Chapter 1
He walked quickly down the hall, thinking about nothing more than his next period class and a nice hot cup of coffee.
"I wonder if I have time for coffee before Fenton's class comes in." he mumbled quietly to himself. He was so absorbed in his thoughts that he almost didn't notice the girl until he stepped on her manicured hand. He looked down...and saw her.
She was lying on the floor by the elevator, eyes closed. Her long blond hair flowed around her, framing her lifeless body. Her face, instead of the usual perky and slightly annoying smile, had a faint look of puzzlement on it.
"Moby Dick!" Mr. Lancer cried as he knelt down. Noticing the brightly colored pocketbook clutched loosely in the girl's hand, he began to rummage through it. After several minutes of sifting through some unmentionable girl things, he came up with her ID card.
The card proclaimed her to be Star, one of the members of the popular crowd, Lancer remembered. He debated what he should do first: try and find a pulse, or get the nurse. He decided on get the nurse.
"Help! There's an unconscious girl in the third floor hallway!" he shouted.
"Attention students. There will be an assembly in the auditorium immediately. Teachers, please escort your classes to the auditorium at once. That is all." The loudspeaker crackled and faded. Danny rolled his eyes at his two best friends.
"Not another assembly." he groaned. Tucker was scrolling through his PDA.
"Yeah, there's no assembly scheduled for today." he told them. His friends stared at him.
"You keep track of the assemblies in there?" Sam said pointedly. Tucker ignored the comment as they arrived at the auditorium and filed into their seats. The principal was tapping the microphone on stage, looking very serious.
"Attention, students!" she said loudly over the din of students talking. "I have a very important and solemn announcement to make!" Sam leaned over and nudged Danny.
"You think it'll be something stupid?" Danny rolled his eyes.
"Probably." But it turned out to be something not stupid at all.
"This morning," the principal started "a ninth grade girl by the name of Star was found unconscious in the third floor hallway. She was taken immediately to Amity Hospital, where she is currently in a deep coma. Doctors cannot figure out what has caused this...maybe someone attacked her as she walked the hallways. If anybody has any information, please come see me as soon as possible. That is all. You may go back to class now."
The murmuring of the students started up again, but now it was more of a curious, and slightly fearful, murmur. Everybody was wondering, What happened to Star? Danny, however, had something slightly different on his mind.
"Oh no...I hope Mom and Dad don't hear about this. They'll think it's the work of-"
"GHOSTS!" Jack and Maddie Fenton cried gleefully in unison later that day. Danny sighed.
"So predictable." he muttered under his breath. Then he became aware that his father was talking.
"-we'll go in there and blast them, blast those ghosts back to the Ghost Zone!" Jack yelled, brandishing yet another ghost weapon.
"Dad, do you even know how to use that thing?" Jazz chimed in. Jack looked crestfallen for a minute, then brightened.
"No...but she does!" he said, pointing at his wife. Jazz and Danny looked at each other with that Could this be any more embarrassing look on their faces. Danny decided to escape the chaos for a little while.
"Um, I'm...going to my room." he said. Nobody heard him. Danny trudged up the stairs and realized that there was still one question unanswered: What happened to Star? It was a question he'd soon wish he never found the answer to.
A/N: Another new Danny Phantom story! Yes, I'm insane for creating yet another story in progress, but I DON'T CARE! But the plot just kind of popped into my head the other day at school and since some reviewers have been requesting a no OC, no disability story, here it is! Hope you like it!