Second Chapter! :D 5 reviews too, thanks everybody! Infinity :D... alright, on to the specifics: Thank you tooo-

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Disclaimer: (I forgot to do one of these in the first chapter, oops) I don't own Danny Phantom, of course if I did then there would be a whole lot more episodes and seasons, aah, dreams...

A Rock And A Hard Place

The day had gone on exactly as Danny thought it would-horrible.

First of all, Ember had made him late for his first class and gave him a huge cut on his chest, so he'd had to fly home as fast as he could to bandage himself up and get a new shirt, this made him about fifteen minutes late. One one-hour detention, at least Mr. Cudgel had been merciful today.

Second period, Box Ghost attacked the class, so while everyone was screaming and yelling and carrying on, he had landed the hardest punch he could (in human form) on the wimpy ghost and locked the guy in the thermos before he could say 'BEWARE.' Well, one good thing did come out of that, the class was canceled while the Guys in White investigated the class room for any 'ghostly remains,' so that part of the day was okay, except one of them had come a little too close to Danny and-Mavericks, was it?- anyway, his ectoplasm scanner had gone way off the charts as soon as he got near Danny, luckily, the guy had thought it was a malfunction, whew.

Third period, fourth period, fifth period went on almost just like the first,except for the fourth period, he was only in class for two minutes, one hour added to his detention, so that all added up too... one, two, three, four classes two with a one hour detention, the rest with thirty minutes added, ugh, three hours of torture, why, just why?

Now was lunch, the most freedom they got before the end of the day, ooh, today was Friday too, hopefully, he would have the weekend to himself, maybe go to the boardwalk fair with his friends, get hyped up on cotton candy (or any type of candy he could find) and caffeine against his parents and his friends wishes and go wild. Then they would have a 'calm' (horror) movie night at Sam's-

'huh.'

A familiar cool sensation made its way through his body, coming out his mouth in the form of a blue/white whisp.

'Aw, come on!"

"Ugh,"

Danny groaned, casting quick glances at his two friends, Sam Manson and Tucker Foley, sending a silent message, ghost sense.

His friends nodded, Tucker, as usual, stuffing as much food in his mouth as he could before getting up with Sam to sneak out of the cafeteria, since it was lunch, they could help him with the ghost, any other time before the end of the day, he would force them to stay behind.

Danny stood up, walking over to the popular table and tapped on Dash Baxter shoulder.

"Hey, Dash-"

The bully instantly stood up, grabbing his plate of food and stuffing it in Danny's face.

'Here we go."

"FOOD FIGHT!"

Danny did his best Dash impression just as the quarter back opened his mouth, he ran down the small aisles between the lunch tables, dodging any food that happened to come his way.

'So close...'

He burst through the double doors, grabbing his friends arms as he ran down the hallway.

"Danny, dude, what did you do?"

Tucker asked, and he called Danny clueless. The halfa sent the techno geek a critical look, showing him the food that covered his face.

"Oh-"

"Come on, we gotta get that ghost!"

Danny ran faster as he heard the metallic squeak of door hinges.

"FENTON!"

'Uh-oh, I'm gonna hear about this later. Or maybe now, oh boy."

Danny winced, pouring on the speed, now heavy footsteps rang through the halls, Dash was after them.

'Alright, gotta lose this guy.'

The ghost boy took a sharp left, almost tossing his two friends straight into the lockers, they were lucky he had a strong grip.

'Closet, empty classroom, girls bathroom. Anything!'

The janitors closet came into view. He threw open the door, shoving is friends inside then squeezing himself in too.

"Danny-"

"Ssh!"

The trio heard footsteps and heavy breathing outside the closet, getting closer and closer...

"FENTON! Where are you? You got me a detention, you hear? You're gonna pay!"

Danny snickered at that, ha, he'd gotten Dash a deten- aw man, come on, he just couldn't get a break today, could he? If Dash didn't get him now, he would sooo get him in detention.

The steps were a lot closer now, possibly in front of the closet itself.

"FEN- huh?"

'oh, shoot.'

"Heh, heh, Fenton, I know you're in there..."

Dash said in a sing song voice, the steps were literally in front of the closet now, the handle was turning and the door opening-

"What the-?"

