AN:/ Stop yelling at me! I already had this written before i ever even thought about RTTEA and all i did was clean it up and post it. I won't even think about continuing it untill RTTEA is done so cool it. All I wanted was to post this and see what kind of feed back i would get. No big deal, so just calm down.

Everybody Lies

Chapter One

by: deadlydaisy8o8

Originally Uploaded: Tuesday November 30, 2010 7:33PM

Danny was helping Dora update her new kingdom. After Aragon's rule ended, they had slowly been progressing through the ages, and they were now hanging their first traffic lights. Danny was hovering above the street working on some wiring when a horrible coughing caught his attention. He turned and saw a woozy looking man, green bumps decorated his skin in the oddest places.

"Dora what's wrong with that guy?" Danny didn't wait for Dora's reply when he saw the man start to fall over. He rushed down to the street to catch him before he made contact with the ground. A look of horror washed over Dora's face when she saw what Danny was about to do.

"Danny don't go near Lawrence it's not safe for you!" Dora was at Lawrence's side in a second pulling Danny as far away from the sick man as she could. Danny was confused and struggled; trying to go back to helping. Through grunts Danny tried to reason with the overacting dragon princess.

"Dora he's just a little sick and he obviously needs some help. It's not going to kill me to help him sit down." Dora shook her head, and strengthened her hold on his arm; struggling to keep him from resuming his good deed. Lawrence, who had stumbled to the ground in Danny's absence, was about to agree with the person whom he had heard wanted to assist him. However when Lawrence saw who it was that had caught him before dumping him to the ground, he adopted a horrified expression.

"P-Phantom, I-I, Princess I didn't know he was here! I would have stayed in my house at all costs if I knew! I'm sorry, I didn't mean too! You know I didn't!" Lawrence was slowly backing away; panic blatantly obvious on the man's face. Dora gave Lawrence an understanding look before concentrating on stopping the teen in her arms. Lawrence just stared at the confused Danny for a moment. Tears welled up in his eyes, and he suddenly bolted away. Danny pushed against Dora's hold.

"Wait, come back, I didn't mean it! Whatever I did I'm sorry!" Danny's pleadings were only answered with a wail from the tattered man, now running down the street at a full out sprint. Danny gave up on the distraught man and turned to Dora.

"Dora what just happened? I didn't even do anything!" Danny had an exasperated look on his face. Dora appeared very worried though she was doing her best to hide it. Urgently she tried to get the half ghost to cooperate with her.

"Come, sir Phantom, we need to get you far away from here right now!" Dora was using all the strength of her current form to try to get Danny moving in the opposite direction that Lawrence had gone. All, to no avail. Danny was at least twenty times stronger than her in her human form.

"Dora Tell me what's going on-!" Danny had ended his sentence with a small polite cough. Dora's eyes widened in fear, as she spoke next her tone became dire and serious.

"I don't have time you must leave back to the human world this instant." Dora abruptly morphed into her dragon self and gently picked Danny up in her strong jaws. She then took off at top speed towards the Fenton portal. Danny was still confused and starting to panic himself because of Dora's rash behavior.

"Dora I'm fine!" Danny paused to quell a cough that wanted to escape his throat. " It was just a little cough I swear!" Danny twisted around to look at Dora's eyes. She worriedly glanced down at Danny before pushing herself faster than she'd ever gone before. The Fenton Portal came into view and suddenly Danny remembered something.

"Dora please, my parents are working in the Lab today! It isn't safe to go through!" Dora showed no intention of stopping however. In fact Danny thought she had again sped up.

When Dora showed no intention of stopping Danny transformed back to his human form. He didn't know how he was going to explain Fenton being in the Ghost Zone but it was clear from their previous conversation that Dora was going to drop him off in his parent's lab; and he certainly didn't want to be dropped off there as Phantom. Just as the rings of light passed over Danny's head Dora tore through the Fenton portal; screeching to a halt just before hitting the far wall of the lab.

