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Disclaimer: I do not own any Danny Phantom characters from the series that honor goes to the incredibly creative Butch Hartman. I do however own all the characters who don't appear in the series are mine. That includes Adrian, Jennifer, Lilith, Alicia and any others.


Adrian Spook

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Hidden Truth

Episode Summary:

After playing hooky from school for three days Adrian is forced to go. This becomes a problem because he has barely any control over his powers, and keeps transforming into his other half. How is he supposed to keep people from guessing Adrian Fenton the son of Danny Phantom is in fact part ghost?

Part 2

Disguise the limits!

By: Lydia (penname: Linariel)


A sinking feeling overwhelmed Adrian's conscious as he walked towards the principle office. It seemed to take forever to reach the door. It would have taken less time if he hadn't had to make a pit stop because his ghost half decided to retreat at least minute forcing him to retreat from his new destination, and transform back into his human half. This was probably for the best because as soon as he entered the office of the waiting room, the secretary's next words brought a level of panic.

"Have a seat Adrian Fenton the principle will be with you in a moment, but first we need to wait for your father." She motioned to one of the hard wooden chairs against the wall.

Adrian's eyes widened ever slightly. Had he heard her correctly? "You…" he swallowed hard before forcing the words on. "You called my dad? Why not my mom she works closer."

The secretary rolled her eyes with a huff obviously not having the best of days (though Adrian had no idea why) and shook her head. "Your mother, Mrs. Fenton is in the middle of a very important case and since this is not a life or death situation she can't be disturb. However…" she glanced up to him with a stare of indifference. "Your father was available. As we speak he is heading here." She turned back to her computer and begun typing, not saying another word to the boy.

Getting no more facts from the secretary he took her lack of conversation as a dismissal and trudged over to the chairs. Adrian proceeded to wipe his brow as heat filled his gut and a small amount of orange mist exited his throat, which could only mean a ghost was nearby. Not that it mattered he couldn't leave the office unless he wanted to be slapped with even more demerits. 'Hopefully this doesn't affect my record too badly.' He thought knowing this would put a red mark on his college application possibly.

Why did I do that? He glanced down at his hands, they were weapons at the moment and he couldn't even control his actions. 'That's what I get for bottling up my feelings I guess.' He remembered Alicia's warning the aftermath of his birthday and he hated to admit it but she was right. It had got him into to trouble. He couldn't blame it all on his ghost powers he'd wanted to sock Malcolm many times before but restrained. Adding unstable powers just made him more susceptible to committing the act. 'At least I stopped myself from doing any permanent damage to him?' that was the only Brightside he could find to this whole incident.

'Okay I have to keep from transforming in front of dad or doing anything ghost like that might set off my ghost sense.' He gripped the wooden chair hard as his eyes kept darting for the door. 'Not a problem. I mean… snap why did it have to be him?' Any moment now his dad would show up and he really did not look forward to it.


"Now hold still sugar." Chimed the nurse in her southern bell drawl she worked carefully to dab Neosporin on the cut lip of a young teenage boy. "I think you're going to be just fine, Mr. Daryl. Nothing much to worry about your lucky he only got you once."

The dirty brown hair young man Malcolm Daryl groaned as he tried to rub at his lip only to have the nurse swat his hand away. "But it still hurts something fierce." He wined miserably with much dramatics that were clearly uncalled for. "That Fenton kid should pay for what he did."

"If you ask me there isn't enough damage to do something that drastic." She said with a roll of her eyes a little irritated. "You need to toughen up Mr. Crybaby." The nurse scolded.

Malcolm scowled briefly this nurse was one of the few his dad's fat pay check wouldn't satisfy. She refused to accept the money and she treated him like anyone else. Which to most would be a compliment but to a teen who got everything he wanted it was insult. Still he felt he needed to converse with someone about what happened, his mind was a little blurry from the incident it happened so fast. However something did stick out in his mind. "But you have to believe me there was something unusual about Adrian. His eyes… I could have sworn his eyes were almost glowing… yellow."

"Eyes glowing yellow you say?" The nurse asked with a chuckle then shook her head. "I think the pain medication I gave ya is getting to your head." She handed him a bottle of salve. "Rub this on your cut every five hours to get the swelling down. You can't put a band aid over it because it needs to be out in the air or it's going to leave a scar. Now if that's all the time you have I must be getting to my other patients."

"Maybe…" She might be right he was probably imaging things there wasn't anything special about Adrian not like him. "What other patients?" Malcolm asked raising an eyebrow. Then he blinked twice rubbing his eyes as he'd finally got away from his pains to see the nearby occupied beds. He recognized only one of the people Paige Lewis a B-lister who could have been an A if it wasn't for her mother being a math teacher. The tan skinned Greek blonde was unconscious and appeared to be in pain.

The nurse sighed. "Strangest thing they were found in different areas of the hall unconscious. Other then that no one knows what's wrong with them." She believed though that it was probably was just minor problem. They had to be suffering from dehydration. The only remedy IV bags set up with the proper fluids to get them back to normal, which was what she was doing. "I don't know what I'll do if more show up probably call the hospital and get a medic over."

