A Danny/Star story, seeing how there's not that many of them. The events of "Phantom Planet" have not happened yet and won't for a while, so nobody knows who Danny or Vlad are really. However, Valerie does know about Vlad after "D-Stabilized," but still doesn't know about Danny. And Danielle will be showing up either in this chapter or the next! Anyways, enjoy! Oh, and I do not own Danny Phantom or any of the characters. If I did, the show wouldn't have ended and I wouldn't have pushed Danny/Sam so much like the show did.
Phantom's Satellite
Chapter 1
16-year-old Danny Fenton and his best friend Tucker Foley walked down the halls of Casper High, another typical morning.
Danny was dressed in a red t-shirt with white trim over a long-sleeved black shirt, with dark blue jeans and red sneakers. Unseen to everyone and known only to him and Tucker, he had a silver utility belt underneath his large shirt, just in case ghosts attack and he wasn't able to transform into his alter ego.
Tucker was dressed in a yellow t-shirt with sleeves ending at his elbows covered by a red vest with multiple pockets. He also had dark green cargo pants and brown hiking boots. His outfit was topped off by his signature red beret and glasses.
Usually, they were awake and chatting about just about anything relating to video games or girls.
Of course, Danny was looking extremely exhausted.
"So, how'd the ghost-hunting go last night?" Tucker asked his friend with a smile.
"It was exhausting," Danny replied. "I think the Box Ghost is actually starting to get better. He's starting to learn how to fire ectoplasmic cubes."
"So, how long did it take you this time?"
"About four hours. I didn't get to bed until 2:00 AM so I couldn't finish my math homework. I'm toast."
"Look on the bright side."
"What bright side?"
WHAM!
"Ow!" a feminine voice cried at the same time as Danny.
Shaking his head, Danny looked to see who he'd run into. He saw a mess of blonde hair that held a familiar hairpin shaped like a red flower. His ice-blue eyes widened.
"That lovely, ever so bright side."
"Shut it, Foley!" Star Locklight said angrily.
"Worth a shot."
"Oh, crud," Danny groaned.
"And watch where you're going, Fenton!" Star shouted at Danny. "You nearly ruined my new outfit!"
Danny actually took time to examine the pretty blonde's outfit. While she had the signature flower hairpin, the rest of her attire was completely different. For starters, she wore a white t-shirt with sky-blue trim with a shooting star pictured on the front followed by red and blue streaks. She also wore deep blue bellbottom jeans and white slip-on shoes. To top everything off, she wore a red sash that was tied on her left side and covered her right hip; the ends of the sash hung loosely down to her knees.
Danny also caught a whiff of some type of perfume on her; a light scent of strawberries that the boy found somewhat…enticing. All in all, she actually looked…prettier than before. Danny then shook his head violently.
'Did I just call Star pretty…twice?' he wondered, then frowned. 'It's still…too soon…'
"Did you hear me, Fenton?" Star exclaimed, snapping Danny out of his thoughts. "I got these new threads over in France, and I'd really appreciate it if you could pay attention!"
Danny took on an annoyed look.
"Sorry, Star, but I was too busy thinking about how NOT to be a snob that thinks she's better than everyone," Danny shot back.
"Why, you –"
Suddenly, the door the teens were standing in front of opened up to reveal Mr. Falluca, a short balding man responsible for teaching math and science courses at Casper High.
"Mr. Fenton, Miss Locklight, if you would please cease and desist your little squabble and come into the classroom, we're ready to begin if that would be alright with you?" he inquired sarcastically.
"Gladly," Danny remarked, marching into class with Tucker heading off to his own class.
Star watched the raven-haired teen before she walked in. A small, unusually genuine smile actually formed on her lips. Even stranger, the thoughts in her head were nothing like she would ever let on about the youngest Fenton.
'I hope he liked my new outfit, because I definitely like his,' she thought, staring at Danny's backside briefly before taking her seat next to him. 'He actually looks…cuter than before. He definitely seems like he's been working out. I just hope I didn't come off too snobby. If only he and I were both single…'
If only she knew of the events that would soon follow.
OOOOOO
Danny groaned as he looked at the math homework that was just handed to him by his teacher. A "D" was written at the top of the paper in bold red permanent marker, along with a note from the teacher to see him after class in smaller print next to it. Danny just slammed his head down on his desk, ignoring the pain that came right after.
