Two weeks later Danny was released from the hospital. Yuna and Daryl had visited a couple of times and were legally working to eradicate the Guys in White. Valerie invited Danielle to stay with her and her father helped care for the young girl while Danny recovered. He didn't really trust his parents with Danielle. After all Jack's idea of father-son bonding was testing ghost weapons on Danny and seeing if they worked and that the safety lock against shooting Phantom functioned. Jazz, Sam and Tucker helped keep Danny informed with how life was outside the hospital. Reporters were kept away from the hospital a day after Danny woke up by police. Danny was grateful to the police but when the chief visited, the chief assured him that it was the least they could do for him. Some of his classmates found their way to his hospital bed and offered help with homework or best wishes. Some though simply asked what had happened. To those people Danny said humourlessly, "No comment" and folded his arms defiantly.

His wounds healed quickly to faint scar-like marks. The doctors guessed it was because it had been done to his ghost half and that his ghost form healed or reformed quickly. After all it had to every time he got hurt as Phantom, especially before his secret was common knowledge. He walked into his room and flopped on his bed. He had changed into Danny Phantom a couple of times for the doctors to ensure that both halves were healing properly. It had taken a couple of days before he could change and even then he was wiped. However now, two weeks later, Danny could change into Phantom without a problem. He'd tested out his powers and they were all functioning fine. Well, all his powers except his ghostly wail. Honestly he was afraid to try the power until he felt he could pull off the power without going back to hospital.

He turned to his computer and with a smile, he turned it on and scanned through the website and emails he'd gotten. There were a lot of get well messages. Even though Danny had already recovered, the messages meant a lot to him. Yuna had done her job beautifully, people understood he was human and could get hurt and cared enough to write a message to him. Maybe Yuna hiring herself wasn't a bad thing after all. He'd get on to the messages and fan letters downstairs the next day. But first, he wanted to patrol Amity Park. He hadn't patrolled it for a long time now and he wanted to ensure that there weren't any ghosts causing trouble. Then he'd go check in with Danielle at Valerie's. Danny had decided while in hospital that he would offer the guest bedroom for Danielle's permanent use and offer to have her enrolled in school if she really wanted. He could get the government to help. He couldn't ask his parents to adopt her but he felt that he had to do something to give her a warm, safe place to live rather than the streets in some city alone.

After checking in with Danielle Danny decided he'd go to Sam's and spend some time with her. Danny had been able to see that Sam hadn't been comfortable in the hospital acting like his girlfriend and had lapsed into how she acted when they were just friends. They needed some quality alone time, such as under the tree at their place. Summer wasn't too far away and Yuna wanted Danny to go on tour and explain what it was like being a victim of the Guys in White. She could tell the talk shows that he needed to recover until then and Danny wanted to ask Sam to come with him. Let Jazz have a break and finish her thesis. She'd worked on it for long enough now.

However Danny was content and as he turned off his computer, he was happy to think of the right here and now. He didn't need to use his sister's old coping mechanism to be happy. He changed into Danny Phantom and phased out of the house. He flew over the streets of Amity Park, waving to anyone who saw him and enjoying the sun and breeze on his face. He hadn't felt this free in a long time. Things were finally beginning to feel normal again. Almost two months since revealing his secret, and people were starting to get used to the idea of Danny Fenton and Danny Phantom being the same person.

The only thing that would make this any more normal would be if his ghost sen- there it goes. Danny smiled to himself and spotted the Box Ghost terrorising people with bubble wrap. The day he found that stuff must have been a happy one because the Box Ghost loved bubble wrap. Danny blasted the ghost with a ghost ray.

"Sorry for bursting your bubble," Danny quipped as he easily sucked the ghost into his signature Fenton Thermos. He clipped it back to his belt and continued his patrol, feeling like his usual self.

So I haven't and won't confirm if Danielle or Sam agree to what he asks. I'll leave that to you to decide.

So another fanfic written and finished. Now you have read it all, let me know what you thought, feedback means a lot to me. I'm still learning and any advice to help with my writing techniques would be appreciated.

I'd like to thank you for sticking with the story all the way. I know that it was a slow start but I hope the wait was worth it. And I'd like to take the time to thank anyone that took the time and effort to post a review on this fanfic. I loved hearing from you all and hearing your thoughts makes my day. Honestly, so thank you so much.

And so, my final chapter is over.

Until the next fanfic.