Malcolm glanced at the patients with slight concern. Not really for them but for himself. He couldn't help but wonder if what happened to them was contagious.


"He's over there."

Adrian didn't even look up knowing exactly who was coming over. His father took a seat with his sky blue eyes looking straight at his son, he scowled as he kept look straight at the wall. Not even acknowledging his father's presence. 'Just need to stay calm.' Gripping his seat tightly he tried his hardest to keep himself stable.

"Alright Adrian what did you do this time?"

The teen glanced at halfa then stared at the wall again. "I thought that they'd already told you what happened over the phone."

"They might have but I'd rather hear the truth straight from the horse's mouth."

"Please no metaphors today dad." Adrian nose wrinkled in annoyance. Then the room was quiet for a few moments till finally the teen let out an exasperated sigh. "I punched Malcolm Daryl in the face. I'd imagine he has a fat lip now."

"Why did you do it Adrian?"

Adrian looked away with a scowl on his face.

"You can keep glaring at the wall but it's not going to move. And I'll continue to ask you till you answer me."

With a long sigh Adrian muttered. "He was ridiculing our family and ganging up on Alicia."

Danny blinked slightly surprised at his answer. "Oh." Then his eyes narrowed slightly he took a deep breath knowing he had to play his father role in this situation. He supposed at Adrian's age if he was in his son's shoes he'd do the same thing. But then again he had too much of conscious to actually pull it off, unless he was in his ghost form. Taking a deep breath he spoke firmly to him. "Listen Add…"

"Don't call me Add." Adrian said in an icy tone.

His father flinched at the sheer hostility in his son's voice. 'What has gotten into you lately.' He thought but decided not to ponder it till later. At the moment he needed to get his oldest on the right track. "I realize that Malcolm may have overstepped his boundaries calling out our family like that…"

Adrian cut in. "His group called us freaks that deserved nothing better then a testing facility, and he ridiculed my siblings, dad." He said dryly.

"Does that give you any reason to throw punches at him?" Danny said placing a hand on his son's shoulder which the boy only shrugged off. Nevertheless at least Adrian seemed to be showing less opposition, for once he was not tuning him out. 'There's some progress.' He thought then continued with a smile. "So what if he did all those things it doesn't justify your actions in the least. Heck I did some things to my own bullies when I was younger that I'm not proud of."

"Malcolm isn't a bully to me dad he's more of a rival."

Danny shrugged looking at his son straight in his set of amethyst eyes. "Yeah but you retaliating is no better then how he treated you. It might be even worse."

With a sigh Adrian nodded. "I guess so I do feel rotten about my actions. But…he deserved it."

"He might have deserved it." Danny said wrapping his arm around his son's shoulder once more this time without receiving a shrug off. They were making so progress the halfa's heart felt like it could jump for joy. This had to be the beginning things would work now… "But you have to be the bigger person and turn the other cheek. Fighting gets you no where."

"Coming from a hybrid that fights ghosts for a living is kind of contradictory dad." Adrian pointed out dryly then leaned back with a small frown on his face. "I do feel bad for what I did. I was letting my bottled up feelings of loathing get the better of me. Still I was ready to accept my punishment, I didn't need you to come here and preaching to me."

There was silence.

So apparently he didn't get through to his son completely. But maybe some of what he said sunk in. The ghost boy could only hope. "Your getting a month's worth of detention." Danny warned him. "That's what the principle told me over the phone."

Adrian shrugged. "I guess it's justified."


Peeking out at the hallway Jennifer shivered gripping her Fenton ghost whip tightly in her grasp. They had just exited math class when they'd been surrounded by a group of ectopuses one of her father's first enemies he'd tangled with after getting powers. She noticed not far off a swirling green mass that slowly faded away leaving behind maybe six of those things. Since they still held a grudge against her father as soon as they saw the young Fenton their tentacles swished with delight and the dove at her. She'd had barely enough time to defend herself with what little ghost hunting knowledge her grandparents gave her.

"Where are they all coming from?" Piped in her classmate Lexi Carmine, she along with four others had managed to find Jennifer in the chaos. They were some of the few that had not made into a classroom before they became barricaded.

Jennifer glanced at her for a moment before setting her sights on the ectopuses. "I think they're emerging from a random portal nearby. We're safe so long as we keep quiet." She couldn't help but wonder what was happening with her fellow students.

"Jenn!" hissed a voice from nearby. Jennifer turned her head and noticed a nearby door cracked open a bit seeing Donna Wells the top A-List of the Junior High motioning for them to come in.

"Should we do it?" Asked Phillip Miller another student she was well acquainted with strawberry blond hair, and forest green eyes.

Jennifer nodded. "I'll distract them you guys make a run for it."

"But Jenn." He protested.

