Hey, guys! This chapter we're kinda getting back to the series plot but with some Nova Super added in. That's right, she's coming back, with Danny and Tucker still in the dark about that secret identity. Plus, I'm giving you a pinch of Sasha's background, or in this case her mother's. Anyway, let's get onto the chapter. I don't own anything. Danny Phantom belongs to Nick. Enjoy!

Song: "Don't Think Just Run" by Beth Crowley


Flour Children and First Albums

Sasha sat bored in her health science class with Tucker and Sam. The gym teacher had just assigned them a project in which people would pair up and take care of a flour sack together like it was a child. Sam and Tucker already formed a pair and Sasha was waiting on Danny so that he could be her partner. She couldn't help but be a bit worried though, noticing that Valerie was also a part of the missing classmates. After all, Valerie was sworn on hunting Danny down and even though Sasha believed more in Danny's abilities than Valerie's the ex-popular still got lucky on occasion and the weapons she contained in her arsenal could do some major damage. Sasha stopped worrying however as the two of them came barreling through the door. The gym teacher smirked.

"Fenton! Gray! Congratulations, you two stragglers are paired up for a special week-long health sciences project. I now pronounce you man, wife, and child," the gym teacher said, handing them a bag of flour dressed up as a baby.

"I am so not kissing the bride," Danny said annoyed.

"What makes you think you can," Valerie snapped back.

Sasha just groaned, hating that the teacher's punishment lost her her partner. She looked around, trying to find who she'd be stuck with as a partner now that Danny was claimed but was confused to discover that there was no one left. "Um, excuse me. But there isn't anybody left for me to partner up with," Sasha informed the gym teacher.

"Hmm, it appears you're correct. Looks like you'll just have to be a single parent," the teacher said and then dropped the flour baby on her desk.

"Of course," Sasha muttered.

Of course, the girl with the single parent would be made the only single parent in this week-long project. At least she didn't have to worry about another person screwing it up. With mostly everyone paired up and the flour children having been handed out the bell promptly rang, signaling the end of the period. People left in pairs figuring out how to carry the flour sack while Sasha set the sack carefully in her bag and followed Sam and Tucker out of the room and into the hall. Danny was quick to ditch Valerie with their sack before running up to his friends.

"So, let me get this straight, we have to take care of a flour sack and pretend it's our baby?" Danny asked them.

"It's supposed to teach us something about shared responsibility," Tucker told him.

"Well that jumped out the window when I ended up with no partner," Sasha said, hacking away at the excuse they were given. "I already know how hard it is to be a single parent. I watched it every day of my life, I don't need a sack of flour to try and tell me that."

"Sorry, about that. If I got here sooner I could've been your partner and you wouldn't have to deal with it by yourself," Danny apologized.

"It's alright. At least I wasn't paired with an idiot who would just mess things up," Sasha assured him, referring to Dash and Kwan as they tossed their flour sack around like a football.

"The only thing it's teaching me is how pointless this assignment is," Sam commented.

"Not to mention, dangerous. Now I gotta spend a week playing house with an ecto-hating ghost-a-phob," Danny said looking over at Valerie.

"Don't worry, Danny, Valerie doesn't know you're secret. And as far as she knows, you don't know hers," Sam said.

"Besides, she can't be gunning for you if she's taking care of your special little floury sack of love," Tucker said and hugged his flour sack.

"Though I do advise little ghost action for the two of us this week to make things a bit easier," Sasha suggested.

"Noted," Danny agreed.

"Danny and Valerie, sitting in a tree! K-I-S-S-I-N…" Tucker started to tease but Valerie stopped him, ripping his hat from his head and shoving it into his mouth.

"You dropped your hat," she said, unimpressed.

Tucker just huffed, annoyed and then dragged Sam away, saying that their child didn't need to see such negativity. Sam just went after him, confused as to why her friend was taking things so seriously. Sasha however, backed away enough to give Danny and Valerie a bit of space but stood close to watch what was about to transpire. The first thing that happened was Valerie dropping their flour sack between the two.

"Let's make this quick. I don't like you and you don't like me," she said bluntly.

"Cool, I'm glad we worked that out," Danny replied sarcastically.

