Author: Here it is! My first official Danny Phantom story! ... Okay yeah I did have that one-shot but only like seven people cared about it. So here is the series of Danny Phantom, with a bit twist; he has a twin, but he doesn't get ghost powers like his brother did and he didn't know about it until later. I always thought the twin would suffer mentally when he finds out his brother's a ghost, or 'dead' in his eyes. I know, I know, people aren't a big fan of OCs, but just give Andy a chance, I'm sure you'll learn to like him.

My Brother's a Ghost

Prologue: How Life Use to Be

Hello there, my name is Andrew Fenton, but you can just call me 'Andy' and I'm here today to tell you my story. You've heard about my brother's heroics and his great achievements, but I'm here to tell my story, about friends, family, a brother and a boy…

But before I do... I feel I must tell you about myself. You all know about Danny, right? Well… I'm his twin brother, I was born on the same day he was, I'm just two hours younger. We look exactly the same; the same hair style and color, the same face and all… only real difference besides our personalities are our eye colors; his is sky blue while mine is emerald green and no not the ghost kind of green. We also wear different shirts so people could tell us apart; he wore the usual white shirt with a red oval on his chest and on his sleeves and light blue pants. I wear a black shirt with a blue triangle on my chest and I wear dark red pants.

You see, I kind of like the dark while my twin like brighter colors, but that doesn't make me Goth like our best friend Sam. Other than that, we're about the same in appearance. Now we both like different things and our personality are similar but also our own.

Danny always shown a huge interest in astronomy, he loves looking through the telescope at home at night to star gaze and maybe find some planets out there like Venus or Mars. As for myself, I'm not all that interested in what's out there, call me simple but I prefer to just find out mysterious in our own little world. I guess you could say I'm more interested in Earth mysteries than in other planets, and I like to doodle in my spare time, I'm somewhat of an anime fanatic.

Danny is very laid back and carefree, I guess in a way I am too but to a lesser extent since I usually like to keep myself busy with a good book, drawing my own book, trying to find clues to a simple mystery like why the heck does the school have so much meat in the basement or just play video games. We are different but we have a lot of things that are in common as well.

We always stuck together ever since we were born; we were hardly separate. When we first went to school in Kindergarten we were beside each other, nervous of going to a new place filled with new people and our parents leaving us, but eventually a kid talked to us and became our best friend ever since; Tucker Folly. It was just us three until the Second Grade where we met Sam Manson, she was a shy girl when we first met her, but she eventually warmed up to us and it's been the four of us ever since then through the rest of Elementary and Middle School.

We're now 14 years old and are starting High School together in Casper High. Even then Danny and I were still rarely apart, we are together in classes and we sometimes know what the other thinks… I guess it's a twin thing. Our older sister Jasmine, or just Jazz, sometimes like to confuse us with her psychobabble; but it's not that hard to understand her since I read a lot of books myself and get what she's saying, though my brother doesn't really read that much, or at least not to as much as Jazz and I do.

Our parents, Jack and Maddie, are ghost hunters… well I couldn't tell you if ghosts existed or not at that point since I had never seen one, but I've always wondered if they do, I mean if a person dies then their spirits leave their bodies, but I highly doubt they would still be on the plain of living when they die.

Anyway, I've told you about what my life used to be like before… the day of the accident that changed our lives forever- for better or for worse- I can't tell you how scared I was when it happened and I thought I've lost my twin… but I'm getting ahead of myself, I better start at the beginning…

Chapter 1: The Accident

Well I guess this whole mess started on August, we were already a week into school and it was Saturday today so we were at home. Sam and Tucker had come for a visit that day and we decided to play some video games together.

"Ha! I beat you boys again!" Sam shouted in triumphed and we just rolled our eyes, Sam is really good at video games.

"No fair! You blasted us before we could even move!" Tucker whined and I find it odd how a techno geek like him could've lost to a girl when it comes to video games, not that girls aren't good at them it's just… well like I said he's a techno geek, I figured he would've been a master at video games or something.

"Admit it Tucker; you're just mad that I kicked your butt for the tenth time." Sam smirked smugly.

My brother just sighed, "Alright Sam, we get it; you're the master when it comes to video games."

Actually they never knew that Sam was good in video games if I hadn't suggested she should play with us. "You got to teach me some of your moves." I said to her as she just smiled.

"Sorry boys but a true gamer never reveals her secrets." she said smugly.

