Hello everyone another chapter! I know really close together, but I love this story! I hope you like long chapters cuz this ones 19 pages! Now your in store for music, magic, heart-to-hearts and homework, lots of homework. Hope you like!
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Disclaimer: I don't own anything. I don't own Danny Phantom, and or any of the books, music or anything famous you may read. Now I'm depressed. Anyway on with the story!
Breanne rolled out of bed, trying to focus her eyes on her surroundings. She rubbed her eyes, yawned, and went to pick out an outfit. She grabbed a pair of corduroy capris and a light blue shirt with a silver ghost on it. Seemed appropriate considering her new hobby.
The clock read 11:00, good, she didn't need to be over Danny's until 1:00. After running a brush through her hair and over her teeth she went to find her mom.
"Hey mom" She yelled from the bathroom.
"What?". Her reply came farther away judging by the echo probably the living room. She walked over to her mom.
"I'm going to the little bookstore like a block from here" She said.
"Not without Jon your not" She said her nose in a book.
"Mom" She whined. "I'm 14 I can take care of myself".
"1. Your 14 you can't take care of yourself and 2. I have errands that need to be done and he offered to do them" She said.
"Fine, where is he anyway?" She asked.
"I don't know, though I wish I did, he's been invisible all day. He's been scaring everyone, I thought I was going to have a heart attack this morning." She said annoyance rising in her voice.
"Ok". She said heading towards the kitchen and the front door. It's definitely not the weirdest thing that's happened, like when-. Her thoughts were cut short when a hand reached out from the wall to grab her.
"Alright Jon, that's annoying" She yelled to the hand. It slinked back in and her brother appeared.
"Hey how'd you know, I thought I was pretty scary" He said.
"Stop abusing your power and leave the haunting to ghosts. You don't need your powers to scare people your face has that covered" She snapped.
"Ouch someone's vicious today, besides paranormal runs in my blood, I have to play the part." He said coolly.
"Sorry. I have a lot on my mind plus I had a little trouble sleeping later last night" She told him.
"Boy problems by any chance" He asked curious.
"Honestly, yeah, I need some help". She said in a defeated tone.
"What's wrong, you were practically popular in Jump City". He said while slipping on a shoe and alost falling over.
"First, I hated being popular, it was so fake and everyone was a backstabber, and Second, I'm not having trouble talking to him or asking him out, there's something stopping me". She said. She got up to grab her purse off the hook on the wall. He followed her, genuinely concerned.
"What's stopping you? Dad?" He asked.
" No, not dad, it's his friend, Samantha, every time I say something it offends her. She treats him like he's hers and she doesn't want to share him." She said her voice rising with every word.
"Excuse me for interrupting but Shock and Spark, want to go for a walk will you take them" Her mom asked interrupting the conversation.
"Sure mom. Jon can we finish this conversation outside?" She asked. He nodded.
"Good." She gave a short whistle and a border collie and German Shepard cam bounding toward her. "Hey guys I hear your up for a second walk today?" She asked.
"Yeah, Spiral, Jinx, and Max are staying outside. They are lazy." Shock said jumping with every word. Being a border collie he was always bouncy.
"Ok then, we're going to the bookstore and Jon's doing some errands for mom" She said staring into their eyes.
"I still don't know how you can understand them. And you sound crazy when you talk to them like that." He said.
"They're intelligent, and you just have to know the right words. It's a gift I have. Wait before we go I want to ask if anyone needs anything."
"What?" He said. She didn't answer him but kept on talking.
"Rook, Pig, you need any books?" She yelled.
"No" was Pig's reply from beyond (actually it was her bedroom).
"I do, can you pick up a copy of Edgar Allen Poe for me, I hear he's good." Rook asked from the counter.
"Sure, do Paint and Paws need anything?" She asked.
"No they're good" She replied.
"Alright everyone's set, let's go". She said to Jon. He looked at her, shook his head and they proceeded out the door.
"Now you said Sam won't share him" He asked as they walked down an deserted road. Her house was on the outskirts of Amity, where there was still land and it wasn't all city.
"Well yeah it's like she hates me because I like him" She said looking down at the pavement. Jon laughed to himself as they walked. The two dogs raced around on the sidewalk.