"So, I took the time to chart out our responsibilities," Valerie said, pulling out a chart that had Danny doing the majority of the work.

"You mean mine," Danny pointed out annoyed.

"Look, unlike you, I'm busy. So busy my grades are in the toilet and I really need to pass this class," Valerie tried to argue. "Maybe you can team up with your girlfriend. I know you would have rather partnered up with her anyway. So, the two of you can think about it like having twins."

"I'm not his girlfriend," Sasha blushed.

"Whatever," Valerie waved off. It was then her and Danny's flour sack started crying, which set Sasha's off. Thinking quickly, she took her own flour child out of her bag and began rocking it to calm it down. "What is that?"

"You can't just set it down," Danny scolded her, picking up his flour child and began to mimic Sasha's actions. "These things need constant motion."

"See, it is that kind of parental attention to detail that will get me a good grade… or else," Valerie threatened as she walked away, leaving Danny with their flour sack. He just glared at her.

"Wow, some wife you got there," Sasha commented sarcastically and then returned her flour sack to her bag, having gotten it to stop crying.

O

Danny wasn't having much luck getting his flour baby to stop crying as it continued after school when he and the rest of Team Phantom Shadow headed off to the Nasty Burger.

"I've been a parent for all of one day and I'm already down to a C-," he complained, rocking his child back and forth like crazy.

"Life could be worse, you could be that guy," Sam pointed out, turning their attention to the Nasty Burger mascot who was being harassed by small children.

"Sure, but it'd be nice if I could just get the kid to stop crying," Danny replied.

"Then don't rock it so aggressively," Sasha said. Sighed she got up from her seat and walked over to Danny, positioning herself behind him so that she could show him the right technique. The dark-haired boy couldn't help but blush a bit. "You're trying to calm it, not give the poor thing brain damage." Following Sasha's advice, Danny fell into Sasha's rocking rhythm. He was surprised when she started humming but wasn't able to question her about it as his flour sack finally stopped crying. "There we go."

"Wow, you seem to know a lot about this," Danny observed.

"Well, I kinda saw how it was done at my old community center. There was a daycare there that my mom would leave me at when she was at work or class that took care of all different ages. I'd see how the person in charge would calm babies and toddlers down. Besides, I know when I'm upset a good hug and music go a long way," Sasha informed him.

With one problem taken care of another one arose, however, as Danny and Sasha's ghost senses went off. Looking around they spotted the source to be the Box Ghost, a device over his mouth and a rope tie around his mid-section that was bouncing him up and down next to the restaurant. The device over his mouth didn't stay there long though as he quickly spit it out when he noticed them looking at him.

"Beware!" he moaned, causing all the Nasty Burger customers to panic.

"Oh man, can you watch the kids for us?" Danny asked, referring to his and Sasha's flour babies.

"What do I look like? A babysitting service?" Tucker asked a bit annoyed but brightened up when Danny and Sasha handed him five bucks to do so. He took the flour sacks in his arms and looked at them lovingly. "Come to Uncle Tucker and his babysitting service."

With their children taken care of Sasha and Danny ran behind the Nasty Burger building and transformed into their ghost forms. Sasha was a little apprehensive since they promised they'd be a bit more careful this week because of Valerie. But the Box Ghost wasn't really a threat and was a ghost that they caught with ease whenever he got out of the Ghost Zone so it would be a quick go as ghosts. Flying up into the air the two looked around, trying to spot where the ghost went.

"Now, where's that lame old Box Ghost?" Danny pondered.

"Only lame ol' ghost I see here is you," Valerie said as she flew up all decked out in her ghost hunting uniform and pointed her gun at Danny.

Sasha was quick to pull him out of the way of the small missile she shot, earning a growl from Valerie. While the other girl had sworn vengeance on Danny, Sasha Shadow also wasn't in her good book as well. Before Valerie could aim another blow at Danny or herself Sasha shot her backward with an ectoblast.

"Oh, she's too busy to watch the kid. But when it's time to kick my butt she's front and center," Danny complained and then went after her, much to Sasha's dismay. It appeared that she would have to take care of the Box Ghost while Danny and Valerie had their tiff.

