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Ch. 9: A Hero's Busy Schedule

Heroes have seen many horrors, faced endless hardships, and pushed themselves to their very limits. Now one of the greatest heroes must face his most difficult challenge of all.

BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP!

Turning his alarm clock off before he is driven insane.

"Ugh." Groaned the teen.

The teenager hit his digital alarm clock to stop the beeping and groggily woke up. He rubbed his blue eyes and pulled the covers off of him as he got ready to dress. The young 16 year old boy got out of bed as he let his hand brush through his raven black hair to see if he his hair wasn't a complete mess. He let out a yawn as he put his usual white shirt with a red circle in the middle over his thin body and his blue pants and white with red shoes.

"Danny! Breakfast!" the teen's mom called.

The teenager's name is Danny Fenton. Based on a first impression, he seemed to be a just a normal, average teenager with a normal family. However, looks can be deceiving.

"Coming mom!" said Danny. "Time to enjoy the benefits of having ghost powers."

Danny turned intangible and phased through the floors into the living room. He turned tangible and walked into the kitchen and sat down in a chair at the table to have some cereal next to his sister Jasmine who was reading a psychology book while his mom read the newspaper with headlines saying 'Ghost Girl Spotted in Michegan'. His sister Jasmine, or Jazz as she was called, was two years older than Danny with blue eyes like him, but long, orange hair with a turquoise headband. She wore a black shirt and turquoise pants, and was probably the most rational person in the house. Her mother Maddie wore a blue jumpsuit with black gloves and boots and a hood that covered her brown hair.

As you can see, Danny is not like other teens. His parents, Jack and Maddie, are ghost hunters that are obsessed with ghosts. They spend most of their time hunting ghosts or building devices to catch ghosts, most of them end up embarrassing their children. As strange as his parents were, the most bizarre aspect of Danny isn't his parents, but his powers. The reason Danny is able to phase through the floors was because he was a halfa. A being that is half-human, half-ghost.

It started two years ago when his parents attempted to build a device that could create a portal to a dimension known as 'The Ghost Zone', the realm that all ghosts reside in. At first, it appeared that their invention was a dud but the problem was that Danny's father, Jack, put the 'on' and 'off' buttons inside the portal. So when Danny went into the inactivated portal, he accidentally turned it on, exposing himself to massive amounts of ectoplasmic energy that fused with his DNA. He survived, but as a result was able turn into a ghost at will. Since that day, ghosts have been come into Danny's home town, Amity Park, through that portal causing mayhem, and Danny has been using his powers to stop them from causing harm.

At first, he had kept his secret to himself, his two best friends, Tucker and Sam, and later on Jazz. However, when an asteroid threatened to colloid with the Earth, Danny had to rally up every ghost in the Ghost Zone to save the world. The world saw him as a hero and his parents finally figured out his secret, so Danny revealed to the world his powers. Since then, he has been known as a hero and celebrity throughout the world.

At first Danny was worried about how his parents would react to his secret, but they accepted it and still cared for their son. Danny thought that now that he didn't have to keep his secret hidden, his life would change for the better.

FLASH!

Danny was blinded as a camera flash stunned him. The paparazzi were standing outside the kitchen window trying to take pictures of the halfa. As Danny rubbed his eyes as his sister closed the curtains.

"Darn it! Can't I eat with some privacy?" Danny complained.

"Well, judging by today's gossip-hungry society, no." answered Jazz.

"I'm starting to miss when they thought I was a public threat."

"Well that's what happens when you're famous. What did you expect?"

"Not this."

"Well I'm sure it'll pass eventually." Said Maddie.

"It's been three months since the Disasteroid incident, and they haven't stopped. I know they're being grateful, but a little privacy would be nice."

"At least it's better than the publicity Dad usually gets." Jazz said as she referred to her oafish father.

BOOOM!

A loud explosion came from the basement where Jack and Maddie's lab was located. As smoke fumed at, Jack's voice could be heard saying, "I'm okay."

Danny rolled his eyes at his dad's goofiness. Like his mom, Jack Fenton wore a jumpsuit, although it was orange, with black gloves and boots, and was obsessed with ghosts. However Jack had black hair that was graying on the side, had a more naïve, childish attitude, reckless, impulsive, and very…. Bulky and 'big boned'. Danny knew his dad meant well, but he would embarrass him on certain occasions.

As Danny finished his cereal, he noticed the clock said 8:49.

"Gotta run you guys." Said Danny. "Tucker said he needed my help at help at City Hall."

"Do you need a ride?" Maddie asked.

"Nah, I'm fine flying there. I'll attract less attention that way."