"What's so funny?" She asked.
"That boy you have your heart set on has absolutely no idea he's got 2 girls after him". He replied a sound of amusement flowing through his tone.
"Sam's not after him, she's his best friend, he told me that himself." She replied looking up at him, hoping what he was saying wasn't true.
"He said it? B, how do I put this, I've seen Danny and the boy's oblivious, thick as mud. Sam loves him, it's obvious to everyone, except him. And when I saw her she was pretty set on getting him, and your blocking her way, so right now you're her target." He said. He smiled at the look on his baby sister's face, a mix of concentration, love, and pure confusion.
"So what do I do?" She asked.
"Fight back, you want him, go get him." He said like it was obvious.
"Ok,….. I guess that's a smart thing to do. Yeah, I should, I like him, I shouldn't let her tell me what to do" She said reassurance rising in her voice.
"Good, now go into the bookstore and get your stuff so I can go home" He said.
"Ok, I'll be done in like 20 minutes ok, meet me out here" She said. "Shock, Spark, they allow dogs in here, you want to come in?". She got two tail wags as a reply as they walked in. She went right to the "New" section and looked for her book. She was so involved with her book, that she didn't notice Sam walk in heading for the darker portion of the store. Breanne found her new Pendragon book and headed toward the "Dark" section to find Edgar Allen Poe for Rook. Sam was looking for the very same book, and there was one left. They both reached out to grab it and noticed each other. Shock and Spark sat by Breanne waiting for something to happen. Sam's face twisted into a frown, while Breanne's stayed shocked, really what were the chances of something like this happening? Breanne let go and smiled at Sam, maybe this would make things better.
It didn't.
"What are you doing here, shouldn't you be painting your nails or dying your hair brown?" She asked viciously.
"No, I'm looking for a book, I do like to read" She stated.
"Really? That surprises me, I thought your hobby was stealing best friends" She snapped.
"Ok, that's it! What is your problem with me? Tucker and Danny seem to be fine with me why aren't you even remotely close to accepting me?" She asked.
"Because I know your type, what they want, they get and you want my best friend, and I'm not gonna let you have him!"
" Why do you have such a problem with that? He's not your boyfriend, so I like him, why do you care?" She asked her voice breeching on a yell.
"Because, because,……He's my best friend and I don't want anything or anyone hurting him!" She yelled.
"Look Danny's a nice guy and a good friend, I wouldn't hurt him for the world. I swear on my honor that as long as I know him, I would never cause him pain. Face it Sam the real reason you don't like me is because your jealous!" She screeched.
"You take that Back! You shallow little witch, maybe if you thought about other people besides yourself, you'd know I'm not jealous I'm concerned! Unlike you I think about other things beside popularity, like friendship. I don't trust you and I never will, Danny may be blind but I'm not and I'm not gonna let you within three feet of him!" She shouted.
Breanne went quiet, those remarks hurt. More than Sam would ever know. There was only one other person in the store besides the clerk. Both were watching the scene in front of them with fascination, like a live soap opera was going on.
"Sam, I am so tired of your crap! As far as I can tell I haven't done anything to hurt you or Danny or Tucker. I tried to be nice and you know what I'm done playing the innocent, shy, new girl. I like Danny, as a friend and more. I'm only going to say this once. Back off. You had your chance and now it's mine." She turned from Sam and walked toward the cash register, Shock and spark following her a look of confusion on their faces.
Sam stood there, mouth open in shock.
"Of course, this means war" She thought. She shopped a little more then purchased her book and raced home.
Sam's House
Sam slipped in quietly hoping that her parents were not home, for what she was about to do, they would definitely not approve. Up the stairs, third door to the right, and one little twist of a copied silver key and she was in her dad's office. The desk held a laptop, stacks of papers and notebooks, a digital clock, a lamp and a briefcase, but not what she was looking for. She checked the draws, pencils, receipts, pieces of paper, but not the thing she was looking for. It's a good thing she had another option. She searched the sides of the desk to see if she could find something, again nothing. An idea hit her, she flipped the laptop over and found a pouch, with a little gold key in it. She smiled and slipped it into the lock on the laptop. There was a small click and the top popped. She turned it on and scrolled through files. As much as her dad wished it wasn't true, the bigger the company the more corrupt. She found a phone number and called it, it was 12:00, another hour until she went over Danny's.
