I do not own Danny Phantom or the Danny Phantom theme song. Sheds a tear.

The vision of the past starts up as everyone settles in.

Fade in on Jack Fenton.

Jack: So, Danny...

"Are you sure this is a good idea Danny?" Sam whispers to him.

"No, but I'm trusting Clockwork on this."

"Seriously dude?" Tucker butted in. "Even after he tried to kill you not that long ago?"

"You weren't there Tuck, he's not bad. He saved all of you. You've got to trust me on this."

Sam and Tucker both nodded their heads, "Okay Danny."

Zoom out to Jack standing in front of three teenagers in chairs. On the far left is his son, Danny Fenton. Sitting next to him is a black-haired girl and an African-American boy. The girl is Sam Manson and the boy is Tucker Foley. The entire group is sitting in front of a closed yellow-and-black-striped door that seems to be a portal of some kind.

Jack: You and your little friends want to hunt ghosts.

Danny Fenton: Uh, actually, Dad? I want to be an astronaut.

"Wait, why are we seeing Fenturd? I thought this was about Phantom?" Dash complained.

"I promise you this is about Danny Phantom." Clockwork said to Dash as he turned from an old man into a child once more. "Just wait."

Dash gulped, he didn't like that the ghost kept changing in age. It was really beginning to weird him out. He just nodded his head and went back to the vision.

Sam Manson: Sorry, Mr. Fenton. I was into ghosts, but they're so mainstream now. They're like cellphones.

Tucker Foley: Waste these looks and all this charisma hunting ghosts? Criminal.

"Ha, what looks?" Three guesses who said that.

Jack: Well, if you do want to hunt ghosts, there are a few things you need to learn. (Turns to a table with laboratory equipment and beakers.)

A blue mist suddenly escapes Danny's mouth.

"Um, what was that?" Maddie asked. She really wished she knew where Danny was so she could ask him.

Danny: Uh oh.

Cut to the portal door opening.

Danny: (Off-screen) This isn't good.

Two ectopuses escape from the portal. The ghosts grab Sam and Tucker around their mouths and lift them up out of their chairs.

The Manson's and Foley's jump out of their seats, crying out in alarm for their children. "Tucker!" "Sammy-kins!"

Jack: True, I've never seen a ghost, but when I do, I'll be prepared.

"There are two ghosts right behind you! How are you not noticing? Are you that oblivious?!" Mrs. Manson shouted.

"I hate to agree with her Jack, but how did you miss this for so long? The kids were in trouble." Maddie sighed. "Well you must have noticed at some point seeing as the children are here and safe."

This made the other two sets of parents calm down slightly, realizing Jack must have saved the kids. That is until Jack said, "But I didn't save them. The first ghost I ever saw was the Ghost Boy."

Kwan who had been listening in asked, "Then who saved them?" An idea popped into his head, and his eyes widened. "Could it have been Fenton?"

Next to him Dash started, "What are you nuts? Fenturd couldn't possibly have saved them. He's just a shrimp."

Danny stayed quiet.

Danny looks alarmed. The ectopuses are floating above the floor, Sam and Tucker still in their grasp.

Jack: (Off-screen) And so will you. Whether you want to be or not.

Mrs. Manson glared, "My little Sammy-kins will not be hunting ghosts."

Sam blurted out angrily at her mother, "I will do whatever I want! If I want to hunt ghosts, then I will hunt ghosts!"

Danny gets a determined look on his face. Jack is still messing with the various items on the lab table while Danny jumps off-screen, a white light appearing and disappearing before various fighting noises are heard.

"What was that flash of light?" Maddie asked, still getting no answer.

The popular kids were shocked. "Holy cow, Fenturds actually fighting the ghosts." "I was right, it was him. I didn't know he had it in him." "Oh, he's so brave. Maybe I should stop focusing on just Invisobill and give him a chance as well."

Jack: (Obliviously) It all starts with your equipment.

As he says this he holds up a thermos. Behind him an ectopus goes flying past. Sam and Tucker are flung back into their chairs. Jack goes over to them.

Jack: Sam, Tucker, this is the Fenton Thermos.

Jack hands the thermos to Sam, and both Sam and Tucker look at it. Jack turns back around to the lab table.

Jack: It's supposed to trap ghosts (Behind Jack another ectopus goes flying past. Jack doesn't notice.) but since it doesn't work yet it's just a thermos. A thermos with the word "Fenton" in front of it.

The ectopuses look defeated and dizzy and fly back into the portal. Another white light flashes off-screen, then Danny is shown standing where the light came from.

Maddie didn't ask what the light was again, knowing she wouldn't get an answer.

The Foley and Manson parents realized they owed Danny a thank you next time they see him. Where exactly was he? Those three never seem to be far apart.

The portal suddenly closes and Danny jumps off-screen. Jack points at the now-closed portal.

Jack: And that? That is the Fenton Portal. It releases ghosts into our world whether I want it to or not. And someday, I'll figure out how that (Taps the door.) works too. (Turns around and walks towards a trembling Sam and Tucker, towering over them.) Now, who wants to hunt some ghosts?

A random student called out, "Who would want to hunt ghosts after that?! Certainly not me."

Cut to Sam and Tucker trembling and Danny panting and putting a hand on the back of Tucker's chair.

Dash and Kwan give each other a look, both thinking the same thing. 'Maybe we should help the loser with endurance, he would be a decent fighter with a little practice.'

Jack: You kids, look at you! You're too excited to speak! So I'll just go on speaking.

Everyone just rolls their eyes.

Star looked bored, "Okay so when are we going to see Phantom?"

Jack: I was born many years ago in a log cabin in the woods. Don't exactly remember where, but I do remember I wanted a pony. (Sam and Tucker look at Danny who only hangs his head.) Never got the pony. As a matter of fact we had to eat horsemeat during the war. I had a problem with that.

Cut to theme song. (Pictures of Danny Phantom appear)

"Wait, what's going on?" Danny asks.

Clockwork smiled slightly, "I made you a theme song. Hope you like it."

Danny just stared at Clockwork for a moment before turning back to listen to his theme song.

He's a phantom

Danny Phantom

Danny Phantom

(Danny Fenton appears on screen)

"Uh, Fenton's in the theme song too?" Asked Dash exasperated.

Danny couldn't help but comment this time, "Well my story ties in with Danny. Without the Fenton's creating that portal I wouldn't even exist!"

Clockwork paused the vision as he gave everyone a moment to process what Danny said. The first to respond were the Fenton's. "What are you talking about?"

Clockwork responded, "If you keep watching and listening the theme song will explain everything." He started the vision of the past back up.

Yo Danny Fenton

he was just 14

(shows his parents working on the Ghost Portal)

when his parents built a very strange machine

It was designed to view a world unseen

(he's gonna catch em all cause he's Danny Phantom)

(his parents plug the machine in but it doesn't work)

When it didn't quiet work his folks they just quit

(shows Danny pulling on a hazmat suit)

Then Danny took at look inside of it

Both Fenton parents gasp, they didn't know Danny had went inside of it. But maybe that explained why the Ghost Portal was suddenly working the next time they went down to the lab.

There was a great big flash

(Danny accidentally presses an on button which was inside the machine and gets electrocuted)

Everyone screamed in shock. Mr. Lancer and everyone else could not believe what they just saw. Danny had been electrocuted. No one could say anything as they realized that shock most likely should have killed him or left him hospitalized. How did he survive? What they saw next explained everything. Danny hadn't completely survived. He became Danny Phantom. All was silent as they continued to watch, unable to take their eyes off the screen.

Everything just changed

His molecules got all rearranged

(Phantom Phantom) (There's a scream and what looks like a ghost or ectoplasm coats a DNA strand)

Even though no one could speak yet, they all shivered at the scream in the background of the song.

