Note: Sorry it took so long to get this up but exams had me doing a lot more than I thought and my other fic had waited even longer so it was top of my list, hope you like this chapter.

Chapter 2: what to say when words fail you?

Danny walked to school feeling free. He hadn't felt this good since before the accident. He grinned as he walked as he couldn't help it. he felt so happy and couldn't wait to tell his friends what had happened. Danny entered the school and looked for his friends and it didn't take long till he found his geeky looking but still pure of hart friend, Tucker. "Hey Tuck" Danny shouted trying to get his attention as he ran over to his locker that was beside Tuckers.

"Hey man what's up?" Tucker asked slightly shocked about Danny's upbeat attitude "have you been taking something? Because Danny if you have its ok you can tell me." Tucker asked looking at him in a strange way but still with sarcasm in his voice.

"Nope" Danny answered "I'm just feeling great that's all" and he gave a smile that Tucker realised meant something big had happened but before Tucker could ask Danny stopped him and said "not now I want to tell you and Sam at the same time, where is she?"

"I don't know but Danny there is something you might want to know about..."

"Yeah, yeah later Tuck" Danny interrupted "lets go find Sam" and he grabbed Tucker and started off towards the benches outside, knowing that's where Sam would be if not inside. Danny went over the story in his head wanting it to be word perfect for his friends. It was when he woke up that he knew something was different.


Danny woke up and turned to his clock that read 12:00 PM. "Man I must have need that" he said to himself and got up and dressed then headed down stairs for some late breakfast. "Hi everyone" he said as he entered the kitchen, his mother was making what looked like a fry up while his sister Jazz sat reading the paper and his father read the comics with a childish, joyous grin that only he could have.

They all looked at him with slight surprise and Maddie ran over to her sun and hugged him tight saying "thank god your awake, I wasn't sure you would ever wake!"

"What are you talking about, its only noon I mean I sleep like this every Saturday" Danny said slightly shocked by his mother's reaction.

"No Danny you where out for a whole day" his mother corrected him "its Sunday"

"What?" Danny exclaimed "a whole day and no one woke me?"

"Well its not like we didn't try" answered Jazz "but no mater what you just kept rolling over and going back to sleep. Even Sam and Tucker tried but still not a thing"

"Yes Danny you broke my record!" said Jack Fenton in a booming voice "you're growing up and making me so proud" Jack said with a tear in his eye.

Danny looked back to his mum, remembering his father's record of sleeping for 19 hours and not wanting the story told to him again, and asked "Have Tucker or Sam been here today?"

"No honey not today but they were here for a good bit of yesterday" she told him in a reassuring way.

"Well I'm going out to find them" Danny said heading for the door but being stopped by his mother.

"You are going now where till you've had something to eat!" Maddie said in a stern voice.

"But mum I'm not…" but Danny was cut short from the rumble from his gut telling him the statement he was going to make would be a lie. Danny grinned "ok maybe a little something".


Danny stared at the benches with a watchful eye but couldn't see Sam anywhere. There was jocks laughing and joking at one, geeks playing chess at another and some strange looking kids spry painting the 3rd. 'Where could she be' Danny thought still looking at the benches as if she would pop out from behind someone already there or walk round the corner and sit at one. "Danny she isn't here" Tucker said still unsure of if he should say what he was going to say next "but I think I know where she is"

"Well why didn't you say so" said Danny with a grin back on his face "lead the way"

"I don't think it's a good idea" Tucker said looking at Danny in an uncertain way.

"What you don't think she will want to see me?" Danny said a little hurt by this.

"No its not that its just…well….you see" Tucker stammered as he tried to figure out how to tell him but knowing there was only one way was for him to see it for himself and he just said "come on"


Danny had searched for his friends all day but both seemed to be no where. Danny decided that he should go back to his house and see if they had went there to see him but again was left with nothing as they hadn't been there all day. Danny sat in his room trying to think of where his friends could be. At lest he knew they were ok and safe but then why had they not come to see him?

"Maybe I should go and look again" he said standing up "but I have already been everywhere they might have gone so what's left?" he said staring at him self in the mirror and then it hit him. Why walk around town to see them when you can fly the entire area. He clenched his fists and closed his eyes then saying his trade mark saying "Going ghost!" waited to transform.

When Danny didn't feel any different he opened his eyes and was not met with the green eyes and white hair of Danny Phantom but instead with the black hair and blue eyes of Danny Fenton. "What?" he said "that's not right! Let's try this again" and this time he really concentrated and shouted "Going ghost" but again nothing happened. This was really getting to Danny as he started to look at his hands and arms and touch his face in case the mirror was wrong but still no change had happened. He then remembered this had happened when he awoke after the battle in the park but he was sure it was because he was week. Could it still be this? No he had more than enough rest and felt great. Then what was it?

Then Danny guessed the only solution it could be, the explosion cured him! He was no longer Danny Phantom just normal Danny Fenton, he was free! Danny started to jump on his bed laughing screaming "I'm free! I'm free! I can have a normal life! I'm free!" He had never been so happy, no more fighting ghosts or making up cover stories, no more being weird but just a normal life. He couldn't wait to tell his friends but decided school would be the best place that way he could see their faces and he also decided not to tell Jazz till after he told Tucker and Sam after all they deserved to know first.


Danny followed Tucker to the gym hall and wondered why on earth Sam would be here. "Uh Tucker? Are you sure she will be here?" Danny asked sceptically.

"Yeah she is here I she told me she would be this morning" Tucker said and shook his head at Danny shocked and angry face and said "I didn't think you would want to see this but you will have to at some point" and at that Tucker opened the door to see Sam sitting on the seats set up to watch games and assemblies but she wasn't on her own she was watching a rather tall good looking guy playing basketball. She seemed to be entranced and had a very un-Samish look on her face, almost as if in a trance.

"I knew you wouldn't like this" Tucker said looking and Danny's hurt, shocked and angry face.

"Why wouldn't I?" Danny asked in a hollow voice "I'm glad she found someone" and then he turned and ran from the gym hall banging the doors and making the basketball player stop and Sam look up to see Danny run from the hall closely followed by Tucker.

This was not they way she wanted Danny to find out!

Note: Well was it worth it? Please, please review and don't be scared to criticise as long as you don't flame me. And any ideas you want to share by all means but I already have a good plan for this story and see good things lol but please review!