Couldn't get the computer back from my brother until now, but here's the next chapter.

Disclaimer:I don't own Danny Phantom or any of the characters except Mary-Ann, ok? Just to make sure everyone knows that.

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Around lunch, Maddie said she was going out shopping to get some food, but Jack was too intent on his new invention to hear her. As he was working, he suddenly noticed an odd glowing green above his work spot. He looked up to see the ghost from before smiling at him. Sure, she was a ghost, but he might be able to use her to his advantage before destroying her.

"What is your wish?" she asked him. "Oh, I'll tell you what I wish! I wish that if the ghost boy is at all alive, that he can't change back to human mode until he tells me who he is, and this wish cannot be unwished, no matter what." Jack smiled triumphantly as Desiree waved her hand and made it so. Right before she was sucked into the Fenton Thermos by a very shaken ghost boy. He had heard his Dad's wish, and was scared silly that this wish couldn't be undone. Still, at least his didn't say anything about Maddie having to know.

He flew out of Fentonworks, and went to the park again. He sat there rocking back and forth invisible until about five minutes before school was let out. When he saw Sam, Tucker, and Jazz walk out of the school, he made a beeline for them. He whispered in their ears, and they followed his request to find somewhere secluded so they could talk.

"Guys, Dad did something stupid. He made an irreversible wish that left me trapped in ghost mode until I tell him who I am! This has got to be the worst day ever!" Sam thought for a second, biting her lip. Her eyes lit up with an idea soon after.

"OK Danny, here's my idea. I'm going to buy you a sweatshirt, gloves, makeup, hair dye, and contacts. It's your job to get one of your pairs of jeans and shoes out of your house. We're going to perform a major makeover. Meet me at my house in an hour. Tuck, you're coming with me!" Danny smiled and looked at his sister, her eyes as wide with fear as his own. He had to think quickly. He looked at Jazz, and smiled a little. If he thought her eyes couldn't get any wider before, he was wrong.

A few minutes later, Jazz walked into the Fenton house alone. She walked up the stairs, towards. Danny's room. She opened the door and looked into Danny's closet. Finding just the things she was looking for, she started to leave, only to bump into Jack.

Coughing, she pronounced in a slightly squeaky and more annoying voice than usual, and pushing her sunglasses up into her eyes better, she said "Danny wanted me to get these for him. He got his pants and shoes wet playing water balloon fight at Sam's this afternoon. He didn't want to get the house soaked, and said he was going to borrow one of Sam's sweatshirts, but her pants were too small, and tucker's were too big, so he needed a pair of them from home. And he hates wet shoes, as you know. So I said I'd get them for him." Jack nodded at this, and Jazz smiled. "He also said he'd leave his clothes at Sam's for the night so they could dry there. Being rich and all, her family has the best dryer you can find anywhere. Then they're going to the park. Don't worry, he won't soak himself again. He promised me." Jazz smiled and ran out the front door.

Chuckling a little, Danny let Jazz have her body back, and she glared at him, even though she knew she was stuck carrying the clothes for him. He flew next to her invisibly and Jack smiled at what a thoughtful girl Jazz was, getting clothes for her little brother like that. As he walked back inside, the phone started to ring. Maddie answered. "Hello? Well hello, Mr. Lancer. Wait a minute, Danny did what? Skipped school? HALF THE DAY? He is so grounded when he gets home. Thank you for the call, I'll try and make sure to whip him into shape." She hung up, and went to talk to Jack about Danny missing half the school day, starting at lunch where it was like he just...disappeared.

Back at the Manson Mansion, Danny was sitting in Sam's room. She was covering his face with a base that looked enough like his own skin to keep him safe, and it even got rid of the glow. It took him a few minutes to get used to the contacts, but was relieved when his eyes looked more blue. Sam was soon on to his temporary black hair dye. After that, the clothes were put on. After about half an hour, he looked enough like his Fenton mode to fool Mrs. Manson, surprised to find the Fenton kids, whom she hated, and Tucker, who she saw no real need for, in her daughter's bedroom. Danny grinned sheepishly as he left the house followed Jazz and Tucker.