Before any of us could reply to that Dad came barging in the living room like an excited hyper little kid that had way too many sugar, "It's done! The Fenton Ghost Portal is finally done! You kids have got to see this now!"

Before I could even blink I found myself before pushed into the lab, when I looked to my right I saw Tucker and Sam being pushed too and my left I saw my brother being pushed as well, both of us just grinned at each other knowing our dad would be excited since all he and even our Mom kept jabbering all month was the Ghost Portal.

When we finally reached the lab I see Mom there looking over papers, knowing her she's probably trying to make sure all the calculations are right. Dad then hurried over to the big hole in the wall.

"Alright Maddie, I've brought them!" Dad said excitedly.

"Seriously guys, you're putting way too much faith in this stuff. Ghosts aren't real and they never will be." I heard our sister Jazz said in exasperation.

Huh, I didn't know she was down here, I guess Mom dragged her here while Dad got the rest of us since he's… bigger than Mom. Jazz has always been the skeptical one in the family; she strongly never believed in ghosts or the possibility they could exist. Danny and I both weren't sure if they do or not but at least we didn't ignore the possibility.

"Say what you will Jazzypants, but once we activate this portal you'll seen be eating your words." Dad said with a huge goofy grin on his face.

I was surprised none of us said anything since we were dragged down here, but I concluded Tucker and Sam were too anxious to see if the portal works or not that they remained speechless until it's turned on while Danny… I looked over at him and he looked at me as if reading my mind.

Neither of us said anything, we didn't really have to, knowing we were both thinking the same thing; 'the moment of truth is here, I'm so excited'.

We both turned back to our parents as Mom finally put down the papers and she gave a big smile, "Okay, I've double checked and now certain all the calculation is right! Turn it on dearie, but you kids better step back so there won't be any unwanted accidents like with Vlad."

I had once asked Mom and Dad about their college days when I found an old photo album in the attic when I was looking for a good book to read, I was bored that day and my brother had a lot of homework to catch up on and didn't want my help to finish them, I warned him he had to read the Romeo and Juliet book for the essay as soon as we got home but he did it at the last second, anyway when I saw the photo album I noticed Mom and Dad were in their younger years and another man I didn't recognize was there with them.

When I asked them about it Dad went into a long speech about how he and 'V-man' or just Vlad were the best of friends and they had worked on a mini version Ghost Portal together, but they had messed up and Vlad was hit with the radiation since he was too close when Dad turned it on. Vlad had a severe case of Ecto-Acne, but the authorities called it radiation poisoning and it ruined his career as he was sent to the hospital for years. Dad thinks Vlad has forgiven him after all this time but somehow… I doubt it.

Anyway I'm getting off topic, you'll find out more about Vlad later. We stepped back just in case and Dad held the two wires together, all he had to do was plug them in and the portal will be on. I felt my heart beating against my chest, not really sure if I want this to work or not, I mean if you open the doorway to another dimension especially one filled with ghosts than wouldn't they be free to roam in our world?

I didn't have any more time to think when Dad plugged them together, there was a bit of spark in the portal but other than that, to our great disappointment, nothing happened. We waited a few more seconds in case there was a delayed reaction, but still nothing happened.

I looked over to my twin brother as he gave me a disappointed look, knowing that meant he was just as disappointed as I was about this since we were both looking forward to this. When I looked back at Dad I could see he was even more broken about it than we were.

"But I don't understand, I thought for sure it would work this time." he said sounding like a kid when his Christmas present turned out to be a lump of coal.

Mom looked through her papers again, "This can't be right the calculations were all correct this time, I'm sure of it, so what went wrong?"

"Maybe because ghosts don't exist Mom, it can't work on something that's not really there." Jazz, being the smart girl that she is, said to them as if it was no surprise.

"… But I was so sure this time… so full of hope that it would work." I felt really bad when I heard Dad's sober and depressed voice, I've never seen him so broken before.

"Come on sweetie, we can look at what went wrong later, let's take a break, I'll make you some extra fudge to help you feel better." Mom said gently trying to calm him down as she led him upstairs.

"I knew it wasn't going to work." Jazz grumbled as she followed after them, leaving the four of us in the lab alone.

"I can't help but feel they forgot about us." Tucker grumbled and I held back a snicker.

"Ah who cares, I'm more disappointed with the fact that the portal doesn't work." I grumbled as I walked up to it and stared at it trying to figure out what was wrong.