"Need I remind you all I'm the only one trained to handle ghost equipment." Receiving a shake of heads, Jennifer took on the leader tone that usually got others to listen to her. "Then go guys go!" She jumped out of her hiding space doing a skip in to the middle of the ectopuses location who were searching about the area. "Hey uglys." They glance up and cackle with glee. "Looking for me." They bob their heads. "Then come in get me. One Fenton kid ripe for the picking!"

The creatures needed no more encouragement the idea of revenge was fresh in their mind. Jennifer closed her eyes slightly until she could feel the increasing cold then opened them and flung out her fenton ghost whip that still had the annoying picture of her grandfather Jack on it, straight at them. She managed to get one wrapped up in the ropes, it squealed in pain trying to get away she flung the whip back and forth until he dissipated. She knew for a fact the creature wasn't really gone only he'd been dissolved into a mass energy that would reform in a couple of hours probably but at least it kept the thing away for now.

Her classmates looked on with some amazement and others with fear. Not many knew their sweet Jennifer Fenton with all her kindness could have such a bite. They were just glad they weren't in the line of fire. After getting rid of a few of the ectopuses one managed to catch up with what she was doing and get the whip away before she hit another one of their kind. Tossing it far off they turned their attention back to Fenton's daughter. She gulped and barely managed to dart out of the day and dive into the nearby open class room.

Once inside Jennifer pushed herself up by her elbows, brushing away any help to get not wanting her pride to be damaged. She looked about room taking in everyone around her. Her gaze soon became frantic. Someone very important was missing. "Where's Chloe?" her best friend was not in the room.

A concerned expression comes on her fellow A-Lister Phillip. "Oh no. She's probably still out there." He exclaimed with a hint of panic.

Clenching her fists a determined scowl set on her face. "I'm going back out there." Before the teacher can give hint of protest the girl had ducked out the door just before the ghost shield had been activated around the room. Now it would be too late for they all knew Jennifer Fenton had some ghost DNA in her body which would not allow her to enter the classroom until the shield was down.

Phillip gazed out the room through the only window that gave a glimpse of the hall. "Be careful Jenn."

'You got your answer why don't you just leave.' Adrian said in his thoughts but didn't voice it out loud. He supposed his father had to stay behind to fill out the necessary paperwork and possibly take him home but he hoped it wouldn't come to that. After all even though he had hit the pretty boy he was positive he'd barely left a knick on Malcolm's skin. A part of him wanted to go home that might make his job of avoiding people easier. But he didn't really want to miss anymore school and the last class of the day was English. 'Even if I have to be here for math it would be worth it.'

He'd had a few close calls with his powers going on the fritz. That included feet sinking through the floor, his hand going invisible, and his ghost sense going off. Each time these things happened Danny's own ghost sense off but inside of sweating like his son he shivered. Then his eyes darted about with suspicion Adrian barely had any time to force his body back to normal and that took a lot of energy. His body felt cold and at the same time the heat from his ghost sense made his sweat. 'What I wouldn't give for a glass of water right now?'

The door creaked open and Danny stood up to greet the principle with a handshake. "Thank you for coming Mr. Fenton. I'd imagine you're fairly busy so appreciate you taking the time off your schedule to come over."

Danny nodded with a grin. "Don't worry about it. Anything that deals with my kids I'll always come for. Besides today has been kind of slow..."

"Even with all the portals opening around town?" The principle said with a raise eyebrow.

'Apparently the news reporters are having a field day with that story.' To Danny it seemed to be clearly blown out of proportion. He shrugged. "It's not that bad. The G.P.A. is handling the crisis I just was helping here and there."

The principle chuckled good naturedly. "You are too modest Mr. Fenton." Adrian rolled his eyes great he forgot the principle was an avid supporter of his father's work. Something about him saving his life some time or another. The man cleared his throat gaining both fentons' attention. "Well let's get down to business." He gestured for the two of them to enter his office.

Adrian took a seat in one of the slightly more comfortable chairs as Danny did the same. "Will Adrian be suspended?" He knew what was spoken over the phone but the halfa wanted to make sure.

Rubbing his temple the principle sighed before giving them his complete attention. "Well this is a delicate case but after weighing everything thing I've come to the conclusion that he will remain in school." Before either could say anything the principle added. "On a probationary period, meaning if he slips up again in the next two months he will be suspended for the rest of the semester."

His father breathed more easily. "I'll make sure he doesn't. Thank you." He said with a nodded.

"Don't thank me." The principle said with a small smile then turned to Adrian. "I think young Fenton should thank his classmate Miss Foley who observed the whole fight. She informed me Malcolm was the instigator. I trust the words of my honor students."

With nod Adrian couldn't help sigh. That was a load off of his shoulders. 'She came through again.' He really needed to make this up to Alicia sometime. She always seemed make his life easier. He didn't know where he'd be without her. 'I still can't have her around.' He thought to himself firmly.


The sky shined in a bright color of blue with the remaining heat of summer, and the autumn leaves starting to fall. At Tuff Elementary children were laughing and scampering about on the various playground sets. It was the middle of recess, and things were carefree and blissful. They had at least half hour till the bell rang and they needed to be at the next class time. None of the excited adolescents or the adult who watched over recess noticed one of the portals opened up in the middle of the school grounds.