Danny headed into the living room as two blue rings appeared around his waist. As they parted up and down Danny's body, his appearance changed. His raven black hair turned bone white, his blue eyes turned green, and his clothes were replaced with a black jumpsuit with white gloves and boots, with a 'DP' logo on his chest. When the rings disappeared, Danny was now in his ghost form named Danny Phantom.

"Later guys." Said Danny as he phased through the walls. Danny flew into the sky while remaining invisible so that he wouldn't be noticed by his fans or the paparazzi. Danny soared through the sky gracefully as he looked down at the streets below watching people pass by. As beautiful as it was to fly through the air, Danny had gotten used to it, although most of the time he was in the air he was either rushing so that he wouldn't be late to class or fighting one of his many enemies.

It took a couple of minutes, but he made it to City Hall. He couldn't help but stop and admire the statue that depicted Danny Phantom holding up the world with his hand. It was one of several that were placed around the world to honor him for saving the world from the Disasteroid. He phased through the walls into the mayor's office, where his friend Tucker was playing with his PDA.

"Hey Tucker." Said Danny. "I mean, 'Mister Mayor'."

Tucker looked up from his PDA and said, "Hey Danny. Thanks for coming." Tucker got out of his seat to grab a huge pile of papers. Tucker Foley was not only the mayor of Amity Park, but also the biggest tech geek at Casper High and one of Danny's best friends. Currently, he was wearing a suit with a red bowtie and top hat, which he usually wore just to look sophisticated and fancy.

The two are best friends in high school and they share many things from love of video games to being bullied. Tucker was the one of the two people to know Danny's secret, mainly because he was there when the accident occurred. Since then, not only has he helped Danny keep his secret hidden, Tucker has also provided Danny with help whenever he can whether it is bringing the Fenton thermos to hacking into computers. Since the Disasteroid incident, Tucker was elected mayor of Amity Park, even though he was still a minor and in high school. Even with his many duties, he still managed to make time for his friends, school work, and helping Danny fight ghosts. Not to mention indulge in eating meat and hitting on girls.

"So what do you need? You told me yesterday that you wanted to do something today." Danny said.

AS Tucker returned with two huge stacks of papers, he wiped his brow and said, "Yeah, I need you to help me choose my new secretary."

Danny's friendly smile turned into an annoyed frown. "Tucker, did you call me just to help you with your paperwork?"

"…. A little." He said.

"Ugh, I thought we were going to hang out or something."

"Hey, I thought you'd like it."

"Why would you think that I'd like this?"

"They added pictures with their resume." Tucker said with a sly smile as she showed Danny an application with a picture of a hot girl.

Danny stared at it for a couple seconds before recomposing himself and saying, "Tucker, I appreciate the gesture, even though it's gross and inappropriate, but I have a girlfriend now. I can't just go looking at other girls, Sam would kill me."

"C'mon Danny, I'm not asking you to marry them, just check which ones you think are good."

"Tucker I-"

"Pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaase!" he begged.

Danny sighed and gave in. He figured that it's the least he could do since Tucker's done a lot for him over the years. "Fine, but don't even think about telling Sam about this." He said as he turned back into Danny Fenton.

"Deal."

2 hours and 388 applications later….

The two guys were exhausted after reading every application. Danny was slightly more exhausted since he had actually read them while Tucker just skimmed them and looked at the photos.

"So… many…. Hot…girls." Groaned Tucker.

"I think I found one." Danny said as he shoved the application for a girl that looked serious and efficient.

"So did I." said Tucker as he showed Danny.

"Tucker, she only sent a picture of herself."

"So?"

Rrrrring rrring!

Danny's cell phone rang and Danny answered it.

"Hello? Hey Mom? You sure? Do I have to? Alright just tell him to wait, I'll be right over." Said Danny as he ended the call. "Sorry Tucker, my mom needs me back at home."

"What about me? I'm stuck between choosing a responsible, kinda hot secretary and really hot secretary." Tucker whined as Danny went into ghost mode.

"Choose the responsible one. She'll probably do most of your work for you so you can goof off." Said Danny as he left by phasing through the wall.

"…Of course! Why didn't I think of that before?" Tucker realized. "On the other hand, I better hang onto the photos just in case it doesn't work out."

Danny left the machine-loving mayor and flew back to his house. He phased into the house to avoid being seen by the paparazzi and flew into the lab where his parents were waiting for him.

Danny turned visible and said, "Hey mom, what did you and Dad-"

"GHOST!" shouted Jack as he aimed one of his weapons at Danny.

"Dad! It's me, Danny!" said Danny before his Dad blasted him.