(Danny Fenton wakes as Danny Phantom)

When he first woke up he realized

He had snow white hair

and glowin green eyes

He could walk through walls

Disappear and fly

He was much more unique

Than the other guy

(A blue mist comes from Danny's mouth and ghosts appear out of the portal)

It was then that he knew what he had to do

He had to stop all the ghost that were coming through

(Transforms into Danny Phantom)

He's here to fight for me and you

(charges at the ghost and begins fighting)

(He's gonna catch em all cuz he's Danny Phantom

Gonna catch em all cuz he's Danny Phantom

Gonna catch em all cuz he's...

Danny Phantom)

end of theme song

Clockwork paused once more, knowing everyone needed a moment. Even the ghost, since most ghost did not like talking about how they died. And now they knew how Phantom came to be. The kid was riding the line between life and death. He had one foot in both worlds. It was obvious that shock would have killed him if his DNA had not fused with the ectoplasm.

The humans needed even more time. They were all having a hard time coping with what they had just seen. The teens were all shocked realizing they had almost lost one of their own and not even known it. The adults were thinking along the same lines. Same hated it because Danny would not have gotten hurt if she hadn't suggested for him to go in there. The Fenton's were devastated. Even Jazz who had know he was a ghost, but she had not known how he came to be one. The one having the hardest time with all of this was Valerie.

She couldn't believe Fenton and Phantom were one and the same. That made her heart stop for a moment as she realized she had been trying to off one of her classmates. She didn't know how to handle the thoughts running through her head, so instead she got mad.

Everyone jumped when a blast hit the barrier. They all looked up, none of them had noticed the Red Huntress was there until that moment. She shot another blast at the barrier. "You idiot! I could have killed you! Why didn't you tell me!?"

Danny came up to the barrier to face her. "What was I supposed to say Val?! I tried to apologize! I tried to tell you that wasn't my dog! But would you listen? No! You blamed me for something that wasn't even in my control and tried to kill me! If I had stop to try to explain, you would have blown my brains out!"

"You could have told me as Fenton!"

"And what if you still wanted to kill me even after that? Then I would have revealed my identity, and I wouldn't have been able to hide in either form!"

Valerie got so angry and upset she took off her helmet and threw it at the barrier. "Do you really think that little of me? I could have handled it if you had told me?!"

Danny laughed humorlessly, "Oh really? Cause you sure couldn't handle it when you lost everything and were no longer apart of the popular crowd. You wrongfully shoved the blame on me, and wanted to take my life over the simple fact that you could no longer afford five hundred dollar shirts. Well news flash, you could have gotten the same damn shirt for fifteen dollars at the retail store and no one would know the difference!"

Danny stood there gasping for breath and shaking. Valerie felt like she had been slapped. They both just stood there for a moment, staring at each other from across the barrier. Mere inches apart.

Losing her anger Val was about to say something when Danny beat her to the punch. "I was scared Val. I've already basically died once, and let me tell you it's terrifying and it hurts." Val flinched as she continued to listen. "I was in so much pain, and I just wanted it to end. I wanted it to stop. I kept thinking in my head that I was done for, and my last thought before I lost consciousness was 'I hope that no one else ever has to feel this pain.' When I came to I realized I had these powers, and that I could use them to keep others safe so no one would have to go through anything even remotely like that. And then you come along trying to kill me, I didn't want to died again Val. You have no idea how scary it is. I'm not sure what scares me the most anymore after some of things I've been through."

"What do you mean by the things you've been through?" She whispered, but the room was so quiet everyone heard.

Danny shook his head and laughed humorlessly once more. "Well I'm pretty sure you're going to see a lot of it while we're here, but I'll try giving a brief summary. Lets see... I'm always looking over my shoulder-"

"Excepting to see a ghost?" She interrupted.

He rolled his eyes, "I'm always looking for ghosts, but I'm not talking about just ghosts."

The whole room was silent as Danny began pacing along the barrier, curious yet apprehensive of what he was going to say. "Yes, I'm always watching for ghosts, but I'm watching out for some for diiferent reasons. I'm watching for some just to get them back into the Ghost Zone where they belong. But some had personal vendettas against me. I'm also watching out for humans."

Quiet gasps went through the room.

"Out of all the humans who try to hunt me down for various reasons, I'm probably the least afraid of you." When she gave him a strange look he continued. "Yes you want to kill me, but at least I know where I stand with you. I have to keep an eye on regular pedestrians because one day they may love me and the next they may hate me. I also have to watch out for the guys in white. If they ever got ahold of me, I can see myself winding up strapped to a dissection table ready to be cut into." The whole room blanched at that, even the ghosts. The thought was horrifying. Danny could barely get the next lines out. "And worst of all, I have to watch out for my own parents." Heads shot up throughout the room. Jack and Maddie felt like they had taken a blow to the heart. "I know they love Danny Fenton, but can they love Danny Phantom? They'll tell me how much they love me, but then start talking about how they are going to capture my other half so they can rip him apart molecule by molecule because all ghosts are supposedly ectoplasmic scum or the foul remains of post-human consciousness. I'm a half ghost who basically didn't complete the process of dying, so does that mean I'm still living or just what was left of the foul remains of human consciousness?" Danny gritted out through tense teeth.

Val tried to reach out to him, but the barrier stopped her. "Danny."

"No, don't say anything. I'm not done. Along with all the depressing thoughts comes anxiety and paranoia from constantly looking over my shoulder. Then there's the severe lack of sleep due to chasing down ghost all throughout the night sometimes as well as during school. My grades are slipping from a lack of sleep as well as not having enough time to complete homework assignments, and when I am at school I sometimes have to run out on a lesson because a ghost is nearby. Then I have an arch enemy," points to Plasmius, "who has it out for my family, and can't seem to decide whether he wants to kill me or have me as his son." Que more gasps, especially from his family who did not realize he was having to protect them. Just who was this Plasmius and how dare he? "And to top it all off for the moment, there's self hatred and doubt because I recently found out I am literally my own worst enemy!"

Danny turned and punched the wall as hard as he could before sliding to the ground, silently sobbing. "I probably left a lot out, so lets just get on with the visions please." It was easy to tell Danny was done talking right now, he had turned his back on everyone.

Clockwork gestured for everyone to take their seats before starting the vision back up.

Fade in on a street and pan to Fenton Works. Zoom out to reveal the eccentric-looking rooftop of Fenton Works, complete with various satellite dishes and tracking equipment. Fade to Danny's mother, Maddie, in the kitchen. She puts on the hood of her blue jumpsuit and begins putting some final touches using a blowtorch on a new invention. Danny's older sister, Jazz glances up from a book to look at her mom with annoyance before going back to reading. Danny is busy eating cereal, when his hand suddenly disappears. His spoon drops through his intangible hand as he attempts to take a bite of cereal. He gasps before looking down at his missing hand. Upon realizing his hand is invisible, Danny freaks out and quickly hides his hand under the table.

If there hadn't been so much tension in the air many would have laughed at the sight.

Maddie: Okay, two more days, and it's done!

She turns off the torch and Jack appears behind her.

Jack: What did you say? (Grabs the invention.) It's done? (Holds it dramatically in front of him.) The Fenton Finder is done! This baby uses satellites to lead you right to the ghosts.

Danny: It uses what to track what?

Everyone tensed. That must have been a terrifying moment. Yet the irony was not lost of anyone. A ghost living under the noses of ghost hunters.

Fenton Finder: (Beeping. In a woman's voice) Welcome to the Fenton Finder. A ghost is near. Walk forward.

Danny walks away from the invention while his parents move closer towards him, the invention beeping louder and faster the closer they get. Danny is backed into a wall as Maddie and a confused Jack holding the Fenton Finder stand in front of him.

Fenton Finder: Ghost located. Thank you for using the Fenton Finder. (Danny gives them a weak smile.)

Jack and Maddie wanted to apologize to their son, but they were not sure an apology would be welcomed at the moment. Either way they were heart broken, especially after what their son had said. They wished he had told them but, he had had no reason to. They had unintentionally been hurting their own son, physically and mentally. He had been afraid they would hate him and reject him. No matter how long it took, they had to make things better with their son.