A blue skin hunchback ghost, with blond hair, slightly obscured red eyes, dressed in pink and white pajamas looked around confused. How had he ended up in the mortal realm? He'd been in the middle of attempting yet again to befriend another ghost and he seemed to be intimidating it enough to do so. Then a colorful sphere popped out of nowhere in his line of movement, blinding him, and now he was in the human world.

No matter either way he wanted to make friends. His obsession would not be denied. Therefore if he couldn't in the Ghostzone then maybe he would be able to in the human realm. He approached a small boy who was in the middle of playing on one of those things humans called a swing. The child stopped swinging and his eyes widened as the ghost came into view. "Will you be my friend?" The hunchback ghost asked as he brought his arms out in a warm gesture of friendship.

The boy did not see this as such though. He yelped and jumped off the swing landing a few feet away from the ghost. Then he took off in a trot toward a nearby tunnel.

The friendless ghost followed the boy until he noticed a girl with pigtails coloring nearby. "How about us be friends?" The girl screamed and threw her crayons at the creature making a bolt for it.

Not the least bit detoured the ghost continued asking each child he could but the same response came from each of them. At first he was just confused and thought the children were playing a game of hide and go seek. So he kept blowing ice at each place that seemed big enough for a child to hide luckily he had yet to find their hiding place.

Soon the simpleminded ghost came to the conclusion they were gone. "No one wants to be my friewnd." His shoulders slumped and his expression became downcast.

"I'll to be your friend." Chirped a sweet little voice from below.

The ghost almost couldn't believe his ears. Could it be true was there actually someone in the world willing to be his friend? He glanced frantically trying to find the owner of the voice until he notices a young girl waving at him near the teeter totter. The first thing he noticed was she was slightly smaller then her classmates. The little child was a redhead with lavender blue eyes she smiled at him. He could feel his cold heat melting slightly with the affectionate gaze she gave he blushed bashfully. "Y-you really want to be my friend?"

She nodded with a bright smile. "I'm Lilith what's your name?"

Scratching his head he tried his hardest to think. "Klemper." He finally said still a little in daze.

Lilith Fenton giggled. "Well Klemper then let's be friends!"

"Okay!" Klemper said with a large smile. It had finally happened someone was treating him well. His eyes narrowed when he noticed an ectopus approaching Lilith with its tentacles extended. Someone was trying to take his friend away. NO ONE SHOULD DO THAT. "You no hurt my friend!" He proclaimed then took a deep breath and blew out a thick stream of ice completely taking over the creature.

When it fell to the ground Lilith had finally noticed the creature, instead of panicking or getting scared. She smiled brightly with her thumbs up. "Nice shot Klemper!"

The once friendless ghost puffed out his chest with pride at her compliment. He really liked this little girl. Not only was she being so warm and outgoing but she wasn't afraid of his kind in the least. She was a rare find. The perfect friend. "Would you like to come to my home?"

"You mean to visit?" Her eyes sparkled with childlike innocence. "Sure!"

Klemper nodded his head with a grin. He didn't want to say anything and scare her off but unbeknownst to the little fenton he wanted her to stay longer then just a day. Ideas formed in his head of all the fun he could have with his new playmate. He didn't want her to just come and visit. He'd rather have her stay forever.


Once his father, and the principle had dismissed him. Adrian hurried to the cafeteria to get lunch. Things seemed to be looking up because not only had he missed the usual rush hour when there were many people in line, but also one of their specials for the day was sushi. Which just to happened to be a favorite of his. His face took on a light smile before it settled back a frown when noticed a pair of brown eyes looking at him expectantly.

Glancing about he tapped his tray as he continued to stand in the middle of the room. He couldn't be around Alicia not while his powers were at this dangerous level. He'd been thankful for only a few mishaps with his dad. 'I'm too dangerous. Like a time bomb waiting to explode.' He thought to himself.

Biting his lip finally he tore his gaze away from her magnetic pull and turned instead towards a set of rarely used tables. No one sat in the area because it was full of dust and cobwebs, and for some reason the janitor barely ever cleaned it. Still that was good enough for Adrian if he could keep everyone from coming near him his day would be golden. He felt his hands starting to loose their grip on the tray as he begun to sit down, and he had barely enough time to make it to the table before they landed on it. He was close enough that nothing spilled.

Taking a deep breath Adrian begun eating his sushi but his appetite just didn't seem to be there. After a couple of bites he pushed the tray away and just sat there twirling his mechanical pencil in his hands. This was boring but boring was safe so who was to argue with that. 'It's for her own good.' He thought to himself trying to justify his actions. 'Someday she'll understand.' Still he couldn't help but feel a tingle on his back knowing for some reason Alicia was still watching him.

