Disclaimer: I do not own Danny Phantom. I am just a dedicated fan.
DarkDragonQueen: I started watching Danny Phantom until about three months ago and I didn't really watch it. It was my sister and one day it was the only thing on and I completely fell in love with the show. I've been reading the fanfiction for a while and this story kind of came to my mind. I didn't want to write it until I saw a few stories that calmed my nerve. It's an Alternate universe and Sam has never met Danny or Tucker and she's never been to Amity Park until now.
Also no flames, but I do accept constructive criticism. Please bear with me because although I know the basics of grammar, I never did look at the detail. Don't worry my grammar isn't horrible where you can't read it, but it isn't exactly perfect where I could go and become an English teacher.
And to silverstagbeauty, my sister was eleven years old (was going to be twelve in March,). You see my sister had a condition called epilepsy, which causes a person to have seizures. She had been having really bad ones since she was about six. Before we moved we had them under control and she had one every few months. Then we moved and she began to have them more frequently until it was every week she had a really bad seizure. We went to Chicago in October, 2004 and we went to the a park where it was really cold. She never really recovered from it and then on Christmas in the early morning she had a fever and the seizures came back to back. I was in bed and my parents brought the fever down and she fell asleep.
One of my baby twin sisters woke up and my mother had to leave my sister. The next thing I know at about nine o' clock my mother is screaming and I get up to see my dad in front of my sister who's not breathing. A few hours later when my parents came back from the hospital. My other sisters and I were told she was dead. No one really knows how. She was perfectly healthy and when the autopsy results came, they saw that her brain was so deteriorated that she shouldn't have been able to walk or feed herself, which was what she could do. They just assumed that her heart couldn't take the seizures anymore and stopped.
We were lucky to have my sister as long as we did and even though her life was short compared to how long other children with cerebral palsy live (2- 3 years) it was long. I know what you mean about them being very happy because she was. She always had a smile and loved to be hugged and she did have a personality. There were certain things she didn't like and certain people she didnt like. Anyway writing this has inspired this and after I'm done with this I might even write a new story with a character who's mentally challenged.
With that said here is chapter five of this story.
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A Talk With the Phantom
By
DarkDragonQueen
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Sam rolled her eyes as she listened to Aly's plan for the empty room. While she was gone the previous night Silver Moon and Aly realized how perfect the room would be for a secret operation base. They would call it the 'Phoenix base'. Sam rolled her eyes thinking bit was a bit corny, but Aly protested that it was the only thing they could come up with and they could always come up with something else later.
"So you mean you want to make this my base. Why?" Sam asked
"Well now that we know something does happen around here and people's lives are always in danger, you're back in business." Aly said excitedly
"I told you," Sam retorted bluntly. "I'm no hero, I only make sure people won't suffer my tragic death. Anything other than that, like getting wounded isn't my problem."
Aly put her hands on her hips. "But don't wounds people get from being bullied sometimes lead to tragic deaths."
Sam groaned. Aly had cornered her... again.
"Take a bullying problem." Aly continued. "It starts with teasing, then it and gets physical, like poking and hitting, then it can get dangerous, like getting beat up, and those beatings can lead to death... A tragic death. So it's not just gangs and murder anymore Sam. You've got to step it up and stop things that can be potential murders."
"Yeah, I know, but that's gonna make me public now." Sam admitted
"Too late for that, look at this special report." Silver Moon said ushering them to the computer
Aly and Sam looked at the computer.
Danny Phantom Teams Up With New Teen:
GOTH GIRL
"Goth Girl," Aly and Silver Moon repeated in disgust at the name
"I know," Sam murmured in annoyance at the name
"The people who came up with that name must have been one of the same people who came up with Inviso- Bill." Silver Moon said with a laugh
"Inviso- Bill." the two teens repeated simultaneously
"That was the name Amity Park gave Danny Phantom before he told them his real name." Silver Moon snickered
"I suddenly don't feel so bad." Sam replied dryly trying to keep a straight face
"But anyway look at this,"
Last night around eleven o'clock police surrounded ghost boy Danny Phantom and a teen clad in black leather whom the mayor is now addressing as Goth Girl were seen walking out of a weapons shop after having broken in. Nothing was taken except an old leather whip worth around one thousand dollars. When asked if this new team up could be even more potentially dangerous than Danny Phantom himself alone the mayor responded:
"We're doing all we can to make sure that the people of Amity Park will stay safe that no harm comes to them."