"GHOST!" rang out not a second after Danny was laid gently on the floor. Luckily, his parents were too distracted, and Dora had kept him too hidden, for them to have noticed Danny being deposited behind Dora's large extended wings.

Jack pulled a gun out from behind him and fired. The human ghost hunters barely presenting her with a threat, Dora was able to swoop expertly and avoid the blasts. She made her way as fast as she could back to the portal; disappearing inside as both Jack and now Maddie fired wildly at the large beast. An awkward silence fell over the room at the supposed 'threats' retreat. They all sat there for a moment. Danny stealthily started to try to get to the staircase before his parents even noticed he was there. He really just did not want to deal with this right now.

It was just Danny's luck that Jack had a certain family friend over to show him his latest ghost invention.

"Why Daniel, when did you come down? I don't believe I heard anyone come down the stairs." Vlad smirked knowingly at Danny who had wiped around at the unexpected voice. He tried to glower at Vlad but it ended up coming out as more of a gag. The itch at the back of his throat would not go away. Danny couldn't stop another cough from wracking his body. It was almost to the point of being painful. Danny's Mom put down her ecto gun and frowned.

"Danny are you alright?" Danny nodded as he violently coughed. He couldn't seem to stop now that he had started. His throat felt achy as he sucked in air between bouts of hacking.

Maddie looked apprehensively to her husband who gave her an equally worried look.

"Danny, sweetie, why don't you go upstairs and get a glass of water?" Danny nodded again as he coughed his loudest cough yet. Jack and Maddie winced at the sound. Vlad's mouth was pressed in a frown. Though he did make the child's life miserable it was only because Danny wouldn't; join him. He still wanted Danny as his son as much as he wanted Maddie as his wife. Vlad didn't like seeing the child in such a state.

Danny made his way slowly up the stairs, coughing the whole way. It was starting to exhaust his lungs, and they ached with the strain. Danny had made it to the top of the stairs when everyone in the lab heard a loud thump. They all looked at each other before rushing the stairwell.

"Danny!" Maddie shrieked at the sight before her. Danny was coughing up pools of blood on the steps. It was spattered over his face and covered some of his shirt. Maddie rushed up the stairs.

"Jack call an ambulance, Danny needs to go to the hospital now!" Jack nodded and in a feat of physical prowess that should not have been possible for the hefty man, he bounded up the stairs three at a time and over his son towards the phone.

Vlad panicked for a brief moment at seeing the boy before he formulated a plan. He had been to Amity's hospital. They were too used to ghosts and ghost injuries to be of any use. They would be able to tell something was off about the boy, besides his sudden illness, in minutes. No ordinary hospital would do for his future apprentice and heir either. No, Daniel was only going to be getting the best; even if the very best happened to be fellow outcast from his college days. Vlad moved back down the stairs into the lab and reached into his pocket to take out his cell. He dialed a familiar number.

"Hello, yes I need you to make it to the Fenton residence as fast as you possibly can. It's an emergency."

"…"

"I don't care about you feeding your goldfish first! You will fly over here with my private helicopter or I will see to it that your life becomes a living hell!"

"…"

"I'll be expecting you in no less than an hour." With that Vlad hung up on his pilot at the other end of the line, pinching his nose in frustration. Vlad heard Jack calling form upstairs.

"Mad's I can't find the phone anywhere! Danny must have lost it again." Before Maddie could reply Vlad cut in.

"That won't be necessary Jack I've called for my private helicopter, we're going to the best medical facility in the nation. It won't take more than two hours to get there and it should be well worth it. With Daniel in this condition I doubt Amity's hospital could provide an adequate level of care." The sound of Danny's coughing was what met Vlad's comment as a response. It seemed to come to a climax when suddenly Danny moaned loudly, then all was silent.

"DANNY!" Maddie cried from the top of the stairs.