Across the room Alicia was still in shock at her best friend's actions. Since they were little they'd always ate together. In fact there was rarely anything they didn't do as a team. (Except for things that involved personal gender's of course.) "What has gotten into him?" she muttered stabbing her chicken in the middle with her fork. Her meal of course was one of everything. Due to her fast metabolism she could handle that much, without getting fat. People sometimes stopped and stared wondering where she put it all. Still like Adrian didn't feel as hungry, however unlike him her stomach disagreed, growling indignity when she set down her fork.

She glanced her poet friend's way yet again trying to get him to turn and face her, at least acknowledge her in a way that didn't match his gaze from before he looked upset, and slightly disgusted. It hurt to see that look. Her elbows went on the table as she continued to observe him he seemed to be fidgety and unsettled. Maybe it was his guilt from fighting Malcolm she could tell he'd felt that early but no it was something else. There was just to much emotion there to be all guilt.

"Hola Alicia!" came a cheerful voice from nearby.

She glanced up to see her second guy friend approaching with a plate not nearly as filled as hers but he certainly ate more then Adrian. Alicia's eyes merely glanced up to meet his navy blue ones before looking down. "Oh hi Hugo."

"Why the long face senorita and where is Adrian? I would think mi amigo wouldn't miss the special." He said sitting down on the bench across from her.

"He's actually over there." Alicia said pointing in the other direction towards the usually deserted lunch table.

Hugo's eyes widened. "He's over there. But that is the podrido section. Why would he want to be there.

"Beats me." She huffed. "All I know he's giving me the cold shoulder. You know much like he does his dad. I'm not really picking up any hostility but it worries me." Alicia said this as she poked over her milk carton and begun drinking. She then wiped off her milk-stache. "Is he mad at me or something."

Tapping his fingers on the table Hugo tried to make sense of her words. "Well let's think did you do anything to get him enjado."

"No." Alicia shook her head. "I just motioned for him to come over. I thought we were on fine terms." She started running her fingers through her thick curly dark brown hair. "I mean we fight sometimes but usually we make up in about an hour or so afterwards. This just doesn't make any sense."

"Perhaps it would be bueno to leave him alone for now. He might just need space." Hugo said with softened eyes that reserved only for the object of his affection. "Time alone is good it usually clears ones head." Seeing the annoyed expression on her face he added hastily. "He does like to be an introvert most of the time." He took a bite of his sandwich knowing with her in this mood, he'd need to eat every chance he got.

"Yeah but he never does this to me. We always have lunch together." Alicia's eyes narrowed slightly. "I'm going to get to the bottom of this."

"Pardon?"

"Hugo he's been acting strange most of the day and now he's avoiding me. I can't just leave this alone."

Not one to get into other's business Hugo swallowed hard. "Well I must decline helping mi amigo."

Alicia looked at him with a small smile that melted his heart. "But I need you Hugo you're the only other one I trust. I know between the two of us we can figure this out." She placed her right hand gently on his left.

Hugo swallowed again, a tint of red flaring on his cheeks before he stuttered his response. "Al-right A-lic-ia I'll help you."

Alicia smiled happily. "Thanks Hugo you won't regret this."

'I have a feeling I will.'Hugo thought to himself his stomach twisting in a knot with the idea of the confrontation that might follow with Alicia's nosy actions. However he could not deny his affections her quest. Whether it ended in ruins or not he had to help her at least try to make sense of Adrian.

Hugo had to admit there was something different it wasn't very subtle but now that she pointed it out he could see it more clearly. 'Adrian what is this change that worries Alicia? I pray that you explain yourself soon or she might become unstable.'


'Where is she?' Was the only thing on Jennifer's mind as she sprinted across the longest hall in Wendy Junior High. She barely got a glimpse of other students in the different rooms. But every time she stopped to peek in there was no sign of Chloe. Her brow creased in concern this wasn't good. Her friend didn't do too well with ghosts. She wasn't too scared of them. Since she was friends of a daughter of ghost hunters but the girl didn't know how to react to them very well either.

Finally after what seemed hours Jennifer caught a glimpse of hazel nut brown hair, and a pair of frantic ocean blue eyes of her latino friend. Chloe Baxter along with she counted three others were surround by more ectopuses. While the boys tried to play macho with the girls behind them, she could see her best friend slightly panicked.

Eyes narrowing Jennifer jumped into action leaping over to the group, she landed with barely a flood. Clearing her throat she got their attention. "Ahem."

The ectopuses looked up and their current victims. Seeing the fenton girl once more they cackled and one reached for her. They really had one tract minds when it came to things like this.

She had barely enough time to summersault away from their grasp. Motioning to the others, she pointed towards a classroom three door away. "Come on guys you'll be safe inside the ghost shield."

Her best friend Chloe seemed hesitant. "What about you Jenny?" she was one of the few that called Jenn by that name. Others couldn't get away with calling her that. Why she insisted the nickname, she'd never know. "You can't stay out here alone."

"You've done enough." Jennifer said firmly. "I don't care what you guys say. I might be rusty but I've been trained to handle this you haven't." Noticing her latino best friend hadn't budged yet her eyes softened. "Please I need you to go with the others."