Jack: What? Oh, that can't be right.

Danny's whole body suddenly turns invisible. He looks down at himself, terrified, and quickly manages to return to normal. He then gives a look of defeat.

Danny: Actually...I need to tell you guys something.

The Fenton's and the rest of the room looked on in shock. He had been about to tell them. Maybe things between them and their son wasn't as broken as they had feared.

Jazz: That's not all you need, Danny. (Walks over to where her parents and Danny are standing.) You need guidance, and parents who can provide it.

Maddie: Sweetie, I know what we do doesn't make sense sometimes, but you're only-

Jazz: Sixteen. Biologically! (Danny backs out of the shot.) But psychologically, I'm an adult! And I will not allow your insane obsession with ghosts (Pulls Danny back into the shot, holding him close to her) to pollute the mind of this impressionable little child! (Looks down at Danny, who seems a little weirded out by this conversation.) Come, you abused, unwanted wretch. I'll drive you to school. (Glares at her parents before walking off, arms still around Danny.)

Even with all the tension, many couldn't help but chuckle. Danny even had a slight smile on his face.

Maddie: Huh. That's weird. Jasmine never offers to drive Danny to school.

Jack: That can only mean one thing. That's not our daughter; that's a ghost. (Suddenly runs off-screen.) Danny, no! It's a trap! (Maddie follows after him.)

The chuckling rose even higher than before, the loudest coming from Danny. He could always count on his dad to lighten the mood. Cujo went over to Danny and nudged his arm. Danny smiled lightly, picked him up, and made way back over to Clockwork, Sam, Tucker, and Wulf.

Fade to the outside of Casper High School, then to a hallway full of students. Danny, Sam, and Tucker walk through the hallway before going up a flight of stairs.

Danny: I think I should tell them.

Sam: Why? Parents don't listen. (Trio stops walking midway up the stairs.) Even worse, they don't understand! (Throws her head back and yells.) WHY CAN'T THEY ACCEPT ME FOR WHO I AM?!

The Manson's were shocked at their daughters outburst. They listened to her, didn't they?

Danny: Sam, I-I'm talking about my powers, my problems?

Sam: (Embarrassed) Oh, right. Me too.

Danny: It's been a month since the accident and I still have barely any control! If somebody catches me, (Starts sinking into the floor while Sam and Tucker watch) I go from geek to freak around here!

Tucker: (Raising an eyebrow) Kinda like what you're doing right now?

Danny suddenly realizes his lower half became intangible causing him to sink and yelps before Sam and Tucker help him out. His feet and lower half return to normal.

Danny chuckled, "Thanks for the help guys."

"Hey, we always got your back, Danny." Tucker laid a hand on Danny's shoulder.

Danny pulled them to his side, "I couldn't ask for better friends."

Danny: Gah, darn it! If my dad can invent something (Begins walking off-screen, Sam and Tucker follow him up the rest of the stairs.) that accidentally made me half-ghost, why can't he invent something that turns me back to normal? (Becomes intangible and walks through a snack machine without paying any attention.)

"Just so you know mom, dad, I no longer think that. I've accepted my ghost half. I don't want to get rid of it, it's part of what makes me me. I hope that doesn't bother you."

Jack and Maddie took the opportunity, "Of course not sweety, you're still our son and we still love you. It's just going to take us a little time to get used to the idea that you're part ghost. Do you mind if we talk later?"

"Not at all." Danny smiled over to them.

Sam runs on screen and Danny's body returns to normal.

Sam: Danny, your powers make you unique. Unique is good! That's why I'm an ultra recyclo-vegetarian.

Most of the teens there groaned and rolled their eyes.

Tucker: Which means what?

Danny: She doesn't eat anything with a face on it.

Tucker: Oh, who cares about that stuff? Danny, two words: meat connoisseur. (Sniffs the air around Danny.) Last night, you had Sloppy Joes.

Danny: Impressive.

Many of the teens and adults thought so to, even in a strange way. No one should be that highly attuned to meet.

Tucker: Meat heightens the senses, and my all-meat streak is fourteen years strong.

Sam: ...And it's about to end. The school board finally agreed to try a new cafeteria menu. I wore them down.

Tucker: Wait... What did you do?

The teens all remembered this week. Many brought their lunch to school that week, which they hadn't done since middle school. How did the girl survive off that stuff?

Cut to the Casper High cafeteria. Sam and the school board's changes to the menu can be seen; a big banner states that this week is "Ultra Recyclo-Vegetarian" week. The lunch lady gives what looks like grass on bread to a student, and then one to Danny.

Danny: What is this? Grass on a bun?

Tucker: (Dramatically to Sam) WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?!

The crowd couldn't help but laugh at the boys antics. Most agreed with him though, especially the Lunch Lady on the left side of the room. Even though this had already happened she felt like she was ready to lose it all over again. She couldn't help it, meat was part of her obsession after all.

Seeing this, Clockwork place her in her own little bubble as everyone watched. Curious why he did that.

Danny was the one to ask, "May I ask why you placed the Lunch Lady in a bubble?"

"Even though this has already happened, just seeing it again is making the Lunch Lady lose control of her obsession. It is likely she will become violent. The bubble will keep her from lashing out at her fellow ghosts."

Danny just nodded in understanding.

Most of the humans were still confused. Mikey spoke up, "Um excuse me, but what exactly is an obsession? And why is it effecting her so much?"

Danny answered him, "Every ghost has what is called an obsession. It is what drives their existence. It's why they haven't moved on and are still here. Without an obsession, the ghost has no reason to existence anymore. If a ghost loses its obsession, it will eventually fade away from existence as if it was never there to begin with. It's a ghost sole purpose for, living, I guess you could say. They have to act on their obsession or else they will go mad. An obsession is different for every ghost."

"So I'm assuming that means you have an obsession as well Mr. Fenton, and if you don't act on it or lose it, you will also go mad or fade into nonexistence and die as well?" Mr. Lancer pondered, not really sure he wanted to know the answer.

Danny nodded his head, "Yes Mr. Lancer, even half ghosts still have an obsession."

All the humans felt sick to their stomachs. Danny had an obsession, and if he did not act on it or lost it then he would die. If he ever lost it or didn't act on it, then they would all lose him. It was an awful thought. But it also got them wondering. Dash acted on his curiosity, "Then what's your obsession Phantom?"

Dash immediately regretted asking as all the ghosts, including Danny, froze for a moment before losing it and many of them began attacking the barrier. Danny's eyes flashed red for a moment before he shook his head. He began trying to calm the ghosts who had lost it down, "No, no! It's okay. Just calm down, it's okay."

Seeing Danny seemed to be okay with the question, they all gained their composure back. Once they were all calmed down, Danny turned back to the humans who had all backed up several steps in fear, staring at the ghosts. "Sorry, I should have warned you." They all focused their attention on Danny, hoping he would elaborate. "You should never ask a ghost what their obsession is, it is extremely rude and it's likely they will lash out. Now not all ghost mind if you ask them, but it's usually better to be safe than sorry because a ghost can get really defensive when it comes to their obsession. Now if you happen to guess a ghosts obsession it's okay. Thankfully, I am a ghost who does not mind sharing my obsession or they would have kept attacking, offended on my behalf."

"Are you sure you're okay telling us sweety? You don't have to." Maddie said.

Danny just smiled, "I'm sure. Remember when I said that when I was electrocuted I had the thought 'I hope that no one else ever has to feel this pain'?"

Everyone nodded.

"Well, that ties into my obsession."

Now the people gasped.

"As well as the fact that Sam and Tucker were their when it all happened. As I was being fried, I heard them screaming my name. They were so upset, and I tried to hang on to life as much as I could because I needed to protect them. I couldn't let either of them think it was their fault I had died. I know they still regret what happened that day, but at least I am still here to reassure them that what happened wasn't their fault. I think that tied in with the thought 'I hope no one ever has to feel this pain' gave me my obsession."

