Heavy rain fell from the sky. Danny Fenton was in a lonely empty park, sat on the swings.

The refreshing rain felt good.

But it wasn't enough to distract him from this arm.

I've been doing this for 5 months now, I should be used to the pain.

He never asked to be the ghost kid. He wanted to be regular. He was deep in thought when a voice interrupted his trance.

"Word travels fast little badger."

Danny stood up, he was on high alert. "Vlad. What are you doing here?"

The older halfa smirked. "I want to help."

Danny balled his fists again. "You can't help me, no one can!"

Vlad sighed. "I'll think you'll find I can. You see Daniel, I know you're stressed about the ghost fighting. You're grades have considerably dropped and you haven't been getting much sleep." He pointed at the bags under Danny's eyes. "I have a brilliant idea."

"Oh yeah? What's that?" Danny asked. He tried to sound uninterested but failed miserably.

"Let me help you. I'll help you fight ghosts." Vlad smiled.
That would be nice. "What's the catch?"

"You'll allow me to train you in combat and your ghost skills."

Danny couldn't deny that he was interested. Something like this could be beneficial. The fruit loop training him didn't seem so bad either. "Sure."

"One more thing Daniel." He continued. "I'll you ever hurt yourself like that again the deal is off."

Danny sighed. Had he made the right choice? Could he just give up cutting? If Vlad helped him it would make his life a whole lot easier. He even gave him his phone number. He could stop. He'd stop for a better life. It wasn't just a better life for him. It was a better life Sam too. Cutting relived the stress for a while, bit it didn't last forever. It wasn't the answer.

"Hey." Danny looked up, it was Sam.

"Hey." He weakly replied. He was so tired. His bed was calling him.

She sighed. "Your parents told me. Danny, I don't know how to help. I don't know if I can. I want you to know if you ever feeling low and think you need to cut, call me. Just know I'm here for you." She grabbed his hand.

Danny Fenton smiled. "I know. I'm stopping. The fruit loop of all people convinced me. We've made a deal."

Sam pulled her boyfriend into a hug. "You're such an idiot. You know that right?"

He held her hand. "Yeah I know, let's go home."

Maybe my life will turn out good after all. I can be Danny Fenton and Danny Phantom.

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