A/N: Hey there! Don't mind me, I'm just tweaking a few things. Hope you guys enjoy!

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It was the beginning of another year at Casper High; his last year, to be exact. This was finally Danny's senior year and he wanted it to be great. Danny woke up surprisingly well rested, he got out of bed and readied himself for the first day of school, brushing his messy black hair, which hadn't changed much, other than the fact that it was slightly longer on the top. He then dressed himself in a red plaid, button shirt, with sleeves rolled up at elbow length, dark blue jeans and black VANS. He had grown up quite a bit, he was visibly taller and after three years of ghost fighting he had gained a fairly muscular body.

Danny walked down stairs, greeting his parents, "G'morning, mom! G'morning, dad!"

"Good morning, sweetheart, are you ready for your last year of school?" Maddie chimed from the kitchen, as she walked over to the table and placed two plates of pancakes, eggs and bacon for breakfast, "Yeah, finally," Danny smiled, taking a seat at the table and beginning to eat, "That's great, son. Soon you'll be in your graduation party and getting ready for college! Ah, your senior year will go by in a flash," Jack commented as he took a bite of the bacon. Maddie couldn't help getting teared up, "Oh, Jack, I can't believe how they grew up so fast! Jazz is off to Yale, and my baby boy is about to graduate high school!" she sighed as she ruffled her son's hair lovingly. Danny let out a chuckle, "Mom, dad, come on! It's the first day of school and I haven't even started yet, don't start talking about my graduation, I still got a long way to go,"

"Oh, honey, you'll be surprised at how fast time flies. I still remember my days as a high school student as if it were yesterday," Maddie explained. Danny only shook his head and smiled.

Soon, they all finished breakfast and Danny rushed out the door. He decided on walking towards his school instead of flying today. Of course, he didn't walk to school without stopping at a certain goth girl's house...

DANNY: I'm outside ;)

Sam grinned at her phone as she read the text, "Come on, Tucker. Danny's waiting for us outside," she said, not taking her eyes off the screen as she began walking to the front door, her techno geek friend followed her instantly. Both teens smiled at the sight of their blue eyed friend outside the door, "Hey guys, ready for our last-?" Danny began, but paused at the moment he to a look at Sam from top to bottom; she looked amazing.

Sam and Tucker had both grown up very well, Tucker was a few inches taller than Danny and he had also gained a little muscle because of their ghost hunting activities. He had let his hair grow out a little bit, but he still hid most of it under his signature red beret. He wore a yellow T-shirt and dark blue jeans. His outfit was completed with dark brown boots and jacket. He hadn't changed much, but Sam? Although she continued with her gothic style, she looked much different. She had also grown up a bit taller, but it seemed as if she had stopped growing after turning sixteen. Her body had very defined curves now, forming an hourglass figure, and obviously, she had a gained some muscle, too. Today the goth girl wore a black sheer, long sleeve, crop top with spiderweb like designs, she wore dark purple jeans and knee length combat boots. Her outfit was complimented with goth jewelry, a belt and her Fenton phones, which she still considered great techno goth earrings. And of course, her dark makeup and pony tail. She looked pretty damn hot if you asked Danny.

"last... year of school?" Sam finished, realizing that Danny was not going to finish that question as he began checking her out. Sam's words brought Danny out of his dumbstruck moment, he immediately shook his head and a small blush appeared on his cheeks, "Uh... y-yeah... right! Last year, baby! You guys ready?" He laughed nervously, rubbing the back of his neck.

Tucker and Sam gave each other a quick glance with a knowing look and grin on their faces, they both nodded at Danny and began to walk their way to Casper High.

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It seemed that the day was going pretty well for Danny, he was even glad to be in Mr. Lancer's class, who was still their English teacher. He walked into the classroom, surprisingly early, and found a seat on one of the many desks, with Sam and Tucker sitting on either side of him. The group of nerds that were in the classroom all greeted the trio as they walked in, and soon, the rest of the classmates filled the room. There was a lot of chatter as the students greeted each other and updated themselves on their summer vacations. Danny could hear Dash talk about how he spent some time in Hawaii with his family, Paulina bragged about her shopping sprees, Mikey was telling his geeky friends about a new video game he had bought. Everything seemed so... normal.

Danny leaned back on his chair and crossed his arms, he turned to face his friends and smiled, "So, what did you two do in your summer vacation?" He asked innocently.

"Oh, nothing much, you know. I only spent time with my two awkward, best friends, taking down ectoplasmic creatures with a soup can. No biggie," Tucker said with a sly smile, making the young ghost boy laugh, "Who are you calling awkward? Have you met yourself?" He retorted, but before Tucker could reply, Sam jumped in, "Says the guy with ghost powers..."