"Bro, I know you like a good mystery but maybe Jazz is right, she usually is, maybe the portal didn't work because there's no such thing as a 'Ghost Zone'." my brother said as he stood beside me.

"You can't fool me bro, you're thinking the same thing I am." I grinned at him as he just gave me a smirk back.

Sam soon walked up to it, "This is actually pretty cool, I mean a portal to the Ghost Zone? I got to take a picture of this." she pulled out a camera and took a picture of the empty portal.

"Oh, Danny, Andy, why don't you two grab your hazmat suits and stand in front of the portal? I'd like to take a picture of both of you real quick." she said as she pointed at the black and white and black and blue hazmat suits our parents gave us.

Danny and I looked at each other thinking; 'do we have to?' and finally we both sighed as we took our hazmat suits. Danny's is the one that's all white with black gloves and… uh… shoes? Anyway, mine is similar only it's all blue instead of white, but the black parts are the same. We didn't put them on, but we stood in front of the portal as Sam took a picture of us in front of it.

"And that's another picture for the scrapbook." Sam smiled.

I shook my head trying to get rid of the bright sudden flash that made me a little dizzy as my brother said, "Okay, we showed you the portal and you took two pictures, can we go now? Our parents could be back any minute to see why it wouldn't work."

"I guess, but come on Danny, it's a Ghost Portal, aren't you and Andy at least a little curious about it?" she asked us.

Tucker grumbled, "That seems a bit unsafe Sam."

"I agree with Tucker." I said as I am the more cautious of the Fentons.

Danny obviously didn't share that trait with me, "Well I have always been curious… who knows what super awesome things exist on the other side of that portal."

"Curiosity killed the cat Danny." I mumbled and then suddenly heard my Mom shout for me.

"ANDY! COULD YOU COME HERE FOR A MINUTE?"

I cringed, "Aw man, what could she want?"

"Better go upstairs and see bro, don't want to get into more trouble." Danny smirked as he put on his hazmat suit with our Dad's sticker face on it… I love the man but he has one big ego.

Sam shook her head, "Hold up a second…" she peeled it off, "You can't walk around with that on your chest."

"But I wanted to check out the portal too." I grumbled to myself as I just tossed aside my own hazmat suit and headed upstairs, it's true that I am more cautious then my twin brother but that doesn't make me any less adventurous.

When I reached the kitchen I saw my Dad eating ten pounds of fudge… no wonder he's as big as he is, my sister reading her 'how to survive my parents' antics' therapy book and my Mom looking at me with my biology book and it was then I realized why she called me and I gave her a nervous grin.

"Mind telling me why your biology book was in the kitchen and not in your book bag?" she questioned me sternly.

I gulped and said, "I'm sorry Mom, but I was so interested in about the human biology that I sort of forgot that I brought with me during breakfast when Tucker and Sam came over." we had a strict rule of never leaving our textbooks out of our book bag when we're not using it because it's so easy to be forgotten and left at home and you know you're going to get in trouble if you didn't bring it to school with you.

I have interest in biology because it involves mystery of the human body, how our complex system seem to keep us alive and going, it's all so fascinating to me and I honestly did forget about it when Tucker and Sam came over.

"As much as I'm happy that you're keeping up with your school work you must never let it happen again young man, okay?" she scolded lightly not really all that upset about it but wanting to make sure I don't forget about it again and I just nodded.

"I promise Mom, this is going straight into my book bag." I said as I grabbed the book and ran up to my room to put it in my orange book bag, my brother's is purple for some obscure reason… heck even his pajamas are pink… sometimes I wonder about him.

"AAAAAHHHH!" I jolted from fright and shock when I suddenly heard my brother's pain filled screaming coming from all the way in the lab.

"DANNY!" I screamed as I got over my shock of his sudden screams of pain, I briefly noticed my parents and sister screaming for him at the same time, at the moment I was frozen as if my entire body's system locked down, my heart felt like it stopped and I couldn't breathe, but all that happened in a second before I made a frantic bee-line towards the lab barely beating my parents and sister, which if I hadn't been so scared and worried I would've found impressive considering they were in the kitchen right next to the lab and I was all the way upstairs in our room.

I didn't think twice when I barreled downstairs but I was even more frantic when I saw the door was closed and locked! Funny, it wasn't closed before… why did someone close and locked it? I banged on the door.

