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And, here's the next chapter of "The Perfume"! Hope you enjoy it!

No, I don't own Danny Phantom. That amazingly wonderful show belongs solely to Butch Hartman. I only own this story.

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Everyone was milling around frantically in front of the nurse's office, wanting to hear if Danny was okay. Word had travelled that Danny Fenton had suddenly collapsed to the floor screaming in class and had to immediately head to the nurse's office, he was in that much pain. And now, nearly the whole school had gathered in front of the nurse's office to hear if Danny Fenton was okay

Valerie was at the very front of the crowd, practically pressed up against the doors as she nervously waited for news of Danny's condition. She had never felt so…afraid… than in the moment Danny fell to the ground, screaming and writhing around on the floor in pain. She could still see the red smoke wafting off from Danny's body, hear the screams of pain, see that tortured look on his face as some unseen assailant made Danny feel that terrible pain…

It had scared Valerie; she had honestly thought Danny was going to die, by the way that he was screaming and the way that red smoke seemed to drift off from his body.

Someone shoved Valerie aside and the African-American girl watched as Jazz ran inside the nurse's office, closely followed by hers and Danny's parents, obviously having heard what happened to Danny.

Standing up, Valerie leaned on the door, her heart thumping as her insides twisted with worry for her friend and secret crush.

Danny, please be okay, she prayed, hoping against hope that Danny would be alright.

When Danny came to again, he almost jumped out of his skin when a booming voice shouted very, very, very close to his sensitive ears.

"DANNY-BOY, ARE YOU ALL RIGHT?!"

A startled yelp tore its way out of Danny's throat, and before he knew it, he was bombarded by a massive, bone-crushing bear hug.

"Dad!" Danny squeaked, as he felt his rib cage becoming sore from his dad hugging the life out of him; well, half-life, but you get the point.

Jack got a sheepish look on his face and released Danny from the bear hug, letting Danny gently fall back on the bed he was laying on, rubbing his side.

"Sorry, Danny," Jack apologised.

"It's okay, Dad," Danny said, even though he winced at how sore his ribs felt.

He only had a second to breath before Maddie pulled him into another tight bear hug, which did his ribs no good as they screamed in protest from being crushed by Maddie's even-tighter(if it was possible)bear hug.

"Danny! Oh, my baby boy! Are you all right? What happened to you? Are you okay?" Maddie asked, her questions coming as fast as machine gun fire. A concerned look was in her violet eyes.

"I'm fine, Mom; just had a bit of an allergic reaction, that's all. I'm okay Mom, really," Danny answered her, giving her a half-smile to show that he was really alright.

And he was; the pain he had felt in the classroom was gone now, noticeably since he was away from it.

Maddie nodded, though she still had a concerned look in her eyes.

It was at that moment Danny heard all the noise and chatter outside.

"What's going on outside?" Danny asked, trying to sit up, but winced; okay, maybe the pain from it was not entirely gone.

A familiar hand gently pushed Danny back down onto the bed. He looked up and saw Sam looking at him, a gentle smile full of relief that he was okay on her face.

Danny gave her a small smile back-and was assaulted by another bear hug.

What was with all of the bone-crushing bear hugs!?

"Dude! You're awake!" Tucker exclaimed, grinning from ear to ear as he practically crushed Danny to death(seriously, what was up with these near-death, crushing bear hugs?!).

"Yeah, man, I'm awake. But Tuck, can you let go now before you crush me to death please?" Danny asked.

Tucker winced and immediately let go.

"Sorry, Danny," Tucker apologised, giving Danny an apologetic look. "But Danny, you had me and Sam scared back there. What happened?"

Danny had a guess that he had a feeling was right, but he didn't want to share it with his dad in the room. He looked around and didn't notice the school nurse; good. At least it meant he only had to make one person leave the room.

And he had an idea that might just work.

Taking in a deep breath, Danny schooled his face so that he looked scared, and shouted with as much terror as he could muster, "G-g-GHOST!"

Immediately, Jack's head whipped up and he looked around, an excited gleam in his eyes.

"Where, Danny-boy?" Jack asked, pulling out a Fenton Bazooka.

"I-I think I saw it o-outside the d-door," Danny stammered out, still keeping his scared look on his face. He pretended to look hard and added, "It just phased through the roof."

With a shout of, "MADDIE, WE'VE GOT A RUNNER!", Jack ran headlong out the door. Surprised shouts and startled shrieks came as Jack nearly ploughed the entire student body gathered in front of the nurse's office like wheat in a field in his mad dash to catch the "ghost", not noticing that Maddie wasn't chasing after him.

Danny sighed, glad that his plan had worked. He frowned, as he heard groans and angry shouts; it sounded like the entire school was outside.

"What's going on outside?" Danny asked, repeating his earlier question.

"While you were passed out, word spread like wildfire throughout the school that you suddenly collapsed in class and started to scream and red smoke came off your body. I think every single student in Casper High is outside," Jazz answered.

Danny gave her a grateful look, before his eyes widened.