Jack put the weapon down and said, "Whoops. My bad. Force of habit." Danny knew his parents were still adjusting to the fact that he was half-ghost, especially his Dad since he dedicated his life to hunting ghosts.

"Sorry about that sweetie, but we need your help. We need you to help us update our files on some of the ghosts you fought." Said Maddie.

"Why didn't you just use the files on the laptop?" Danny asked.

His parents shared nervous glance and Jack said, "Um we tried but….a ghost broke it."

Danny could tell his Dad was lying and assumed that his parents must have broken it. "Fine."

"Great." Said Jack. "And to make up for your broken laptop, I made some new training exercises for you."

"Exercises?" Danny asked.

Jack eagerly pressed a button that made several turrets, robots, flamethrowers, and other ecto-weapons pop out of the wall and buzz with energy.

"Ready, set, go!" Jack shouted.

30 minutes later….

Danny was panting like a dog as he finished his dad's nearly fatal training equipment and giving his mom the information for 14 different ghosts. He knew his parents were eager to help, but he was starting to fear them more than the ghosts.

"I don't suppose we could take a break?" Danny asked.

Maddie said, "Well, I guess now would be a good time to-"

"Hold on son. Let me just test one thing on you and we'll be done." Said Jack. Danny frowned as he assumed that this would probably hurt. "Don't worry, it's just a new device your mother and I created so that it coats in an ectoplasmic substance that will make them easy to see when they try and turn invisible. I call it the Jack of Color."

"Sure, but can we hurry it up please? I'm going to meet Sam at 5 and it's almost 1 o' clock."

Jack eagerly grabbed a small grenade-like object and tossed it at Danny. Danny caught it as Jack covered his ears and closed his eyes.

BOOM!

Danny was covered in an array of color like a rainbow. Jack opened an eye and asked, "Are you invisible."

Danny turned invisible but the paint stayed so he was still could be seen. Jack smiled happily and cried, "Yes, it worked!"

"Great, how do you wash this stuff off?" Danny asked.

"I don't know. How do you feel?" Jack wondered.

"Sticky. And also… dizzzzzy." Danny slurred. Suddenly, Danny collapsed on the floor due to the paint fumes.

Three hours later…..

Danny groggily woke up in the lab as a rag scrubbed his face. Once the rag was gone, Danny slowly got up to see his Mom holding the rag.

"Wh-what happened?" Danny asked.

"Oh good, you're okay." Said Maddie happily. "Well your father forgot about the paint fumes in the Jack of Color and you passed out. Luckily, there was so much ectoplasm in the mixture that all it the fumes did was cause a minor headache."

"How long was I out?"

"About three hours."

"Oh….. wait THREE HOURS?" Danny yelled.

Danny took his cell phone out and checked the time. It read 3:42 on it.

"Oh man, I have to get ready and- wait where's Dad?" Danny asked with concern.

"Apparently there was a ghost sighting at a comic book store and he went to go check it out."

"Oh no." Danny worried.

Danny phased through the walls and flew to the comic book store. Danny flew as fast as he could, not sure whether to worry about the ghost or what his Dad would do.

"Beware!" shouted the ghost as he floated in the comic book store. The ghost had blue skin, blue overalls with a gray shirt, light blue gloves, boots, blue cap, and a short stature. "I am the Box Ghost! Fear me, or you shall feel the wrath of these tiny boxes."

The Box Ghost used his powers to lift up boxes with action figures in them and into the air in an attempt to look menacing. Normally, this would look pathetic, but in this case he was actually scaring the nerds within the store along with the store owner.

"NO! Don't open them! They're in mint condition!" begged the nerdy store owner. "I'll do whatever you want."

"Really?" asked the surprised Box Ghost. "Uh I mean, yes, fear me or else-"

Before he could finish, Danny arrived and blasted him with an ecto-ray from his palm sending him flying into a stand of T-shirts.

"Alright Box Ghost, let's wrap this up before you keep lowering the value of this junk with your presence." Danny quipped.

The Box Ghost got up and faced the halfa. "You shall not stop me from haunting the one place I am feared. Nothing will stop me!"

"Nothing but this." Danny said as he pulled out the Fenton thermos and uncapped it. The Box Ghost was instantly sucked into the thermos before he could even say 'beware!' again. Danny recapped the thermos and checked the time one his cell phone. The time was 4:25 PM, meant that he could still make his date with Sam.

"What a relief," Danny sighed, "Now I can go home and get ready for-"

Before Danny could finish his sentence, he was swarmed by the nerds in the store asking for his autograph. They were asking Danny for an autograph and giving him little room to move. Even though he could have phased out, he decided to sign a few autographs and hoped that it wouldn't take long.