"Careful you don't give yourself brain damage there, Fenton," Star teased. "Of course, it won't be much of a change from your usual lack of brainpower."
Danny just turned his head to look at the blonde from the A-Listers sitting at the desk next to his. Her pretty, cherry-red lips were set in a smirk as her turquoise eyes looked at him.
'I did it again!' he thought. 'Why can't I stop thinking that about her?'
Trying to dispel his unusual thoughts, he shot her a glare.
"At least I don't spend a full hour in front of a mirror just to make sure my hair looks fine, Star," he retorted angrily.
"For your information, I happen to be very particular about the way I look. And I only spend about fifteen minutes on my hair, with fifteen for makeup. Besides, at least I walk away with straight A's on my math assignments, Fenton."
To prove her point, she showed Danny her test, to which he groaned again. Sure enough, an "A+" was plastered in red marker at the top of the paper.
"No wonder you got my math homework done up all the way through two semesters back when I got made judge of that stupid pageant."
"Hey, I may be a blonde, but I pay attention in class and work hard for my future, unlike some people I know. And I'm still mad at you about that pageant, by the way."
Danny growled in response but said nothing else. The only reason he didn't study much the last couple of nights was the fact that he was up late each night ghost-catching. Every time he sat down and tried to study, his Ghost Sense would go off and he'd have to go deal with whatever got loose.
Of course, Star didn't need to know that.
Plus, he still wasn't entirely over his break-up with Sam…
'Can't think about that right now,' the raven-haired junior thought, shaking his head. 'Still too painful, even after two months…and these thoughts about Star aren't helping either!'
Now, he was failing math again, and it was only a week into his junior year. He groaned again and put his head back on his desk.
Meanwhile, as Danny was still acting all miserable, Star was still looking at him from the corner of her eye, surprisingly with a look of concern on her face.
'If he doesn't get his act together, he'll end up staying back a grade,' the blonde thought. 'Can't believe I've begun to actually care, but I hope he pulls through.'
Before, Star never really cared that much for the raven-haired, blue-eyed son of ghost hunters. Sure, she sort of liked him when they were little kids. But then she met Paulina and spent all her time with the Latina, picking up her dislike of geeks and weirdoes. Later on, during freshman year, she got together with Kwan after Paulina was spending time with Fenton for some weird reason, like she was possessed or something. Well, first it was Tucker and then she moved on to Kwan for the sake of being popular. Since then, she's been happy.
Lately, however, Kwan's been distant ever since she got back from her month-long trip to France a week before school started. He hardly seemed to spend any time around her, and he always gave some weird excuses for not being around.
And now she's had these unusual thoughts about Danny for the past couple of weeks, all of them relating to how cute he looked to her. It was definitely freaking her out at times.
Suddenly the bell rung, snapping Star out of her thoughts. Gathering her belongings, she got up from her desk and made for the door.
"Miss Locklight, please wait a moment," Mr. Falluca called out.
Star halted at the door and turned around. A gloomy-looking Danny was standing next to Mr. Falluca who was holding a couple sheets of paper.
"Yes, Mr. Falluca?" Star asked.
"As you are aware, Mr. Fenton here is falling behind in his studies again and has not turned in a passing assignment once so far," the balding short man explained.
"But it's only the first week of school!" Danny exclaimed.
"True, but this is your junior year of high school and the time where you really need to be applying yourself to be ready for college," Falluca countered. "And the first major test is coming up on Monday, a few days from now, and it will count as one tenth of your final overall grade in this class."
Danny groaned, while Star spoke up.
"So, what does this have to do with me, Mr. Falluca?"
"As you are the best in the class and have consistently kept excellent grades in math, you are hereby held responsible for Mr. Fenton's success in this class. Simply put, you are now his tutor."
"WHAT?!" both teens cried simultaneously before glaring at each other.
"From this point on, Mr. Fenton, I do not want to see a 'D' on any assignments from here on out. And Miss Locklight, if you fail in your responsibility to help raise Mr. Fenton's grades, I'm afraid your grades will suffer as well."
"That is SO unfair!" Star complained.
