Unfortunately sometimes my body doesn't heal in time for me to not feel it when I head into school on Monday. And I find myself practically limping along the sidewalk as I walk towards the school with my only friends in this world. You know, besides that little dead girl I met in the park that one day. Speaking of her, I decide to let Sam and Tucker in on what happened. They had the same reaction I did.
"Whoa dude." Tucker says with his head laid low. "Some girl died and you met her spirit? What happened after that? When you fell asleep? Where did she go?" he asks with concern. Unfortunately I can't do anything but shake my head while I answer, knowing my response won't help his current feelings on the matter.
"I don't know man. I mean, I took a nap and woke up a couple of hours later and she was just gone. I tried looking for her but I had to get home too. Hopefully she's okay." I sigh while shaking my head. I didn't know the squirt for long and she was a little she-devil, but she was a kid. And I can't lie, she grew on me pretty quickly.
"Maybe she's gone?" Sam says with a weird expression. "I mean, maybe she moved on. She was a ghost girl who wanted friends, maybe Danny fulfilled some type of requirement for her to move on peacefully." Honestly I didn't know how to take that. I mean, moving on is just dying right? Permanently?
"This has some unhealthy implications that I don't like either." Tucker says while looking around paranoid. "How many dead people, yet alone dead children could be around us right now without us even noticing?!" he shivers out. I roll my eyes and give him a light shove with a laugh. Can't believe this is the guy who will fight ghosts with me in the future.
"Nah dumbass, I can actually see them remember? If there were any dead around, I would be able to notice. Besides, by how many times I've scouted the town at night, it's surprising how peaceful everything is around here. Haven't seen another ghost since her and I've still never found an actual crime."
"You're the dumbass! Don't think I'm going to let that slide! What kind of idiot goes out every night looking for crimes?! That's ridiculous Danny, you shouldn't do that!" Sam basically screams at me. I don't do anything but laugh nervously at her fury. I'm not normally someone that takes shit easily, but it's hard to bite back when I know she's only on my ass because she cares.
"Another thing not to skip past, you said something about a purple glow on the ghost brat right? What was that about? Maybe ghosts glowing is par of course, it sounds like it would be, but the way you explained it made it sound weird." Tucker asks which causes me to nod. I try to remember how it made me feel.
"It just…gave off a bad aura. Like, the more she got depressed or fell into despair the stronger it got. By the end it was completely gone though, like it was all my imagination. I don't know how to properly describe it." I stop as we finally make it just outside of the school entrance to focus on my thoughts.
Things are different. Things are too different. Whatever was generating from that kid, it's not something that existed in the original Danny Phantom world. Not only that, but there was that whole weird experience when I tried to possess Sam. I'm starting to think I've landed in some type of Alternate Universe.
While that's exciting, it's also worrisome. All of my future knowledge will basically mean jack squat if that's the case. No, it can even be a disadvantage if I try to rely on it. There's no telling when something will change or be different when I have plans for it not to be. Then comes the question, why are so many things different already and what will that mean for me and any future plans I make?
"You alright Danny? We don't have to talk about it if it's stressing you out. Tucker says, most likely worrying that I'm still thinking about the missing ghost girl. Which I am, but it's not my focus. I shake my head and smile at him. At them both actually, before walking into the building. There's no use worrying about things that I have no control over. The only thing I can do is keep going until I know what's going on. Let's enjoy this time with my friends.