This is my first Reader insert, as well as my first Danny Phantom story, so just… bear with me. What's more, I'm writing it on my phone instead of on a computer so it's going to have a different result than I would normally get. Before, I'd have thought this might make it worse, but I'm not certain anymore. It may very well make it better, so I guess we'll see, since I like to write as I go instead of doing a ton of outlining. Hope you like the story!
-LizzyLucky
Danny walked through the halls, frowning grumpily. Another regular day. It started regular, it would probably end regular. Lots of long, boring classes, a couple punches from Dash, a ghost invasion, a fight with Valerie the "ghost slayer," as Tucker had put it, detention from Lancer, and a missed curfew, which would end either with restrictions on his phone, or some kind of group guidance session with his family. Yup. A day in the life. As usual, he walked to his locker to grab his things, turned around, and bumped into Dash.
"Hey! Watch it, loser!" Dash said, pushing Danny to the side and marching down the halls without another word.
Danny leaned into the wall and let out a sigh.
"That's a little unusual." Sam said from his left.
"I know! No 'I failed my test, you're gonna pay!'" Tucker said, walking up to Danny on the other side.
"Well, it doesn't matter to me. He left me alone, and that's fine." Danny stood up and the three began walking down the halls in the opposite direction Dash had gone.
"What's next hour?" Tucker asked, pulling out his PDA.
"How should I know?" Danny said, shrugging his shoulders exasperatedly.
"Just Lancer, guys. I don't think we have anything to worry about unless some ghost shows up." Sam said, turning into a classroom. Danny and Tucker sighed, following her in.
Three classes later, it was finally lunch time and the trio of friends had managed to find a table before the rest of the school could take it.
"Have you seen that new girl in school? She's hot!" Tucker said bluntly starting a conversation.
"Well I've heard of her, but I haven't really seen her yet." Danny said, looking at Tucker weirdly.
"If I'm right, she's probably just another shallow girl come to take one of the jocks and push the rest of us around." Sam sad, waving her hand to the side and taking a bite out of her sandwich. (Ultra-recyclo-vegetarian style, of course)
"We don't know that!" Danny almost scolded. "I thought you of all people wouldn't put a stereotype on someone without even having met them."
"Usually that'd be right, but if Tucker's first comment on her is 'She's hot,' I'm not sure what to think of her."
"Hey! I'm right here, ya know! I'm not that stupid! Besides, all I said is that I've seen her, I don't actually know what's she's like." Tucker defended.
"Okay, fine. But that doesn't mean I'm just going to trust her if she's nice when we do meet her." Sam said warily, pointing a finger at Tucker.
"Come on guys, let's just stop this argument before it starts. I need to grab something from my locker anyway." Danny stood up holding his now empty lunch tray. Sam and Tucker followed suit, walking towards the trash can and dumping their left overs.
"Sensed any ghosts this morning, Danny?" Tucker asked, changing the subject.
"No, thankfully. Somehow I feel like the inactivity of this morning just means it's going to be extra busy later." Danny said, looking down in thought as they walked through the halls.
"Maybe." Tucker agreed.
They walked for a moment in silence, when Sam suddenly stopped. Danny and Tucker stopped a few feet ahead and looked back at her. Danny quickly stepped back over to her.
"What is it?" He asked. Sam shushed him, putting a finger to her lips, then tiptoed backward a few steps and peeked over the corner, crouching down. Danny and Tucker followed her quickly and looked for whatever she'd seen or heard.
Then they found it. Several yards down was Dash and his posse of bullies, cornering someone by the lockers.
"What do you mean you don't have it? You've been here like a whole week already, you told me you'd have it!" Dash was yelling to the person.
"I-I meant to have it Dash, I just didn't- I mean I couldn't really get it, I-I just-"
Dash slammed his hand against the lockers, leaning on them. Several of the guys around him moved, showing a girl with (h/c) hair standing in the center of the circle of boys.
"You just what? Didn't your Mommy give you any? You hiding it? You used it already? You're pathetic!" Dash said cruelly. He shoved her roughly backward and she let out a grunt.
Danny's eyes widened. That was pretty harsh. This was probably the new girl Tucker was talking about.
"But I can get it! I-if you just give me a little more time, I-I can-"
"No!" Dash interrupted her angrily, giving her another rough shove, which she responded to with another grunt. She opened her mouth to say something as he moved to shove her again, the rest of the group moving further out of the way so he could do so. Some of the boys looked smug, but some of them began to look a little unsure of themselves.
Dash took a step forward and gave her yet another rough shove, this time the girl crying out as she was slammed against the wall of lockers, small droplets of water gathering at the edges of her eyes.