Finally the girl sighed and nodded. But she was still the last to head for the nearest classroom. Turning slightly she shook her head. "If you get hurt I'll personally give you a taste of my voice in high c when this all over." Chloe warned. Jenn knew the threat was very real her friend was sweet as sugar but when it came to her singing she was not a soprano, and her voice that high could hurt anyone's ears.

Jennifer cringed but nodded, then turned her attention back to the creatures. 'Now how am I going to fight them.' Digging through the pocket of her skirt she was having a hard time finding any ghost gear, it was one of the things she'd decided against carrying in Junior High. She'd only kept the fenton whip because her mother insisted she had some kind of weapon to protect her when she was at school. But that had been knocked out of her hands by the specters and it was too far away to retrieve at the moment. 'Come on there has to be something left.' Suddenly her hand felt something smooth and hard.

Recognizing the shape almost instantly as she continued to dodge the creatures pulling a small ring out of her pocket she took a deep breath. 'Okay no fear they feed on fear.' Which was probably why they'd surrounded her classmates instead of just hurting them. 'I have to keep them busy.' The object was an ironic gift from her grandparents on the fentons side. She'd asked for jewelry for her birthday a few years back and wouldn't you know it they decided she'd needed 'special' jewelry. "This better work."

Aiming her ring at two of the specters coming at her she pushed down on the seemingly innocent yellow gemstone in the middle, and a small glowing green net shot out expanding till it fit around the creatures. It engulfed the two ectopuses the shocked them enough to make them immobile. "Whew that did it." She said wiping the sweat from her brow.

Too bad the thing needed time to power back up because there were still five ectopuses flying about. Having seen yet another one of their comrades in a net their attention turned to Jenn. They hissed and screeched. Jennifer ducked and took off in a sprint. Maybe if she could led them outside it would be easier to hide from them. Though she doubted it the ghost DNA she inherited from her father still made her a blimp for ghosts.

When all seemed nearly lost and Jenn found herself cornered. A group of people in black jumps, brown armor with the GPA emblem burst through entrance and soon there was a mess of blasting of artificial rays of energy as they worked to detain the ghosts.

"What took you guys so long?" Jenn asked with a small huff. Oh well it wasn't the worst ghost threat she'd survived. Her attention soon was taken over by strange shadow coming from the left corridor that lead to the gym. The shadows weren't shaped like any ghost she'd seen before. 'That's odd.' Curiously she slipped away from where the GPA strike team was handling the rogue ghosts and moved towards the unidentifiable disturbance.


Danny couldn't get the sinking feeling out of this head that the problem that was affecting different areas of Amity Park, was also happening here at his old school. It would explain why his ghost sense went off fifteen times in the last two hours. That wasn't normal unless there was some kind of big invasion. So unbeknownst to his son he'd stayed behind invisible patrolling the halls and the outside. He had yet to find anything that could he could pin point as spectral activity.

At last he proclaimed the school grounds of Casper High to be ghost free. "Maybe the ghosts already left." A shiver went down his spine as soon he exited the school. Getting into a ready battle stance he scanned the area with his enhanced vision. Finding nothing he levitated into the sky and begun flying towards the mall where he'd been before he'd had to come looking for his son.

A familiar giggle echoed from the air. Danny came to an abrupt halt skidding in the air till he stopped. "I know that voice."

"Hi daddy! We're going to his re- house!" said a voice from behind. Turning around he saw his littlest daughter in all her bounciness in the clutches of the last ghost he thought would ever capture her.

"Klemper!" Danny shouted at the ghost.

The blue skinned pajama ghost turned to see the halfa and gulped. "Uh oh." He took off at a fast pace his tail swishing in the wind.

But Danny easily matched his speed with his hands outstretched in the air and his ghost tail swishing behind him. "What are you doing with my daughter Klemper!" his eyes tinted slightly to neon in anger. He concentrated hard and briefly another Danny Phantom emerged from the side, along with three others. He rarely used this power, it took a lot of energy but in this incident duplication was necessary.

Klemper gasped finding the ghost boy and his clones now blocking his path in all directions. The specter did not release his hold the girl but tightened it. Lilith just looked between the two confused. "She's my friend Phantom. You can't have her."

"Friend?" Danny asked with stunned look on his face. No one ever wanted to make friends with the clinging ghost.

Lilith smiled brightly though she was a little puzzled, she decided this would be the perfect time to introduce her new friend. "Daddy this is Klemper…"

"I know who he is Lily-Ann." He said trying to keep his voice calm for his daughter's sake. He pinched his nose to relieve his stress before going on. "You need to get away from him now honey." Which was true. Even if the ghost didn't mean it he was incredibly unstable and right now her life was in danger just being there with him.

The mini fenton looked between the two with a raised eyebrow. "But he's my friend."

"Yes I'm her friend." Klemper affirmed starting to move down towards the only exit he could find. But Phantom had already duplicated himself again. The new clone brought out its arm glowing with energy. "You can't take my friewnd from me Phantom!" he shouted.

