There are seven tentative chapters planned out, but that may change later. This first chapter will probably be pretty confusing, just try to bear with me until chapter two, that should explain things more.
Disclaimer- I don't own Danny Phantom, or the song 'Unwell' by Matchbox 20
Dedication- This is for Heather, because she laughs at me for watching cartoons (and forcing her to watch them with me)
Green Eyed Monster by Ransomed Heart
Chapter One
Feeling like I'm headed for a break down
I phased through the roof of Casper High, dropping expertly into the boy's bathroom. I did a quick check to make sure I was alone, before dropping the ghost form and exiting the normal way out into the moderately crowded hallway. Dash and his posse were tossing a football around as I made my way to my locker. Lancer was stalking the halls, glaring darkly at students and muttering the names of books under his breath.
I spun my combination with ease, once to the first number, around to the second and straight back to the right to the third. The locker opened with a satisfying metallic pop and I began to fish around for the books I needed.
"Hey, Danny!" My head shot up, smacking soundly on the top of the locker at the sound of Sam's voice. I hope she didn't see that...
"Are you okay?" Too late, she saw it. I rubbed my head sheepishly, feeling the bump already beginning to form.
"Yeah, I'm fine."
"Dude, you really need to pay more attention," Tucker chided me. No kidding.
"Can we just go to class, please," I pleaded. It was bad enough to make an idiot out of myself in front of Sam on a near-daily basis, but did Tuck really have to rub it in? We began the long march down the hallway in silence, mainly because I don't think that Tucker had a response to that.
Walking between Sam and Tucker was hard. Sam kept accidentally brushing against me, and the half-touches were beginning to drive me insane. I had just come to grips with the fact that I was secretly in love with my best friend, but I had yet to work up the nerve to tell her so, and the stress of it all was beginning to get to me. I was losing sleep and concentration skills to the point that even hearing her voice was enough to throw me for a loop, as shown by the locker incident just now. I bit back a sigh and adjusted my purple backpack on my one shoulder as we approached first period.
The note smacked lightly into my forehead, drawing me out of my dream-world and back to reality. The folded paper had landed on my desk between my arms, which I had been using to prop my head up. I glanced around and saw Sam looking at me, a dead give-away that she was the one who tossed it. Being careful to keep it out of the teacher's view, I quickly unfolded the paper and read the note written in green pen.
Danny-
What's wrong with you? You've been spacing out all week! Is there some thing you need to talk about?
-Sam
Talk about it? Not hardly. I hadn't even told Tucker yet, and confessing my feelings to Sam was absolutely out of the question. Heaven only knew how she would react if she found out her half-ghost best friend was madly in love with her. I scrawled a response below her's.
Sam-
No, I don't want to talk about it. I just haven't been sleeping well is all. Don't worry about it.
-Danny
I flicked the note back over to her desk when the teacher wasn't looking and watched as she read it. She looked up at me and gave me a very Jazz-esque look through her violet eyes. It was the kind of look that said that she knew I was lying but wasn't going to push the subject. I gave her the best smile I could muster considering the fact that being under her gaze like that made me extremely nervous. I can't deal with this, I screamed mentally. I'm going to crack!
Then why don't you do something about it?
Where did that thought come from, I asked myself. Easier said than done, I told whatever part of my brain that idea had dug itself out of. I'm Danny the chicken, remember? The guy who can face ghosts on a regular basis but has no spine at all when it comes to girls. Danny Fenton does not confess undying love to his best friend, not in this lifetime anyway.
Riiiing
Saved by the bell, I thought. I began to gather my books, grateful for the chance to break the deadlock stare Sam and I had become locked in. I stared intently at the blank notebook I was supposed to have been taking notes in while I was daydreaming. Breathe in and breathe out, I coached to myself, well aware that Sam was heading towards my desk to confront me about the note.
Breathing did seem like a good idea, until I realized that my breath was coming out blue. "And the day gets even better," I muttered sarcastically. I paused until the classroom was empty of everyone except Sam and Tucker, even the teacher had left, and then transformed.
Sam looked startled. "Danny-!"
She was cut off as the Box Ghost entered the scene through the ceiling. "I am the Box Ghost!"
"Not you again," I spat. I placed a hand to my forehead, suddenly feeling very dizzy. The room was spinning and the Box Ghost's manic laughter was not helping the situation. What's going on, I wondered to myself. I feel like I'm-
Fading? Falling into an uncontrollable darkness? That's what it should feel like.
How can I be thinking these things? I shook my head, closing my green eyes and willing the voice in my head to go away.
I can't go away, Danny. I'm in control. And I suggest you let me be, because we're just about to lose to the Box Ghost.
I felt the dizziness recede and tried to lower my hand. It wouldn't move. Why won't my hand move? I can't control my body!
That's where you're wrong. This is my body!
I watched helplessly as my body began to move, running through the standard routine of kicking the Box Ghost halfway back to the Ghost Zone. I think I was screaming, but I know that no sound was coming out. Sam and Tucker didn't seem to notice anything was wrong, and Tucker finally fumbled the Fenton Thermos out of his backpack and sucked up the Box Ghost.
I looked around and found myself walking towards Sam. What am I doing, I screamed inside.
Oh, this isn't you. This is me. I stared as my hand reached up and tucked some of Sam's hair back behind her ear gently, and the voice laughed as I recoiled in horror. I didn't want her to know! Heaven only knew what her knowing I loved her would do to our friendship!
Oh, is that the problem, the voice mocked, responding yet again to my thoughts. Fine, you can go back to being you now. But I'm always here.
Who are you, I raged mentally, unable took look away from Sam's eyes as her violet pools connected with my green ones and searched for an answer.
Come on, surely you know me well enough. I'm you. Or, I'm ghost you. I'm Danny Phantom.
The dizziness came back, more intense this time, and I felt my control of my body return as I slipped to the floor, clutching at my head to banish the dizziness as well as the voice as my body returned to it's human form.
"Danny?" The haze began to clear and I opened my blue eyes to find Tucker and Sam hovering over me, looking scared and confused. Good, at least I wasn't alone in that department.
"What's with you today, man," Tucker asked. "That was so weird!"
I struggled up, pushing the faintness down. "I have to go."
"What do you mean? Second period is going to start any minute," Tucker objected. Sometimes his braininess annoyed me.
"I don't care. I have to get out of here, now!" I had to get away, to run and hide and try to escape the voice in my head that I never thought I would hear.
I went intangible and soared upwards through the roof and into the cool morning air, not sure what I was running from.
All right, yeah, that was kind of confusing. Ch. 2 will explain more, I promise! Reviews with advice would be appreciated!
Also, I would like to start taking requests for one shots. As in you (the readers) give me a challenge to write a fic. This will apply to Code Lyoko and Danny Phantom fics, because I'm not that into writing anything else.