Someone picked up.
"Hello. Yes I need you to find some information for me. My father is a client of yours. Manson. Will you help me?... Good, I need some information on a Breanne Lameo in an hour. Yes thank you." She hung up the phone and left the office. Under normal circumstances she would have never done this but these weren't normal circumstances, there was something about this girl that she didn't like. She went into her room and locked the door.
At 12:00 Sam's least favorite person was at home plotting. Sam had awakened a very bad emotion, anger. She was a nice person and it took a lot to make her angry. Of course she had everything worked out. She'd be nice to everyone, except Sam, and by making them subtle gestures of hatred so Danny wouldn't suspect a thing.
Let's speed things up- 12:45 pm That Day
The phone rang in the Manson house. Sam was the first to answer.
"Hello. Yes this is her. You have it, good. I have a notebook right here. Ok shoot." She said into the receiver. Once she finished writing everything down she reread it.
"Ok, brown hair, brown eyes. Klutzy dropped many fragile school items, excelled in sciences as well as reading and writing, but poor in math and technology. Was very popular". She read.
"Figures" Sam muttered.
" 5 close friends, her mother is an accountant, and her father is in the Army Reserves. He is a well-known leader. 2 older brothers and a younger sister, and a lot of pets. 5 dogs, 3 cats, 3 birds, and 3 rodents. Had a love for nature and animals since she could walk. Never broken a criminal record. She supposedly dated the leader of the Teen Titans but it is just a rumor. One of her closest friends Ty Williams, mysteriously vanished a couple of months ago, his room was in shambles and he has not been found. Witnesses say the culprits were ghosts but many people are skeptic" She read the two last sentences and almost felt sorry for her, almost. The feeling passed quickly and she leapt off the bed to get a special CD to bring over Danny's.
At 12:45 Breanne was already knocking on the door of the Fenton household.
She made gestures with her hands told her 16 year old brother to get moving. He obviously was looking forward to meeting Jazz.
"She's not home, go away" She told him telepathically.
"I thought you said he'd be here" He replied.
"I lied, I needed a ride, now get lost"
"I don't lie to you" He said.
"Ha, that's funny. You not lie, I'd like to see that. His dad's coming go away" She told him as she heard footsteps.
"No" He yelled.
"I'll talk to Jazz" She said.
"Fine, but your walking home" He said.
"Tom-
Before she got a chance to answer he drove off leaving her there.
"Thanks Tom" she thought.
Jack opened the door to see a young girl there.
"Hi you must be Mr. Fenton, is Danny there? We're supposed to do some homework together." She said sweetly.
"Hello, Danny's not here but Tucker is. He's in Danny's room unpacking some technological stuff, so come on in." He said. She stepped into the house and looked around. In front of her was a staircase, which she guessed led up to the bedroom's, and the living room. She walked up the staircase and saw Tucker surrounded by 2 handheld CD players, 4 medium sized stereos, and his PDA in hand. She came and smiled.
"Tucker if you had anymore wires in this room you'd get electrocuted" She said as she cautiously stepped over the mass of electrical appliances.
"Hey you can never be too careful with Lancer's projects" He said with a smile on his face.
She looked around and placed her backpack on some floor space by his closet.
"There's a difference between careful and suicidal you know" She said as she began un- packing everything. She took out a handheld CD player, an Ipod and a stack of CD's.
"I'm going to go downstairs and ask the Fenton's about that ghost hunting hobby of theirs" She said walking over the wires again.
"I wouldn't do that" Tucker said.
"Why not?" She asked.
"We only have 3 hours here, and once you get them started on it, they don't stop" He said. She stared at him.
"Come on, they can't be that bad" She said.
"No, they really are" He said.
"Well, I need to ask them a question and we have 15 minutes" She said
"Ok, don't say I didn't warn you" He said. She walked downstairs and found his parents working on something in the kitchen.
"Hi Mr. and Mrs. Fenton, I don't believe we've fully met, I'm Breanne" She said.
