A/N: I had a lot of fun coming up with different scenarios for Danny and his demon butler…so...I decided to keep it going. XD I've got a few plot-points scribbled out in my notebook, so it may keep going for quite a while. ^w^

psychotic7796: Thanks! It was a hard decision, but I decided to continue with the story...the plot bunnies keep nipping at me. XD

Airamana's Shadow: So many possibilities…XD But, I think you shall find out fairly soon into the story if his butler will have the same name. ^w^

animegirl1994: I'm glad that you enjoyed it. ^w^ I hope that you enjoy this chapter too!

Chapter 2

It was three-thirty and a teenager was walking down the streets of Amity Park. It was a familiar road, and she hated walking down it. However, she had no choice because it was it was the only way she could get home from school.

The girl's name was Valerie Grey. She was an African-American girl with long black hair and blue-green eyes. What was the reason for he dislike of this road? Well, she had stopped right in front of it. It was a strange looking building that was slowly falling to ruin. It was made out of brick and it sat on the corner of the street. It had what looked like a huge spaceship looking thing on top, and on its side there was a huge sign that read, "Fenton Works".

Each time she passed by, she would always imagine a family standing in the doorway. A large man in an orange jumpsuit who held a giant bazooka on his shoulder and a petite woman standing next to him, wearing a blue jumpsuit and holding a thin staff in her hands; both were watching their children and their best friends running away in front of them.

The one lagging farthest behind was a girl with long orange hair. She always wore a turquoise headband, if Valerie remembered correctly. She seemed to be the angriest out of the four, and in this memory she'd be soaking wet. In front of her were two more teenagers, both her age and both with huge grins on their faces. One was an African-American boy with a red beret, and the other was and running next to him was a girl, dressed all in black. Both of them had huge water-guns in their hands, and were also soaking wet.

Running in front of them was a boy, also her age. At this point, she would always smile sadly as her eyes would begin to water. He had bright blue eyes that were closed because he was laughing so hard. His usually messed up black hair was sticking to his face because of the water. He was carrying several water balloons in his arms, and he would occasionally turn around to throw them at the people running behind him. He somehow always seemed to miss the people directly behind him and would hit the girl running farthest back. The other teens would take these opportunities to shoot them with their water guns.

As the boy rounded the corner, the memory would always fade; with the last thing she would see being the orange haired girl waving her hand angrily at the trio. The first few times, she tried running after them, hoping that she hadn't been left behind, sometimes hoping she could join them. However, she'd seen this memory so many times; that she knew that trying to follow them would only lead to more hopelessness. Everyone that she was hoping to see was dead and gone. She was the only one left, and hated it.

She had hoped that at least Danny would come back; at least he was supposed to…at least after he turned eighteen. However that hope quickly turned into despair because only a week after he'd left Amity Park, his guardian is found crazy, his guardian's home was completely destroyed, and Danny himself had gone missing.

"Why?" she asked to no one in particular. "Why did you all disappear? Why did you all leave me alone?" She didn't know why this was coming back. It had been at least six months since the incident and five since they had called off the search. If there was any chance that they would find Danny alive, the possibilities had been reduced to none to negative. There was no hope of ever finding him again.

What was worse, there hadn't even been any ghost attacks since the incident, so there was no way she could distract herself from the loneliness. It was almost as if the ghosts had gone with the Fentons. Heck, there hadn't even been any Inviso-Bill sightings.

Valerie stood there for a while lost in thought. She hadn't even realized how much time had gone by before she finally moved. She sighed as she finally decided to turn around and go home. She wasn't paying attention as she walked, when she accidentally bumped into someone.

She immediately snapped out of her thoughts and said, "Oh man, sorry, I wasn't looking where I was going!" She scratched her head with her eyes closed.

"Ah, that is quite alright," the person answered. "I do hope that you are alright. I too must apologize, because if I were not in a hurry I would walk you home, as it is quite dangerous for a young woman to be walking around by herself at such a late hour…however the master does become quite angry when I am gone for very long."