But the question is whether or not Danny Phantom and his new partner Goth Girl are a threat to Amity Park or not. When Amity Park News tracked down two sophomore teens from Casper High school, who have had more than a few encounters with the mysterious ghost Danny Phantom they had this to say:
"Danny Phantom saved my life." Paulina Sanchez said "He's not evil, although that Goth Girl better watch out. No way I'll let her steal my future boyfriend."
"Danny Phantom's a menace who's trying to trick the town into thinking he's a hero." Valerie Grey said "I wouldn't trust him or that Goth Girl."
The article went on, but the three read into it no further. Sam sighed.
"Fine, we'll make this my base." Sam said, "But tomorrow I have to settle the issue of this partnership with Phantom."
"So what do I do first?" Sliver Moon asked
"Change the name," Sam said bluntly "The name you picked is wonderful," she said sarcastically, "But I've got a better name."
"What have you got in mind?" Aly asked
"This room is officially called the Phoenix Nest." Sam replied
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Sam sat at their usual table in the cafeteria at lunch the next day. She was once again looking at Tucker disapprovingly as he shoved down the meat on his plate greedily and as usual Aly didn't eat her lunch because she still swore the food was alive. Danny... it was hard to say. He appeared to be in deep thought about something.
"Hey Danny," she called and waved her hand in front of his face waking him from his stare.
"Huh," he said
"You okay?" she asked
"No... I mean yeah, just thinking." he replied
"About what?" she asked
Danny froze and visibly stiffened, which Sam noticed right away.
"About school... and uh... family issues... that kind of stuff." he replied putting his hand to his neck and rubbing it
Sam noticed that also, knowing from knowing him for only a week that it was an unconscious habit he had when he was nervous. He was lying. She looked him in the eye and violet eyes met blue ones.
"What are you hiding?" she asked bluntly as she let the personality of the Black Phoenix take over slightly
"Nothing you would be concerned about or even understand." he muttered dryly
"Try me?" Sam asked
"I wouldn't want anyone getting hurt because of me." he replied absent minded
"Hurt?" Sam muttered and just then Aly snapped her head to him and looked at him closely
"Why are you shivering?" she asked him and raised an eyebrow
He shrugged and opened his mouth to speak just as Sam looked at Aly.
"What was that that came out your mouth and why are your eyes green?" she continued
Danny froze under Aly's observant stare and frantically looked around just as Sam turned back to him.
"Uh I... have to go... I have some homework I need to finish for the next class... uh yeah... bye."
Danny took off leaving Tucker to shake his head and sigh while Sam and Aly gave each other bewildered looks at Danny's sudden disappearance.
"Isn't the next class gym?" Aly asked in confusion
Sam frowned. He was hiding something and he said he didn't want anyone getting hurt because of him. She would have to keep and eye on him to make sure he didn't get hurt and it was a bit personal this time. She turned red in the face a bit. Aly saw this and grinned.
"You like him," she stated
Sam's blush deepened and Aly's grin grew.
"I think he likes you too." she said and winked at her god sister before taking out her sketch pad
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Black Phoenix made sure the vines covered the hole in the rock so no one would see it and then walked through the dark park ready to find the notorious Danny Phantom. She decided it would be easier if she jumped the roofs and maybe if she didn't spot Phantom, he would spot her.
She jumped the roofs of different homes for a while, quickly becoming bored. She decided to go into town and see what was happening. It seemed that this was the place where most ghost hung out during the night. Personally she liked the night and even if Phantom wasn't out tonight she wasn't upset. It was Friday anyway and if be needed she could sleep longer.
Soon after she went back to the park to go home she found him and another ghost that looked like a sphinx, but wait. Sphinx were mythical creatures. If this was a dead one then that meant they weren't so mythical after all, but she guessed it wasn't too much of a surprise. If ghost were real after so many years of believing they weren't, anything could happen.
Black Phoenix watched as he sucked the beast into the thermos like device.
"Man," Danny muttered "I really need to catch up on homework. Good thing tomorrows Friday."
She raised an eyebrow. Ghost had homework?...
"Hey Ghost kid," she called jumping from the tree she was hiding in and making her presence known
He turned to her and he looked a bit surprised to see her standing there.
"Are you stalking me or something?" he asked seeming rather annoyed
Black Phoenix looked at him noticed the annoyance in his voice.
"We need to talk." she stated bluntly
"Listen, I've got some things I need to do tonight. Can we do this later?" he asked her
She smirked. "Like catching up on homework?" she asked, "What Ghost school do you go to?"
Danny growled. This girl's sarcasm and bluntness was very bothersome although by her demeanor it didn't seem like she did it to be bothersome. It just came out.
