Hey guys! Here is Chapter 10! I had a long car ride today which gave me lots of time to write, so I am publishing multiple chapters today! Isn't that great?

Disclaimer: I still don't own Danny Phantom. I know it's hard to believe, but I really don't :(

Anyways, on with the story! And as I promised, we are on to Valerie's POV!

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Valerie's POV

Valerie was furious and very, very frustrated as she patrolled the city with the sunset in the background. After The Phantom had escaped she had doubled her efforts. She had decided to skip school today and spent the whole day patrolling. She knew that she would be ready this time when she ran into The Phantom. Once it was caught she could spend the time she usually spent fighting it on studying. Of course, true to Valerie's luck, she hadn't seen the Phantom once.

Though the Phantom hadn't shown up, Valerie was kept busy. Usually The Phantom would take care of many of the ghosts, and Valerie would just finish off the rest. Well not today. Ghosts arrived in swarms. In just the first half of the day she had fought the Skulker, a young ghost dressed as a wizard with a skeletal cat, a biker ghost with a living shadow, The Box Ghost, and the tech ghost.

Well, at least it wasn't too much trouble to deal with the last two. They were so busy fighting that they hardly noticed when Valerie had snuck up on them. Evidentially The Box Ghost had done something to upset the other ghost. Even ghosts find The Box Ghost annoying. But who wouldn't? Valerie thought as she sucked it into the G.C.D.

She had known as she savored the sweet silence that it would have escaped within an hour. Still, she was glad to know that she would be Box Ghost free for a while. She sat down and ate the sandwich she had brought on the roof of her apartment building. Surely the Phantom will turn up this afternoon? Valerie had thought. She was wrong. The Phantom had not turned up that afternoon. Something else however had. She swore that she had caught The Box Ghost at least ten times so far.

She heard a crash behind her. With a sigh she turned around, already knowing what she was going to see. Sure enough there was The Box Ghost.

"Get back here you stupid ghost!" Valerie screamed in exasperation.

"No, for I –The Box Ghost- shall release my condensed cardboard fury on you, the second wielder of the second cylinder doom device! BEWARE!" it said, racing through the streets.

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Time Skip

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Valerie went to school the next day. She would have skipped again if it wasn't for the fear of the school telling her father. She was already pretty sure that he knew and wanted her to confess based on the glares that he was sending her. Valerie had pretended not to notice the glares and hurried out the door to work.

Work was boring as usual. She finished up her shift and hurried to school. She got to school and was starting to unpack her bag when she noticed Danny sending her glances. Valerie bit her lip. Despite what she pretended she still had a crush on him. She suspected it was pretty obvious, but she didn't think Danny knew as he could tend to be a bit clueless. They had been pretty much dating for a while but she had decided to break the relationship off. She knew that it would never work out though. She didn't want to put Danny in danger if The Phantom decided to target him in order to hurt her. Still she felt guilty, she felt like Danny was about to ask her to go steady or something.

Danny probably noticed that I was gone earlier. Valerie thought. Sure enough, he walked up to her a few moments later.

"Hey Valerie, I noticed you were gone yesterday. Were you sick or something?" Danny asked.

"Yeah, I had a nasty bug. It's all better now though." Valerie lied with a practiced confidence. She had done so much lying lately that it just came naturally for her.

"Oh, ok. Well, I'm glad that you are feeling better." Danny said awkwardly.

"Me too." Valerie said with equal awkwardness. Every interaction between them had been awkward lately. Valerie wished that they could get over the awkwardness and just be friends again. Even if she secretly really wanted to be something more.

"Well, enjoy your day."

"You too." Valerie old Danny as he walked over to join his other friends. Valerie may have joined them if it wasn't for the fact that for some reason they didn't like her. She didn't know why this was, maybe they are just overprotective of Danny? They act like they think she is going to hurt him or something.

Valerie finished preparing for class and headed over to first period. She had English with Mr. Lancer first period. Valerie sighed, she was not looking forward to this.

Sure enough, when Mr. Lancer saw her a frown appeared on his face. "Ms. Grey, can you please come talk to me?" Mr. Lancer called.

Valerie shuffled to the front of the classroom.

"Ms. Grey, I noticed that you were absent yesterday. Yet I didn't get a call from your father explaining the absence. Can you explain why this is?" Mr. Lancer asked, frown still adorning his face.

Valerie put on her most innocent face, the one she had used on her father many times. "I don't know Mr. Lancer. I was sick yesterday and I guess that my daddy just forgot to call." Valerie said blinking her eyes innocently.

Mr. Lancer did not look convinced. "I see. Well Ms. Grey, have a seat."

Valarie sat down, glad that Mr. Lancer had not called her out on her lie.

She sat quietly in the rest of her classes, trying to take in the rest of the information. Her grades had been falling ever since she had taken up ghost hunting. While before she had gotten mostly A's and the occasional B, now she mostly got C's and D's. Another thing her father was on her about. He didn't understand how much her hunting meant to her, that it was more than a hobby. She knew that in a way he was right when he said she should stop. If her grades kept falling then she would have no hope for getting a scholarship, which was the only way she was getting into college. She knew that the only way to break out of the cycle of poverty would be a college education, but she couldn't give up ghost hunting, she just couldn't.

Valerie left as soon as the final bell rang. She was making her way too her second job when she saw a familiar figure fly by. Well look what decided to show up. Valarie thought with narrowed eyes. Of course, it would show up now. She ducked into an alleyway and changed into the Red Huntress. She knew that she shouldn't miss her shift, but this was important. She powered up her hover-board, taking off in the direction that The Phantom was flying.

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