"When I was passed out?" Danny repeated. He looked at Tucker, Sam, Jazz and Maddie and asked nervously, "Uh, guys, how long was I out?"

"Oh, about… six days," Tucker answered.

"SIX DAYS?!" Danny shouted; no way was he out that long!

Tucker laughed, and said, "I'm just kidding. It's only been about three hours."

Danny relaxed; that was more reasonable.

"But Danny, what happened to you in class to make you suddenly collapse, scream in pain and have red smoke come off your body?" Maddie asked, concerned for her son.

Danny shared a look with Sam and Tucker.

"I have a feeling, but it's been ages since we encountered it… I thought it was extinct in this time," Danny said.

In this time? Maddie frowned at that. That didn't make any sense! Unless…

"Danny, did you, Sam and Tucker travel through time?" Maddie asked.

At that, Danny, Sam and Tucker got uncomfortable looks on their faces.

"Yes," they answered.

Maddie groaned; she would have to have a serious talk with Danny, Sam and Tucker about the consequences of time-travel… wait. When did her life become so strange that she had to tell her son and his friends a serious talk about the consequences of time-travel? It seemed that her life had got even weirder after she discovered Danny's secret.

Jazz gave her mother an understanding look and said, "I felt the same way when I found out too."

Maddie gave a grateful smile to her eldest daughter; at least someone knew what she was feeling about her life had become even weirder at finding out Danny was half-ghost.

Anyway, back to the conversation.

"Danny, what happened when you, Sam and Tucker travelled through time?" Maddie asked.

Danny, Sam and Tucker shared a look before Danny started explaining.

"It was around two years ago. One of my allies, Frostbite, has what is called an Infi-Map. Basically, it's a map that can lead you to whatever destination you want, and has every location of a ghost's lair, and where natural portals can be found. Me, Sam and Tucker got lost in the Ghost Zone, and we crashed into Frostbite's home, the Far Frozen, and he gave us the Infi-Map to help us get home. We… accidentally told the map to take us home, without Frostbite since he was going to show us a safe path back home.

"I was going to give the map back to Frostbite, and I did, but I decided that before I did give it back, that me, Sam and Tucker would take a… joyride, I think, with the map. It lead us to two natural portals that lead into different times, and the second one…"

Danny got an uneasy look on his face, and Sam picked it up from there.

"The Infi-Map lead us to a natural portal that was a portal to 1600's Salem. We went through the portal, and while there, I was almost burned at the stake for being accused as a witch. Danny tried to save me, but when he went to save me…"

"I was repelled back by a circle of flowers around the stake Sam was tied to," Danny continued. He looked at Maddie. "Mom, imagine the worst pain possible that has happened to you. Now times that by ten… no, by fifty, and compare that to having you been burned slowly from the inside out. That was how I felt when I was repelled by those flowers.

"It burned me from the inside out, and when I was tossed into the circle of those flowers, that pain increased tenfold. Tucker dragged me out, but it was still burning me. I felt like I was going to fully die; those flowers were to meant repel and, possibly, destroy ghosts. But…"

"But I got an idea and asked Tucker to eat the flowers; the person who made that circle of them said that they were edible. After Tucker ate the flowers-"

"Which I still have nightmares about eating; I don't think my stomach would never be the same after that," Tucker interrupted, shuddering.

Sam rolled her eyes and went on, "After Tucker ate the flowers, Danny stopped screaming; he was no longer in danger. He saved me from being burned at the stake and we got the heck out of there."

"After that… adventure... we had to find out if it was still a danger to me in this time. When we looked it up, we discovered it went extinct at around the 1600's, due to overuse. To say we were overjoyed that it wasn't a problem for me in this time is an understatement. We practically forgot about it as we never imagined we would encounter it again. But, we have today," Danny finished.

"That red smoke that came off Danny's body… it's an obvious side effect of it affecting ghosts and half-ghosts. I would have recognised it anywhere," Sam said. She shivered, recalling the tortured, pained look on Danny's face from both times he encountered it.

"But, what exactly is it?" Maddie asked, confused over that. They said it was a flower, but it was a bit sketchy.

"It looks like a rose, only redder and the stem and leaves are black. And the smell… it smells like roses, with the faintest smell of something metallic," Sam described.

"And… what's it called?" Maddie persisted.

Sam was about to say it's name, but Danny beat her to it.

"It's called… blood blossoms."

And, the chapter's finished!

Well, the source of what caused Danny so much pain has been revealed! Those cursed blood blossoms! Now, Team Phantom has to ask… where did those blood blossoms come from?

This story's gonna be longer than "The Haircut" because the person who will discover Danny's secret is Valerie, and I want to have the reveal happen a few chapters into the story. I hope you don't mind "The Perfume" being longer than "The Haircut"!

Before you ask, this may not be a DannyXValerie fanfic, since I love the DannyXSam and the TuckerXValerie ships, but it's soooo fun to write Valerie having a tiny crush on Danny!

I hope you enjoyed this chapter, and no, I don't own Danny Phantom. That joy of a show is owned by Butch Hartman. I only own this story.

Please read and review! GhostWriterGirl out!