"Hello, you must be the Breanne Danny's been talking about" His mom said. She smiled at his mom's reaction, someone who didn't hate her!
"So I hear you ghost hunter's. Do you have a lab, can I see it?" She asked.
"There is a lot of dangerous weapons and stuff down there, I don't think you should" His dad said.
"My dad's in the Army, I've held a lot of dangerous weapons, I've got pretty good aim. And my aunt is a scientist, so I know what not to touch" She said. His parents looked at each other, skeptical.
"I'm so fascinated by ghost hunting, I even do a little myself. When Danny told me what you guys did I was amazed. I brought this sample of a ghost who used to haunt my old house, you want to look at it?" She said.
"You do, you did, you are!" His dad said. "Sure you seem like a smart girl, do you have the sample with you?" He asked.
She took a small jar of green goo out of her pocket and handed it to him.
"Jack, do you think she can handle it?" Maddie asked.
"I think she can, her dad is in the Army and she's probably been in tons of labs before" He said.
"Ok, just be careful" She said. Breanne left them with a smile and headed downstairs. To her it looked like her Aunt's lab except for the black and yellow striped door connected to the wall.
Once she was fully out of sight she awakened her dormant magic and started looking and touching random objects. She went to a table and picked up a boomerang. She got a feeling of a wiser presence very scared and nervous for a loved one. Nope that didn't help. Next there was a small round tubular thing. She felt an older presence very excited and happy that something worked, she also got a flash of orange across her vision. That didn't help either. She went to a book shelf and traced her fingers along their spines. A warm feeling washed over her. A feeling of intellect and joy and younger years in college. These books held many memories but not ones she needed.
Finally she made her way over to the yellow and black door. She put a hand on it but nothing happened. She pushed a little and got a very sad feeling, someone had worked hard on this and it failed. No, this thing had to have more, she pushed her hands on it and forced magic into it. The first thing she felt was a second or two of pain, like a little shock, then she saw and felt a multitude of things. She saw black and blue turn white and green, she felt curiosity, pain, and adventure along with an insecure feeling, then nothing. She blinked a couple of times and stepped away. There were more secrets in this door, she could feel it. This time she gently placed her hands on the door, closed her eyes and let her magic weave through the door. When it reached the edges of the door a blinding pain hit her as she felt a dark presence literally ripping the portal apart. She put a hand to her forehead as anger, fear and a sick happiness for death and pain wash over her. Black, a blood red and white fire crossed her vision.
She backed off from the door, shaking. She'd go into the ghost portal later on now she wanted to relax. Her heart was still pounding slightly and her curiosity was satisfied. Who was that? She knew it was a person, but the feelings were so horrible, who could ever feel a sick demented feeling like that? She walked up the stairs slowly regaining her composure. She walked past his parents and went into his room. Tucker was sitting cross-legged his back to Danny's bed. On his bed was Danny, practically sitting in a pile of CD's. In a bean bag chair next to Danny's bed was Sam.
"Glad you decided to join us" She said a smile on her face.
"Yeah I was just checking out the ghost portal. Stuff like that interests me, so let's start on the project, since some of us have a problem with buckling down ." She said aiming the comment at Sam . She got a deep scowl from Sam as a reply. She sat down by the foot of his bed and accepted her CD's and CD player from Danny .
"I know what I'm doing. Holiday, Boulevard of Broken Dreams, American Idiot, and Wake Me Up When September Ends." Danny said.
"I know what I'm doing, but what about Sam and Breanne, do you two know?" Tuck asked.
"I have my favorite songs on a CD, I'll play it later. Here Sam, this is Hilary's second album, I like it. Maybe you will. Listen to track 13 I think you'll like it" She said handing the CD to her. She took it and tossed it into the CD player. It made a clicking noise before the music came on. It was guitar and then vocals.
Don't spit on me or shame yourself,
Because you wish you were someone else,
You look so clean but you spread your dirt,
As if you think that words don't hurt,
You build up walls no one can climb,
The things you do should be a crime,
You're the queen of superficiality,
Keep your lies out of my reality
And when your nice it's just a pose,
Your one of those HATERS
Traitors to the human race,
Haters what a drag what a waste!