"I don't even want it anymore! Keep your stupid lunch money!" Dash growled, pausing for a moment to glare at her. Taking this as an opportunity, the girl slid down and crawled between the wall of lockers and the bully to try and escape. Just as she began to stand up and turn around, one of the other boys stuck out a foot and tripped her. She fell backwards onto her back, with a loud *thump* which caused Danny, Tucker, and Sam to visibly wince.
The girl twisted to the side and began to push herself up, but was immediately given another rough shove before she could even make it fully back onto her feet.
She flew backward several feet and slid into the lockers, a cry of pain escaping her.
Holding back tears, she said, in a very small voice, "I'm sorry! I promise I-I'll make it up!" Her voice cracked.
"Whatever!" Dash said, glaring. He spat down at her. "You better get my essay done or there'll be more where that came from!" He turned swiftly on his feet and walked briskly toward the corner where Danny, Tucker, and Sam were spying.
"Outta the way, Fenton!" He growled as he rounded the corner. The three slid to the side and out of the way, Danny taking note of how he didn't stop to punch or wedgie him for once. Sam looked back over the corner, then whipped her head back in place as the group of bullies all jogged past, following Dash.
Holding their breaths for what must have been five minutes, they all finally relaxed and listened. Soft sobbing could be heard.
Without another thought, Danny turned the corner and walked towards the girl, Sam and Tucker quickly following.
Danny knelt down to the girl, who was curled up in the fetal position, and placed a hand gently onto her back. She immediately stiffened up and hushed herself.
"Are you okay?" Danny asked, he sharing the same worried expression as Tucker and Sam.
The girl immediately sat up, almost knocking into Danny, who leaned back, and looked at them. For the briefest moment, fear flashed in her eyes. The same fear that Danny would see in the eyes of people in immediate threat. People who ran from the monsters that escaped the ghost zone, people who had been captured or kidnapped, the same fear that Sam and Tucker showed when they thought Danny might be killed, and the same fear that he himself felt whenever he was unable to defeat one of the thousands of deadly ghosts that were bent on bloodshed. Only for a moment, that same terror and fear and dread shone in her (e/c) eyes, making her almost childlike, and Danny immediately felt sympathy for her. His first thought being that she must have had it pretty bad from Dash to be so afraid that anyone she didn't know would be an enemy. And then it was gone, quickly replaced by relief. Danny smiled gently at her.
"Are you alright?" He asked, helping her to sit up.
She hesitated for a moment, then said, shyly, "I'm fine." Danny stood up and offered his hand, which she took shakily.
Unsure of what to do at that point, Danny turned and looked at his friends for help.
"What exactly happened back there?" Sam asked her, taking Danny's hint.
"I- …" She started. "Um…"
Danny realized how uncomfortable she might have been talking about it and nervously put his hand up. "It's okay if you don't want to tell us." He said.
She seemed to relax at this and smiled gratefully. "Thanks."
"So, uh, what's your name?" Tucker asked, a hint of *flirt* in his voice. Typical Tucker.
She blinked in surprise, apparently not expecting to be asked.
"(Y/n)." She said bashfully. Then, quickly, "(l/n)."
"Well, (y/n) (l/n), I'm Tucker. Tucker Foley. But you can call me-" Sam elbowed him in the side.
"Just Tucker." Sam said through gritted teeth. Tucker grinned goofily and rubbed his side.
"I'm Sam." Sam said, turning back to (y/n) with a smile.
(Y/n) turned to Danny.
"Danny." He said simply.
"Thank you." (Y/n) said.
As she smiled, Danny thought how this day might not be quite as "regular" as he originally expected it to be.
What do you think? Do you like it? Is it amazing? Is it awesome? Is it cute? Or are you a frootloop? No? Yeah, didn't think so. Anyway, this is just the first chapter. I haven't even started the basis to the real plot yet, this is just the introduction, hopefully to get you interested. Now, naturally, the reader insert is based off of me, quite a bit. I don't get bullied, haven't since elementary school, so don't worry. But I am incredibly shy, and ridiculously quiet. I don't really make friends very well unless someone tries to be friends with me first, and if the three found a girl like this, I imagine that'd fit them perfectly. Plus, I freaking love reader inserts where the reader is shy, clumsy, bullied, etc. That's just me, but I think it's always cute when something like that is involved, because boys who are dedicated enough to protecting a friend, or eventually a love interest, to the point that they don't let shyness or insecurity bother them are just super amazing and incredibly nice. Please, tell me what you think!
-LizzyLucky