"No... I, well... uh... That's besides the point, Goth Girl. I can't talk tonight. When do you want to meet?" he asked hurriedly
Black Phoenix narrowed her eyes. "We'll meet next to the swings tomorrow at eleven o'clock?"
"Eleven o'clock! Can't we meet earlier." he asked
"What?" she asked "Inviso- Bill have a curfew?"
"No..." Danny lied "And don't call me Inviso- Bill. You know my name."
Black Phoenix gave him a pointed look. "Don't call me Goth Girl. You know my name."
Danny growled. "Whatever you say Black Phoenix,"
"See ya' later Danny Phantom." she said and disappeared into the shadows
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"So Danny want to come over to my house and play video games all night long?" Tucker asked Danny the next day
Danny sighed. "Sorry can't, I have to meet with Black Phoenix tonight."
"Who?" Tucker asked
Danny mentally slapped himself forgetting he had not told Tucker about his so-called new partner's name.
"Goth Girl's real name is Black Phoenix." he replied and Tucker nodded
"You're going to go meet with that girl you met a few nights ago in town. What if she's a ghost hunter?" Tucker exclaimed
Danny nodded. "I talked to her a bit after fighting a ghost last night and she said she wanted to talk. In all honesty I think we need to talk as well. Especially with the media publicizing our new so- called partnership."
"Dude," Tucker said putting a hand on Danny's shoulder. "I know she's a hot chick and you have an attraction towards her, but she could be dangerous."
Danny glared at him for his first comment and then said, "I don't think she's dangerous... At least not dangerous to me. Although she did say and I quote she's 'someone so unimaginably dangerous that it's worse than a nightmare',"
"I'd take that as a warning Danny." Tucker advised "She could be setting you up for a trap."
"I don't think so." Danny said shaking his head. "She said she prevents people from suffering her tragic death."
"I thought you said she wasn't a ghost." Tucker accused
"She's not. She's as alive as you and me... well you maybe, but me I'm halfway dead anyway." Danny defended dryly
"Well what did she mean her death?" Tucker muttered. "Just be careful Danny. I still think you're not being cautious enough of her especially since she can fight ghost."
"Relax Tucker. She's okay... I'm hoping.." Danny trailed off
"Wait a minute," Tucker said stopping and looking up from his PDA which he had been playing the whole conversation, "Why are you defending her? You barely know her. Why are you automatically assuming that she's... alright?" he trailed off and grinned
"Hold on. You like her."
Danny's cheeks went red. "No way," he denied
"Keeping telling yourself that. So it's two girls now," he said smiling
Danny frowned. "Who's the first?"
"A girl by the name of Sam Manson." he teased and Danny's cheeks turned scarlet
"Shut up Tucker or I'll make your insides your outsides, literally. I can reach right through you." he threatened and Tucker paled and promptly closed his mouth as they parted ways to get to their separate homes.
Danny sighed as he opened the door to his house and went into the kitchen. His parents were most likely in the lab, as they had been ever since the news report on Black Phoenix or Goth Girl as they had publicized her as.
He grabbed an apple off the table and sat down as he heard his parents rush upstairs to him. He groaned at the thought of another invention to capture him.
"Hey look at what we fixed!" Jack said in excitement
It was the Fenton Ghost Finder. Danny stiffened and before they could say more he stood up.
"I have to start my report it's due Monday and I need to get it done by then. If you need anything I'll be up in my room and hopefully it won't be ghost related, bye." he rushed upstairs to his room and closed the door or at least he tried to. Jazz had heard him come upstairs and wanted to speak to him.
"Danny, Tucker just called and told me you're going to meet that Goth Girl in the park tonight."
"It's Black Phoenix,"
"Anyway you need to be careful. What if she a ghost hunter?" Jazz asked with worry evident in her voice
"She's not." Danny replied dryly
"And what about her saying she died. What if she's a ghost like Spectra disguised as a human?" Jazz continued
"She's not. I would have sensed it." Danny replied again rolling his eyes
"What if she's dangerous?"
"She already told me she is, so I don't think she intends on harming me."
"Danny can't you just get over the fact you have a crush on her and look at this logically?"
"I do not have a crush on her. If anything I think her sarcasm, bluntness, sadistic smirk and bad girl attitude is a bit bothersome even though she doesn't realize it. I mean she's not the villian type though she leans more towards it, but she's certainly not the hero- type either." Danny responded a bit louder than intended
"Well what if- wait." Jazz said looking at him with and eyebrow raised. "You got all that from two short meetings with her?"
