One-Shots

Danny Phantom: Dream Is A Reality

What if everything that had happened was a dream? What if Danny had been in a coma for a year after he'd gotten shocked by the portal? But what if it had all been because of Clockwork?

The beeping of monitors rung in Danny's ears, singing to him in an eerie way that made his heart skip a beat.

Blue eyes blinked open, dazed and blurry before focusing on a white ceiling that made the boy's head spin.

He sat up, blearily glancing at his surroundings before jumping slightly at the loud bang that sounded when the door swung open as nurses and doctors swarmed his vision.

"He's awake!" Yells of this phrase clouded his hearing, and something in his gut told him something was off.

Something was very, very wrong.

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Danny couldn't believe what he was hearing as he stared at his parents, sister, and two best friends. "You...you're playing some sick joke on me, right? Because if it is one, it's not fucking funny!" The curse that left his mouth just showed his panic all the more.

"Honey, nobody's kidding," Maddie sighed sadly.

"You're telling me that I've been in a coma for a year? That...that everything that's happened was all some dream?!" Danny barked.

"It seems so, Danno," Jack said. "We were all so scared you weren't going to ever wake up!"

Danny turned to his friends, and Sam had tears in her eyes. "It was my fault. I encouraged it, and you paid the price. I'm...I'm a horrible friend."

Danny shook his head at her, even as he was screaming inside for someone, anyone, to help him because he didn't know what to do. "It wasn't your fault. I made the decision, whether someone encouraged me or not doesn't change that. I was curious anyways. I probably would have ended up hurt either way."

And slowly, Danny's eyes drifted shut. "I'm tired...'ood'ight," he mumbled, soothing blackness sucking him into its comforting embrace.

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When Danny opened his eyes, he hadn't expected to see Clockwork. "No way..."

The Ghost of Time smiled. "Hello, Daniel. I know you're looking for answers."

"What's going on? If you're real and know me, then what happened couldn't have been a dream...right?" Danny pleaded.

The ghost sighed. "It is complicated, Daniel. To put it simply, yes, everything was a dream, but every ghost you met, every power you had and learned was all real."

"I-I don't get it," Danny said quietly.

"After you were shocked by the portal, I put you into a dream that you thought was reality so that you could train your powers, learn new ones, and understand life better along the way. I wanted you to mature and understand things better before you woke up so that panic wasn't an option when you discovered your powers. Of course, I had twisted a few things to make it easier on you," Clockwork explained.

"Such as what?" Danny asked.

"There are no other half ghosts, unfortunately. Vladimir Masters does exist, but he is completely human and not at all a half ghost, bitter and bent on revenge. I simply made it that way in the world I created for you, to help you deal with any loneliness that might have manifested if you were to discover your existence as the only one of your kind," Clockwork explained.