"Tucker! Sam! What happened? What happen to my brother!? I heard him scream!" I shouted in panic hoping they would hear me and let me in to see if my brother was okay.

I heard scuffling in there and their frantic voices, but I couldn't hear what they were saying it was too muffled but I knew they sounded worried and scared and it was only making me more frantic and panic. My parents soon joined me as they noticed the door was locked, even Jazz was beyond worried. But for me it felt like heart stopping because Danny was not only my brother, he was my best friend and my twin, if he goes than part of me would be ripped out, it's like he and I are half of each other… I couldn't bear the thought of him getting hurt or worse.

I suddenly felt like the air was hard to breathe, almost like I was drowning by the very air itself, but before it could get really bad I felt Jazz put her hand on my shoulder, she didn't say anything but she gave me a small smile trying to calm me down, knowing full well just how much of a worried panic I was in for our brother.

"Jack, we need to get in there!" I heard Mom say to Dad.

"I'm on it!" Dad wasted no time body slamming the door down and with that barrier out of the way we all but trampled into the lab.

I thought I saw a flash of light for a split second before I looked over at the portal and gasped when I saw it now had a glowing eerily green vortex and when I looked down I saw Tucker, Sam and… Danny. Danny was unconscious… what happened to him? I rushed over to him before anyone else had time to react and looked over at him, he didn't look like he was injured but…

"What happened to him?" I asked Tucker and Sam since they were the only ones down here with him when he let out that horrifying scream, though I barely noticed how weak and worried my voice sounded.

Tucker didn't answer as he just looked around nervously, but Sam said something, "We're not really sure… but he walked into the portal and suddenly it turned on, he was… electrocuted and came out… and suddenly fainted."

"WHAT!?" I all but jumped when my parents yelled as they unconsciously pushed me aside and cradled over my unconscious brother.

"Oh my poor baby boy! We have to get him to the hospital right away!" Mom yelled frantically as she checked him over for any burns.

I felt sick to my stomach when I heard what Sam said about what happened… somehow while he was in there the portal just turned 'on' and it zapped him… probably to death.

"He's… not dead… is he?" I found myself asking before I could process what was coming out of my mouth.

With that worried question, Mom quickly checked for a pulse and she said, "His pulse is very faint but still there, we have to get him to the hospital now!"

I turned to Jazz to ask her to call '911' since nobody else wanted to leave my brother's side and I certainly couldn't tear my gaze away from him long enough to call them, but to my surprise she wasn't there, but I saw her coming back.

"The ambulance is on its way." she said seriously and I was so glad that she had the thought and will power to run into the kitchen to call for help.

I made my way back to my unconscious brother and knelt down beside him, I barely noticed that all of us were surrounding him because I was so eat up with worry and guilt… guilt that I could've prevented this if I had gone in with him, maybe I could've pushed him out before the portal suddenly turned on… now because of my mistake he could be dying right now and I felt hot tears threatening to fall from my eyes and I quickly rubbed them away not wanting to cry in front of everyone.

I felt Sam's hand touch my shoulder, in the same comforting way Jazz did earlier, "He'll be okay, you know your brother is stronger than this."

I nodded and wipe the rest of my tears before anymore could form, "You better be okay bro." I whispered to him knowing he couldn't hear me.

All too soon I heard the sirens of the ambulance, all too soon people rushed into our house and put Danny on a stretcher and all too soon he was taken away from me and into the back of the ambulance to be taken to the nearest hospital.

"You kids stay here, we'll come and pick you up when we're sure our son is not in any fatal danger." Mom said quickly to us before she and Dad hurried after my brother in the ambulance, leaving me, Jazz, Sam and Tucker alone here in the lab.

I stood up and walked to the nearest wall before I sat down and curled myself into a tight ball; I know I said I didn't want anyone to see me cry, but I just couldn't help it… all I wanted to do right then and there was cry for my twin brother, my other half. We've never been separated for so long before, we never had to go to the hospital for anything more serious than a cut… I felt like when Danny was screaming I was in pain myself, my whole body had shut down for a split second though it felt like hours to me before I gain enough control of myself to move again.

Now for all I know he could be dying right now, that I may have a possibility that I'll never see him again… I can't imagine life without my twin always being there right beside me, it hurts so much. I felt tears leaking out of my eyes and I didn't bother to stop them this time. I didn't have to look up to know my friends and sister sat beside me knowing how scaring and traumatizing it is for me, knowing that if one of the twins died the other may never be the same again, because it would be as if part of their soul died with their sibling.