Sam listened to the words and the first thought that came to her mind was Paulina, and how true the song really was. She actually kind of liked the song, it was upbeat and Hilary's singing voice was ok.
"Actually this songs kinda nice". She said. She was about to smile when she realized who she was smiling to.
"Ok, the first track is cool it's called "Fly", I like it" Breanne said. They skipped back to one and waited for the music.
Any moment everything can change,
Feel the wind on your shoulder,
For a minute all the world can wait,
Let go of your yesterday,
Can you hear it calling?
Can you feel it in your soul?
Can you trust this longing,
And take control
FLY
Open up the part of you that wants to hide away
You can shine
Forget about the reasons why you can't in life
And start to fly
'Cuz it's your time, time to fly
That song sunk in deeper for Danny than it did for Sam. It was so true, that's how he felt, no one could ever realize that, and by the time it finished it was scary how close it was to him.
"I like it" Danny said.
"Yeah it is interesting" Sam agreed. She knew how Danny must of felt about that song, they shared a second of eye contact before they broke away from each others gaze.
"I'm going to listen to the rest of the songs on my CD player" She explained as she put the headphones on her ears.
10 minutes later she was jotting down the songs she liked, and taking the headphones of her ears.
Tucker's POV
"Sam and Breanne have been acting really weird lately, kind of civilized and nasty at the same time. It's easy to see, they're both crazy about him and he doesn't even know it." He thought looking at Danny. "He's so lucky. Well I guess it's up to me to make sure no blood drawn is drawn" He thought.
He went back to his project with a puzzled look on his face, this assignment was way too easy. He flipped the project sheet over and found it had a back.
"Ha, I knew this was way too easy" He thought.
"Did anyone know there's a back?" He asked. All 3 of them stared at him, grabbed their papers and yelled "There's a back?"
"Find 6 songs by different artists that give you those same feelings and compare them. Also find 4 songs that give different feelings." Danny said reading one more part.
"Within your group find similarities and differences in the music, write 2 pages on how they compare." Sam read.
"Try to draw a picture displaying either the literal, figurative, or metaphorical meaning of the song. Also write 1 page on the figurative language and beauty in music and how it affects us" Breanne read.
"And we have to add this to the 3 pages for our own songs, plus the 1 page of the writer's point and meaning of the song. Along with a cover page and full information on the bands or singers." Tucker said. "And we have to finish it by Tuesday".
"So we have 2 hours to find 10 completely different songs that give us genuine emotions" Sam said. All at once they scrambled to put on radios and CD's. 2 minutes later 3 different radio stations were playing along with numerous CD's. The house shook with sound and everything from Bon Jovi to Lindsay Lohan was playing.
"Does anyone know another song that would go along with "Wake me up When September Ends" Danny asked hitting his pencil against his paper.
"How about Evanescence, Wake Me Up Inside, they have a lot of songs like that" Sam said.
"No, Greenday's song is more of a sad song about growing up and time passing than dark love shrouded in mystery. If you want one you should use Photograph by Nickelback, it's perfect for it" She said.
"No, their song is about a relationship ending, so it is about love." Sam argued.
"True, it does have the aspect of a relationship, but the overall message is how time moves on. Though it may effect a relationship, it's more of a sad song than an Evanescence bold "come to my rescue song"." She replied.
"But wouldn't a relationship be the main focus of the music" Sam stated. Breanne looked up from her paper and blinked.
"Yes the relationship is a main focus but if you've heard the song then you'd realize what it said and what it was implying. Think about "Summer has gone and past, the innocent can never last", or "7 years has gone so fast"." She said.
"Hmmm, I think I'd go with Breanne, Photograph reminds me of it more" He said.
Breanne gave Sam a very smart aleck smile and went back to her work. A song had been playing for about 34 seconds on Breanne's CD player when Sam knocked it over and raised the volume.
If you don't have the heart to fill her in,
Then just step aside and let me lay it on the line
Cause your mine.
And tonight you don't revolve around her your mine,
And this time I'm gonna scream a little louder,
Don't wanna be like every other girl in the world,
Like every other one who wants you,
'Cause when I see you something inside burns,
And then I realize I wanna come first,
I wanna come first,
You look at me and I just die
It's like heaven arriving in my mind and
I can't believe all this jealousy
I used to be a girl who could let a guy breathe
But your mine and tonight you don't revolve around her.
