I don't own Danny Phantom or any of the characters. they are doing a life sentence to their original owners without the chance of parole. Enjoy part one of A mile in another's shoes.
The Nasty burger
"Ah the Nasty burger, the one place where we can hang out, and for the most part be normal teens." Danny said with a smile of contentment on his face.
"Here is to the nasty burger, the one place that is most sacred to any and all teens in Amity." Tucker said raising a glass of grape soda.
"To the Nasty burger. The one place that actually makes decent salad based foods." Sam added raising a glass of wheat grass.
"To the Nasty burger." Danny said simply as he raised a glass of ice water.
No sooner did Danny, Sam, and Tucker raise and hit their glasses did the manager appear at their table with two double nasty burgers, and a side salad with Italian dressing. Upon looking at the person delivering the food Danny smiled.
"Here is your food. Two double Nasty burgers for Danny and Tucker, and the side salad with Italian dressing for Sam." The manager said in a calm tone.
"You really moved up in the chain of command here Valerie." Danny said with a smile. "I mean from doing you know what to being the manager in 6 months I am impressed." Danny said causing the African American girl to blush slightly at the compliment given.
"Thanks it was a lot of hard work but my bosses recognized it. I would love to stay and chat but I have work to…"
Before Valerie could finish her sentence Danny pulled Valerie towards him just in time for her to avoid a flying Nasty burger aimed at the back of her head. However, in the process of doing this Valerie ended up slipping on a spill on the floor causing her to fall forward, and land on top of Danny in a very suggestive position earning twin blushes from both teens.
'Oh you have got to be kidding me? Of course she would fall right into his arms like one of those cheesy movies you would see in the box office.' Sam thought to herself with a sour jealousy.
"Sorry Valerie, but while you were talking to me some kid decided to throw a Nasty burger at the back of your head." Danny explained while pointing in the direction the burger went showing the splattered remains of the once edible burger.
"Valerie, you should really get on your staff who are working here. That spill should have been mopped up and a wet floor sign where the spill was. You could have been seriously injured if Danny didn't catch you." Tucker added.
"Thanks for the two saves Danny, but I need to go before someone tries to say I am flirting with my customers." Valerie said with a bit of sadness in her voice.
Truth be told even though Valerie did say that she only wanted to be friends with Danny, her feelings for him were still just as strong as they were 9 months back. In fact a large part of her wanted nothing more than to do what she originally thought of doing so she could finally be with the one she liked a lot. However, in the back of her mind she knew that even if she did give up ghost hunting her enemies wouldn't give up on trying to hurt her and those she cared for.
'No Valerie you know what will happen if you gave up ghost hunting and got involved with him. You will be putting him in danger due to him being with Amity parks greatest or former ghost hunter. Not to mention having to explain your disappearances will not only be a pain, but totally unfair to him.' Valerie thought to herself before she climbed out of Danny's arms.
"Danny the Nasty burger is about to close in 20 minutes. Would it be alright if you waited for me and walked me home?" Valerie asked throwing everyone sitting there for a loop.
'Valerie is asking him to wait for her to finish her shift? Did she decide to change her mind about being just friends?' Tucker thought to himself while having a worried look on his face.
'She must have changed her mind about wanting to be just friends with Danny. But Danny knows it is a bad idea for him to be dating Valerie due to…'
"I have no plans for later, so I don't see why not." Danny answered in a calm tone. "But I really think you should get back to work Valerie. I don't want you getting in any trouble due to talking to me while on the job." Danny said just before she took the tray their food was on and walked off leaving the trio alone.
"Danny are you nuts? Didn't you have enough of flirting with disaster the last time you did it?" Sam asked not even trying to hide her concern.
"Sam, Valerie just asked me to walk her home. Last I checked that is something normal friends do Sam." Danny countered.
"Danny Valerie hasn't ask you to spend any time with her like that sense you two almost became boyfriend and girlfriend. While you might not think it Valerie could have very well have changed her mind about what she told you 9 month's back." Tucker added equally concern.
"Ok and that would be a bad thing why? I like her and she likes me back. Isn't it supposed to be that simple?" Danny asked causing Sam this time to voice her thoughts.
"She still wants to waste Danny Phantom which last I checked is you! Plus with that new upgraded suit she stands a much better chance of doing it as well!" Sam explained passionately causing Danny to sigh.
"I know Sam, and you know what? That is a risk I was willing to take back then, and I am more than willing to take now. If she does ask me to be her boyfriend I would have no problem saying yes to her. While it crushed me that she said no to me the first time, my feelings for her haven't changed." Danny explained causing both Tucker and Sam expressions to change.
"Danny you know that this is a horrible idea right? What happens if you do this, and she finds out that the person she likes and the person she hates is one and the same? What if she decides to waste you?" Tucker still concerned.