Danny Phantom started to worry Klemper was getting into one of those moods that everyone needed to avoid. "Lily-Ann he's not safe!"

"Why?" Lilith asked with a pout.

Klemper in that instant took in a deep breath then blew straight at the original Phantom one of his clones got in the day taking the hit by the pajama's signature attack of ice.

"That's why." Danny muttered with a little groan as he felt the after affects of the hit after one of his clones dissolved dissolved. "Great my own daughter can make friends with that ghost without any issues. And meanwhile I continue to get my butt freezed." He sighed turning to the ghost. "Okay I warn you Klemper release my daughter right now!" His clones echoed in response to his words.

"No she's coming back to the Ghostzone with me." Klemper said sticking out his tongue and blowing a raspberry at the half ghost.

'Think Phantom think. He has your daughter in his hands.' He didn't think that Klemper was using her as a shield but he couldn't take any chances of hitting her. Then a thought came into his head, he had a power that he could easily aim away from his daughter and still hit the ghost. "I'll have to fight fire with fire only it will be opposite."

Turning to face Klemper who was still having difficulties with his clones who threw up shields to protect themselves from getting turned into a block of ice, his brow creased as he addressed the friendless ghost. "I don't want to have to do this but you leave me no choice." His eyes tinted to an electric blue and his body begun to glow in a light blue color. "The chill has hit the building." He proclaimed his eyes glowing as he threw ice daggers directly at the ghost's chest.

Sure enough Klemper did not want to have his daughter get hurt, and pulled her behind him. Lilith wrapped her arms around quickly around the ghost's neck as her dad hit the friendless ghost with an onslaught of ice. To in awe to really think of who to cheer or defend, Lilith giggled happily.

"Wha?" Klemper exclaimed he was one of the few who didn't know about the half ghost's power over ice. He was terribly surprised but nevertheless determined to take the girl back to the Ghostzone with him. He sucked in his breath and blew ice right at the halfa hoping to freeze the original and cause his clones to melt.

However he was not ready for Phantom's next move. Danny concentrated his eyes still glowing electric blue. The ice stopped in mid flight nearly inches away from his face.

Klemper gasped. "Uh oh!" He then took a hit from his own ice attack straight in the head. The cold traveled up to Lil's arms and she lost her grip, falling off his back in the process. The ice had barely nicked her but it was enough to make her shiver.

"LILITH!" Danny cried realizing his own mistake. He dived down after the girl who was in too much shock to really show any fear. The halfa barely had enough time to reach his daughter in mid-flight just inches from the ground. He grabbed her tightly and the two of them went intangible phasing through the cement and into the sewers below.

His heart raced hard as he clutched his youngest tightly. 'That attack was only meant for Klemper not you.' He said to himself but didn't voice it out loud. The mini fenton shivered in his arms, snuggling deeper in his grasp. Stroking her redhair he tried to calm down his beating heart, he kissed her gently on the forehead. "Are you okay Lily-Ann?"

The girl looked up at her father with her eyes blinking, then nodded. "Daddy?"

"Yes sweetie?" He asked her.

"I'm cold" she shivered slightly in emphasis, her eyes closing in the process.

Her father frowned slightly then they phased through the sewer back to landing back on the sidewalk, before forcing a small smile on his face for her sake. "Well let's fix that. How about a nice cup of hot chocolate when we get home?"

Lilith's eyes peeked open. "With mini marshmallows, whip cream, and carmel syrup!"

"Well you definitely didn't loose your appetite." Danny chuckled. He'd have to call the school to get her excused from class but it would be worth it.

There were times like this when he felt the pain and relief of his daughter's birth. She had almost didn't survive coming into the world. She'd been proclaimed dead at birth by the doctors but Danny and Sam refused to believe it. Not more then five minutes later she'd let out her first cry. The doctors were stunned she'd come back when only minutes ago her heart hadn't been beating. She'd been a miracle, and he'd almost lost her again. But here she was in his arms and little Lilith Ann Fenton wasn't going anywhere.

Which reminded him he turned on his intercom connecting to GPA. "Hey Val?"

A little static went through till he finally got an answer. "Yeah what's up DP? Done taking care of the issue with your oldest?" He'd told her before going to Casper that there was a meeting the halfa had to attend however he didn't fill her in on all the details.

"Yeah, things went just fine. Hey can you handle a little ghost incident…" he glanced at a nearby sign to get the direct coordinates. "Near the souvenir shop on Harley Street."

"Sure I can. But why me?"

"Well let's just say the ghost messed with my family and he needs a lesson taught to him before he's detained." He whispered trying his hardest to keep his youngest from hearing his conversation. "I'll buy you a new ecto-gun if you make him wail. I'd do it but I've got to get my youngest home."

Danny could almost picture Valerie smirking on the other line. "Sure I can. If he needs discipline I'll be happy to dish it out."

"Daddy?" asked a small voice he glanced down at his youngest still in his arms. "Where's Klemper?"

"Oh uh…" Danny rubbed the back of his neck with his free arm nervously. "He had to go home."