Nobody was in the closet. The football star walked inside the small room, looking around to make sure the younger boy wasn't just propped up on one of the shelves, in truth, he was right in front of Danny, the halfa was holding his breath, keeping his arms spread protectively in front of Sam and Tucker, just in case.

The predator and the prey were now face to face, Dash's squinted eyes practically looking straight into Danny's wide-open ones.

"Hmm, must be somewhere else."

Dash walked out of the closet, closing the door behind him. The trio let out deep breaths and Danny put his arms down, gaining back visibility.

"Oh. My- that was really close, dude, good thing you're a last minute thinker, huh?"

"Yeah..."

"Alright, guys, we have to go get that ghost now, who knows how much damage it's caused?"

Sam said rationally, already opening the closets door and peering out, looking for any sign of Dash being near.

"Coast is clear, lets go."

The three ran out of the room, sprinting down the hallways of the school.

'Please be the Box Ghost, Please be the Box Ghost. Then again, if it's the Box Ghost,he's gonna die-again.'

"Alright, just around this corner should be the-"

They all skidded to a stop, in front of the entrance/exit were Dash, Kwan, and a whole lot more football players, all of them were grinning devilishly.

"Oh, shoot."

Danny said just as the players started running for them, the trio turned around, Danny grabbed Sam and Tuckers arms again, tapping into his ghost powers for a little more speed.

They skid down the halls, running into more than just one ambush, there were jocks around every corner, eventually, they had no where else to go, caught in the middle of a hallway with jocks quickly closing in on all sides.

"Dude! I'm too young to die, also, Sharlene couldn't take it!"

Tucker shouted, pulling out his beloved PDA. Danny threw his arms out in front of his friends, herding them against the lockers, a confident look on his face.

"So we finally got ya, Fentonia. I got to say, you were pretty hard to get, but who cares, you and your friends are gonna get it!"

Dash cracked his knuckles, slowly walking toward the trio.

"You aren't getting anywhere near Sam and Tuck, Dash, you can beat me up, but you're not going to touch a hair on their heads."

Danny ushered his friends behind him more, still holding his arms out protectively.

"Danny, what are you doing, you can't-"

"Yeah, I can, Sam, or did you forget?"

"But it's a secret-"

"I know, I'll just lie or something, say I took up fighting school, tae kwon doe, karate, something like that."

"Okay..."

Just then, something grabbed Danny from behind, pulling him through the lockers, at the last second, he grabbed Tucker and Sam, pulling them through with him.

"Ahh- oof!"

Danny landed hard on the ground, his two friends landing beside him, both groaning about the not-at-all-soft landing.

"Hello, Daniel."

Danny froze, looking up slowly.

"Vlad."

The ghost boy spat the the name through clenched teeth.

"Bully troubles, yes? Ah, I remember them well, now let's-"

"I'm not gonna be your son, Vlad, I think we've already established that."

"Yes, I know, but who said this was about you being my son? Can't an old man like me save a young person like you from brutes looking to harm you?"

"Uh-"

"Speechless, yes? I've decided to try doing... good things for a day, see how it feels, can't you trust me, Daniel?"

"No, I can't. I also don't believe your little comment about being good for a day."

Vlad sighed, a sad look on his face, but that quickly morphed into an evil smile as he looked back up at Danny.

"Hmm, you're right, not even I believed myself, and I was the one saying it."

Plasmius jumped into the air, shooting ectoplasm at Danny, who dodged, quickly changing into Danny Phantom and jumping into the air after Plasmius. They were in an empty classroom, a dusty one at that, it looked like it hadn't been used in years.

Phantom shot his green ectoplasm at his arch-enemy, the grown man dodged each except for one that hit him straight in the chest, knocking him from the air.

"You're getting better, Daniel, but I could still teach you so much more-"

"Forget it, Plasmius!"

Danny shouted, throwing multiple ecto-blasts at the more experienced halfa, flying behind the man while he was distracted.

Quickly, Danny launched himself forward, kicking Vlad in the back, forcing the man down from flying.

"Thermos!"

Danny shouted, hopping off of his enemy just as Sam aimed the device at the fallen ghost, she pressed the green button, forcing the man inside, then capping it.

"Hey, look at that, we finally got Vlad in a thermos!"

Tucker shouted, grabbing the thing out of the goths hands.