"I doubt that highly. She had the chance some time ago to waste my cousin when she learn she was like me but she didn't. In fact she helped me not only rescue her but cure her of her condition." Danny explained. "So if she does ask me out I am going to reveal to her that I not only know her secret, but show her mine." Danny explained with conviction. "Besides that is if she asks me out. We have no clue what she wants and for all we know it could be just that she wants me to walk her home." Danny continued.
'Clueless' Tucker and Sam thought at the same time while looking at their best friend.
"Attention customers. The Nasty Burger will be closing in 15 minutes. I repeat The Nasty Burger will be closing in 15 minutes. Please get carrying containers for the food you didn't finish which the cashier has ready for everyone. Thank you for your cooperation." Valerie said over the loud speaker as Sam, Tucker, and Danny walked outside of the shop.
Upon stepping outside of the shop Danny could see the extreme looks of concern on both their faces.
"Danny call us after you are done walking Valerie home. If we have enough time we can meet at the highest point in Amity." Tucker replied hugging his best friend.
"What Tucker said. See you later Danny." Sam added just before she and Tucker went off on their own leaving Danny waiting outside of the Nasty burger.
As the next 10 minutes passed by Danny watched as Valerie's staff left out of the nasty burger in either their uniforms or their non-uniform clothing. After the last non-staff member walked out Valerie came out wearing her standard yellow shirt, and orange skirt with matching bracelets and headband.
"Thanks for waiting for me Danny. I heard your friends talking about me. I don't know why but they still don't seem to trust me." Valerie said in a dejected tone.
"They are just worried that if we started going out together things would change for the worse." Danny explained with a sad smile. "You know the day you said we could only be just friends I was going to ask you to be my girlfriend right?" Danny confessed surprising Valerie completely.
"I kind of figured that was what you were going to ask me Danny, and I will let you know that was the hardest thing I ever had to do in my life." Valerie confessed. "But as I told you before my life was and still is far too complicated for us to be nothing more than friends. While I appreciate the honesty there is nothing…"
"It is because of your second or if you count school 3rd job right?" Danny said surprising Valerie once again.
'How does he know about that? I never told him about that only Phantom.' Valerie thought to herself before Danny spoke again.
"In case you are wondering yes Valerie I know the truth. I know you are Amity Park's red hunter, and I know that you been fighting ghosts for a long time." Danny explained causing Valerie to become worried.
"You knew? For how long Danny?" Valerie asked in shock.
"From the moment you said "Yuck loser love! I always knew you two would end up together!" Danny replied causing Valerie to remember that day.
"You knew from Day 1 and yet you still went out with me putting yourself in danger? How come you didn't you tell me you knew sooner?" Valerie asked still flabbergasted.
"I asked you out knowing this because I liked you Valerie. As for not telling you that I knew I was waiting for when you felt ready to tell me. It is your secret not mine." Danny explained earning a frown from her.
"You know this changes everything between us right? If someone finds out that you know this they will use you to get to me. I couldn't put you in danger no matter how much I liked you. But since you knew the truth I guess you already figured that out a while ago."
Across the street two blocks away.
"Oh no this isn't good at all Sam. He already revealed that he knows the truth about her. If he says what I think he is going to say things are going to get a lot worse." Tucker explained getting a look from Sam. "I can hear everything they are saying thanks to my new invention the Foley sound catcher. But seriously I think he is going to spill the beans and tell her this secret."
"If he does this there is no telling how she will react. I don't want my best friend becoming all ghost due to making a stupid decision." Sam explained with concern. "I wish he would change his mind, and not spill the beans." Sam replied in a hushed tone Tucker couldn't hear.
Unknown to for Sam and Tucker a certain wishing ghost had just flew into the area. Worse to wear even though it was only a hushed whisper, Desiree heard Sam's wish loud and clear. Upon hearing said wish a very vindictive smile appeared on her face and for good reason.
'Well she did wish he would keep quiet about his secret and change his mind and so she has wished it so shall it be.' Desiree said to herself and with a snap of her fingers the magic went to work.
Back with Valerie and Danny
"Valerie there was also something I want to say that was really important. I want you to know that... I don't have a date to the sophomore prom, and I was wondering if you would be my date? We don't have to go as boyfriend and girlfriend, we can always go as friends." Danny explained completely surprised at what came out of his mouth.
'Why did I ask her to the prom instead of telling her the truth about myself? Not that I wouldn't have asked her to the prom anyways but still.' Danny thought to himself still shocked at what came out of his mouth.
"Are you sure Danny? You know I have ghost hunting that could possibly pop up and..."
"Did that stop me from trying to date you the first time around?" Danny asked getting a head shake from Valerie. "Well it won't stop me from asking you now and besides if it did come up unlike the others I would totally understand." Danny explained taking a lesson of persistence from Tucker.
'He does have a point, and Danny must really like me a lot to put himself... No I can't do it he is too good of a person and it would break my heart if anything happened to him.' Valerie thought to herself.