Looking around the area Sasha managed to spot the Box Ghost on the top of the Nasty Burger. However, what confused her was that a cyborg looking fellow managed to catch the Box Ghost with what looked like a version of the Fenton Fisher. She could tell however that that the cyborg wasn't human as his energy radiated ghost. Sasha couldn't help but smile, seeing a ghost like her and Danny who captured all the ghosts causing trouble around town. Flying down towards the roof she decided to introduce herself.

"Hello there," Sasha greeted, surprising the other ghost.

"Hello…," the other ghost replied uncertain. "I've never had another ghost approach me so welcoming before."

"I'm sure most of them try to run away but not me. I have to say, it's very nice to see another ghost capturing the evil ghosts to stop them from creating chaos," Sasha said.

"You're… you're a ghost ghost hunter?" the other ghost asked confused.

"That's right," Sasha smiled. "Tell me, what do you do with all the troublesome ghosts you capture?"

"I… I keep them in hatch in my mechanism," the other ghost answered a bit hesitant.

"That must cause some overflow. Here, let me take care of this one for you. I've got a unit that I can empty out quite frequently," Sasha offered.

Taking the box ghost off his hands Sasha summoned up her shadows to keep a hold of the Box Ghost and then took aim with her containment unit. The other ghost watched in shock as Sasha sucked the Box Ghost into her unit. When she turned to continue talking to him however the other ghost had disappeared. She frowned.

"I must have scared him off," Sasha thought to herself.

It must have been her shadows, she should never introduce herself with that. She never knew if other ghosts knew about her relation to… him. Great another ghost scared of her. Sighing she flew down off the Nasty Burger and behind the building where she transformed back into her human form. Heading out she saw that Danny had transformed back himself and that Valerie was nowhere to be seen. She quickly headed over to her friends, taking back her sack of flour from Tucker.

"Manage to ditch Valerie?" she asked Danny.

"Sort of. Did you get the Box Ghost?" he questioned.

"Yeah. I also met another ghost ghost hunter who also seemed to be on our side but he kinda ran away after I used my shadow abilities," Sasha admitted.

"Did you get his name?" Sam asked.

"No. But he was so different from other ghosts I've seen before. It looked like he was a cyborg almost," Sasha answered.

"Skulker," Danny said, his eyes narrowing a bit as he looked around.

"You know him?" Sasha asked.

"He's tried to hunt Danny in the past," Tucker told her.

"He's not a ghost hunter like us. He hunts ghosts for the game of it like a big game hunter. We better watch out for him," Danny said.

"But you said your shadow powers scared him off right. What if he's like Walker and associated you with that Black Heart fellow?" Tucker questioned.

"If that's the case then he shouldn't come after you," Sam said.

"Still, if you guys say that he's dangerous we better keep our guard up," Sasha said. "Otherwise we just have to continue going about our lives."

"Which means finding Valerie and give her our kid, and a piece of my mind," Danny said, annoyed that he had to deal with two types of ghost hunters. With a determined look on his face, he stalked off to go confront Valerie, leaving his friends behind.

O

The next two days went by in a flash of craziness of dealing with flour children while keeping up with social lives and ghost hunting, as minor ghosts kept her busy more than normal. Sasha wondered where Danny was several times but remembered how important it was for Danny to lay low this week ghost wise, not only from Valerie but from his Skulker. At least Valerie didn't really care about Sasha Shadow as much as she cared about Danny Phantom, and it appeared she scared Skulker off when she displayed her control over shadows. Still, it was a lot. She was a bit exhausted as the flour baby like to do most of its crying in the middle of the night, leaving Sasha with so little hours of sleep that she was surprised that she was still functioning.

Sasha was busy with preparing audition songs with Xavier that Tuesday flew by in a flash and soon it was Thursday afternoon as she followed Tucker and Sam outside of school. Tucker had been doing well for himself, having started up a babysitting business for all the other students. He currently had a stroller set up that took up the entire sidewalk as he was on the phone with several people asking if he could look after their flour sacks. The only bags of flour that he didn't have it seemed were Danny's, Sasha's, and his own as Sam was currently carrying around their flour baby.