Everyone leaned forward, even the ghosts. "Which is-"

Danny smiled proudly, "To protect others, human or ghost. Whomever may need it and deserves to be protected."

All was quiet for a moment before the sound of running footsteps was heard, and a red blur plowed into Danny. Jazz held onto her little brother, "I'm so proud of you Danny." She whispered. Danny smiled and wrapped his arms around her as well. "We're proud of you too my boy." Jack said as he and Maddie came through the barrier as well to embrace both of their kids. Danny's muffled voice said, "Thanks guys."

Clockwork let them have their moment before starting the screen back up, which no one had realized he'd paused.

Sam: Tucker, it's time for a change. (Holds up the "grass on a bun" in her hand.)

Cut to Fenton Works and fade to the ghost portal with the door open. An elderly female ghost dressed in lunch lady garb walks out of the portal.

Lunch Lady: Ooh! Somebody changed the menu!

"How did you know that? You where no where near the school?" Danny asked.

The Lunch Lady shrugged inside her bubble, "It's a six sense."

The Lunch Lady phases out through the basement's ceiling while Maddie and Jack are working on another invention, failing to notice the ghost at all.

"Just how many ghosts have been around that we never noticed?" Maddie asked her son.

"A lot," Danny couldn't help but laugh.

Maddie: Maybe this is a bad idea.

Jack: No, it's perfect. When Jazz gets home we suck the ghost out of her (Strikes a pose with the new invention which looks like a vacuum cleaner) with the Fenton Xtractor.

Maddie: But what if Jazz isn't a ghost? What if we accidentally hurt her?

"I'm thankful you took that into consideration mom." Jazz said, even though she knew they did it anyway.

Jack: Maddie, the Fenton Xtractor doesn't hurt humans...unless it gets in your hair... (Turns it on and begins yelling in pain as the suction rips most of his hair out. After a few seconds, he is calm.)...See?

Paulina and Star nearly faint at the idea of losing their hair.

Cut back to the Casper High cafeteria. Danny has some of the "grass on a bun" on his spoon and seems to be debating whether to eat it or not.

Danny: Don't you think this is a little extreme, Sam?

"Yes darling, I have to agree with Danny. Even though you don't eat meat doesn't mean you should force your ways on others." Mr. Manson said while trying not to upset his daughter.

Sam thought for a moment, "You're probably right dad." Sam let it slide since her dad agreed with Danny, that was a feat all on its own.

Sam smiles before someone puts a hand on her shoulder.

Mr. Lancer: Ah, Miss Manson. The school board wanted me to personally thank you for ushering in this welcome experiment to our cafeteria.

Tucker: (Sniffs the air frantically) Meat. Near.

Tucker looks up at Lancer and sniffs the air around him. Tucker glares at him while the man backs away.

This time Tucker got many more strange looks. How exactly did he do that? Meanwhile his dad was proud of him.

Lancer: No, no. The rumors about the new all-steak buffet in the teacher's lounge are completely untrue. (Pulls out a toothpick and uses it, then puts a hand on Sam's shoulder again.) Thanks again. (Leaves.)

Tucker: Yeah, thanks again for making us eat garbage, Sam.

Sam: It's not garbage. (Holds up the "grass on a bun".) It's recyclable organic matter.

Danny and Tucker: It's garbage.

Almost everyone in the audience said 'It's garbage' at the same time as Danny and Tucker on screen. That had everyone in the room except Sam burst out in laughter. This calmed the Lunch Lady down some seeing as most agreed with the statement.

Cut to the lunch lady behind the counter. She gives a shifty-eyed glance around before pulling a hamburger out of her pocket and sneaking away in order to eat it. The Lunch Lady Ghost phases through the ceiling and looks at the "Ultra Recyclo Veggie Lunch Menu." She glares at it. Cut to Danny still holding the spoonful of "grass on a bun." He gasps as his ghost sense goes off.

"Okay, please explain what that is Danny." Principal Ishiyama asked politely.

"Oh well, I call it my ghost sense." Danny rubbed the back of his neck. "It lets me know when a ghost is near."

"Cool," Jack said. "It's like a built in Fenton Finder."

Danny rolled his eyes, "It doesn't work like that dad. I still have to find them, I just know they're there."

Danny: Uh, guys? I've got a problem. (A handful of mud suddenly lands on his head.) UGH!

Dash Baxter: (Off-screen) FENTON!

Danny: (Turns around and grimaces) ...Make that two problems.

Dash, a jock, storms over to Danny, a plate of mud in his hands.

Dash flinched, realizing he had been wailing on his hero this whole time. And Danny had just taken it, he could have kicked Dash into next week. But he hadn't just taken it all the time, now that Dash thought about it if the theme song was anything to go by. He probably deserved more.

Dash: (Angrily) I ordered three mud pies. Do you know what they gave me? Three mud pies. With mud. From the ground! All because of your girlfriend!

Danny: She's not my girlfriend!

Sam: I'm not his girlfriend!

Sam and Danny said the same exact thing now.

Dash grabs Danny by his shirt and lifts him a few inches off the ground.

"Mr. Baxter!" Mr. Lancer threw a disapproving look over to Dash. Dash slumped down in his seat.

Dash: These are the best years of my life! After high school, it's all downhill for me! How am I supposed to enjoy my glory days eating mud?!

Sam: Actually, it's topsoil.

Dash tosses Danny at the table.

Dash: Whatever! (Danny lands on the bench. Dash walks over and shoves the plate of mud towards Danny's face.) Eat it. All of it.

Principal Ishiyama spoke up in a stern voice, "Mr. Baxter, I think we need to have a talk later on."

"Yes, ma'am."

Danny seems to be about to go through with eating the topsoil, but his ghost sense goes off again and he sees the Lunch Lady floating behind the lunch counter.

Danny: Uh...uh... (Glances down at the plate and picks it up, preparing to toss it.) GARBAGE FIGHT!

'It seems I owe Mr. Fenton an apology' Mr. Lancer thought. Now that he thought about it, he wondered how many other things that Fenton had gotten in trouble for were similar misunderstandings all because Fenton couldn't come out and say he was a ghost. Had he been wrongfully punishing the boy all this time?

He tosses the plate and hits Dash in the face. The other students begin throwing food as well and chaos ensues. Sam peeks out from behind a table.

Sam: It's not garbage! It's- (Danny's hand suddenly grabs Sam and pulls her back down towards the floor.)

The trio begins crawling away from the cafeteria. While crawling, Danny turns and looks behind him. Dash seems angry while the garbage fight continues behind him.

Dash: You're gonna pay for this, Fenton!

Dash is hit on the head again (twice) with mud.

Danny: Great. I'm still his favorite.

Mr. and Mrs. Fenton did not like what they were seeing. Why hadn't Danny told them he was being bullied?

The trio manages to crawl out the cafeteria door, and Danny and Tucker peek their heads around it to see the Lunch Lady Ghost.

Tucker: Huh. Shouldn't be so bad. She looks a little like my grandmother.

Tucker and Danny are now standing in the room and Sam peeks out from behind the door.

Danny: Shouldn't she be haunting a bingo hall?

"Don't be stereotyping Ghost Child." Lunch Lady glared at him.

"Sorry."

Off-screen, the trio closes the door behind them. The ghost turns around at the sound.

Lunch Lady: Hello, children. Can you help me? Today's lunch is meatloaf, but I don't see the meatloaf. Did someone change the menu?

Tucker: Yeah. (Points his thumb at Sam.) She did.

Lunch Lady: (Becomes extremely angry, with her hair flaming on end and eyes flashing red.) YOU CHANGED THE MENU?! (The trio gasps.) THE MENU HAS BEEN THE SAME FOR FIFTY YEARS! (She yells as green flames surround her and appear circling above her head.)