Nobody said anything, nobody wanted to say anything, I just continued my silent cry for my brother while my friends and sister just silently try to comfort me. I wanted to stop and ask what exactly happened, I knew Sam didn't tell me everything when she explained what happened to Danny, but at the moment I was too emotionally weak to interrogate her about it, I just wanted to know if my brother was going to be okay.

Tucker and Sam eventually stood up, I heard them say they have to go home now because it was getting late, I think Jazz said something to them but my mind was too focused on my brother to really understand nor care.

I don't know how long it's been but it must've been a long while because before I knew it; Dad came into the lab. I didn't see Mom, but I guess she's still in the hospital at my brother's side.

"Andy… Jazz… we can take you two to see Danny now." Dad said softly.

"How is he Dad?" I asked immediately and felt a bit strange hearing my own voice after silently crying for what appears to be several hours.

Dad sighed and said, "We're not completely sure yet, the doctors say his pulse and temperature are abnormally low, in fact he should've been dead by all logical right…" I gasped and he quickly continued, "But he's not, he's still alive but in a coma right now, they hooked him up to an IV and a breathing mask. We can go see him now; your mother's still there beside him and told me to pick up you kids."

I stood up and nodded, "I need to see him to know if he's okay."

"I'm going too, he's my brother as well." Jazz said softly as she too stood up.

"Okay, get into the RV, I'll drive to hospital." Dad said and I just noticed how uncharacteristically serious he is, this would've worried me if I hadn't already got enough on my plate as it is. I'm sure Jazz is worried about Danny too, but I think she's also worried about me and my mental state, not that I could blame her, I will admit I wasn't very stable at the moment.

The trip to the hospital was a blur, I just remember being led into the hospital in a trance, I couldn't think straight while I was being led by my sister who seem to have noticed my sudden daze, the truth was I was in shock when we went in, you see, like Tucker, I have a fear of hospitals, but not because of needles or anything like that (even though I don't like needles myself), but because hospitals usually means very sick or very injured people and I get very uncomfortable whenever we have to visit the hospital for some reason, but now the shock became so strong because we're here for the fact that my twin, my other half, was here in a coma, the stress of it all came crashing down on me the second we step foot in this place.

How did this happen? Today had started out so simple with Sam kicking our butts in video games… how did it end up boiling down to my twin being in the hospital? No… I knew why and how, but that didn't mean I was all willing to accept it. If anything I wish I could've been in the same coma as my brother right now if only to escape this shock and pain and be with him in our unconscious mind.

It wasn't until we finally entered the room my brother was in did I finally snap out of it and saw Mom sitting beside his bed and… I saw him still unconscious with the breathing mask on his face and the IV attached to his arm as well as the heart monitor, I was worried when I saw how slow it was going but when I saw how peaceful Danny's face was despite all that I felt strangely at peace myself, knowing and seeing he was still alive and well despite the situation, knowing he wasn't in danger of dying… yet, it was enough to help ease some of my worries and anxiety, but not completely.

I found myself walking to my still brother and just stare down at him, I'm pretty sure even though I was standing and my eyes were still open, my family probably thinks I was in a coma induced state myself and in a way I guess I was; I felt numb and fell into a trance as if I was under hypnosis or if I was dreaming, but I couldn't tear away my gaze from my brother, it was as if I was just waiting for him to wake up and say something.

I hardly noticed them talking to each other and my mind was too in deep focus to really hear what they were saying, but it wasn't until Jazz touched my shoulder did I snap out of the trance and looked back at her and I could tell my face must've been worried and depressed because that is how I felt at the moment and why Jazz was trying so hard to reassure me.

"He'll be fine Andy, Danny is just resting right now, I'm sure he'll wake up soon." she said gently and I felt bad for acting like it's the end of the world… she's taking this as hard as I was I'm sure and I haven't done anything to comfort her, she's been too busy trying to comfort me.

I looked at my brother for another minute or two before I turn back to my sister and gave her a sad but reassuring smile, "It's okay Jazz, I know you're trying hard to be strong for me and I appreciate that, but please don't try to bottle up your emotion."

Hey, just because I'm not that into psychological stuff doesn't mean I don't look into it every now and then, besides, the human mind is filled with mysteries too and like with most mysteries it intrigues me, and I also know keeping your emotions bottled up is unhealthy and it would only cause you more grief and stress in life if you don't let it out every once in a while and that's exactly what I need Jazz to do, I know she's worried and she's on the brink of breaking down, but now it's my turn to be strong for her.

