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Danny watched the many trees turn into green blurs and they drove on down the road. He had finished his Chicago show last night and gotten on the tour bus right after. Since then, they've been on their way to Amity Park, and it looked like they would be there soon.

Danny tried to keep his nerves under control. He reminded himself countless time that it was highly unlikely that he would run into any of his friends or family. He had nothing to worry about save for his concert tonight. But still, that little bit of doubt that something would go wrong lingered at the back of his mind.

He had tried to sleep a bit before they arrived, but there was no use. Every time he closed his eyes he only saw the faces of his loved ones, staring at him with looks of hurt and betrayal.

"Hey, Chip," he turned to voice of Mr. Donati. The man was looking out the window, a smile plastered on his face that made him look like an overgrown two year-old.

"Yeah?"

"Look!" The man was pointing to something outside the bus. Danny shifted to get a better look outside. There he saw a sign he knew all too well.

"Welcome to Amity Park! A safe place to live!" Mr. Donati read, "Ha, safe? With the amount of ghosts that people claim to be wandering around you would think that they'd warn you before entering huh?"

"Well, maybe they don't want to scare people away."

"That's true," he sat silent for a moment before turning to Danny, "hey, Chip. You know, you never told me if you yourself believed in the supernatural." Danny smirked.

"Me? Nah, sounds like a ton of made up mumbo jumbo in my opinion. To be honest with you, I think people who say they've seen a ghost, make it all up just for attention." The teen tried to keep himself from laughing at the expression on Mr. Donati's face.

"I will never understand you skeptics," he mumbled before turning away from Danny to stare out the window again. Danny chuckled and turned to gaze out his own window. The smile slowly slipping from his face as they passed by the memory filled streets.

He felt a pang of sadness when they passed Casper High. Although he never was the most popular (that is, before his alter ego was exposed to the world), he had many fond memories with his two best friends there. The high school in Dimsdale was nice and all but he always felt like something was missing. He was then moved to private schooling when his music career made it big. He remembered his parents talking about him graduating and possibly becoming valedictorian. Sadly, he didn't even have a graduation ceremony, just was handed his diploma and went home.

He sighed. There was nothing that could be done now, no use in making himself upset.

"Wow, would you look at that," Mr. Donati's voice breaking him away from his thoughts.

"What?" Danny asked, getting up to sit next to the man and see what he was gaping at. When he saw what had caught his attention, he froze. They were approaching city hall, and there stood the statue of Danny, that the town built in his honour after he saved the world from the Dis-asteroid. The teen gulped when he saw the display of flowers around the statue, it now symbolising the place where the great hero met his demise.

"What do you think about Danny Phantom?" the man asked suddenly.

"What?" Mr. Donati glared at him in annoyance.

"You know, Danny Phantom. The ghost kid that saved the world a couple years ago. It is public knowledge that he saved the world with his ghost powers. Emphasis on ghost."

"Hm, I don't know dude. Seems like a government hoax to me," Danny smirked.

"A government hoax?! What in the world?" Mr. Donati exclaimed. "It was broadcasted on live television Chip. What more evidence do you need?"

"Well, haven't you ever heard of video editing. I mean we only ever saw pictures of that asteroid, and to me an indestructible glowing green space rock seems highly unlikely. Unless you can find that ghost kid and make him show me his magical powers, I'm not buying it."

"But, he's dead," the man said quietly.

"A ghost? Dying? Now isn't that strange."

"Oh come on kid. You obviously know that he was also half human."

"Yeah, I've heard. But come on man, you can't possibly believe all this sci-fi movie crap." Mr. Donati just glared at Danny and turned away ignoring when the teen laughed at him.

"Excuse me, Mr. Skylark," the driver called, "We have arrived at the hotel."

"Oh alright, thank you." Danny stood up and went to grab the bag he brought on the bus. His other luggage would be brought in by the hotel staff. Mr. Donati followed him to the door of the bus where three bodyguards were waiting. He felt a hand on his shoulder and turned to look at Mr. Donati.

"Ready Chip?" he asked.

"Uh, I guess so," Danny replied. Mr. Donati nodded and turned to tell the driver to open the doors. As soon as they stepped out, Danny was practically attacked with a swarm of screaming fans. The bodyguards tried to make a path for him while also keeping people away from him. Mr. Donati somehow managed to get in front of Danny and was pulling him to the entrance of the hotel. Danny tried to avoid the many hands that reached to grab at him.

Danny finally saw the entrance of the hotel and picked up the pace when a large hand suddenly reached over grabbing his shoulder. He was manhandled to turn to look at the person and was shocked by who he saw.

Dash Baxter.

The blond bully was towering over Danny a crazed look in his eyes, jumping up and down in his spot.

"OH MY GOD! CHIP SKYLARK! OH MY GOD!" he reached beside him and grabbed a girl, shoving her in Danny's face. Danny immediately recognized her as Paulina Sanchez. "Can you sign my girlfriend please, Chip?!" Dash yelled in his face. Before Danny could reply a hand grabbed him from the back of his shirt and dragged him into the hotel. He then lost sight of his former bully in the crowd.

When the the hotel door shut, blocking the fans from getting to him, Mr. Donati let go of Danny's shirt causing him to lose his balance and fall to the ground.

"Mr. Skylark, are you alright?"

"Oh no, Mr. Skylark are you hurt?"

"Mr. Skylark?!"

"Mr. Skylark!"

Danny ignored them all and burst into a fit of laughter, Dash's crazed face in his mind. Everyone looked at him in concern but he didn't acknowledge them.

Maybe this trip wasn't going to be as bad as he had originally thought.

AN: And that's chapter two! Thank you for all the lovely reviews! I'm glad you all like the story so far! Be sure to tell me what you thought about this chapter. Until next time,

-EctoLadoo :)