Hello, everybody. So this chapter focuses on Sam and Tucker finding out about Danny's powers, had they not had known from the very beginning.
Also, a warning: there's a small amount of swearing in this chapter.
Disclaimer: I do not own Danny Phantom
3 years.
No one knew about the accident with the portal. About his ghost powers.
Danny didn't tell his parents, or Jazz, or even his best friends, Sam and Tucker.
He was afraid he'd be rejected.
He was afraid his enemies would hurt his loved ones.
He didn't tell anyone.
Except, he knew that if he were to tell anyone first, it would be Sam and Tucker. Sure, a part of him was afraid of rejection, but deep down, he trusted them with anything. Even something as big as this.
He made up his mind- this week, he was going to tell them.
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Danny, Sam, and Tucker were eating lunch inside the cafeteria, the sky gloomy, frost starting to paint the windows. Despite the raw weather, the trio were laughing, telling jokes to each other, and making plans for the weekend. Sam and Tucker stopped talking to take a bite of their food, and Danny took this opportunity to speak up.
"Hey, guys, there's something I need to tell you."
Sam and Tucker looked up from their food, pausing. "What is it, Danny?"
"Do you remember that week I was out of school?"
Sam and Tucker nodded.
"Well, you see-" Danny was cut off by a loud explosion coming from outside the building. Everyone got up from their seats, ran up to the giant windows, and stared at the commotion outside. Danny took advantage of the students and teachers distraction, running out of the cafeteria to transform, turning intangible, and flying out of the building.
When he reached the scene, there was no sign of what, or who, caused the explosion. "What...what is going on?" Danny scanned his surroundings, flying around in circles.
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"Hey, it's Danny Phantom!" One of the students shouted from inside the cafeteria.
"Tucker, we should-"
"Sam, I am not getting in the middle of whatever that is. I know you have a crush on the ghost boy but-"
"I do not have a crush on him," Sam blushed.
"Uh-huh. Still not going," Tucker crossed his arms. "You just want to go so you can get a closer look at him."
Sam blushes even more. "Okay, I mean, maybe!" she threw her arms in the air. "But I just think we should do something instead of watching from the sidelines," Sam was about to rush out before she paused, looking around at the crowd. "Wait, where did Danny go?"
"Uh, bathroom, maybe?" Tucker shrugged.
"But he'd love to see this!"
"Okay, well, you can do something, then. I'm n-hey!" Sam grabbed Tucker by his arm, pulling him out of the cafeteria, and through the doors of the building to the scene outside.
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"I still don't see any-" Danny yelled as a pink blast of every flew directly past him, just barely missing his head. "What was that?" He turned looked over his shoulder in the direction of the blast, squinting his eyes in anger. "Plasmius."
"Hello, Daniel. It's about time we meet again," Plasmius grinned.
"What do you want, Vlad? Shouldn't you be looking for an online girlfriend, or maybe visiting a pet store?"
"Very funny, Daniel, but I have much bigger things in mind."
"Do those bigger things involve failing to steal my mom?"
Vlad let out an evil laugh. "You're funny, you know that?"
Danny, not wanting to converse any further with this fruitloop, began shooting at him. Vlad deflected the first few strikes with a "Nice try, Daniel", but was thrown back by the last one.
"Sorry, what was that, Vlad?"
Vlad only grunted, sending out pink rays in Danny's direction. The first two missed, but he was thrown backwards by the last one. Danny quickly recovered, orienting himself before shooting more green rays at Vlad. This time, however, they all missed.
"Ahh, now that was a nice try. I guess you're just not strong enough to defeat me," Vlad cackled.
"I don't know if you noticed, fruitloop, but I'm still fighting," Danny breathlessly replied.
Vlad chuckled. "Not for long." Then, he did something Danny was not expecting. Rather than striking again, he waved at Danny, and turned invisible. Danny circled in place, hoping to catch a glimpse of Vlad even though he knew it was almost impossible.
A minute passed, nothing happened, and then, Danny thought of a plan. If I go invisible too, then he can't see me...right? He turned invisible, flying back towards the ground. Where are you, Vlad? His question was answered by an extremely painful shot to the stomach. He went unconscious immediately, falling to the ground.
Vlad turned visible again, watching as Danny fell towards the ground, 15 yards away from the school. "If I want my plan to work, I need you out of the picture, Daniel. You may be injured, but this isn't over yet."
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"Tucker, do you see that?" Sam pointed to the sky, where a small, limp figure was hurtling towards the ground, many feet from where they were standing.
"W-what do you think that is?"
Sam gasped. "Phantom! Tucker, let's go!" Once again, Tucker was being dragged in the direction of where the ghost boy was currently falling towards the ground.