"Sam told me that if you go intangible, all that stuff will come off, so don't do it unless it's absolutely needed." Danny nodded and continued walking with his two comrades, but remembered his parents. Surely they knew about his skipping already. There's no way he'd be able to avoid getting in trouble this time, unless he actually told the truth. But he couldn't do that yet. He had to lie just a bit longer. He could actually see why Jazz had done this slowly, to keep him safe. he took off his gloves to reveal his silver ghost ones underneath. He really wanted to be able to feel his fingers again, and the wind brushing on him. He put them back on as he got nearer the house. There, he bid Tucker farewell and entered Fentonworks. His dad was asleep sitting in his chair, mumbling something about how smart he was, Maddie was working on a new invention, and in the kitchen a pot of spaghetti was boiling over.

"I got it!" He yelled as he ran into the kitchen to turn down the heat. He came out to see his parents looking at him, his dad rubbing sleep out of his eyes. They weren't happy. "Uh-oh." Danny said as he sat down.

Now, normally this would cause him no grief, but he was scared they'd see through his disguise. He sat there, shaking slightly as his parents yelled at him about skipping school. At the end, Maddie asked "What were you thinking, Danny?" "I don't know. I was an idiot, and now I'm in a bigger mess than anything else I've ever been in before. What I mean is, you parents don't know what it's like to be me! You say you do, but you don't. Only one other person in the world understands me, and I hate him." He was so nervous, he almost accidentally ghostly wailed it out at them. All the same, they noticed a difference in his voice. It almost sounded...echoey. Danny was so used to it he didn't notice.

"Danny, is something wrong with your voice?" Maddie asked. "Is your voice going weird what caused you to leave? I betcha anything you're going through puberty. What a wonderful time, and your father does know what it's like. And I thought Tucker was your best friend?" Danny nodded. "I wasn't talking about Tuck, but yea, the idea of puberty is good!" As long as they want to believe that, it's fine with me. I just gotta get them off my trail. "Um, may I please..."he said as his voice became whispery, "..go to my room now? My voice changes so often it's scary. This is as high as I can make it go right now, and I'd really like to go to my room." His parents nodded, accepting his excuse. Still, they were going to have to talk about the whole not going to school thing. They watched Danny running up to his room, and failed to notice that his shoes seemed like there were another pair on under them.

Once in his room, Danny was relieved to pull the sweatshirt and shoes off. It was going to be weird sleeping like this, but it was how he was going to have to live for a while. Acting like nothing was wrong and cramming into two pairs of clothes. They were so hot, and he was not looking forward to summer, which was fast approaching. It was warm enough to have water balloon fights, but wearing two pairs of clothes would be impossible soon. He knew it would be soon after he would have to tell his dad. for now, he took off all but his makeup, knowing he was no good at putting it on, and sneaking through the house to get Jazz's help would be anything but fun. He got on his computer and saw that Sam was on. He switched to webcams so they could chat without all the annoying typos and such.

"Sam, my parents are probably going to decide to ground me. They've been waiting till dinner to tell me my punishment a lot lately. This is outrageous! Because of my father's stupid wish, I'm stuck wearing way too much for any comfort. I don't know if I can handle it!" He was having trouble not breaking down, because his parents would then come to see what the matter was. He told her he'd be right back and changed back into his extra clothes, because he had a feeling that his normally impenetrable surface would soon be shattered, and the effects would not be pretty. Thinking quickly, he took a few tissues and tied them around his eyes so that in case he cried his makeup wouldn't fade away, leaving phosphorescent, almost tan ghost skin underneath.

"We'll figure out how to fix this, Danny. Don't panic." Right after, Tuck's face popped up. "Why would he panic Sam, I mean..." He saw Danny's tissued face and burst out laughing. Danny took his contacts out just long enough to glare at him with glowing eyes. Needless to say, he shut up soon after. As Danny popped his contacts in, he started to sob a little. Seeing as this was unlike Danny, Tucker and Sam stared at the bewildered ghost boy. "Guys, I think I'm gonna get off now." He hiccupped. "Tucker! How many times do I have to tell you that you need to get outside!" Tucker was dragged away from the screen by his father's hand, and Danny shut off his connection. He went over to his bed and started sobbing into his pillow.

"I hate this! Can my life get any more unfair?" He screamed into his pillow. A few seconds after, the door to his room opened. He looked over, expecting one or both of his parents, but instead it was Jazz. Just Jazz. She had a makeup kit with her, and Danny smiled a little. It was a weak smile, like he regarded that she was trying to help, but it was no use. She sat on the bed next to him, and took him into her arms. "Danny, I'll help you get through this. I've been thinking, and I figured that if you manage to tell Dad, and then you let Desiree out and make a wish for him to forget, it'll be like this never happened. What do you say?"