"Talk about bipolar." Jazz said, thinking out loud.

"Hey, I can't help it. It's part of my obsession."

Jazz pondered this, her mind spinning ninety miles an hour. Maybe she could help ghosts control or maintain their reactions to their obsessions a little better or even help them move on. She pulled out a journal, and began writing.

Danny: Get behind me!

Sam and Tucker promptly jump behind Danny.

Sam: (Sarcastically) Wow. I feel safe.

The crowd laughed while Danny mildly glared at Sam. "What? You weren't the best at your powers back then." Danny just rolled his eyes because he knew it was true.

Danny: I'm going ghost!

Danny transforms into Phantom. After transforming, he leaps off-screen as Sam and Tucker watch wide-eyed. Danny floats up towards the enraged Lunch Lady.

Danny: (Seeming a little unsure of himself) I command you to...go away!

"Like that's going to work Fentur- I mean Fenton."

The Lunch Lady causes many piles of dishes surrounding a sink to begin to glow and float around, before shooting them at Danny. He turns intangible, causing the dishes to pass right through him before hitting the wall behind him. He returns to normal, and smiles at his accomplishment of not being hit. Cut to Sam. A bunch of dishes are heading right for her, which Danny sees and flies in front of to catch in neat stacks with his hands and arms. The Lunch Lady uses her powers to send even more dishes flying towards Tucker. Danny catches these dishes in stacks again, as well as a few in his mouth. Tucker stops wincing after realizing Danny stopped the dishes and smiles. Danny flies off to put the dishes back on the counter, leaving a few dishes still in his mouth. He removes these dishes and stares at his reflection in them.

Danny: Well, if this superhero thing doesn't work out, I can have an exciting career as a busboy.

"I think the superhero thing works for you much better Danny." Sam said.

"Yeah, totally dude." Tucker added.

"Glad to know, I hate doing dishes."

While looking at his reflection in the plates, Danny notices the stoves behind him beginning to move around. He frowns.

Lunch Lady: I control lunch! Lunch is sacred! Lunch has rules! (Suddenly changes back to being calm.)Anybody want cake?

Sam and Tucker nod their heads in shock.

Lunch Lady: Too bad! Children who change my menu do not get dessert!

"No! Not dessert!" Tucker said dramatically. "Dessert is almost as important as meat!"

The Lunch Lady phases up out through the ceiling while the three stoves begin to emit green flames. The green flames fire out of the ovens towards Sam and Tucker who dodge out of the way. Danny dodges a blast of flames as well. The three stoves look angry and fly at Tucker and Sam, who flinch. Danny flies up behind them, grabs their shoulders, and makes the entire group intangible. He quickly flies them through the wall out of the kitchen. The stoves hit and crack the wall where the trio just flew through. The trio turns tangible again and rolls out into the middle of a hallway. They look behind them in shock.

Danny: (Looks down at his hands in amazement) Hey! It worked!

"Cool! Can we also try, Danny?" A random student yelled.

Sam: (Irritated) This is the thanks I get for thinking like an individual?

A loud crash is suddenly heard and Tucker and Danny turn to look for the cause. The hallway begins shaking violently and the lights go out. Danny looks worried and then looks at the row of lockers closest to him. Two of the lockers open and a bunch of school supplies come flying out. Sam looks on in surprise. Suddenly, a locker next to her does the same thing, and now many lockers are doing the same. The supplies fly to the Lunch Lady, swirling through her and then behind her. The trio looks shocked. Tucker's eyes suddenly widen and he sniffs the air.

Tucker: (While various meat products fly past him.) Steak...! Rib-eye...! No, porterhouse! Medium-rare!

The meat products begin attaching themselves to the Lunch Lady'S body until she is completely covered and only her mean green eyes are showing.

Tucker: But where did it come from? (Glares and turns to look behind him.) Lancer!

"I wasn't the one who ordered the food Mr. Foley." Lancer said, trying to defend himself. 'Note to self, never come between Tucker Foley and his meat.'

A piece of paper hits Tucker in the face. The scene switches to outside Casper High's Teacher's Lounge.

Lancer: (Speaking to several teachers and staff members) Esteemed Casper High faculty, I present your all-steak buffet.

Lancer pulls off a tablecloth covering the supposed buffet, but the meat is missing. Some eager staff members with forks and knives gasp at the sight. Lancer realizes something's wrong and looks down at the table in shock. All that's left is a rattling bone. Lancer slams his hands on the table.

Lancer: PARADISE LOST!

Cut back to the hallway. The meat-covered Lunch Lady towers over the trio.

Lunch Lady: Prepare to learn why meat is the most powerful of the five food groups!

The ghost suddenly loses her rage and goes back to "innocent lunch lady mode," holding up a cookie.

Lunch Lady: (Politely) Cookie?

Sam shakes her head "no." The ghost seems surprised she was turned down for a split second before reverting back to "evil lunch lady mode."

Lunch Lady: (Raises a clawed hand to attack Sam.) Then perish!

"Make up your mind already," Danny said. "You get mad when they say yes, and now your mad they say no."

The Lunch Lady didn't respond, flames were seeping around her and she had her fists clenched. She was slowly losing her inner battle to keep calm.

Danny slides backwards towards Sam to protect her.

Danny: Forget it! The only thing that has an expiration date here is you! (Points at the Lunch Lady. Accidentally reverts to his human self.) Whoops! I didn't mean to do that.

The room burst into laughter, even the Lunch Lady. "Talk about terrible timing."

The Lunch Lady roars and grabs Danny before sending him flying into Tucker. Both hit the lockers behind them and a pile of papers covers them up. The Lunch Lady grabs Sam off the ground and flies off down the hallway, taking Sam with her.

"Sammy-kins!" Mrs. Manson yelled, much to her daughters chagrin.

Tucker: Come on! Change back! We gotta go! (Two hands suddenly grab both boys by their collars.)

Lancer: You two aren't going (Pulls the boys up off the ground) anywhere.

Dash, still covered in mud, is standing behind Mr. Lancer, smirking in victory.

Dash: Told ya you'd pay Fenton!

"Ahhh! Seriously! They got to save Sam!" Mikey yelled.

Fade to black. Fade into Lancer's office where Dash, Danny, Tucker, and Mr. Lancer are gathered. Lancer is sorting through files in a file cabinet while Danny and Tucker sit in chairs in front of his desk. Dash is leaning against the wall, looking pleased.

Dash felt guiltier the more he watched, he had to apologize and soon.

Lancer: (Pulls out a file and reads it.) Tucker Foley. Chronic tardiness, talking in class, repeated loitering by the girl's locker room. (Tucker smiles slyly.)

"We are going to have a talk young man." Mrs. Foley said with her hands on her hips. Her husband added, "Yes sir, you should know better than that." But behind his wife's back he gave his son a wink.

Lancer: Danny Fenton. Thirty-four dropped beakers in the last month, banned for life from handling all fragile school property, but no severe mischief before today. So, gentlemen, tell me... (Slams file on desk. Angrily yells:) WHY DID THE TWO OF YOU CONSPIRE TO DESTROY THE SCHOOL'S CAFETERIA?!

"Well after seeing what happened to his hand at the beginning where his spoon fell through his hand, the thirty-four dropped beakers makes much more sense." Mr. Lancer said to Ishiyama, who nodded in agreement.

Danny: (Defensively) Dash started it! He threw-

Lancer: (Off-screen, while Dash is shown looking smug) Four touchdown passes in the last game is thereby exempt from scorn. You two, however, are not. I'll map out your punishment when I return. (Stands in office doorway.) Mr. Baxter, watch the door.

Principal Ishiyama huffed, "It seems we need to have a talk as well Mr. Lancer about favoritism."

Lancer merely nodded his head, he had never even realized he was showing favoritism until now. It's not like he didn't want the best for all his students. And he thought Fenton had a lot of potential that he had been wasting, only now to see that he was just struggling and slipping due to everything on his plate.