"If life was fair, Mr. Fenton here would be getting the same grades as you," Mr. Falluca explained, holding up the forms in his hand and giving them to the two teens. "These forms are for your parents to look over and keep in order to make sure you fulfill your obligations. From here on, you will spend every free night you have making sure Danny does his equations correctly, including weekends, whenever I hand out an assignment or administer a test."
That did not sit well with the two teens, to put it lightly.
"But I have plans on Saturday!" Danny and Star shouted at the same time.
When they realized that they spoke at the same time, they glared at each other again but both blushing at the same time. Mr. Falluca coughed to catch their attention again.
"I believe your grades take precedence in this matter," Mr. Falluca countered. "Until the test, you two will spend, at the very least, a couple hours together every night studying for the test. Your parents will make sure of it, and I'll be calling them tonight to make sure they've gotten the forms."
"Crap," the teens said simultaneously, before glaring again at each other. "Stop doing that!"
Mr. Falluca then dismissed the two teens, who were still glaring at each other as they exited the room.
"Thanks, Fenton!" Star complained angrily. "Now I have to spend my time making sure you don't fail so I don't fail!"
"Oh, so it's my fault that you just happen to be the smartest student in class when it comes to math," Danny shot back, raising an eyebrow.
"Maybe if you studied instead of playing video games with your loser friends, you might have at least a 'B,' but you don't."
Danny growled in frustration as soon as Star said "loser friends." He tightened his grip on his notebook.
"You'd better be a quick study before Saturday, because I have party plans with Kwan," Star continued, poking her slender finger into Danny's chest. "The last place I wanna be is studying with you instead of spending time with my boyfriend. And I'm sure you'd rather be with that techno geek and your loser girlfriend."
Danny's temper was now at critical. All he could do from activating his powers was clenching his notebook so tight it was crumpling.
"She is NOT my GIRLFRIEND!" he screamed, making Star jump back. "Not anymore."
Now everybody in the hall had turned their attention on Danny and Star, but Danny could care less right now. Star, however, was shocked, both at Danny's angry admission and at what she'd let herself say.
'Why did I say that?'
However, her thoughts were interrupted by Danny yelling at her.
"All you do is insult and slander me without remorse or even thinking! Maybe if you actually tried to get to know anything about me, you'd know that Sam and I broke up over the summer while you were away!"
Star mentally slapped herself.
'You idiot, now look at what you've done,' she scolded herself. 'Now he hates you even more.'
Fortunately, Danny was through shouting, as he stormed away to his next class. Star was now left standing in the middle of the hall, surrounded by onlookers who looked back and forth between her and Danny's retreating form and whispering amongst themselves.
'Wonderful.'
OOOOOO
The next couple hours went by slowly, as guilt ate away at Star for what she said to Danny. And it didn't help that Paulina actually congratulated her on how she treated Danny as the two met at Paulina's locker.
"Way to tell that loser what-for, Star," the Latina was saying as the two A-Listers walked down the hall. "Too bad you're stuck with him until the semester's over playing tutor."
"Yeah…" Star replied, not really listening.
"Dash's big party is this Saturday, and it'll be hopping. All the cool people will be there!"
"I know that, but I'm obligated to tutor Da- I mean, Fenton, or else my grade suffers as well," Star replied. "If my grades start slipping, my mom will put a hold on any allowances until they're back up!"
'Gotta remember not to call Danny by his first name in front of Paulina,' Star thought. 'Otherwise, she'll think something's up.'
Fortunately, Paulina remained oblivious of Star's near slip-up and continued talking in her annoying, "I'm better than you and you'd better remember that" tone that she always had.
"Oh, well. Just don't let him get the best of you, Star. You have a reputation to uphold, you know."
'Yeah, a reputation as your personal satellite, you dumb airhead. Don't know what Danny ever saw in you to begin with.'
"Don't worry, Paulina," she replied with a fake smile. "I'll make sure he knows his place."
"Good, now I've gotta go. Dash is giving me a ride home in his brand new convertible! He isn't the Ghost Boy, but he'll do for now."
With that said, Paulina was off, leaving Star alone with her thoughts for the moment.
"Like Danny Phantom would ever spend time with a hussy like you," Star muttered under her breath.
Out of the corner of her eye, she saw Kwan coming around the corner and smiled. She turned around to greet him.
"Hey Kwan, since school's all done and everything, would you like to walk me home?" she asked, hopeful.