And it was as if my words were the trigger and just like that she broke down and starting sobbing as I pulled her into a hug despite being shorter of the two of us.

"Oh Danny… my little brother is in a coma!" she cried as Mom and Dad soon pulled both of us into a gentle hug, which is both comforting and surprising since whenever they usually hug us it was a death hug, but this time it was soft and comforting. I guess Danny's accident in the lab really affected the entire family more than I thought.

"Let it out kids, you don't have to be strong for us." I heard Mom say gently as Jazz continued to cry and I felt more tears threatening to fall from my already tired and dry eyes, I said I was going to be strong for Jazz, but I just couldn't help it and had to cry again, this time I didn't just silently let the tears fall I actually cried and, although it was embarrassing especially for a fourteen year old boy like me, it did help make me feel better even if only a little.

I don't know when or how, but at some point during that night I must've fallen asleep because I began dreaming and heard a voice…

"Everything is fine; everything is the way it's supposed to be. This is part of the timeline, it needs to happen, everything happens for a reason."

It was dark, I couldn't see anything or anyone, I didn't recognize the voice, but I still tried to look around to see if I can find this mysterious person talking to me.

"Who's there?" I asked and my voice echoed throughout the darkness.

But the voice didn't answer me, instead a different voice spoke out but it wasn't directed to me, rather it was directed at the other voice I heard.

"You do realize how dangerous it is to have a human, a teenager, to have this kind of power don't you?"

"I know what I am doing and he isn't the first human to have this special condition."

"No, but that doesn't make him less dangerous and a potential threat to both the human world and the Ghost Zone."

I have no idea what they were talking about, but it sounded serious… and why was I hearing this? I have a feeling I shouldn't be here right now… wherever 'here' is.

"It was fate, destiny, that chose this for the boy and perhaps eventually for his other half, after all twins need to be beside each other in just about everything, but they must learn not to depend on each other so much right now, which is why it only happened to one of them for the moment." said the first voice and I have a strong feeling he was talking about me and Danny.

"Are you saying the boy's twin brother may end up the same way? You cannot let that happen."

The first voice didn't answer right away and I was wondering what they were talking about, that is until I heard the first voice spoke up again, "It's going to happen whether you want it to or not."

"Why am I here?" I asked out loud hoping someone would answer me.

I was actually surprised when the first voice answered me, "Your brother has a special purpose in life young Andy, do you think you can keep up with him?"

"What? What do you mean?" I asked feeling more confused than ever now.

"You will find out in due time."

Before I could ask anymore I felt someone shaking me.

"Andy… Andy, wake up."

I slowly opened my eyes when I heard Mom's voice and she was gently shaking my shoulder and I looked up to see I was still in the hospital and I fell asleep against the chair and my Mom… why didn't she wake me sooner?

"Mom?" I stifled a yawn and saw Jazz and Dad was already awake and drinking smoothie.

"Glad to see you're finally awake sweetie, anyway the doctor just came in and checked your brother, his vitals are stable but he's still in a coma." Mom explained as I tried to shake the grogginess out of my head, the mysterious dream forgotten for the moment.

I looked over to the bed my brother was sleeping in and noticed the breathing mask over his face was gone, guess the doctors figured he didn't need it anymore, but he still had the IV hooked on his arm. I wonder how long he'll be out… not too long I hope, I remember reading people in comas could stay like that for days, weeks, months… even years, but I refuse to think he'll be out for that long, he will get better and he will wake up soon.

"Did they say how long he'll be like this?" I asked Mom weakly.

Mom gave me a sad smile as she patted my hair, "No, they don't know how long he'll be out like this, we can only wait and pray he'll wake up soon."

I sighed and just nodded, I don't really know what else to do, this is the first time since we were born that we were separate like this… mentally. We never been separate physically or mentally for so long before, when he sleeps so do I, where he goes I go with him, it just felt so wrong with me awake and with him still asleep.

I grumbled as I shook my head and felt a headache forming, wonder what's going to happen now?

"Are you going to be okay Andy? I know this is especially hard for you since Danny is your twin and I've read that if something drastic happen to one of the twins the other would feel the strain of it too." Jazz asked me in concern and I frown a bit as I removed my hand from my aching head.

