Partners In Crime

Chapter 4

Jack looked at the boy like he was crazy and he couldn't stop the grin that appears on his face. Momentarily forgetting the millions of questions he had; instead, he decided to comment.

- Well, that makes me wonder what kind of meeting the two of you had!-

- You're Jack Frost, right?- asked Danny and receive a smile as his answer - It has to be six months since we met... - started Danny with a grin as soon as he saw that Pitch wasn't happy with the moment he chose to talk about their meeting, but to be fair the boogeyman was never a happy kind of spirit

~~~Story Time~~~

It was two months since he met Danielle, it being the start of July, and he finally was getting a break from his crazy life. The past eight months were a real nightmare. First, his evil future self, Dan Phantom decided to secure his existence and kill Danny's family, but he was able to come on top with a bit of help from Clockwork. Then finding out that Jazz knew of his secret, she trying to help and then a fake betrayal from her that hurt just as a real one; stupid Fruitloop. After that, Christmas was around the corner with the discovering of the truce and Danny's hate towards poetry. A calm start in school on January with only the usual ghosts attacks, but February brought a dangerous love interest that ended in heartbreak for both Danny and Valerie. March, between Dash almost finding him out and Sam with the pageant organized by Dora, he didn't know which was worse. Then having to deal with Vlad infecting his friends and almost wiping himself from ever existing. Also dealing with Freakshow and his secret being revealed to the whole world; Danny was more than ready for some well deserve rest.

He was laying in his bed remembering everything that had happened and he gasped, his Ghost Sense. His eyes opened and flashed neon green promising a lot of pain to whichever ghost was there. Strangely enough, he didn't felt like he was in danger; he knew that the ghost was powerful, but it was too weak to do anything. Seeing no point in transforming since the ghost was too weak and Danny was too tired, he merely sat straight on his bed and took a look around. It was dark, close to midnight, and there was a shadow close to the door.

- Who is it?- Danny asked in almost a whisper and he heard a weak chuckle in return 

- Why don't you take a guess?- asked the shadow and Danny could hear a rustle of something like fabrics

- Dude, I know that you're not one of the usual ghosts and that I have never met you.- said Danny with a teasing tone of voice, he really needed to sleep if he was joking around with an unknown ghost

- Never? Are you sure of that?- asked the shadow with amusement and suddenly the rustling grew louder

- What the...?- said Danny and suddenly he was laying in his bed with all his limbs restricted by something sandy

Panic surges through his veins and Danny wants to transform, but the shadow is on top of him in seconds. With a hand firmly put on Danny's mouth, the shadow continues to talk.

- I don't expect you to know about me directly, but you should remember what I'm capable of...-

The shadow uses his other hand to throw some kind of sand on Danny's face and Danny starts to lose consciousness. 

- See you soon, child!- said the shadow before Danny completely blackout 

~~~Nightmare~~~

Danny awakens and stands up looking for the shadow, but he takes a moment to observe his surroundings. He was in some kind of forest and he could see a swamp nearby. The place was comforting even if Danny knew he had to be either scared or disgusted by the sight of it. While exploring the place he saw the shadow and once again decided to joke around, but he should have known to keep his mouth shut.