Her boyfriend suddenly got a hesitant look on his face, causing Star to raise an eyebrow.
"Actually, Star, I…uh…gotta help my dad with…something, and he needs me home right away!"
"Um…okay? Maybe tomorrow then?"
"Sure, Star! See you tomorrow!"
Before Star could say anything else, Kwan was gone. She was alone…again.
'I don't understand what is up with him,' the blonde A-Lister thought. 'His excuses are getting lamer every time, and I'm getting sick of it! I'm really starting to think he's just not interested in me anymore. Maybe that's why I've been thinking about Danny like I have been lately; just a way to relieve the pain.'
Star sighed and walked away with a look of sadness upon her face. It looked like she was walking home alone again.
Had the blonde stayed a minute longer, she would've seen a female figure talking to Kwan and dragging him into the janitor's closet. Seconds later, moans of pleasure could be heard.
But, unfortunately, Star never heard them, as she was already out of earshot.
A few moments ago, but with Danny and Tucker…
Meanwhile, Danny was relaying to Tucker his side of the story regarding the argument with Star as they were walking down the hallway to leave.
"She just would not stop blaming me for everything, Tuck," Danny was saying. "And then she HAD to mention Sam, and that was the last straw. So I basically just told her off."
"That's brutal, man," the techno geek replied. "And to make things worse, you have to spend most of your free time with her anyway. What a rip, although I'd kill to be your shoes."
"Typical Tucker Foley response," Danny said, smirking.
"You know it, dude. But…don't you think you were a little hard on her? I mean, she WAS away when you and Sam dated and then called it quits so you can't expect her to know everything. Of course, I'm surprised she didn't hear it from Paulina, the gossip queen."
"That is surprising. And you're probably right about me being too hard on her, but she was getting on my nerves so I just exploded. Plus, she hasn't exactly treated me with any decency whatsoever."
"Very true."
Suddenly, they heard Star's voice from around the corner.
"Hey Kwan, since school's all done and everything, would you like to walk me home?"
Danny and Tucker hid in the shadows of their hallway. Danny peaked out just enough to see Star talking to her boyfriend Kwan, who had his back turned to Danny.
"Actually, Star, I…uh…gotta help my dad with…something, and he needs me home right away!"
"Man, that excuse sounded totally lame," Tucker whispered.
"Quiet!" Danny whispered back.
"Um…okay? Maybe tomorrow then?" Danny heard Star replied, the hope in her voice wavering.
"Sure, Star! See you tomorrow!"
Danny couldn't help but notice the look of sadness that came across Star's beautiful face before she turned away.
'I can't believe her own boyfriend wouldn't want to walk her home,' he thought. 'If I was her boyfriend, I'd gladly…'
He stopped his train of thought before he realized what he was about to think. He just could not believe these thoughts were just, out of the blue, coming into his head. Now, with Star having obvious problems with Kwan, they were coming on stronger.
'Do I really like her that much? It's only been a short time since Sam, but I can't be falling for another girl just like that!'
Danny's thoughts ceased when he saw Kwan coming in his direction. Thinking quickly, he turned himself and Tucker invisible to evade notice. The jock didn't even stop to look as he kept going in the other direction, so Danny uncloaked himself and his friend.
"That was close!" Tucker whispered.
"You're telling me; otherwise we would've been stuffed in our lockers."
"You said it. Wait, what's Kwan doing?"
Danny turned and saw the football player stop to talk to an attractive-looking African-American girl in front of the janitor's closet. She had a seductive smile on her face as she then pulled a surprisingly-willing Kwan into the closet with her. Danny then heard moans coming from the closet.
"I don't believe it…" Danny whispered, not believing his eyes or his ears.
Danny then looked around the corner to see if Star had seen or heard anything, but the blonde was already almost out of sight.
"That was Ashley, from the beauty pageant last year!" Tucker pointed out. "I've seen her and Star hang out together at times too, but I didn't think she'd pull something like this!"
"If she wanted to be popular, I'd say she's doing whatever she thinks it takes to do it," Danny replied. "Apparently, going behind Star's back and stealing her boyfriend is her way to do it."
"I mean, I've seen Kwan acting weird lately after Star left for her trip, but I never thought the guy would stoop to this. I mean, he was actually one of the nicer A-Listers from time to time."
"Times change, Tuck. But nobody, not even Star, deserves this. Now I really feel bad about what I said to her earlier."