"I'll be fine just as long as my brother wakes up soon." I said as I tried to stand up, but I felt dizzy for some reason… why is the room spinning?

"You don't look fine." Jazz said as she watched me.

"Don't worry about me; worry about the brother who got zapped almost to death." I said a bit annoyed that she's starting to get a little paranoid around me when it's Danny who's in the coma.

Okay, so maybe I feel a little nausea and my head is hurting, but it's probably just stress from all this and nothing to worry about. But then suddenly I see the floor just came up to my face before I could react, I heard gasps from my parents and sister… I think I just fell to the floor, but it didn't really hurt… I feel numb.

"Andy!" Mom quickly picked me up and I looked at her… why are there two of her?

Suddenly I felt something cold on my forehead and she gasped, "You're burning up! You have a fever Andy!"

"Stop shouting." I grumbled feeling that her loud shouts giving me more headaches.

"I knew you weren't fine, we better take you home." I heard Jazz say and I quickly shook my head, which I wish I didn't.

"No, I can't leave my brother."

"Look at you! You're a mess, you need to go home and rest before you end up in the same coma as your brother." Mom scolded me.

"Mom, let me take him home." I heard Jazz say and I found myself too weak to protest anymore and just felt my eyelids falling… falling… darkness.

I see meat flying around the school… why is there so much meat?

"LUNCH IS SACRED! LUNCH HAS RULES! NOBODY CHANGES MY MENU!"

Who is that? She sounds angry… she's floating and… she turns into some kind of meat monster. Then I see… a boy… he looks very similar to Danny and myself… only his hair is white, he had a mostly black and white hazmat suit and his eyes… they were glowing green and he has some kind of glowing aura around him… who is he? I feel like I should know him, yet I don't, is he… a ghost too?

"Forget it! The only one who has an expiration date here is you!" he shouted as he look like he was trying to protect someone but I couldn't see who.

Suddenly I heard a loud roar and spun around to see a big blue and green dragon, it was huge! But… it has this aura around it… is it a ghost too?

As I continued to watch I saw the ghost boy fighting with it. "Tea? Oh great idea, coffee can make you a bit jittery or better yet… how about some PUNCH?"

The ghost dragon soon disappeared and suddenly I see a cybernetic robot ghost with a flaming green Mohawk and he seem to be hunting down the ghost boy.

"I am Skulker, a collector of all things rare and unique, and you, ghost child, are that and more."

What makes the ghost boy anymore unique than the other ghosts? I don't understand… but I keep seeing him everywhere.

I see a nerdy ghost this time and he points at the ghost boy as if in shock.

"Holy socks! You're the Halfa!"

I didn't know what the heck a 'Halfa' is, but it sounds like he's saying he's… half of a… something.

What's going on? I don't know… is any of this for real or not? I can't tell… it feels real yet not at the same time. I feel like I'm not really there yet it feels real enough to be…

"I am Desiree, what is your wish? So you have wished it, so it shall be."

"Imagine my surprise when I discovered you, the second ghost hybrid his foolishness created!"

"Ignorance of the law doesn't give you the excuse of breaking it punk, if I see your face again you and I are going to have a problem. That's against the rules."

"Teen misery is the nectar that keeps me looking fabulous! Your doubt, your misery, it's delicious!"

I kept hearing so many different voices and I didn't recognize any of them, but then I heard Jazz's voice.

"Danny!? Did you see that? Please tell me I didn't just see what I saw!"

What? What did she see that got her so shocked? Something about Danny…?

"He can tell me when he's ready. I'll always be proud of you Danny."

I don't understand… why is she so proud of him, what did he do?

I suddenly found myself falling from the sky, I don't know why or how, but I was falling. I couldn't move or even scream, I was just falling and I could see the ghost boy, but he looked happy and content as he flew around so care freely while I'm falling to my possible death yet I wasn't worried about it. I felt envious of him as he just flew so carefree like that.

Suddenly I hit the ground… or rather, I hit the water and was now sinking deeper and deeper, I still couldn't get my body to move but at least I could breathe. I don't know how long I was sinking but eventually I stopped and it was so dark I couldn't see anything, I wasn't sure if I was underwater anymore.

"I think I know what these powers are for, they make me…" that sounded like my brother Danny, but he didn't finish his sentence and… what did he mean by 'powers'?

I looked around the darkness and walked forward, not sure what was compelling me to walk but I kept going.