Lilith yawned slightly exhausted from all the excitement. "Will I ever see him again…" she said passing out in her sleep.

"Maybe…" Once her eyes were closed turned to fly towards home. "I hope not." He muttered under his breath. He'd nearly lost his daughter to that ghost and it wasn't some kidnap, hostage type incident. He had a feeling if he hadn't showed up there was a chance he'd never see his daughter again.


Math class was well math. It was filled with many different symbols, and numbers which Adrian could not hope to understand. He suspected that he inherited his inability to comprehend math from his father having seen his high school grades a few times. This just added yet another curse he'd gotten from him counting the ghost genes.

Trying to stay awake was difficult his energy wasn't completely there. He'd barely ate any sushi maybe two or three rolls but the fact Alicia continued to glance over him just overwhelmed him with too much guilt to do more.

Fiddling with his pencil he glanced up and groaned finding that their teacher Mrs. Lewis he'd almost she was Paige's mother. She stood in front of the class with her teaching stick pointed at random numbers but her words became minced in Adrian mind. The worst kind of math for him was algebra and lucky him that's what they were learning today. Basic stuff wasn't too difficult but he'd rather avoid math all together.

'I am a writer… an English expert I don't need math for my career.' He thought with a small grumble in his mind. His hand idly phased through his desk but for once he allowed it and rummaged through till he found his notebook. Glancing about he made sure no one was looking the pulled it quickly out of his desk before his hand became tangible again.

Sometimes he'd found the best way to deal with math was to ignore it and write. So he did just that. Scrolling down ideas for his next poem he summarized his thoughts knowing he couldn't hope to concentrate enough to write something decent until he was out of the class.

His body started to warm up again, his throat nearly felt like it was on fire as orange mist spouted out. No one had noticed but Adrian couldn't help but feel it was too powerful. Usually he only had faint affects when body sensed a ghost but now… It was too much. 'There has to be something outside the classroom.' Not that he really thought of taking care of it. That was a job for Danny Phantom and he wasn't him.

A tingle went through his abdomen and he knew what was to come next. Cursing under his breath. Adrian hit his desk in anger, his hand glowing dimly with yellow energy, a small crack appeared in the wood but he hadn't noticed. He was too focused on the sure signs of transformation. "Come on!" he said under his breath.

But Mrs. Lewis the only adult he knew to have sharp ears picked up his words. "Is something wrong Mr. Fenton?" she asked with a frown of concern.

"Yeah…" Adrian tried to figure out what to say. Then an idea slipped into his mind as he tried to maintain what little hold he had over his powers. "I'm not feeling well. I think I need to visit the nurse."

"Oh." Mrs. Lewis looked him over carefully but obviously his strain had covered up his lie. "Well take this and go to the nurse's office." She handed him a hall pass. "I hope you feel better."

He nodded with a brief smile, Adrian had to admit he didn't like math but their teacher wasn't so bad. She was probably one of the only facility members besides his English teacher who showed him genuine kindness. The class he hated and the one he loved both were this way. How was that for ironic?

Once he was outside in the hall he didn't have time to get to the restroom before two rings of white light surround his torso and transformed him back into snow white hair and glowing yellow eyes. He cursed again shoving his discarded dark sunglasses over his eyes and putting his hood back over his head. Glancing about thankfully the hall seem to be deserted.

He was just about to turn to go back to the math class, when his ghost sense went off. Then cold breath fell on his neck. His eyes widened slightly as he found the source of his random warnings. Eight or maybe more he wasn't the best at counting green wolf like ghost hybrids were starting to emerge from the shadows the biggest being the one who had been breathing on him. Moving back slightly they growled with saliva running down their lips.

"This… I didn't need." Adrian said dryly and only had time for that before the biggest one pounced on him holding him down with its paw.

The others let out a howl. From what he knew about ghost wolves they did that to signal more to their arms. Sure enough more ghost wolves showed up till he counted fifteen. The alpha leader was still pinning him down but a small smirk was on it' s face. Apparently they'd been here for a while, and he could only guess he'd been the reason they'd stayed.

"Just for once today couldn't my dad's powers… NOT GET ME INTO TROUBLE!" He cried out a howl echoed his ghostly cry, making him feel he was stuck in an even more hopeless situation.


To Be Continued in Part 3 of
Hidden Truth


A/N: I'm begging you to review

- Klemper was a complete random card but he works so well. I decided to have Adrian's siblings schools attacked by ghosts also. So I had to figure out minor yet threatening characters to have them deal with. Lilith is so naïve that it just works so well for her to face Klemper
- Heh heh not much to say but it looks like we have two cliffhangers in this chapter. Just who is Jennifer going to find in the gym when she spies and how is Adrian going to be able to get around these ghost wolves that obviously consider him their prey?
- Find out next time on Hidden Truth, Part 3 the finale.
- I told you not all the episode would be as long as The Unluckiest Number it depends. But this one is very crucial as are most I have planned.
- I think I have twenty episodes planned out and I'm only on two dang I guess I'd better get them out quicker