Tucker just nodded in agreement. Not knowing what else to say, the two friends made for the exit.
OOOOOO
Twenty minutes later, Danny and Tucker were walking home. Both were thinking hard of what to do with this new situation regarding Star.
"I just don't think she'd believe either one of us if we told her," Tucker finally said. "I mean, she doesn't exactly like us."
"Maybe we could tell Valerie," Danny suggested after some thought. "I mean, she is Valerie's closest friend. She's got to believe her."
"True, but Valerie's gonna need proof. I didn't really think to record what happened, so maybe if we trailed Kwan –"
"It's gonna have to be you and possibly Valerie," Danny interjected. "Remember, I'm stuck with Star tutoring me so I'm won't be able to help."
"Darn, your ghost powers would actually come in handy for a stealth op like this."
"I know, but I can't bail on this otherwise Star's grades will suffer too," Danny explained. "And I don't want her coming after me about that."
"Well, I can see if I can talk to Valerie tonight after I get my homework done," Tucker said, now walking away towards his home street. "Take care, dude."
"You too, Tuck."
Danny continued along, thoughts going through his head about Star.
'Even if I had proof, how do I tell Star that her own boyfriend is cheating on her with who she thought was a friend of hers? I may not get along with her, but I'd rather not see her broken up about this. I guess –'
Suddenly, a very familiar scream interrupted his thoughts.
"That sounded like Star!" Danny exclaimed.
Looking around, he ducked into a nearby alleyway.
"Going Ghost!"
In a quick flash, twin white rings of light appeared at Danny's waist. In an instant they moved around his body, changing his appearance entirely. His jeans and sneakers became black cargo pants with bright green seams and white combat boots. His red shirt over his black shirt became a white hooded vest over a black shirt with the sleeves ending just above his elbows and the "DP" emblem in white on his chest as well as in black on the back of the vest. His hands were covered by loose, fingerless white gloves with black straps around the wrists. And the utility belt that he wore as a human was now visible around his waist; it had a green button in the center, with pockets holding various ghost-hunting items with a Fenton thermos attached on the left side.
He'd only learned how to change his outfit just recently, as he was getting tired of his look and wanted to do something new. It was one of the few good changes in his life, in regards to recent events.
Now that he was battle-ready, he made off to wherever Star was. He found her backed against a tree, her eyes wide with fright and her belongings scattered all around her. Danny took a quick look-over on the ghost that was standing just a few feet away from the scared blonde. It was about twice his size, green, and looked a giant beetle with red eyes and a massive horn.
"Hey, ugly!" he called out, catching the ghost's attention. "Bug off!"
Danny fired a massive burst of green ectoplasmic energy from his right hand that sent the giant bug flying. Danny then stopped in front of Star.
"Hey, are you okay, miss?" he asked, obviously pretending to not know who she was. "Are you hurt?"
"Ye-yeah, I'm fine," Star stuttered with a weak smile. "I was just walking home when – Oh, my God, look out!"
Danny turned his head only to be greeted by a powerful blast of purple ectoplasmic energy that was shot from the beetle ghost's massive horn. When it hit Danny, some of the energy ricocheted off the teen hero and hit Star.
"Ow!" she cried, gripping her arms in pain.
Getting up from the blast that hit him, Danny saw Star holding herself with a pained look on her face and the beetle standing above her. It then fired a blast that transformed into bindings that bound Star's arms and legs. Star gasped in pain as she fell to the ground, getting shocked by the bindings.
"No!" Danny yelled, his eyes glowing with anger.
He took off and began charging up his ice powers. His eyes then glowed an icy-blue and shot at the beetle's legs, encasing them in blocks of ice. The creature howled in rage as it realized it couldn't move. Danny took advantage and landed a powerful roundhouse kick to the creature's face and sent it flying again.
'Gotta get it away from Star!' Danny thought.
Concentrating hard, his body glowed for a few seconds. A second Danny then appeared, and then a third and a fourth. Danny tried to create a fifth, but couldn't do it.
'At least it worked this time,' he thought. 'I just hope they last long enough to beat this thing.'
"Anyone got a giant can of bug spray?" one of the clones joked, getting a laugh out of the others.
"Or a giant swatter?" another clone added, pounding his fist into his open palm.