"It's not your fault Danny." I heard Sam's voice.

"Maybe not, but it is my responsibility." I heard Danny's voice.

"Dude, it's about time you used your powers for some ghostly get back." I now heard Tucker.

I looked up and was surprised when I saw a picture of my brother and he was standing next to that ghost kid I kept seeing… it's almost as if that ghost kid was his twin instead of me.

And I've realized I heard Tucker and Sam's voice, I heard Jazz's and even my brother's but… where was I? Why wasn't I saying anything? Did this mean I wasn't a part of whatever this crazy thing is?

Then suddenly I heard that familiar voice from my earlier dream in the hospital, "Your brother has a special purpose in life young Andy, do you think you can keep up with him?"

It was more of an echo of what he said to me than anything else, but it felt like there's a much deeper meaning to it but I still don't know what it is.

What makes my brother so special that I would be having trouble keeping up with him? We did everything together and equally, I don't understand…

"You will in due time." that voice echoed again.

I suddenly felt something soft and I opened my eyes to see the ceiling of my and Danny's bedroom… how did I get here? Oh wait… now I remember; I passed out from fever and Jazz must've taken me home and to my room. I groaned as I put a hand over my black hair… what was that weird dream about and why have I been getting them lately?

As I sat up from my bed a wash cloth fell from my forehead… huh, guess Jazz was trying to keep the fever down, but I feel fine now, maybe a little groggy and dizzy but nothing major. Then I felt empty as I looked over to the other side of my room and saw my brother's bed was empty.

Almost as if on cue, the door opened and Jazz was walking in and she looked up and seemed surprised to see me, "Oh Andy, I'm glad you've finally woke up, how are you feeling?"

I gave her a small smile and answered, "A lot better now, thanks for looking out for me Jazz."

Jazz smiled warmly as she sat on the bed beside me, "What are sisters for? I just couldn't sit back while both of my brothers were unconscious."

I nodded and sighed, "How long was I out?"

"Almost for about a day."

I would've choked and gagged if I wasn't so focused on my next question, "Any news about our brother?"

Jazz gave me a sad look and that was all the answer I needed, "But he will wake up soon, right?"

"I'm sure he will, but we still don't know how long it'll be and Mom and Dad says you have to go to school without Danny for a while… well assuming you're not sick anymore."

School… how can I think of school when my twin brother, half of me is lying in the hospital in a coma and possibly his deathbed!? For all I know that portal could be some kind of radiation poison and it's slowly killing him and the doctors are too ignorant to see it!

"Calm down Andy, Danny is going to be okay." I heard Jazz's gentle voice and broke my train of thought, which I was actually thankful for seeing where it was heading. I guess I was very tense and my sister noticed it, of course she did.

"It's just not fair Jazz… I should've been with him… I could've prevented it… all because I left a stupid textbook on the kitchen counter…" I grumbled sadly as I pulled my knees up to my face feeling a bit more comforted if I just curled up.

Jazz shook her head, "It's not anyone's fault Andy, nobody could've seen this coming… if you had went in with him you would've most likely share the same fate as him."

"Well… maybe I should've Jazz… I'm his twin, we complete each other and I can't stand the thought of going on without him Jazz, it just… it's like asking a cat to play the piano; it just can't be done and it goes against nature!" I knew I was saying these through desperation but I firmly believed every word I've said.

"… I know this is very hard for you Andy, it's hard for all of us, but there comes a time when we all have to do something on our own… and I think that time has come for you. You'll just have to go through a few days of school without Danny, I know you can do it, and I'm sure Tucker and Sam will be more than happy to help you out."

I knew Jazz was just trying to reassure me, but I still didn't want to do it… it was bad enough being here at home without my brother, but now I have to go through school without him too? Dash is going to pulverize me twice as hard to make up for the fact that his other favorite punching bag is unable to attend, and even if he wouldn't I still just can't stand the thought of going anywhere without my twin… it just doesn't feel right.

"Jazz… I just want my brother to wake up and talk to me again." I said sadly as I leaned on her and felt my eyes starting to close unwillingly… why am I so sleepy?

The last thing I heard was my sister's gentle voice whisper in my ear, "I know Andy, me too."

Author: Yes, chapter 1 is probably one of my longest chapters, but the chapter lengths will vary. I hope you enjoyed the story so far and please tell me how you feel about it, if you hate it please refrain from insulting the author, thank you and have a nice day.