Danny mocked a look of hurt, placing a hand over his heart, "Ow! I have feelings, you know, there's no need to offend me and my supernatural abilities," he faked.

"Oh, she knows you have feelings, alright," Tucker snickered, making his friends glare at him slightly, prompting him to shut up, "And, for the record, I am not awkward, just... unique," Danny defended.

"Right..." Sam snickered, rolling her violet eyes, "Yeah, yeah. Whatever makes you feel better, buddy," Tucker smirked, while patting his back.

Danny narrowed his eyes and glared at them playfully, "And yet, you both decide to hang out with me!"

They all laughed and their chatting was soon interrupted by a certain Latina girl with long black hair and big, aqua blue eyes, "Hi, Danny! Nice hair cut! What did you do this summer? Ooh! Are you excited for our graduation this year?" She beamed, leaning towards Danny's desk as she sat in the desk in front of his. Even though most students still considered Danny and his friends freaks or losers, there was nobody denying that Danny was a really good looking and charming guy, and Paulina may or may not be slightly attracted to him.

Said ghost boy chuckled nervously at her, "Hey, Paulina. I uh... yeah, I'm thrilled for our graduation, I imagine you are too?"

"Of course! I can't wait for senior prom, and you will all see my dress! I will look so pretty!"

"I'm sure you will..."

The tan girl gave him a big smiled, squealing in excitement as she turned around and resumed talking with Star. The goth and the geek both gave the ghost boy weird looks, "What was that about?" Sam muttered, "Yeah, dude, since when does Paulina talk to you?" Tucker added, but Danny replied by shaking his head, quite confused about the situation himself.

Suddenly, Mr. Lancer walked in and placed his bag on the big desk, "Good morning, students," he greeted, "I am glad to see you are all here this year... and I am really hoping to not see you here next year!"

The class nodded in agreement, nobody wanted to be stuck with Mr. Lancer another year. They all soon took out their notebooks as the teacher asked them to write down a short story about their summer vacation. The students began scribbling quickly on their notebooks, Dash wrote about how he enjoyed surfing in Hawaii, Kwan wrote about his new puppy, Paulina wrote about how she went to parties with her cousins. Danny, Sam, and Tucker had written similar stories; they spend time with their best friends... they went to the amusement park... Tucker almost threw up on one of the roller coasters... they all went to a concert... they had a family trip with the Fenton's to Wisconsin... everything went great! Obviously, they omitted all ghost related details. Mr. Lancer did not need to know about that.

Soon enough, the bell rang and the class had come to an end, Mr. Lancer signed each student's sheet and advised them that he would make them expose their stories tomorrow. The young students all walked out of class and made their way to their lockers.

The ghost boy walked with his friends to his locker, when suddenly, a cold mist escaped Danny's mouth; his ghost sense. Danny groaned at this, he really wanted to start his school year without any ghost attacks, or at least not on his first day, "Oh, dammit, what does a guy have to do to have a normal day at school around here?" he asked, frustration spilling through his words, "Well, for starters, being an ordinary guy and not having ghost powers would be a good idea," Tucker stated, giving his friend a nervous smile as Danny glared daggers at him. Danny sighed and ran towards the bathrooms, only to be blocked by the many students running in his direction, fleeing from the ghosts that were invading the school, "What is going on? Who are these ghosts?" he whispered to himself, noticing the green blobs that flew out of the cafeteria and other classrooms. He looked back only to see that his friends were close behind him, "Sam, Tucker, cover me!" he called as the two teens hid him behind them instantly, two white rings of light emerged from his center and his outfit changed into a slick, black jumpsuit, silver boots and gloves. His eyes went from baby blue to a toxic green and his hair was now snow white. He was Danny Phantom; ghost hero of Amity Park.