"Guys, keep Bugzilla busy while I take care of her," Danny ordered, pointing to Star.
Danny's clones nodded and attacked the ghost while he tried to free Star from her spectral bindings. Kneeling down, he tried grabbing them and breaking them off with ectoplasm-charged hands. The end result was him getting zapped the moment he gripped the bindings. Grunting in pain, he fell backwards from the shock.
"Phantom, are you okay?" Star asked, concerned.
"Don't worry about me, miss," Danny replied. "It's you I'm worried about as long as these ropes are on you. Just try to relax."
Star nodded in response. Danny turned to see the progress of his clones; two of them had been vanquished, while the other two were holding their own with onslaughts of ice powers and green ectoplasmic fireballs. The creature roared in pain, but the clones were resilient…for now.
Danny then focused back on Star's bindings and concentrated, his hands glowing ice-blue again and gripping the bindings like he did before. This time, however, the shock was minimal as ice covered the ropes, encasing them. Danny's hands then glowed green again and broke the ropes with ease.
"There we go, all –" he began to say.
Star screamed, causing Danny to turn around to see one of his clones blasted into nothingness by the beetle ghost's lightning blast. The last one was now blasting constant ghost rays in order to stall for Danny. Thinking quickly, Danny threw up a massive ghost shield around himself and Star.
"My shield will only last a short time, so as soon as it's down I need you to run as fast as you can," Danny instructed, turning to Star. "Do you understand?"
"B-b-but what about you?" Star asked, scared. "I hate to say it, but you're outmatched."
"True, but your life is more important right now. I have an ace up my sleeve that should be able to put him down long enough before I send him packing. So please, run as soon as you see the shield drop. Understand?"
Star just stared at him, curiously, before nodding. Danny nodded in response and turned to see the last clone disperse at last from the creature's power. The beast then refocused its attention on Danny and Star. The shield began to slowly fade.
"Get ready…" Danny told Star, who nodded fearfully.
The creature stomped closer, causing tremors in the ground. The shield flickered more rapidly in response.
Star moaned in fear, even more so as the beetle sprouted wings from its back and launched itself into the air to land directly in front of her and Danny. The shield itself finally disappeared.
"GO!" Danny cried.
Star ran as fast as she could, with Danny between her and the ghost. He blasted the creature again and again with a combination of ectoplasm-powered ice shards and fireballs. While it backed the creature up somewhat, it still kept coming.
'Man, this is the toughest battle I've had for a while,' Danny thought, sweat pouring down his face. 'I just hope it leaves Star alone now.'
He spoke too soon, as the creature then launched another attack…right at Star's retreating form.
"STAR, LOOK OUT!" he screamed, completely forgetting the fact that he just called out her name.
The blonde heard her name and turned. She then let out a scream, tripping backwards onto the ground and then crying out in pain. The creature then made for her, nearly bowling Danny over.
Danny growled and took off like a shot, landing between Star and the beetle just as the ghost fired its electrical attack. Shielding Star with his body, Danny took the brunt of the attack.
"Phantom!" Star screamed.
"Run, get away n– GAAAAHHH!"
Danny screamed as he doubled over in pain from the attack, which seemed to be getting more powerful by the second. He could barely move, or charge up a surprise counter attack for that matter. He looked over his shoulder to see Star's terrified eyes and a look of worry on her face.
'It can't end like this…' he thought as his vision was becoming cloudy.
Just then, a familiar voice called Danny out of near-unconsciousness, along with the sight of green ecto energy hitting the beetle ghost's side.
"LEAVE HIM ALONE, BUG BREATH!"
OOOOOO
Star ran as fast as her legs would carry her. She needed to get away, but she could still feel the pain from the bindings that had been on her just minutes ago.
'All I wanted was a nice walk home, but I just had to get attacked by Bugzilla!' she thought. 'At least Phantom is here, though I hope he's okay!'
"STAR, LOOK OUT!"
Not even thinking about how Phantom knew her name, she turned and screamed as the monster was coming after her…again. Unfortunately, she tripped under her own feet and fell backwards onto the ground. She cried out in pain, both from her burns and from the fall.
The monster was getting closer.
But once again, Phantom appeared in between her and the monster. The only problem was the monster's attack that had just been launched and Phantom taking it full force as he shielded her.
