Chapter 1 - Confession

Sam had no idea how she was going to break to the boys that she was moving to Australia. It had already been a week since her parents told her meaning they were leaving tomorrow, but she still couldn't think of a way to tell them. But she knew she had to.

"Hey guys, want to come to my place this arvo?" She asked as she sat down on the grass beside a tree with her packed lunch. She'd started forcing the boys to sit outside for lunchtime so they couldn't engage with nature.

"YES!" The boys yelled back immediately. They loved going to Sam's house because it was just so awesome there. For the first time this week, Sam laughed.

"Okay, calm down," she chuckled, holding up her pale hands. "Meet you both out the front after the final bell then," she said, the humor disappearing from her voice.

-Meanwhile-

The time was around midnight and the moon shone through the gaping hole in the top of a volcano shaped cave on the edge of Mako Island. Although the moon wasn't full, it still lit the whole cave up showing the battered rocks, golden sands and the crystal blue pool which almost appeared to have lights glowing up from beneath it.

Everything was still and peaceful in the cave and then only sound heard was the very faint, gentle lapping of the water on the rocks. Then a shape formed in the center of the pool. At first it was faint, maybe a fish, then as it moved towards the surface it looked like a dolphin, until it finally emerged. A blonde head, followed by strong, yet clearly feminine shoulders.

Rikki Chadwick skimmed the top of the water towards the side of the pool, where she perched on a small rock. She looked like any normal teenage girl except for her golden tail in replacement of legs.

She sighed as she looked around the cave. A lot of the time she would come here late at night without the others when she couldn't sleep. Rikki smiled as she looked up through the round hole, high up in the ceiling remembering the first time she had every entered this cave. That was the day her life had changed for the better. It had become far more interesting than ever before…. Well that was her opinion.

The other girls still weren't initially convinced that this gift was actually a 'gift' and more of an incurable condition, that they couldn't avoid no matter what they tried.

Although Rikki didn't mind being a bit of a 'lone wolf', she still sometimes wished that she had someone to share this with. Someone more like her. Strong-minded, determined, with plenty of will-power and who didn't care about other's opinions as much as the girls did.

Rikki didn't have one care for what the other kids at school thought about her. They could call her 'strange' or a 'freak' as much as they wanted, without it bugging her the smallest bit.

Rikki clenched her fist together and some water in the middle of the pool began to bubble as she thought silently.

"Maybe one day."

-Line Break-

"One more corner," Sam thought as the boys talked about some computer game they were both currently into. "One more, and then they'll know."

With that thought, the three friends walked around the corner and were confronted by Sam's massive house as well as a removal truck in the driveway and half of the Manson's furniture on the grass out the front of the house. The boys turned towards their friend.

"Sam!" Danny exclaimed.

"Your moving!" Added Tucker. Sam sighed and avoided making eye contact.

"Yeah…" She mumbled.

"Where!" Demanded Tucker.

"Please say around the corner!" Added Danny. Sam bit her lip.

"No… a bit further than that."

"Where then!" Question Danny. "The next block? The next town? The next state!"

"Eh… how about Australia…"

"AUSTRALIA!" Yelled the boys together. "WHY!"

"Dad has to go there for work or something stupid like that," Sam explained.

"When do you leave?" Tucker asked.

"Tomorrow."

"For how long?" Danny asked. Sam gulped before answering, knowing she wasn't going to make the boys happy.

"5 years."

-Line Break-

The airport was packed with people everywhere, hurrying too and from flights. Sam stood with her parents and grandmother, waiting for the boys to arrive to say goodbye. Their plane was leaving in about half an hour and if they didn't hurry up they'd miss her.

Finally she saw Tucker's red beret bobbing over through the crowd and a second later Danny appeared in front of her, followed by Tucker, clearly out of breath.

"Sorry we abit late," Danny apologized. "We had to get something's for you first." He said, handing her a simple gift box. Sam smiled.

"You didn't have to get me anything guys," she said.

"Yeah we did," Tucker replied. "Cause I hate to admit it, but your totally awesome." Sam grinned and gave Tucker a shove and he stumbled a little. "Hey, don't push it," he laughed.

"Come on, open it," Danny instructed, nodding towards the box. Sam looked down at the black box with the purple bow sticky taped to the top. Walking over to a small table just beside the one her parents were standing around and placed the box down. Pulling the lid off, she was confronted by a few knick-knacks in the box. Firstly she pulled out a Fenton Thermos and smiled. Next she pulled out a pair of a Fenton Phones.

"I don't think they'll work from this far away, but still. You can listen to music with them," Danny explained. Sam nodded as she reached in a pulled out a small wrapped box.

"Now we know you're not a big fan of these…" Tucker said, as Sam tore open the wrapping to reveal a mobile phone. Yes it was true that she wasn't a fan of cell's and thought they were 'totally mainstream', but when she needed to keep in contact with her friends, she figured she could handle it.

"And I've got one for myself to," informed Danny, pulling a matching one from his pocket.

"And I can use my PDA," added Tucker. Sam smiled as she reached in for the finally object in the box. Pulling it out, she saw it was a small blue box. Pulling it open, she was shocked by what she saw. It was a necklace with three charms. A larger one in the center which was a white 'DP' symbol, which she designed from Danny's ghost form suit. The smaller charm on the right was a purple bat and the one on the left, a little green ghost. Sam grinned from ear to ear as she turned the necklace over to see 'Team Phantom' engraved into the back of the 'DP' charm.

It was so beautiful that Sam was almost in tears, and it was extremely difficult to get Sam that happy about something.

"You do like it don't you?" Danny asked eventually.

"OF COURSE!" Sam exclaimed, grabbing Danny around the neck in a passionate hug, then using her right arm, she dragged Tucker in as well.

"You guys are the awesomest friends anyone could ever have," she said in the middle of the group hug. And that's when she did something that one could call very 'un Sam like'.

She cried.

Gonna finish the chapter there are one thousand, two hundred and thirty-four words. That's right 1,234 words XD

I thought that was funny. At least I know that I can definitely count.

So yeah, I want a necklace like Sam's now. I would never ever take it off. Except for at school seening as DP, bats and ghosts don't actually have anything to do with religion. Unless I become a loyal follower of the religion 'DANNY PHANTOM'. Is there a church for that?

So thanks to Living Encyclopedia and DusksDarkness for the reviews. I hope you both (plus more of you) enjoyed this chapter and review to it. Please?

Also, I want to change the name of this fic. Any ideas?

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