AN: hey guys, I was thinking of this while watching "Fanning the Flames" today. I don't know if this kind of plot has been used already or not, but I don't care! Lol I wanna write this! Lol so, yeah, I hope you all like this!

Mandi

DISCLAIMER: I don't own Danny Phantom, although that'd be cool.

Christmas Gifts

Danny Fenton walked down the halls of Casper High, seeing classmates, and comrades and other familiar faces. It was the first day of the second semester; everyone was talking about what they did for Christmas and for New Years Eve. Danny had made today a very special day, for he still had his gifts for his friends in his backpack. He told them he had lost them, but kept them hidden until the first day back to surprise them. Tucker and Sam were waiting for him by their cluster of lockers, both holding their backpacks cautiously.

"Hey guys," called Danny, waving his hand in greeting.

"Hi Danny," Sam replied quietly.

"What's up Danny?" Tucker asked.

"What's with you guys?" Danny asked, seeing the cold stares in their eyes. "Did you get enough sleep?"

"Sleep, yeah," Tucker said, his eyes drooping a bit.

Danny looked at Sam, "Sam, what's wrong with Tucker?"

Sam's eyes were like staring into a black hole, there was no trace of her at all. Danny stared at her, but then quickly turned around, seeing the same soulless expression on everyone's face. A flash of light brought him away form his senses and towards a young man across the hall from him.

"Danny Phantom," the boy said, walking slowly across the hall towards Danny. "It's about time I caught your attention."

"This is a sick way of getting my attention," Danny said, gritting his teeth. "Who are you and what did you do to my friends?"

"I merely put them in a trance, as all ghosts can do," the boy said.

"Wait a second, you're a ghost?" Danny asked dumbfounded. "How come I didn't sense your presence?"

"We ghosts have the power to control our appearance," he continued. "I can make myself unknown to the human, or in this case, the ghost eyes. All ghosts have that power, even you, Danny."

"Okay, this is getting weird. Just tell me what you want, and get out of here!"

The boy was now standing next to Danny, his green eyes digging into Danny's soul. "I'm here for her," he said, his green eyes drifting over to Sam.

Danny followed his gaze, and his eyes flashed. "What do you want with Sam?"

The boy merely laughed, his form vanishing like a cloud before Danny's eyes. Danny jumped forward, trying to grab him, but simply fell to the floor. When Danny stood, the boy was gone.

"I will come for her, Danny Phantom," the boy's voice echoed through the school. "She will be mine."

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The sound of the alarm startled Danny as he snapped out of his dream and back into reality. With a groan, he turned around to slam his fist into the wailing clock. Yawning, Danny stretched his arms, and slowly rubbed his eyes with the back of his hands. "That was some dream," he said, getting out of bed. "I've got to stop eating dad's leftovers before bed."

--

"Hey Danny," Sam said, greeting him with a warm smile as he stepped towards her and Tucker. "How was your vacation?"

"Just about the same as always," Danny commented, twisting in his locker combination. "Dad buys mom new ghost stuff, mom buys dad new ghost stuff, Jazz gets a new book, and I end up with whatever they have left to afford."

"Well, I had the best Christmas ever!" Tucker said, pulling out a brand new PDA. "My folks finally decided to let me get whatever I wanted this year, and they would pick up the tab." He laughed, "Little did they know I would pick the most expensive PDA ever!"

"What about you, Sam?" Danny asked, putting his backpack into his locker, but still holding onto it, remembering that his gifts were still inside.

"Oh, mine was okay," Sam said. "My parents took the family out to New York to visit our rich cousins. So I spent my time trying to lock myself in the bathroom away from my snobby cousins that wouldn't leave me alone."

"Sounds like yours was exciting," Danny commented.

"Yeah, plus I got this awesome computer system from Tucker," Sam said.

"Oh yeah," Tucker said, reaching into his backpack. "Sam gave me this super cool magnet to stick onto my PDA." He pulled it out and showed it to Danny. It read: "Tucker" on it, written in pure silver, and trimmed with gold.

Danny was impressed, but then he felt dumb for getting cheep gifts. He coughed, "That's, uh, very cool."

"So what'd you get us, Danny?" Tucker asked, putting his magnet on his PDA.

"Yeah, we haven't seen what you got us yet," Sam said.

"Oh, uh, nothing special." He bent down, and reached into his backpack. "Here you go Tucker," Danny said, pulling out a small case. "It's to keep your PDA safe while you have it out," he instructed. "I thought you would like the yellow and red colors."

"Yeah, thanks man," Tucker said, already putting the case over his PDA.

"And Sam," Danny hesitated before pulling out her gift. He handed it to her, his eyes still looking in his locker. He dared not see her expression.

"Oh Danny," Sam said, taking the gift from him. "It's beautiful!"

"Really?" Danny said, finally looking up. "It took me forever to find, and it cost a fortune."

"I love it, thanks." She said, looking down at the gift. It was a skull necklace, with a silver chain, holding onto the black skull. On top of the skull was a pink bow, made of rubies and pink jewels. The eyes were made of emeralds, and glistened brightly, looking much like Danny's eyes when he was turned into his ghost form. On the bottom of the skull, made of pure 24 karat gold was "Samantha," trimmed with pearls and other jewels.

"I'm glad you like it," Danny said, his face heating up like fire.

"I love it, Danny," Sam said, already putting it around her neck. "I'm going to wear it forever."

The wailing of the bell snapped them back to reality, and into the classrooms to start the new day.