"This babysitting racket it a real goldmine," Tucker smiled, after getting off the phone with a new customer.

"That's great, but aren't you worried that our own sack might get neglected," Sam pointed out.

"No, why?" Tucker asked, not really paying much attention to his flour baby.

"Well, you're just so busy. Why don't I just take her off your hands for a few hours," Sam suggested.

"And I thought you hated this assignment," Sasha teased.

"You're bonding, aren't you?" Tucker smirked.

"What? No! I am so not bonding. I just thought I'd give you a break is all," Sam replied defensively.

"Just let Sam take the kid for the night, Tucker. We need to work on our poetry book project and while we do that our kids can have a nice little play date together. You know, enrichment and what not," Sasha piped up.

"Well, I guess I can allow it for one night," Tucker relented.

"Great, because we have to get going now," Sasha said and started pushing Sam and the flour babies away from Tucker, towards Sam's home. Tucker simply shrugged and continued on with his babysitting.

O

Once at Sam's house Sasha went into her recording studio and messed around with the guitars there, adjusting them for what the song required. When she looked up from what she was doing, Sasha couldn't help but raise an eyebrow seeing that Sam had dressed her flour sack up to resemble herself and was currently gushing over it, while having the sack interact with Sasha's own flour baby she left for Sam to look over while she was in the booth.

"While it's been nice to see the more maternal side of you come out don't you think you're taking this a bit too far?" Sasha questioned, speaking into the microphone so that Sam could hear her while slipping on headphones so that she could hear Sam's response.

"I just want the best for Lilith," Sam replied.

"Lilith?" Sasha chuckled.

"That's her name," Sam said. "It's more points towards the project if you name your child. Perhaps you should think of one for your own flour sack."

Sasha paused to think. "Marie," she decided.

"Marie? Isn't that your middle name?" Sam asked.

"Yep," Sasha answered, picking up a guitar, ready to start recording but Sam still wanted to keep the conversation going.

"So, you name your baby after yourself," Sam pointed out.

"Actually, I named her after my mother's best friend, who I just so happened to be named after as well," Sasha clarified. "Thought I should continue on her legacy after all she did for my mom."

"Her legacy?" Sam questioned, not liking where this was going.

"She died. I still catch my mom looking at pictures of them together. They were really close. If she lived I would probably be calling her Aunt Marie," Sasha explained.

"How… how did she die?" Sam hesitantly asked.

"She was killed trying to protect my mother from a ghost," Sasha answered.

An awkward silence fell over them as Sam took in the information. Sasha refused to meet Sam's gaze, instead deciding that the guitar tuning, even though she took care of it before. The silence was interrupted as Sam let out a cough and turned to the controls.

"Are you ready?" Sam said, referring to recording.

"Yeah, what songs do I have left to do?" Sasha asked.

"Just 'Don't Think Just Run'," Sam answered. "Then that's it. We just compile them into an album and send it out to the masses, giving them a little heads up about it through social media. So… you ready?"

"You bet," Sasha smiled.

Sam smiled back, working her controls she then gave Sasha a thumb's up, signaling for her to start. Sasha happily started playing, always enjoying the feeling of losing herself in her music. The feeling of her hands moving across the strings of the electric guitar that Sam provided.

"You don't know yet where you're going
If it's better than where you are coming from
Settle down
This feels right somehow

You meet twists and turns every corner
But each step you take brings you closer
To everything that's achingly familiar

And at the edges of your mind, your mind
Something is whispering to go
Into the unknown
And see what you find

So deep breath in
You're meant for this
Everyone wants to know
If you're the answer they've been searching for
All eyes on you
So much to prove
Whoever you were back then
You won't ever be again
Remember how far you've come
Don't think just run

You forced yourself to dig deeper
When you redefined the impossible
Can't give in
To the hopelessness

Some rules are meant to be broken
You won't be confined by them anymore
This might be your one chance at redemption

It's all or nothing
Make your stand, you stand
You reached the edge there is no choice
Now you have to jump
And see where you land

So deep breath in
You're meant for this
Everyone wants to know
If you're the answer they've been searching for
All eyes on you
So much to prove
Whoever you were back then
You won't ever be again
Remember how far you've come
Don't think just run