"Ok, but first, I'm going to have to build up my strength. This is going to be harder than any battle I've ever fought before." Danny walked over to his computer to see if Sam was still on, hoping that he could say something to her in case he died or something doing this. Seeing that she wasn't, he went back over so Jazz could help him put some more makeup on, since there were little spots of glowing skin showing here and there. A few minutes of talking later, Their parents called them down to eat.

"Danny, your father and I have been talking, and we've decided that you're grounded for two weeks. Jazz will accompany you to and from school, and that will be the only time you are not at home or school. No visiting friends outside of lunch, and we might just take your internet in your room off if you skip again." Danny practically screamed. He couldn't fight ghosts and plot how to tell his dad about him if he couldn't get away from home and school. He looked at Jazz, who looked very uneasy about this as well.

"Mom, Dad, are you sure this is a good idea? It's not Danny's fault, he just does these things sometimes. If he knew why, I'm sure he'd have explained himself already. He does really important stuff after school sometimes too, and I don't mean hanging out with Sam and Tucker, though contact with friends can help boost most people's self esteem." Her parents looked at her, now positive she was hiding something from them. Maddie was confused, there was nothing Danny could be doing that was so important that he had to miss school and not tell them. What wasn't he telling her? Jack was simply staring at the Ghost Gabber 5002. It had a built-in Ghost Finder, that was, as always, pointing at Danny.

I wonder if Danny is the...no, he can't be. Otherwise, he'd be in ghost mode, which he obviously isn't. I wonder why it always points at him? He frowned, and Maddie noticed. She decided to wait until after Dinner to ask him what was wrong, because soon after, he was downing his meal like hadn't eaten all day. She knew he had eaten when she went shopping during lunch, because he was in the best mood she'd seen him in since breakfast. She continued her conversation with Jazz and Danny.

"Danny, is there any way you can explain?" She asked him. His eyes grew a little wider, but then he practically shut them, like he didn't want his parents to see them. "No, nothing, really." Not skipping a beat, the Ghost Gabber 5002 responded, "No, nothing, really. Fear me!" Maddie simply blinked at this, and Jack looked up from his meal examining Danny closely. Danny shivered a little, afraid his dad had seen through the disguise, but Jack soon continued eating like nothing had happened. Danny was still a nervous wreck, but Jazz was sitting between him and his mom, so she couldn't see him shaking like a leaf. Jack was smiling at his new invention, trying to figure out what went wrong this time. Jazz sighed and rolled her eyes before going up to her room. Danny hadn't taken a single bite of his spaghetti, his favorite food at the time. Carefully, he took his fork and lifted some to his mouth.

"And Danny, why are you wearing gloves? I haven't seen you this bundled up since winter!" Danny smiled weakly, and quickly thought of an excuse. "I'm a little cold, I think I'm catching something. Maybe Tucker was right, and it is too early for water balloon fights." As if on cue, he shivered again. The Ghost Gabber repeated him again, with the obvious "fear me!" ending. His mom glanced down at her meal, just as a puff of blue smoke came out of Danny's mouth. His gasped and said he wasn't hungry. "I've got homework to do, I'll be in my room." They nodded as Danny left, with only one bite taken out of his dinner. Jack shut the Ghost Gabber off, it was starting to annoy him. Once upstairs, he ran for Jazz's room. He shut the door behind him.

"Jazz, there's a ghost nearby! How do I get out of the house? I guess fighting without my disguise would be the only thing to do. He ran to his bathroom and went intangible so that all the makeup and fake hair dye would come off. He washed it down the drain and left his clothes under his covers. He had to think fast. He left his house just as his father was heard yelling, "ghost!"

Rolling his eyes, Danny flew right back into his house. An annoying "fear me!" was heard downstairs, and he muttered about how the Box Ghost would never leave him alone. When he flew into the kitchen, his parents surrounded him.

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Next chapter will either be in a few minutes or when I get home, depending on whether anyone else decides to wake up early. All the same, here's a sample of the next chapter:

"Who are you, ghost boy? You know your life depends on it, right?" Danny nodded, and added "but not right now, I've gotta kick annoying ghost butt. This guy is almost as bad as Technus, master of long-winded introductions. All I ask is that you listen to me for about five minutes after the fight without trying to kill me, and that way I can argue my case, that I'm not evil. Because I'm just a superhero that's misunderstood."

It's a pretty short chapter, just to warn you.