"Phantom!" she screamed.
"Run, get away n– GAAAAHHH!"
She watched in horror as Phantom doubled over from the immense power of the beetle ghost's electrical attack, the energy washing over his body. She saw him look at her, the pain now very evident in his neon green eyes.
'It can't end like this!' Star thought as she watched Phantom struggle.
Before her eyes, Phantom struggled to stand up to the ghost beetle's electrical attack that was proving to be unrelenting. While she was amazed at how much of a struggle he was putting up, she was terrified for Phantom's wellbeing.
That is, until the creature roared in pain as it was hit by a newcomer's attack.
"LEAVE HIM ALONE, BUG BREATH!"
Star looked up to see the newcomer, who had her back turned to Star for the moment. All Star could get from her was that she had spiky, snow-white hair pulled into a ponytail, and she wore a black and white outfit similar to Phantom's, only she wore white shoes, not boots, and her midriff was exposed.
"Danielle…" Phantom whispered painfully, forcing himself back to his feet.
"Nice to see you too, Danny, though I wish the circumstances were better," the girl identified as Danielle replied. "Save your strength while I keep this guy busy, and you, Blondie...help him any way you can."
Star nodded, only slightly irked at being called "Blondie," but what could she do at the moment anyway?
"N-no, wait…" Phantom began to say.
But Danielle didn't wait for Phantom's response and attacked the creature. In the meantime, Star tried to help the ghost boy to his feet. Each time she tried to lift him, however, he fell back to his knees.
"C'mon, Phantom, work with me here," she encouraged, ignoring the painful burns on her arms from the electrical bindings earlier.
"Sorry, but this has been the toughest fight I've had for a long time," the Hero of Amity Park replied with a tired smile before turning to her. "Are you doing okay?"
"I'm fine, but…how do you know my name? I've never actually…spoken to you before, so I'm curious."
"Uh…"
Phantom fell silent, as if hesitant to answer. Star started to speak again, when she heard the ghost girl scream. Looking up, the girl had been thrown into a nearby tree, and Bugzilla roaring in triumph. Star then felt the ghost boy slip out of her grasp and finally managed to stand on his own.
"Phantom…" she started, but he cut her off.
"Get back, and cover your ears…" he growled.
Star could do nothing but obey. She watched as Phantom took in a deep breath, and, as he opened his mouth, she saw waves of energy being released. And she heard what sounded like ghosts moaning as Phantom released his attack.
It definitely had an effect on the creature, as it was finally buckling underneath the immense power of Phantom's attack. Then it collapsed, and the ghost boy took the strange-looking thermos attached to his belt and opened it.
'What's that for?' Star wondered. 'Is that supposed to turn the bug into soup or something?'
At that point, the girl called Danielle jumped down from the tree she'd been thrown into and ran over to Star's side, who now had a good look at the girl now that she was next to her.
Danielle wore white shoes, black pants with white at the bottoms, a white shirt with Phantom's emblem in black on the front, a black jacket that hugged her upper body, and a pair of white gloves.
The younger girl looked at Star quizzically, causing the blonde to turn back to Phantom.
"Say good night, you overgrown cockroach," he grunted, as a bluish-white beam shot from the thermos.
The energy beam struck the creature and pulled it into the thermos with a final roar of fury being heard. As Phantom closed the lid, he held his head and groaned.
"Phantom?" Star inquired hesitantly.
The ghost boy turned to her with a small smile and tired eyes.
"All…in a day's…work…" he managed to get out, before falling to the ground in exhaustion.
"Danny!" the ghost girl cried, running to his side.
Suddenly, twin rings of white light appeared at the unconscious Phantom's waist. Star watched in shock and awe as they ran over the ghost boy's form and changed it from his current outfit to an outfit she'd seen earlier that day…in the halls of Casper High School on a boy that she had, time and again, insulted and made rude comments to in public. She let out a gasp as soon as she saw the spiky, snow-white hair of Danny Phantom change to the familiar spiky black hair of…
"DANNY FENTON?!"
Uh-oh!
There you have it. I know I probably overdid it with the battle, but I'm very detail-oriented and I really got into it. The next chapter won't be out for a while, so please don't rush me as I've just barely started on it. All I ask of you is patience and to give constructive criticism towards this chapter and any issues that you might have with it. Thank you very much and have a great day!