There might be peace on the other side
New memories on the other side
Nothing to lose on the other side

You won't be scared on the other side
What might be there on the other side
The world is new on the other side

So deep breath in
You're meant for this
Everyone wants to know
If you're the answer they've been searching for
All eyes on you
So much to prove
Whoever you were back then
You won't ever be again
Remember how far you've come
Don't think just run"

Hitting the last cord Sasha just stayed as she was for a bit, savoring the feeling. She was only brought out of hit when she heard Sam clapping from her headphones. Sasha looked up at the window separating the recording booth from the control room to acknowledge that she heard her and was ready to talk.

"How was that?" she asked.

"Great! How about we run it one or two more times," Sam suggested.

Sasha nodded in agreement and readied herself for the second take. If she was gonna create an album she was going to make it as perfect sounding as she could. While this week was mainly about taking care of a flour sack as if it was her baby, this album was her real baby. In order to get it right, the two stayed up almost all night to make it perfect. Exhausted once they were done Sasha headed home and crashed, curious how people would react to it the next day.

O

The next day two things were the talk of the school. The first thing was how Tucker screwed everyone over. Apparently, Tucker's babysitting business went south as his mother accidentally thought that Tucker brought her flour so that she could make enough cookies for a bake sale. It pissed everyone who trusted him with their flour sack off beyond belief. In fact, the only sacks of flour that were still in tack were Tucker and Sam's, Sasha's, and Danny and Valerie. Danny and Valerie's sack of flour was barely alive anymore, causing Sasha to wonder what happened to it though she had a sinking feeling that it might have involved that ghost Skulker that Danny told her to be careful about.

"Fenton! Gray! Your flour sack is a disgrace! But, seeing as it's not part of a cookie, I'm giving you a C," the gym teacher said, handing out grades. "Manson, for exemplary parent skills, if questionable taste in makeup, I'm awarding you an A. Lucas, I'm also awarding you an A for your parenting skills, seeing as you haven't damaged your flour sack or altered it in any way. It's good to see that mother of yours has raised you well. She's a hard worker that woman."

"Yes, Ms., she certainly is," Sasha agreed.

"As for you, Mr. Daycare, you get an F. Not only are you going to return everyone's money back to them but you'll also be staying after school all next week to mop the sweat off the gym floor," the gym teacher said, giving Tucker his punishment.

As the bell rang, signaling the end of school, the rest of the class shot Tucker dirty glares while leaving the room. Tucker sulked out with Danny, Sasha, and Sam following him out to the front of the school, where Tucker returned all the cash people gave him for his Babysitting business. There was a sour mood in the air which made Sam and Sasha share a glance.

"Perhaps we should brighten everyone's day up a bit," Sam suggested.

"Sounds good to me," Sasha replied, watching as Sam pulled out her phone.

"What are you guys talking about?" Danny asked confused.

"You haven't heard the news?" Sasha asked, feigning innocence.

"No, what news?" Danny continued to question.

He got his answer in a bit as Sam started blasting "Don't Think Just Run" from her phone. Everyone paused when they heard the voice of the mysterious singer who performed months ago.

"Whoever you were back then
You won't ever be again
Remember how far you've come
Don't think just run"

"Hey, everybody! Nova Super just released her first album online!" Sam announced. Almost instantly the crowd of people ran off, heading home so that they could go online and get a digital copy of Nova's album. Danny and Tucker turned to the girls wide-eyed.

"Seriously? She finally put out her album?" Tucker asked excitedly.

"I'm playing it right now," Sam pointed out.

"Turn it off! I need to sit and properly absorb her music!" Tucker freaked out.

"Then how about we head to my house. I can whip up some sweets and then we can listen to it," Sasha offered.

"Perfect! Let's go!" Tucker said and then started running towards Sasha's house, causing the others to chuckle.


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"So Tell Me About Yourself" is an inside joke between me and my friends which started from my one friend's hatred for the typical getting-to-know-you question "So tell me about yourself". She, being so annoyed with the phrase, gave a silly answer that she murdered people in their sleep. When she brought it back to me and my other friend we both gave a silly answer. That is where the idea for my account name came from.