AN: Hi everybody, Raven here. I just wanted to say thank you for reading my first story, I know it's been done several times but I absolutely love reveal Fan Fictions. So on to the story. Oh yeah, and before I forget (and so I don't have to repeat myself) Danny Phantom and characters do not belong to me, they are property of Butch Hartman and Nickelodeon. Now onto the story.

Chapter 2:

The next day was beautiful. The sun was shining, birds were singing, and there wasn't a cloud (or ghost to make him late) in sight. All in all it felt like the world was mocking him. In one hour, Danny and his class would be entering the ghost zone for a field trip and Danny felt absolutely helpless to stop it. He didn't like feeling helpless. When Sam made that wish that she had never met Danny, and he never received his power's, he learned that even though his life could have been normal then, he was much happier with the life he had now because he was able to help people rather than just sit on the sidelines. He's been fighting ghosts for so long now that he doubted he would even be able to just stand aside and let someone else fight for him. His friends and sister always joked about him having a "Hero Complex", although now he was beginning to wonder if it was something more, he sometimes felt that he had to help, to defend, to protect those in need. It was a bit concerning and he was beginning to think that maybe he hadn't escaped the fate of developing an obsession after all. Vlad certainly hadn't, and the fact that the only other person like him happened to be a psychotic fruit-loop, was of no comfort to Danny.

In fact the fruit-loop had been unnaturally calm and quiet. He was almost acting, dare he say it… normal, and Danny didn't like it one bit. Normal, from Vlad was unnerving because if Vlad was acting normal, then something was up. He only acted normal when he didn't want Danny and his friends to find out what he was plotting until it was too late, and this trip didn't sit right with Danny. He looked over at his clock that read 7:01 A.M. 'Damn, it's only been a minute.' As he continued to stare at the clock he cursed Clockwork in his mind for making the dreaded time go by so painstakingly slowly. As the clock switched to 7:02, he sighed and began to carefully climb out of bed tapping into his powers to help him float a little to not disturb his friend and girlfriend who had been sleeping next to him. As he made his way to the door Sam suddenly woke up and Danny couldn't help but admire how nice she looked in the morning, even if she hated the morning almost as much as she hated the color pink. As she looked around to take note of the time and rub some of the sleep out of her eyes, she said, "Danny, when did you wake up?"

"Just a couple of minutes ago," He replied as he quietly made his way back to her with her bag so she could begin to get ready for the day.

"Thanks." She said as she began to climb out of the bed, the springs creaking under the shifting weight. "What's for breakfast?"

"I don't know but if we don't make it ourselves and let my mom make it, our food might try to eat us again. Jazz is still scarred from the leftover ecto-weenies. The only ones who were able to actually eat them were my dad and I and then I was the only one who didn't get sick from eating them."

"Well, you are the only one that actually needs to consume ectoplasm on a regular basis, that or feed off emotions, so maybe it's a good thing that your parents can't cook a normal meal." Sam replied with a sleepy smirk. Remembering that Tucker was still asleep, they both looked at him and couldn't help but chuckle as they saw that he fell asleep hugging his PDA to his chest as he curled up peacefully with a smile on his face. They had known each other for the majority of their lives, and they all noticed that before the accident, they could always tell how they were feeling, even if they were in separate rooms, they always knew, and often times they would say things at the same time as if their minds were in sync. After the accident they started to notice that their connection had grown. At first they had been confused. They kept thinking that they were hearing things when in reality they were beginning to hear each other. With some practice they learned how to hold silent conversations and share memories, and to a certain degree, they could see through each other's eyes. It was with this connection that Danny and Sam silently agreed to have a little bit of fun with Tucker. Together the both stood over Tucker on either side and loudly yelled.

"TUCKER, HELP!"

