A New Beginning

Chapter 4

Sam's POV:

We were sitting on the only bench of the street. It wasn't a cold day, but it was cold enough to make me shiver every once in a while. We had kept some space between us, to make the situation a little less strange and awkward, but I couldn't say it was working.

Danny had quickly healed from every wound but his clothes remained ripped and dirty, and his black hair were even messier than before. It took him a while to decide how to start explaining but he eventually found the urge to begin.

He turned his look at me, and I felt a little embarrassed to be caught staring but I ignored the upcoming blush and tried to focus on everything he was about to say.

"Three years ago, when I was fourteen, my parents built a very advanced machine, a ghost portal. It was supposed to be opening a way to the ghost zone, the place where all ghosts come from. At the beginning, they didn't manage to make it work and after a lot of attempts, they gave up. One day, I was cleaning the lab but the portal drew my attention and I decided to take a look in it and see if I could find the problem." he said and made a small pause.

"I stepped inside and while I was trying hard not to stumble in the dark, I accidentally pressed a button and then..." he sighed. "Then I felt the most horrible pain anyone could imagine. I was electrocuted by a rich amount of energy and in the process, ectoplasm, the main part of ghost's anatomy, fused with my human DNA and made me what I am today."

"What exactly is that?" I asked being curious.

"I am a halfa. Half human and half ghost." he answered.

"Are there any others? Like you?" I was full of questions but I didn't bother to think which of them to ask.

"That's when it gets complicated." He came a little closer hesitantly. "The only other halfa is Vlad Masters A.K.A. Plasmius. He became like this because of my dad when they were in college. In addition he lost the love of his life, my mom, by the man he deadly hated. He lived the rest of his life in loneliness, gained strength and money, and made my life a living hell."

"Why you?" I asked feeling a little stupid. If he wanted tom, he would say. Why do I have to ask so many questions all the time?

"You see, I was the perfect son he could never have and he desperately wanted me to join him. Of course, I refused, and our relationship became pure hatred. He is like my arch enemy. But he is evil beyond limits. He became Mayor of our city, and when my parents came close to finding out the truth about me, with clues he himself had given them, he accused them of being crazy and took them away. I haven't seen them since." he finished.

His eyes were blank, deep. He said everything simply but there was a lot of hidden pain behind those words. Despite talking for his life as if it was someone else's, he managed to transfer every single feeling he had experienced all this time.

I needed a lot of time to take in these information. I didn't know how to respond, to comfort him. It seemed unbelievable for a person to have been through all of these and still be reasonable and able to handle it. I couldn't find the words to express my thoughts but I tried anyway. "I don't even know what to say. I am really sorry Danny. You are very brave and strong to be able to go through all of these alone."

"I have come to terms with it. I messed with my life and it messed with me. It's just how things flow." he sounded like quitting.

"It's not like that when others try to take over your life. It's not ok and you know it." I was starting to show my rebellious self. Something that only came out when I got passionate over something.

"There are not many things I can do. I have more important stuff to worry about." he said remaining calm.

"What, now there's more?" I couldn't imagine that there could be more than just two absent parents and a maniac obsessed with hurting you in all ways possible.

"Vlad is also obsessed with ruling the world. When someone dies they don't know how to control their powers, or how to be ghosts in other words. The older ones are stronger and wiser and now Vlad has convinced them that if they make the whole human world, the human kind, part of their world, they will be able to govern."

"So they kind of want to kill us all?" I asked trying to make it look a little simpler.

"Kinda." he agreed smiling.

"Isn't there any way to stop them?" I wondered returning to seriousness.

"They can only hurt us if thy get into our world. There aren't many ways to accomplish that. There s only my parent's portal, Vlad's portal which malfunctions since I once destroyed it, and the natural portals." he informed me.

"Is there any way to close the natural portals?"

"They constantly appear randomly in different parts of the planet. The only one who can create or destroy them is Wulf, one of my allies in the ghost zone. He collaborates with Frostbite, leader of the Far Frozen who owns the infi-map, the only map that shows every natural portal. He is in charge of sending back the ghosts that come out from them while I try to handle all of those who escape through my parent's portal."

I had totally lost it. I think I was just staring at him without even moving. I needed a lot of time to process all the information. How many things were going on in the world without us even knowing it. And I thought being hated by all of your classmates was a major problem.

"Aren't you gonna say anything?" he asked me and I instantly snapped out of my thoughts. He was looking at me with fascination and I couldn't place why.

"Sorry I think it's too much for just one day." We were sitting there for hours and I hadn't even realized that it was already nighttime. The sky had gotten dark and you could see the stars starting to appear.

"I don't blame you. It's really late. We should probably get going." he said standing up.

I stood up as well and stretched. We walked the way to my home silently, taking in the peaceful scenery of the streets. We were finally standing right in front of my doorstep.

"I guess I'll see you tomorrow. And sorry for not coming the other night." he said rubbing the back of his neck.

"That's ok, I understand. See you tomorrow."

"Goodnight Sam!" He waved.

I only waved and got into my house. It was going to be a long night of thinking.

A/N: I hope it was good... I don't have a lot of inspiration lately but I try anyway.

Disclaimer: I don't own Danny Phantom.