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A quick note: This chapter is dedicated to BadgersRule and SciFiGirl13. I'm glad I could cheer you guys up. I also dedicate it to Samantha-Girl Scout (Sam) because she's feeling sick. Hope you get better, Sam! We're getting close to the end, folks. There's only eight chapters, and this is Chapter 5! Wow, you guys have been so great to me... You guys make my whole life just start looking up because for a long time I felt like no one would ever like my style of writing. Now, I know that I'm loved (or liked or whatever) because you guys keep coming back to read more! (sniffle) I might start an account on Fictionpress, and if I do I'll put the link on my profile so you guys can read there too. I can't promise anything, but I'll try...

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Chapter 5: Why is Everything so Confusing?

Oh, why is everything so confusing

Maybe I'm just out of my mind

Since the fake-out make-out, Danny had felt his feelings for Sam changing. She wasn't just his friend and tutor anymore. She was something more. He growled, balling up another piece of paper. Why was everything so confusing? Ever since he'd ended up a halfa, nothing had made sense anymore.

He transformed into Danny Phantom, taking to the skies. He did a spin through the clouds before stopping and letting himself fall back through them headfirst. He flipped and righted himself, gliding over the clouds. He felt so free in the skies. He closed his eyes, falling into another dive before turning around and shooting through the clouds like a rocket.

He sped on through the sky until he exited Earth to find himself in outer space. He gazed at the planets, Sun, moon, and stars. He had no words to describe it, and he wished Sam could come out here with him. He dove back toward Earth before letting himself settle on a cloud above Amity Park. There was no breeze. He could rest here for a while.

Sam silently worked on putting the ink ribbon in her Braille typewriter. Her article for the CHN was due, and she had realized this morning that she had nothing. She smiled as the ribbon clicked into place. She raised her hands, blindly searching for the right keys, then began to type.

I met a boy, but he's no ordinary boy. You may have heard of him: Inviso-Bill. I managed to get a few moments to talk to him, and he had quite a few interesting things to say. His name is, in fact, Danny Phantom, and he is in no way evil. During the supposed town take-over, many of Amity Park's own governmental officials were overshadowed though they would never remember it. The phantom overshadowed me to show that the person no longer has control unless they realize and struggle.

The time of the gathering of ghost hunters in a five hundred-mile radius of our town was the work of another ghost named Plasmius. He offered one million dollars to the individual that could catch Danny Phantom, using the contest as a simple ploy to take Jack Fenton away from his family so he could use Mr. Fenton's Ghost Portal as Plasmius had blown up his own.

Also, Danny Phantom would like to apologize to a person belonging to our own student body here at Casper High. During a battle with a ghost dog/puppy, he ended up destroying the Gray's lives and found a new ghost hunter on his trail that was probably hired by them. That dog was not his, and he was trying to do them a favor by catching it and removing it. I ask that all of us would try to view the phantom in a different light. He might be the villain we all believe he is.

She ceased her typing, smiling. Perhaps now Danny could receive some positive feedback from more than just the jocks and cheerleaders of Casper High.

Danny kept hearing Danny Phantom mentioned as he walked down the halls. Twice he expected a ghost hunter to leap out, scan him with something, and announce Danny's secret. He grabbed a copy of the CHN then stopped walking, staring in disbelief at the front page. "Innocent Victim or Ghostly Villain?" the headline read.

"Isn't that article just awesome?" he looked over at his ex-girlfriend as she slipped her arm in his. "I'd love to find this 'In the Dark' person and thank him or her."

"Um, Valerie," he disentangled their arms, "you broke up with me, remember?"

"I know, but that issue was taken care of." She looked up at him, her hazel eyes widened in surprise. "You don't want to get back together?"

"Everything I felt for you is gone, Val'." He shrugged. "I got used to us just being friends." That and he couldn't get that kiss with Sam off his mind.

"Oh… Okay… I guess… I guess I can understand that." She walked away from him, brushing past Sam who was standing in the hallway.

"Sam, hey… Uh, how long have you been standing there?" Danny rubbed the back of his neck nervously.

"I would've thought you wanted to get back with her since she was one of the reasons you tried to kill yourself." She stepped closer to the halfa, feeling her way along the wall.

"She was only one piece of a very large puzzle. Thanks for the article, by the way."

"Don't say it too loudly or In the Dark will no longer be in the dark." She paused for a moment as she thought she saw a flicker of light in her vision. Maybe she was just out of her mind. "I'll see you after school today. Same place."

"Got it."

She nodded then moved off to join the crowds. It still amazed him that she could find her way to class like that without running into tings, but what he didn't notice was that Sam was actually being extra cautious. These strange changes in her vision had her frightened, and she wanted to make sure she made it to the right classroom without distracting herself with the differences in the darkness around her.

Sam lay curled up on her bed trying to sleep. She had a headache, and the throbbing of her head made it impossible to think of anything else. She growled as her phone rang and began cursing whoever it was before even picking it up.

"Hello?" she demanded.

"Um, Sam… It's Danny."

She cursed out loud. "I'm sorry. I totally forgot about meeting you at the park. I ended up with a headache after school, and it just won't go away."

"Well, that's okay. I could go over there."

She smiled, shaking her head. This guy didn't give up. "Do you even need help with your homework anymore?"

"Yes…sort of. It makes it go by faster when we do it together."

She laughed. "Just tell the butler at the front door that you're here to see Samantha Manson. He'll lead you to my room."

"You guys have a butler?" He sounded completely amazed.

She laughed again. "Just get over here before it's like seven at night and my parents kick you out."

"Okay, okay. I'm on my way."

"See you in a bit." She hung up, still smiling. Why did everything have to be so confusing?