"As much as I would love to Danny, I can't. I don't want to risk your safety because of my enemies. That is something you don't deserve, and it is something I won't do. " Valerie explained trying to fight back the tears in her eyes. "I am sorry, but I just can't risk it even if it would make me the happiest girl in Amity park." Valerie continued. "You know what Danny? I will walk home by myself for now. I will see you in school tomorrow."
'That seals it, I have to tell her the truth, I just hope whatever happened that made me say that instead doesn't happen again. At the worst she will hate me and want to end me but after what happened with Dani I doubt she will go that far.' Danny thought to himself more motivated to let her know the truth as he walked off towards his home. 'But still why didn't I just tell her I am Danny Phantom? It was like I had no control over what was coming out of my mouth.'
As Danny walked away from the Nasty Burger a certain wishing ghost couldn't help but feel both satisfaction and surprisingly envy at the same time.
'So the child is willing to risk everything for the chance of love. God it makes me sick sometimes that everyone I have ever met only want to use me for my powers or body!' Desiree thought with disgust. 'In fact if he wasn't my worst enemy I would almost feel sorry for what else I am about to do to him.' Desiree thought to herself as she started to work on the first part of Sam's wish only to be snapped out of her thought by another being.
"There you are Desiree, I have been looking all over for you!" Said an all to familiar voice to the wishing ghost. "I am growing older faster than before, and I am sick of it! I wish that you would make me younger and I would never grow old again!" The ghost said causing Desiree to roll her eyes.
Upon looking at Spectra Desiree could tell that Spectra had seen much better days. Normally she would be her youthful redheaded green eyed self. However, due to a lack of feeling on teen misery, and the breaking down of her third form due to getting the wrong DNA the aging process came back once again.
"Oh I don't know Spectra, I think the graying hair and massive wrinkles you are sporting are perfect for someone as vain and selfish as yourself." Desiree said with a smile on her face. "It is the real proof that beauty is only skin deep." Desiree continued striking a nerve with Spectra.
"Ha ha, very funny! At least I am not at the whim of everyone else's desires which reminds me, I made a wish to be young again, and seeing as you have no say in the wishes you grant you have no choice but to grant my wish to be younger. Oh and while you are at it, I wish that the sabotage that was done to the brand new me I made sometime ago was undone and the right DNA was infused!" Spectra added striking a nerve with Desiree.
'Ugh she is even more selfish than that shallow Latina girl I met sometime ago! Well you know what? I will give her what she wants with my own little twists of course.' Desiree thought before putting on her poker face.
"So you have wished it so shall it be!" Desiree said just before granting Spectra's wish causing her to glow bright lavender for a few seconds before it disappeared. "Oh and by the way your wish won't come into effect until you wake up in the morning!" Desiree explained before vanishing into a puff of smoke.
'Stupid Desiree and her double edged wishes. I swear the next time I met her I am going to wish that she can never corrupt another wish and that no power in any universe can change it. Lets see how much fun it will be when you can't turn everyone's desires against them.' Spectra thought vindictively just before she flew off still pissed that Desiree pulled a fact one on her.
Fenton works three hours later
"So you are telling me that you were just about to spill the beans when at the last minute you decided to ask her out to the prom?" Sam said both surprised and annoyed.
"Yeah and the funny thing is I don't know where it came from. The worst part about it all was that even though I didn't tell her the truth I still got turned down due to her fearing the worst could happen if we got together." Danny explained in a dejected tone.
"Maybe it is for the best Danny. I mean what if you told her the truth, and she decided to go postal on you like she always does? Do you know how your family, Tucker and especially myself would have felt if she had wasted you then and there? While I get that you like her and you want to get with her..."
"I know Sam, but she was willing to give up ghost hunting for me at one point due to how much she liked me. If she was more than willing to do that, then the least I could do was tell her the truth so there could have been a some possibility of their being an us." Danny explained. "But as much as it pains me to say it you were right and I was wrong. I will see you in school tomorrow Sam. Thanks for being my friend." Danny said before hanging up the phone.
As Danny looked up into the night sky he couldn't help but marvel at the full moon that was out that night. Sadly not even this luminous sphere could fix his mood.
"Why does love have to be so complicated? Maybe I will ask Clockwork tomorrow seeing as I know he knows the answer." Danny said to himself as he pulled the covers over his body before surprisingly falling asleep early.
'Good I can sense that both of them are now asleep. Time to finish what the wishes those two desired.' Desiree thought to herself just before her hands began to glow along with the Danny's body.
The glow lasted for about 20 seconds before it completely subsided.
'Good night because when you wake up in the morning you and all of Amity are in for a big surprise.' Desiree said to herself before she vanished into a puff of smoke.
Stage out
Had this one on the hard drive for sometime now, and I figured why not post it? I know body swaps have been done before but I wanted to try my hand at one. Any thoughts comments concerns? PM me them and when I see them I will respond.