"It was obvious to see that. Why?" Danny asked confused at what his sister was getting at
She smiled. "You must really like her then."
Danny turned red, more so from embarrassment than anger. "Jazz get out!"
Jazz closed the door behind her just as a pillow came her way. She laughed.
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Black Phoenix sat on the swings as she waited on Danny Phantom. Obviously he had never heard of the word punctual. She had been waiting ten minutes and still he hadn't shown up. She sighed as she waited and then she sighed.
"If he wasn't already dead I'd kill him for being late. There are a lot of things I could have done in last ten minutes." she said through clenched teeth
"Sorry, but being punctual was never one of my strong points." Danny said appearing on the swing next to Black Phoenix. She just turned her head to the ghost with an emotionless expression.
He gave a sheepish grin. "Sorry, I got caught up by a ghost."
"Acceptable," she replied and turned back to look straight
"Are we here to stare out into space or talk?" Danny asked after a moment's silence
"It's about our publicized partnership." Black Phoenix started
"Oh... That..." he muttered dryly
"But first I want to know something, are you terrorizing Amity Park?"
"What are you talking about? I'm not terrorizing the town. Where did you get that idea?" Danny Phantom nearly shouted
"It hard to miss the headlines with your name in it everyday." she replied dryly. " Is Danny Phantom a threat or not... is he a hero and villian... Is the resident Phantom a bad ghost or simply a lonely, misunderstood, lost soul?"
"Very far from that last one," Danny muttered
Black Phoenix heard that, but pretend not to and continued. "So if I'm going to be publicized as your new partner, I want to know who I'm being partnered with and I want to know from the Phantom himself an not some newspaper article.
"At least some one wants to give me that chance." Danny muttered
"Well why don't we start with how you died?" Black Phoenix asked
"It's hard to explain." Danny started, "It might take awhile."
"Trust me. I'm in no rush to get anywhere." Black Phoenix replied
So with a sigh Danny told his modified story of how he died. He didn't think it would be a good idea to let Black Phoenix know he was only half dead. Then he would probably think he was some kind of half- dead freak.
Black Phoenix looked at him and then raised an eyebrow. His story sounded like the truth, but some of it didn't seem to fit. It was like there was a piece to the puzzle missing. Like why was he protecting the town? He was a ghost. Why would her want to save people from ghost like him, who didn't really appreciate him. It didn't fit. Even when he said he was freed from the ghost zone with all the other ghost by the Fenton Portal, why would he work to protect a town instead of destroying it like all the other restless souls.
"Why would you protect a town that doesn't appreciate what you do?" she asked
"It was my home before I died." Danny replied
Black Phoenix looked at him.
"What?" he asked
"There's something you're not telling me." she replied
Danny rubbed his neck nervously.
"I'm not going to pry you though. We all have our secrets. I'll eventually find out though." Black Phoenix admitted
"What about you?" he asked
"I'd rather not say. I just want to make sure no one suffers my fate." she said
"Your death," Danny more so asked
Black Phoenix didn't answer. She just turned to look at him with a smirk.
"Listen, I don't consider myself a hero, but I'm not a villian or criminal either. Maybe this team up will work out. I'm not going to show up every time, but if you ever need help I'm there." she said
"I thought you didn't play the hero act,"
"I don't, but I wouldn't want to disappoint the public. You do your thing and I'll do mine. See you later Phantom," with that Black Phoenix started to walk away
"Yeah, later Phoenix," Danny said turning invisible and flying away
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So Black Phoenix and Danny Phantom have agreed to partner up and Sam has decided to watch over Danny, because she's worried he's doing something to put him in danger... Hmm... Things are getting interesting.
Okay, I'm incorporating sneak peaks now and here's your first:
"Who was he?" Black Phoenix asked
"That's Skulker. He hunts for unique and rare things. I'm one of them." Danny replied and Black Phoenix raised and eyebrow
"What's so unique about you? You're just a ghost like him aren't you?" she asked and Danny froze
"Um... yeah, but you see... I'm stronger than your average ghost... yeah, that's it." he stuttered
Black Phoenix gave him a look that said she didn't buy it but then turned her head and crossed her arms.
"Whatever you say Phantom." she said and began to stalk off but then...
"Hey Phantom." a voice called. "What havoc are you and your new girlfriend causing now?"
Black Phoenix turned to the sound of the voice to see a ghost hunter in a red jumpsuit with a gun pointed at Danny.
So there it is. It was hard to find what part to put in there for a sneak. R&R.