A minute later, Sam and Tucker reached the spot where the ghost boy had landed only a few seconds ago. Upon closer approach, they realized that he was, indeed, unconscious, and seemed to be severely injured. "I-is he okay?" Tucker asked.
"I-I don't know," Sam inspected him closer. "Do you see his stomach?" Danny's uniform was torn, and a large wound, seeping with blood and ectoplasm was present.
"That doesn't look good, what do we do?"
"I'm not sure. I don't know any place that heals ghosts." Sam and Tucker both stared at the fallen hero, hoping he would wake up so they had a better idea of what to do.
As if on cue, Danny slowly opened his eyes, trying to sit up. He grunted in pain, laying back down in place.
"Phantom?" Tucker hesitantly asked.
"T-tucker?" Phantom groaned, lifting his head to the side to face him.
Tucker gasped. "You know my name?"
"Y-yeah. And you're S-sam."
Sam blushed. "H-hi. Um, are you okay?" Danny gave her a look like Does it look like I'm okay? "Sorry, stupid question," Sam moved slightly closer to him. "Look, we want to help you but we're not...really sure what to do."
"It's okay, I know, but first, I need to tell you something."
Sam and Tucker looked at each other, confused.
"I tried to tell you earlier, but the timing was w-wrong." Without any further explanation, Danny willed the white rings to appear around his torso, reverting back to Danny Fenton.
"D-danny?!" Sam and Tucker cried.
"B-but how?" Sam asked.
"I'll explain later, just," Danny shuddered as a wave of pain washed over him. "G-get me to the lab in my house, b-but don't let my f-family know," Danny said before passing out.
With only slight hesitation, Sam and Tucker carefully picked Danny up, Sam holding his arms and Tucker his legs, and carried him about 6 minutes from the school to Fentonworks.
"Tucker, you go inside and make sure the coast is clear. If not, then distract them so I can bring him downstairs," she gestured to Danny, whose head was hanging down, arm draped over Sam's shoulder.
Tucker knocked quickly on the door, waited a minute, and then went inside. He searched the house, checking for any signs of the three remaining members of the Fenton family. "Coast is clear."
Sam dragged Danny inside, and with the help of Tucker, carried him down to the lab, setting him on one of the examination tables. "Now what do we do?" Tucker asked.
"We have to clean the wound, and then wrap him up with bandages. It actually makes it easier, since he's human…" Sam trailed off, the sentence foreign on her tongue.
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After treating the wound, Sam and Tucker very gently brought Danny upstairs to his room, afraid that the Fentons would come home and see their son (or little brother, in Jazz's case), lying unconscious on an examination table in their laboratory, with bloody bandages wrapped around his torso.
A few hours later, Danny woke up in his bed, Sam and Tucker sitting on two chairs beside him. He slowly tried sitting up, before deciding to lean back into the pillows. "Uhh...fuck you, Vlad," Danny groaned, hand gently resting over the wound.
"D-danny, are you alright? What happened?" Sam asked.
Danny blinked a few times, attempting to orient himself. "Plasmisus, one of my longtime enemies. That's what happened."
"You sure you're okay, dude?" Concern shone in Tucker's eyes.
"I'll be okay. My powers help me heal faster."
"Speaking of, do you mind telling us exactly what happened?" Sam said.
Danny sighed. "The week that I was out of school, it wasn't just from a lab accident, or electrocution. I stepped into the portal, accidentally turning it on, and the shocks infused my DNA with ectoplasmic energy, thus giving me ghost powers," he explained.
"That makes about as much sense as I would expect it to," Tucker replied nonchalantly.
"So, you guys aren't mad at me for not telling you?"
"Why would we be mad? It's your secret, Danny. And I'm sure you really looking out for us. Well, in more ways than one," Sam reassured him.
Tucker nodded. "Agreed."
Danny smiled. "Thanks, guys. That really means a lot. I'm sorry you had to find out like this," he frowned.
"We're just really happy you're alright," Sam put a hand on his shoulder, squeezing it slightly.
"Yeah. And I'm sure Sam's happy that she found out her crush was actua-" Tucker was met with an elbow to the ribs.
"Oops, sorry Tucker," Sam's face was red, but she managed a small smile.
Danny laughed. He sure was happy to have friends like this.
So, I am not entirely sure how I felt about this chapter. I think it was my most plot driven and complex chapter, but I thought it got lost at some points. Otherwise, I'm happy with how it turned out. But let me know what you think!
Also, on a side note, I just want to clear up one little thing that I thought might be confusing. The reason Danny didn't transform back to human initially is (plot reasons), but really because 3 years after receiving his ghost powers, I thought he'd have more control over them to stay in his ghost form, even when unconscious or in a lot of pain.
That is all, until next time!
-phanelric