Danny quickly became invisible and he flew out the hall, following the many ghosts that seemed to be fleeing as well, but... from what? Danny noticed this and he immediately flew back to his friends, "Guys, do me a favor, take out the ghosts that are flying around here, will you? They don't seem to be harming anyone, but having these people scream like wild animals is quite distracting. Plus, the ghosts seem to be running away from something, and I got to find out what it is,"

"You can count on us," Tucker nodded, taking out his PDA and a Fenton Thermos. Danny smiled at him in gratitude, then looked at Sam, she had an amused smile on her face as she strapped on her wrist ray, "What?" the ghost boy asked her, but he didn't get a solid response, all the girl did was shake her head and sigh, "Nothing... Go on, hero, find the ghost that's causing this chaos, and make it back in time for physics class," she said, prompting him to leave, and so, Danny flew off. Sam ran along with her techno geek friend towards the school entrance, "I hope one day he realizes that he owes us a lot of 'favors'," she joked, "I know, right?" Tucked laughed. Soon their attention was drawn to the ghosts that were hovering over the students, they readied their weapons and aimed at them, shooting rays at them and sucking them into the thermos in a matter of minutes. They high-fived each other and in a few seconds, a certain teenage ghost crashed into the lockers behind them, "Danny!" Sam gasped, rushing towards him and helping him up, "I'm guessing you found the big, bad ghost?" she joked again, in an attempt to lighten up the mood, "Well... Yeah, he is big, and he is bad," Danny groaned, dusting himself off, "Keep everyone inside, Skulker seems pretty pissed, and I don't think he'll care about getting anyone hurt,"

"You think he got in a fight with his girlfriend again?"

"Don't know, don't care! I just want that tin man in the thermos so I can get back to class!"

With that, Danny flew out again to defeat Skulker, only to realize that he wasn't carrying his thermos; Skulker had crushed it a while back, "Oh, crud," he sighed, "Well, I guess I'll have to fight him again-"

"If only you knew how to fight!" Skulker yelled from above him, he fired a net at him, but Danny had enough time to fly away and dodge it. This only infuriated Skulker more, he sent several missiles in his direction while he growled, "I am ending you today, whelp! I am not letting you rule-"

"Ha! Too late for that, I already rule! I'm freaking awesome!" Danny beamed, dodging almost every missile that flew towards him by turning intangible and destroying them with his ectoblasts, he flew at an impressive speed and charged at him, striking a pretty hard punch with both fists, knocking his enemy off balance. Only after that did Danny hear the screams of many teens who were about to be hit with Skulker's missiles, "Dammit!" he hissed, flying back to the school's entrance to protect the students. Whether it was by blasting a projectile, or turning someone intangible, Danny managed to save all the random and innocent teenagers who were about to be harmed.

To be honest, Danny had had enough of this, he needed to get back to class, even though the bell had rung about eight minutes ago. He turned to Tucker and signaled him to activate the thermos while Skulker was still off guard, "Hey, world's worst hunter! Hunt this!" he yelled, as the blue light of the thermos sucked the evil ghost inside, "You will never rule, ghost child! Never!" Skulker repeated, his voice filled with rage.

Tucker looked over to his ghostly friend, "Rule?" He questioned, wondering what Skulker had meant by that, "I don't know," Danny shrugged, turning back into his human form and checking for any damages, but he only found a hint of a bruise on his arm that could easily be hidden by his sleeve. He walked back inside the school building along with Sam and Tucker, but Tucker had a different class this period so they split paths, "See you later, Tuck," the Halfa waved, as Tucker did the same when he opened the door to his class, leaving Sam and Danny alone in the hallway. The couple walked in silence towards their classroom before Sam spoke up, "Do you honestly not know what Skulker meant by that? Or are you hiding something from us?"

"Huh- What? No! I have no idea what he was talking about. I was just thinking about that, actually. He told me twice that he wasn't going to let me rule, but I'm not sure what he was referring to," Danny explained, quite confused. Sam nodded in response, not wanting to argue about it, she knew he'd tell them everything if he knew. Right?

"Do you really want to go to class?" Danny asked, stopping in the middle of the hall, "Are you telling me you want to ditch?" the goth asked curiously, stopping in her tracks as well and leaning against some lockers,

"Only if you want to. I mean, it's already late, so-"

"And what exactly do you have planned to do if we do miss class?"

"Uh... I don't know, just hang out outside... you and me... maybe listening to music, eating some snacks, you know..." Danny smiled, nervously rubbing the back of his neck again and mentally face-palming, 'Dammit, Fenton, you've known her for years! She's your best friend, for heaven's sake! You still get nervous around her? Seriously?'

His thoughts were interrupted by Sam's answer, "Alright, ghost boy, let's go hang out, listen to music and eat snacks, shall we?" she smirked, taking his hand and dragging him out of the building. She knew he was starting to get nervous around her and she loved making him even more nervous by doing these kinds of things, it was pretty fun. Plus, she loved seeing him blush or hear him stutter when he was around her; it was just too cute. She still couldn't believe that after all these years Danny hadn't asked her out already, everyone at school knew they were crushing on each other. It was really obvious! But, apparently not obvious enough for him.

''Oh, God, he's clueless,".