Asthma - A Phanfic

Chapter 01

"That was awesome!" Dan exclaimed as Phil, Joe, Pj, and him got off a roller coaster called the Slick Shuffler.

"Oh my gosh," Pj joined in. "I thought I was going to puke by the fifth loop de loop. That was intense." Joe and Phil started to laugh.

The four friends had been wandering around a large amusement park named 'Adventure Land' since it opened this morning at 9am. The time was now a little after 3 in the afternoon and they were getting hungry.

"We should stop at that one Snack Shack place by the kiddie rides. They've got slushies there." Dan suggested to the group.

Joe's eyes got big with anticipation and he made a noise similar to that of an excited whale.

"That's a great idea Dan!" Phil agreed as the group claimed their belongings from the cubbies by the coaster. "Then after that we can go on some of water rides over there."

Dan slung his bag over his shoulders, feeling the familiar weight of the contents of the bag. The group started to walk to the other side of the amusement park to the Snack Shack.

Clouds began to part from the sky revealing the blazing sun. The park began to heat up quickly. Dan took off his jacket and crammed it inside his bag, pushing the rest of the contents further down inside.

Joe laughed up ahead at a joke PJ told, the two playfully punching each other and started another conversation. Phil walked closely behind them, holding a map of the park. He briefly looked up at his surroundings, then his gaze fell back to the glossy paper.

Dan could overhear him talking to himself. "If we were here," Phil mumbled. "And we wanna get here, then...wait did we pass the Blue Dragon yet? Hey guys have we passed the Blue Dragon?"

Phil's gaze wandered up from the wrinkled map to Joe and PJ. The two shrugged their shoulders, returning to their conversation. Phil looked from side to side. "Where'd Dan go?"

Dan watched as Phil turned around to check behind him and the worried expression on his face subsided. Phil stopped walking and waited for Dan to catch up to him.

"Do you know where we are?" Phil asked him, showing him the map as they walked a little quicker to catch up to he rest of the group.

Dan looked around at his surroundings. They seemed to have wandered to the other side of the park sure enough, there were a few kid rides scattered around here and there, the question was, where was the Snack Shack?

"I don't know." Dan sighed, feeling a bit tired. The group had been walking around for quite a while today and he was not in the mood to wander around the park more than he needed to.

Phil scratched the back of his head, confused. "I could have sworn we were close to it. It's gotta be just-"

"Can we maybe stop for a second?" Dan interrupted. His breath was beginning to catch in his throat. "I just need a second to...to slow down. Let's take a break." He started to wheeze.

Phil called for Joe and PJ to wait up while he sat down with Dan on a stone wall that lined the path they were walking on.

"Do you need your inhaler?" Phil asked kindly as Dan tilted his head back, taking a few deep breaths.

"No." Dan coughed. "I think I just need a sec-" he was cut off abruptly by a coughing fit. With each breath he took in, a sharp pain stabbed in his chest and he wheezed.

Joe and PJ had wandered over to a small souvenir shop and were looking at light up key chains, oblivious to Dan and Phil.

"Dan are you sure you don't need your inhaler? You're starting to wheeze." Phil's voice quavered with worry. Dan was known to wait until the last moment to do things.