"AAAHH!" He yelled as he jumped out of the bed and fell on the floor in a heap of blankets and Tucker. "Danny, Sam, I'm coming!" He hastily replied as he scrambled to get up and grab his PDA as he tried to untangle himself from the blankets. Unable to hold it in any longer, Danny and Sam burst out laughing, leaning on each other for support. The sound of laughter was enough to break Tucker out of his daze, as he stopped his losing battle with the cocoon of bed sheets, he looked at his friends, put on his glasses, and in an annoyed manner that bordered on the edge of whiny, said, "You guys… Not cool."

"It was pretty funny though, Tuck." Danny said as he stopped laughing.

"And it got you up and out of bed in record time" Sam smirked as she crossed her arms and looked down where Tucker was slowly untangling his feet. While Tucker was trying to maintain his dignity, Danny looked at the clock and felt his good mood abruptly fizzling out with a 'pop,' as the clock that kept flashing, 7:06, reminded him of what they were doing today. Sensing Danny's mood and what was causing it, Sam and Tucker made their way over to him by the clock and put reassuring hands on his shoulders.

"We'll be fine dude."

"Tucker's right Danny, we can handle it so long as we stay and work together."

Smiling at their effort to make him feel better, Danny smiled and looking at both of them simply said, "Thanks guys."

Downstairs, at 7:43 A.M., Mr. Lancer sat in the living room staring at the clock. 7:44, he sighed as the time ticked by slowly as if it were mocking him. His mind was on the trip into the ghost zone that they were supposed to leave for in 20-30 minutes. Paulina, Dash, Star, and Kwan had already arrived a good seven minutes ago. Mr. Lancer, who had been here since 7:25, had arrived to find Daniel opening the door with a polite "Morning Mr. Lancer." As he made his way into the living room, he saw Ms. Manson, and Mr. Foley sitting in the kitchen with Danny eating a breakfast that looked as if it could feed a small army. By the time the A-Lister's, as they were often called, arrived, the mysterious trio had already gone upstairs to get ready. When Mr. Lancer had opened the door for his students, not one of them had the common courtesy to say a "Hello". They just walked in laughing and chatting as if they owned the place. Mikey, Nathan, and Lester had all shown up quietly together and after a "Hello" to Mr. Lancer and the Fenton's, who by then had come upstairs from the basement to say hello to their guests, they quickly moved to a corner in the room far away from the popular kids.

When Valerie arrived she had politely knocked and said "Hello" to the Fenton's and Mr. Lancer. She was currently sitting on a chair by the stairs. Mr. Lancer couldn't help but feel a little bit sorry for her. She had been part of the A-Lister's until her father lost his job for failing to uphold his part of a contract of designing the best security system that Axiom Labs has ever seen. Practically the next day she had dropped from the top to the bottom of the social grapevine. On the bright side, Casper High's mysterious trio had become her new friends. True she wasn't as tightly knit with them as they were with each other, but at least he knew that she wasn't alone. With a glance at Ms. Sanchez, Mr. Lancer frowned at what she was wearing. The field trip form had specifically said to wear clothes and shoes that would be comfortable in hiking and camping scenarios since they would be spending the weekend in the Ghost Zone. Paulina had on dainty white heels, a light blue mini skirt that showed off her legs, a thin white belt tied loosely around her waist that drooped down on the rights side of her hips, and a light pink tee that showed off her midsection. If anything she looked as if she was going on a date to impress.

7:57, the room fell into silence as they waited for the trio to come down stairs so they could leave. In the silence they could hear the light music of Humpty Dumpty playing barely hiding any noises that the trio could be making. Finally they came down surprising the class at what they were wearing. Tucker was wearing his usual green cargo pants with brown hiking boots, but he was wearing a yellow hiking sweater with a few pockets instead of his usual yellow long sleeve tee. Sam was wearing black cargo capris with steel toed black hiking boots that went almost halfway up her shin's, they were tied off with purple laces. However, instead of her black and purple tank top, she was wearing a black hoodie with purple laces and it was sporting the DP logo. Danny was wearing black hiking boots that also went almost halfway up his shins and the laces were white and were tied all the way up. He had on black cargo pants with lots of pockets as well but his hoodie was black and green instead of his usual white and red. All of them were sporting a specter deflector disguised as a thin light weight belt. Danny's was white, Sam's was purple, and Tucker's was brown.

