Firebreather X Danny Phantom

Chapter 4

            Danny sat on his bed, kneading his fingers awkwardly as Allie stared at him from the other end.

"What were you doing out for so long?" She tried to interrogate.

"I couldn't focus on my homework, so I went on a walk." Danny half lied.

The tension grew. Danny didn't dare meet Allie's eyes, lest he be reduced to ashes. He heard her give a sigh of her own before she said,

"I guess it didn't matter that much. Just tell me next time you decide to go out, promise?"

"I will." Danny promised. They ended with a hug and then Allie left Danny alone in his room. He looked at the homework again, figuring he could do it tomorrow.

~

Friday.

Once again, Danny was hiding. Oddly, this time it was just Troy who was hunting him down. The place Danny decided to hide was in the shower stalls in the boy's locker room. Danny froze when the doors opened.

"I know you're in here, pipsqueak!" Troy bellowed. Out of instinct, Danny became invisible while cowering in the stall. Troy's footsteps echoed from every which way as he searched the entire place for Danny. The curtains of unused stalls clanked open as Troy got closer to Danny's position. The curtain to Danny's stall flapped open. Danny stifled his breathing as Troy looked around angrily, around and through Danny.

Troy walked away muttering something under his breath. Troy left the locker room completely empty, allowing Danny to carefully poke his head out from the shower stall. Danny relaxed.

"That's pretty impressive. Troy even checked that stall." Kenny's voice spoke from behind Danny. Danny flipped out for a moment before hissing,

"You scared the daylights out of me!"

"Sorry. How'd you do it?" Kenny pried.

"It's hard to explain..." Danny rubbed the back of his neck. "Anyway, I've got to get moving. I'd rather look nice for the dance than arrive with a black eye." Danny took off, leaving Kenny alone in the locker room. Kenny watched the door close behind Danny long after Danny had left.

"Why does this feel like a case of déjà vu?" Kenny wondered aloud, treading his own path to the exit.

~

Friday Afternoon.

"It's a bit tight." Danny tugged at his bowtie. Despite Danny saying multiple times that he would do his own hair, Allie had taken over that job. She had slicked it back and pulled it into a ponytail.

"Oh, you're so picky." Allie came around front and loosened the bowtie. Danny took a deep breath now that he could.

"Aren't you a handsome vampire?" Allie stood back to make sure Danny looked nice. The black cape with a large collar enveloped most of the tuxedo, but only went down to Danny's knees.

"Yeah, yeah." Danny rolled his eyes and moved to pick up the fangs on his dresser. He stuffed them in his mouth and smiled.

"Still not wanting to wear the contacts?" Allie asked while holding the container. Danny stared at the case that contained red contacts. Blood red eyes... Dan Phantom flashed across his vision and Danny violently shook his head.

"No, no, no. I'm good without them. Contacts irritate my eyes." Danny asserted. Allie shrugged and put the contacts on his dresser.

"Alright. Have a good time, Danny." Allie said and then hugged him. A car horn blared outside the house, signaling Danny's ride. Awaiting him was Margret, who was driving, Duncan, Isabel, Jenna and Kenny. Each already in costume, except Duncan, currently transformed into his Firebreather state.