AN: Sorry for the delayed update.
It's All A Misunderstanding, Really! – A certain secret is revealed. Much insanity ensues. Vaguely crack, No-PP, All's Well That End's Well drabbles.
Danny shared a glance with Danny. No, the second one was Phantom.
Alright, parents were sitting in two chairs in front of their couch, Jazz not so subtly taking notes beside the wall, Sam half-worried and half-annoyed at the grinning Tucker who… brought along a few classmates.
If Tucker hadn't made sure to tell Danny about it beforehand, there would've been another case of "Youtube Tucker" for mistaking the words 'a few classmates' with 'the entire class including Lancer'.
Danny resisted the urge to facepalm. Phantom didn't bother resisting.
Jazz wrote more notes.
"So, Danny, Phantom, mind explaining the entire story?"
Phantom sighed before sending Danny a look. When the other one shook his head, he repeated the action before turning to Maddie.
"Mo- I mean, Maddie," He corrected himself, much to the woman's frown, "It all began with that accident with the Fenton Portal."
Team Phantom had already agreed on revealing several secrets to solidify the entire story. Jazz had previously explained why to them.
"When you're going to tell a lie, Danny, it's best to tell the truth. Not the entire truth, but part of it. Let them assume the rest."
Danny continued for him. "Something happened when I got shocked. Next moment I know when I woke up, Phantom was already there."
It was true, because when he woke up, he was already Phantom. Though, he had no intent on telling everyone how he fainted when he found out.
"I was gone before you guys even came down." Phantom quickly added, stopping Maddie from asking why they never saw him before. "I only came back when the first ghost arrived in Danny's school."
"That was that lunch lady, right?" Sam interrupted. "And that was when you were christened with your name."
Everyone other than Team Phantom suddenly turned to gawk at the Goth. Paulina in particular looked scandalized.
"You knew?!"
Sam rolled her eyes before Tucker answered for her. "We were there when the accident happened. Of course we would know!"
Lancer raised a finger. "So, you two knew of Mr. Fenton and Mr. Phantom's secret and kept it that way for all this time?"
Sam sounded a little affronted from that. "Of course. What sort of best-friends would we be if we tattle on him the moment we get a secret? And, it wasn't just us. Jazz already knew as well months ago."
The aspiring psychologist was the one to be besieged with stares this time. Jazz then nodded slowly. "I realized when I saw Phantom appear in the alley that I followed Danny to."
Again, half-truth. She followed Danny into that alley and saw him transform. But what they heard was she saw them meet.
"And don't even ask why I didn't tell you, Mom, Dad." She quickly followed, looking at her parents. "It was for the same reason Danny didn't say it to you either."
"Besides, continuing." Phantom interrupted, an eyebrow raised in annoyance. "That was when Sam, Tucker, Danny," he sounded a little uncomfortable at referring to himself in third person, "and myself finally had a talk about everything."
"Like Sam said," Danny then continued, "That was when Phantom gained his name. Tucker started it with a pun; since Phantom was essentially my other half, he was named Danny Phantom. Danny Fenton, Danny Phantom."
"And we never realized." Jack sounded a little embarrassed over it.
"You weren't the only one." Phantom smirked boyishly. Sam rolled her eyes again when Paulina swooned. "I mean, the entire Amity Park, much less the school or even more specific, Danny's classmates never realized."
He was getting more used to talking as if he and his human half were really separate.
Jazz wrote more notes again, causing Phantom to twitch.
In the meantime, all of Danny's classmates and Lancer looked away, also embarrassed to be pointed out.
"After that was when we finally founded Team Phantom and help protect Amity Park." Danny finished. "Any questions?"
Lots of hands were raised. The halfa sighed for the nth time that day. Of course, they wanted to know more.
"And no, I'm sorry Paulina, but I don't have those kinds of feelings for you. And I'm pretty sure Danny wouldn't care to join the A-List. No, I also wouldn't join the A-list. Technically, I'm dead!"
"Mom, it's alright, really! I never get harmed helping Phantom! S-scars? No, that one's when Sam had that horrible make-up phase and I had this really bad allergic reaction! Really!"
"You know, I helped Danny-"
"Shut up, Tucker!"
Cough. "Ahem, Mr. Fenton?"
Danny turned away from comforting his mother while ignoring how his father proudly proclaimed his son now had 'battle scars' (even though it was true) to his English teacher.
"Yes, Mr. Lancer? You could call me Danny here, you know. I can get confused whether you're talking to Dad or me."
Lancer chuckled. "Well, your quick answer tells otherwise. Anyways, there is this question I would still like to pose. You too, Mr. Phantom."
"Dash, no. I won't adopt you as my brother. …That would be awkward, not to mention Danny. Kwan-" Phantom continued replying to the A-listers before thankfully taking Lancer's excuse to save him from them. "Yes, Mr. Lancer?"
The teacher blinked. Déjà vu. "I really should have realized how similar that two of you are. Anyways, Danny, Mr. Phantom. I would like to ask; since when did Mr. Phantom even became aware of who he was?"
Both Dannys gulped. They expected it to be asked, and had appropriately planned for it with Sam and Jazz, but it was still a little difficult for them to go along with the lie.
"Well…" Phantom looked at his human counterpart with a nod. "I would like to first ask my own question. Everyone, do you know of Vlad?"
And so went another round of lies and misinformation.
AN: And that's that.
I'm sorry for my delay, but I may even get much later for the next chapter.
My college has three term papers I have to pass within the next two weeks, and regrettably, that means my muse may malfunction.
Would still try to update soon enough, so bye!
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