Noir Verta | Dan and Phil fanfic

Chapter 1: That was no Doggo

Dan Howell trudged happily through the quiet open streets of London. He had just finished talking to Youtube Red and he couldn't wait for his and Phil's behind-the-scenes look at their up-and-coming stage show, TATINOF.

'Ring, Ring'

It was Phil, yet again, probably worried since he was getting home later than expected.

"Hello, Hi, yes I'm fine, Phil you need to stop calling me, I'll be home soon."

Dan put his phone in his back pocket and sighed, He looked around and realized that something seemed off, which made him stop in his tracks. The city of London was abnormally quiet as the wind picked up the fallen leaves. For some reason, Dan felt as if someone or something was watching him. He turned his head slightly to the right to find nothing but concrete and cold beats of the wind howling at him. Dan turned his body around to stare at the nothing behind him.

All of a sudden he heard a light growl, Dan gulped as he felt a shiver go down his spine, he knew he should have worn a jacket. Dan didn't know what it was or what to do.

"It could just be a tiny doggo." he said to himself trying to muster up all the courage he had.

Dan turned around slowly and spotted something, it was no doggo, He started running as fast as his long giraffe legs could carry him. Dan only stopped when he felt as if nothing was chasing him and turned around...big mistake.

He was slammed down to the ground and felt the wolf's breath on his prickled skin. Dan tried to get up, he tried to fight but when he did the wolf bit down on his arm hard, making him scream even louder. The sound of a car zooming past made the aggressive wolf calm down, unclamp its jaw and run the opposite way leaving Dan lying on the concrete ground, blood dripping down his arm.

The world seemed to spin as he pulled himself up, covering the bite with a single hand he ran home as quick as he could, breathing heavily .As quiet as possible Dan ran to the bathroom and in shrill panic, accidentally slammed the door making the apartment shake. He took his left hand off his bite that was placed on his right forearm to discover blood on his hand. Dan made sure to wash his hands and take a black towel to clean the drying blood that dripped down to his wrist.

The bite was pretty hard to look at, it was turning black and blue and the wolf left teeth marks, they were pretty deep. Dan quickly pulled gauze and gauze tape out of the cabinet and through blurred vision, fixed his arm up. He put his hands down on the counter and put his head down, his head was pounding loudly. Dan closed his eyes and breathed deeply hoping the pain would stop eventually.

"Dan is that you, are you ok?"

It was Phil, Dan turned the faucet on and with his hands, splashed cold water on his face.

"Yes Phil, I'm fine, just getting ready for bed," Dan said after he turned off the faucet and wiped his face with another towel, which he threw into the laundry hamper along with the bloody one.

"Oh, ok.....umm what did Youtube Red say?"

"Oh, they said it's a go, we'll be able to make the TATINOF documentary to go along with the stage show."

Dan turned around to face the door, he couldn't see Phil's face, but he could tell he was smiling.

"Are you coming out of the bathroom yet?"

Dan did not answer for he wanted Phil to go back to his room as soon as possible so he could rush to his room and put on a long sleeve jumper. Dan didn't want to show Phil his gauzed up arm, he would start asking questions and he didn't want him to worry.

"Um well, I guess I'm going to bed, Goodnight."

Then just like that Phil was gone, he could hear his footsteps go down the hall and quit when he opened and closed his door to his room. Dan slowly opened the door and peered out into the darkness. He sighed, Dan wasn't much for darkness but for some reason, it didn't scare him as much as it used to. He walked into the darkness and closed his eyes to take it all in, opening his eyes and smiling sharply.

He couldn't believe it.

"I'm- I'm not afraid anymore."

He walked to his room and closed the door behind him, Through the darkness, Dan took off his black shirt and shoes, He then put on a long sleeve jumper. Dan took his phone from his pocket and set it on his dresser after changing into some pj's pants. His room wasn't as dark as it used to be when all the lights were out and the curtains were drawn.

Dan got in bed; ten minutes after he fell asleep, he awoke abruptly, sweating like crazy. He was so hot, so without warning he sat up and took off his jumper, throwing it to the floor. Dan threw his legs over the side of the bed and got out to open his curtains, he opened his window to let a cool breeze in. Dan's body heat started to cool down as he got back in bed. He laid down and breathed in slowly, turning his head toward the window to look at the moon. It was so beautiful tonight, it's light shined brightly on him as he closed his eyes and fell asleep.