As the trio walked down the stairs, everyone stopped what they were doing and looked at them, surprised by the difference in outfits. No one noticed the modified Fenton phones in their ears, except for Valerie, but she said nothing about it. Instead she was doing mental comparisons in her head. Noticing the stares, the Trio stopped at the bottom, looked at each other, and asked their class "What?" As if their voices had broken a spell, the class went back to ignoring them, and instead talked amongst themselves. Mr. Lancer however, continued to stare at them, thinking about his most mysterious and confusing students, especially Daniel Fenton. He remembered when he first saw Daniel as a freshman in high school. He had walked in with a look full of life and he appeared eager to learn. The first few weeks of school, Daniel had shown himself to be a promising student with an A-B average. But then, he got into an accident in his parents lab, something about electrocution and a light shock. His parents had him take a few days off from school to make sure that he was alright, and when he came back, the student that Mr. Lancer had become used to seeing, was gone. In his place was a student who looked on edge about everything, he always seemed upset and scared, he constantly needed to excuse himself from class, heaven knows why, and he had an extreme case of clumsiness. How he managed to drop 34 beakers in one month and be banned from handling any fragile objects, will forever be a mystery to him.

Then there was the whole thing with the C.A.T. He still couldn't figure out how Mr. Fenton had gotten his hands on the answers. They had been securely placed in his briefcase which was then locked and then handcuffed to his wrist. The only way that it could have possibly been done was if he had the ability to turn invisible and reach through solid objects. However, only ghosts were able to do those things and Danny Fenton was clearly alive. Then in the middle of the test, Mr. Fenton approached his desk at the front of the room, and looking dejected and as if his world had just ended, then given a second chance, he gave Mr. Lancer the answers with a broken seal. He even admitted that he looked at the answers, but he swore that he would never be a cheater, and the way he said it with such devotion convinced Mr. Lancer that he was telling the truth. At first he had been slightly suspicious when Mr. Fenton's grades began to improve suddenly, but then one day he caught him studying with his sister in the library, and when his grades started to hold steady, it seemed that he had finally gotten his act together. Unfortunately the constant bathroom breaks had not stopped, and like the rest of the small faculty, Mr. Lancer found that he just could never refuse the boy despite the fact that chances were often slim that Mr. Fenton would be back in time for the rest of the lecture.

The Fenton's chose that moment to walk back upstairs. Looking around the room, Maddie asked Mr. Lancer in surprise at the small amount, "Is this everyone?"

"Unfortunately, it is. You know as well as I do, Mrs. Fenton that several people have moved away from Amity Park over the years from all of the frequent ghost attacks."

"Yes, that is true; still it is a bit sad to see that you only have ten students in here. Oh well, I guess it is better this way, at least we definitely have room in the Specter Speeder Bus for all of us and the camping supplies, not to mention the food. Did everyone bring their packs full of food and drinks in case of an emergency?" At the nods from all of the students Maddie smiled and clapping her hands together she said "Well then, let's get going, we're wasting time!" As everyone walked down to the lab and marveled at all the appliances, Danny was the last one down and looking at the clock he saw it was 8:00.

Deep in the ghost zone, in a tower surrounded by clocks, that ticked away the hours even though time stood still in this realm, Clockwork gazed sadly at his time screen as he watched events unfold in front of him. The images stopped on an image of Danny huddled down, with him hugging his knees as he cried into his lap. With one last look at this, the image disappeared in a swirl of green. Clockwork sighed and said, "All is as it should be." As he floated away with a frown on his face, for the first time he wondered if everything truly was, as it should be. Then, as if it never existed, Clockworks tower in the realm of time… disappeared…

AN: So… what did you guys think. Reviews would mean a lot to me, I want to know how I'm doing in your guy's eyes. Oh, and could someone please tell me if it's normal for my story to not be showing up on the Archive. I look but I don't see it, are you guys seeing it? Anyways, review and please help.

-Raven