Lancer leaves and Dash smirks before closing the door. Danny and Tucker stand up from their seats.

Tucker: We gotta find Sam. For some reason, I feel like I got her kidnapped.

Everyone just gave Tucker looks that clearly stated 'really' expressions.

Danny: Maybe because you told the ghost she changed the menu? How about that?

Tucker: (Suddenly sniffs the air.) That steak is still in the building. 200 yards, tops.

Well Tucker's sense of smell was certainly coming in handy.

Danny glances over at a wall of TVs showing different security camera views of the school. Several cameras show a storage room filled with boxes of meat. The last one shows a trail of meat juice in front of the boxes leading off-screen.

Danny: Check it out. (Points at the screen.) Meat trail.

Many laughed, "Never heard that one before."

Danny goes ghost and grabs Tucker's arm, then turns them both intangible and phases them down through the floor.

Tucker: Whoa!

"So that's how they got out." Lancer whispered in a bit of awe. "Mr. Fenton, I hope you have never used your powers to your advantage for any reason other than ghost hunting."

Danny kept quiet, trying to look as innocent as possible.

The office door opens and Lancer enters carrying a broom, Dash right behind him.

Lancer: Gentlemen, your punishment will be- (Realizes the boys are gone from the room. Angrily:) -WORSE THAN YOU CAN IMAGINE!

Lancer realized he had punished them wrongfully again when all they had been doing was saving a fellow student. But there was nothing he could do about it. They had already done the punishment. He couldn't undo it.

Cut to Danny and Tucker entering the meat storage room from the security footage. Tucker looks elated from all the meat.

Tucker: Sweet mother of mutton! (Hugs the boxes of meat.) I'd dreamed of it, but...I never thought I'd live to see it!

Danny: How is it that I have the ghost powers and you're the weird kid?

Everyone laughed again, even the ghosts who had been wondering the same thing.

Their eyes widen as they hear cackling nearby. They peer around the corner of a stack of boxes and see the Lunch Lady, who is floating in front of Sam who is trapped neck-deep in a large pile of meat.

Lunch Lady: My dear child...meat is good for kids! It helps them grow and makes them smile! Why won't you eat it? (Offers Sam a chicken leg.)

Sam: We don't need meat. That's fact!

The Lunch Lady suddenly reverts back to her evil lunch lady form, with wind blowing around her.

Lunch Lady: SILENCE! (Points at Sam.) You need discipline, manners, respect! You know where that comes from? MEAT! (The wind stops suddenly and the Lunch Lady reverts back again. Politely:)Chicken? Or fish?

"I think I figured out your obsession, but I just can't understand where the obsession came from." Maddie stated. Grabbing everyone's attention.

"And what do you think my obsession is deary?" The Lunch Lady asked, curious.

Maddie was hesitant to say anything after what had happened earlier when obsessions had been brought up.

Seeing her reluctance the Lunch Lady said, "Remember, it's okay if you just happen to guess or figure out an obsession. I won't bite since you didn't ask."

Gaining confidence Maddie said, "i believe your obsession has to do with meat obviously, but lunch in general. I just can't understand how someone gets an obsession like that."

Many held their breath, still expecting the ghostly woman to get angry. "Well you would be correct deary." People let out their breath they had been holding seeing it truly was okay if you guessed an obsession right as long as you did not ask. "As to how someone could have an obsession like that, it's actually really simple. My family was extremely poor back when i was still living, and as a young child I was lucky if I got one full meal a day. So food was very important to me. When I grew up I made a better life for myself. I became a Lunch Lady, wanting to make sure others got the nutrition I didn't growing up. It bothered me to see other people not get a healthy balanced diet. I just didn't realize how much it bothered me, because i came back as a ghost whose sole purpose was to make sure others got what I didn't in life."

Needless to say, others in the room, even some of the ghosts, were astonished. All this just to make sure someone didn't starve. Even Danny was shocked. He had seen her as someone he needed to watch out for, but the reasoning behind her obsession was good even if the outcome wasn't always.

Valerie was probably the most shocked. These ghost were proving everything she believed wrong. She didn't know what to think anymore. How could a ghost have good intentions?

Cut to Danny and Tucker.

Danny: I'll take care of the ghost. You just find a way to get Sam out of that pile of meat!

Tucker: (Holds up a fork and knife.) Waaaay ahead of you.

Danny flies off to punch the Lunch Lady, who turns around surprised, but notices Danny too late. She is sent flying and crashes into a nearby wall before collapsing to the ground. Danny lands in front of her and she glares at him. Cut to Sam. She stops looking in Danny's direction and then looks at Tucker who is cutting away pieces of the meat with his knife.

Tucker: (Enthusiastically:) I'll have you free in no time, Sam!

Sam: (Frowns in disbelief.) You've gotta be kidding me.

Others couldn't help laughing at how those two interacted. He so could have gotten her out a lot easier.

Cut to Danny crouched on the ground. He jumps up and somersaults in the air before preparing to kick the ghost. The Lunch Lady catches his foot in her hand right before he hits her, then dangles a surprised Danny upside-down by his foot.

Lunch Lady: Don't you see? This is why you need meat! You're skin and (Tosses Danny off-screen) bones!

The humans cringe as Danny flies off-screen. But after understanding the ghosts obsession, they were having a hard time being mad at her.

As Danny is sent flying through the air he turns intangible, phasing halfway through a nearby wall up to his waist before falling to the ground. Cut to the Lunch Lady as she summons shish-kebabs from a box, their pointed ends heading straight for Danny. Danny, who is now out of the wall, sees this and splits his body in two.

Many of the human's stomachs rolled at the sight. A body saw not supposed to do that.

The meat passes through the stretched intangible area of his body he created. He smiles at the new power but the smile quickly fades as he sees what the ghost is up to now. The Lunch Lady yells and summons meat out of all of the boxes onscreen. Danny pieces himself together again and watches the meat go flying towards the ghost. Meanwhile, Tucker is about to take a bite of meat but the piece as well as the meat pile that was covering Sam goes flying off towards the ghost. The meat soars around and attaches to the Lunch Lady to form the meat monster she was earlier. She fires a meat fist at Danny, capturing him in her grasp.

Tucker: (Strikes a determined pose, fork and knife handy.) Help's on the way, buddy!

Many fell to the floor, rolling in laughter at Tuckers determination.

The Lunch Lady sends Danny flying off-screen. He yells and turns intangible, passing through a wall. The Lunch Lady looms over Sam and Tucker and growls at them loudly. Sam and Tucker look scared.

Tucker: Run?

Sam: Run.

Sam and Tucker yell as they head for the door, but the ghost sends a pile of meat that blocks their exit, knocking them both off-screen. Danny holds the back of his head as he phases partly back into the room. He sees Sam and Tucker yelling as they run past him, and he determinedly goes flying after them. The Lunch Lady makes fists with her hands and prepares to slam down on Sam and Tucker, but Danny quickly flies down and grabs them in his arms before turning all of them intangible and flying through a wall. The Lunch Lady is surprised and can't stop herself in time before the meat splatters all against the wall. Cut to Danny, Sam, and Tucker phasing through the wall outside and floating, turning tangible again. Danny looks tired.

Sam: Gee, Danny. Fighting meat monsters, flying through walls...You must be exhausted.

Danny: (Defensively) What? Of course not! What would give you that idea? (Trails off.)

The trio falls to the ground as Danny passes out from exhaustion. He returns back to his human self, and Sam and Tucker look at each other.

"Glad that doesn't happen anymore." Danny said to Sam and Tucker.

Cut to Fenton Works, where Jazz is opening the front door.

Jazz: (Puzzled) Mom? Dad?

Jazz steps into the room and the door suddenly slams closed behind her. Two smoke bombs roll in front of her covering the scene with smoke.

Jack: (Hidden by the smoke.) Now, Maddie! Hit her! I'm moving in! (Jazz shrieks.) Get my back!

