A/N Hello again! Joon the Ninja here! and as promised, chapter 2 :). I was suprised I was able to get this out so soon after the first chapter, but suddenly an idea for this chapter hit me like a ton of bricks, so I got on the computer and started typing away. Also, just to let you know, this story takes place AFTER the Undergrowth epsiode, so he already has his ice powers, for those of you who thought that was going to be his new powers. I decided that would be really really lame of me to do that, so I wont. You'll just have to wait and see :P

Anyway, enjoy chapter 2!

Disclaimer:I do not own Danny Phantom, but if I did, there would be a lot of changes...


As the week went on, Danny found himself hanging out with Alyssa and her friends more and more. They were a welcomed change in the teen's life. For one thing, they were rather mature, since they didn't get sucked into all the high-school drama, and they also didn't seem to care about the bullying jocks and Paulina and her little group of clones. In fact, Zak and the twins could hold their own against them, and Danny made sure to ask Zak to show him some of his moves. They were also really considerate. He knew Sam and Tucker cared about him (or at least they used to-he wasn't sure anymore), but they were never comfortable with discussing his personal problems, and when they did discuss each other's problems, they were rather rude when someone else discussed a problem while the other was in the middle of ranting about theirs. He was like that too, even though he hated to admit it.

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It has been a month since the lab accident, and the now rather skittish 14-year-old was asking his best friends whether or not he should tell his parents about his new-found powers. "Why? Parents don't listen!" protested Sam, "And what's even worse is they don't understand. Why don't they accept me for who I am!?" she yelled more than asked. It was obvious she was referring to her own parents when she yelled that, but instead of asking her what was wrong, Danny instead said, "Sam, we're talking about my powers? My problems?" "Oh right sorry!" she replied, looking sheepish.

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But they listened to him whenever he vented, and likewise, he would listen to them whenever they vented. "It's easier to deal with your family if you detach yourself from the situation." Jason stated, earning himself a questioning look from Danny. "Detach yourself?"

"Yeah, like, if they start pushing your buttons, it's better not to lose your head over something so trivial. For me, I just observe my family, and don't really participate in their conversations, but that's just because they usually talk about work during dinner. I'm not saying you should stop caring about your family, but try to train yourself not to consider things like that a big deal. In my opinion, if you can do that, you've matured." He finished, leaving a slightly astounded Danny in his wake; the young hero had never heard Jason say that much in one setting. But Danny thought it over for a couple moments, before replying, "Alright. I'll try it."

And so he did. His family noticed almost immediately (well, more like Maddie and Jazz), and were at first worried about his sudden change in behavior, especially since Maddie noticed Sam and Tucker didn't seem to come over anymore, but he assured her everything was fine, and she didn't see any signs of him being depressed or anything, so she let it go.

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Monday, September 8th, 2008 (school started on the 25th of August)

It was now the third week of the school year, and once again it was lunchtime, and as he walked over to the now familiar lunch table, everything seemed to look like it normally did: Zak was plucking at his guitar strings, playing some random tune, Alyssa was animatedly talking to Ye-ji and Conner, and Jason and Kelsi were sitting together, with Kelsi leaning against Jason's shoulder as they quietly listened in on the conversation, with a chuckle here and there. Alyssa was the first to see him, and waved him over. He sat down and was about to bite into his slice of pizza when he suddenly felt a lot of eyes on him. He looked up and sure enough they were all looking at him and back at each other like they wanted to say something, but they couldn't decide who should say what. "…What?" Danny asked, shifting his eyes to all of their faces. Alyssa cleared her throat before saying, "Well, Danny, we need talk to you." Zak strummed three notes from his guitar, which sounded very similar to 'dun dun duuuun!' Alyssa settled for glaring at him, since she was too far away to hit him. Zak let out a short chuckle."Sorry, couldn't resist. But seriously," Zak started, looking at Danny with the most serious look he had ever seen Zak give anyone, which was a little unnerving. "We've been doing a lot of observations and thinking since last year and well, we've known this for a little while, but since you're our friend now, we should probably tell you. Danny we...know your Danny Phantom."

The silence at the table was deafening.