Valerie had taken the time to look at the person carefully. It was dark, so she was unable to make out features very well, but she could tell that this person was a woman who was dressed in dark colors. "Oh no, it's alright. My house is just around the corner!" she said. Valerie pointed in the general direction of her apartment. She would've felt bad if she kept this woman there any longer if she was going to get in trouble.

"Ah, if you are sure, then I must be on my way," the woman replied.

Valerie turned back around and started, "Yes, it's—wait a second, where'd she go?" The lady had disappeared, leaving Valerie completely confused. It should have been impossible! The road was straight, and she could see down it for what seemed like miles. She considered everyway possible, which included maybe the woman was a ghost. However, that had to be wrong, since the woman did not give off a weird glow nor did her eyes glow.

After a while, she gave up trying to figure out what had happened. She decided that it really was late, and since she had a lot of homework, she had better head home.

It took her a little while, but she'd arrived home safely, and nothing was out of the ordinary. There was a note on the fridge from her father. It said that his job was going to go on until late, but he'd left some money for anything she wanted to eat.

The rest of the night was completely normal. She ordered her food, finished her homework while she waited, ate it when it was delivered, and got ready for bed. She sighed again as she lay down for bed. Her mind wandered a little as she tried to fall asleep. Who was that woman? She wasn't a ghost…but she couldn't be…normal. Was she even human? She tried to continue thinking, but she had already started drifting. The next thing she knew, it was morning and her alarm was going off.

"Ugh…five more minutes…" she muttered in her sleep. She lazily opened one of her eyes to check how much longer she had. The clock read 7:50. At that moment, both of her eyes shot open. "OH CRAP! I'M LATE!"

She jumped out of bed and hurriedly got dressed. She didn't have time to make pack a lunch, and bolted out the door. She was able to grab a piece of toast before leaving however, and was munching away at it as she ran. She made it into through the doors, just as the bell rang, and she heaved a sigh of relief. "I made it…"

She walked as casually as she could to her homeroom, skipping her locker. She could just go to her locker in between the next period. It was unusually noisy in the classroom. She figured it was probably some game or something, as she thought it was just the popular kids who were talking. However, as she walked closer to her seat, she'd noticed that everyone was talking, even the nerds. Maybe it was a ghost attack? she wondered, somewhat hopefully.

It was then that a boy in her class walked up to her. He had curly, brown hair, square glasses, and acne. He looked like a typical nerd. His name was Nathan and he had a huge crush on her. Valerie sighed again, noticing that she had been sighing a lot lately, and said, "What is it today Nathan?"

Nathan had a look of concern on his face, which was strange since he never really seemed to talk to her unless he was asking for a date. She'd never really seen him concerned. He didn't say anything.

Valerie was getting annoyed. "What is it Nathan?" she said, this time more angrily. She was too tired for this.

"Ah, sorry Valerie…it's just, I thought you wouldn't be here today…what with the news and all…" he finally answered.

Valerie's head tilted in confusion as she asked, "News? What news?"

"You didn't hear? Everyone's talking about it and since you guys were close I thought that—" he spoke quickly.

"What news, Nathan?" she asked again. Close? What was he talking about? …c-could it be?

"He's at the hospital. They've found him, Val! They found Danny!" was all he could say before Valerie jumped out of her seat and sprinted out the door.

Me: Hey guys! I know I should've probably waited a little longer before I posted the new chapter, but I really felt like writing…a lot. Really, I'm having a lot of fun with this…and I have no idea why I'm back into Danny Phantom…but I've been writing like crazy lately.

Shirosaki: *sighs* Weirdo…when ARE you gonna work on your other fics? It always starts like this you know…

Me: Eh? Awwn, but it's the plot-bunnies' fault! I have nothing to do with it!

Danny: You could just ignore them…

Me: That's no fun! *pouts* I guess I'll go work on the other chapters I needs to finish…*sighs* that's all for now I guess…

Shirosaki: Check out her other fics too…she seems to need reviews to keep her motivated.

Me: But don't forget to review this one too! They're like candy! ...maybe even chocolate covered gummi bears…mmm…

Danny: *pushes me off screen* Just review. She'll get more up sooner if you give her reviews.