Disclaimer: I wish I owned Danny Phantom! Desiree: -turns me into Butch Hartman- AHHHHHHHHH! CHANGE ME BACK CHANGE ME BACK! -is changed back-

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When Danny reached home, the first thing he did was go into the bathroom and stare in the mirror.

"I am allergic to peanut butter," he lied to his reflection. For a split second, his eyes flickered to blue. He panicked.

"My favorite color is black!" he lied to himself again. His eyes flickered to blue again. He cursed under his breath as he changed back to human.

"I think Vlad is awesome," he lied to his human reflection. To his total horror, his baby blue eyes turn to the electric green. CRAP!

Groaning, he phase through the wall into his room and plopped onto his bed. Now was the time to try and start telling the truth a little more.

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Alley blinked and stared at her desk. What was she supposed to be doing again? Ugh, she swore she had short term memory.

She gave a small scream when she suddenly realized what she was supposed to do.

Remove her papers from over the scented candle.

Frantically, she pushed the papers onto her desk and slapped her hand over the small flames that was growing steadily. She gasped in pain when she realized how stupid that was. Least the fire was out.

Alley examined her left hand. It was totally fine, only some of the smoke staining it a bit black. One of the benefits of being...oh wait you don't know yet. Hahahahahaha you have to wait until we're further in the story to figure it out. (I'm so cruel.)

After dumping it in the trash, Alley he read over her notes. Her tongue ran against one of her teeth. Seems like there's going to be a lot of running involved. Alley moaned.

Alley was pretty out of shape, to put it bluntly. Yes, she was slender and healthy, but trying to run up the stairs put her out of breath. She never really got any exercise once her parents discovered that she was a genius.

Now Alley was fast. Very fast, but no stamina to match it. It seemed strange to others, but she always remained extremely fast, but the lack of stamina prevented her from being able to chase after ghosts.

Time to do my favorite thing, Alley thought sarcastically. Hit the gym.

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Okay, maybe she lied. Instead of going to the gym as planned, but instead she found herself tagging along with Danny and Tucker to the Internet Cafe to play Doom. Sam found herself doomed to shopping with her mom.

"I don't have an account," Alley pointed out, but the boys still dragged her off. "I have to study!"

"You spent your whole life studying," Danny pointed out back. "Now it's time to play mind-rotting video games!"

Danny and Tucker held Alley in a computer chair and went to the Doom site.

"Fill out the information," Tucker said. "Then we can hook you up will all of the ultimate cheats!"

Alley hesitantly filled out her name, her user name, age, and all of that important stuff. She created a character. After that, she clicked START and entered the game world of Doom.

GHOSTBOY: Rdy 2 play Al?

DEATHNOTE: What? (1)

TECHGEEK: He means r u ready 2 play?

DEATHNOTE: Why don't you just type normally?

GHOSTBOY: This is im. U dont hav 2 type properly here.

DEATHNOTE: Im?

TECHGEEK: Instant Messaging.

DEATHNOTE: Okay. What do I do?

GHOSTBOY: Go kill something

DEATHNOTE: Okay?

Alley made her little character go towards a small weird creature and attack it. It took almost five minutes for the creature fall over and die.

GHOSTBOY: Pik up da coinz!

DEATHNOTE: Huh?

TECHGEEK: Pick up the coins the monster left behind.

DEATHNOTE: Oh.

Alley had her character grab the coins, resulting in a total OF...five coins.

It was a start.

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It took Tucker and Danny to pry Alley away from the game.

"Five more minutes!" she begged, reaching for it.

"The place is closing!" Tucker cried out.

Danny ended up picking Alley up and carrying her out. Alley looked a bit disappointed, but sighed.

"I have to get back to work," she said a bit down.

"WHOA! Don't get too excited!" Danny warned her. Alley cracked up.

"I'll see you two later," she replied.

As she walked down the street towards the Manson Mansion, a flash of white and black caught her eyes. Following was black and red. After that, a giant metal form. (2)

It was Danny Phantom being chased by somebody in a black and red technology advanced suit.

Her eyes sparkled in interest in the woman's suit. It was more advanced, just from a far away look, than any other battle suit she's ever seen before in her life! She had to get her hands on it!

Alley did a slow run after them. After only a block, she was panting hard. Wow, she was more out of shape than she thought, but she forced herself to run one more. Groaning, she slumped against a building wall, sweating. The chase would have to end for now. There was no way she was going to catch up.

She crossed her legs (Native American style) and watched the two disappear into the darkening sky. Why was that girl chasing him? Did he do something to her personally, or is she just another ghost hunter?

"Alley? You okay?" Tucker's voice asked.

Her breathing had calmed down drastically. She turned to see Tucker, who was riding his scooter.

"Yeah," she replied, getting up. Sam zoomed past them.

"Come on Tucker!" Sam called back.

"I'll catch up!" Tucker called back.

"What's that?" Alley asked, pointing to the Fenton Thermos in Tucker's hand. Tucker hid it behind his back.

"A thermos."

"Why are you riding around Amity Park at," Alley glanced at her watch before finishing, "almost ten at night?"

"I was hungry for adventure?" Tucker replied lamely. Alley rolled her eyes.

"Need a ride home?" Tucker asked, magically producing a second helmet out of thin air.

"Sure." Running was tiring.

Alley put on the helmet and got on the scooter behind Tucker. He turned the opposite way towards the Manson Mansion. (Alley ran the opposite way after Danny, Valerie and Skulker.)

Ring ring!

Tucker answered his cell.

"TUCKER! WHERE ARE YOU YOU IDIOT! BRING THE THERMOS TO THE PARK BEFORE SKULKER HURTS DANNY!" Sam's voice screamed. Tucker held it away from him and winced.

"Okay! I'll be right there after I take Alley home," he replied before hanging up.

Alley looked at him questioningly, but did not actually ask any questions to Tucker's relief.

"Thanks Tucker," Alley replied after Tucker dropped her off. She handed back the helmet.

Tucker waved before he sped fast to the park. As soon as he was out of sight, Alley rushed for her car. Much better than running. She quickly turned it on and backed into the street, nearly taking out a car and a mailbox before speeding towards the park. Safety could wait.

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1. Alley is going to be clueless when it comes to IM talk. I also don't talk that well, so forgive me. Also, Death Note is a manga that is my newest obsession. :)

2. Due to the request of Luiz4200, I am adding Valerie.