5:46

That's Sam read on her phone as she sat underneath the tree on the hill overlooking City Hall. Samantha Manson, or Sam as she preferred, was not only Danny's best friends along with Tucker, but also Danny's goth girlfriend. Sam has short black hair with a small pony tail, purple eyes, a black tank top with a purple oval that showed midriff, black skirt, purple stockings, and black combat boots. She may look like a stereotypical goth, but she was strict ultra-recyclo-vegetarian and animal activist.

She had known Danny for years and was with Tucker when Danny became a half ghost. She has been helping Danny keep his secret hidden and provide help whenever she could. For a long time she and Danny had been friends however since the Disasteroid, the two have opened up and confessed their feelings and have started dating.

At first, her overprotective, optimistic, wealthy parents were against the idea, but eventually they allowed Sam to date Danny, as long as he followed their strict rules. As a result, they didn't get to hang out as much, but they enjoyed the time they had together.

Finally, she saw Danny flying towards her and landing next to her. At first, she was tempted to yell out at him, but one look at Danny and she stopped.

"Hey… Sam." He panted. Danny turned into Danny Fenton and sat next to her under the tree where they shared their first kiss as a couple. Danny was exhausted and looked like he was going to pass out.

"What happened to you? Did you run a marathon or something?" she asked

Danny took inhaled deeply before responding, "No. Busy day. It started with signing a couple of fans, but then one of them texted more of them and eventually I was swarmed. It took me a while to lose them so they wouldn't follow me here."

"Wow, now I almost feel bad for you." Said Sam.

"*Sigh* I know, I messed up our date."

"It's alright. I've gotten used to it. It's okay."

"No, it's not okay. None of this is. Ever since I revealed my secret identity to the world, I've been mobbed by fans, we barely get to see Tucker, and your parents' rules barely give us any time together."

"Calm down, I'm sure we'll get through this."

"I don't know Sam. Sometimes I feel like I'm going to snap."

"I doubt it. You've dealt with ghost hunters, a government agency, an insane fruit loop millionaire, a nutty ringmaster, dragons, genies, Dash, pirates, a ghost king, and asteroid, and gone through time twice. Not to mention your parent's embarrassing almost every day." Sam listed.

"Is there a point to this?" Danny asked.

"The point is, you've faced problems worse than this and survived. I believe you can handle this too. We both can."

Danny looked at Sam and gave her a small smile and said, "Thanks Sam. I don't know what I'd do without you."

The two smiled at each other and leaned in for a passionate kiss.

BEEP BEEP!

Sam checked her phone as it beeped to let her know it was 5:50 PM.

"Darn it. I have to get home." Sam said.

"I thought your parents wanted you back by 6:00?" Danny said.

"They do, but it's a ten minute walk back to my house."

"Well I could just fly you back home."

"Yeah, but I don't think they'll approve of you bringing me home with your hands around my waist."

She gave him a small kiss on the cheek and left him on the hill. Sam didn't want to, but she didn't have much of a choice. Danny sighed as he watched his girlfriend walk away.

Rrrrring!

Danny was startled by his phone and quickly answered. "Hello?"

"Danny?" asked a girl on the other line.

"Valerie?"

"Yeah, how are you?"

"….Let's just say things could be better." Danny said.

The girl he was talking to is Valerie Gray. She used to be popular a Casper High, but after her Dad got demoted she wasn't popular. She had blamed all her problems on Danny Phantom and used a ghost suit given to her by one of Danny's enemies to try and destroy Danny, even though she liked Danny's human side and was unaware of his alter ego. When she found out Danny's secret after the Disasteroid, she felt horrible for hunting Danny and had been trying to make it up to him ever since.

"Hey, I was wondering if you were busy this week." Valerie asked.

"Why do you ask?" Danny asked.

"Have you heard about the new space station that's in space? Well it's going to be over Amity Park in a few days and Axiom Labs is going to try and talk with them."

"Wait, are you asking if I want to talk to real astronauts?" Danny asked.

"Well yeah, I remember that you wanted to be an astronaut and were into that space stuff so I figured-"

"YES!" he shouted, "I mean sure thing. You don't mind if I bring Sam and Tuck do you"

Valerie tried to stifle a giggle after hearing Danny's eager reaction and said, "Sure, bring whoever you want. Be at Axiom Labs 9:00AM this Wednesday."

"Alright, thanks again Val." Said Danny.

"See you there." Valerie said.

End of Ch. 9.

So in case you haven't noticed, this takes place after the Disasteroid. Everything looks fine now, but just wait for Ch. 10: Countdown. Please review, and also what is the name of that red hat that Tucker wears? I think it's a beret, but I'm not sure.