slowly coming down though so I wasn't too worried. I was humming the strange tune I'd heard in my dream and closed my eyes running my hands through my hair letting the cold water through. I shivered in the cold spray as I toughed out the cold. I looked up at the ceiling letting my head and hair hand in the cold shower spray and fought back another shiver goose bumps raise along my legs and arms.
I turned to turn the water off pausing a minute then turning the handle on the water the spray dying down to a trickle before stopping. I phased the water off quickly, the cold droplet passing through my body as I stepped out pulling my robe on and picking up my discarded clothes. I walked out of the bathroom nearly walking into Derek who was about to knock on the door.
"Hey." He smiled. I nodded.
"Hey." I acknowledged. Giving a small smile to him.
"I was wondering if I could tell you something." Derek said. I looked at him.
"Sure but can I get dressed first?" I asked. Derek nodded breaking out into a grin.
"Duh." He smiled. I nodded recognizing that sort of a smile, I went into my room. So Derek had a secret, and like me he hid behind sarcasm, smiles, and jokes. I thought. I quickly got dressed then phased out of my room Derek was back downstairs the group of them talking on the couch, I smiled and went into the kitchen hoping to get something to eat.
"Aw man, my hot chocolate!" I gripped the cup was exploded on the ground. I sighed then waved my hand over it returning it to its former glory. I didn't really have to do anything like that, but hey it looked freaking awesome. I smiled as the cup floated in front of I grabbed it then returned to the living room with the steaming mug full of melted marshmallow goodness.
"Are you sure that's safe to drink?" Angie asked. I looked down at the mug.
"Well I imagined it to be so I guess it would be." I said staring at it. I then looked up at the room who were all staring at me, "What?"
"We're worried about you Danny." Sam said. I nodded.
"It's ok, I'm back and better than ever." I smiled, I sat down on the floor sipping my hot chocolate. Jazz felt my forehead, still a big sister no matter how old she'd gotten.
"Well you're fever has gone down, you seem to be at a normal temperature so you're still a little hot for you." Jazz commented then took my hot chocolate.
"None of this till your fever is down." Jazz said. I pouted then snapped my finger, the cup in her hand turning into a cold chocolate smoothie. I smiled up at her.
"How about now?" I asked. Jazz sighed then handed me the cup which I started sucking down. Sam smiled.
"You seem to be using your powers more." She said. I nodded.
"I guess I've finally accepted it, me, myself and Phantom." I smiled. Tucker burst out laughing which made me give him a weird look but smile wider.
"Was it really that funny?" I asked. Tucker smiled.
"Even if it wasn't, I missed your sense of humor." Tucker smiled. I laughed.
"Well…" I smiled. They laughed at me.
"Remember when you made that bad pun, it was when box ghost was trying to terrorize the town. He had an evil shoe box. You said 'looks like the shoe is on the other foot now.' Because it was the only shoe pun you could come up with." Sam joked.
"Or that time you had to eat Dash's underwear, that was brutal man." Tucker laughed.
"Or how about that time you got stuck in the broom closet." Val said, "I realize now it must have been after you changed back from Phantom, but since someone heard you in there you couldn't phase out without looking suspicious could you?" Val smiled.
"Ok enough laughing at my expense."
"Well there was that one time you fell asleep against the wall and ended up half phased in half phased out." Jazz joined. I rolled my eyes grabbing Derek.
"Me and the one person who isn't making fun of me are going out for some guy time." I glared.
"Make sure you invite Johnny and Skulker then." Sam smiled. I rolled my eyes and left Derek laughing behind me. We walked down the street for a couple blocks.
"So… what did you want to talk about?" I asked looking up at the man. Derek sighed and ran his hand over his neck mirror what I was doing at the moment. I chuckled letting my hand fall from my neck.
"Well…" Derek paused, "When I was a boy my mom died. I used to have her sing me to sleep at night, and one day she was just gone. Like the world ended. But every night when I lay crying for her in bed she would come in and sing me to sleep. Since then I've always wanted to know if I was dreaming or if she was real." Derek said semi embarrassed then he laughed, "She gave me this on that last night I saw her." Derek dug into his pocket and then pulled out a small softly glowing white pebble.
I touched it and felt instantly calm, like I could float away and never come back. I smiled lazily it was a sweet almost high feeling. The world seemed suddenly amazing like everything was right in the world and I didn't have to worry. I was so happy I felt like I could sing, I let of a small chuckle as I smiled Derek took the pebble away. I snapped back to reality instantly.
"Wow, I know that when I hold this I feel better but you looked like you took half a gallon of ecstasy." Derek said eyebrows raised.
"Wow… that some powerful stuff." I said shaking my head then examining the pebble. I noted the slight glow, "I think it's from the Ghost Zone." I said, "From a place I've only heard rumors about. Not every ghost sticks around to be dead all the time." I joked, "Sometimes they move on. From what I can piece together it's the light people talk about. For me it was a white room with a door leading to that place. The door had the same feeling I think, just diluted by them being closed. If that door would have opened I don't think you'd be talking to me right about now." I stated. I manifested a glove and pulled it on holding my hand out.
