I have a lady bug being held captive in my room in a cup and I don't own Danny Phantom.

The following morning Jack and Maddie didn't get up in time to open Danny's door. After getting ready he realized this. Without thinking to much about it he phased downstairs, grabbed his purple backpack, and left. If his parents asked him about it later, he would simply say Jazz let him out.

On his way to the bus stop, he ran into Sam and Tucker. "Dude! I called you, like, three times last night with no reply! What gives?" Sam complained.

"I'm grounded for 'rebelling against authority.'" Danny replied.

"Sweet!"

"No. I only yelled at them to distract them. I think they were on to me about, ah," Danny glanced around, "you-know-who."

"What?" Tucker commented, "You always get away with lying to them! What went wrong?"

"I don't know. First they sign me up for orchestra and the next thing I know they're accusing me of doing things other than doing homework and studying! I mean it's true, but that's the problem!" the halfa explained.

Both of his friends burst out into laughter. "Wait! You have to be in the school orchestra now?" Sam choked out.

"Yeah, but I'm gonna skip it. I can't play drums and hunt ghosts at the same time!" Danny replied, trying to brush the whole thing off.

By now they were at the bus stop and had to cut their conversation short to keep a certain secret safe. The rest of the time between then and their arrival at school passed in silence. Well for them, anyway.

Upon the last stop at Casper High Mr.. Lancer approached them. "This can't be good," Danny thought glumly. His friends had the same thought and abandoned him.

"Mr. Fenton, your parents called me yesterday explaining to me that you were to be placed in the school orchestra. Rehearsals are during lunch. Go to the band room for sixth hour with your lunch. You'll have time at the end to eat." the overweight teacher told him. Looked like Danny was going to have to hide in the bathroom for lunch!

He nodded to the man and took off to find Sam and Tucker. They needed to know this as soon as possible. Right when he jogged through the door, they revealed themselves. "Guys, I hate my life. Now I have to hide in the bathroom for lunch, lest I be dragged away for orchestra!"

"Don't worry, man! I'll keep you company in there!" Tucker complied.

"Then who am I supposed to eat lunch with?" Sam questioned.

Danny thought for a second before coming up with a compromise. "Okay how 'bout we eat in the janitors' closet? I'm sure they won't mind." The others agreed. At that moment the bell rang, splitting up the trio. They were all late; and they hadn't even visited their lockers yet!

For lunch, the three met back up in the janitors' closet on the first floor. Before they could even unwrap a sandwich, however, Dandy's ghost sense went off. Without thinking about it, he transformed and phased out to look for the ghost.

It turned out to be an ecotpuss. Simple enough. He defeated it easily and sucked it up. Noticing the news van in the parking lot, he landed in a tree and changed back to Fenton unseen. After waiting a few seconds, he slipped down to the earth and walked back into the building. Little did he know, this was his fatal mistake.

"Mr. Fenton! What are you doing roaming the halls? You should be at orchestra practice!" Lancer scolded him upon seeing him walk into the school. Danny had no answer." I'll be calling your parents! Now get to class!" The teacher stalked off and the boy sluggishly made his way to the band room.

Danny walked into the room and saw that it was the only room in the school with carpet and the walls were covered in beige curtains. The reasons for this were unknown. (A/N: The sound won't bounce off as much, for those of you who don't know.) The players were keeping a fast, upbeat tune. A tune in which Danny interrupted. "Um, I'm Danny Fenton. My parents signed me up for the orchestra."

"Oh wonderful!" the band teacher cried, "Why don't we start you off on the snare drum? Right in the middle in the back!" Danny nodded in response. He looked around and saw that everyone was glaring at him. In fact, the only one smiling was the overly cheerful director. "What are you waiting for? Get to your drum!" she yelled in a twist of anger. "Bipolar band teacher! Woo hoo!" he thought sarcastically.

"You drag us down and you're toast!" he heard someone snap at him, just barely audible.

"You and what toaster?" Danny shot back in the same quiet, yet annoyed tone. Practice resumed after the insane teacher gave him ever so sweet instructions as to what they were kept up perfectly well for it being the first time he had ever touched a drum. And at least he didn't have to play a pansy instrument like the triangle or flute.

Afterwards, the halfa sat alone in the corner with no lunch. Alone because she didn't want to talk to people who already hated him, and lunchless because he left it in the closet. Five hour long minutes later, the bell had finally rung. Anxious to get out, Danny shot up and bolted for the door to tackle the rest of the boring school day.

When he got home, his parents were waiting for him. "We got a call from the school today," Jack stated. Danny just knew he would have to lie again.

"He told us you were trying to skip orchestra rehearsals. Is that true?" Maddie added.

"No!" Danny defended, "I just honestly forgot! I went to the bathroom during lunch and Lancer saw me! I didn't feel like protesting when he told me off for skipping!"

"Not buying it!" his Mom retorted, "Mr. Lancer specifically said he saw you walking into the building during lunch and you went silent from the shock of getting caught!"

"Fine! I tried to skip orchestra and failed! I'm such a rebellious teenager! I should be locked away for my horrible crimes!" Danny cried dramatically with a hint of sarcasm. He was ticked that his parents had that little trust in him! Granted it was a lie, but it was a very reasonable situation to believe. Knowing he would be sent up to his room, he steadied his backpack, glared at his parents, and stomped upstairs for the third time in two days.

Sorry this took so long guys! I had the whole thing written out in a notebook, but it took me forever to type it! I just can't find any time to myself lately! Last chapter is next, but don't worry because I will write a sequel! Bye!