"Give it back Tucker, I have to put it away,"

The techno-geek grudgingly gave it back, but not before hitting the metal cylinder against the wall a few times. Hard, of course.

"My turn."

Sam said, a mischievous smile spread on her face. She wound it back like a baseball bat, then let it go against the wall as hard as she could.

"Guys, guys, we gotta put him away now, I don't feel like cleaning his barf out of the thermos."

"Oh, come on, Danny, you know you wanna..."

Sam sang, handing the halfa the thermos.

"Well... Okay."

Danny flew down fast, holding the thermos above his head, and just before landing, threw it down against the dusty tiled floor.

"Well, that was satisfying."

Danny threw the thermos in his bag, letting the two halos of light turn him back into Danny Fenton.

The ground shook suddenly, knocking Sam and Danny down while Tucker held up against the wall. Finally, the shaking stopped.

"What in the world was that!"

Tucker asked, looking down at his friends, shocked, but a sly smile overtook his face at the sight he saw.

Danny and Sam were hugging each other on the ground, both shocked by the sudden movement of the ground.

"Lovebirds..."

Tucker coughed, smiling, into his hand. His two friends blushed.

"WE ARE NOT LOVEBIRDS!"

They shouted, quickly separating from each other and stalking towards Tucker, who was cowering in fear of his two friends.

The room started to shake again, more violently this time, causing all three to fall down and bounce around the room.

"We-e ha-ave t-to g-get out-t o-of h-here!"

Danny shouted to his friends, already trying to make his make to the door on the other side of the room.

"I-i ag-gree, co-ome on-n T-tucker-r!"

"I-i'm B-bouncin-n' o-over t-there a-as fast-t as-s I can-n!"

"V-very f-funny-y, h-hurry up-p!"

Finally all three were at the door, the room still shook, even worse than when it had started a few seconds before.

The three pulled on the door, but it wouldn't open, not even with Danny's ghost strength.

"Uh, g-g-guy's, I-I t-t-think i-it-t's a-a p-p-push-sh d-door!"

The two boys shared a critical look, then started pushing on the door, the thing still wouldn't give!

"C-c-com-me o-on-n!"

Danny yelled, pushing on the door with all the strength he could possibly get in human form, Sam and Tucker pushed harder too, throwing all their weight into the door, finally it swung open.

The trio fell forward as soon as the door opened, falling in a pile of plaster and splintered wood.

'Whoa, the room was blocked? Why?"

Danny picked up a huge piece of the splintered wood, throwing it aside and standing up, pushing plaster and planks of his back. Tucker and Sam followed suit, pushing the wood and plaster out of the way as they stepped through the wreckage, only to stop once they looked up.

The hallway was filled with gaping students, all of them silent and staring at them or the mess, some were even staring at the supposedly 'secret room' they had found.

"What in The Mysterious Benedict Society is-"

Mr. Lancer stopped in front of the three students, taking in their appearances, the plaster, and wood planks, the open door...

"What happened?"

He asked quietly, shocked by every thing he saw. Danny opened his mouth, only to shut it when the overweight teacher put up a hand.

"Mr. Fenton, Mr. Foley, and Ms. Manson, you may go to the nurses office."

Tucker froze, his face pale.

"But-"

"Now."

Danny moved to walk out of the wreckage, but as soon as he did, a small crack resounded through the halls.

'Holy... I think I dislocated my shoulder!'

The halfa grabbed his shoulder, moving it slightly, only to wince n pain as he did, Next, to every ones utter horror, he grasped his shoulder, pushing it back into place.

"Gah!"

Danny yelled at the pain, he knew what everyone was thinking.

'What the ****'

He walked out of the mess, ignoring the murmurs and possible rumors being spread as he walked to the nurses office, Sam and Tucker by his side.

No one noticed the slight green glow that shown out of the 'new room.'

This fic's rated K+ so I can't say the H word or anything. So... How's this for original? I bet you all know what that green is! I'm sorry if I'm making some of you impatient by not cutting to the chase and getting them in the Ghost Zone already, don't worry, in the next chapter, I solemnly promise. Once again, and I quote, REVIEW! And again, no rush, you doon't have to if you don't want to, but it would be nice if you did, just saying. :P :D The fight scene between Danny and Vlad was short, but I've never been that good at that stuff :( :P :D