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Bad Day

Danny winced at the reprimand and said, "Sorry, Mr. Lancer. I –err...got stuck at my locker." Lancer told Danny to sit down and he made his way towards Sam and Tucker. Sam looked at Danny with questioning eyes.

"Dude, why are you late? Ghost trouble?" Tucker whispered.

"You could say that," Danny pointed to the front of the room where Mr. Lancer was introducing Vlad. Sam and Tucker both gasped.

"That's not what really worries me. Vlad said I should worry about my safety. What do you..."

"MR. FENTON!" Lancer yelled as Danny's ghost sense went off, "How dare you interrupt my class again!" Danny looked around at Vlad, who was grinning.

Suddenly, the rom became dim and extremely cold. Danny looked around and saw Skulker and Technus drop through the ceiling.

"Les Miserables!" Class! Run!" Everyone began to obey Lancer's command when Technus created a shield around the room. At first, Danny didn't know what it was, but then students started bouncing off the walls. Danny started to transform when Vlad said, "Ah, Ah, Ah— secret identity, remember?" As he said this, he retreated against the wall to watch with the rest of the class.

Danny looked at Vlad spitefully, but that was only to cover up the fact that he was terrified... and Vlad knew it.

Skulker backhanded Danny, sending him flying into a wall. Then he picked Danny up by the next and brought him close.

"Consider that payback for yesterday, ghostchild." Skulker threw Danny across the room, and he landed in front of Technus. Danny got up to his hands and knees and looked up at the class. There went his hopes of transforming... he didn't want everyone to see.

"That's right, whelp, bow to the Master of Technology!" Apparently, Technus took Danny's weak position as a bow, so he began to stand. He realized that this was a mistake, however, when he felt a large strip of icy metal close around his torso.

The clamp had just started to hum where Danny felt a stabbing pain in his head, neck and back.

"This, child, will reveal your true self to all of your little friends." Danny had begun to squirm with pain.

"I am now tapping into your nervous system and will trigger your change in 30–29–28..."

Danny tried to wrench the device off, but it was stuck tight. He looked over at his classmates and wanted to laugh at the confusion on their faces. It killed Danny to know that in about 15 seconds, they would be terrified of him. He looked at Sam and Tucker and forced a smile, they did not return it. They alone–and Vlad– knew what this meant for Danny. No more home... At last, his eyes came to rest on Vlad. Danny felt a wave of hot, sick anger flood through him. Vlad had planned this... every bit of it, he could tell becaruse Vlad was laughing fit to burst. Danny didn't know why Vlad would expose him, though, because he would just turn around and expose him back.

"Five, four, three, two, ONE!" The clamp started to glow and Danny started to scream. He was resisting with every particle of his being... and he was losing. Two white rings of energy formed around Danny's waist and began to slowly move apart, exposing his ghost form.

"Danny!" Sam and Tucker yelled in unison as Danny resisted the painful urge to go ghost. 'I'm not a ghost, I'm human...and if...that's how...I want...to stay... then that is how I'll STAY!' Danny thought this over and over again. After what seemed like hours, but could only have been seconds, Danny's strength began to fail him. The machine was still going full throttle and he was losing the will to fight. His ghost side seemed to be whispering to him, 'just give in...face the facts...become what you really are...who cares what they think!'

At this thought, Danny closed his eyes and went ghost. There...in front of everyone, ebony hair turned white and blue eyes turned green. The hum of the device ceased, so he could clearly hear the reactions of everyone else.

Skulker, Technus and Vlad disappeared, but no one noticed... they were too busy staring at Danny.

"Fenton?... You're— you're Inviso-bil?"

Danny sighed and stood up, holding his left side... he was badly hurt.

"Actually..." Danny said in a pained voice, "My name is Danny Phantom."

So, how did you like it? It was a bit rushed, but I think I got the point across. Please review.

Oh, and thank you for my last two reviewers.

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