"H-how...?" Danny couldn't get anymore out of his mouth as started at them in a rather dumfounded panic (a/n-is that even possible? lol). "Um..Danny it's kind of obvious." Alyssa stated. She continued when Danny turned his head sharply at her. "I mean, espically since during the beginning of last year you were acting rather skittish, like jumping a little and waving your arm or some other limb and your pants would fall down for no reason, and not to mention I noticed while walking in the hallways it sometimes seemed like you would dissapear and then reappear a few seconds later. It was also around that time that Danny Phantom showed up, and I was able to watch your fight with the Lunch lady ghost. You looked rather awkward as you fought her, like you didn't know what you were doing."

"You also almost always dissapear whenever there's a ghost attack." Zak chimed in. "And you and Phantom have the same voice, and practically look the same, asside from the obvious hair and eye color difference. We also noticed your two ex-friends were rather protective of you and making excuses for you whenever the teachers actually did notice you were missing. "

"Yeah, and with a name like Danny Phantom, it makes it even more obvious. I mean c'mon! Danny Phantom? Danny Fenton?" Conner put in, and the rest of the group nodded their heads in agreement.

"We also want to you to know that we would never tell anyone esle about your secret identity, and we will help you anyway we can. We'll even help you hunt ghost if you trust us enough. If not, we understand." Ye-ji finished, and everyone esle nodded.

With the shock wearing off, Danny couldn't help but feel impressed at their assesment. "Thanks you guys...it means a lot." Danny replied, with raw honesty. "And...if you really think you're up to it, you guys can come to my house and practice using the ecto-guns. If my parents let you, that is. " the ghostly teen added at the end since a few skeptic looks were sent his way. "If you guys dont think you want to do that after you try ghost hunting out, then I understand too." Danny finished.

"Or if we really suck at it." Kelsi added, and the the rest of teens broke out in light laughter, and Danny suddenly felt more relieved than he had in a while. "Yeah, that too." "So when do you think we can come over?" Jason asked. "Well...um...I guess today would be ok, if that's not too short notice, and I don't have to deal with too many ghost." Danny replied. "Really? Cool!" exclaimed Alyssa "We always go to one of each other's houses after school, so I'm sure our parents won't care, just as long as we tell them where we're going." she added. As soon as she said that, the lunch bell rang, and the group headed thier seperate ways: Zak, Conner, and Danny to AP World History, Alyssa to English, Kelsi to Art 2, and Jason to Algebra 2.

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Danny once again exited Casper High with an tired sigh, a thing he noticed was becoming a daily ritual. Danny missed half of 6th period fighting Technus, who was reeking havoc in the computer lab. And right after school he had to take care of the box ghost again, but that only took a minute, even though that fact didn't make it any less annoying. "Danny!" Zak called, catching up to him, "I called my parents and they said that it was fine that I come over to your house." "Cool. What about the others?" Danny asked the half-german teen. "Yeah they can. C'mon lets go sit with them while you wait to get picked up." He suggested, walking towards an outdoor table with the said people sitting on it, and Danny followed suite. "By the way," Zak started as they began walking to the table, "I can only fit four people in my car, so you're going to have to take someone with you." "Kay." was Danny's simple reply. "Hey Danny," Conner began as they approached the table, "What powers do you have?"

Everyone turned thier heads to Danny when he said that. 'They look like little kids about to be told an awesome adventure story' Danny mused 'Well, except Jason and Kelsi that is. They just look like they're mildy curious' Danny began a detailed list oh his powers. "I've also been trying to clone myself too, but so far I can only-" "You can make clones of yourself!?" Alyssa and Ye-ji exclaimed in unison rather loudly. "Sush!" Zak and Danny yelled at the same time, while Zak flung his hand over Ye-ji's mouth and Danny put his hand over Alyssa's mouth. Danny frantically looked around, and almost breathed a sigh of releif when he saw that no one was looking in their direction. That is, until he spotted a certain two people. 'Oh no' Danny thought.

