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Fire and Ice

Chapter 2

Last Time:

"We'll talk later." Danny whispered to Sam and Tucker as he opened up his notebook and pulled out a clean page before following the example the rest of the class set and started taking notes and copying what Lancer had written on the board. Sam and Tucker nodded and all the spent the rest of the class period struggling through the confusing, yet occasionally satisfying, elements of poetry.

The second period bell rang, and the entire class rushed out the door before the short math teacher had dismissed them. Danny, Sam, and Tucker took their time walking down the hallway to their lockers and all three were chatting excitedly about the trip that they were planning as all three pulled lunch boxes from their lockers and started walking to the cafeteria.

"I think that we should definitely just camp. If we stay in a hotel, word will get out that 'the famous savior of the world, Danny Phantom' is staying in Boone and everyone will come to see you. Plus the ghosts will know where to find you," Sam told Danny as they walked through the door to be met with the usual stares and whispers. Danny ignored them as he made his way over to their regular table and sat down.

"I like that idea. I haven't been camping since the whole Youngblood incident and I couldn't enjoy myself then. This time it will be nice and relaxing," Danny said, taking a bite out of the sandwich he had made that morning.

"Hey Fenton!"

Tucker sighed. "Speaking of nice and relaxing. I wonder when Dash will ever actually learn." Danny ignored the call and took another bite out of his sandwich. Nothing had changed between him and Dash. They both still hated each other and Dash still tried to beat up Danny every day. The operative word in the sentence is tried. Now that he didn't have to hide his powers, Danny didn't have to take any of Dash's crap anymore. He couldn't fight back, but he could get himself out of the locker if he ever got stuck in one and he could go intangible to keep Dash from punching him.

"Fenton! I believe that I was talking to you!" Dash shouted from behind Danny. Danny rolled his eyes and turned around to face Dash. No one in the cafeteria was talking, not even the teachers. Mr. Kirby, the music teacher sat in the corner watching the scene unfold with Ms. Testlaff, the P.E. teacher.

"What is it this time Dash?" Danny asked coldly, his eyes flashing green briefly in annoyance. He was definitely in no mood for this today. Dash seemed to sense that he shouldn't be messing with Danny, but, being the oh-so-intelligent person he is, he continued his assault after a brief pause. He grabbed the front of Danny's shirt and picked him up, getting up into his face.

"Just because you saved the world one time does not mean you can speak to me in that ungrateful tone!" He all but shouted in Danny's face. Neon green eyes narrowing dangerously, Danny almost let out a low growl. People at the tables closest to him shivered from the sudden drop in temperature.

"Dash, this is your first and final warning. You can put me down and walk away… or we can do this my way." Worry crossed Dash's features and he loosened his hold on Danny slightly, arguing with himself on the inside. Tired of waiting, Danny turned himself intangible and slipped out of Dash's grip landing agilely on the floor. He then sat down and continued his lunch. Dash turned away and started to walk back towards his own table when something in his mind overpowered his common sense and he turned, fist raised, and punched Danny in the back of the head.

Danny's aura started to glow as he closed his eyes. Sam and Tucker exchanged knowing looks and then Tucker went to whisper in Dash's ear, "You have about a ten second head start." Dash slowly started backing away from the still glowing Danny when Mr. Kirby stepped between them.

"Mr. Baxter, Mr. Fenton. This has gone on quite long enough. You both have detention this afternoon with me." Danny stopped glowing and turned to glare incredulously at the music teacher.

"Detention? I have too many things to take care of tonight for detention. If I have to catch any more ghosts in this thermos it's going to be full, so I have to go home and empty it before I go on patrol!" Danny half-shouted at the teacher.

"You probably should have thought about that before you decided to use your powers against another student." Dash was smiling wickedly in the background. Mr. Kirby was one of the few people in amity who still hated Danny's ghostly alter ego. He was always looking for some reason to throw Danny into detention. Sam put her hand on Danny's shoulder and shook her head.

Sam put her hand on Danny's shoulder and shook her head. "It's not worth it Danny. I'll go by your house and empty your thermos and bring it back to you here after school," She told him quietly enough that Kirby wouldn't hear what she was saying.

Danny sighed and nodded. "Can you ask Valerie to take over patrol until four-thirty for me please? I don't have any more classes with her and she has a different lunch hour than us." Sam nodded. Mr. Kirby gave them one last stern look and walked away. Dash started laughing. Danny scowled at him for a second and then gave it up to a look of confusion. "I have a question for you Dash." The taller boy looked down at Danny with an annoying smile on his face. "Why did you try so hard to be my friend only to act like this?" Dash's smile drooped a bit.

"You refused to abandon your loser friends and hang out with the cool kids. We gave you a chance to be a part of our group, and you turned it down. So now you have to be socially shunned for the rest of your high school career." Dash turned on his heel and left, going back to his own table and sitting next to a glaring Paulina. Danny sighed for what felt like the millionth time that day and passed his lunch box over to Tucker.