The smoke clears to show an irritated Jazz with her arms crossed as her parents have latched themselves onto her legs, the Fenton Xtractor attached to her hair. Maddie and Jack let go of her legs. Jazz walks off, the Xtractor still on her hair.

Jazz: This is all going in the memoir.

Paulina and Star threw a fit. It took ten minutes before they stopped yelling at Jack and Maddie for doing that to their daughters hair. It probably would have taken longer, but Sam yelled at them to shut up and that if anyone had a right to yell at them it was Jazz.

Maddie and Jack get up off the ground. The front door opens to reveal Sam and Tucker carrying the still-unconscious Danny.

"Dude, you were really out." Kwan said.

Tucker: Hey, Mr. and Mrs. Fenton! What a school day! Poor Danny nodded off. We figured we'd just carry him all the way home and tuck him into bed (They start carrying Danny upstairs) without any parental interaction whatsoever.

Sam: Don't get up! We know where to go. Bye!

"Neither of you thought that was strange?" Principal Ishiyama asked.

"I did, but I had to make sure Jack didn't do anything too crazy to Jazz." Maddie said, patting Jack's arm.

Jack: (Looks up at the ceiling in thought.) Hmm...

Maddie: Jack, Danny is not a ghost.

Jack: You're right. (Cut to Jazz trying to get the Xtractor off her hair, then back to Jack.) Jazz is.

Jazz rolls her eyes. She should have known her father was not done.

Fade to Danny sleeping on top of his bed. He suddenly wakes up with a yelp.

Danny: (Confused:) Ah! Aah! Wha? What's going on?

Dash laughed, "Dude, that's how you wake up?"

"I was thinking we were still being attcked by the Lunch Lady. After all I had passed out trying to get away from her. As I said before, I've developed some anxiety from hunting and being hunted by ghosts."

Dash didn't think Danny's react was that funny anymore.

Tucker and Sam are looking down at him.

Tucker: You passed out. We took you home. You've been asleep for four days!

Danny: (Sits up quickly. Alarmed) Four days?!

Tucker: (Chuckling.) Nah. It's only been a couple hours.

Everyone chuckled at the bond Tucker and Danny's friendship had.

Danny lays back down, still a little shaken. Sam puts her hands on her hips.

Sam: Knock it off, Tucker. This is the second time today your carelessness almost got him killed.

Tucker: Me? I almost got him killed? The only reason this happened is because you had to be unique. You had to take the meat away! (Sam crosses her arms and turns away from him. As he storms off:) And I'm going to get it back!

Sam: (Yelling angrily:) You want to change that menu back? (Goes over to the door to the bedroom.)YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GO THROUGH ME TO DO IT! (Leaves, slamming the door closed.)

"Seriously, you're fighting over meat?" Valerie asked.

"Don't get them started." Danny said.

Danny: Oh well. I'm sure everything will be back to normal by tomorrow.

Fade to outside Casper High where a few students are looking at something. Danny walks up, a look of disbelief on his face.

Danny: Or not. Maybe it'll be worse.

"It can't be that bad," A random adult in the back said.

Pan over a bunch of meat lovers decked out in meat merchandise. On a stage, some girls are dancing in hot dog outfits. The girls dance offstage and Tucker appears carrying a microphone in his hand.

Tucker: (Shouting into the mic:) What do we want?

Meat Lovers: MEAT!

Tucker: When do we want it?

Meat Lovers: NOW!

Danny looks over at the other side of the protest. Pan over the vegetarian equivalent of the meat-protest side full of hippies, laid-back people, and goths. Sam is standing on top of a school bus yelling into a microphone while carrying a sign that reads "NOW!"

Sam and Veggie Lovers: (Chanting) VEGGIES NOW! VEGGIES FOREVER! VEGGIES NOW! VEGGIES FOREVER!

Sam and Tucker come to stand on opposite sides of Danny, glaring at each other.

"Never mind," the same adult said.

Danny: (With disbelief) You guys put together two protests in one night?

Tucker: Meat-eaters, Danny. Always ready to fight. And our high-protein diets give us the energy we need to do it quickly.

Sam: Ultra recyclo-vegetarians are always ready to protest. And because we don't have to waste time cooking our food, we can move even faster.

Danny: Don't you guys think this is a little extreme?

Tucker: (Continuing to glare.) No choice, buddy. You're either with me!

Sam: (Glaring.) Or you're against him!

Sam and Tucker lean over Danny and he ducks a little.

Sam and Tucker: So whose side are you on?

"I'm glad I'm not in his shoes." A kid a grade below them says.

"Thankfully, I didn't have to answer."

A wind suddenly starts blowing and the sky turns gray. Sam and Tucker's eyes widen. Cackling is heard and Danny's ghost sense goes off. The crowd looks bewildered and confused. A voice yells angrily as the contents of a meat truck fly out in various directions. The meat swirls around and eventually forms a gigantic version of the meat monster the Lunch Lady Ghost was the previous day.

Lunch Lady: It's lunchtime!

"She's baaack!" Young Blood called out teasingly.

All the adults, and many of the teenagers look around. Trying to figure out where that voice came from. No such luck, they couldn't see the culprit.

Both groups of protesters run away while screaming in terror.

Tucker: Meat! Why have you betrayed me?!

Tucker shed a tear, "I still don't understand."

Danny: (Looks around.) Guys, time to makeup. Now!

Sam and Tucker hug as Danny transforms beneath their cover. They break their hug to reveal Danny Phantom, who flies off-screen.

"They really are good friends." Kwan said quietly to himself. He didn't have that with the popular crowd. They were more likely to throw him out at a moments notice. His only saving grace was that he was on the football team. 'Maybe I should start hanging out with the trio more.'

Cut to Jazz talking with a goth sitting at a picnic table away from all of the chaos.

Jazz: Spike, you have to open up to your parents! Be true to yourself and them.

Pan over to Spike, who is wearing all black, has a mohawk, and is covered in piercings and tattoos.

Jazz: Tell them how you feel! I mean, it's not like they're gonna attack you or anything.

"I spoke to soon," Jazz said glumly.

A green net suddenly captures Jazz. She yells in surprise. Spike watches as Jazz is dragged off-screen. Cut to Jack reeling in the net while standing behind some bushes.

Jack: I've got her! (Maddie pokes out from the bushes. Jack looks at her.) And the Fenton Grappler is working like a charm!

Maddie: I don't understand. If Jazz is a ghost, why hasn't she phased through the net?

Jazz: (Now standing under the net.) Because I am not a GHOST! (Throws the net off.)

"Couldn't have said it better myself."

Jazz: You've ambushed me, suffocated me with smoke, and worse, I was pulled away from Spike before he had his breakthrough! What do you have to say for yourselves?

Jack suddenly holds the Fenton Thermos out in front of him.

Jack: Eat hot Fenton Thermos, ghost gal!

The thermos simply sparks and does nothing. Jazz looks down at the thermos, then glares up at her parents. Jack scrutinizes the thermos.

Jack: Hmm. (Shakes the thermos back and forth.) Darn thing still doesn't work!

"How did you get it to work then Danny?" Tucker asked, looking at his best friend.

"You'll see."

Cut to Danny looking alarmed in front of the meat-covered Lunch Lady. The ghost yells ferociously before attempting to punch Danny, who flies out of the way. The ghost then tries slapping him with the other hand, but he dodges again. She then tries an uppercut which he also dodges. Danny then kicks the ghost hard and knocks her over. Sam and Tucker smile as they watch this.

Tucker: He really is getting better.

"Thanks Tuck."

Danny looks down and smiles, then frowns as he turns back to the ghost. The ghost punches him and he goes sailing off-screen. Sam runs forward as she watches.

The humans cringe, 'that's gotta hurt.'

Sam: I sure hope he can take a punch!

Cut to a jet airplane flying overhead. Danny is sent flying upward toward it. Inside the plane, a businessman and a flight attendant are shown.