(The song is First by Lindsay Lohan.)
Of course both of them looked at Danny and then each other. Was this not the perfect song for their situation. Danny being his adorable self, smiled at both of them.
"Sam you could use that song, it's different from your others, and I think it qualifies" He said.
"Yeah I could" She said back. "Funny how some songs are so true" She stated.
"Yeah they seem to hit the nail on the head. Especially when it comes to love. People need to back off sometimes. Don't ya think Sam" Breanne said. Sam's pencil snapped from the grip she had on it.
"True, but some forget who was there first" She said with a smile.
Breanne started to say something but was cut off.
"Hey do you guys hear that song playing over there, it's really cool. The piano is nice" Tucker said hoping to avoid a full blown arguement. They all turned to the stereo near Tucker to hear some piano music.
Staring at a maple leaf,
Leaning on the mother tree I,
Said to myself we all lost touch.
"I don't like that song, it doesn't make any sense, I heard it yesterday. It's by that Gavin what's his name" Sam said.
"Gavin De Graw and I like the song, the piano is really nice and he's not a bad singer" Breanne said glaring at Sam
"It's ok, I mean it's not the best but you know I'd listen to it" Tucker said. "Wow they must really hate each other" He thought.
"Yeah the piano's kinda catchy" Danny said.
"It is, I wish I could play piano, but I can't" Breanne said. Danny looked at the pencil on his paper and pushed it around, he was deep in thought.
"Hellooo earth to Danny" Tuck said snapping his fingers in Danny's face.
"Hmm oh, what" He asked snapping out his trance.
"You liked spaced on us. What were you thinking about?" Sam asked.
"The notes, I was trying to figure out what they were I might have been able to play them" he said,
"On what?" Tucker asked.
"The piano" He stated going back to his work.
"You play the piano?" All 3 asked.
"Yeah I wasn't sure if you guys would like it, my mom made me take it. Then Breanne said she like the piano and I thought if she liked it you guys might" He said. Sam gave Breanne a nasty glare.
"That, that little witch got him to admit a secret he wouldn't even tell me!" She thought outraged. As if reading her mind Breanne gave her a sly smile that had "you are way out of your league" written all over it. And then her eyes flashed a bright gold that made Sam gasp.
"Something is wrong with her, and I'm going to find out" She thought.
They finished the rest of the project with little interruptions and went home. Breanne had lent Danny her favorite CD's, a mix of Gavin De Graw, Coldplay, Reliant K, Rob Thomas, Bon Jovi, Nickelback, and more.
"Bye Danny, thanks for inviting me over. If you have any trouble I'll be home tomorrow so come on over. We could look at our songs and talk. I know I'm going to have a little trouble with the drawing part" She said her backpack on her shoulders and the sun setting behind her.
"No problem, and I think I'll take your offer. I have no idea on how to write about "the deeper meaning of the song" and I'll help you with your drawing, if you want" He said leaning on the door frame smiling at her.
"Thanks I could use it, I can't draw, and your really good" She said. He blushed at the comment which made her blush.
"Well, I'll see you tomorrow" She said as she walked away.
"Ok, bye" Danny replied. When she was out of sight range he sighed, with a smile on his face.
"Yes! My pants didn't fall" He thought as he walked inside.
Sam was at home reading everything she could on paranormal, oddities, and magic. At 1:30 am she fell asleep, the blue book from the library in her hands. It wasn't opened, and Sam was too far asleep to read anymore.
Alright guys what do you think? Tell me! In the next chapter we'll learn what songs they picked. If you want put your favorite song in your review and I'll use it! As long as it's not a bad song ( like perverted, like I'm not taking songs like Candyshop. Those types of songs). The next chapter will blow you away! Thanks for reviewing if you did! You have no idea how much I love getting reviews. Alright I'm talking too much. The songs mentioned were Fly and Haters by Hilary Duff, Chariot by Gavin De Graw, and First by Lindsay Lohan, if you want the words to any songs mentioned just tell me.