"Can you take care of this for me Tuck? I just 'felt' the presence of another ghost." Tucker looked at him, confused.

"But your ghost sense didn't go off… oh! You're saying there's a ghost so that you can let off some steam right?" Tucker asked loudly. Danny rolled his eyes and nodded while Sam groaned and hit her forehead with her hand. Danny slowly got up and made his way outside, Fenton Thermos in hand, and transformed when no one was looking, taking off into the sky. Landing in a clearing nearby, Danny started firing ecto-blasts at the stone he had been using for his misplaced aggression when the Box Ghost wasn't around.

"Where is he?" Tucker asked himself while changing in the locker room. The bell had just rung for third period/lunch to end and fourth period to start and Danny had still not shown up. Tucker finished changing and waited for Danny to come flying into the locker room. He glanced at his watch every so often as the locker room slowly started to empty as everyone filed into the gym. Once the room was empty, Danny appeared in front of Tucker, making him jump half way to the ceiling. Danny blinked for a second and then broke into barely controlled laughter. Tucker glared at him.

"Dude! That wasn't funny!" Tucker yelled as Danny shifted back into his human form and started changing into his gym uniform and throwing the thermos and his bag into his locker.

"It was so totally funny. You should have seen your face!" Tucker grumbled and they walked out of the locker rooms together and joined the rest of the class on the basketball court. Coach Testlaff blew her whistle and yelled something about fifty push-ups. The class quickly dropped to the ground and sated to do, and count, their push-ups in unison. Over half the class were tired when they were done with just the push-up part of warm ups. Danny, on the other hand, was able to do all fifty without even breaking a sweat. Constantly ghost hunting had its perks. Tucker collapsed to the floor when he had finished the exercises, as had most of the rest of the class. Testlaff gave them a minute to rest before she blew her whistle again and had the run wide laps around the gym. Although he could have run up at the front, Danny hung close to the back with Tucker, running at close to a snail's pace.

"How… many… more…" Tucker wheezed after their fourth pass around the gym. Danny looked over at his panting friend and slowed down a bit more.

"One," He answered as they slowed down again. By the time they had reached the end of the circle, the rest of the class had already finished and were sitting down and resting on the floor. Danny and Tucker joined them, talking about their trip idea and what they wanted to do while they were there. They were just starting to debate the better aspects of snowboarding to skiing when the whistle blew again. The class quieted down and all looked over at Testlaff.

"You have a choice today of volleyball, baseball, or basketball. Choose one and play that game for the rest of the period." Danny and Tucker looked at each other.

"One-on-one?" Danny asked raising an eyebrow.

"You know it!" Tucker said as he jumped up and grabbed a basketball from the rack and he positioned himself in front of one of the basketball goals in the gym and shooting the ball through the hoop with a 'swoosh'.

"I so own you!" Tucker happily told Danny as they changed out of their uniforms and into their regular clothes. Danny shot him a mock scowl.

"I let you win." Tucker smiled a knowing smile.

"You just keep believing and telling yourself that," He said gleefully. Danny gave him a playful punch on the arm that made Tucker cringe.

"Dude, lighten up on the weight lifting!" Tucker laughed rubbing his arm. Danny laughed and they walked out of the locker room together heading to their lockers. The bell rang for school to get out and Danny tossed Tucker the thermos. Tucker caught it but gave Danny a funny look. "What's this for?"

"Sam. She said that she would empty it for me. I have to go to detention with Kirby, remember?" Tucker nodded.

"Have fun dude. May the force be with you." Tucker said in a solemn tone, before turning and walking out the doors and into freedom. Danny looked wistfully after him and sighed, walking to the band room to see what he was in store for. Dash was already in the room when he got there. He was folding what looked like programs.

"Ah, Mr. Fenton." Mr. Kirby greeted. "I have the perfect job for you to complete."

A/N: So what do you think? I know that it looks like a filler chapter, but I figured that I should explain how things are going for Danny in school after his secret is reveled. Dash still hates him, why wouldn't he? He still hangs with Sam and Tucker and he hasn't let the fame go to his head. He still hides to change from human to ghost and vice-versa, so not too much different.

I'd like to thank Cordria for her excellent beta reading! If she didn't, then any of those reading would have to struggle through bad grammar and no one wants to do that!

Thanks to:

TPcrazy, siencefreak330, and Cordria for reviewing!

I have a quick question for those reading and planning to review, I'm thinking of doing a time-skip in the next chapter and going right to when Danny, Sam and Tucker go on vacation, but I want to make sure that it's good with everyone. If you want to hear another chapter about Danny's life after Phantom Planet then drop me a line and tell me!

I thought it would be a good idea to mention this: school's about to start back for me and I have marching band going on as well. All of my classes are higher-level classes, AP and Honors and such, so updates will come as soon as I can get them. I really love writing this story, so they should come fast.

Thanks again for reading and please review on your way out!!

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