For there was Sam and Tucker a couple of tables over, staring at him in disbelief. As soon as he looked at them, he knew that they knew that he had told them his secret. 'I'm probably going to hear crap about this from them tomarrow.' Danny thought grimly. He was brought out of his stupor when someone lightly tapped him on his arm, and he looked down to see Alyssa pointing at his hand, which was still covering her mouth "Ah! Sorry" Danny apologized, a blush of embarassment spreading across his face as he yanked his hand away. "It's ok. Sorry for the outburst." she replied as a small rosy blush crept on to her face as well. Zak chuckled at the two, and Ye-ji looked on with an amused smile. "Anyway," Danny continued, "I can clone clone myself, but I can only make one right now." he admitted. "In that case, why don't you just make a clone that does the ghost hunting for you while you go to school?" Jason asked. The young hero stared at him wide-eyed and blinked at him a couple of times, before hitting his head on the table as if to say 'Why the hell didn't I think of that sooner!?' And the group of eccentric teens broke out in laughter. Some horn beeping and a voice calling out Danny's name quited them down, however.

Danny looked over Kelsi's head to see his sister waving at him. "Ok Jazz is here. Let's go! Oh and who's riding with me?" Danny asked as they began picking up their backpacks. "I'll go." Alyssa offered, trying not to sound too eager. Danny nodded his head as they began walking towards Jazz's car. "Who's this?" Jazz asked, her eyes shining with cruiousity. "This is Alyssa. She and her friends are coming to hang out today, and Zak didn't have enough room in his car to take all of them." Danny explained, pointing with his thumb to the car behind them, and Zak and Ye-ji waved at Jazz from the front seats when Jazz turned to look at them. "What about Sam and Tucker?" the red-head asked. "We had a fight. I'll tell you about it later." he added, seeing the look on her face. She gave a small sigh before replying, "Alright. Get in."

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"Mom! Dad! I'm home!" Danny called out into the two story house, since he didn't see them in the living room. "In here Danny!" called his father's usual booming and boisterous voice, which came from the kitchen. With that, Danny led his friends into the kitchen. "Hey Danny could you-oh!Hello!" Maddie excliamed, cutting herself off to wave to Alyssa and friends (a/n lol that makes me giggle for some reason). "Mom, dad, these are my new friends: Zak, Ye-ji, Alyssa, Conner, Jason, and Kelsi." "Well that's quite a lot!" came Jack Fenton's ever optimistic reply. "Hey, were are Sam and Tucker?" he asked, looking around the room for them. "um...they couldn't come." Danny lied. "Aw, well that's too bad. Anyway, kids! How 'bout I show you the Fenton lab?" "Actually, that's sort of why we came." answered Kelsi, and Danny's father beamed even more, if that was possible. "Yes! I can blabber about ghost!" he cheered, leading the way to the basement. Maddie shoke her head before stating, "I better go down too, just in case." Meanwhile, Zak, Conner, and Alyssa were trying thier best not to burst out laughing so their bodies were shaking in silent laughter. The others just had amused grins on their faces. Danny just rolled his eyes and gestured for them to follow him.

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The evening went better than he thought it would. At first Danny was worried that his parent's (mainly his father's) ecccentricity would freak them out, but then he remembered who he was talking about, so he tossed that thought aside. It made the teen hybrid smile when he thought about how serious they were about the whole thing. Everyone nodded thier heads and paid close attention to everything they said, even when his father started ranting a little. Even Kelsi took notes, and they asked plenty of questions. Jason also asked what kind of ecto-gun they would use if they wanted to make it easy to have it on them and still be able to hide it easily, which Danny would be able to get to them about one or two at a time, since his parents had at least 20 mini-ecto-guns.

The young superhero was brought out of his thoughts by soft knocking on his door. "Danny, can I come on in?" asked his sister's voice. "Yeah." Jazz entered and closed the door softly before sitting on the edge of his bed. "Alright, you said you'd tell me about it later, so I want you to tell me everything." she said, referring to the fight. Danny let out a soft sigh before starting. "It happened about a week ago..."


A/N Whew! that took practically all day to write! Hope you enjoyed it! Please reveiw. No flames! This one is about the same length as ch. 1, even though to me it feels longer. I'm sure at this point it's obvious who Danny's girlfriend is gonna be, huh? I'm gonna try to make the next chapter longer (try being the key word) so it will probably be a little while before the next chapter comes out.

Till Next time!

Joon The Ninja