"I don't know if it will still affect me like this but if it does take it away. The last think you need is a loopy half ghost on your hands." I joked. Derek deposited the stone in my hand, the effect wasn't instantaneous but slow as I tried to stay fixed on the stone I could feel my smile widening and my eyes glazing over. I focused handing the stone back to Derek. My happy stone induced bubble popped. I wasn't as happy, but it wasn't like coming off a high where you swing way low. I guess it would be like playing a game with your friends and laughing so hard you almost piss yourself then calming down. You were still happy just not euphoric.
"Alright, I can't hold it either." I said taking the glove off and letting it disappear.
"Well… I was wondering…" Derek began. I put a hand on his arm.
"I don't know… this pebble is proof that she made it over, where ever that is, safely, she wanted you to know she was ok if nothing else. I said. Derek nodded. I sighed looking around.
"Look, if I could take you without getting sucked in myself I would." I assured, "I…" Great I was sounding like some weird soap opera, "I think that it would make her happy if you held her in your heart… and um… like remembered her… but not like mourned her…" I blushed, "I'm terrible at this stuff." I laughed. Derek joined in.
"Nah, you're doing just fine." He laughed. I looked toward the darkened sky and hummed the tune from the mirror room. Derek smiled and clutched the pebble.
"You know, you didn't tell me much of anything that I didn't already know." Derek said, I stopped humming.
"Well if that's true, why did you have to ask?" I wondered. Derek stared at the pebble then slipped it back into his pocket.
"I guess I just wanted to confirm it." He smiled. I laughed.
"Sound good to me dude." It said looking around. We fell into silence, and you know what, there was nothing wrong with it. It was nice actually. I smiled. My ghost sense went off and i heard a few loud chords drift over the town.
"Ember." I said running in the direction of Fenton Works.
(And so I never will cease to pray)
Ember gathered up a few more ghosts once Youngblood had told her that had happened. The undead rocker gathered people up. She got Walker who never misses an opurtunity to enforce law. Ember also got Youngblood who'd gotten pretty close to the teen ghost. She got Johnny and Kitty who would never miss out on a rumble like they were planning. They got Spectra and Burtrand were always present at endings what was ending was yet to be defined. Ember got ghost after ghost, even Technus and Amorpho. Each ghost gathering more and more ghosts together till they all stood at a familiar glowing green entering the portal back to the human realm where they had once been fearsome terrors and before that humans living their lives. Ember smiled as she floated up over Fenton Works.
"YO DIPSTICK!" She shouted, "COME OUT AND PLAY!" Ember yelled. She started with a few chords to warm up then launched into a full assault on the chords waves of sound filling the air.
(So please show this child what love is)
Maddie soon fell asleep leaning against the window lightly snoring as Jack pulled into the hotel a few miles outside of the closest town to Amity Park. Jack looked over at his wife.
"Danny." She smiled dreaming she was holding the boy at last.
Danny smiled up at her Maddie in her dream and hugged her tightly.
"I'm going to go check in." Maddie heard but in her dream it came out as.
"I'm going to go…" Maddie frowned at the boy as he disappeared.
"I love you." Danny said, Maddie started crying and woke up holding her hands in her head.
"Danny." She called as if he could hear her. However Danny was still miles away confronting a group of ghosts above his house, the loud noises of yelling and musical notes traveling over to the park when things really got heated up, the human in the house running to go help carrying all sorts of odd objects.
Maddie however, didn't know this as she called her son's name. A big man came back opening the door and pulling around into a parking space and helping his wife out and leading her into the room. Maddie smiled and spontaneously kiss Jack with a passion that hadn't been felt in years. Jack looked surprised then returned the kiss.
"Tomorrow we are seeing Danny." Maddie said, Jack nodded then kissed his wife leading her to the bed.
"Yeah, and after that he'll come home." Jack said.
"And always be late." Maddie added.
"And we'll be worrying about him all over again." Jack smiled.
"And he'll be our little boy again." Maddie said. Jack kissed Maddie tenderly. And the couple laid down together dreaming about seeing their son.
(And give the hands you hold a kiss)
I yelled at Ember who was playing and singing at the top of her lungs above my house before looking back at Derek who nodded before I jumped into the air flipping over and going ghost as I flew out to confront the group.
"What give why are you guys all out here?" I asked.
"You were going to break the rules ghost punk." Walker said glaring holding his book open. I stammered wondering what rule I was breaking it had been a while since Walker had come after me about rules so I was at a loss.
"Come now ghost child did you really think we'd let you leave so easily." Spectra said, "There's still a whole bunch of goodbyes you have to say, while we feed off of each and every painful one." Spectra said. I stiffened they were here to kill me… or my friends.
"You can finally see what is in these boxes!" Box ghost said huge boxes behind him floating under his power. Nocturne smirked.
"Your dream is finally ending child, the least I can do is be here for it." Nocturne said. I blinked what did that mean.
"Hey punk, Kitty and me are looking for a good time, if you don't offer one we gonna make it worse." Johnny promised. I stammered, all of my friends turned enemies were back after my hide now that I was going to leave. Ember smiled.
"I think I have time for one more guitar lesson." Ember smirked and raised her arm high. I winced waiting for the inevitable.
I leave it there now.