Flight Attendant: There's your water, sir!

Their eyes widen as Danny suddenly phases through and up out of the ceiling. He then phases back down through the floor again, grabbing the businessman's water cup out of his hand.

Danny: (While phasing through.) Thanks!

"You went up high enough to go through a plane?" Tucker asks.

"Yeah, the Lunch Lady sure can pack a punch."

The ghosts near the Lunch Lady's bubble took a few steps back.

Danny flies back towards the ghost, splashing the cup of water on his face before throwing the cup aside.

"Danny!" Sam yelled. "I can't believe you just threw that cup. You could have put it in a trash can." She crossed her arms.

"Sorry Sam, but I was a little busy at the time trying to take down the Lunch Lady. I don't think she would have given me the time to set it aside."

Cut to Jack and Maddie. Both are looking at Jazz, who has her arms crossed, irritated. Jack suddenly smiles before looking at the thermos in his hand.

Jack: I, Jack Fenton, from this day forth, (Cut to Danny flying toward the school.) do hereby turn my back on ghosts.

"What?! You gave up ghosts?" If Danny had been drinking water there would have been a spit real.

"Only for a minute Danny-boy, then I saw you." Jack laughed.

Danny slams into the ghost sending meat flying everywhere. The meat explosion lets off orange smoke in the distance behind Jazz, Jack, and Maddie. Danny weakly pulls himself out of a crater the explosion created.

Lunch Lady: (Standing before Danny.) Oh, dear! What a mess! Are you okay?

Danny finally pulls himself out of the crater and rubs his left arm a bit.

Danny: Yeah. I think so.

The ghost has a small smile on her face, but suddenly reverts back to evil lunch lady mode.

Lunch Lady: TOUGH! BECAUSE YOU BEING OKAY IS NOT PART OF MY BALANCED DIET OF DOOM!

"Okay, the severe moods swing are really throwing me."

Meat suddenly pours out of the crater forming five small piles in front of Danny, which turn into little meat monsters. Danny flies off-screen, with the meat monsters jumping after him. He does a flying kick that slices through all of the monsters before landing back on the ground. He looks up only to see the meat monsters form themselves again.

Danny: Wasn't expecting that. (Suddenly turns human again.) Or that.

"Dude, you have terrible luck." Dash said, pitying Danny for a moment.

"Don't worry, I get better control of my powers."

"I sure hope so, or we all would have been doomed a long time ago."

The meat monsters grab Danny. He tries fighting them off but they keep their hold and fly up with him. Two of the monsters let go of him while three dangle him upside down by his legs. Danny yells. Cut to Jack and Maddie. Jack is looking down at the Fenton Thermos.

Jack: ...And this Thermos can't trap ghosts because ghosts don't exist. (Tosses the thermos off-screen.)

"I still can't believe you gave up on ghosts, even if it was only for a moment. I mean, ghosts are your life." Danny said. "I mean seriously, I can't see you doing anything other than ghost hunting."

"I'm not sure what I would have done either son."

The thermos suddenly whacks the still-dangling Danny in the face and he catches it.

Danny: The Fenton Thermos! But how am I going to get it to work?

The three meat monsters dangling Danny suddenly let go of him and toss him toward the ground. Danny yells as he plummets toward the ground.

"Danny!" The crowd yells.

Danny: Change back! CHANGE BACK! (A light flashes and he turns ghost again.)

The crowd sighs in relief.

The meat monsters look surprised, then become furious before chasing after him. Danny falls and phases through the ground between Jazz and their parents.

Danny: (While phasing through) Thanks for the thermos!

Jack: (Happily) HA! Ghost kid! I was right! (In a sing-song voice:) You were wrong! Ghosts exist! (Laughs.) I never doubted for a second!

"You just had to appear, and make me wrong."

"Hey, it's what brothers are for. Otherwise you would get a big head." Danny teased his sister.

She playfully elbowed him in the side.

Jazz doesn't look pleased. Jack laughs and a large amount of meat lands on top of them. Cut to the Lunch Lady. Danny phases out from the ground, the Fenton Thermos in his hand.

Lunch Lady: (Angrily) NO! Soup's not on today's menu!

Danny: I'm changing the menu, permanently! (Grabs the top of the thermos. Small voice:) Please work.

"That's reassuring." Sam said. "You weren't even sure what you were doing."

"Nope, but hey, everything turned out fine."

He pulls the top off of the thermos and aims it towards the Lunch Lady.

Danny: I hope I'm right!

A blue aura surrounds Danny and then the thermos, which powers up before releasing a stream of energy. The energy forms a net that surrounds the surprised Lunch Lady and traps her.

Mikey got excited, "Oh I think I get it. It only works for ghosts."

"No, Sam and Tucker have used it before. I think it just needed to be charged up with ectoplasm, which is what I did." Danny corrected.

Lunch Lady: (Struggling) NOOOO!

The energy swirls and sucks the Lunch Lady into the thermos and Danny (who has turned human again) puts the lid back on the thermos. He smiles and looks up, then goes over to Sam and Tucker, who were trapped under one of the protest balloons. Danny helps Sam up.

Sam: What happened? Where's the ghost?

Danny: (Smiles down at the thermos.) My parents have their moments.

Jack and Maddie couldn't help the smile that spread across their faces at their sons praise.

Danny suddenly hears a faint beeping noise and he hides the thermos behind him.

Fenton Finder: (Off-screen) Ghost directly ahead.

The meat-covered Jack and Maddie walk up to the trio, Jack holding the Fenton Finder in front of him.

Fenton Finder: You would have to be some sort of moron to not notice the ghost directly ahead.

Jack and Maddie lost their smiles at that. Danny notices, "Hey you are not morons. Neither of you excepted your sons to be half ghost. Besides, I was living a double life as Fenton and Phantom. The thought of me being both a ghost and a human never would have crossed your minds." The Fentons started smiling again.

Danny, standing right in front of the device, smiles weakly. Jack and Maddie look up from the Fenton Finder towards him.

Danny: Oh, sorry, Dad. (Points behind him with his thumb.) You just missed him.

Jack: We got a runner!

Jack and Maddie run off-screen revealing Jazz with her arms crossed.

Jazz: (Irritated) Great. (Walks off-screen.) Back to square one.

Tucker: So, you're not gonna tell 'em?

Danny: Nah. I think I might've finally figured out what these powers are for. They make me-

A hand suddenly grabs Danny by the shoulder. His eyes widen and he glances upward at Mr. Lancer, who looks furious.

Lancer: In a world of trouble.

"Sorry Mr. Fenton."

Fade to outside Casper High at nighttime. Mr. Lancer appears with a megaphone in his hand.

Lancer: Manson! (Cut to Danny, Sam, and Tucker, who are cleaning up the mess from the protests and ghost fight.) Pick up that T-bone!

Sam: (Disgusted) With my hands?

Lancer: Foley! Pick up that Turfwich!

Tucker: (Equally disgusted) With my hands? (Holds the Turfwich by its corner.)

Again the crowd was laughing at the two. The trio in general was hilarious, and they had never noticed.

Mr. Lancer seems pleased and takes a bite out of a turkey leg before turning around and walking away. Cut to Danny sweeping up some meat. Dash is watching him sweep, looking pleased while leaning on the dumpster where the meat is being collected. He laughs. Danny looks over at Dash and then goes to the side of the dumpster. He grabs it, turning it intangible. The dumpster's contents phase out and fall on Dash, who gets trapped under a huge pile of meat.

"Oh that's how that happened. I'm gonna get you back for that Fenton." Dash joked, not really meaning it.

Danny could tell he didn't mean it either.

Dash: (Pokes head out from meat pile.) FENTON! A little help?

Danny: (Looking pleased.) Whatever you say, Dash. (Looks at camera.) Whatever you say.

Danny's eyes glow green as the screen closes in on them.

That's all for now, please review. Just so you know I will probably skip a few episodes every now and then.