Hey everybody! Thanks to everyone who reviewed! Sorry for the late update! Here's chapter 2! Enjoy first, review later!

Disclaimer: I do not, under any circumstances, own Danny Phantom...but I'd like to!

Chapter 2: Day 1, You Did WHAT?

(Tucker's POV)

The next morning I was on my way to Danny's house when all of a sudden, the Box Ghost flew past me.

"Beware!" He said to me before flying away in apparent terror. What a loser. I thought. Then I remembered that I'd let Desiree loose last night. I ran around the corner, hoping to see Danny kicking her butt all the way back to the Ghost Zone, but instead I was nearly crushed by a falling black and white blur. I struggled to keep my balance as the pavement cracked under the impact.

I blinked as Danny Phantom leapt back into the air and threw an ecto-blast at Valerie's ecto-gun. Valerie screamed as the ectoplasm from the ecto-blast ignited the ectoplasm from the ecto-gun. When the green flames subsided, the red-suited hunter (apparently her suit was ecto-fire proof) yelled at Danny.

"Now you've really ticked me off, Ghost Kid!" She pressed a button on her hover board and a plasma blast knocked Danny out of the air before he had time to react.

(Sam's POV)

I watched helplessly as Danny fought with Valerie. My mind was devoid of all thought as he was slammed into the pavement, cracking it. Tucker was there, he'd nearly been crushed by Danny. My heart skipped a beat as he lay there in the hole in the street, but after a slight pause he got back up again and flew back up to Valerie. Valerie...ugh, I hate that girl. I have no idea what Danny sees in her.

"Danny!" I shouted when Valerie blasted Danny. He was falling, and fast. I ran to where he was falling, but I just couldn't run fast enough. He hit the ground with a dull thud and I threw myself on the ground next to him.

(Valerie's POV)

I saw Phantom slam into the ground after I shot him and I smiled. Ha! I won that round! He was on the ground with a hole in his shoulder. It was bleeding green ectoplasmic blood. Ugh, that stuff grosses me out. But then I saw something that really confused me. Sam ran out from the shadows and threw herself beside Phantom. I gasped. Phantom may be injured, but he's still dangerous!

"Sam!" I called, speeding down towards her and the injured ghost.

"Watch out! He's still dangerous!"

(General POV)

Sam looked up to see Valerie speeding towards her. She jumped off her hover board and pointed an ecto-gun at Danny, who lay still. I am so not in the mood for this! Danny thought, pretending to be passed out so Valerie didn't shoot him. It wasn't hard, being as though he was right on the brink of passing out anyway.

"Why are you helping him?" Valerie asked Sam, still watching Danny in case he moved.

"I saw you shoot him out of the sky and thought I'd help him, because if you didn't already know this, HE'S THE GOOD GUY!" Sam shouted, standing up and working hard to keep from hitting Valerie.

"How do you know that?" She shot back. Sam blinked. She tried to say, 'Because I've seen him save people on the news!' but it ended up,

"Because I'm his best friend!" Sam gasped and put a hand to her mouth. Danny's eye opened slightly and he stared at her in shock, no thought of passing out left in his mind. Valerie raised her eyebrows in disbelief.

"You befriended a ghost? Sam, you of all people joined the dark side?" She asked incredulously.

"He's not evil!" Sam shouted back.

"And he's not just a ghost, either!" With that Danny opened both neon green eyes and tried to sit up to stare at her in complete bafflement, What the heck is with her? In one swift movement, Valerie cocked and fired her ecto-gun and Sam shot the Fenton Thermos's pale blue ray at Danny. He yelped in fear and surprise, but the ray reached him first and sucked him up. Sam and Valerie looked each other in the eyes fearfully for a moment, and then Sam ran for it.

"Sam! Wait, what do you mean 'he's not just a ghost'!" Valerie yelled, but Sam just kept going, the thermos tightly in her grasp. Man, I've been trying to catch that stupid Ghost Kid for months and Sam can walk right up to him and suck him into the ghost catching thermos thing? I wonder what she meant about him not being a ghost, though.

(Tucker's POV)

I just stood in the alleyway, out of sight. As I watched the frightening scene unfold, I realized that Desiree's spell had already affected my best friends, but there was one 'minor' drawback. I'd forgotten about Danny HAVING to lie about his secret identity!

Oh, man, you've got to tell them!

I am so dead if I tell!

But he is so dead if you don't tell!

Ugh, I hate my conscious! Anyway, back to the story. I just stood there in the alleyway until Sam sucked Danny up in the Fenton Thermos and ran off. Valerie watched her run and then flew off in the direction of her apartment. I, still battling with my stupid conscious, ran after Sam.

(General POV)

The Manson Mansion

Sam pressed the release button on the Fenton Thermos, which was lying on her bed, and ran to get her first aid kit out of her huge walk-in closet. When she came back, Danny had transformed back into his human form and was lying on her queen-sized bed. He was covered in bruises and there was a deep wound on his shoulder where Valerie had hit him with her ecto-gun. Danny looked up at Sam and smiled feebly.

"Well, let's look at the bright side; at least Val forgot to fully charge her ecto-gun." Sam smiled at his bright attitude. It was weird how he always knew what to say to cheer her up, even when he was the victim.

Danny winced as Sam began to clean the blood off his wound with a rag soaked with rubbing alcohol.

"Hold still, Danny. It'll stop hurting in a second." Sam said, grabbing his good shoulder to hold him still. When he continued to squirm, she put him in a headlock and he stayed still, whining involuntarily at the stinging pain.

Just then, Tucker walked in. His jaw dropped and his eyes widened at the sight of his two best friends. Then he smirked.

"Oh, um, sorry for interrupting your heated alone time."

Oh, he got it for that one. Sam immediately let go of Danny and ran after Tucker. Danny removed the rag from his shoulder and looked up when he heard a yelp. Two minutes later, Sam came back into the room looking flustered, but satisfied. Tucker followed her in with a rapidly maturing black eye. Danny tried hard not to laugh.

Well, it's now or never. Tucker thought, glancing cautiously over at Sam, who was still fuming. He gulped.

"Hey, guys. I need to tell you something."

"One more crack about me and Danny and both of your eyes are going to match, and that's no dry threat!" Tucker squeaked at her sudden outburst. This not being able to lie thing made Sam even scarier.

"Um, well, I went into the Ghost Zone yesterday and saw Desiree. I- I wishedthatyoutwocouldn'tlieforaweek!"

"Huh?" Sam said.

"Say it again?" Danny asked. Tucker gulped again.

"I-I wished that you guys couldn't lie for a week." He hunched his shoulders and braced himself.

"You did WHAT?" Sam yelled.

"What were you thinking! I HAVE TO LIE! Me and Sam can't just go around telling everyone I'm a-" He was cut off as Sam pressed a hand to his mouth.

"My parents are home!" She hissed. An evil glint appeared in Danny's eyes as he turned his gaze back to Tucker.

"Then we'll just have to take this elsewhere." He said icily, his eyes flashing green.

A few minutes later the techno-geek (now with matching black eyes) could be heard at the park screaming desperately as he watched green ectoplasmic blasts destroying every piece of technology he owned.

"NOOOOOOOOOO!"

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Again, sorry for the late update! I hope this chappie was worth the wait! Please review!

-WriterGirl713